"My servant pays homage to Lord Hou, and to the magistrate."
The two nuns knelt on the ground tremblingly. Although they lowered their heads, the nervousness on their bodies was beyond words.
Huo Huaixin raised his chin, and the guard took the wedding dress and stepped forward, "Do you two know this thing?"
The two nuns looked up, one hesitated, the other nodded, "Yes, yes."
Huo Huaixin looked at the two of them, and asked the one who nodded, "What is this?"
The nanny immediately said, "This is my lady's wedding dress."
With a sneer, Huo Huaixin's voice became cold, "See clearly, the two of you are the nuns in charge of Miss Song's dowry, you know which wedding dress this is best, it's not the one Miss Song is wearing —”
The figures of the two nuns trembled slightly, with sweat dripping from their foreheads.
Wei Yanzhi watched from the side, and said sadly, "The two nuns have served Xiaorou for many years, and now Xiaorou died of injustice, the two nuns must know everything, otherwise, how can we rehabilitate Xiaorou?"
Wei Yanzhi's words were sincere, and the two nuns probably remembered the dead Song Rou, and their eyes turned red, but even so, the corners of their lips were tightly pursed, as if they were struggling to speak.
Huo Huaixin narrowed his eyes and asked directly, "Is Miss Song's spare wedding dress still there?"
Both of them lowered their heads together, the one who answered was frightened, while the hesitant one rolled his eyes and wondered what he was thinking, Huo Huaixin's face darkened, and he shouted, "You two have thought it through! It's about a murder case, if there are lies or concealment, the two of you can't get away with it, could it be that you both knew about your young lady's death?"
As soon as these words came out, the previous answerer was immediately frightened and collapsed to the ground, "My lord! No! How can I kill my lord, my lord, no..."
Huo Huaixin looked at the other person and said coldly, "Come on."
There was panic in the eyes of this nanny, but she was much calmer. After thinking for a few moments, she didn't seem to think of a better way. The nanny simply lay down on the ground and said in a panic, "Slaves dare not hide your lord, this wedding dress, It is indeed the one that Miss kept by her side as a spare, but... just..."
"Just what?!"
Huo Huaixin's voice was sharp, seeing that this matter was the key to solving the case, he was almost impatient to know the answer!
The nanny turned her head to glance at her companion, and gritted her teeth when she saw her companion's face turned pale with fright, "It's just... last night when the servant and servant were packing up the young lady's dowry, they found that the wedding dress had disappeared!"
Huo Huaixin stared, "What?! You said you found it missing last night?!"
"Yes." The nanny poked her neck, "Miss's wedding dress is worth tens of thousands of gold, and all the dowry is currently placed in the mansion. When something like this happens, the slave and the servant don't know what to do. They are frightened." It took two days to calm down, thinking that we would not be able to escape punishment for Miss Fa's death, so I thought about quickly counting Miss's dowry, and when the people from the Duke's Mansion come, maybe the punishment can be reduced, But who knows, Miss's wedding dress is gone..."
"Since I found out that it was gone! Why didn't you come to report?!"
The nun lowered herself even lower, "Your Excellency, I know that this servant did not know that this matter was related to Miss's case, not to mention... Besides, it is a crime not to look after Miss's things. This servant was afraid at the time, so he dared not speak up."
Huo Huaixin glanced at Yue Qiong, and Yue Qiong asked, "Then where was the last time you packed up the dowry? Maybe you can figure out when the wedding dress disappeared? Ordinarily, who can get the wedding dress?"
"The last time... the last time was at the Shili Temple, the eve before coming to the Marquis' Mansion. At that time, one of the miss's hairpins disappeared, so we opened the dowry and took a prepared one. When the miss was married, all the phoenix crowns were married. I have prepared a set of clothes, although I didn't take out the wedding dress at the time, I saw it, usually only the key to the dowry box for the two of us, Miss You."
Huo Huaixin frowned, "Do you remember clearly?!"
Mammy nodded hurriedly, "Yes, this servant remembers clearly, all of Miss's personal maidservants know about this matter, just ask your lord, if this servant speaks a lie, you will be struck by lightning and die!"
Huo Huaixin waved his hand, of course he didn't want to hear these curses and swears, "Master Hou, look at this..."
Yue Qiong's expression sank, "It seems that the wedding dress was really lost, but from the night at the Ten Mile Temple to last night, there was an interval of three days and two nights. , After such a long time, it is really difficult to determine when it was lost. Also, Song's dowry is all placed in a single courtyard in Dongyuan. Although the gates of the courtyard are locked every day, if someone wants to It's not impossible to go in..."
"It's really hard to find out." Huo Huaixin said, looking at the two nuns, "It's not a crime if you two don't report it, but I don't know what to do when the people from the Duke's Mansion come. Now you go back first, if If you think of anything, come and tell me, if I can help you to recover your lady, the people in the Duke's Mansion will treat you well."
The two nuns knew that the matter had been exposed the moment they saw the wedding dress, so they could only nod their heads and leave.
As soon as the two of them left, Wei Yanzhi murmured beside him, "Someone stole Xiaorou's wedding dress... Magistrate, where did you find this wedding dress?!"
Huo Huaixin turned to look at Wei Yanzhi, and suddenly asked, "Where is Mr. Wei tonight?"
Wei Yan was taken aback, "In the afternoon we went to the Martial Arts Field for a competition. Later, His Highness Chi was injured and we went to Pine Garden, and we didn't leave until His Highness Chi was safe. It was already late at that time, so I went straight back to Dongyuan to wash up. Afterwards, I began to write the post. When the Second Young Master came over just now, I had just finished writing half of the post. The post was still on the desk, and my guards can also testify... "
"Where does Mr. Wei live?"
Wei Yanzhi pointed to the main room behind him, "It's right here."
Huo Huaixin glanced at the clerk next to him, and the man went straight into Wei Yanzhi's room. Wei Yanzhi knew that Huo Huaixin was suspicious of him, so he was not in a hurry, and just quietly waited for the clerk to come out.
Seeing that he was so calm and composed, Huo Huaixin dispelled half of his doubts first. After a while, the Yamen came out and nodded to Huo Huaixin. Huo Huaixin clasped his fists and said, "Don't blame Mr. Wei, this is the protocol for handling the case."
Wei Yanzhi shook his head, and asked anxiously, "Then the magistrate may just say it straight now?"
Huo Huaixin nodded and pointed to the wedding gown, "Just an hour ago, someone wore this wedding gown and pretended to be Miss Song to scare people in the Hou's mansion. According to the description of the servants of the Hou's mansion, that person was six feet tall and a man, so we Just came to investigate."
Wei Yanzhi was full of astonishment, "Scary? Pretending to be Xiao Rou is scary?"
Huo Huaixin nodded, "So Mr. Wei, did you see anyone leaving Dongyuan tonight?"
Before Wei Yanzhi could react, he shook his head blankly, "I didn't come out of the house, so I didn't see it." After a slight pause, he said in a difficult voice, "Could it be that Xiao Rou came back …”
Yue Qing stepped forward and patted Wei Yanzhi on the shoulder, "Brother Yan is worrying too much, does brother Yan also believe in ghosts and gods?"
Wei Yanzhi said bitterly, "I've been dreaming of Xiaorou's ghost coming back these days. She's always asking me why I haven't found her murderer yet. I... I feel so guilty..."
Huo Huaixin sighed, "Young Master Wei, don't worry. We are investigating this matter. Isn't tonight a turning point? If we can find the pretender, the case will be solved."
Wei Yanzhi nodded, "Then wait for the news with the adults."
Anyway, Wei Yanzhi was no longer suspected, Huo Huaixin nodded his head in agreement, and the Song family had many servants and guards, and the yamen servants were ordered to interrogate them carefully.
"My lord, this is everyone's confession." Qi Hang, the head catcher in charge of the interrogation, was blackened under his eye sockets, woke up the drowsy Huo Huaixin, and handed over a booklet.
This is the side hall of Dongyuan, Huo Huaixin and others are waiting here, their faces are all stunned after suffering all night.
With Qi Hang's words, everyone regained consciousness, and Huo Huaixin waved his hand, "Don't look at it, just say it, what did you ask?"
Qi Hang said with a bitter face, "I didn't ask anything."
Huo Huaixin raised his eyebrows, "Didn't ask anything?!"
"Yes, I have never been out of Dongyuan, and I can find witnesses to prove myself, and everyone is in a room with many people, and there is more than one witness. Moreover, among all the Song family's guards, there is no left-handed person!"
Wei Yanzhi raised his eyebrows and asked in surprise, "Left-handed?" Huo Huaixin didn't say this last night.
Huo Huaixin nodded, but didn't explain how he knew it. He just looked at Yue Qiong's face darkened, "Master Hou, I'm afraid that person is not Song's escort, so it will be difficult now. Is it possible that he is a member of the Hou family?" people?"
Yue Qiong naturally didn't think that the people in the Hou's Mansion could do such a thing, but when the incident happened in the Hou's Mansion, he said decisively, "Brother Huo, do you want to investigate the people in the Hou's Mansion?"
Huo Huaixin pondered for a while, then nodded, and Yue Qiong turned around and told Yue Qing and Yue Jia, "Go and summon the servants."
Huo Huaixin originally thought that the investigation last night would definitely find something, but he didn't want to find anything. As a result, the case became complicated and confusing again. He followed Yue Qiong, who was also very disappointed, to leave Dongyuan in a gloomy mood. The people of the Hou's Mansion returned their last hope, but what motive did the people of the Hou's Mansion have to pretend to be ghosts and scare people
After a night of hard work to no avail, Huo Ning also looked dull.
He walked slowly at the end while meditating, and when he came back to his senses, Yue Qiong and Huo Huaixin had already walked a long way.
He wasn't in a hurry, he just thought hard about whether there was anything missing last night. Just as he was thinking, he saw a few beautiful figures coming from the side corridor. Huo Ning thought that he had met the little princess Yue Ning and was about to avoid it, but After a closer look, it was not Yue Ning who was walking, but Qin Wan who was wearing a sky blue pleated skirt embroidered with wind lotuses!
Huo Ning frowned, never expecting Qin Wan to be in the Hou's residence.
She could still hear the mocking words she said to herself that night, but today, he came to the Hou's mansion to investigate the case!
Thinking of this, Huo Ning walked towards Qin Wan arrogantly!