The First Young Master of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 960 Visiting Zhang Family
"It's obvious. The housekeeper and the concierge have seen the murderer." Xuan Shijing said: "This man-made accident in the Zhang family killed three people. The concierge, the housekeeper, and the young master of the Zhang family died in the Zhang family's house. The young master of the Zhang family and the butler died in the hall, and the concierge died in the room in the front yard, which means that the murderer is likely to be someone familiar to the young master of the Zhang family."

After listening to Xuan Shijing's words, Qin Bingyue also fell into deep thought, and then said: "Master Hou is right, this concierge was opened for the guests, and then the butler took the guests to the hall, so counting, the dead All three of them had seen the murderer, and the rest, because of the big night, were either resting in their own rooms or in the backyard, and never set foot in the front yard, so they had never seen the murderer. It is obviously impossible for the murderer to slaughter all the people in the house without letting a single fish slip through the net."

"The number of murderers will not be many. If there are many people, no matter how unbearable the Jinwu Guard is, they will find something unusual." Xuan Shijing said: "So next, let's go to the Zhang family and ask the people of the Zhang family. It’s all about whether the young master of the Zhang family has had any contact with anyone recently.” Xuan Shijing said: “At present, this case is not a deep and difficult unsolved case. Temple, it’s really a vegetarian meal in a corpse.”

"It's not easy to be an official in the imperial capital. If one is not careful, I'm afraid he will lose his official title, so I can understand." Qin Bingyue said walking beside Xuan Shijing.

It's one thing to understand, but the imperial court can't eat nothing if they support officials. There are Jinwu Guards for law and order, and Dali Temple for solving crimes.

After strolling around the East City, Xuan Shijing and Qin Bingyue went to the Zhang family's mansion, because something happened to the Zhang family last night. Up to now, the door of the Zhang family's mansion is still closed, and the Zhang family's mansion is still closed. There are also a few people around the mansion who want to watch the excitement.

Qin Bingyue knocked on the door of Zhang's house, and there was a muffled voice from inside.

"Who is it, the mansion doesn't welcome guests now."

"We are from the government to investigate the case, open the door." Xuan Shijing said to the people inside the door.

Hearing that it was someone from the government, the door of Zhang's mansion opened slowly.

Qin Bingyue and Xuan Shijing were both wearing Jinyiwei's official uniforms, and the servants of the Zhang family recognized them, so they let them in.

"Who is in charge of the Zhang family now?" Xuan Shijing asked after entering.

"Return to my lord, the master has not come back from other places, and now the young lady is in charge of everything in the Zhang family." The boy replied.

"Find a place where you can sit and talk, and let your young lady come to see me." Xuan Shijing said.

"Yes, my lord, please wait a moment." After the boy finished speaking, he ran towards the backyard.

Originally, servants like him were not allowed to go to the backyard, but now the Zhang family is also in a special time, and there are too many things waiting for Mrs. Zhang's young lady to deal with, so she can't care about so many rules.

The hall in the front yard was burnt down last night, and together with several houses near the hall, the mansion of the Zhang family is naturally not comparable to the mansions of those rich and powerful families, and the front yard is not as big as others imagined, so last night This fire almost burned half of the front yard.

Now Xuan Shijing brought Qin Bingyue over to investigate the case, leaving no place to sit in the front yard.

Not long after, Mrs. Zhang's young lady came out from the backyard with her maids, came to Xuan Shijing, and saluted.

"Grassmen, please refer to your lord."

"Young Madam, I'm sorry, is there a place to sit?" Xuan Shijing cupped his hands: "It's abrupt."

Mrs. Zhang Jiashao shook her head: "My lord, please follow Caomin to the study."

Mrs. Zhang's young lady invited Xuan Shijing and Qin Bingyue into the study, followed Xuan Shijing and Qin Bingyue to the backyard, and saw that the backyard of the Zhang family's mansion was already completely deserted, although the body of the young master of the Zhang family was still there. It is parked in the government office, but the Zhang family has already started to build a mourning hall.

"Because the front yard is the scene of a murder case, the government doesn't let people move, so some affairs can only be put in the back yard." Mrs. Zhang Jiashao explained to Xuan Shijing as she walked.

When they came to the study, Xuan Shijing and Qin Bingyue found a place to sit down, while Mrs. Zhang Jiashao took the main seat.

The maid of the Zhang family quickly served hot tea, and then stood beside Mrs. Zhang's young lady.

Mrs. Zhang’s young lady is a new widow, and there are many gossips in front of the widow’s house. Xuan Shijing understands, and Mrs. Zhang’s young lady also understands that this study was originally the place where Zhang’s young master handled matters. Now that Xuan Shijing and Qin Bingyue came in, although some It's not suitable, but there is no other place to go, after all, the backyard is a hidden place in someone's house, and Xuan Shijing and Qin Bingyue are strangers, so they can't walk around at will.

"I don't know what my lord wants to ask, but the grass-roots people will know and say everything." Mrs. Zhang Jiashao said.

"Well, it's about the young master of the Zhang family, who has he come into contact with in the past two days? Or, with whom did he have a grudge?" Xuan Shijing asked.

After hearing the words, Mrs. Zhang's young lady fell into deep thought. Not long after, she raised her head and looked at Xuan Shijing: "The day before yesterday, my husband went to Dongshi, but as a woman, I didn't ask too many questions about what to do. That is, before my husband went to Dongshi, he met a person, a woman, in the mansion, and the servants said that the woman was very young and came in men's clothing."

"Young woman? Haven't you seen it with your own eyes?" Xuan Shijing asked.

Mrs. Zhang Jiashao shook her head: "No, I have been watching the child in the backyard, and rarely interfered in the affairs of the front yard. The servants in the house told me about it."

"This is troublesome, has anyone in the house seen the woman's appearance?" Xuan Shijing asked.

"This..." Mrs. Zhang's young lady looked at the maid beside her: "Xiaoling, I will ask the people below if I have seen the appearance of the woman who came to our house the day before yesterday."

"Yes, ma'am." Xiaoling responded, and left the study, and after instructing the people below to inquire, she returned to the study.

"If that's the case, you didn't know that there were guests visiting your house last night?" Xuan Shijing asked.

Mrs. Zhang's young lady shook her head: "I know this, because I was accompanying my husband in this study to teach the children to read and write. The housekeeper in the front yard came over and said that a guest came to see my husband. After whispering something in my husband's ear , Husband and the butler left the study, now that I think about it, maybe what the butler told Husband is the identity of the visitor."

Xuan Shijing groped his chin and thought, now it seems that there are only three people who have seen the identity of the visitor who came to the door, and that is the three who died. The woman looks like a person.

(End of this chapter)