The punishment of the female imperial court

Chapter 13 Hou Mansion Murder Case, Suspect Boyi

"I killed? Who did I kill?"

Boyi couldn't care less about Zhuangzhuang anymore, his deep eyes were filled with dark clouds, and his whole body exuded a strong murderous aura.Ruo Yuqian recklessly indulged, and was almost forced to take two steps back.

She looked at the black-clothed man in front of her, and she was definitely not an ordinary person who could release such murderous aura in an instant.

But so what?

Yu Qiansi once again put on a flamboyant and sweet smile, and shook off the densely written letter paper in her hand.The wrist was flipped, and the Yuli Qiankun on the index finger was also twirling with jingling bells.She stared at Boyi, and said word by word: "An old butler of the Hou's mansion, named Yu Ren."

Early this morning, Lin Shen once again ordered people to send a letter quickly, which clarified several suspicious points and a very important new clue.And it was this clue that pointed the murderer at Boyi.

There was a "buzz" in Boyi's mind, and it went blank.

Before he had time to think about it, he retorted subconsciously: "That's impossible! When we left, he was still alive. Isn't he still singing "Cheng's Monument"!"

Hearing this, Yu Qiansi clenched her fists suddenly, and the sound of Yuli Qiankun turning disappeared.She twitched her eyebrows and smiled brightly: "You really know him!"

At this moment, Boyi no longer has the heart to think about whether he has revealed his flaws.After thinking for a moment, he asked, "If he dies, who will be my guarantee?"

Yu Qiansi looked at Yu An Ning who was already dumbfounded outside the door, and made a "please" gesture.

"Let me introduce, this is Princess Changsi of the Marquis of Guang'an, and she is the person who came to protect you."

Bo Yi glanced at Yu An Ning who was standing there dumbfounded outside the door, his expression of surprise did not seem to be pretending, it seemed that he really didn't know the princess.

Just now when Yu Anning approached, she only glanced at Bo Yi, then was startled by the murderous aura around him and took a few steps back, not daring to look over him anymore.

In this dangerous situation, I did not forget to mutter in my heart: It is beautiful, but too sharp.Or Yuqiansi is more to her liking.

She woke up early this morning and was just about to come to Yu Qiansi, but when she learned that she had received a letter from Nan'an County, she came to question Boyi. Fearing that something might change, she rushed to rescue him immediately.Did not expect to hear such news.

It wasn't until she heard her own name that Yu Anning came back to her senses.

How could Boyi be the murderer who killed Steward Yu?

Now I don't care about beauty or not.

After walking a few steps, he hurriedly said: "I can prove that he is not a thief, let alone a murderer! I... I was behind the rockery at that time! I, I, I also heard what Butler Yu was singing, something like 'don't ask about the return date'" Wait for the good news'! He was alive then!"

Yuqian sighed softly, she couldn't bear to be cruel to the little princess in front of her, so she had no choice but to be persuasive.

"The princess is hiding behind the rockery, but has anyone seen the old housekeeper with anyone?"

This question was asked very skillfully, Yu Anning was afraid that she would delay Boyi by talking nonsense, so she had to tell the truth.

"I didn't see it. But I did hear it. First, he was talking with a man, and then there was a fire, and there were many movements outside the wall. Then there was the sound of Old Butler Yu singing."

"The princess didn't see it with his own eyes, but heard a similar voice. Naturally, it is also possible that the murderer had already killed the old housekeeper at that time, and then escaped over the wall and was captured by me on purpose. And the accomplices inside the wall can take the opportunity Imitate the voice of the deceased to create an alibi for him."

Yu Anning saw that Yu Qiansi's words became more and more outrageous, and every word and every sentence meant something, pointing at Boyi and angrily said: "Why don't you believe my words! Why should I help him lie to you, and I don't know him !"

Yuqiansi squinted her fox eyes to hide the shrewdness in them, and asked with a smile, "Oh? Since the Princess doesn't know this person, why should he be his guarantor?"

Yu Anning's anger was extinguished for the most part in an instant, and she froze in place with her mouth open, her mind blank.Looking at Yu Qiansi's playful expression, and then at Boyi who frowned and said nothing, she suddenly became flustered.

Although she is flamboyant and domineering, she is in the Marquis of Guang'an, and she is aware of the relationship between the various families and the court under her influence.Although it's just my own guess right now, the people in Duke Qi's mansion must not know Boyi's identity.

Thinking of this, his eyes flickered perfunctorily, and he said, "I just thought, maybe he knows something inside and can help me."

Just at this time, two things were sent by the wind.

After Yu Qiansi received Lin Shen's urgent letter this morning, he ordered Wu Yawei to go to the Yuli Pavilion early in the morning to find a letter of entrustment, which was the one that Yu Anning hurriedly handed over to the Yuli Pavilion last night. share.And the other official document was the receipt sent to the palace last night.

Yuqiansi was silent for a moment, and opened the receipt first, on which was the royal brush of vermilion lacquer, all of which were the worries of the saints, it seemed that the way from top to bottom was not going to work.Open the entrustment letter again, there is no word on it.

If she realized something, the dullness of being rejected just now disappeared immediately, and she burst into laughter in her heart: luck is really inexplicable, and I didn't expect that this time it will be bright.

Maybe not only can we get news related to Qing Yuan from Boyi, but also find out what the hell is going on in Guang'an Marquis Mansion.

What luck!

"The princess's actions in Wuya Division from last night to now, whether it's aggressive or out-of-the-ordinary, should all be to attract my attention."

Yu Qian waved up the blank entrustment letter in her hand, "So the princess made trouble on purpose last night, just for this reason?"

Yu Anning was startled, but couldn't help asking: "How do you know that I've been to Yuli Pavilion?"

Seeing Lin Shen saying that the princess was lost last night, Yu Qiansi felt strange.

"The capital is not too far from Nan'an County. The princess left early yesterday morning, but rushed to the Criminal Division just before the curfew. You must have done something in the middle. You were dressed in filial piety yesterday, covered in mud, but the mud and There is still a big difference between mud and dirt."

Yu Anning recalled what she wore yesterday, what's the difference?
Yuqian laughed and said, "Your body and sleeves were covered with patches of mud yesterday, but your back was covered with dots of mud and some water marks. You should have left Nan'an County lying on your stomach in a cart selling fresh fruits and vegetables. Therefore, the front and back of the body are full of mud from vegetables and fruits. Only the stains on the tail of the skirt behind the back have only black and gray water stains, but no mud spots. This is only possible because you walked on the bluestone slabs in the middle of the capital after you arrived in the capital. But It didn't rain yesterday. Although there are bluestone slabs in the capital, there are only a few big temples that are willing to take the trouble to clean the road every day.

But I think, the princess' relatives have just passed away, and they are full of worries, so they shouldn't have the time to go to the temple to pray for gods and worship Buddha, right?Therefore, I had no choice but to go to Yinlong Temple, ask Master Jikong for a lotus sign, and then go to Yuli Pavilion to ask me for help. "

Through all these, Yu Anning has long understood Yu Qiansi's intelligence, but because of this, she feels that she has made the right choice, and she might give her a go if she asks her for help.

After making up his mind, he knelt down on the ground and said firmly, "That's right!"

"Yu Anning of the Marquis of Guang'an asked the owner of the Jade House to thoroughly investigate the death of the old lady of the Marquis of Guang'an! Grandma and grandma couldn't have died suddenly of a serious illness. She must have been murdered! Please help me find the murderer! No excuses!"

Yu Anning's mother died in a bandit accident in the suburbs of Beijing ten years ago.Before the bones of the old man were cold, the Marquis of Guang'an married his wife and sister to continue his life.For Yu Anning, having a stepmother means having a stepfather, not to mention that his father doesn't like being a woman at all.If it weren't for her grandmother to shield her from the wind and rain, I'm afraid I would have died in a long time ago.Grandmother is her only relative in this world.Although she is old, she pays the most attention to rest and recuperation. She has always been in good health, so why did she suddenly fall ill?What's more, Xiao Zhang was also in the other garden that day, there must be something wrong with it!

Not only did she accept it as a matter of course when the Princess gave Yu Qian a big gift, but Sui Feng was also calm and composed, and Bo Yi frowned deeply.When the princess said to kneel, she would kneel, but she didn't even lift her eyelids, which shows her extreme arrogance!
Yuqiansi pondered for a long time, and said slowly: "The old lady is the body of the imperial order. Although I don't understand the rules of you high-ranking families. But I think that being killed by the imperial order and dying of illness are completely different things."

Bo Yi, who had been drooping his eyelids and kept silent, suddenly looked at Yu Qiansi when he heard the words: "Yu Si Yin hasn't explained yet, how did I become a murderer?"

Yu Qiansi cast a sideways glance at Bo Yi with some annoyance: he is smart enough to understand what he meant.

Yu Qiansi said angrily: "Naturally, new evidence has been discovered." Turning to ask Yu Anning, she said, "Princess, is there a huge copper leaker in the yard where Yu Ren's accident happened?"

Boyi seemed to be trying to remember.

Yu Anning nodded immediately: "That's right, there is a bigger leak. The old butler Yu lives there to take care of the bigger leak."

"It is said that the leak is covered up and down by the copper tube, and only the present moment will reveal it."

"That's right. Every day at Mao's time, all the water in the leak will be poured into the pond, and the leak will be reset. At that time, there will be a huge bell ringing. The whole Nan'an County will hear it."

"That's right. Last night, Lin Shen led people to look for the fire in the courtyard. Just after Xu time, he found that the connection between the characters "Xu" and "Hai" was tied and burned. Half of the cotton thread is soaked in kerosene. It is consistent with the traces found at the fire scene. It should be that someone killed the old housekeeper at the moment when Youshi and Xushi intersected, and then used Genglou to fake the scene and create a big fire. Then let everyone I mistakenly thought that the old housekeeper was burned to death."

That is to say, people die at the intersection of Youshi and Xushi.That being the case, the old man's voice they heard at the second quarter of Xu time was definitely not the old housekeeper.

(End of this chapter)