Hou Ye's palm heart is a black lotus

Chapter 348 A pot of scented tea (third update)

Ye Chutang's red lips were slightly raised, and the corners of her lips were curved in a mocking manner.

"He hanged himself in the middle of the night, and no one noticed anything unusual. I think the first people to be suspicious are the people in this courtyard!"

Ye Shixian was about to say something when she saw Zhang Qian nodding thoughtfully; "This is not unreasonable. Although the blood letter was left behind, it cannot be said to be 'iron proof'. After all, as long as you have the intention to do something like this, let alone a letter , even ten letters can be written.”

Ye Shixian suddenly became anxious: "Sir! What do you mean by this? Ye Chutang's name is clearly written on the blood book, isn't it because who else could she be?!"

Zhang Qian frowned and said in a solemn voice: "In previous cases, forged suicide notes have not happened. This is not uncommon. Since you are the official who reported it, I also want to find out the matter clearly. How could this be done? Hasty decision?”

Ye Shixian was speechless, a mouthful of blood clogged her chest.

Where does she want to report to the official! It was clearly Ye Chutang's coercion!

I had long expected that once the government officials got involved, this matter would become extremely troublesome, and it turned out to be so!

But it's too late to say that now.

Zhang Qian's eyes searched around the room: "Did Gao's diet appear abnormal yesterday?"

The little maid replied tremblingly: "No, no... Madam went back to her room to rest shortly after having dinner last night."

Ye Chutang looked at Zhang Qian: "Sir, I want to check the body of Mr. Gao."

Ye Shixian immediately objected sharply: "How dare you!"

Zhang Qian also hesitated: "Isn't this not appropriate?"

The tragic death of Gao would be unbearable for ordinary people, not to mention that Ye Chutang might be related to her death.

Seemingly reading his thoughts, Ye Chutang said: "Don't worry, Mr. Zhang, I didn't mean to offend, I just wanted to take a look. I know a little about medicine and have done autopsies before."

Only then did Zhang Qian remember those rumors about Ye Chutang.

This girl who returned from Jiangling relied on her good medical skills to support several younger siblings and brought them back to the capital!

Ye Shixian refused at all costs, and her expression became a bit ferocious: "Who knows what you are going to do to my mother! Even if I die here today, don't even think about touching her!"

Zhang Qian was in a dilemma.

Ye Chutang took the initiative to give in: "Well, I want to ask this person a few questions, is that okay?"

She said, pointing to the man responsible for the autopsy.

Zhang Qian breathed a sigh of relief, this would be much easier to handle: "Okay."

Ye Chutang looked at the man and asked, "I see that the ditch on Mr. Gao's neck seems to have signs of struggle?"

She glanced briefly when she came in just now. Although she couldn't go up to take a closer look, she still caught a glimpse of it.

Wu Zuo was stunned for a moment: "It seems, there seems to be a little red mark...but the mark is very shallow, maybe it is caused by friction when hanging himself."

Ye Chutang asked again: "Then are there any blood stains between her fingers?"

Wu Zuo shook his head: "No, there was only a cut on the index finger of his left hand, which was stained with some blood. But..."

He frowned: "Maybe she used too much force when writing the blood letter, and her nails were split."

Ye Chutang narrowed his eyes: "Can only those few numbers be like this?"

There was silence in the room for a moment. Zhang Qian's expression changed: "Why didn't you say anything just now?"

Wu Zuo also realized that he had neglected his duty, and sweat broke out on his forehead: "My lord, make atonement! I was negligent!"

Zhang Qian didn't say anything. He came to Gao's body again and picked up Bai Juan who had hanged herself.

Because there was blood on Gao's hands, there were traces on them, which didn't mean anything.

But soon, Zhang Qian saw a hook in the dried dark red blood.

After comparison, he finally confirmed that these were the traces left by the Gao family!
"She should have struggled violently before she died, otherwise this situation would not have happened." Zhang Qian said every word, with a cold expression on his face, and looked at the maid who was being questioned again.

"Tell me again, you really didn't hear anything last night!?"

A deep shout almost made the maid unable to lift her head, and her face turned as white as a ghost.

She knelt on the ground and desperately begged for mercy, crying and shouting: "Master! Master! I really don't know! I really didn't hear anything! Yesterday and yesterday, for some reason, my slave was particularly sleepy, so she fell asleep and woke up. I found out that something happened to the lady, and I was at fault! But, I really don’t know what happened last night!”

The moment Ye Shixian checked Zhang Qian's hook on the white cloth, she froze there and her mind went blank.

The maid crawled to Ye Shixian's side on her knees, grabbed the corner of her clothes, and begged: "Miss! This slave is really unjust! This slave is at fault for being negligent, but I definitely did not harm the lady!"

Ye Shixian seemed to have come back to her senses, kicked her at the corner of her clothes, and cursed bitterly: "You bitch! If you had paid more attention last night, you wouldn't have noticed that something happened to my mother! Maybe she regretted it in the middle and wanted to I don’t know if I’ll survive, but I died because of you, a cheap servant!”

The maid was kicked so hard that she fell to the ground, her face full of tears.

Ye Shixian didn't seem to be relieved yet, and was about to go up and continue beating her, but Shaoyao stopped her quickly: "Miss! It's too late to say this now. You must take care of yourself! It's not good to hurt yourself for such a bitch!"

As she said this, she stepped forward and slapped the maid hard.

"If I had known you were so lazy, I should have sold you out in the first place!"

"okay."

Zhang Qian said coldly,
"The case has not yet been decided. How unbecoming is it to fight in such a big way!"

Shaoyao shuddered, then calmed down and returned to Ye Shixian.

Ye Shixian didn't speak anymore, she just kept crying.

Ye Yunfeng snorted softly: "I'm not sleepy in the morning and I'm not sleepy in the evening. It's a coincidence that Gao was sleepy when she had the accident and slept so well."

Zhang Qian asked the maid: "What did you eat and drink yesterday?"

The maid sobbed and choked: "Slave, slave and everyone else eat the same food...that's right!"

She seemed to suddenly remember something, raised her head, and timidly said: "There is one more thing... Madam made a pot of scented tea in the afternoon, but she only drank two sips and then stopped drinking. I and the slave later worked I was a little thirsty, so when Madam asked me to take away the scented tea, I secretly took a sip..."

She kept kowtowing and banging her head: "I didn't think much about it at the time. I only heard that the scented tea was very expensive and rare, so I got greedy and drank it secretly. I know my mistake!"

Zhang Qian asked coldly: "What kind of scented tea?"

The maid cried and said: "I don't know, I only know that it was sent by Mr. Murong. I heard that one tael costs a hundred taels of silver, which is very valuable. So, I..."

Ye Chutang's eyes passed over her very lightly, and finally stopped on Ye Shixian, and then asked slowly:

"Where is that pot of scented tea now?"