"Uncle? Uncle! My name is Zhuang Youjie. I have something to tell you!" Zhuang Youjie went to the new concierge's residence, knocked on the door and shouted inside.
At this time and into the middle of the night, the concierge uncle had already fallen asleep. He was woken up by Zhuang Youjie banging on the door. The uncle knew that Master Zhuang was a noble man and did not dare to neglect him, so he hurriedly put on his clothes to greet him.
The uncle opened the door and cordially invited Zhuang Youjie into the room, "Master Zhuang, what's the matter with you coming here so late?"
Zhuang Youjie met the concierge so easily, but things didn't go so smoothly for Liang Yuanque, who was responsible for tricking Yu Yan.
A servant was guarding the door of the guest room where Liang Yuanque lived. He waved to him and called him over, "Brother, I have something to ask you for help."
The servant was instructed to take care of this "distinguished guest" as much as possible, so he naturally stepped forward and obeyed.
Liang Yuanque whispered in the little brother's ear and ordered him mysteriously, "Go and invite Miss Yuyan, who was waiting for the eldest lady earlier. Remember to do it quietly and not alert others."
Because of Master Shen's instructions, the servant went obediently, but he came back by himself. At the same time, he brought Yu Yan back to reply, "It's time to rest. If you have anything to do, please let Master Liang talk to you tomorrow."
Liang Yuanque clenched his fists slightly to hold back the curse words. He was not embarrassed by a little girl with an superficial expression.
"Where does Miss Swift live? I'll go and ask her in person."
The servant was a little hesitant, but Liang Yuanque's attitude was very resolute. Considering that Mr. Shen invited him to his home, the servant did not dare to neglect, so he had to lead him forward.
Yuyan is the eldest lady's personal maid and has a relatively high status among the servants of the Shen family, so she lives alone in a wing of the west wing.
When Liang Yuanque arrived, the lights in her room had been turned off. Just like Yu Yan's reply, she obviously looked like she had fallen asleep.
But Liang Yuanque was in a hurry to handle the case and couldn't get used to his behavior, so he waved his hand to the servants to step back first, and went up to knock on the door himself.
"They said it's time to rest!" As soon as he knocked on the door, Yu Yan's anxious voice came from the room. She seemed to think that the servant she had just driven away had returned.
"You responded immediately. You must not be asleep yet, right?" Liang Yuanque approached the door and shouted into the room.
There was silence in the room for a while, and then came Yu Yan's almost crying response, "Master Liang, I don't know anything. I'm just a little girl. Please don't embarrass me anymore."
Liang Yuanque did not agree or reject her request. Instead, he took a step closer, almost lying on the door frame, and said in a low volume, but just enough for people in the room to hear,
"It's almost Xu time. Is it time for the eldest lady to go out?"
After he said this, he heard a pinging sound coming from the room, as if someone hurriedly ran to the door. Then the door opened, and behind the door was a panicked Yu Yan.
"Sir," Yu Yan, who looked panicked, knelt down directly to Liang Yuanque, "I know that sir is a god, please spare my life. Miss's matter really has nothing to do with me, I was not involved!"
Judging from her reaction, Liang Yuanque made the right bet.
He grinned at the panicked little girl in front of him, "Then you have to tell me truthfully what you experienced and what you saw on the day of the crime."
Although the gang at the police station had not investigated anything about the case, they were dragged into investigating the case by the furious Mr. Shen. They had no clue and could only pretend to be at the scene of the crime, at least to reveal the case. The situation at the scene was clearly recorded, and photos were even taken.
When Liang Yuanque was in Inspector Chang's office, he hurriedly browsed through the case materials.
It is recorded in the document that at the crime scene, the doors and windows were wide open, a flower pot stool was tilted, Shen Yuelan's body was lying about three feet away under the window, and her throat was cut.
Except that no body was seen, the rest of the scene was basically the same as what Liang Yuanque saw later. The only difference was that the window that was opened on the night of the crime was later closed.
Maybe this was an unintentional move by someone in the police station who was present at the scene, or maybe it was some deliberate move by someone secretly after the incident.
The case materials also recorded the testimonies of some witnesses, but perhaps because of insufficient professionalism and the writing was sloppy and confusing, it took Liang Yuanque some time to extract the key points.
The second young lady's testimony was that she went to look for her sister at around 1:15 AM. When she opened the door, she saw her sister lying on the ground with a masked man in black lying on top of him. When he saw her coming in, he pushed her open and ran away. , she immediately screamed, attracting the servants.
There are additional additions to the file here that were later added. They confirmed with several maids in front of the second lady that the second lady had not left the boudoir before a quarter of an hour.
This supplement was pretty good. Liang Yuanque couldn't guess who else in the police station was so clear-headed.
The servants who participated in the pursuit of the man in black that night also had their testimonies recorded. Their testimonies confirmed what Shen Yuexin said. That night, several people first heard the screams of the second lady at 12:00, and then saw a figure coming from the eldest lady. The wall of the courtyard came out, and these people chased and called for their companions. Later, more servants joined in the pursuit, but the thief seemed to be very familiar with the Shen family and the surrounding area, and had some skills, so he escaped by climbing over the walls.
There are still later additions here, and it is confirmed from the servant that the thief escaped over the wall through the front door of Shen's house.
There was also a person whose testimony was very strange. It was recorded in the notes that this person came to the police station to record his testimony, but his name was anonymized in the investigation records and was only referred to as "that gentleman."
The "gentleman" claimed to have bumped into Miss Lan on the street at 2:00 a.m., but did not specify where exactly he met her.
Since there are so many people’s testimonies, where was Yu Yan, the personal maid, that night?
This is the reason why Liang Yuanque must come to ask Yuyan. Firstly, of course, it is because this girl behaved too suspiciously. Secondly, because of her identity, she did not give any testimony to explain herself on the night Miss Lan was killed. It is true that She became more suspicious.
Liang Yuanque bypassed Yu Yan who was kneeling at the door of the house and walked straight into the house, waiting for her to reveal the secret she had been hiding.
Yu Yan calmed down, and after observing that there was no one else outside the house, she closed the door and walked into the house. Liang Yuanque saw that she was about to kneel again and quickly stopped her, "Hey, I don't want to do this anymore. If you have something to say, please tell me. If you are not guilty, I will not accuse you unjustly."
After hearing this, Yu Yan had no choice but to move a stool for Liang Yuanque, and she also found a place to sit down. She wiped her tears and said to him, "The little girl was blind and didn't realize that Master Liang was the person that the eldest daughter had been seeing. Master Liang This time, it turns out that I am really here to avenge the eldest lady!"
Her words made Liang Yuanque confused, but because of this, the detail that he had been unable to put together in his mind finally found an explanation!
