Su Huangzhe, An Ying and others inspected the scene. Compared with the previous two families, the Wang family's house is much smaller, and you can see the whole yard at a glance. Xiao Yi looked around and said, "There are footprints on the wall, and there are signs that someone climbed over the wall."
Guo Xi pondered: "The Wang family's study is in the left wing behind the main house. It is only about ten steps away from the bedroom in the main house. If there is a struggle, you should be able to hear it. And in this situation in the study, there must be a fierce fight. How could it be? Didn’t you hear anything?”
Xiao Yi said: "Do you think that all the female members of the Wang family have been drugged with sweat medicine, and it won't be possible to detect it now?"
Several people were unconvinced.
The signs of turning over in Wang Qingyan's study were obvious, and some papers were soaked in blood and stuck to the floor.
Yun Pan looked at the paper notes on the table carefully, "They are all based on reading experience. He is just a casual official, and he should not have any major military affairs."
Lao Guo said: "Do you think it has something to do with the affairs of the household department that he handled in the early years? Although Magistrate Duzhi is only of the sixth rank, he is actually a key department, and he is in charge of distributing no less than a million dollars. Otherwise, he would not Will be exposed for corruption.”
Su Huangzhe nodded and said, "If it is about the affairs of the Ministry of Husbandry in the early years, it is of great concern. Qi Guogong also worked in the Ministry of Husbandry in his early years. But it seems that Cheng Shilang has no experience in the Ministry of Husbandry. Lao Guo, Yunpan, follow me back to the Ministry of Punishment to check him out. Matters in the Household Department. An Ying, Xiao Yi, you stay here and record all the confessions. Yang Captou, please take control of this place, the Punishment Department is short of manpower recently."
Captain Yang agreed. After all, this case was also handed over from the capital government office. Everyone knew how complicated the first two cases were.
An Ying called the girl and mother-in-law to ask.
Of the two girls from the Wang family, the one who went to see the doctor was Hongyu, who was only fifteen or sixteen years old and about the same age as An Ying. She is the rough girl in the family. She wears a coarse cloth dress and has calluses on her hands. She usually sleeps in the wing opposite the study.
An Ying grabbed her hand and asked softly: "Don't be afraid, just tell me everything you remember."
Hongyu stood close to An Ying and said tremblingly: "The master used to come back for dinner, but he has been coming back late in the past month. Madam doesn't even call him his meal."
"Usually the master comes back around midnight. In the first few months, I would wait in case the master wanted to have midnight snacks or something. Every time I made the snacks, Sister Huang Yu would hear the master in front of me open the door and immediately prepare the snacks. The snacks I made will be sent to the master." Hongyu sighed softly.
"Later, the master himself said that he came back after eating outside and told us not to bother."
"Our wife's health is not good. She had a serious illness a few years ago. Later, the doctor looked at her, but she was still weak. She couldn't sleep well at night, so Dr. Zhou prescribed some soothing medicine and she gradually fell asleep peacefully. Later, the master came back late. Rest in the study so as not to wake the lady."
"Last night was the same as before. I heard the midnight chime, the door opened, and then closed again. If it was different, it was that the closing sound was a little later, and the door was closed after half a breath. But this is not necessarily the case. , sometimes it’s too late for the master to close.”
"Then I heard the master's footsteps, and then the study door opened. I fell asleep behind me and didn't hear anything."
"Early in the morning, at about a quarter, I got up and went to the kitchen to cook. I rushed over when I heard my wife screaming. I stood at the door of the study and looked at the blood inside. I was too scared to go forward. My wife called I went to see the doctor. I immediately went to Dr. Zhou at the corner of the street. Our family always went to see him for medical treatment, and I was the one who called him. The trip back and forth was only half a stick of incense. As soon as Dr. Zhou went in and felt his pulse, he shook his head and said: It hasn’t been a long time and it’s already cold.”
"You mean that wall in the backyard? That's where firewood is usually piled. Not many people go there except me."
The mother-in-law Wei Lianghua is fifty years old and is Wang Qingyan's wet nurse.
She wiped her tears and said while crying: "My young master has been busy recently and came back late. He felt sorry for his wife and slept in the study room. Whose man do you think comes back and doesn't even have anyone to take care of him? How can he be a wife? One day is up Those who are late and ill, how much medicine can they take?"
An Ying pursed her lips and said, "Does Wang Qingyan always come back so late?"
"I heard from him these days that he has a job that is very difficult to do, so he gets off duty late. You tell me, the men in the family are as tired as cattle and horses, but she sleeps peacefully. She has to take one penny of medicine every day. ah."
An Ying still asked in a guiding manner, otherwise a few words would circle back to Qin Manyun.
"Do you remember what time you came back last night? Tell me everything you heard and saw? Logically speaking, you slept in the room on the right when you entered the door. You could hear Wang Qingyan as soon as he entered. Didn't you get up to take a look?"
Wei Lianghua slapped her thigh and said, "I heard the sound of the door opening. I slept at the door. I used to get up and open the door for the young master. Later, the young master cared about my age and told me to rest, and he could open it himself."
"Last night was the same as before? Is there anything different?"
"It's the same." Wei Lianghua thought for a while: "It's almost the same, except that opening and closing the door are slower than before. But it was also slower before, not necessarily."
"Why was it slow before?"
"For example, if it rains or drinks, the young master will be slower. At that time, I will get up and open the door. Oh, why didn't I get up and open the door." Wei Lianghua started crying again.
"Aunt Wei, please don't cry yet. Think about it again, what happened to your young master? He has to pass by your door when entering the study."
Wei Lianghua said while crying, "I feel like it's the same as before. He never made a loud noise when walking. I should have heard it, but I don't remember, wuwuwu."
An Ying patiently consoled her: "Aunt Wei, it's okay. This kind of thing is an accident. What you have to do now is to recall what happened last night, so that we can catch the murderer as soon as possible, and it will be an explanation to your master. You Say so?"
Wei Lianghua nodded and took a sip of water, "Yes, yes, young official, you are right. I will think about it again."
"It was just after midnight, and I listened to the hour report outside. The young master came back, and then walked across the yard to the study. I heard the sound of the study door opening, and then there was no movement. I slept until dawn."
"I asked, did some gangster give us Ecstasy? I really didn't hear anything?"
An Ying took a note and asked: "What about the morning? Tell me about the situation in the morning."
"In the morning, I got up at the same time as before. In fact, I woke up at 9 o'clock. It was early in the morning, so I woke up early. I heard the sound of Hongyu getting up and cooking in the kitchen."
"I heard Madam yelling soon, so I rushed over and saw the young master lying in the study, with red blood on the floor." "Madam asked Hong Yu to find the doctor, and asked me to go to the government office to report the case. Huang Yu accompanied Madam Stay in the study. I ran towards the government office as soon as I left the door. I reached the entrance of Shen's store on Dongxi Street and couldn't run anymore. I rested and ran forward again. In the middle, I met an adult from the Beijing Army and Horses Department and asked What happened to me so early in the morning? I quickly said there was a death in my family, and Master Bingma Si rode me to the capital government office."
"It takes about half an hour to go back and forth."
An Ying continued to the next one.
Huang Yu is a few years older than Hong Yu and is Qin Manyun's personal maid. He slept in Qin Manyun's room at night.
Huang Yu took out the handkerchief and wiped her tears. There was a silver bracelet on Bai Shengsheng's wrist.
"I slept soundly at night and didn't hear anything. It wasn't until I heard my wife yelling in the morning that I ran to see him. The master fell in blood. I was so scared at the time."
"Madam asked Hongyu to go find the doctor. Madam and I were waiting in the study for the doctor to come. When Dr. Zhou saw it, he said that he was gone. Alas, in fact, Madam and I knew it in our hearts. We went in and touched our bodies, and we felt cold. Wow. Woo woo woo.”
After recording, An Ying asked: "Don't you usually hear the sound of your master coming back?"
Huang Yu shook his head and said, "I slept so deeply at night that I really can't hear you."
"Then this month your master comes home late, and you don't even hear him?" An Ying was a little surprised.
Huang Yu still shook his head, "I always sleep deeply. But I know that the master will come back late. In the first few months, the wife arranged night snacks for the master, and I brought them. Later, the master said that when he came back after eating outside, he didn't want them at home. Burned. We all took a rest early."
