"When Xiaoqing was cleaning, she accidentally dropped her jewelry behind the table. She couldn't get it, so she asked me to help move the table." Ah Cai trembled.
This was the first time I was interrogated.
"Is that so?" Xiao Ran looked at Xiaoqing.
"That's right!" Xiaoqing nodded.
"Except you two, the other six people have never been to the room?"
The other six people shook their heads and said that they had never been to the room.
Xiao Ran walked back and forth among several people. Several people were trembling with fear, but still no one said a word.
"Are you all mute?" Chu Yanhong was a little unhappy, and several people lowered their heads.
"But, I clearly found traces of a third person." Xiao Ran smiled.
Seeing Xiao Ran's smile, some people felt creepy.
"Yanhong, are all your jewelry here?" Xiao Ran suddenly looked at Chu Yanhong, who was stunned for a moment and nodded.
"Oh? That's not right."
Xiao Ran shook his head and touched his chin.
"An Ning woke up today. In order to give her a gift, I specially brought a hairpin. How come all the jewelry is complete?"
As soon as these words came out, the maid just knelt down immediately.
"I haven't touched your jewelry!" Xiaoqing shouted that she was wronged.
"But this guy is really weird. He's missing some jewelry, so why do he have to replace it himself?"
However, An Ning was young, and Chu Yanhong's jewelry did not suit her, so Xiao Ran only picked the simplest one.
"Indeed, Xiaoqing, what's going on?" Chu Yanhong stared at the person on the ground.
Xiaoqing shook her head repeatedly: "I really don't know. You just dropped a gold hairpin. I asked Ah Cai to help move the table! Ah Cai can prove it to me!"
Xiaoqing suddenly turned her head to look at Ah Cai, her eyes full of help.
In an instant, all eyes fell on Ah Cai, who felt a little sweaty.
"It is indeed a golden hairpin. I will go out after moving it!"
Ah Cai's explanation did not clear Xiaoqing's suspicion.
After Ah Cai left, no one knew what Xiao Qing did in the room.
"Xiaoqing, I'll give you one last chance." Chu Yanhong said coldly.
But Xiaoqing knelt on the ground and kept shouting that she was wronged.
Chu Yanhong looked at Xiao Ran and couldn't figure out what was going on for a moment.
"If it's not Xiao Qing, it means that someone among the six of you has been in this room." Xiao Ran looked at the other people.
"Could it be another servant?" Chu Yanhong looked at Xiaoqing. After all, she had followed her since childhood, but she still didn't want to believe that Xiaoqing could be this kind of person.
"Impossible, can other servants know what jewelry you have in your room?" Xiao Ran smiled.
"Obviously, this person thought he had lost it, but he couldn't find it. He was afraid that his secret would be revealed, so he replaced it with another one for you."
Fortunately, the style is relatively common, so it is not difficult to find another one in the house that is exactly the same.
Chu Yanhong nodded, then this could only be done by the people in her room.
Thinking of this, Chu Yanhong's heart sank. She didn't expect that there was such a person beside her.
"I'll give you one last chance. If you admit it, I can spare your life. Otherwise..."
Chu Yanhong glanced at everyone: "I can only give you officials!"
When they heard the word "offer", everyone's faces turned pale, especially Xiaoqing, who rushed forward and hugged Chu Yanhong's thigh: "Miss, I was wronged, you must make the decision for me!"
Chu Yanhong nodded: "Although I can't clear your suspicion now, because you have followed me since you were a child, I can trust you for the time being."
"If it turns out to be you in the end, don't blame me for turning against you!"
Xiaoqing nodded repeatedly, she naturally knew that she was innocent.
Then he looked at the people behind him, with some resentment in his eyes.
"Tell me, what did you do today?" Xiao Ran sat on a chair and looked at a few people coldly.
The six people basically work in pairs and can all testify to each other.
Only Xiaoqing and another maid Xiaolan are responsible for cleaning the room.
"Xiaolan didn't come to clean today? Do you still need to ask Ah Cai for help?"
Hearing her name, a maid came out: "We accidentally dropped the gold hairpin when we were cleaning. However, the two of us were too weak, so we had to ask Ah Cai for help."
"I felt sick to my stomach later on, so I went to the hut, but it only lasted a quarter of an hour."
Xiao Ran stared at Xiaolan, but Xiaolan lowered her head and said this softly.
"You are feeling well now?" Xiao Ran did not continue to look at her.
"Thank you for your concern, uncle. I'm fine now."
Chu Yanhong looked at the two of them, why were they still chatting?
"Oh? What happened to the injury on your hand?"
Hearing Xiao Ran's words, Xiaolan's expression changed instantly, and she subconsciously wanted to pull her sleeves.
Chu Yanhong strode forward and pulled Xiaolan's arm out. As expected, her wrist was bruised.
"This slave accidentally knocked me down." Xiaolan trembled a little.
"Oh? Did he fall into the toilet?" Xiao Ran looked at Xiaolan with a half-smile.
"Or were you injured while cleaning?"
Feeling Chu Yanhong's gaze, Xiao Qing hurriedly said: "No one was injured while we were cleaning."
Xiaolan frowned and hesitated: "I just wasn't careful..."
"Don't say I won't give you a chance. If you still lie, I will sell you directly to a brothel!"
As soon as Chu Yanhong finished speaking, Xiaolan knelt down on the ground: "This slave is unjustly accused!"
Chu Yanhong let go of her hand and walked to Xiao Ran.
Even though Xiaolan hid it well just now, Xiao Ran still saw the wound on her hand.
I still wanted to cover it up, but the powder was stained on my sleeves.
"Since it was unjust, why do you need to cover up your wounds?"
Xiaolan couldn't help but trembled twice: "I just... don't think it looks good."
"You haven't said it yet, right?" Xiao Ran stood up: "Besides this wound, do you know what other evidence you left behind?"
Xiaolan raised her head suddenly, somewhat in disbelief.
"smell."
"Taste?" Xiaolan was a little confused.
His eyes suddenly opened, somewhat in disbelief.
Looking at his wrist, he had applied ointment before, could it be...
"There are eight people here, but you are the only one who smells like medicine. If you were just in the room, I might not be able to tell the difference."
"But this smell has been left on our pillows. What are you looking for?"
Xiaolan's face instantly turned pale and she sat directly on the ground.
"I don't……"
Snapped!
Unexpectedly, her servant would treat her like this, so Chu Yanhong stepped forward and slapped her.
"Still saying no? I think you are a tough talker."
This slap immediately stunned Xiao Lan, and also stunned Xiao Ran.
Chu Yanhong did it as she said, but she was a little frightened. She swallowed and Xiao Ran sat back.
"Yan Hong, I'll leave the rest to you." Xiao Ran smiled and took a sip of tea to pretend to calm down.
"Okay, I'll take care of my own maid!" Chu Yanhong asked everyone else to go down, except Xiao Lan.
