"Which one of you is Shuxuan and which is Mu..."

"Jiro has already started to ask the case? How can I not let me know!"

Sun Shaozong was waiting to ask about the identities of the two maids, and then he further asked which maid in the blue skirt on the left, but what was strange in his mind.

Unexpectedly, Wang Ren and Xing Zhong were transferred out of the back hall as soon as they were halfway through.

The three people at the table all got up to greet each other busy, but Xue Tad and Sun Shaoxu were welcoming Wang Ren, but Sun Shaozong bowed his hands to Xing Zhong, calling him ‘Uncle Xing’s.’

Although there is no blood relationship, Xing Zhong is the uncle of Jia Yingchun's Eight Classics, and Sun Shaozongming respects him, but he is actually the face of Gu Quan's own "sister-in-law".

But this kind of courtesy surpassed Wang Ren, but Xing Zhongpo was a little uncomfortable with these years, the wealthy relatives of Rongguo Mansion, have never looked at him with straight eyes?

As a result, he was at a loss for a while and forgot how to deal with it.

"Jiro doesn't have to..."

When he finally managed to squeeze out the conversation, Wang Ren on the side was sitting on the main seat as early as Da Ma Jindao, and repeatedly urged: "Since Erlang has already started the trial, don't delay, and settle this case earlier. , Our brothers can also talk about it at night!"

Xing Zhong suffocated his old face and flushed, but he didn't dare to complain, he just sat back on his seat sullily, and made a silly smile of harmless humans and animals.

Seeing Xing Zhong's face, Sun Shaozong couldn't help but shook his head secretly. No wonder this Uncle Xing, who was in the name of the in-laws of Rongguo Mansion, had fallen to the point where he wanted to go north to join him.

When everyone was seated, Sun Shaozong asked the names of the two maids again, but it turned out that the maid in the blue dress was called Muqin, and the one in the white dress next to him was Shuxuan who was a good painter.

"You two, what do you want?"

Sun Shaozong said "two people", but his eyes fixedly fell on Mu Qin.

Sure enough, Mu Qin immediately opened a small mouth, just waiting to say something.

However, when the words reached her throat, she swallowed it back alive, hoping to inquire: "If the slave and maid had said it, would there be a reward?"

Gee~

This girl didn't know if it was a lack of heart, or a fascination with money, even if she hoped to reward her, she should never say it in front of her owner.

Both Liu Changfeng and his son were a little unhappy on their faces, but they still promised in unison, saying that as long as she could remember something, she would naturally have no less rewards.

Namqin smiled immediately, but she never thought that this was the last amount of money she received from the Liu Mansion in her life?

Just listen to her crisp voice: "Enlighten Master Qingtian, the slave servant and Shuxuan helped the young master into the house, and took the fire book out to light up the lamp, but found that the shadow of the screen on the south wall did not seem to be right, as if Weekdays are a little different..."

"what?!"

As soon as Liu Changfeng heard this, his excitement almost jumped from the ground, turning his head and angrily reprimanding Namqin, "Why didn't you talk about such an important thing earlier?!"

As he said, another head knocked on the ground and said excitedly: "My lord Mingjian, it is clear that there have been thieves hidden behind the screen long ago, and after the maids left, they waited for an opportunity to kill my daughter-in-law!"

Slap~

"shut up!"

Sun Shaozong slapped the table and scolded: "Although this place is not a court, you will not be able to teach the officer how to decide the case. If you dare to be rude, the officer will not be merciless!"

The county magistrate in Jiangning was still a little clever, and as soon as he stopped talking, he hurriedly called a few government officials in and ordered them to line up in two.

Although the water and fire stick and the prestige are missing, the atmosphere in the hall is still a lot more awe-inspiring.

Liu Changfeng still wanted to distinguish a few words at first, but to the cold eyes of Sun Shaozong, he shrank and bowed down as if he had been drunk.

Then Sun Shaozong asked Namuqin again: "What is the difference between that shadow?"

"This……"

Seeing that the master had eaten the head, Mu Qin was a little timid, but when he heard Sun Shaozong's questioning, he was even more panicked.

While he was struggling to say something, he listened to Shuxuan on the side and said loudly: "My lord, Mu Qin didn't see it really at the time, and he put out the fire book with a shake of his hand."

"Yes, yes, that's how it is!"

Mu Qin Rumeng nodded hurriedly as if smashing garlic, and said: "I just felt that something was wrong, and the fire broke out. I really didn't see it really, and I don't know if I read it wrong because of this. When asked, the servant didn't dare to talk nonsense."

Didn't you see it really?

Sun Shaozong frowned and said, "Since you think something is wrong, why don't you light the fire book again and confirm it?"

"Because the servant...the servant is afraid."

Mu Qin couldn't stop trembling in her voice: "Lv Yi had soaked in the well for a day and night before he got it out. At that time, it was really...it was..."

"After this, the family was a little uneasy. I heard that Lu Yi turned into a ghost, and wanted to... to the young lady!"

"So as soon as the fire broke out, the slave servant panicked, and Shu Xuan was too scared to be by her side. Once we got together, we hurried out to find the young lady."

Sun Shaozong couldn't help being disappointed when he heard this.

Originally thought that this maid could provide first-hand evidence on the scene, who would have thought such a vague clue.

The shadow of this southern wall...

Sun Shaozong took out the layout of the bedroom and scanned it, and then asked: "Where did you stand in the house when you were making a fire?"

"It's... almost in the middle of the room."

According to the complaint, the screen is five feet high [approximately 1.55 meters] and seven feet long [approximately 2 meters 17]. If someone deliberately hides behind and lights it from the front, it should not reflect shadows.

As he pondered, he asked, "How thick is that screen? Can it transmit light to reflect the figure behind?"

"This……"

Mu Qin hesitated for a while, and suddenly exclaimed, "Ah! I think of something wrong. The screen is usually lighted with a lamp, and it is slightly transparent. It was dark that day, and it looked very oozing. People, that's why I was taken aback!"

It used to be transparent?

Was there no light before the incident?

Sun Shaozong lifted his spirits, and he seemed to have something in his mind.

At this moment, Shuxuan suddenly interjected: "It's dark and it's right. Because it was raining that day, the young lady didn't let anyone carry out the tub after washing up in the afternoon. There was a tub behind. Blocking it, it looks naturally dark."

As she said, she shook her head speechlessly: "You couldn't tell why at the time. I really thought you saw something dirty, but it turned out to be..."

With these words, Mu Qin was speechless, and he peeked at his master in a slanderous manner. He was obviously worried that the ‘great reward’ would be missing.

And everyone around, including Wang Ren, originally thought they were going to expose some major case, but now they found out that it was a misunderstanding, and they felt disappointed.

However, Sun Shaozong was not disappointed this time. The clear eyes were directly locked on Shuxuan, and he asked in a deep voice: "In the confession recorded by Jiangning County, it only says that you two went to find the Sun family together, but you don't know where it is. Where were you before? Then who is serving Sun by his side?"

Mu Qin: "The slave and maid are in the small kitchen, urging the cooks to make the cakes for August 15th, and the young lady is waiting for Sister Shuxuan."

Shuxuan: "The slave and maid were really waiting in front of the young woman. Because the young woman was thinking about the small kitchen, she sent the servant to ask if there were some tricks. The two of us couldn't make up their minds, so we decided to ask the young woman to be the master. ."

Sure enough!

One time can be said to be a coincidence, but twice in a row, this Shuxuan denied Mu Qin's rhetoric when everyone was suspicious.

This inevitably makes people feel a little weird.

Especially with Liu Changfeng's remarks in front, anyone should know that if there is a rumor that someone lurks behind the screen, it will undoubtedly be extremely beneficial to Liu Yiqing.

As the big maid of the Liu family, it is not very reasonable to deny this possibility one after another.

In addition, she was already serving by Sun's side, if she commits the crime in advance, she will have plenty of time!

As for why, did Mu Qin not find the body when he went in...

Sun Shaozong suddenly bowed his hand to Wang Ren and said, "Brother Wang, can someone bring a few screens over? It's better to have a light-transmitting one. Please prepare another bathtub."

When Wang Ren heard this, he also guessed that Sun Shaozong probably wanted to test something, and there was nothing to be embarrassed about. He immediately gave an order to ask the servant to search for screens, bath barrels, etc. according to Sun Shaozong's instructions.

While taking advantage of this moment, Sun Shaozong asked Shuxuan and Muqin several more questions, such as where they all went to look for the Sun family, whether they separated on the way, and so on.

After learning that Shuxuan had visited the latrine on the way, and spent about half a cup of tea [three to five minutes] before and after, Sun Shaozong's balance tilted toward her again.

But after a while, several servants of the palace brought up several screens, large and small.

Sun Shaozong first asked Liu Yiqing and the two maids to select screens with slightly different sizes on the two sides according to the degree of light transmission in the memory.

Then he ordered someone to lift the tub to the corner and gradually extinguish the nearby lights until the brightness of the murder scene was about the same as the evening of the same day, and then the smaller screen was placed in front.

But I saw a dark lacquer nearby, not to mention the tub at the back, and even the front screen can only vaguely see an outline.

"Mu Qin, stand at the same distance as the day, and try to light a fire."

Under Sun Shaozong's orders, Namqin stood about six feet away from the screen [about 1.86] and carefully lit the Huozhezi.

But seeing the fire light up, the center of the screen was still dark, but some light was faintly passing through on both sides.

Sun Shaozong asked timely questions from the side: "What you saw that day, but this kind of situation?"

Mu Qin shook his head without hesitation, and was about to say something, but Shuxuan on the side couldn't help but interject: "My lord, she only glanced at that time, how could she remember..."

"shut up!"

Sun Shaozong yelled and encouraged Mu Qin: "You only need to tell the truth. Not only will your master be rewarded, my Sun family will not treat you badly!"

Namuqin was a little hesitant when Shuxuan said it, but when she heard that the reward was doubled, she immediately shook her head and said, "That's not the case. I looked behind the screen at the time, it was obviously dark, and there was no light on both sides!"

Upon hearing this, Sun Shaozong immediately ordered the slightly larger screen to be lifted and placed in front of the previous screen, about one foot [31.1 cm] away.

There was no need for Mu Qin to speak, and everyone immediately noticed the difference. The areas where there was some light on both sides of the original also became darker.

Although it is carefully distinguished, the degree of dimming is still somewhat different from the middle, but at first glance, it is completely dark.

"Yes, yes, that's it, that's it at the time!"

While Namuqin yelled with joy, Wang Ren couldn't help being curious, and asked wonderingly: "Erlang, what's the matter with this? What have you tried out for a long time?"

Sun Shaozong smiled slightly and pointed to the two screens and said: "I heard someone say that there is a bathtub behind the screen, so it is opaque. Since it is a screen for bathing, it is naturally better than a bath. The bucket is a lot bigger, otherwise how can it cover the tub behind?"

"Similarly, just because the tub is much smaller than the screen, and it is an oval with a curvature, it is almost impossible to cover all the light leakage of the screen!"

"So I assumed that there might be something else before and after the screen, for example, another screen!"

"If I'm right, when the two maids entered the door that day, there were also two screens in the room. As for the purpose, they were afraid that it was not to cover up the living, but to cover up the corpse of my niece!"

"what?!"

Wang Ren was shocked and said in disbelief: "You mean that when Liu Yiqing returned home, Sun was already dead?!"

"This...Is it impossible?!"

Sun Shaoxu was even more dumbfounded on the side, and blurted out, "Who is the murderer? Why do you want to...do such a trick?"

Sun Shaozong smiled slightly: "The murderer made this kind of trick, naturally, to create an alibi, and at the same time push the charge on Liu Yiqing."

As he said, he slowly turned around, fixed his gaze on Shuxuan, and sneered: "Ms. Shuxuan, but I don't know the official's inference, what is wrong?"

At this moment, there was not much light in the surroundings, only Huo Zhezi in Mu Qin's hands reflected Shu Xuan's pale and bloodless face.

She was obviously panicked, but forced a smile and shook her head: "What does the master mean? The slave girl really can't understand."

"do not understand?"

Sun Shaozong snorted and said: "If the official said that there is no mistake, there is a chance to kill Sun in advance, and then wait for the opportunity to withdraw from the agency, and expose Sun's body, I am afraid that it is only you, a close-knit maid. !"

"Master!"

Shu Xuan fell on her knees and cried out repeatedly: "The servant girl is the maidservant of the young grandma's dowry, and has always been reused by the young grandmother and the young master. How could she... and how could she do such a rebellious thing?!"

Sun Shaozong spread his hands together: "Indeed, I haven't figured out your motives until now, but it should be a little involved with the matter of Lu Yi."

Seeing that Sun Shaozong still believed that he was the murderer~lightnovelpub.net~ Shuxuan suddenly raised her head and gritted her teeth and asked: "My lord, you said that only slaves and maids can commit this case, but you don’t know where the slaves and maids find the second screen. , How to move it elsewhere afterwards?!"

"It is important to know that the servant girl is just a mentally handicapped female stream, and not a strong general like the big master. Don't say that there is not enough time, even if there is enough time, I am afraid that it will be difficult to carry the screen elsewhere independently!"

Everyone had already followed Sun Shaozong's rhythm and began to doubt this Shuxuan.

But after hearing her rebuttal, she couldn't help but shake.

There may be a way to move the screen over.

But afterwards, Shuxuan stayed with Mu Qin all the time, and only left half a cup of tea in the middle. How could there be a chance to remove the screen?

Everyone was suspicious, but listened to Sun Shaozong sneered: "If it is a real screen, it is naturally difficult to move, but what about an incomplete screen?"

As he said, he strode to the round table in the middle, held the topographical maps in his hands, and showed them to everyone: "You guys don't forget, our Shuxuan girl, but the most skilled calligraphy and painting!"