Shui Yue couldn't believe that the maid from Prince Ding's Mansion in front of her could say such words. How could Mr. Meng, such a noble person, do the lowest menial work? Doesn't this mean that Mr. Meng's status is the same as that of those dock coolies? Meng

The young master is the younger brother of Princess Ding, and Lianli is also the master of this maid. If the little maid talks like this, isn't it the following offense?

Or maybe I heard that Princess Ding and Mr. Meng were not born from the same mother. There will be some resentment between siblings who were not born from the same mother. Therefore, Princess Ding did not take Mr. Meng seriously. So wouldn't it be a mistake for her to come here?

Already?

But if they don’t seek a princess, who can fulfill them?

The moon in the water was dazed.

Lu Teng looked at Shui Yue, who was dressed in plain clothes and not wearing makeup. She was indeed a natural beauty and I felt pity for her, but people from different classes had different ideas.

Maybe in a land of strong-colored fireworks, Shuiyue dressed up like this can look a bit noble, but in a real wealthy mansion, this kind of plain-colored makeup is actually taboo. I just like to wear it in my own home.

, if you are visiting your home, do not do this, it will make people taboo.

Lu Teng kindly reminded: "Miss Cheng, please forgive me as a maid, if you go to someone else's house in the future, don't dress too plainly. Generally, people can only dress like this in other people's houses."

You only wear it when attending banquets. If you do this, you will bring bad luck to others, and they won't like it."

Shui Yue's face suddenly turned from red to white. She just didn't want people to misunderstand her, or make people think her makeup was too strong, so she wore it like this. She didn't expect this layer to be taboo. The maid said this,

No matter how shamelessly she wanted to beg, she wouldn't be able to go on. The way she dressed offended others, and if she refused to leave, it seemed like she was deliberately causing trouble for others.

In the end, Shuiyue left first with full of unwillingness.

A little maid like the princess is so powerful, and the old ladies around the princess must be even more powerful. She really doesn't dare to stay shameless.

"Miss..." Xiaoping, the maid, quickly caught up with Shuiyue and persuaded. "Miss, please stop for a while. I will hire a sedan for you."

When she came just now, in order to show her sincerity, Shui Yue came on foot, only wearing a veil to cover her face. Even so. The manners trained in a brothel are unmatched by ordinary girls. Just a back view can make people think.

.

In order to prevent accidents, the nursing staff of Bibo Tower are secretly protecting them. This area is full of dignitaries and nobles, but there are no short-sighted gangsters who dare to easily molest young women walking on the street. Even these beautiful girls

Not which one

The young lady is also a maid. The gangsters on the street are very discerning and will not easily provoke those who cannot be offended. If you really want to tease a decent woman, there are many good-looking Xiaojiabiyu in other neighborhoods. Why bother with these guys?

Are dignitaries involved?

Shuiyue didn't seem to hear Xiaoping's words. She had just been deeply hurt by Lu Teng's unkind words. She just wanted to escape quickly from this place that frustrated her self-esteem.

"Miss, come this way." Xiaoping panted and followed Shuiyue. Although she was a little maid, she had never done physical work. Her body was not much stronger than that of a young lady. Shuiyue was so angry that she walked quickly, and she could only

If you can follow along, you will inevitably be a little out of breath.

Then after walking for a while, Shuiyue looked at the alley in front of her, where is this place? There is no road ahead.

Xiaoping looked around and said anxiously: "Miss, we are going the wrong way, let's go quickly."

It was now ten minutes at noon, and they had just walked along. The street was busy with people coming and going. I don’t know when it started. They walked more and more remote. The dead end in front of them was quiet, and they were following them from a distance.

The nursing staff seemed to have disappeared. Out of intuition, Xiaoping felt that he was in danger, so he quickly helped Shuiyue to get out.

Shuiyue walked for a while, and the breath she had been holding earlier had already stopped. A little woman walked into this remote and dark alley with only a little maid. She was a little scared no matter what, so she turned around and left.

Just when he was about to leave the alley, Xiaoping heard something moving behind him. He subconsciously turned around, but there was nothing. He was about to continue walking forward, but found that the moon in the water had stopped.

She couldn't help but said: "Miss, hurry up...ah!"

Xiaoping let out a terrified cry.

Because she saw the most terrifying thing in her life, a sharp blade was inserted into Shui Yue's chest, blood spurted out and dyed a large area of ​​Shui Yue's white clothes red, which was very scary.

Shuiyue could no longer make any sound at all, her body slowly softened, and she looked at the knife on her chest in disbelief, as if she didn't believe that her life was lost so easily, even though she was holding such a big knife before.

Hope, hope that Princess Ding can be moved by her love with Mr. Meng, but she didn’t expect that in the end she didn’t even see Princess Ding’s face, and now she left this world inexplicably.

She was so unwilling. Shuiyue was filled with resentment before she died. She clutched Xiaoping's hand tightly, her throat crackled, and she couldn't say anything. Her beautiful face was instantly distorted horribly, her eyeballs protruded, and she refused to close her eyes...

…

Yancheng Prefecture Yin Zhu Ying sensed the crime scene immediately.

A large group of people were already gathered at the entrance of the alley to watch the excitement. The oiran died tragically in the alley in broad daylight. Zhu Ying felt troubled even without seeing the scene.

This type of case is actually very similar to a case involving a powerful person. Courtesans in brothels are all powerful people, so presumably the person involved in this case will also be a powerful person.

Wu Zuo had already identified the cause of death. In fact, even without Wu Zuo looking carefully, anyone could tell that a knife was stabbed in the chest. It was definitely murder.

At that time, there was only a little maid who was almost fainted from fright. She is still talking incoherently and can't ask anything. Let's look at the environment.

Zhu Ying couldn't help but sigh. He didn't know what kind of bad luck he had recently. The cases he encountered were either obvious cases involving powerful people and easy to argue with, or this kind of almost no-brainer case.

This is indeed a good place to commit murder. The location is remote and there won't be many witnesses, unless the murderer intends to be seen. Looking at the brutal method of killing with a knife, it is obvious that he is determined to take human life. This is very interesting.

Possibly the work of a trained killer.

If it was the murderer, he would have probably escaped from the city long ago. Even if the person with the motive for the murder could be found based on some clues, but the perpetrator could not be caught, it would be difficult to convict the mastermind behind it.

As a governor, this type of case is the most troublesome for him. Moreover, this case is not unusual and has a great impact. It will definitely be discussed in the streets and the pressure to solve the case is huge.

After looking around the scene, Zhu Ying had a rough idea and went back with relevant people.

When he returned to the yamen, he first ordered the female yamen servant to comfort the little maid. After the little maid calmed down, he asked for a confession.

The confessions he obtained from the interrogation gave Zhu Ying a little more confidence. Even though this seemed like a headless case, there were actually quite a few clues. It was not difficult to solve the case. The difficulty was in how far it had to be solved.

What troubles him the most right now is that the first clue to this case actually leads to Prince Ding's Mansion and the Meng Family.

On the surface, there are not many people who want the life of this brothel girl. She is just a brothel girl. It is easy to offend people, but if she offends people enough to insist on taking her life, then there are very few.

Now the biggest motive is the Meng family. The Meng family's son Meng Guang has an affair with this brothel girl. The two elders of the Meng family were furious about this and temporarily expelled their son from the family.

It's just that this son has a marriage contract. It's a marriage granted by imperial decree. It can't be solved by being kicked out of the house. If the matter is not resolved and the trouble becomes serious, it will be troublesome if the censor Yan Guan takes a copy of the book.

Looking at the past behavior of the Meng family, we can see that this family is not a kind person either.

There was a motive, but just having a motive was not enough. Zhu Ying had a gut feeling that the Meng family would not be that stupid. Killing this brothel woman would have a huge impact. Even if there was no evidence to prove their crime, the rumors on the streets must be

Inevitably, it will have a great impact on Meng Ye's official reputation.

The same is true for Prince Ding's Mansion.

However, we can't make a final conclusion yet. Sometimes the more impossible it is, the more likely it is. Everything depends on the evidence. Only after investigation can we make a preliminary judgment.

In the first step, he summoned the lady of Bibo House, Hua Mama and several girls from the brothel.

As a woman, she must know Shuiyue well. Shuiyue is the biggest money tree in their brothel. This woman should pay special attention to Shuiyue. Shuiyue has not offended anyone or anyone hates Shuiyue. She should pay special attention to Shuiyue.

They all know something about it.

Hua Mama is worthy of being a prostitute in a brothel. Even though the incident happened suddenly, she was still able to quickly put on a sad look, which is probably somewhat true. After all, if there is no money tree, everyone will be sad. Sad is sad, this*

*There is no flaw in the words, a clever mouth

Shui Yue boasted that he was like everything in the sky and on earth, he was loved by everyone, and had a gentle temperament. In short, he had no flaws at all. As for the girls in their brothel, Shui Yue and Shui Yue were close sisters and had no quarrel. They came to the brothel.

Guests, it's too late to like Shui Yue, let alone kill.

Mother Hua was a cunning person. Since there was no flaw in her words, Zhu Ying turned to interrogate other people.

Not all the girls in Bibo Tower are as good at talking as Mother Hua, or maybe they are close friends and don't have so many taboos about talking.

From the words of those girls, Zhu Ying learned that Shui Yue was not as gentle and lovable as what Hua’s mother said, but he was not difficult to get along with. He was a bit narcissistic and arrogant, and even worse, he was pretentious, but he was

I have never had any major conflicts or quarrels with others.

As for those who are secretly dissatisfied with Shui Yue, there must be some who are unhappy when their customers are rejected. But this is the case with men who come to brothels. The more cold-faced they are, the more likely they are to come forward to pursue them. Therefore, it is really because of one or two rejections.

But there is no such thing as what I want.

If there is the biggest conflict between the building and Shui Yue, or the biggest conflict of interests, there used to be a girl named Qihong, whose ranking in the Bibo Building was second only to Shui Yue. If there was no Shui Yue, this Qihong would have been.

When you become an oiran, the difference between first and second place is huge.

As an oiran, Shuiyue was pursued by a group of young men, while the second Qihong's suitors were a bit less so, most of them were wealthy businessmen, and in the end she ended up being forced to become a concubine with a businessman.

I heard that before Qihong left, she had a lot of trouble with Shuiyue.

Zhu Ying did not take this news too seriously.

No matter how much conflict there was between Qihong and Shuiyue in Bibo Tower, this woman has now married a good man, and she will not still hold a grudge and find a killer to kill people. This case is not something that an ordinary little woman can do.

Arrived.

But since someone mentioned such a clue, as usual he still had to ask Qihong.

It's not hard to find Qihong. She lives in Yancheng. After arriving, she seems to be very cheerful and answers all questions without any thought in advance.

After Qihong said a lot, Zhu Ying asked unexpectedly: "I heard that you had some unpleasantness with Shui Yue before leaving?"

Qihong was startled for a moment, then said: "It's okay, Sir, who are you listening to? I, Shui Yue, have always been good sisters and have never blushed."

"Really?" Zhu Ying raised his voice and expressed doubt. "According to my investigation, your reputation in Bibo Tower is second only to Shui Yue. As the saying goes, peers are enemies, not to mention Shui Yue entering Bibo Tower these days.

I'm younger than you but more famous than you, do you really not mind at all?"

Qihong shook her head slightly, "Sir, if I were such a petty person who doesn't know what's important, I wouldn't choose Mr. Jia now. As women, we are already suffering more hardships than ordinary people when we fall into a brothel. If we still do it for a little benefit, we can do it for each other."

The fight has long since ended without a burial place. Even at Bibo Tower, I didn’t even fight with Shui Yue. How could I still care about this after becoming a good person?"

What he said was reasonable. Zhu Ying also felt that Qihong's motive was not big. He just wanted to deceive her and see if she knew anything that others didn't know. So he asked again: "I heard, before you left Bibo Tower,

A few days ago, I had a conflict with Shui Yue, what was the reason?"

Before opening, Qihong thought for a while and said: "You may have heard wrong, sir. To be precise, my maid Xiaomeng had a few quarrels with Shuiyue's maid Xiaoping. The little maid is ignorant. It's a common thing.

I didn't have any conflict with Shui Yue. On the contrary, we had a heart-to-heart relationship that day, and she

Some people felt aggrieved for me and felt wronged by my choice to marry a businessman. But I felt that the Mr. Meng she had found was good, but too good. That kind of son from an aristocratic family was not worthy of a woman like us.

Entering a noble family is as deep as the sea. I advised her to be cautious, but she didn't listen..." (not yet

To be continued ~^~)
Chapter completed!