"The master wants our second master to inherit the family business, and the eldest young master has always been dissatisfied with this!"

"Aunt Zhang is the uncle's biological mother, what can't she do for the sake of the uncle?"

"Our uncle has been preparing to find a serious errand recently, and now it is the time to rely on the master's contribution, how can he poison the master?! It's the third master, because when the plague was at the beginning, the old man forced Aunt Liu [Ge Xiaoyi's biological mother] to serve Aunt Chen [Ge Xiaoxian's biological mother] who was infected with the epidemic, but Aunt Chen was not saved, and Aunt Liu gave her life because of this......"

"Steward Xu has always wanted his son to take his place, but the master doesn't look down on the two sons of the Xu family at all, and Steward Xu complains a lot in private......"

Gefu East Cross-Courtyard Flower Hall.

Sun Shaozong and Jia Yucun sat opposite each other, looking at the newly released interrogation record in their hands, but their faces looked a little dignified.

According to repeated verification statistics, when the body was found at the door, there were 16 people at the scene, namely Ge Shilang's concubine Zhang, the old housekeeper Xu Ren, seven small servants, three maids, and one mother-in-law - and Ge Shilang's three sons, Ge Xiaorui, Ge Xiaoxian, and Ge Xiaoyi.

As for Ge Shilang's youngest son Ge Xiaowen, although he also appeared at the scene of the crime, considering that he is only nine years old now, he really does not have the possibility of committing the crime independently, so he directly ruled it out.

Through nearly half an hour of surprise interrogation, Zhou Da and Zhao Wuxing led the officials of the Criminal Name Division to find out a lot of motives for killing.

But......

These people all have clear alibi to prove that they were not in the study when the 'murderer's dog barked'!

And it's not just a few who have motives, in fact, all the people who are interrogated in isolation can all come up with a clear alibi!

So for a while, the case fell into a lot of fog again.

"Shao Zong."

Jia Yucun put the file on the coffee table, patted it a few times, and asked, "What do you think of this confession?" ”

Tut~

This sells Di Renjie's strength, and he has to make a cameo appearance in Li Yuanfang's work!

Sun Shaozong complained in his heart, and also threw the file on the coffee table, and said categorically: "Steward Xu, Ge Xiaorui, and Aunt Zhang, because they have received too much attention, almost all of them unanimously confirmed that they were outside the door before breaking the door - the suspicion of committing the crime in person can basically be ruled out, but the suspicion of buying a murderer cannot be ruled out." ”

"Ge Shilang's three personal servants and two maids have been waiting in the East Wing Warm Pavilion - such a headless thing, the feasibility of buying five people at the same time is too low, so they can basically be ruled out."

"The only ones who are suspected of committing the crime directly are the maid and mother-in-law next to Aunt Zhang, the two little girls next to Ge Xiaorui, and the two brothers Ge Xiaoxian and Ge Xiaoyi who rushed over alone."

"Six people......

Jia Yucun chewed Sun Shaozong's analysis several times, and then put forward his own thoughts: "Although it is possible to buy a murder, it is too risky, and second, it is impossible to do such a thing as eating the heart alive without deep hatred and hatred - so I think Ge Xiaoyi should be the most suspicious person at present!" ”

Sun Shaozong shook his head and said: "In terms of motives, Ge Xiaoyi is naturally the most suspicious, but the motives may not all be explicit - if you put aside the motives, I think the second son, Ge Xiaoxian, is very suspicious." ”

"Ge Hyo-hsien?"

Jia Yucun was stunned when he heard this, and frowned: "But according to the confession, this second young master is the most favored in the house, and even because of Ge Shilang's spoiling, he has a dislike with the eldest brother and the third brother, so Ge Shilang's death, not only will he not get any benefits, but he may be jointly excluded by his brothers." ”

As he spoke, he shook his head again: "In this case, I really don't see any reason for him to kill Ge Shilang. ”

"That's why I said I put aside the motives."

Sun Shaozong grinned and said, "His alibi was provided by the open-faced maid around him - Brother Yucun should know that a woman with this status is the best to buy, and she can keep secrets better than others." ”

Although Jia Yucun did not agree with this last analysis, he did not continue to refute it.

So the two agreed to temporarily designate Ge Xiaoxian and Ge Xiaoyi as important suspects, and give priority to finding out their situation - as for the other four suspects, they were simply taken back to Shuntianfu and carefully intimidated and interrogated.

After discussing the details, it was already bright outside.

Jia Yucun was trying his best to invite Sun Shaozong to his house for breakfast, when he heard Zhou Da hurriedly come to report that the second master of Rongguo Mansion had arrived, and he wanted to see Lord Fu Cheng by name.

As soon as he heard that it was Jia Zheng who wanted to see him, how could Jia Yucun dare to slack off?

Hurriedly called Sun Shaozong and greeted him all the way out from the east wing.

When I arrived at the front yard, I saw that the hastily arranged mourning hall was bustling inside and outside, and it was already crowded with officials who had heard the news and rushed to mourn - two of them had taken up half of the mourning hall.

One of them is Jia Zheng, and the other is Wu Liu with long hair and is not angry and arrogant, and his momentum and temperament are far above Jia Zheng.

Seeing this, Jia Yucun hurriedly hurried forward a few steps, and arched his hand: "Shuntian Mansion Cheng Jia Yucun has seen Wang Shangshu. ”

Then he saluted Jia Zhengshen: "Uncle called, but I don't know what to order?" ”

It turned out that Wang Yan, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, had arrived!

Sun Shaozong followed, and hurriedly stepped forward to salute, and was about to open his mouth to report his surname, but when he saw that Wang Yan's eyes were sharp, he preemptively asked: "You are Sun Tongju, who has recently become famous, right?" I don't know what clues have you found out about this case? ”

Depend on~

The old thing seems to have bad intentions!

There is nothing strange about his words at first glance, but according to the unspoken rules of officialdom, with the presence of the mansion of Jia Yucun, Sun Shaozong is suspected of overstepping the rules and inviting merit no matter whether he answers yes or no!

Fortunately, although Sun Shaozong was born young and reckless, he was not reckless, and he saw through his intentions at the first time, so he only replied with a salty and nonchalant sentence: "Returning to Lord Shangshu, all the affairs of this case are personally supervised by Jia Fucheng, and without the approval of Lord Fucheng, the lower officials dare not easily disclose the facts of the case." ”

Hearing Sun Shaozong's response so decent, Wang Yan was obviously a little surprised, but Jia Zheng on the side didn't see the height of his eyebrows, and commanded with a grin: "Virtuous nephew, Wang Shangshu is Ge Shilang's top boss, and he is not an outsider, although you say it's okay!" ”

Jia Yucun saw that he opened his mouth, and he was busy and echoed.

Therefore, Sun Shaozong only told the story of Jia Yucun's investigation with himself - only the identities of a few key suspects were hidden.

Many of these reasoning details were listened to by Wang Yan and Jia Zheng.

"Sun Tong's judgment is really worthy of the name of 'divine judgment'!"

In the end, Wang Yan first praised it, and then discussed with Jia Zheng: "Brother Cunzhou, the unexpected death of Ge Shilang this time is really a great misfortune for our Ministry of Industry - since the people who handle the case are your sons and nephews, why don't you stay and supervise this case on behalf of our Ministry of Industry?" ”