Chapter 286 Murderer
Seeing Zhao Su’s arrival, the prefect Li Zhuo seems to be a bit more energetic, Zhao Su first saluted and greeted: “Lord Lu, how is the case being tried?”
“It’s been tried out,” Li Zhi stood up, “According to their confessions, the Cheng family’s maid, Painted Eyebrows, was instigated by Tie Sheng, who worked as a slave in another rich family’s house, and found this street gangster to blackmail Ms. Cheng’s money. The fact that they confessed to the crime, just at present the Cheng family has not come to people, it is not yet good to determine.”
Zhao Su said, “Can I ask this maid a few words?”
Li Scruple couldn’t possibly not sell this favor, and immediately reached out, “I’ll let the girl serve as a jury, so feel free to ask if you have anything to say.”
Zhao Su said thank you and sat down in the seat below his left head. She gazed at the maid on the ground, “How long have you been in the Cheng family?”
“…… Eight, eight years.”
“Eight years is not a short period of time, was your master harsh on you? Why are you so bold to blackmail the master’s family wealth and money?”
The maid bit her lip and didn’t speak.
Zhao Su said, “If you give an honest account of what I asked you, you may still be able to stay alive. If you don’t say anything, when the Cheng family comes, you will definitely die.”
As a subordinate, plotting against the master’s family wealth is extremely difficult to be tolerated, the king’s law is written to be severely punished. The maid is not experienced, immediately touched the ground and kowtowed: “Master is not harsh! Cheng family is very good to the subordinates! I am just ghostly, see, see our second girl ……”
Hearing the mention of Cheng Zhu Ru, Zhao Su turned his head to look at Li Zhi, hesitated for a moment and said, “Sir, can you please dismiss the left and right, as well as these two male prisoners?”
Mr. Li scrupulously listened to his words and knew what he meant, so he stood up and said, “Take the two male prisoners to the next door!” After saying this, he also said to Zhao Su: “I am also a bit tired, so I will go outside the corridor first, so I would like to thank you for interrogating me first.”
Zhao Su watched them leave, signaling the guards to stand at the door, and then walked back to the maid: “Go on.”
The little maid didn’t have any room to struggle. She said, “Our second girl had an accident a while ago, and the Cheng family was worried about her, and for that reason, they turned against the Tang family. However, the second girl’s maid in the house, Ju Ying, is very prosperous, day after day to buy outside snacks, free time also with the in-laws to gamble, that day I also saw her wearing a new peach red shirt.
“I asked her where she got the money, she said it was earned outside, and asked me if I wanted to earn it. Of course I want to, and then she gave me this road, let me talk to the three girls to check the Tang family framed the second girl’s handle, but this single transaction to her cousin introduced this person to do, that is, previously claimed to be the jianghu scouts of that person, her cousin is that Tie Sheng.
“She said that after the delivery of the reward money of the third girl at that time, she could share half of it with me. I agreed, but I was also deceived, I didn’t even know that the scout was a fake! I only just found out!”
Zhao Su squatted down and looked straight at her, “You mean the maid beside Miss Zhu? Tie Sheng is not your cousin, but Ju Ying’s cousin?”
The maid nodded.
“On the night of Miss Zhu’s accident on the lake, did this Ju Ying follow her around?”
The maid was slightly stunned and replied, “She and Lotus Field were the two who were in charge of the second girl’s outings, and were at the second girl’s side at the time.”
Zhao Su looked at her, her eyebrows slowly wrinkling into knots.
“Is Ju Ying still in the Cheng family?”
“Yes! Before I came out today, she even came to give me instructions!”
Zhao Su stood up and looked out: “Lord Li!”
Mr. Li scrupulously entered the room at the sound of the door. Zhao Su said, “I’ve finished the interrogation. Please send in those two people.”
Li Zhi ordered, and Tie Sheng and the liar were brought back. Zhao Su looked at them, “Where did the medicine in Ju Ying’s hand come from?”
A thoughtless sentence that froze everyone in the room in their tracks. But soon Tiesheng’s gaze evaded. Zhao Su grabbed him by the lapel: “If you don’t want to die, confess now!”
Tie Sheng slumped to the ground: “Miss spare your life! Miss forgive me!”
“Who ordered you to do this?”
“That’s right, it was Ju Ying! I went to borrow money from her at that time, and she asked me to get her some medicine, so I thought it wasn’t a big deal, so I bought it for her.”
“Why did she ask you to cheat the third girl of her money?”
“I borrowed that little money is not enough, she pointed this way to me ……”
Zhao Su looked at him, frowning more and more tight.
Li scrupulously also see the wrong to: “in the next may need to re-raise the hall, the relevant people and so on pass in place?”
“No,” Zhao Su gently shook his head, and then said, “Thank you for your convenience, but I have to leave now, please take charge of this place. Before Cheng’s family arrives, please take care of them.”
After saying that, she didn’t say much, and raised her step to cross the public hall.
The matter was already very clear, the maid named Ju Ying beside Cheng Zhuyun had a big problem, it was she who put drugs in Cheng Zhuyun’s food, and then caused Cheng Zhuyun’s accident, as well as the Cheng family and Tang family’s antagonism.
The Cheng family is a government official in the capital, and it is also a court official who works for the empress dowager, but there is actually such a big loophole in the inner house! The successive attacks on the Cheng family are the home of the young lady’s personal maids, the Cheng family is afraid of not all sides of the wind, right?
In any case, this is related to Cheng Zhuyun’s reputation, she can’t let the constable go to arrest Juying without any consideration, or else she can’t cover the fire!
“Go to the Cheng family immediately!”
She ordered after getting into the carriage. This matter she must first talk to Mr. and Mrs. Cheng Lang, the Cheng family should immediately mend their ways!
Luckily, it wasn’t far, and when she arrived at the Cheng family’s entrance, she happened to meet Xiao Ju, who had gone out to come. Xiao Ju looked surprised, Zhao Su also had no time to explain to her, asked her: “Third girl and Mrs. Cheng reported it?”
“Yes, Mrs. Cheng is furious.”
Zhao Su then stopped talking and walked straight to the door, “I’m Zhao Su, I’m asking to see Mrs. Cheng.”
The concierge did not dare to stop, and immediately went inside to inform, not long out: “Girl please come in!”
Zhao Su entered the door, Ruyi door under Mrs. Cheng also welcomed out, the door still carries a few points did not have time to adjust the anger.
“Miss Su!”
“Mrs. Cheng.” Zhao Su made a bow, and then said, “I just came from Shuntianfu, I would like to ask, where is Ju Ying beside the second girl of your house?”
“Juying?”
Mrs. Cheng’s expression had not yet slowed down. But she immediately said, “Go summon Ju Ying!”
After she finished speaking she looked toward Zhao Su with an unsettled expression, “Miss Su, what’s going on here?”
“The person who drugged the second girl on the boat last time was Ju Ying!”
“What?!”
Mrs. Cheng was completely stunned!
“According to the confessions of Painted Eyebrows and her accomplices just now, the murderer who threw the drug was Ju Ying! Their ganging up to blackmail Third Miss’ money was also directed by Ju Ying!”
“How could it be her? She’s been in our family for years!”
“Mrs. Cheng, there must be someone behind Ju Ying who instructed her, they did this in order to stir up the conflict between the Cheng family and the Tang family, we have to find out who’s behind Ju Ying!”