A little weak chicken came to Dali Temple

132 Pearl Hairpin Case (4)

Yeats replied: "Both Yan Zuo and I believe that it was a woman who did it, but the people we had dinner with tonight were all male officials. Whether this woman was instigated by one of them, or whether she just happened to have such an opportunity to do it, it all depends on check;

Or maybe it's a man, and it's not impossible to create a scene that confuses our hearing... There is no substantial evidence, everything is just speculation now. "

If this woman happened to get the chance, how could he appear in the private room again after the drunken Shilang Cen had been sent away by Shilang Ding?And he was killed while lying on the small square table?
The waiter closed the door and waited for half an hour. This half hour was enough to do many things, including Shi Lang Cen returning to the private room to give the murderer a chance to kill.

So what made the drunken Minister Cen return to the private room?How did he avoid so many people in the restaurant? According to Capt. Teng's investigation just now, no one saw Shilang Cen return to the restaurant. Could it be that he was displaced instantly?

Back at Dali Temple, Yeats and Pei Jingning were separated, each doing their own business. Looking from a distance, they looked at each other in opposite directions, as if they didn't know each other.

Mr. Shaoqing, who was clinging to people in the carriage, returned to the dignified, distant and majestic superior figure as soon as he got off the carriage. Yeats secretly breathed a sigh of relief. It's better if he doesn't get tired of it, otherwise it will really be said to be the "wind of cut sleeves".

In order to solve the case as quickly as possible, Yeats walked straight to the official room. She had no time to catch up on sleep and had to interrogate these people as soon as possible. Once this point was passed, the murderer would leave fewer traces.

"Captain Teng, have all of Master Cen's followers been found?"

Teng Chong was also very busy. Yeats and Yan Wu worked together to examine the body and investigate the scene. He and Zhang Jin investigated the people and things around the scene.

"Except for the boy who was waiting nearby, we have found the other three, a coachman and two accompanying guards."

Yeats was neither surprised nor surprised when he couldn't find the waiter nearby, "Has Inspector Zhang gone to check?"

Tengchong nodded, "Yeah."

"Where are those three people?" Yeats was afraid of long nights and dreams, so he hurriedly interrogated.

Ye and Teng hurried to the interrogation room of Dali Temple, and the first thing they said was: "Shilang Ding clearly saw Shilang Cen getting on the carriage and leaving, why was he still in the private room where he was eating?"

The two guards remained silent.

The carriage master hesitated for a moment and sighed: "There was a little beggar who handed a hairpin and a note to the Lord. After seeing the hairpin, the Lord quickly opened the note and looked at it. Then he asked me to wait, and turned around and went again. Restaurant.”

Teng retorted: "You're lying. I asked the waiters in the restaurant and no one saw Minister Cen returning to the restaurant."

Yeats looked solemn, "You sir, should you enter through the front door, the back door, or the side door?"

The carriage master said, "As soon as he got off the car, your Excellency waved his hand towards me and told me to stop the car and ignore him. When I turned the carriage, Your Excellency stood still and didn't move, so I didn't know which door he entered through. "

Yeats asked one sentence after another: "Where were the two guards at that time?"

"They were standing beside your lordship when I turned the carriage."

Yeats looked at the two guards, "Which door did Minister Cen enter Guangju Building again?"

The two guards looked at each other, but no one responded to Yeats' words.

Yeats's eyes tightened, "The death of Minister Cen has even alarmed the emperor. Do you think you have anything to do with it that you can escape?"

Both of them looked at Yeats.

Yeats stared at them with sharp eyes and majesty.

The two of them lowered their heads under her majestic inspection.

One of them said: "My lord asked me to chase that little beggar."

Yeats looked at the other silent guard, "What about you?"

"Of course I want to follow you, sir, but..." the guard raised his eyes, "when he raised his feet, he stretched out his hand to stop him and asked me to wait for him at the door."

"You won't follow?" Tengchong asked in disbelief.The guard said, "My lord is holding a hairpin in his hand. The person who is looking for him is probably a woman. My lord didn't let me go. It must be for convenience. I just stayed at the door waiting for him."

Yeats frowned: "Did he enter through the main entrance?"

The guard paused again.

There's something wrong with this guy.

Teng Chong shouted: "Speak quickly."

The guard couldn't avoid it, so he had to say: "At that time, a group of people came out of the restaurant. I saw an acquaintance, but he didn't see me. He walked out of the door and walked straight to the street on the right, so I chased him..."

"So you saw Mr. Cen walking towards the gate, but you weren't sure he must have entered the gate, right?"

The guard nodded silently.

Hairpins, letters... The coachman turned around and found a seat to park, a guard chased the little beggar, a guard was lured away by an acquaintance... Everything seemed accidental, and it was such a coincidence.

In the official room, Yeats listed the clues he had so far on the small blackboard, "What a coincidence..."

Zhao Bai looked at the small blackboard and then at her, "Do you suspect this is a murder?"

"All signs point to this being a premeditated murder."

"Why did you kill someone?" Zhao Bai asked her, "Jewel hairpins are for women. Could it be that a woman killed the court official out of love and hatred?"

"This possibility cannot be ruled out."

Unknowingly, the day passed. When her shift was over, Yeats did not leave. She waited until Uncle Qin, Zhang Jin and others came back to meet.

Yeats first asked Zhang Jin, "How was the investigation?"

Zhang Jin said, "On Master Ding's invitation list, five people are from the Ministry of Household Affairs, and three are not. They are a doctor from the Ministry of Official Affairs, a foreign doctor from the Ministry of Industry, and one is Supervisor Wang (from the eighth grade) of Yushitai. Among them, the Ministry of Industry Yuan Wai Lang and Supervisor Wang from the Yushitai were two people from the Household Department who did not go, and Master Ding later pulled their heads."

"Which two members of the household department are not here?"

"The head of the Du branch and the head of the gold department."

Yeats looked at Zhao Bai.

Zhao Bai immediately understood and replied with a smile, "The minister is in charge of the world's land, people, money and valley administration, and the difference in tribute. Duji is the person in charge of the statistics and distribution of the country's wealth."

Yeats understood that he was equivalent to the modern Minister of Finance. He would keep and distribute the national tax revenue as it came in. He was the one who really held the purse strings.

She asked again: "Why don't you two come?"

"It is said that the two ministers on the left and right had a disagreement over the salary distribution between officials and the clan. They had a quarrel in front of them..."

The two ministers on the left and right were forcing them to express their opinions, so no wonder they didn't come.

Zhang Jin continued: "The doctor from the Ministry of Civil Affairs and Mr. Ding made friends in the same year. If there is a dinner party, they will come here nine times out of ten. The foreign doctor from the Ministry of Industry is the natal family of Mr. Ding's wife, and he will often show up at dinner parties. Supervisor Wang from the Yushitai Less than half a year after taking office, he was assigned to supervise the affairs of the Ministry of Works and the Ministry of Etiquette, and Yuanwailang invited him."

Please?
Official banquets in ancient times were very particular, but weren't they so easy to do?

Yeats kept this detail in mind and raised his eyes to look at Uncle Qin, "How is your investigation going?"

Yeats asked Qin Dachuan to investigate all the singing and performing girls in Guangjulou.

Qin Dachuan took out the list of investigations, and Yeats quickly took out the list given by the restaurant and compared it with him one by one.