Empress Jinghua: The eunuch is nine thousand years old

Chapter 752 Interrogation
If he is so timid, he will pass out after a little trial, and it won't be long before he embarks on an official career. Xia Shengqing gave him a disgusted look, "Drag it and lock it up."

Out of sight, out of mind, Xia Shengqing has never had a good impression of these young masters who visit flower houses.If it wasn't for the Shuiyue Sect being involved in this matter, he wouldn't care about such things at all.

Soon people who could not prove what they were doing at the time of the crime were brought in, six of them, two of them were girls from Hualou, and the other four were slaves from Hualou.Xia Shengqing glanced at them sharply, and sneered, "I think you already know the purpose of this king's visit. I will ask again, what were you doing at that time?"

Qi Yuan grabbed the cuffs and stood in front of him, thinking about what the leader had ordered, with a slightly nervous expression, secretly raised her eyes to look at him, then quickly lowered her head.When the other girl heard his claim, her face turned pale with fright, she took a look at him, and suddenly knelt down, "My lord, help me!"

"My lord, Minnv, Minnv didn't come here voluntarily. It was because Minnv's family owed money that Minnv was sold here. At that time, Minnv was digging a hole, thinking... thinking I can escape in the future." As she said, she raised her head and glanced cautiously at the old bustard.

When the old bustard heard this, she let out a stern cry, and rushed forward to beat and pinch her, her sharp nails relentlessly greeted her, "You little bitch, if this hadn't happened, I wouldn't have known you I had this idea in private. Say, who gave you the courage to run away! My old lady beat you to death!"

The girl who spoke was pinched and beaten by her, and she didn't dare to fight back, so she could only keep hiding, begging for mercy, "Mom, please forgive me! I don't dare, I don't dare."

"Enough!" Looking at the scene in front of her, Xia Shengqing felt disgusted, and slapped the table with her palm, "It's unbecoming to make such a mess."

The old bustard trembled all over, and then realized that the person in front of him was not someone who could act presumptuously in front of him at will. He quickly stopped his hands, smiled apologetically, nodded and bowed at him, "Yes, yes, right now, girl."

She turned to look at the girl just now, and saw that she was only concerned with wiping away her tears, hating iron for being weak, turning her back to block Xia Shengqing's sight, poking her thin nails into her clothes, aiming at the soft flesh around her waist. Pinched, "You damn girl, you still haven't admitted your mistake to the prince."

The girl was about to scream subconsciously, and the palms around her waist became more and more forceful. She forced the shout back into her throat, looked at Xia Shengqing with eyes full of grievances, and said timidly, "My lord, daughter of the people!" ..."

"Needless to say." Xia Shengqing interrupted her, the most important thing now is the affairs of Shuiyue Sect, and he doesn't bother to care about other things, "Since you said you were digging a hole, the place must still be there."

Xia Shengqing looked at the yamen servant beside her, "Take someone to follow her to have a look."

The girl had no choice but to shut up, swallowing back the words in her mouth with a slightly bitter expression.She thought that the handsome prince in front of her would save her, but she didn't expect to say anything, but now, the place where she was finally preparing to escape was found.

But even if she was dissatisfied, she didn't dare to get angry with Xia Shengqing. She only hated what happened in the building at this time, causing her to fall short.The girl bowed her head and led the servants away, her palms under her sleeves clenched tightly into fists.

Watching her leave, Xia Shengqing frowned slightly, tapped her fingers on the table, and looked at the old bustard, "How much money did she pay for it?"

The old bustard was stunned, and then a look of joy appeared on his face, and he asked tentatively: "You want to redeem her body?"

Xia Shengqing glanced at her lightly, implying that she cared too much, and the dislike in her eyes was clearly seen by the madam, but before she could observe carefully, Xia Shengqing had already curled her lips, and casually asked: "How much money?"

"Thirty..." The old bustard had just finished speaking, when she saw the magistrate winking at her desperately, and quickly changed his words, "Ten taels of silver."

After a while, the yamen servant came back and reported that the girl was telling the truth.Although she proved her innocence, the girl was obviously not very happy, she lowered her head in depression and stood timidly aside.Xia Shengqing glanced at the stupid magistrate standing beside him. The magistrate was stared blankly for a moment, then he came to his senses, took out the money from his body, and handed it to the old bustard in pain.

The old bustard took the money with a happy smile, but still felt a little uneasy.But thinking that this girl has not been trained well after two months in the building, the gloom in her chest came out.The left and right are just a lowly girl, there is nothing to care about, not to mention, when she bought her, the real situation was only five taels of silver, and now, it can be regarded as doubled.

And the girl who was still downcast before quickly opened her mouth to thank her.

Look at the old bustard smiling like a chrysanthemum, Xia Shengqing can more or less guess some of the tricks in it, but he just doesn't bother to argue with her at the moment, and his eyes fall on the other five people, looking at them impatiently , "You guys, aren't you going to say it yet?"

A strong sense of oppression instantly pressed down on the five Qiyuan, and the four turtle slaves faltered, but dared not speak.

Xia Shengqing ran out of patience for the last time, "It will be delayed and dealt with."

When did the four tortoise slaves suffer such coercion, and when he heard that he had a disagreement and ordered people to deal with them, they finally couldn't hold on, knelt on the ground, kowtowed repeatedly, followed by a "dong dong dong", crying and tearing, "My lord, please spare me! The villain's trick, the villain's trick!"

"The four of us...we were burying the corpse at that time." The four turtle slaves looked at each other and spoke tremblingly, their foreheads were bloodied, it was very miserable.

Seeing that the matter could not be hidden, the old bustard who was standing aside immediately became nervous, and wanted to stop them from continuing, but because Xia Shengqing was here, she didn't dare to speak, and could only threaten the four of them with her eyes.

Gui Nu, the leader of the four, stabilized his mind, and then said, "My lord, there are often some new girls in the building who refuse to pick up the guests. We, we will be in charge of training. Who knows that girl committed suicide when she couldn't stand it for a while, so The four of us had no choice but to bury the person according to my mother's order, and at that time, it happened to be burying the person."

Xia Shengqing glanced at the magistrate behind him with a half-smile. The magistrate couldn't stop laughing, and turned around and slapped the procuress, "You bastard, how dare you abduct a good woman and force her to death?"

The magistrate glared angrily, if he didn't look closely, he wouldn't be able to see that he was winking at the old bustard.The old bustard understood immediately, knelt on the ground and cried, "Your Excellency, you are wronged! That woman is a serious prostitute, but she signed a deed of prostitution, but she refuses to receive guests, and the minnv just asks people to teach her how to do it here." According to the rules, if you know that she is arrogant, she commits suicide. As for harming someone's life, a woman of the people would never dare!"

As she spoke, she took out the dead girl's bond of sale from her sleeve.

The magistrate immediately looked at Xia Shengqing pretending to be distressed, Xia Shengqing frowned slightly, if the girl signed the deed of sale, it would be equivalent to selling herself to the old bustard, life and death would be decided by the old bustard, he couldn't say much.

As for the verification method, it is naturally the same as before, and the four people are taken to dig up the female corpse again.

The rest is the woman in front of her. Looking at her, Xia Shengqing felt an inexplicable feeling of discomfort in her heart, and turned to look at the old bustard, "Who is she?"

The old bustard suddenly laughed, "Your Majesty, this is Miss Qiyuan, the number one oiran in the building, she doesn't go out much on weekdays, she is a bit cold-tempered, if it is about piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, she is proficient in everything, but she is a murderer." , Lord, look, she has such a weak body, no matter what, she can't kill anyone."

If it's someone else, the old bustard is naturally too lazy to waste words, but the chess kite is a sign in the building, and there are countless sons and brothers who come to the building just to see her, if it is damaged because of this, it's better to let that girl Mudan die for nothing .

The abacus in the old bustard's heart was crackling, and he looked at Xia Shengqing obsequiously.

Xia Shengqing sneered, the magistrate immediately asked her to back down, the old bustard was not reconciled, and wanted to say something, when she heard the magistrate's stern voice that seemed to be a warning or a reminder, "If you talk nonsense again, be careful that the prince will cut your tongue."

No matter how reluctant the old bustard was, he could only shut up.Seeing her shutting her mouth, Zhifu breathed a sigh of relief.

Xia Shengqing turned her eyes around her, and suddenly caught a glimpse of a little blood on the hem of her skirt, her pupils shrank slightly, and then she laughed, "Aren't you going to say it?"

Qi Yuan opened her mouth, with complex expressions in her eyes, both hesitant and worried, she bit her lip, and the fingers in her sleeve kept grabbing the edge of the sleeve.Xia Shengqing raised her eyebrows, "Come here, go and search her room."

"No." Qi Yuan yelled reflexively, and then realized something was wrong, her face was snow-white.

Xia Shengqing stood up, with endless coldness in her eyes, "Aren't you telling the truth?!"

Qi Yuan couldn't stand his questioning, she fell down on the chair behind her, and glanced over, "A man suddenly entered the room of the slave's house earlier, and the slave's house panicked for a while, after listening to his words, they hid him .”

"My lord, I don't know that he is a murderer, I didn't intend to cover up, I beg my lord to forgive me." Qi Yuan teardrops rolled in her eyes, she looked at him pitifully, pleading.

Xia Shengqing was overjoyed, "What does the man you're talking about look like?"

"He has a face, and the servants didn't see his face." Qi Yuan lowered her head and twisted her fingers, as if regretting her uselessness and being deceived.

"Is he still in your room?" Xia Shengqing asked.

Qi Yuan was startled, then nodded, "He was injured, so he should be still alive."

"You take me there." If this person is really the leader of the Shuiyue Sect, if he takes the servants there, he will definitely be alarmed, Xia Shengqing narrowed his eyes, "Master Wei, you must not let them go if you bring people to surround the Cuiyu Building." anyone."

The magistrate was named by him, and he immediately patted his chest to promise, and led people to guard outside the Cuiyu Tower.

(End of this chapter)