latelenovela Chapter 834: Inference that the Queen is the murderer
Chapter 834: Inference that the Queen is the murderer
Madam Zhang San thought again of what the Queen said during the day. It was obvious that the Queen hated her daughter so much that she said, "Evil will be punished with evil, and good will be rewarded with good. It's not that there is no retribution, it's just that the time has not come yet."
Could it be that the Queen really killed Rou'er? Even if she didn't do it herself, she must have sent someone to do it. I heard that the Queen has great power.
Madam Zhang San covered her mouth. If it was really the Queen who killed Rouer, she couldn't take revenge even with the Emperor's support!
Wang's smug laughter came to her ears. Madam Zhang San suddenly stood up and tried to run out of the yamen. The yamen runner stopped her and said coldly, "The case has not been concluded yet. Where are you going, madam?"
Mrs. Zhang San stammered, "I...I want to go home."
She pushed the bailiff harder and said, "Why do you care where I go? I haven't broken any law."
After she finished speaking, she ran away. The yamen runner wanted to chase her, but Zhang Anyu said in a deep voice, "Come back and let her go. We can't get anything out of her about the assassination of the Fourth Princess."
"Yes." The bailiff said respectfully.
At this time, Minister Tang suddenly spoke up, "What a troubled time! Didn't God hear everyone's prayers? Another person died. What a bad year!"
He patted his wrinkled official robe and said calmly, "I will go back first. Sir Zhang, please report to the Ministry of Justice after you have investigated the case thoroughly!"
Zhang Anyu frowned and bowed to Minister Tang, "Go slowly, my Lord Minister."
No one invited him, and the Jingzhao Prefecture government received a report about what happened to Minister Tang, but he came running over to take a look and then left. What did that mean?
However, he was well-informed and knew that the Fourth Princess had been assassinated, her neck had been cut, and her body was still lying in the morgue. He didn't know how to close the case.
The yamen runner Feng Sheng asked, "Now there are no prisoners to interrogate. What should we do? Should we continue the interrogation?"
Zhang Anyu glanced at Wang Shi. Wang Shi had always been at the gate of the Fourth Prince's Mansion. It was impossible for her to kill anyone. Interrogating her now would not yield any results. "Let her go too!"
The steward of the Fourth Prince's Mansion took note of the interrogation and then let him go.
Feng Sheng added: "We don't have any clues about who the murderer is. How should we respond to the Fourth Prince?"
Zhang Anyu was also in a headache: "Just check it slowly!"
Feng Sheng paused, "Should I ask a coroner to perform an autopsy? There must be a procedure."
Zhang Anyu was upset. He waved his hand to signal him to leave and then wandered around the yamen alone. He couldn't make up his mind what to do next.
Jiang Fenghua saw that everyone had left, so she walked out from the darkness and said, "Let's go meet Lord Zhang. This case must be very hot on his hands."
When the yamen runners saw three women suddenly appear at the gate of the yamen, they hurriedly came forward and asked, "Who are you?"
Hong Xiu took the token and said, "My master is here to see your prefect Zhang. Please ask him to come out!"
The yamen runner didn't need to look at the token. He was so scared by the faces in front of him that he nodded and bowed quickly, "Greetings to the Emperor..."
Jiang Fenghua spoke up to stop them, "No need to be polite, go in and report!"
He asked the yamen runners to entertain the distinguished guest and he hurried inside.
Zhang Anyu was also feeling upset in the corridor. Seeing him running over, he said, "Why are you in such a hurry? A ghost is chasing you!"
"Sir, Miss Hongxiu is here." The bailiff thought that the queen was on a secret visit and was not willing to say it clearly, so he only reported Hongxiu's name.
Zhang Anyu was also very surprised when he heard the word "Hongxiu". He straightened his official hat and walked out quickly. When he saw Hongxiu for the first time, he exclaimed in surprise: "Miss Hongxiu, why are you here so late?"
Hong Xiu smiled and said, "I am here to accompany the Empress."
Jiang Fenghua was wearing a hooded cape. She lifted the cape to reveal her full face and said in a deep voice, "Master Zhang is hearing a case again today."
Zhang Anyu bowed quickly, "Your subordinate greets Her Majesty the Queen. Why are you here?"
"Let's talk inside." Jiang Fenghua knew that Zhang Anyu was Xie Shang's man, and she had some interactions with him so she was not a stranger to him.
Arriving at the lobby, Zhang Anyu welcomed Jiang Fenghua to the main seat, "Have you also heard about the assassination of the Fourth Princess?"
Jiang Fenghua said: "When Zhang Yurou was assassinated, I was right in front of her."
Zhang Anyu was startled, his mouth opened wide, and he blurted out, "The Queen killed the Fourth Princess?"
Lu Xuefei explained, "I was there too, not the queen. The assassin killed her with a thin steel wire. We didn't see the assassin's face clearly, not even his shadow. There was something fishy about this, so the queen came here in person to explain it to Lord Zhang."
Zhang Anyu smiled awkwardly, "I was just joking."
Hongxiu said, "Master Zhang, this kind of joke is not good to make."
"I will remember what Miss Hongxiu taught me." The smile on Zhang Anyu's face did not diminish, as if he had encountered some great joy.
"Did Lord Zhang find out anything?" Jiang Fenghua asked in a deep voice.
Zhang Anyu shook his head. "I am actually like a headless fly, confused as ever. There are no signs of fighting, and even the soldiers guarding the gates of the Four Princes' Palaces were not seen entering or leaving. I really have no way to investigate."
"I know all of this." Jiang Fenghua said again: "I was at the scene at that time."
"The assassin killed the Fourth Princess, but didn't harm the Queen?" Zhang Anyu wondered.
Jiang Fenghua was also very surprised. "No, I and Miss Lu were at the scene at that time, and the murderer did not show up. The other party almost killed people in front of us. Who in the world has such ability to kill without leaving any traces?"
It would be horrifying if there really was such a killer. In fact, such a person really existed, otherwise that is what she had seen with her own eyes.
The scary thing was that she didn't see anything. Lu Xuefei even thought that a ghost killed Zhang Yurou.
If we can't find out who it is, we can only blame it on demons and monsters.
She even suspected that it was Xie Shang who sent someone to kill Zhang Yurou, so she came to Zhang Anyu to find out the truth. If it was really Xie Shang, Zhang Anyu would definitely give a reasonable explanation for Zhang Yurou's death.
The prerequisite is that Xie Shang has such an elusive master by his side.
Zhang Anyu asked again, "Since Your Majesty is at the scene, could you please tell me the situation in detail?"
Jiang Fenghua said, picking up the important point, and measuring the distance, "I was so far away from the Fourth Princess at that time, and the windows and doors were open. From the angle where the Fourth Princess was kneeling, the wire should have flown in from the door frame..."
She finished briefly. Zhang Anyu was a man who would choose words carefully. "The Fourth Princess was kneeling on the ground and her neck was cut by the flying wire. The Fourth Princess was still very close to the Queen."
It was not strange for the Fourth Princess to kneel down and salute the Queen, but he felt it was strange. He added, "Forgive me for being blunt, but if the Queen had not left, the murderer caught by the housekeeper on the spot might have been the Queen. Even if the Queen came to the hall to defend herself, she would not be able to clear herself of the injustice."
This means that according to this inference, the Queen is the murderer.
"It wasn't Her Majesty who killed the Fourth Princess." Lu Xuefei said anxiously.