ebookland Chapter 316 Bad intentions
Chapter 316 Bad intentions
Chapter 316 Bad intentions
The servant's words just now have proved that he was one of the servants who was locked up in the woodshed by Master Ye Er.
The smile on Gu Junqing's face faded a little, and his eyes were fixed on the servant, waiting for his reply.
However, after hearing his question, the young man's eyes were full of hesitation, as if he didn't know how to answer.
Gu Junqing was not in a hurry either. She looked at him with her eyes, as if she would keep staring at him unless he said anything.
The servant couldn't stand being stared at by Gu Junqing, so after a short hesitation, he took the initiative to confess. It wasn't an important matter anyway.
Then Gu Junqing heard the servant whisper to her: "The other servants took advantage of the chaos at the Duke's banquet and ran away, but they were killed by the murderer before they could get far. I didn't run away because it was too late, so I barely saved my life..."
It turned out to be the case.
Gu Junqing nodded, and stopped squatting on the ground. He stood up straight, then lowered his eyes, with a condescending tone that was not as gentle as before, and said in a calm voice: "If you still want to save your life, then you should answer my questions honestly. If there is anything I said that is not right..."
After she finished speaking, she paused, and then continued: "I don't have anything valuable on me, so you might as well use your finger as the price."
Gu Junqing spoke these words ruthlessly and coldly, just like an unforgivable villain threatening others.
Gu Junqing did not lower her voice when she said this, so everyone around her heard her threatening words. When the timid servants and maids heard what Gu Junqing said, they were so scared that they knelt down.
As for Ye Laogong and others standing behind Gu Junqing, their eyebrows twitched, but they did not show any intention of refuting.
On the contrary, he agreed with it in his heart. After all, looking at the servant's expression, he knew that Gu Junqing's threat was still very useful.
Gu Junqing did not intend to continue the public interrogation. Instead, he stepped aside and gave them the venue to perform freely.
Old Duke Ye was the second one to ask, but what he asked had nothing to do with Chun Xing. Instead, he asked all the servants who had served Master Ye Er or had seen what Ye Er was doing half a month ago to come forward.
The servants who had gathered together looked at each other, looking at each other, as if they were at a loss.
At the same time, several slaves and servants stood up, but there were only about four or five of them.
Old Duke Ye didn't believe that there were only these few servants around Ye Er at that time, so he immediately sank his face and became indifferent. Then he repeated the question just now, but he kept staring at them, as if he could see through them at a glance.
But still no one is standing up.
Old Duke Ye sneered. Since the person was unwilling to stand up, he would have to go and arrest him personally.
Just now, several people failed to maintain their calm expressions. Old Duke Ye was also a shrewd man, and he would be able to spot any clues at a glance.
As he glanced around, several slaves and servants stood up.
He did not ask any more questions, but asked the guards around him to put these servants and maids in another place. Just like Gu Junqing, it would be best to interrogate them under his own nose.
The next one was Duke Ye. Apart from Gu Junqing, who had just gotten involved in this matter and didn't know much about anything, Duke Ye was the one who didn't know much about the birthday banquet among the other three.
It can be said that he was not too concerned. After all, he was busy with other matters in the Duke's Mansion, and today he finally had time to accompany his father to help investigate the case.
So the questions he asked were relatively simple.
After he finished asking questions, the Shaoqing of Dali Temple was left.
The Junior Official of the Dali Temple turned around and glanced at the three people behind him, thinking that there were not many questions he could ask, so he turned back to look at the remaining servants.
The questions he asked seemed to be simpler than those of the previous three people, and the scope was wider. He said in a deep voice: "The people who were with Chun Xing at that time, please stand up. Also, the people who were guarding the door of the woodshed. Let's let the others go for now."
After saying the last sentence, the Shaoqing of the Dali Temple looked at Old Duke Ye and Duke Ye again.
After seeing them nod, he turned all his attention to these servants.
After everyone gathered, he looked at the relief and even expressions of relief on the faces of the servants who were not called, as if they had survived a disaster. His expression did not change, but after watching them walk away, he turned his attention to the servants who stayed behind at the scene.
There was no incident like today during the previous interrogation. After a simple interrogation, they let all the servants leave without finding anything wrong. There were only a few servants left and nothing was learned from them.
The subsequent interrogation process will not be described for now. After the four people were interrogated, it was already dark.
The Junior Official of the Dali Temple withdrew his gaze from the sky and turned his gaze to Gu Junqing. Seeing that the two attendants who had been following her had disappeared, he asked casually, "When did the two people following General Gu leave? Are they just letting the master stay outside alone?" Gu Junqing was still thinking about something. When the Junior Official of the Dali Temple suddenly spoke, his tone was casual and a bit joking, so she also said casually, "Of course they had their own things to do, and then I drove them back to the general's mansion. It's okay for me to stay outside alone."
The Shaoqing of Dali Temple smiled and said nothing, turning his attention elsewhere.
At this time, Duke Ye walked in from the gate of the small courtyard. Looking at the two people joking and talking to each other, his eyebrows curved, and the old fine lines at the corners of his eyes were very conspicuous. Then he said in a gentle voice: "It's getting late now, why don't you two go back after dinner at the Duke's Mansion."
The two looked at each other. Naturally, they had to give face to the old Duke Gu Ye who personally invited them to stay.
So the two of them had dinner at the Duke's mansion.
Of course, the news that the two stayed in the Duke's Mansion for dinner was also known by some people with ulterior motives. For example, Duke Shen, who had stayed in Duke Shen's Mansion all day, asked the servants to leave after hearing the news from them. Then, when he seemed to be the only one left in the study, he spoke in a deep voice, "It seems that the person behind this wants to use me and Lord Yu."