C139 (1/2)
Wang Mingyang thought for a while before replying, ”Around the same time in the tenth century.”
”Are there many sleepless nights these days?”
”I deserve to die, but it won't be easy for me to wake up after falling asleep, to the point that I don't even know how many times Juan Niang has woken up during the night.” Wang Mingyang slapped his own face, looked at the mama behind him, and asked, ”How many times has Juan Niang woken up at night?”
”Lately, it's been a lot. Five or six times a night.” The old nanny replied.
”In other words, when Juan Niang woke up, didn't you know?” Su Li looked at Wang Mingyang, and the light in his eyes gradually deepened...
Wang Mingyang nodded guiltily, ”It's my fault. If I had been with Juan Niang when he was up at night, such a thing would not have happened.”
Su Li did not notice anything strange from Wang Mingyang's expression.
She pondered for a moment before turning her head to look at the people behind him, a mama and four maidservants.
”How did you arrange for a night watch?”
”Back to Fourth Miss, the four maidservants will be keeping watch day and night, and the old servant will be sleeping in the side room outside. If anything happens, the maidservants can come and wake me up at any time.” The old nanny replied, ”It was Indigo who guarded it last night.”
After being called out by the old wet nurse, Blue and Blue appeared, frightened. Both sides of their faces were quite swollen. It looked like they had just been beaten up.
”It was this servant who guarded the night, but I don't know what happened last night, my sleep was too heavy, I slept all the way until morning, and I was even woken up by Nanny Chu splashing water on me …”
Su Li frowned. If Lan Qing was not lying, then it was very possible that she had been stunned.
Just that, if the Juan Niang woke up at night and couldn't wake up Indigo who was guarding outside, then why didn't she go to the small side room to call him Nanny Chu?
Or, from the start, Juan Niang did not wake up, and the few people in the second room were all unconscious, so did they not know, that Juan Niang was carried out of his room?
No!
Juan Niang struggled when she was strangled, there was a black substance in her nails, this means, Juan Niang was still conscious before she was strangled.
”This old servant accompanied the bride over. She has been taking care of young miss since childhood. She has always understood old servant and can't wake up blue Qing. The young miss must have gone …” The old mama thought of something and her eyes couldn't help but turn red. Her voice began to sob. ”This old servant doesn't have the face to meet the Madame. This old servant owes them their entrustment!”
Seeing the old granny like this, Wang Mingyang felt even worse, and the few servant girls also started to cry.
”Fourth Miss, Lord Magistrate said that he found a place with scratch marks.” An official rushed in and reported.
Su Li immediately stood up, he glanced at the people in the second room and said, ”You may disperse. If it is necessary, I will come back to ask the both of you.”
”Yes.”
Su Li followed the official to a place.
It was the second house of the Juan Niang and Wang Mingyang, with a separate shack beside the main room.
The scratches that Wang Quanan found were right behind the room door.
Since the door was painted black, the scratches on the back were not too obvious.
”Fourth Miss, the number one murder scene. This should be it.” Wang Quanan pointed to a place, ”Look over here, there are traces of her heels being stepped on. This official then ordered someone to do it again, it should be the culprit who took advantage of the dead person closing the door to stop her.”
Su Li read it carefully and nodded in agreement.
”If that's the case, then the murderer must have been hiding in here.”
She looked around. The space was not small. There was a shelf in the corner with a few clean chamber pots on it. There was also one in the middle of the room, which was probably being used.
She walked over to the shelf, which wasn't against the wall. There was room for a person to hide behind it.
Wang Quanan smacked himself on the forehead, ”The Fourth Miss is still more meticulous, I never thought that the culprit was hidden here beforehand.”
”If he had been hiding here, he would have left some traces behind.” Su Li crouched down, and indeed, found a pair of obvious footprints between the shelves and the wall, ”Measure first, and then use the calculation method to roughly determine the murderer's height.”