C145 (2/2)

Song Lai followed and protected Su Li by the side, and followed closely behind.

The scream came from a corner of the yard, where a girl sat paralyzed with fright.

Seeing so many people coming over, the little girl tumbled and crawled over. Pointing to that corner, her words became a little sloppy, ”There … There are a lot of flies there. ”

Su Li frowned, and quickly walked towards the direction she pointed to.

Sure enough, there was a patch of ground in the corner that was densely packed with flies, which made one's scalp go numb.

Song Lai who was following behind picked up the broom on the ground and waved it towards that place. After a while, the flies were finally driven away, but there were a few that were not afraid of death, coiling around the side.

Su Li put on his gloves and with a few casual swipes, a bloodied blade appeared in front of everyone.

When Madame Hai saw the blade, he was so shocked that he almost fell down, if not for the support of the servant girl.

Wang Mingyang stared straight at the blade, ”I knew it was her … ”I knew it was her …”

With that, he turned around and ran outside.

Su Li looked at Stars Pet Chain Supermarket, ”Follow him, don't let him do anything wrong.”

Stars Pet Chain Supermarket nodded and followed along, while Wang Quanan ordered two officials to follow along.

Su Li then took out the blade and looked at it carefully.

The surface of the blade was indeed not that sharp. There were a few gaps, and there were quite a few visible pieces of flesh on those gaps. It was undoubtedly a lethal weapon.

”Fourth Miss, why would this weapon appear here?” Song Lai asked in confusion.

Su Li was also confused, according to her and Song Lai's deductions, the big house did want to take action, but in the end, only the big house's servant girl could be seen, then why was the weapon in the big house in the courtyard?

”Madam Wang, may I trouble you to gather everyone in the courtyard. I have something to ask.” Wang Quanan instructed the Madame Hai.

With a pale face, Madame Hai went to follow the instructions.

Su Li wrapped the blade with something and handed it over to Song Lai to hold on to. Then, he followed Wang Quanan into a side room.

In the side room, the maidservants serving in the main courtyard were all gathered together. Adding on a few concubines, they roughly numbered twelve.

Wang Quanan sat in the center, releasing the imposing air of a judge.

The servant girls had never seen such a scene before. All of their faces were pale as they hung their heads, not daring to make a sound.

”The next question that I ask, if any of you know it yet do not answer, in accordance with the law, is to be punished with thirty boards and even more so, be sent to the Hall of Punishment.”

”Yes.”

”Which one of you was not present at the time of the son of the fifteenth day, and which one of you did not appear at the time of the second day? Or did you know who was not there?”

An old woman took the lead and said, ”This old servant was in the servant's room and had a conversation with Spring Orchid. He fell asleep when he was young, Spring Orchid can confirm that.”

”Yes, yes, yes. At that time, the other four people in the room were also there. But, I'll be sleeping first.” The maidservant called Chun Lan chimed in.

After that, everyone else had their suspicions cleared.

Coincidentally, Wang Family's eldest son, Wang Mingqing, stayed in his room that night, while his wife stayed in the empty room. Nanny Bai and a maid called Huang Xian were on guard duty.

”Who heard the noise that night? or what have you seen? ” Su Li asked coldly.

Standing in the center of the room, Zhang Xuan's eyeballs kept rolling around, and in the end, he gritted his teeth and stepped forward.

”I tossed and turned on my bed that night because I was the closest to the main house. Even though I didn't see anything, I heard a light door opening. Someone must have gone out …”