Chapter 300 - Possess Himself of Her (1/2)

Shi Baoning’s face stiffened and she stuttered, “No…way?”

At last, she said in an uncertain tone.

Shi Qingxue looked at Shi Baoning and didn’t waste energy to explain. She gave Shi Baoning room to figure it out herself.

Shi Baoning still looked doubtful and then turned to Shi Junhe. She wanted to ask more seemingly, but his weary face made her unable to speak a word.

When the atmosphere in the main hall became tense again, Zheng Liangcai rushed in excitedly and reported to Shi Junhe, “Lord Shi, I have found the murderer.”

His words aroused an uproar.

Shi Junhe sprang from the chair and asked in a hurry, “Who is the murderer? How did you find it?”

“Lord Shi, you are wise. I listened to you and questioned all the servants respectively who served the second master. Then I found that his personal manservant Shi Wang was suspicious. So I instantly told my subordinates to capture him and interrogate him carefully.

“Guess what? Shi Wang refused to admit it in the beginning. After the runners found the remaining poison and a handkerchief stained with the second master’s blood in his room, he couldn’t justify himself with excuses, so he finally admitted that he had poisoned the second master to death,” Zheng Liangcai said logically with confidence.

Although before he came, he had reminded himself to look sad, when he reported, he could hardly conceal the complacency in his tone.

He solved the case.

Shi Junhe noticed that and felt unhappy, yet he didn’t speak it out. He just stared at Zheng Liangcai and asked, “Where is Shi Wang now? What else did he say?”

Zheng Liangcai knew that Shi Junhe wanted to personally interrogate Shi Wang, so he hurriedly led the duke to the backyard, although it was against the rules. He continued to tell Shi Junhe what he knew so far.

“Shi Wang is stubborn. Although he has admitted that he killed the second master, he refused to say anything else. But don’t worry, Lord Shi. My subordinates are excellent in interrogating. As long as we give them more time, they will make him tell everything clearly…”

They rushed to the backyard. On the way, Shi Jie who was waiting at the gate ran in hastily and reported to Shi Junhe, “My Lord, a servant from our mansion came to tell us that there was a theft case in the mansion.”

“What?”

Before this case was closed, there was another case.

Shi Junhe hadn’t recovered from the sad news that Shi Junfeng had been murdered, and he heard such annoying news, so his face darkened.

He asked in a deep voice, “What is missing?”

“Nothing in the East House is missing, but…” Shi Jie turned his head and glanced at Shi Qingxue cautiously.

He explained hesitantly, “Lady Qingxue’s maid Xia Mang sent somebody to tell me that somebody sneaked into the Luotong Boudoir when there was nobody in Lady Qingxue’s bedroom. Although the thief did everything carefully, when Xia Mang entered to clean up the room, she found clues.

“You are not at home, so she doesn’t dare to move your belonging without authorization, My Lady.”

Shi Qingxue frowned and didn’t say anything.

Shi Jie turned to Shi Junhe and begged in a low voice again, “Although we are not sure what is missing, I am afraid that you need to go back home.”

Shi Junhe wanted to personally supervise the people from the Capital Bureau interrogating Shi Wang, yet he knew well about his manservant. Unless he was forced to, Shi Jie wouldn’t ask him to return home at this hour.

In another word, Shi Junhe must go back home at the moment.

When Shi Junhe looked hesitant, Zheng Liangcai expressed sensibly at once, “Lord Shi, if you have something important, you can go to deal with it first. Rest assured after you leave this case to me.

“I will surely find the truth and fight the case out.”

Zheng Liangcai said that, while Shi Junhe was more worried.

However, it was not the time to bother about this. He pondered for a moment and then encouraged Zheng Liangcai. Later, he said something to Shi Baojing and then led his family to return home in haste.

Shi Qingxue stood behind the crowd and still looked at the backyard, as if lost in thought.

“What’s wrong?” Mo Junyang was the first one who found her unusual expression. He stood next to her, asking in a soft voice.

Shi Qingxue still frowned and looked at the backyard for a while. Then she whispered, “I don’t know. I just think that it is too coincidental as these two things happened. Is it…”

Before she finished her words, she held back.

Her guess was too random.

There were many coincidences in the world. A murder case and a theft case would be found at the same time by chance repeatedly.

If she forcefully related them, it would be absurd.

Shi Qingxue knew this point, so she didn’t have the courage to continue. She was afraid that Mo Junyang would laugh at her as she made blind and disorderly conjectures.

However, Mo Junyang doubted the coincidence more than she did. After hearing that, he didn’t laugh but asked with a frown, “Do you know what the thief wanted to steal after sneaking into the Luotong Boudoir?”

Shi Qingxue smiled bitterly. “How can I guess? I am a girl and the valuable things are just jewels, antiques, scripts and paintings. What else can I have?”

If the thief coveted these treasures, he would gain more once he went to the master’s room.

After all, no matter how favored Shi Qingxue was and how many collections she had, could she have more than Duke Shi?

Unless the thief didn’t want money…

Shi Qingxue met Mo Junyang’s eyes and they said in unison, “The token granted by Emperor.”

Yes. If there was a reason that the thief had to go to the Luotong Boudoir, it was only the token granted by Emperor which could prevent people in Duke Shi’s mansion from being sentenced to death.

“In this case, it’s not difficult to guess who the thief is,” Shi Qingxue pursed her lips and stated impassively.

Even though she had deduced the truth, she didn’t feel happy.

Mo Junyang pinched the back of her hand gently and comforted her. “Anyway, let’s go back to the Luotong Boudoir first and have a look.”