Detective in the Red Chamber

Jia Huan was detained to study in Yihong Courtyard?

"Is he only in Yihong Courtyard that day, or has he been like this recently?"

"It's been like this recently. I go to study in the garden every afternoon, and I'm not allowed to go back to the front yard until evening."

It turned out to be the case.

Maybe it was because he went in and out of the Grand View Garden every day that he found someone's weaknesses.

but……

According to Xue Baochai's words, she should avoid Jia Huan in daily life, and she usually has maids by her side to wait on her, so the chance of being caught is not high, right?

"then you……"

Sun Shaozong was waiting to ask again, but he saw Xue Baochai on the opposite side suddenly showed a dazed look, and blurted out: "Second brother has already guessed whose hairpin belongs to, right? After all, it is a gold-plated step, and that style It's not something that servants dare to use, but with your second brother's ability, it's natural..."

Speaking of this, she suddenly showed joy again: "The second elder brother specially called us to come together, didn't he want to cover up for her?"

This is really...

Originally, Sun Shaozong wanted to figure out her background, and then decide how to act. He never thought that he hadn't solved the confusion yet, but Xue Baochai saw through the clues first.

And seeing her surprised look, she probably already noticed that the hairpin belonged to Jia Tanchun.

Sure enough, he is a beautiful person!

Unknowingly, Sun Shaozong carefully inspected Xue Baochai, but saw that she stood tall, her eyebrows, skin, and figure all carried the shadow of Aunt Xue, showing the momentum of being greener than blue.

I don't know if the inside is the same as his mother, it's...

cough!

Sun Shaozong coughed dryly, and brought back his attention, which had been flying to nowhere, and said calmly: "Yes, I have indeed guessed that the hairpin belonged to Sister Tanchun, but..."

He cheated and took the opportunity to observe Xue Baochai's reaction.

But to be honest, his doubts about Xue Baochai have been reduced by most at the moment—because since the other party has already guessed that the murder weapon belongs to Jia Tanchun, and he intends to cover it up, when facing him, there is something strange between his brows. It is inevitable.

as predicted.

I heard Xue Baochai say urgently: "Even if that hairpin really belonged to Sister Tanchun, she may not have killed him! The second brother may not know that although Sister Tanchun despises him on the surface, she still misses the love of a mother and a compatriot." , help him several times!"

If Xue Baochai was the murderer, what he was most concerned about at this time should be the words hidden behind the "but", even if he didn't dare to ask, he would not rush in to make Jia Tanchun clear.

From this point of view, she should not be the person involved in the case.

Considering that she also noticed the owner of the hairpin in advance, but has been holding back until now without revealing anything, this observation and the city should be trustworthy.

Sun Shaozong raised his hand to signal her not to worry, and said with a low voice, "To be honest, I thought so too, and I found some circumstantial evidence."

As he spoke, he briefly described the results of his autopsy just now.

Finally, he said: "Since my sister can detect Tanchun, you might as well observe secretly for me later to see if there is anything suspicious."

After a pause, he added: "Especially those who have had contact with Jia Huan in the Grand View Garden."

The reason for this supplement is mainly because Jia Huan had been chased for debts several times before, and for this he asked the servants of the Sun family. If there was such a channel, how could he have missed it?

Therefore, Sun Shaozong deduced that the second person who appeared at the scene of the crime tonight probably had 'contact' with Jia Huan after he entered the Grand View Garden.

But Xue Baochai seemed to be admiring what he said, and her face blushed, and she deliberately explained that it was because she liked to observe other people's clothes on weekdays.

But he was also worried that it would spoil Sun Shaozong's perception of him - Xue Baochai did not forget Lin Daiyu's ridicule of her at the beginning.

So he hesitated for a while, but finally nodded solemnly and said: "If you can clear up the suspicion for Sister Tanchun, I will certainly be willing to do so."

As he said that, he suddenly remembered something, and hurriedly said: "By the way, brother Bao probably also noticed something, that's why..."

"Don't worry, I understand."

Sun Shaozong interrupted her softly, then raised his chin to the crowd not far away: "Call the next one over for me."

Xue Baochai breathed a sigh of relief, said another blessing, then turned and walked towards the crowd.

But she said that seeing her come back, all the sisters rushed up to ask what happened.

Xue Baochai was perfunctory while secretly observing everyone's reactions, but except for the preconceived Jia Tanchun, he really couldn't see anything wrong.

Xue Baochai's eyes finally fell on Lin Daiyu, but she didn't invite her to go in order, but said softly: "Sister Lin usually doesn't pay attention to these external things, let the third sister go first."

Lin Daiyu only thought her words were ironic to herself, and when she raised her eyebrows, she was ready to confront her.

But when he heard the words 'Three Sisters', he immediately turned his attention to Tanchun's head, hesitated to speak, and finally lowered his head.

Apparently, she had already found out the 'truth' from Jia Baoyu.

When Jia Tanchun heard Baochai call his name, his expression tightened first, then he showed calmness and determination, nodded slightly at Xue Baochai, and walked quickly towards Sun Shaozong.

After reaching the front and giving a little blessing, Jia Tanchun took a deep breath and was about to speak when he heard Sun Shaozong straight to the point and asked: "Jia Huan asked you to come here today, do you want to borrow money to repay the debt?"

Jia Tanchun was stunned for a moment, nodded subconsciously, then regained consciousness, and hurriedly argued: "I did come here before, but I didn't kill him, and...never thought of killing him, really! "

"Don't panic, everyone is watching."

Sun Shaozong glanced at the people not far away, and said seriously: "Since you didn't kill anyone, let's talk about what you did in this bamboo forest tonight."

Jia Tanchun was taken aback for another moment, then nodded again, and said with a wry smile: "At first I didn't want to pay any attention to him, but I heard that he had a fight with my aunt, so..."

Speaking of this, she couldn't help but wiped the corners of her eyes and sighed: "If I knew this, I shouldn't have agreed to him."

Chapter 899 The Death of Jia Huan [Part [-]]

[It's done at three o'clock. 】

According to Jia Tanchun, because she was shy in her pocket, she barely scraped together four taels of silver to get it out. As a result, she went to the bamboo forest around Haishi, but Jia Huan thought she was humiliating herself.

So he first used a mocking tone to encourage her to go to Baoyu to borrow money, but after being rejected, she was full of bad words and wanted to ask her.

Jia Tanchun was not a soft-tempered man either, seeing that he was still stubborn at such a juncture, he immediately turned around in anger and wanted to leave.

Jia Huan rushed up to stop her, and the siblings pulled and shoved.

"At that time, he wanted to pull out the Bu Yao from my head, but he didn't know that last time, in order to pay for his bad debts, I had already pawned all my jewelry and replaced them with gold-plated ones."

"I was heartbroken at that time, so I pulled out the hairpin as a gesture to give it to him, took the opportunity to stab him in the arm, then threw the hairpin and silver all by the side of the road, and ran out without looking back. bamboo forest."

How much is four taels of silver?

Just now when Sun Shaozong examined the corpse, Jia Huan's pocket seemed to be cleaner than his face.

Where did the money go?

Picked up by the murderer?

still is……

"Don't be idle, big guys!"

Sun Shaozong suddenly raised his voice and ordered: "Two people set up lanterns, and walk around here—see if you can find other clues!"

Originally, according to Sun Shaozong's intention, he planned to wait until dawn, and if the murderer was still not found, he would conduct an expanded search—after all, it was not easy to find the murderer in such a dark sky.

But since it is a reflective metal like silver, it should be able to be found even at night.

As for asking for a couple, it is because they are afraid that they will see Qian's eyes open and secretly give evidence.

When the servants of the Rongguo Mansion started searching in groups, Sun Shaozong stared at the green skirt again, and asked casually: "Then what happened after you left the bamboo forest? Did you find anything unusual on the way, or ran into anyone?" ?”

Jia Tanchun shook his head without hesitation and said, "After leaving the bamboo grove, I went straight back to the garden. I didn't hear about it until the middle of the night... Alas!"

She sighed and said quietly, "Maybe this is fate."

If before, Sun Shaozong only deduced logically that she might not be the real murderer, now he is [-]% sure.

Because if the person who almost ran into her at the entrance of the bamboo forest was Jia Tanchun, then in this situation, she has no reason to continue to hide it.

In this way, it was basically confirmed from the side that before and after the incident, there was indeed another woman in green in the bamboo forest, and this woman was most likely the real murderer!

After cross-examination again and confirming that there was nothing missing, Sun Shaozong returned to the crowd together with Jia Tanchun, and then called Zhao Guoji and ordered him to take the person under the age of 30 from the house who had worn a green skirt yesterday. , all convened.

When Zhao Guoji left in a hurry, Sun Shaozong lit the lantern again, preparing to continue searching for clues in the bamboo forest near the corpse.

"Second brother."

At this time, I heard someone calling from behind, and looking back, it was Jia Baoyu who came up, although his expression was still a little gloomy, but it was more than ten times stronger than before: "What are you looking for, let me help you find it together .”

Sun Shaozong was not in a hurry to return to him, until both of them entered the bamboo grove, then asked under his breath, "Sister Xue's family already told you?"

This can only be Xue Baochai's exaggeration.

"Ok!"

Baoyu nodded, and then raised his hand to hold his heart: "Fortunately, there is a second brother who can see clearly, otherwise... there is the third younger sister on the one hand, and the dead brother Huan on the other, I will definitely die in embarrassment."

After a pause, he said again: "Second brother may not believe it, but I was thinking about it just now, and I will take the blame for my second sister."

He can really do this.

And this is also the reason why Sun Shaozong has always been quite friendly with him - a pure, kind and kind boy is always more popular than those complicated things.

It's just that he seemed to be happy a little too early. According to Sun Shaozong's deduction, the murderer who killed Jia Huan was probably related to Yihongyuan—at least the people in the Grand View Garden!

But there is no need to say this in advance.

Sun Shaozong patted him lightly on the shoulder, and said softly: "Your third younger sister just said that she once dropped more than four taels of silver around here. I don't know if it was taken by the murderer, or..."

Just as he was talking, someone suddenly shouted in the opposite bamboo forest: "Master Sun, Mr. Sun, here is a broken piece of silver!"

Xunsheng rushed over, and saw two servants of Rongguo Mansion holding a piece of broken silver.

Sun Shaozong asked them for it, and asked Jia Baoyu to take it quietly, and asked Jia Tanchun to confirm it, and it turned out that the money she had thrown here before was confirmed.

This result made Sun Shaozong quite disappointed.

Originally, he thought that if the silver was taken away by the murderer, it could be used as decisive evidence at that time.

But it doesn't matter.

Now that it has been confirmed that the murderer was wearing a green dress at the time, and the approximate time of committing the crime, we know that she is probably related to Yihong Court, so when Zhao Guoji gathers people together, she will not worry about her not showing her true colors.

…………

A quarter of an hour later.

At the entrance of the bamboo forest, more than sixty women stood densely, and what made Sun Shaozong's scalp tingle was that half of the maids in Yihong Courtyard were there!

"After all, it's winter. Wearing green clothes makes others look comfortable."

Xiren explained in a low voice at the side, because she was not wearing yellow clothes yesterday and she was famous for being so social, so Jia Baoyu sent her to come forward temporarily to introduce the identities and backgrounds of those women and how they behave in the world.

Sun Shaozong curled his lips speechlessly. Fortunately, these two conditions are not the only ones he has mastered.

So he cleared his throat, and said again: "Yesterday around Haishi, those who can provide proof of absence, stand to the left of the officer."

Jia Baoyu helped explain: "That is to say, if someone can prove you around Haishi, it's fine if you are not in this bamboo forest."

As soon as these words came out, many people immediately withdrew from the team and stood on Sun Shaozong's left hand side. A rough calculation showed that there were as many as [-]% of them.

Originally this should be excellent.

But Sun Shaozong couldn't be happier, because only Bihen stood up among the maidservants in Yihong Courtyard, and there were as many as five people left including the two big maidservants Sheyue and Qiuwen!

Not to mention that besides this, there are also a few maids in the Grand View Garden...

Yuemo noticed that Sun Shaozong's eyes were focused on Sheyue and the others, and Xiren hurriedly explained for them: "Yesterday, the master returned to the mansion, and the second master drank a few more glasses. It is inevitable that there will be some chaos in our courtyard until Haizheng. At the end of the day, everyone went back to their houses to rest."

got~

Looks like there's more to check!

Sun Shaozong pouted, signaled Baoyu to come forward, and interrogated those who had alibi one by one, lest some of them would lie.

Then he lowered his voice and asked Xiren: "I heard that Huan Lao San was detained to study in Yihong Courtyard these days? I don't know who usually has more contact with him?"

"Sheyue and Qiuwen, because they are ordered to supervise the third master, they usually have more contact with each other. Then there are Bihen, Si'er, and Zhui'er. They usually take care of the study, so they naturally have more contact with others than others."

Bihen can be ruled out.

Musk Moon and Qiu Wen are more suspicious. As for the other three little maids... who are they?

"Chui'er is also inside."

Xiren looked at the three familiar faces in the crowd, and couldn't help distinguishing them: "Master Sun, among other things, none of the maids in our courtyard dare to have a private meeting with the third master in the middle of the night!"

Of course.