The fake daughter of a fallen ghost is reborn

Xue Zhiyi and Shen Qingtang waited in the guest room for a while, and the shopkeeper finally came.

He sat down in front of the two of them and asked, "Which family are you two from?"

Xue Zhiyi didn't play dumb with him and just said, "Boss, the Xue family has been placing orders with your store recently, right?"

Knowing that the visitor had bad intentions, the shopkeeper wiped the sweat off his forehead calmly. He smiled and said, "If the young lady is from the Xue family, why would she ask me? If she is not from the Xue family, how could I reveal the identity of the guest to the young lady without any reason?"

But such excuses were obviously not effective, and Xue Zhiyi went straight to the point and said, "Boss, I won't talk to you about anything else. I just want to tell you that something has happened to your material. If you don't want the Xue family to report it to the police, I hope you can answer a few of my questions next."

The shopkeeper was startled, probably because he thought he had done everything perfectly and he didn't expect that someone would find out the problem so quickly.

But at this moment, he couldn't admit it. He just groaned and said, "So you're here to blackmail me."

Upon hearing this, Shen Qingtang was about to slam the table, but was stopped by Xue Zhiyi.

I only heard the shopkeeper say: "What's wrong with the material? So many people have handled it, how can you be sure that it has anything to do with Jinxiu Zhai?"

Xue Zhiyi chuckled and said, "It's easy to judge."

Seeing the shopkeeper was stunned, she continued, "If you want to mix the juice of the radish flower into the cloth without being noticed, you need to boil it together with the cloth for about half an hour and then dry it. It has been raining continuously recently, and the clothes will not dry at all if they are not dried for four or five days. The account book of Jinxiu Zhai should have a clear record of the time of sale of the clothes to the Xue family, right? If the time of sale is no more than four or five days, then the clothes can only be tampered with in Jinxiu Zhai."

"I don't know what you're talking about."

Xue Zhiyi was not at all surprised by his denial, and just smiled leisurely: "The person who instigated you to poison didn't tell you, right? Once the juice of the Jingluo flower touches your body, within half a month, as long as you wash with alkaline water, red marks will appear on your skin, and no matter how you wash, it will not be washed away."

She made up these sentences on the spur of the moment. Jingluo flower juice was not a common thing in Dayong, and ordinary people were not familiar with its medicinal properties. She made them up casually, betting on whether the shopkeeper dared to take a risk on something he was not familiar with.

At this point, the shopkeeper finally changed his expression: "What... do you want to do?"

"I don't want to do anything." Xue Zhiyi said: "You also know that a family like the Xue family also wants to save face. Naturally, they don't want this matter to be reported to the government, but it doesn't mean that they won't deal with the person who harmed the descendants of the Xue family in private."

She smiled slowly: "I want you to tell me the person who bribed you to give me the drug."

The shopkeeper remained silent for a moment before he said, "Who knows if you are trying to trick me into telling you something, and if I admit it, you will bring me to justice?"

"Do you want to take a gamble?"

"what?"

Xue Zhiyi smiled and said, "Don't forget, shopkeeper. It's easy to prove that Jinxiu Zhai poisoned the food. The Xue family cares about their reputation, but that doesn't mean they won't give up their reputation. If the Xue family is determined to avenge their dead child, they can ask the government to intervene in this matter. The shopkeeper can also take a gamble and see if the government is too old and blurry to see the glaring evidence and let Jinxiu Zhai escape. But if you lose the gamble--"

Her smile deepened: "Boss, are you capable of taking the responsibility for the crime of poisoning?"

I saw a layer of cold sweat suddenly appear on the shopkeeper's forehead.

Seeing that he was still hesitant, Xue Zhiyi continued, "The person who ordered you to do this can disregard your safety and has not told you about the flaws of the Jingluo Flower Juice. Why are you still hiding it for him? The Xue family is giving you a chance now. We will take a step back and save our face, and you should also take a step back and save Jinxiuzhai. How about that?"

After that, she took out a heavy purse and placed it on the table: "Of course, since that person tempted you with benefits, the Xue family will naturally not be stingy. Please accept this little gift, shopkeeper."

The shopkeeper just remained silent, and Xue Zhiyi waited patiently for his consideration.

After an unknown amount of time, the shopkeeper finally spoke with difficulty: "It's a woman."

"woman?"

"Yes." The shopkeeper said, "The woman knew that the concubine of the Xue family had often come to me to make clothes since she became pregnant, so she bribed me to put flower juice on her underwear, and said that she would deal with the evidence herself and would not implicate me. She also gave me a large sum of money. I was blinded by the money and took the job."

Xue Zhiyi asked him: "Do you know his name? Or his appearance?"

The shopkeeper shook his head and said, "Judging from her hair, she is an unmarried woman, thin and thin. But like the two of you, she is wearing a veil, so I can't see her face clearly."

As he spoke, he suddenly realized, "By the way, although she speaks standard Mandarin, her tone is soft and doesn't sound like a local in Huajing. She sounds like a foreigner."

"Foreign place? Where exactly?" Xue Zhiyi asked.

After thinking carefully for a while, he said, "It seems like... Linzhou."

Xue Zhiyi sneered: Linzhou, then it can only be that old acquaintance. Just as she guessed, it was indeed the mother and daughter who did it.

"That's all I know. The woman was too cautious. She didn't even leave any banknotes. She used all the cash, which was heavy and inconvenient to bring all at once. So she paid in two installments. She paid the full amount five days ago..."

"What did you say?" Xue Zhiyi suddenly interrupted him. She took a breath and said, "Five days ago, are you talking about... the day when a murder happened across the street?"

Beside him, Shen Qingtang also took a breath and looked at Xue Zhiyi.

"Isn't that right?" The shopkeeper sighed, "It's frightening all the shops on this street. I don't know if the vagrant who committed the crime has been caught."

Xue Zhiyi's breathing was trembling, and a thought flashed through her mind: "When did that woman come, and when did she leave?"

The shopkeeper didn't think much about it: "He came near dusk, and I don't remember exactly when he left, but not long after he left, I heard that something happened across the street."

"Not long is how long?"

After thinking for a while, the shopkeeper replied: "No more than a cup of tea."

Xue Zhiyi was a little dazed: "Okay, I understand... No one will bother you about this matter anymore, and please keep your mouth shut, otherwise even the gods can't save you."

After saying this, she and Shen Qingtang left Jinxiuzhai.

As soon as she went out, she went straight to the alley where Xue Runing had the accident.

She walked so fast that Shen Qingtang could hardly keep up. She chased after her: "Zhiyi, do you suspect that Fu Rongxin did this?"

"At least it's related to her." Xue Zhiyi said, "I have a guess. Could it be that Ru Ning accidentally discovered Fu Rongxin's poisoning, so she was silenced? Otherwise, how could such a coincidence happen?"

When she arrived at the alley, she looked around and found that this was a blind spot. People on the street could not see this place, so there was no witness in this case.

The continuous washing of rain over the days had left no trace of blood anywhere.

Even so, Xue Zhiyi still felt cold. In this place, she seemed to be able to sense Xue Runing's despair and pain at that time...

Her breathing became heavier. If only she could have stopped Xue Runing from going out that day. If only Xue Runing hadn't entered the alley...

Suddenly, Xue Zhiyi was startled: "But why did Runing take this alley?"

It is obvious that the main road is the shortest way to return to Xue Mansion.