Marrying a concubine and swallowing her dowry? The mistress turns around and marries a high-ranking

Chapter 76

"How could that be? He's just a three-year-old child. We have no grudge against him. Who would want to kill him?"

Shen Lingjun gave a cold laugh.

"That's a question for the Marquis himself. Yao'er has indeed no grudges against anyone, but his position as the heir apparent of the Marquis of Yongning has offended some people!"

Her tone was icy: "What happened last night was witnessed by Xi'er, Yao'er, and Fendie. If you don't believe me, you can ask them. Since the Hou family also says that the deceased was bribed by the Yongning Marquis's mansion to do their bidding, then it all makes sense. Your Excellency, you not only owe the Hou family an explanation, but you also owe me one!"

Qin Shaoze felt a chill in his heart, recalling the thought he had entertained earlier. The only way to return the title of heir to Qin Xuanrui was...

But he really didn't do anything. Could it be that someone else in the Yongning Marquis's mansion has targeted Qin Chuyao?

Qin Shuangya has already married, leaving only Old Madam Qin and Liu Manman...

Qin Shaoze was secretly alarmed. Whichever of these two was behind it, they absolutely could not be discovered!

Qin Shaoze had no choice but to feign ignorance: "I truly know nothing about this..."

But before he could finish speaking, Shen Lingjun interrupted him: "Even tigers don't eat their cubs, so I believe the Marquis wouldn't be worse than an animal."

These pointed words left Qin Shaoze speechless.

Shen Lingjun ignored his reaction and turned to the Commander of the Military Command.

"Lord Zhou, this is, after all, a murder case, and it is indeed inextricably linked to the Yongning Marquis's residence. Do you think we should take some men to the Yongning Marquis's residence to investigate this case?"

The commander of the military corps nodded: "That's natural."

With that, he called over a few people: "All of you, come with me to the Yongning Marquis's residence!"

Qin Shaoze, Shen Lingjun, and others followed.

Qin Shaoze was terrified, and cold sweat broke out on his back.

If we really investigate this in more detail, we're bound to find some clues!

When the soldiers arrived at the Yongning Marquis's residence, they asked the servants and learned that the third son of the Marquis had indeed entered the residence the night before. He was led in by Wangfa, a servant boy who did odd jobs in the front yard. However, no one saw how he left or whether he was dead or alive when he left.

Just as the commander of the military garrison was about to call the servant Wang Fa over for questioning, the other party arrived on his own.

Wangfa knelt down with a thud, his face full of panic: "My lord! My lord! It was this servant who sent that Hou Laosan! This servant took a fancy to a maid in the manor, but she rejected me. I was angry, so I sent Hou Laosan in to pretend to be a ghost and scare her. I didn't expect that Hou Laosan would do something like that and actually frighten the young master and the third young lady!"

The commander of the military headquarters frowned and asked, "How did Hou Laosan die?"

Wangfa stammered, "This servant...this servant went to look for Hou Laosan in the middle of the night and found him in the garden, already bitten to death by a poisonous snake. This servant was frightened, so I threw him outside the mansion. This servant doesn't know why he ended up in the East Market..."

When Qin Shaoze saw Wang Fa come up to confess, he knew that Wang Fa had most likely been bribed by the mastermind to take the blame. But no matter what, it was good that someone was taking the blame.

He was drenched in cold sweat but secretly breathed a sigh of relief. He said to the commander of the military command, "Lord Zhou, the Yongning Marquis's mansion doesn't have many people. There may indeed be poisonous snakes in the garden. Hou Laosan was bitten to death by a snake in the mansion. The mansion is willing to take responsibility and compensate the Hou family."

Then, turning to Hou Lao Er, he said, "The Yongning Marquis's mansion will compensate your family with one hundred taels of silver, how about that?"

He's just taking advantage of the fact that Hou Laosan is dead, leaving no one to testify, and he wants to quickly downplay the matter.