Chapter 230 Is it my fault for not eating melons?
After each guest finished speaking, they discussed and voted on who they thought was the most likely murderer.
"It's the Second Miss Jiang Ning, right? If something happens to the First Miss, in order to prevent the family from being punished by the palace, the Second Miss will enter the palace in place of the First Miss. From this perspective, the one who benefits will be the Second Miss." Yu Lei voted for Jiang Ning.
Zhu Jixun and Qi Tao looked at each other and took out a letter from their purses.
"This is the money bag we won from gambling with Eunuch Chen. Inside is a letter saying that the emperor is ill and is recruiting young women of marriageable age to enter the palace. The purpose is to take the young girls' blood to revive his health."
The new news still has a great impact on the vote. If the emperor has health problems, and if the eldest lady knows that the emperor is ill, it is very likely that she will commit suicide in order to avoid such pain.
"The eldest lady is gentle and weak by nature. She is unwilling to face the pain of entering the palace, so it is possible that she will end her life early." Lin Mian said.
For a moment, everyone was not sure whether the eldest lady committed suicide or was murdered, so they decided to go to the crime scene to take another look.
When they arrived at the eldest lady's boudoir, everyone looked for clues.
Jiang Ning found several letters that had not been sent.
"Looking at the content of the letter, it was written to her lover. That means the eldest lady has been secretly in love with a man from outside the palace for a long time. That's why she doesn't want to enter the palace as a medicine inducer, but she also doesn't want to let her lover down by hanging herself?" Qi Tao touched his chin in thought.
Meng Ying picked up one of the letters.
"That shouldn't be possible. The eldest lady told her lover a month ago that everything was over and she wrote this letter of severance. She died to protect this love. The probability of her dying is not high."
After reading the letters, Lin Mian said, "There's too little information to be sure. Let's expand the search area and look for it again."
The guests agreed, expanded the search to the entire house, and then split up to look for clues.
After we got back together in the hall, we took out the things we found.
What Jiang Ning found was a bloody knife, and there was indeed a bloodstain in the clothes of Meng Ying's character, indicating that there was an injury there.
"Maybe the eldest lady didn't die by hanging. She was killed with this knife before, and the murderer disguised it as suicide by hanging." Zhu Jixun made Ke Lan's gesture.
After saying that, Zhu Jixun took out a pipe he had found and said while scratching his head.
"I don't know if it's useful, but I found this one without any dust. I felt like it was evidence left by the production team, so I took it."
Jiang Ning took out the pipe and keenly smelled some other lingering scents.
After smelling it, he felt that the smell was a little familiar. He glanced at Chen Lin, and while the other was nervous, he walked over, sniffed lightly twice, and pointed at Chen Lin with his pipe.
"Eunuch Chen's clothes smell of tobacco. This pipe is his."
For Chen Lin, tobacco was something that only poor people bought to satisfy their smoking addiction. How could he smoke a pipe?
After hearing this, I reflexively clarified, "How could I possibly smoke this stuff!"
Jiang Ning and the other guests looked at the excited Chen Lin strangely.
"Who's talking about you? I'm talking about Eunuch Chen, okay?" Jiang Ning gave him a speechless look.
[Or does Chen Lin really think this title fits him and wants to claim the label of Eunuch Chen?]
Chen Lin vomited blood after hearing this.
Who the hell wants to claim it? And his thing is still growing well, not like a eunuch at all, just a rootless person, okay?
But thinking this in his heart, Chen Lin knew that if he really said it out loud, it would definitely cause people to start discussing the topic of eunuchs. In order to prevent himself from becoming the center of heated discussion on the entire network again, Chen Lin used his ninja skills and endured it!
He regretted investing some money in the show after hearing that Lin Mian was coming. Thinking of Lin Mian's cold-bloodedness and the pain in his body, he felt that he was spending money to bring suffering upon himself.
While Chen Lin was regretting, several other people also took out the clues they had found.
Lin Mian was looking for a few letters, some of which were addressed to the eldest daughter.
"Where did you find Teacher Lin? Could it be that the eldest lady's lover is someone in this house?" Yu Lei asked, holding the letter.
Lin Mian: "Found it in Qi Tao's room. He must be the young lady's lover."
The role played by Qi Tao is the same as Zhu Jixun, both are servants in the house.
"So Qi Tao knew his identity and couldn't give the young lady happiness, so he deliberately wrote a suicide note to make the young lady misunderstand that he liked another woman?" Zhu Jixun made an inquisitive guess.
This is a possibility. After all, according to the content of the script, this family still attaches great importance to family background. It seems normal that two lovers are forced to separate because of their family background.
But if you're not sure, keep looking for clues.
Qi Tao found a jade ring, and Meng Ying found a string of Buddhist beads.
"I remember that Eunuch Chen wore this jade ring on his hand when he came to the house, but it was gone when the eldest lady was found hanged." Lin Mian recalled.
Chen Lin was still a little uncomfortable with this title, but he still followed the script.
"I took it off to wipe my hands at the banquet, and someone might have taken it."
Everyone remained silent and went to look at the Buddhist beads.
"The only person worshipping Buddha in the house is the old lady. This string of Buddhist beads belongs to her." Jiang Ning said, having memorized the contents of the script clearly.
Lin Mian also started to defend himself, "The Buddhist beads fell on the ground and got dirty. I asked the maid to wash them, so I didn't wear them."
Everyone has their own reasons, and it’s hard to decide who to vote for.
After thinking about it alone, Yu Lei changed her vote and voted for Chen Lin, not for any other reason, but because he didn't seem like a good person!
Chen Lin: “…” I feel numb.
Qi Tao and Zhu Jixun also had similar ideas.
Although Chen Lin felt that the latter was most likely just because he disliked him and deliberately voted for him.
Therefore, Chen Lin decisively voted for Zhu Jixun.
Meng Ying voted for Jiang Ning differently. The reason she gave was.
"Teacher Jiang's inner drama was too little today. Something was wrong."
Jiang Ning was just concentrating on playing games, with an innocent expression on his face.
No, can not eating the melon be considered as evidence?
Meng Ying nodded heavily. Others wouldn't count, but for Jiang Ning, a melon-eating maniac, it really counted!
They also believed that Jiang Ning did not eat the melon while playing the game, so there was a high possibility that Jiang Ning was the murderer!
When the other guests heard this, they also thought it made sense and were eager to take back their votes and vote for Jiang Ning instead.
But in the end, looking at Chen Lin's gloomy face, which looked like he wanted to poke anyone who came, and Jiang Ning, who looked like a man who didn't do anything scheming, Jiang Ning suppressed his eager hand and firmly voted for Chen Lin.
"It really wasn't me." Jiang Ning cried out like an innocent person.
Then vote for Lin Mian.
Lin Mian also looked at her and blinked, then moved his hand and voted for herself.
Meng Ying and the others were stunned. They quickly wanted to take their ballots and vote for Lin Mian, but it was too late. The countdown had ended and the vote could not be changed.
They can only wait for the final result with their heads down.
"Jiang Ning and Lin Mian voted correctly and won a share of the grand prize!"
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