Chapter 1017 Exposing Counterfeits
Despite Sun Xiangxiang's insistence, Huang Ying's eyes darted around. Thinking that she hadn't killed the person, Huang Ying rallied her courage and comforted herself.
A shed was set up on one side of the courtyard to provide tea for the officials. Lin Yuesha was sitting inside the shed, waiting for the officials to interrogate her.
Huang Ying was held down, and the first thing she did was take off her shoes so that Officer Li could compare the shoe prints.
Just to be on the safe side, Officer Li first put some wood ash on the sole of Huang Ying's shoe and made a shoe print next to it for comparison.
"Exactly the same."
Sun Xiangxiang looked stunned after reading it.
Before arriving at the courtyard, she had assumed that Lin Yuesha was behind it all and trying to frame her maid. But the official's evidence proved her wrong, leaving Sun Xiangxiang speechless.
"Yellow Oriole, have you been to this little courtyard?"
Instead of immediately convicting the person, Officer Li was in charge of questioning him.
Now that things had come to this, Huang Ying gritted her teeth. She still couldn't admit that she had climbed in through the window, otherwise she couldn't find a reason to explain herself.
"I've been here."
The oriole was clear-headed and answered calmly.
The murder case implicated her, and to avoid being dragged into it, given Sun Xiangxiang's personality, she would definitely tell the truth and then distance herself from the world.
So even if Huang Ying lies and says she never came, Sun Xiangxiang will expose her lie.
Why have you come?
After taking notes, Officer Li continued to ask questions.
"Officer, it's like this."
Sun Xiangxiang glared at Huang Ying, thinking she would deal with the troublesome brat when she got back to the manor. She replied, "I heard that the fortune-telling at Yutan Temple is extremely accurate, so I brought my maid to draw lots. We just happened to wander into the master's courtyard."
Sun Xiangxiang casually recounted the process of drawing lots and seeking a peace charm, chatting happily with the old monk, who at that time looked radiant and full of energy.
"After you left the courtyard, Miss Sun, were you ever separated from your maid, Huang Ying?"
Officer Li asked the crucial question: the shoe print couldn't lie; the oriole must have entered the house.
Sun Xiangxiang hesitated for a moment, unsure how to respond.
Deep down, she didn't believe her maid had committed murder. If that were the case, why did Huang Ying come to see the master alone? Was it to ask the master a question and then curry favor with her, her mistress?
If that's the case, why did the oriole break in through the window instead of knocking on the door?
Just as Sun Xiangxiang hesitated, and Huang Ying was about to deny it outright, she suddenly heard the magpie raise its voice and say, "Huang Ying, what's with the blood on your skirt?"
Now, everyone's attention was focused on the hem of Huang Ying's skirt, where there was a dark red bloodstain in an inconspicuous corner.
The coroner squatted down, smelled it, and nodded affirmatively. The oriole was stained with the blood spit out by the old monk.
Now, Huang Ying had no way to defend herself and jumped through the window to get Shi Que.
Huang Ying looked at the calm Magpie in disbelief, her heart filled with turmoil. She never expected that the first person to betray her would not be the annoying Sun Xiangxiang, but her good friend Magpie who was standing with her.
As Sun Xiangxiang's maids, she and Magpie often suffered abuse and scolding, and the two shared the same fate.
In her scheme against Sun Xiangxiang, Huang Ying naturally recruited Xi Que into her group, regarding Xi Que as one of her own.
However, in order to sever ties, the magpie betrayed her.
Huang Ying was stunned and couldn't accept it.
“I used the excuse of going to the outhouse to come to the courtyard.”
Unable to refuse, Huang Ying could only say half-truthfully, "The master has calculated that my young lady has an auspicious destiny and will surely rise to a high position in the future, second only to the emperor."
Therefore, in order to please Sun Xiangxiang, Huang Ying wanted to visit the master alone and ask him a few questions.
“Miss, I did not kill anyone. When I arrived, the master had already died from poisoning.”
Huang Ying wiped away her tears. She had only been greedy for a moment, wanting to keep all the money for herself. Who would have thought that she would get into a murder case? How unlucky!
"Then why didn't you report it to the authorities?"
Sun Xiangxiang didn't blame Huang Ying for revealing the truth; instead, she gave Lin Yuesha a smug look.
That position is temporarily lent to Lin Yuesha; it will have to be returned sooner or later.
"If I were to report this to the authorities, I wouldn't be able to hide the fact that you, Miss, have been here."
Since it is a precious destiny, the fewer people who know about it, the better.
Huang Ying exaggerated and boasted, actually intending to embarrass Sun Xiangxiang, but Sun Xiangxiang was kept in the dark and thought the maid was showing off.
Lin Yuesha frowned, feeling increasingly uneasy as she listened.
The old monk's words to Sun Xiangxiang were exactly the same as what he had said to her.
Those born under the "child spirit" destiny will escape calamities and achieve great wealth and high status, soaring to great heights.
Could there really be two people in the world with such a destiny?
"Mrs. Qi, I'm so sorry."
Upon seeing this, Abbot Yuanzhen knew he had no choice but to explain, so he quickly bowed to Lin Yuesha and said, "My junior brother fell ill a few years ago and became mentally impaired. He tells everyone he meets that they have a noble destiny."
For this, Yuanzhen often had to clean up after her.
"What?"
Before Lin Yuesha could speak, Sun Xiangxiang screamed and asked, "Abbot Yuanzhen, what do you mean by that?"
She tells everyone that the other person has a noble destiny; could she have been deceived?
"Can you discern this young lady's destiny?"
Unable to bear the blow, Sun Xiangxiang asked again, unwilling to give up.
"ordinary."
Out of a sense of responsibility, Yuanzhen spoke the truth, "However, Madam Qi's fate is indeed precious, Junior Brother is not wrong."
Faced with such humiliation, Sun Xiangxiang rolled her eyes and fainted from anger.
Now, both the oriole and the magpie were a little unsteady on their feet. They hadn't expected Abbot Yuanzhen to personally expose the fraud, which was a difficult situation to handle.
After a short while, Sun Xiangxiang woke up and cried for her belongings. The things she had given her, worth several hundred taels of silver, had become a big joke!
She thought she was about to marry Qi Heng, but it was all a lie; the old monk had told a colossal lie!
There were no valuables inside the house.
After the monk who was taking care of Fu Hui entered the house, he immediately notified the young novice to call for help, as he had not left the courtyard.
“You came to see the Venerable Master Fuhui not to ask questions, but for your young lady’s money.”
Officer Li, with his sharp eyes, witnessed a farcical and absurd spectacle.
No wonder Miss Sun was so smug. She thought she could challenge Madam Qi and take her place, but it turned out to be all a scam by the old monk.
Since they were inside the Yutan Temple, Officer Li decided to show some respect to the deceased Venerable Fu Hui and instead target Huang Ying.
"We found a small booklet in the inner room."
His subordinates presented him with a booklet. When Officer Li opened it, he saw that it contained Miss Sun's name, birth date and time, and basic information.
It seems this was a pre-planned scam, and Sun Xiangxiang's maid, Huang Ying, is inextricably linked to it.
Upon seeing this, Sun Xiangxiang understood everything. After all this time, the clown was actually herself!
In particular, making her lose face in front of Lin Yuesha almost made Sun Xiangxiang faint from anger.
With the evidence irrefutable, Huang Ying's limbs went limp, and she knelt on the ground, crying, "Yes, it was indeed my design, but Xi Que was also involved."
Huang Ying cried as she recounted how she met the old monk and revealed her scheme.
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