After Master Bai left, Zheng Qiu nudged Gu Xin and said, "Xin Xin, there's something wrong with this person."
Gu Xin looked at Zheng Qiu in surprise: "You can actually see the problems of living people? I thought you only understood the dead."
Zheng Qiu: "..."
Gu Xin smiled and said, "Alright, enough joking. Master Bai should be here soon. Let's ask him first."
Zheng Qiu immediately understood; Gu Xin must have also noticed the problem.
She knew it! The first two times, Xin Xin wasn't so careless. How could she only ask these few questions? It seems she had already figured out the problem and asked these questions on purpose.
As expected, Master Bai arrived very quickly.
Just now at the mourning hall, the Bai family members were watched by the soldiers and returned to their rooms. Gu Xin believed that the Second Master Bai and the Third Master Bai had changed their identities, so they hadn't changed back yet.
After entering, Master Bai immediately noticed the account book next to Gu Xin. He didn't show much emotion, just like before, and reluctantly bowed to Gu Xin.
Gu Xin didn't bring up the Bai family's shop like before, but asked directly, "Do you know what your second brother usually does?"
Master Bai was taken aback, then said, "Why should I know? I'm just the third son; family matters are none of my concern."
Gu Xin asked again, "Where were you on the night of April 30th?"
Master Bai: "At Cuihong Tower."
Gu Xin: "Which girl did you find? How long did you drink? When did you get into bed?"
Master Bai: "!"
Gu Xin looked at him with a serious expression.
"Ahem..." Master Bai coughed twice, putting his fist to his mouth, and asked, "Is this related to the case?"
Gu Xin nodded: "It's related. Everyone in the Bai family is a suspect. To clear their names, it's best to provide an alibi. You can't just say you were at Cuihong Tower that night and stayed there the whole time. What if you were drinking at 5 PM, went to bed, finished your business a quarter of an hour later, came out of Cuihong Tower to commit the crime, and then went back to Cuihong Tower afterward? So, you need to explain who you drank with, whether you drank together, when you went to bed, and how long you stayed on the bed. Otherwise, you can't clear your name. According to the coroner's autopsy results, the Prince's time of death was between 9 PM on April 30th and 3 AM on May 1st."
Master Bai pursed his lips, lowered his head, clenched his fist, and then looked up and said, "That night I sought out Mianxiang. After dark, we drank together, and I don't know when I went to bed. I got a little drunk. I stayed on the bed afterwards, and Mianxiang can testify to that. Mianxiang is known as someone who can drink a thousand cups without getting drunk. She knows whether I was on the bed or not. If the princess doesn't believe me, she can send someone to call her over and ask her."
Gu Xin nodded and asked, "When did you return home on the first day of the fifth lunar month? I heard that your second brother sent someone to inform you on New Year's Eve that Princess Baozhu would be home on the first day of the new year."
Master Bai answered quickly this time, without hesitation, "Yes, Chang Gui, who works for my second brother, came to inform me. He originally planned to take me home directly, but I was having a good time, who would go with him! I scolded him. I went home at noon the next day."
"Tsk." Gu Xin clicked her tongue. "Looks like you're not being honest, Third Master Bai. You got drunk the night before and didn't even know what time you went to bed, yet you still clearly remember to get home on time the next day."
Master Bai calmly replied, "I remembered everything clearly the next day when I sobered up. Does the princess suspect me of patricide?"
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