"I remember. Thank you for your reminder, Princess!" Song Yi bowed deeply to Gu Xin.
"Alright, I'm leaving. Don't bother seeing me off. Go see Mrs. Song!" Gu Xin waved her hand and went next door.
She had been at the Song family's house for almost half an hour, while Madam Xie hadn't recovered yet. She sat slumped by the autopsy table, blankly holding the cold hand of Miss Xie.
"Greetings, Princess Xin Xin! Please, Princess Xin Xin, do justice for my daughter and find the real culprit! This humble subject kowtows to the princess! Please, Princess, do justice for my daughter!" Master Xie already knew that Gu Xin was handling this case with Constable Gao and Zheng Qiu. Upon seeing Gu Xin enter, he immediately ran forward, knelt down, and kowtowed.
"Master Xie, please get up, please get up!" Gu Xin helped him up. "Don't worry, Master Xie, we will definitely find the real culprit. Please accept our condolences!"
"My Yun'er is only fifteen years old! Princess, Yun'er is only fifteen years old. Who is this heartless villain!" Master Xie cried out.
He could keep his composure when he entered the room, but now he couldn't at all. Seeing his precious daughter lying on that simple table, no longer pulling his beard or pestering him for things, his heart felt like it had been torn in two.
A grown man, standing seven feet tall, cried like a child in front of Gu Xin.
Gu Xin was also deeply saddened. Why did such harm exist in the world?
Gu Xin helped Master Xie to sit down in the next room and had someone pour him some hot water.
"Third Miss." While Master Xie was drinking water, Zheng Qiu called out to her from the doorway.
Gu Xin walked over.
Zheng Qiu pulled her to the well and whispered, "Is there any news from the Song family?"
"Not yet." Gu Xin looked at the Song family's courtyard next door, narrowed her eyes, and pursed her lips. "However, there are some things about this mother and son that make me suspicious."
Zheng Qiu: "Does the Third Miss suspect they are the murderers?"
Gu Xin shook her head: "No. It's not that I suspect they are the murderers, but that I feel they are lying and that they are hiding something related to Miss Xie."
Zheng Qiu was taken aback: "Then..."
Gu Xin turned to Zheng Qiu: "I'll have my guards keep an eye on them, mother and son. They don't go out, and it would be easy to be discovered if they used He Qiang and He Gang. It's better if my guards handle this. By the way, Xiao Qiu, where is Miss Xie's maid?"
Zheng Qiu sighed, "Oh, she fainted from crying. I heard from the Xie family's servants that the maid named Manzhu and Miss Xie were very close. Miss Xie met Manzhu on the street when she was a child; Manzhu was selling herself to bury her father. Miss Xie bought Manzhu and treated her very well. Manzhu's status in the Xie family was second only to a few masters."
Gu Xin frowned slightly: "Has Officer Gao not had a chance to ask Manzhu about the circumstances surrounding Miss Xie's disappearance yet?"
Xie Yun has been missing for several days. Master Xie went to the yamen to report the situation, but Manzhu, as his personal maid, certainly knows more than Master Xie.
"Third Miss, Manzhu has woken up. Should I go and question her, or should you go, Third Miss?" At this moment, Constable Gao came out of the house, saw Gu Xin and Zheng Qiu, walked over, and asked with clasped hands.
“I’ll go!” Gu Xin nodded and said.
Walking into the inner room, Gu Xin saw a delicate beauty sitting on the bed. Gu Xin had noticed something was off earlier; the maid didn't look like a maid at all. But after Zheng Qiu's comment, it didn't seem so strange to her now.
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