"Hiding? Ha! Don't try to deny it! Every corner of the Xie family mansion is deserted. How could you possibly hide until midnight before being discovered? Unless you were in those quiet little courtyards, but how would you have known your parents were looking for your sister in those courtyards? You're simply lying!" Xie Jun said coldly, then looked at Gu Xin, "Princess, Manzhu is definitely suspicious. Everyone in the Xie family knows Manzhu, and she couldn't possibly have heard her parents coming to find her sister from the places she was hiding. Therefore, she must be lying!"
“The princess may have heard her say that the reason the gatekeeper didn’t know she came and went was because she entered and exited through a dog hole in the backyard. So, the fact that she can come and go through that means that she can come and go at any time. It doesn’t mean that she can stay in the manor just because she says she is. She must be lying, there must be something wrong with her.”
"The student treated Manzhu like a sister and was willing to share many things with her. However, these earrings were a birthday gift from the student to the younger sister, and she would never share them with Manzhu. The only reason these earrings were in Manzhu's room is that Manzhu stole them. No one dares to touch the student's things in her yard except Manzhu!"
Xie Jun looked at Gu Xin with a sincere expression.
Manzhu didn't argue, and looked at Gu Xin with a wronged expression.
Gu Xin mentally reviewed the route to Manzhu on the seventh day of the lunar new year.
She made an assumption: if Manzhu was lying, and if Manzhu ran into Ye Cuiru after leaving the teahouse, the two of them could work together to take Xie Yun away. Ye Cuiru was driving a carriage; although the guards didn't check carefully, they would have taken a look. At that time, there were sacks in Ye Cuiru's carriage.
The dead can be put into a sack, and so can Manju.
Ye Cuiru said that they had already arranged to go to the flower market on the seventh day of the lunar new year, so the village had made preparations for her. She could take the flowers back without any delay.
Manzhu was seen at the Xie residence around 9 PM, and Ye Cuiru also returned home around 9 PM.
If this assumption holds true, then what would be the motive for murder between two unrelated individuals?
If Ye Cuiru believed that Song Yi was in love with the deceased, then why would Manzhu, whom the deceased regarded as a sister, kill the deceased together?
"Manzhu, do you know? I just ordered people to arrest the Ye family members." Gu Xin took a few steps, walked up to Manzhu, squatted down, and pinched her chin to make her look at her.
Gu Xin noticed a fleeting moment of panic in Manzhu's eyes.
However, she quickly calmed down and looked at Gu Xin with a blank expression.
Gu Xin's lips curled up slightly as she said, "Ye Cuiru told me a lot, and I was just thinking of sending someone to the Xie residence to arrest you when Young Master Xie brought you here. How about it? Do you want me to give you a chance, a chance to turn the tables, and see who's telling the truth, hers or yours?"
Xie Jun stared at Gu Xin in astonishment. Was this some kind of outside affair? This servant girl was actually colluding with outsiders…
Manzhu's eyes darted away, and she subconsciously leaned back slightly.
Gu Xin continued, "If you don't tell me, then I will accept Ye Cuiru's testimony as evidence in court. I was just curious and wanted to have some fun. I really didn't know that investigating a case was so tiring. I haven't been able to sleep or eat properly these past two days! Now that we have Ye Cuiru's testimony, it's good to close the case as soon as possible!"
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