"Director Feng, please speak!" Gu Xin looked at Director Feng, her eyes lighting up.
"There are traces of ropes on the beams in Xiao Si's room. Also, Xiao Si's head wound was too big, and he lost too much blood, but there was no blood in the room, only on the bed, or more precisely, on the pillow," said Feng Shanzhang.
"Does the headmaster mean that Miss Feng was murdered outside and then sent back?" Gu Xin asked.
"In my humble opinion, that is indeed the case. Otherwise, why is there so much blood only on the pillow? There's absolutely nothing else. Just now, Cui'er mentioned that Xiao Si got up in the middle of the night, which makes me even more certain. Was the murderer bringing the person back at that time? Xiao Si went to bed early last night because he was confined to his quarters, and there were only two maids, Cui'er and Liu'er, in the courtyard. Xiao Si's courtyard is in a rather secluded part of the Feng family's property, which conveniently provided an opportunity for the perpetrator. However, there's one thing I don't understand: the family dogs should be able to detect movement. The perpetrator couldn't have entered or exited through the main gate; climbing over the wall would have been discovered. Either the perpetrator is a member of the family, and the dog wouldn't have barked at him, or the perpetrator is someone familiar with the family and knows how to avoid them. As long as the noise is kept low, it can be accomplished," Headmaster Feng analyzed.
"Does Headmaster Feng have any suspects here?" Gu Xin asked.
Headmaster Feng shook his head.
Miss Feng was kind-hearted and didn't have many enemies with her sisters. Even if they did, none of the young ladies in the Feng family who rarely left their homes could have completed such a task.
"After Miss Feng was placed under house arrest, did anyone visit her?" Gu Xin asked.
Headmaster Feng didn't know the answer to this, so he looked at Cui'er and Liu'er.
Cui'er replied, "Auntie wanted to come see you, Miss, but when Madam was at home, she forbade anyone to go, so Auntie didn't go. After Madam and the others came to Qiyun Temple, Auntie went to see them once, but didn't even enter the courtyard. You don't want to see Auntie either."
Gu Xin asked, "Why don't you want to? The concubine you mentioned should be Miss Feng's birth mother, right?"
Cui'er nodded: "Yes, she is the young lady's birth mother. Because the young lady feels that she and Young Master Qi are in love, it is because of her status as a concubine's daughter that their relationship is hindered. The young lady resents her aunt, feeling that it is because her aunt is only a concubine and not the wife that so many things have happened."
Gu Xin pursed her lips and asked again, "So, in your opinion, have your daughter and Qi Yulang really reached the point where they can't live without each other?"
Cui'er was taken aback, then shook her head: "This servant, this servant doesn't understand. However, Miss said that Young Master Qi is willing to marry her, and she sincerely wants to marry Young Master Qi. It's just that because she is a concubine's daughter, the Qi family opposes it, and the third young lady of the Feng family is making trouble, so..."
Gu Xin suddenly thought of Miss Feng's letter, so she asked again, "Did your young lady have any correspondence with Qi Yulang?"
Cui'er glanced at Headmaster Feng with some difficulty.
Headmaster Feng sighed silently: "Speak up, everyone's gone, there's nothing I can do to you."
Only after hearing this did Cui'er dare to speak: "Yes, it has happened. Miss and Young Master Qi sometimes exchange poems. I can't understand poetry, but every time Miss reads Young Master Qi's poems, she sits at her desk and reads them for a long time, and then she writes them herself. She is always very happy."
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