"Qin Shaoqing just said that someone sued me for robbing a civilian man, and asked about the man I captured. How could I not know?"
Qin Shi said slowly: "As far as I know, on the day when the Su family was murdered, the Su Yuan brothers and sisters were not at home and escaped.
Why did Your Highness conclude that the person who went to the capital to file a complaint was Su Yuan, not his brother? Did Your Highness know that he could not file a complaint to the emperor? "
"How dare you!" Princess Yuehua slammed the table and shouted angrily, "How dare you make random assumptions about me!"
Qin Shi bowed his hands in a neither humble nor arrogant manner, "Your Highness, please forgive me. My remarks are reasonable analysis, not speculation."
"Qin Shaoqing, if you think that what the person who sued me says is true, then produce the evidence. Otherwise, don't blame me for punishing you for disrespect!"
Qin Shi looked calm and said slowly, "Your Majesty sent me here to investigate this matter. I will do my best to investigate it thoroughly."
After saying that, he turned and left the pavilion.
In a short while, he followed Lady Wen'an to the outside of a woodshed in the princess's mansion.
Qin Shi asked: "Is this where that person lived?"
"Yes." Princess Wen'an chuckled. "Qin Shaoqing, you don't think that man will be treated as an inferior and my princess's mansion will provide him with good food and shelter, right? Although my mother is a kind person, the majesty of the royal family cannot be violated."
"The county lady misunderstood." Qin Shi walked around in the woodshed, observing the surroundings, "I thought it would be somewhere more unexpected."
The face of Wen'an County Lady darkened. "What does Qin Shaoqing mean?"
Qin Shaoqing did not answer, but asked: "May I ask the county lady, when that person stayed in the princess's mansion temporarily, did he go to any other place besides this firewood room?"
“No.”
"Has that person ever been to the princess's mansion before?" Qin Shi asked again.
“…No.”
Qin Shi retracted his gaze, walked out of the firewood room, looked around, and said with a smile: "Just now, I followed the county lady all the way here, and found that the construction structure of the princess's mansion is quite complicated, and even the road to the firewood room is very roundabout.
I want to ask, how could someone who has never been to the Princess's Mansion escape from this huge and complex mansion?"
Princess Wen'an's hands tightened. She didn't expect Qin Shi to be so observant and every word he said was a trap.
She pretended to be calm and snorted, "I don't know, maybe that person is as careful as Qin Shaoqing, and he knows the way after walking it once. Anyway, he just ran away."
"From the beginning to the end, the statement that the person ran away was unilaterally said by the Princess's Mansion." Qin Shi stared at her sharply.
Princess Wen'an was angry, "Are you suspecting that my princess's mansion has hidden someone?"
"The person disappeared in the Princess's residence. This possibility cannot be ruled out."
Qin Shi slowly took out a piece of paper from his sleeve and unfolded it for Princess Wen'an to see. "This is the search warrant with His Majesty's seal."
Princess Wen'an's face turned pale instantly. She didn't expect Qin Shi to have a search warrant.
What she didn't expect was that Emperor Yuan would actually order a search of the princess's mansion based on an imperial petition without any actual evidence.
"Search!" Qin Shi gave an order, and the officers and soldiers immediately began to search the princess's mansion.
Seeing this, the people around Princess Wen'an stopped the soldiers.
Qin Shi looked at Princess Wen'an calmly and asked, "Are you going to disobey my order?"
After the two men confronted each other for a moment, Lady Wen'an waved her hand with a sullen face, signaling her men to move aside.
The officers immediately launched a carpet search of the princess's mansion, and Lady Wen'an whispered to someone to inform Princess Yuehua.
Soon, Princess Yuehua learned that Qin Shi had ordered a search of the princess's mansion.
With a gloomy face, she grabbed the teacup beside her and smashed it to the ground, saying viciously: "Qin, Shi! You wait for me!"
After calming down, she felt uneasy.
Why would the emperor believe the words of a bitch and order a search of the princess's mansion without regard for the royal family's reputation?
Why did Qin Shi determine that I was the murderer?
This palace has done a perfect job...
It is said that during the Qin Dynasty, officials from the Dali Temple found a secret room in a room.
The secret room was empty, but the whole room was filled with a strong smell of pine.
Qin Shi raised his hand and fanned it, observing every corner of the secret room, and asked, "May I ask, County Master, what is this secret room used for?"
"Although my princess's mansion is not very wealthy, there are always some treasures that need to be carefully kept. This secret room is used to hide treasures."
"If that's the case, why is this place empty?"
Princess Wen'an replied calmly, "The secret room was infested with rats a few days ago, so mother had the treasures moved out and cleaned the place thoroughly."
Although Lady Wen'an's words were flawless, Qin Shi still spotted a trace of blood.
The strong pine scent is probably used to cover up the smell of blood.
At that time, on the other side, Cui Yuan followed the overlapping tire tracks and came to a forest.
Cui Yuan discovered that the carriage stopped here halfway, and there was a piece of silk cloth hooked on a path in the woods.
After he put away the cloth and noted the place, he led his men to follow the tire tracks and came to a deserted open space.
There was a layer of new soil in a place on the open space. Cui Yuan dug it up and found traces of burning underneath the new soil.
He thought about it, and when he came up with something, he immediately jumped on his horse and said, "Let's go back to the woods and look for clues."
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