Zhen Shicheng glanced at Jiang Si out of the corner of his eye.

How on earth does this little girl know so much?

After a moment of emotion, Zhen Shicheng, after all, was a meticulous person, and he quickly figured it out.

Yes, Miss Jiang and Miss Xie are good friends, so it is normal for her to occasionally learn some news about the Yongchang Earl's Mansion.

It's funny to say that he couldn't help but think that this girl was amazing.

Well, this is not good. How can I act like an elder in the future?

"Dou Niang entered the mansion three months ago. Is it possible that she can work in the inner kitchen?" Zhen Shicheng asked, putting aside these thoughts.

The inner kitchen is specifically used to provide meals for the masters. Generally speaking, the cooks who are allowed to enter the inner kitchen are reliable people with outstanding cooking skills.

The steward hurriedly said: "The damselflies are really good at making desserts. The older girls especially like the desserts made by damselflies. Madam transferred the damselflies to the kitchen a few days ago——"

"Shut up!" Xie Yinlou shouted, interrupting the manager.

Xie Qingyao's face was as pale as gold paper, his whole body was shaking, and he covered his mouth and cried silently.

If the murderer was the cook in front of him, wasn't it because of her greed that she let the wolf into the house and killed her mother?

This thought almost made Xie Qingyao lose his mind.

The steward realized that he had said something wrong, and quickly slapped his mouth: "Oh, look at this old slave's mouth, he deserves a beating!"

Xie Yinlou held his sister with one hand and looked at the steward with a look that was ice-cold to the bone.

The steward was sweating profusely and couldn't help but kneel down.

Zhen Shicheng coughed.

Although he could understand the victim's pain, this was a critical moment. If he continued to delay, he would be really angry!

The master doesn't get angry, he really is like Maitreya Buddha.

"Where is Dou Niang from, and what did she do before entering the palace?"

The steward didn't dare to say anything and just stared at the dragonfly.

Dou Niang was very cooperative and answered Zhen Shicheng's question: "My husband's family is from Nanhe. Two years ago, my husband passed away, so I came to Beijing to set up a stall to sell desserts to make a living."

"You came to the capital alone?"

"yes."

Zhen Shicheng stroked his beard and said, "I see you are quite old, don't you have any children?"

When Zhen Shicheng mentioned this, Dou Niang's expression changed significantly for the first time, but she was obviously restrained. After a slight pause, she said, "I had a son, but he also died two years ago..."

The steward stood up quietly and sighed inwardly.

At that time, the lady knew that Dou Niang had no ties and suffered a pitiful fate, so she made an exception and transferred her to the inner kitchen within such a short time after she entered the mansion. In the eyes of the masters, people with no ties are always more reliable.

"The man and his son died at about the same time. I wonder what happened to them?"

Dou Niang lowered her head, her eyes red as she said, "My son accidentally fell into the water and drowned. He was the only son I had, and the man was so heartbroken that he fell ill and died soon after."

"Then why did you come to Beijing?"

Dou Niang sneered, "We are both hardworking people. We have built up some property. Too many people are eyeing me, a childless widow. I have to survive. I heard that the people in the capital live and work in peace and contentment. I should have no problem selling food, so I packed up my belongings and went to the capital."

"How did Dou Niang get into the mansion?" Zhen Shicheng looked at the steward.

Manager: “…” He had a lot to say, but he said it out of fear of being beaten!

Zhen Shicheng frowned and glanced at Earl Yongchang.

"When the adults ask you questions, you should tell the truth!"

The steward wiped his sweat and said, "Madam took the eldest daughter to the Treasure Pavilion to pick out jewelry. On the way back, they saw a long line in front of the Dou Niang dessert stall, so they asked the maid to buy two desserts. Unexpectedly, the desserts were very good. Madam and the eldest daughter couldn't forget them after eating them, and sent people to the street to buy desserts twice. Later, Madam and the eldest daughter went to the street again and went to the Dou Niang stall to buy desserts. It happened that the bully overturned the Dou Niang stall. Madam called Dou Niang to ask her if she was willing to work as a cook in the mansion, so Dou Niang entered the mansion."

The steward pointed at Chunfang, the head maid, who was not far away, and said, "It was Chunfang who told me these things when Madam brought Dou Niang into the mansion."

Chunfang said hurriedly, "That's exactly what the steward said."

A middle-aged woman who entered the palace three months ago and was transferred to the inner kitchen as an exception. A middle-aged woman who sold her family property and went to Beijing alone to wander after losing her son and husband...

Apart from anything else, considering the timing and itself, the damselfly has the ability to kill.

Zhen Shicheng's face darkened: "Dou Niang, then tell me why you want to kill Madam Bo."

As soon as these words came out, the crowd burst into laughter.

When Lord Zhen questioned Qiulu's sister and Chaoyun before, he never explicitly said that they were the murderers.

The damselfly was the murderer of the lady? It's unbelievable.

The dragonfly's face twitched, but she remained calm: "Madam has been very kind to me, and I am not crazy or stupid, so why would I kill you?"

"I'm going to ask you this." Zhen Shicheng stared at Dou Niang with a burning gaze and said in a sharp voice, "Why don't you just tell the truth!"

Dou Niang knelt down gently, her expression calm, "I am innocent."

"Unfair?" Zhen Shicheng sneered, "Someone, untie Dou Niang's hair!"

Soon two bailiffs came forward and held down Dou Niang's arms.

The dragonfly struggled, but when she saw that she was not moving, she shouted, "Sir, you said I was the murderer without any evidence. Are you going to torture me into confessing? I am really innocent!"

"Please be patient. I will order your hair to be untied so that everyone can see the evidence."

Jiang Si secretly worried about Zhen Shicheng.

She has an outstanding sense of smell and can smell the unique fragrance on the damselfly's hair. If Lord Zhen uses this as evidence to convict the damselfly, I'm afraid he won't be able to stand his ground.

Zhen Shicheng seemed to sense Jiang's worry and stroked his beard proudly.

If you don't have anything to show off, you will really be outdone by a little girl.

Lord Zhen, who had been handling cases for many years, completely forgot what there was to be proud of in comparing himself with a little girl.

The cloth that wrapped the damselfly's hair was soon torn off, revealing her beautiful hair.

Although it is called beautiful hair, in fact, it is just like Chaoyun's hair, mixed with many white hairs.

The two women are very similar in this respect. Although they are not even forty years old, their hair has already turned gray.

"Everyone, look at Damiao's hair. What's the difference between it and others'?" Zhen Shicheng asked in a deep voice.

"There are white hairs!" a little maid blurted out.

The old woman beside her patted her and whispered, "Little girl, what's wrong with having white hair?"

She still has a lot of white hair. Could she be the murderer?

Xie Qingyao stared at Dou Niang, and suddenly his eyes widened. He said hesitantly, "Her hair seems to be a little curly..."

After Xie Qingyao's reminder, everyone who was close to the damselfly could see it: the biggest difference between the damselfly's long hair and others' was that the hair was curly, which looked very special.

The dragonfly raised her hands to hold her hair down. She was obviously not used to having her hair down in front of so many people. She asked in panic, "What do you want, sir?"

Zhen Shicheng took out the oil paper wrapping and opened it layer by layer, revealing two hairs inside: "These are the two hairs found in the closet where the murderer hid. You can see that these two hairs are the same as the damselfly's hair, both are curly!"