After listening to the two's explanation, Ni Yueshan frowned and analyzed, "First, Aunt Bian was alone with Master Xue. Then, Aunt Bian's maid called Master Xue into the room. In between... no one left the room, right?"
Bian Shan shook her head, and Xue Ziyi also shook his head.
"But why did this third person want to destroy the truth behind the hairpin's assassination of Master Xue? What was her intention?"
Ni Yueshan's question made the three people present think about it.
Jing Yuchen said: "Protect Aunt Bian!"
Ni Yueshan rubbed his chin: "I also think this is the correct answer..."
Jing Yuchen's expression was complicated: "If this person is not you two, who else could it be?"
After the four of them fell silent, Xue Ziyi began to count the people one by one. "The only people present were the Crown Princess, my mother, Aunt Bian, two coroners, and the person who cleaned up the room later. But the coroner only came into contact with my father after the Crown Princess arrived. This means that at that time, my father's body had already been tampered with..."
Jing Yuchen looked at Ni Yueshan and said, "Go and see Master Xue's body."
Ni Yueshan nodded.
Xue Ziyi and Bian Shan followed immediately.
Inside the room, Ni Yueshan and Jing Yuchen lifted Xue Rong's body slightly, exposing the back of his head and neck to the public.
Looking at the wound, the blood had coagulated. Because it had been cleaned and the fragments pulled out, the cut flesh looked bloody and mangled, which was very scary.
Every wound was caused by a fragment; there was no wound similar to that caused by a hairpin.
Ni Yueshan turned around and looked at Bian Shan: "Where is your hairpin?"
"Afterwards, the old woman panicked, so she let the maid get lost!"
Ni Yueshan frowned slightly: "Call your maid!"
Soon, a maid named Tong'er was called over.
Ni Yueshan looked her up and down and asked curiously, "I wonder where you lost your aunt's hairpin?"
Tong'er looked at Bian Shan in surprise. It was obvious that she had not expected Bian Shan to tell the truth...
Bian Shan nodded to her, and Tong'er lowered her head: "I know that Madam's hairpin is valuable, and I was reluctant to throw it away, so I took it to the pawnshop and exchanged it for some silver."
"Now, go to the pawnshop and redeem the hairpin!"
Tong'er looked at Ni Yueshan in astonishment, and Bian Shan also spoke: "Do as the Crown Princess says!"
Tong'er looked embarrassed: "But, it's already dark, the pawnshop must be closed..."
Ni Yueshan crossed his arms and said, "Then, go knock on the door until the pawnshop opens!"
The maid bowed helplessly, then turned and left.
Ni Yueshan walked up to Jing Yuchen and whispered something to him. Jing Yuchen was a little surprised, and finally Jing Yuchen took a step and walked out.
Bian Shan and Xue Ziyi both looked puzzled. Bian Shan couldn't help but ask, "Crown Princess, do you think this matter is related to Tong'er?"
"The person who was willing to protect you and erase the evidence for you even helped you send someone to assassinate the coroner. You and Master Xue both deny that it was you, so it must be someone else. I think it's reasonable to suspect her!"
Bian Shan shook her head: "No, no, I am not favored in the Xue family, and she is just a maid. She doesn't have the money to hire a killer to kill the coroner!"
Ni Yueshan responded calmly, "Didn't she sell the hairpin? That's not the point. Let's wait and see."
Ni Yueshan sat down aside and looked very confident.
Bian Shan looked at Xue Ziyi. Xue Ziyi didn't know what Ni Yueshan had analyzed, so he had to wait obediently.
It was unknown how long it had been, but after Ni Yueshan had drunk two cups of tea, Tong'er came back. She bowed to Ni Yueshan and then presented the food with both hands.
Ni Yueshan reached out to take it. It was a very delicate hairpin. It pierced into the flesh, leaving a small wound. If a porcelain piece was scratched hard on the wound, it would be very easy to cover up.
Ni Yueshan looked up at her and asked, "How much silver did you get?"
"Twenty taels."
"Do you know that your aunt killed someone? But you..."
Tong'er immediately kowtowed to the ground: "My aunt didn't kill the master, in fact, I was the one who killed the master!"
Ni Yueshan was a little surprised. She hadn't pressed him yet, but he answered so quickly...
Bian Shan looked at Tong'er in astonishment, and said with a heartbroken look: "Tong'er, you don't have to take the blame for me!"
Tong'er shook her head: "Auntie has been so kind to me, how could I ignore the troubles that have been caused by you?"
"Although you stabbed the master, he didn't die at the time! I'm afraid that when the master sobers up, he will come to settle the score with you, Auntie, and then he will execute you!"
"So, I decided to go all out. While the young master and you weren't paying attention, I sneaked in and scratched the old man's neck a few times..."
As he spoke, he stretched out his hand and said, "This is the wound I inflicted when I was handling the fragments!"
Bian Shan turned her head and saw that the wound was obviously freshly scratched and had just scabbed over!
Xue Ziyi asked doubtfully, "You went to invite me first. I wanted to persuade my father not to use violence again, but when I opened the door, I found that Aunt Bian had stabbed my father and he was lying in a pool of blood. When I went over, he was already dead! You went in with me, how did you do it?"
Bian Shan lowered her eyes and clenched her fists. "I went in with you, Young Master. When I went to check on the old master, I slashed him hard a few times. He had already lost too much blood and was unconscious. Even if I had slashed him, he wouldn't have reacted. So, when the Young Master checked on him, he had already died!"
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