Chapter 348 A Pot of Flower Tea (Part 3)
Ye Chutang raised her red lips slightly, with a sarcastic curve at the corners of her lips.
"He hanged himself in the middle of the night, and no one noticed anything unusual. I think the first people to suspect are the people in this courtyard!"
Ye Shixian was about to say something when she saw Zhang Qian nod thoughtfully. "That makes sense. Although the blood letter was left behind, it can't be said to be 'ironclad evidence'. After all, if someone is determined, they can write ten letters, not just one."
Ye Shixian was immediately anxious: "Sir! What do you mean by this? Ye Chutang's name was clearly written on the blood letter, who else could it be if not because of her?!"
Zhang Qian frowned and said solemnly, "There have been cases of forged suicide notes in previous cases. This is not uncommon. Since you reported the case to the authorities, you must want to get to the bottom of the matter. How can you make such a hasty decision?"
Ye Shixian was speechless, with a mouthful of blood stuck in her chest.
How could she want to report to the police! It was clearly Ye Chutang's coercion!
I had expected that once the government officials got involved, this matter would become extremely troublesome, and it turned out to be true!
But it's too late to say this now.
Zhang Qian looked around the room and asked, "Did Gao eat anything unusual yesterday?"
The little maid replied tremblingly, "No, no... Madam went back to her room to rest shortly after dinner last night."
Ye Chutang looked at Zhang Qian: "Sir, I want to check Gao's body."
Ye Shixian immediately objected shrilly: "How dare you!"
Zhang Qian was also a little hesitant: "Isn't this inappropriate?"
Gao's death was tragic, and it would be difficult for ordinary people to bear it, not to mention that Ye Chutang might be related to her death.
As if seeing through his thoughts, Ye Chutang said, "Don't worry, Master Zhang. I have no intention of offending you. I just want to take a look. I know a little bit about medicine and have performed autopsies before."
Only then did Zhang Qian remember the rumors about Ye Chutang.
This girl who returned from Jiangling relied on her excellent medical skills to support her younger brothers and sisters and brought them back to the capital!
Ye Shixian refused to do so. She looked ferocious, "Who knows what you are going to do to my mother! Even if I die here today, you can never touch her!"
Zhang Qian was in a dilemma.
Ye Chutang took the initiative to give in: "Well, I would like to ask you a few questions, is that okay?"
As she spoke, she pointed to the coroner who was in charge of the autopsy.
Zhang Qian breathed a sigh of relief. This made things much easier: "Okay."
Ye Chutang looked at the man and asked, "I saw the grooves on Gao's neck, and there seemed to be signs of struggle?"
She took a quick glance when she came in just now. Although she couldn't go forward to take a closer look, she still saw something.
The coroner was stunned: "It seems, it seems that there are some red marks... but the marks are very shallow, maybe it was caused by friction when hanging."
Ye Chutang asked again: "Is there any blood between her fingers?"
The coroner shook his head: "Nothing, just a cut on the index finger of my left hand, with some blood on it. But..."
He frowned: "Maybe she used too much force when writing the blood letter and her nails were split."
Ye Chutang narrowed his eyes: "Just those few numbers, can it be like this?"
The room was silent for a moment.
Zhang Qian's expression changed: "Why didn't you say that just now?"
The coroner also realized that he had failed in his duty, and sweat broke out on his forehead: "Please forgive me, sir! I was negligent!"
Zhang Qian said nothing, and went to Gao's body again and picked up the white pendant she had hanged.
Because there was blood on Gao's hands, there were also marks on it, but this didn't mean anything.
But soon, Zhang Qian saw a hook in the dried dark red blood.
After comparison, he finally confirmed that this was the trace left by Gao!
"She must have struggled violently before her death, otherwise this wouldn't have happened." Zhang Qian spoke word by word with a cold expression, and looked at the maid who was being questioned again.
"Tell me again, did you really not hear any noise last night?!"
A deep shout almost made the maid unable to raise her head, and her face turned as pale as a ghost.
She knelt on the ground and begged desperately for mercy, crying and shouting, "My lord! My lord! I really don't know! I really didn't hear anything! Yesterday, I don't know why, I was so sleepy and fell asleep. When I woke up, I found that something happened to the lady. I was wrong! But, but I really don't know what happened last night!"
The moment Ye Shixian noticed the snag on the white cloth, she froze there, her mind going blank.
The maid crawled to Ye Shixian's side on her knees, grabbed the corner of her clothes, and begged bitterly: "Miss! I am really wronged! I was negligent for a moment and was wrong, but I definitely did not harm Madam!"
Ye Shixian seemed to have just come to her senses. She kicked the corner of her clothes and cursed in hatred, "Bitch! If you had paid more attention last night, you would have noticed that something happened to mother! Maybe she regretted it halfway and wanted to survive, but she died because of you, a bitch!"
The maid was kicked to the ground, her face full of tears.
Ye Shixian seemed to be still unsatisfied and wanted to go up and continue fighting, but Shaoyao stopped her: "Miss! It's too late to say this now, you must take care of yourself! It's not good to hurt yourself for such a bitch!"
As she spoke, she stepped forward and slapped the maid hard in the face.
"If I had known you were so lazy, I should have sold you out!"
"Okay."
Zhang Qian spoke in a cold voice.
"The case hasn't been decided yet, how can you fight like this?"
Shaoyao shuddered, then calmed down and returned to Ye Shixian.
Ye Shixian stopped talking and just kept crying.
Ye Yunfeng sneered: "I was not sleepy in the morning or in the evening, but I was sleepy when Gao's accident happened. And I slept so soundly. What a coincidence."
Zhang Qian asked the maid, "What did you eat and drink yesterday?"
The maid sobbed, "I, this servant eats the same thing as everyone else... That's right!"
She seemed to suddenly remember something, raised her head, and said timidly, "There's one more thing... Madam made a pot of scented tea in the afternoon, but I only drank two sips and stopped. I was a little thirsty while working later, so when Madam said to remove the scented tea, I secretly tasted it..."
She kowtowed repeatedly, banging her head: "I didn't think too much at the time. I just heard that the flower tea was very expensive and rare, so I was greedy and drank it secretly. I know I was wrong!"
Zhang Qian asked coldly, "What kind of flower tea?"
The maid cried and said, "I don't know either. I only know that it was sent by Master Murong. I heard that one tael of silver cost a hundred taels, which is very precious, so, so I..."
Ye Chutang's eyes passed over her indifferently, and finally stopped at Ye Shixian, then he asked slowly:
"Where is that pot of flower tea now?"
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