Chapter 460: Difference

After rummaging in his pocket, Song Yuqiu took out a piece of cloth and handed it to Xie Zhuoning, "Here, I'm afraid you'll forget the details when you get back, so I wrote down all the details here."

Xie Zhuoning took the cloth and twitched his lips, "This..."

Song Yuqiu waved his hands and said, "Where can we find paper in a place like Luanzanggang? I can only borrow your guard's clothes."

Since there is no paper, where does the pen come from?

Xie Zhuoning unfolded the cloth suspiciously, and saw the bright red words on it. He was shocked, "This blood...is not yours?"

Song Yuqiu shook his head. "My fingers have to be kept for the autopsy. How can I tear them to write? They belong to your other bodyguard."

Xie Zhuoning: "..."

Thank you brothers Li Cong and Li Ming for your hard work.

He quickly read through Song Yuqiu's autopsy records and found that there was nothing serious wrong with Xie Zhiqing, and some of the injuries she had suffered before had already healed.

What caused her to lose her life were three stab wounds to the chest.

The knife marks were getting deeper and deeper, showing that the opponent was trying his best to kill her.

Although Xie Zhuoning had a premonition that Xie Zhiqing might have died, when she really saw all this, she couldn't help but feel sad. "Who has such a big grudge against her?"

Xie Zhiqing has always been timid and cowardly. Before, under the instigation of Aunt Liu and the provocation of He Jinyun, she did some bad things, but she also reaped the consequences.

Now that Aunt Liu is dead, He Jinyun is also dead, and even Master Jiang Wu, who abused her, was shot to death, who would still have a grudge against her?

"Could it be that the Jiang family blamed Xie Zhiqing for the death of Master Jiang Wu?" Ling Feng guessed.

Xie Zhuoning shook his head. "If Xie Zhiqing was really killed by the Jiang family, do you think Xie Heng would be so kind as to let it go and bury her hastily?"

Xie Heng's behavior was obviously intended to cover up something.

It is very likely that the murderer is a member of Xie's family.

"I think Sister Zhuo Ning is right," Song Yuqiu nodded in agreement. "When I performed the autopsy, I found that Xie Zhiqing didn't have many signs of struggle, and the first knife stabbed the vital part very accurately. This shows that the two people were very close at the time, and she was not on guard against each other."

This greatly reduces the scope of the murderer.

In fact, Xie Zhuoning already had a vague guess in his mind.

There are only a few people left in the Xie family now. It is impossible for the old lady to be the murderer. Her physical condition is not capable of doing it.

The remaining two are Xie Mingyuan and Xie Heng.

But what was Xie Mingyuan or Xie Heng's motive for killing Xie Zhiqing?

At this time, Li Jue and Li Ding, who had split their forces into two groups, also returned to the palace with a man and reported to her, "Princess!"

"This is..." Xie Zhuoning was shocked when he saw the woman they brought back, "Is this Qiao'er?"

Qiao'er is Xie Zhiqing's personal maid.

Li Jue nodded: "That's right. When we went to investigate yesterday, the people from the Xie Mansion said that after her master died, she redeemed her indenture and returned to her hometown in Liuzhou."

They had originally planned to chase in the direction of Liuzhou, but when they were leaving the city, they ran into a few bandits they had dealt with before.

Not to mention that the group of bandits sneaked into the city in disguise, but they also ran away as soon as they saw them, as if they were afraid that others would not know that they were suspicious.

I caught up with him and asked him some questions, and he indeed revealed the problem.

"They said that the Xie family had given them a sum of money and asked them to deal with a little maid, and that they just had to disguise themselves as bandits to rob and kill people."

When they heard the word "Xie Mansion", they immediately became cautious and chased in the opposite direction. As expected, they stopped Qiao'er halfway.

If they really chased in the direction of Liuzhou, and turned back after finding something wrong, Qiao'er's body would probably have been frozen by then.

"It seems that God is on our side." Xie Zhuoning was delighted.

The Xie family was so anxious to deal with Qiao'er, which meant that she must know something. This was the breakthrough.

Have someone bring some hot soup and hot dishes, and let Qiao'er eat first.

Qiao'er raised her head timidly and looked at her, "Are you the eldest daughter?"

Xie Zhuoning smiled and didn't answer directly, "What do you think?"

"You are, you must be." Qiao'er said, wiping her tears with her sleeves. "It's a pity that my lady doesn't know you are still alive, otherwise she would definitely be very happy."

"Oh?" Xie Zhuoning raised his eyebrows in surprise. "Doesn't she hate me very much? How can she be happy knowing that I'm alive?"

Qiao Er sobbed and said, "My young lady has long regretted not listening to you and regretting joining forces with others to plot against you. She also said that the eldest young lady used to be very kind to her, and she was blinded by greed at that time and thought that you introduced a poor scholar to her in order to harm her..."

Sometimes one wrong step can ruin your whole life.

Xie Zhuoning patted Qiao'er's shoulder comfortingly. "I can see that you and your young lady have a deep relationship. Then you must know that your young lady did not die suddenly from a serious disease, right?"

Qiao'er's pupils dilated and she bit the corner of her lips, unable to hide her panic.

"It seems that you know." Xie Zhuoning's face suddenly understood, "Then do you want to avenge your young lady?"

"Of course I do! But..." Qiao'er started to hesitate again halfway through her words.

Xie Zhuoning was not panicked, and asked step by step, "Do you have any concerns? Are you afraid that someone will kill you? Or harm your family? If that's the reason, you can rest assured. I will send people to protect you and your family, and I won't let anyone hurt you."

Qiao'er raised her head suddenly, "Really?!"

Xie Zhuoning nodded heavily, "If you don't believe me, I can swear on the name of the Zhenyang Marquisate."

With this layer of protection, Qiao'er finally stopped hiding it. "The day before yesterday, the young lady said she wanted to come to Prince Xuan's mansion to burn incense for you, so she secretly asked a servant to pretend to be her and hide in the house. She disguised herself as a servant and sneaked out of the mansion."

But she waited and waited for a long time, but her young lady didn't come back.

It was not until the night fell that she saw her young lady and finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"No," Xie Zhuoning frowned and tilted his head, "I asked someone to send her back that day. It was still early."

The people in the palace watched her enter the palace before returning to report.

In other words, after Xie Zhiqing entered Xie's house, she stayed somewhere else for a long time before returning to her own room.

"Has she been different since she returned?"

Qiao'er thought for a moment, "The young lady's face was very pale at the time, as if she was frightened. She was shaking violently, crying and laughing, and muttering something about her brother and high school. Not long after, the master sent someone to ask the young lady to come over. After that, the young lady never came back!"

Xie Zhuoning's heart skipped a beat.

It was Xie Heng who called Xie Zhiqing away!

Why did he kill his own daughter?

What did Xie Zhiqing find out during the time she was delayed?

Brother, high school...

She remembered that Xie Mingyuan was not a good student and had failed many examinations. He only got an official position with the help of her second uncle. Later, he was promoted with the help of his father-in-law.

etc!

Xie Zhuoning suddenly remembered that Yi Ziyan once said that Xie Heng and his rescued cousin He Xuanniang had a son, nicknamed Bao Ge'er, who was only twenty years old, just the right age to take part in the Spring Examination.

That is to say, Xie Heng's son outside not only participated in the Spring Examination, but was also nominated on the list!