Chapter 23: Nothing But Greed



When the maid heard this, she was completely stunned and looked at Luo Xue Ning with a pale face.

Looking at her expression at this moment, Luo Xue Ning could conclude that the person behind this maid had not made any similar promise to her. Since this maid cared about her lover in her heart, Luo Xue Ning could make good use of this.

"As long as you do what I say, I can guarantee his safety."

Although Luo Xuening has a young face, her solemn expression inexplicably makes people trust her.

Luo Xue Ning did not tell the maid her identity, but the maid chose to cooperate with her. Sometimes, people are full of awe for the unknown things.

The more uncertain something is, the more intimidating it is. Luo Xue Ning didn't even reveal her home address, but she had already known the maid's situation clearly. Her first question successfully broke the maid's psychological defense.

Then he continued to persuade the maid with gentle persuasion, extended an olive branch, and let her take the initiative to persuade him, and he successfully got the maid to talk.

"Who was it that ordered you to poison Lord Liu and frame Madam Liu?"

The maid frowned, lowered her head, pursed her lips, and fell into deep thought.

"I have no idea."

"have no idea?"

Luo Xuening raised her tone, and this statement undoubtedly put more pressure on the maid.

The maid's hands trembled, and she quickly knelt down in front of Luo Xuening.

"It's true. When I contacted that person, she was always wearing a veil, and she was the one who took the initiative to contact me. She knew my every move, and she must have been monitoring me from behind."

When the person behind the scenes was mentioned, a hint of panic appeared in the maid's eyes. Luo Xue Ning looked at the maid.

The corners of her mouth twitched twice, and her eye sockets bulged as she spoke. Such micro-expressions undoubtedly revealed her fear.

"Are you afraid of her?"

Luo Xue Ning said calmly: "But, I think you have doubts about that person's identity in your heart. Tell me, who is she?"

When Luo Xuening pointed out that this maid was the murderer, she had seen the maid's eyes seeking help from the crowd. She concluded that the person behind this was still in the Liu Mansion at this time.

"yes……"

The maidservant lowered her head timidly, and was in awe of Luo Xuening in her heart, because she could always easily guess what she was thinking. At this moment, how could she dare to hide anything?

"I just think that her status should be quite high. Maybe some concubine wants to use my marriage to harm Madam Liu."

"Tell me about that person's characteristics."

The maid took a quick look back, and finally, together with Luo Xuening, successfully summarized the characteristics of the person behind the scenes.

"The person behind you is able to monitor you, which shows that she is of high status and has money, and can mobilize the spies in the mansion. This point can be ruled out by the Fourth Aunt."

"You said that she had succinate on her body. This succinate can be used to mix the five elements. It shows that the person behind her knows how to maintain her health and is quite old. Suhe incense is cold in nature, but she always carries it with her. Naturally, she is not a person with a weak constitution. Third Aunt, rule it out."

"You said that the person behind him is tall. So, if the petite Second Concubine is ruled out, the only suspect left is the First Madam Gu."

"Do you think it could be her?"

Luo Xue Ning's sudden question startled the maid, who subconsciously denied, "No, it's not her?"

"Why?"

"How do you know that the person behind this is not Gu?"

"Because, in the Liu Mansion, the first lady is the one who calls the shots, and the old man listens to her in everything. I don't think the first lady would want to kill the old man, because that would... not be good for her."

Luo Xuening listened quietly to the maid's analysis and actually felt that it made some sense. This maid was indeed smart, but it was a pity that she used her intelligence in the wrong place.

"Okay, I know everything about your situation. I will do what I promised you."

Luo Xue Ning clapped her hands, stood up and left, but her maid, with a resentful look on her face, grabbed her sleeve.

"What's wrong? Is there anything else?"

"Please, tell him not to wait for me. I am not worthy."

After the maid said this, she finally let go of Luo Xuening's hand. She turned her head away, her eyes full of grief. Now, what awaited her was only the punishment of the law.

Luo Xuening pursed her lips indifferently, she had no sympathy for the maid. From her conversation with the maid, it seemed that the maid was not someone without any judgment. The reason why she could commit such an act of poisoning and murder was only because of her greed.

Luo Xuening wrote down the information she got from the maid on a piece of paper, and added her own analysis on it.

After getting used to writing with a hard pen, Luo Xuening looked at her crooked handwriting and handed it to Long Moxun with an expressionless face.

"My Lord, this is the signature of the mastermind. I think we can now go to Liu's mansion to locate the target."

Long Moxun did not comment. He lowered his head to glance at Luo Xuening's crooked handwriting on the densely written paper, making no effort to hide his disdain.

"How dare you show me something like this? Luo Xue Ning, can't you even afford a teacher in the Prime Minister's Mansion?"

The font of Nan Shao Kingdom is actually similar to traditional Chinese characters, and some of them have been simplified. Long Moxun could understand some of the characters written by Luo Xuening, but he said they were unpleasant to the eyes.

Luo Xuening pretended not to hear what he said, got into the carriage, closed her eyes and rested.

The gate of the Liu Mansion was still tightly closed. Long Moxun did not even get off the carriage. He just held the portrait that Luo Xuening had drawn of the real culprit behind the scenes and gave orders to Wu Dao.

"According to my standards, find the murderer."

Hearing his words, Luo Xuening was stunned. On that piece of paper was a description of the real culprit behind the scenes written by Luo Xuening, which fell into the category of criminal psychology analysis.

These should be areas that have never been involved in the Nanshao Kingdom. However, Long Moxun accepted them so calmly and even conducted a search directly based on her analysis.

This did surprise Luo Xuening a little. At the same time, she had a different judgment of Long Moxun in her heart.

Long Moxun is not just a cruel prince, his cruel behavior is an illusion.

As someone who had never come into contact with criminal psychology, the fact that he could support her analysis showed that his insight and judgment were superior to hers.

This was the first time that Luo Xuening felt the oncoming force. In the past, Long Moxun had only exerted tyranny on her.

But today, Luo Xue Ning feels ashamed of herself.

Perhaps it was because Luo Xuening was too focused on her guilty expression at this moment, and Long Moxun became impatient with her.

"Luo Xue Ning, don't look at me like that."

Luo Xue Ning withdrew her gaze calmly, pretending not to have heard anything, and turned to look outside the carriage.

Outside the carriage, Wu had already walked out, escorting a person. To be exact, it was a woman, the criminal they were looking for, the murderer behind the scenes.


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