nashuaworldcup Chapter 716 Arsonist
Chapter 716 Arsonist
Jing Yun was startled by her eyes. "It was a man. He gave me fifty taels of silver and asked me to bring this woman to Minister Li's residence. He said there was a funeral going on and that I would have nothing to do if I sent her here. What I said is true. My name is really Jing Yun. I am an orphan without a father or a mother. I grew up with Jing Mazi from the east end of the city, so I took his last name, Jing."
Jing Yun doesn't understand the rules either.
Jiang Fenghua put the sword close to his neck, "What kind of man is this?"
Jing Yun said: "A man wearing a cloak, with a veil on his face, and a hoarse voice. I couldn't see his appearance, not even his eyes, and he was wearing gloves."
Jiang Fenghua thought that if he was exposed he would commit suicide by taking poison, but he didn't expect him to admit it so easily. This can only mean one thing: this person is not important. He was just someone the other party randomly picked to deliberately cause trouble. The only reason why the person who ordered him to do things was so cautious was that he was afraid of being exposed, so he had to be an acquaintance.
At this time, Zhang Anyu also rushed over with his men. When he saw that the Li family's house was on fire, he hurriedly took his men to put out the fire.
The fire in Li's mansion was soon put out. The coffin was doused with oil and was almost burned to pieces. Fortunately, the fire was put out in time and did not burn into the coffin, so the body inside was not affected too much.
Now everyone saw Shu Xue's appearance and sighed. They felt terrified and screamed.
Adhering to the principle that the dead are the most important, Zhang Anyu immediately had the body covered with a white cloth.
Then, Zhang Anyu took out the token and said, "I am under the order of the Emperor to investigate the murder of Madam Li. Madam Li, Master Li, please follow me to the government office!"
Madam Li said, "Why should we go to the government office with you? It's not us who committed the crime."
Zhang Anyu said in a deep voice: "This is the case handling procedure. You are the family members of the deceased, so of course you have to go to the government office to make a statement."
He said coldly: "Find a stretcher to carry the body of the deceased to the Jingzhao government office."
Li Cheng stopped in front of Zhang Anyu and said, "Xue'er has been murdered. You don't want to bury her, but you want to carry her body away. What does Zhang Fuyin mean?"
"This is the case handling procedure. Please cooperate, Master Li." Zhang Anyu added, "Master Li saw your wife being murdered with his own eyes, right?"
"Yes, when Xue'er died, the murderer had not yet escaped, and I caught him myself." Li Cheng said, "Wasn't the murderer taken away by Prefect Zhang himself?"
Zhang Anyu raised the corners of his lips and smiled faintly, "So please, Mr. Li, come back with me to the yamen to be investigated."
Li Cheng was so angry, "Why should I go with you?"
"Who was Madam Li with before she died? Why did she appear in Fulai Inn? Where was Master Li at the time? We need to find out all these things." He added, "I am investigating the case under the order of the Emperor. I need to find out every detail and step. I hope Master Li will cooperate."
"So what if I don't cooperate? My wife is dead and I am the victim. You don't go back to interrogate the murderer but let the Li family go to the government office to investigate. Zhang Anyu, are you trying to be partial? I think you are a lackey of the Jiang family!"
Zhang Anyu was also a tough guy. He said in a cold voice, "Mr. Li, please be careful with your words. I am upright and honest..."
Jiang Fenghua said: "The sudden fire in the mourning hall was not an accident, but a human cause. I saw with my own eyes two people dressed as maids setting the white sails of the mourning hall on fire. Lord Zhang, first check the maids in the Li Mansion and find out the two maids who set the fire and find out why they burned the coffin."
"Yes." Zhang Anyu brought the soldiers here specifically to take the body back for the coroner to examine: "Everyone else, step back and bring all the maids from the Li family here..."
The officers and soldiers acted quickly and did it immediately.
Li Cheng was also confused, "What maid who set the fire?"
Jiang Fenghua sneered, "Mr. Li saw it with his own eyes. This fire almost reduced your entire Li Mansion to ashes. Did the Li family offend someone?"
Li Cheng's pupils shrank, "What is the queen talking about? The Li family has not offended anyone?" Could it be that the man sent people to set fire to the Li family?
He was also frightened by the fire just now. Fortunately, the rescue was timely, otherwise the Li family would have been gone.
Everyone became panic-stricken. What kind of maid did the queen see? It was such a strange thing. If there was really a maid who set the fire, she would have escaped long ago!
Lu Xuefei leaned close to Jiang Fenghua's ear and whispered, "Your Majesty, check Madam Li's maid. It was her maid who had been guarding in front of the mourning hall. Later, when everyone went out, they left too." That's why she had the chance to open the coffin.
Jiang Fenghua asked, "Where is the personal maid who serves Madam Li?"
Madam Li said stubbornly, "Why are we looking for them? They won't set fire to their own master."
Jiang Fenghua said coldly: "How can Madam Li be sure that they would not set the fire? Madam Li should know best who is guarding the mourning hall! Or is it that you did not allow them to come out to assist in the investigation, and Madam Li did not want to find out the cause of Shu Xue's death at all. Madam Li has something to hide?"
Madam Li was stunned for a moment, and quickly said, "What is wrong with this minister? Pei Xin, go and call Chunxiang and Qiuju over."
Jiang Fenghua added: "Only Chunxiang and Qiuju? There is no one else."
"They are all servants who came to the Li family as a dowry with Shu Xue. Naturally, they are the ones who keep vigil. Shu Xue's mouth is quite annoying, and other people are unwilling to keep vigil beside her coffin." Mrs. Li is also very good at talking, and she and Shu Xue are like a thorn in each other's side.
"Just now she was calling me Xue'er, but now she's calling me by my name. Madam Li changes really quickly." Jiang Fenghua said sarcastically.
In fact, everyone knows that Mrs. Li and her daughter-in-law do not have a good relationship.
Soon, all the maids arrived, except Chunxiang and Qiuju.
At this time, soldiers caught two maids carrying bags from the backyard. "They are Mrs. Li's maids Chunxiang and Qiuju. They want to escape."
Zhang Anyu asked, "Did you set the fire?"
The two maids were so scared that they trembled and knelt on the ground: "We were careless too. We didn't mean to set the fire."
Before Jiang Fenghua could speak, Lu Xuefei said, "They are lying. There must be something wrong with them."
Everyone looked at Lu Xuefei and knew that she was the daughter of Lu Tingwei. She was a little embarrassed. "If you have nothing to hide, why are you running away? Why are you running?"
The two stammered, "We didn't... we didn't run away. The young lady is dead, so there's no need for us to stay. We accidentally knocked over the oil lamp and caused the fire. We were afraid of being punished if we didn't leave..."
Jiang Fenghua said, "Prefect Zhang, take them back to the yamen for interrogation first!" No matter how much she asked, it was useless. This case still had to be formally handled in the yamen.
They did not deny that they did not set the fire, but took the initiative to say that they accidentally knocked over the oil lamp, turning an intentional act into an accident. Someone must have taught them to say that. They ran away because they were afraid of being punished. It seems that person had already thought of this.