vrcanaries Chapter 421 Searching the Princess's Mansion
Chapter 421 Searching the Princess's Mansion
"Qin Shaoqing just said that someone had accused me of forcibly seizing a man, and then asked about the man I had captured. How could I not know about this?"
Qin Shi said slowly, "As far as I know, on the day the Su family was murdered, the Su Yuan siblings were not at home and escaped.
Why did Your Highness conclude that it was Su Yuan, and not his brother, who went to the capital to file a complaint? Did Your Highness know that he couldn't file a complaint?
"How dare you!" Princess Yuehua slammed the table and shouted, "How dare you make such random assumptions about me!"
Qin Shi bowed his hands in a neither humble nor arrogant manner, "Your Highness, please forgive me. My remarks were based on reasonable analysis, not speculation."
"Qin Shaoqing, if you believe that what the person who sued me says is true, then produce the evidence. Otherwise, don't blame me for charging you with disrespect!"
Qin Shi remained calm and said slowly, "Your Majesty sent me here to investigate this matter. I will do my best to get to the bottom of it."
After saying that, he turned and left the pavilion.
In a short while, he followed Lady Wen'an to a woodshed in the princess's mansion.
Qin Shi asked, "Is this where that person lived?"
"Yes." Wen'an County Lady chuckled. "Young Master Qin, you wouldn't think that if that person committed treason, my princess's mansion would still provide him with good food and shelter, right? Although my mother is kind, the royal majesty cannot be violated."
"The county lady misunderstood." Qin Shi walked around the woodshed, observing the surroundings. "I thought it would be somewhere more unexpected."
The Wen'an County Lady's expression darkened. "What does Young Master Qin mean?"
Qin Shaoqing did not answer, but asked: "May I ask the county lady, while that man was staying at the princess's mansion, did he go anywhere else besides this woodshed?"
"Never."
"Has that person ever been to the princess's mansion before?" Qin Shi asked again.
"…Never."
Qin Shi withdrew his gaze, walked out of the woodshed, looked around, and said with a smile: "Just now, I followed the county lady all the way here and found that the construction structure of the princess's mansion is quite complicated. Even the way to the woodshed is very roundabout.
How could someone who had never been to the Princess's Mansion escape from such a large and complex structure?"
Princess Wen'an's hands tightened. She didn't expect Qin Shi to be so observant and every word he said was a trap.
She forced herself to remain calm and chuckled, "This county lady doesn't know, maybe that person is as careful as Qin Shaoqing and knows the way after just one walk. Anyway, he just ran away."
"From the beginning to the end, the statement that the person ran away was unilaterally made by the Princess's Mansion." Qin Shi stared at her sharply.
Princess Wen'an was furious. "Are you suspecting that my Princess Mansion is hiding someone?"
"The person disappeared in the Princess's Mansion. This possibility cannot be ruled out."
Qin Shi slowly pulled out a piece of paper from his sleeve and unfolded it for Princess Wen'an to see. "This is the search warrant with His Majesty's seal."
Princess Wen'an's face turned pale instantly. She didn't expect that Qin Shi had a search warrant.
What she didn't expect was that Emperor Yuan would actually order a search of the princess's mansion based on an imperial petition without any actual evidence.
"Search!" Qin Shi gave an order, and the officers and soldiers immediately began to search the princess's mansion.
Seeing this, the people around Princess Wen'an stopped the soldiers.
Qin Shi looked at Princess Wen'an calmly and asked, "Are you planning to disobey the order?"
After the two men confronted each other for a moment, Lady Wen'an waved her hand with a sullen face, signaling her men to move aside.
The officers immediately launched a carpet search of the princess's mansion, and Lady Wen'an whispered to someone to inform Princess Yuehua.
Soon, Princess Yuehua learned that Qin Shi had ordered a search of the princess's mansion.
With a gloomy face, she grabbed the teacup beside her and smashed it to the ground, saying viciously, "Qin Shi! Just wait for me!"
After calming down, she felt uneasy.
Why would the emperor trust the words of a bitch and order a search of the princess's mansion without regard for the royal family's dignity?
Why did Qin Shi determine that I was the murderer?
This palace obviously did it perfectly...
Speaking of the Qin Dynasty, officials from the Dali Temple found a secret room in a room.
The secret room was empty, but the whole room was filled with a rich smell of pine.
Qin Shi raised his hand and fanned it, observing every corner of the secret room. He asked, "May I ask, County Master, what is the purpose of this secret room?"
"Although my princess's mansion is not particularly wealthy, there are still some treasures that need to be carefully preserved. This secret room is used to hide treasures."
"If that's the case, why is this place empty?"
Princess Wen'an replied calmly, "A few days ago, the secret room was infested with rats, so my mother had the treasures moved out and the place cleaned thoroughly."
Although Lady Wen'an's words were flawless, Qin Shi still noticed a trace of blood with his sharp eyes.
The strong pine scent is probably used to cover up the smell of blood.
At that time, on the other side, Cui Yuan followed the overlapping wheel tracks and came to a forest.
Cui Yuan discovered that the carriage had stopped here on the way, and there was a piece of silk cloth hooked on a small path in the woods.
After he put away the cloth and noted the place, he led his men to follow the tire tracks and came to a deserted open space.
There was a layer of new soil in a place on the open space. Cui Yuan dug it up and saw traces of burning underneath the new soil.
He thought for a moment, then jumped on his horse when he came up with something. "Let's go back to the woods and look for clues."