frightfiction Chapter 530: Doubts
Chapter 530: Doubts
If you can't figure it out, you can only let it go for now. Chu Yunxi stood up and said, "Let's go to Qin's house to ask more questions and see if there are any clues last night."
"Okay, but before we go to the Qin Mansion, we need to do one thing first." Xiao Mubei helped Chu Yunxi back to their small courtyard in the Dali Temple. Several exquisite breakfasts had already been laid out in the pavilion of the courtyard.
Qingmei was boiling medicine on a small stove nearby. Chu Yunxi asked in surprise, "When did you prepare this?"
"As soon as you arrived, I knew you must have followed me in a hurry, so I asked Bai Yu to instruct the kitchen of Dali Temple to prepare some nutritious breakfast and send it over. I also asked Hei Mu to go back and bring Qingmei over, along with the medicine prescribed by Doctor Lu. We have to make it clear that you can investigate the case, but you must take the medicine." Xiao Mubei said with a fierce face.
Chu Yunxi took his arm and said in a low voice, "I understand, Your Majesty."
Xiao Mubei was amused by her and couldn't help but point a finger at her forehead, "I really can't do anything with you."
Chu Yunxi chuckled and went to have breakfast in a good mood.
It was already noon when they arrived at Qin's residence. As soon as they entered the door, they heard a woman wailing. Chu Yunxi whispered, "This should be Qin Huaijin's mother."
Xiao Mubei nodded, "That should be the case. He probably just heard about Qin Huaijin's death."
"Should we wait a while before going in?" Chu Yunxi stopped and said, "We probably won't be able to ask anything if we go in now. Let's ask the concierge first."
Chu Yunxi shuddered at the sound of crying in the backyard. She stopped the servant who was leading them forward and said, "It seems inconvenient to disturb Madam Qin Er now. Please inform Lord Qin and we will wait in the front yard."
The servant then went to report it. Xiao Mubei and Chu Yunxi walked back to the gate of the mansion. Chu Yunxi casually said to the gatekeeper, "Are you the one guarding the gate here on weekdays?"
The doorman was a man in his fifties, who looked honest. He knew that the two people in front of him were officials from the Dali Temple, so he answered honestly, "To answer your question, young lady, there are two doormen in the Qin Mansion. This month, I am the doorman during the day, and Lao Zhang is the doorman at night. In the early morning today, the second young master went out, and Lao Zhang did not stop him. Now the master is questioning him."
It seems that Qin Youwei also wanted to find out what happened, so he did not let the doorman from last night leave, which saved Xiao Mubei and the others a lot of trouble.
Chu Yunxi smiled and said, "You are quite lucky. You just didn't catch up with such a big incident. Otherwise, you would have been in big trouble."
The doorman smiled bitterly, "That's right, but Lao Zhang will probably be driven away this time. His wife is still sick, and he has two children to support. He is really pitiful. To be honest, if the masters want to go out, who among us servants dares to stop them? It's really unlucky."
Chu Yunxi's heart moved, and she asked, "Are you saying that the Second Young Master wanted to go out on his own this early morning?"
"That's right. When it was time to hand over the shift, Lao Zhang told me that the Second Young Master asked him to open the door, saying that he had to go out to do something. Lao Zhang also asked why the Second Young Master went out so early and didn't take a servant with him. Unexpectedly, the Second Young Master suddenly got angry at him, so Lao Zhang quickly opened the door, and the Second Young Master turned his wheelchair and went out by himself. Lao Zhang was very angry at the time and told me that this was really a case of good intentions not being rewarded. Who knew that not long after he finished telling me, news came that the Second Young Master had died. Lao Zhang was so shocked that he couldn't speak for a long time. When he recovered, he kept saying, "It's over, it's over." Sure enough, as soon as the master came back, he called him away, and he hasn't come back until now."
The concierge was also a chatty person. Chu Yunxi asked two or three questions, and he said a lot, pouring out everything he heard. Then Chu Yunxi knew that Qin Huaijin was still awake and cursing when he went out this morning. Why did he go out so early? What happened that made him go out so early without sleeping, and when was he controlled by someone?
These questions were all unknown. At this time, Qin Youwei came out from the backyard with a sullen face and said in a cold voice: "My Lord, Princess, I am sorry for the delay. Please follow me to the front hall to talk."
The three of them met twice in a short while. The first time was not very pleasant, and this time it was a bit awkward, but they had to go this time. As Qin Youwei entered the flower hall, Chu Yunxi said straight to the point: "Master Qin, we want to meet the servants in Qin Huaijin's courtyard, as well as the second master and second lady Qin."
The maid served tea. Although Qin Youwei tried his best to hide his sadness and anger, he could not suppress it. He said, "The servants can ask them to come over immediately, but my second brother and his wife are very sad because of the loss of their beloved son. I am afraid it is not convenient for them to see the prince and princess for the time being."
As expected, Chu Yunxi said, "Then please meet the servant first."
Qin Youwei ordered someone to pass the message, and soon, five maids and three servants came over. Chu Yunxi looked at the eight people in front of her and said, "Are these... all serving the second young master Qin?"
"That's right, haven't you met the prince and princess yet?" Qin Youwei scolded the servants.
Xiao Mubei waved his hand, "It's okay, just stand and answer."
Qin Youwei did not insist, and just said: "You should tell whatever the prince and princess ask, and you must not hide anything."
The servants agreed, so Chu Yunxi asked, "Who was serving the Second Young Master last night?"
A maid with a pleasant appearance said timidly: "Yes...I am on night duty."
"Then tell me everything the Second Young Master said and did last night, no matter how big or small, one by one." Chu Yunxi signaled the maid not to be afraid and to think carefully.
The maid calmed down and said, "Last night, when the Second Young Master was about to go to bed at 15:30, a servant suddenly brought him a letter, saying that there was a mysterious man wrapped in a black cloak at the door, asking him to give it to the Second Young Master immediately, otherwise something might happen. After saying that, the man disappeared. The servant did not dare to neglect it and immediately delivered the letter to the Second Young Master. After reading it, the Second Young Master did not go to sleep either. He pushed his wheelchair back and forth in the room in agitation, and scolded the people below so that they dared not approach him. I was also listening to the noise inside from the outside. After a while, there was no sound in the room. I thought the second young master was asleep, so I went in to turn off the light. But the second young master was sitting by the bed in a daze, and I didn't know what he was thinking. When he saw me, he suddenly asked me, "Do you believe in retribution in this world?" I didn't dare to answer. The second young master waved his hand and asked me to go out. I thought he was very strange, so I secretly watched from outside. I saw him spread out paper and pen, and I didn't know what he was writing. After he finished writing, he asked me to change his clothes and said he was going out.