mtl008 Why isn't Chapter 428 working?
Why isn't Chapter 428 working?
What are you saying?!
Hearing the boatman say this, the maid Xin'er retorted, "My young lady hasn't stepped out of the bridal sedan chair since she boarded the boat last night. To protect her, the sedan chair bearers we hired had dinner in Ting City last night and have been guarding the sedan chair with me ever since. Besides, have you ever seen a bride get out of the sedan chair before arriving at her husband's house!"
The boatman looked flustered and hurriedly explained, "Miss... I... I was just telling the truth... I didn't suspect your young lady..."
"Tell the truth?" Xin'er complained, looking displeased. "If you really want to tell the truth, why don't you mention everyone who boarded the ship at the same time? Why only mention our young lady?"
"I……"
"Enough!" Ding Yun interrupted, frowning, and looked at Xin'er, asking, "What's your name? Do you remember everyone who boarded the ship at the same time last night?"
“Reporting to you, sir, my daughter’s name is Xin’er, and she is my young lady’s dowry maid.” Xin’er pondered for a moment and said, “Last night, not many people boarded the ship at the same time, so I remember clearly. Besides us and this deceased person, there were five other people: a pair of brothers, a couple holding a sleeping baby in their arms, and then…”
Xin'er pointed at the old beggar, her face filled with resentment, and said with a hint of dissatisfaction, "It's this old beggar who secretly sneaked onto our wedding boat!"
"Hey! What do you mean by this, you little brat! I finally cleared my name, and now you're trying to frame me again, aren't you?"
"Who's accusing you?" Xin'er said confidently, hands on her hips, enunciating each word clearly: "I-am-just-tell-the-truth! If we're going to be suspected, let's all be suspected together. We can't just suspect my young lady. My young lady didn't even get out of the bridal sedan chair. You've all ruined this joyous occasion."
"Hey...I...!"
Xin'er ignored the old beggar and looked at Ding Yun, saying, "Sir, although I don't know who they are, I remember their appearance. As long as the people who boarded the ship with me last night are in front of me, I will definitely be able to recognize them."
Just as Ding Yun was about to say something, Zhang Lai stepped forward and whispered, "Sir, there are two people who no longer need to be identified. The guests staying in the second room from the north are the two brothers that this young lady mentioned."
Listen and.
Ding Yun's eyes darkened, and his brows furrowed as he asked, "Is the bridal sedan chair inside or outside the curtain?"
"Inside the curtain."
"After 9 PM, is anyone still lingering on the deck?"
"Well...it's windy at night, and after the bamboo curtains are lowered, usually only a few guests remain at the pavilion. Last night, after 9 PM, I finished explaining things on the ship to a few crew members and then returned to the accounting office. I haven't come out since, so I don't know what's happening on deck. When I returned to the accounting office, only this young lady and her maid were on the first deck. This young lady consulted a fortune teller about her marriage, who said it would be auspicious to stop the bridal sedan chair in the southeast corner, so she stopped it on the deck."
Lin Lezhi thought for a moment, stood up and looked at Xin'er, her eyes calm as she said, "I arrived in Ting City before 9 PM last night. At that time, all four sedan chair bearers were in Ting City. If I'm not mistaken last night, I remember that for a period of time before 9 PM, you were not guarding the bridal sedan chair."
"I..." Xin'er was momentarily speechless, a hint of panic flashing in her eyes, her voice slightly tense, "I went to relieve myself. What do you mean by that? Are you implying that my young lady, a weak woman, could kill this martial arts master?!"
Xin'er looked at Lin Lezhi and said angrily, "I thought you were a smart person, but I didn't expect you to be so clueless. You must have gone stupid from reading too many storybooks, suspecting people without any reason!"
Upon hearing this, Lin Lezhi gave an awkward smile.
He secretly chuckled to himself.
He was just telling the truth, so why didn't it work?
Just as he was about to say something, Ding Yun spoke up from the side, his expression serious: "Lin Lezhi has already proven that the beggar had no time to commit the crime, and since you left for a while, it cannot be proven that your young lady was indeed in the bridal sedan chair the whole time. With the bamboo curtain lowered, no one can prove that you were on the deck the whole time, and you are also suspected of being accomplices. This matter concerns a murder case, so please ask your young lady to come out and testify in person."
"Can…"
Ding Yun's gaze grew increasingly dark, his eyes filled with scrutiny as he said, "Your hesitation and evasiveness suggest that you are indeed hiding something?"