jdhmnovel Chapter 637: "Feeling resentment" is true, "scare" is nonsense
Chapter 637: "Feeling resentment" is true, "scare" is nonsense
Shu He's guess was similar. After all, they were in a deep forest, and the moonlight was blocked by the trees. It was so dark that you couldn't see your hand in front of you.
"Have you two asked those around Miss Zhang? For example, has she ever offended anyone? Is anyone dissatisfied or jealous of her? Or, has any young master ever expressed admiration for her?"
Wen Li's eyes changed, and he asked, "Does the princess think that Miss Zhang might have been framed?"
"I'm just offering an idea. It doesn't mean anything special." Shu He smiled faintly and didn't say much.
Wen Li looked disappointed. "We've asked about all these things. Miss Zhang's maid said that her young lady hasn't offended anyone recently. As for whether anyone is dissatisfied with her, she doesn't know."
While Shu He and Wen Li were talking, Meng Fang had already finished eating the rabbit meat and drank some water. Only then did he feel somewhat satisfied.
When he spoke to Shu He again, the expression on his face softened a lot. "Princess, tell me, is there any connection between this thief and the big black bear attacking the emperor two days ago?"
If there is a connection, he can also pull in Zhu Guangzheng, the Shaoqing of the Dali Temple, to investigate together! That guy is smart, maybe he can find some clues.
Shu He was embarrassed. "This shouldn't have anything to do with it, right?"
Wen Li nudged Meng Fang with his elbow and whispered, "Commander Meng, I've already told you that these two things are not related!"
Why did you ask Princess Li about this?
It's speechless.
Meng Fang didn't think there was anything wrong with what he said, but he felt a little disappointed that he couldn't ask Zhu Guangzheng to help him.
Suddenly, he remembered something. "Oh, I think I heard someone say that the cousin of the Chief Censor once expressed his admiration for Miss Zhang in public!"
"Chief Censor?" Wen Li thought for a moment. "He's a fifth-rank official, not among the officials accompanying the hunting expedition. He shouldn't be involved, right?"
Meng Fang nodded, "That's what I thought of at the time, so I didn't tell you."
"This thief is truly audacious! This is the royal hunting ground! How dare he commit such a vile act in the palace? If I catch him, I will tear every bone out of him!"
Shu He wiped his hands and sighed softly, "Yes, if the thief is not found, I'm afraid all the women in the family will not dare to act casually. The night Miss Zhang disappeared, I saw Miss Chen looking pale and panicked. She was obviously scared."
After hearing this, Nanqi's eyes changed slightly, and he said with a bit of joking smile: "Yes, when the girl saw me and the princess, she turned around and left. If you didn't know, you would think she saw a ghost!"
Wen Li was perceptive and noticed something was wrong immediately. "Miss Chen? Which Miss Chen?"
Shu He thought for a moment and said, "I think her name is Chen Wan'er. As for whose family she is from, I don't know."
After hearing this, Wen Li immediately took Meng Fang away.
Shu He stopped smiling after the group of people left.
Nanqi chuckled, "It would be very disappointing if these two adults still can't find anything out."
Shu He didn't say anything, with a gentle smile on his lips.
That Chen Wan'er is not someone who can take on responsibilities, so there shouldn't be any problem.
"Brother Nan, did you just teach my brothers and sisters how to practice martial arts? I want to learn too!"
"I want to learn swordsmanship?!"
Unable to resist Yi'er's coquettishness, Nanqi finally performed a set of sword techniques for the children in the woods. It was a technique he created when he was facing the wall in Hengshan.
This sword technique was exquisite and powerful, but its speed was too fast. Except for Yi'er and Shuhe, the other children couldn't understand it at all. They just thought it was very amazing.
Shu He looked at the sword technique and was amazed.
Nanqi's martial arts have improved a lot!
The sun was setting in the west, and Shu He saw that it was almost time, so he prepared to let the children go back, otherwise he was afraid that the Third Princess and Princess Yong would be worried.
As they were packing up, they heard the sound of drums from the palace tent, signaling the arrival of the general assembly. Then they saw Zhang Zhirou galloping towards them on horseback.
"Sister He, we caught him!"
When Shu He and others returned to the big tent, Chen Wan'er and Ming Yan were both kneeling under the administrative tent. Outside, a disheveled man was being held captive.
Is this the man who insulted Zhang Xuehan?
Shu He didn't go in, but just stood outside and listened for a few words.
Meng Fang saw Shu He and said a few words to Su Che beside him before walking out. "Princess! I really want to thank you for what happened today!"
"What do you mean, Commander Meng?" Shu He looked surprised.
Meng Fang was slightly excited and said, "That Chen Wan'er!"
After learning about Chen Wan'er's unusual behavior from Shu He, Wen Li immediately searched the accompanying list and discovered that the daughter of the Minister of Revenue was named Chen Wan'er, and she had a regular relationship with Zhang Xuehan.
But even though such a big thing happened to Zhang Xuehan a few days ago, Chen Wan'er has been lying in the big tent claiming to be sick and refused to answer questions.
This made Wen Li even more certain that there was something wrong with Chen Wan'er!
He forced his way into the tent of the Chen family's women and saw Chen Wan'er, who was not bedridden at all.
When Chen Wan'er saw the imposing Meng Fang and the sharp and upright Wen Li, she was instantly frightened and confessed everything.
"Chen Wan'er was resentful because her performance at the banquet two days prior was interrupted by Miss Ming. On the second night, she prepared a snake, intending to slip it into Miss Ming's tent to scare her. However, she happened to see Ming Yan colluding with someone to attack Zhang Xuehan."
After hearing this, Shu He couldn't help but ask: "Since she knew about it long ago, why didn't she report it in time?"
"Princess, you forgot that the Minister of Revenue, Ming Ding, is Chen Wan'er's father's direct superior! How dare she say that?"
Shu He said "oh", she had never thought of this before.
Nanqi, standing aside, looked a bit puzzled and asked, "Why did Mingyan want to harm Miss Zhang? Do you have any explanation?"
Meng Fang nodded, "Miss Ming said that she treated Zhang Xuehan as a sister, but Zhang Xuehan took advantage of her and treated her like a fool!"
"She was filled with resentment, and to seek revenge, she found a groom and set up this plan to scare Zhang Xuehan."
"But I don't know what happened, that groom actually raped her."
"She now directly says that she was wronged."
After hearing this, Shu He couldn't help but sneer.
The statements of Chen Wan'er and Ming Yan are really highly similar, both of them are "feeling resentment" and "scare her".
"Feeling resentment" is true, but "scaring" is nonsense, right?
Meng Fang added, "There's another strange thing. The groom insisted that he didn't defile Miss Zhang. He also said that he was too nervous at the time, so he went to the wrong tent. After being discovered, he hurried back to the stable and went drinking with others."
"Lord Wen checked, and the people he mentioned said they were drunk and couldn't remember whether the groom was there that night."