To Hold One’s Joy

  Chapter 83 Fear is a Killing Knife

   "Who?" Several voices asked in unison.

  Luo Sheng's eyes fell on the unparalleled peony flowers, and he said word by word: "Miss Chen."

  As soon as these words came out, everyone was in an uproar, and they couldn't help but look at Mr. Chen Ge.

  As a grandfather, Mr. Chen Ge certainly knew that his granddaughter was left-handed, but he also knew that his granddaughter had been strictly taught to use her right hand when she ate and wrote on weekdays. Normally, outsiders would not know that she was left-handed.

  He still remembers that when his eldest granddaughter grasped the chopsticks with her left hand when she was a child, she would be slapped once in the palm of her hand, and if she slapped too much, she would be overturned.

  How did the daughter of Governor Luo know that her granddaughter is left-handed?

  Chen Ge looked at Luo Sheng in surprise.

   Zhao Shangshu hurriedly asked: "How did Miss Luo know?"

  Luo Sheng quickly gave an explanation: "My fourth younger sister and Miss Chen had some troubles in the Changting earlier, and Miss Chen slapped my fourth younger sister. Girls, do you still have any memories?"

  All the girls could not help but nod.

  This must have an impression.

  The others shook their heads secretly.

   This granddaughter from Chen Ge's hometown is indeed domineering.

  What, the daughter of Governor Luo is even more domineering?

  How can this be the same? Miss Chen is dead in a daze, and Miss Luo is still safe and sound to identify the murderer.

   Don’t do porcelain work if you don’t have diamonds. If you don’t have the ability to be domineering, let’s be well-behaved and sensible.

Seeing all the girls nodding in unison, Luo Sheng went on to say: "Ms. Chen hit her hard. At that time, she left an obvious slap on my fourth sister's face. It was still there when I came back. And I noticed that the slap was on my face. Fourth sister's right face."

  Right face?

   People who are unresponsive haven't figured it out for a while.

  Luo Sheng asked the young man: "Does this prove that Miss Chen is left-handed?"

The young man cupped his hands: "The girl analyzed well. If you slap someone with your right hand, it will hit the other person's left cheek, and the left hand is just the opposite. We all use the right hand as the forehand, and those who are born with the left hand will generally be corrected." , can use both hands over time. But nature is hard to change, this kind of people will often use the hand they really use when they are in a hurry."

   "It makes sense." Luo Sheng nodded, sincerely praising.

  The young man with a serious face immediately blushed.

   It was the first time that a lady was praised so bluntly in front of everyone.

   Wei Han watched coldly, and unconsciously frowned.

  He has never seen Miss Luo praise others so sincerely.

   "So, Miss Chen killed the palace maid?" Zhao Shangshu couldn't believe it.

  The development of things was a bit unexpected. How did the victim become the murderer?

  The young man cupped his hands: "If the only person in the garden at that time was Miss Chen who was left-handed, then this conclusion can be drawn."

   All the girls said: "I am right-handed!"

  Princess Pingnan said: "The steward has a list of all the maids who are serving in the garden today. You can check which hand they are used to with the list."

  Hearing that the murderer who killed the maid was left-handed, Princess Pingnan was half relieved.

   Not to mention that her daughter is not left-handed, even the palace maids are strictly selected, and those who are left-handed will not be selected at all.

  Of course, it is not easy for the Wangfu to win people's trust by saying this, so they simply asked the people from the Ministry of Punishment to check and completely clear the suspicion of the Wangfu.

  The young man said: "Although left-handed people can eat and write with their right hand after deliberate practice, it is still difficult for some particularly delicate movements. It is not difficult to check which hand a person is dominant in."

   Zhao Shangshu thought for a while, then made a decision: "Then check it out first."

   It is meaningful to continue the investigation only by eliminating it first.

  The young man answered yes and made a request: "Please prepare some pearls and thin threads with fine holes."

   Of course there are many such things in the palace, and soon the pearls and thin threads are ready.

   "Girls, please try in turn, first use the right hand to pass the thin thread through the pearl, and then use the left hand."

   "I'll go first." Wei Wen walked over and picked up a pearl.

   It is not easy to pass the thin thread through the small hole on the pearl. Even with her right hand, Wei Wen still tried several times before she succeeded. When you switch to your left hand, you don't need to mention it.

  All the girls have tried this way, and none of them is left-handed.

   "In this case, the person who stabbed the palace maid to death with a dagger is indeed Miss Chen—" Zhao Shangshu paused while stroking his bearded hand, "Then who is the one who killed Miss Chen?"

   Someone whispered: "Could it be suicide—"

   Soon someone sneered: "Even if you kill a maidservant, there is no need to kill yourself."

   "I'm afraid I have to ask the second girl Chen." The young man who knew the case said.

  As soon as these words came out, everyone's attention immediately turned to Miss Chen Er, who was standing not far from Chen Gelao.

  Miss Chen Er's eyes were a little swollen from crying, she seemed to point at her unexpectedly, and took a step back timidly.

  Chen Ge stared at the young man: "What does this mean?"

   It can't be his second granddaughter who killed the eldest granddaughter, right?

"Don't worry, my lord. Generally, when a homicide occurs, you have to ask the people who are close to the victim and present." The young man returned neither humble nor overbearing, looking directly at the second girl Chen, "Dare to ask why the second girl Chen and the eldest girl Chen?" Not together?"

  Facing countless gazes, Second Miss Chen unconsciously lowered her eyes, her voice trembling: "At that time, Eldest Sister and Miss Luo had an unpleasant quarrel, and she was in a very bad mood, so I was not allowed to follow, and came to the peony bush alone..."

   "Second Miss Chen came here directly after she was sure that Miss Chen was separated from you, and she didn't go anywhere else?" The young man asked immediately.

  Ms. Chen Er nodded hesitantly.

   "If you only came here, then who killed the maid in the bamboo forest?"

  Ms. Chen Er was taken aback by the question, bit her lip and said, "Eldest sister may have gone to the bamboo forest again, but I didn't see it..."

   "Then Miss Chen Er went to the bamboo forest?"

  This time, Miss Chen Er didn't hesitate at all, and quickly shook her head: "I've never been there before!"

   "Have you been there?" The young man's tone was full of doubts.

  Chen Er's eyes were red: "I went to enjoy the peonies after I separated from my eldest sister. I have never been to a bamboo forest!"

  The young man raised his eyebrows: "If so, why is there a bamboo leaf in Miss Chen's hair?"

  Ms. Chen Er was shocked and hurried to touch her bun, but she couldn't look in the mirror right now, so she couldn't find it.

   Because of this, her movements became more flustered.

  The young man asked: "Miss Chen Er has been to the bamboo forest but denied it. Is it a guilty conscience?"

  Facing countless strange gazes, Second Miss Chen sat on the ground with limp legs, covered her face and began to sob.

  Under tremendous pressure and fear, once the string called reason breaks, collapse follows.

  Miss Chen Er covered her face and kept muttering: "I can't help it... Eldest sister is too scary, just because she is in a bad mood, the maid of the palace will kill her if she says so... I will be killed by her sooner or later, sooner or later..."

  (end of this chapter)