Chapter 28 Reporting to the Official
After Mrs. Qin finished speaking, Feng's eyes immediately turned to Xu Shuhe.

"Old Third Wife, do you have anything else to say?"

The tone of his voice seemed to be saying that as long as Xu Shuhe admitted it now, he would stop making a fuss, so as to avoid being embarrassed.

How could Xu Shuhe easily let her put such a big hat on her head? What is her trick? Let her use it first and then she will naturally have a countermeasure.

Then he met Feng's eyes and said coldly, "Send someone to search."

"Okay." Feng sneered in her heart and raised her hand, "Song Qiu, take people to search immediately."

Mother Qiu was standing nearby, having been waiting there for a long time. She responded promptly and walked out quickly.

Watching the group of people leave with great momentum, Xu Shuhe quickly started to make plans in his mind.

Not long after, Mother Qiu came back with the evidence.

This was something that was expected. If Feng hadn't made arrangements, how could he have taken action?

"Madam, these are what I found in Mrs. Qin's bag: two silver ingots weighing ten taels each, and a jade bracelet."

Looking at the things displayed, Xinyue, who was standing next to Xu Shuhe, suddenly widened her eyes, as if she had discovered something.

Feng was staring at them closely, and immediately asked, "Do you recognize these things?"

Xinyue frowned, already anxious. She looked at Xu Shuhe with a look of help in her eyes and didn't dare to say anything.

"Miss Xinyue naturally recognizes these things. She gave them to me in private!"

In fact, it was not only Xinyue, Xu Shuhe had also recognized the bracelet at this time.

It was the gift she gave to Xinyue recently. It has a magpie pattern engraved on it, so it is very easy to recognize.

But how did this thing end up in Mrs. Qin's hands?

"Third brother's wife, what else do you have to say?" Feng scolded coldly, "This Xinyue is your maidservant who came with your dowry. She bribed Mrs. Qin and instructed Mrs. Qin to tamper with Jun'er's food. Wasn't it your intention? I thought you were a kind and gentle person, but I didn't expect you to be so intolerant!"

"Mother-in-law, please calm down. How could my sister-in-law be such a confused person? Don't misunderstand me."

Li Mingzhu next to him spoke immediately, looking like she was helping Xu Shuhe.

"It's not that there aren't similar bracelets out there. As long as Xinyue can find her own, we can confront each other on the spot and clear up the misunderstanding."

As he spoke, he looked at Granny Qin and said, "This is another chance for you. You should think carefully before you speak!"

"Madam Second Young Master, please understand clearly that I have never lied. These things were given to me by Miss Xinyue!" Mrs. Qin kowtowed again and spoke solemnly.

Li Mingzhu then retracted her gaze and looked at Xu Shuhe with concern, "Sister-in-law, look at this."

"Thank you, second sister-in-law, for speaking for me." Xu Shuhe pretended to be grateful and ordered, "Xinyue, go to your room and get the bracelet."

Xinyue was just waiting to find something to testify for herself and Xu Shuhe, and now she nodded quickly.

But before she left, Xu Shuhe said, "Meixiang, you go with her. Xinyue is a reckless girl. She is always confused when she loses something. Don't let her lose it again when she is in a hurry. But I think that the people who have been serving in my courtyard should not be petty thieves."

As she spoke, her eyes were fixed on Meixiang, conveying the message.

Meixiang was also smart, and she quickly understood Xu Shuhe's intention. She bowed and said, "Yes, I will go with Xinyue to look for it!"

Seeing Xu Shuhe's arrangement, Mother Qiu, who was standing next to Feng, stepped forward and said.

"The more people there are, the more thorough the search will be. Why don't I help you look for it?" "Of course, there is no need to trouble Madam Qiu to go again. Madam Qiu can find things in my yard from Granny Qin. Who knows whose things she will find in my yard if she goes there again?"

Xu Shuhe raised his chin, looked at her sharply, and then said to Feng.

"Mother-in-law, don't you think so?"

After saying this, Feng naturally felt it was not appropriate to let Mother Qiu go with them.

Otherwise it would seem like a deliberate frame-up.

So he said, "Song Qiu, you don't have to go."

"Yes." Mother Qiu was a little unhappy, but still stepped back.

Seeing this, Xinyue and Meixiang immediately left quickly to look for something.

After a careful search, Xinyue's face became worse and worse, "It's really lost, the bracelet is really lost!"

"It's something we should have expected. Don't panic!" Meixiang was older and immediately comforted me, "Don't forget what the young lady said when she asked me to help you. After driving Tinglan and the others away from our courtyard, the rest were all well behaved. So what the young lady meant was that the newcomers were not clean, and they were the ones who took care of my brother."

Xinyue also calmed down and nodded, "Yes, we all live together, they did have the opportunity to steal things, and I can't wear the bracelet when I work, and I can't find it if it's lost, but we have no evidence to prove that it was stolen by someone else!"

"If there is no evidence, then we can create evidence and learn their methods!" Meixiang said immediately.

When she said this, Xinyue immediately thought of a solution and took action immediately.

Soon, there was a commotion in the yard.

"Oh no, oh no, Madam, our courtyard has really been robbed!" Xinyue hurried back to the main room, "My bracelet is indeed lost, but not only the bracelet, but also the coral earrings that I rarely wear, and the gilded peacock hairpin, are gone. That was my dowry!"

As she spoke, Xinyue almost cried.

Meixiang also ran in at this time, her face pale and eyes full of anxiety.

"Madam, I have lost something too. It is a jade hairpin with lotus pattern that Madam gave me two days ago, and a pair of gold earrings that my mother made for me. These valuable items are usually locked in the bottom box and never taken out!"

Hearing the two of them arguing, Feng slammed the table and shouted angrily.

"I asked you to find evidence about something being lost. Have you found the bracelet?"

"Mother-in-law, you are still investigating the matter of the bracelet. Are you ignoring the theft in this mansion?" Xu Shuhe stood up and looked down at Feng Shi with full momentum. "One or two of them lost something, which shows that someone stole it. How did the new moon bracelet end up in the hands of Mother Qin? I'm afraid there are other explanations."

Feng's face turned grim for a moment. She didn't expect it to turn out like this.

Xu Shuhe did not give her a chance to speak and continued, "Stealing is a big deal, but stealing something, doing evil, and framing the master is an even bigger crime. Why don't you all go back and look for any valuables you have left behind?"

As soon as she opened her mouth, the maids in Fuyunju, who had already become worried and frightened, ran out in a hurry and checked their personal belongings.

Those things are nothing to the masters, but they are their hard-earned savings.

Suddenly, screams rang out in the yard one after another, and many people shouted that they had lost things, and the yard was immediately in chaos.

Feng's face turned black. "What are you making such a fuss about, Songqiu? Why don't you go and take care of these noisy maids? Today we are investigating the murder of Jun'er. Be quiet!"

As soon as she finished speaking, Xu Shuhe immediately responded in a loud voice.

"What mother-in-law said is true. Brother Jun was murdered in this mansion, which is a murder case. There are many thefts in our courtyard, which is also against the law. Each and every one of them is too horrifying. The mastermind behind the scenes must be caught. Xinyue, you must leave immediately and report to the police!"

(End of this chapter)