Chapter 31
"Pass down my order. No one on this ship is allowed to leave without my order. Whoever leaves by force will be killed without mercy ~"
Pang Yu turned around and gave Gao Baoshen an order before squatting down to look at the red-clothed woman.
"Where's the Madame? Come here, I have something to ask you."
When the Madame came over, Pang Yu asked,""What's the victim's name?"
"Replying to Lord Marquis, she is called Xiao Cui and is the personal maid of our Xi Lian. She didn't know who was the one who poisoned her to death.”
The brothel madame said with a worried look. Pang Yu didn't care much about that. He walked into the kitchen and searched the kitchen. Suddenly, his gaze locked onto a cupboard.
There was a bowl in the cupboard that was covered in water droplets, as if it had just been washed. This was a sharp contrast to the other bowls. The other bowls had obviously been washed for a while, and there were no more water droplets on them.
Pang Yu picked up the bowl and looked at it for a few seconds. Then, he turned his gaze to the stove. There were two washing basins beside the stove, and the stove was also covered in water. There was also a small ceramic soup pot squatting on top of a stove.
Pang Yu walked over and opened it to take a look. He found that there was bird's nest stewed inside. This should be the bird's nest that the customers wanted to eat. Pang Yu looked at it and sniffed it, his eyes turned to the Madame and said,""I want to ask you a few questions. Do you know who this maid, Xiao Cui, usually has conflicts with?”
"This Little Cui is usually quite quiet. She doesn't have any grudges with anyone.”
The Madame thought for a moment and said.
"Are you sure?"
"Lord Marquis, how would I dare to lie to you about this matter? It's really like this.”
Pang Yu nodded after hearing that and said again,""What kind of hobbies does Little Cui usually have?”
"Xiao Cui doesn't usually have any hobbies. In terms of preference, it was greed. She liked to eat the leftover roast chicken and other things the most. She didn't have any other hobbies.”
The Madame thought for a moment and said.
"Alright, all of you, come here ~"
At this moment, Pang Yu looked at the people from Wen Mo Xuan and beckoned them over.
"Lord Marquis, can you let me go in and release this?"“
At this moment, the woman who had bumped into the Imperial Guards soldier spat out her tongue and raised the tray in her hand.
"You haven't released it yet?"
Pang Yu asked with a smile.
"It was too chaotic just now. I couldn't enter.”
As she spoke, she stuck out her tongue, looking very cute.
"Alright, go in and put it down first ~"
Pang Yu smiled and shook his head. This woman was obviously a maid of a brothel. This kind of woman was usually bought by the brothel to serve the top courtesans and courtesans. They were usually courtesans, and their looks were not bad.
Some customers would ask these maids to serve them if they wanted to be prostitutes. If the maids were not prostitutes, they would either be sold to small brothels to earn money or take the low-end route. In short, it would be difficult to leave after entering the brothel.
And those who were still serving people were basically prostitutes.
"Ah ~"
When the woman walked past Pang Yu, she accidentally tripped. Fortunately, Zhan Zhao had to help her up, or she would have fallen.
"What a careless little girl. She was impatient just now, and she's still impatient now. The kitchen was right here, what was the rush?”
Pang Yu said with a smile.
The woman placed the tray down before coming out and whispering,""When I was sending the bird's nest, the Prince of Qinghe was so anxious that I couldn't do anything. As soon as he sent it over, he heard that it was a dead person. I wanted to watch the show, so I became a little anxious.”
"Qinghe County Prince?"
Pang Yu's mouth twitched when he heard this. This fellow had also come, but it was normal. This fellow was also a profligate son. He already had a few concubines at home, yet he was still out looking for women.
"Let me ask you, who found Xiao Cui's body?”
Pang Yu looked at them and said.
"Replying to Lord Marquis, it's a commoner. After breakfast, the commoner went to the bottom of the boat to get some ingredients to make the pastries for the morning. When he came back with the ingredients, he found Xiao Cui dead here.”
This guy was wearing an apron. He was the chef of Wen Mo Xuan.
"Let me ask you, other than you leaving the kitchen to get ingredients, when else have you left?”
"Replying to Lord Marquis, this lowly one only leaves when he is taking ingredients. He eats breakfast in this kitchen.”
Chef replied.
"What a bold and unruly person. You're the one who poisoned Xiao Cui, right? You're a chef and you've always been in the kitchen. You have the best chance.”
At this moment, Gao Baoshen suddenly shouted at the chef in realization.
" Lord Marquis, you are very observant. I really am not a commoner. Even if you gave me the guts of the heavens, this commoner would not dare to poison you."
Chef immediately knelt down. If he were to be charged with murder, there would be no end to it.
" Get up! Shut up! Chef poisoned you! You even thought of that!"
Pang Yu rolled his eyes. This chef was the least likely to poison someone.
"Let me ask you, when did you go to the bottom of the cabin to get the ingredients?”
Pang Yu asked again.
"Replying to Lord Marquis, this commoner went to the bottom of the cabin to get the ingredients about an incense stick of time ago.”
Chef said after thinking for a moment.
"An incense stick worth of time?"
Pang Yu nodded thoughtfully. In ancient times, an incense stick was worth 25 minutes, which was about 30 minutes. He looked at the time Little Cui had been outside the boat. It had been a little more than the time it takes an incense stick to burn.
"Where were all of you five minutes ago? Who can testify? Answer me."
Pang Yu asked.
"Lord Marquis, this lowly one had just finished breakfast with a group of brothers and was on the deck outside. They can all testify.”
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The guards and servants said. They were all outside, and many people could prove this for them. Moreover, they did not enter the kitchen, so they naturally could not poison them. His gaze swept past them and turned to the maidservants.
These maids were the people who had entered the kitchen the most and were also the most suspicious.
"Lord Marquis, an incense stick of time ago, I was delivering breakfast to Young Master Qian. He can testify for me. If you don't believe me, you can ask him. I only urged me because the Qinghe Commandery Prince saw the swallow's nest I gave Young Master Qian. I was even scolded by the Prince of Qinghe.”
The girl who was careless looked at Yang Qing and said quickly to prove herself. Pang Yu nodded and looked at the other maids. They were also busy delivering food to the silkpants on the ship and could even find witnesses.
This made Pang Yu frown. He was thinking, among these people, other than the guards, who else could be trusted? Who was telling the truth? Who said it was fake?
His gaze swept across the top ladies and courtesans of Wen Mo Xuan, and his brows furrowed. He looked at Xiao Cui, who had fallen to the ground, and suddenly turned his head to the courtesans of Wen Mo Xuan, Miss Xi Lian.
"Miss Xi Lian, please tell me, where were you five minutes ago? What are you doing?"
He thought of a problem. If he wanted to poison Xiao Cui, he had to know when Xiao Cui would enter the kitchen. Xiao Cui was obviously a gluttonous girl, so she was greedy.
Xiao Cui was the personal maid of Xi Lian, the top courtesan. If there was anyone who knew when Xiao Cui would go to the kitchen, it would probably be Xi Lian. Otherwise, no one would know when Xiao Cui entered the kitchen.
These maids had been busy delivering food to the silkpants, so they didn't have the time to pay attention to this. If Pang Yu's guess was right, Little Cui was eating bird's nest. From what he had seen before, Xiao Cui was gluttonous. She was also very careful when she stole food. She was afraid of being discovered by others. It would be difficult for these maids to discover her.
If that was the case, then it could only be this Courtesan Belle, Xi Lian. Otherwise, it would not be so easy for others to poison Xiao Cui in this kitchen. What if the poisoned bird's nest was hurriedly sent to the silkpants by the maid? Those silkpants were either rich or noble. How could they afford to offend them?
"Lord Marquis, I didn't poison her ~ It really wasn't me ~ Little Cui and I are like sisters, how could I poison her?”
Xi Lian was so anxious that he was about to cry. He looked at Pang Yu and shook his head.
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