Chapter 160 - 159: I Am the One Most Suited for Her (Third Update)

Chapter 160: Chapter 159: I Am the One Most Suited for Her (Third Update)

Xiao Yi directly requisitioned the wing room where Mrs. Yu had previously rested. Outside the wing room, there was a small hall. As soon as Xiao Yi sat down in the central position, Wu Youbing walked in with a face full of anxiety and said in a very unfriendly tone, "What do you want to ask me? Anyway, I didn’t kill anyone!"

Xiao Yi ignored his rude attitude, his pair of black eyes fixed on him, "Of course, I know the murderer isn’t Wu Sanlang. I asked Wu Sanlang to come in just to inquire about a few things. Of the servants called in today, six are from Wu Sanlang’s residence, including two long-serving pages by your side, and three of your family’s coachmen. Is that correct?"

"Yes."

Wu Youbing replied irritably. His attitude towards Xiao Yi wasn’t entirely due to being falsely accused. Long before this, from the moment that lowly woman from the Xu Family preferred to run off and chase after this man rather than marry him, he had unilaterally considered Xiao Yi his nemesis.

Xiao Yi raised an eyebrow and said, "Why are there three coachmen? Does Wu Sanlang need three carriages every time he goes out?"

Wu Youbing said, "Of course not. Although we have many carriages and coachmen, I don’t need three carriages every time I go out. It was just on that day six months ago when we went to admire the snow, I brought along a beauty. Beauties are always delicate, so at that time, I rode in one carriage with the beauty, my servants in another, and a third was specifically for the beauty’s clothes, jewelry, and other assorted items like tables and chairs."

This group of people could never bear to suffer, especially in such desolate places, so it’s impossible not to prepare.

Not to mention tables and chairs; even snacks and tea sets for rest must be brought along. To be honest, sometimes one carriage isn’t enough.

Xiao Yi’s eyes flashed as he said, "When you all went to admire the snow, the coachmen should not have stayed with you. Were they waiting by the carriages?"

"Tch, am I such an unreasonable master? I thought that since we were going in to admire the snow, it would take one or two hours, so I told them not to wait in the carriages. If they had the interest, they could wander around as long as they didn’t go too far and get lost."

Xiao Yi gave him a meaningful look, "You really are a good master."

"Of course." Happy to have gained the upper hand in this encounter with his nemesis, Wu Youbing snorted lightly and said, "Only those blind can’t see my good nature."

Hiding behind a screen not far away with Mrs. Yu, Xu Jing couldn’t help but roll her eyes, knowing she was immensely thankful the original owner was "blind."

She would rather have her estranged former husband be Xiao Yi than this libertine.

Following that, Xiao Yi summoned each person inside, including every servant brought in today.

The last one to come in was a coachman from the Marquis Wushun’s residence. He appeared tall and thin, with a long horse-like face, and came in looking just as anxious as the others, appearing somewhat timid due to his own status.

Seated in the main position, Xiao Yi looked at him coldly. Just as the man reached him and was about to kneel in greeting, Xiao Yi suddenly slammed the table, shouting sternly, "Bold murderer! Do you realize your guilt?"

The man’s body trembled violently, and he instinctively knelt to the ground with a thud, loudly exclaiming, "What is Vice Minister Xiao talking about? I, I don’t understand!"

Behind the screen, Xu Jing’s lips curled in a mocking sneer.

Even now, he wishes to deny it.

"Ma Ming, from Chongzhou Xiang County, aged thirty-six, your wife and children died in a flash flood accident over two years ago."

Xiao Yi slowly stated his background, and amid the increasingly terrified look on the man’s face, he coldly said, "A year ago, you became a coachman at the Marquis Wushun’s residence. Over half a year ago, you met Fifth Lady Wang, and since then, not only did you violate Wang Wuniang twice, but you also killed her. Is that correct?"

"Vice Minister Xiao! I am wrongly accused! I did not kill Wang Wuniang..."

"Wang Wuniang has already recorded your crime in her diary, and you still want to deny it!"

Xiao Yi suddenly picked up a notebook and slammed it heavily at Ma Ming’s feet. Ma Ming was momentarily stunned and once again loudly pleaded innocence.

"I... I really didn’t..."

"You think that if Wang Wuniang truly documented what you did in her diary, the officials would not have arrested you for so long."

Xiao Yi’s cold and piercing black eyes stared unblinkingly at Ma Ming, as if seeing through all his filthy thoughts, "This diary was recently found by Wang Wuniang’s mother, Mrs. Yu. Wang Wuniang wrote your crimes clearly and explicitly in it!"