After cursing in her heart, Ning Shu continued with what she was doing.
The three of them worked together, so they saved a lot of time. After a simple lunch, they filtered out all the files related to the girls in the opera troupe.
"In two years, out of the 24 girls, 15 died?" When the results came out, Hui Mo frowned in confusion, "How could so many die?"
He checked again. The time of death was: Heaven's Choice Year 23, November 11, Heaven's Choice Year 24, January 6, Heaven's Choice Year 24, April 2, and so on. Except for the high death rate, he couldn't find any pattern. It felt like an accident.
Ning Shu frowned slightly. Her eyes fell on these files for a long time. Then she pursed her lips and said, "I'll have to trouble you two to find me the files of the death records of the maids in the Third Prince's Mansion. I don't need all of them. Just find some for me. "
The two nodded and said, "Yes." They didn't have time to rest and continued to work.
Just now, they flipped through the files and had some impressions. Soon, they gathered a pile of files.
Ning Shu's calm gaze swept past the densely packed words. Her eyes quickly lit up as she read out a few lines, "Look here, on the 27th day of the tenth month of the twenty-third year of Heaven's Selection, maid Cui Lian passed away due to illness.
November 11, Year 23, Year 23, Qin Fang accidentally fell into the water and died.
November 24, Year 23, Year 23, maid Qiao Yue died of an epidemic disease.
December 8, Year 23, Year 23 … "
Hui Mo was still puzzled, but Jiu Si had already seen through the mystery, "Since three years ago, every 13 or 14 days, there will be a maid in the Third Prince's Mansion who died of illness or accidents."
Ning Shu nodded, "The Third Prince's Residence is so big. There are hundreds of servants who serve him. Every year, a dozen or twenty of them die in various accidents. It's not a lot. If they commit a big crime, the master will kill dozens of them in a fit of anger. However, the problem is that the time of death is basically 14 days. Among them, it cleverly avoids important days such as His Majesty's birthday and the Empress Dowager's memorial day. This can't be described as mere coincidence! "
She was so thirsty that she picked up a cup of water from the table and drank it. She continued, "In addition, the death rate of the maids is especially high. I compared the death rate of the maids and the male servants in the same period of time. Seven maids died, but only two servants died. One of them was even older. Just from these data, we can see that the Third Prince's residence is full of mysteries! "
Xiahou Qing threw the unfinished chess piece into the jar and said slowly, "If too many people die at once, it will inevitably attract unnecessary attention and some speculations. So he arranged a reasonable cause of death for everyone in advance, as well as the time of death."
Hui Mo finally understood the mystery of the date and asked, "But, even if he arranged the time in advance, what if too many people died at once? Stay in the mansion and let it stink? "
Ning Shu shook her head and said, "Don't forget, it is the Third Prince's Mansion. There must be an ice cellar. After people die, they will be pulled into the ice cellar. After a few days, it is not difficult to move them out of the ice cellar and bury them. Moreover, before people die, he can send them out of the mansion in advance with some excuse. After a few days, he can report to the Ministry of Revenue. After people die, they will be buried in the soil. In the end, who will know who died and when they died? Even if the relatives of individual maids raise doubts, the people who can sell their daughters once will naturally sell them a second time for gold and silver! "
Many women from poor families, if they can be chosen to work in the Third Prince's Mansion, they should burn incense. But who knows that the magnificent palace is actually a demon's den that eats people?
Just thinking about it made people feel cold all over.
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