"Don't look so bitter and resentful, it doesn't look good!" Gu Xin patted her shoulder and then said, "I'm not stupid, how could I not ask? Since he didn't tell you not to tell me anything, I'll start asking now."

"Please ask, Third Young Master," Zheng Qiu said.

"Among the seventeen members of the Wang family, were the women's deaths at different times than the men's? The men died from poisoning, while the women were stabbed to death, right?" Gu Xin asked.

“Yes.” Zheng Qiu said in surprise, then added, “The man from the Wang family died earlier than the woman. The cause of death has been determined to be poisoning. The poison used was concocted by the murderer himself and was not commonly used. The woman died from excessive blood loss after being stabbed by the murder weapon. The time of death was roughly the same.”

“Xiao Qiu, under what circumstances do you think only the men in the family ate the poison, while the women didn’t? Even if the family eats separately by gender, they would still have some of the same dishes. Besides, the poisoning in the Wang family's house was in the water vat. In addition to the water vat in the kitchen, I also checked the troughs in the pigsty and chicken coop. There was dried solid powder in there too. As for the big yellow dog, I suspect it didn’t die in the middle of the yard, but was poisoned and then moved to the middle of the yard,” Gu Xin said.

Zheng Qiu looked at Gu Xin in surprise.

Aside from the extra curly hair on site, Gu Xin's account was the same as Lord Qin's analysis.

"Xiao Qiu, I also want to know, has Lord Qin suspected anyone? I only went to the scene, and I didn't ask about their relationship with the neighbors, the village, or their relatives. He Qiang said that Wang Liushi has naturally curly hair, and there are people like that on her maternal side as well. I wonder if Lord Qin has already sent someone to ask Wang Liushi's maternal family?" Gu Xin asked again.

“Wang Liu’s family home is far away, in Liangzhou. Wang Dashun used to be a peddler, going from street to street, and Wang Liu came back with him. It is said that she has had very little contact with her family in recent years,” Zheng Qiu replied.

"How did He Qiang know that someone in Wang Liu's family also had naturally curly hair?" Gu Xin asked, taken aback.

"I don't know about that. I was only responsible for the autopsy; the other inquiries were handled by the officials," Zheng Qiu said, shaking his head.

"Was anything found on Wang Siyun's body?" Gu Xin paused, then asked.

“Yes. Wang Siyun’s index fingernail is broken. I guess it broke when she hit something hard during the struggle. There’s something under her fingernail. I guess she pulled on the murderer’s clothes during the struggle. I plan to go to the scene this afternoon to check Wang Siyun’s room.” Zheng Qiu answered truthfully when Gu Xin asked. She didn’t bring up things that Gu Xin didn’t ask about.

Although Gu Xin has a high status, she works for Lord Qin.

"Xiao Qiu, which body is that of the eldest granddaughter-in-law of the Wang family?" Gu Xin suddenly asked.

Zheng Qiu was taken aback, and Gu Xin herself was also stunned after asking the question. Why would she suddenly ask such a question?

However, since she had already asked the question and Zheng Qiu had pointed it out, Gu Xin went over to take a look.

The most horrific death among the Wang family women was that of Wang Siyun, followed by that of the eldest grandson's wife, Wang Zhangshi.

Zheng Qiu had already examined Wang Zhangshi, recorded the results, and dressed her.

"These aren't the clothes she wore when you brought her from the Wang family to the mortuary, are they?" Gu Xin asked, frowning as she looked at the clean clothes.

"Yes. After the autopsy, we changed her clothes. Her original clothes were right next to her." Zheng Qiu walked over, picked up a bag, and said.