Chapter 509: Important Matters

Hongyu's uncle said that just two days ago, Hongyu came to the door. She looked nervous and didn't say anything when asked. Her uncle and aunt kept asking her, but she hid in the house and refused to come out. When they asked a few more questions, Hongyu started screaming wildly in the house. The two of them were worried and kicked the door open. Hongyu was already smiling and making a fuss.

He didn't understand what had happened, but his own niece had become like this. His sister had passed away early, leaving behind only a brother-in-law who was addicted to gambling and sold his daughter. No one knew where he had gone. Given his brother-in-law's personality, he would definitely not care about Hongyu's life or death. So Hongyu's uncle temporarily kept Hongyu at home and took care of her food and drink.

Fortunately, although Hongyu looked stupid, she was not crazy and did not hurt anyone. She just smiled foolishly, called everyone "dad and mom", and put everything she saw into her mouth.

After Ding Gaochang knew this situation, he could only bring Hongyu back temporarily, find a place for her to live, and let the female jailer look after her for a while to see if he could get anything out of her.

But Hongyu seemed to be really stupid. She smiled in prison every day and often babbled something. If the jailer had not been quick enough to catch a mouse that day, Hongyu would have stuffed the mouse into her mouth.

Ding Gaochang saw that he couldn't get anything out of Hongyu, so he could only start investigating who Ma Yuanwai's family had contact with before they were wiped out, what they said, what they did, and who came in and out...

But doing so is like looking for a needle in a haystack.

Mr. Ma has always been kind and generous, and has a good reputation among the people around him. During that period, Mr. Ma's only son was about to get married, and the wedding was scheduled for the 26th day of the twelfth lunar month. The family was renovating and decorating the new house, and was shopping everywhere for things needed for the wedding. It can be said that there were people coming and going.

Moreover, as the year draws to a close, petty thefts increase. It is also possible that some big-name thieves, seeing that Mr. Ma's family is quite wealthy, may want to rob them of their money and kill them.

There were indeed signs that Mr. Ma's house had been ransacked, but no gold or silver was found in the house. As for how much was lost, no one knows now.

Ding Gaochang's mind was in a mess. He held his forehead and sighed, drank the cold tea in the cup, called Zhang Lin and Shen Quan, and told them to go out with him.

"Sir, are we still going to investigate Mr. Ma's case today?" Zhang Lin stuffed a piece of dry biscuit into his arms.

If I go out at this time, I don't know when I will be back, and I'm afraid I won't have dinner. I'd better bring some dry food with me so that Ding Gaochang can have something to eat when the time comes.

"Yeah." Ding Gaochang nodded.

"But we are just like headless flies, wandering around everywhere..." Shen Quan frowned in frustration as he prepared the water bag.

This state of working hard for a long time but getting no results is really depressing. It feels like hitting cotton with a fist and you just don't have the energy to do anything.

"We have to investigate even if we don't have any clues. So many people have died, we have to find the murderer." Ding Gaochang said, "Even if we can't find anything right now, we have to do it. Ask around, take a look, it's better to be busy than to do nothing."

"I have already told Lord Xu about this matter, and Lord Xu has reported it. Let's see if we can give him more time or send us a capable person."

"This year, don't even think about having a stable life..."

The current government has regulations that ordinary injury cases must be closed within one month, murder cases must be closed within two months, and suspicious and major cases like this one have three months. However, now that nearly a month has passed, there is still no clue. It is basically impossible to close the case within three months.

When Zhang Lin and Shen Quan heard Ding Gaochang say this, a layer of gloom covered their faces.

"Okay, let's stop talking so depressingly. Cheer up and do what needs to be done. Who knows, there might be a clue soon. As long as there is a clue, the rest will be a matter of following the clues."

Ding Gaochang grinned and said, "You have all worked hard recently. I will give each of you a big red envelope as a reward during the Chinese New Year."

"That's not necessary." Shen Quan touched the back of his head, "When will Lord Ding help us find a few more good girls so that we can get married sooner?"

"I knew you were thinking about this!" Ding Gaochang cursed with a bad smile, but the smile on his face did not diminish at all. He just said, "Okay, hurry up and prepare the car. Let's go quickly and come back as soon as possible."

"Okay!" Shen Quan picked up his weapons and followed Ding Gaochang out of the county government office together with Zhang Lin.

It’s a rare sunny day in winter, and the sun makes people feel warm.

As the year draws to a close, most people come to buy New Year's goods, and the streets of the county town are bustling with people.

Feng Yongfu wiped the sweat from his forehead due to the continuous walk, and rested against the wall. When he saw the gate of the county government in front of him, he grinned, and most of the fatigue from the walk disappeared. He took two quick steps to the front.

"Uncle." The yamen runner at the door stopped him, "What's the matter?"

"Please give the officer a message and tell him that I'm the head of Fengjiazhuang, Feng Yongfu, and I want to meet Lord Ding." Feng Yongfu said with a smile on his face.

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"That's really unfortunate. Li Zheng Feng came at the wrong time. Lord Ding just went out to investigate a case." The yamen runner answered truthfully, "He just left, just as we were walking."

Out to investigate the case? The light in Feng Yongfu's eyes dimmed suddenly. After thinking for a while, he said, "Then I will wait for Master Ding here for a while?"

"Li Zheng Feng should come another day. The case that Lord Ding is investigating is a very important one. It's hard to say whether he will come back today. Even if he does, it will probably be evening. Li Zheng Feng is waiting here. Doesn't that mean he will have to wait until midnight?"

The yamen runner advised, "If Li Zheng Feng has nothing important to do, just wait until Lord Ding finishes investigating the case before coming back. If you have something important to do, just tell me, and I will pass on the message for Li Zheng Feng when Lord Ding comes back."

"It's important, it's important, this matter is very important." Feng Yongfu said hurriedly, "But this matter cannot be spread, it's better for me to talk to Lord Ding in person."

It is indeed important.

When Zhuang Qingning, Shi Bao and others left that day, Feng Yongfu was quite angry and a little worried that the workshop might fail.

But thinking that this matter was personally spoken by Ding Gaochang, and that no matter how powerful Zhuang Qingning was, he was just a businessman and would not dare to disobey Ding Gaochang's wishes, he did nothing and did not have to worry about anything. He just had to sit at home and wait for Zhuang Qingning to come to him in disgrace.

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