Chapter 523: Investigating the Case

Whether Chu Jinnian pays for the money or not, it doesn’t matter. He has a lot of money anyway, so paying a little won’t make a difference.

As for Zhuang Qingning, his business has always been booming. If he suffers a setback because of this...

Fan Wenxuan's brows suddenly furrowed.

"It's this soap." Jing Zhao didn't notice Fan Wenxuan's low mood, and just spoke excitedly, "I heard from Miss Zhuang that this soap was just made. This is the simplest kind, and many different kinds can be made in the future."

"They say there are soaps with orchid and rose petals, mugwort soaps with mugwort, medicinal soaps with various Chinese medicines, and pearl whitening soaps with pearl powder..."

"There are many names like this. I heard some of them, but there are so many that I can't remember them all. This is all I remember."

Fan Wenxuan's eyes, which had been dim just now, suddenly brightened up.

As expected of Zhuang Qingning, she can even make flowers out of a piece of soap.

If this soap is simple, people will easily look down on it and think it is something used by women in the inner house and cannot be put on the table. But if, as Jing Zhao said, many things are added, there will be a variety of soaps. The flowery and grassy ones are the best. The various medicinal soaps will probably be sought after by those who cultivate their moral character. As for the whitening soap...

Suitable for both men and women!

Fan Wenxuan suddenly understood why Jing Zhao said he wanted to do this business.

Because he is now...

I want to do it together too.

After all, in this world, no one complains about having too much money, not to mention that he is a poor teacher? But at this moment, I am afraid that Chu Jinnian has already negotiated the deal with Zhuang Qingning and will not give him the opportunity to interfere at this time.

What a pity.

However, there is no completely blocked road in this world. If you think of a way, you may be able to find a narrow path through the thorns.

Fan Wenxuan reached out and stroked his beard. ——After lunch, Zhuang Qingning chatted with Chu Jinnian for a while, and then went to see Chu Jinzhou, Zhuang Qingsui and Zhuang Mingli, and played together.

When the sun set, Zhuang Qingning and others prepared to say goodbye and leave.

Chu Jinnian ordered Jing Zhao to drive the carriage and went with him to send Zhuang Qingning and others back home. He watched Zhuang Qingning enter the house with his own eyes before getting on the carriage.

Jing Zhao raised the whip and drove the carriage towards Qingzhu Garden.

"Go to the county government office." Chu Jinnian ordered.

"Sir, are you going to investigate the case?" Jing Zhao's expression suddenly darkened, and he advised, "If you want to investigate the case, it won't be too late to go tomorrow..."

They traveled all night and arrived at Qingzhu Garden at dawn. Chu Jinnian originally planned to take a short rest in the morning and then go to the county government office in the afternoon to inquire about the cases of Ding Gaochang, Xu Zhengping and others. However, he never expected that Zhuang Qingning's visit disrupted his original plan.

Jing Zhao thought that after a whole day of entertaining guests, Chu Jinnian needed to rest and must rest for a night.

"Go to the county government office."

Chu Jinnian put down his hand that had just been lifting the curtain.

There is naturally no reason to say this a third time.

Jing Zhao knew his master's temper, so he stopped trying to persuade him. He pulled the reins, turned the horse around, and headed towards the county town and the county government office.

On the way, they drove the carriage as slowly and steadily as possible so that Chu Jinnian could take a short rest in the carriage.

Because of this, it was already dark when the carriage arrived at the county government office.

Xu Zhengping and Ding Gaochang were surprised and delighted at Chu Jinnian's arrival, and hurriedly knelt down to greet him.

"Please stand up, my lords." Chu Jinnian strode into the county government office and sat down on the upper chair. "There has been no clue to the case of the massacre of the Ma family in Ma Village. The case has been brought to the Ministry of Justice, and the emperor ordered me to come and take a look."

"You two gentlemen, please tell us the general situation of this case."

"Yes." Ding Gaochang bowed and told Chu Jinnian the case of how the entire family of Mr. Ma in Majiazhuang was poisoned to death.

"Hongyu has gone mad, and there is no one who knows about this case anymore. During this period of time, I have been leading people to visit various places to check for people who have a grudge against Mr. Ma's family."

"But after asking around, I found out that Mr. Ma is a kind and generous person, and is quite respected. His wife, Jiang, is also virtuous and admired. His son, Ma Liangcai, has been very smart since he was young, treats people kindly, and is also a diligent and studious person. He just passed the examination and became a scholar. His daughter, Ma Wenqian, is only six years old..."

"This family is all well-behaved and they also impose strict discipline on their servants. It can be said that they have no grudges against others on a daily basis. Even if there are conflicts, they are just trivial matters and they would not have the intention to kill the whole family."

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"Moreover, the poison that Mr. Ma's family was poisoned with was arsenic. The stock in the pharmacy is very small, and the amount of medicine that can poison an entire family to death has not been sold in the surrounding pharmacies. And those who have had disputes with Mr. Ma have not been out for a long time recently, so they can't find anything unusual."

"Originally, I also suspected that it was a robber who was after money, but robbers usually kill directly and would not use such a troublesome method as poisoning. Besides, Mr. Ma's family does not live in a remote area. I guess the poisoning happened around dusk. If it was done by robbers, there would always be some movement."

"So I think that since Mr. Ma's family didn't make any big noise that day, the crime is mostly committed by acquaintances, but..."

But I have no idea who the acquaintance is.

No one seems to be suspicious, and yet everyone seems to be suspicious. Not only is there no substantial evidence, but there is not even a single person who is the most suspicious.

The more Ding Gaochang spoke, the lower his voice became and the more guilty he looked.

"Where is this Hongyu now?" Chu Jinnian interrupted Ding Gaochang.

"Hongyu has gone insane at this time. Since she is the only survivor in this case, I am worried that the murderer will find out and kill her. So I ordered someone to prepare a clean cell for her to stay in temporarily and have the jailer take care of her."

"I have already asked a doctor to come and treat her, but he said that Hongyu was too frightened and too crazy to be cured." Ding Gaochang replied.

"Since Mr. Ma's family was poisoned to death, why is Hongyu fine?" Chu Jinnian frowned, "Have you found out the suspicious points here?"

"Hongyu is crazy, and nothing can be learned from her. I have visited various places and asked around. I learned that on the day when Mr. Ma's family was murdered, Hongyu went to a bakery in town to buy peach cakes. The shop owner said that because Mrs. Ma liked to eat the peach cakes from this shop very much, he asked Hongyu to buy them every few days."

Ding Gaochang replied, "This time, for two consecutive days, Hongyu was asked to buy peach cakes. The shopkeeper also said that when Hongyu was buying peach cakes, she chatted with him for a while and said that after buying peach cakes, she would go to help the lady look for some materials. In the evening, she would also have to go to her parents' home to deliver some things for the lady."

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