Chapter 958 The Origin of Huli
Lu, Lu Xiangjun?
Young Master Jiang turned to look at Shu Yu in surprise.
If he remembered correctly, a lady-in-waiting was indeed recently conferred the title of "Xiangjun" in Jiangyuan County. This person was exiled to the southwest, but later made a great contribution by inventing a heated pack and received a generous reward from the emperor.
Could this be the person standing right in front of me?
Oh, right, she just said that she left Jiangyuan County last year, so she didn't know about the changes in the black market guards. So that's what she meant.
The others also heard Hu Li's words and looked at Shu Yu in surprise.
So the girl that Young Master Jiang brought is quite something?
She doesn't look like a young lady from a wealthy family at all. What young lady would not scream and run away when she sees a dead body, but would go forward to check it? What young lady would jump into the cellar without saying a word and not even blink when she sees a corpse? What young lady would immediately set off to look for Xiaoya when she hears that she is missing?
Ignoring the curious stares of others, Shu Yu led Hu Li toward the Cui family home while explaining the situation.
Hu Li's expression was serious. "This Tang family is really ruthless. Not only did they kill one person, they also killed a second one. The Wang family also reported the case to the authorities before, but unfortunately they couldn't find them. I didn't expect them to be here."
Shu Yu led him to see Li Xiaoshan's body first. Hu Li and several officers squatted down, looked at it, and then got up and went to the cellar. After lingering down there for a while, they carried Old Cui's body up.
Shu Yu narrowed his eyes, looking at the officers following behind Hu Li.
Normally, it would be expected that four or five constables would arrive after a murder. But the problem is that these people weren't ordinary constables from the county government; instead, they were... Lord Xiang's men.
At least besides Hu Li, there were two other people Shu Yu had seen with Xiang Weinan; they were his confidants.
"What are you looking at?" Hu Li waved his hand in front of her and whispered, "If you look at it any longer, I won't be able to explain it to Young Master Meng later."
Shu Yu couldn't help but roll her eyes. Seeing that no one was around, she lowered her voice and asked, "Why aren't there any constables from the yamen?"
Hu Li sighed; she really couldn't hide it from her.
“Of course there are other things to do. Otherwise, why do you think we arrived so late? Of course, there are constables in the yamen. They can just go out of the city to arrest the person as soon as they hear the report. It was because I heard that the murder case was in this area that I thought I could take this opportunity to come here to investigate other matters. That’s why it took me so long to gather everyone before we set off.”
Shu Yu: "Investigating other matters? What matters?"
This area...
Shu Yu suddenly turned her head and looked in the direction of the black market. Could it be related to the black market?
Hu Li's next words confirmed her guess: "Didn't you just say that the Cui family's granddaughter was found in that forest? I was having a headache because I couldn't find an excuse to go there, but now I do."
Shu Yu couldn't help but swallow hard. Could it be related to that mirror she dealt with again? Were they here to investigate her?
She took a deep breath and asked in a low voice, "What are you going to investigate in that forest?"
"I'll tell you about this later. It's inconvenient with so many people around right now." Hu Li knew that Shu Yu was one of their own. She was the biggest contributor to bringing back that painting from the black market last time.
Shu Yu glanced at Da Niu and Young Master Jiang and the others who were walking towards them, suppressed her doubts, and nodded.
Hu Li then squatted down to continue examining the body.
(End of this chapter)
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