The Mu family's master said to Wang Min and Yu Jiao, "Excuse me, please have a cup of tea and sit for a while."
Although Mu Chen felt a little puzzled as to why the couple asked him to go with them to the warehouse to select a thank-you gift for such a small matter, he still followed Madam Mu and left the main hall.
As soon as the two walked out of the yard, Madam Mu told Mu Chen about Wang Min's tampering with Su Qingqing's medicine.
Mu Chen frowned and looked serious.
At this time, the maid who was sent to the kitchen by Madam Mu came over with a clay pot for boiling medicine. She said, "Madam, the medicine residue is still there."
Madam Mu sneered, "It seems that he thinks it is foolproof. No one would have thought that he poisoned Qingqing. He didn't even deal with the drug residue."
Mu Chen's face darkened, and he immediately said, "I'll send someone to report the case to the authorities."
Even if Wang Min was the imperial physician in the palace, what would it matter if he openly poisoned his Mu family? Mu Chen did not intend to let the matter go.
He called his trusted servant and asked him to go to the government office in the capital to report the case.
Before the servant had gone far, the doorman came to report that some runners had come to the door, claiming to be from the government office in the capital, and wanted to arrest a criminal in the mansion.
Mu Chen's face changed slightly. They had not even had time to report the case. Who did the government officials from the capital come to arrest?
"Sir, it was Inspector Zhang who brought people here. They were well-behaved and did not force their way into the mansion. They said they wanted me to inform you. Do you want to go and see them?" said the doorman.
Madam Mu felt a little uneasy, "Master, what trouble have we gotten ourselves into?"
Mu Chen patted her hand soothingly, "I'm going to the front yard to see what's going on. You go back to the yard first."
Madam Mu nodded and watched Mu Chen go to the front yard. She took the maid to the warehouse.
When Mu Chen arrived at the gate of the mansion, Inspector Zhang saw him coming, bowed and saluted, and said with a smile, "Master Mu, I really have official business to attend to, otherwise I would not come to bother you."
Seeing that his words and gestures were very polite, Mu Chen had roughly guessed in his heart that the person the capital wanted to arrest should not have much to do with their Mu Mansion.
"Since it's official business, how can it be considered as a nuisance?" Mu Chen invited Inspector Zhang's men into the mansion, and then said, "I just don't know who Inspector Zhang wants to arrest? Why is he in my house?"
A group of yamen runners followed Inspector Zhang into the Mu Mansion. Inspector Zhang said, "Master Mu, you may not know that the Jingji Yamen handled a case earlier. A body was destroyed in a charity cemetery outside the city, and the person guarding the cemetery fled. Today, our Jingji Yamen received a report that the criminal is now in Master Mu's house."
"How is it possible?" Mu Chen shook his head. "The servants in our mansion have clean backgrounds. They have been in the mansion for many years. It is unlikely that they would be involved in the case of corpse destruction in Yizhuang."
Inspector Zhang lowered his voice and said, "I am not a servant of your house. I heard that your young mistress had a difficult delivery and asked a doctor to come to your house. That doctor was an expert in caesarean section? Did you know that the corpse destroyed in the charity cemetery was the corpse of a pregnant woman? There were marks of knife wounds and sutures on the abdomen of the woman."
Mu Chen's face changed drastically. After hearing this, he understood clearly in his heart that the people from the government office in the capital said that the corpse destruction case in the charity cemetery outside the capital was related to Female Doctor Yu.
Mu Yan had praised Doctor Yu's medical skills many times in the letter and admired her very much. Just now, Doctor Yu saved the lives of Nian Yang's wife and her daughter. Although Mu Chen was shocked, he still subconsciously wanted to protect Yu Jiao.
He said, "Inspector Zhang, is he mistaken? Doctor Yu is a skilled doctor, and she doesn't need to practice with corpses. Besides, how can a weak woman like her dare to go to a place like Yizhuang?"
Inspector Zhang said, "Don't judge a person by appearance. This kind of corpse mutilation case has never happened in our capital before. I have already found out that this female doctor performed a caesarean section on the third wife of the Wu family shortly after the corpse mutilation case in Yizhuang. She is the only one in the capital who has such skills. Who else could be the culprit if not her?"
Seeing how Mu Chen defended the female doctor, he added, "Master Mu, please don't make it difficult for me to do my job. This case has caused panic among the people in the capital, and even rumors of ghosts have emerged. Now that the truth has finally come out, I have to arrest the criminal and bring him to justice to quell the rumors."
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