Chapter 299: The Case of the Sixth Granny (Part 1)

Logically speaking, the fact that Shen Yuan was pregnant should have been told to Princess Kang Le and her husband as soon as possible, but after the two left the capital, they had been the only ones to send letters to the capital, and they could not be found at all if letters were sent out of the capital. However, it was already November now, and in at most another month, they should return to the capital to celebrate the New Year.

Before Mrs. Shen set out from Qianzhou to return to the capital, she also wrote a letter saying that she had set out. Calculating the days, she should be arriving in the capital soon.

That night, Shen Yuan and Xie Hui returned home together. After finishing their meal, Shen Yuan said to his brother and sister-in-law, "Brother, sister-in-law, I have something to tell you."

Although most of the time, pregnancy would not be disclosed before the third month, but now they are Shen Yuan's closest people at home, so she feels that there is nothing that cannot be said.

"Brother, sister-in-law, you are going to be uncle and aunt again."

When the two heard this, they reacted immediately.

Shen Su immediately asked: "When did it happen? How old are you?"

He Ying asked, "Are you feeling unwell? Are you having morning sickness?"

Shen Yuan smiled and answered them one by one: "I just found out today. It's only been a month now. I don't feel any discomfort and I don't have morning sickness."

Shen Yuan felt that the reason he vomited when he went to the morgue was probably because he was really fume-smelling. When he ate these things tonight, none of them made him feel disgusted.

"Manman, why don't you and your brother-in-law stay at home tonight? Your sister-in-law has a lot of things to tell you." He Ying thought that now that Manman was just conceived, there were many things to pay attention to, and it was a good opportunity for her to tell Manman about them.

Shen Yuan quickly nodded in agreement, and Xie Hui even stood up to thank He Ying, "Thank you, sister-in-law."

"What's there to thank for that?"

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The next day, Shen Yuan went to the Dali Temple with her father to report for duty. There was another case waiting for them.

But now, the identity of the victim has not been confirmed, and the autopsy has revealed no other clues except that the deceased had a heart disease. Shen Yun even personally led people to the place where the body was found and conducted a thorough investigation, but still found nothing.

In cases like this, if no evidence is found after a period of time that the deceased was murdered, the deceased will be considered to have died in an accident. After all, it is not uncommon for elderly people to die of heart disease.

However, there were still some doubts in this case. How could an old lady with gray hair appear in the mountains in the middle of winter? Therefore, Shen Yun's many years of experience in the Dali Temple told him that this case should not be that simple.

Not only did they post the portrait in the city, the detectives from the Dali Temple also took the portrait to various villages and towns near the capital to inquire. They did this until the fourth day after the body was found, when they finally received news about the identity of the corpse.

This old lady is from Zhaojiatang, not far from Yunyan Mountain. Everyone in the village calls her Liupo. Liupo has no family. It is said that her husband had an affair with a woman from another place in his early years and never came back. Now no one knows whether he is dead or alive. Liupo originally had a daughter, but she died in dystocia not long after the marriage. Since then, Liupo has lived alone in Zhaojiatang.

The villagers thought she was pitiful and would help her from time to time, but after all, she was not their relative. The villagers themselves were busy with a lot of farm work, so the help was only occasional. In the early years, when the sixth wife was not so old, she grew her own crops. It is not too strenuous to support oneself, but it becomes more difficult as one gets older.

People from the Dali Temple also asked the villagers of Zhaojiatang if they knew that Liupo had a heart disease, but many people said they had not noticed it, not to mention that many people had no idea what the symptoms of a heart disease would be.

"I have seen people who are out of breath, but isn't that what happens to all people when they get old? If an older person does farm work for a while, won't he be out of breath?"

The people from the Dali Temple had looked inside and outside Liu Po's house, but who would harm an old lady who was penniless and had no enemies?

"When the coroner performed the autopsy, didn't he say that Liu Po ​​had some old wounds on her body? What if we start investigating from this place? Will we find anything new?"

Recently, the provincial governments below have sent us several cases that need to be reviewed. Most of the staff of the Dali Temple are doing this work. This year's affairs will end this year, and it is already November. These cases must be reviewed as soon as possible. The Dazhao Law stipulates that cases of exile and above must be submitted to the Dali Temple for review and approval before they can be established. Death penalty sentences are treated with extreme caution. Therefore, the Dali Temple's review is not casual.

Shen Yuan was in charge of Liu Po's case from the beginning, and she is still handling the case now. During the initial autopsy, the coroner mentioned that Liu Po ​​had injuries on her body, and they did not seem to be caused by herself.

Because of this, Shen Yuan specifically asked someone to ask the villagers of Zhaojiatang whether anyone bullied Liu Po ​​in the village or other places on a daily basis.

I didn't expect that asking this question would actually reveal something.

Someone in the village secretly told the people from the Dali Temple that there were a few half-grown children in their village who were very naughty. They often played tricks on Liu Po, occasionally smashing her windows, throwing stones at Liu Po's chickens, and so on.

"We have seen them a few times before. To be honest, these kids are really annoying. Last time, a kid caught my cat and burned off the fur on its tail. But those families are used to it. If someone in the village gets hurt, they can only blame themselves."

More than one family said this, but they all spoke in a low voice and asked the people from the Dali Temple not to tell anyone about it or what they said. This shows the difficulties faced by those families, and everyone in the village is still worried.

"About three months ago, Grandma Liu brought her chicken to Zhao Zhicai's house. His eldest son was the naughtiest boy in the village. Grandma Liu said that he brought a few boys to kill her chicken, but Zhao Zhicai said that it was Grandma Liu who killed the chicken and tricked his family... No one in our village was willing to confront Zhao Zhicai's family. Later, seeing that Grandma Liu was really pitiful, a few families pooled some money and bought Grandma Liu a laying hen to send to her. This is all we can do."

The villager who was speaking felt very guilty when talking about this matter. When Liu Po ​​was bullied by Zhao Zhicai, the villagers did not stand up to help her.

"Sixth Grandma is really a good person. Even when her life was so hard, she still gave eggs to our daughter Niu Niu." After the tall man said this, he suddenly lowered his head and covered his head and cried, as if he regretted why he did not stand up to help Sixth Grandma when she needed it the most.

Shen Yuan planned to "interrogate" the guys mentioned by the villagers next, but Shen Yun decided to take people to the village himself.

"Don't go. People like this are not easy to deal with. It would be bad if they get into trouble and hurt you again. If necessary, I will bring them back to the Dali Temple and you can come and question them then."