Gu Xin didn't speak. She looked around the room. The things in the room were tidy and didn't seem to have been ransacked. Since she was only staying for one day, there were relatively few things in the room.
Unlike the room where Fatty Wang's wife and child had so many things, children do need more things when they go out than adults.
Lord Xu sighed from the side, "Alas! How could Old Wang..."
Nothing much happened in the other rooms, but when they got to Lord Wang's room, Lord Xu's mood clearly dropped.
He truly regarded Lord Wang as a good friend. The two were not only superior and subordinate, but also classmates. They took the imperial examination at the same time, passed the exam at the same time, and were then assigned to different places to serve as officials. Lord Xu arrived in Tongzhou two years earlier than Lord Wang. How happy he was when he learned that Lord Wang had been transferred here!
During the six years that Lord Wang spent in Tongzhou, the two worked together very well and were extremely efficient. As a result, they often had time to chat, drink wine, compose poetry, and talk about everything under the sun.
For six whole years, if we were to say who was the most heartbroken when Lord Wang got into trouble, that would be without a doubt. But apart from his son, Fatty Wang, the most heartbroken person was his friend, Lord Xu.
Gu Xin hadn't expected that Lord Xu had such deep feelings for Lord Wang. She preferred people who valued loyalty and righteousness. She glanced at Lord Xu and asked, "Lord Xu, does the Wang family have any enemies?"
Lord Xu shook his head: "Lord Wang is an honest and upright official who always puts the people first. Unless someone commits a serious offense and comes to the yamen, he never severely punishes them. In the hearts of the people, Lord Wang is a good official, and in the hearts of us lower officials, he is a good superior. The Wang family is wealthy because Madam Wang's family is wealthy; Madam Wang's dowry is among the largest in the entire Great Zhou Dynasty. Although Old Madam Wang and Madam Wang dote on their child, Shoucheng would never do anything against principle, nor would he oppress the people. Therefore, the Wang family doesn't seem to have any enemies."
Gu Xin nodded; she had noticed that. Wang Pangzi's problems were his lack of ambition, his womanizing, and his indulgence by his family. If Wang Pangzi were a truly unreasonable playboy, Gu Xin would have dealt with him long ago.
After thinking for a moment, she asked again, "Lord Xu, do you know anything about Hao-ge'er's mother? For example, her family background?"
Of all the places, only Wang Pangzi's wife's house was ransacked, and she had the most wounds on her body. It always made people feel that the murderer was targeting her, but we couldn't be completely sure and needed to find out more.
Lord Xu was taken aback, then said, "I don't know much about Hao'er's mother, but I do know about her family. Back then, the Old Madam and Madam Wang took a liking to Hao'er's mother and even had my wife propose marriage to the Chen family. Hao'er's mother's family is in Tongzhou Prefecture, and they are in the ceramics business. Hao'er's mother is the eldest daughter in the family, and she has two younger brothers. Because her mother died early and her father did not remarry, Hao'er's mother manages all the affairs of the family. At such a young age, she can manage the family in an orderly manner and take good care of her two younger brothers, allowing their father to do business with peace of mind. The family is not a very wealthy merchant family, just moderately wealthy, but for ordinary people, their life is quite good. Now, the Chen family's two sons, one follows their father on business trips, and the other is studying at school."
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