Chapter 70 Someone's Dead
"That woman just now was so strange." Song Weiwei said while sitting on the ox cart.
"Oh?" Xu Miaomiao asked doubtfully: "Weiwei, what do you think is strange about her?"
"Hmm..." Song Weiwei thought for a long time before saying, "How can a normal person not hold an umbrella in such heavy rain? Besides, she hesitated for a long time and couldn't say anything."
"I think, Weiwei, your hearing is not good and you didn't hear it." Gu Yuanniang teased Song Weiwei while driving the ox cart.
Xu Miaomiao remained silent, but the woman was surprised. Everyone’s experiences were different. Maybe she had experienced something bad. Xu Miaomiao didn’t think much about it before she came to her senses.
"Mom, you're back."
Erbao hugged Xu Miaomiao and spoke coquettishly. Xu Miaomiao felt warm in her heart as she hugged the little girl's soft body. In this kind of weather, she should hug her little stove and have a good sleep in bed. It would be even better if this little guy would not snatch the quilt from her.
"Brother, what are you doing?"
As soon as Song Weiwei entered the room, she saw Song Wushao quickly picking up something, which seemed to be a handkerchief, but she didn't see it clearly: "What did you hide?"
Song Weiwei was about to reach out to grab it, but Song Wushao stopped her: "Eat."
As soon as these two words came out, Song Weiwei clearly felt that her brother was not in a very good mood, and immediately sat down obediently.
The dishes on the table were simple, two plates of vegetables, some chicken and stir-fried rabbit.
As soon as Xu Miaomiao packed up her things and entered the house, she saw a table full of delicious food. What was going on? Was it the meal cooked by the big boss?
Xu Miaomiao was a little surprised. She knew that Song Wushao could cook, but she didn't expect a man could cook so deliciously.
Song Wu Shao heaved a sigh of relief when he saw the woman eating with relish. This way he could make up for taking her handkerchief.
The next day, Xu Miaomiao took the cotton to the agreed place at the market to sell it. When she passed by the silk shop, she went in to take a look.
"Oh, Manager Xu, long time no see." The man bowed to Xu Miaomiao.
Xu Miaomiao replied for a moment before speaking: "I happened to pass by and came to see if everything is operating normally here."
"Boss Xu, rest assured, I will be able to run this store well with me here."
Xu Miaomiao nodded and greeted the man in front of her politely.
"Hey? Madam Xu, why are you still here?" A boss of a silk shop who was passing by saw Xu Miaomiao and asked.
"What do you mean, old man? Did something happen?"
She always had a bad feeling these days, especially after meeting the woman yesterday.
"Someone died in your store." The old man stood there and recalled, "It was in that department store. A woman died. Magistrate Hu arrested all the people in your store and brought them to court. Many people saw it."
Xu Miaomiao was shocked. She didn't have time to say anything. She just said thank you and rushed to the government office. A woman died? Could she be the one who came to buy the Lion Cake yesterday afternoon?
A bad premonition began to develop in Xu Miaomiao's heart. She pushed through the crowded crowd and saw Song Weiwei sitting in the court crying. Xu Guo was held down by two yamen runners, and Gu Yuanniang was pressed to the ground. The yamen runner picked up a wooden stick and was about to hit her.
"stop!"
Just as the stick was about to fall, Xu Miaomiao rushed forward and took the heavy blow for Gu Yuanniang.
The imagined pain did not come. Gu Yuanniang raised her head and saw Xu Miaomiao standing in front of her. The wooden stick hit Xu Miaomiao's back hard: "Miaomiao!"
Xu Miaomiao groaned, then came to her senses, and endured the pain in her skin as she knelt down and saluted the county magistrate.
"Who is in the hall?"
"My Lord." Xu Miaomiao responded, "The owner of the department store, Xu Miaomiao."
"Xu Miaomiao?" The man looked at the woman curiously. He had heard that she was the one who cured the plague, but he didn't expect that it was this kind of woman who was pretty good-looking.
Hu Chong muttered to himself, looking around Xu Miaomiao wantonly, making Xu Miaomiao very unhappy.
"Your Excellency is trying the case."
The yamen runner beside him whispered in the man's ear, and Hu Chong finally reacted: "Ahem, Xu Miaomiao, do you admit your guilt?"
"I don't know what crime I have committed."
"You're still talking!" Suddenly a man rushed out from the side and looked at Xu Miaomiao with his eyes wide open: "You're the one who killed my wife?"
Xu Miaomiao looked at the man with doubt in her heart and asked, "I don't even know your wife, how can I harm her?"
"Ahem." The man on the stage suddenly coughed twice and looked at Xu Miaomiao and said, "Everyone said that it was raining yesterday, and they saw his wife Xie Ziqi buy a box of Lion Cake from your place yesterday. After eating it, she fainted on the street. When she was found the next day, her body was already cold."
"It's you. Give me back my wife's life." The man shouted and was about to step forward, but fortunately he was stopped by a yamen runner nearby.
"Even if you ate my food, it doesn't prove that there is something wrong with my food." Xu Miaomiao defended herself, "Without solid evidence, why would you lynch the rest of our family?"
"How dare you! How can you yell like that in the court?"
Hu Chong scolded and looked at Xu Miaomiao with dissatisfaction: "Then what do you say we should do? There is no coroner in our small county government. All we know now is that the woman died because she ate your food."
"Your Excellency, Miaomiao is a doctor. Miaomiao is willing to perform an autopsy to find the real culprit."
"Really?" Hu Chong's eyes were suddenly filled with hope. He had only been in office for a few days when a murder occurred. He was already worried that he would have no place to shirk responsibility, and now that Xu Miaomiao jumped out on her own, he couldn't be blamed.
"No, sir." The man at the side refused and said, "Xu Miaomiao is already a suspect. If you ask her to do an autopsy, you are just inviting a wolf into the house."
As he said this, he burst into tears and began to complain to the people outside: "My poor wife, how could you die so tragically? Now no one is seeking justice for you."
"Enough!" Hu Chong looked at the man angrily. "It is not the turn of others to question what I have decided. I will leave this matter to Xu Miaomiao to handle."
Xu Miaomiao bowed and said, "Thank you, sir."
"But don't think that this matter has nothing to do with you." Hu Chong looked at the woman and responded, "I will give you three days. If you don't find the result within three days, I'm sorry, Madam Xu. I can only punish you."
Xu Miaomiao responded aloud, but she didn't notice that the man next to her had his eyes lowered, looking thoughtful.
"Miao Miao, are you okay?"
Gu Yuanniang anxiously helped Xu Miaomiao up.
There was a pain in his back, and he patted Gu Yuanniang's hand comfortingly: "Don't worry, it's just a minor injury."
Song Weiwei had never seen such a scene before and was frightened to the point of fainting. She was carried back by Xuguo.
(End of this chapter)
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