The patients in the pharmacy were frightened by the scene and moved to the side in panic. The doctor in the clinic also heard the noise and came out.
The face of the shopkeeper of Huichun Hall turned pale as paper in an instant, and the panic and fear in his eyes became more and more obvious, but he quickly calmed down.
As he walked out, he asked in a terrified tone, "Sir, I am terrified. What happened?"
Ke Ming did not answer him immediately. Instead, he looked at the patients in Huichun Hall and said seriously, "Except for Huichun Hall, all irrelevant personnel should go out and wait."
As soon as he finished speaking, the two officers began to politely drive away the irrelevant people.
The patients, as if they had been pardoned, all headed for the door.
The woman who had been chatting with Jiang Yueyang earlier saw her standing there without moving and mistakenly thought that she was frightened.
The woman glanced at Ke Ming, who looked "ferocious", hesitated for a moment, and then walked quickly towards Jiang Yueyang.
She just tugged at Jiang Yueyang's sleeve and said in a low voice, "Girl, don't just stand there like an idiot. Go."
Jiang Yueyang smiled at her and said, "Madam, I am an official appointed by the imperial court. I am here to investigate this case."
The woman let go of her hand in shock. She had never expected that Jiang Yueyang would be an official.
She knew that their Majesty had appointed an extraordinary lady-in-waiting, but she had never seen her and had never expected that she was such a pretty girl.
At this time, an official came over and asked the woman to leave.
After all the strangers had left, Ke Ming looked at the shopkeeper of Huichun Hall and said in a deep voice, "I'm sure the shopkeeper knows something about the recent murder.
Today, we found a hairpin made of aconite at the place where the body was found. We suspect that the murderer accidentally dropped it.
Things like Aconitum are usually only available in major pharmacies and some nobles’ homes, so I’m here to investigate. I hope the shopkeeper will cooperate!"
"I see." The shopkeeper of Huichuntang apologized with a smile, "I, Huichun, will fully cooperate with your investigation."
Ke Ming stared at him sharply, "In that case, please show us the records of the medicinal materials in and out in the past five years."
"Yes, yes, I'll take it right away." The owner of Huichuntang responded and walked back to the counter to get the record book of medicinal materials in and out.
Jiang Yueyang fixed her eyes on the shopkeeper and asked, "May I know your name, shopkeeper?"
"My surname is Shen." Shopkeeper Shen found the medicinal materials record book and handed it to Ke Ming.
Jiang Yueyang looked around at the people present and asked, "Manager Shen, are all the people from Huichuntang here?"
Hearing this, Manager Shen glanced at the people present and nodded in response, “My Lord, they are all here.”
Ke Ming paused while turning the pages, raised his eyes from the record book and looked at Shopkeeper Shen, "I remember you have a daughter..."
As he spoke, he turned his head and looked at the only woman present besides Jiang Yueyang, "Is it her?"
Seeing Ke Ming looking over, Zhou Ruoqiu hurriedly explained, "I am just the doctor in Huichun Hall, not the daughter of the owner."
"Then..." Ke Ming retracted his gaze and looked at Shopkeeper Shen, "Where is your daughter? Please ask her to come out and cooperate with the investigation."
"My daughter went out to buy something this morning and has not returned yet. When she comes back, I will ask her to go to the government to cooperate with the investigation."
Ke Ming nodded, but did not dwell on the question. Instead, he pointed to the notebook and said, "You need to take the records of these medicinal materials back and check them carefully."
"Also, this is a search warrant. We are going to search Huichun Hall." Ke Ming said as he took out a search warrant from his arms.
Jiang Yueyang was a little surprised. She didn't expect Ke Ming to act so quickly and actually get a search warrant.
Shopkeeper Shen's expression changed slightly, and an ugly smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, "Sir, this seems a little inappropriate."
"What's wrong?" Ke Ming pushed the search warrant in his hand closer to him. "I am handling the case with all the necessary procedures. There is nothing wrong with it. Is Manager Shen trying to hinder the work of the government?"
"I dare not, but..."
"It's better if you don't dare!" Ke Ming interrupted him coldly.
He waved his hand, and several officers immediately took action and began to search Huichun Hall.
Outside, the patients who had been kicked out earlier and the people nearby craned their necks curiously to look into the Huichun Hall.
Someone asked, "What happened?"
"I vaguely heard that Huichuntang seemed to be related to the death of the faceless female corpse by the river." Someone replied.
"Really? I just came from Jishiditang, and there are also officials searching there."
"Has Jishiditang also been investigated? I just came from Wanshoutang, which was also investigated. I was thinking of coming here to see a doctor, but I didn't expect..."
"According to what you said, all the major drugstores in the capital have probably been checked. What did you find that you have to search all the drugstores?"
Inside Huichun Hall, Jiang Yueyang walked aimlessly, looking around.
Shopkeeper Shen anxiously chased after the officials, asking them to be gentle and not to dirty the medicinal materials.
Moreover, he found that the officers' searching movements seemed to be looking for secret passages or secret rooms.
At this moment, there was a noise outside. The next second, the King of Yan came in with three officials.
As soon as he came in, he asked, "Jiang Yueyang, how is the search going here? Did you find anything?"
Jiang Yueyang walked over suspiciously, "Your Highness, shouldn't you be in Wanshou Hall?"
"I'll come find you guys after I finish searching."
"So fast?" Jiang Yueyang was slightly surprised.
"Hmm~" Prince Yan dragged out the last syllable with false pride, "The shopkeeper of Wanshou Hall was very cooperative, so it didn't take us much time."
But in fact, Prince Yan knew that Wanshou Hall had nothing to do with the murder case, and wanted to find Jiang Yueyang quickly, so he did a simple search and came here.
Jiang Yueyang had no doubts, "We have just started the search."
At this time, the system asked faintly: [Host, don't you plan to search the backyard? ]
[Go ahead, don’t you have to be as diligent as possible to avoid arousing suspicion from Ke Ming and the others! ]
King Yan: “…”
Ke Ming: “…”
They already knew...
Jiang Yueyang raised an eyebrow at King Yan, "Your Highness, it's a good thing you're here. Let's go search the backyard."
"OK!"
As they spoke, they walked towards the backyard together.
When Shopkeeper Shen heard that they were going to search the backyard, he hurried over to block their way and said, "My Lords, the backyard is where my family lives, and there are no medicinal herbs stored there."
"You said it wasn't stored, so it wasn't stored?" King Yan looked at him sharply, "You are obstructing me like this, do you have something to hide?"
"Your Excellency, I am doing business honestly. All the neighbors have seen it. How could I have any ulterior motives?"
"Then get out of my way!"
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