Chapter 41: Mother is so smart
Chapter 41 Mother is so smart
Chu Nanzhi also saw what County Magistrate Hu was thinking.
Fortunately, the case was cleared up in such a short period of time, so Li Ce didn't have to stay stuck at home thinking about his mistakes, and he also gave County Magistrate Hu an explanation.
It doesn't matter whether he is satisfied or not.
Anyway, she only promised to help find someone, not whether she was dead or alive.
Looking at the frowning Hu Maoxi, Chu Nanzhi comforted him first:
"Now that Mr. Xiao Lang's body has been found and he has escaped Mr. Zhao's entanglement, your lord should be happy. Why do you have to put on a sour face? Rewarding money is small, but the official voice is big."
Seeing through her mind, Hu Maoxi looked a little embarrassed.
But after thinking about it, the woman's reminder was reasonable. After sorting out the case, and waiting for the arrival of Lord Duyou, it would not be difficult for him to get a promotion based on the two cases he had uncovered.
His face gradually regained its luster, and he pondered: "Miss Chu said that the body of Xiao Langjun has been found now, but this is the murderer who killed Xiao Langjun?"
Hesitating for a moment, he held a skeptical attitude: "Could it really be this Yu Shi?"
"Does your lord think there are other suspicious candidates?"
Chu Nanzhi smiled.
Yu Shi's suspicion is a certainty, but she is still a little confused about Zhao Erlang's role.
"Um."
Hu Maoxi hesitated, and nodded slowly while thinking.
"The next official saw that the young man was drenched and smelled like bamboo vinegar. Even the nurse who went down to the well was soaked in bamboo vinegar from the knees down. I'm afraid he poured a lot of it into the well. Bamboo vinegar, if Mrs. Yu just wanted to clean up the former residence of his deceased mother, why would he pour a huge amount of bamboo vinegar into the dry well? As Mrs. Chu said, insect repellent is fake, but covering up the smell of corpses is real."
Sun Xiancheng analyzed it carefully, with a face full of conviction, he looked at Chu Nanzhi with admiration.
"Master Xian Cheng is exceptionally smart today."
Chu Nanzhi suddenly admired the old man with the mustache.
This time he actually saw the facts before the county magistrate.
Hu Maoxi also nodded towards the county magistrate for the first time, and said with satisfaction: "Not only that, but also very decisive. I am afraid that this official will look at you with admiration."
"Your honor is too high."
Sun Xiancheng said timidly and humbly, and then gave birth to some fear: "It's just that the subordinate officials kicked down the gate of the Taigong's house on their own initiative before notifying the adults, and I ask the adults to punish them."
"When investigating a case, sometimes you should act decisively."
Speaking of this, Hu Maoxi couldn't help but look closely at the pair of flexible beads at Chu Nanzhi, and said with a smile:
"I admire Mrs. Chu more and more now. I don't know how she thought that this would be a murder case. You must know that the entire county government and even the Zhao family have believed that Mr. Xiaolang was kidnapped for a few days. .”
"Because my aunt is smarter than you."
Little Four Treasures smiled foolishly with his sparkling eyes.
She likes this bad woman so much, she is kind and powerful.
And hearing the little guy call mother, Chu Nanzhi's whole heart couldn't help trembling.
In fact, just now in this hall, she heard Sibao mention the word "mother", but she was busy investigating the case and didn't pay much attention to it.
Now that she has regained her composure, she was in a daze for a moment when she heard the little guy calling herself that.
All this came too suddenly.
Looked at Sibao with embarrassment on his face, and was about to say something, the little guy turned his back quickly, and ran outside babbling.
"Sibao, don't run around."
"Aniang, I'm right outside the door."
Chu Nanzhi saw her obediently squatting outside the hall, playing with some dead branches and leaves in her hands, she was delighted but also a little apprehensive.
She never really thought about being a mother to some little guys.
Not prepared at all.
Turning around again, she saw the two adults staring at her with puzzled faces, which made her feel a little astonished.
The mother was so out of her mind when she was called, she felt that she was too hopeless, so she smiled calmly:
"This child is talking nonsense, which made the two adults laugh."
"It's okay, what the little girl said is reasonable, and the ability to judge cases is inferior to me."
Hu Maoxi pretended not to care and shook his head, then continued:
"I have heard people from the county government mention that Mrs. Chu is not on good terms with Dalang Lin, and that the children are not too close to her. Now it seems that these people are gossiping."
Hearing him mention such a tricky thing, Chu Nanzhi just half-pursed her lips and smiled slightly, and brought the topic back without showing her teeth:
"My lord just asked the woman how she guessed that the case was a murder. In fact, the woman didn't dare to conclude at first, it's just that."
Seeing that the two of them began to concentrate on listening to her answering questions, she also pretended to become serious:
"Actually, sometimes a case cannot be led by the case itself. You must dare to suspect assumptions boldly and jump out of the case at any time. Otherwise, you can only be led by the nose, and in the end you will become an accomplice of the murderer."
"Not bad."
The two nodded repeatedly.
Hu Maoxi smiled bitterly and said:
"These days, I have only been thinking about entanglement and fighting with Mr. Zhao, and biting each other, but I have never thought about going back to the beginning of the case and figuring it out carefully. If it weren't for Mrs. Chu's unique insight, I am afraid that this officer and Mr. Zhao would really fight. Both sides will be hurt, let the lady Yu take advantage of the fisherman's profit, and the dead can only be wronged."
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but frowned again:
"What makes me puzzled is that Mrs. Yu is deeply loved by Mr. Zhao and respected by Mr. Xiaolang. He is like a fish in water in this mansion. Even if Mr. Mr. Mr. Xiao is not his own person, he will wait for the old Mrs. Yu for a hundred years. The reputation of filial piety and benevolence will also treat her kindly, so why should she do such an unjust act."
Chu Nanzhi frowned and smiled.
Although the county magistrate Hu is almost forty years old, he has only been married to his first wife for a few years. Their children are in pairs and they have no concubine. They are enjoying the most happy married life. Gratitude and hatred.
I was thinking about how to talk to the county magistrate, but I saw a group of people outside the hall surrounded by Zhao Taigong and walked in slowly.
Several people clasped their hands in salute, and after being polite, they sat down again.
Zhao Taigong tightly held the pure gold crutch in his hand, pondered for a long time, and finally ordered in a heavy tone:
"Bring Yu Shi into the hall to answer."
Not long after, Mrs. Yu was led into the main hall by several servants, followed by a large group of maids.
And Zhao Erlang followed closely with a sullen face.
Now that the evidence is basically in hand, it is not difficult to continue to dig deeper to get the woman to confess, but it is not easy for Hu Maoxi to take her directly in front of Zhao Taigong, so he can only make plans after he finds out what happened.
Several people looked at Zhao Taigong silently, the old and gloomy face had lost any color at this time.
In just a few cups of tea, this person seems to have aged a lot.
"You bitch, tell me quickly, why did you murder Yan'er?"
Zhao Taigong changed from his usual gentleness and showed a fierce look at this woman, obviously disgusted to the core.
"How did a woman from my family kill your son? Old man, don't you believe that woman's words? You should ask her. Are you sure that your son was murdered by my family just based on a corpse and the smell of bamboo vinegar in the yard?" It's too hasty to kill your son."
Yu Shi didn't have the slightest fear at this time, he refused to admit it, pretending to be crazy, sometimes laughing and sometimes crying.
Finally, she quietly set her eyes on Chu Nanzhi, and said in a cold voice full of resentment:
"Since Mrs. Chu judges cases like a god, you can tell me how the slave family killed my precious son. The slave family is his mother. He respects and is filial to me. I have no reason to kill him."
"It's easy to talk about."
Chu Nanzhi looked at her calmly.
(end of this chapter)