Chu Nanzhi nodded lightly: "It must be because of the rumors in the county about the death of the previous two county magistrates."
"indeed so."
Tan Miao smiled and said: "But it's not just that, it's also related to the Kang family, the largest fisherman in the county."
After a pause, he faced the two and continued: "The fishery and salt industries are the livelihood of the people of this county. Although the head of the Kang family, Kang Mingtang, is not Kang Mingyuan's brother, the two have a very close relationship.
In recent years, he has been mainly responsible for collecting fishing taxes for Kang Mingyuan and exploiting fishermen. However, Zhu County Cheng knew the suffering of fishermen and wanted to provide them with some benefits, so this triggered the official dispute between Sun and Kang."
"Well, I've heard about this too. Although there are people mediating between them, I'm afraid these two families want to dominate and are unwilling to cooperate."
Chu Nanzhi nodded patiently and smiled.
Tan Miao slightly curved his lips in relief: "In that case, then the conflict between Qi Dongqiang, the son of the county captain Qi Luan, and the daughter of the Sun family must also be known to Mrs. Chu?"
"Not bad, I've heard a little bit about it."
Chu Nanzhi replied calmly.
Yesterday, because of this incident, the boy's legs were broken, his arm was broken, and his father died.
"I'm afraid Madam Chu didn't guess that the biggest suspect behind this case is actually Qi Luan's son Qi Dongqiang, right?"
Tan Miao showed a mysterious and arrogant smile.
"oh?"
Chu Nanzhi was slightly surprised: Could it be that just as he had guessed before, this kid is really that stupid?
Tan Miao said with a kind face: "On the surface, Qi Dongqiang is the murderer who is most likely to arouse everyone's suspicion but is also the easiest to rule out. A casual person would think that he wanted to take over the Sun family's daughter, so he deliberately killed him.
Zhuxian Cheng thus framed Sun Wuji to achieve his own goals.
But after thinking deeply, you will feel that this kid is not so reckless. After all, Qi Luan is not a stupid person. He knows that the first thing everyone thinks of when Sun Wuji is imprisoned is that he will be framed by the Qi family, so he will not do such a stupid thing.
"
"Indeed, this is also the reason why civilian women have never deeply suspected this person."
Chu Nanzhi replied very matter-of-factly.
Tan Miao smiled disapprovingly: "But that kid Qi Dongqiang was not at his own house that night when the accident happened, nor was he in the so-called brothel."
Hu Maoxi was stunned when he heard this, and couldn't help but interject: "Then where did this guy go?"
"I'm not particularly sure about this."
Tan Miao raised his eyebrows and said with a grimace: "But according to this boy's romantic nature, I'm afraid he has defiled some young lady and he can't show it to anyone."
After thinking about it, he guessed with some uncertainty: "Half a month ago, I heard that a daughter of a wealthy family hanged himself in the west of the city. That is the only way to Sunjia Village, and it is also the upstream of the Sunjia Village Canal.
I have speculated that Zhu Xiancheng happened to bump into Qi Dong and forced him to do something evil on his way back from Sun's house, so the two had a dispute, and Qi Dongqiang killed him and threw him into the canal."
Hu Maoxi's brows stood up when he heard this. He clenched his fists and cursed loudly: "You are just a beast. It's only my fault that Mr. Lin couldn't kill that kid together yesterday."
Gritting his teeth, he looked at Tan Miao angrily and said angrily: "In that case, why not arrest him and bring him to justice?"
"My lord, please calm down. My lord, please calm down."
Tan Miao comforted him, and then continued: "This matter is just my conjecture, without any solid evidence. Moreover, the county captain Qi Luan has been Kang Mingyuan's confidant for many years. He also intends to cover up the matter for this kid. Now even the household in the west of the city
The victim's family never mentioned the humiliation of their daughter, and the brothel also sent people to investigate. Everyone agreed that Qi Dongqiang stayed in the brothel and returned the next day, and the subordinate officials were so polite that they didn't dare to ask any more questions. "
"It's simply audacious."
Hu Maoxi stiffened his face and shouted angrily: "Come here, I will go to the county captain's mansion immediately to arrest Qi Dongqiang and bring him to justice."
As soon as he finished speaking, Li Sanmu and Guan Erbai, who were guarding outside the hall, led several government officials and left in response.
After hearing what Tan Miao said, Chu Nanzhi fell into hesitation: Could it be that the murderer was really Qi Dongqiang?
But if this is the case, why would Kang Mingyuan rather lose his official position than reveal the real murderer?
How could this relationship be so strong?
He looked at Lin Jinxiao quietly. The pretty boy was looking intently at the booklet in his hand, turning a deaf ear to the conversation, as if he wanted to stay out of it.
After thinking for a moment, Chu Nanzhi looked at the chief registrar Tan Miao with a smile: "I wonder where the Zhu County Prime Minister's Hall is located?"
"Before, we considered that there might be more people coming to express condolences, so we set it up in the courtyard on the side of the Yandao Yamen. That side is the old courtyard, which is much larger than the county Yamen."
Tan Miao said suspiciously: "Does Mrs. Chu want to re-examine the autopsy? I can go and make arrangements for Mrs. Chu."
Hearing this, Chu Nanzhi was a little hesitant. Suddenly there were so many new clues. If Qi Dongqiang was really responsible, then there would be no need for an autopsy.
The most important thing at the moment is the interrogation of Kang Mingyuan and Qi Dongqiang. Moreover, Zhu Yue's family will be arriving in the next two days. Even if he conducts an autopsy, he should have received permission from his family.
After careful consideration, she replied gently: "No need. Since the county has already done the autopsy, we don't need to do anything more. We should wait until the Zhu family comes to make plans."
After saying that, he looked at Hu Maoxi meaningfully.
Hu Maoxi smiled broadly and said: "Yes, it is true. Now I have sent people to arrest the suspect. There is no need for another autopsy."
Hearing this, Lin Jinxiao finally couldn't help but raise his eyes and looked at the beautiful lady who was calm and composed. Then he lowered his head with confidence and continued to look at the account books.
Not long after, Li Sanmu hurried back, looked around at the people in the hall, and said with a look of panic: "I have informed you, sir, that Qi Dongqiang committed suicide in the mansion."
"suicide?"
Everyone looked surprised when they heard this.
Chu Nanzhi quickly walked up to Li Sanmu and asked sternly: "How can I be sure that he committed suicide?"
"The younger one saw that he still had a dagger in his hand."
Li Sanmu replied: "I just asked the people in the county captain's house and they said that Qi Dongqiang has been in a very low mood since he was carried back to the house yesterday. The maid in his house went to change his medicine an hour ago. I will wait.
After I got to the house, I went to check on him and he died on the bed."
"What a coincidence."
Chu Nanzhi sighed.
Tan Miao half-squinted his eyes and looked thoughtful: "I'm afraid he heard some rumors and committed suicide out of fear of guilt."
Leaked the news and committed suicide out of fear of crime?
Chu Nanzhi thought for a while, and it was possible that this guy had seen Lin Jinxiao's power yesterday, and if he really killed someone, he would certainly know the consequences he should bear.
It's just that all this happened so suddenly. I'm afraid someone had already gone to the county captain's house to report the news when Kang Mingyuan was taken down.
She looked around everyone, and finally looked straight at Lin Jinxiao who was thoughtful, and called after careful consideration: "Mr. Lin, please stay with Mr. Hu in the hall later, while I and the government officials go to visit the county captain.