After hearing this, Mrs. Zhang couldn't help but shed tears of sadness.
Chu Nanzhi looked a little unbearable, but she couldn't just watch the madman behind the scenes get away with it. She first comforted him: "People cannot be resurrected after death, so please forgive me."
Zhang Dahu coughed softly and gestured: "Mrs. Chu, if you want to know anything, just ask."
Chu Nanzhi thought about it for a while, and then asked slowly: "When did Qi Dongqiang leave your mansion that night."
Zhang Dahu and her looked at each other in confusion.
I was so angry that I was kicked by a boy from the Qi family that day that I forgot the details.
A little maid next to her saw this and immediately replied: "I remember that it was about 3:00 PM when the Qi family left."
"At three o'clock in the afternoon?"
Chu Nanzhi stroked her chin and frowned: That should have been about 10:45 pm in her own world.
Just as he was hesitating, Hu Maoxi suddenly exclaimed: "That's not right. When I checked the files and Sun Wuji's confession today, I saw that Zhu Xiancheng left the Sun family at the beginning of his childhood. It was almost half a walk from Sunjia Village to here.
hour."
"Well, it's indeed wrong. There is a difference of nearly an hour."
Chu Nanzhi nodded.
Zhang Dahu quickly asked the maid: "Xing'er, did you remember correctly?"
Myolie shook her head firmly: "I remember very clearly that I and Lao Huang chased me to the door of the brothel and watched their group go in. I wanted to report to the police but was pulled back by Lao Huang."
Zhang Dahu coughed and nodded, and pointed to the old man standing next to him: "This is the doorman of the house. They all call him Lao Huang. Myolie is the maid in front of the little girl. I saw the little girl being insulted that night. This
The little girl was so angry that she and Lao Huang kept chasing her out to vent her anger."
When I finished speaking, I was already in tears.
Lao Huang stared at Xing'er and said angrily: "You girl, you just don't know the heights of the world. If I hadn't stopped you, I'd be afraid that you would have been tricked into a brothel by those dogs. You still want to report to the government?"
Who doesn’t know the habits of those people?”
Hearing this, Peng Pai stroked the beard sprouting out of his chin out of habit: "Old people don't have to be so pessimistic. There is still clear water in Haikang County."
Lao Huang remained silent and said nothing more.
Chu Nanzhi glanced over at Ni out of the corner of her eye and couldn't help but snicker at Peng Pai's arrogant and aloof look. This guy actually had some character.
In the past few days, among the scholars I have met, except for Han Shaochuan, who is a scumbag, all of them have their own unique arrogance.
It is no wonder that many families are rushing to marry their daughters to poor scholars.
After gathering her mind, she looked at the maid who was speaking again and asked carefully: "Xing'er, do you know Zhu County Cheng from the county government office?"
"Nature knows."
Xing'er replied firmly: "Master Zhu is very approachable. I often see him in the county. Even if I turn into gray, I will recognize him."
"Then did you bump into Mr. Zhu County Cheng on the road that night?"
Chu Nanzhi looked at her excitedly.
This little girl and Lao Huang went to chase Qi Dongqiang. According to the time, they should have crossed paths with Zhu County Cheng on the way back.
Xing'er frowned and recalled it in her mind, but finally shook her head angrily.
Just when everyone was about to sigh, Xing'er suddenly widened her eyes and said in surprise: "Although we didn't meet Mr. Zhu Xiancheng, we bumped into a very suspicious man on the way back. From the back, he looked very muscular.
If he is strong, could it be related to the death of Zhu Xian Cheng?"
As soon as she finished speaking, Lao Huang scolded angrily: "You stinky girl, you are talking nonsense again, there is no suspicious husband."
"That man ran very fast that day. I'll let you see this. You came to your senses slowly and realized that he had disappeared long ago."
Xing'er curled her lips and rolled her eyes at Lao Huang with some dissatisfaction. Then she looked at Chu Nanzhi firmly and said firmly: "Ms. Chu, I didn't lie to you. What I said is true. I really saw a person."
A very strong figure seemed to be running away from the woods with a short knife in his hand."
"Well, I believe you."
Chu Nanzhi nodded.
This description is consistent with the person she thought of who murdered Qi Dongqiang in the county captain's mansion.
Suddenly, there seemed to be many more ideas in her mind.
She looked at the little maid excitedly again: "Myolie, can you clearly see that person's face?"
Myolie shook her head in frustration again.
"Then you still remember where you saw the back disappear."
Xing'er nodded immediately.
"Then take us there and have a look."
"good."
After bidding farewell to Zhang Dahu and his wife, Lao Huang and Xing'er led Chu Nanzhi and the officers to the place where the incident occurred.
Xing'er saw the figure disappearing on a country road two miles away from Zhang's house. If she continued walking two miles, she would have entered the city.
Several people went into the forest in the direction she pointed, and within a few steps they found the canal that led to Sun's house.
Hu Maoxi looked at the rushing water, narrowed his eyes and said suspiciously: "This place is very close to the city. If someone deliberately murders Zhu Yue, there will be disputes and fights, and then people will notice."
"Perhaps this is not the crime scene, but the murderer's escape route."
Chu Nanzhi replied thoughtfully.
"Tomorrow Mrs. Chu and Peng Dianshi will go to inspect the sealed salt well. I will send someone to search downstream along the river to see if they can find any clues."
Hu Maoxi gently pinched his chin: "If it was a deliberate murder and such a vicious method of committing the crime, we might be able to find some clues near the ditch."
"Okay, then we have Lord Laohu."
Chu Nanzhi didn't think there would be any clues to be found along the ditch. It had been more than half a month now, and even if there were blood stains, they would have been cleaned up long ago.
And her train of thought was no longer here. Let him lead people to observe along the way, so as to confuse the murderer and not arouse alarm.
"Let's get here first today."
Chu Nanzhi looked around at everyone, looking at Old Huang and the little maid with gentle eyes, and warned: "Xing'er, after preparing the medicine, remember to boil it for your family master as soon as possible."
"Okay, Madam Chu, please be careful along the way."
Afterwards, Xing'er and Lao Huang turned back towards the Zhang family's residence, while Chu Nanzhi and Hu Maoxi headed back towards the county seat.
This trip was not in vain. I finally confirmed some things, and my hatred for Kang Mingyuan immediately dissipated a lot.
I returned to the county government office with a sudden enlightenment. As soon as I arrived at the door, I saw several familiar figures guarding the main entrance of the government office.
In the crowd, she saw the delicate pretty face at a glance, and the cute little man standing under the cold and aloof tall figure. Seeing Chu Nanzhi's figure, the little man jumped up to greet her with open arms and made love.
He called out: "Auntie."
Chu Nanzhi bent down and picked up Si Bao, who was wearing new clothes. He looked at this fair and delicate little face, which looked like he was carved out of the same mold as Lin Jinxiao. It was really endearing.
Chu Nanzhi looked at the little guy with a dimple-like smile, and asked warmly: "Baby, did your uncle or uncle Laifu pick out new clothes for you?"