Chu Nanzhi also saw what Magistrate Hu was thinking.
Fortunately, the case was clarified in such a short period of time, so Li Ce no longer had to stay at home to think about his mistakes, and he also gave Magistrate Hu an explanation.
It doesn't matter whether he is satisfied or not.
Anyway, she only promised to help find someone, not whether he would be dead or alive.
Looking at the frowning Hu Maoxi, Chu Nanzhi first comforted him with kind words:
"Now that the young man's body has been found and he has got rid of Taigong Zhao's entanglement, you should be happy. Why bother with a sad face? The reward of silver is small, but the official reputation is big."
Hu Maoxi looked a little embarrassed when she saw through his thoughts.
But then I thought about it, and realized that this woman was right in reminding her. After sorting out this case, and waiting for the arrival of the Postal Superintendent, it would not be difficult for her to get a promotion based on the two cases she had uncovered.
His face gradually regained its luster, and he said thoughtfully: "Ms. Chu is saying that now that Xiao Langjun's body has been found, but who is the murderer of Xiao Langjun?"
After hesitating for a moment, he asked with some suspicion: "Is it really this Yu family?"
"Do you think there are other suspicious candidates?"
Chu Nanzhi smiled.
Yu's suspicion has been confirmed, but she is still a little confused as to Zhao Erlang's role.
"Um."
Hu Maoxi hesitated, thinking and nodded slowly.
"Only when I got off the official line did I see that the young man was soaked all over and smelled like bamboo vinegar. Even the nurse who went down to the well was soaked in bamboo vinegar below his knees when he came up. I'm afraid he poured a lot of it into the well.
Bamboo vinegar, if Mr. Yu just wanted to clean his late mother's former residence, why would he pour a huge amount of bamboo vinegar into the dry well? As Mrs. Chu said, preventing insects is fake, but covering up the smell of corpses is real."
Sun Xiancheng analyzed it carefully and looked at Chu Nanzhi with admiration on his face.
"Your Excellency, the county magistrate, is extraordinarily smart today."
Chu Nanzhi suddenly admired this old man with a mustache.
This time he actually saw the facts before the county magistrate.
Hu Maoxi also nodded to the county magistrate for the first time and said with satisfaction: "Not only that, you are also very decisive. I am afraid that I will look at you with admiration."
"Your Excellency, you are exaggerating."
Sun County Prime Minister said timidly and humbly, but also felt a little fear: "It's just that before I informed the Lord, I took it upon myself to kick down the gate of the Taigong's house. Please punish me."
"When investigating a case, sometimes you need to make a decisive decision."
Speaking of this, Hu Maoxi couldn't help but look at Chu Nanzhi closely with the pair of flexible beads, and said with a smile:
"I admire Madam Chu even more now. I don't know how Madam Chu thought that this would be a murder case. You must know that in the past few days, the entire county government and even the Zhao family have believed that Xiao Langjun was kidnapped.
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"Because my mother-in-law is smarter than you."
Xiao Sibao said with a silly smile and bright eyes.
She likes this bad woman so much, she is kind and very powerful.
When Chu Nanzhi heard the little one call her mother, Chu Nanzhi's heart couldn't help but tremble violently.
In fact, just now in this hall, she heard Si Bao mention the word "mother", but she was busy investigating the case and didn't pay much attention to it.
Now that she had calmed down, she felt a little dazed for a moment when she heard the little guy call her this way.
All this happened so unexpectedly.
He looked at Si Bao with an embarrassed look on his face, and just as he was about to say something, the little guy quickly turned his back and ran outside with a squeak.
"Four treasures, don't run around."
"Auntie, I'm right outside the door."
Chu Nanzhi saw her squatting obediently outside the hall, picking up some dead branches and leaves and playing with them. She was happy but also a little worried.
She never really wanted to be a mother to several little ones.
No preparation at all.
Looking back, she saw the two adults looking at her with confused expressions, which made her feel a little stunned.
Being called mother was so distracted that she felt that she was too useless, so she pretended to be calm and smiled:
"This child talked nonsense and made the two adults laugh."
"It doesn't matter, what the little girl said is reasonable, and my ability to judge the case is beyond me."
Hu Maoxi shook his head pretending not to care, and then said:
"I once heard someone from the county government mention that Mrs. Chu and the elder brother of the Lin family are not on good terms, and that several of their children are not close to the lady. Now it seems that these people are talking nonsense."
Hearing him mention such tricky things, Chu Nanzhi just pursed her lips and smiled, then brought the topic back without showing her teeth:
"Just now, Your Excellency asked the civilian woman how she guessed that this case was a murder. In fact, the civilian woman did not dare to conclude at first, but that's all."
Seeing that both of them began to listen attentively to her answers to questions, she also pretended to become serious:
"In fact, sometimes when solving a case, you cannot be led by the case itself. You must dare to make assumptions boldly and break away from the case at any time. Otherwise, you will only be led by others, and in the end you will become the murderer's accomplice."
"Not bad."
The two nodded in succession.
Hu Maoxi smiled ashamedly and said:
"These days, I have only been thinking about fighting and biting each other with Taigong Zhao. I have never thought of going back to the beginning of the case to figure it out carefully. If not for Madam Chu's unique insight, I am afraid that I and Taigong Zhao would have really fought.
Both sides suffer losses, and the wife is left to reap the benefits, while the deceased has no choice but to live with his injustice."
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but frown:
"What puzzles me is that Mrs. Yu is deeply favored by Taigong Zhao and respected by the young man. She is like a fish in water in this house. Even if the young man is not his own person, he will wait for the old grandfather a hundred years later to rely on the young man.
Her husband's reputation of filial piety, benevolence and righteousness will also treat her well, so why should she do such an unjust act?"
Chu Nanzhi frowned and smiled.
Although Magistrate Hu is nearly 40 years old, he has only been married to his wife for a few years, has two children, and has no concubines. They are enjoying the most happy married life. How can he experience the joy of such an old rich man's family?
Gratitude and resentment.
Just as he was thinking about how to speak to the county magistrate, he saw a group of people outside the hall, surrounding Zhao Taigong, walking slowly in.
Several people bowed their hands in salute, were polite, and sat down again.
Zhao Taigong held the pure gold crutch in his hand tightly, pondered for a long time and finally gave the order in a heavy tone:
"Bring Yu into the hall to answer questions."
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 has been basically grasped, it is not difficult to dig deeper and get the woman to confess. However, Hu Maoxi cannot directly arrest the woman in front of Taigong Zhao. He can only make plans after he understands the whole story.
Several people looked at Taigong Zhao silently, and there was no trace of blood on Old Shen's gloomy face.
In just a few cups of tea, this man seemed to have become much older.
"You bitch, tell me quickly, why did you want to murder Yan'er?"
Zhao Taigong changed from his usual gentleness and looked at this woman with a fierce look on his face. It was obvious that he was completely disgusted.
"How did a woman from the slave family harm your son? Old man, don't you believe the woman's words? You should ask her, is it possible to conclude that it was a murder by the slave family just based on a corpse and the smell of bamboo vinegar in the yard?
It would be too hasty to kill your son."
At this time, Mrs. Yu had no fear at all and refused to admit it. She pretended to be crazy and acted foolishly, sometimes laughing sinisterly and sometimes crying.
Finally, she quietly cast her gaze on Chu Nanzhi, and choked out coldly, full of resentment:
"Since Madam Chu is a master in solving cases, please tell me how the Nu family could kill my precious son. The Nu family is his mother. He respects me and is filial to me. Why should I kill him?"