Just when Chu Nanzhi was at a loss what to do, Xiaofen suddenly looked at her and replied with a firm tone: "It is true that I have never seen Taoist Ximen in the temple in those days, but I heard that it was because of Taoist Ximen's sudden visit that my mistress
I was in a hurry to get back to my hometown early."
Then, with half-squinted eyes, she began to carefully recall what happened that day:
"I remember that I was picking tea with my mother in the back mountain that day. My mistress came over and thought that my mother was picking tea too slowly, so she helped her pick a handful of tea herself, and then hurried back to the house."
"Have you ever met Taoist Ximen?"
Chu Nanzhi looked at her closely and asked anxiously.
Xiaofen pursed his lips and shook his head angrily: "No, Taoist Ximen never showed up after that. Later, I heard that he was imprisoned for the tax case and died in prison."
Chu Nanzhi saw that her answer was unambiguous. Considering the dates before and after, I am afraid that the Han family will indeed never have the chance to see Taoist Ximen again.
After thinking about it, I can only find out the answer to the poison by going to Nanhua Temple in person.
Just when she was about to end the interview, she suddenly thought of Wei Ziqing and looked over meaningfully: "Your wife and that gentleman from the Wei family."
"I dare to swear to God about this matter, and I will use the lives of my whole family as a guarantee. Mr. Wei and my wife have nothing to do with it."
After saying that, Xiaofen raised her hand with determination and stared at Chu Nanzhi with extremely firm eyes: "Since Mr. Wei came to the Shen family's house, he has met my mother twice in total. This servant remembers very clearly, the first time.
It was at the beginning of last year, when Mr. Wei first entered the house, and again at the end of the year, when I was invited by my mistress to thank Mr. Wei for teaching me."
The answer is exactly the same as that of Shen Yang.
One of the two stayed at Shen's house all day, and the other was trapped in prison, so there was no possibility of collusion.
It can be seen from this that the story of adultery is pure nonsense.
After ruling out this possibility, Chu Nanzhi could no longer think of a reason why Shen Yang could murder her husband.
Raising her eyebrows and looking at Xiaofen carefully, Chu Nanzhi asked in a tentative tone: "Tomorrow I will go to Nanhua Temple in person. I wonder if sister Xiaofen would like to go with me?"
"As long as I can avenge my mistress, I will not be afraid even if I die."
"It's not that serious."
Chu Nanzhi was a little moved when she heard this.
I thought she would shrink back and decline when mentioning Nanhua Temple, but I never thought she would be so cheerful.
It seems that the relationship between her and Shen Yang is truly a master-servant relationship.
Nodding happily, she shouted to the groom: "Go back to the county office first."
It was not yet noon at this time, and Li Sanmu and Guan Erbai were a little puzzled as they had to go back home after only half a day.
The two looked at each other. Although Li Sanmu had a good temper, he couldn't understand the woman's operation at all. He asked in confusion: "Sister-in-law, do you have any clues?"
"No."
Chu Nanzhi did not lie to them, and said bluntly: "Although I checked the half bag of scented tea yesterday, I didn't have time to compare it carefully. It happened that today I took the tea leaves picked from the Han Lady's courtyard and compared them.
Can you find some new clues?"
Although she was a little suspicious of the Han family at the moment, she didn't have enough evidence to support her hypothesis.
She had encountered this kind of situation when she was a criminal police officer in her previous life. She was obviously very sensitive to the suspect, but in the end all the evidence pointed to someone other than this person.
Therefore, sometimes conclusions based solely on sensory judgment cannot withstand scrutiny.
Moreover, she has not yet thought of Han's reason for murdering her husband. Shen Jianghe would not have noticed that this woman had an affair with Taoist Ximen.
This would be too absurd and funny. Mr. Han seems to be in his late forties, and Taoist Ximen is also a pretty boy with pretty features, so he shouldn't be so hungry.
After thinking about it, she fixed her gaze on the two government officials and said thoughtfully: "If there are no more clues, I will have to trouble the two gentlemen to go to Nanhua with the slave family tomorrow."
"Nanhua Temple?"
When they heard that they were going to Nanhua Temple, Li Sanmu and Guan Erbai's faces instantly turned dark.
Guan Erbai directly resisted with silence, folded his hands tightly, buried his head and was so depressed that he didn't want to speak.
Li Sanmu also had a bitter look on his face: "Sister-in-law, I don't mean to pour cold water on you. How can we enter and exit Nanhua Temple at will? There is no clue at all, even if the county magistrate personally holds the ticket. You must be able to climb the mountain. There are three eldest princesses practicing here in the temple, and they have angered the royal family. Who can bear the responsibility?"
Chu Nanzhi deeply believed what he said. This was indeed a very troublesome matter.
The tickets (search warrants) in their hands can allow them to enter ordinary people's homes, but how can they enter the royal palace.
But now that is the only place where it is possible to find the source of the poisonous tea. If you don't go there in person, how can you find the evidence?
So, you have to go here no matter what.
She remained silent and ignored the two of them. She waited for the carriage to return to the county government office. She went to the bun shop next to the county government office and bought a lot of steamed buns and some white-flour steamed buns. She gave them to Erbao and Sibao first, and then distributed them to everyone. With a heavy stomach, I managed to cheer up and entered the county government compound.
At this time, Hu Maoxi was not in the yamen. The people who received her were Sun County Prime Minister and the chief clerk who frowned tightly when he saw her.
Sun Xiancheng introduced Chu Nanzhi and others into the inner hall, drank tea, slowly frowned, and sighed to Chu Nanzhi:
"This morning, Ms. Yu committed suicide in prison. The review documents submitted to the county government have not yet arrived, so the woman committed suicide on her own. The county magistrate was very upset about this, and went to Zhao Taigong in person early in the morning. The house is in."
"Yu committed suicide?"
Chu Nanzhi was also very surprised when he heard this.
In the past, County Lieutenant Liu and Taoist Ximen committed suicide in prison, and now it is the Yu family. Those who don't know better think that the county magistrate gave in and forced the criminals to commit suicide because of the unbearable torture.
No wonder Sun County Cheng was so upset.
Sun Xian Cheng glanced at Li Sanmu and Guan Erbai who were standing aside in annoyance, his brows were filled with evil spirits, and he said angrily: "It was because of the negligence of these jailers that the meal delivered to the prison last night was lost." The woman was knocked over and asked to secretly hide a piece of rubble, which Yu used to take his own life."
Seeing how distressed he was, Chu Nanzhi had no choice but to comfort him with kind words: "He is a heinous criminal, and he will die anyway. It's not a big deal. The county magistrate doesn't need to feel sad about this."
"Mrs. Chu, you don't know something."
Sun Xian Cheng looked at her mysteriously and suddenly lowered his voice: "When this criminal woman was interrogated a few days ago, it was discovered that she was nearly three months pregnant. Although she was not of Zhao Taigong's flesh and blood, Zhao Taigong wanted to Now that there is no heir in the house, Matsushita came out to prevent the woman from giving birth to a baby before being convicted. I don’t know how Yu got wind of the news and secretly committed suicide."
"I see."
Chu Nanzhi also sighed with some regret, and then fell into a brief thought. It seemed that the Yu family's resentment towards Zhao Taigong was not as deep as usual.