Gao Fei spent the whole night watching on the roof, and only heard the conversation between Fang Yuanruo and Yan Hong, and didn't have many problems.
After he returned, he told Zhu Han about the incident.
In the study room, Zhu Han felt extremely surprised. This was really unusual.
If he were an ordinary man, he would definitely take action after going to a brothel.
After all, it all cost money, and this Fang Yuanruo is indeed different.
"He didn't say anything else?"
Gao Fei quickly shook his head. According to the information he had found out, it was not that comprehensive.
Fortunately, now we can understand that there is indeed a close relationship between Fang Yuanruo and the girl Yanhong in the brothel.
On the surface, he is an upright scholar, but he didn't expect that he was actually doing such things behind his back.
This made Gao Fei couldn't help but become curious about this Fang Yuanruo.
All his actions are too weird, and even the injuries on his hands have not yet been taken by Gao Fei to check.
"My lord, what should we do now? There must be something wrong with this man. The wounds on his body are difficult to explain at all. I didn't expect that his mother was also a brothel girl before she was ill."
Zhu Han was shocked by Gao Fei's words.
He looked at Gao Fei in disbelief and couldn't help but widen his eyes.
Even Zhu Biao on the side couldn't help but curiously closed the book in his hand and started asking questions.
"Since his mother is a woman from a brothel, according to common sense, she should not have any relationship with the brothel."
He Fengyu, who was sitting nearby, also told Zhu Han everything about the pair of shoes he had found.
He has also found out from the brothel women's mouth that Fang Yuanruo has indeed gone to the brothel a lot, and there are many doubts about it.
"I didn't expect that he would have such a special liking for Miss Yanhong. He would go there several times on weekdays. Many people in the brothel know him."
He Fengyu told Zhu Han the most critical clue.
Fang Yuanruo usually has a good relationship with the women in the brothel, but if he gets along with someone in the brothel for a period of time, the woman will die unexpectedly.
This made it impossible for anyone in the brothel to interact with him.
Miss Yanhong is his old acquaintance.
The two have known each other for a long time, so Miss Yanhong was able to be alone.
"Master, don't you think this is strange? If you get close to him, you will be killed, so why do the women in the brothel still talk to him? This is really shocking."
Zhu Han also felt that this matter was indeed beyond his expectation, but in order to find out some information as soon as possible, he had to find out.
"It seems that there are still many things about Fang Yuanruo that we need to investigate. There are more and more murder cases in Jiangnan. If we can't even investigate this well."
"I'm afraid the people will have doubts about Ying Tianfu's ability to handle the case. The court has made great efforts this time, and you all need to investigate clearly."
Zhu Han assigned tasks to both Gao Fei and He Fengyu, asking them to pay close attention to Fang Yuanruo. If there were any problems, they would immediately start investigating.
In the study room, only Zhu Han and Zhu Biao were left.
They all have their own opinions on this incident.
Especially Zhu Biao, he didn't expect that someone would go to such trouble to persuade a woman to be a good person.
"It seems that Fang Yuanruo must have a lot of connections with this matter. Fortunately, the emperor's uncle can make some judgments. Otherwise, I really don't know how many tragedies he would cause."
Zhu Biao following Zhu Han was also the most satisfying thing for Zhu Yuanzhang.
Now that he is handling cases here in Jiangnan, he has strengthened his ideas a lot.
Zhu Han was calm, but he didn't take Zhu Biao's words to heart at all.
He took out the account book he had prepared from his sleeve and handed it into Zhu Biao's hands.
"Prince, you will follow me tomorrow and go to several shops of the Donghai Chamber of Commerce. We have arrived in Jiangnan and we have to show our faces for several days."
Zhu Biao agreed repeatedly.
Early the next morning, Zhu Han arranged the carriage and prepared to go out with Zhu Biao.
Passing by Fang Yuanruo at the door, a faint smell of rouge could be smelled on Fang Yuanruo's body.
Zhu Biao was sitting in the carriage, feeling a little resentful of Fang Yuanruo's arrogant behavior just now.
"If it weren't for the fact that he is Ma Rui's student and he can be caught in official uniform and tortured severely, I would not believe that there are no clues on him."
Zhu Han smiled and shook his head. Even if he really had some clues now, he couldn't alert the enemy.
Being able to kill so many women in one breath seems like this man also has martial arts skills.
The scholar is just a disguise for his appearance.
"Prince, please don't be reckless. After we take care of the business in the store, we will go to the government office. We will definitely be able to investigate this matter and get some clues as soon as possible."
Zhu Biao nodded repeatedly when he heard Zhu Han's words.
This time I went to Jiangnan to take care of the business of Donghai Chamber of Commerce.
The business of the Chamber of Commerce has been plummeting these days, which has formed a sharp contrast with Yingtian Mansion.
Zhang Fengnian's business in Yingtianfu has been revived long ago and has now become the leading chamber of commerce in Yingtianfu.
The Jiangnan side gradually began to fall behind. Even with the support of Shen Wansan and others, there was still no way to compare with Zhang Fengnian.
Zhu Han also wanted to see what the root cause was.
Zhu Han took Zhu Biao and found several drug stores according to the addresses given by Zhang Fengnian.
Here are the medicinal materials store and the porcelain store. These stores were all built by Zhang Fengnian.
But now something happened, and many letters were sent to Yingtian Mansion.
Zhu Han came to Jiangnan to investigate the matter. Zhu Han walked up and found shopkeeper Li in the porcelain shop, and ran out quickly.
"Sir, what do you want to buy? Even though we are a store owned by Zhang Fengnian of the Donghai Chamber of Commerce, we can buy whatever you want."
Shopkeeper Li has begun to introduce slowly.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Seeing that Zhu Han had set his sights on their porcelain, he stepped forward to introduce it.
"This guest is really discerning. These are some of the porcelain produced by the official kiln, which is one of the best in Jiangnan. If you really want to buy it, I can give you a sincere price."
Zhu Han curled his lips and smiled, turned to look at Shopkeeper Li, and handed him the letter that Zhang Fengnian had written.
"I just came to see how the business is doing in this store. You will know my purpose after reading this letter."
Zhu Biao started to wander around the store, and I have to say that Zhang Fengnian's business is indeed doing well now.
Even in the distant Jiangnan, his business was done with great proficiency.
Merchants everywhere who want to buy something from him must pay more than the ordinary market price before they can purchase.
Through the operation of the Donghai Chamber of Commerce, even the porcelain that could not be sold at a high price in Yingtian Mansion was sent to Jiangnan, but its value increased several times, and it has reached a point where the supply exceeds demand.
Shopkeeper Li is also a sensible person. After reading the letter written by Zhang Fengnian, he treated Zhu Han and Zhu Biao respectfully.
He quickly invited people to the backyard to serve tea, and also took out the store's account books.
"The two adults' visit to Jiangnan this time has given us hope. Look at the account books, there have been no entries in the past few months. This business is really impossible to continue."
Shopkeeper Li's business is about to close these days. After Zhu Han took a look at the account book, he realized that there was already a problem.
Since three months ago, the porcelain in their store seems to have experienced a cliff-like sales.
In the past, ten pieces of porcelain could be sold every day, but now not even one piece can be sold.
"Did something unexpected happen in advance for this situation in the business? Otherwise, how could it be so bleak?"
Upon hearing Zhu Han's words, shopkeeper Li quickly began to complain.
It turned out that after the first murder occurred, the porcelain from their shop was found in the deceased's room.
The officials even fined them a lot of money indiscriminately.
Rumors spread from one person to another, and some people even started to deliberately spread rumors that if they bought their porcelain, they would be killed.
"Our store has endured an unreasonable disaster, but this is really hard to say."
Shopkeeper Li's eyes were red. He worked hard to support the business of the store just to support his family.
But now that the store was operating like this, he didn't know how to explain it to Zhang Fengnian.
After Zhu Han looked at the account book, he slowly closed it and looked at Shopkeeper Li.
"There must be room for maneuver in this matter. Post a notice at the door as soon as possible, saying that all the porcelain in the store is on sale."
Shopkeeper Li originally had hope, but when he heard Zhu Han's words, his heart dropped.
"Businessmen can't write nonsense about this. If we can get the government to come forward now, then our business can get better. Otherwise, I'm afraid even the Shen family will be against us."
Shopkeeper Li also told Zhu Han that Shen Wansan covered the sky with one hand in Jiangnan.
The East China Sea Chamber of Commerce has always been living in the cracks, and now it is even more difficult to raise its head when it encounters such a thing.
He has always wanted to get the business done as quickly as possible and arrange everything in place.
But now that this incident has happened, they can't even protect themselves, let alone their business.
After Zhu Han thought about it for a moment, he made a decision immediately.
"In that case, I'll go to the county government office and see how they manage Jiangnan's business."
Zhu Han stood up slowly, glanced at Zhu Biao behind him, and waved the folding fan gently in his hand.
"It seems that the people in the government underestimate our chamber of commerce."
Zhu Biao couldn't help laughing.
When Zhu Han handles Yingtian Mansion's cases on weekdays, he always handles them with evidence.
Now that this has happened, naturally I won't let others waste their time in vain.
From the beginning, it was simply impossible for others to have a foot in this matter, and now such a thing has happened, and their hope has become increasingly slim.
No one will cause trouble for Zhu Han at this juncture.
Zhu Biao and Zhu Han left the store. Zhu Han also took a look at all the stores along the road.
"These stores are all the accumulation of money that Zhang Fengnian saved back then, but he didn't expect that they would become like this now. If he knew about it, he would definitely jump in panic."
Zhu Han couldn't help but joke. Zhu Biao looked at so many shops and couldn't help but admire them in his heart.
Zhang Fengnian's comment shows that he already attaches great importance to the business in the store. He will definitely not let others handle this matter.
"Uncle Emperor, I just don't understand why this store is so affected. If I had known it would be like this, someone would be secretly causing trouble. We have to be careful."
Zhu Biao had even thought that someone might have deliberately made a fuss about this just to ruin their business.
Zhu Biao even thought that it was possible that someone was jealous of their business.
If we start immediately at this time, we really don’t know how many things will happen.
But now if there is no evidence, there is no reliable clue.
"Your Highness, you still haven't seen the essence of the problem. Now that someone is causing trouble for us, they are just seeing this."
Zhu Han said but shook his head, things were not as simple as they thought.
When a murder case like this occurs in Jiangnan, it can be seen from the importance Zhu Yuanzhang attaches to it that this matter is definitely not simple.
The two of them walked around in circles and soon arrived at the gate of the government office.
"Dong dong dong!"
He Fengyu stepped forward, took a drum hammer, and knocked it hard several times, and the people came out quickly.
"What are you doing! What are you doing!"
Two government officials suddenly stepped forward and snatched the drum hammer from He Fengyu's hand, looking fierce.
He Fengyu stood beside Zhu Han and started to accuse confidently.
"Your government is actually not doing anything during the day. With this door closed, is it possible that there are no unjust cases in Jiangnan!"
The yamen servant had no intention of arguing with He Fengyu here. As soon as he turned around to leave, He Fengyu blocked his way.
"Get out of here quickly. This government office is not a place for ordinary people like you. Don't blame me for being rude. I took you to jail and locked you up for a few days to show you how powerful we are."
He Fengyu was already filled with a sigh of relief, but when he heard the yamen servant's words, he became even more angry.
He put his hands on his waist, pointed at the gums in front of him and cursed loudly.
"You dog officials are really just dogs relying on human power. Naturally, I have an unjust case to report. Call your county magistrate to me as soon as possible."
Zhu Han and Zhu Biao looked on, both of them couldn't help laughing.
The common people who were officials also came to watch the fun.
"There is no one in Jiangnan Prefecture who can make decisions for us people. You should leave as soon as possible, otherwise they will really use big sticks to beat you away."
"The murder case a few days ago has not been solved yet, and it doesn't care about the life or death of our people at all."
"You must be noble people when you are dressed so luxuriously. It would be better to leave here than anywhere else."
Zhu Han was really interested when he heard the comments from the people watching.
He stepped forward and started chatting with the people, hoping to learn more clues about the murders from their mouths.
