After being crossed, I have reached the pinnacle of my life

However, while he felt happy, he also felt worried, for fear that having a child would bring burden to Wen Yan.

Therefore, he was nervous again and again, and when Wen Yan frowned slightly, he panicked, for fear that something was wrong with him.

The reaction amused everyone.

Li Yue'e scolded him, such a grown-up man with a lot of hands and feet, he didn't want to go out to work properly, but he wanted to talk warmly here, making people feel disgusted by making up all kinds of things.

Jiang Zhou didn't speak, just smiled silly.

He wasn't around when Wen Yan was pregnant with Jiang Rendong. Jiang Zhou always felt that he owed him a lot and felt guilty for not taking good care of him. This time Wen Yan was pregnant again, so he naturally wanted to make it up.

He gradually reduced the time he spent in the store, except for necessary meetings, Lu Dalang and Qing Ning took over the rest.

Since Qing Ning was bought by Jiang Zhou, she has done a lot of things to help her. She is a daughter of her family. It is top-notch, and she was not used to it when she first came into contact with the business in the store, but when she used her energy to manage the master's small warehouse, she got used to it more and more, and she made it very impressive.

Later, Jiang Zhou saw that she was doing her best, and she didn't seem like someone who would leave without determination, so he appointed her with confidence, and did not hide many confidential matters from her.

He opened his heart, and Qing Ning also felt it.

She was originally a prisoner, and if she didn't have Jiang Zhou, she would probably have been sold to those dirty and dirty places. Now she is lucky to be able to live in the blue sky, let alone have a bright future?

I am grateful and naturally do my best.

On the first day she was a slave, the master's family taught her a word, loyalty, she thought, and she would stick to this word forever.

……

Just when Jiang Zhou thought the days would go on so slowly, something happened in the inn.

The shopkeeper he hired came to him in a hurry and said that someone died in the backyard of the inn.

Jiang Zhou arranged for Wen Yan, and hurriedly followed.

It was a couple who died. The body was stuck on a wooden post in the backyard, surrounded by the roots of the big tree, with well-developed branches, and messy branches entangled on the post. This is why the body was stuck. up.

And because of the cover of the bushes, it is quite suspected of throwing the corpse while in disorder.

When Jiang Zhou arrived here, all the guests living in the inn gathered around the backyard, with expressions of watching the excitement and fear on their faces.

Liu Chengfeng, Zhuobang, and a bunch of people from the government office also came early, and the on-duty office worker in the government office was conducting an autopsy, while communicating with the two adults in a low voice.

"The deceased's face was white and swollen, which should have been caused by soaking in water for a long time. The fatal injury of the male deceased was caused by a heavy object hitting the back of the head." Wu Zuo turned the body over and showed them. For one wound, the entire scalp drooped down, because the bleeding had stopped long ago after being soaked in water for a long time, and the wound turned white and swollen.

"As for the female deceased..." Wu Zuo's eyes showed a little unbearable, "The fatal injury of the deceased was suffocation caused by pinching her neck, and she was... violated before her death."

He probably didn't want the deceased to be gossiped after his death, so he only spoke his last words to a few people, and it happened that Jiang Zhou was nearby, so he heard them.

Before he could speak, Liu Chengfeng challenged him: "Jiang Zhou, someone died in your inn, what else can you say?"

It sounded like he was going to put the blame directly on his head.

Jiang Zhou's eyes flashed, and before he could think about it, he heard Zhuobang's tone cold: "Lord Liu, he is now the captain appointed by the emperor himself. According to his rank, you should call him Captain Jiang."

Zhuobang had lost his son recently, and just when he was angry at everything, he felt that Jiang Zhou was sensible and well-behaved, and he regarded him as half a friend and half son, especially since he served as the supervisor of this state, he always felt Although the folk customs in this town are simple and orderly, the style left by this government office is not very good.

The former officer left in a hurry, leaving a mess. The current Liu Chengfeng was originally a stubborn and rigid official, but I don't know if he was transferred to enlighten him and start to learn from others. Others are busy, if they could be called upright and rigid before, but now they are too enlightened, and they have not put the slightest thought on being an official. It is also because there are always some rules in this place, which is not true. It was too troublesome, and the residents of the town were busy making money recently, so nothing happened.

On the contrary, there was a murder case today, and all his inspectors who lived far away came, but the one who was close to him was late. He didn’t fart a single fart from the beginning, and now he just said that he didn’t try the case and wanted to fix Jiang Zhou. He is naturally displeased with his sin.

His official position is higher than his own, so Liu Chengfeng was a little embarrassing, and he just cupped his hands and said: "The lower official is impatient, but he is not angry at the tragic death of these two people, and he is a little impatient. What happened in this inn, the officer is just a routine inquiry."

Seeing that Zhuobang was cold and silent, his expression was not very good, and he turned to look at Wu Zuo: "Maybe it is possible to speculate when the murder happened?"

Wu Zuo has already covered the burial cloth: "It was about last night, when it was close to midnight."

Liu Chengfeng coughed: "Since this case happened in the inn, the inn must be shut down before the case comes to light. Anyone involved in this matter will be imprisoned first, and we will talk about it after questioning one by one."

This is the old practice of handling cases in the past, and others didn't say anything. A few people who lived in the inn felt a little unlucky, but they couldn't do anything about it.

Jiang Zhou scanned around and saw the secretive expression on the guest's face, and suddenly said: "My lord, this has caused a fatality. It can be said to be a relatively big incident in our town in recent years. Why don't we have a public trial?"

If it is a private trial like this, no matter what the result is, they will only know to the outside world that someone died in Jiangzhou's inn, and it will always affect the business in the future. It is better to have a public trial. If it has nothing to do with the inn, they will not be worried Get notoriety.

Liu Chengfeng agreed.

Jiang Zhou called the shopkeeper over first, and asked, "When I came here earlier, I was in a hurry, but I didn't ask clearly. Can the identities of these two people be found out? Are they staying at our inn?"

The shopkeeper has always had a good memory, so he said: "These two people came to stay three days ago, and they didn't say anything else. They only said that they came from the capital to do business. They don't show up in public very often, especially the woman. , only walked around the inn the first day I came here, and stayed in the room from then on without going out. Men often go out. On weekdays, they like to order a plate of peanuts, order a pot of wine, and sit at the bottom Listen to what people say, or go to the chess room."

Now you need guides and documents for lodging, and before you leave the store, unless necessary, the documents are usually kept with the shopkeeper, so the shopkeeper took the documents for him to read, there is only a man's name on it, Zhou Mi.

Liu Chengfeng felt that he was not good at questioning as a suspect, and just about to speak, saw Zhuobang in a blink of an eye, and swallowed what he wanted to say again.

Jiang Zhou said to Zhuobang: "My lord, the most important thing now is to know who Zhou Mi has met during the time he was out, and he may have conflicts with others on weekdays."

All of a sudden, a guest from the inn stood up and said, "I'm familiar with this person. I've met him outside in the past, because his accent sounds like he's from his hometown, and he said a few words that he came here to learn Buddhist scriptures. For business, I also want to bring something new to show to the nobles in the capital, so as to make a fortune."

Jiang Zhou thought about it for a while, and suddenly grasped a point: "He said he came to do business, so he must have brought goods and money. Did the officials see it?"

Several yamen servants looked at each other and shook their heads: "Just now we went to the room to check, and the packages are all there, but we didn't see any goods, and there were only a few loose coins in the package."

Everyone took a look of understanding: "It's probably seeking money."

Unknowingly, they tacitly ruled out Jiang Zhou's suspicion. Without him, in their eyes, Jiang Zhou might have more money than him. How could they be so greedy?Didn’t you see those things that the emperor rewarded, such a big pearl, it can be used as a family heirloom in ordinary people’s homes, but I heard that it was hung by Jiang Zhou on his wife’s bedside as a night lamp...

Everyone had different expressions, but Jiang Zhou came up with an idea: "Now that we have a tour guide to help guide us when we enter the town, why don't we go to the tour guide and ask who took this person that day."

The tour guide office was proposed by Jiang Zhou at that time, in order to provide a channel for the scholars and students in the town who had nothing to do to make money to support themselves. Most of them read a lot of books and knew some of the outside world. As for being reserved and silent, most of the families are poor, cannot afford to support them, and cannot do any heavy work, so Jiang Zhou thought of such a way.

Generally, tourists who come to the town will have a tour guide to take them to visit, and at the same time, they will establish a good relationship. Most of the tourists who come to the town will contact the tour guide in the future. For example, if Zhou Mi does business like this, most of them will also ask about prices. If you ask about the market, you will definitely find a tour guide to lead the way.

Not long after, the scholar tour guide came and seemed to know that Zhou Mi had died. He looked a little uncomfortable and shy, and Jiang Zhou's eyelids twitched when he saw it.

Someone asked the scholar, and the scholar only said: "No...nothing else, he often hangs around in several stores in Jiangda University, and often asks me some prices and the like, nothing else, nothing else, oh yes I just saw him on the street yesterday! He said he would go back to the capital in a few days, and in order to thank me for taking care of me these days, he also gave me [-] Wen for my hard work, and then he went back to the inn."

In this way, apart from the people in the inn, the scholar was the last person who saw him.

Seeing his blinking eyes, Jiang Zhou smiled and asked, "Why are you shaking?"

The scholar's hands were covered in his sleeves, trembling slightly, he was silent for a while, then glanced at Liu Chengfeng, and said: "When Mr. Zhou came, I heard that the Jiang's Inn was full. I took it to the nearby inn, but Mr. Zhou didn’t like it, so he came here.”

Jiang Zhou's heart skipped a beat: The inn next door?

Isn't that from Liulin?