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After Sanlang packed up the seafood, it was almost time for dinner, and no one came back when the meal was ready. Under the urging of Xiaowu's eyes, Sanlang half pushed and half pushed, went to the street to buy a big food box, rented a donkey cart, and set off for Han Dazhuang.

Sitting on the dangling car, Saburo muttered, "It's a big loss, it's a big loss."

Having said that, after receiving the report, Zhen Qingming rode over to the house of the family named Han in Han Dazhuang, and found that the body was still warm. "Where was the body of the deceased found?"

A young woman cried and said, "It's right here." Pointing to the main room, "Our family is eating, and my husband suddenly fell to the ground while eating, and then he lost his breath."

"My lord, my lord, this is the woman who killed my son, please avenge my son!" Zhen Qingming knelt down on the ground as he spoke, and looked down, she was a 50-[-]-year-old peasant woman.

"Get up first, let the adults see the corpse." Dong Lai stretched out his hand to help her up.

Zhen Qingming put on the protective clothing, and Donglai Dongbao laid the corpse flat. Since it was a male corpse, there were no taboos, so he directly lifted his clothes: "The deceased male, how old are you in your twenties?" asked the people behind him.

The mother of the deceased said, "23 years old."

"There is no injury on the body, the complexion is normal, and there is no sign of poisoning." Zhen Qingming looked at Donglai and wrote these down, and asked, "How is your son?"

"Well, I can eat five steamed buns for a meal." The old woman asked expectantly, "My lord, she must have killed my son!"

Zhen Qingming had heard this for the third time, and looked at the young woman in front of him, "Why are you so sure that she killed the man?"

"..." Mother Han was at a loss for words for a moment, her expression was a little unnatural.

Zhen Qingming: "If you don't tell the truth, I won't be able to avenge your son even if I have great abilities." He raised his brows, "My lady, tell me."

"My lord, I, I..." She glanced at Han Mu, a little hesitant and a little anxious.

Zhen Qingming became interested, "To tell you the truth, whoever I am here can do anything to you."

"That's right, if this little lady knows something and just say it, my lord will make the decision for you." Dong Lai persuaded, "The laws of heaven are clear, and you will never miss anything. My lord will definitely find out the truth for your husband."

"Cao Min, Cao Min suspects it's her mother-in-law." After speaking, she shook her body.

Han's mother rushed forward with her teeth and claws, "Dead woman, bastard, what are you talking about? My mother tore your mouth, little whore!" She said and scratched his face.

Donglai Dongbao hurriedly dragged her, Zhen Qingming found a stool and sat down, and waited for the yamen servant to come over to check, anyway, he was not in a hurry.

When Han Mu saw that the county magistrate was sitting outside the door, she couldn't hold on without the meeting, "My lord, why don't you check?"

Seeing her impatient face, Zhen Qingming felt confident that the deceased's death had nothing to do with his parents, "If you don't tell the truth, I don't know how to investigate further?"

"...Let me tell you." Mother Han glanced at the daughter-in-law in the room before saying, "That woman was bought by grass-roots people."

"What?" Zhen Qingming suddenly stood up, "Didn't you know that those who bought it illegally as wives and concubines will be sentenced to three years in prison?"

"Caomin knows." It's clear, I didn't dare to say it before.

Zhen Qingming said with a cold face, "Your son has healthy limbs, and your house is better than ordinary people's. Why did you buy a wife, how did you buy it, and how long did you buy it? Don't hide anything."

"Yes!" Mother Han breathed a sigh of relief when she told the biggest secret, "Caomin has three daughters and one son. The son was conceived by Caomin at the age of 30. Because he is the youngest son, I dote on him."

"I'm afraid it's more than a little pampered." Zhen Qingming thought of the white body of the deceased, "You spoiled your son, then what?"

"He doesn't do business every day, he hangs around, and the people around him know what I am like, so they don't dare to marry a girl to him, and they don't dare to marry him. I haven't married a daughter-in-law at the age of 22, and my wife and I are a little anxious When we think about it, if we find a daughter-in-law from far away, they may be willing to marry my daughter over if they don't know what my son is like inside."

"You didn't tell the truth." Zhen Qingming said, "Don't try to hide it from me. Is the deceased wandering around every day stealing or gambling?"

"My lord, you are wronged." Mother Han knelt on the ground, "My son, my son is just a lazy eater. Also, he has a picky mouth and a temper, which is not good."

Zhen Qingming frowned when he heard this, "Why is it so difficult? Have you ever hit you?"

Mother Han shook her head again and again, "No, no. My son is not good at anything else, but he is still filial."

Zhen Qingming raised his hand, and Donglai Dongbao ran up to him, "Young Master, what are your orders?"

"Ask the neighbors left and right, how is the deceased's temper?"

"My lord, the grass people said, my son is filial."

Zhen Qingming: "This officer pays attention to evidence in handling cases. How can I listen to your one-sided words and continue talking!"

Mother Han looked at him so seriously and didn't dare to pester him, "My wife and I didn't expect that the farther away people marry their daughters, the more they want to find out my son's character. We have been busy for several months and there is no sign of it. Passing by the county, I saw a waiter and asked us if we should go in and have a rest.

"Caomin suddenly thought that since the marriage proposal is not successful, it is better to buy one. So we found Ren Yazi, but let him go and have a look. Those women who are willing to sell themselves are either very old or very ugly, if they are not disabled. And I thought about it, and seeing other people's children and grandchildren, I thought, since I can't find it in the market, I should go to the village to find it.

"I searched like this for more than a month, and Caomin found it." After a pause, "The woman has two younger brothers and a younger sister. Her father died long ago, and her mother raised four children by herself. As soon as she said it, her mother agreed.

But the woman was still unwilling, and she nodded when I gave her mother ten taels of silver. If I knew it was a bastard, I threw the silver into the river to listen to the sound, and I didn't want her to harm my son. "

"You think she was unwilling to marry your son before, so you suspect him as a murderer. It's too arbitrary." Zhen Qingming shook his head, expressing his disbelief.

"Gah?" Han's mother was crying hard. When she heard this, she suddenly raised her head, her tongue was bald, "She, she is a woman who is easy to make fun of, she committed crimes, I am sorry for my son, son..."

Zhen Qingming's expression moved, and he attracted the young Xiao Han, "Why did you say that the murderer was your mother-in-law just now?"

The other party wiped away tears, her eyes were flushed, and she looked very sad. She only heard her say, "My mother-in-law scolded my husband every day, 'Why don't you die, why don't you live, why doesn't God take you away'? You can't live a day scolding your mother-in-law, so the grass-roots suspect it's her mother-in-law."

"It's you! You bastard, you must have poisoned my son to death!" Mother Han sternly said, "My son is doing well, and suddenly he can't speak after eating the dumplings you made. It was you who poisoned—"

"Wait a minute! You said the deceased suddenly became speechless?" Zhen Qingming asked hastily.

"Yes, my lord, my son seemed to be choked by someone suddenly, rolled his eyes and stuck out his tongue, and then, and then it was gone!" Mother Han cried out loudly.

Zhen Qingming walked to the side of the deceased and opened his mouth, "Is there a fire pocket or a lamp?"

"There is a lamp, Caomin will get it." Mother Han got up and went to the kitchen.

Zhen Qingming took a lamp and pointed it at the throat of the deceased, "There is nothing, and there is no foreign object inside." Will there be a sudden illness, and it has nothing to do with anyone?But when Zhen Qingming saw the chaotic situation in this house, he subconsciously thought that the death of the deceased was not easy.

When the two classes of yamen servants came to help Dongbao and the two find out the relationship network of the deceased, Zhen Qingming rubbed his growling stomach, took out sesame seed cakes, and asked while eating, "Donglai, tell me first."

"Master, the deceased's neighbors are indeed as his mother said. The deceased generally respects his parents, and occasionally loses his temper and talks back to his parents. However, there is one thing that is very strange. Mother Han said that her daughter-in-law is promiscuous. However, the villagers said that she worked hard to manage the house, and she usually did not leave the door. By the way, a woman saw the wounds on the wife of the deceased, and suspected that he closed the door and beat her. "

Zhen Qingming: "Find a woman who has nothing to do with the deceased, and check her body for any injuries."

"Yes!" Dong Lai pursed his lips, he really wanted to eat sesame seed cakes.

"Dong Bao, what about you?"

"The deceased did not commit any crimes during his lifetime, and no one saw him enter a casino," he hesitated when he said this.

"Continue." Zhen Qingming took out another after eating one.

Dongbao was drooling, so hungry!But we still need to continue to investigate, "During the investigation process, a bastard said that the deceased liked to go to Hualou before he was alive. It must be his wife. His wife was dissatisfied with her desires and killed him!"

"Ridiculous!" The county magistrate Zhen, who had never been in love before, naturally didn't understand what it was like, "It's a bunch of nonsense!"

"Subordinates also think he's talking nonsense, so do you want to investigate Hualou?" Dongbao tried to ask.

"Investigate! Of course investigate!" Zhen Qingming said very seriously, "Investigate when we get back."

"Go back now?" Dongbao asked immediately, it was already past noon, when will we be able to eat the delicious rice cooked by Saburo.

Zhen Qingming touched a sesame seed cake again and saw that it was the last one. He slowed down his eating movements, but there were more slobbering sounds around him, "Dong Lai, is there a result?"

Donglai: "According to the woman just now, there are almost no good spots on her body."

Zhen Qingming nodded, indicating that he knew.However, the murder weapon was not found, and the doctor did not come, so it was impossible to determine whether the deceased died of illness. Even if there was some doubt, everything could only be kept in the heart.Looking up and seeing people getting closer, he slowly widened his eyes, "Sanlang!" He exclaimed and started walking.

San Lang immediately felt that it was worth it, and looked at the servants behind him, "You haven't eaten yet?"

"Master, if you don't talk about eating, how dare we." Dong looked at the big table in the distance. The food on the table was made by Han's mother and neighbors together. The cakes were not delicious at first glance.

"The food box is only enough for adults to eat." Saburo was not very embarrassed.

"Just enough for the grown-ups to eat!" Cao Yamen who took the lead said, "We have something to eat." Seeing Zhen Qingming walking towards Sanlang, the gang of Yamen servants hurriedly took the chopsticks to serve the bowl, eat well and continue to work!

With outsiders around, Donglai Dongbao didn't dare to be big or small, even if he smelled the fragrance coming from the food box, he didn't dare to walk over.

When Zhen Qingming saw the two big crabs, the young master couldn't help feeling worried, "Why do you eat these things?"

"You drink egg custard to cushion your stomach first." He said and picked up the crab to help him open it.Saburo, a foodie, broke up the crabs, and Zhen Qingming didn't finish his drink.

When Zhen Qingming was eating crabs, he quickly dismantled one and peeled off half a bowl of shrimp in the blink of an eye. He didn't need to do the rest, so he asked leisurely, "Is there any clue to the case?"