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Chapter 302 Suicide in fear of sin
Master Fu actually didn't care about the cause of Fu Langhuan's death, death was like a lamp extinguished, even though she was an old woman whom he loved very much, she would eventually marry off in the future, what Master Fu valued was still the few sons who were well-established.

Of course, if Fu Langhuan could really marry Yang Xu, even if it was just a concubine, Master Fu and the Fu family would treat Fu Langhuan as an ancestor, and there would never be any "married girl throwing it out".

But Fu Langhuan's tragic death brought unknown dangers and troubles to the Fu family. Master Fu even had some resentment for his daughter lying in the coffin.

Hearing Tao Yuzuo's words at this moment, Master Fu's eyes shone brightly, and then he said: "Master Zhu, according to what Tao Yuzuo said, the murderer who hurt the little girl is someone else, so Miss Zhou can be regarded as an innocent disaster."

County Magistrate Zhu stroked his beard and nodded, and glanced at the relieved Master Fu, with disdain and contempt showing on his fat face.

Even if the two girls were drugged and became unconscious, or even went crazy, after all, the bedroom doors and windows were closed, and it was the girl from the Zhou family who strangled Fu Langhuan to death. Fu Weimin, with his grateful appearance, was planning to come to the door Compensate the Zhou family, right?
No matter how much he despises Mr. Fu, the merchant, Magistrate Zhu also wanted to settle the case as soon as possible, and said with an official air: "Although Tao Fuzuo found out the sweet-scented osmanthus, there is no clue as to who gave the medicine. It's hard to find the real murderer."

"Master Zhu, the little girl died tragically, and Xiaomin is really heartbroken. The old parents at home have fallen ill in bed after hearing the bad news." Master Fu saluted the county magistrate Zhu, pretending to show grief, "I also ask Master Zhu to allow Xiaomin Bury the little girl first, and let her rest in peace."

Master Fu wished that this case would become an unsolved case, and the murderer would never be found, so that the Fu family would not have to worry about offending people they couldn't offend.

Under the tree outside the yard, Zhan Feiyu listened to the words of Master Fu and County Magistrate Zhu, with great sarcasm and coldness in his eyes. He said that the poison of a tiger does not eat its offspring, but Master Fu is not even as good as an animal.

Sensing the coldness in the little girl's clear eyes, Yin Wuyan raised his hand and stroked her head comfortingly. After many years in the Forbidden Dragon Guard, Yin Wuyan has seen too many such scenes where father is not father and son is not son.

The icy phoenix eyes glanced at the groveling Master Fu, Yin Wuyan was sure that once the magistrate Zhu allowed him to seek burial, the Fu family would never bury Fu Langhuan in order to avoid future troubles, they would just burn it to pieces.

If someone comes to investigate the case in the future, the corpses are gone, and the Fu family can escape. A dead daughter is far less important than the Fu family and money.

County magistrate Zhu also knew the reason why Master Fu was in a hurry to bury him, so he glanced at Zhan Feiyu not far away, seeing that she had no objection, then magistrate Zhu said: "Okay, let the little girl take advantage of the fine weather these few days." Rest in peace."

"Thank you Master Zhu for your compassion, and I am very grateful." Master Fu suppressed the joy in his heart, and bowed to County Magistrate Zhu again.

If it weren't for the presence of two outsiders, Zhan Feiyu and Yin Wuyan, Mr. Fu would definitely give the county magistrate Zhu a silver ticket as a thank you gift, but there is no rush. Faint and greedy for money, the most important thing for Mr. Fu is money.

A moment later, outside the gate of Fu's house, not all the people who were onlookers dispersed.

It's almost Chinese New Year when a homicide case happened, and the one who died was the daughter of the Fu family, and the yamen came to open the coffin for an autopsy. No wonder the people in Xiangwu County were curious, they would rather be exposed to the cold wind than just leave.

"Miss Zhan, I have to go back to the Yamen to handle official business, so I won't escort Miss Zhan back." Magistrate Zhu licked his old face and smiled. Thinking of Qiu Zongxi's fiery temper, magistrate Zhu would never dare to disturb him.

Furthermore, even with Wu Zuo's autopsy, there are still many problems to be dealt with in the follow-up of the case, and County Magistrate Zhu is indeed busy when he goes back.

Mr. Fu and the men of the Fu family who sent people out walked at the back. Seeing the magistrate Zhu's obsequious and flattering attitude, everyone glanced at each other. It's a pity that Lang Huan died, otherwise if he could make friends with this little girl, It will definitely bring countless benefits to the Fu family.

Thinking of Fu Langhuan's three nephews, the oldest is 11 years old and the youngest is [-] years old. This age is also a good match for Zhan Feiyu, and the family also invited a wife to teach them to read. If they can achieve a good marriage, the Fu family may The lintel can be replaced.

But when he thought that Fu Langhuan was dead, there was no way for the Fu family to curry favor with others. Not to mention Mr. Fu secretly felt sorry for him, Fu Langhuan's brothers and uncles also looked disappointed, and only hated Fu Langhuan's death It was not the right time to ruin the Fu family's Qingyun Road for nothing.

"Master Zhu is busy with business, I can go back on my own." Zhan Feiyu replied politely.

The results of the autopsy have come out. Fu Langhuan was indeed suffocated and strangled to death. There were no other fatal injuries on her body, so Zhou Shuyao was undoubtedly the murderer.

Of course, if she hadn't been drugged with a lot of cinnamon, she wouldn't have committed a murder. What Zhan Feiyu wondered now was who the person who drugged her was.

"My lord, something happened..." Just as a group of people walked out of the gate of Fu's house, a policeman ran over like crazy, slipped and fell to the ground with a thud.

Seeing the arrester who fell on the ground, County Magistrate Zhu kicked him angrily, "You shameful thing, get up quickly!"

"My lord, it's bad." The arrester couldn't care less about the pain, and didn't dare to get up from the ground. He raised his head and complained to County Magistrate Zhu, "Miss Zhou is dead!"

"What did you say?" County magistrate Zhu's voice was sharp, as if he had been struck by lightning.

Fu Langhuan died as well, but she was the daughter of a merchant. If the Fu family hadn't wanted to plot against the General's Mansion that was about to be revived, Fu Langhuan would not have been involved in it, and naturally there would be no unreasonable disaster.

But Zhou Shuyao is dead!County Magistrate Zhu's scalp was about to explode, and people died one after another in the area under his jurisdiction. This time, the one who died was the eldest daughter of the Zhou family, Zhang Tongzhi's niece.

County Magistrate Zhu ignored the official prestige and arrogance, bent down and grabbed the arrester's skirt, and shouted hysterically, "Please tell me clearly, who is dead?"

"My lord, Miss Zhou is dead." The policeman repeated again, they guarded outside the other courtyard according to the lord's order, although they were all frozen into dogs, but who told them that it was Miss Zhou's family.

Master Zhu didn't dare to bring him back to the Yamen, these little policemen could only stand outside the other courtyard and put on a show, but who would have thought that Miss Zhou would wipe her neck, and I heard that the blood sprayed a wall.

Zhan Feiyu was also stunned, and looked back at Yin Wuyan, "Big Brother, Zhou Shuyao is dead?"

Yin Wuyan was also unclear, and said coldly: "Let's go there."

County magistrate Zhu couldn't care less about other things, and hurried into the sedan chair to rush to Zhang's other courtyard. Thinking that the person who died was Zhou Shuyao, county magistrate Zhu wished he could resign immediately and run away.

After this incident, County Magistrate Zhu decided to go to the temple to worship and donate more incense money.

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The outside of the Zhang Family Courtyard had already been surrounded by common people, Zhang Minxian and Zhang Minhua were inside at the moment, and the servants were also in a panic, so naturally no one came out to drive away the surrounding people.

Fortunately, the few arresters who stayed here dared not go in, for fear of being angered by Zhang Tongzhi, and they would do their best to maintain order outside the door.

"I heard that the one who died was a murderer?" Some passers-by stood in a shelter from the wind, stretched their necks and looked towards the other courtyard, proudly showing off their knowledge to the people around them.

Sure enough, a fat aunt rubbed her frozen hands, and couldn't help asking: "What murderer? Brother, what happened?"

"Yes, little brother, tell us about it." The passers-by also echoed, this courtyard is very exquisite at first glance, the stone drum at the door, the towering wall, and the flying eaves and walls through the treetops, This is the house of a rich family.

After whetting the appetites of the people around him, the bearded man said, "Don't you guys know about the homicide cases that have occurred in the county these days?"

"I know that. I heard that the daughter of the Fu family died of a sudden illness." Someone answered, as long as it's freezing cold, even if you live in the county town, you won't go out if you have nothing to do. When I went out, I heard someone say that the daughter of the Fu family had died.

Of course, there are also people who say that the daughter of the Fu family was murdered by gangsters, and others who say that she encountered a flower picker. They don't know exactly how people die.

"Let me tell you." The bearded man stretched out his finger and pointed to the other courtyard not far away. His thick and long fingers looked strong and powerful, and there was a thick layer of calluses on the tiger's mouth.

It's just that the people around were all listening to the gossip, and no one noticed that the hand of the bearded man looked different from the hand of an ordinary man. The callus was sharpened by holding a knife all year round.

"The daughter of the Fu family was murdered by someone, and the murderer was someone from this other courtyard. She committed suicide without fear of crime." When the bearded man revealed the inside information, the people around were stunned for a while, and then there was an uproar muttered.

The fat aunt couldn't help but said: "It's almost the end of the year, and two little girls died one after another. My God, this is to prevent people from having a good year."

"As the old saying goes, Hades wants you to die on the third watch, and will not keep you past the fifth watch. But everyone who is going to die will die before the year, and if they wait for the year to pass, they won't die." The old woman in the corner muttered I took a sentence.

The onlookers also nodded in agreement, and those with seriously ill elderly people believed this even more. Basically, they would die before the Chinese New Year, not after the new year.

"I heard that Miss Fu's family is still a little girl." The soft-hearted woman said.

If it's an adult, it's normal for someone to have a grudge if they have some kind of grievance, but the little girl who is not as good as Ji, is only in her teens, and at most it's just a few words, how can she kill someone.

The bearded man let out a long sigh, "Yeah, I heard that the murderer was also a young girl's family. These officials are different from us ordinary people. They don't care about human lives at all times. I don't know how many maids who signed the death contract were killed in the family."

As soon as these words came out, many people felt sad, so they said that being rich is not benevolent.

Because there were many people around the road, the carriage was moving slowly. Zhan Feiyu frowned when he heard the discussion outside while sitting in the carriage, "The news spread too fast."

Zhou Shuyao had just died here, and his body was still warm, so the news of committing suicide in fear of guilt spread all over the streets and alleys.

"It should be aimed at Yang Xu." Yin Wuyan received the news when he was in Fu's house before, and Yang Xu went out to another courtyard, but Yin Wuyan didn't care because he was accompanied by He Sheng.

But now that Zhou Shuyao died, the conspiracy involved is self-evident.

Yin Wuyan was even certain that if He Sheng hadn't been with him, there might have been another murder case in a secret room, the person who died was Zhou Shuyao, and the murderer was Yang Xu.

Zhan Feiyu nodded. The Yang family hadn't recovered yet, and these ghosts and snakes secretly attacked Yang Xu desperately. If Yang Xu was destroyed, even if the general's mansion recovered, there would be no follow-up. Those who were loyal to the Yang family might be shaken. , it is much easier to be rebelled.

The servants of the Zhang family knew Zhan Feiyu's identity, so they didn't stop the meeting, but led Zhan Feiyu and the others towards the backyard where the accident happened.

The mournful cries could be heard from a distance, and Zhan Feiyu remembered that the Fu family had just gone, even if a mourning hall was set up, it was only for the living, and few people were truly saddened by Fu Langhuan's death.

But at this moment, listening to Zhang Minhua's crying from the bottom of his heart, Zhan Feiyu also felt heavy and uncomfortable in his heart, saying that the disaster would not be as good as his children. Even if Zhou Shuyao was a little more arrogant and powerful, she was the same as Fu Langhuan, but she was innocent. Get involved and lose your life.

"Miss Zhan?" Zhang Minxian came out in a hurry after receiving the report from his servants, the corners of his eyes were red, it could be seen that he was trying his best to suppress his emotions.

Zhan Feiyu said the most feeble polite words, "Master Zhang, please forgive me."

"Shuyao, she..." Zhang Minxian was originally a reticent, paranoid and even somewhat noble character, but at the moment his throat was hoarse, and he could only slightly raise his head before he finished speaking, forcing sour tears into his eyes.

After a long while, the mood was relieved, and Zhang Minxian said: "I have lost my composure, Miss Zhan, please."

As for Yin Wuyan, even if he doesn't know his identity, he might be by Zhan Feiyu's side, and the relationship between the two is extremely close, Zhang Minxian knows that the other party must have a lot of background.

It's just that Yin Wuyan is so cold and noble that he rejects others thousands of miles away. Zhang Minxian didn't dare to ask his identity without authorization, so he could only entertain Zhan Feiyu as if he didn't exist.

There are only a few rooms between the small living room where Zhou Shuyao had an accident and the bedroom where Zhou Shuyao had an accident, so Zhang Minyu's mournful cries can still be heard.

The servants of the Zhang family and the Zhou family are well-trained. Even if such a big incident happened, charcoal basins were still prepared in the small hall, and the maids also brought tea, but the heat was not right, and the tea was not as fragrant as usual. .

"I went to Fu's house with Magistrate Zhu before, and I heard the report from the arrester." Zhan Feiyu said roughly, thinking that Lord Zhang also knew about Magistrate Zhu's autopsy.

Originally, having the autopsy results would be more powerful to Zhou Shuyao, but she committed suicide suddenly at this time, in such a tragic way, cutting the meridian in the neck with sharp scissors.

Thinking of the rumors about committing suicide in fear of guilt, Zhan Feiyu's eyes turned cold. These people couldn't wait to create public opinion.

(End of this chapter)