The duke of the governor's family is leaving again

Ma Huyuan's movements did not change, and he still held the stick in front of the courtyard gate.

"Hmph, this doesn't mean anything. It's just that the prefect is kind-hearted and encourages and supports young people. At most, it can only mean that she is worthy of training among the younger generation. Compared with the senior brothers, hum, I'm afraid it's not enough. look."

With a sneer, Ma Huyuan danced the stick vigorously in Ma Huyuan's hands, and then pointed it directly at Chen Yuan, but his words were directed at Yuan Jie.

"What kind of intentions you have in finding such a young female widow to work for you, it's really Sima Zhao's heart that everyone knows."

Yuan Jie's face turned extremely dark.

This Ma Huyuan was really rude. He first ridiculed Chen Wu for his lack of skills, and then used it to prove that the purpose of bringing an unskilled female widow here was not to find out the cause of Boss Ma's death.

"Don't be so presumptuous. The yamen is handling the case. You, a little nurse, have repeatedly stopped me. I have to suspect that you are involved in the murder."

"Yuan Yamen, don't talk nonsense. Boss Ma has been so kind to me. How could I hurt his life?" Ma Huyuan's face turned red with anger. "I just know that this female widow came to Baima Mountain with Cai Gongshu. Who knew they were there?" What’s the relationship between the two?”

After he finished speaking through gritted teeth, he stared at Chen Yuan suspiciously.

"How can there be such a coincidence? As soon as Cai Gongshu came here with a widow, something happened to the master! It just so happened that the widow who was going to do the autopsy for the master was brought by Cai Gongshu. How dare I believe you! Who can guarantee that she will not Who can guarantee that Cai Gongshu, who is protected by officials, is really capable of finding out the true cause of his death?"

This is not a good thing to say, and the protection of officials by officials is too high for Chen Yuan's status. Working as an official does not count as an official, but this suspicion is reasonable. Chen Yuan just wants to take two steps forward to enlighten this loyal servant who is stubborn.

Unexpectedly, two maids supported an old woman with white hair and walked out of the heavily guarded inner courtyard.

"Ma Zhuo, don't be rude to the official."

"Old lady!"

Ma Huyuan looked back anxiously, but he still maintained the posture of one man being in control and not being able to get away from others.

"Don't worry, I will never let this female widower come in until the government official hires a more skilled widower!"

Hearing this, Mrs. Ma's face froze, she walked faster, her tone lost the kindness she had just shown, and she scolded him full of anger.

"Get out!"

Ma Zhuo was stunned for a moment, then withdrew the stick, and the murderous aura in his body instantly dissipated, and he trotted to the old woman aggrievedly.

"Old lady."

"Ma Zhuo, you bumped into two adults. Do you know how much disaster this behavior will bring to the Ma family?"

Ma Guyuan's eyes widened in admiration. After this reminder, he remembered that what he did was inappropriate.

Mrs. Ma sighed disappointedly at Ma Huyuan.

Ma Zhuo sighed and hung his head guiltily.

"Old madam, I, I... got into trouble again? I'm stupid. Since I did something wrong, please punish me!"

"Come here, Ma Zhuo will be punished with thirty sticks."

"Yes."

Two servants responded and quickly brought two benches.

Ma Zhuo was lying on the stool. The two servants took two sticks from the nurse's hands and hit him on the buttocks without any explanation.

Ma Zhuo's reaction was beyond Chen Yuan's expectation, and she was stunned by the execution ability of Ma's servants.

She has come into contact with many wealthy families. As a merchant, the fact that the servants at home can be so protective and obedient illustrates Mrs. Ma's ability and her majesty in the Ma family.

After doing this, accompanied by the sound of sticks and Ma Zhuo's grunting, Mrs. Ma turned around and bowed to Yuan Jie respectfully, and then smiled apologetically at Chen Yuan.

"Please forgive me, sir. Ma Zhuo is a rough man, reckless, outspoken but has no bad intentions. How could he know that the waves behind the Yangtze River push the waves ahead and who said women are inferior to men?

Since Chen Wuzuo is a lawyer specially assigned to the government office by the magistrate, I believe you must have abilities that other brothers cannot match. I would also like to ask you two adults not to argue with this barbarian. "

As expected of the old lady, she dealt with Ma Zhuo first and spoke nicely. Just a few words can not only calm Yuan Jie's anger at being contradicted, but also comfort her, a widower who was belittled by Ma Zhuo.

As long as the two of them are not villains, they will not be able to elevate Ma Zhuo's unreasonable behavior to the Ma family.

Yuan Jie snorted and straightened his chest.

"I heard that Madam Ma's housekeeper has her own tricks, but now it seems that it's just that. It's better not to stay with such a rude person. Fortunately, I have a good relationship with Chen Wu. If I encounter someone who is unreasonable next time, I don't know how to deal with such a barbarian. How much trouble it will cause to the Ma family."

It is said that the king of hell is easy to mess with and the devil is difficult to deal with. Even if a yamen official has no official status, it is not difficult to cause some trouble to a mere merchant.

Apparently Mrs. Ma understood this very well, she forced a smile and said,

"What Lord Yachai said is that I am really unable to do what I do now that I am old."

She made a gesture of invitation, forced a smile and said, "Two adults, please."

Reaching out to avoid hitting the smiling man, Yuan Jie finished venting his anger from Ma Zhuo and decided to focus on business, "Chen Wuzuo, let's go in."

Chen Yuan nodded and kept up with Yuan Jie, passed by Mrs. Ma and nodded politely to her.

When Mrs. Arima opened her mouth, the nursing staff no longer stopped the two of them.

Entering the courtyard where the crime occurred, Chen Yuan found that the layout here continued the style of the place he passed before, but it was more quiet and elegant.

Chen Yuan was not brought indoors, but was taken to the rockery next to the waterside pavilion.

Looking at this rockery, we can also see that the Ma family is rich and powerful. They bought gold and precious Taihu stones of different shapes and stacked them together to form a group of surrounding rockeries.

Living water is introduced to the rockery, surrounded by meandering water, and decorated with asparagus bamboo and moss, which is quite poetic.

What's even better is that a branch of the living water flows down the rockery and into the ditch dug on the ground, driving the dishes to move back and forth, forming a meandering water bottle.

Cushions are placed along the ditch, and guests can sit on the floor and enjoy the delicacies on their plates.

Tonight is the Mid-Autumn Festival again, and Boss Ma and Cai Gongshu are drinking and admiring the moon here.

However, the two people who were drinking and chatting happily were now dead and unconscious.

The scene has been destroyed. Boss Ma and Cai Gongshu have been moved from their original positions. One is placed on the door panel covered with white cloth, and the other is placed on the bench.

Chen Yuan put on gloves and stepped forward to check Cai Gongshu's condition.

It was discovered that he had just passed out drunk.

His right hand was covered in blood. Chen Yuan put down his hand and found no injuries.

Then, this blood comes from Boss Ma.

When Chen Yuan checked Cai Gongshu's situation, Madam Ma looked anxious and clenched her hands, but did not speak to urge him.

Chen Yuan gave her a comforting look and walked towards Boss Ma.

The white cloth has been soaked in blood, and there are two places with the biggest blood stains.

Chen Yuan's eyes flashed and he opened the white cloth.

Because the coroner hadn't arrived yet, Chen Yuan couldn't do an in-depth autopsy and could only take a superficial look at the surface marks.

The injuries on Boss Ma's front were visible to the naked eye, and his right upper arm was slashed.

The fatal wound is in the heart.

Immediately, Chen Yuan looked at the blood-stained dagger placed in the tray.

From this point of view, Cai Gongshu is indeed the most suspect.

(End of this chapter)