Imperial City Investigative Department

Chapter 373 Handling Housework ([-]) One More

Wu Chen frowned and asked, "What do they want you to do with the wooden sign?"

"After that night, the vicinity of Liu's house was sealed off like an iron barrel. The person who brought the wooden sign wanted me to bring someone in..."

"Male and female?"

"male."

"Caught it?"

"Caught it!"

"What can I ask?"

"As soon as he was caught, the man committed suicide by taking poison."

Wu Chen was waiting for the next sentence, and when he heard the result, he let out a long sigh.

Gu Shiming looked at Wu Chen with deep meaning and said, "Don't worry, the prince said that as long as you find out who held the wooden sign before, it doesn't matter if that person is dead or alive."

Wu Chen closed his eyes and rested his mind, and didn't speak any more.

……

The sophomore's house is not in a busy city, but in a secluded alley.

When the carriage drove into the alley, Wu Chen opened the curtain and took a look. After just two glances, Wu Chen knew that no rich people lived around here. The alley was messy and noisy...

Wu Chen unconsciously felt guilty. He never thought of asking Gao Er and Xu Da, or visiting their homes. If he came earlier, would he be able to help Gao Er change his place?
Just as Wu Chen was feeling guilty, there were bursts of yelling and pleading in his ears. After listening carefully, Wu Chen suddenly got out of the carriage.

The three hurriedly stopped the carriage and followed them down. Wu Chen pointed to a house in front of him and turned to ask Xu Da: "The one with the white light hanging in front of the door is the second brother's house?"

Xu Da nodded and hurried forward to knock on the door, but before Xu Da could reach the door, Wu Chen had already arrived, and without a pause, he raised his leg and kicked the door open.

The gate flew into the courtyard in pieces, even the screen wall in front of the gate was cracked, and it was scattered all over the ground in the blink of an eye.

The three of them ran to the gate, opening their mouths in amazement at how Wu Chen kicked open the gate of Gao Er's house, and then seeing the scene in the courtyard, their mouths opened even wider.

I saw an old woman in the courtyard sitting under the eaves of the main room, and a thin middle-aged man stood beside her. A woman in the courtyard was holding another woman's hair in her hand, and her raised palm was Hanging in the air, although the woman who was beaten was powerless to fight, she still tightly protected the two children in front of her with both hands, and an older child who was tied up was lying on the ground next to her, struggling He straightened his upper body and looked anxiously at the courtyard.

Wu Chen didn't look back, and asked with a livid face, "Which one is the sister-in-law?"

Xu Da knew that this was asking him, so he quickly said, "It's the one who gets beaten."

The beating woman in the courtyard let go of her hands at this moment, and was about to put her hips on her hips to question, Wu Chen stepped forward and said, "I never hit women." Then there was a 'pop', and the woman flew directly to Under the eaves, the mother and son fell to the ground together.

"But sometimes words don't count."

After finishing speaking, Wu Chen helped the woman on the ground, and after looking carefully, he gritted his teeth and said, "Sister-in-law is suffering, brother is late."

The woman's face was already red and swollen. At this time, her eyes were red and her voice tremblingly asked: "But...Brother Wu Chen? Are you awake? It's really good!"

Wu Chen's nose was sour, and his knees softened for some reason, and he knelt down with a 'plop', sobbing: "Damn my brother, let my sister-in-law and nephews and nieces... suffer!"

"Get up, get up!"

At this moment, Xu Da and Song Gu rushed forward, helped the tied child up, and loosened the tie. The child was obviously injured and grinned, but he didn't make a sound. After untying, he thanked him and ran directly to help Wu morning.

Wu Chen had no choice but to get up, and the child politely said, "Gao Wen has seen Uncle!"

Wu Chen touched Gao Wen's head and asked gently, "How old is it?"

"11 is old."

Wu Chen looked at the boy and girl in the woman's arms.

The two children hid in the woman's arms in horror. Seeing their elder brother salute, the two followed suit. The boy said, "Gao Wu has seen Uncle."

The girl said, "Gao Yu has seen Uncle."

"Okay, okay!" Wu Chen said hello three times, took a deep breath and said, "With uncle here, no one will be able to bully you from now on!"

Gao Wen glanced at the three people who were struggling to get up under the eaves, his eyes were full of hatred, but he could only hold back, lowered his head and said, "They are grandmother and uncle, my mother said, I can only bear it."

Wu Chen patted Gao Wen's shoulder and said, "It's your grandmother and uncle, not mine."

Gao Wen looked up at Wu Chen, with doubts in his surprise.

Wu Chen nodded at him, then looked at the woman, bowed and asked, "This is the home of the second brother and sister-in-law, why does sister-in-law allow them to bully her?"

The woman touched her tears, choked up and said:

"It's my incompetence! Knowing that your husband has passed away, my heart is broken. My mother-in-law is afraid that your husband will be left alone to take care of me. She cries in front of me every day. I intend to go with him. If I leave, how will my children live? They want money, and I will give it, as long as the four of us can survive, but they always feel that I have hidden something in private, and they will try to force me to take it out every now and then. .”

The woman wiped the tears from her chin, and then said:
"They have been tossing and tossing for a few days, and I really have no money to give them. Today, my mother-in-law said that I have bad conduct, that I will spoil the child, and wants us to separate mother and child, and brought Brother Wen to her. Upbringing, our mother and son are not willing, they... also said that when you were alive, Mr. Lang often interacted with high-ranking officials and nobles, he must have hidden good things, as long as you take them out..."

Gu Shiming couldn't listen any longer, and rushed up to ask: "The pension money given by the investigation department is also taken away by them?"

The woman nods.

Gu Shiming looked angrily at the three people standing under the eaves supporting each other, and shouted: "Shameless!"

Song Gu looked at Wu Chen in bewilderment, and asked in a low voice, "How could that woman be able to withstand your strength?"

Wu Chen snorted coldly and said, "I didn't use any strength. If I fell to my death at this time, I'm afraid my sister-in-law will get a bad name."

Xu Damang asked: "Then, what should we do next? You can't bring the four of them back to your home, can you?"

"This is the second brother's home, why did the sister-in-law leave?" Wu Chen said, and took a step forward. The rewards are still hot, so you all come home..."

"In this courtyard, I am Wang Fa!" Wu Chen habitually shouted with a sullen face, "Big brother, second brother!"

Wu Chen's heart trembled, he gritted his teeth, Xu Da had already stepped forward, "What do you want big brother to do?"

"Break that hemp stick's arms and legs!"

"Okay!" Xu Dafei rushed over and dragged the skinny middle-aged man to the courtyard. The middle-aged man shouted: "My second brother just made a great contribution... ah..."

"Brother didn't carry it out at this time!" Wu Chen put his hands behind his back and looked at Xu Da in the courtyard coldly. After a few times, the man in the courtyard passed out, and the old woman under the eaves also passed out. The woman thrown by Chen rushed over, and Song Gu stepped forward and fell to the ground with a kick.

(End of this chapter)