Judicial Doctor, Wild Princess

Fifth Young Master Fu Zichen, Seventh Young Miss Fu Ziqing, had also not been heard from either. As for their rooms, they had been burnt into ruins, and there were two unrecognizable charred corpses inside.

Three of their family members had died in a single night. The Du Family could no longer bear the blow and fainted.

The effects of the fire this time was too great. In addition, the new Patriarch of the Fu Residence, Fu Hongda, had issued a death warrant. There had to be a strict investigation. Soon, the entire Fu Residence was sealed up.

The yamen sent someone to detain Li Hei.

After another day and night of scrutiny, they finally broke Li Hei's lips. Indeed, Li Hei knew from a long time ago that there would be a fire that night, and as a result, he specially transferred the servants who treated him with great filial piety, swapping them for a group of thorns that were not on good terms with him, and sent them to their deaths.

Since someone knew in advance that the second room would be on fire, that meant that someone was deliberately setting it on fire and not by accident.

Li Hei confessed the truth. He said that the one he was truly loyal to was actually the master of the mansion — Fu Honghao.

After the investigation and interrogation of the matter up to this point, many things had already been confirmed. However, there was a problem with Sima Xi's authority.

Fu Honggang was Sima Xi's superior, and logically speaking, there were no rules for lower levels to detain higher levels. However, in this case, the victim, the Patriarch Fu Hongda, had given Sima Xi full authority to handle the case, with the position of the entire Fu's Family at the forefront.

Sima Xi didn't know whether he should summon Fu Hongwu or not, so he had to explain the situation to Fu Hongda.

When Fu Hongda heard this, he was extremely shocked. "Are you saying that the one who set the fire was my elder brother?"

Sima Xi nodded. "According to what Li Hei said, this is indeed the case. Fourth master, what do you think about this matter?"

Fu Hongda didn't say anything for a long time. It was as if he couldn't believe that the elder brother he respected was the culprit that caused second brother's family's death.

Fu Hongda's eyes were calm as he said in a serious tone, "Did you guys really investigate it thoroughly? Do you really believe Li Hei's words? "

Sima Xi was in a difficult position. "Logically speaking, we should not know whether it's true or not. We need to repress the suspicion and interrogate him again. But the suspicion, the identity of the great master …"

Fu Hongda understood and immediately said, "You must not rashly judge this matter. Big Brother's innocence is of utmost importance, and since we need to deduct it before we can find out the truth, you should do it properly. I believe that Big Brother can understand. This is your responsibility, but, if you find out that Big Brother is innocent, you need to release him immediately.

Sima Xi touched the tip of her nose and thought to herself, without saying anything — how could you expect a murderer to voluntarily confess to a crime if they didn't allow torture?

After Fu Hongda finished speaking, in the name of the new patriarch of the Fu's Family, he wrote a letter of instruction. It stated that during the period when Sima Xi was investigating the cause of the fire in the Fu's Family, any actions which were above his level would be borne and explained by the Fu Mansion with the full power of the Fu Mansion.

Sima Xi took the letter with the Patriarch's seal on it and left. He turned around and led his men to the temporary residence of Fu Hongwu.

The Fu family had also heard about the fire in the Fu Mansion, but they were still frightened when Sima Xi broke into the mansion with dozens of yamen runners.

Fu Hongwu was the calmest of them all. He was very shrewd and had already guessed this result from the moment he had appeared out of the fire.

When he was personally invited to leave by Sima Xi, Fu Hongwu's face was filled with mockery. He looked at the seal of the family head as he coldly said, "I have a good fourth brother!"

Fu Honghong glanced at Sima Xi, but didn't say anything as he got into the carriage.

As Sima Xi had said, although he brought people here to be interrogated, he was very polite when speaking about various aspects of his office. Not only did he personally serve Fu Hongwu tea, he also had someone bring him a chair and a cushion, so as not to make him uncomfortable in this cramped torture chamber.

The interrogation didn't go well, and no matter what Sima asked, Fu Hongxian denied it until he finally brought Li Hei out.

But in the face of Li Hei's confession, Fu Honghong also had his own way of speaking, he said he didn't know Li Hei at all.

Li Hei felt wronged, and immediately fell to the ground while crying, begging Fu Hong to save his life, and even saying that he had always listened to his orders, and was absolutely loyal to Hong He.

Fu Hongwu refused to admit it. He said that he didn't know him, so he didn't know him.

After a while, Fu Hongwu lost his patience. "Sir Sima."

Sima Xi hurried over. "Please speak."

"If your so-called evidence is the side of a lowly servant, then I'm afraid I won't have the time to waste with you."

Sima Xi let out a hollow laugh and turned to Li Hei. "What else do you have to say?"

Li Jun's eyes were bloodshot and his face was covered with tears. He gritted her teeth as if giving her all, and suddenly said, "Since Master is not saving me, then I can only protect myself. Sir, I have evidence!"

Fu Hongwu looked at Li Hei and narrowed his eyes.

Sima asked, "Do you have any evidence?"

This little one has a notebook, which states when and where. Master told me what to do, Master used this little one for two years, and I have recorded every single detail of these two years. Master only needs to verify and know if this little one's words are true or not!

Sima Xi glanced at Fu Hongwu, then stared at Li Hei. "Where is the notebook now?"

"It's in the second brick to the left of the small bed."

Sima Xi waved his hand and had someone bring Li Hei away. He then said to Hong Biao in a friendly manner, "Since you have new evidence, I'll have to trouble you to wait for a while longer."

Fu Honggang frowned, obviously not wanting to wait.

However, Sima Xi had already sent people to look for him. He gave Fu Hongjie more tea and fanned him, trying his best to calm him down.

After an hour, the bailiff returned with Li Hei's notebook.

There was more than one book in the notebook, a total of three books. The two books were wrapped in oilskin paper and placed in the innermost corner of the bed range. The unfinished book was placed on the outermost shelf.

There were three books in front of him, but Sima Xi didn't look at them. He asked Fu Hong to look at them together and observed his expression at the same time.

Fu Hongwu was initially disdainful, but when he saw what was going on, his expression immediately turned ugly.

Sima Xi lowered his eyes and flipped through the first book, casually saying, "The first book was written in March two years ago. It said that you had sent Li Hei to the Jiangnan Qujiang County to investigate your nephew's whereabouts, and you wanted to pay Young Master Fu?"

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