The cicadas outside the county office suddenly became noisy, and Hua Lang looked into the distance, and suddenly there was an indescribable worry in his heart.

Before noon, the officials who went to investigate whether Mrs. Xue's words were true rushed back, and they said that they had asked people near Mrs. Xue's mother's house, and they said that they had not seen Mrs. Xue return to her mother's house.

After hearing the news, Bao Zheng was angry and said, "This Mrs. Xue dares to lie to us, it is better to have her escorted for questioning." ”

Hua Lang didn't say much else about Bao Zheng's proposal, so Bao Zheng didn't hesitate, and immediately ordered the county order Yu Hai to escort Mrs. Xue over.

After a short time, the official escorted Mrs. Xue over, her face was very bad, and she was still sad, she entered the inner office, and after she knelt down for Bao Zheng and Yu Hai, she did not say a word.

Bao Zheng frowned slightly, and asked, "Mrs. Xue, after our investigation, you have not been to your mother's house at all, so you lied to us!" ”

Mrs. Xue's expression lied slightly, and her face became more flattering, and she said: "Wronged, the adults are wronged, the little girl is not lying, please let the adults know!" ”

Bao Zheng snorted coldly and said, "Are you wronged? Could it be that this adult's investigation could be wrong? If you know each other, hurry up and tell the truth, after you left the inn, you went there, and you saw someone, if not, don't blame this big ** torture waiting. ”

Mrs. Xue knelt on the ground, suddenly cried, and said, "The adult just killed the little woman, and the little woman didn't lie, how can the adult let the little woman explain truthfully?" ”

In the face of Mrs. Xue's stubbornness, Bao Zheng wanted to be angry but it was not good, and at this time, Hua Lang stood up and said: "Mrs. Xue, we have found out that you did not have an affair with Zhu Can, now please tell me who you met after leaving the inn, if you are innocent, we will return your innocence." ”

After Hua Lang said this, he looked at Mrs. Xue, but Mrs. Xue remained silent and didn't seem to mean to speak again.

Seeing that Mrs. Xue no longer spoke, Hua Lang had to sigh, and then gave Bao Zheng a look, Bao Zheng understood, and then ordered the official to put Mrs. Xue in prison.

Now, even if they knew that Mrs. Xue had something to hide from them, they couldn't do anything to her.

After putting Mrs. Xue in prison, all the clues seemed to be unconnected, so they seemed to have nothing to do all afternoon.

It was only the next day that something unexpected happened.

Zhu Can died, and he died in the Phoenix Tower.

When Bao Zheng and Hua Lang heard the news, they couldn't believe their ears in surprise, because they really didn't expect Zhu Can to be killed.

After leading people to rush to the Phoenix Tower, he immediately conducted an autopsy, and finally concluded that Zhu Can had died of arsenic poison.

In other words, Zhu Can and Xue Ju were poisoned to death.

There were three people who accompanied Zhu Can at that time, one was his follower, named Zhu Neng, the other was a friend of his, named Sun Hui, and the last one was Kong Long, whom they had always suspected.

After interrogating these people, Hualang and the others learned that Kong Long was worried about being hated by Zhu Can because he confessed Zhu Can, so he asked Zhu Can to come to Phoenix Tower last night to have fun in order to make amends.

And the old peace between the two of them is Sun Hui, he is Zhu Can's friend, and he is also Kong Long's friend, Kong Long asked him to hover in the middle, but what people didn't expect was that when they were drinking, Zhu Can suddenly cramped, and after a while, he bled to death.

In addition to the three of them present at that time, there were also a few girls from the Phoenix Tower, these girls were all Zhu Can's old friends, if they wanted to poison Zhu Can, they should not be at this time.

So after some interrogation, Bao Zheng felt that Kong Long was very suspicious, because Xue Ju had also seen Kong Long before he died.

For this reason, Bao Zheng sent someone to inquire about the relationship between Xue Ju and Kong Long.

Later, I learned that Kong Long was in great need of Zhu Can's support because of his business, but Zhu Can never answered.

If Kong Long hated Zhu Can because of this, would he kill Zhu Can?

Of course, this is one aspect.

And because of this aspect, Bao Zheng sent someone to put Kong Long in prison, and when Kong Long was put in prison, he shouted in every possible way that he was wronged, but Bao Zheng didn't listen at all.

After putting Kong Long in prison, Yu Hai suddenly told Bao Zheng very mysteriously that in fact, Sun Hui was also very suspicious.

Bao Zheng was very puzzled by what Yu Hai said, and asked, "What, the two of them have a grudge?" ”

Yu Hai shook his head again and again, and said: "The two of them have no enmity, not only do they have no enmity, but they also have a very good relationship, and Zhu Canken, who is good, is willing to lend a lot of money to Sun Hui." ”

Yu Hai's words only came to this, but he knew that Bao Zheng was a smart person, as long as he said this, it would be enough, and if Bao Zheng solved the case because of his clues, he would be regarded as making a great contribution and atonement.

Bao Zheng is a smart person, when he heard Yu Hai's words, he immediately understood, so he asked, "Has Sun Hui repaid the money he borrowed?" ”

Yu Hai shrugged his shoulders and said, "This is only for Sun Hui!" ”

Bao Zheng was very disgusted by Yu Hai's mysterious appearance, but at this time, he was not easy to attack in someone else's territory, so he had to let Yu Hai send someone to escort Sun Hui over.

And when the officials went to detain Sun Hui, the officials who investigated Zhu Can rushed back, and the reason why they went to investigate Zhu Can was because of Hua Lang's orders, because Hua Lang wanted to know that Lu Dao was in Zhu Can's house, if Zhu Can died, who would get the most benefits, and then there was who had contact with Zhu Can last night.

The official seemed to be very tired from the investigation, and after seeing Bao Zheng and Hua Lang, he first took a breath and rested for a while, and then hurriedly said: "Zhu Can is merry by nature, and he married thirteen ladies at home, these ladies are all as beautiful as flowers, but Zhu Can has no heirs, so after Zhu Can's death, his money may be divided equally by these thirteen ladies, after all, they are still very young, and it is impossible to keep filial piety for Zhu Can." ”

After listening to the words of the servant, Hua Lang bowed slightly, a man like Zhu Can, that woman would keep filial piety for him?

"So who touched Zhu Can last night?"

"Thirteenth Lady Ruoxi, she is Zhu Can's newly married wife, and she is still a little interested in her, so if Zhu Can is at home, the most frequent thing to go to is the Thirteenth Lady's room, yesterday Thirteenth Lady Ruoxi was drinking with Zhu Can, and then Sun Hui rushed to pull Zhu Can away, these subordinates have been confirmed."

After saying this, the official added: "That thirteenth lady is really a beauty, no wonder Zhu Can often goes to her room, but beauties are all disasters!" ”