Marry a powerful minister and remain a widow?I’m done with the book-wearing female role!

The woman's finger bone joints were severely deformed. Jiang Yuzhu raised a hand to observe carefully and said to Zhang Song: "Zhang Wuzuo, can you find any clues?"

Zhang Song moved his eyes downward and replied after a while: "The deceased should come from a poor peasant family. Her palms have many calluses. She is definitely not a young lady who does not touch the spring water with her fingers."

The two were discussing when Xie Zhao pushed open the door and walked in. He held a coat in his hand and put it on Jiang Yuzhu: "Madam, the temperature in the cold storage is a bit low, be careful not to get cold."

Jiang Yuzhu didn't notice anything was wrong, and accepted it calmly, then turned to Zhang Song and said: "Zhang Wuzuo, the clothes worn by the deceased were patched and they fit well. They should not have been tampered with twice, and they were noticed around the farmland. It is not difficult to determine her identity.”

Most of the farmland around the outskirts of Beijing is owned, and most of the villagers are tenants. They get little output from farming, and they have to leave the village to do hard labor during the slack season.

"You can see that the skin on her fingers has shriveled up and seems to have been soaked in water all year round. The joints are swollen and deformed. She must be a washerwoman near the dock."

Jiang Yuzhu lowered his eyelids and gave Zhang Song guidance.

The head was not found before, but their people investigated and no one reported missing in the area, so the case was stalled.

Zhang Song did not expect that Jiang Yuzhu could easily guess the identity of the deceased with just a few points.

"Madam, how did you know it was near the pier?"

Zhang Song's family has been working for generations. If he hadn't seen Jiang Yuzhu perform an autopsy on Lu Qingxue before, he would never have brought anyone into the cold storage.

Mrs. Gaomen went to look at the corpse for excitement, which was just nonsense.

However, at the moment, Zhang Song was convinced and took notes carefully, and was more respectful when asking questions.

Xie Zhao lowered his eyes to examine the hands of the deceased. After a long time, he raised his eyes and said in a clear voice: "Zhang Wuzuo, the washerwomen who take care of the work all year round are all at the dock in the capital. This is one of the reasons. The other is that poor people don't have horse-drawn carriages or ox-carts. They kill people and throw them away." The corpse can't go far while pushing the cart."

Xie Zhao had already determined that the murderer was hiding in a village not far from the farmland.

There are more specific clues about the deceased, making it easier to find the real culprit.

A few days later, the case of the headless female corpse that frightened the people of the capital was solved, and the Jingzhao Yin Yamen posted a special notice.

The young woman who died was not from the capital, but married into the Qian family in the suburbs of Beijing.

Because of a quarrel, she was killed by her man, Boss Qian, who chopped off her head and dumped her body.

Boss Qian works as a waiter in an icehouse in the capital, and his head is hidden in the icehouse. He claims that his daughter-in-law has returned to her parents' home, and no one is suspicious.

The head was originally hidden in the bottom box, but unexpectedly it was sent to Xie's house as a shrimp and crab. By chance, the case soon came to light.

Fast forward to the beginning of the fifth lunar month, and the struggle between the Jiang family and the Wei family has reached fever pitch.

After Mrs. Wei got angry, the two families broke up completely without any mercy, and the quarrel reached the point where it was me and not you.

All the civil and military officials took their own sides. The chief minister of Wei was his disciple Guang Guang. Jiang Fulu was at a disadvantage and was busy forming cliques.

Jiang Yuzhu was as usual, sleeping until she woke up naturally every day, and taking her maids to wander around looking for business opportunities. The ostentation was far less ostentatious than before, but the intimidation was not reduced at all.

Seeing the manager of the Jiang Mansion going out for shopping, Jiang Yuzhu asked, "When will my father return home recently?"

Jiang Fulu was busy, and Mr. Chen also had no time to spare.

After careful calculation, Jiang Yuzhu had not seen her parents for a few days, and she was preparing to return to Jiang Mansion to stay for two days.

The steward of the Jiang family was respectful and replied: "Miss, I am very busy with business. I don't go home until dark these days. I don't even have time to eat dinner before I go to bed."

Jiang Yuzhu frowned slightly and said, "How can that be done?"

When Jiang Fulu reaches middle age, his physical strength is naturally not as good as that of young people.

With Zhang Hanlin as a staff member at home, Jiang Yuzhu only hoped to reduce her father's burden.

Seeing that there was no one around, Manager Jiang said in a low voice: "Miss, how can it be so easy for me to become an official in the court?"

"Seeing the Dragon Boat Festival on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, the emperor became interested and wanted to lead hundreds of officials to worship the river god and compete in dragon boat races. Chief Wei led a team and issued a challenge to the master."

In the past few days, Jiang Fulu went to the Yamen office and ran around because of this matter, sighing.

Jiang Yuzhu raised her eyebrows and asked, "I know about the dragon boat racing. What is my father worried about?"

Manager Jiang's eyes flashed and he spoke vaguely. After being questioned by Jiang Yuzhu, he finally revealed the truth: "The dragon boat can accommodate 22 people. There are many disciples of the Chief Wei, so it is easy to get enough manpower, but the master..."

There are at most five or six officials in the Ministry of Personnel. In addition to Lu Yushi, Li De and the newly added Yu Jijiu, including Jiang Fulu himself, there are only ten people, which is still less than half.

"This dragon boat race must be attended by officials of seventh grade or above. Mr. Li Deli, Lu Yushi's brother-in-law, has just been promoted, otherwise the number of people will be even smaller."

Jiang Fulu was concerned about saving face, so he said a lot of harsh words. Seeing that the Dragon Boat Festival had not yet gathered enough people, he was very worried.

After learning the whole story, Jiang Yuzhu lightly raised her eyelids and said calmly: "What's so difficult about this?"

"Uncle Jiang, after purchasing, go directly to Jingzhao Yin Yamen to find Xie Zhao."

Jiang Yuzhu has only one purpose: to seek help from Xie Zhao if she has any problems.

It was tiring to solve it by herself, and she had to put in a lot of effort. She did an autopsy to solve the case, and Xie Zhao just owed her a favor.

Manager Jiang asked sarcastically, "I'm afraid this will cause trouble to my uncle."

In the past, when things happened to the Jiang family, they mostly took care of themselves.

"We are all a family, why are we afraid of trouble?"

Jiang Yuzhu has no psychological burden. At least she is Xie Zhao's legal wife. With this status, the two houses are related by marriage, making them even closer.

In the afternoon, Jiang Yuzhu prepared gifts and returned to her parents' home, but found that the atmosphere at home was a bit depressing.

In the side hall, Mrs. Chen, the sister-in-law, wept silently, her eyes red, while Mrs. Chen, the mother-in-law, remained silent and fiddled with the feather duster in her hand.

"Mom, sister-in-law, what happened at home?"

Jiang Yuzhu sat next to Xiao Chen and handed out a handkerchief.

Xiao Chen has a weak temperament and no ideas. If she marries a powerful family, she will easily be eaten alive.

In the Jiang family, with her biological aunt as her mother-in-law, Xiao Chen lived a very comfortable life.

Faced with concern, Xiao Chen sniffed and hesitated to speak. She hated herself for being weak, and she started crying again after a while.

There was a dull pain in Chen's forehead, her brows were twisted into the character "Chuan", and she said angrily: "It's not your fault, why are you crying?"

Regarding this niece, Mrs. Chen hated that iron could not make steel. She wanted to curse a few words, but she was worried that Mrs. Chen would not be able to think about it.

"Mom, little sister, my husband thinks I'm petty and has a cold war with me."

When talking about the couple's affairs, Mrs. Chen felt a little sad. Last night when Jiang Huaida stayed in the study, Mrs. Chen cried all night.

The cause of the matter is not complicated.

Back then, Jiang Huaida had fallen in love with Lin Xinyue, the daughter of the Minister of Household Affairs. At that time, Jiang Fulu was only a fourth-rank official. Jiang Huaida was neither good at literature nor martial arts and had no fame. The Lin family looked down upon the Jiang family.

Not long after, Lin Xinyue married away, and Jiang Huaida also married his cousin Xiao Chen.

It turned out that many years had passed and no one mentioned it again.

"Two days ago, my husband met Lin Xinyue on the street and learned that Miss Lin's life was not good after her marriage. She was divorced because she had no children. The two of them drank tea in a teahouse and reminisced about the past..."

Before Xiao Chen could finish speaking, a servant came back to report: "Madam, Miss Lin's carriage is waiting in front of the house. She sent someone to deliver a message and wanted to say hello to you."