On her wedding night, she went into exile with her pharmacy arsenal

Yan Ruyu looked at Governor Cao.

Governor Cao swallowed his saliva and forced himself to suppress the feeling of nausea.

"Did your subordinate say something wrong?"

Yan Ruyu shook her head: "No, your Excellency is right, why did you take his head away?"

"If it's not an attempt to cover up something, then there's a deep hatred," Huo Changhe said, "and we need to use his head for sacrifice."

Makes sense.

Yan Ruyu nodded slowly: "Wang Yan is right."

Governor Cao's brain was almost spinning, so he also agreed: "That makes sense."

Yan Ruyu looked around, walked to the table and the window, and checked patiently.

"The window was not open, there were no holes, and there was no incense burner in the room, so it should not be the case that incense was used."

"The murderer came in through the door and went straight for the head. Wu Lao San didn't struggle at all," Yan Ruyu pointed at Wu's hand, "his hand was naturally open and relaxed, not in a tense state."

"He was killed while he was sleeping."

When Governor Cao heard this, he felt a chill on the back of his neck.

This... He lost his head while sleeping in his own home without realizing it. This is too scary.

Huo Changhe agreed with Yan Ruyu: "That's right. He must have been killed, and the blood splashed on his wife's face. His wife woke up and saw the murderer holding up his head. She opened her eyes wide in fear and wanted to scream, but was killed instantly."

Governor Cao did not dare to step forward, but wanted to see, so he stretched his neck to look at the Third Lady's face.

Sure enough, half of her face was stained with blood, as if it had been splashed. Her eyes were wide open with fear, and her mouth was slightly open.

Yan Ruyu said, "They moved here because they ran out of furniture in the yard. Despite this, the murderer still found them and killed them without anyone noticing."

"What does this mean?"

Governor Cao felt his brain was crackling and he couldn't think straight.

"It means...what?" He was stunned for a moment, then suddenly realized, "It means the murderer is quite familiar with this place."

Huo Changhe nodded: "Not bad."

Governor Cao was secretly angry and felt lucky that he was not that stupid, he was just too scared.

Quietly cheer yourself up.

"An acquaintance committed the crime," Yan Ruyu whispered, "It is said that the Second Master of the Wu family rarely goes out. Let's assume for the time being that he has no enemies. The First Master of the Wu family probably didn't go out for him."

"His head is missing. If he was really taken away for sacrifice," Yan Ruyu said slowly, "it should be his enemy."

Governor Cao's throat was a little dry: "How great a grudge must this be to have such revenge."

Yan Ruyu said, "My Lord, go and have a look at the other courtyards."

As they walked out, Governor Cao hurriedly followed, and Madam Cao in the outer room also followed. Although she was too scared to look, she still listened carefully to their conversation.

Walking behind with Governor Cao, he muttered quietly: "How hateful is the third son of the Wu family. He deserves the revenge he is getting now."

Governor Cao nodded subconsciously and looked around: "Madam, please keep your voice down. This is the Wu family. It is better to say less."

Mrs. Cao opened her eyes slightly and closed her lips tightly.

Huo Changhe asked: "Where do you want to go?"

"Go check on the old lady." Yan Ruyu replied.

The old lady was not in the original yard anymore, and her things in her house were emptied, so she had to move to a nearby yard.

First, we went to walk around the empty yard. Mrs. Cao muttered, "Old Third Wu is really amazing. How much money did he owe? He even sold all the things in his mother's yard."

When I arrived at the next yard, I saw two old women lying on the ground at the gate. They must be guarding the gate.

There are several in the corridor and outhouse.

It seems that this old lady has quite a few people working for her.

I walked into the inner room and turned on the light. The old lady should not have gone to bed yet. She was leaning against the bed with a large pillow behind her and a wet towel on her head. There was a medicine bowl on the bedside that had not been taken away.

Come to think of it, the third son, whom the child loved the most, had caused a big disaster, and before he could solve the problem, his things were stolen again. When the son went to complain, he was beaten again.

If you get too impatient about so many things, you will get sick even if you are not sick.

She tilted her head slightly, her eyes were wide open, her mouth was half open, and the wound was on her chest.

Yan Ruyu stepped forward and Huo Changhe held a candle to light the way for her.

Madam Cao clutched Governor Cao's clothes tightly with both hands and looked at Yan Ruyu without blinking, with great admiration in her heart.

After a while, Yan Ruyu said, "This is the fatal wound. The sword stabbed it in and it stirred it."

Mrs. Cao couldn't help but let out an "ah".

After shouting, he felt embarrassed and quickly explained: "I think that if a person is stabbed in the heart by a sword, he will die anyway, so why bother..."

A sword pierced my heart and stirred violently. Just thinking about it made me feel so painful.

Governor Cao asked, "My Lord, Princess, her death was similar to that of the Third Madam. Her eyes were wide open and full of fear, and her mouth was slightly open, but no one around her was killed."

Madam Cao said, "That's not the case. The Third Madam was asleep. When she woke up and saw that scene, she was... scared. But the Old Madam was still awake. The maids and servants outside were killed all over the floor. She must have been scared too."

Governor Cao nodded: "Madam, what you said makes sense."

Yan Ruyu smiled slightly: "Sir, Madam, her situation is a little different from the third lady's."

“Is it because the wounds are different?” Governor Cao asked humbly.

"The wound is one thing, but the main thing is the look in her eyes," Yan Ruyu said, "The Third Madam's eyes widened because she was terrified and afraid, but the Old Madam was not completely like that."

The couple said in unison: "No?"

Yan Ruyu looked at the old lady's body and said, "There is fear in her eyes, but not much. It's mainly... disbelief."

"Unbelievable?" Governor Cao thought, "When she first knew someone was coming to kill her, she was naturally afraid and terrified, but when she saw the murderer, she found it unbelievable."

Huo Changhe nodded: "Your Excellency is right."

At this time, Governor Cao's mind became more active: "As the princess said before, we determined that it was an acquaintance who committed the crime, because acquaintances are familiar with the layout of the Wu Mansion. They moved to the courtyard and we know where they live."

"Because he was familiar, it was unexpected. When he came to kill the old lady again, she was still awake. When she saw him clearly, her fear turned into disbelief."

Yan Ruyu pointed at the old lady's wound and said, "This can also explain Mrs. Cao's confusion just now. Why did she have to move when a sword in her heart could kill her?"

Governor Cao said, "It is because I hate the Wu family so much that I wish they were dead."

"good."

Governor Cao felt that his brain was brighter than ever before, as if he was back to the time when he first entered official career, when he was not only full of fighting spirit but also extremely intelligent.

"Then let's start investigating from the Wu family's relationship."

"This matter is too big to be concealed, so we have two lines, one open and one secret."

"This is a very good plan, Governor Cao."