The reborn elder sister has gone crazy with killing, and there is a crying monster behind her

Upon hearing this, everyone looked towards the direction where the voice came from, and a few dissatisfied constables glared at the newcomers.

"What do you mean? Don't talk nonsense. Our county magistrate is a clean person and has never been involved in any scandal. How could he have ever tarnished the innocence of a woman?" The speaker was a woman.

Shen Qingxu looked up, and a hint of doubt flashed in her clear eyes.

The woman was dirty and in tattered clothes. She had been at the crime scene and no one had driven her away.

"Haha, why are you arguing for him again?" The man sneered and stared at the woman.

The woman was stared at so intensely that she raised her eyes and glared back, "Look, look, what are you looking at? I said the county magistrate didn't have it, and that's it."

Qingfang put her hand on her waist and prepared to take out the knife, but Shen Qingxu raised her hand to stop her. Then Shen Qingxu said, "Sister, we haven't confirmed the case yet, why are you in such a hurry?"

The woman did not flinch at all. She pointed at the young man and said, "The county magistrate has always been a clean man and would never do something as dirty as he said. On the contrary, he just came out of a brothel not long ago and was beaten out by a few pimps because he slept with a girl but had no money to pay."

The man's face suddenly turned red, and he flew into a rage: "You, you, you are so disgraceful, how could I be so... so vulgar..."

The voices became smaller and smaller, and now the gossip around began to spread.

"How could anyone do such a thing?"

"That's right. The county magistrate has never treated us unfairly."

"I recognize this man. He used to be the son of the Zhang family. The Zhang family fell into decline some time ago, and it was the county magistrate who helped them."

"Ah? Isn't this just an ungrateful person?"

The crowd was arguing more and more fiercely, and a few strong men even picked up sticks and prepared to start fighting.

Shen Qingxu and the others were still waiting for the next words, but when they saw this scene, they knew something was wrong!

Fortunately, Mu Yunzhou spoke up to stop them: "Alright, the person is already dead, what's the point of arguing?"

"Everyone knows the right and wrong, the merits and demerits!" Gongsun Jiayan also followed suit to stop them.

These words blocked out all the noise, and for an instant the world seemed to be paused and became quiet.

"Okay, irrelevant personnel should leave on their own."

After Shen Qingxu finished speaking, he walked straight to the head of the bed.

The beggar-like woman refused to give up and kept shouting, "The county magistrate has never defiled a girl. He is not guilty."

When Gongsun Jiayan heard this, he asked in confusion: "He hasn't even been accused of a crime yet, why are you so eager to name his crime?"

Xu Xingyi asked the butler next to him, "Did the county magistrate behave strangely before dinner yesterday?"

The butler was a little confused by this question and didn't react for a while.

His mind kept recalling the scene with the county magistrate yesterday!

It was not until he could sense the impatient voices around him that the butler spoke uncertainly: "If you put it that way, it's true."

"Stop wasting time and just tell me!" a constable urged impatiently.

"During dinner time, a child came forward to beg for food. Normally, the adults would give him some food or copper coins, but yesterday the county magistrate acted out of character and did not give the child any food. He even left in a hurry!"

Xu Xingyi crossed his arms and asked, "Did he always give food to beggars before?"

The housekeeper nodded without any hesitation: "Yes, the county magistrate is not the kind of person who would watch someone in danger without helping."

Xu Xingyi looked at the county magistrate's neck again. There were obvious marks of strangulation, and they definitely would not have been left after death.

Seeing Xu Xingyi's serious expression, Shen Qingxu wanted to ask something, but when she saw Xu Xingyi shaking his head slightly, she swallowed her question temporarily.

She turned around, propped her chin with one hand and asked, "Does anyone know that woman just now?"

The housekeeper thought about it carefully and nodded, "We have met a few times, but we are not very familiar with each other. I just often see her begging for food at the Lu Family Tavern when I go to the market. Sometimes the county magistrate will invite her to have a meal when he sees her."

"Why would the county magistrate invite a beggar to dinner?" Shen Qingxu was puzzled and looked up at Xu Xingyi who was still thinking.

Gongsun Jiayan heard this and asked, "Do you think there's something wrong with that woman?"

Shen Qingxu shook her head: "I don't know, but Xu Xingyi should know, right?"

"Well, didn't you notice that the woman had a jade pendant?" Mu Yunzhou said. He had carefully observed the woman when she was there just now.

Although he was dressed like a beggar, his hands and feet were slender and delicate, and his skin was not as rough as that of ordinary beggars.

"Jade pendant? I've never noticed that." Shen Qingxu replied.

"Well, the jade pendant is yellow and white, and the patterns and gaps on it are the Zhang family's logo."

Xu Xingyi's words were undoubtedly a bolt from the blue for them. Zhang family?

Thinking carefully, it seemed that someone just said that the man was from the Zhang family, but how could that man not recognize his own jade pendant? The same goes for the others. Since the Zhang family is very famous, how could they not know that the jade pendant belongs to the Zhang family?

There was only one possibility - the two of them were hiding something.

But since the county magistrate is an honest and good official, how could he be hated by those people?

What kind of relationship do they have?

It seems that the Zhang family has to go.

Shen Qingxu’s brain wasn’t enough, so he looked up at Xu Xingyi, who immediately understood.

"Go to Zhang's house!"

The Zhang family was not very far from the county government, but it was already evening when they arrived.

The bright moon hung high above the eaves, which were dilapidated. It seemed that the Zhang family had indeed suffered setbacks and decline in the past few days.

Shen Qingxu walked over and knocked on the door. Soon there was a sound from inside.

"Who is it in the middle of the night?"

Mu Yunzhou said loudly: "Investigate the case. Open the door."

After hearing these words, there seemed to be a pause inside. After waiting for a while, there was still no movement.

Mu Yunzhou was already a little impatient: "Investigate the case, open the door quickly."

Xu Xingyi looked disdainful and said, "If you speak any louder, it won't be an investigation, it will be a robbery."

Mu Yunzhou glared at him, then turned around and was about to knock on the door again.

Lin Shuyao suddenly stopped them, made a gesture to keep quiet, and then said to the inside of the door: "We don't mean to offend you, but something strange happened recently. Can you cooperate with the investigation?"

Xu Xingyi walked to the door with an impatient look on his face and shouted, "If you don't open the door, I'll kick it down."

The vermilion door slowly opened, revealing an old woman with a weathered face. After opening the door, she glared at Mu Yunzhou, then made a "please" gesture to the others.

Several people slowly walked into Zhang's house, but were surprised by the surrounding scenery.

The yard was not what they imagined a wealthy family should look like, but even if they were down and out, it shouldn't be this bad.

"Even if the house was robbed, it wouldn't be in this state, right? How can this be called a house?"

The water in the artificial pond has dried up. Many dried branches and lotus pods that have been wetted by snow water are lying in the pond in all directions, making the pond, which already has no life at all, look even more desolate. There are traces of crushing and cracks around the pond, and the entire compound is in ruins.

All the flowers in the surrounding flower beds have withered, turned yellow and black, and the surrounding plants are lifeless. As I walked forward, the originally nicely decorated hall was now covered with cobwebs, and the floor, tables, chairs, and window eaves were all covered with accumulated dust.

Looking up at the surrounding walls and pillars, there are traces of swords and knives everywhere...

The cold wind rushed in from the window, like death and life again.

Shen Qingxu couldn't help but sigh inwardly: What a cruel person I have offended!

The old lady led the way in front. After all, they were all young people, so they inevitably felt that the old lady was a little slow in leading the way. On the way, Lin Shuyao tried to strike up a conversation: "Old lady, how old are you this year?"

The old woman didn't speak.

"Old lady, do you have any grandchildren?"

The old woman still didn't speak.

This made Shen Qingxu couldn't help but mutter in his heart: Oh, are all the people in the Zhang family dumb?

Gongsun Jiayan seemed to see through Shen Qingxu's thoughts and said, "Don't mind. The Zhang family's servants have always been like this and don't like to talk."

After hearing this, several people all looked at Gongsun Jiayan. Shen Qingxu asked, "Do you know anyone from the Zhang family?"