Rebirth: From being expelled from the imperial court to becoming a high-ranking official

It has been two or three days since Zhang San and Li Si came back to Fuyu County. Since their return, they have been asking around about Jin Biao and Yan Guixiang's situation.

There were some gains though.

"......I'm telling you, the Jin family has bad feng shui. With such a large fortune, they married several wives, but they either died of illness or hanged themselves. Until now, they don't even have a child. Not only are there not many descendants, but this one even committed adultery and eloped with someone, tsk tsk..."

……

"I don't know if it was a ghost that haunted her, but Mr. Jin's wife was sick every day for the past two years. She couldn't eat anything. In order to make her eat well, Mr. Jin looked for light food everywhere. Everyone in the county knew about it."

"To be honest, Mr. Jin treats his wife very well. You don't know that even the doctor he hired for his wife is the famous Doctor Chen in the city. Doctor Chen will charge at least half a tael of silver for the consultation fee when he comes to see the patient, no matter whether the patient is cured or not. It is notoriously expensive in the city..."

……

Naturally, Zhang San and Li Si did not say that they were working for the government office.

They all pretended to be interested in the adultery case that was causing a stir in the county, and asked about it in the form of casual conversation.

At this moment, Zhang San was chatting with a butcher he was acquainted with.

The man said mysteriously, "...What feng shui, what ghosts? I think these wealthy families are very dangerous, and I don't know how they died. My neighbor's girl was sold to the Jin family, and she died suddenly. She was very healthy before..."

The man lowered his voice and looked at her, "It's said to be a sudden death, who knows how he died?"

How unlucky does a person have to be to have three wives die in a row?

The little maid also died suddenly? ...

Thinking of Yan beating the drum and crying that Jin Biao wanted to kill her, Zhang San also began to feel that Jin Biao was a little suspicious.

Not to mention the one who died of illness, the third wife committed suicide because she lost her child? Can't she have another child at such a young age?

Zhang San came back to his senses and asked curiously, "Didn't the girl's parents ask for an explanation?"

"Hey, what explanation do you need? The girl was sold to the Jin family, and the Jin family is quite honest. They even compensated her when she died. She's just a girl, and my parents didn't take it too seriously."

"But I heard from the people who helped to collect the body that the girl looked... very strange..."

Zhang San and Li Si looked at each other.

"Why? Wasn't it the girl's parents who buried her?"

"My parents thought it was unlucky, so they gave half a dollar to a neighbor who was doing a funeral and asked him to collect the body. They didn't even go to see it."

After drinking with the butcher they were acquainted with, Zhang San and Li Si also had some ideas in their minds.

The two men knew the owner of the funeral shop that the butcher was talking about and they decided to go and ask around.

"Why are you asking this?" The owner of the funeral shop looked at Zhang San and Li Si with a wary look on his face.

Although they didn't know each other, the owner of the funeral shop also knew Zhang San and Li Si. The two of them were hangers-on of a wealthy family.

Not a very serious person.

Zhang San understood everything. He took out a piece of silver from his sleeve and put it into the funeral shop owner's hand, whispering, "Hey, we are also destined to do this. Those gentlemen may be interested in anything. If they want to know about this, then we have to find out. Please help us."

With the money in hand, the owner of the funeral shop looked much better. Naturally, he also understood that these hangers-on were just asking about this.

"It happened so long ago. That girl was also pitiful. She was bought by her parents and died outside. Her parents didn't even go to see her."

Speaking of which, the funeral shop owner still had a sympathetic look on his face: "When I was collecting the body, I did see that the girl's face looked strange. But whether she died of illness or some other reason, I'm not a coroner, so I dare not say."

"Where is the girl buried?"

The funeral shop owner frowned and said, "He was buried in a mass grave outside the city.

It’s not that I didn’t want to find a good place, but there was no place to bury a person like her whose parents didn’t care about her. I felt sorry for her, so I found a quiet place with fewer graves to bury her.”

"Boss, you are really kind-hearted. You will definitely be rewarded. Is there any mark on the grave?"

When the boss heard him ask such detailed questions, his eyes became a little wary.

But maybe because he thought about the money he had received, he was silent for a while and finally said, "I found a discarded board nearby and plugged it in, and then used a stone to randomly write a name on it."

"What's that girl's name?"

"Call me Qiu Xiaoya."

After asking questions, Zhang San and Li Si said goodbye and left.

The funeral shop owner suddenly stopped them and said, "Who are you asking for? What are you asking for?"

Zhang San and Li Si looked at each other and hesitated for a moment before Zhang San spoke: "Don't worry, Boss. We are not asking about this to do anything bad. We will not do anything that will damage our virtue.

It’s just that some people feel sorry for her unclear death and want to give her justice.”

The funeral shop owner pondered for a while and said, "The words scratched on the stone are not deep. I don't know if you can still see them now. If you really can't find them, you can come back to me."

Zhang San and Li Si bowed their hands and said, "Okay, thank you in advance."

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Two days later, the Dianshi of Fuyu County finally sent someone to the post station to find Wu Bantou, saying that he had already reported to the magistrate and asked them to go to the prison to see the person first.

Wu Bantou took Zhuzi to the county prison.

Wu Bantou was used to seeing big prisons, so he didn't think anything of it.

Although Zhuzi had been arrested, he was only detained in a detention center outside.

This prison was where serious criminals were held, so it was naturally not the same as the place where he had been before.

This prison is half underground, and the doors are narrow and cramped. Once you enter, you'll feel dark, damp and depressing.

Zhuzi followed the squad leader inside. An indescribable unpleasant smell wafted out, making him frown and cover his nose.

He followed the prison boss, squad leader and others all the way inside and stopped only in front of a cell near the inside.

The cell was not very big. There were two or three female prisoners sitting on one side and a person lying on the ground on the other side.

"Yan Guixiang?"

Following the prison boss's shout, the man lying on the ground trembled and slowly raised his head to look over.

"Is this the person?"

Wu Bantou frowned. Based on his experience, the man was seriously injured.

Yes, eighty strokes of the cane, how could that be light?

But how can I report this to the government office?

"Yes, that's the person."

"It looks like he's been badly injured. Can he still be brought to the court for trial? Hasn't he been given treatment?"

"Hey, who can treat him? There is no one at home. But Mr. Jin couldn't bear it and sent some medicine. I think it's not good to bring it up, but if the judge wants to bring it up, there is nothing I can do."

Although he thought this might be the case, Wu Bantou was still a little upset.

Although Qin Yunhe told him to look at Yan Guixiang's situation and decide whether to bring her to the government office.

However, this was the first time that the Magistrate had formally assigned him a task, so he did not dare to make a decision on his own. He could only go back to the post station and discuss it with a few people.

After all, Zhuzi and others are the Tuiguan's own people, so let's see what they say.

If it really doesn't work, send someone back to report to the magistrate.

"Go back first."

Having said that, Wu Bantou turned around and prepared to leave.

At this time, Yan Guixiang had already heard the conversation between several people.

Although it was just a few words, and although she didn't know what the government office was, she still felt like she had grabbed a life-saving straw.

We have to leave here! Only by leaving here can there be hope.

Yan Guixiang scratched her arms and shouted with all her might: "It's unfair! Help! Take me to another government office! I didn't commit adultery! I didn't murder Jin Biao!"