[75] I treat you as a brother

Yu Qian's face was serious, he stared at the ground silently.

Zhan Zhao rapped on the table with his fingers: "Okay, then let me change the question - what is blue polypia resistant to?"

This time, Yu Qian finally opened his mouth: "A kind of sunflower root."

Zhan Zhao narrowed his eyes: "Mukui?"

Yu Qian was silent again.

Zhan Zhao asked, "Who else knows about this except you."

Yu Qian panicked: "Not many people know..."

"Then how did you know?" Zhan Zhao looked at him and asked, "Did you tell others after you found out, or did some people tell you after they knew?"

Yu Qian gritted his teeth: "I...I know..."

He closed his eyes tightly, then kowtowed his head straightly: "This matter... only I know about this matter, and I have never told anyone else. My lord... the whole family of Cao's family died at my hands , has nothing to do with anyone else."

Zhan Zhao raised his eyebrows slightly, and looked at him with a half-smile.

"Okay." Zhan Zhao said, "Then tell me, what enmity does the whole Cao family have against you?"

"I..." Yu Qian swallowed his saliva nervously, and said, "The Cao family seems to be beautiful, and they are a wealthy businessman, but in fact they have shady methods behind their backs, and have killed many people."

Zhan Zhao asked, "Is the mass grave in the back mountain of your Yuzhuang village the place where the Cao family threw their corpses?"

Yu Qian: "Exactly."

"Then I understand." Zhan Zhao made a dazed expression, "Let me make a random guess—you are about the same age as Mu Jin, and you have guarded her sister's grave for so many years, you should grow up together. Big one? Childhood sweetheart? Like him?"

Yu Qian didn't expect to be exposed in person, and wanted to deny it, but his ears and neck turned red first, so he had no choice but to keep silent, his heartbeat almost bursting his eardrums.

Zhan Zhao sorted out his thoughts a bit, and said, "That makes sense—Mujin's mother wanted to follow the example of the ancients in burying her daughter and serving her mother. When digging a hole ahead of time, she was discovered by her sister Mu Kui, so she took her sister and fled overnight. But she is just a little girl after all, even if she wants to run away, she has no money on her body, and she has no ability to protect herself. So she locked her eyes on the Cao family, thinking that one of the wealthy Cao family might be able to contribute money to help. Who would have thought that Coincidentally, the Cao family was doing something dirty that night, and was discovered by Mu Kui who was sneaking in. The Cao family had no choice but to dispose of everyone and throw them to the back mountain. As for the bag of silver, I guess it was them hush money."

He paused, and looked at Yu Qian with bright eyes: "Mujin...isn't it dumb at all?"

Yu Qian was stunned, looking at Zhan Zhao but couldn't say a word.

"I asked the shop assistants in her store, and I heard that their lady boss has no other hobbies, she just likes to play with flowers and plants." Zhan Zhao changed his posture, and leaned back on the grand master's chair lazily and comfortably. In the past, all kinds of flowers and plants prospered, and they were indeed well taken care of. However, there was a flower in her room, which had been withered for a long time, and it had already lost its appearance. I found some medicinal residues in the flowerpot of the potted flower. In addition, in the kitchen of the inn, some traces of blue polypia were found—incorporating a little blue polypia into the food to enhance the taste, you should have taught her this, right?"

Now that the matter has come to this point, it is meaningless for Yu Qian to answer or not.

After tossing around most of the night, everyone was exhausted.

Xu Miao suppressed her yawn, and ordered Yu Qian to be imprisoned temporarily, and when he came back, he presented a booklet high up.

"Master Zhan ordered the lower officials to investigate the mass graves in Houshan. The lower officials have already found out that this is the list of the corpses in the mass graves. For more details, the lower officials will report after interrogation."

Zhan Zhao looked at the brochure in his hand, didn't answer it, and just nodded lightly: "You have to deal with the matter, and you can decide how to punish yourself. Just don't try to be lazy, and let me find your dead body for a vegetarian meal..."

Xu Miao hurriedly said: "No, no, no, I hope Mr. Zhan will come back to Kaifeng mansion in the future, and he can speak a few words in front of Mr. Bao."

Zhan Zhao hooked the corners of his lips: "That's natural."

But he said in his heart: "It's a beautiful idea."

Unavoidable that the night was long and dreamy, Xu Miao was not idle for a moment, and sent people to the inn overnight to arrest them.

The entire inn was sealed off, and all the customers inside were driven out.

It was midnight, and it would be inhumane to ask the inn people to find a place to stay temporarily, so Zhan Zhao paid out of his own pocket to book a few nearby inns for those guests who had nowhere to go.

After such a busy schedule, both of them lost sleepiness, so they jumped on the roof, blowing the night wind and admiring the moon.

Bai Yutang didn't make a sound for a long time, and only now did he curiously ask: "When did you go to the boss's wife's room?" Obviously most of the time, the two of them were together, and he went to hang out in other people's boudoir, but he didn't know it.

Zhan Zhao said: "You are not here today, so I will stay in the inn and wait for the opportunity to find clues."

Bai Yutang's eyelids twitched: "Looking for clues, you found someone's boudoir?"

Zhan Zhao finally heard the truth in his words, and said very unfairly: "Where do you want to go, I was there to investigate the case."

Naturally, Bai Yutang knew that he was doing business, but he was sour and uncomfortable.

He was silent for a moment, and finally couldn't help but said: "You asked me before, if there is someone in your heart, in exchange, should you also confess your situation."

Zhan Zhao was taken aback for a moment, then blinked narrowly: "What? Are you still concerned about your brother's life?"

Bai Yutang clenched his hands hidden in his sleeves vigorously. Although his heart was in a state of disarray, on the surface he moved out his elder brother to help out with the utmost calmness: "Back then... you promised my elder brother to take care of me. .”

Zhan Zhao leaned over and pinched his fair face: "You little heartless, isn't it good enough for me to take care of you?"

Bai Yutang grabbed his hand, but didn't let go: "The care my elder brother refers to doesn't mean a day or two, but a year or two."

"You and I have known each other for four years. When will I ignore you?" Zhan Zhao didn't break free, letting him grab himself, and then smiled softly, "Don't worry, I won't give up until you get married." You don't care, if you have anything, just say it, brother will be there whenever you call."

Bai Yutang gripped his hand tightly, with worry on his brows: "Then what if... I don't get married in this life?"

Zhan Zhao's expression froze, he looked at Bai Yutang fixedly, and thought, "What does he mean?"

Just at this time, a yamen servant ran past below, bowed and hugged his wrists very blindly, and said, "Master Zhan, all the items in the inn have been counted."

Zhan Zhao secretly heaved a sigh of relief, raised his hand and patted Bai Yutang's shoulder, and took the lead in lightly landing: "Have you checked all the corners carefully?"

Yamen servant: "Yes."

"Take me to have a look." Zhan Zhao didn't dare to look back any longer, and left with his hands behind his back.

Bai Yutang was still sitting where he was, his eyes followed Zhan Zhao's figure away, countless disappointments gradually scattered from his eyes.

Then he got up, and flew away in another direction alone in a fit of anger.