in2ebook Chapter 256: Mind your own business
Chapter 256: Mind your own business
Su Zhai
Su He was a little conflicted about whether or not to tell County Magistrate Ge.
"Xiao Bai, I remember who that person is. The person I just bumped into looks a lot like Aunt Xiang, the one in my portrait."
Liu Bai didn't care at all and said "oh" to indicate that he understood.
Su He smacked his lips and turned around to continue asking Liu Bai for his opinion.
"Do you think we should report it to the authorities? After all, I am now a government official. It would not be a good idea to pretend I didn't know what I saw."
"Mind your own business. This has nothing to do with us."
After Liu Bai finished speaking, he stood up and looked at the boiling water in the pot, and motioned Su He to wash up.
"You wash in the kitchen. I'll close the door. Go to bed early after washing. Don't you have to paint tomorrow?"
Su He felt bored after hearing what Liu Bai said. Forget it, maybe she had seen it wrong.
Half an hour later, Su He fell into a sweet sleep.
The next day, it was dawn.
There was a familiar knock on the door again, and Su He sighed.
The person who came turned out to be Constable Shi. Su He was a little surprised. "Constable Shi, is it Magistrate Ge who wants to see me? I can finish the portrait today."
"Zhou Tianfu and Aunt Xiang have been found."
Su He was shocked. Oh my God, the person she saw yesterday must be Aunt Xiang.
"That's great. Then I don't have to paint the rest of the portrait."
Su He secretly felt regretful. If he had known earlier, he would not have been so diligent. The thirty sets of space were wasted.
"Where are they hiding?"
Constable Shi's face was very serious. "In the alley near the dock, two people were killed. Magistrate Ge told you not to return to the village recently. He might recruit you into the government at any time."
Su He was shocked, both of them were dead?
"Okay, Constable Shi. I'll be waiting at home."
Su He closed the door and muttered to himself that these two people must have been murdered for their money.
Su He regretted that Guan Xiao was not there. She would definitely be happy if she knew that.
"Xiaobai, what's for breakfast?"
Liu Bai pointed to the long table, which contained rice porridge, pickles, and boiled eggs, a fairly simple meal.
Su He sat down happily, picked up a boiled egg, knocked it against the table a few times, and peeled the shell bit by bit.
"Let's go to Kuihua Street for lunch at noon. There is a restaurant there called Mingyue Restaurant. Mother Zhang said that their signature dish is the Fairy Chicken. I heard that the fragrance of eating it once can keep in your mouth for a month. Let's go and try it. Xiaobai, you should go and line up early. We'll go after I leave the Zhao Mansion."
Su He felt that she should spend more of the money she had, otherwise she would die with regrets like Zhou Tianfu.
Life is too short to have fun.
Liu Bai finished a bowl of porridge in a few gulps, "I'll take you to the Zhao residence and then find the location."
Su He nodded with satisfaction. It was great to have such capable subordinates.
County Office
At this time, the coroner was reporting to Magistrate Ge, "The man was killed by a single knife wound, and the woman was knocked unconscious by a blow to the head first. The knife wound on the chest was the most fatal. Both of them were clean. Constable Jin and his men searched the house, but did not find any silver. The preliminary judgment is that it was murder for money."
County Magistrate Ge sighed lightly, knowing that the silver would most likely not be recovered. There were people picking up passengers at the dock in the middle of the night, so he might have run away long ago.
"Ask He Huiru to bring her children to see him for the last time, and let them handle the funeral in a low-key manner."
Originally, Zhou Tianfu would be beheaded if he was caught, and his family would also be implicated. However, He Huiru sacrificed her own family for the greater good and donated Zhou Tianfu's property, so Magistrate Ge decided to show leniency to him.
Magistrate Ge only allowed He Huiru to keep her dowry, and the house was also lent to her and her two children to live in. After a hundred years, the government would take it back.
Half an hour later, He Huiru arrived. She did not bring her children with her, and went into the mortuary next to the government office alone.
The old man at the gate asked her identity and let her in. "Do you dare to go in alone? If not, I will accompany you."
He Huiru looked at the old man with red eyes, "No need, he is my husband, we have been together for 20 years, how can I be afraid. Although he has done many evil things, he is the father of our child after all. Old man, can you please give me some convenience, I have something to say to him."
"This will take at most a quarter of an hour. If it takes more than that, I won't be able to report back."
The old man took the two taels of silver handed over by He Huiru and left. Before leaving, he sighed that Zhou Tianfu was lucky to have a virtuous wife at home, but it was a pity that he did not know how to cherish her.
He Huiru walked in with a smile and gently lifted the white cloth. After only one day, the corpse had already had corpse spots, but He Huiru's expression did not change at all. She quietly admired it for a long time, "Husband, I know you also like to eat Baihua Cake. From now on, I will make it for you every year."
A quarter of an hour later, He Huiru appeared at the door on time and thanked the old man who was guarding the door.
"Old man, this is 10 taels of silver. Please arrange for someone to cremate my husband for me. I will come to collect the ashes tomorrow."
The old man was not surprised. Someone had asked him to do this before. It was his side job. Cremation only cost 5 taels, and the rest was his hard work fee.
"Okay, don't worry, I will definitely arrange it for you."
The old man watched He Huiru walk away and shouted inside.
"People are gone."
A man walked out of the morgue.
"Old Jin, what do you think? Is she the murderer?"
Lao Jin frowned, somewhat uncertain.
"Mind your own business. Hand over the money."
As soon as these words came out, the old man who had been kind just now jumped up and said, "This is my hard work fee. You little brat, you're stealing an old man's things. How can you be so immoral?"
"What nonsense! You can cremate it by yourself? You still rely on us. Hurry up and take out the five taels."
"She gave me 10 taels of silver! 5 taels for cost, and the remaining 5 taels for everyone to split equally!"
"Old Wang, who are you trying to fool? You only have so little firewood, why do you want 5 taels of cost? It's only 5 cents at most. Hurry up, don't think I don't know that she gave you a bribe just because I'm in there. If you keep nagging, all the money will be confiscated."
Old man Wang took out five taels of silver and threw it to Constable Jin while cursing.
"You bastard, quickly get some guys to cremate him."
"Don't worry, I'll call two people to help you in a while."
Constable Jin accepted the five taels of silver with satisfaction and went to report.
Constable Jin kept one tael of silver for himself, gave one tael to each of his two subordinates, and left two taels as a gift to his lawyer and the magistrate.
Detective Jin felt pain in his heart when he saw the money he had given out. This old man Wang thought he got a lot of benefits, so it wasn't easy for him.
Zhao Mansion
Su He had just finished telling her about what happened to Concubine Xiang yesterday, and Chen excitedly took a sip of tea.
"Oh my God, are you the last person to see her? If this is written in the storybook, you will be the murderer."
"A female killer."
Mother Zhang also added one more sentence.
Su He rolled her eyes. These two people were already crazy. She had no grudge against Zhou Tianfu, so why would she kill someone?
"Madam, instead of choosing me, you might as well choose Madam Zhou. She is the biggest beneficiary of this incident."