I played as an assistant in ancient times

Chapter 131

While Lu Guan was distracted for a moment, the prefect had already asked Nanny Zhang several questions and sent people to collect evidence.

After he came back to his senses, he couldn't help but glance at Madam Zhu who was looking down, and asked, "Madam Zhu, have you never noticed anything strange about Geng Shiyong?

For example, he might smell like makeup when he got home, or he might not come home for several days after visiting friends.

For example, he often withdraws money from your store and constantly buys land and real estate in his name. "

"Isn't it normal for a man to buy a property and entertain people outside?" Madam Zhu asked sullenly.

Outside the prison door, Zhou Jijiu's wife's eyes flickered. This Madam Zhu was bewitched.

Lu Guan simply rolled his eyes and stopped asking her about her wishes. He actually hoped that the prefect would finish his questions quickly so that he could take his leave.

When he left this place and returned home, it was already past dinner time. Fortunately, Shen Xiaoye and his grandmother had left some food for the three of them, master and servant.

When he learned that the court session would start tomorrow, Shen Cungeng said, "The road is not easy to travel. Brother Shicun will not be able to reach Linghe County until tomorrow, so he will definitely not be able to catch up with the court session."

Mr. Pan said: "It doesn't matter, as long as we can find the person who has been cooperating with Mr. Geng in prescribing and decocting medicine for many years, we can basically determine that he is the one who planned to murder.

Of course, if there is evidence that he embezzled the dowry, swallowed up his wife's property, and had children outside before the marriage, then the charge of intentional marriage fraud can be established.

The key is whether he has a family or children before getting married."

"It is said that his family moved to Liangxiang from Jiangyou more than ten years ago. I asked someone to check and found that his family was so poor that they had to sell his sister to support his education, and no one was willing to marry her.

If we calculate his age, he would have been only thirteen or fourteen at the time of the migration, and he would not have been married.” Lu Guan investigated a lot of things.

Shen Xiaoye asked: "Did you find the doctor who prescribed the medicine when you came back?"

"The government is searching the list provided by Nanny Zhang, and the Zhou family has also sent people to the Zhu family to dig up the medicine residue.

But the doctors said that I had stopped taking the medicine for half a year and it was useless. I used to think that the prescription could be judged by the drug residue, but today I know that this is not accurate.

But the old lady said something interesting." Lu Guan was not satisfied with his bowl of mutton noodles, so he ordered another big bowl.

Then he said, "There is a nanny named Zhou in their kitchen who is very cunning.

She would often steal things and even when someone was decocting medicine, she would find an opportunity to grab a few pills.

Nanny Zhang said that Madam Zhu did not take the last dose of medicine half a year ago because it was damp, but later the medicine disappeared, probably taken away by Nanny Zhou.

Not long ago, this nanny was beaten with a stick and is now recuperating at home in the countryside. The prefect has sent someone to summon her.

"Meow meow." I remember this old woman. The little black cat scratched Shen Xiaoye to convey the message.

She nodded, of course she remembered the old lady.

"What if Mr. Geng turns around and says that it was Madam Zhu who wanted to take the medicine and didn't want to have a baby?" Shen Cungeng raised a question.

Shen Xiaoye said: "Mrs. Zhu often prays to gods and Buddhas for a child, and everyone in this area knows about it.

Some people even described her vividly, saying that she had worshipped all the fertility-giving Guanyins in the capital.

Everyone in the room couldn't help but sigh. Just as the great grandmother Qian said "Amitabha", Xuan Shen's voice rang out from outside the door: "Fourth Young Master, a little girl just came to ask where Mr. Geng moved to?"

"Where are they?" Lu Guan stopped eating and ran out, followed closely by Shen Xiaoye and his sister.

Grandma's face darkened immediately, "Sui'er, bring them back to me."

"Hey." Shen Changsui chased after him slowly. He could watch openly.

But when we arrived at the gate, we saw no one else outside except our family members.

Xuan Shen was saying, “She was still there when she heard me say that she wanted to go in and ask.

Now that he's gone, Brother Chen must be chasing him quietly. He hasn't even put down his chopsticks."

Shen Xiaoye: "How old is the little girl? She looks like a child from an ordinary family, or a little girl working as a helper."

The reason I ask this is that there is a law in the Great Zhou Dynasty that ordinary people are not allowed to keep slaves. Even officials are limited to the number of slaves they can keep. If you want to have more servants, you have to hire them.

In the homes of high-ranking officials and nobles, the slaves they used were often prisoners of war bestowed by the emperor.

People like Xuan Shen all signed employment contracts.

Of course, as time went on, more and more wealthy families bought and sold slaves, but most of them did it in secret.

Xuan Shen replied, “About fourteen or fifteen years old, like a little girl serving others.

The first thing she asked was why no one answered the door at Mr. Geng's house. I told her that we had moved away. She then muttered that no one had said that, but her voice was so soft that I couldn't hear it clearly.

But Brother Chen told me to go in and ask, he must have heard it clearly. "

"Xiao Ye, could it be the concubine's little girl?" With nothing to do, Shen Cungeng quickly became curious.

Shen Xiaoye did not comment, but encouraged Lu Guanhua to ask the neighbors if anyone had seen it.

"Do you think I have a magic pen? Can I draw just by listening?" Lu Guan crossed his arms. "Besides, Zhou Wenchen already knew where the concubine lived. This guy led his men to break in, smashed things, and stole all the jewelry. Then he was confined by his father."

"Zhou Wenchen? Just sticking to your kid?" Shen Cungeng was very surprised.

Lu Guan nodded heavily: "It's him."

As soon as he finished speaking, they heard footsteps. They looked towards the entrance of the alley and found that it was the scholar from the neighbor's house to the east who had returned.

He saw several young men looking at him, and thought there was nothing wrong with him. He reached the door and lowered his head to look at himself left and right.

Shen Xiaoye whispered to everyone who this person was.

"Mr. Xu is off duty." Shen Changsui could occasionally hear the scholar reciting lessons, but this was the first time he saw him in person, so he bowed and greeted him.

He had learned from Mr. Bai's casual conversation that Xu Xiucai had found a job as a clerk in the Daxing County government office.

Shen Xiaoye and others also followed his gesture and saluted.

"Yes, yes, I rarely see you all." Xu Xiucai returned the greeting. He actually didn't remember many people, and these people should be the neighbors next door that his wife mentioned.

Perhaps his voice was heard from inside the room, and the Xu family’s door opened instantly.

Xu Xiucai nodded slightly to the younger ones and said, "Stop accompanying me. See you another day."

He is already old and doesn't dare to stand at the door and enjoy the wind like the teenagers.

After entering the inner courtyard, he heard his wife scolding their daughter. Facing her pleading eyes, he quickly stopped her and said, "She can still enjoy a few years of freedom at home. Don't force it."

"Go, go, you know what I'm talking about?

I'm teaching her how to manage her money." Mrs. Zhu pushed him away.

Miss Zhu pouted and said, "Our family only has about a hundred acres of land.

Besides, you and dad have to earn a living, what good is that?"

Mrs. Zhu pointed her finger at her forehead and said, "You, you should start from a young age. The most important thing for a girl is to manage her purse. Do you want to be like that lady Zhu and be fooled by others?"

"Don't tell this to the child." Xu Xiucai frowned and waved his hand to let his daughter go.

Mrs. Zhu saw her daughter running away and glared at her: "If you don't teach her now, it will be too late in the future. If she meets a jerk like Geng, she won't even have anywhere to cry to."

Xu Xiucai sighed, "Alas, what a pity for him."

"You still sympathize with him?" Mrs. Zhu grabbed his ear and said, "Are you jealous of him having a mistress?"