Zhenfubao waved his hand and the warehouse was full of grain, and the whole family regretted it

Chapter 718 Murder

Zhao Jinyun sneered repeatedly:

"You just treat us as your slaves.

We know so many of your secrets, if we really want to leave, you might as well send someone to assassinate us."

Bai Wanwan looked at him and said:

"Is this what you really mean? Then let me ask you, follow me, what makes you uncomfortable?

I will give you ten taels of silver a month and you will have a house in the capital.

You can marry and have children, so what's so hard about it?"

Bai Wanwan looked at him seriously, and Zhao Jinyun looked at her and said:

"Master, I made a mistake, I admit it, please forgive these two children!

One of them is only two years old and the other is only five years old.”

Bai Wanwan looked at him seriously and said, "If you were in my position, would you let them go so easily?"

Zhao Jinyun's face turned pale, and he heard the woman next to him yelling:

"Let us go! Who do you think you are? I only have a few coins. I am a Parthian.

And you two, remember this girl. When you have the ability, you must kill her. It is she who caused our family to end up like this."

Zhao Jinyun burst into laughter, tears streaming down his face:

“When I first wanted to marry this woman, many people opposed it and said I shouldn’t marry her.

But at that time I thought she was pretty and must have a good heart. How could I have known that it would be like this now?

You should marry a virtuous wife. I have committed a serious offense! Master, I am wrong. I kowtow to you."

Bai Wanwan waved her hand and said, "Pull them away!"

There are people in the mountain stronghold who specialize in executions. It is not Bai Wanwan’s turn to deal with such matters. The mountain stronghold has its own rules.

In their situation, the only way out is death, but they can choose to drink medicine or white silk.

The brother-in-law immediately became cowardly: "Wuwuwu... I don't dare anymore, please... please..."

Bai Wanwan looked at the others and said, "If you want to betray me, think about the consequences."

The others quickly shook their heads and said, "We don't have such thoughts. Our lives were saved by our master, so we absolutely did not go against your wishes."

Bai Wanwan finished speaking and left.

Back in the backyard, she felt very upset. Gu Sinian looked at her red eyes and said, "You're already six years old, why are you still crying?"

Bai Wanwan sighed and said, "I thought I was pretty good to them, how come they changed?"

Gu Sinian looked at her and said, "People are always changing. Don't trust human nature too much."

"I know that too. Oh! I just feel bad. It's okay, I'll be fine.

"By the way, Brother Si Nian, I've bought all the land and shops in Qingshui County," Bai Wanwan said softly.

"Ah? The fields and shops in Qingshui County?" Gu Sinian was dumbfounded. What's the point of buying them?

Bai Wanwan said softly, "I will develop this place well. Just wait and see! In just a few years, Qingshui County will definitely become something special."

Gu Sinian looked at her and said, "If the money is not enough, I have more. Just go ahead and enjoy it if you like."

Bai Wanwan looked at him and said, "Hurry up and leave! Don't get caught. Oh, and I've made a lot of delicious food, just waiting for you. Wait a minute."

Bai Wanwan directly handed him several bundles, and Gu Sinian and Shiwu were both heavily laden.

Fifteen looked at the dried meat and said, "We have good food in the mountains, you don't have to worry about it, ah..."

Gu Sinian kicked him and said:

"We have been secretly observing this prefect, and I have a feeling that he has more than one granary.

I will also investigate the people around him one by one. The problems of these people are very serious.

If I find any problems with them, I will report them back.”

Open and secret investigations.

Bai Wanwan nodded and said, "Then you better be careful, these people are definitely not easy to deal with."

"I know. If I have any questions, I will come to you. By the way, I also shot two pheasants for you. Let's go." Gu Sinian flew out directly with Shiwu.

When Bai Wanwan returned to the backyard, she saw two flying dragons and said with a smile, "These two flying dragons are still alive. I'll make soup for you tomorrow."

Bai Wanwan nodded and went to bed.

Early the next morning, Lexi cooked Feilong soup and then ate a bowl of noodles with it.

Bai Wanwan ate and drank her fill before going to the yamen.

As soon as I arrived, I heard Li Hu reporting that a murder had occurred.

There was a family named Sun in the mountains, living behind the village.

The old couple of the Sun family have an eighteen-year-old son. They usually don't interact with outsiders. They even go to the town secretly to exchange oil and salt when the villagers go to the market. They lower their heads when they see people. No one can tell the specific situation of their family.

Early that morning, Old Liu, who went up the mountain to chop firewood, passed by the Sun family and saw that the courtyard door was ajar and it was quiet inside.

He had never spoken to the Sun family and didn't want to interfere, but he vaguely smelled a strange smell, as if something was rotten.

He pushed the door open hesitantly, and the scene in the yard frightened him so much that his legs went weak.

The Sun family's son fell under the eaves, motionless, with a black and purple mark on his neck.

The old couple were lying on the kang in the inner room, also dead, with blood at the corners of their mouths.

Bai Wanwan led the yamen runners up the mountain. When they arrived at Sun's house, they took a closer look and found it even more strange. Nothing in the house had been touched, and the purse containing several hundred coins was still on the corner of the table.

There was still half a pot of porridge in the pot on the stove, which looked like it was left over from the night before.

The villagers were called in for questioning, and they all said that the Sun family rarely went out except to buy things, and had never had a quarrel with anyone.

An old man said that he seemed to hear crying sounds from the direction of Sun's house a few nights ago. At that time, he thought it was the cry of wild beasts in the mountains and did not take it seriously.

The bailiff searched the yard and found a broken bowl in the corner of the woodshed. There was some black powder at the bottom of the bowl, which smelled bitter.

In the vegetable garden behind the house, several muddy footprints were found. They looked like men's and were quite large.

But the road down the mountain was gravel, and the footprints disappeared at the intersection.

Bai Wanwan picked up the broken bowl, put it close to her nose and sniffed the powder at the bottom of the bowl, frowning and saying:

"This powder is made from Gelsemium elegans, and that's what's mixed into the porridge.

This must have been poisoned by someone who is an acquaintance of theirs."

Suddenly someone whispered, "Didn't Sun Xiaofeng have a degree before? Could he be someone we knew back then?"

Bai Wanwan asked, "Which college did Sun Xiaofeng study at? Why did he stop going?"

Then I heard the man reply:

“It seems to be called Qingfeng Academy. At that time, the village chief asked us to give them a gift.

They said it was not easy for a village to produce a scholar, so every household was given 20 coins.

The village chief also came over with a cane and said:

"Oh my! Our village finally had a scholar, how come he died?

Alas! It turns out that our Qingfeng County can’t even produce a scholar.”