C7

The next day, at the entrance of the Zhu Residence.

The blinding morning light shined on the eaves of the Zhu Residence. With a slight movement of the latch, the scarlet door was slowly pulled open.

"Please take care, my lords. My body is getting more and more unsatisfying, so I can only give it to you." Zhu Chusheng leaned on the servant as thin as a piece of paper, barely supporting his body.

Upon seeing this, the two people, Su and Bao, clasped their hands and bowed. Then, they turned around and got on the carriage, which was sent over by the yamen to wait for them.

The driver, who had been anxious all night, wore a straw hat. Even Su Mu almost didn't recognize him because he didn't pay close attention.

Wang Dong reached out his hand to support Su Mu's arm. As he helped her into the carriage, he whispered, "Is everything alright?"

"Yes." Su Mu nodded. Unavoidably, he did not say anything more and stepped into the carriage.

After entering the carriage, he suddenly saw Lin Yi sitting in the middle of the carriage with his eyes closed as if he was resting.

Lin Yi's deep voice rang out, "How's the investigation going?"

Because she didn't know who he was talking to, Su Mu didn't open her mouth and let Bao Fusheng speak first.

"There's something wrong with the Zhu Family. This mother must not have been harmed by some outsider, so we can already determine that it's the doing of the Zhu Residence's insiders." Bao Fu Cheng said.

Lin Yi, who was tapping his index finger on his leg, didn't seem surprised. As if he had expected this to happen, he closed his eyes and continued to ask, "Evidence?"

"Brother Su and I snuck into the Zhu Family's backyard to observe last night and discovered that there was an infant in the woodshed. During this time, only Mrs Liu entered. And I was weird on the beam of Mama Zhu's room. There was a thick layer of dust on the beam, but a small part of the dust had been disturbed. I guess there was a rope around it, and there was also some blood on the dust, which was very suspicious. " Bao Fu Xu turned his head and looked at Su Mu. Seeing that Su Mu had no intention to say anything, he repeated all the strange sights and circumstances he had observed. Before he left the room, he added, "As such, I believe that the murderer is most likely that Mrs Liu."

"Not necessarily." After entering the carriage, Su Mu, who had not spoken a single word, suddenly spoke.

Lin Yi also opened his eyes. There was a hint of expectation in his eyes as he looked at Su Mu.

Su Mu slightly raised his head and looked at the two of them separately for a moment. Then he said, "The person who reveals the most might not necessarily be the culprit, but it might be a clue or a key character. Mrs Liu looked suspicious, but she lacked a motive for murder. Man is not a plant, every one of the seven emotions and six desires can motivate man to act. The same goes for the crimes. The tools, the techniques, and the motives are all indispensable. In my opinion, it is still uncertain who the culprit is. "

"But according to what you said, the person who killed her mother was the mechanism left behind in her room. Setting up the mechanism requires time, but the person who can set up the ingenious mechanism in her room without arousing suspicion is most definitely someone from the Zhu Family." Su Mu added.

Hearing her words, Bao Fu Cheng thought for a moment and felt that Su Mu's words were reasonable. He nodded his head in agreement.

On the other hand, Lin Yi's eyes were filled with curiosity and doubt. He also closed the fan in his hand and began to beat on his leg with force.

Wu City wasn't that big to begin with. Plus, the Zhu Residence was located on the east side of the street, not far from the county magistrate court. Therefore, they arrived here in a short while.

The moment the carriage stopped, Lin Yi's cold voice sounded out from within the small carriage. "Floating Life, cooperate fully with Prince Su's investigation."

"If you need anything, you can ask the Floater for it." Lin Yi stared at Su Mu and said, "If you want me to save the two of you, I only have one request: finish the case in three days."

When Su Mu heard this, he lowered his eyes and began to ponder. Traveling here and there for half a year was no different from a stray dog. She should have been able to bear the consequences of her father's actions, but no, he could have a better future or a happy family.

Thinking up to this point, Su Mu met Lin Yi's cold gaze and said with an emotionless tone, "Alright."

Thus, an agreement was made. It was not a simple matter to solve the unsolved murder case in March.

Thus, once they got out of the carriage, Su Mu didn't even speak to Wang Yu. Instead, he hurriedly headed to the Scroll Palace in the yamen to investigate the case file.

Because the county magistrate had sloppily closed the case and filled it with false information, there weren't many useful files left. Su Mu's investigation had been like a thunderbolt in the ocean, greatly increasing the difficulty of solving the case.

Even the seemingly refined and refined Ye Zichen couldn't help but scold him, "He really is a useless dog officer. These files are no different from waste paper."

With that, Bao Fu Cheng raised his head and looked at Su Mu who was still rummaging through the scroll, "Brother Su, why don't you stop wasting your time here?"

Just from what she saw in the Zhu family last night, it was not enough for her to be sure of the culprit. Even if she had already faintly guessed at the culprit, without enough evidence, no one would believe that she was still guessing.

Closing his sore eyes, Su Mu nodded at the bag of documents. These files were indeed useless.

But without a first-hand record of the case, how would she do it? Su Mu rubbed his temples and carefully recalled the sequence of events from the beginning to the end when his father handled the case.

Files, records, crime scene, and...

And the autopsy.

Because Su Mu was young, her father often brought her along to investigate cases. However, he never allowed her to enter the coroner's autopsy area, saying that he was afraid that she would have nightmares at night. Thus, Su Mu would habitually neglect this step.

However, it had been more than three months since the incident, and his mother's body was buried a few days after the incident. Now it was even more impossible for him to open the coffin and examine the corpse, not to mention if Zhu Chusheng was willing or not, he was afraid that he would be drowned by the saliva of Wu Cheng's citizens.

"How do I get an autopsy?" Su Mu could not help but feel a headache coming on.

Bao Fu, who was at the side, heard this and asked in confusion, "Brother Su, you want to open the coffin for an autopsy?"

Su Mu shook his head. Then, Bao Fusheng followed through with his thoughts, "Then, shall we look for a coroner?"

Her eyes immediately lit up, and a smile appeared on her face that she hadn't seen for a long time. His head really hurt from being wrapped in this file, since he didn't even think of finding a coroner.

"However, I don't know if the coroner really checked for anything since the file was written like this." The bag floated like a bucket of cold water, pouring down.

However, Su Mu shook his head resolutely, "A few days ago, when I visited the Zhu Residence to ask around, I saw that coroner. He said that the deceased died due to excessive blood loss due to a cut on the neck.

As expected, the two of them went to the old coroner's house. Although they knew that the magistrate was incompetent and that there was a high chance that the case would be turned into a trivial matter, but he still didn't want to work. Now that someone wanted to investigate further, the coroner hurriedly took out a book with a detailed description of the wounds and fatal wounds that had been inflicted on Mother Zhu's body.

Most importantly, the deceased had taken the Soul-Calming Elixir not long ago …

"Who said that?" Su Mu asked the coroner.

The coroner had lived in Wu City for most of his life. Thinking that he had a good relationship with the Zhu Family, he said in a sorrowful tone, "It was said by the Mrs Liu who was with the Zhu Family. Unfortunately, after Lady Zhu passed away, Mrs Liu became deaf and mute due to a serious illness. "Ai, that Young Master Zhu is even more pitiful. His own father doesn't have the ability to turn the family's wealth into dust. His fiancee is unwilling to go through with the family, and his mother is here as well …"

As Su Mu listened, an idea gradually formed in his mind.