C8

After exiting the coroner's house, Su Mu slowly connected the scenes and clues of the past few days in his mind and decided to search for the next clue.

"Brother Su, where are we going?" Bao Fusheng curiously asked as he followed behind Su Mu.

Su Mu stopped and turned around to explain, "Let's go to the He family." Where did the doll come from? The most likely target was still the He family's eldest daughter.

"He Clan?" Which He Clan? " Ye Zichen was even more confused.

The He Clan was actually the fiancee that the coroner had said they were related to, the one who had been engaged to a child ever since they were children. Su Mu had stayed in Wu City for nearly three months after all. The streets and alleys were places where gossip spread. Thus, he had heard quite a bit about the Zhu Family's small and large affairs.

The one who described it the most frequently was the heartless and unfaithful He family.

It was rumored by the people outside that the He and Zhu Families were originally famous families in Wu City, and the old masters of the two families were good friends who had spent their lives together.

Thus, at that time, they had promised to marry a child. Unfortunately, at that time, both of their grandfathers had given birth to sons, so they had postponed the marriage to their grandsons.

Unfortunately, due to Lord Zhu's poor management, the Zhu Family's business had fallen. The He Family had turned hostile, saying that the Zhu Family needed to use the land deed as collateral, so they were willing to marry their daughter.

At that time, her mother hadn't passed away, so she was born into a rich family. She was noble and proud, and completely ignored the He family's unreasonable demands, saying that she would rather her son be single than allow him to exchange his family property for the He family's daughter.

Thus, the two clans came to an agreement. This was one of the few friendly old madams of the reclusive Old Madam Zhu, and was also the kind that everyone knew.

In actuality, when Madam Zhu had been killed, the commoners had said privately that it was Master He who had felt that he had been humiliated by a woman and hated her for it. He had hired a killer from the martial arts world to kill Madam Zhu. However, this was only a rumor among the people, and it was hard to tell if it was true or false.

However, after the coroner's reminder, Su Mu suddenly thought of this line and felt that he should go to the He family to investigate.

After hearing from Su Mu that they would go to the He family, even though Bao Fu Cheng didn't stay in Wu City for long, he knew that it wasn't a good idea. Thus, he suggested, "If the two of us go, the He family might not care about cooperating with us.

"Brother Lin's words are reasonable." Perhaps it was due to him wanting to solve the case, but Su Mu didn't care about this. He only came to his senses after hearing Bao Fusheng's advice.

Thus, the two of them turned around and ran to the yamen.

Lin Yi and Wang Yu were sitting opposite each other without saying anything. Hearing that they were going to the He family, Wang Yi stood up and said, "I'll go."

He really didn't feel at ease in letting Su Mu, who was helpless, take the risk time and again.

The silent Lin Yi leisurely waved the folding fan in his hand, and said to the bag Floating Life, "You can't do that?"

Bao Fusheng received Lin Yi's ridicule and once again gnashed his teeth.

In the end, the four of them left for the He family with four pretentious constables behind them.

Wang Dong deliberately pulled Su Mu behind him and whispered to him, "Sir Lin should be the current crown prince."

Even Su Mu, who had prepared his identity beforehand, was startled when he heard this. The crown prince?

Afraid that Su Mu wouldn't believe it and couldn't help but make a mistake, Wang Mu indicated for Su Mu to look at Lin Yi, who was walking in front.

In the Great Yan Dynasty, which had a well-established etiquette system, there was no one other than the crown prince of the emperor or those who felt that their lives were too long, who would dare to bring such a legendary jade pendant.

In addition to Lin Yi's extraordinary bearing, it seemed that he was undoubtedly the Crown Prince. In that case, would he be able to borrow Lin Yi's father's case …

The group of people arrived at the Residence of He. First, there were soldiers knocking on the He family's door, then there was the negotiation with Bao Fu Liusheng. The four of them entered the He family residence one after another, with the other soldiers holding the door.

"Lord He, we have come here today to ask you about the Zhu Family's murder case. I wonder if you know about it?" Bao Liusheng asked respectfully.

The tired-looking Old Master He had been standing at the doorstep of this group of people. When he saw the leader of the group, the cold-faced young master, he knew that they had quite the background. He respectfully invited them in and forced himself to talk to them.

"Reporting to Sir, this commoner's house is only for business. Ever since Old Master Zhu passed away, our two families have no relationship after cutting off our business dealings." Master He said in a clear tone.

Su Mu, who was sitting at the end of the table, spoke up, "It looks like the rumors about the He family being cold-blooded and heartless were not empty words. So, this extremely kind-hearted relative was actually said to have no friendship by Old Master He."

"What family, don't talk nonsense." Lord He was suddenly like a cat whose tail had been stepped on as he shouted excitedly at Su Mu.

Then, he felt the situation had gone awry, and said gloomily, "Please forgive me, Sir. This humble one has made a slip of the tongue."

Through Su Mu's words, he could feel that this Master He was not the heartless and merciless person that the commoners spoke of. Thus, he spoke in a gentle and soothing voice, "It's fine, as long as Master He can explain to us clearly what happened between us and the Zhu family."

Upon hearing Su Mu's words, Old Master He began to narrate the grudges between the two families. According to the rumors, the biggest source of all was the matter regarding the Zhu Family's land deed.

As it turned out, Master He was afraid that his only daughter would suffer grievances if she married into the Zhu Family, so he proposed that the house contract be placed on the He Family. Master He would lend his daughter's dowry to Zhu Chusheng to practice her family's business and revitalize the Zhu Family. However, it was misunderstood by Madam Zhu that the He Clan was delusional enough to think that they wanted to take away the Zhu Clan's few remaining assets.

Therefore, the two parties had different opinions, so they gave up on the marriage.

When Lin Yi heard this, he cast his gaze towards Su Mu, who was deep in thought, and patted the chair with his palm, indicating that Su Mu was living.

"Since that's the case, we've already asked all the questions we need. Then, we will take our leave." Bao Fusheng bowed to Master He.

Just as everyone stood up, a servant girl from the He family's backyard rushed to the front of the hall and knelt down crying. "Old master, it's bad. Miss, Miss, she …"

For a time, the He Clan was in a state of chaos. Old Master He had no time to pay attention to Lin Yi's group, he only ordered the servants to send them out of the manor.

On their way back to the yamen, Su Mu suddenly said to Lin and Bao, who were still walking in front of them, "Brother Bao, can you accompany me back to the Residence of He? I seemed to have forgotten something important."

Su Mu didn't want to arouse suspicion from Lin Yi that she couldn't handle the case and had to run away. Thus, Su Mu wanted to call Fu Cheng over to the Residence of He to have a look.

"They might not open the door for us anymore if we return to the He manor now." After all, the He family had probably become a pot of porridge. Bao Fusheng's worries were not groundless.

Su Mu shook his head, "I don't want to enter the He family. I want to do it at the door."

"But …" Bag Floating Life was still puzzled.

However, Lin Yi interrupted him with a cold voice, "Just go with him."