Chapter 112 As expected
The next day.

Early in the morning, there was a commotion outside the county government office.

The thirteen-year-old girl Zhang Qiaoer beat the drum in the government office to appeal for justice, and kept loudly accusing her uncle and aunt of taking money and conspiring with others to kill her father Zhang Yufu, and also planned to force her to marry a cripple.

Xu Shuhe rushed to the scene almost immediately to support the girl.

He immediately stated that a murder had occurred in Chen Zhi’s noodle shop and that he was framed.

Several cases involving the Chen family have been in the spotlight these days, and many people in the city are watching them. County Magistrate Huang has no choice but to order people to bring in the Zhang family, the kitchen helper who served as a witness, and her lame grandson for questioning.

The arrangements made last night certainly couldn't have been in vain.

Zhang Qiaoer's uncle, Zhang Yucai, told everything in court, saying that someone gave him money and instructed him to do so.

It just so happened that he was dissatisfied with his elder brother Zhang Yufu, who was a fool, worked hard but couldn't make much money, and had a daughter to feed, so he followed the instructions of others, in order to get rid of his elder brother, who was a burden, and to get rid of his niece Zhang Qiaoer.

The kitchen helper completely listened to Zhang Yucai's words.

Her son and daughter-in-law are both gone, and she has to depend on her lame grandson for everything. She has always wanted to find a wife for her grandson, but due to her poor family, no one is willing to marry.

These two people hit it off immediately.

After the matter was made clear, the people who had gathered to watch the trial began to curse Zhang Yucai and his wife and the old woman.

But the case could not be proven by words, so County Magistrate Huang naturally asked Zhang Yucai to produce evidence.

Zhang Yucai had already been informed last night, so he now insisted that he was from Liushuntang.

County Magistrate Huang immediately turned gloomy, "Nonsense, Liushuntang is a gambling house, and it has nothing to do with Chen Zhi's business, why would they want to harm people?!"

"Because Chen Jin, the second young master of the Chen family, owed money to Liushuntang and refused to pay it back, the people of Liushuntang said that they wanted to teach the Chen family a lesson." Zhang Yucai knelt on the ground, his voice trembling, and he swallowed his saliva before saying, "I dare not lie, please be careful!"

After he finished speaking, County Magistrate Huang was about to refute him, but he heard Xu Shuhe speaking loudly from the side.

"Sir, this matter concerns the reputation of my husband. Since this person has spoken so clearly, he must have a basis for his claims. I beg you to investigate this matter thoroughly and clear my husband's name!"

"You have no right to interrupt in the court!" County Magistrate Huang shouted angrily.

But at this moment, someone in the crowd immediately took the lead and shouted, saying that the injustice must be investigated.

Under the incitement, the people immediately began to talk and speculate about these consecutive cases.

County Magistrate Huang's face turned ugly, and he had no choice but to order his men to take Zhang Yucai to Liushun Hall to arrest the man.

Xu Shuhe naturally followed.

Outside the yamen, Chen Xun, who had already arrived, naturally heard the content of the trial. He immediately ordered the servant beside him to rush to Liushun Hall first.

This trip is destined to be a failure.

Liushun Hall is looked after by County Magistrate Huang and Chen Xun, so naturally they won't find any witnesses.

This is how Zhang Yucai started to speak nonsense.

But Xu Shuhe didn't think that she could do anything to this group of people. What she wanted was to expose another matter.

Sure enough, in this chaotic standoff over arresting someone, Xu Shuhe successfully made Liu Shun Tang tell the answer she wanted: Chen Jin owed Liu Shun Tang 100,000 taels of silver.

So Xu Shuhe immediately pulled out another witness.

It was through the clues bought from the shopkeeper on the day when he went to Qinxianglou that he found the middleman who hired the killer for the Feng family.

This move caught both County Magistrate Huang and Chen Xun off guard.

The appearance of this person just happened to be the right connection. Chen Jin owed 100,000 taels of silver and was unable to repay it. Feng, as his mother, came to help him. She thought of hiring someone to kill Chen Zhi and Xu Shuhe and their couple, and then designed to get all the property under their names and use it to pay off Chen Jin's debt.

But he never expected that the murder failed and he ended up in jail.

Back in the court, Xu Shuhe told his own inference. Regardless of whether Feng hired a killer to pay off Chen Jin's debt, now that the middleman who hired the killer testified, Feng was convicted of the crime of hiring a killer.

County Magistrate Huang had a gloomy expression on his face. He did not speak for a moment, but instead shifted his gaze to the side.

At this time, Chen Xun had also appeared in the court, with an ugly look on his face.

He really didn't expect that Xu Shuhe would be able to find solid evidence of Feng's murder so quickly.

"Third sister-in-law, could there be any misunderstanding here?"

"What's the misunderstanding?" Xu Shuhe interrupted him coldly, "Fourth brother, you're not thinking that this murder wasn't done by my mother-in-law, but was framed by someone. Who could it be? Someone from Liushuntang?"

Having said that, Xu Shuhe raised his eyes and looked at County Magistrate Huang.

"My Lord, it is not impossible for my fourth brother to have such suspicions. If my mother-in-law and my second sister-in-law's carriage had not broken down that day and they could not travel with me, I am afraid they would have been killed. The people from Liushun Hall captured several of our female relatives and forced the Chen family to repay the debt. It is also a feasible method. It is easy to hide someone in such a big gambling house. The person who bribed Zhang Yucai to harm others and then framed my husband's shop must have been hidden by Liushun Hall long ago!"

"Both of these incidents are related to Liu Shun Tang. I think we should thoroughly investigate Liu Shun Tang!"

Xu Shuhe said loudly.

It is naturally impossible to thoroughly investigate Liushuntang.

Why would County Magistrate Huang investigate his own people?

All he could do was to say, "This case is complicated and the evidence is insufficient. We will retry it on another day!"

Although everyone was dissatisfied, they had no choice but to disperse.

Xu Shuhe had already expected this result.

If she wanted Magistrate Huang to do what she wanted, there must be something that threatened his interests, or in other words, she had to have some big leverage over him in her hands.

What happened today was to pave the way for County Magistrate Huang to follow down.

She still has some cards to play.

"Third sister-in-law, do you want to go back home now?" Chen Xun called out to Xu Shuhe.

Xu Shuhe turned around and looked at him, "Why, fourth brother now wants to control where I go?"

Chen Xun was choked and almost embarrassed.

Just as he was about to speak again, he caught a glimpse of a man at the entrance of the alley beside the county government gate. He winked at him and motioned for him to come over.

Seeing this, he had to put Xu Shu and this side aside first, "Of course not."

"That's the best." Xu Shuhe snorted coldly, then got into the carriage.

Chen Xun couldn't help but clench his hands into fists in his sleeves, and his eyes became a little gloomy. After watching the carriage leave, he walked towards the entrance of the alley.

Inside was Bao Kui, the head of Liushun Hall, who was waiting for him.

"Come on, follow me to meet my brother-in-law." Bao Kui looked unhappy.

Chen Xun lowered his eyes, said nothing, and followed him silently.

And at that time in the carriage.

After Xu Shuhe walked for a distance, he ordered the driver to turn around and go to Lin Jinyi's brocade workshop.

She didn't enter from the front, but went through the corner door where no one was around.

Someone was waiting inside to meet her, and soon she was brought to the small tea room in the backyard of the brocade workshop.

When I pushed the door open, I saw Lin Jinyi and another pretty girl already waiting inside.