C5 (1/2)

Hearing Su Mu's words, Bao Fu Cheng nodded his head in agreement, ”That's right, I also have the same intention. I must properly investigate and solve this case.”

Although the decorations of the Zhu Residence were exquisite, the space it took up was not that big. After walking for a while, they arrived at the place the two of them needed to stay for the night.

Since Mrs Liu could not speak, she blessed the two of them before turning around and leaving.

Bao Zuisheng quickly walked to the front of the door and locked it. Su Mu looked around the room that wasn't too big or small. It was neat and clean, no different from the guest rooms of a large family.

After confirming the room was untouched, the two of them sat by the table and started chatting.

”That Seventh Madam of the County Magistrate's newly hired is really a peerless beauty!”

”That's right. If I had any luck, I would definitely die here.”

When the people at the door heard their conversation, they quietly retreated.

Inside the room, Su Mu had already placed a piece of paper on the table. He took out a carbon pen from his sleeve and wrote on the paper, ”Liu, something's wrong.”

With regards to the problem with Mrs Liu, Bao Liusheng also nodded in agreement.

Just now, when Su Mu had purposely stopped to say that the culprit was still within the Zhu Residence, Mrs Liu, who was walking hurriedly in front of the two of them, clearly stopped when she heard this.

In other words, she was not a deaf mute like Zhu Chusheng had said.

As for why Zhu Chusheng said Mrs Liu was deaf and dumb, it was unclear whether it was Mrs Liu who was lying or Zhu Chusheng was lying.

In the afternoon, the two of them followed a servant sent by Zhu Chusheng and wandered around the Zhu Residence for a while, asking about things with vague words.

”How is your young master recently?” Bao Fu asked the attendant.

The green-robed manservant sighed and said with a frown, ”Ever since the old mistress passed away, young master's body has been getting worse with each passing day. Business at home is not doing well either.”

”The Zhu Clan has business?” Su Mu continued to ask with a hint of curiosity in his eyes.

The manservant scratched his head, ”I'm not too sure either. I heard a few people who were working outside the courtyard say that the old master's business collapsed, and that he was in debt.”

”Your young master is really pitiful, he lost his mother and has to busy himself with business.” Bao Fu Cheng pretended to be sympathetic.

The attendant nodded in agreement, and his tone carried a trace of helplessness. ”The Young Master is indeed pitiful. A person who treats others with the heart of a Bodhisattva, now it's really …” ”Sigh.”

”That is the residence of the madame. May I take a closer look?”

The latter stood up and stood in front with a helpless smile on his face. ”I'm not going, after all, we just passed away not long ago, so we were really helpless before being assigned such a job. It's fine to just look around, but it'll be better to report it to the county magistrate when we get back.”

The servant smiled and nodded, then turned around to take the two of them to another place.

After roughly memorizing the location of the Zhu Residence's courtyard, Su Mu was exhausted and wanted to head to the front hall to eat dinner with Zhu Chusheng. He carried his bag with him and hurriedly returned to the resting area.