I embezzled 100,000 taels at the beginning, and the empress begged me to be more greedy

yamen.

As soon as the bailiff opened the door, Zhao Ruodong behind him rushed into the morgue anxiously.

At this moment, standing next to the corpse were Jiang Zuo, Yang Feng, Master Guo, and a coroner who was repeatedly confirming the cause of death.

"Have you confirmed that it was poisoning?"

Jiang Zuo asked, not noticing Zhao Ruodong coming over at all.

"My Lord, it is confirmed."

The coroner replied.

"Xiao Quan?"

Zhao Ruodong stood still.

Jiang Zuo and the others then turned around and looked at Zhao Ruodong.

"Miss Zhao..."

Jiang Zuo didn't know what to say.

Zhao Ruodong didn't say anything. Her hands were trembling as she walked slowly forward and then saw clearly the face of the corpse on the straw mat.

After a moment, she covered her mouth, knelt weakly on the ground, and was heartbroken.

"The dead cannot be brought back to life, please accept my condolences, young lady."

Yang Feng also comforted her with some sadness.

Jiang Zuo was silent at this moment, also stunned.

"Alas, this girl's life story is quite pitiful..."

Master Guo whispered, feeling quite sympathetic at this moment.

She is so stunningly beautiful, but has such a pitiful life.

Zhao Ruodong was sobbing softly, with a few tear marks on his cheeks and tears glistening in his bright eyes. Anyone who saw him would inevitably feel pity for him.

"Miss Zhao, our government will help with your brother's funeral."

Jiang Zuo could only comfort her like this now.

After a long period of sadness, Zhao Ruodong stood up and expressed his gratitude to Jiang Zuo and the others.

With the help of the government, Zhao Ruodong buried his brother on the mountain outside Anding County, and then followed Jiang Zuo and his group back to Anding County.

On the way, Jiang Zuo asked, "Where are you going next, girl?"

Zhao Ruodong shook his head: "I don't know."

Yang Feng beside him said: "Why not stay in Anding County? Our Anding County is at least much safer."

Jiang Zuo thought for a while and said, "Yang Feng, you should live alone, so let Miss Zhao move in for a while."

"Go to my house?"

When Yang Feng heard this, he was at a loss for words and stammered, "Sir, I, I remembered that I have something else to do. I will go and do it first. If you have any instructions, please feel free to find me."

After saying that, he left in a hurry.

Jiang Zuo frowned and thought to himself: "This stupid boy is really a hopeless case..."

After thinking about it, he turned to look at Zhao Ruodong and said, "Miss, why don't you stay in Anding County as Yang Feng said? I will find you a job and arrange a place to live."

"I really don't know how to repay your kindness, sir..."

Zhao Ruodong had a lot of thoughts at this moment. After the sadness, he felt a little grateful.

"That's it, I'll go back home first. If you have anything important to ask, you can go to the government office for help."

Jiang Zuo said again, and then he was ready to leave. After taking a few steps, he turned around and found that Zhao Ruodong was following closely behind him.

Jiang Zuo didn't know what to do, so he just said, "Uh, girl, you don't have to follow me. If you have anything to do, just go ahead..."

"I am alone and have nowhere to go. If it weren't for Master Jiang's help, I might have died long ago. Now I just want to stay with you for the rest of my life, be a maid, serve you, and repay your kindness."

Zhao Ruodong still followed Jiang Zuo's footsteps.

"No need to repay, and I don't need you to be my maid. This is just a small favor. I don't ask for anything in return..."

Jiang Zuo still kept some distance from her.

On the surface, this woman doesn't seem to be a bad person. She is just a girl with a miserable life.

Jiang Zuo was about to get married, so how could he be indecisive at this time? He helped Zhao Ruodong purely out of pity.

But now it seems that Zhao Ruodong is determined to repay Jiang Zuo.

"I am homeless now. I hope you will not despise me and keep me by your side. I will serve you like a slave. Otherwise, I will not be able to rest in peace."

There was a lot of emotion in Zhao Ruodong's bright eyes.

"How about this, I will find a place for you to stay first, and if there is anything I need you to do later, I will send someone to tell you."

Jiang Zuo took a step back and stopped refusing.

If it were a few months ago, he might have considered taking Zhao Ruodong as a maid, but the situation is different now.

Jiang Zuo is still waiting for Siyue's reply.

"Then follow your instructions."

Zhao Ruodong leaned forward and said.

Jiang Zuo returned to his mansion only after settling Zhao Ruodong.

After a while, Master Guo came with news: "Sir, those villains were caught yesterday and are now in jail. Do you want to interrogate them in person?"

"Walk."

Jiang Zuo had just sat down for a while when he had to change his clothes and go to the prison again.

At this moment, the four criminals who beat Zhao Ruodong are imprisoned in the prison.

"Who is the boss among them?"

Jiang Zuo asked.

"This one." Master Guo pointed to the cell on the far right and said, "This guy is nicknamed Brother White Tiger. His real name is White Tiger. He seems to be a famous street thug."

Jiang Zuo nodded and entered Bai Dahu's cell with Master Guo.

At this moment, Bai Dahu had scars all over his face, obviously he had been disobedient just now, and was questioned by the jailer.

"White Tiger, right?"

Jiang Zuo said coldly.

"If you have something to say, just say it."

But Bai Dahu was not very polite.

Jiang Zuo asked directly: "Why did you beat up that girl a few days ago? What's the grudge?"

"I have no grudges or hatred. I just want to beat someone up. What's wrong with that?"

That Bai Dahu was very stubborn and obviously lied.

"Okay, you won't tell me, right?" Jiang Zuo's face was gloomy. "Master, isn't there a way to force a confession, that is, to open the prisoner's skull, put a few poisonous ants inside, and eat his brain, so that he can tell the truth."

Master Guo said, "Sir, there is indeed such torture, but it is too cruel. The prisoner can only endure extreme suffering and cannot die. His brain is fed to poisonous insects."

What kind of torture is this? It’s too cruel!

Just hearing this, Bai Dahu's face suddenly turned terrified. After being threatened, he quickly said, "No, I'll tell you! I'll tell you!"

"Go ahead."

"My Lord, someone offered us fifty taels of silver to beat up that woman. I don't know anything else."

"Someone paid you to beat her?"

Jiang Zuo was immediately confused.

Who did Zhao Ruodong, a woman with a miserable life, offend?

This makes things even more bizarre.

Jiang Zuo really wanted to find out where Zhao Ruodong came from.

She was suspected to be an assassin, but she had had many opportunities to assassinate Jiang Zuo before and did not do so, so it must not be this serious.

Could it be that he is here to defraud money?

Jiang Zuo could only think of this reason.

After all, it is no secret that the magistrate of Anding County is very wealthy.

Does Zhao Ruodong really have any purpose?

Jiang Zuo didn’t know.