Locked: God is the matchmaker, neither you nor I can escape

This morning, Sand City was exceptionally lively. Within the time it took to have breakfast, almost everyone in Sand City was already discussing yesterday's Qingyun Banquet buffet.

Yesterday, people were discussing how delicious the dishes at the banquet were, and comparing themselves with others about how many times they had been there, how many delicious things they had eaten, and what exciting things they had seen.

Today they are discussing the poisoning incident at the Qingyun Banquet last night. Prefect Du wants to suppress it, but he doesn't have the ability. The victims all have complicated family backgrounds, and they all want him to give an explanation. He wants them not to make a big deal out of it, but he doesn't stop them. His attitude is very clear.

Let's not talk about how overwhelmed Governor Du was at this moment, whether he was upset or regretful, in short, the news that the newly-appointed Jinshi were collectively drugged last night had spread throughout the entire Shacheng.

Even if Governor Du could not find out the truth or was deliberately shielding certain people, the families of the victims would not go through with it. They would ask their people to investigate on the spot, completely humiliating Governor Du.

Magistrate Du was angry but he also had to apologize with a smile and urge his men to get to the bottom of the matter.

In order to track down the case, except for the Hua family who left early, everyone else was forbidden to leave and was asked to cooperate with the investigation.

The families of the victims account for two-thirds of the power in Sand City. Even if there are big families with equal power, they have to cooperate even if it is aggrieved. After all, they dare not confront several big families alone.

Not all families are as strong-willed as the Hua family.

The small and medium-sized families didn't dare to say a word. They only regretted coming to the banquet in their hearts, and some regretted not leaving with the Hua family earlier.

After a lot of investigation, working until the middle of the night, I finally got to the bottom of the matter.

The reason why those people's faces were as black as ink was that in addition to catching the person who had already been exposed as having drugged, there were many other people who had also made some moves, but they were exposed too quickly. Their plans had not yet been implemented, but were suddenly terminated and put under surveillance, and it was too late to withdraw their actions.

The victims' families' heads, Magistrate Du, and the families' heads who drugged the victims had not yet finished discussing how to deal with the matter, but the general idea had already spread out and became a hot topic among the people of Shacheng.

"Do you think the Xu family and the Ning family will marry again?"

"I don't think so. This is too embarrassing."

"I don't agree. The marriage between the two families is for the common interests of the two families. It is impossible to end the marriage between the two families because of a little concubine's daughter. The worst that can happen is that the concubine's daughter can be disposed of."

"Tsk tsk tsk, if someone hadn't discovered it in advance, that concubine might have succeeded. By then, would the Xu family be willing to marry a concubine from the Ning family?"

"Definitely not. It's still possible for her to be a concubine. It's also possible that two sisters share one husband. The eldest son of the Xu family will lose a beautiful bride. It's a loss."

"But the Ning family's reputation has been completely lost by that illegitimate daughter. It will probably be difficult for girls from the Ning family to get married in the future~"

"Oh! I think the Zhou family is more shameful! The one who passed the imperial examination was the eldest son of a concubine, and the second son of a legitimate wife was jealous and resentful, so he gave him a chronic poison. If it hadn't been discovered by someone by chance, I don't know if the eldest son of the Zhou family would have lived to take office!"

"Indeed, this is really too ugly. The eldest son of the Zhou family is not tolerant of others. If the current head of the Zhou family does not stop the loss in time, it is only a matter of time before the Zhou family falls into ruin. This is more deadly than the little calculations between women."

"Hey~ Who noticed that there was something wrong with the food and wine? Those who drugged the food were really unlucky. They were found out right away."

"Oh! It's the son-in-law of the Hua family."

"Ah~ Him, no wonder~"