Playing bad and eating melons: The whole court is laughing? No, no

The patients in the pharmacy were frightened by the scene and moved to the side in panic. The doctor in the clinic also heard the noise and came out.

The owner of Huichuntang's face turned pale as paper in an instant, and the panic and fear in his eyes became more and more obvious, but he quickly calmed down.

As he walked out, he asked in a state of great trepidation, "Sir, I am very worried. I wonder what has happened?"

Ke Ming didn't answer him immediately. Instead, he looked at the patients in Huichun Hall and said seriously, "Apart from Huichun Hall, all those who are not involved should go out and wait."

As soon as he finished speaking, the two officers began to politely drive away the irrelevant people.

The patients rushed towards the door as if they had been pardoned.

The woman who had been chatting with Jiang Yueyang earlier saw her standing there motionless and mistakenly thought she was frightened.

The woman glanced at Ke Ming, who looked "ferocious", hesitated for a moment, and then walked quickly towards Jiang Yueyang.

She tugged at Jiang Yueyang's sleeve and said in a low voice, "Girl, don't just stand there like an idiot. Come on."

Jiang Yueyang smiled at her and said, "Auntie, I am an official appointed by the imperial court. I am here to investigate this case."

The woman let go of her hand in shock. She had never expected that Jiang Yueyang would be an official.

She knew that their Majesty had appointed an extraordinary lady-in-waiting, but she had never seen her before and had never expected that she was such a beautiful girl.

At this time, an official came over and asked the woman to leave.

After all the strangers had left, Ke Ming looked at the owner of Huichun Hall and said in a deep voice, "I'm sure the owner knows something about the recent murder.

Today, we found a hairpin made of aconite at the place where the body was found. We suspect that the murderer accidentally dropped it.

Things like Aconitum are usually only available in major pharmacies and the homes of some nobles, so I have come here to investigate. I hope the shopkeeper will cooperate!"

"I see." The owner of Huichuntang said with an apologetic smile, "I, Huichun, will fully cooperate with your investigation."

Ke Ming stared at him sharply. "In that case, could you please show us the records of the medicinal materials coming in and out over the past five years?"

"Yes, yes, I'll get it right away." The owner of Huichuntang responded and walked back to the counter to get the medicinal materials record book.

Jiang Yueyang fixed her gaze on the shopkeeper and asked, "May I know your name, shopkeeper?"

"My surname is Shen." Shopkeeper Shen found the record book of medicinal materials coming in and out and handed it to Ke Ming.

Jiang Yueyang looked around at everyone present and asked, "Manager Shen, are all the people from Huichuntang here?"

Hearing this, Manager Shen glanced at the people present and nodded in response, "Your Excellency, everyone is here."

Ke Ming paused in turning the pages, then looked up from his notebook at Shopkeeper Shen, "I remember you have a daughter..."

As he spoke, he turned to look at the only woman present besides Jiang Yueyang, "Is it her?"

Seeing Ke Ming looking over, Zhou Ruoqiu hurriedly explained, "I am just the doctor in charge of Huichuntang, not the owner's daughter."

"Then..." Ke Ming retracted his gaze and looked at Manager Shen, "Where is your daughter? Please ask her to come out and cooperate with the investigation."

"My daughter went out to buy something this morning and hasn't returned yet. When she returns, I'll have her go to the authorities to cooperate with the investigation."

Ke Ming nodded, but didn't dwell on the question. Instead, he pointed to the notebook and said, "You need to take the records of these medicinal materials in and out back and check them carefully."

"Also, this is a search warrant. We are going to search Huichun Hall." Ke Ming said as he took out a search warrant from his arms.

Jiang Yueyang was a little surprised. She didn't expect Ke Ming to act so quickly and actually get a search warrant.

Shopkeeper Shen's expression changed slightly, and an unpleasant smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. "Sir, this seems a little inappropriate."

"What's wrong?" Ke Ming pushed the search warrant closer to him. "I'm handling this case with all the necessary procedures. There's nothing wrong with it. Is Manager Shen trying to obstruct the government?"

"I dare not, but..."

"It's better if you don't dare!" Ke Ming interrupted him coldly.

He waved his hand, and several officers immediately took action and began to search Huichun Hall.

Outside, the patients who had been expelled earlier and the people nearby craned their necks curiously to look into Huichun Hall.

Someone asked, "What happened?"

"I vaguely heard that Huichuntang seemed to be related to the death of the faceless female corpse by the river." Someone replied casually.

"Really? I just came from Jishiditang, and there are also officials searching there."

"Has Jishiditang been investigated as well? I just came from Wanshoutang, and they were also investigated there. I was thinking of coming here to see a doctor, but I didn't expect..."

"According to what you said, all the major pharmacies in the capital have probably been checked. What did you discover that you have to search all the pharmacies?"

Inside Huichun Hall, Jiang Yueyang walked aimlessly, looking around.

Shopkeeper Shen followed the officers anxiously, asking them to be gentle and not to contaminate the herbs.

Moreover, he found that the officers' searching movements seemed to be looking for secret passages or secret rooms.

At this moment, there was a noise outside. The next second, the King of Yan came in with three officials.

As soon as he came in, he asked, "Jiang Yueyang, how's the search going here? Have you found anything?"

Jiang Yueyang walked over suspiciously, "Your Highness, shouldn't you be in the Wanshou Hall?"

"I'll come find you guys after I finish searching."

"So fast?" Jiang Yueyang was slightly surprised.

"Hmm~" Prince Yan dragged out the last syllable with feigned pride, "The owner of Wanshou Hall was very cooperative. It didn't take us very long."

But in fact, Prince Yan knew that Wanshou Hall had nothing to do with the murder case, and wanted to find Jiang Yueyang quickly, so he did a simple search and came here.

Jiang Yueyang had no doubts, "We have just started the search."

At this time, the system asked quietly: [Host, don't you plan to search the backyard? ]

[Go ahead! We need to be as prepared as possible to avoid arousing the suspicion of Ke Ming and the others!]

King Yan: "..."

Ke Ming: “…”

They already knew...

Jiang Yueyang raised an eyebrow at Prince Yan, "Your Highness, it's a good thing you're here. Let's go search the backyard."

"Row!"

As they spoke, they walked towards the backyard together.

When Shopkeeper Shen heard they were going to search the backyard, he hurried over to block their way and said, "My lords, the backyard is where my family lives, and we don't store any medicinal herbs there."

"You said it wasn't stored, so it wasn't stored?" King Yan looked at him sharply. "You are obstructing me like this, do you have something to hide?"

"Your Excellency, I am doing my business honestly. All the neighbors have witnessed it. How could I have any ulterior motives?"

"Then get out of my way!"