In the years of famine, I led a comfortable life with my husband

"In our house... there was... there was... a body. He's been dead... for several summers."

Pearl said with a look of horror.

When Su Zhizhi heard this, her face suddenly changed. Several people had died. This was no small matter.

She quickly stood up and said, "Come on, take me to see it."

Su Zhizhi was led by Pei'er to the place where the body was. When she saw the faces of these people clearly, she took a breath, because these people were all serving Jiaojiao without exception.

Su Zhizhi checked again and found that these people's throats and tongues were black, and their eyes were also black. Without exception, these people died of poisoning.

In order to compensate these people, Su Zhizhi specifically instructed Pei'er and the housekeeper to send a generous reward to the families of the deceased.

At the same time, Su Zhizhi also sent people to secretly investigate the causes of death of these people, including who they had contact with before their death.

Unfortunately, after investigating for a while, she didn't find any results. Helplessly, Su Zhizhi could only put the matter aside for the time being.

It happened that this incident gave Su Zhizhi a wake-up call. The common characteristic of these people was that they all served Jiaojiao. If she had discovered it a step later, the consequences would have been disastrous.

The other party was obviously coming for Jiaojiao, so Su Zhizhi specially brought Jiaojiao back to her own yard and stayed with her all the time. She carefully checked her eating, drinking, defecating and urinating before giving any food to Jiaojiao.

I don’t know what’s going on, but Jiaojiao, who always likes to cry, has been unusually quiet and well-behaved recently, so well-behaved that even Su Zhizhi was a little surprised.

Even Pei'er beside her couldn't help but praise Jiaojiao, "Our young lady has really grown up recently. She has become more sensible and no longer cries."

Su Zhizhi frowned when she heard this, and the more she thought about it, the more puzzled she felt.

She quickly said, "Housekeeper, go get the doctor."

"As you command, ma'am."

After a while, the housekeeper invited the doctor over.

"I am here to see you, Madam."

"Doctor Liu, please get up quickly and help me check if there is anything wrong with my daughter's body."

Su Zhizhi spoke quickly.

Upon hearing this, Doctor Liu stepped forward without hesitation and carefully took Jiaojiao's pulse.

Doctor Liu's brows suddenly furrowed tightly, as if he had seen something bad.

Su Zhizhi's heart was in suspense when she saw this. She asked, "Doctor, what happened to my daughter?"

Doctor Liu sighed after taking her pulse and said, "Madam, the young lady has been drugged. It's a good thing we discovered it early. If it had been later and the poisoning had become more severe, I'm afraid she would have become a fool with dementia. I will go back now and prescribe some medicine for her. Take it three times a day for seven days and the poison will be completely eliminated."

As soon as these words were spoken, Su Zhizhi's face changed immediately. Fortunately, she was cautious, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable.

"Okay, Pei'er, follow Doctor Liu to get the medicine."

Su Zhizhi instructed Pei'er beside her that she didn't trust anyone else now.

In this regard, Su Zhizhi subconsciously suspected that it was Lord Xiao who was behind it, and then she sent the housekeeper to investigate the matter.

But unfortunately, the housekeeper investigated hard for a while but failed to catch the real culprit behind the scenes, nor did he find out whether the matter was related to Marquis Xiao.

However, there was no evidence, and she couldn't slander the other party without any evidence, so Su Zhizhi could only give up.

In order to ensure that this kind of thing would not happen again, Su Zhizhi deliberately placed surveillance cameras in the kitchen and the room without anyone knowing, waiting for the other party to reveal his tracks.

After all, the other party did not succeed this time. Based on Su Zhizhi's understanding of them, they will definitely do it again next time.

The next day.

early morning.

Su Zhizhi had just finished investigating the surveillance footage from last night, and she didn't find any suspicious individuals.

Just when she thought she had found nothing, a noise at the door attracted her attention.

"Pearl, what happened outside the door?"

Su Zhizhi asked.

Just as Pei'er was about to go and see, the housekeeper came in hurriedly.

"Madam, the families of the servants who were poisoned to death some time ago are back again, and they are causing trouble."

"Let's go and take a look." Su Zhizhi frowned slightly.

Su Zhizhi rushed to the door after she finished speaking.

There was a group of people gathered at the gate of Xie's house, and the families of the victims cursed even more fiercely when they saw Su Zhizhi coming.

"Oh, my son, your life is so miserable. You died in such an unclear way, and your mother can't help you at all."

"Yes, my little girl, you are such an unfilial child. You haven't even done enough to show filial piety to our parents, and now you're gone. How are we, our elderly and frail parents, going to live without you?"

"Oh, my husband, you died so tragically. Oh, you left me, an orphan and a widow. What should we do with our lives from now on?"

"No, you, the Xie family, must give us an explanation. Our family members can't have died in vain."

"Yes, you need an explanation."

……

A group of people stood on the moral high ground and criticized Su Zhizhi harshly.

Seeing how miserable the families of the victims were, Su Zhizhi's heart softened. She quickly said, "Please don't panic. I'm just as heartbroken as you are about what happened to your family members at the Xie Mansion. I will investigate this matter and give you a satisfactory explanation. Please give me some time. I will catch the real culprit behind this."

After Su Zhizhi finished speaking, she instructed the housekeeper beside her to distribute a lot of silver and money to the families of the victims as compensation.

After seeing the large sum of money distributed by Su Zhizhi, the families of the victims immediately decided to call it a day and stop making trouble. Most of them went home happily.

They all knew that their relatives had passed away long ago, and they knew very well what was more important. Instead of trying to hold on to Su Zhizhi and Xie Fu, they might as well take the opportunity to get some benefits that they could.

Since Su Zhizhi is so generous and has given them the money they can earn in most of their lifetime, why should they keep holding on to Su Zhizhi?

Maybe Su Zhizhi would be pushed too far, and she wouldn't give them a cent, and they would have to bear it.

Seeing that the troublemakers had left, Su Zhizhi immediately breathed a sigh of relief. The hidden danger in front of her was temporarily resolved.

However, when Lord Xiao and Jiang Qin heard that the matter was resolved so quickly by Su Zhizhi, they immediately became unhappy.

Yes, the families of the victims went to Prefect Su Zhi's mansion to cause trouble at the instigation of Marquis Xiao and Jiang Qin.

To vent their anger, Lord Xiao and Jiang Qin couldn't help but curse, "These petty people are so shameless. They just gave them away with such a small amount of money."

"Exactly, he looks so unpresentable, so shameful and despicable."