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"What, Lord Zhou? Have you already caught the murderer?"

Soon, Prefect Jing's sarcastic voice rang in Zhou Wu's ears.

"Hmph, they found the real culprit in just one day? I bet they just found someone to impersonate the killer to clear their own names."

The second one, who was being sarcastic and unpleasant, also arrived. Peng Zhenguo thought that as an official of Qingyang County, he would not be placed under house arrest, but who knew that Zhou Wu was ruthless and put him under house arrest as well. Since the rooms were already full, he was given special treatment and was placed under house arrest in the woodshed. Thinking of the woodshed full of rats and insects, Peng Zhenguo was furious.

Zhou Wu saw that almost everyone had arrived.

"Gentlemen, it is truly out of necessity to place you all under house arrest. We are all colleagues of Lord Yu Hou, and today he died here under mysterious circumstances. As his close friend, I am very sad and heartbroken."

"Zhou Wu, you're talking nonsense! You and Lord Yu Hou only met for the first time yesterday, and you even had more than one argument. How dare you say it was him..."

“Shut up, Peng Zhenguo, I won’t be polite if you slander my deep bromance with Lord Yu Hou. Although it was my first time meeting Lord Yu Hou, we were both attracted by each other’s unique temperament. As for the argument you mentioned, it was just our unique way of communicating.”

"Alright, Lord Zhou, let's get down to business."

Prefect Jing was so disgusted by Zhou Wu that he quickly changed the subject.

"Look, everyone, what is this?"

Zhou Wu pointed to the floor of Yu Hou's room. Everyone looked and looked again and again to make sure there was nothing there. They all wondered if their eyes were playing tricks on them.

"There's clearly nothing here, Lord Zhou, are you playing us?"

Prefect Jing was furious at Zhou Wu's repeated mockery.

"Can't you see such a big shoe print?"

Upon hearing this, everyone looked closely and indeed, there were faint shoe prints on the floor.

"Someone bring Peng Zhenguo's shoes over here."

The Qingyang Army guards stepped forward, pinned Peng Zhenguo down, took off his shoes, and handed them to Zhou Wu.

Zhou Wu took the shoe and pressed it deeply next to the original shoe print. After removing the shoe, two identical shoe prints were clearly visible.

"Lord Peng, you have nothing to say now, don't you?"

Now everyone turned their suspicious gazes toward Peng Zhenguo.

"Bullshit, Zhou Wu, you're framing me. I'm innocent, I'm innocent! The shoe print only proves that I was in Lord Yu Hou's room, it doesn't prove that I killed anyone."

Upon hearing Peng Zhenguo's explanation, everyone realized that it made sense. Footprints alone could only prove that someone had been to the room, not that they had committed murder.

"I knew you'd say that. According to the constables on duty last night, you came here around 1 AM. You told them you were here on night patrol. I'd like to ask, who would come on night patrol in the middle of the night for no reason?"

"I'm doing this for the prefect's safety, so what? Who says you can't patrol at 1-3 AM?"

"Alright, alright, you're really stubborn. At the latest, it rained a little around midnight, so your shoes got wet. Then you arrived here around 1 AM and went into Yu Hou's room, which is why there are your footprints in the room. If it hadn't rained last night, there probably wouldn't have been any evidence."

"You're talking nonsense. So what if I went into Lord Yu Hou's room?"

"Come on, bring the coroner."

Peng Zhenguo was already on the verge of collapse, but he was still trying to hold on.

"Coroner, when did Lord Yu Hou die?"

"Reporting to you, sir, according to the autopsy results, he died around 1:00 AM last night. The cause of death was the short blade in his chest. However, during the autopsy, I found that Lord Yu Hou was likely in a coma when he was killed."

"Oh, why did you faint?"

Zhou Wu was surprised by the new discovery.

"According to my examination, Lord Yu Hou has likely been drugged."

As soon as the coroner finished speaking, Zhou Wu ran to the table and checked the teapot. The tea was still in the pot, but one teacup was missing. The others also noticed the problem.

"Take a look at this pot of tea, is there something wrong with it?"

Zhou Wu handed the teapot to the coroner, who opened the lid and took a deep sniff.

"My lord, there's something wrong with this tea. It has a faint smell of Sleeping Beauty."

"sleeping Beauty?"

"My lord, Sleeping Beauty is a common sleeping drug. I've been a coroner for decades, and I can recognize it just by smelling it."

The coroner was absolutely certain that there was something wrong with the tea.

"Alright, everyone, the case is now clear. Peng Zhenguo and Yu Hou should know each other. He arrived at Yu Hou's house at 1:00 AM last night, then put a drug in the teapot, knocked him unconscious, and took the opportunity to kill him. He then threw away his own teacup to avoid being identified as an acquaintance. But the net of justice is vast, and though its meshes are wide, nothing escapes it. God sent rain last night, leaving evidence for the world."

"Wait, what about the motive? What was Peng Zhenguo's motive for murder?"

At this point, the prefect jumped out again. Zhou Wu hadn't thought much of it the previous times, but this Prefect Jing seemed to be helping Peng Zhenguo intentionally or unintentionally, and had been throwing mud at himself before, which was quite intriguing.

“The officials in Qingyang County all know that I have always been at odds with Peng Zhenguo, because he has always believed that Magistrate Chen usurped his position as magistrate, and he also believes that I am in cahoots with Magistrate Chen, so he always puts me in a difficult position.”

Everyone is aware of the intricacies of officialdom, but Zhou Wu is the first to speak out so directly, because he doesn't care, since he's not at fault.

"Zhou Wu, you're talking nonsense! I didn't do it! Don't frame me!"

"Come on, take Peng Zhenguo to jail and interrogate him properly."

Peng Zhenguo knew better than anyone what the county jail was like; if you went in there, you'd be lucky to escape with your life.

"I won't go! It wasn't me! I'm innocent! Your Honor, please save me! Your Honor, you must save me!"

Peng Zhenguo had now put Prefect Jing in an awkward position. No one believed that the two had nothing going on, and Prefect Jing quickly tried to distance himself from the situation.

"Bullshit, Peng Zhenguo. I don't know you. You've broken the law, and it's no use who comes."

At this point, Prefect Jing had no choice but to bite the bullet and proceed, but little did he expect that Peng Zhenguo would object as soon as he said this.

"Fine, you took my money and now you want to distance yourself? No way! I'm reporting you. You know who I killed, but it was Prefect Jing who ordered it."

Another shocking revelation has been exposed; now it's time to see what **An does.

"Lord Jing, I'm sorry, but there are people in the building who have identified you as being involved in a murder case. I have no choice but to arrest you in accordance with the law."

With the prefect becoming a suspect, the county magistrate, An, was the highest-ranking administrative official present, so he was the only one who stepped forward to take responsibility for the matter.