The Divine Doctor and Adorable Consort: The Demonic Emperor is Too Cunning

Ren couldn't win against Aunt Luo and was afraid of tiring her out, so she had no choice but to go to Fang Qingyou to ask her to persuade Aunt Luo. However, Fang Qingyou distanced herself from the matter and refused to get involved.

"Mother, you should talk to Aunt Luo about this yourself. You are both adults, what right do I, a little girl, have to get involved in adult matters? Whatever conclusion you reach is the conclusion, and I will accept it anyway."

Left with no other choice, Ren had to go find Aunt Luo herself.

Fang Qingyou's decision to leave things alone was not without purpose; she wanted Ren Shi to learn how to manage people. Although currently only Aunt Luo was employed, there would definitely be Aunt Wang, Aunt Li, Aunt Zhao, and so on in the future...

At that time, Madam Ren should just enjoy her retirement. She was afraid that Madam Ren wouldn't be able to accept being served all at once, so she could only get used to it gradually.

Finally, after several hours of back-and-forth negotiation, Ren and Luo finally reached an agreement on the division of labor.

Aunt Luo was responsible for washing clothes, cleaning, chopping wood, and fetching water, while Ren was responsible for cooking and decocting medicine. Other household chores were done by whoever was available, but Aunt Luo had priority.

Seeing the mutual respect and pleasant cooperation between Madam Ren and Aunt Luo, Fang Qingyou couldn't help but smile. Isn't this wonderful?

Fang Qingyou slept soundly through the night, but the next morning, she was still woken up by pain in her left forearm.

This anomaly gave Fang Qingyou an urge to cut open the flesh to examine the inner tissues. She didn't believe her diagnosis could be wrong, but she truly couldn't explain this strange pain.

However, Fang Qingyou did not forget that the serial murder case was going to be tried today, so after finishing her preparations, she rushed to Nanguan County.

This time, Fang Qingyou's driver was still Liu Tiewa.

Upon arriving at the county government office, Magistrate Zhang's attitude towards Fang Qingyou remained as friendly as ever, so friendly that she really wanted to ask, "Magistrate Zhang, did you forget to take your medicine again today?"

"Court is now in session—"

"Majesty—" The gavel slammed, and amidst the sound of the court rods striking, the court official roared.

Like the other cases, the trial process in this case began with the victim's family submitting their complaint, followed by the county clerk presenting the facts of the case, and then the county magistrate questioning the criminal and summoning witnesses...

In fact, this seemingly ordinary interrogation attracted a lot of attention. Their subordinates disguised themselves as ordinary citizens and mingled among the audience, observing every detail of the interrogation process.

As the coroner in this case, Fang Qingyou testified last. The testimony process was very simple: Magistrate Zhang briefly described the deaths of the five victims, her autopsy records, and the murderer's modus operandi, and then asked her, "Fang Shiyu, do the causes of death of these five victims match the murderer's confession about the murder?"

"Yes, sir," Fang Qingyou replied.

The answer was "yes," but Fang Qingyou had a feeling that the criminal in court was not the murderer in this case at all.

Fang Qingyou didn't know why she had this strange feeling. She didn't doubt the witness. The witness's expression was very genuine and seemed to be free of any lies.

This witness had seen the killer once at the location where the first victim was murdered and was quite certain that this criminal was the killer.

This criminal's physical characteristics closely matched those of the murderer, his motive for killing was beyond doubt, and he could accurately recount the events leading up to the murders of the five people, even pinpointing the exact locations where the crimes were committed...

Everything seemed to suggest that the criminal was the murderer, and logically this shouldn't be questioned. However, Fang Qingyou just felt that something was wrong.

There was no reason, it was just a feeling.

Fang Qingyou couldn't be sure if the case was a miscarriage of justice, because the criminal's expression didn't seem like he was taking the blame for someone else; it seemed more like he was forced to submit to the law because of overwhelming evidence.

The case was closed, but Fang Qingyou couldn't be happy because she had a feeling that the murderer hadn't been brought to justice.

Perhaps this word is not quite appropriate, because the murderer in the case was also a victim. It was these five victims who caused his family to be destroyed, which is why the murderer went to great lengths to kill them in revenge.

This is a clash between morality and law; who is right and who is wrong is a matter of debate.

Fang Qingyou didn't know how to judge the case; she could only lament the loss of these lives.

The case was closed, and the criminal was sentenced to be executed at Caishikou in three days. The trial ended, and everyone dispersed.

After closing the case, Magistrate Zhang immediately went to report to Xuanhuang.

"Lord Huang, this case is finally closed, and the Eighth Prince can rest assured." Magistrate Zhang stood beside Xuanhuang with a beaming smile. He actually wanted to say that the Eighth Prince could report back to the Emperor sooner, but thinking of Luo Qianmo's temper, he held back his words.

Luo Qianmo, the eighth prince, has never lacked imperial favor. He has always disdained the other princes who fought tooth and nail for him.

If he really said those words and angered Luo Qianmo, then he would probably lose his official position.

"Hmm," Xuanhuang replied, and then left under the expectant gaze of Magistrate Zhang.

Watching Xuanhuang's departing figure, Magistrate Zhang looked bitter. He had been busy for so long, but Xuanhuang hadn't even glanced at him.

He had originally thought that if Luo Qianmo could have even the slightest bit of affection for him, he could at least get a promotion, but reality...

Xuanhuang did indeed look down on Magistrate Zhang, but under normal circumstances, he would at least say something like "You've worked hard, Magistrate Zhang" to him. However, when he thought of Magistrate Zhang's arrogant attitude towards Fang Qingyou that day, he couldn't even be bothered to give him a perfunctory reply.

Fang Qingyou was unaware of this little incident. After leaving the county government office, she went to the vegetable market to find Liu Tiewa.

Upon seeing Fang Qingyou, Liu Tiewa said anxiously, "Qingyou, I heard that someone is sick and is looking for a doctor everywhere. The fee offered seems to be very high. Go take a look, there's a notice for a doctor posted on the wall over there."

Fang Qingyou wasn't in a great mood, but hearing the words "reward" suddenly gave her a boost.

Liu Tiewa didn't know many characters, but he happened to overhear others discussing this matter, so he quickly told Fang Qingyou.

Yesterday, he witnessed Fang Qingyou treating Aunt Luo and had great faith in her medical skills, believing that she could definitely cure that person.

Liu Tiewa led Fang Qingyou to the other side of Caishikou, where there was also a wall with notices posted. However, unlike the notice wall which was reserved for the imperial court, this notice wall was for civilian use.

The official notice board was exceptionally clean, while this civilian notice board was covered with all sorts of notices: missing person notices, lost and found notices, job postings...

At this moment, a very conspicuous medical notice is posted in the very center of the notice wall, the size of the paper almost taking up half of the wall.