The daughter of a noble family is reborn, and she is doted on by her godmother.

"Moreover, Coroner Li already had some guesses. Based on his records, he deduced that the embroiderer usually needed to twist the thread and occasionally used water to assist her..."

"I know! She used saliva to help twist the thread, and the poison was on the thread, so she got poisoned! I've seen our embroiderers at work; they sometimes use this method to separate the threads," Yun Qingjin said excitedly, having discerned some clues.

Yun Yuke nodded, "That's indeed how Coroner Li deduced it."

Liu Zhou'er also spoke up, "Then the murderer is obvious, it's her husband. How could an outsider poison her through her connections?"

The five people in the room nodded in unison. Yun Yuke continued, "The coroner, Li, made a special record of a situation every now and then. The husband was found dead in the local brothel, Juxiang Pavilion, a month and a half after his wife's death. The madam of Juxiang Pavilion said that this husband, Jiang Jiu, had spent a fortune at Juxiang Pavilion in the month before his death, and everyone thought he was some rich young master."

"Tsk!" Someone let out a loud, mocking sound.

"This is too obvious." Xing Xiaoyu shook her head helplessly.

Zhu Ling added, "I have seen this case file. Coroner Li believes that Jiang Jiu's death was simply due to excessive indulgence, and there are not many doubts about the cause of death. The deaths of these two people combined are extremely problematic."

Yun Yuke nodded in agreement, "There's another matter. The coroner, Li, wasn't written down, but I feel there's something wrong with it. The owner behind Juxiang Pavilion might be Marquis Ankang."

"Another Marquis of Ankang?" Zhu Ling was unaware of this information and asked directly.

"There is no direct evidence for this, it's just my guess. Juxiangge bought fabrics and jewelry from our shop. I personally delivered the goods and saw the waist tag from the Marquis of Ankang's residence in the madam's room."

"When did this happen?"

"Are you sure?"

Zhu Ling and Xing Xiaoyu started asking questions almost simultaneously.

Yun Yuke shook her head helplessly, "I didn't know that there had been an unusual murder at Juxiang Pavilion before. After all, we only moved here around the end of the fourth year of Baye. I only remembered this matter when you mentioned it just now."

"It's good to know now. Just how many businesses does this Marquis of Ankang own in the city?" Zhu Ling composed himself and thought carefully.

"No matter how many businesses he owns, I'm certain he won't expose them to the public. Even I can secretly invest in businesses, so this Marquis will definitely be able to do it more easily than I can."

After that, everyone discussed some other things, but there weren't many results yet.

"Alright, let's put the matter of Marquis Ankang aside for now and continue with the case."

Seeing that the discussion was not yielding any results, Xing Xiaoyu interrupted the conversation and changed the subject.

Zhu Ling stood up and continued writing down the relevant names, "The fourth case, I remember, involved a young courier who fell off a cliff."

Liu Zhou'er handed over the manuscript in her hand, "This is the one I copied, Lord Zhu. My handwriting isn't very good, please forgive me."

"It's alright, as long as it's legible." Zhu Ling took the manuscript. The writing on it was indeed a little irregular, but each stroke was written with great care.

"I remember this case was also quite strange. The fourth case occurred at the end of the third year of the Ba Ye era. It involved a young courier from our city's outpost, a young man who had just come of age, named Luo Fei. He was out delivering a message. Normally, according to the usual practice of couriers, it would be normal for them to be away for a month or two. So this matter was not discovered by Luo Fei's family."

Zhu Ling organized the documents in her hands. "The coroner wrote here that ten days after Luo Fei went out to deliver a message, his grandmother fell down in the market while she was buying vegetables. Although the head of the village immediately arranged for someone to take care of the old lady, there are always imperfections in the care provided by outsiders. So, not long after, the old lady passed away due to inadequate care after her fall."

"What about Luo Fei?"

"After the old lady of the Luo family passed away, the village head sent someone to contact the people at the post station. When they went to the next post station to look for him, they learned that Luo Fei had never been there at all. He had disappeared. Later, hunters in the mountains found Luo Fei's body at the bottom of a cliff. Moreover... the coroner Li deduced that Luo Fei fell off the cliff and died soon after leaving the city to deliver the message, even before his grandmother passed away."

"Could it be that he accidentally fell off the cliff? I saw in the file that the location of the fall was indeed a rather dangerous area," Liu Zhou'er asked, as if she remembered something.

“I remember my master, Doctor Xue, told me that there are many medicinal herbs in the surrounding mountains. I saw that the area where the person fell off the cliff is in the mountains to the northwest. My master specifically said that the mountains there are not very safe. If you go to collect herbs, you must find a hunter in the mountains to guide you, otherwise there will really be problems.”

After Liu Zhou'er finished speaking, the people in the room fell silent again.

"An accidental fall off a cliff... is not impossible. But why did Coroner Li decide to single out this case specifically? Zhou'er, did you see any special annotations from Coroner Li when you were copying it?"

Zhu Ling asked Liu Zhou'er.

Liu Zhou'er shook her head, "I didn't see it, I was just making a record."

The group couldn't make a direct judgment on the matter, so they continued to analyze the subsequent situation.

"There's still one case left..."

Yun Qingjin jumped up. "It should be the case I copied that's left. Here, Teacher Zhu. But it seems this case only involves a missing victim?"

"Yes, thank you gently. This case happened in the fourth year of the Ba Ye era. By the way, I remember that the coroner Li made a special record of the situation in this case. At this time, it has already been after the two prefects died mysteriously, and a new prefect has been appointed."

"In the fourth year of the Ba Ye era, Zhang Sen, the blacksmith from Zhang's Blacksmith Shop, went missing while on a mission. This case is the simplest, a missing person case, and to this day, no trace of Zhang the blacksmith has been found. The blacksmith's wife reported the case to the police at the time, but it seems that no one cared at first. This case file was prepared by the coroner, Li, on his own."

Zhu Ling thought of something. "I remembered something. When I was going through old cases, I found that someone did report a missing person case. It seems to have been about a year ago, and it was also about a blacksmith who went missing."

“We’ve finished reviewing all five cases, but it’s so strange, we really can’t find anything wrong with them.” Xing Xiaoyu pulled over the paper she had just taken notes on and looked at the records on it again.

"It's not that we haven't discovered anything at all. At least we know that some cases are related to Marquis Ankang, which is a way of confirming that there is something wrong with Marquis Ankang. However, there is no actual evidence for these cases."

That's true, it's a difficult task.

Zhu Ling thought for a moment, "It's alright, let's not worry about anything else. As long as we find out that Marquis Ankang is behind any of these cases, we can make further arrangements. At worst, we can send the case files to the capital first and let His Majesty decide whether it's feasible."

Today has indeed taken a long time, and the Yun mother and daughter could not stay here for too long, so they took the original files back to the Yun residence.

Like the Yun Mansion in Xin'an City, the Yun Mansion also has a secret vault for storing gems, gold, silver and other items.

As a result, it was the next day.

Xing Xiaoyu went straight in shortly after Yanchun Pavilion opened in the morning.

"Boss Yun? Is Qingqing here? Tell your mother that you two go to the government office again tonight; there's something to discuss."

"Sister Xiaoyu, don't worry, what happened?"

"This morning, Marquis Ankang sent someone to the government office to deliver an invitation to Zhu Ling. He will be holding a flower viewing party at his residence in three days, and he invites Zhu Ling to attend."