ARDA - Chapter 110 - She must have killed my son

 Mrs. Zhao walked around the streets and chatted with her neighbors for a while before returning to the inn.

As soon as he stepped into the room, he saw Zhao Da lying unconscious on the ground with blood on his head.

"My son... my son!" Mrs. Zhao walked over with trembling legs and tried to wake up Zhao Da, but Zhao Da had no breath and his face was pale. He kept his eyes wide open until he died, as if full of grievances. 

"My son!"

Zhao trembled and touched the blood on the ground. Her eyesight turned black and she almost fainted.

"Ahh..."

The waiter of the inn passed by and saw that the person in the house was dead, so he quickly reported it to the official.

The magistrate took a coroner to the inn to examine the body.

Mrs. Zhao was immersed in grief. Her son died. He was obviously fine early in the morning, so why did he die?

When the official came, Mrs. Zhao thought of something, her face twisted, and she hurriedly ran to the magistrate and shouted, "It's Jiang Ning! That woman Jiang Ning killed my son!"

The magistrate frowned, looked at the crazy and almost insane woman in front of him, and asked, "Which family are you talking about? Call her over to confront her."

"It's the young lady from the Marquis Mansion!"

Zhao barely had time to think and said it, it must be her! No one except her would do such a thing, she would definitely kill someone to silence!

Because she asked Zhao Da to extort money a few days ago, Jiang Ning said there was no money and sent them back.

Within a few days, her son died.

"Sir, you have to make the decision for this civilian! It was Jiang Ning who killed my son!" Mrs. Zhao wailed miserably while crying.

The magistrate frowned even more tightly.

If she were an ordinary person, he would definitely call over and confront her on the spot.

But how could the daughter of the Marquis family be involved? How could the daughter of the Marquis family kill someone? Besides, how could she get involved with such common people? It didn't take much thought to know that it was impossible.

The magistrate said coldly, "Do you know what you are talking about? The person you are accusing is the Miss of the Marquis Family, not an ordinary person. If you speak arrogantly, I will never give you mercy!"

Mrs. Zhao was convinced, "It must be her! There is no one else but her. A few days ago, this commoner's wife asked her son to go to the Marquis' Mansion to ask for money. She said she couldn't get so much money, so she kicked my son out..."

"She must have killed my son!"

When the magistrate heard that the person in front of him went to the Marquis Mansion to ask for money, a cold look flashed across his face.

He asked, "Why do you go to the Marquis' Mansion to ask for money?"

"This..." Mrs. Zhao wanted to spit it out in one breath, but hesitated at this point.

The governor snorted coldly, "Why don't you hurry up and confess truthfully! If you hide anything, your son's case will not be solved."

Zhao trembled and was about to say it.

After examining the body, the coroner stood up and said, "Sir, the cause of death of this person has been found out. He accidentally stepped on the candied haws and fell down, hitting the back of his head on the table and died."

The coroner pointed to the mark on the corner of the table and the candied haws on the sole of Zhao Da's shoe.

The magistrate's face darkened.

It appeared to be an accident.

Zhao's mind was buzzing, what? Did her son accidentally fall to death? 

"No, it's impossible! How could my son, who was in good health, fall to his death on his own? It must be that woman who killed my son! It was that woman!" Mrs. Zhao hurriedly grabbed the hem of the magistrate's clothes.

"My lord, my son has been wronged!"

The magistrate frowned, his face showing impatience. He knew from experience that he accidentally fell to death. The physical evidence was complete, so there was nothing else to investigate.

At this time, Wu Zuo noticed something and squatted down and said, "There are footprints here..."

The magistrate walked over to take a look and saw what he guessed was a bloody shoe print. There were only blurry edges, so he couldn't tell whether it was a man's shoe or a woman's shoe.

Madam Zhao went crazy and screamed, "It must be that woman! She hurt my son!"

The investigating officer came in with someone.

"Sir, this person is someone who has gotten close to Zhao Da in recent days."

The person who was brought here was Yu Er.

When Yu Er saw Zhao Da's body, his eyelids twitched, his face turned ugly, and his body couldn't help but tremble.

"Zhao Da..."

"How could...how could this happen?" Yu Er was really shocked. He didn't expect that Zhao Da, who was still alive and kicking the day before, turned into a corpse.

The magistrate stared at Yu Er and asked coldly, "When was the last time you saw the deceased?"

Yu Er came to his senses and did not dare to hide anything. He answered truthfully, "It was last night at Cuiying Tower."

"Cuiying Tower?" The magistrate frowned, of course he had heard of that place.

"To celebrate Brother Zhao paying off his gambling debt, I invited him to have a drink at Cuiying Tower. Sir, what I said is true. If you don't believe it, you can go to Cuiying Tower to confirm!" Yu Er said quickly.

"Gambling debt?"

The magistrate grasped the key point.

Yu Er nodded, "Brother Zhao owed several hundred taels of silver, and the people in the gambling shop wanted his life. The next night, he said that the gambling debt had been paid off."

"A few hundred taels..." the magistrate face was gloomy. A few hundred taels was not a small amount. Even if he took it out, it would hurt. This man looked ordinary and wore poor clothes. How did he get the money?

It is very likely that someone from the gambling house came to collect a debt, got into an argument, and accidentally pushed.

Zhao's eyes widened when she heard this, "What gambling debt?"

"How can my son have gambling debts? You are talking nonsense!"

Yu Er did not argue with Zhao, but said to the magistrate, "Sir, what I said is absolutely true. Go and confirm it and you will know."

The magistrate investigated around and made a final decision.

This matter has nothing to do with the daughter of the Marquis family.

It was Zhao Da who was addicted to gambling and owed a large amount of debt. In the end, he may have had a dispute in the room, accidentally fell down, and hit his head on the table and died.

It's useless for Zhao to cry and fuss, as there are witnesses and material evidence.

Mrs. Zhao was sitting on the cold ground in a daze, with a dazed expression on her face. He was fine in broad daylight, but suddenly her son died...

Zhao Da's body was covered with white cloth.

The government advised Zhao to bury the body as soon as possible.

The inn feels that it is unlucky that someone has died. This will damage the reputation of the inn, and guests will not dare to come and stay after hearing the news. The inn wanted to drive Mrs. Zhao away, but felt it was unkind and gave her two days to leave.

The waiter passed by the guest room and watched the what is happening when he suddenly saw something under the bed.

Taking a closer look, isn't that a child?

He quickly reminded Zhao.

Mrs. Zhao turned her head, looked under the bed, and saw Zhao Xiaoshun.

"Shun'er..." Mrs. Zhao came back to her senses and took out Zhao Xiaoshun from under the bed. Zhao Xiaoshun's face turned red and he had a high fever. "Shun'er, Shun'er, why are you under the bed?"

Wait, Shuner was under the bed. Did he see the person who pushed her eldest son?

Hope arose in Zhao's heart.

"Shun'er!"

Mrs. Zhao quickly took Zhao Xiaoshun to the hospital, but Zhao Xiaoshun woke up once on the way.

Zhao asked, "Shun'er, when you were hiding under the bed, did you see who pushed your elder brother?"

Zhao Xiaoshun's face was confused. After hearing Zhao's question, he suddenly screamed crazily, "Ah! Ahhh..." He covered his eyes and screamed like crazy.

After shouting for a while, he passed out again.

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