Chapter 387: Chapter 381 Who Knows Who Will Be Murdered Next
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Old Man Zhao felt suffocated. This was his first time being so close to death.
He looked at Zhao Chuchu in terror.
Right now, there was no warmth in her eyes at all. It was as though she was looking at a dead man.
“Did you think that I wouldn’t dare touch you?” Zhao Chuchu sneered. “Before this, I saw that you were staying in line, so I didn’t bother to settle the score with you! Don’t test me. Whoever dares to get in the way of me finding my father’s murderer is my enemy. I will see to it that they meet their deaths.”
“You… don’t act rashly,” uttered Old Man Zhao with difficulty. “Your…your father was murdered by Madam Liu. If you want to seek revenge, go after her!”
“Humph. Who are you to claim that Madam Liu is the culprit? Are you the magistrate?”
Old Man Zhao threatened. “Zhao Chuchu, even if you have cut ties with us, I am still your father’s father. What you’re doing now is considered heinous treason! You’ll be punished by the heavens if you do so.”
“The heavens should punish selfish people like you! You knew your eldest son died of poison, yet you pretended that you knew nothing. Aren’t you afraid that his spirit will knock on your door in the middle of the night to ask you why you would favor your younger sons over him?”
“All that has nothing to do with me. Zhao Chuchu, don’t you make slanderous charges. ”
Zhao Chuchu revealed a cold smile and pushed Old Man Zhao to the side.
The latter nearly lost his footing.
Zhao Chuchu told Niu Tongsheng and the others, “Search Zhao Baotian’s body. The person who claimed he plans to poison people shares a bed with him. I don’t believe that she would lie about this.”
Niu Tongsheng made a gesture.
A few villagers stepped forward and searched Zhao Baotian’s body which was covered in blood. As expected, they found two packets on him.
“Chuchu, have a look. What are these?”
They passed Zhao Chuchu the two packets.
Zhao Chuchu only dirtied Zhao Baotian’s clothes with some fake blood, so the packets stored in his chest pocket were still intact.
Zhao Chuchu opened them and took a sniff. She then looked at Niu Tongsheng and said, “Chief, call the officials over. These two packets contain poison. One of them is arsenic. I have no idea where he got the other packet, but it is very strong poison as well.”
Niu Tongsheng’s facial expression changed drastically as he asked, “Are you certain?”
“Hmm. I can identify poisons.”
Upon hearing this, Madam Liu immediately shouted, “I know where he bought it from!”
Niu Tongsheng turned around and looked at her.
Madam Liu continued, “He told me this personally. As long as Changrong and Dashan both died, the watermill workshop would belong to the Zhao clan. Hence, he planned to kill both of them. These two packets of poison were prepared for that purpose.”
“Madam Liu, you adulteress. My third son is honest to a fault and wouldn’t even dare to step on an ant. Evil woman, it is apparent that you wanted to frame him and placed the poison on his person!” Old Man Zhao was still struggling till the end.
Madam Liu laughed out loud and said, “I placed it on him? Zhao Baotian brought me along when he went to buy the poison. Why don’t I bring you to ask the seller directly? You can ask him who paid him for the poison.”
“That was under your coercion.”
“Old b*st*rd, you won’t die a peaceful death!”
The two of them kept accusing each other.
Zhao Chuchu stared coldly as Old Man Zhao and Madam Liu were at each other’s throats. She didn’t interrupt them.
On the other hand, Niu Tongsheng grew impatient and roared, “That’s enough!
We’ll know who is guilty after we make a trip to the county office. Lengshui Village will not tolerate evil people who attempt homicide and plot schemes against others. Old Man Zhao, you’re Zhao Baotian’s father. You won’t escape this!”
“Niu Tongsheng, don’t you dare report this case to the officials! My surname is
Zhao. I am not a Niu clan member!”
Zhao Chuchu calmly retorted, “Old Man Zhao, the surname of Lengshui Village is not Zhao. However, the surname of the chief here is Niu.
She added, “Chief, there’s no need to be polite with them. Everyone in their household are suspects. Let’s seize all of them first. When the sun rises, we’ll send them to the county office. Since they have admitted that my parents died due to poison, I must identify the killer. If not, my parents’ souls will not rest in peace.”
A villager agreed to the side, “What Chuchu said is right. Since she has been exiled from the clan, she is unrelated to them. She will not be punished for suing her elders in court.”
Another villager said, “We must find the killer as soon as possible. Who knows who will be murdered next?”
“I have long noticed that everyone in the Zhao clan was up to no good. To my surprise, the most disgusting of them all is actually Old Man Zhao. Baolin used to be such a hard worker; he gave the clan everything he earned. In the end, when he was sick, not only was he not given medication, but he was also poisoned to death!”
“Scum like them should not be allowed in Lengshui Village. God knows when they will cause us trouble too. We must kick them out of the village.”
The villagers went on and on.
They were very emotional about this.
All of them were ordinary folk. Even though they were self-centered at times and would occasionally take advantage of others, they had not done anything evil. In essence, they were all kind people. At the very least, they would never commit anything atrocious like murder.
However, Zhao Baotian was different from them. He could ruthlessly poison even his own family members. They could only assume he would have no qualms attacking them when the situation called for it.
If they accidentally offended Zhao Baotian, they might be killed without knowing why. How could the villagers possibly allow such dangerous people to stay in the village?
Old Man Zhao was shocked when he heard the villagers petitioning to chase them out of Lengshui Village.
He was a selfish scaredy cat. He would lose everything once he left the village. He would surely die if he was chased out.
Old Man Zhao would never let such a thing happen.
“Chuchu, I was the one who gave your father life. Although you have already left the clan, if anything happens to us, it will have a negative effect on you and Xie Heng’s reputation. After all, your parents passed away so many years ago. Now, you are living the good life. Why don’t we close this chapter, alright?
Back then, if that incident had not occurred, you would not have been married off to Xie Heng and would not have become so incredible. If your parents had not died when you were young, you wouldn’t be here today. You would be working the fields like the rest of us instead. Why don’t you treat this as a test from the heavens?”
Old Man Zhao shamelessly begged Zhao Chuchu to spare him.
Zhao Chuchu said, “…Old Man Zhao, you truly are not human!”
“Chuchu, this is the truth. You would not benefit if we were all sent to jail, right? Why don’t we pretend that the incident never happened. For us all, it is…”
Bang!
Before Old Man Zhao finished speaking, he fainted and slumped to the ground with a punch from Zhao Chuchu.
Zhao Chuchu retracted her fist and said expressionlessly, “This kind of person really deserves to die.”
“Chuchu, did you kill him?”
“I would not sully my hands with his blood! Chief, tie them up first. We can discuss things tomorrow.”
“Thankfully you did not kill him. I was afraid that in your rage, you would do something that you might regret.”
“I won’t.”
“Hmm, I plan to tie them up and arrange for them to be guarded to ensure they will not escape. It is quite late. Go back and rest first. Tomorrow, we will visit the county office first thing in the morning. Don’t overthink things. If your parents were truly wronged, the magistrate will give them justice.”
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