After Xiao Fubao's life was stolen, he became the favorite of everyone in the capital

Chapter 407 There is a clue
The officers on both sides rushed forward hurriedly, trying to pry open Wu Wulang's mouth.

But by the time they moved, Wu Wulang was already dead.

It happened so quickly that Gu Mingda only had time to pull his daughter away and cover the little girl's eyes.

Niu Niu left the room, but felt depressed.

"My dear, how are you? Are you feeling uncomfortable anywhere? If you feel uncomfortable, don't hide it from daddy!" Gu Mingda asked a series of questions.

Niuniu shook her head, covered her chest, and said, "This is the bad guy who killed my mother. I feel very strange when I see him dead."

Gu Mingda didn't understand what was so strange at first. He just said based on his own understanding: "Maybe you think that although he killed your mother, his crime is not punishable by death. But he died suddenly in front of you. It's normal for you to feel upset. After all, this is a living life."

Niuniu could only think like this and asked, "Dad, is he asking for compensation for his life because he feels sorry for my mom? But even if evil is rewarded with evil, isn't this price too heavy?"

After careful consideration, Gu Mingda said, "Many things in this world are not exchanged at equal value. For example, our marinade workshop may earn more than ten taels of silver a day, but sometimes, ten taels of silver can buy a life."

Niuniu tilted her head and asked, "Even though I don't think he would give my mother her life, he felt in his heart that he had to do it, so he did it?"

Gu Mingda nodded.

"But this would make me feel uncomfortable, as if I owed him something," said Niu Niu.

Gu Mingda patted his daughter's shoulder and said, "You may face many such moments in your life, but you don't have to blame yourself for it. After all, whether he chooses to live or die, it is not you who forces him to do so, but he wants to do so. Other people's choices should not be a burden to you."

"Do you remember what Daddy told you? You can't wrong yourself just because someone uses their pity to kidnap you."

After being comforted by Gu Mingda, Niu Niu reluctantly nodded and said, "Because I didn't kill him, but he chose to die, so this is his business, not mine."

Gu Mingda felt relieved when he heard his daughter's answer.

"What will happen to his sister after he dies?" Niu Niu asked.

Niu Niu knew from the story she had heard before that this man had a crazy sister who was originally missing but was rescued by Wu Wulang's benefactor.

When Gu Mingda heard this, his heart sank.

Everyone can predict what the final outcome of a crazy and beautiful woman will be.

"Although I shouldn't feel guilty about his death, I want to do something. Is it unfilial to have such an idea?" Niu Niu asked Gu Mingda.

Niu Niu likes Zhang Yunniang the most. She cares about her adoptive mother more than anything else in the world. But she can't understand why she can't help feeling distressed when she hears about Wu Wulang's crazy sister.

Gu Mingda said: "You have such an idea because you are a kind-hearted child. As for whether your mother will be unhappy about this, you can communicate with her and then make a decision. We are a family. When encountering problems, we should be honest with our family members so that there will be no rifts between each other." Niu Niu nodded.

Gu Mingda turned around and found the prefect of Jingzhao and said, "If we can find out who Wu Wulang's sister is, maybe we can find some clues from her."

The prefect of Jingzhao did not do nothing these days. He sent people to inquire about this man with the neighbors.

"Half a year ago, there was a funeral in that house, and some neighbors went to pay their respects. It is said that the dead person was Wu Wulang's sister. The neighbors also said that his sister was a lunatic, and because he took good care of her, his sister occasionally had moments of clarity. It is said that before she died, she had a big quarrel with him, and the neighbors next door heard her cursing something like aiding and abetting the tyrant. In the end, she killed herself with a pair of scissors. Some neighbors suspected that his sister was killed by him, but no one reported it to the police." said the prefect of Jingzhao.

It was also because Wu Wulang's sister died an unnatural death that the neighbors who originally had some friendship with the brother and sister started to avoid Wu Wulang's house. Therefore, the neighbors were not very clear about what was happening in the house during this period.

Niuniu shook her head and said, "He won't kill his sister."

Gu Mingda thought of the story Wu Wulang told him. He felt that Wu Wulang's sister must have chosen to commit suicide. It was just that seeing her brother, who once wanted to kill the bad guy, become the bad guy himself, his sister must have found it unbearable and did not want to become her brother's weakness, so she ended up like this.

When Jingzhao prefect heard Niuniu's rebuttal, he said, "Who can tell for sure? After all, Wu Wulang looks like a man who kills without blinking an eye."

Niu Niu, relying on the short time they spent together, said with certainty: "I don't think he is that kind of person."

The prefect of Jingzhao did not argue with the little girl, but turned to ask Gu Mingda: "Master Gu, now that the case has come to this point, I don't know how to investigate it. I don't know how to report to His Majesty."

Gu Mingda naturally understood Jingzhao Prefecture Yin Yin's hint and said, "I'll go to his house and see if I can find any clues."

When the Jingzhao prefect heard this, he touched his nose guiltily and said, "Since the arrest, we have sent people to search his house many times. Some important things are here, so there shouldn't be any fish that slipped through the net."

The prefect of Jingzhao then showed Gu Mingda the results of their work over the past period of time, including a house deed, several books, some weapons and clothes.

"Maybe it's because this man has been living on the edge of a knife for many years and has very few belongings with him." said the prefect of Jingzhao.

Gu Mingda flipped through it and found that the title deed belonged to that house. The books were all about military strategies. It seemed that Wu Wulang was a studious man who had even thought about going to the battlefield. When he thought that such a clean man was actually used by the bad guys and did not die on the battlefield but instead died in these treacherous plots, Gu Mingda could not help but feel sorry in his heart.

What’s even more regrettable is that he didn’t find more clues from it.

"I think my brother has also read these books on military strategy." Niu Niu suddenly said.

Gu Mingda’s first reaction was Gu Yan. After all, among his several children, only Gu Yan loved reading. But after a moment, he realized that the brother Niu Niu was referring to should be Xie Xingchuan.

Niuniu reached out her hand, picked up one of the books, flipped through it, and said, "This is my brother's favorite book. He said it was passed down from the ancestors of the Xie family. Anyone outside who wants to read it has to go to the Xie family to ask for it."

Gu Mingda suddenly realized something was wrong. He looked at the title of the book carefully and suddenly thought of something. He said, "I have a clue."

The Jingzhao prefect was still unaware of the situation. Upon hearing this, he immediately asked, "What clue? Where is it?"