The flames unscrupulously expand its minions, trying to cover all the places it uses under its rule.

Cries, shouts, sirens, all the cacophony of sounds distorted in this fire, people's sense of terror and tension was infinitely amplified, and the red light burning in the darkness was like a call from death.

The flame is a tongue that can devour everything, and where this tongue sweeps is a ruin.

A fire swept through several rooms in a nunnery outside the city in the middle of the night, and the nuns were awakened by the flames that rose into the sky.

It's a pity that all the nuns in the nunnery are nuns, how can a dozen women stop the fire.

The nuns were devastated, but they could not help the fire, but fortunately the two houses prepared for Madame Ma were too far away from the other houses, so that no further damage was caused.

Before dawn, the two young nuns left the nunnery, and such a big incident had to be reported to the government.

"Was this an accidental fire or a man-made arson?" After sending the nun away, the prefect fell into a deep confusion.

Ma Fu, the owner of the Drunken Immortal Building, is also a well-known figure in the capital, and there are not a few people and merchants who have received help from him.

Now the Ma family is in great trouble, first Ma Fu died mysteriously, and now Mrs. Ma died tragically in the fire, if he doesn't give a satisfactory explanation to the people of the capital, I'm afraid everyone won't agree!

"My lord, put the other things aside first, you better find someone to identify the corpse first!" Lei Zhutou reminded on the side.

According to the two nuns, Mrs. Ma brought the maid Xiao Tao to the nunnery to make incense, but the nuns only found a body in the ruins, whether she was Mrs. Ma or Xiao Tao, and whether the other person was dead or alive was not known.

The top priority is to send someone to invite someone from the Ma family to come over to verify the identity of the corpse!

"Yes, yes!". The prefect woke up like a dream and said, "Lei Zhutou, please find someone to bring Ma Fu's concubine over now to identify the identity of the corpse!" ”。

The prefect also knew that the concubine who had been sued by Mrs. Ma a few days ago had always shown a very aggrieved appearance in the court, presumably she would be able to identify the identity of the corpse.

When Xiaoyu heard that the house where her eldest sister and maid Xiaotao lived was burned down by fire, and only one body was found, she was taken aback, and her body couldn't help but tremble.

Xiao Yu was accompanied by Lei Zhutou to the morgue, and a cold corpse lay under the white cloth in front of her.

The usually high-ranking eldest sister is finally dead!

Xiao Yu was a little excited after barely squeezing out two tears, and all the stumbling blocks that stopped her were trampled under her feet.

"Second lady, the corpse has turned into charcoal after being burned by the fire, so you must be mentally prepared when you recognize the corpse.." Lei Zhutou kindly reminded.

The appearance of the corpse was so terrifying that even a powerful man was a little scared, let alone a weak woman!

Xiao Yu was also very scared in her heart, her palms were already drenched with sweat, and under the signal of Lei Zhutou, he carefully uncovered the white cloth on the corpse.

"Eldest sister, you died so miserably."

Xiao Yu recognized at a glance that it was Mrs. Ma who died, and the corpse had a pair of crystal jade bracelets on its hands.

This pair of bracelets was bought by Ma Fu for the eldest lady, and she looked at it for a few days.

"Eldest sister, why is your life so bitter, you were burned like this just after being pregnant with the child of the Ma family, God, why are you so miserable, eldest sister is the hope of my Ma family, and if you want to die, I will die."

Xiao Yu knelt beside the corpse and became painful, and she did not re-cover the corpse with a white cloth all the time.

"Go down, you go down first, the government will handle this case, and we will definitely give you a satisfactory answer!" Lei Zhutou waved his hand and let people leave with Xiaoyu!

He had already seen that although the second lady Ma was crying miserably, it was just a dry howl, in fact, she did not have such deep feelings for the eldest lady.

The Ma family has killed two people one after another, although it seems that both died in accidents, but most people still sense a hint of conspiracy.

In just a few days, Ma Fu and his wife died one after another, and the relatives and friends of the Ma family did not agree.

Dozens of people, including the shopkeeper of the catering industry in the capital, surrounded the door of the yamen, and they demanded that the prefect give a clear answer, otherwise these people would go to the gate of the palace to file a complaint.

Ma Fu is not as harsh as his wife, usually the guys in the restaurant are not less favored by him, and now the Ma family has suffered an unprecedented catastrophe. This is the time for the righteous to step up!

Many of the guys in the restaurant or the family of the Ma family blocked the road to intercept the passing court officials, and handed over a letter of envelope.

The Ma family tragedy has attracted the attention of all the people in Beijing.

The prefect was under unprecedented pressure, and everyone saw that if he really couldn't handle this matter, he was afraid that it would really affect his career.

"What should we do now, do you have any good advice?" The prefect summoned the masters and the head catchers and asked.

The three stinkers were Zhuge Liang, and at such a critical juncture, the prefect pinned his hopes on these men.

The masters looked at each other but were speechless, on the surface, these two cases were not man-made, and the matter of examining the facts of the case was not their specialty.

Master Qian Gu wanted to suggest that Dong Weng close the case according to a normal death, but he never said it.

There were two accidents in a row within a few days, and they should all be on the Ma family, which is too much of a coincidence!

"My lord, the one who benefited the most from the two accidents was Ma Fu's concubine Xiaoyu, and her suspicion should be the greatest, why don't you ask Mrs. Ma where she was on the night she was killed, and if there is any witness, then decide?" Lei Zhutou reminded him.

Many people are willing to stand up for the Ma family, but after everyone makes such a fuss, the prefect has been in chaos, and he seems to be unable to judge the case!

"What Lei Zhutou said is reasonable, then summon Xiaoyu over to ask first!" The prefect took Lei Zhutou's suggestion and decided to start with Xiaoyu first.

In most cases, the person who benefits the most is often the murderer behind the scenes, and what Lei Zhutou said is not unreasonable.

"My lord, you can't blame me for this matter, I can't go to the nunnery on the day of the crime, I have time to witness!"

Unexpectedly, Xiao Yu broke out the fact that he and Gao Yang were drinking and talking in the courtyard together.

It's shameless! The prefect and all the officials felt a little incredible, Xiaoyu, a newly widowed person, actually had a tryst with a man in the middle of the night, what kind of system!

"Bah, a widow should be ashamed to do such a thing!"

"I don't think this/person is definitely not a good person, even if she didn't do it, she is not qualified to stay in the Ma family anymore!".

The Ming Dynasty paid the most attention to "women's morality", and Xiaoyu did such an unsightly thing, how could she gain a foothold in the Ma family.

Even if Gao Yang made him a time witness, she would be scolded by the world.

"My lord, we were indeed together that night, and I remember that the two of us were still talking at the second watch!". Gao Yang said with a shameful face.

That night was the happiest moment in his life, the two of them talked about their ideals, and he clearly remembered that he was very clear that Xiaoyu was by his side.

And the nuns in the nunnery said that the retreat was on fire at the beginning of the shift, so Xiaoyu could not be the murderer!

The case seems to have entered a dead end again, and Lei Zhutou once again proposed to the prefect to ask Li Huiyuan to come forward, maybe he can help him get rid of the trouble in front of him!

(To be continued.) )