Situ Ce asked, "What about the remaining money? Did she take it away before she disappeared?"

"No!" said Aunt Liu, "It's all stored here. But a few days ago, I knew that he had reported to the official and said that the person was missing. I felt that it was inappropriate to put the money in me, so I delivered it to her door and handed it back to her boss. There were thirteen taels and four cents in total. I also sent it to me for a receipt."

The two asked for a while and there was nothing more, then they said goodbye and left Liu's clothing shop and returned to the study room in the yamen.

The maid Linglong presented incense tea, Situ Ce slowly savored it, and asked Helanbing, "What do you think?"

"I think that since Wu is so polite, he shouldn't elope with others! He won't be seduced by the abductor! So, Zheng Chong must be lying!"

"He didn't say that he must have elopeed with someone or got abducted by his kidnapper, and he just said that he suspected that it was."

"That's an excuse! That's what he thought in his heart!"

Situ Ce said: "There is a problem with Zheng Chong. I went to their bedroom to check it out. I saw that the jewelry box and the large cabinet were locked. I asked her husband Zheng Chong. He said that most of the jewelry and clothes were there, and the few favorite jewelry and clothes were gone. I asked him to open the cabinet and take a look, but she said she could not find the key!"

Helanbing said, "Look! This shows more! Let me ask, if a woman wants to run away from home, whether she is elopement with someone or being deceived by a kidnapped, she is voluntarily when she leaves home. Since she wants to leave home, she can not bring clothes, but the jewelry is not heavy, why don't she bring all the clothes with her, and only a small part of them? What's even more strange is that she has more than ten taels of silver in Aunt Liu's place, which is not a small amount, but she didn't take a penny and just left like that. Isn't this even more strange?"

"Yes, it's very strange. Moreover, if she wants to run away from home, her husband can't say anything, but her best friend doesn't even leak any words? Especially his younger brother, after the incident, his younger brother went to the Zheng family to ask for someone to come and see him. The relationship between the siblings should be very good. Why did she reveal any rumors to her younger brother? Even if she is worried that the news will leak, it would be fine if she was abducted and trafficked. If she elopes with someone, it won't make sense. It's been more than a month, why didn't she write a letter to her parents' family? Judging from the fact that she sponsored her husband and brother's money to do business, she is not a ruthless person, so she is not worried about her parents' concerns?"

"Yes, there are so many strange things about this. She is now devoted to making her husband change her mind, having a child and living a good life, doing a good job in a garment store, and having a good relationship with her neighbors. Why do people know nothing about her "running away"? I think this is unreasonable."

Situ Ce sighed: "It seems that the possibility of Wu still living in the world is slim!"

"Well, by the way, can you use spells to check it out? Is the corpse we found Wu?"

Situ Ce smiled bitterly and shook his head. If it were in modern society, this was not a difficult problem. Extracting bone marrow samples from the remains and performing paternity tests for her parents' blood samples. However, in the Ming Dynasty, this was a fool. The things in the survey box he brought with him could not be identified in this regard, unless the fingers of the deceased could be found, and the fingers must be preserved and fun and not rotted. However, judging from the corpses found so far, they have all rotted into bones, so this is also a fool.

He Lanbing was a little disappointed: "If we can't confirm whether this body is Wu, and if Zheng Chong did not plead guilty, what should we do in this case?"

"Continue to find new evidence!"

"Shi Meng and Xiao Mouse are both looking for it, but they have not found anything so far."

"Wait! Sometimes it takes patience to solve the case. I can't eat hot tofu in a hurry!"

"But if there is no hurry, the tofu is eaten by others. What else can we eat?"

"Eat!" Situ Ce laughed, "I'm hungry, can I treat me to a meal?"

Helanbing also smiled: "Okay, what do you want to eat?"

"Do you invite whatever I want to eat?"

"Of course! You can choose whatever restaurant you want in Zhenhai County!"

"Uh, then that one last time."

"That family is not good, let's do it. You have been here for so many days, and I haven't invited you to a meal. Let's make up for it today. How about we go to the 'River Fisherman'? This family has the most authentic fish. Although it is not the best restaurant in the city, the fish they make are definitely the most authentic!"

"Okay! It's good to eat a fish meal! Do you want to call Tang Tang and Yin Yadan?"

"Call me if you want!"

"The guest follows the will of the host, why do you call me whenever I want?"

"Okay, just call me!"

Yin Yadan and Tang Tang usually ate a lot of food with Helanbing. Anyway, Helan's family is rich, and with two hundred Yadan and Tang people, they eat like this every day and they can't eat much of her family.

The "Fisherman by the River" is a stilt house beside the Qingshui River. On one side, the stilt feet are inserted into the river water and on the other side are placed on the shore. When people sit upstairs and look up, they can see a quiet river water, which slowly flows through the stilt feet with the fragrance. The scenery is very elegant, and the furnishings of the stilt house are also very suitable for the scenery. The wood of the stilt beams and other woods are made of unskinned pine wood. There are rows of green bamboo planted against the wall. On the beams, vines are led, purple trumpet flowers are blooming, and some houses are hung with grape vines, making people feel like they are in the countryside.

Helanbing is obviously a regular visitor who often goes to these places. When the shopkeeper saw her, he hurriedly came out from behind the counter to greet her in person, nodded and led them to a private room near the river. The gentle river breeze made people feel very refreshing.

He Lanbing shook the golden fan and said to the shopkeeper: "A great fish banquet, even if it comes up, today I invite the new master to have a drink in the yamen. I must let the chef behind me be more energetic. Don't make people laugh at it!"

The shopkeeper agreed repeatedly and ran out happily.

For a big business like Helanbing, the shopkeeper had to tell the master to do his best to prepare the banquet without giving instructions. Several masters worked together, and soon, a table of banquets was prepared and brought up.

Looking at the table full of dishes, most of them were fish. Situ Ce couldn't help but move his index finger. Without waiting for each other, he picked up the chopsticks and chewed them. He was so happy that Helanbing and the other three girls laughed.

"Eat and drink!" Yin Yadan is a hero among women. He has a very good alcohol tolerance. After drinking three or two cups, Situ Ce did not show any weakness. He pushed and drank in front of him. After Tang Tang's drinking a few glasses of wine, his face turned red and flushed.

Helan Bing drank several big glasses in a row and said, "Thank you all these days, I have a great time today, and I will continue to be busy tomorrow!"

Tang Tang had a poor alcohol tolerance and had a little big tongue. He came to Situ Ce and said with a smile: "Master Situ, you tell me, the skull we found and the half of the body, was it Wu, the wife of the Zheng family? Did she kill the Zheng family man?"

Yin Yadan Gong said with a grinning smile: "I don't like that man! It must be him!"

Helan's Bingjin Fan was closed, and he slapped them, and said, "If you drink and eat fish, you can't block your mouth? The restaurant is also a place to talk about the case?"
Chapter completed!