Chapter 881 - 230: Hundred Households Chen, Truly Di Gong Reborn (10,000 Words Seeking Subscription)_2
At this moment outside, Zhao Ya looked at Chen Jie and said, "Jiu Si, have you seen anything?"
Chen Jie, holding a box, replied, "I haven’t found any useful information at the moment. However, I did look at the origins of the deceased, and as Wulu Tai said, they are all people from Huangzhou Prefecture."
"If we divide them according to the Huangzhou Sect and Foreign Faction he mentioned, these dead people are indeed from the Huangzhou Sect."
Zhao Ya was taken aback and said, "Hmm, you mean, the murderer is likely the Magistrate, Chu Tian, which is exactly what you guessed today."
Chen Jie said, "Commandery Princess, the evidence and clues are insufficient to confirm the murderer’s identity now. We can only say that the Magistrate is suspicious."
Ah San heard this and said, "Should we go arrest the Magistrate?"
Hearing this, Chen Jie said, "Ah San’s brother, don’t rush. We have no evidence. Chu Tian is a fifth-rank official of the court. We need sufficient evidence to take him down, not just a hypothesis about all the deceased being from the Huangzhou Sect."
"Furthermore, Ah San’s brother, the deceased are not only from Huangzhou Prefecture; there’s also Wang Wenyuan, who is the Magistrate’s Record Officer."
The Record Officer is equivalent to the Magistrate’s chief secretary, and those who’ve watched historical dramas know that the chief secretaries around high officials are usually their closest people.
He definitely cannot be part of the Huangzhou Sect, but today he’s dead, which is significant.
Hearing this, Ah Er, who had been silent, said, "Could it be that the Magistrate is worried that the Commandery Princess will come to Huangzhou Prefecture, afraid that she will investigate this old case and discover the factional disputes within, so he deliberately killed a close associate to clear his own name?"
Ah San looked at Ah Er and said, "Second brother, that can’t be. If so, this Chu is truly inhumane, casually killing a Record Officer who has followed him for years!"