Chapter 260 The Cunning Fox
It was already a case involving six lives, making it a significant case, and with one more added, it became seven. If the criminal were subjected to rigorous interrogation, it’s quite possible that even more unsolved murders would be uncovered, and this would all amount to political achievements.
Upon hearing Wufu’s words, Wen Congrui immediately sent a squad of Yamen Runners to the home of the Coffin Guy in West City to see if the fox-like boy was telling the truth about a corpse being buried under the bed.
At once, a team went to the Mortuary while another headed to West City, creating such a large commotion that it stirred up the entire city of Huayang.
The common folks, seeing the Yamen Runners charging with such fierceness, grew somewhat afraid. Those with bolder spirits, leveraging a slight acquaintance with one of the Yamen Runners, managed to inquire about the matter. The word they got was that the Flower-Picking Thief had been found, and the criminal was none other than the Coffin Guy.
It was said that the Coffin Guy had also killed his wife and buried her in the Li Family’s home.
Everyone surged towards West City’s Chicken Head Alley, and when Madam Zhang’s body was unearthed after breaking into the Li Family’s house, someone shouted about a corpse buried under the bed, and the whole city erupted in shock.
Liu Jin tossed away a peach pit and also ran to West City to watch the excitement.
"I always knew he wasn’t any good bird; every time I saw him, I felt he brought bad luck," exclaimed the tea-selling matron at the tea shed in West City, spit flying, "I said it, didn’t I? A wife stealing away with a man, how could he let her off so easily? He really did kill her. Aiyo, I must go to Green Mountain Temple to pray."