The truth behind the crime is revealed in Chapter 27 of Haru's household.

  Qin Gongxun returned to his room with a huff, followed closely by Qian Long.

  "Didn't you say before that you checked Lao Er's account and found a problem? Didn't you find anything?"

  Qian Lun handed over a hot towel, "The lady favors the second master, the old master is not unaware..." The implication was that the news had been kept from Lü Shi.

  "Hmph, I just don't know why she's so biased towards him!" Qin Gongxun tossed the towel back and took a sip of tea.

  "When the old master left, I settled the accounts. Just now I roughly looked at the account book brought back by the young master, and indeed the loss is great. The children of the Long House are still young, kind-hearted, and cannot bear to make it difficult for the old master, so they said to settle with 300 taels, which shows that they have filial piety. Moreover, the coffin of the old master and the young mistress was paid by their own silver, I inquired about it, and spent 500 taels, the children indeed need money."

  Qian Ling's words were like adding fuel to the fire, making Qin Gongxun even more suspicious of Qin Zhongju's corruption. Hearing that the children had let Qin Zhongju off despite being in a difficult situation made him give face to this grandfather and also reduced his dislike for the three children.

  Business outside the province is managed by Qian Long, and he personally records and presents the accounts of each shopkeeper. Having followed him for nearly thirty years, Qin Gonghuan trusts him very much, so his words carry significant weight.

  "Oh, I see." Qin Gongxun nodded, "Then can you see if these family businesses can be managed well by Qin Yu?"

  Qian Ling smiled and said, "This is also unpredictable, but Lu Zhuang is experienced. It's just that he can't hold on to the losses of the past two years, and it will take some time to recover his energy. Master, you might as well take a look first, if they are struggling to manage, then help them out, aren't they your own flesh and blood? Now the most important thing is to hurry up and help San Lao Ye get things in order, but we absolutely cannot let outsiders think that our family's style is not proper. Isn't it said that he will enter the Hanlin Academy in half a month?"

  As soon as he heard the mention of his third son, Qin Gongxun immediately perked up, "En, you're absolutely right. Tomorrow, ask Madam if the gifts she's prepared are ready, and if they are, we'll go pay our respects to Lord Su tomorrow."

  "Alright, I'll go ask Madame right away." Qian Long lowered his eyelids and exited the room, covering up the cold smile at the corner of his lips.

  That day, Qiao Shi felt something was off. She had personally selected the fabrics herself when she bought them. If there were problems with the fabrics after they entered the mansion, it would be hard to say anything. Qiao Shi and Qian Ling discussed it together and went to the cotton fabric store that night, quietly finding the shop assistant and giving him a few silver coins to learn the truth.

  The next day, Qiao Shi was furious and took people to rush into the cotton fabric store early in the morning. She directly picked out two pieces of fabric from thirty pieces and threw them into the water to remove the sizing. The facts were laid out before everyone's eyes, and it couldn't be hidden anymore.

  Qiao Shi threatened to report the shop for selling inferior goods as superior ones and cheating people out of their money. She also said she would expose the matter so that wealthy families wouldn't buy anything from the cotton fabric store. The owner was scared and gave Lü Dao double the price, asking him to use old cotton threads to make fabrics that looked the same on the surface after processing.

  After entering the mansion, Lü Dao's wife would discover it again and expose it, making Qiao Shi unable to clear her name. Lü Dao also promised that in the future, every time they bought fabric from his store, each piece could be five feet shorter, which no one would notice. This way, the cotton fabric store would make some extra money.

  Qian Ling and Qiao thought about it overnight, originally wanting to expose the whole thing, but after reconsidering, they realized that now was the time of the Lv family's dominance. Every day, Qiao still had to consider the mood of the Lv family, and there were many people from the Lv family in the mansion. If they were to tear their faces apart, they would not have a good outcome either. The methods of the Lv family were well-known to them. So, the two of them suppressed this matter and quietly handled it themselves, exchanging it for good fabric.

  However, this did not prevent Qian Ling from speaking a few words in front of Qin Gongxuan without leaving any traces.

  Qin Gongxun was originally a child of the Qin family's concubine, and his mother had passed away when he was young. His stepmother, who had no children of her own, raised him by her side, but life was not easy for him. Qian Aiyi treated him like her own son, and without her, he would have never experienced the warmth of human kindness. Therefore, to Qin Gongxun, Qian Aiyi was just like a mother to him. Moreover, she had even saved his life once. Qian Ling had been Qin Gongxun's loyal follower since childhood, and their relationship was both master-servant and friend-like. He believed every word that came out of Qian Ling's mouth.

  Qian Ling had been in the Qin Mansion for most of her life, and she had seen everything. She was very accurate at kicking someone when they were down, and she hit exactly where it hurt.

  Two days later, Shen Huan received a note from Cao Tianjian asking her and her brother to meet him outside the mansion. The two of them quickly changed their clothes and rushed out.

  Cao Tianjian saw Shen Huan and asked, "Miss, have you been well these days?"

  Xie bowed her head and said, "Thank you for asking, I'm fine." She asked anxiously, "Have you found out anything?"

  Cao Tianjian nodded, he took out a painting and spread it open, on which was painted a masked man with a pair of fierce eyes, a scar above his left eyebrow.

  Chen Huan exclaimed, "It's him! How did you find out, sir?"

  "This isn't difficult. Generally speaking, even if he had received money to commit the crime, it wouldn't have stopped him from taking more valuables from the victim. However, why did he kill and run without even daring to search for anything valuable? It's because you were traveling on an official road with many people coming and going, and he was afraid of being seen and recognized. Therefore, I judged that he should be a local killer and shouldn't have any records in the government office.

  So, I investigated in Yuhang City to find someone with such skills. In the largest security firm in Yuhang, there is a person called Feidao Bie, who has excellent martial arts skills and some reputation. After your parents' incident, he didn't leave his house for a long time, citing that his son was seriously ill. The doctor who treated his son said that he spent 20 taels of silver to buy ginseng and medicine together, which temporarily saved his son's life. However, he only earns about 100 coins per month, and the security firm has been doing poorly recently without much income, so where did he get so much silver to buy ginseng?"

  His whole body was icy cold, his eyes gloomy and depressed.

  She never thought she could find out the murderer who killed her parents in this life. But the one who bought the killer is the one who should be cut into pieces!

  Qin Yu's face turned iron-green with rage, and he slammed his fist on the table, "Bastard! Please, sir, take charge and bring him to justice!"

  "Is there any evidence of a murderer?" Chen Huan asked through gritted teeth, suppressing his grief and anger.

  Cao Tianjian looked at Shen Huan with appreciation. Although she was only 8 years old, she was mature and composed, never impulsive, and always got straight to the point when asked a question.

  He took out a piece of silver from his bosom and placed it in front of Shen Huan, "This is the silver I exchanged with the doctor for the medicine to treat Fei Dao's wound."

  Carefully held in hand and examined closely, under the silver ingot there is a Wu character.

  "Wu's Pawnshop?"

  Cao Tianjian nodded, "The Wu family pawnshop has a counter. I've investigated and found that Qin's second master had been to the pawnshop. As long as we can find out what silver was used for the pledge and how much was pledged, and then investigate whether there were any dealings between Qin's second master and Flying Knife Scar, and how many Wu family pawnshop silver pieces are on Flying Knife Scar's hands, once the evidence is solid, we can arrest Flying Knife Scar. Under interrogation, the truth will naturally come to light. Moreover, since Fourth Miss's parents were called back by the Qin family, the people in the mansion must know their route back to the mansion. The eldest young master and Fourth Miss can also secretly investigate within the mansion. Apart from Qin's second master, there may be others who are involved in this matter. The more clues we have, the easier it will be to investigate."

  "Alright, we'll figure something out at the mansion. Sir, please help Xinghuan continue investigating." Xinghuan's tone was calm as if she were talking about someone else's business, but Cao Tianjian could see that she was suppressing a belly full of anger, while Ling Feng was worried about Xinghuan's safety.

  "Fourth Miss, you must be extremely careful in the mansion."

  Chen Huan raised her eyes and glanced at him, "Don't worry, sir, they wouldn't dare to be so blatant in the mansion."

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