Ex-Wife is a Big Villainess
Chapter 438 - 231 Daughter Ye Zhuchan?

Chapter 438: Chapter 231 Daughter Ye Zhuchan?

After leaving the Murong Family, Jiang Shouzhong came once again to the courtyard where Li Nanshuang lived.

In the courtyard, Wen Er hummed a tune leisurely, lying in the rocking chair with a birdcage as usual, passing the time.

Just like a retired old man.

Jiang Shouzhong suddenly suspected, whether Li Nanshuang’s sloppy lifestyle was inherited from this second uncle of hers.

"Come inside, someone is waiting for you."

Seeing Jiang Shouzhong appear, Wen Er pointed toward the room and then started humming his tune again.

Someone is waiting for me?

Jiang Shouzhong’s heart stirred slightly, and he pushed open the tightly closed door.

As light flooded into the slightly dim room, indeed, a familiar figure in green caught his eye.

The woman looked much thinner than usual.

"Jiang Mo!"

Ran Qingchen’s expression was agitated, her eyes reddening a bit.

For the past few days, like Li Nanshuang, she hadn’t closed her eyes at all.

While secretly sending Xia He to look for Jiang Shouzhong, she herself worked hard to investigate the death case of Murong Shuo, hoping to clear her husband’s name.

Unfortunately, the gains were little.

Now seeing her husband safe and unharmed, the woman’s hanging heart could finally settle.

Li Nanshuang, standing to the side watching the two, suddenly felt a heaviness in her heart, as if fine sand had mixed into aged vinegar, sour and hard to swallow, a mix of feelings welling up inside her.

Oddly enough, the young girl felt a little redundant.

Thinking back on her second uncle’s words, Li Nanshuang’s heart became entangled.

"I’m fine, but why have you lost weight?"

Gazing at the woman’s gaunt face, Jiang Shouzhong asked softly.

Unconsciously, the man extended his hand to stroke her cheek but then realized the gesture was inappropriate and instead touched his own nose.

Ran Qingchen laughed and said, "I’ve been a bit busy lately. Li Nanshuang has already told me everything, and I believe you didn’t kill anyone. I’ve been wanting to find evidence to overturn your case, but unfortunately, I found nothing. Actually..."

The woman bit her lip, her eyes fixed on Jiang Shouzhong, "Actually, even if you did kill him, I would still think you were right."

Jiang Shouzhong didn’t know how to respond for a moment.

Why did he feel like his wife was being a bit of a fangirl?

However, Ran Qingchen didn’t ask where he had been these days, showing that she understood the man had his unspeakable reasons.

A woman with such attention to detail is always likable.

"How is the investigation going at the Murong Family?" Li Nanshuang interjected with a question.

Jiang Shouzhong came back to his senses and said earnestly, "I found some clues. First of all, what Murong Shuo saw that night... was indeed me. To be precise, it was someone who disguised as me and killed him."

Both women were shocked to hear this.

"Who?"

Ran Qingchen’s complexion turned grim.

Such audacity, to dare impersonate my husband, this person is courting death!

Li Nanshuang was also furious.

My family’s hand-pulled noodles are unique in this world, and now someone dared to disguise themselves? When we find them, I’ll split them with my sword.

Jiang Shouzhong shook his head and said, "Currently, it’s not clear who it is, but most likely someone who has seen me before, and this person is missing the little finger on their right hand. Starting from this clue, it should be much easier to find them."

The two women glanced at each other, deep in thought.

Missing a finger on the hand is indeed an easy feature to recognize, unlike a missing toe, which would be harder to find.

Ran Qingchen said, "I will have someone pay attention to this."

Jiang Shouzhong nodded and then suddenly remembered something perplexing and asked, "How difficult is it to create a mask for disguise?"

"It depends on the level of detail," Ran Qingchen explained patiently, "For example, the one on your face is of high quality and would be difficult to discern for anyone who isn’t particularly familiar with you, and it would take at least three to five months to craft. A medium quality one would need about one or two months. If it’s low quality and crudely made, it would take about ten days or so.

Moreover, to specifically imitate one’s facial structure is even more challenging, requiring careful observation. And the skill level of the craftsman determines the quality of the mask and the progress of making it.

A skillful craftsman could make a medium-quality disguise mask in just around ten days..."

Listening to Ran Qingchen, Jiang Shouzhong was formulating a plan in his mind.

The fact that the mysterious person chose to meet Murong Shuo at night and wore black clothes indicated that the person was afraid of being recognized, suggesting that the disguise mask was not very detailed.

Especially since he had only met Murong Shuo once.

But to successfully deceive a senior Ministry of Justice official who dealt with cases all year round was no easy task.

From this, it could be seen that the mask worn was not crude and of low quality.

So, it was of medium quality.

To create a medium-quality mask, an ordinary craftsman would need one to two months, while an experienced master might need only ten days.

This suggested that at least ten days earlier, the mysterious person had been planning to frame him.

Back then, he had just defeated Murong Nan.

"Help me investigate another matter," Jiang Shouzhong said, having a clear direction in mind, and addressed Ran Qingchen, "Look into the Jianghu craftsmen in Qingzhou who make disguise masks, especially those masters."

"Alright."

Ran Qingchen nodded lightly.

In reality, investigating such a matter was very difficult for the current Ran Qingchen.

Firstly, this wasn’t the Capital, and officials from the Capital found it difficult to command the local officials here.

When she hoped the government office would cooperate with the investigation of the case in the past couple of days, there were many obstacles.

Fortunately, Shan Dongchuan from the Liushan Division was very cooperative.

Secondly, she was, after all, a newly appointed head of her division and had not yet established enough authority or her own loyal followers.

If it wasn’t for Yuan Anjiang’s help, things would have been even more difficult.

But right now, even if there were a million difficulties, as long as it could help her husband, she would not hesitate to act.