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Fu Hanwen thought for a moment. "I can help solve the case, but what needs to be done still has to be done."
Both were secret edicts, but some matters were more urgent than others; the private salt case also could not be delayed.
With that in mind, Fu Hanwen instructed Yuan Bao, "Look into the blacksmith's wife—where she is, what she's been doing, and who she's had contact with recently."
"Yes!"
Yuan Bao took the order and left, and before dark he returned with news.
"Boss, that blacksmith's wife was taken back by Lord Lu's men. She didn't deny being the murderer, but she didn't admit it either. She hasn't said a single word in response to Lord Lu's questioning," Yuan Bao said. "But what we can be sure of is that the nail in the blacksmith's head was taken from the Ironsmith Shop by his wife the day before, because when she took that nail, the blacksmith's apprentice saw her."
"The blacksmith has an apprentice?" Fu Hanwen's eyes flickered as he asked.
