The fall of the Zheng family was definitely a huge opportunity for the Shen family.
There was no harm in throwing this mess to him and letting him handle the aftermath.
However, Shen Mingwen was not yet aware of the details; he only knew that the entire Zheng family was dead.
His mind was instantly filled with two words: Big case!
A shocking case!
Their family, in reality, had developed from dockside gangs during Jiang City's port economy decades ago.
Frankly speaking, they were local bullies.
Their influence was limited to Jiang City.
But an entire family of dozens wiped out overnight was a shocking case that would reach the highest levels of government.
It was definitely not something a mere Shen family could handle.
Seeing Su Yi asking him to deal with it, he thought Su Yi was planning to make him a scapegoat, and he was terrified.
But he didn't dare to say anything against it.
Didn't he see that there wasn't a single survivor in the Zheng family's residence?
Although he didn't know how Su Yi had exterminated the Zheng family, if he could wipe out the Zheng family, and the Shen family's strength was not much different from the Zheng family's, how could he escape if Su Yi wanted to destroy him?
Seeming to sense Shen Mingwen's fear, Su Yi comforted him in a timely manner:
"Don't overthink it. Letting you handle the aftermath isn't about making you a scapegoat. Just tell the authorities that something happened here. As for me, just pretend I wasn't here. You have some connections with the Zheng family, so tell the authorities you accidentally discovered the situation here."
"I said, the Zheng family members died suddenly from cerebral hemorrhages, a natural death. What does it have to do with us?"
With that, he unceremoniously got into a Maybach that the Shen family had brought.
The driver looked at him, then at Shen Mingwen.
Only when Shen Mingwen nodded to signal that he could leave did he start the car cluelessly and leave this place of trouble.
Shen Mingwen himself gradually came back to his senses as he listened to Su Yi's words.
He remembered the news he had received not long ago.
Zheng Ziye of the Zheng family had suddenly died of a cerebral hemorrhage, and before his death, he had just been in contact with Su Yi.
This was the reason why the Zheng family had come to make trouble for Su Yi.
Shen Mingwen had personally seen Su Yi "cure" cancer and knew Su Yi's medical skills. The first thing he thought when he got the news was that Su Yi was probably behind it.
But despite the Zheng family's power and wealth, they couldn't find anything amiss after multiple autopsies.
He even began to suspect that Zheng Ziye's death was a coincidence.
Until now, Su Yi told him that the entire Zheng family had died of cerebral hemorrhages at the same time.
This was undoubtedly extremely shocking, but considering Zheng Ziye's case, there was no doubt that his previous suspicion of Su Yi was correct.
Moreover, if the Zheng family members all died in this way, then the matter might not be as difficult to resolve as he had imagined.
However, his respect for Su Yi increased even more.
This method of causing cerebral hemorrhages and sudden death silently, without outsiders being able to detect any abnormalities, was truly terrifying.
But as a businessman with a keen sense of smell, Shen Mingwen quickly seized the business opportunity in addition to his awe.
The Zheng family was large and had a great business, with various assets totaling probably no less than ten billion.
But Su Yi only mentioned this manor and made no arrangements for the other Zheng family assets.
This was definitely an excellent opportunity for the Shen family to expand its power.
It might be troublesome to annex the Zheng family's legitimate industries through normal commercial processes.
But his Shen family had no psychological burden to annex those illegitimate industries.
Without even thinking about it, he would definitely have to give Su Yi a cut afterward, but the remaining part would be enough for the Shen family to eat its fill.
Shen Mingwen, who had been an opponent of the Zheng family for decades, suddenly had a feeling of being carried by a big boss for some reason.
After reacting, he gave various instructions in an orderly manner.
Of course, this included contacting the Jiang City authorities.
Upon hearing that such a shocking case had occurred, the authorities naturally did not sit idle.
Before dawn, the entire Zheng family's manor was surrounded layer upon layer by officials.
Then, the criminal investigation experts and top forensic doctors who had excitedly come to investigate the major case, one by one, entered confidently and left baffled.
Judging from the placement of the corpses and the traces at the scene, they speculated that these people had a conflict with one or two people before their deaths, especially the bodyguards. Judging from the formation, they were all preparing to besiege someone, and they were still holding weapons such as batons in their hands.
It would be normal for them to die in a vendetta or gang fight.
However, the forensic doctor's examination results showed that everyone here died of cerebral hemorrhages.
This was the result of gathering experienced forensic doctors from Jiang City and even all over Kyushu, and conducting multiple rounds of testing.
Absurd, but it was indeed the truth.
It was baffling.
You say this is a murder scene, but everyone who died at the scene died of natural causes.
According to normal legal procedures, this can't even be filed as a case.
But judging from the traces at the scene, the people who died at the time of the incident definitely had some conflict with someone, and it should be a murder scene no matter what.
Such a bizarre case stumped the authorities for a while.
And the facts proved that the Zheng family indeed had a set of methods for destroying evidence and dealing with official investigations.
After dealing with the traces along the way to "invite" Su Yi, the authorities really didn't find Su Yi because of this.
The only time Su Yi was summoned to cooperate with the investigation of the major case was because they had gathered that Su Yi had met with Zheng Ziye at the Palace Banquet Hotel the night before, and Zheng Ziye died shortly after the meeting.
Su Yi denied knowing anything, and the authorities did not make things difficult for him.
After all, this matter seemed a bit too outrageous, and they didn't think to connect it to him, a small character. Summoning him was just a routine inquiry.
They seemed to want to find Yue Ling to ask as well, but because the surveillance footage was blurry, and Yue Ling was wearing ancient costume at the time, they could not determine Yue Ling's identity.
When they asked Su Yi, his answer was also that he didn't know her.
He asked that it was a beautiful woman he saw on the roadside, so he invited her to a meal, and she left after the meal.
Presumably, considering that these small characters could not possibly do anything to the Zheng family, the people investigating the matter did not pursue it and dropped it after asking enough questions.
Compared to Su Yi easily getting away with it, Shen Mingwen, as the Zheng family's mortal enemy and the person who reported the case, was naturally the main suspect.
However, because the death of the Zheng family was too natural, no matter how much they suspected, they could not convict him without evidence to prove that Shen Mingwen did it.
In the end, after three days of fruitless investigation.
The authorities directly announced the closure of the case, and did not mean to dwell on this bizarre case. They only collected and sealed all the case files into the warehouse with a very high level of confidentiality.
It is said that the dead do not speak, but in fact, the dead will speak many times.
The remaining corpses will issue a final accusation against the murderer with the help of forensic doctors.
In this way, the relevant official departments can use this as a basis to find the mastermind behind the scenes.
The fact that everyone in the Zheng family died of natural causes meant that even the dead did not speak in this case.
So no matter how much the investigation went on, there would be no results, and it would be a waste of time.
The authorities obviously understood this point, and after clarifying the situation, they decisively chose to end and seal this matter.
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