Upon entering Scholar Ding's house, Qin Yao realized that Scholar Ding was not at home at all.
He was in the Prefecture City and hadn't returned. The land sale was being handled by his wife, who had asked clan members for help.
Once the land was sold and the money in hand, she would take her elderly mother-in-law and two sons to the city to join him.
Even when a major incident like a murder case occurred, he did not show up.
As a Scholar, he enjoyed certain privileges. The government collected the body, sent someone to inform them, asked a few questions, and then left.
Of course, it couldn't be the Ding mother-in-law duo who were the murderers, so investigating them was pointless.
However, the land sale was delayed because of this incident, dragging on until now.
The land, which should have been easy to sell, was now stuck in their hands with no one daring to buy it.
