Zhu Jiaduan's words were not completely understood by Huang Donglai and the others.
Because up to this moment they were still unaware that Zheng Mukai was dead.
Although Zheng Mukai's body was discovered in the alley behind this inn, it was in the middle of the night, and those handling the case couldn't possibly stand in the alley and shout loudly to announce a death.
Moreover, the officials never intended to investigate this matter deeply from the start; if they had wanted to, they would have already come into this inn and knocked on every guest's door to inquire.
Now, the common folk who knew about Zheng Mukai and the two Guangxing Escort Agency porters being killed were mostly gathered in the western part of the city, because the two bodies were discovered inside the guest rooms of the inn where Zheng Mukai and his companions had stayed. At least the shopkeepers and helpers at that inn had to be questioned.
