Volume 1: The Case of the Talented Man in Linzhou Chapter 8: The Death of Kuzuo
As Xing Qianqiu expected, even though all the surrounding witnesses were brought to the Mirror Division and he ordered the news to be blocked, Huang Bu's information still spread throughout the city in just half a day.
The sixteen-character "proverb" caused panic in the whole city, and all the people in the city discussed it after tea and dinner.
Among these people, especially the nobles from Linyang City's aristocratic families were the most excited.
They were already dissatisfied with the current Queen Ye, and now they took advantage of the situation and drafted memorials one after another, hoping to take advantage of the opportunity to interfere with Queen Ye.
"Listen Qi Mingming, there has been a lot of trouble in Linzhou recently. Su Linhe is angry, a talented man who manages the world, and has suffered countless casualties."
"After being enlightened by the Holy Apocalypse, I found out the reason. It was because the Demon Queen had no virtue and her name was not worthy of her place. The gods and Buddhas were angry and sent down divine punishment to show the principles of heaven."
"May your Majesty obey the wishes of gods and Buddhas, abolish the demon queen, and establish a virtuous lady in her place."
"I know that these words are offensive to Heaven, and His Majesty will be furious. But I am already over sixty years old, and I have died nine times without any regrets."
"But I, the scholar of Linzhou, are not guilty. I only hope that the Holy One will show mercy. I should not put the world in vain and leave the scholar of Linzhou in danger because of my own personal feelings."
"It should be noted that many scholars from Linzhou came to the court to receive God's grace, listen to the holy will, respect the teachings of the saints, and work hard to govern. I wish your majesty to stabilize the country and become the pillar of our Qi State and the humerus of the country."
"If all the scholars in Linzhou die, the government has no good ministers, and the country has no humerus, how can we use the demon queen?"
"Bang!" Xing Qianqiu slammed the memorial in his hand on the table in front of him, his body shaking continuously.
How dare this guy, King Linyang, write such rebellious words!
If he hadn't stopped this book, once it was sent to the imperial city, there would have been a bloody storm, with disastrous consequences!
"You can use the Demon Queen? You can use the Demon Queen!"
"These corrupt officials and officials!" Liu Zhi stood aside. Although he had not read the excerpt, he could still guess: "Are they really desperate for their lives?"
Especially when I saw how angry Xing Qianqiu was now, I understood even more.
"Have the people you brought back been checked?" Xing Qianqiu said in a deep voice, trying hard to calm down the anger in his heart.
"I've checked." Liu Zhi shook his head: "The ones I personally interrogated were just onlookers on the roadside. I didn't see anything unusual."
"Where is that servant of Ji Qianfan's family? What should I say?" Xing Qianqiu continued to ask.
"Just say that I obeyed Ji Qianfan's wishes. I don't know anything else." Liu Zhi sighed.
"That's it again!" Xing Qianqiu nodded: "How is Mr. Duan's place?"
"It's still the same as when he came back. Mr. Duan locked himself in the room and studied the yellow cloth." Liu Zhi replied.
"Yeah. Let the captured people go first." Xing Qianqiu thought for a while and said: "After a while, you can take a few strangers with you, put on plain clothes, and go to both sides of the Sulin River to inquire. Remember, you are businessmen passing by here.
It’s small talk, not interrogation.”
"This?" Liu Zhi was stunned, not understanding what Xing Qianqiu meant.
"Mr. Duan said that there are some things that ordinary people may not be willing to talk to people like us." Xing Qianqiu said: "Just do it. No matter what they talk about, write it down in detail and come back to me."
"Okay." Liu Zhi nodded.
Just when Liu Zhigang was about to walk out of the room, an official suddenly ran in: "Sir, it's not good."
"What's wrong?" Xing Qianqiu looked at the official, and his heart tightened.
"This..." However, the official hesitated and looked at Xing Qianqiu nervously.
"What are you hesitating for? Say it!" Liu Zhi saw Xing Qianqiu's face and suddenly became anxious and kicked the officer.
You must know that what Xing Qianqiu hates most is this kind of half-sentence.
"This..." The official was kicked, gritted his teeth and said in a deep voice: "The morgue was attacked just now, Sun Wuzuo... died..."
"What!" Xing Qianqiu and Liu Zhi shouted at the same time.
When Xing Qianqiu and Liu Zhi rushed to the morgue, Duan Ming was sitting next to Sun Wuzuo's body covered in blood.
There were more than ten Mingjing officials standing around, but no one dared to speak.
Seeing Xing Qianqiu and Liu Zhi coming, they hurriedly moved to both sides to make way.
"You're here." Duan Ming slowly raised his head and looked at Xing Qianqiu with his face covered in blood.
"Yeah." Xing Qianqiu squatted down and looked at Duan Ming: "What's going on?"
"Someone broke in, and Sun Wu was killed to protect me." Duan Ming's voice was extremely calm.
"To protect you?" Xing Qianqiu narrowed his eyes slightly: "Here for you?"
"That's right." Duan Ming stood up slowly, glanced at Sun Wuzuo's body again, and then looked at Xing Qianqiu: "How is your investigation going?"
"Nothing was found." Xing Qianqiu sighed: "The murderer is too cunning."
"I guessed it." Duan Ming nodded and looked at the official standing next to him: "Have you caught the person who killed Sun Wuzuo?"
"No, no." An officer said in a trembling voice: "The other party's martial arts is too high..."
"Go and check." Duan Ming interrupted directly: "Male, about thirty-four or five years old, 182 centimeters tall, weighing 70 kilograms, with an injury to his left foot. It should be that his calf has been fractured. He is good at long-term use.
Knife, my current occupation should be a butcher."
"Ah?" The officer was stunned after hearing this.
"Go quickly!" Xing Qianqiu said coldly.
"Yes." The people around him breathed a sigh of relief, and then hurriedly went to investigate.
"Master Xing, Master Liu." Duan Ming looked at the two of them: "The murderer is not only very skilled in martial arts, but also very familiar with the terrain of the Mirror Division. He came all the way without alerting anyone, and he was not exposed until he wanted to kill me."
"This means that the other person was either related to this house or visited this house in the past. Or the house itself belongs to that person."
"Otherwise, the other party is very lucky and happened to avoid all the hidden sentries and patrolling soldiers."
"Otherwise, there is someone inside our Mirror Department who leaked all this information to this person!"
"Liu Zhi, investigate based on Mr. Duan's clues." Xing Qianqiu nodded, recalling Duan Ming's words before: "Especially within our Mirror Division, conduct a thorough investigation!"
"Yes." Liu Zhi nodded, and then left directly.
"Sun Wu committed suicide." After Liu Zhi left, Duan Ming looked at the body on the ground again: "From today on, the post-mortem work will be handed over to me!"
"Thank you, Mr. Duan." Xing Qianqiu nodded without saying anything.
As soon as Xing Qianqiu finished speaking, he saw Duan Ming's body suddenly shaking, and then he fell down.
Xing Qianqiu, with quick eyesight and quick hands, hurriedly supported Duan Ming's body.
Only then did Xing Qianqiu discover that there was a long knife mark on Duan Ming's back, running directly from the back of his neck to his waist. The skin was torn and the flesh was dripping with blood!
When Duan Ming opened his eyes again, it was already dark and he was lying on a soft couch.
Smelling the faint scent of medicine, Duan Ming looked around.
This is a very simple room. There is a black desk not far away, and a yellow incense burner is placed on the desk.
"Are you awake?" At this moment, an old man came in with a tray: "Don't worry, it's just a bruise on the flesh, it looks serious."
"Thank you, Divine Doctor Song." Duan Ming did not move, but nodded to the old man.
"Oh?" The old man put the tray aside and looked at Duan Ming with a smile: "How did you know that I am a doctor? How did you know that my surname is Song?"
"You are over fifty and you are in good spirits. The fragrance of medicine lingers for a long time. Your hands are as steady as a rock. In addition to what you said when you came in, what else can you be if you are not a doctor?" Duan Ming replied: "I was injured in the Mirror Department.
Inside, but this is obviously not the Mirror Department."
"Lao Xing sent me here regardless of delaying my injury, which shows that in Lao Xing's heart you are the miracle doctor of the world." Duan Ming continued.
"Although there are not many people with excellent medical skills in Linyang City, there are still many." The old man said with a smile: "How did you know it was me?"
"There are indeed many famous doctors, but Lao Xing is from Kyoto after all. He rarely comes to Linzhou, and he probably doesn't even know them." Duan Ming said, "The only one he knows is that he was once in Kyoto, and he was from Guiwei Tai Hospital.
Chief Medical Officer Song Shen will treat you."
"Haha, okay, okay." The old man laughed and nodded: "It's really like what Mr. Xing said, you have a sharp eye and can see everything clearly!"
"This is Rende Hall, and I am Song Rende." The old man said. This chapter has been completed!
