Early this morning, as two days ago, Ji Chu's wife personally cooked, boiled porridge, made cakes, burned a fresh mullet specially bought yesterday, mixed a plate of raw leek vegetables, and took an indispensable sauce.

A few meals are made and placed in the food box.

Ji Chu said goodbye to his wife, carried this breakfast, and went to the guest house of Gong Cao.

The clerk at the door of the inn was already familiar with Ji Chu, and when he saw him coming, he smiled and said, "Is Lang Jun coming to deliver food to Ji Jun again?" ”

Ji Chu made a gesture and replied: "My brother has been serving in other counties all these years, and he rarely returns home, and he misses the food at home. Yesterday I was told that I wanted to eat a mullet. No, I brought one to my brother today. ”

The doorman nodded with a smile and watched Ji Chu enter the door.

In the early summer morning light, the back of a young man wrapped in white clothes and carrying a food box somehow gave this doorman a sense of warmth.

The doorman sighed: "I have heard that the relationship between the brothers of the Ji family is good, and it is true!" ”

Pushing the door into the room, a smell of wine came into my nose.

Ji Chu saw at a glance that Ji Wei was lying on the desk, as if he was still asleep.

Knowing that Duan Chengsun came to see Ji Wei last night, he glanced at the wine bottles, wine jars and roast lamb leg racks on the case, Ji Chu only thought it was his two old friends who drank bitterly, Ji Wei drank too much, so he couldn't afford to sit at the desk and fell asleep so far. Ji Chu then put down the food box, picked up the basin, and went out to fetch a basin of water first, so that Ji Wei could wash up after waking up, and then went to Ji Wei's side and called softly: "Brother, brother." ”

There was no response for a while.

Ji Chu felt strange in his heart, and shook Ji Wei's arm, but Ji Wei still didn't react.

Ji Chu thought funny: "How can you drink like this!" ”

was going to help Ji Wei to the bed, and struggled to lift him up, and inadvertently blink an eye and saw Ji Wei's face.

Ji Chu's eyes suddenly widened in fright.

I saw that Ji Wei's face was dark, his eyes were closed, two blood marks were flowing from the corners of his mouth, and his collar was dyed red. There was also a pool of blood stains on the case.

Ji Chu's legs were weak, barely supported, and he carefully put Ji Wei on the bed, and reached out to test Ji Wei's snort.

Where is there still breathing?

Ji Chu stood in front of the bed for a moment, and suddenly let out a loud scream.

The shout came outside, and the doorman at the door of the inn in the distance heard it and hurried over.

When he entered the room, the doorkeeper saw such a scene, and his heart sank, and he knew that something was wrong.

"What's going on?"

Ji Chu shed tears and replied in a choked voice, "I don't know either." ”

The wind blew into the room, it was not cold, the stiff Ji Wei was lying on the bed, Ji Chu and the doorman were standing in front of the couch, but this scene was gloomy.

……

Song Hong took sick leave and hasn't been out for more than half a month.

Song Hong's political acumen is very strong, and he has long felt a real threat, and like Song Fang, he has long regarded Xin Er as a real enemy who prevents the Song family from returning to the top.

His "complaint" is actually just an excuse.

Although Song Hong is in his fifties and has changed to an ordinary farmer, at this age, or this disease is indispensable, his body is still very healthy, and there is no problem at all.

The reason for complaining about illness is nothing more than retreating into advance.

Purely because he saw that Xin Er was in the limelight in recent months, he not only got the alliance of the Koji family, the heavier the military power, and through the military system, the merit examination, the change of Zhongzheng and other political measures, and at the same time, the prestige among the people and the strong, low-level officials, and the scholars and the Han scholars also became more prestigious, and he vaguely sensed that it might be time for the Song family and Xin Er to face each other head-on, so he took a step back and watched the situation quietly to make a contingency.

Unexpectedly, before the current situation could be clearly discerned, a bad news that he never imagined reached his ears.

Rao was deeply seated in Song Hong's city, and he couldn't help but be taken aback.

When the Song family's henchmen who hurriedly came to report the news arrived, Song Hong had just gotten up, and he was playing five fowl games in the courtyard of the back house. After hearing the news, he stopped his fists and feet, asked the official in disbelief, and said, "What did you say?" Ji Wei is dead? ”

"Yes."

"Poisoned?"

"Yes."

"Suicide or homicide?"

"Just discovered by Ji Chu, Cao Peng Yan Dan and Zhang Daojiang, who tested Cao, should not have arrived at the guest house yet. It is not known whether it was suicide or homicide. The only thing I know is ......"

"What is it?"

"I heard that the last person Ji Wei saw last night was Duan Chengsun of Cao Peng, the Mufu Mansion. When Ji Chu found out that Ji Wei was dead, there were still leftover leg of mutton and empty wine jars and wine bottles from the two of them last night in the guest house. ”

"Duan Chengsun?"

"Yes."

Song Hong immediately made a decision and said, "You go to the Guyin County Temple immediately!" Tell Dou Li to take people to Cao's guest house immediately! ”

Dou Li, the nephew of Song Hong's wife, is currently the county magistrate of Guyin County.

"Yes." The official who came to report the news, after entering the door of the Song family, was trotting all the way to the backyard, and he was still out of breath, he wiped the sweat from his forehead, and asked instructively, "Dare to ask Ming Gong, please ask Dou Ling to take the test after Cao, what do you ask him to do?" ”

"Do you still have to explain this?"

Song Fang gave the county magistrate Xianmei the worst evaluation in the country, and the lord of Xianmei Weng was furious, and wanted to find trouble with Song Fang several times, Xin Er was angry for his wife, because he summoned the magistrate of Xianmei County to Beijing to re-evaluate him. This matter is in the royal city, and now everyone knows about it, and no one knows about it.

Before Yin Luo, who was presiding over the reexamination, Ji Wei, the magistrate of Xianmei County, was poisoned to death.

Unless it's a fool, anyone can feel that there must be a mystery in this.

The official who reported the news was not stupid, and he had already realized this when he learned that Ji Wei had died in the guest house.

He knows very well that this matter is very important, and if it is not handled well, it may lead to endless troubles. Because of this, after hearing Song Fang's words "still use me to explain", he shook his head and said in his heart: "If you don't explain, how can I tell Dou Li?" ”

In order to get clear instructions, but also to not dare to take responsibility, he said, "Yes, yes." Dare to ask for a bus on behalf of the Ming bus. ”

Song Hong held back his anger and said, "You go and tell Dou Li, and order him to take his nephew with him to find out the cause of Ji Wei's death and see if he committed suicide!" ”

The official understood, and hurriedly responded: "Yes, yes, according to the lower officials, there is no need to check, Ji Weiding committed suicide." ”

"Oh?"

"The Ji family, the famous family of Yiwuwei County is also, this time for the exam, Ji Wei got a palace, he must be called back to the royal city, after seeing his younger brother, his conscience found that he felt ashamed of his ancestors and stained the reputation of the Ji family, so he committed suicide."

That's too far-fetched, isn't it?

Song Hong had doubts about Ji Wei's death, didn't bother to pay attention to him, waved his hand, and said, "You go!" ”

The officer answered the command and departed.

Out of the door of the Song family, the official got on the ox cart and ordered to go to the temple in Guyin County, while thinking: "Strange! This matter has just come out, what is the situation, it is not clear, why did Ming Gong rush to ask Dou Li to give Ji Weiding a cause of death by suicide? Is it possible? Although he felt that with Song Hong's style of doing things, it was impossible for him to poison Ji Wei, but after thinking that the last person Ji Wei saw was Duan Chengsun, he didn't dare to think about it anymore.

Song Hong would not do such a thing, but there was no guarantee that someone else in the Song family would do this.

The official didn't dare to continue thinking because if he continued to think about Duan Chengsun, he knew that he would definitely be able to think of a suspect.

This object of suspicion is also what Song Hong suspects.

After sending away the official who reported the news, Song Hong urgently called the servants and ordered Song Fang to come to see him immediately.

Half an hour later, Song Fang arrived.

For more than a month, Song Fang has made great efforts in interpersonal communication, and almost every day he will invite a group of celebrities and high-ranking officials from the royal city to feast and drink, and last night was no exception.

At this time, he was still dizzy, he saw Song Hong in the hall and bowed.

Standing up, Song Fang found a couch, sat down, hungover and thirsty, and urged the little maid to come up with tea and soup.

Song Hong closed his eyes and recuperated, silent, and waited for Song Fang to drink three bowls of tea and soup in a row, and when he heard that he was going to drink it again, he couldn't stand it anymore, opened his eyes, and ordered the maids to retreat, his eyes were stern, staring at Song Fang, and asked in a deep voice: "Do you know the matter?" ”

Song Fang was puzzled and asked, "What's the matter?" ”

"Ji Wei took poison and died!"

Song Fang was taken aback, then overjoyed, and said, "Ji Wei was poisoned to death? ”

"Poisoning" and "taking poison" seem to be the same thing, but their connotations are different. Those who take poison consume poison themselves; Those who are poisoned are poisoned. Song Hong deliberately said "taking poison", but Song Fang said "poisoning".

Song Hong's heart tightened, and he said, "Did Duan Chengsun do it?" ”

"Duan Chengsun did it? Do? Song Fang immediately understood what Song Hong meant, and said, "How could it be him!" ”

"For now, don't you tell the truth and deceive me?"

Song Fang shouted unjustly: "Father! What did I lie to you? ”

"You don't say 'taking poison', but 'poisoning', how do you know that Ji Wei is not taking poison, but poisoning?"

"Huh?"

"The last person Ji Wei saw last night was Duan Chengsun. If you say 'poisoning' and don't say 'taking poison', then the person who poisoned is not Duan Chengsun, who else can it be? ”

"Father! Wronged! This really wasn't done by Duan Chengsun! Yes, I asked Duan Chengsun to go see Ji Wei last night, but I didn't let him poison him! I just told him to bring a short dagger to Ji Wei as a threat! He was definitely not poisoned! I didn't tell him to poison, how could he poison! …… Father, who do you listen to? Said Duan Chengsun did it? There is absolutely nothing to do with this! ”

"It really wasn't Duan Chengsun who did it?"

"Not really!"

"Ji Wei's poisoning has nothing to do with you?"

"I had a feast at home last night until midnight. Ji Wei's death, if I hadn't heard my father say it just now, I still wouldn't have known! Father, how can this have anything to do with me? ”

Song Fang's wronged expression and tone did not seem to be fake, Song Hong believed him, and finally put his heart down.

"If this matter really has nothing to do with you, then it is the best."

"Father, why do you doubt me?"

"I just said that the last person Ji Wei saw was Duan Chengsun. What is Duan Chengsun's relationship with you? Needless to say? Huang Nu, I'm afraid that I'm not the only one who suspects that you have something to do with this matter, and anyone who knows about it, eight out of ten must suspect that you did it! ”

Song Fang's wine strength disappeared, and his mind gradually cleared up.

Thinking of the seriousness of the matter, Song Fang got up suddenly and said loudly: "Don't think about it! Father, this must have been done by Tian Shenu! ”

"How do you know it's him?"

"If it's not him, who else could it be? He must have tried to frame me for this! ”

"Do you have proof?"

"......, check! Evidence will definitely be found! ”

"Don't even think about looking up his evidence. The first thing to do is to get you out of the middle first! ”

As Song Hong said, as long as you know about this, I am afraid that most of them will suspect Song Fang. The first priority at hand is not to find out if this matter has anything to do with Xin Er, but to first separate Song Fang himself from this matter.

Song Fang was angry and angry, he didn't care about Song Hong, scolded rudely, and said, "Damn it!" Dog stuff! ”

Song Hong was already thinking about it, but he was much calmer than Song Fang, he frowned and said, "You sit down!" ”

Song Fang sat back with hatred.

"Huang Nu, there are three things that we need to do now."

"Which two?"

"I have ordered Dou Li to rush to the guest house to test the merits of Cao, I suspected that you did it earlier, so I ordered Dou Li to tell him to kill Ji Weiding. Now, if you didn't do it, you don't need to do it. Immediately send someone to bring a message to Dou Li, telling him to just control the scene and collect evidence. The rest will be discussed later. This is the first piece. ”

"That's right! Be sure to control the scene and hold the evidence! As long as one or two clues related to Tian Shenu can be found in them,...... This shit, frame me? Lao Tzu bites back ......, phew! What a backbite! Lao Tzu will follow the vine and touch the melon, and he will be brought to justice! See if he still frames me or not, and if he is still arrogant! After all, let him, let the surname Pan, the surname Koji, the surname Zhang, and let the people with two hearts all know the fate of going against our family! Speaking of the rise, Song Fang turned his hatred into joy, and just wanted to start investigating it now.

"That's for later!"

"Father, what's the second thing?"

"The second thing, from now on, until the case is clarified, you can't see Duan Chengsun again. Remember, you can't see each other again! ”

Song Fang quickly understood the meaning of Song Hong's words.

He knew that Duan Chengsun had nothing to do with this matter, but others didn't know.

And Duan Chengsun was the last person to see Ji Wei, if this case was investigated, Duan Chengsun would inevitably be involved.

In order to clear the suspicion, and also to show openness, it is indeed not good to meet Duan Chengsun again at the moment.

Song Fang responded: "Yes." ”

"The third thing, pick a few trustworthy people, and write to the court in the afternoon, asking the court to hand over the investigation of this case to the Guyin County Temple!"

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