"Good, good!" Qi Yan sneered, "You are really my good niece, just as stubborn as your mother, if she hadn't been able to think about it herself, only your father would have died, and you wouldn't have lost your mother." Since this is the case, let my uncle see if Wu Anhou, who you are desperately protecting, can also protect you desperately! ”

Ye Jinyu pursed her lips, her eyes were hard and cold until Qi Yan's figure disappeared outside the door, and the sound of falling locks sounded in her ears again, as if her bones had been sucked away, and her whole body fell into the chair as soon as she was weak.

Uncle suddenly had a showdown at this time, he must have made up his mind to get rid of Hou Ye, I don't know how he plans to deal with Hou Ye?

If she wanted to threaten Hou Ye, she would definitely not let him succeed.

The five murders in the idle court are not trivial matters of stealing chickens and dogs, Li Sui thought about it for a long time, and finally decided to report the case to Qi Guanyu to deal with it.

First, among the officials in Yingcheng, Qi Guanyu's character and ability still made him have some trust.

Second, even if Qi Guanyu has gone up and down with the customs, you can test his attitude through this case.

Comparing the identities of the five deceased, examining their causes of death, and searching the scene of the crime were busy, and before they knew it, it was dark.

At about three o'clock in the night, an official came to the hall on the west side of the yamen with a corpse.

"Master Hou, my lord, I have just done a preliminary examination of the five corpses, and it is preliminarily inferred that they died left and right this morning, and the cause of death is the same, all of them are white rice porridge that has been poisoned, and it is the white rice porridge brought back from Xianting. None of them had any fighting injuries on their bodies, so they should not have been forced to drink. Judging from the situation at the scene, it is consistent with the inference of the work. ”

Qi Guanyu took the corpse and looked at it, and then handed it to Li Sui, who was sitting next to him.

"Have you checked everything in the kitchen? Not a single grain of rice or spoon can be spared. Li Sui looked at the official and said.

The official immediately replied: "The brothers are stepping up the inspection, there are too many things, and it is estimated that the results will not be available until tomorrow." ”

Qi Guanyu raised his hand and motioned for him to step back first.

Li Sui looked at the dark sky outside and said, "Qi joins the army, can you know whose residence that Xianting is?" The Yu family of five, Ben Hou has been looking for it, but we didn't expect that as soon as we found it, they were killed, the timing was too coincidental, Ben Hou had to suspect that they were exterminated. ”

Qi Guanyu clenched his fist hard and released it, and replied calmly: "Before this, Xia Guan really had never heard of Xianting, and I called someone to check it in the afternoon, and the deed and title deed of that house were written in Chang Xun's name. The lower officials will not deny this, and now they have called someone to bring Chang Xun over for questioning. Master Hou, please rest assured, at the moment of human life, the lower officials will never show favoritism and ignore the law. ”

Li Sui smiled faintly, got up and said: "I hope that Qi joins the army and will not disappoint the people of Yingcheng, Ben Hou is also controversial in this case, I don't know how Qi joins the army and plans to arrange Ben Hou?" Rest assured, I will fully cooperate. ”

Qi Guanyu arched his hand and said: "Even so, you have to bother the Hou Ye to stay in the yamen temporarily, if there is evidence to prove your innocence, the lower officials can let you go." ”

"Okay, then Lao Qi will join the army to arrange a room for Ben Hou, and in addition, I have to bother Qi to join the army and then send someone to the Hou Mansion to send a message to Jin Yu, so as not to worry about her." Li Sui said.

When Qi Guanyu heard the word "Jin Yu", his eyes changed slightly, a touch of sentimentality was fleeting, and he nodded hesitantly, "Xiaguan knows, Master Hou, please come with me." ”

Li Sui and Qu Yu both stayed in the yamen, and the lark waited left and right in the Hou Mansion, neither waiting for Miss Ye to come back, nor waiting for the news from the Hou Ye, so anxious as pins and needles.

waited until it was almost dawn, but what was waiting was the official of the yamen.

When the lark heard that Hou Ye had been left in the yamen because of the murder, he was shocked, and when he came back to his senses, he almost couldn't help but scold the official.

Fortunately, he held back at the critical time, and thought that Miss Ye had no news until now, which was not normal. Usually, when Miss Ye came back late from going out, she would send someone to deliver a message first.

"Our Hou Ye recognizes the bed, but he can't sleep if it's not his own mattress, and the bedding in your yamen is not fine enough. You wait first, help me bring the bed and futon to the Hou Ye. With that, the lark turned and ran in, not giving the other party a chance to refuse.

After a while, he came out with a futon in his arms, stuffed his brain into the hand of the official who wanted to speak, and gave him a bag of broken silver. The embarrassment and hesitation on the official's face froze, and slowly turned into an inappropriate smile.

Li Yi sat in the room thinking about what had happened recently, as well as some news from Xing Jing, the abnormality in Kuncheng was not because of the martial arts conference, and everyone from the rivers and lakes gathered there.

Xing Jing and Shao Guhong secretly investigated many shops and many ordinary people with weapons, and found that the weapons they possessed were all engraved with the same mark.

Xing Jing drew this mark and sent it to Li Yi, although he had long doubted it in his heart, but when he saw the mark, he was still shocked, and at the same time relieved.

This legendary ancient beast, the White Tiger, is the supreme existence in their northern military camp, and it is also a unique symbol of the army, and it is not available to the people. So when a weapon is engraved with the White Tiger mark, it means that it is ordnance material.

Three years ago, when a batch of military supplies destined for the frontier passed through Shanbei Province, it was suddenly attacked, and the escort team was completely wiped out, and all military rations and ordnance were stolen.

In the past three years, His Majesty has sent people to track down the whereabouts of this batch of military funds several times, and the officials of Shanbei Province have also actively participated in the investigation in order to make up for their mistakes or prove their innocence, but the results have all ended in failure.

His Majesty suspected that the ink corruption case ten years ago would be staged again, so he quietly sent him here to investigate.

It was only after a period of investigation that he realized that the official system in this area had quietly changed and was approaching ten years ago. Or maybe after that tempering, they learned to hide, and their methods became more subtle and sleek, but in fact, the inside had long been corroded. Qiankun Audiobook.com

Now Kuncheng seems to have been subtly turned into a base camp for raising soldiers, I don't know if the people behind this scene are the remnants of Cangnan Kingdom, or some officials of Shanbei Province, what ulterior motives they have for building such a city.

Knock knock knock on the door sounded in the night, interrupting Li Yi's thoughts.

"Enter."

The door soon opened, and an official came in with a futon in his arms, saluted the Hou Ye and took the initiative to run over to help make the bed.

Li Yi stared at the futon twice before realizing that it was something from the Hou Mansion, and before the official errand was spread, he said loudly: "Let it go, retreat." ”

The movement of the official's hand moved slightly, and he felt the oppressive gaze behind him, and his heart trembled and he silently withdrew from the room.

Li Yi walked over quickly and touched the inside of the futon, and after a while, he found a letter in the mezzanine, tore it open, and gradually his face changed.

Chang Xun, who was personally interrogated by Qi Guanyu, for the sake of justice, called Shang Changshi and two other colleagues to observe the trial together.

Chang Xun confessed to the fact that Xianting was his private house, but resolutely denied that he calmly had dealings with the people of the Yu family.

He said that the private house was originally reserved for the elderly, and it is not needed at present, so it is better to rent it out temporarily than to be idle, and it can also save a little more pension capital.

The five people who lived in Xianting were his tenants, and he didn't delve into the origins of these people, but he talked to them a few times, and he thought they were good, so he rented them out.

"Second Youth, Lord Joiner, they occasionally invite me, the owner, to come over for dinner, I was invited to go last night, and I really rarely go back there in normal times. You should know best that the villain lives in Qi Mansion almost every day. ”

Chang Xun said and looked at the other adults, and continued to explain with emotion, "Really, the villain doesn't dare to deceive you, their lease deed and lease silver, the villain is good to keep, if you don't believe it, you can go to the Qi Mansion to get it for verification." ”

Qi Guanyu asked solemnly: "It is said that only five dead people have been in and out of the idle court in the past two days, and the time when they were poisoned was not long after you left, is this really just a coincidence, how do you explain it?" ”

Chang Xun hurriedly kowtowed and shouted that he was wronged, "My lord, you also said just now, they have been hunted down and killed, how can they not be found by the enemy?" The villain's private house is not a secret, and they often go out to buy, maybe they are targeted by the enemy. ”

"I will send someone to check what you said, if there is a ......" Qi Guanyu's words were interrupted by the head catcher who walked in quickly, and the head catcher attached to his ear and said: "My lord, Lord Hou said that if there is something important to see you, I must see you immediately." ”

Qi Guanyu thought for a while, then handed Chang Xun over to the head catcher to continue the trial, and left to see the Hou Ye first.

The two met again in the hall on the west side, Li Sui looked at Qi Guanyu coldly, and said bluntly: "Jin Yu is in your mansion?" ”

Qi Guanyu asked inexplicably: "What does Master Hou mean by this?" ”

Li Sui said: "This morning, your mother went to the Hou Mansion to pick up Jin Yu, and until now Jin Yu has not returned to the Hou Mansion, and she has not even sent a message, this is not something she will do." ”

Qi Guanyu raised his eyebrows in surprise, and after a moment, his expression became indescribable, not shocked, but as if he was at a loss after thinking about it.

Li Sui smiled coldly, "It seems that Qi Senjun knows a lot about some things, so he should also know that Jin Yu is likely to be detained by them, as for the reason, there is no need for Ben Hou to explain more." What they want to do, you should know better, I don't know what Qi plans to do next when he joins the army? ”

Qi Guanyu pursed his lips and was silent.

Li Sui said again: "If Qi joins the army and still cares about family affection and is willing to protect Jinyu, Benhou will naturally be grateful. But if Qi joins the army and chooses another family relationship, Ben Hou has nothing to say, and I will find a way to rescue Jinyu. ”

"Master Hou......" Qi Guanyu finally thought clearly, and arched his hand and said: "This is our family matter, and the lower officials will definitely handle it properly, and we will never let Jin Yu suffer the slightest grievance and injury." ”

Li Sui narrowed his eyes and said with a smile: "Ben Hou believes that Qi joined the army for the time being, I hope you will not disappoint Jin Yu, you have always been very important relatives in her heart." ”

Qi Guanyu took a deep breath and arched his hand: "The lower official will leave first." ”

Li Sui nodded and watched Qi Guanyu leave.

The hour is approaching, most of the lights in Qi Mansion have been extinguished, and many people have stopped.

Qi Guanyu went back with a stiff face, and as soon as he entered the door, he was stopped by Qing Zhi, the little manager of the account room, who was waiting there, Qing Zhi was the one who was pulled up by Chang Xun, so he was particularly flattering and concerned about Chang Xun.

As soon as Qing Zhi saw Qi Guanyu, he rushed up, "The young master is back, the villain heard that our housekeeper Chang was taken away by the people of the yamen, I don't know what mistake was made?" The villain felt that he must have caught the wrong person, and Steward Chang must be innocent, and he also replied ......"

Qi Guanyu turned his head and glanced at it, and the momentum of not being angry and arrogant instantly frightened Qing Zhi shrank his head and took a step back.

Qi Guanyu stopped and asked in a deep voice, "Where is the cousin now?" ”