Chapter 945: The Coffin
Qi Ning hadn't slept well all night, and so far, all he had found were scattered fragments, but these fragments could not form a complete story chain.
The first purpose is naturally to investigate the truth of the death of the Tai Tai Zhi Lin, but judging from the current scene, the death scene of the Tai Zhi Lin and his wife can not find much fault, which can be said to be reasonable but unreasonable. The second purpose is to be able to control the situation in time in the event of an accident in the East China Sea before the imperial court decides on the new governor of the navy.
The army can't be without generals for a day, this truth is of course understood by the Great Chu court, according to the reason, after learning that after the death of the Tai Zhilin, the imperial court should have decided to send a general to the army as soon as possible, so as to avoid some unexpected changes in the army and even in the East China Sea.
At the beginning, when Jinyi waited for Qi Jing to pass away, Yue Huanshan, the deputy general of the front line, immediately replaced Qi Jing's general, and the situation of the Qinhuai Army was controlled in the shortest time.
And the East China Sea Division did not determine the Governor of the Navy Division at the first time, in the final analysis, it was nothing more than because Ma Lan of the Zhenguo Company had already controlled the situation of the dynasty, and such an important position could not be decided by Taihuang with a word.
For the little emperor of Longtai, of course, he didn't want to see any legion of the Chu State subordinate to a certain family.
Yue Huanshan replaced Qi Jing, and in fact, he had already taken away the military power of the Qinhuai Legion from the Jinyi Qi family, and if the Governor of the Water Division continued to appoint the people of the Lantai family, not only Sima Lan did not want to see it, but he was afraid that the little emperor would not want to see it in his heart.
Qi Ning knew that in these days when he was in the East China Sea, the replacement candidate for the governor of the navy in Beijing must be fighting openly and secretly.
If the little emperor has the imperial power in hand, then it is impossible for the Tangtai family to continue to control the East China Sea division this time, and the little emperor will definitely use the death of the Tangtai Zhilin to reshuffle the East China Sea division, but Sima Lan is the dominant family in the court, and under this kind of court situation, the little emperor has to consider continuing to use the Tangtai family as a force to contain the Sima family, and the little emperor also has to consider whether there will be a possibility of tail failure if he continues to use the Tangtai family.
Qi Ning knew that the little emperor must be considering it now, and Sima Lan and Tai Huang would inevitably compete for the position of the governor of the water division, and it was not yet known who would achieve the final victory.
In the process of investigating the truth of the death of the Xuantai Zhilin, he killed a blind fortune teller, and the clues that this person finally led seemed to be related to the black tiger shark, and the black tiger shark was unclear about the death of the Xuantai Zhilin, Qi Ning was not sure that the clues guided by the blind fortune teller must be to point to the Xuantai Zhilin, but if the other party really had this purpose, then it can only prove that the death of the Xuantai Zhilin has another hidden meaning.
At this time, Qi Ning couldn't judge what the position of the blind fortune teller was, and what was the purpose of what he was doing this?
Early the next morning, Qi Ning got up and practiced a set of exercises, and then got up to wash.
Ever since he got the advice from the beggar gang leader Xiang Baiying in Chaowuling, Qi Ning didn't dare to continue to practice the Heart Sutra of the Great Bright Temple, but only practiced internal skills according to the luck method taught to Baiying.
It's strange to say, at the earliest time, Qi Ning couldn't even feel the cold ice true qi in his body, and only when an external force invaded his body, that cold ice true qi would automatically defend, and even Qi Ning himself couldn't control it.
But now when Qi Ning is practicing Qi, he can already clearly feel the existence of that cold ice true qi, and can even guide a small stream of cold ice true qi from the dantian to flow in various meridians in his body with an extremely limited limit, although when running the cold ice true qi, the whole body seems to be trapped in an ice cellar, but once the cold ice true qi merges into the dantian, after the exercise, the whole body is indescribably transparent and relaxed, and the whole person also becomes refreshed.
Qi Ning had always wondered where the icy true qi in his body came from.
But in the palace, he learned about the snow dragon in southern Xinjiang from Chi Danmei's mouth, and realized that the man in white who flew into the palace with him in the middle of the night forced him to drink the blood of the snow python, and taught himself the [Qianyuan True Scripture] in his own confusion, and the cold ice true qi in his body should have been obtained from that night, after all, before that, there had never been the appearance of cold ice true qi, and every time he was in a critical moment, that cold ice true qi really helped him a lot.
Although Qi Ning and the man in white are only two-sided, and they have not seen him since, his memory of that person is very profound, and his appearance is like a fairy, which can naturally make anyone remember it, but where that person came from and where he is going, Qi Ning knows nothing.
The man taught himself the [Qianyuan True Scripture], and Qi Ning thought about it, probably because the man in white was walking in the snow that day, and he kindly took her for a ride.
A good person is rewarded, and the man in white is obviously a person who will repay his kindness.
After packing up, Qi Ning called Wei Yujiang, Wu Dalin and others, and went to the Dadu Governor's Mansion again, as always, it was Shen Liangqiu who received them.
After taking his seat, Shen Liangqiu got straight to the point and said: "Master Hou, last night the Metropolitan Governor and his wife have been buried, and the general has sent people to search the whole city for the stored ice, and there are embalming herbs in the coffin, with medicinal herbs and ice cubes to protect, the body should be able to ensure that it will not rot within half a month." ”
"Placket?" Qi Ning frowned slightly: "How many people know?" ”
"According to reason, when the Governor and his wife passed away, a mourning hall should have been set up long ago." Shen Liangqiu's expression was solemn: "But due to the situation, the humble general didn't dare to let the news of the death of the Metropolitan Governor and his wife spread out of the door, so he could only grieve the Metropolitan Governor and his wife." Although the mourning hall cannot be set up, but the body can not be kept like this, people say that it is safe to put it in the ground, although it is not possible to bury the governor and his wife at the moment, but it can no longer delay their burial. ”
Wei Yujiang couldn't help but say on the side: "General Shen, my wife passed away yesterday, and she was buried on the same day, is it ..... Too hasty? ”
Shen Liangqiu bowed his head and said, "It's really too hasty. Yesterday, the general secretly invited a doctor with a strict tone to come over and check the body of the Dudu, although there are ice cubes to prevent heatstroke, but if the body of the Dadu Governor can not be buried, it will also be damaged, and the body must be coated with medicine ......! He frowned: "But once it's full of medicine, it has to be placed outside, this ..... It is a defilement of the Grand Governor. ”
Qi Ning nodded slightly and understood: "The deceased is the greatest, if the body of the Grand Governor is to be treated with medicine, it is natural to be buried as soon as possible." ”
"That's what Master Hou said." Shen Liangqiu said: "Madame's body, the humble general was supposed to be buried in a few days, but it ......!" He shook his head with a wry smile and said: "Madame committed suicide in order to be able to live and die with the Grand Governor, since the Grand Governor is buried, how can I let Madame continue to wait." And the humble general looked at the day, yesterday was the right day to be buried, and the next day to be buried was ...... half a month later! ”
"Is General Shen worried that the time will drag on too long and that his wife's body will change?" Qi Ning asked.
Shen Liangqiu said: "Madame is a woman after all, when she leaves, she cleans herself up, and naturally she doesn't want her body to change when she is buried." After thinking about it for a long time, he discussed it with Chief Hou, and the two of them were secretly buried last night, and now they are parked in the study of the Grand Duke. ”
"General Shen, the coffin of the Grand Governor knows that you have already prepared." Wei Yujiang suddenly said: "It's just that Madame just passed away yesterday, could it be that Madame's coffin is also ready?" ”
Qi Ning glanced at Wei Yujiang, who had a serious expression and stared straight into Shen Liangqiu's eyes.
Shen Liangqiu's face sank suddenly, he didn't speak, he walked directly to the door, asked people to find Manager Hou, and then returned to the hall without saying a word.
"General Shen, Wei Sixuan just has doubts in his heart, don't think about it." Qi Ning smiled.
Shen Liangqiu shook his head and said, "Master Hou, the humble general didn't think much about it. He looked at Wei Yujiang and said, "Wei Sixian, Shen is a martial artist, he doesn't have any fancy intestines, and he doesn't want to bend around." Do you think in your heart that Shen was able to find the coffin just after his wife passed away, it was too much of a coincidence, just like Shen had prepared in advance. ”
Wei Yujiang shook his head and said: "General Shen has really thought about it, the subordinate official has a criminal background, there is something unreasonable, and the subordinate official has always raised questions, and he has never offended General Shen in the slightest." ”
"General Shen, you really misunderstood." Qi Ning said with a smile: "This Wei Si is not small, and he is also very bold. When I first met him, he went toe-to-toe with me, and did not back down, he had a straightforward temperament, so his connections in the yamen were not good, but he was still attentive, as long as you knew a little about him, you would know that he was this straight temper. If he says something wrong, don't take it to heart. ”
"Don't dare." Shen Liangqiu immediately said: "Master Hou, the Metropolitan Governor and the Bei General are sworn brothers in private, and their husband and wife died suddenly, and the grief in the heart of the Bei Jiang cannot be understood by outsiders, but the Bei General is not qualified to be hurt at this time." Originally, the lowly duty wanted to find out whether the Metropolitan Governor was harmed, and if this was the case, it would be necessary to catch the murderer, but after judgment, the adults of the Criminal Department came to the conclusion that the Metropolitan Governor really committed suicide, and as a result, what the Humble Governor had to do now was to try his best to deal with their future affairs. The humble post is in a bad mood these days, if there is something wrong with what is said, Hou Ye and Wei Sizhen must not blame. ”
At this moment, Chief Steward Hou came in a hurry, and after saluting, Shen Liangqiu said: "Chief Manager Hou, Master Hou already knows that the Metropolitan Governor and Mrs. were buried last night, you come to tell Wei Sixun, where did Madame's coffin come from!" ”
Manager Hou took two steps forward and arched his hand, and then lowered his voice and said: "Master Hou, Wei Sixian, Madame's coffin is obtained by the old slave from the Jiang family!" ”