Qi Ning said gently: "General Shen's Day mourns and changes. He glanced at Wei Yujiang again, Wei Yujiang understood and asked, "General Shen, just now you mentioned the death of the Grand Governor twice, and you used the word killed, could it be that General Shen thinks there is something else strange in it?" ”

Shen Liangqiu groaned slightly, and then said: "Hou Ye, the humble general has already learned that now the Yamen of the Criminal Department is in charge of you, Hou Ye, if the imperial court thinks that there is nothing strange about this case, why would it shoot you here?" ”

Qi Ning smiled, and Wei Yujiang had already said: "The Metropolitan Governor is a famous general of the empire, and if he dies suddenly, the imperial court will naturally treat it carefully." ”

Shen Liangqiu nodded slightly, and then said, "I'm a soldier, and I don't know the name of the punishment." But I have known the Governor for many years, and I know his temperament very well......! After a pause, he said: "He has great ambitions and wants to help me Dachu dominate the world, so he has stepped up military training over the years and has never slackened." And he is in harmony with his wife, and he has just won the ...... of the little son! His eyes swept over everyone present, and he said: "Dare to ask you, in this situation, even ordinary people cannot have the idea of committing suicide, let alone the iron-blooded governor who commands tens of thousands of soldiers?" ”

Everyone bowed slightly, only feeling that what Shen Liangqiu said was reasonable.

"General Shen, according to what you said, the Metropolitan Governor is harmed by people, but in the East China Sea, who has such a bear-hearted leopard and dares to attack the Governor of Tangtai?" Qi Ning stared at Shen Liangqiu's eyes and asked, "If General Shen has any suspicions, you don't have to be sure who it is, you just need to tell us the possibility, and we can find clues to attack." ”

Shen Liangqiu shook his head and said, "Master Hou, as you said, it is difficult for a humble general to imagine that someone in the East China Sea would dare to attack the Metropolitan Governor. The Metropolitan Governor was mainly on the side of the Sailor, and he didn't have much contact with other people, and in the memory of the humble general, the Metropolitan Governor didn't seem to have a grudge against anyone. ”

Qi Ning shook his head and said, "General Shen's words are wrong. ”

Shen Liangqiu was stunned, and Qi Ning had already said: "Back then, it was the old marquis of the Golden Knife who led the troops to conquer the East China Sea, and he succeeded in pacifying the East China Sea, but it also made the Tantai family have countless grievances in the East China Sea. ”

Shen Liangqiu frowned slightly, nodded and said, "If you say that, it's not bad." However, the expedition to the East China Sea was for the sake of state affairs, and the humble general meant that the governor had no personal enmity in the East China Sea. ”

At this moment, I saw a person hurriedly coming in from outside the door, and everyone's eyes suddenly turned to it, only to see an old man in his early sixties coming in from outside the door, Shen Liangqiu had already stepped forward and said to Qi Ning: "Master Hou, this is Chief Hou." Then he said to the old man: "Chief Hou, this is the official of Jinyi Hou and the Criminal Department, and he has been ordered to come to investigate the case of the Metropolitan Governor. ”

Although the head Hou is over sixty years old, he did not bend over and hunchback, thinking that because he was in the army back then, he would be like this, the old man took a few steps forward, and he wanted to kneel down and salute Qi Ning, Qi Ning had already gotten up and said: "The old manager does not have to be formal, just stand and talk." ”

"Thank you, Master Hou." As soon as Manager Hou said a word, his eyes were already red, and he arched his hand and said: "Master Hou, please be sure to find out the reason why the Metropolitan Governor was killed, otherwise the Metropolitan Governor will not be blind." ”

Qi Ning frowned and said, "The old chief also thinks that the Metropolitan Governor was killed by someone?" ”

Mr. Hou's old tears have come out of his eyes: "The old slave has followed the Metropolitan Governor for almost ten years, and he has watched the Metropolitan Governor grow up, the old slave will never believe that he committed suicide, and he will never believe in ......!" The tone was firm.

Qi Ning and several officials glanced at each other, and then ordered: "Get a chair for the old manager." Wei Yujiang got up and moved a chair over, Manager Hou hesitated, but still sat down, Qi Ning asked: "Boss, on the night of the incident, who was the first person to find out that the Metropolitan Governor committed suicide?" ”

"Yes..... There were several of them. Manager Hou controlled his emotions and recalled: "That night, the Governor has been in the study, when it was almost time, Mrs. asked the old slave to ask the Governor to rest early, the old slave arrived in the study, the light in the study was on, the old slave screamed a few times, but the Governor did not answer. ”

Everyone looked at Manager Hou, concentrated, and didn't say a word, listening to Manager Hou describe the scene that night.

"The old slave was very strange at the time, and thought to himself, could it be that the Metropolitan Governor slept in the study?" Manager Hou recalled: "So I wanted to push the door in, even if the governor was in the study on weekdays, he rarely locked the door, but when the old slave pushed the door, he found that the door of the study was tied from the inside. He glanced at Qi Ning before continuing: "The old slave was even more strange in his heart, and he screamed a few more times, but the governor still did not respond, and the old slave felt that something was wrong, so he immediately went to Mrs. Tongyu." ”

Qi Ning held his chin and stared at Manager Hou, only to hear Manager Hou continue: "After Mrs. knew about it, it was also strange, and immediately went to the study, at that time there were two maids with Mrs., we arrived at the study, Mrs. also called a few times, the Metropolitan Governor has not responded, Mrs. knew that something was wrong, let people kick the door open, the old slave called two house slaves, kicked the door of the study open, and waited into the house, then ...... Then I saw ......! Manager Hou raised his hand, grabbed it twice, and trembled all over.

Wei Yujiang got up, but brought his own tea, after the tea, he did not drink the tea, the tea was clean, Manager Hou took the tea, but did not drink the tea, just glanced at Wei Yujiang, and his voice was sad: "We all see, the Metropolitan Governor..... The Metropolitan Governor has committed suicide by hanging himself! ”

"Suicide by hanging beams?" Qi Ning frowned.

He had known that Yutai Zhilin had committed suicide and died, but he also knew how he committed suicide now.

"Madame collapsed in front of the door at that time, and the old slave only thought that there was an assassin, and rushed in with two domestic servants, wanting to let go of the Dadu Governor, but Madame thought of something, and told me not to touch the body of the Dadu Governor, and ordered the old slave to go to General Shen immediately to come back." Manager Hou was already in tears at this moment, "At that time, the governor of the capital was already cold, and the old slave knew that this was a big thing, so he obeyed his wife's order and immediately went to the naval camp to ask General Shen to come back." ”

Wei Yujiang asked, "Old manager, were there other people in the study at that time?" ”

"Absolutely not." Manager Hou said categorically: "There are only two bookshelves, a desk, and a chair in the study, and most of the governors like to be simple in everything, so the study is not worth it and it is very simple, and you can see every corner of the study at a glance." Moreover, the two domestic servants were still in the house at that time, and the doors and windows were all locked from the inside. ”

Wei Yujiang frowned and said: "The doors and windows of the study are all locked from the inside, that is to say, after the incident, it is impossible for anyone to come out of it." ”

"Yes, the door is locked from the inside, and it is kicked open, and the windows are locked from the inside, and if ...... were the case, then no one could have come out of the room." Qi Ning was also thoughtful.

An official got up and arched his hand: "Master Hou, shall we go to see the scene?" ”

"Exactly." Qi Ning got up: "After watching the scene, you can understand the general situation." Yes, has the old manager, the governor's study, changed? ”

Shen Liangqiu said on the side: "Master Hou, the humble general is worried that someone will destroy the scene, which will lead to the clue being broken, so he sent someone to guard the study that night, and so far, except for the body of the Grand Governor, everything at the scene has not been damaged in the slightest." ”

"Has the Governor's body been disposed of?" Wei Yujiang was stunned and frowned.

Shen Liangqiu said: "The weather is hot, and I am worried that the body will be damaged, so at that time, together with Chief Hou, I dismantled the body of the Grand Governor, and then took ice cubes to prevent the body from changing." Other than that, the general's corpse has never been moved. Xiang Qi Ning said: "When the body of the Metropolitan Governor was removed, Madame was also present!" ”

Qi Ning bowed slightly, and said, "This is also a helpless move, General Shen, please lead the way!" ”

Shen Liangqiu raised his hand and said, "Master Hou, please!" He also said to Mr. Hou: "Old manager, you go and tell Mrs. that the imperial court has sent Jinyi to investigate the case thoroughly. ”

Manager Hou agreed, looking very concerned, obviously not yet recovering from the death of the Tai Zhilin.

Shen Liangqiu led the way, and the group went straight to the study of Shentai Zhilin, and walked to one end, Shen Liangqiu suddenly asked: "Master Hou, I don't know if there are any masters who are good at autopsy?" ”

"Autopsy?"

Shen Liangqiu nodded and said: "The Governor of the Metropolitan has passed away, although it is disrespectful to easily move his body, but in order to find out the truth, the General hopes that the Hou Ye will send someone to conduct an autopsy to determine the true cause of the Governor's death." ”

An official behind Qi Ning had already said, "General Shen, rest assured, the lower official is good at examining the body, and he has brought tools." He lifted it in his right hand, but in his hand he held a package.

Shen Liangqiu nodded and said, "I'm tired." ”

The Governor's Mansion is actually not very big, maybe for the sake of fame, or because of the temperament of the Governor's Mansion in general, the scale of the Governor's Mansion is not large, but it is estimated that the prestige is still larger than that of ordinary mansions.

The layout of the house is also very ordinary, but there are flowers and trees planted everywhere, think to come to the coast of the East China Sea, a variety of flowers and trees, can make the air in the house more fresh, along the road are full of flowers, purple and red, the air is also wafting with the fragrance of flowers and trees.

The study is a separate courtyard, surrounded by a circle of flower beds outside the courtyard, full of flowers, and there are guards guarding the courtyard gate, seeing Shen Liangqiu coming, a guard very consciously opened the door lock of the courtyard door, Shen Liangqiu walked to the courtyard gate, raised his hand and asked Qi Ning to go first, Qi Ning was not polite, and entered the courtyard.

This is a fairly empty yard, the corner of the courtyard carries a big tree, the branches are luxuriant, against the wall is placed a weapon rack, on which there are knives and guns, there is a round small stone table under the big tree, two stone piers are placed on the small stone table left and right, want to come to the platform when Lin is occasionally free, will also practice martial arts here.

Qi Ning put his hands behind his back, looked at the big tree, and recognized it as a big locust tree, holding out a lush green cloud, as if a giant pillar was soaring into the sky, and at first glance it was an old locust tree that was very old.