I want to apologize to everyone first, I haven't updated it for half a month, I'm really sorry. I wrote a leave note, and the official account also explained in detail that the desert had surgery due to illness, was hospitalized for more than ten days, and was just discharged from the hospital for two days. The incision still hurts these days, because the operation site is not very good, and the healing speed is slow, so I can write as much as I can in the past few days, and please understand, stay up for a few days, and wait for the recovery of the disease, I must make up for it with crazy code words, and I apologize to everyone again!

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As the sun sets, the courtyard is quite dim, and there is a quiet and pleasant in all directions, a gust of wind rises, the lush branches and leaves of the old locust tree move lightly with the wind, and a few old leaves fall from the branches.

Shen Liangqiu walked to the door of the house, stopped, and Qi Ning followed with his hands behind his back, staring at the door.

The door of the house was very ordinary, there were not too many carvings, the two thick door panels were closed, Qi Ning glanced at it, and saw that the door was locked, and he didn't speak, just looked at Shen Liangqiu.

"On the day of the incident, the door was not locked." Shen Liangqiu naturally understood what Qi Ning meant, and immediately explained: "Manager Hou said that the door was tied from the inside that night, and Manager Hou asked his wife to come over, and it took two more laborers to knock the door open. In order to protect the site, after we placed the body of the Grand Duke, the door was locked, and no one dared to approach it for a while. ”

"General Shen's ability to protect the scene in time was of great help to this case." Qi Ning nodded.

Shen Liangqiu didn't say much, stepped forward to open the door lock, pushed open the door, Qi Ning was not in a hurry to enter, and gave Wei Yujiang a look, Wei Yujiang comprehended, bowed his hand to Shen Liangqiu, and was the first to enter the house.

Wei Yujiang is a veteran of the Criminal Department, he has a lot of contact with criminal affairs, and he is naturally familiar with the investigation of the scene, Qi Ning knows this kind of thing, experience is very important, and he does not rush to go first, but let Wei Yujiang take the lead in entering, so as to investigate the scene.

Several other officials of the Criminal Department also knew it, waiting outside the door, and did not act rashly, Shen Liangqiu seemed to understand the reason, stood in front of the door, and did not go in, and after a while, Wei Yujiang walked to the door and nodded to Qi Ning, and Qi Ning slowly entered the door.

As soon as you enter the house, you will feel a chill coming over the surface, which contrasts sharply with the temperature outside.

The room is very spacious, but the furnishings are very simple, on the left side near the window, there is a desk, the table is scattered with books, only a few steps away from the desk, there is a row of bookshelves against the wall, there are not many books on the shelves, and in the middle of the study, there is a small round wooden table, surrounded by four mahogany round stools.

There was a teapot and a cup on the table, an oil lamp, and nothing else.

Qi Ning's eyes swept and he had already seen a chair placed in the middle of the room, the chair was obviously matched with the desk, common sense, it should be placed behind the desk, but the position that appeared at this moment was very unusual, Qi Ning slowly looked up, and saw that above the chair, a rope was suspended in the air, and the lower end of the rope was set into a rope loop.

Several officials of the Criminal Department followed Qi Ning into the house, and they were already looking around to observe the scene.

This time, the officials of the Criminal Department brought by Qi Ning are also veterans of the Criminal Department, and they are all at a certain level in judging cases, and this time they can be selected by Xiao Hou Ye to come to the East China Sea to investigate such an important case, everyone knows that the matter is important and cannot be sloppy in the slightest, so they are all very cautious, but they hope that this time they can make a contribution under the nose of Xiao Hou Ye, so they are also very positive.

Qi Ning's eyes looked around, and finally landed in the corner.

I saw a board bed erected in the corner, there were several iron tongs around the side of the board bed, and under the board bed, there were also water stains overflowing, and the top of the board bed was covered with a white linen cloth.

The dignified golden sword Hou Shizi and the Grand Governor of the East China Sea are now lying here quietly, which is really embarrassing.

"Master Hou, I have checked it humbly, if there has indeed been no damage here, then on the day of the incident, no one will be able to enter the house." Wei Yujiang checked in the house for a while, and at this time he had already walked to Qi Ning's side and reported: "There are two windows in the house, but they are bolted from the inside, and it is impossible to open them from the outside. ”

"Are you sure there's nowhere else to enter?"

Wei Yujiang shook his head and said, "There are no secret channels in this house......!" Looking up, he said, "There is no sign of the roof tiles moving." He looked at Shen Liangqiu and asked, "General Shen, you rushed over quickly on the night of the crime, and everything in this room remained the same as it was at that time?" ”

Shen Liangqiu's expression was solemn, and he stepped forward and said: "This Hou Ye and you can rest assured, since I found out that the Metropolitan Governor was killed, this house has been under surveillance, I came here, and immediately inspected the inside and outside of this house, and there can be many people to testify, the windows and furnishings in the house have not moved." Apart from.....! Pointing to the hanging rope ring: "In addition to the body of the Grand Duke, the body of the Grand Governor was on it at that time, after Chief Hou and his wife broke into the door, they found that the body of the Grand Governor was cold and had been killed for a long time, so they did not dare to take down the body of the Grand Governor, until I rushed over and brought someone to take the body of the Grand Governor down." ”

"General Shen is worried that the body of the Metropolitan Governor will be damaged because of the hot weather, so he ......!" Qi Ning raised his hand and pointed to the corpse that was covered by the white linen, but did not say any more.

Shen Liangqiu nodded and said: "Back to the Hou Ye, the humble general saw that the Governor of the Metropolitan Hung Liang committed suicide, and he didn't believe that this was the truth at all, so he thought that the imperial court would send someone to investigate the case." The body of the Metropolitan Governor is the most important clue in this case, and the stakes are very high, and the general knows that he must do his best to protect the remains of the Metropolitan Governor, so he sent someone to find the ice, and placed the body of the Metropolitan Governor here, and used ice to protect the body from damage. ”

Qi Ning bowed slightly, then looked at the official of the Ministry who was holding the package in his hand, and ordered: "Master Zheng, the body of the Metropolitan Governor will be handed over to you." ”

That Director Zheng also came to life back then, and after listening to Qi Ning's instructions, he immediately went to the body, squatted down, put down the package, and bowed to the body: "Dadu, offended!" Reaching over and lifting the corner of the white linen, Qi Ning, Wei Yujiang and the others slowly approached the past.

The room was very dim, the white linen was lifted, and there was naturally a corpse below, first revealing the hair bun of the scorching lin, and at this time, the lights suddenly turned on behind it, but it was Shen Liangqiu who had already lit the oil lamp, and approached with the oil lamp in his hand.

The face of the Tantai Zhilin was covered with a white veil, and the edge showed a black beard, Qi Ning knew that the mask of the white gauze was also a kind of respect for the Tantai Zhilin, and his gaze moved down, moving to the neck of the Lantai Zhilin, there was a very conspicuous strangulation mark on the neck, which looked like the rope strangulation left by the hanging beam.

"Master Hou, General Shen, if you want to perform an autopsy, you will inevitably offend the body of the Grand Duke, and even ..... There is a cut damage to the flesh and skin. Director Zheng looked up at Qi Ning and said cautiously, "I don't know .......?" ”

"General Shen, the emperor and the old marquis of the golden sword sent Benhou to investigate this case, so naturally they must be cautious." Qi Ning looked at Shen Liangqiu: "General Shen is also suspecting that there is something else wrong with the death of the Metropolitan Governor, so we don't have to make a conclusion as soon as possible, whether the Metropolitan Governor committed suicide or was victimized, let's investigate it step by step and speak with the facts." ”

Shen Liangqiu said: "This is also the meaning of the humble general. ”

"So our first step is naturally to determine the true cause of the Duke's death." Qi Ning's expression was solemn: "To determine the cause of death, it is inevitable to have a careful autopsy, General Shen has taken the initiative to ask for an autopsy before, that is also the meaning of Benhou, so the next step is to be carefully examined by Chief Zheng, if there is any offense to the Metropolitan Governor, then there is no way." ”

Shen Liangqiu said: "Don't hide it from the Hou Ye, before you arrived, the general had already asked Madame for what she meant, and Madame said that as long as you can find out what the Metropolitan Governor was killed, you can give the Dadu Governor an autopsy." He looked at Director Zheng and said, "There is Director Lao Zheng!" ”

Director Zheng got the consent of Qi Ning and Shen Liangqiu, so he didn't have any scruples, opened the package, and took out the tools from the inside one by one.

Shen Liangqiu frowned slightly, and said to Qi Ning: "Master Hou, forgive the humble will be rude, and the autopsy for the capital will be ...... I didn't want to stay here, so I had to go out and wait. ”

Qi Ning's expression was solemn, he bowed slightly, and said to Wei Yujiang again: "Wei Sixian, you stay here to assist Master Zheng, and the others leave here first, let's wait outside." ”

The deceased is big, today's situation is compelled to examine the body of Shantai Zhilin, of course everyone is not good to watch around during the autopsy, so Qi Ning offered to let everyone go out and wait, Shen Liangqiu heard this, there was a trace of gratitude between his eyebrows, and raised his hand to ask Qi Ning to go first, Qi Ning left Wei Yujiang and Zheng in charge, and led the others out of the door.

Perhaps because of the old locust tree, the courtyard was extremely dim, and there was even a gloomy atmosphere, Qi Ning looked at the old locust tree with his hands behind his back, and suddenly asked: "General Shen, this big tree has been in the courtyard for a long time, right?" ”

Shen Liangqiu was stunned for a moment, then shook his head and said, "The humble general really doesn't know when this big tree was planted. When the old marquis sat in the East China Sea, the mansion was in the southeast corner of the city...... The Metropolitan Governor was ordered to guard the East China Sea, so he moved the mansion here, and this mansion was first the property of the East China Sea Jiang family, and later dedicated to the imperial court. ”

"Donghai Jiang family?" Qi Ning's spirit tightened.

Shen Liangqiu nodded and said, "Exactly, Han Lu Jiang Chen, the four clans of the East China Sea, are also the four most powerful families on the ground of the East China Sea, and the Jiang family is one of them." ”

"Does General Shen know Jiang Suiyun?" Qi Ning turned his gaze to Shen Liangqiu.

Shen Liangqiu nodded and said: "That's the eldest son of the Jiang family, the eldest son of Jiang Mantian, I heard that he is now an official in Beijing, and the Hou Ye naturally knows this person." ”

Qi Ning smiled slightly at the corner of his mouth and said, "He is now on an errand in the military department. After a little hesitation, he said: "According to what I have heard, this Jiang family has great influence in the East China Sea, and is known as the number one giant in the East China Sea, I don't know if it's true or not?" ”

"True to its name." Shen Liangqiu smiled faintly: "Thirty years ago, the Jiang family was naturally far from being comparable to the Han family and the Lu family, but today, the strength of the Jiang family is by no means below the Han family, the Jiang family has a fleet on hand, and they trade every year. ”