Chapter XXVI: Destroying the Evidence

"Lord Xin, Lord Chen, how did you two do your errands, you didn't expect such a simple thing, it is really stupid to let the thief burn the evidence one step ahead, don't you know that the case is serious and urgent?"

As soon as Wu Neng heard that a clue that had been found out with great difficulty had been cut off like this, he couldn't help but be furious, Shen Chongming didn't dare to provoke, so he could only reprimand his two subordinates.

Chen Xiao was too lazy to take care of him, and directly played with the teacup in his hand and watched, he was a well-known idler in the Criminal Department, not that he had nothing to do, but he was really a seven-rank official who had nothing fixed to do, and he usually used it when there was a big case. Moreover, his direct boss is Lord Shilang, and other officials can't command him at all, although he was sent by Wu Neng this time, he still didn't want him.

Director Xin is not, Wu Nengke is his direct boss, if he doesn't explain it well, he will be able to accept it in the future.

"Lord Wu, it's all a mistake on the part of the lower officials, but please rest assured, there will never be a next time for such a thing." Director Xin almost patted his chest and promised.

The official authority was reflected, and Wu Neng didn't want to embarrass the old subordinate of Director Xin too much in front of others, so he nodded slightly and said, "Just remember, then you can talk about what to do next." As he spoke, his eyes looked at Chen Xiao.

He is the chief officer, and it is also a serious matter to understand the case, Chen Xiao had no choice but to raise his head and say: "Now it is basically certain that there are criminals who stole the treasury money among the silver guards in prison, but it is not clear how many people fell to the ground." ”

"Then what are you doing here, just use the big punishment directly, I don't believe that thieves can resist the past!" Wu Neng said anxiously.

Chen Xiao rolled his eyes and glanced at Shen Chongming helplessly.

Director Xin hurriedly said: "My lord, I can't be punished, the deputy envoy of the silver treasury, Guo Lin, is the nephew of the political envoy Guo. And there must be many of these people who are innocent, and if a big punishment is used together, it will be difficult to explain even if the case is investigated in the future. ”

Director Xin did the same, and combined the things that others said to him during the day and told Wu Neng.

Wu Neng also made it difficult to hear this, Guo Mingyi is a feudal official from the second grade, although he is in the place, but there must be many friends in the court, if he really slipped his nephew with a big punishment, he will definitely suffer at that time, after all, he is only a fifth-grade official, and it doesn't count as a fart in the capital.

"This ...... Then you should think of another way, and there must be progress within three days, so as not to damage our reputation. Wu Neng said seriously.

Chen Xiao couldn't help but shake his head, with this attitude to handle the case, it would be strange to be able to solve the case.

"Who is this vested interest, and who is the target he wants to bring down by borrowing the loss of the treasury tax silver?" Shen Chongming was lying on the bed and pondering this matter over and over again, after all, this was the first time in his life that he participated in solving a case, and it was such a shocking case, which really made him full of energy.

After a night of silence, Shen Chongming, who was still asleep the next day, was woken up by a rapid knock on the door, and he heard it in a daze, as if it was Zhao Langzhong's voice.

"Lord Shen, something happened in the Hangzhou prison!" Zhao Langzhong's voice was a little anxious, Shen Chongming had already put on a single coat and went to open the door.

"Lord Zhao, what's going on in the prison?" Shen Chongming had already thought of what was going on in his heart, he must be a dead man, but he didn't know who it was.

"Guo Lin, the deputy envoy of the silver treasury, hanged himself to death, and Lord Wu and the people from the criminal department have already set off in advance." Lord Zhao looked flustered, he also knew yesterday that this Guo Lin was the nephew of Guo Bu's political envoy, and now he died in prison, and it was such a critical time, it was really a bit fatal.

Shen Chongming frowned, and said hurriedly: "Wait a minute, my lord, the lower official will come when he puts on his clothes." ”

The Hangzhou Mansion Prison is crowded with people.

Guo Mingyi looked at his nephew who had been lifted out and placed on the ground, and couldn't help but burst into tears.

My brother and sister-in-law left early, and Guo Lin was brought up by himself. Thirty years of uncle-nephew love is no different from father-son love. Now it's a white-haired person sending a black-haired person, and the nephew is still dying like this, how can he be worthy of the dying trust of his brother and sister-in-law, and how embarrassing is his feelings.

"Lord Guo, the festival mourns and changes." Cai Wenyuan wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes and said softly.

"My lord, Guo Lin did hang himself." Li Xijin, who had been checking for a long time, handed the belt that Guo Lin used to hang himself in front of Guo Mingyi.

"He just hung it from the door frame with that belt." As he spoke, Li Xijin turned around and pointed to the door frame of the cell where Guo Lin was being held.

"Nonsense, how could Guo Lin be so young and couldn't think about it." Cai Wenyuan glared at Li Xijin with anger on his face and shouted.

Li Xijin didn't dare to speak, so he could only stand there awkwardly. Despite this, he concluded in his heart that Guo Lin had hanged himself, after all, there were no other scars on his body, and the strangulation marks on his neck also matched this belt.

"No, if you check carefully, this official is convinced that Guo Lin will not commit suicide!" Guo Mingyi said expressionlessly, but his eyes were full of murderous intent, Guo Lin's death was too big a blow to him.

"Yes, yes, don't just inspect the scene, everyone in the prison will ask to see what they heard last night!" Cai Wenyuan added.

"Yes, let's do it." Li Xijin had no choice but to obey orders, after all, he was just an errand runner, so he could do whatever people told him.

"Get out of the way." Wu Neng's babbling voice appeared, and he strode to Guo Lin's corpse with Master Xin, frowning deeply in thought.

"Suicide in fear of sin." According to the guess in his heart, Wu Neng couldn't help but sneer, now that Guo Lin is dead, the whole case will become extremely clear, and it is impossible to commit suicide for no reason. In this way, it is not difficult for the black hand behind the scenes to guess, and the next idea of handling the case is to collect evidence around this!

"Lord Wu, please be careful!" Guo Mingyi said coldly, and his two eyes that were almost about to breathe fire stared at Wu Neng fiercely.

Wu Neng was not afraid, and smiled: "Lord Guo, the lower official came to handle the case on the order of Elder Xu Ge of the Cabinet, and please respect yourself, don't arbitrarily protect and hinder the handling of the case just because Guo Lin is your nephew, if Elder Xu Ge blames it, none of us can afford it." ”

Wu Neng has already decided in his heart that Guo Mingyi is the mastermind behind the scenes, of course he will no longer be afraid of him, this dignified second-grade master may not be long before he becomes his own prisoner, and when the time comes, he will return to the capital with his scenery, and he will be promoted and make a fortune just around the corner!

"Hmph, this official is not hindering Lord Wu from handling the case, I just hope that Lord Wu will not talk nonsense before the case is clear, so as not to make a mistake and not be able to bear it!" Wu Neng's cautious eye could not hide Guo Mingyi's eyes, he has always been the most disgusted with this kind of arrogant official.

"Hehe, you don't have to worry about this, the lower officials have their own sense of proportion! Come on, carefully search Guo Lin's body for the official to see if there are any last words and repentances or anything like that. Since he tore his face, Wu Neng no longer gave Guo Mingyi the slightest face, and directly issued this extremely insulting order, after all, the deceased is the greatest, and it is disrespectful to casually pick up other people's clothes and search.

Guo Mingyi didn't speak, just stood there with his hands behind his back, and the officials behind him were already holding the hilt of the knife at their waists, as long as Guo Mingyi gave an order, I believed that Wu could be chopped into minced meat in a few breaths.

In the eyes of these errand officers, they don't understand what you are about the Beijing officials, the Beijing officials are not ordered, and they are all numbered according to the size of the official position. And Guo Mingyi has been in charge of the political department for many years, this status has long been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, to say a big disrespectful word, the emperor who lives in the capital is a legend, on the ground in Zhejiang, Lord Guo is the sky!

But there is no need for them to do anything, Chen Xiao stood there motionless with his arms crossed, of course he would not move if he didn't move behind him, as for Master Xin, who was hiding behind everyone, we were a little timid, what we were most afraid of was something like a corpse, and if I looked at it, I couldn't eat for three days, if I stepped forward and started to grope for a long time, I was afraid that I would scare myself to death tonight.

The inaction of his subordinates made Lord Wu very faceless, and his face suddenly turned red and ashamed, and he snorted angrily and threw his sleeves away, but his body was a little embarrassed.

Seeing Wu Neng fleeing in the wilderness, Guo Mingyi smiled coldly, he already had a plan in his heart, as long as the facts of this case were clear, he would immediately write to his friends who were officials in the court, if he didn't clean up Wu Neng, the hatred in his heart would be hard to eliminate!

Thinking about it, I couldn't help but shake my head, my nephew is gone, what's the use of doing this?

Li Xijin inquired, and the result was as he expected, everyone in the prison did not hear any movement at all last night, and it was normal to judge that Guo Lin had hanged himself.

With this conclusion, Guo Mingyi is no longer entangled in this link, how can the investigation of the case be achieved overnight, and it can only be clear when you take your time with freedom. Thinking of this, he waved his hand and asked his subordinates to carefully carry Guo Lin's body out