Chen Jitao's heart was not good, his forehead couldn't help but be covered with a slight cold sweat, he raised his hand and wiped it gently, and said: "Returning to Lord Shi, in addition to the lower officials, Feng Gongcao also knew in advance that Xue Hao and his wife left Yangzhou by boat at night. ”

Guo Yehu asked, "Feng Gongcao? But in the six divisions of the government, the official surnamed Feng who is in charge of Gong Caofang? ”

Chen Jitao said: "That's right, this person's surname is Feng, and his single name is Kui." is the old man of the Assassin's Mansion, and he should have served as a meritorious Cao Zuo official in the Yangzhou Assassin's Mansion for more than ten years. ”

Guo Ye frowned, and said strangely: "How could he, a small seven-rank Gong Cao official, know such a confidential matter?" Could it be that you said it before? ”

Chen Jitao stomped his foot again and sighed: "Alas, it's also strange that the officials are confused, because I was in a hurry to deal with an official document from Ge County, so I didn't have time to go to the ferry terminal to arrange a boat for Xue Hao and his wife, so I entrusted Feng Gongcao to find a boat for me." This boat boss surnamed Huang was found by Feng Gongcao on behalf of his subordinates. Later, it was not until it was dark that Xia Guan escorted Xue Hao and his wife to the ferry wharf, found Huang Laoda's river boat, and watched them leave the ferry wharf. ”

Guo Ye almost knew that Chen Jitao was busy with official business, and entrusted this Gongcao assistant named Feng Kui to arrange a ship for him.

In that case, Feng Kui is also the one who knows the news in advance, and the ship boss was found by Feng Kui, so Feng Kui and the ship boss have known each other for a long time.

Immediately, he nodded and said, "After you say this, this Feng Gongcao is very suspicious." The possibility that he conspired with the boat boss to kill Xue Hao and his wife and three men cannot be ruled out. ”

Chen Jitao was embarrassed for a while, lowered his head and didn't dare to look directly at Guo Ye's grim gaze anymore.

However, Liu Zhenxuan hurriedly reminded: "Master Hou, now the boat boss surnamed Huang has escaped and disappeared, and he doesn't know his life and death." At present, I can only find the one surnamed Feng, and it will come out. There can be no longer delay, Feng Gongcao must be controlled as soon as possible, and the truth must be asked from his mouth. Otherwise, if he escaped, it would really be a headless case. ”

Guo Ye was reminded by Liu Zhenxuan, and his heart immediately woke up, and he responded with a solemn face: "What Zhenxuan said is very true. Zhenxuan, do you know where Feng Kui lives? ”

Liu Zhenxuan nodded to indicate that he knew.

Guo Ye immediately ordered: "You leave two hundred soldiers at the dock and ferry, and let them continue to search for the traces of the boat boss along the riverside, and they must see people in life and corpses in death!" ”

"Whoa!"

Liu Zhenxuan immediately turned around and shouted at a government military captain: "Captain Wu, you take two hundred brothers and continue to search along the riverside, and if there is the slightest clue, you will come back quickly!" ”

"Yes!"

In an instant, the two hundred soldiers of the two hundred prefectures stumbled away from the vicinity of Guo Ye and began to search carefully towards the river again.

Immediately afterwards, Guo Ye said: "Zhenxuan, you quickly lead the remaining brothers to Feng Kui's residence and control this guy for me." If there is anything wrong with him, immediately take him down for Benhou. Remember, you can't hurt his life, and the dead can't ask anything. ”

Liu Zhenxuan shouted yes, then raised his arms and shouted at the remaining government soldiers: "Brothers, follow me and move forward!" ”

Boom~

Liu Zhenxuan quickly evacuated with the remaining nearly 200 soldiers, and more than 200 people marched in the open fire at night, and the team was surging like a long snake, which was very spectacular.

At this time, only some of the officials were left in the same place to maintain order, and Guo Ye Chong said: "You can let these five corpses be brought back to the yamen, and they will be examined again to see if they can find some useful clues." ”

When he said yes, he gathered a few handymen to help carry the corpse onto the mule cart and prepare to return to the city.

Chen Jitao whispered to Guo Ye with some shame and indignation: "Master Assassin Shi, if this murder case is inseparable from Feng Kui, then the guilt of the lower officials will be greater. Alas, I did not kill Beren, but Beren died because of me. Chen can't stand Xue Hao and Miss Yuru! ”

Guo Ye's expression was cold, his eyes were full of anger, but he didn't get angry after listening to Chen Jitao's words.

Instead, he stretched out his hand and put his hand on Chen Jitao's shoulder and reassured: "Mingren, you can't be completely blamed for this matter. You wouldn't have expected Feng Kui's dirty and murderous intentions. Hehe, if this matter really has nothing to do with Feng Kui, then the official really wants to know, why did he want to put Xue Hao and his wife to death? The official felt that this matter was not so simple, maybe Feng Kui was just a matchmaker, at most he was just a chess piece. ”

Chen Jitao's face changed suddenly, and he once again put forward the speculation in his heart before: "My lord, do you mean that there is someone else who wants to put Xue Hao and his wife to death?" And it's the one who hides behind the scenes? Yes, only he will hate Xue Hao and his wife. Unexpectedly, after two months of silence, two months of calm and dissipation, it finally came to an end. ”

Guo Ye raised his hand and said: "Everything needs to be peeled back and progressed layer by layer, now is not the time to make judgments." When I see Feng Kui and ask what is going on, you and I will know who is a human and who is a ghost. ”

As he spoke, he took the lead in raising his feet in the direction of the parked carriage, turning his head and shouting as he walked: "Mingren, go back to the city, come with me to meet this Feng Gongcao for a while!" ”

"The subordinate obeys!"

Chen Jitao rushed up, got into the carriage with Guo Ye, and ordered the groom to drive to Yangzhou City

It is only five miles away from the city, and the guards of the east gate have not survived tonight, and they have been made to open and close the city gate back and forth by the Lord Assassin Shi and the people of the Governor's Mansion, and they have been in and out for a while, and they really haven't stopped.

Guo Ye and Chen Jitao drove into the east gate in a carriage and rushed straight to the residence of Feng Kui, the official of Gongcao.

Feng Kui's residence is located in Wutong Lane in Beicheng, and the family on the left hand at the end of the alley goes straight in, which is an ordinary house.

At this time, the Wutong Alley had already been blocked by the government soldiers who were fighting in the open flames, and Guo Ye got off the carriage with Chen Jitao at the mouth of the alley, and walked in on foot to the door of Feng's house.

As soon as the soldiers guarding the door of the house saw Lord Assassin Shi coming, they were just about to let Guo Ye in, when Liu Zhenxuan suddenly ran out of the house.

Liu Zhenxuan came to Guo Ye with an uneasy face, and reported in a nervous voice: "My lord, things are not good!" ”

Guo Ye's heart sank and asked, "What's wrong again?" ”

Chen Jitao also looked at Liu Zhenxuan with an anxious face, his puffy heart directly raised to his throat, and he urged with hatred: "Captain Liu, you say it quickly, it's really a desperate death." ”

Liu Zhenxuan glared at Chen Jitao angrily, and then whispered to Guo Ye: "My lord, forgive me, my subordinates are a step too late." Gong Cao Zuoguan Feng Kui committed suicide by hanging himself from the beam, hanged himself in the study, and lost his breath for a long time. ”

"What? Feng Kui is also dead? ”

Chen Jitao was so frightened that he sat on the ground, his face turned pale in an instant, and he muttered to himself: "It's over, it's really over now." As soon as Feng Kui dies, there is no one in this world who can wash away my suspicions, alas, could it be that Chen Jitao will die in the sky? ”

Guo Ye didn't have the heart to pay attention to Chen Jitao at this time, although he was also shocked by Liu Zhenxuan's news in his heart, he still held back the shock in his heart, and asked eagerly: "What about the rest of the Feng Mansion?" Feng Kui, as a member of the Seven Rank Gong Cao, should have a family and a business, right? Such a house should not be lived by him alone. What about his wife and children? ”

Liu Zhenxuan shook his head and said suspiciously: "This is also a strange place to be humble, there is only Feng Kui in the entire Feng Mansion. As far as the humble knows, Feng Kui has a wife in Yangzhou and a son who is eight or nine years old. And he had at least three servants and servants in his house. But the humble position turned the entire Feng Mansion upside down, and he didn't even see a ghost. ”

Guo Ye asked repeatedly: "You mean that Feng Kui committed suicide by hanging the beam, and his family and even his subordinates inexplicably evaporated from the world and disappeared?" ”

Liu Zhenxuan nodded and replied, "Well, that's the case." It's really weird, hell alive, right? ”

"Lord Captain, Lord Captain!"

Suddenly, a government soldier staggered out of the house, raised his right arm high, and shouted in a panic: "Lord Duwei, when the subordinates and others were collecting Feng Gongcao's body, a letter fell out of his sleeve, it should be Feng Gongcao's suicide note before he died!" ”

Feng Kui's autographed suicide note?

Liu Zhenxuan and Guo Ye's faces changed drastically, and even Chen Jitao, who was sitting on the ground, stopped crying and wiping his tears, and looked at the letter in the hands of the soldiers.

Guo Ye stretched out his right hand, beckoned to the soldiers of Nafu and ordered: "Quick, quickly present it to the official to take a look." ”