"Lord Hui, the prefect Gong Naisen and the chief steward Gong Yu that you let us detain are all dead."

Yin Zhu replied eagerly.

"They're all dead!" Yue Su was taken aback and hurriedly asked, "How did you die?" ”

"It's suicide." Yin Zhu replied.

"Suicide?" Yue Su became more and more puzzled, "I just mentioned him to the hall here, how could he commit suicide because of this, how did he die?" How long do you know how long you die? ”

"Gong Naisen hanged himself, and Gong Yu pierced himself in the lower abdomen with a dagger. They all died before Tong Zhou and I came to the door, Tong Zhou took a look at the corpse, the body was still hot, and it should have just died. Now Tong Zhou is still there with people, waiting for the adults to go to the autopsy. Yin Zhu said.

Yue Su nodded and said, "Order all the people, call the servants, and follow me to the prefect's yamen to have a look." After speaking, Yue Su stood up, walked out of the public case, and then glanced at the two men under the stairs, and said, "Bring the two of them with you, maybe it will be of some use." ”

Jin Chan went to gather the guards, ordered 200 people, followed Yue Su, and went to the prefect's yamen. The location of the prefect's yamen is much more lively than the governor's yamen of Yuesu, and where the guard of honor passes, the people see the governor's flag and get out of the way.

When I came to the prefect's yamen, there were not only the prefect's yamen officers at the door, but also Yue Su's subordinates.

Yue Su turned over the saddle and dismounted, and said, "Where is the body of the palace prefect now, lead the way." ”

"Yes." The servants hurriedly agreed, leading the way.

I went all the way to the prefect's back house, and I saw a lot of errands along the road, but they were not from Yue Su, so they must have come to the prefect's yamen, and Tong Zhou might have entered the back house.

When they came to the back house, the guards were all brought from Shuntian Mansion, and everyone hurriedly saluted, Yue Su just waved his hand and let people continue to lead the way.

When I came to Gong Naisen's study, there was an errand guard at the door, and when I saw the adults coming, I hurriedly bowed down to report. "My lord, Tong Zhutou is waiting for my lord inside."

Yue Su nodded, and walked into the study, only to see Tong Xuan standing aside with a few errands, a dead body in the middle of the study, and a rope tied to the beam, thinking that it must be used for hanging. Yue Su glanced at the corpse on the ground and confirmed that it was the prefect Gong Naisen, because when he entered Kaifeng City, the palace lord had personally taken the lead to greet him.

"Tong Xuan, when you came, was Gong Naisen already dead? Was his body hanging on it, or had it already been put down? Yue Su looked at Tong Xuan on the side and asked.

"Back to my lord, when I came down, the people in the house didn't seem to know that Gong Naisen was dead, and they entered the door to spread the word. Then came the news of Gong Naisen's death, and his subordinates immediately entered the door to check, and at that time, Gong Naisen's body had been put down. The subordinates carefully examined the corpse and preliminarily concluded that it was indeed a suicide by hanging, and the corpse was still warm, and it should have died not long ago. The subordinates ordered someone to arrest the housekeeper Gong Yu, but he didn't expect Gong Yu to die in his bedroom, he held the dagger with both hands and inserted it into the lower abdomen, and his subordinates also carefully examined it, and there were no other traces, and it was preliminarily concluded that it should be suicide. The subordinates have ordered someone to guard Gong Yu's body, seal off the room, and wait for the adults to inspect it. ”

Yue Su nodded with satisfaction and said, "You have been on errands for many years and have experienced experience, you said that you committed suicide, and you shouldn't be blind." ”

"Thank you for the compliment." Tong Zhou hurriedly bowed down and said.

Yue Su walked to Gong Naisen's side, squatted down, and took a rough look, it was indeed as Tong Xuan said. Then he said, ", you come and re-examine the corpse to see if there are other wounds or signs of poisoning." ”

He had already entered the door with Yue Su, agreed, walked to the corpse, and began to examine it.

After careful observation for a long time, except for an obvious strangulation mark on the neck, there were no external injuries on the body, and there were no traces of scuffles before death. Then use a silver needle to probe the throat and abdomen, and there is no sign of poisoning.

"Lord Qiyu, there are no other injuries on the body, and there are no signs of poisoning, it is undoubtedly a suicide. According to the judgment of his subordinates, the time of death can be more than half an hour away from now. He said after the autopsy.

Yue Su nodded, and said secretly in his heart: "According to this time, it should be about a quarter of an hour before Tong Zhou and them entered the door, and Gong Naisen hanged himself." How did he know that the headquarters would definitely look for him, even if he heard that the headquarters had copied a few surveillance dens in front of the door he set up, he would not commit suicide in fear of crime. He has already transferred his property, and it is better to choose to run away than to hang himself. ”

Yue Su was suspicious, how could he not find a flaw in the corpse, so he had to stand up and say, "Go to Gong Yu and have a look." ”

Tong Xuan left someone to guard the corpse and personally led Yue Su to the room of the housekeeper Gong Yu. At the head of the door, there were more than a dozen errand guards standing guard, seeing Yue Su's arrival, he hurriedly asked to open the door, and there were also several errand guards waiting in the room.

Yue Su stepped into the door and immediately saw a corpse sitting on a chair, as Tong Xuan said, there was a dagger in the lower abdomen, and the deceased's hands were still tightly clenched on the dagger.

Yue Su walked up to the corpse, looked at it carefully, and said, "Is this person Gong Yu?" ”

"Lord Hui, according to the people in the palace, the deceased is indeed Gong Yu." Tong Zhou replied.

Yue Su bowed slightly, and said, "Jin Cicada, you go and ask the two guys we brought, let them tell them what the characteristics of Gong Yu are, and then confirm with this corpse." ”

"My subordinates understand." Later, Jin Cicada hurriedly took the order, went out to ask the two men he brought, got an answer, and immediately returned to the room.

"Lord Hui, my subordinates have already asked for clarification. According to the confession of the two, Gong Yu can be around forty years old, has a mustache, a black mole on his chin, and a pinch of hair on the black mole. ”

Yue Su looked at the corpse again, and as Jin Chan said, he took two steps back and said, "Zuo, come forward to examine the autopsy." ”

He stepped forward to take a detailed look at it, and said, "Lord Qiyu, there are no other injuries on the corpse, and there are no traces of struggle before death, only the knife wound in the lower abdomen is fatal. The corpse holds the hilt of the knife with both hands, and it is seen that it is held in life, and it is not something that can be made after death. The silver needle probed the throat and abdomen, and the corpse showed no signs of poisoning. It was a suicide. According to the judgment of his subordinates, the time of death can be more than half an hour away from now. ”

After getting the answer, Yue Su wondered again, and muttered to himself: "Gong Yu's death time is about the same as Gong Naisen's, although it is impossible to determine who committed suicide first, but there is obviously a tacit understanding. Gong Yu is just Gong Naisen's housekeeper, and I looked for him just to find out where Gong Naisen transferred the family property, and I had no intention of taking his surname. What's more, how did he know that the Ministry would arraign him? If Gong Naisen said that he committed suicide in fear of sin, this is understandable, if Gong Yu is not guilty of death, why will he commit suicide with him? In this world, as long as people have a glimmer of life, they will not easily seek death. Strange, strange......"

Yue Su felt that Gong Yu's death was strange in his heart, but now that the person is dead, where to find clues. He pondered for a moment, exited Gong Yu's room, and said, "Tong Xuan, can the family members of the palace take care of it?" ”

"Lord Hui, all of them are in the flower hall, and they have been ordered to be guarded." Tong Zhou bowed and replied.

"Lead the way."

"Yes."

Tong Xuan led the way in front of him and took Yue Su to the flower hall, at the door of the flower hall, there were more than 20 errand servants, and in the flower hall, there were more than 50 people, including men and women, old and young.

Yue Su stood at the door and didn't go in, but just said loudly: "Are you all from the palace?" ”

Everyone in the flower hall was flustered, and when they heard Yue Su's shout, they hurriedly looked at it, and saw that Yue Su was wearing the official uniform of a second-class officer, and they all knelt down at the moment, crying and shouting: "See the eldest master." Xiaomin and the others have nothing to do with this case, and I hope that the eldest master will see it. "Big lord, the little people are just subordinates who work in the palace, ask the big lord to see and let the villain go." ......Don't panic, the ministry is only here to investigate the facts of the case and conduct routine interrogations." If they have nothing to do with the case, they will be acquitted. Yue Su raised his throat, finished speaking loudly, and then said, "Which of you here is the palace lady?" ”

"Back to my lord, Mrs. Gong said some time ago that she had already moved away with her little son." A maid replied timidly.

"I moved away, do you know where I moved to?" Yue Su continued to ask.

"I don't know." The maid said.

"Did your lord's property move away with Mrs. Gong?" Yue Su asked again.

"Yes." The maid replied.

"Then the ministry asked you, who knows where your wife has moved?"

"The subordinate who went with his wife has not come back yet, and the lord and the palace steward may know where to move to the mansion." The maid said weakly.

Her answer was consistent with the burly man who came to the court to reply, and none of the people in the palace family knew where Gong Naisen's property was transferred.

This time, Yue Su was embarrassed, and he didn't know how to interrogate. But at the same time, he also has a judgment, that is, this Gong Naisen is a cunning and very spicy character, and even his housekeeper is a loyal protector, and it is estimated that he will definitely die, and he wants to leave a fortune to his wife's descendants.

In order to determine this, Yue Su asked again, "Does the palace housekeeper have a wife and children?" ”

"Yes. The palace steward had a wife and a pair of children. The maid replied.

In this way, Yue Su strengthened his judgment. He nodded, and then asked, "When you adults committed suicide, who saw it?" ”

The maid shook her head, and the others in the hall were silent. Yue Su was not angry that no one answered this question, because if someone saw Gong Naisen commit suicide, he would inevitably call someone to come, how could he watch the old man die. However, Yue Su thought of one more thing, and continued to ask, "Who did you see before your lord hanged himself?" ”

This time, the hall was still silent.

No one came out to answer this question, Yue Su was very dissatisfied, you didn't see Gong Naisen commit suicide, but the reason why Gong Naisen committed suicide must have been because someone came to report the news, if he didn't even see this person, it would be too much to say.

Yue Su sneered and said, "Originally, the Ministry of Courtyard just wanted to ask, if you didn't report it and deliberately concealed it, then don't blame the Ministry for being unkind to you." Don't think about what kind of law doesn't blame the public, so that you can easily get by, if no one answers the questions of the ministry, don't think about leaving any of you! ”

After speaking, he turned his head and shouted, "Bring the two people who brought in!" ”

The messenger immediately escorted the two men to the door of the flower hall, and Yue Su said coldly: "The two of them, you should know each other." ”

is also a member of the house, and the people in the house have seen it. Someone in the hall replied: "Yes, they are from our house, one is called Fu Tong, He Kui." ”

"It's good to know." Yue Su looked at Fu Tong and He Kui, and said, "You two tell them what kind of temper the Ministry is." ”

"Yes, yes......" Fu Tong and He Kui were already subdued by Yue Su, and said immediately: "The temper of the governor is the one, and he hates lying the most, and whoever dares to deceive the adult will lose his head." Liu Si and Wang Tiezhu have been cut down by adults now because they deceived adults. ”

As soon as they heard this, everyone in the hall panicked even more, originally some thought that there were many people here, and if they fooled around, it might be fine, after all, they wouldn't kill all the big guys. Now that I heard that Wang Tiezhu and Liu Si are dead, which one will not be afraid.

One by one, they cried and begged: "The eldest lord spares his life." "The lord is gracious." "The villain really doesn't know." "Adults will never dare to deceive adults." ...... "Shut up! Yue Su shouted angrily and said loudly: "Your master must have seen someone before his death, maybe this person is in the center of you, otherwise your master will never commit suicide for no reason!" Now the ministry will give you a chance, and if you confess truthfully, if no one is willing to say, wait for all of them to be escorted back to the governor's yamen, and the ministry will be arraigned one by one. Under severe punishment, you are not afraid to wait and not recruit! ”

(To be continued)