The eldest son of the Lou family was killed in the bedroom, and the subordinates of the Lou family immediately reported to the official.

When Zhang Fengqi, the prefect of Pingliang, heard the news of the death of the eldest son of the Lou family, he was stunned for a moment, and then the blue tendons on his face protruded, and he jumped like thunder.

"Who is it? Who dares to be so bold! Examine! Check it out to the house! Even if you dig three feet into the ground, you have to arrest the murderer! ”

Governor Zhang's face was blushing, and he took all the officials of the third class of the prefect's yamen and rushed to the scene of the crime with great momentum. As soon as I entered the bedroom, I smelled a pungent smell of blood.

The officials of the prefect's yamen sealed off the entire house, gathered all the stewards and subordinates in the front yard to watch over them, and then went into the house to conduct an autopsy.

In fact, there is no need for an autopsy at all, at a glance at the scene of the crime, even a layman like Governor Zhang can immediately see that this is a naked murder.

The eldest son of the Lou family still maintained a supine position, a bloody hole in his throat, and the blood stains were sticky and stained the sheets under his neck, and Na Mei Ji was still on him. The neck was cut diagonally, and the bone was visible from the knife. The eyes of the man and the woman were both open in horror, and the rolled eyes were unusually prominent.

Governor Zhang pinched his nose and looked at the death of these two people, and then his heart sank. The eldest son of the Lou family is so dead that he can't die anymore. If it was placed half a month ago, even if the eldest son of the Lou family was full of death, Zhang Zhifu would not care, but now it is different, since he got 90,000 taels of silver from the Lou family, Zhang Zhifu has tasted the sweetness from it, and has faintly regarded the Lou family as a cash cow. With the financial resources of the Lou family and the strong support of Governor Zhang's Mansion in the court, Governor Zhang is confident that he will take the entire Pingliang Mansion into his own hands in the next few months, and he will never have to look at the face of Pingliang Tongzhi Xu Liang again.

Right now. The cash cow was quietly cut down in the middle of the night.

Governor Zhang stood by the window, gritting his teeth and cursing this murderer who had done bad things to him.

The head catcher of Pingliang Mansion is also surnamed Zhang. was originally the head catcher of Guyuan Prefecture, and he was a person from Governor Zhang's mansion. When Zhang Fengqi was promoted, he tried to get Zhang Zhutou to the Pingliang Prefect, and then became the head catcher.

Zhang Zhutou stepped forward, looked at Governor Zhang's face, and reported respectfully: "My lord, my subordinates have made it clear that the eldest son of this building and the woman were injured by sharp weapons, and there are signs that things in the room have been turned over, and one of the secret rooms should have been stored in cash. It has been stolen by the murderer, leaving only a few coins and scattered silver. Tong Guò inspected the subordinate of the house, Yahuan, and found that everyone else was there, except for a steward named Ah San, who was said to have been the most powerful subordinate of the eldest prince. The subordinates thought that this person was the most suspicious. Belch...... My lord? ”

Zhang Zhutou was respectfully reporting the case, but found that Governor Zhang's eyes were fluttering, and he didn't know where to look, obviously not listening carefully to Zhang Zhutou's report.

"Hmm." Governor Zhang came back to his senses, and ordered Zhang Zhutou with a disillusioned face: "Since you have found out, then go to the sea to catch the official document and go all out to arrest this Ah San." ”

"Yes." Zhang Zhutou said in response. Suddenly, I heard Governor Zhang muttering softly: "Lou Chuan died like this...... It's a pity that the Lou family has a lot of property......"

Zhang Zhutou followed Zhang Fengqi for a long time, and he could guess eight or nine points about what Zhang Fengqi was thinking. Zhang Zhutou saw that Zhang Zhifu's eyes were blazing and looking at this elegant and quiet house. Vaguely guessing the deep thoughts of Governor Zhang's heart, he waved away the left and right officials and the two dead corpses. He stepped forward and chuckled weirdly, "My lord." The subordinates heard that this Loujia Fort had been captured by thieves a few months ago, and the people of the Lou family died so that there was only one Lou family's eldest son, Lou Chuan. Unexpectedly, the world is impermanent, and now even the eldest son of the Lou family has died at home, poor Lou family has always been famous for good deeds in the northwest, and actually ended up with a tragic end of a broken family. ”

"Hmm," Governor Zhang listened, looking at Zhang Zhutou suspiciously, and for a moment understood what Zhang Zhutou wanted to express.

"My subordinates have long heard that the eldest son of the Lou family is facing the bad luck of the family and intends to donate his family property to the Ming court for free." Zhang Zhutou blinked his eyes, and then said: "Last time, the Liang army won a big victory, didn't the eldest son of the Lou family donate generously and donate 90,000 taels of silver?" ”

"Hmm, when Zhang Zhutou said this, the government seemed to think about it." Zhang Fengqi understood it at one point, immediately nodded in understanding, stroked his long beard with his hand, and said in a deep voice: "The day before yesterday, Lou Gongzi also mentioned the matter of donation to the mansion, but the affairs of the mansion were complicated, and he didn't care about it for a while. ”

Saying that, Governor Zhang frowned slightly, looked at Zhang Zhutou, and said embarrassedly: "It's just that the son of Lou is dying at home, and this donation is unfounded...... It's not easy. ”

When Zhang Zhutou heard this, he immediately said: "My lord is really a noble person who forgets things. When the subordinates just searched the room, they happened to find the donation documents of the eldest son of the Lou family from the drawer, and they just reported it to you, my lord, have you forgotten? ”

"Oh!" Governor Zhang sighed, slapped his forehead with sudden realization, and said self-deprecatingly: "Look at the memory of this mansion...... Uh, where is this paperwork, it was still on the table? Governor Zhang's eyes swept around the empty desk.

Zhang Zhutou stepped forward with a smile, grinded the ink and laid the paper, pointed to the snow-white rice paper and said with a smile: "My lord, please see, isn't this donation document on the table?" ”

"Ahaha!" Governor Zhang laughed heartily and patted Zhang Zhutou's shoulder appreciatively, "Zhang Zhutou, you are good, very good." ”

"Hehe, the adults have won the prize......"

A quarter of an hour later, Governor Zhang came out of the bedroom of the eldest son of the Lou family with his head held high, walked in a figure-eight step, and walked in front of the stewards who were escorted to the courtyard with full authority, coughed lightly, and said loudly: "The eldest son of the Lou family, Lou Chuan, was killed in the middle of the night, and this mansion is deeply saddened!" But fortunately, Skynet is restored, negligent but not leaky, and it has now been ascertained that this murder case was committed by the housekeeper of the Lou family, Ah San. The purpose is naturally to make money and kill people! Lang Lang Qiankun, this person is so bold and reckless, it is really hateful! This government has issued an official document on sea arrest, and the murderer is bound to be arrested! Well, now that the case is clear, then you are naturally not innocent, and you are all acquitted. ”

"Thank you Lord Qingtian for finding out the truth, and the little ones are innocent." The housekeeper and the subordinates in the courtyard said in unison, grateful.

"You don't have to be polite!" Governor Zhang smiled, "Redress grievances for the people and arrest the murderer is a matter within the government's responsibility." Well, there's one more thing I want to announce to you in public. ”

The people of the Lou family were stunned when they heard this, since Governor Zhang was about to say that the murderer was someone else in public, the big guy could almost disperse, wash and sleep, what else did it matter?

Seeing that the people of the Lou family in the courtyard were looking at him suspiciously, the old face of the prefect of Zhang couldn't help but blush, and he said embarrassedly: "The eldest son of the Lou family just went like this, it is a huge loss for the people and the court." You may not know that in order to do your part for the people of Pingliang and make a contribution, your eldest son has already written a donation document to donate all his family property to the Yamen of the Pingliang Prefect, but because of the suddenness of the incident, your eldest son has not been able to fulfill it. ”

As soon as Governor Zhang's voice fell, the housekeeper of the Lou family shouted suspiciously: "Lord Prefect, is it not a mistake, our eldest prince distributed most of the silver deposits in the treasury to various places half a month ago, and I haven't heard that he wants to donate his family property?" ”

"yes, I've never heard of it." And the steward said in confusion.

Hearing this, Governor Zhang's face was slightly gloomy, he took out the donation paper, put it in front of everyone, and said, "Everyone, please see, this is the donation document that your eldest son has written a long time ago in the room. As a dignified court official, how could this government say those unfounded words? ”

The steward who was close to him stepped forward to take a look and sighed, "This trace...... It's not like the eldest prince's handwriting, uh, and this word, it doesn't seem to be dry yet......"

"Uh-huh!" Zhang Zhutou, who was standing next to Governor Zhang's mansion, coughed heavily when he heard this, pushed the steward into the crowd, and asked in a deep voice: "You are in charge, you can see clearly!" Don't talk nonsense! ”

Zhang Zhutou glared at the steward menacingly, his voice seemed to come out of the ground, and he asked coldly: "This is your eldest son's masterpiece!" Your eldest son died in the middle of the night, and there is still a wish to be fulfilled! Why, how many of you can't even fulfill the last wish of a dead man? ”

Seeing this, the steward felt a chill in his heart, but he nodded and said, "Yes, yes, the head catcher said yes." Fang Cai, Fang Cai is a small dazzle, I saw it wrong! This is indeed the handwriting of the eldest prince. ”

Zhang Zhutou nodded with satisfaction, nodded a few more people who looked like stewards, and shouted, "A few of you, also come forward to take a look." ”

The few stewards who were ordered stepped forward in panic, glanced at them roughly, and nodded hurriedly: "It's not wrong, it's the handwriting of the eldest prince." ”

Seeing this, Governor Zhang immediately smiled with wrinkles on his face, put away the paperwork, paced in front of everyone again, and said with a smile: "Since everyone knows the handwriting of the eldest son of the Lou family, it is really a coincidence!" After a while, according to what the document says, the government will send people everywhere to check the property of the Lou family's shop, and you stewards should support it vigorously. ”

"Don't dare, don't dare." Several managers looked discouraged and said in a panic: "But it's up to the adults to send it." ”

Governor Zhang turned around proudly, and was about to go back to the prefect's yamen to arrange for people to count the property of the Lou family, when he suddenly heard the sound of heavy footsteps outside the gate, and then, a shout outside the door: "Pingliang and Zhixu have arrived!" (To be continued......)