He Zheng was rarely so anxious, and He Lingjiang couldn't help frowning: "What's wrong?" ”

Could it be that something happened to Sun Juncheng?

Liu Yuan has been staring at Sun Juncheng for the past two days, can he really let him get it?

If that's the case, that's not good!

Fortunately, the news brought by He Zheng was not so bad, but it was not good: "It was the house where the supervisor lived that went out of the water." ”

He was ashamed: "Although he has been rescued now, he has lost his life. ”

This person was stared at by his subordinates, but he didn't expect such an accident to happen under his nose.

The rainy night was hazy, but with a wrong eye, the house burned down.

Most of the houses in the mining area are made of wood, which is very flammable, and once it burns, even the rain cannot be extinguished for a while.

When he rushed in and rescued the people, no one was gone.

The overseer is dead!

He Lingjiang's face was stunned, and he hurriedly followed He Zheng to the courtyard of the supervisor, Qingzhu held an umbrella and hurriedly followed behind her.

Before dawn, the rain was getting heavier and heavier, but the sudden rain and fire woke up the surrounding miners, and each family carried a basin of water and buckets, and went up in unison, plus the rain, to extinguish the fire.

At this time, the house of the little official was already charred black, and wisps of black smoke were rising in the dim night.

The fire was extinguished, but the man was gone.

At this time, there was a circle of people around the courtyard, facing the still smoking house, and the small officials lying in the courtyard pointing and pointing.

"Well, how did it burn?"

"Who knows?"

"It's still raining, how can this fire burn so big?"

"If it burns from the house, and when the fire starts, the rain will not be extinguished for a while."

"Didn't you sleep at night and didn't turn off the lights?"

"People are gone, aren't they?"

"I can't save it, but it's a pity that ......"

He Ling Jiang frowned, and when the supervisor fell asleep, there was obviously no light in the room, and the oil lamp was broken by him in the courtyard.

This fire really came from a strange place.

"How did it burn?" He Lingjiang looked at the guards on the side.

The guard was here just now, and he inspected the house: "Back to the Seventh Lady, there are traces of fire oil around the house, I am afraid that someone deliberately set it on fire." ”

Really! He Lingjiang's eyes deepened.

The body of the little official was placed on a wooden board in the courtyard, and she pushed through the crowd and walked up.

Although he had already gone to save people at the first moment after discovering the fire, but at that time the fire was big, and it was not easy to get in, and when this little official was rescued, the person had no breath, not to mention, even his body was blackened by the fire, and the rain poured it, which was even more unbearable.

Seeing He Lingjiang coming, the guard guarding the corpse hurriedly knelt down on one knee and pleaded guilty: "Seventh lady, it's the carelessness of your subordinates, and please punish the lady." ”

He Lingjiang raised his hand lightly and motioned for him to get up: "This matter is indeed your negligence, but since the matter has happened, it is useless to ask you at this time, do things first, and when the matter is over, go to He Zheng's place and do it according to the rules." After that, you should take this as a warning and don't do it again next time. ”

The guard bowed his head and took note of her words.

Under the rule of the He family, rewards and punishments have always been clear, and He Lingjiang is not a person who only knows how to forgive his subordinates.

Thick but can't be made, love can't be ordered, chaos can't be cured, such as arrogance, can't be used.

This way of controlling the subordination should naturally be rewarded and punished.

He Lingjiang squatted down next to the corpse of the little official, looked carefully at the corpse whose skin was already a little blackened, and then looked at it.

She stretched out her hand to touch the neck of the little official, and sure enough, there was something strange about it, and the throat had been cut off at some point.

Her eyes froze, and she looked at the mouth and nose of the little official, and sure enough, there were no smoke crumbs stuck to it.

This incident was not an accident, someone deliberately killed someone to kill people, and before the fire burned, the little official was already exhausted.

He Lingjiang withdrew her hand, handed a handkerchief next to her, and she took it casually and wiped the ash marks on her hand.

When I looked up, I saw a person standing next to me, holding an umbrella in his hand: "You're here too?" ”

Pei You lowered his eyes and looked at her, and said softly: "There is such a big thing, can I not come?" ”

As soon as the two of them visited the house of the little servant at night, the man turned around and died.

If you don't know, you still think that this little official died at the hands of two people.

At present, almost half of the house has been burned down, and all its contents have been burned down.

Thanks to the two of them coming one step earlier, if they came back in the second half of the night, I am afraid that they will not find anything.

Pei You watched her movements and thought to himself: "But before the fire, people were already dead?" ”

He Lingjiang bowed slightly and stood up: "What do you think?" ”

Pei You's gaze slid across the throat of the little official: "Someone killed him." But who is behind him? ”

"I don't think there's anyone else."

He Lingjiang looked at the little official's house, which had been burned black and now only a crumbling skeleton, a ruin still smoking in the rain.

She walked through the ruins, lifted her feet lightly, and stepped into the room, and saw that the bed where the little official had been lying before was only scorched wood.

Squat down and lean over to look, and sure enough, the dark grid under the bed had been opened, and the wooden plank that blocked the dark grid fell to the ground, burned to ashes.

"Someone turned over the dark compartment." Pei You's eyes narrowed slightly, he had clearly closed the dark grid before.

This person obviously can't be the little official, after all, he was printed with a sleeping charm, and he slept soundly, and there was no reason to suddenly get up and turn over the secret grid under the bed.

That is, after they had gone, someone came to rummage in the little official's house, and when the search was fruitless, they put the little official out of his mouth and set fire to it.

The petty officials held the evidence of the private mining and transportation of copper and iron ore for nearly a year.

At present, Liu Yuan's design Sun Juncheng has failed several times. Thinking about it, within two days, Sun Juncheng would not get a reply from the person sent to investigate the news, so he would send more people to find out.

This time, if you still want to intercept and kill people smoothly, it will be difficult.

Sun Juncheng only needs to send someone to investigate carefully, plus the informant's letters and testimony, his suspicion can be confirmed.

In this way, it is logical to investigate the case of private copper and iron mining, although Liu Yuan is the top boss, there is no reason to obstruct him.

Even, this matter will alarm Jiangzhou, the entire Great Zhou Dynasty and the saints.

At that time, it will be impossible to hide it again.

couldn't kill Sun Juncheng at the moment, so Liu Yuan chose to kill the supervisor who held the evidence.

As long as there is no evidence, Sun Juncheng suspects him, and there is nothing he can do.

He has been an official for many years, and naturally knows that it is impossible to shake Liu Yuan without any basis to accuse his boss, and he will definitely not be good.

He Ling Jiang's heart was slightly cold, she never thought that the little official would lose his life so easily.

Obviously, tonight, the strict steward just brought someone to deliver something, and met with him, and then killed people like this?

What's more, what if you kill this overseer and burn down his house?

Although Sun Juncheng couldn't get a certificate, the mine cave was there, as long as someone was sent to investigate, although Liu Yuan couldn't be found for a while, it was enough to confirm that someone was indeed mining copper and iron.

As long as the matter is reported, it is only a matter of time before Liu Yuan is found.

The light killed the overseer, but it took a little time.

Unless—

She and Pei You glanced at each other, and then thought of the things that the strict steward came to deliver unusually tonight, and the eyes of both of them were condensed: Not good!

"Protect Liu Da and them first!" He Lingjiang only had time to tell He Zheng.

Immediately afterwards, he performed light skills and ran to the back mountain.

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