On the way to the Qingqiu Pavilion of Lu Garden, Gu Qing already knew from Duqi that Duqi was staying in Lu Yuan's guest house last night. Because He Qing asked Duqi to personally bet on him an extremely important dart.

It was originally scheduled to leave this morning, and this trip He Qing had to keep it secret and couldn't be known to others.

Therefore, Duqi came to Lu Yuan alone last night, and said to the people of the dart bureau that he was going to go back to the General Bureau of Yunzhou Weiyuan Dart Bureau, and he wanted to borrow some money from He Qing to go back to the headquarters before leaving.

And the destination of He Qing's dart trip is also Yunzhou.

After Duqi established the Weiyuan Dart Bureau Branch in Jiangcheng, he had not returned to the General Bureau, and the reason to borrow money from the Qingqiu Pavilion before leaving was also very sufficient.

It shows that He Qing arranged it very carefully.

It also reflects the importance of this trip to He Qing.

Duqi got up early in the morning and went to look for He Qing, but found that He Qing died in the bedroom of the Qingqiu Pavilion, and Duqi couldn't find out the cause of He Qing's death.

He knew that this matter was important, so he immediately came to discuss with Gu Qing. Rao is his kung fu is good, and he has come all the way without stopping, and he is tired enough. However, before he came out, he still remembered to warn the servants who were cleaning the courtyard of the Qingqiu Pavilion not to allow others to enter the Qingqiu Pavilion until he returned, and they were not allowed to enter the room.

Gu Qing asked Fang Lao for two good horses, and they kept going, and after a while, the two came to the Qingqiu Pavilion.

Gu Qing and Duqi entered He Qing's bedroom.

Gu Qing glanced around before looking at He Qing who was lying on the bed. No breathing, no heartbeat.

He brushed He Qing's face with his hand.

Gu Qing's ability failed, and he didn't get any memories of He Qing. Last time, the time of death of the Taoist priest Wang Yu was estimated to be more than four hours away from when Gu Qing saw him, and Gu Qing got one or two pictures.

Gu Qing temporarily suppressed the doubts in his heart, carefully examined He Qing's body, and then said to Duqi: "Seventh brother, you go and let them take the best magnet." ”

Duqi immediately went out to find the servants.

After a while, Duqi handed Gu Qing a magnet, Gu Qing used the magnet to stick to He Qingyu's pillow acupoint, and held He Qing's head in a unique way, and finally slowly released the magnet.

Duqi could see very clearly that there was a thin needle attached to the magnet.

"It's such a bad hidden weapon, no wonder I searched all over it, but I didn't find the cause of Brother He's death. ”

Gu Qing put the magnet aside and said to Duqi: "When I came before, there was a famous painting called "Water Far Mountain Chief" hanging outside, when the only brother came last night, could you see that painting?"

"I didn't come to the Qingqiu Pavilion last night, but I don't know. ”

Gu Qing nodded and said, "I'll ask the others." ”

He walked out, and there was a click under his feet.

Duqi showed a hint of surprise.

It turned out that Gu Qing actually stepped on the threshold.

Gu Qing sighed unconsciously. He didn't have the mood to explain to Duqi, and asked the servants outside: "There was originally a painting of "Water Far Mountain Chief" hanging inside, is it still hanging recently?"

The servant shook his head and said, "Recently, Yun Niang has been cleaning up Steward He's room, and we are responsible for cleaning the yard and don't go in and out of the room much, so I don't know very well." ”

Gu Qing felt that the word "Yun Niang" was a little familiar, and when she recalled it, she remembered that she was the little girl who accompanied her last time she participated in He Qing's poetry meeting.

"Invite her. "When he speaks, there is a kind of unmistakable beak.

The servant had only thoughts of obedience in his heart.

After a while, Yun Niang came over, she saw that Gu Qing was a little happy, Gu Qing nodded to her, said that she remembered her, and asked softly: "There was originally a famous painting called "Water Far Mountain Chief" in it, do you know?"

Yun Niang nodded and said, "Last night, Steward He asked me to help him put away the painting and put it in the box with another painting, and the box was in the cabinet in Steward He's bedroom, and I put it in." ”

Gu Qing said: "You come in with me and find it out." ”

He didn't want to rummage through He Qing's room for the time being, so as not to inadvertently destroy the clues, so it was better to let Yun Niang take out the things directly.

Yun Niang walked into the bedroom, saw He Qing on the bed, and said strangely: "Is Steward He sick, why can't he get up." ”

Gu Qing said lightly: "You look for the box first." ”

Yun Niang then opened a cabinet and found a box, she muttered: "It should be this, how to get lighter." ”

Gu Qing said: "Put it on the table, you go to wait for me outside the door first." ”

Yun Niang went out, and there were only Duqi and Gu Qing in the room.

Gu Qing looked at the box for a long time and noticed that there was an extremely shallow thumb print on it, which was difficult to find unless he looked closely. This place is not the place Yun Niang ran into just now.

He walked up to He Qing and examined his two hands carefully, and none of his thumbs matched the fingerprints on them.

Gu Qing firmly remembered the fingerprints, and felt that although this fingerprint was not thick, it was also larger than the thumb prints of ordinary women, and it was more likely that it was a man. He slowly opened the box again, and there was silk in it, which was used to protect the scrolls, but there were no paintings in it, but there were two scroll prints.

Duqi was surprised: "Empty." ”

"Is there something wrong with that little maid, I'll arrest her and interrogate her. ”

Gu Qing was not surprised when he saw that it was an empty box, he said, "Let's go out first, I'll ask her." ”

Duqi nodded, and then thought of the little maid who wanted to know that the box was empty, how dare she lie.

After Gu Qing went out, Yun Niang asked nervously, "Is Steward He sick?"

Gu Qing said: "You are very nervous about him, I see that you are still a virgin, not like his person." ”

Yun Niang's face flushed, and she said, "Actually, ......"

Gu Qing said: "Say it, I want to hear it." ”

Yun Niang said: "That day, after Steward He saw that Gongzi wanted me to sit next to you, he planned to give me to Gongzi, but he thought I was stupid and couldn't take care of you, so he called me to my side to teach me how to work, and let me learn piano, chess, calligraphy and painting when I was free. ”

Gu Qing rubbed his eyes and said indifferently, "I see." By the way, how long did you leave the Qingqiu Pavilion yesterday?Did he have anyone else here before leaving, and how was he feeling?" If Yun Niang has a question, he can relax her guard by asking without bounds in front of him. Now is the time to get to the point.

Yun Niang saw that Gu Qing's eyes were a little red, and thought that Gu Qing hadn't slept well last night, but seeing that Gu Qing was in a hurry to ask, she had no time to ask him, and replied honestly: "Steward He seemed to be in a good mood yesterday, and called the two sisters, Chunxiang and Dongmei. Sister Chunxiang also carried the piano box, painted with thick eye makeup, very good-looking, when I left, Steward He was listening to the piano, Sister Dongmei was pressing his head, Steward He was very intoxicated at the time. ”

Gu Qing said: "Is there anything else?"

Yun Niang shook her head.

Gu Qing said: "Think about it carefully, after those two girls came, was there any difference from usual?"

Yun Niang said: "Oh, I remember, the song played by Sister Chunxiang is not what Steward He usually hears, when I was cleaning up the room inside, I heard her say that she had learned a new tune." It's really good, and I think it's quite skilled, Sister Chunxiang must have practiced hard before she played it to Steward He. ”

Duqi also interjected: "I remember, I did hear the sound of the piano last night, but there is a distance in the Qingqiu Pavilion in the guest house where I stay, and I can't really hear it." ”

Gu Qingdao: "Only brother, you ask them, where are Chunxiang and Dongmei?"

After a while, Duqi found two nurses and informed Gu Qing of the whereabouts of the two women. It turned out that He Qing had ransomed them and raised them in a house in Beicheng.

Last night, they said that He Qing was going to get up early and did not let them stay overnight, so they asked the nursing home that sent them to find a carriage to take them back.

Where they live, you can enter Beicheng and turn a street, but it is not far from Lu Yuan.

After listening to the nurse's answer, Gu Qing said, "You immediately take me and my only brother to Chunxiang's residence." ”

He continued: "The rest of the people, before we come back, none of them are allowed to leave the Qingqiu Pavilion, let alone enter the room, they all stay in the courtyard. ”

His wording was unusually harsh.

"Remember Gu Gongzi's words, if something goes wrong, I want you to look good. Duqi continued.

The servants knew that Gu Qing and Steward He had a very close personal relationship, and now Lu Yuan was the biggest Steward He, and Gu Qing was usually gentle, but it was also very scary to suddenly become stern.

What's more, Duqi is also the head of the Jiangcheng Branch of the Weiyuan Dart Bureau, and he is notoriously vicious. The servants are just ordinary people, where do they dare to have half a beak.

Under the guidance of the nursing home, Gu Qing and Duqi arrived at the place where Chunxiang lived.

This courtyard is not the courtyard where Lu Li and Gu Qing have met, it is very ordinary.

It seems that He Qing felt that there was no danger in the city, so he randomly found a courtyard to house the two women. After all, he is still nominally Lu Yuan's housekeeper, and it is impossible to raise women in Lu Yuan.

Inside, there were two corpses lying in the bedroom.

The nursing home recognized that it was Haruka and Dongmei.

Duqi said: "Could it be that they assassinated Brother He last night, but they were killed by others." ”

Gu Qing examined the bodies of the two and got two more pictures.

"Both of them had heard the same sound of the piano before they died, and they died at the same moment. ”

Then he judged that the time of death of the two was definitely not after the time of the child last night, but between the time of Shen and the time of the unit yesterday.

Meaning, Haruka and Dongmei died before they went to the Qingqiu Pavilion yesterday.

Gu Qing clenched his fists, he recognized the sound of the piano.