Chapter 123
123 A broken lead (2)
Lu Qing slowly let out a breath. He had tried his best.
If it was a fair competition, Lu Qing would not help Xu Qi ‘an so much. However, Xu Qi’ an was in a precarious situation, and this case was his only hope of atonement.
Lu Qing felt that out of friendship, he would help if he could.
She left the meeting hall with her colleagues from the government.
Only eunuch Liu, the eunuch he had brought with him, Minister sun, and magistrate Chen were left in the large meeting hall.
Eunuch Liu stretched out his hand, and the eunuch immediately dried the ink and handed the book to him.
Eunuch Liu carefully read through the contents. The first two pages were case discussions between the Ministry of Justice and the government office. They were mainly arguments and were rather dry.
It was not until Xu Qi ‘an joined that the case began to clear up, and the suspect was locked in within the time it took for an incense stick to burn.
The progress of the case was so fast that eunuch Liu was surprised. According to the normal procedure, it would take two or three days to connect the saltpeter mine on the Yellow Mountain with the small flag Officer case.
It seemed that the Emperor had a deeper meaning in appointing Xu Qi ‘an as the office manager of the night watchman … Eunuch Liu came to a sudden realization.
little Yun, from today on, you will stay in the night watchman’s Yamen. You will be responsible for supervising them in handling cases and sending me messages in time.
Eunuch Liu said.
“Yes!” The young eunuch who was taking the statement accepted the order.
…..
Zhou Manor, the black doors were tightly shut.
Under Xu Qi ‘an’s instructions, song tingfeng walked up the steps to the door and started to knock.
“Open the door! The night watchman handles the case.”
“The Baihu Lord is sick and is not seeing guests. Go back,” an old voice came from the door.
Song tingfeng knocked on the door again, but there was no response.
Be a deadbeat?
Song tingfeng sneered and stomped on the door. With a loud ” bang “, the solid wood door broke into pieces and pieces of wood flew everywhere.
An old man in green clothes was hiding in the distance, trembling with fear. He stared at the uninvited guests with a terrified expression.
leave two people to guard the main door. The rest of you, follow li yinluo and yang yinluo in. Xu Qi ‘an waved his hand and ordered the gongs to charge, while he and Li Caiwei stayed behind.
“You’re the organizer, why aren’t you charging in?” Yan Caiwei tilted her head and looked at him.
“During the Shanhai Pass country war, did you see his Majesty charge into the enemy lines?” Xu Qi ‘an glanced back at her.
Yan Caiwei was speechless. She knew that what he said was twisted, but her not-so-smart brain could not think of a rebuttal.
“I originally wanted to give you a great strength pill, but forget it.” She pulled a long face.
“Great strength pill?”
it’s just in time to nourish your body. You’ve lost so much qi and blood. Yan Caiwei said.
As a Fengshui master of the Warlock system, when she was treating the patient, Xu Qi ‘an was still in the courtyard, hacking the stone lock.
Just by looking at Xu Qi ‘an’s complexion, he knew that he had suffered a great loss.
“Give me one, I’ll treat you to dinner tonight.” Xu Qi ‘an elbowed her.
Yan Caiwei took a few steps back in disgust, took out a porcelain bottle from her deerskin bag and threw it over,”It’s enough for you to use for a while.”
Xu Qi ‘an liked girls with such a strong backbone. As he walked in, he tipped the porcelain bottle over and took a brown pill.
The meatball had a strange taste. After chewing a few times, a spicy taste surged up.
Xu Qi ‘an swallowed it down. A few seconds later, she felt a warm and comfortable feeling in her stomach. She had also recovered a lot of her energy.
let me make this clear first. This is the negative effect of my secret art. It doesn’t mean that I’m the second son of the ruan family.
“What’s a second ruan?”
“It’s not a good thing,”
As they walked and talked, they arrived at the inner court.
Li Yuchun and Yang Feng came up to him and shook their heads. “He’s gone.”
“All the valuable things in the residence have been moved away,” the latter added.
Song tingfeng immediately pulled the old gatekeeper over and held a knife to his neck. He shouted, “”Where’s Zhou chixiong?”
“Baihu master … He, he took Madam, young master and young miss out of the city to visit relatives.”
“Then why did you say he’s sick?”
“Since the hundred-man Lord has instructed me to do so, I, I will do as you say …” The old gatekeeper’s face was full of fear, and his legs were trembling. He didn’t seem to be lying.
“When did you leave?” Xu Qi ‘an asked.
“On the day the ancestral worship ceremony ends …” The gatekeeper swallowed his saliva and begged, “”What, what crime did the Baihu master commit? I didn’t know, I didn’t know …”
Xu Qi ‘an waved his hand, signaling song tingfeng to let him go.
He led his men back into the house and searched every room. Other than some precious antiques, calligraphy, and paintings that had been taken away, all the furnishings in the residence were as good as before.
“Centurion Zhou has escaped!” Li Yuchun said in a low voice.
“It’s still too early to say that.” Xu Qi ‘an looked at li Caiwei.
The Oval-faced beauty actually understood what he meant. She jumped onto the roof and opened her bright eyes, scanning every corner of the Zhou mansion.
She wasn’t looking for someone, but for something else. The focus was on the garden and Ishii.
A moment later, Yan Caiwei jumped off the roof and shook her head,”There’s no corpse hidden in the mansion, and no one has died here recently … Well, it could also be covered up by special means. You guys can dig three feet into the ground and search.”
“There’s no need.” Xu Qi ‘an sighed. it doesn’t matter if we die or escape. This clue is broken.
However, there was an eighty percent chance that he had fled, because the people of the manor had personally seen Centurion Zhou leave with his family.
As he led his men out of the Zhou mansion’s main gate, Min Shan rushed over with a few copper gongs. He didn’t have time to rein in his horse and shouted, “”After the ancestral worship ceremony, Centurion Zhou took a long leave.”
His heart sank when he saw his colleagues ‘gloomy faces.
“He escaped.” Yang Feng let out a breath.
…..
As soon as Xu Qi ‘an left with his men, the Ministry of Justice and the government office rushed to the Zhou mansion. When they saw the collapsed gate, they felt a chill in their hearts.
He summoned the servants of the manor for interrogation and learned that the night watchman had just missed, and Centurion Zhou had long escaped from the capital.
The two men from the Yamen had complicated feelings. They didn’t know if they should be glad or regretful.
…..
Dusk!
Eunuch Liu rushed back to the palace before the city gates closed. With the help of his sons, he changed into casual clothes, took a bath, and was drinking tea before dinner.
A young eunuch hurried in and said in a soft voice, “”Godfather, His Majesty has sent someone to invite you.”
Eunuch Liu pinched the space between his brows and said unhappily, “”I know!”
He took a sip of water and asked his son to change into a robe. He had just stepped out of the door when he suddenly thought of something.
“Bring us the case file, the one we brought back today.”
The young eunuch went back to his room to get it.
He arrived at Jingxin Hall and was led into the hall. He saw Emperor Yuan jing, who was wearing a Daoist robe and had a long beard.
Emperor Yuan jing was neither meditating nor working. He was holding a book in his hand, but his thoughts were not in the book.
Liu Rong, I’ve sent someone to supervise the case. It’s been a day, what have you found? ” Emperor Yuan jing said calmly.
Eunuch Liu’s heart trembled. He had been working in the palace for decades, and even with Emperor Yuan jing’s temperament, the more he behaved like this, the more annoyed he felt.
It was a lie to ask about the case. The Emperor was going to lose his temper.
Eunuch Liu felt a wave of lingering fear, but then he rejoiced. He thought to himself that it was fortunate that he had made preparations in advance, and that he had really gained something today.
“Your Majesty, this is the summary of today’s case. I was just about to show it to you.” Eunuch Liu took out a thin book from his sleeve.
[ PS: I had something to do during the day, so I updated late. Update first and change later. Old rules. See you in this chapter for typos. ]