Uncle You originally wanted to persevere, but he didn't expect that the whip would hurt so much.

After the third stroke, he couldn't stand it anymore and cried, "I'm looking for the examiner of the provincial examination with Lord Qi."

In order to avoid the incident, the five candidates were interrogated before interrogating the officials involved in the autumn examination. After all, there were too many people participating in the three-year provincial examination from the organization to the successful end.

Uncle You confessed, and Lin Xiao immediately took the people to the Hanlin Academy.

"Mr. Qi? Didn't see him."

I went to ask Qi Shuqiang again, and he said, "He took a leave at noon and said that there was something wrong at home."

Lin Xiao asked Qi Shuqiang's address and hurried there.

"Master?" The reply was Qi Shuqiang's wife, "The master said he was tired after he came back and went to the study to rest. The lord waited and sent the servants to shout."

As soon as his wife finished speaking, a servant ran in: "Madam, it's not good, Master, Master, Master--"

"What's wrong with the master?" The relative's wife showed anxiety.

"The master committed suicide by committing suicide by committing suicide!" The servant pinched his thigh hard and finally said it.

"What?" The wife of the relative shook her body and ran out.

Lin Xiao frowned and followed silently.

A group of people followed.

The door of the study was wide open, and a man in a green robe hung on the beam of the room, swaying with the cool breeze coming in.

"Master!" The relative's wife shouted shrillly and stumbled inside.

But she was really excited by this scene and fell to the ground just after she stepped apart.

Some of the servants who followed the Qi family helped Qi's wife, while others went to save Qi Shuqiang, and they were overwhelmed.

Lin Xiao strode over and only glanced at Qi Shuqiang who was untied, and knew that he was dead.

The crying of the relatives' wife and children was heard, Lin Xiao had to ask the person who looked like a manager: "When will your master come back?"

The manager also looked frightened, and at least he could reply: "It was probably in the early hours of the lunar calendar."

Lin Xiao frowned.

The Hanlin Academy said that Qi Shuqiang took leave at noon and went home, and the manager of the Qi family said so again, where did Qi Shuqiang go in the middle?

"Have you come out after you enter the study?"

This sentence stopped the manager.

He is in charge of the affairs and is not responsible for guarding the master's study.

The manager hurriedly called a servant over: "Sir, he is responsible for managing the master's study. Usually, when the master enters the study, he will wait in the corridor."

Lin Xiao glanced at the servant.

The servant said tremblingly: "Report to the master, the master has entered the study and never came out again."

"Then you didn't ask if you master wants to drink tea?"

"The master never allows small disturbances when he is in the study. Only when the master calls for someone can he enter."

Lin Xiao asked a few more questions, and his eyes turned to his crying wife: "Mrs. Qi, are there any abnormalities in Lord Qi these days?"

The wife of the relative finally stopped crying and shook her head blankly: "The master hasn't had much appetite these two days, nothing else."

"Does Mr. Qi know the person you have met recently?"

The relative's wife wiped her tears: "I, a woman, never care about things outside, how could I know who the master has seen?"

Lin Xiao didn't ask anything and ordered a subordinate: "Go back and report to Lord Qi's affairs to Lord Qi and bring the coroner."

The subordinates took the order and left.

Lin Xiao walked in the study with a calm expression. After seeing the sea of ​​Bishan and inkstones, the shelf of poetry and books were filled with them, and suddenly stopped.

There is a pot of kumquats placed on the windowsill, and the small trees that are not tall are full of golden fruits, which looks very gratifying.

Lin Xiao reached out his hand.

"That's the potted plant that the master likes very much." The wife of the clan thought Lin Xiao was about to move the pot of kumquats and choked.

Lin Xiao glanced at his wife, fell down his hand and grabbed a little bit of soil.

He lowered his head and sniffed it, then sniffed the soil in the basin, and soon saw the black and gray mixed with the soil.

Lin Xiao guessed what black and gray was as soon as he saw it.

Today, Qi Shuqiang must have burned paper when he was in the study.

"Get a shovel." Lin Xiao ordered the Qi family to take charge of the businessman.

The manager hesitated to look at his wife.

Lin Xiao's face sank: "Do you want your master to die inexplicably?"

After hearing this, the manager just wanted to complain.

The master obviously had something to do with his own suicide. If these people continued to investigate, the result might be worse.

But when Lin Xiao said this in public, he certainly did not dare to refuse.

Lin Xiao has a flower shovel, so it is more convenient to dig up the soil in the flower pot.

Until the entire orange tree was dug out and the soil was turned over inch by inch, only a few unburned small pieces of paper were found except for the black and gray.

The paper is too small, only one with the word "皇" written on it, and the rest are all blank.

Perhaps it is precisely because Qi Shuqiang didn't care that they were not completely burned to ashes.

Lin Xiao carefully packed up a few small pieces of paper, waited for the coroner to check it out, and asked about the situation.

"The deceased should have committed suicide," said Coron.

The relative's wife burst into tears: "Master, why can't you think so?"

When the relatives cried, the children cried even louder.

"Who follows Lord Qi when he goes out on weekdays?"

The wife of the relative couldn't help but say, "Sir, our master is gone. Are you interrogating us?"

Lin Xiao seemed not to see Qi's wife crying red eyes, and said calmly: "Mr. Qi is involved in the imperial examination fraud case. This case was issued by the emperor and thoroughly investigated. Lin was ordered to act, and I hope that Mr. Qi will cooperate."

When Qi Shuqiang heard that he was involved in the imperial examination fraud case, Qi's wife's face turned pale: "Impossible, how could our master be involved in the imperial examination fraud case--"

Lin Xiao seemed to have no idea what sympathy was and said lightly: "That's why we appeared in your mansion."

The relative's wife was shocked and she held the maid and was shaking.

"Please tell Mrs. Qi who the servant whom Lord Qi is usually brought by his side."

Those who follow Qi Shuqiang when they go in and out must be his confidant.

The relative's wife said a name.

Lin Xiao looked at the male servant standing in front of him and said calmly: "Let's go to the yamen."

It is not convenient for the women and children of the Qi family to take them to the yamen for interrogation, but it is still fine to interrogate a servant.

Lin Xiao brought people back to the yamen and saw Lu Xuan and others there.

Lu Xuan looked at the male servant: "This is—"

"Mr. Qi's servant." Facing Lu Xuan, Lin Xiaoxiang went to investigate the case seriously, "Why did Brother Lu come?"

Lu Xuan chuckled: "I am also a member of the Ministry of Justice, but there are few cases in Jingjing. Of course, I have to participate more and study hard."

Lin Xiao's mouth twitched slightly.

It's like it's true.

"Go in first." In front of so many people, Lin Xiao certainly would not joke with his friends.

Lu Xuan walked beside Lin Xiao and his voice lowered: "I heard that Lord Qi committed suicide by committing suicide by committing suicide?"

Lin Xiao nodded slightly.

"Why did Brother Lin bring this servant?"

"This servant is Lord Qi's confidant. If you want to find out whereabouts of Lord Qi in the past few days, you have to ask him."

Lu Xuan looked at the male servant deeply: "Brother Lin, as far as I know, this servant Lord Qi is not the one whom he trusts the most."
Chapter completed!