Zhang Zhiqing's work of establishing the Lingnan Jingguo Army has always been very secretive. Except for a few of his most trusted confidants, the only people who know about it are Han Wenkui and Mu Hongbin.

And these people have long-standing grudges against Jiangbei Army, so this matter has never been known to Jiangbei Army.

However, what Zhang Zhiqing didn't know was that just as he was summoning bandits from all parties to gather at Han's farm, on the hillside in the distance, two Jiangbei Army scouts, covered with simple auspicious suits made of weeds and branches, were standing there.

Lying motionless on the back slope of the hillside.

One of the Jiangbei Army scouts held up a telescope and carefully observed every move outside the Han family farm!

"There are so many people here!"

"Looking at their clothes, they must be bandits from nearby!" The scout holding the binoculars was a captain officer, and next to him was a second lieutenant officer.

Sending two officers to monitor the Han family farm is enough to show that Jiangbei Army attaches great importance to Zhang Zhiqing.

Just listen to the captain officer continue to say: "Hey, Zhou Yanchang, Li Baizi, Lang Kun and other big bandit leaders are here. How much money did Zhang Zhiqing spend to summon them all?"

After Chu Liangyi took charge of Dongjiang, he planned to wipe out the bandits in Dongjiang and Beishan areas, so he asked the reconnaissance battalion to conduct an investigation of bandits in various places in advance.

And this captain officer was also one of the main collectors of early intelligence, and he knew the looks of these big bandit leaders by heart!

On the side, the second lieutenant officer was jotting down information in a small book with a pen, and said in a whisper: "You said Zhang Zhiqing is so old, why are you still thinking about recruiting troops to cause trouble?"

"Isn't it good to be a provincial governor and receive a salary of thousands of dollars every year?"

The captain sneered and said: "If the human heart is not enough, then the snake will swallow the elephant!"

"We think being a provincial governor is quite powerful, but in Zhang Zhiqing's opinion, he is tired of the position of provincial governor and has to find other jobs to enjoy it!"

The second lieutenant chuckled and said: "According to what you mean, it's like I often go to Chunxiang Garden to play with Miss Linglong for a month or two, and still find it interesting, but after playing for a year, it feels boring. So I thought about it.

I’ve got Chunxiang Garden’s top court official!”

The captain curled his lips with a wicked smile: "Well, you can't say that, but it's reasonable, it is indeed such a reasonable thing!"

“What you say is rough, but your reasoning is not rough!”

As the captain spoke, his eyes never left the Han family farm: "Remember, Liang Dacai from Lao Yushi is here too!"

While writing, the second lieutenant said disdainfully: "This Liang Da is the one who cares about food but not about beating, right? We just beat him up last month and killed more than 200 bandits."

"Now you are hooking up with Zhang Zhiqing again and want to go against us again, right?"

The captain sneered and said: "It's okay, when the war starts, let's beat him first to make this kid dishonest!"

The two of them chatted like this, and kept detailed records of the people who came in and out of the Han family farm. Zhang Zhiqing, who thought he was keeping secrets, didn't realize that his every move had already been controlled by Jiangbei Army!

In fact, Zhang Zhiqing did a good job keeping secrets. He had been busy for so long that even his wife and children didn't know he was doing such a big thing.

However, even though Zhang Zhiqing was sufficiently concealed in his work, his plan was still exposed due to a small oversight!

And this small oversight occurred on the Lingnan Jingguo Army seal that Zhang Zhiqing specially asked a craftsman to engrave!

The one who seals the letter has authority!

Zhang Zhiqing naturally understood this truth, so he specially searched for a good piece of jade and asked a famous stone craftsman from Lingnan Province to help him carve the seal.

After the big seal was carved, Zhang Zhiqing did something extremely stupid. In order to prevent the stone craftsman from telling anyone about the seal carving of the "Lingnan Jingguo Military Seal", he sent someone to kill the craftsman and sent him to prison.

The murder scene was faked to look like a burglary and murder.

This craftsman's name is Sun Yuting, and he is a famous stone craftsman in Lingnan Province. Many celebrities in the province like to have him carve seals.

After the murder case occurred, because Sun Yuting had a special status and was somewhat famous among the upper class in Dongjiang City, the police department quickly sent people to investigate.

However, the murderer did his job very neatly, and no suspicious signs were found at the entire scene. The police officer leading the team determined that this was a case of burglary, murder and theft motivated by money.

As for who the murderer was, Officer Qi, who was leading the team, was going to find a few gangsters and ask them whether any thieves in the city had suddenly become rich recently.

However, just as Officer Qi was about to close the team, Wu Qiusheng, who had just been transferred to Dongjiang City as the police chief, walked in.

He came to Dongjiang City to take office just the day before yesterday, but today a murder case broke out. The deceased was a person of minor status. This made Wu Qiusheng feel really unhappy. Isn't this a way to undermine me!

Can this be tolerated?

cannot!

Wu Qiusheng was worried about the incompetence of the police officers at the Dongjiang City Police Department, fearing that they would miss some key evidence.

Therefore, he decided to come over and inspect the scene in person. If he could find any clues and catch the murderer, Wu Qiusheng would definitely make him regret coming into this world!

"Hello, Director!"

The police officers at the scene immediately stood at attention, saluted, and spoke respectfully to Wu Qiusheng.

Wu Qiusheng nodded and said slowly: "Have you found any clues?"

Officer Qi hurriedly stepped forward and said with a smile on his face: "Director, the brothers have been investigating all morning and found no suspicious clues."

"The person who committed the crime was very clever and didn't leave any evidence. We plan to go back and find a few gang informants to see if we can find any clues from them!"

Wu Qiusheng glanced at him expressionlessly, without saying a word, and then started walking around the room, scanning his eyes around. Officer Qi did not dare to say anything and followed Wu Qiusheng cautiously.

At this time, Sun Yuting's body was still in the same state as before his death. He was sitting on a chair, holding a carving knife in his right hand. He threw his upper body on the table and pressed the half-engraved seal in front of him under his chest.

There are many dents on the back of the head, and the blood nearby has dried. It seems that Sun Yuting was hit hard from behind with a blunt instrument before he died!

Wu Qiusheng looked around, and then said calmly: "There is no need to look for the gangster's informant. The murderer should be an acquaintance of Sun Yuting, at least, someone whom Sun Yuting does not have to guard against!"

Officer Qi next to him was a little surprised and said: "Director, why is this?"

Wu Qiusheng glanced at him speechlessly, then pointed to the wall behind Sun Yuting and said: "Sun Yuting's table is facing the door, and behind him is the wall."

"And judging from the state of Sun Yuting's death, he was hammered to death with a blunt instrument from behind while he was carving a seal."

"Think about it, if a stranger broke in, could Sun Yuting not be on guard?"

"Who, when facing a stranger, would continue to be busy with the work in hand, let the other person walk behind him without any scruples, and then hammer him to death!"

"So, the murderer and Sun Yuting must know each other!"

"This is a crime committed by an acquaintance!"

"Ah, this..."

Officer Qi, who was leading the team, looked surprised. He didn't expect that the new director really had two skills!

At this time, Wu Qiusheng looked at Officer Qi and asked, "Do you know about Sun Yuting's situation?"

Officer Qi quickly said: "Oh, Sun Yuting's yard is in my jurisdiction, and I have occasionally talked with him once or twice. I still know something about him."

Wu Qiusheng nodded: "Does this person have any enemies?"

Officer Qi shook his head: "Don't tell me, Sun Yuting really doesn't have any enemies!"

Seeing that Wu Qiusheng was a little confused, he quickly explained: "Sun Yuting is a very withdrawn person. He usually deals with these stones and jades. He doesn't even have many friends, let alone make enemies with others."

"Does he have family?" Wu Qiusheng asked.

"Yes, his wife passed away the year before last, and he has two sons at home. The eldest son works in a foreign trade company in Wuhan, and the younger son also goes to university in Wuhan."

"So, he is the only one in this family, and his meals are usually brought to him from nearby restaurants!"

"The person who found the body this time was the boy who delivered the food!"

"We have already asked the boy. This child is only twelve years old. He has skinny arms and legs. He should not be a murderer."

Officer Qi explained Sun Yuting's situation one by one, while Wu Qiusheng listened and looked at the messy table in front of him. The table was filled with various seal cutting tools, stones of different sizes and used rice paper.

At this time, Wu Qiusheng's eyes fell on a stack of palm-sized rice paper. He picked it up and flipped through it, and found that they all had the words "Seal of xxxx" written on them. The handwriting was different, and it seemed that it should be engraved.

The person wrote what he wanted to engrave and showed it to Sun Yuting.

Wu Qiusheng handed the stack of rice paper to Officer Qi on the side: "Follow the handwriting on it and check the owners of these seals."

"Since Sun Yuting's social network is relatively narrow, I think the murderer may be his customer."

Officer Qi took the rice paper and quickly handed it to the police officer next to him to put it away, thinking that the new director was a veteran in investigating crimes!

At this time, Wu Qiusheng discovered several pieces of rice paper scattered under the table, which were covered with red seals.

Leaning down, Wu Qiusheng picked up these rice papers and flipped through them. He found that the red seals on them overlapped with the handwriting on the pile of rice papers just now.

Moreover, these red seals are still incomplete and blurry. It seems that this is the rice paper that Sun Yuting used to check the imprinting effect of the seal after carving it.

Wu Qiusheng glanced at it briefly and decided to hand these pieces of rice paper to Officer Qi for safekeeping. However, just when he stretched out his hand, he suddenly frowned, as if he noticed something!

Without hesitation, Wu Qiusheng immediately focused his eyes on the top piece of rice paper. His eyes moved quickly and finally landed on a corner of the rice paper:
Chapter completed!