Volume 1: A Long Night Returns 58, Murder in the Government House
This was a stubborn old man, and Xie Qingyun persuaded him not to move, so he had to give up.
When it was daylight, the snow stopped.
It cleared up after the snow and the sun was exceptionally bright.
Xie Qingyun first went to a steamed stuffed bun shop to have breakfast. Only when he was full did he have the strength to fight. This was the last wish of his second personality brother, and he had to help him fulfill it no matter what.
Inquiring all the way to the government office, he saw many people watching at the gate of the government office. He was wondering that the government office could not open the door before the hour, as usual, and there were usually only two Zaoban government officials standing guard at the gate of the government office. Today,
The number of guards increased to ten; everyone stood with their swords drawn, their expressions tense and alert, and their eyes sharply scanned the crowd, seeming to be looking for suspicious people.
Xie Qingyun grabbed one person and asked, "Dare I ask, big brother, what happened? What are you looking at?"
The eldest brother glanced at him and lowered his voice and said: "Hey, little brother, you have asked the right person. My grandmother's second uncle and his aunt's son are working in the government office. He told me that someone died in the government office last night."
Xie Qingyun said: "Who is dead? Just let the quick team investigate, why is there such a big battle?"
The eldest brother looked horrified and his pupils shrank: "Just, even the people on the fast shift are all dead."
"What did you say?" Xie Qingyun was shocked.
Could it be that Daoist Wu failed to suppress the vixen, so she ran out and killed all the policemen in revenge? How can a mortal resist the methods of monsters?
Stinky fox, if it's really you, don't let me catch you. I'll skin you... The more Xie Qingyun thought about it, the more he felt that this was a possibility. He was filled with self-blame. He thanked his elder brother, squeezed out of the crowd, and walked directly to the government office.
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The guarding yamen officer saw him coming and looked at him warily: "The elder said that the yamen office is not handling the case today. Go back and forth wherever you go. Don't be unhappy!"
Xie Qingyun slightly cupped his hands and said: "Xie Qingyun, I have an old relationship with the senior class leader of your house. We just separated last night. I just heard that he suffered a misfortune. I don't know whether it is true or not?"
"Are you Xie Qingyun?" One of the government officials' expression changed drastically and he stared at him closely.
"I am Xie Qingyun." Xie Qingyun said.
The yamen officer suddenly pointed at him and said loudly: "That's him. I met the senior supervisor last night, and he was injured by this person."
"Catch him!" shouted a government servant who seemed to be the leader of the Zaoban class and was dressed in obviously different clothes.
He then added: "Be careful, Lao Gao said he is a Qi practitioner."
As soon as these words came out, the scene suddenly became chaotic. The spectators outside were so frightened that they backed away.
The government officials drew their swords and surrounded Xie Qingyun. Xie Qingyun lowered his face and said: "I only hurt him, not killed him. Why do you arrest me?"
The leader of Zaoban said: "If you have anything to say, just say it in front of the great master. If you are innocent, the great master will never wrongly accuse you."
Could it be that the governor of Hezhou is a master?
These government officials surrounded and refused to attack, it was clear that they wanted to delay time.
I was about to take a look at Gao Liang's body, maybe I could get some clues, maybe meet the governor of this state... After Xie Qingyun passed the Yunzhou case, he didn't like the officials very much, but he had to see him, so he said: "Where is the governor, please?"
lead the way."
The yamen officers were a little surprised to see him so cooperative. The squad leader said: "You'd better stop playing tricks and come with me."
Xie Qingyun was surrounded by a group of government officials and slowly moved into the government office. After passing the vestibule, the atrium, and behind the lobby, there was a spacious school ground. Almost everyone from the government office gathered in the school ground, and they were arranged to be questioned one by one.
There is Xuanyuan Terrace just north of the school grounds. Several people in uniforms and a dozen assistants are busy. On the ground are corpses covered with white cloth. Under the stage is a short old man wearing a scarlet cloud water.
Take it, put your hands behind your back and pace back and forth.
The squad leader quickly ran to the old man's side and whispered something. The old man stopped, his eyes like thorns, penetrating through the layers of people, and fixed on Xie Qingyun.
"Bring him here." He ordered.
Xie Qingyun came to the old man and briefly cupped his hands: "Xie Qingyun, a wandering individual, pays homage to the master." He could see at a glance that although the old man had a tough body, he was an ordinary person, so he focused his attention on the stage, but he was really real.
There were too many, and with the white cloth covering them, he couldn't see clearly. He couldn't help but frown and said:
"This is not the scene of the first murder. Doesn't the governor know that destroying the scene is tantamount to helping the murderer cover up the evidence?"
The old man said calmly: "Are you teaching me how to handle cases?" Although he is short, his voice is particularly loud and his eyes are particularly sharp.
Xie Qingyun then looked at the old man carefully and said: "I dare to ask the Lord of the Palace to gather the bodies of the victims, but what is the purpose?"
The squad leader who brought him in saw that he was neither humble nor arrogant in front of the old man, and his attitude changed. He actually explained: "Lao Gao and his men died miserably. The adults were worried that evil spirits were causing trouble and harming other people, so they decided to unify."
Autopsy.”
"How did they die?" Xie Qingyun said.
The old man said: "As a suspect in this case, it is not your turn to ask questions."
If you don't let me ask, how can I prove my innocence? Xie Qingyun said: "The matter is about my innocence, how can I not ask?"
The old man said: "You answer me first, what are you doing here at the government office?"
Xie Qingyun then remembered the "business" and said: "I'm looking for someone."
"Who are you looking for?" the old man asked.
"The group of people who came from Xijing a few days ago, I heard that they were hosted by the Lord Fu personally." Xie Qingyun said.
The old man's eyes gradually turned cold: "You know that they have left, but you still make up this excuse and think that I am easy to fool?"
"They left?" Xie Qingyun's face suddenly became ugly, thinking why the last wish of the second personality brother was so twists and turns. He said helplessly: "The truth is the opposite. It is not good for me that they left."
At this time, a man wearing a blue official uniform said: "Sir, there is still a distinguished guest who has not left. Why don't we invite him to confront him? If they really know each other, we can eliminate his suspicion, otherwise he can be chained and interrogated.
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The old man nodded and said: "Very good, go and thank General."
Not long after, a group of heavily armed soldiers came outside the school. The leader was very young, with a slightly dark complexion, but handsome features, a pair of tiger eyes, a domineering look, and his neck was always slightly raised proudly.
He was scanning all directions with his sharp eyes, as if the tiger king was patrolling his territory.
He soon saw Xie Qingyun and strode over. The old man was quite polite to him, "I invite General Xie to come. I want you to identify him. Do you recognize this person?"
He shook his head and sneered: "I have never seen him at all. This person is probably the murderer. Lord Fu, do you want me to help you catch him?"
The old man waved his hand, and then said to Xie Qingyun: "What else do you have to say now?"
This man is from Xijing, and his surname is Xie. He should be the one who took Xie Baoshu's ashes... Xie Qingyun stared at the young general with evil eyes: "Give me back Xie Baoshu's ashes."
Chapter completed!