I go to the ancient imperial examinations

Chapter 365
Dressed in filial piety, Zhang Minxian's voice was hoarse, his eyes were red and bloodshot, and he knelt on the ground for a long time, unwilling to get up, until he was arrested and forced to help him up.

Master Yao is the chief envoy of Longyou Dao, and also a confidant minister trusted by the Holy One. At this moment, Qing Huang's face is solemn, and he looks at the grief-stricken Zhang Minxian with scrutiny.

After a long while, Lord Yao said coldly, "I will definitely handle the case of Prefect Zhang impartially, so you should step down first."

After all, if you want to enter the study room, there is still Zhang Zhifu's body inside. As the Son of Man, Zhang Minxian is indeed inconvenient to stay here.

Even though Zhang Minxian was unwilling, he finally took a look at the sealed study room, bowed deeply to Mr. Yao, and then left with the support of the policeman.

"Open the door." Master Yao gave an order, Hu Butou immediately stepped forward and tore off the seal, and pushed the study door open with a creak.

The rotten smell of the corpse rushed over in an instant, but Master Yao, who was closest to the door, did not change his face, and walked in first, followed by Master Zheng, the procurator.

Commander Chu stood at the door of the study, his triangular eyes scanned the yard with gloomy and treacherous eyes, then passed over Hu Butou and the others one by one, and finally stepped into the study.

According to Huang Yu's work by the inspector, the preliminary autopsy has already started at this moment, and the clerk is quickly taking a pen to record.

Master Yao's gaze stayed on the messy ground, books and teacups were scattered all over the floor, it was obvious that there was a dispute.

Coupled with the previous confessions of the two minor officials, it is not difficult to judge that Zhang Zhifu and Pang Tongzhi had a quarrel in the study with closed doors and windows, then smashed things, and finally pushed and shoved. Zhang Zhifu may have died of an accident, or he may have died to murder.

"My lord." Chu Qianshi's voice was indescribably sharp, and he watched Wu Zuo lift up the body with cold eyes, and continued: "Master Zhang was pierced to death by the wooden carved green bamboo on the left side of the screen. What a coincidence to cause death."

Contrary to Chu Qian whose attitude was unclear, Mr. Zheng squatted down and asked Wu Zuo a few questions in a low voice. This wooden carved green bamboo is also considered a murder weapon. Dried and dark brown.

Wu Zuo compared the wounds on the corpse, and then carefully looked at the carved green bamboo pulled out from the corpse, "My lord, it is preliminarily judged that the deceased knocked down the screen, and then was inserted into the chest by the green bamboo from the back and died on the spot. Judging from the traces of the wound and the blood on the ground, the body has not been moved..."

Zhao Tongzhi didn't enter the study, and stood sullenly under the corridor at the moment. After hearing Wu Zuo's words, Zhao Tongzhi frowned deeply.

When Master Yao and his party returned to the main hall of the government office, it was already two quarters of an hour later.

The faces of the two petty officials who were called over for questioning were pale, but their confessions were almost the same as what they said on the morning of the incident.

"Reporting to my lord, the villain was in charge of cleaning the mansion's house two years ago. Zhang Zhifu would read and practice calligraphy in the study every day, and sometimes read official documents. It was raining heavily that day. Pang Tongzhi arrived at about two quarters of the day. tea."

The little official was still wondering why Pang Tongzhi had come early before it was time to go to the Yamen, and it was just that he had something to discuss with Zhang Zhifu.

The little official calmed down, glanced at the adults in the seat, and continued to reply: "After the tea was delivered, the villain retreated and closed the door of the study. After a while, Zhang Zhifu and Pang Tongzhi quarreled. The villain immediately backed away from Tian Tian."

This is also the rule of the yamen. Even though they were curious, the two did not dare to eavesdrop. In order to avoid suspicion, they even deliberately stood a little far away.

It is said that in the early years, a small official took money but wanted to eavesdrop on Zhang Zhifu's conversation with others, and even secretly opened the waste paper discarded by Zhang Zhifu, and was finally kicked out of the yamen by twenty boards.

Lord Yao quickly finished reading the statement made by the little official earlier, and asked his followers to hand over the two statements to Lord Zheng and Chu Qianshi who were sitting at the bottom, "So you all returned to the door of the study when you heard the sound of the screen falling to the ground. of?"

"Yes, the villain heard the sound of quarreling and teacups being smashed before, and after a while, after a loud bang, the villain heard Pang Tongzhi shouting "Master", and the little one felt something was wrong and went to Hetian God ran back."

After the two little officials retreated, Chu Qianshi casually threw the confession in his hand on the table, and suddenly challenged Zhao Tongzhi, who was sitting at the bottom, "Zhao Tongzhi, why did I hear that after the crime happened, an outsider entered the murder scene?" , the one who takes the lead is Zhao Tongzhi's beloved son?"

His complexion changed suddenly, and Zhao Tongzhi immediately got up and went to the middle of the lobby to apologize to Lord Yao, who was seated above him, "It's because the officials are not strict in discipline, and the incident happened suddenly, and the officials personally sent Pang Tongzhi to the prison, but the dogs and others took Zhan Non-fish..."

No matter what the reason is, Zhang Zhifu was killed, Pang Tongzhi was sent to prison, and Zhao Tongzhi became the highest-ranking official in the Suzhou government. Zhan Feiyu, an outsider who can enter the murder scene, is Zhao Tongzhi's dereliction of duty. It depends on Mr. Yao Is it to make use of the topic, or to turn a big event into a small matter.

Chu Qianshi smiled coldly, looked at Zhao Tongzhi who was kneeling on the ground pleading guilty, took two sips of tea from the teacup, and continued to question in a cold voice: "I also heard that Zhan Feiyu committed a murder by killing a merchant's right hand tendon. , this case is being tried by Pang Tongzhi, and this evil servant is still imprisoned in the government prison."

"Zhao Tongzhi, you dare to let a person who may have a grudge against Pang Tongzhi enter the murder scene. This makes me wonder if you have done something to Zhao Tongzhi. Everything in this study is what you let me see, and you can't see it. Things might have been cleaned up."

"The lower officials are terrified. The lower officials will never dare to know the law and break the law. Please be aware of it." Zhao Tongzhi's face was ashen as he knocked his head on the cold ground.

He knew that Zhan Feiyu's entry into the study was the biggest trouble that day. At that time, he thought that Master Yao and the others would turn a blind eye to Gu Xueshi's face, but now it seems that Chu Qian's matter is going to be caught. Let's not let go of this point.

Master Yao took a meaningful look at Chu Qian's affairs, and then said: "Zhao Tongzhi, you get up first, Chu Qian's affairs, the most important thing at this time is to find out the cause of Zhang Zhifu's death, and discuss the rest later."

"Yes, my lord, my lord is impatient for a while, please forgive me." Chu Qian apologized without sincerity, but there was a bit of sarcasm and disdain on his face.

The fearful Zhao Tongzhi stood up, Mr. Yao was unclear, Mr. Zheng hardly spoke, but Chu Qian was full of hostility. Now that the Zhao family is in prison, the Zhao family's opportunity has come, but they don't know that the current Zhao family seems to be walking on a cliff, and if they are not careful, they will be smashed to pieces.

Zhan Feiyu was summoned to the lobby of the government office by the yamen servants, presumably to prevent her from colluding with the fast yamen servants of the Suzhou government, but Master Yao brought these two yamen servants.

The best advantage of achieving fame is not to pay homage to officials, "Student Zhan Feiyu has met you adults."

Sitting on the main seat, Lord Yao's always dark face showed some appreciation at the moment, even the trembling Zhao Tongzhi could feel Master Yao's love for Zhan Feiyu, it was more like an elder treating a junior recognition.

"Miss Zhan, you don't have to be polite, sit down and answer." Master Yao's voice was still cold, but he could make Zhan Feiyu, a young scholar, sit down, which is enough to illustrate his attitude.

"Thank you, sir." Zhan Feiyu sat down on the chair opposite Zhao Tongzhi.

There is no restraint, no uneasiness, and the calm and calm one does not look like a little girl. This is at least much better than the ashen-faced Zhao Tongzhi.

"How did Ms. Zhan know that Zhang Zhifu was killed that day? And why did she go to the scene of the murder in the first place? What did she do in the study?" After asking three times in a row, Chu Qian immediately launched an attack. This hostile attitude was in sharp contrast to Lord Yao Compared.

As for Mr. Zheng still sitting silently by the side, he seemed to be thinking about the case. After Zhan Feiyu came in, Mr. Zheng only took a look, and then continued to fall into deep thought.

Zhan Feiyu, who had just sat down, had to get up again, and took a look at Chu Qian, who was full of malice, but his crisp voice was still peaceful, "Returning to the adults, the students only knew what happened when they heard the passers-by talking about it. He went to the government office with his entourage, and after being stopped by the guards, the student showed the token of the Forbidden Dragon Guard and entered the study."

(End of this chapter)