Start with detective Li Yuanfang

Chapter 284 The victim is not dead, the murderer is dead
at the same time.

The other end of Guangdaofang.

Gong Taoguang hurried in from the back door of Gong's mansion and came to the garden.

While waiting, he walked around, his brows were furrowed, and his anxiety was beyond words.

It wasn't until a figure approached that Gong Taoguang immediately stepped forward, cupped his hands and said, "Third brother!"

Compared with the casualness when addressing Gong Siguang, the greeting to Gong Siye is extremely respectful, and also faintly mixed with a bit of fear.

Gong Siye didn't come over, his body was half hidden in the night, and his voice was cold: "You came here at this time, did you fail? Didn't the medicine powder put on Zheng Niangzi?"

Gong Taoguang said anxiously: "It's not just that the medicine powder hasn't been released, it didn't reach that point at all. Zheng Wenming didn't die, so when Li Yuanfang arrived in Yan Duzhi's yard, he actually noticed that Zheng Wenming was poisoned when he was toasting, so he shot to let him die." He spit out the poison!"

Gong Siye was stunned: "Li Yuanfang? Didn't he just arrive in Luoyang today? How could he appear there?"

Gong Taoguang briefly narrated the matter, Gong Siye couldn't help but fell silent, and sighed after a while: "I didn't expect such a coincidence, it's really bad luck... This is the end of the matter, you shouldn't come here, hurry back to Zheng's residence! "

Gong Taoguang's voice was bitter: "Third brother, I don't want to come here either, but Li Yuanfang is too powerful!"

"The suona poisoning he said should be a trick, but I was eager to get rid of it, and I took the initiative to propose a way to find the murderer, but I regretted it later! This person seemed to see that the poisoning was intended for Zheng Rentong, but he also pointed out Ask me to deliver a letter to the Zheng residence..."

"I was in the dark room of Zheng's mansion. I was really terrified and terrified. I couldn't take it anymore, so I came to you under the pretext of asking for advice."

Gong Siye said coldly: "Why are you panicking? If Li Yuanfang really saw through the truth, would he let you go? Such a big matter will be taken down immediately! Without evidence, who can slander you for poisoning the son of Governor Zheng?"

Gong Taoguang gritted his teeth: "There is still evidence..."

Gong Siye's pupils shrank suddenly: "What evidence?"

Gong Taoguang said: "The poisonous fan you handed over to me! I was afraid of being searched at the time, so I could only throw it under the cabinet in the chaos. Now that I'm still in the courtyard, I don't want to leave, but Li Yuanfang wants me to go, just in case That bag of poisonous powder was discovered, if we trace the source, nothing will happen, right?"

After being silent for a while, Gong Siye breathed a sigh of relief: "As long as it wasn't found from you, it's fine, they can't prove who lost it."

Gong Taoguang also seemed to be pardoned: "Great! Then I'll go to Zheng's mansion first. If Governor Zheng pursues the matter of the fields..."

Gong Siye directly interrupted: "There is no need to talk about those things, you don't want to go to Zheng's mansion now, if you run into Li Yuanfang, it will be even more difficult to explain, go back to your own mansion first! If you ask me afterwards, I will say that I was intimidated by Governor Zheng. Wei Yi, after all, dare not tell him this kind of thing, this is also human nature..."

Gong Taoguang's expression softened a little. He wanted to poison Zheng Hui, and then go to the Zheng residence to face Zheng Rentong and Li Yuanfang who might arrive at any time. He really didn't dare. Going back to his home was certainly an escape, but it was a kind of psychological comfort after all: "Third brother, then I'll go back..."

"Go!"

Gong Siye watched the side branch brother leave, took a step forward, and walked out from the half-hidden darkness.

The moonlight shone softly on his ferocious face, but it outlined a full killing intent: "Is it possible to make him commit suicide in fear of crime?"

There was no movement around.

Gong Siye frowned, and said word by word: "I let them invade the fertile land, and it is also to cooperate with your plan to instigate Baiqi. If you dare to stand by and watch, you will die together!"

As soon as the words fell, a fruit tree beside him shook suddenly, and the leaves rustled down.

Gong Siye sneered: "What? Want to kill me in reverse? It's useless, I've prepared for it! If I die, on the day of the funeral, your shameful deeds will spread all over the streets of Luoyang lane!"

Quiet all around.

After a while, a cold snort sounded, and then went away.

There was also cold sweat behind Gong Siye's back, remorse first appeared on the brows, and then he became firm: "The matter has come to this point, there is no chance to speak of, we must press this matter down before Li Yuanfang and Zheng Rentong join forces!"

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On the other side, in front of the Zhumen of the Zheng Mansion.

Zheng Rentong didn't draw it.

Because he heard that the matter involved his son and daughter, the governor of Luozhou immediately stopped him and brought Li Yan and Gong Siguang into the mansion.

Knowing a son is like a father, Zheng Rentong is very clear about Zheng Hui's virtues, let alone his daughter, who is not a fuel-efficient lamp.

When they came to the main hall, the guest of honor was seated, Zheng Rentong waved to retreat, and Li Yan took out the letter: "Please take a look at it."

Zheng Rentong took the unfolding with his own hands. Seeing that the words were indeed written by Zheng Hui, his heart sank, and he had a premonition that something serious was going on.

But after he actually read it, his body still swayed, and he spun around for a while.

Fortunately, words are not as powerful as words, and with preparation, Zheng Rentong still did not lose his composure, but his hands trembled like Parkinson's, and tremblingly said: "How is Civilization now?"

Li Yandao: "Please rest assured, after Dr. Chen's diagnosis, Zheng Langjun only needs to take half a month of decoction, and he will be back to normal."

Hearing that his son was fine, Zheng Rentong's hands finally stopped trembling, his lips groaned, he couldn't help but stand up and salute: "Fortunately, Li Jiyi came forward to save my son's life and protect our clan's reputation!"

Li Yan returned the gift: "It's also due to chance, Zheng Gong doesn't have to be like this."

Zheng Rentong stood there dumbfounded, and heaved a long sigh. His face was deeply wrinkled and full of old age: "I have no way to teach my son, no way to teach my son!"

Poor parents all over the world, how many heroes, children's education is a big problem, Liu Yu is a classic.

At Zheng Rentong's current age, Zheng Hui should have been over thirty when he was born.

For ancient times, it was quite late to have children in their thirties, and they were only children, so it would be a lie to say that they didn't love them.

Zheng Rentong didn't blindly dote on him. Zheng Hui was not an ignorant dude. From the fact that he didn't want to hurt his friends or slander the servants in the courtyard, it can be seen that the family education is still good, but once he becomes stubborn, everyone will stop him. Can't help it, the more he wants to do what others don't allow him to do.

Li Yan enjoys watching the fun, but he doesn't comment much on other people's family affairs, and changes the topic: "Mr. Zheng might as well read the letter again."

Upon hearing this, Zheng Rentong read the letter from beginning to end again, his eyes became extremely sharp: "The thief is vicious, he must be severely punished, and he must be severely punished!"

What he was concerned about before was that his son was going to marry a woman who would know how to get started, and almost died of poisoning, but now he is focusing on the process of poisoning, and he has a deep fear.

After the fear, there is a monstrous anger.

If Zheng Hui was really poisoned to death like that, Mrs. Zheng would probably have no face to live on. Both her son and daughter would perish. His wife could bear that blow?
This is to kill his whole family, such a deep hatred is not just a business matter, even if he is not the governor of Luozhou, he will also report it!

Li Yan turned to Gong Siguang: "The biggest suspect in this case is Gong Taoguang, Gong Wulang, what do you think?"

Since Gong Siguang entered the hall, he has not said a word, but his eyes are rolling around.

Just as he was imagining how Zheng Hui would be hung up and beaten after returning home, Li Yan's voice made him startled, and he reflexively said: "I will kill my relatives righteously!"

Don't ask, asking is just killing relatives.

Zheng Rentong frowned and looked at the dude, but remained silent.

Li Yan said solemnly: "Inspector Zheng, whether this case is related to the entire Gong family or whether it is just a single culprit making waves is still unknown."

"His Royal Highness and the officials are about to arrive in Luoyang. The crimes of the thieves must be investigated. Luoyang must maintain stability. The disaster situation in the customs is not over yet, and rice and grain need to be transported by water. There is no delay!"

"You might as well give Gong Shi a chance to prove himself, and then we'll see how the situation develops."

From the Beishi Wharf, Li Yan could see that Gong Siguang's foundation in the middle and lower classes was quite stable because of the compliments paid by the officials to Gong Siguang.

After all, it has been operated for decades, and local forces are intertwined. Many seemingly irrelevant people may have secretly received favors from this family, and they can come in handy at critical moments.

In comparison, Zheng Rentong, who has been the governor for less than seven years, has a much shallower foundation. He is usually respectful and respectful, but if it really involves core interests, he is also good at acting in the opposite direction.

Any decree must be done by people after all. If the Gong family is uprooted, let alone whether it will be successful in a short period of time, even if it is successful, the operation of Luoyang's various tasks will probably be paralyzed by half, and Guanzhong is still waiting for emergency relief. In the end, it was the common people who were injured.

To crack down on local wealthy families, one has to do it step by step, not like Cui Shouye did back then when he was ready to arrest tens of thousands of people from the Wuwei Jia family and bring them to Beijing with a wave of his hand. Shi is also involved in other crimes, and I will take my time later.

He didn't want the turmoil in Luoyang to affect the disaster in Guanzhong. After calming down a little, Zheng Rentong nodded and said, "Li Jiyi has the overall situation in mind and acted prudently. This old man is also willing to trust the Gong family. I hope Gong Wulang can really kill his relatives righteously!"

Gong Siguang was in a hurry: "Inspector Zheng, I'm telling the truth, you don't believe me to go right now and arrest Gong Taoguang with my own hands?"

Zheng Rentong had a rigid personality and looked down on Gong Siguang, so he gave a perfunctory hum, but Li Yan said, "That's right, arrest people now!"

The two were stunned, and Li Yan stood up: "Steady what should be steady, and be ruthless if you should be ruthless, now is the time to strike decisively!"

"Gong Taoguang is extremely suspicious. Although there is no real evidence yet, in order to prevent variables, we still need to control people. After he is released from prison, it will not be too late to find evidence!"

"Gong Taoguang should have come to Zheng's mansion long ago, but he hasn't seen him for a long time. Let's go to the mansion first, and if we don't see him, we will issue a wanted arrest in the whole city!"

Zheng Rentong thought for a while: "Okay! Let's do it this way! Take the old man's festival!"

Jing is dedicated to rewards, and festivals are dedicated to killing. Every governor who governs a state has festivals in order to mobilize soldiers at critical moments.

At this time, Zheng Rentong gave an order, and hundreds of forbidden troops defending the Luoyang Imperial City were mobilized and immediately entered Guangdaofang in mighty form.

Since they were in the same square city and at the foot of the imperial city, they didn't even arrive for half an hour, so everyone went to another mansion of the Gong family.

Gong Siguang directly stepped forward and asked, "Has Gong Taoguang come back?"

Those servants were trembling: "I don't know what to say to Ah Lang."

Gong Siguang was unequivocal, and said directly: "Maybe he came back to the mansion through the back door, don't worry about it, go ahead and search!"

He took the lead and rushed inside with the guards in high spirits, shouting all the way, but he really didn't regard the side branches as his own people: "Gong Taoguang is here, arrest this thief, don't resist! Don't resist!"

Li Yan and Zheng Rentong strolled in the courtyard, walking behind.

Zheng Rentong said strangely: "I didn't see it before. Although Gong Wulang is a dude, he is also somewhat decisive. You should not underestimate him. Li Jiyi is really good at finding talents!"

Li Yan smiled, and his face changed slightly.

Seeing that Gong Goro led the team in person, the mansion naturally did not dare to resist, and was forced into the backyard all the way.

Arriving at the residence of the female relatives, Gong Siguang restrained himself a bit, and after asking the maidservant, he was overjoyed and said: "Gong Taoguang has indeed returned, and he is in his room, everyone follow me to arrest people!"

He rushed in with the forbidden army, but suddenly felt a gust of wind blowing by his side, and saw Li Yan moving like a thunder, rushing straight in.

"Li Jiyi, are you...?"

Gong Siguang was stunned at first, but soon understood, and turned pale with astonishment.

Because when everyone entered the courtyard, they saw candles lit up in Gong Taoguang's room, and a figure was reflected through the window paper.

If you look closely, you can see that the shadow is hanging by a rope, dangling.

Li Yan was the first to enter the room, and what caught his eyes was Bow Taoguang with his tongue outstretched, hanging from the beam, with a pile of filth underneath.

The victim is not dead, the murderer is dead...

　Thanks to the third leader of the book friend "On the Road" for the reward, and to the book friend "Niu Wuji", "Tianjing Huntian Baojian" and "Rogeotarifos" for their rewards.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)