Daxianguan

Chapter 87

Seeing that Chu Xian nodded, the little official went to inform the servants and guards who had been summoned to let them leave.

Most of these people didn't say anything, only a few were quite dissatisfied with this kind of call and go, and deliberately loudly said as they walked: "I ask this and that all the time, I think this inspector is nothing more than that." If you can't find out the truth about Lord Yushi's murder, you'll know how to toss people and make these useless efforts."

At the moment, many petty officials and even officials in the inspection department have bad faces, and there are also people who are dissatisfied with Chu Xian. The guards came to question him, which was considered exceeding his authority. Originally, this kind of matter could only be led by the censor, so some officials from the inspection department planned to wait for Cui Huanzhi to come back, and sue Chu Xian for exceeding his authority.

This includes Zhang Jin, the chief secretary of the inspection department. Zhou Fang had expressed his loyalty to him before and was willing to take refuge in him. Zhang Jin wanted to strengthen his influence in the inspection department, so he took over Zhou Fang. Using an excuse to punish Zhou Fang, in Zhang Jin's view, it was tantamount to deliberately cutting his face.

According to his official position, Chu Xian is still a subordinate of his chief secretary, but Chu Xian only obeys Cui Huanzhi's orders, which makes Zhang Jin very uncomfortable. It completely angered Zhang Jin. At this moment, he finally couldn't bear it anymore, walked out of the rest room, and directly reprimanded Chu Xian.

"Chu Xian, the writer Chu, you are so courageous. Do you still think I am a superior? The sudden summoning of witnesses for interrogation in the middle of the night made people panic. Let me ask you, who gave you such great power? Or What solid evidence do you have? It would be excusable if you found something, but have you found it? You are very good at bluffing and pretending."

Zhang Jin's voice was very loud, and everyone was terrified to see the head of the inspectorate making a fuss. Of course, everyone knew very well that Zhang Jin was just making use of the topic.

Zhou Fang hid in the crowd and watched all this with a sneer. The worse Chu Xian was trained, the more he felt relieved.It would be best for Chu Xian to be unfavorable in his affairs and lose his job. That's what he wants to see the most.

Facing the scolding, Chu Xian was neither in a hurry nor annoyed. He was flipping through the interrogation transcript in his hand just now, and now he raised his head and said, "What Mr. Zhang reprimanded was that the subordinate must reflect on himself. If there is any further action, he must first inform Mr. Zhang." , Master Zhang will decide first."

That Zhang Jin was taken aback for a moment, he probably didn't expect Chu Xian to be so calm, no matter his attitude or tone, he couldn't find anything wrong with it, which made it hard to say the reprimand he prepared later.

To put it in a simple way, Chu Xian doesn't play cards according to the routine at all. Besides, Zhang Jin thought about it, he really can't do anything about holding Chu Xian. It is impossible to pass the inspection of the censor and do anything to Chu Xian.

Therefore, he could only let it go, flicked his sleeves, and left a sentence: "You can do it yourself."

After he finished speaking, he went back.

At this time, an old man over there came over with the servants and guards of Yushifu, and said to Chu Xian: "Master Chu, if there is nothing else, we will go back first."

Chu Xian knew that this old man was an old housekeeper who had been with Wang Xianming Yushi for nearly 20 years. His surname was Guo, and he was over seventy years old now.

"Guo Butler, it's okay. It's so late, and I'm sorry to trouble you to take someone here." Chu Xian said politely, then turned to Wu Ping behind him and said, "Wu Ping, take someone to escort Guo Butler back."

"No need." The housekeeper Guo shook his head: "Master Chu is dedicated to his duty and investigates the case. We all understand that it is just a trip, and there is nothing to worry about. I just hope that Master Chu can solve the case as soon as possible and return the king. My lord is fair."

After finishing speaking, the old butler led the people away.

Chu Xian watched the old housekeeper go out, then turned around, and ordered everyone to disperse, leaving only Qi Chengxiang behind.

"My lord, you should go to bed earlier." Qi Chengxiang knew that Chu Xian had been working hard to investigate the case for the past few days, exhausting his energy.

Chu Xian nodded, then suddenly remembered something, and asked, "Master Cui and Brother Li went out yesterday, did they find anything?"

Qi Chengxiang shook his head, obviously he didn't know what Cui Huanzhi and Li Yanji were going to investigate.

Chu Xian would go to the study at this time, look at the files on the table, and then tap the table with his fingers, making a thumping sound.

"Qi Daochang, if I assume that Wang Yushi was secretly under house arrest one month before he was killed, how can anyone in Fengcheng do this?" Chu Xian still felt that his previous guess was correct, but No evidence was found, but this did not prevent him from assuming inferences.

Qi Chengxiang thought about it very seriously, and said: "To be able to put a supervisory censor under house arrest must have great power in Fengcheng. After thinking about it, only three people have this ability, one is the governor of Suizhou, and he He is the lord of a state, who is capable of doing it, and Chang Shi, who is also capable of doing it, and the last one is Sima of the military government. Only these three people have such power, but it is not right, if any of them do It's impossible for the other two to be unaware of this."

"That's right, but in fact, apart from the three of them, there is one other person who can do this!" Chu Xian nodded, and just now, he suddenly thought of a possibility. this thought.

Qi Chengxiang obviously didn't believe it: "Who?"

Chu Xian squinted his eyes and said, "The chief steward of the Yushi Mansion is that old Mr. Guo just now."

Qi Chengxiang thought for a while, then slapped his forehead, nodded and said: "Yes, you don't have to be a powerful person to do this kind of thing. Just now I fell into a misunderstanding, thinking that you can only do it if you have power, but if He is the chief steward of the Yushi Mansion, and he has the ability to control the entire Yushi Mansion, but..."

"I know what you're thinking, you're thinking, a housekeeper has this kind of ability, but how can he put a sixth-rank censor with a name in the official code, who is blessed with holy power, and who is proficient in official skills, under house arrest? , Isn't it?" Chu Xian's eyes were bright at the moment, and the guess in his heart became clearer.

Qi Chengxiang nodded quickly, his face full of curiosity.

Chu Xian got up at this time, grabbed his coat and walked out, saying at the same time: "Cultivation is not everything. If a tiger fights alone with Orion, none of the ten Orions can match Tiger. But if you use traps, bows, or , It’s poison, if you do the math without thinking, a hunter can hunt and kill a tiger without any effort, Qi Daochang, you follow me.”

Hearing this, Qi Chengxiang lifted his spirits, and immediately armed with a knife, followed Chu Xian out of the mansion quickly.

(End of this chapter)