Dali Temple Small Dining Room 2

Chapter 182 Bamboo Tube Rice (V)
"We...we received a blood book from that year!" Xun Zhou looked at the two people who were looking at him, and said subconsciously.

The moment he opened his mouth, there was a sense of unreasonable annoyance, but after finishing speaking, when he faced the two thoughtful faces in front of him, he was inexplicably relieved.

The secret has been kept in the bottom of my heart for too long, and it is somewhat breathless.

Now that I have said it, there is no need to hide it anymore. Xunzhou said: "The messenger who sent the letter was robbed by bandits on the way to deliver the edict, so the edict was stolen. The messenger was afraid of being implicated, so he went to The bandit village negotiated, and the bandit village was very reasonable, and after hearing about it, he returned the stolen imperial edict to the messenger!"

As soon as he said this, Lin Fei on the opposite side couldn't help but frowned: "I have never heard Wei Fu and those who handled the case say that the imperial edict was robbed!"

"Ants are still greedy for life!" Xunzhou sighed helplessly when he said this, and explained, "The messenger dared not say anything about it, and besides, the imperial edict was brought back, and the sealing wax was not removed. After this happened, I hurriedly sent the imperial edict."

Then... everyone will know what happened next. The famous general died tragically, and Wen Xuance became the one who replaced the imperial edict.

"There is nothing wrong with the imperial edict, so the courier was lucky and chose to conceal it; if something happened to the edict, the courier would dare not say anything!" Wen Mingtang said clearly when he heard this, "It's not incomprehensible. The courier's concealment, but this concealment makes the whole case missing a crucial link."

Xun Zhou gave a "hmm" and said, "Originally, other than the two messengers, no one else would know about this matter. My brother-in-law and I have been investigating all these years. It is also a coincidence. Last year, there was an old man The courier returned home, and his ancestral home happened to be in the county where my brother-in-law lived. Because it was occupied by wicked people, his ancestral home could not be taken back, but my brother-in-law helped out, and the old courier was full of guilt. , and talked about it.”

Afterwards, Xun Zhou and the others naturally went to check the news about the bandit village back then, and they were shocked when they checked.

"We have asked people around, where did the bandits come from in that place?" Xun Zhou said, "There has never been any bandits, so how can there be an edict about looting?"

Either the old messenger lied about this matter, but he is very old, and he didn't tell it himself, and no one related him to this matter. If he didn't speak up himself, who would know about it?
"We don't think it's necessary for him to lie. If so, there is only one possibility..."

Before Xun Zhou could finish speaking, Lin Fei said, "Someone pretended to be a robber, intercepted the edict, exchanged the edict, and then used the messenger to avoid being implicated, so they did it without anyone noticing."

Wen Mingtang nodded, not forgetting what Xun Zhou said earlier: "The blood book you mentioned refers to..."

When the word "blood book" was mentioned, Xunzhou's face turned pale. He looked at Wen Mingtang and said solemnly, "The old messenger who told us about this is dead."

As soon as these words came out, even Lin Fei's face couldn't help but change. Before Xun Zhou could speak, he asked, "How did you die? But it was artificial?"

Xun Zhou didn't shake his head or nod, he just looked at Lin Fei and said, "He fell into the water and died when he went out at night, because everyone in the tavern can prove that he drank a lot that day, and it makes sense to get drunk and stumble. .”

So...it seemed like a human effort, but Xun Zhou didn't shake his head or nod his head, there must be something else going on inside.

"Two days after the messenger's accident, my brother-in-law received a letter that was secretly thrown in through the door of the yamen with an anonymous name. When my brother-in-law opened the letter, he saw the bloody letter written by the messenger." Xun Zhou said, "Because of the seizure of the house earlier, the courier wrote many notes. My brother-in-law knew his handwriting, no matter the signature or handwriting, he could match the courier. If there is no accident, it should be what he wrote. wrote."

As for the content of the blood book, it just told the story of being robbed on the way to send the imperial edict, and begged for a strict investigation into the matter.

It is unnecessary to tell brother-in-law Xunzhou about this matter, because they already knew about it from the messenger, so the messenger's blood letter is obviously not to tell brother-in-law Xunzhou, but...

"Physical evidence." Lin Fei said, "Leave a physical evidence."

The person was still alive, but left physical evidence in advance, and something happened not long after leaving the physical evidence, so... only one thing can be proved.

"The messenger should have discovered or knew something, and knew that he was going to die, so he left a physical evidence." Lin Fei said.

Xun Zhou looked at Lin Fei in front of him who either didn't speak or would click on the important point when he spoke, nodded and said, "Lin Shaoqing is right!"

It seems that this person's ability is much stronger than the rumors, Xunzhou sighed a little: No wonder sister Mingtang trusts him so much!
"Sending the imperial edict will not be entrusted to one courier, what about another courier?" Lin Fei continued to ask without waiting for Xun Zhou to feel emotional.

Forced to interrupt, Xun Zhou shook his head and said, "He died. I heard that he died of malaria after eating unclean food. He died two months earlier than the old messenger."

The two messengers had accidents within two months. If it wasn't a coincidence, someone wanted to completely clear up the matter and prevent the matter from being overturned.

Lin Fei frowned when he heard this, and asked Xun Zhou, "Have you checked the two messengers?"

Xun Zhou nodded, and said, "I checked, but I didn't find anything."

Lin Fei gave a "hmm" and stretched out his hand to him: "Show me the news about the two messengers you found."

He didn't check it, so the words "not found" were said by Xun Zhou and the others, not Lin Fei.

Xun Zhou: "..." He raised his head and looked at Wen Mingtang who was on the side, only to see Wen Mingtang nodded towards him, and said, "Lin Shaoqing has handled a lot of cases, let him investigate, maybe you can find something that you and I haven't. clue."

In terms of case investigation, Lin Shaoqing is of course much better than them!Xun Zhou took out a stack of envelopes from his bosom and handed them over, saying: "I did bring them here this time, originally because I was afraid that sister Mingtang would not believe it, just in case. It came in handy."

Wen Mingtang looked at Xunzhou who had prepared everything, and thanked him: "Thank you for running away for my father's affairs!"

Xun Zhou hurriedly said: "Sister Mingtang's words really upset me, the teacher treats us with great kindness..."

Before he could finish speaking, Lin Fei, who had put away his things, spoke this time. This time, he did not cooperate as politely as before, but interrupted Xun Zhou's words: "Since the kindness to you is as great as a mountain, Why did you switch to Wang He's sect?"

Wen Mingtang: "..."

Their Lin Shaoqing is so good at "talking", and they don't know if anyone has done anything to him because of his "talking" in the past.

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(End of this chapter)