The most ferocious sword of the Imperial City Division

Gu Shinwei stepped on the scattered sawdust and walked to the lantern that was damaged by Wu Jiang.

The four main pillars of the lantern were broken, revealing a hollow section. The wood was painted with dark red paint on all sides. From the outside, it looked like ordinary wood, but the inside was hollowed out, leaving a A place where gold is hidden.

Gu Shinwei stretched out his fingers, pinched the remaining half of the pillar, and pulled out a piece of gold.

This gold is exactly the same size as the one Wu Jiang holds in his hand. It is said to be a gold brick, but it is not as thick as the big bricks used to build houses and pave floors.

Compared to a relatively thin gold bar, its square cross-section looks like a miniature coffin that can be held in one hand, which is unusual.

It is estimated that Li Zhenxian found someone to make the mold and made it himself. There is no mark on it.

Gu Shiwei thought and looked at Wu Jiang.

This man was clueless, but he noticed something wrong. Why did Li Zhenxian hide the gold in such a conspicuous lantern?
A lantern has four upright pillars, two of which are hidden in each pillar, and there are six lanterns. There are no more than 48 lanterns in total.

If this thing were in an ordinary family, it would be difficult to explain it, but Li Zhenxian came from a family of officials. There are many wealthy merchants in Bianjing City, and it is not uncommon for people to have 48 pieces of gold.

Even if he led Wang Yushi to open the box and show off the gold, Wang Yushi couldn't just accuse him of being corrupt and perverting the law.

After all, he could blame all the unexplainable things on his dead old father. After hearing this, Wang Yushi had to gnash his teeth and pretend to be envious and praise, "It's great that our father died early"!
Gu Shinwei's eyes moved and he looked at the white-haired old woman slumped at the door. This person should be Li Zhenxian's mother.

She seemed to care more about the gold than her son's death.

On this side, Gu Shiwei was weighing gold, while on the other side, Han Shiyan had already walked up to Li Zhenxian's mother.

"Who is responsible for lighting the lamps and changing the oil in the study? Has any suspicious person stayed in the study in the past two days and had the opportunity to touch these lanterns?"

Han Shiyan's cold voice sounded at the door, and Mrs. Li came back to her senses and began to sob.

While crying, she said, "The study is such a big place. Apart from my son, only the housekeeper Li Mao can enter to clean and put it away. He is also responsible for lighting the lamps. As for whether anyone else comes over, I have been doing some cleaning in the Buddhist hall and don't care about my home." general affairs."

As soon as the housekeeper heard his name, he hurriedly took over the conversation, "It is true that I am responsible for lighting the lamps and adding oil."

"Whenever my husband is at home, he will always read in the study after dark."

Of course, he was most likely to be in Goulan Courtyard, where Guan Yushi died tragically in Furong Lane. That place was at the cusp of a storm at the moment, and they, the prodigal sons, had just made an appointment not to go out today.

"In addition to me, the master chef Chen Chao will also come here. He made this lantern. Every once in a while he will check with me to see if there is anything that needs repairing. After all, the lantern is too big and hung on Lang Jun's head. on top of his head.”

As the chief steward spoke, his eyes were red. He glanced at the gold and said with a surprised look on his face, "I don't know why there is gold hidden here. I have never heard Lang Jun mention it."

Han Shiyan looked at him and continued to ask, "How often does Chen Chao come here? When was the last time he came? Is it a routine matter?"

The crossbow was very sophisticated and was hidden on top of the lantern, so the people standing in front of the door couldn't even see it.

The chief steward and Li Zhenxian's mother still don't know that he was pierced by a poisonous needle and died.

Listening to this, the chief steward did not doubt that he was there. He thought it was because there was gold in the lantern, so he was questioned. He answered honestly, "I came here just today. I usually come every three months." Time is not fixed.”

"Early this morning, Chen Chao came to the mansion and said that he did not go back during the Chinese New Year. He would go back to his hometown to worship his ancestors in a few days and would not come back until after the Qingming Festival." "Then have you been staring at him?" Wu Jiang, who put down the gold, was curious. interjected.

The first housekeeper hesitated for a moment, glanced at Mrs. Li, and shook his head, "Your Excellency trusts him very much. Master Chen has been working for the house for many years. I usually watch from the study, and occasionally he will do it if something happens." Leave for a little while.”

"Not long after your husband went to the Third Division today, he sent Chang Sui back safely. He said that the censor Guan was gone and asked me to prepare the funeral ceremony and send it to the house early. I went to the small Buddhist hall to find the old lady to get the right cards and the Here’s the key to the warehouse.”

"Everyone in the house can testify for me!"

As the chief steward said, he noticed the smell. He exclaimed and pointed at the gold on the ground and said, "Maybe that gold was stuffed inside by Chen Chao to frame our husband!"

When Wu Jiang heard this, he laughed.

"You have so much gold, why would you stuff it into someone's home? Why don't you stuff it into your ancestor's grave and let it shine like gold?"

The butler was speechless, and then he was so ashamed that he wanted to crawl into the crack of the door.

"Mr. Gu, you just said that the murderer is proficient in mechanism skills, is an acquaintance of Li Zhenxian, and has contact with lanterns. So it seems that he is Chen Chao!"

Wu Jiang said that he felt relieved and his legs stopped shaking!

"I thought I was unlucky before, but now it seems that I have to solve another big case! I will send someone to arrest Chen Chao right now!" He said, pointing to the two government officials and clicking at them. Nodding, the two government officials rushed out immediately upon seeing this.

Neither Gu Shiwei nor Han Shiyan said anything to stop him. At present, it seems that Chen Chao is indeed the most likely suspect.

But if the murderer is Chen Chao, if he wants to kill Li Zhenxian, because he has such powerful poison and a small crossbow, he can easily find a hidden place to shoot Li Zhenxian in the street, and then throw away the crossbow after killing him. Hiding in the crowd as if nothing happened.

It's not like now, exposing yourself completely in front of others.

Therefore, Chen Chao's purpose is not only to kill Li Zhenxian.

But let people find evidence of Li Zhenxian's corruption, so why would he do this again?
Li Zhenxian trusted him so much that he could be said to be his bread and butter. Why did Chen Chao do this?
Gu Shiwei looked at the gold bricks and asked the sobbing Mrs. Li, "Chen Chao not only made this lantern, but what else did he do for your home? Let me guess, the little Buddha you stay with every day Don’t you?”

Mrs. Li's sobs stopped abruptly.

She looked at Gu Shiwei with a look of defeat that could not be concealed.

She guessed it!

Only in this way can we explain why Mrs. Li immediately felt that a disaster was coming when she saw the gold falling out. The housekeeper could say that it might be Chen Chaosai, but she did not explain it at all, nor did she show any surprise.

This is because she knows that if the gold is hidden in the lantern pole, then Chen Chao, who made the lantern, will definitely be implicated.

As long as the person investigating the case is not a brainless person like Wu Jiang, he will think that if Chen Chao can build a lantern to hide gold, he can do something else...

"Let's go to the small Buddhist hall to find the treasure!"

When Wu Jiang said this, his eyes were brighter than the hanging lanterns.