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Chapter 164 The Death of Old Tang
The yamen servant went up to knock on the door, but no one answered for a long time.

Hearing the noise, the person next door poked his head out: "Are you looking for Old Tangtou? He didn't open the door today. He closed the door early yesterday. He said he was not feeling well, and he hasn't opened the door today."

Chu Qing frowned: "Does this aunt know where he lives?"

The man looked at the yamen servant behind Chu Qing: "What do you want to do with Old Tangtou?"

Chu Qing smiled: "For some small things, just ask a few questions."

The aunt saw that Chu Qing looked good, and when she heard that it was a trivial matter, she didn't worry so much and told her the address.

Chu Qing thanked him, and then led the people out.

The shopkeeper was surprised: "My lord, why didn't you say..." The meaning of his unfinished words was very clear.

Chu Qing said: "Then the aunt doesn't want to get into trouble when she sees it. If she talks about the disappearance case, she is definitely not willing to talk about it."

The shopkeeper nodded repeatedly, he didn't know Chu Qing's identity, he only knew that he was from the yamen, he thought that Chu Qing was young and unreliable at first, but now he felt that this young man was very strict in his actions, and he was afraid that he was very capable.

Not long after, they arrived at Lao Tangtou's residence not far away, two streets away.

At the end of a deep alley.

Just when the yamen servant knocked on the door, Fusi was in Beizhen on the other side.

Li Tianxiao received Tianyi's report that Chu Qing woke up, so he changed his clothes and left the palace.

It's just that when I arrived at Yuanzi, I heard a witty saying that Chu Qing went to investigate the case.

Li Tianxiao's face darkened on the spot: "Don't you know that he almost died yesterday? How dare you let him go out?"

Qiao Yu's eyes were red, kneeling on the ground, tremblingly remembering how he stopped Li Tianxiao last night: "Mr., Mr.... as soon as he woke up, he rushed out, saying, saying that Xuyun was not the murderer... insisted Go and investigate, the servant deserves to die, but the servant did not stop him!"

Li Tianxiao only felt a headache, but seeing the witty words, he finally just brushed his sleeves: "Where did he go?"

The witty voice said in a hoarse voice: "...the punishment department."

Without further ado, Li Tianxiao took his men to the Ministry of Criminal Justice.

On the other side, Chu Qing rushed to Lao Tangtou's place with a group of yamen servants, but the shopkeeper of Zhenbao Pavilion didn't dare to follow and went back to Zhenbao Pavilion.

It's just that the yamen servant knocked on the door for a long time, but there was no movement inside.

Chu Qing's face changed slightly: "Kick the door open."

As soon as the door was kicked open, I found that it was quiet inside, and it didn't look like there was anyone.

Chu Qing led the people in immediately, but found that no one was seen at all.

Chu Qing's complexion changed slightly: "You are divided into two groups, one group checks around, and the other group goes to the neighbors around to ask, has Lao Tangtou come back?"

Five or six yamen servants quickly moved separately.

Chu Qing walked around this small courtyard to find useful clues, and found the dry well from the back room.

On the other side is a house.

She pushed the door open, and a lot of rice bags were stored inside.

The yards are neat.

But no useful clues were found.

Just when Chu Qing was about to leave the small room, suddenly there was a slight sound from the wooden boards under the ground.

Chu Qing raised her eyebrows and walked towards the board that only rang once.

She squatted down, knocked, and found that the board was empty.

She knocked the board up, and found a secret passage, which was very dark inside. Chu Qing picked up the torch and walked down the steps step by step.

She walked all the way to the end, only to find that there was a vegetable cellar below.

Chu Qing looked around, but didn't find anything, her brows frowned, did she hear wrong just now?
But almost at the same time, she suddenly felt a sound coming from behind her.

As soon as Chu Qing's face changed, she turned her head suddenly, and felt a black shadow rushing towards her.

If Chu Qing had been before, she would definitely not have been thrown down, but she had just passed out of a serious illness, and her body was at its weakest, when the black shadow caught her by surprise, she was just crushed under her body.

Upon closer inspection, the man turned out to be Old Tangtou.

Chu Qing's face changed, Huozhezi was thrown aside.

The faint light shone on Old Tangtou's face, and there was a sense of desperate desperation and guilt.

Chu Qing frowned, and when she turned her head, she saw a sharp dagger in Old Tangtou's right hand.

Chu Qing's face changed slightly, and when Lao Tangtou stabbed down, he directly held the opponent's wrist, turned around suddenly with all his strength, turned over and snatched the dagger, and pressed Lao Tangtou's shoulder with one hand, stopping him from struggling Actions.

Old Tangtou wanted to grab the dagger, Chu Qing tried his best to subdue him.

It's just that her body is still too weak, and her eyes are blackened.

But there was a movement behind him: "My lord—"

Obviously a yamen servant.

Chu breathed a sigh of relief, as long as she persisted until the yamen servant came down, it was fine, but suddenly she felt that the wrist that was subduing Lao Tangtou suddenly exerted force, and it was many times bigger than before. Almost at the same time as Chu Qing was surprised, she felt that Lao Tang The head pulled her hand and swiped at her neck.

Chu Qing was stunned, blood splashed on her body and face...

She felt that all her breathing seemed to be choked, and her head was stunned by the screams of old Tangtou before he died, and there was a buzzing in her mind, and she was still holding the dagger in her hand.

The dagger just scratched Old Tangtou's neck.

Old Tangtou's eyes widened, and only the guilt in the other's last eyes flashed in her mind.

She suddenly remembered that Lao Tangtou has been weaving rice bags all year round, so his hands are naturally strong.

How could he be subdued by himself so easily?

Suddenly there was a gasping sound coming from behind, Chu Qing looked back in a daze, met the slightly stunned gazes of a few yamen servants, each of them stared at Chu Qing's blood-soaked appearance as if they were dumbfounded, and then stared at each other The dagger in his hand, and the old Tangtou who died with regret.

Everyone was dumb, and didn't know how to act at all.

In the entire vegetable cellar, it seemed that only Chu Qing's heavy breathing could be heard, and a layer of cold sweat dripped down from her forehead.

Staring at those yamen servants, her mind was blank, her face and hands were covered with blood, which made her look embarrassed and bloody.

Chu Qing's eyes rolled slowly, and finally came back to realize the current situation.

Lao Tangtou committed suicide by grabbing her hand, and these yamen servants were witnesses, would they believe that Lao Tangtou committed suicide?

This reminded Chu Qing of the case of Yu Kuifeng.

In a murder case, there were only two people, and the other person pretended to commit suicide and framed the other person.

Chu Qing thought, what a familiar routine is this?Who is going to kill her?

Could it be Uncle Liu Guo?Does he know his identity?But how is it possible, if Uncle Liu Guo knew, why did he use such a roundabout way, he completely found a killer and ended his life silently.

Chu Qing felt the blackness in front of her eyes, she held her breath to prevent herself from fainting, she stood up, still holding the bloody knife in her hand, lowered her head, panting heavily.

Walking forward step by step, when they passed by those yamen servants, they all took a step back as if they were frightened.

This is how Chu Qing staggered out of the vegetable cellar.

When those yamen servants came back to their senses, the leader of the yamen servant took a quick look at the dying old Tangtou, and quickly ordered: "Go and follow Lord Yu!"

The two yamen servants were actually trembling with fright at the previous scene: What the hell is going on?Why did Master Yu kill Laotangtou?What's going on?

If they hadn't seen it with their own eyes, they couldn't believe the scene they saw.

The leading yamen servant lowered his voice and said, "Hurry up!"

All the situation is not clear yet, in case...you can't let Mr. Yu...just leave.

The two yamen servants took a deep breath and followed Chu Qing almost step by step.

Chu Qing walked very slowly, she felt that the whole body was spinning, and she had been waiting until she got out of the ground, but she just came into contact with the light, but she couldn't hold it anymore.

It was dark before her eyes, and she passed out completely, but before she passed out, someone hugged her up.

When Chu Qing woke up again, she found that she was in Beizhen Fusi, and it was Qiao Yu who took care of her.

Qiao Yu saw her open her eyes, and the red eyes widened with joy: "Master, you finally woke up!"

Chu Qing wanted to prop up her body to do it, but found that her whole body was limp and weak: "This...how did I come back?"

The witty words didn't know exactly what happened, and tears fell down: "Master, you scared me to death. When you came back, you were... carried back by Mr. Li. At that time, you were covered in blood, which scared me to death." Okay Brother Zhong was there at the time, otherwise the emperor would have to undress the young master by himself, but how dare she?
Fortunately, Brother Zhong persuaded him to leave on the grounds that it was inconvenient for the emperor to stay here, otherwise, the situation would have become even more complicated.

Chu Qing was stunned for a moment, and the things before she fell into a coma came back to her mind, she took a deep breath: "Miao Yu, go and call Brother Zhong over."

"Young Master..."

"Go now." Chu Qing's voice was extremely dignified, which surprised Miao Yu, and then quickly went to call Zhong Xuan from outside.

When Zhong Xuan came in, seeing Chu Qing woke up, his eyes lit up for a while, but when he met Chu Qing's quiet black eyes, thinking of what happened before, he squatted down in front of her bed with a complicated expression: "What the hell is going on? What's going on? How did you... kill Laotangtou?"

Chu Qing said in a hoarse voice: "You also think I killed Old Tangtou?"

Zhong Xuan was stunned for a moment: "No? But they said..."

Chu Qing raised her arms and blocked her eyes: "The yamen servants said it, and what they said was not bad, but what they saw with their eyes was not the truth."

Zhong Xuan's face became serious: "What's going on?"

Chu Qing: "That old soup... committed suicide." She paused, let go of her arms, and stared at Zhong Xuan with a pair of bright black eyes: "It's just like the case of Yu Gufeng."

Zhong Xuan took a deep breath: "What's going on? Uncle Liu Guo?"

At the first moment, he could only think of Uncle Liu. Liu Deqian was responsible for Yu Zhufeng's case, but now Chu Qing's sudden behavior made Zhong Xuan think of Uncle Liu.His whole body was cold because of this guess. If it was really Uncle Liu Guo, would Chu Qing still have a way out?
Chu lightly shook his head: "Not necessarily."

(End of this chapter)