Brocade clothing

Chapter 296 Headless Murder
Fortunately, Li Tianxiao didn't say anything. After a while, he stood up, and his eyes fixed on Chu Qing: "Let's go to Yuanhe Town."

Chu Qing met the other party's deep pupils, and nodded seriously: "Okay."

The emperor is a good emperor, even if it is not for Master's revenge, she is willing to protect the country for him. If it is really according to the Queen Mother Liu's idea, I am afraid that she wants her son to be the emperor. If Liu Deqian is really If he became an emperor, according to the other party's temperament, it is impossible to be a good emperor at all, but the other party almost wronged Yu Kuifeng for his own selfishness, so he is not qualified.

But now, she is afraid that Empress Dowager Liu has put her hope on another child, she feels that she will not let Empress Dowager Liu succeed.

For the sake of the country, the country, and the revenge of Master, Uncle Liu Guo must be eliminated, and Empress Dowager Liu must also be eradicated.

Chu Qing and Li Tianxiao left Yufeng Town two days later and went to Yuanhe Town to find the county magistrate who was better than Hua Lun back then. The county magistrate, for so many years, is still serving as the Qipin county magistrate in Yuanhe Town, and has not been promoted.

Yuanhe Town is a small town that is not far from Yufeng Town.

Li Tianxiao met with Pan Zhizhou in secret, and told him that he must ask the person behind the tomb. He also sent two hidden guards to stay with Nine Thousand Years Old Li Haoxu to prevent the other party from leaving again. Keep looking for clues.

So, after everything was arranged properly, Chu Qing, Li Tianxiao and others traveled for ten days, and finally arrived at Yuanhe Town in one evening.

Before Li Tianxiao left, he prepared a fake guide, named Xiao Tianli, and Chu Qing was still Xiao Yu's family, his wife, Tianyi and the others were also dressed as followers, and a group of more than a dozen people entered the city silently.

But I don't know if they nodded their backs, Chu Qing and others had just stepped into Yuanhe Town, and as soon as they stepped in, a group of government servants hurried over and ordered the gatekeepers to seal the city.

Chu Qing: "..." I always feel that they came at the wrong time.

Chu Qing and Li Tianxiao looked at each other, and looked at the hurrying yamen servant, Li Tianxiao glanced at Tian, ​​and when Tianyi was about to leave after the yamen servant gave his orders, he held back the yamen servant: "This official, what's going on? What? Why is the city closed all of a sudden?"

The leading yamen servant took a look at Tian Yi, and then at Chu Qing and his party behind him: "Who are you?"

Tian took out Luyin: "We have just entered the city, and we are merchants who do business. I heard that you have a lot of jade business in Yuanhe Town, so I came over to have a look, but as soon as I stepped in, you closed the city. , aren't we...afraid of something."

The yamen servant looked at Tianyi and his party suspiciously at first, but when he opened the guide, he saw the official seal stamped by the government on it, and his expression was a little respectful: "It turns out that Pan Zhizhou came from there, it's okay, if you want Go, I can let you go now, but if you want to come in again, it’s not easy to get out. There is a headless murder case in the town, and the adults are investigating the murderers one by one. Seeing that you just came in, let’s go now, if you want to leave again It's possible."

Tianyi immediately turned to look at Li Tianxiao, who shook his head.

Tian Yidao: "We still have to do business here, so this trip is not in vain, but when will we be able to let go?"

The yamen servant said: "I don't know. When the murderer is found, he will naturally let him go. Are you still going? We are also busy here. If you don't go, you won't be able to go away for a while. .”

Tianyi went to see Li Tianxiao and Chu Qing for proof, Chu Qing nodded, so Tianyi agreed, the yamen servant saw that they planned to stay here, waved his hand, and told the gatekeeper that no one was allowed to leave, only allowed to enter. Otherwise, they will be tied up as suspects.

Then he left in a hurry.After the line of yamen servants left, Li Tianxiao and Chu Qing exchanged glances. Chu Qing glanced around and saw the surrounding people whispering to each other, their eyes full of fear, as if they were also frightened by this sudden case, and looked around vigilantly. For fear that the murderer was hiding beside them, on the contrary, Chu Qing and his party, who had just entered the city, were treated with extra enthusiasm. After all, many people heard their conversation with the yamen servant just now, and they obviously knew that the other party had just come from outside the city. Absolutely nothing to do with the murderer.

Chu Qing: "Master, should we also go to the yamen to have a look, and take a look at the county magistrate Yao Zongping?"

Li Tianxiao agreed, and asked Tianyi to leave four people to go to the Yamen with them, and the rest to arrange accommodation.

After the arrangements were made, Chu Qing and his party of six walked towards the Yamen.

The yamen in Yuanhe Town must have been around for a long time, and it has never been repaired. The paint on the lions at the gate has faded badly, and it looks very old.

When Chu Qing and the others first arrived at the place, they saw a few yamen servants walking over and chasing people away. The two yamen servants in front opened the way, and the four yamen servants behind them carried a stretcher covered with a white cloth and hurried past Chu Qing and the others. , to go to the yamen, but the yamen is so big, several yamen servants left in a hurry, Chu Qing and the others just wanted to think about it, when they were hit by a stretcher, Li Tianxiao hugged Chu Qing by the waist, and blocked her. : "How is it? Are you all right?"

Chu lightly shook his head: "It's okay."

However, looking past Li Tianxiao's arms, he just lowered his head and saw the dead man's ankle, which was exposed after a bump just now. There were a few bruises and fingerprints on it, and the shoes on his feet were worn backwards. Originally, the left foot was exposed, but the shoe he was wearing was the right foot.

It was completely covered up, but there was a lot of dirt on the shoes, and there were a few brightly colored grasses. Just as Chu Qing wanted to take a closer look, a yamen servant and Li Tianxiao pushed them aside: " Who are you?"

Li Tianxiao protected Chu Qing and turned around. When the man saw Li Tianxiao, he gasped and his attitude improved a bit. It was the yamen servant they asked earlier. The yamen servant asked, "Why are you here? It's not you Come on, hurry up, we are busy."

Because the other party's guide was opened by Pan Zhizhou himself, and Pan Zhizhou was a well-known good official, so he was extremely polite to Li Tianxiao and others.

Li Tianxiao took Chu Qing aside and said, "We want to meet Master Yao, is it convenient?"

"Master Yao? What do you see Master Yao doing?" The yamen servant waved his hand and ordered the body to be carried in first.

Li Tianxiao said: "Entrusted by Master Yao's old friend, I have some things to tell about the past, please tell Master Yao, just say the word 'Hua'."

The yamen servant looked at Li Tianxiao strangely, but the other party's eyes were clear, and he really didn't look like a bad person. With the guide, the yamen servant didn't doubt anything: "My lord is quite busy these days. Go in and pass a message, if the adults don't see you, you can go back."

Li Tianxiao agreed.

When the yamen servant went in, he saw that Chu Qing was still staring at the stretcher, and he didn't realize that his arm was still around her waist, so he couldn't help asking: "What's wrong?"

Chu Qing came back to her senses, and shook her head lightly: "It's nothing, I just feel that the grass looks familiar, as if I've seen it somewhere before. Maybe I misunderstood it, what did you ask just now?"

Li Tianxiao said, and then let go of his hand calmly. Only then did Chu Qing see that the other party had been hugging her before, but because they looked like husband and wife, no one said anything, but Chu Qing's ears were still Li Tianxiao couldn't help but get red, and Li Tianxiao caught it, his eyes lit up slightly, obviously in a good mood.

Chu Qing and the others waited for a short time before a yamen servant came in to invite them in, but they were taken to the lobby. After someone brought tea, there was no one there.

Chu Qing guessed that the murder case had just happened, and Mr. Yao went to investigate the case. It seems that the rumors are credible. Mr. Yao is a good official, but such a person should have been promoted a long time ago. Why has it been more than 20 years? Qipin county magistrate?

They waited for an hour, the sky was completely dark, and Tianyi also felt afraid that the lord would not come to see them, and when he wanted to persuade the emperor to go back to the inn to rest, Chu Qing heard the sound of extremely fast footsteps, Then, I saw a tall middle-aged man who was over fifty years old stepping in. The man was wearing regular clothes with the corners of his clothes tucked around his waist. He was dusty, but his eyebrows were sharp. He came in and glanced at Chu Qing. And Li Tianxiao, frowning, only the yamen servant ran over behind him, handed over a clean handkerchief, the other party wiped his hands, clean, and then strode over, speaking quickly: "You find this What's the matter with the officer? If you have something to say, tell me quickly, I still have a case to investigate."

Master Yao seemed to be very informal, so he went straight to the seat, picked up the teapot at the side, drank a cup of tea, felt that it was not enough, and went straight to three or four cups, and when he finished drinking, he saw that the tea next to Li Tianxiao was gone. Move: "Are you still drinking?"

Then without waiting for Li Tianxiao's answer, he picked it up and drank it.

Tianyi and the others: "..."

Chu Qing and Li Tianxiao didn't react at all, but Chu Qing was quite touched. When the yamen is busy, it's true that their feet don't touch the ground, let alone a matter of human life, but Master Yao is too informal.

When Mr. Yao finally finished drinking, he put the cup aside, let out a long breath, and gave them a cold look: "I have said countless times over the years that you want to ask, I don't know... You are asking in vain, go back and tell your Shangfeng, kill me if you have the ability, anyway, I am alone, I will die if I die, want to know about him? I don’t know! Just these four people! You come again It doesn't matter how many times!"

After finishing speaking, he stood up and yelled outside: "Xuzhou, see off the guests!"

(End of this chapter)