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Chapter 360 The Second Case
Chu Qing went out of the palace and returned to the government office. Just as she turned over and got off her horse, she saw a woman standing at the door. She froze for a moment, threw the reins to the office servant who ran out, and walked over quickly: "Madam Yu, you Why are you here?"

The person who came was Chi Jiaohu who just got married, Chu Qing called her the most appropriate address, changed it around, and finally changed it to Mrs. Yu.

She thought that Chi Jiaohu would like this title.

Sure enough, the other party's originally pale face showed a smile: "I heard that the first case has been solved, I'll come over and see, is there anyone who needs my help?"

Chi Jiaohu was probably worried that Yu Zhufeng didn't sleep well, or almost didn't sleep, and there were bloodshot eyes, which made Chu Qing feel uncomfortable. If there was no such thing, the other party was obviously still a newlywed, she shook her head: "Yu Gu Ma'am, take care of your health, I believe Mr. Yu will feel distressed when he sees you like this when he comes back."

Chi Jiaohu's eye circles became even redder, and she clenched her hands tightly: "If he felt sorry for him, he wouldn't be so careless. How could he... would..." She couldn't bear to say anything cruel, so she wiped it hard. The tears in his face and eyes disappeared, and he showed a smile, "I am here this time to send you a helper. Now you are negotiating with that person, it will inevitably be inconvenient." It is inconvenient, but it is actually dangerous up.

Chi Jiaohu knew that the emperor must have hidden guards in the dark, but in the dark, it's better to protect her personally.

Chi Jiaohu glanced at a corner, and came out an extremely tall man with a bright face, but seeing Chu Qing, he felt a little uncomfortable, cupped his hands, turned his head to the side but stopped talking.

Chu Qing was surprised, she didn't expect Chi Jiaohu to bring Zeng Gousheng here.

She thought that the other party almost killed her before, but later the other party gave up his prejudice against her, and now this is... Chi Jiaohu asked Zeng Gousheng to protect her?

"Ah Leftover's skill is excellent. I guarantee that I can block a hundred with one. Don't delay, my lord. Otherwise, if you get hurt because of Ku Feng, I won't be able to settle down." Chi Jiaohu has always been free and easy, and quickly restrained With no emotions, his eyebrows and eyes are full of heroism: "If there is any need for help, our Chi family army is waiting. As long as we find... find the whereabouts of Ku Feng, I will lead my troops to level up there and snatch him out!"

Chu Qing looked at Chi Jiaohu's unrepentant appearance, and felt a little blocked in her heart. After all, she kept Zeng Gousheng. On the one hand, Zeng Gousheng is a trustworthy person, and now she still needs to find out the mole in the government office. Who is it? On the other hand, leaving Zeng Gousheng behind can also reassure Chi Jiaohu.

Sure enough, Chi Jiaohu was relieved when he saw that Chu Qing had left Zeng Gousheng behind, and made some more confessions before leaving.

Zeng Gousheng followed Chu Qing, seemed quite uncomfortable, lowered his eyes, the big man poked there, and bowed: "My lord, what do you need me to do?"

Chu Qing shook his head: "There is no case yet, you go to the study with me first."

Zeng Gousheng met Chu Qing's clear eyes, and quickly turned his eyes away: "Okay."

Chu Qing went out for a trip and brought back a tall man, but when the people in the government office recognized that this was General Chi's deputy general, they couldn't help being amazed, feelings were sent here to protect the adults, right?

Chu Qing didn't hear about these things, and made sure that there was no one else in the study, so she said: "Since you have been with me these days, I will tell you the truth, there are traitors in this government office, so you talk outside Save a few minutes."

Zeng Gousheng stared: "Have you found out who it is?"

Chu Qing shook his head: "Not yet, I just want to remind you that you can tell Madam Yu about the situation here. I know she is worried, and I will do my best to rescue Mr. Yu."

Zeng Gousheng didn't expect the other party to be so careful, and cupped his hands: "I thanked the lord with the miss... and the previous incident, how offensive, I hope the lord will not be offended."

"It's just a trivial matter. It's good for Vice General Zeng to figure it out. It's just that Vice General Zeng has followed me these few days, so I'm afraid he will suffer a bit."

"What are you afraid of? During the great battles before, it was not uncommon to not sleep for days and nights..." Zeng Gousheng patted his chest, but his body was extremely strong.

Chu Qing didn't expect that the other party had planned not to eat or sleep, and shook her head: "It's not that exaggerated. On weekdays, Vice General Zeng will be with the people in the government office. I will also live in the government office these days."

Zeng Gousheng actually wanted to guard the door of her room, but he just thought that the other party was a girl, so he didn't say that.

After Chu Qing confessed, she continued to deal with the government office case.

It's just that Chu Qing didn't expect the second murder case to come so soon.

Not two days later, at dawn, someone rang the grievance drum outside the government office.

Chu Qing has been living in the study for the past few days, when he came out, Zeng Gousheng appeared, "My lord."

Chu Qing hummed, and she arrived at the lobby.

Immediately ascended to the hall, just sat down, a woman came in, crying and complaining that her husband had disappeared suddenly, she also saw a lot of blood at home, but she did not find the body.

Chu Qing frowned, and after some research, she realized that this woman is the Zhao family from Dongjie. She returned to her natal home two days ago, but when she came back in the morning, she found that the door of the house was locked, but the yard was a mess. , the main room was also open, so she felt bad, and suddenly entered the inner room, and saw more signs of fighting, the ground and the bed were covered with blood, she was so frightened that she screamed at that time, and the neighbors Came here to help find the body, but after searching for a while but couldn't find it, someone told her to report the crime.

She was impatient, so she hit the grievance drum directly.

Chu Qing frowned from the amount of bleeding described by the other party, fearing that the other party was in danger.

Chu Qing took the yamen servants to the yard the woman said, and before they went there, they saw a group of people outside the yard, just because there might have been a murder case inside, except for the neighbor who heard Zhao's screams go in at first, there was no one there. Others dare to go in.

But even so, because Mrs. Zhao screamed terribly at that time, Mrs. Zhao and the deceased Zhao Yong were good neighbors and popular with each other on weekdays. At that time, there were a lot of people rushing in, so the scene was almost destroyed.

In addition, searching for Zhao Yong had turned over a lot of things, so even if there were traces left by the murderer, it would be difficult to find them.

Chu Qing asked people to seal up the yard, took Mrs. Zhao, Zeng Gousheng, and a few yamen servants in, she first looked at the blood stains in the inner room, from the amount of bleeding, she probably died.

It seems that this is the second case.

It's just that I don't know how many people behind the scenes were involved in this case, but soon Chu Qing understood what the other party meant. This time, the other party had to not only find the murderer, but also Zhao Yong, the deceased. Is it closed?

It is not easy to find the murderer, but it is even more difficult to find a body that has been hidden somewhere.

What's more, without a body, the murderer is even more difficult to find.

While checking the scene, Chu Qing asked Zhao Shi who was on the side: "When did you return to your mother's house?"

Mrs. Zhao stood aside wiping her tears: "Around noon the day before yesterday, the woman's mother fell ill, and the woman went back to take care of her for two days. After her illness improved, she came back. I wanted to give him a surprise, but as soon as I came back, I came back. ……At once……"

When Zhao said this, she couldn't cry, and almost fainted from crying.

Chu lightly waved his hand, and immediately a yamen servant went to investigate.

Chu Qing looked at the table in the outer room, there was only a plate of appetizers, a wine glass, half a jug of wine, a pair of chopsticks, and nothing else. Judging from the time when the bloodstains dried up, the murder happened in the middle of last night Before dawn, "Zhao Yong likes to drink?"

Mrs. Zhao had cried enough, so she was supported by others and nodded: "He likes this idea, and he likes to drink a couple of cups on weekdays, but if he doesn't go out and drink, the women will let him drink... Could it be, is it with him? Is it about drinking?"

Chu shook his head lightly: "It's just a routine question, can Zhao Yong make enemies with others in normal times?"

Mrs. Zhao shook her head: "Husband is very harmonious on weekdays, and he doesn't even blush with others. How could he become enemies?"

"Think about it carefully. This is about finding the murderer. Before you went back to your mother's house, what happened to Zhao Yongke?" Chu Qing looked at Zhao's red and swollen eye circles, as well as her fluffy steps and messy bun, but she didn't feel anything. Where there is doubt, it is indeed like the husband is flustered and restless.

Zhao's eyes were blank, and she said in a daze, "It's strange? I didn't notice anything strange..."

Mrs. Zhao thought about it for a long time, but she still didn't think of it, and she was sure there must be nothing wrong.

Chu Qing continued to ask: "What does Zhao Yong do for a living?"

Mrs. Zhao is very clear about this: "My husband is a long-term worker for a rice shop, and the women do some embroidery work to supplement the family, and they can barely maintain food and clothing."

Chu Qing hummed, she had seen Zhao's unfinished embroidery earlier, but there was one thing missing.

She brought over the bamboo basket and handed it to Mrs. Zhao: "Look, what's missing here?"

Mrs. Zhao took it in a daze, but because she was afraid, her hands kept shaking and she almost fell. Zeng Gou left to help her, and Mrs. Zhao quickly hugged her tightly. , looked at it for a long time, red-eyed: "The woman...the woman can't remember..."

She was too nervous, but Chu Qing had [-]% ruled out the possibility of Zhao's collaborating with others.

When people are in a panic, they have no masters, so naturally they can't remember clearly.

If you really remember, you will be tricky.

Chu Qing said: "I'm here to tell you, do you still have the scissors for embroidery?"

Zhao's eyes widened suddenly: "Yes, yes, the women's scissors are gone! They were still here before I left..."

"How long?" Chu Qing asked.

Zhao gesticulated.

Chu Qing hummed, looked towards the window, then looked at the bloodstains, and after a final inspection, she took the person away.

Zeng Gousheng waited out of the yard, and couldn't help asking: "My lord, what do you see?"

Chu Qing shook his head: "The murderer should have climbed in through the window after nightfall, but I didn't expect that Zhao Yong was not asleep, and was just drinking alone."

Zeng Gousheng was stunned for a moment: "How does your lord know?"

Chu Qing said: "The only kerosene lamp on the table is already empty, probably Zhao Yong forgot to buy it, and simply smeared him for drinking." This made the murderer think that he had fallen asleep.

It's just strange... why did something happen in such a quiet middle of the night, but it didn't cause any noise?
And the murderer took away the corpse in such a big way?Why?

(End of this chapter)