The first assistant of the poor family

Chapter 519 The Darkness Under the Lights

Gu Dayong was sweating profusely.It is not an easy task to find the murderer in five days.But the Son of Heaven is in a fit of anger at the moment, and it is impossible for him to disobey, so he kowtowed: "Your servant obeys."

Zhu Houzhao snorted coldly in anger: "Back off."

Gu Dayong got up tremblingly and left the Leopard Room.

He didn't go back to Xichang directly, but went to Xie Shen's residence.

At the moment Xie Shen is teaching his son Xie Xu to read, and he was quite surprised to hear that Gu Da used it.Due to the status of the two, they often meet in secluded places.This is the safest way to avoid being gossiped by the censor.

Gu Dayong has been doing well before, why is it uncharacteristic today?Did something big happen?
Xie Shen hurriedly invited Gu Dayong to the side hall to talk.

As soon as he saw Xie Shen, Gu Dayong cried and said with a sad face: "Mr. Xiao Ge, please save our family quickly."

After speaking, he made a long bow to Xie Shen.

Xie Shen said solemnly, "Eunuch Gu, tell me what happened."

Gu Dayong shook his head again and again, sighing in frustration.

"That Miao Li was poisoned to death in Xichang Prison."

"Ah!" Even Xie Shen was shocked.

Miao Li is the key person in this case, and whether the person behind the scenes can be found out depends on whether Miao Li can speak.

Now that Miao Li is dead, it will be very difficult to find out the mastermind behind all the clues.

This person is really ruthless, he kills without hesitation when it comes to his own safety.

"Has this matter been reported to His Majesty?"

Xie Shen gradually calmed down from the shock, and asked in a harmonious voice.

"Our family just came from His Majesty. His Majesty gave our family five days to find the murderer."

Five days, tsk tsk, it's not easy to find the murderer within five days, and it's completely unreasonable for Zhu Houzhao to come together with his petty temper.

But if the Son of Heaven has already spoken, it is absolutely impossible to take it back. Otherwise, where is Tianwei?

The only thing Gu Dayong can do now is to mobilize all Xichang personnel to track down the murderer, even if the murderer is a corpse at the moment, he must be found out.

"It's reasonable for Your Majesty to say so, does Eunuch Gu have a plan?"

Gu Dayong said with a bitter face: "What plans can our family have, at worst, our family will not be the admiral of the West Factory, and go to Fengyang to guard the mausoleum."

"Eunuch Gu said something angry, it's not like things can't be turned around."

Gu Dayong was overjoyed when he heard the words: "Xiao Ge always has a solution?"

"Actually, Eunuch Gu doesn't need to search the whole city at all. Since Miao Li was poisoned in the West Factory, the murderer must be an inner ghost. Eunuch Gu only needs to conduct a search in the West Factory."

From the entire capital to the west factory, the scope has narrowed down a lot. If the murderer cannot be found out, Gu Dayong, the factory owner, is too useless.

"Our family doesn't know this. But if the ghost dares to attack, he must have a second hand. I'm afraid he has already escaped by now, right?"

But Xie Shen shook his head and said: "No, no. The most dangerous place is the safest place. Eunuch Gu has heard of darkness under the lamp, right? If this fellow kills Eunuch Miao and immediately escapes from the West Factory, it will be tantamount to His identity was exposed, and at that time Eunuch Gu ordered someone to draw a portrait and hang it in the city to arrest him, so he could hardly fly even with wings."

Gu Dayong thought it was very reasonable and nodded frequently.

"And if he has been hiding in Xichang, then his identity will not be found out, but it will be relatively safe."

Gu Dayong took a deep breath and said, "Then according to what Xiao Ge said, what should our family do now?"

"It's easy, just do it this way."

Xie Shen walked up to Gu Dayong and whispered something in Gu Dayong's ear, and Gu Dayong immediately beamed with joy.

"This plan is very good, so that this person will not be afraid of falling into the trap."

"This ghost must be caught alive."

Gu Dayong understood what Xie Shen meant.This inner ghost is now the only clue that can lead to the mastermind behind the scenes.If the inner ghost is also dead, it is really hopeless.

The inner ghost was able to poison and kill eunuch Miao in Xichang, which proved that he must have poison hidden in his body.

If he committed suicide by taking poison, no matter how many tricks he had, he would have nowhere to use them.

"Our family knows. Thank you Xiaoge for getting old."

"Eunuch Gu, thank you for what, you and I should be in the same boat."

Hearing this, Gu Dayong was moved to tears.

Other civil servants treat him like a plague god, but Xie Shen regards him as a sincere friend.

Such a friend is worthy of deep friendship!

"It's not too late, our family will return to the West Factory now."

Xie Shen nodded and sent Gu Dayong out of the mansion.

After Gu Dayong returned to the West Factory, he immediately summoned the foreman, foreman, and secretary of the West Factory.

Nearly a hundred people gathered outside the prison of Xichang, bearing the wrath of Gu Dayong's thunder.

This is quite understandable, a living person was poisoned to death in the prison of Xichang, what is the face of the factory owner?The most important thing is that the factory owner can't explain it to His Majesty.It seems that this time the factory owner is determined to find out the ghost.

The leaders of these West Factory glanced at their colleagues from the corner of their eyes, and the ghost was probably among them.

After Gu Dayong vented, he began to order thousands of households to be interrogated one by one by the foreman, foreman, housekeeper and others.Judging from this posture, he would definitely kill a thousand by mistake and never let one go.

Gu Dayong returned to the official office where he worked, and his whole body slumped on the chair.

This move was a good idea, and he didn't expect the ghost to show his flaws easily.

After all, he has been lurking in Xichang for many years, so he must have a strong psychological quality and act cautiously.

The most important thing is the second step that Xie Shen confessed to him.If this step is successful, the inner ghost will manifest itself.

"Master, everyone has been interrogated. This is the recorded address book."

Pei Shu, who was in charge of punishing thousands of households, handed over a thick pile of interview records to Gu Dayong and said respectfully.

"Ah."

Gu Dayong took the address book, waved his hands and said, "Go down."

"As ordered!"

After Qianhu, who was in charge of punishment, retreated, Gu Da flipped through the address book page by page.

The address book is very detailed, and everyone's big and small actions in the past three days are written.Even things like going to the toilet and having sex are no exception.

Gu Dayong's face turned red when he saw it, and secretly scolded Qianhu, who was in charge of punishment, for being an idiot.

Such an address book seems to be comprehensive, but it is of no use.

Who would poison while having sex or using the toilet.

and many more
"Why didn't our family think of that!"

Gu Dayong shouted excitedly.

The Xichang prison is heavily guarded and guarded by countless jailers, so even if there is an inner ghost, it is unlikely to escape everyone's eyes and ears.

Unless he finds an opportunity to send everyone away.

If he put a laxative in the food and drink, and made all the jailers have diarrhea and diarrhea after eating the food and drink, wouldn't he have enough time to add poison to the food?

It has to be said that this inner ghost is extremely good at adapting to changes.Since it is not possible to directly drug Eunuch Miao, the next best thing is to pour the drug on the jailer first, so that no one can stop him from poisoning Eunuch Miao.

If it was an outsider, it would be difficult to pour laxatives into the drinks and dishes of the jailers in the Xichang prison, but the insider was from Xichang, so it was natural that they did it without anyone noticing.

Although the identity of this person cannot be confirmed yet, one thing is certain, this person must not be a jailer.

Because all the jailers vomited and vomited after eating the food and drink with laxatives, if anyone is safe and sound, it must be the ghost.

This person will not be so stupid, so the obvious identity of this inner ghost is absolutely impossible to be a jailer.

Who would that be?
Gu Dayong's complexion couldn't help becoming serious, he let out a long breath after a long time, and ticked a dozen names.

These people are the most likely to poison Miao Li, not only have time to do it, but also can enter and leave the prison at will without suspicion.

"Come here."

"The subordinate is here, what is the order of the factory owner?"

"Prepare the sedan chair and go to Xiaoxiege's old mansion!"

Gu Dayong's frequent visits to Xie Shen's residence proved that he was really scared.

It's no wonder that His Majesty the Emperor ordered him to catch the murderer who poisoned Miao Li within five days.If he can't solve the case as scheduled, then the emperor may really roll to Fengyang to guard the mausoleum under the anger of the emperor.

Who would not want to have authority in their hands?

Tasting the taste of power, Gu Dayong is no longer willing to take the initiative to give up the position of admiral of the West Factory.

Right now, he can only hug Xie Shen's thick legs tightly to solve the case.In his opinion, Mr. Xiaoge is the star of Wenqu, with unparalleled wisdom.It was easy for Mr. Xiaoge to solve such a case.

When he arrived at Xie's mansion, Gu Dayong was directly invited to the side hall by the door officer.

"Eunuch Gu, my master hasn't returned home yet, please wait a moment."

"Ah."

Gu Dayong responded lightly, and absently took a sip from the cup of tea.

After about touching a stick of incense, Xie Shen returned home in a sedan chair and went straight to the side hall.

"Eunuch Gu has been waiting for a long time."

Xie Shen cupped his hands slightly apologetically, as an apology.

Gu Dayong didn't dare to accept it, so he quickly got up and came over: "Look at what you said, our family is counting on Mr. Xiaoge for help now."

Xie Shen smiled wryly and said: "The only one who can save Eunuch Gu is Eunuch Gu himself, how can Xie do this without supernatural powers? By the way, Eunuch Gu can do what Xie said?"

The two sat down as host and guest, and Xie Shen asked first.

According to his plan, Gu Dayong should be making rumors in Xichang at this moment, how could he come to his home when he has time.

"Old Xiaoge doesn't know something, our family has made a major discovery."

"Oh?" Xie Shen asked with interest: "What is it?"

"The ghost is probably among these people. Only they have the time and ability to enter the prison without being suspected. The ghost poisoned the jailer and then put the poison into the Miaoli's food and then retreated calmly. This way, at least It takes half an hour. There are only a handful of people who have this time to commit crimes."

Gu Dayong handed over a roster to Xie Shen, with a happy expression on his face.

He had already sketched out the names of the suspects, and Xie Shen looked at them and found that either the foreman or the foreman belonged to the senior management of the West Factory.

He shook his head and said, "According to Xie, I'm afraid not necessarily."

Gu Dayong was in high spirits, but Xie Shen's words poured cold water on him.

"Why?"

"Does Eunuch Gu think that only the top executives of the West Factory can enter the prison at will?"

"Is not it?"

Gu Dayong became more and more confused.If any cat or dog can enter the prison of Xichang, that would be fine.

No rules, no standards.Xichang has a very strict hierarchical system, with strict restrictions on entry and exit from the top to the thousand households, the hundred households, the foreman, the foreman, and the handymen, scribes, and jailers.It is absolutely impossible for people who are not of a high level to enter and leave the forbidden area.

"Of course not. For example, the handymen in the West Factory, can't they go in and out of the prison?"

hiss!Gu Dayong took a deep breath, he was startled.

"Good advice, Xiaoge. Our family actually forgot about these lowly servants. They can indeed enter and leave the prison. And they usually bring food and drinks to the jailers."

Xie Shen smiled slightly and said: "This is just a possibility, it may not be really a handyman."

"It must be them! They used their inconspicuous identities as a cover, so that no one would suspect them."

Xie Shen actually agrees with Gu Dayong's analysis.This is actually taking advantage of people's thinking patterns. After all, normal people will think that high-level people have power in their hands and have enough strength to commit crimes. How can a lowly person like a handyman succeed.

But they overlooked that the handyman was the easiest group to deal with the jailer.

Of course, it is not safe to determine that the poisonous killing of Miao Li was done by the handyman. Sufficient evidence is needed to make a conclusion.

"Also, both Eunuch Gu and Xie seem to have overlooked one point."

Xie Shen paused and continued: "From the very beginning, we thought that the ghost was one person, but what if there were two or three people?"

This time, Gu Dayong stared his eyes round, and after thinking about it, he found that what Xie Shen said was very possible.

If it is just one person, it is certainly possible to complete these within half an hour, but it is extremely difficult.

Because if there are other foremen and foremen from the West Factory who come to the prison to interrogate prisoners, he has no way of knowing in advance, and he will be caught and show up.

In this case, it is particularly important to have one or two companions on guard.

Once something happens, they can promptly notify the companion who was poisoned in the prison, and give him enough time to escape unscathed.

Although Xie Shen's analysis is very reasonable, Gu Dayong is not willing to believe it.

It would be embarrassing for him to have one ghost in the West Factory. If two or even three were mixed in, what would become of the West Factory, a vegetable market and a luoma market?
"If that's the case, the situation is a little more complicated."

Gu Dayong murmured: "I'm afraid I can no longer follow the previous plan."

"Well. Eunuch Gu might as well do this. First, arrest all the handymen in the West Factory who are often active near the prison, and spread some rumors, saying that the murderer has been caught."

"Isn't this scaring the snake away?"

"No, this is leading a snake out of its hole!"

Xie Shen smiled and said: "If Xie's analysis is correct, then there should be an insider among these handymen. As for the others, we don't know yet. These people are extremely cautious and will not show their flaws easily. If we want them to take the initiative to show their feet, we must make them panic. Since we have concluded that there is a ghost among the handymen, then his accomplices who arrest all the handymen will panic and think that the matter has been exposed, and there is nothing wrong with committing a faint trick. You know!"

(End of this chapter)