Happy pastoral concubine

Chapter 974 Qin Xiao's Death ([-])

Xiao Baorui hurried forward, looked at Tang Huanxi suspiciously, "What's wrong?"

"The things on the table are a bit weird." Tang Huanxi pointed to the messy tea sets on the table, frowned and said, "Butler Zhou, how many cups should this teapot go with?"

"Three, it's just that the general likes to drink tea, so there are two more tea cups in this study."

"One teapot, five teacups. Three of them have traces of being used." Tang Huanxi immediately extracted the key information in the middle, and said in a deep voice, "If it is an ordinary person, why would Uncle Qin invite him to taste tea together? Want to come here The tragedy in the Garrison Mansion was committed by an acquaintance."

Upon hearing these words, Xiao Baorui's pupils suddenly shrank.

"Butler Zhou, besides you, is there anyone alive in the mansion?"

Uncle Zhou thought about it seriously, then shook his head lightly, his voice filled with pain, "This murderer is too vicious, he killed all the people in the mansion."

"People from the government have seen it?"

"I've seen that. The corpses of those people were all buried generously by the waiting general. It's considered honorable to leave." Uncle Zhou sighed deeply, "Now the coffin of my general is left in the hall."

"I see." Tang Huanxi nodded, "Uncle Zhou, go and do your work first, I want to take a closer look at the scene."

"it is good."

After Uncle Zhou left, Tang Huanxi gently grabbed Xiao Baorui and succeeded.

At that time, his palm was icy cold.

"do not be upset."

Xiao Baorui closed his eyes in some pain, "If——if we could come one step earlier—if we didn't take a boat, but rushed here directly, would it...would it be possible to bring Uncle Qin back to life? "

"No." Tang Huanxi looked into his eyes, shattering the fantasy in his heart, "Husband, now that Uncle Qin is dead, everything is a foregone conclusion. The only thing we can do is to find the murderer behind it and bring him to justice." Only by following the law can Uncle Qin's spirit in heaven rest in peace!"

"En." Xiao Baorui slowly opened his eyes, and there seemed to be fire flickering in his eyes, "If the perpetrator behind this case is caught, I will definitely tear him into pieces!"

Tang Huanxi gently held his palm, and immediately relieved Xiao Baorui's anger.

"Don't get angry, calm down, and look for it carefully."

"Ah."

Tang Huanxi immediately walked to the desk, seriously imagining the situation at that time.

The teacups on this table are arranged in a mess, and there is a trace of tea stains beside the corner of the table.

The bluestone bricks on the ground have turned dark red.

This is probably the scene of the murder where Qin Xiao was killed.

"When night falls, I want to see how the fatal wound on Uncle Qin's body was formed." Tang Huanxi vaguely had a bold guess in his heart, "Xiao Baorui, I want a list of officials in Wintersun City .”

"it is good."

"By the way, who is the county magistrate that Butler Zhou mentioned just now?"

"Monkey." Xiao Baorui said in a low voice, "The Xinzhou Army made great contributions to helping me ascend the throne, so several generals headed by Brother Scorpio were transferred to civilian posts by me."

"However, Hou Fei once made a major mistake in the army and almost killed Uncle Qin. So I just made him a county magistrate in a fit of anger."

"Aren't you afraid that he holds a grudge?" Tang Huanxi asked softly, looking sideways.

"Actually, that's what Uncle Qin meant." Xiao Baorui said in a low voice, "Although the Xinzhou Army appears to be dominated by me, it was founded by Qin Hong after all. Although Uncle Qin is Qin Hong's younger brother, he doesn't treat him well. Trust. In order to consolidate the imperial power, Uncle Qin suggested that I divide the forces of the Xinzhou Army into three.

One-third of the Xinzhou Army was disrupted and reorganized to become the Imperial Forest Army in the palace, led by Scorpio;

Another third was brought back to Chaozhou by Qin Hong.

The remaining one-third was assigned by me to the Red Luan Guard for special training and became the hidden guard of the palace. "

"You listened to Uncle Qin's suggestion?"

"Well," Xiao Baorui nodded, "The eight masters of Xinzhou Island, three of them are not very satisfied with my arrangement for the Xinzhou Army, and one of them is the monkey, Hou Fei."

"It seems that this Hou Fei is also suspected." Tang Huanxi thought about it seriously, and said softly, "I think we need to meet this Lord Hou."

"Ah."

Qin Xiao's death was like a thunderbolt that exploded on the ground of Wintersun City.

Qin Xiao has guarded Wintersun City for many years, fighting all the year round, guarding this piece of sky in the northwest for the people, and has a very high reputation in the northwest area.

Now that he is dead, the whole Wintersun City is quiet.

The common people consciously closed some places for people to entertain, and everyone's heart is heavy.

Tang Huanxi secretly checked Qin Xiao's fatal wounds, and found that he had been plotted against.

"If a thief plots, with Uncle Qin's martial arts, he will definitely be able to detect the other party's plot. Now this dagger is inserted into the chest from the back, so it is very likely that an acquaintance committed the crime." Tang Huanxi analyzed seriously, "In addition, I After checking Uncle Qin's body, he found that his lips were faintly blackened. I suspect that someone poisoned him, causing him to lose his ability to move. That's why the murderer will succeed!"

"It's just that most of the people in the garrison have been silenced, so we have no way of knowing whether there are any guests coming that day." Xiao Baorui frowned tightly and said worriedly.

"Not necessarily." Tang Huanxi smiled suddenly, and then looked at Steward Zhou who looked puzzled, "Butler Zhou, besides the people on this roster, are there any servants in the mansion who haven't had time to be naturalized?"

Steward Zhou thought about it seriously, then patted himself on the head and said, "Yes! A while ago, the general bought two little bookboys from outside. Heavy old lady. The general thought of his filial piety, so he allowed them to go home for the night!"

"These two brothers were among the batch of corpses taken away by the government earlier?"

"Maybe not……"

"Does the housekeeper know where the two brothers live?"

"I heard from the general that he seems to live near an earth temple in the east of the city."

Tang Huanxi breathed a sigh of relief, then smiled softly at Xiao Baorui, "Finally we have found a breakthrough, Xiao Baorui, let's go without further delay!"

In the east of Luoyang City, there is a dilapidated Earth Temple, and a thatched cottage nearby.

Yang Jian looked at his elder brother, hesitated to speak several times.

"What do you want to say?" Yang Kang, who was chopping firewood, glanced at him and asked in a deep voice.

"Brother, General Qin is dead..." Yang Jian's tone was full of grief.

"Yeah." Yang Kang lowered his eyes to cover up the sadness in his eyes, "Everyone must die."

"But the general was killed by someone!" Yang Jian shouted anxiously, "Brother, can we really just stand by and watch?"

Yang Kang suddenly dropped the ax in his hand, and covered his mouth forcefully.

"The sky is bright, what nonsense are you talking about!"

(End of this chapter)