A Clash of Gods - Chapter 734

[Chapter 730 Stone Prison]

Duan Canghai immediately looked at Qi Ning, and Qi Ning had already said: “Master Tie

, you said that Meng Mansion got the letter from the family at dusk that day?” There is absolutely nothing

wrong with your words.”

“Duan Canghai, if there is a letter from outside our Hou residence, is the person who delivered the letter directly present it to this Hou?” Qi Ning asked Duan Canghai.

Duan Canghai shook his head and said, “There are rules in the house. In the past, the general was on the front line, and the third lady was the director of the house. Naturally, the third lady does not like to see foreign guests, so if there is a letter, it will be reported to the head of the house first. The manager will then report back to the third lady.”

“Master Hou, generally speaking, incoming letters are not submitted directly, but are handled by the stewards in each government.” Tie Zhengbai came over and said, “The stewards will follow the urgency of the letters. , take the time to hand it up.” He had already stood up, walked out the door, and said solemnly, “Someone!”

He soon heard hurried footsteps, and then someone said, “Sir!”

“Immediately ask Cai Feng to take someone to Meng It is rumored that the chief executive of Meng’s house came to the capital, and said that this officer is still unclear about some details of the night of the crime, and he has to ask carefully.” Tie Zheng said in a deep voice, “I told Cai Feng to be more polite, and he must be The chief of the Meng Mansion will bring it here.” The

servant agreed and immediately stepped back, Tie Zheng came back, and after taking his seat, he said to Qi Ning, “The man in the dream was awakened by the words of Lord Hou, but the servant is blunt, but he didn’t think of this. .”

Today Tie Zheng’s attitude makes Qi Ning very satisfied, obviously Tie Zheng has also discovered the strangeness of this case and is investigating with all his heart.

Qi Ning previously thought that Tie Zheng might be involved in this trap, but now it seems that this is not the case.

“Master Tie is busy with official business. If you wait another half a day, you will probably think of this.” Qi Ning smiled: “Meng Guangren got the letter from his family at dusk, but the person delivering the letter may not necessarily arrive in the capital at dusk.”

Duan Canghai had some doubts at first, but after hearing what Qi Ning said, he also understood that he punched the chair handle. Fortunately, the force was not too strong and the chair was sturdy, so he was not broken. He was a little embarrassed. But he still said: “Master Hou, someone from the hometown of Meng Mansion came to deliver the letter, and the chief general of Meng Mansion knew first, but the chief chief of Meng Mansion did not report it immediately, but delayed the delivery of the letter until dusk. Before the letter was delivered, He has read the letters,

And spread the news.

”

“That should be it.

“Qining said: “The chief general of Meng Mansion spread the letter at least before noon that day. The real murderer behind the scenes immediately seized this opportunity and planned the murder case. The three murderers were instructed to steal the letter that night. When they left the camp, they were intercepted on the way, and the real murderer behind the scenes threw the letter in front of the gate of the Kyoto House, so that the Kyoto House would catch the murderer on the spot and confirm the fact that the Black Scale Camp turned the case.

Tie Zheng said: ”

In this way, the occurrence of the murder can be explained.

”

“Master Hou, Lord Tie, why do you have to be captured on the spot by the people of Kyoto Prefecture?”

Duan Canghai frowned and said, “If the three murderers deliberately left their mouths alive after killing people…!”

”

“The reason is very simple. The other party is worried that the Black Scale Camp will not acknowledge the account.”

“Qining said with a faint smile: “If it can’t be caught on the spot, and Heishinying denies it, it will be a little troublesome for the real murderer behind the scenes. In this case, if the murderer is captured on the spot, there is no way to escape.”

Duan Canghai blamed himself: “Master Hou, this is all because of your subordinates

.

The subordinates did not expect that there would be people who would add sand to the Black Scale Camp while they were recruiting.

”

You don’t have to blame yourself for this. There is no wall that cannot be broken in this world, let alone recruiting soldiers.”

“Qining said,” But those criminals knew that the fate of being caught would not be much better, so they dared to take risks, and they were not too timid.

Tie Zheng said: ”

There are not a few desperados.

”

“Lord Tie, since the real culprit behind the scenes is planning, naturally he won’t go out in person.”

“Qining looked at Tie Zheng: “But from the mouths of the three murderers, it should be possible to find out who gave them instructions. I wonder if your side will find out?”

Tie Zheng hesitated for a moment, his expression became even more solemn, and suddenly got up and said, “Master Hou, Xiaguan dares to ask you to follow Xiaguan to the prison.

”

”

“Go to jail?”

Tie Zheng nodded, but he hesitated. Seeing his face, Qi Ning knew that things were not easy, so he pondered for a while, then got up and said, “Lead the way!

”

”

Tie Zheng didn’t talk nonsense, he led the way, Qi Ning followed behind, Duan Canghai followed Qi Ning’s side, walked out of the side hall, passed through a courtyard, and walked back along a stone path.

This capital city is responsible for public security inside and outside the capital, and there are a lot of guards. There are five or six hundred people from top to bottom. Although most of them are distributed in various parts of the capital to maintain public order, there are still one or two hundred people in the palace. There are people busy in the division, and there are not a few courtyards large and small.

The further back you go, the less and less you see. Finally, you reach a stone wall. The stone wall is made of thick boulders. It is very strong. As he was guarding, Tie Zheng stepped forward, winked, someone opened the iron door immediately, Tie Zheng looked back at Qi Ning, and walked in first.

Qi Ning knew that behind the stone wall was the great prison of the Kyoto government office. He passed through the stone wall, and he didn’t know if it was because of psychological effects.

Behind the stone wall, there are three roads, one on the left and one on the left, and one on the left. The other is straight ahead. Tie Zheng turns to the left, walks for a while, and turns inside. Every few steps, there are guards guarding him. Qi Ning looked at it. In my eyes, I thought that the great prison in Kyoto Prefecture seemed to be more strict than the mansion of the God of Marquis.

After walking for a while, it became dark all around. Tie Zheng finally stopped in front of a stone gate and reached out to darken a raised place on the stone gate. He heard a rattling sound, and the stone gate slowly opened. An oil lamp had already been handed over by the yacha. Tie Zheng took it and carried the oil lamp into the room. Qi Ning and Duan Canghai looked at each other and followed closely.

There was a musty smell in the house, and the smell penetrated into the nose, making people very uncomfortable.

Tie Zheng hung the oil lamp on the lamp stand, but Qi Ning had already seen that the stone prison was not big. On the ground in the middle of the stone prison were two wooden boards. But it was covered with some yellowish coarse cloth.

“Lord Tie, this is this?” Qi Ning frowned, wondering why Tie Zheng brought himself into such a place.

But Tie Zheng had already walked over, crouched on the edge of a wooden board, stretched out his hand and lifted the sackcloth, there was a man lying underneath, but he didn’t move, Qi Ning leaned forward, only to find that the man’s face was dark and the corners of his mouth were still dark. The blood that hasn’t been wiped clean, but it has coagulated into a lump, and at a glance, you know that this person is dead and can’t die any more.

“Master Hou, this person is called Tian Heng.” Although Tie Zheng was talking to Qi Ning, he looked at Duan Canghai: “He is one of the three murderers.” When Duan Canghai heard the word “Tian Heng”, his expression was already gone. After a slight change, he immediately said to Qi Ning: “Master Hou, Tian Heng is one of the three soldiers who stole it.”

Qi Ning was greatly surprised, his face solemn: “Master Tie, the murderer is dead?”

Tie Zheng sighed: “Master Hou, this is the dereliction of duty of the Xiaguan. Since the Xiaguan took office, he has never made such a big mistake, and no prisoner has ever died in prison without being convicted. The Xiaguan will naturally ask the sage for his guilt, but here Before, the lower official had to investigate the truth of this case.”

“Lord Tie, did Tian Heng die in the prison?” Qi Ning also crouched down beside the corpse and carefully looked at the corpse before saying, “He seems to be He died from poisoning!”

“That’s right.” Tie Zheng said: “The poison has also been identified, but it is the highly poisonous Hedinghong.”

“Hedinghong?” Duan Canghai immediately said: “Master Tie, Tian Heng is in prison, Of course, it is impossible to carry the Hedinghong by himself. Where did the Hedinghong come from?”

“After the three murderers were arrested, the lower official was worried that they would be locked together and would secretly share confessions, so in order to prevent them from being linked together, they would The three of them are held in solitary confinement.” Tie Zheng squeezed his thick eyebrows together: “This person was supposed to be interrogated early this morning, only to find that this person had died in the cell. , see the blood seal the throat.”

Qi Ning’s expression also became cold: “Since he is detained in a separate cell, and the case is still unknown, of course, Lord Tie will not let people easily come into contact with these three murderers.”

Tie .

Zheng nodded and said: “Xiaguan has ordered, without Xiaguan’s order, no one is allowed to approach the murderer, except for one person.”

“Who?”

Tie Zheng raised his hand and pointed to another corpse beside him: “He, the

yacha who specially delivered meals to the three murderers is called Song Santai!”

After eating the poisoned food, he was poisoned and died.” He moved over and lifted the sackcloth, and there was a man in his fifties lying underneath. The poison of Hedinghong.

Tie Zheng sighed: “Song Santai was in charge of the felon’s diet after the second year after he took office. This is the East Prison, with eighteen cells, but all those imprisoned in the East Prison are felons with heinous crimes. UU Reading wwwww .sonicmtl.com For more than ten years, Song Santai has never made any mistakes. This person is usually honest and honest, even a little dull. He is not married, and has no family in the capital. I trust him very much, and a room is specially arranged for him near the cell.”

“Master Tie, Tian Heng was poisoned to death by Song Santai, why did Song Santai also die of poisoning?” Duan Canghai frowned and said, “Could it be that? Did he commit suicide?”

Tie Zheng said, “I found that Tian Heng was dead in prison, and the food that was poisoned was right next to his body. The lower officials immediately knew that Song Santai had done the hand and foot, and immediately arrested Song Santai. Song Santai’s The doors and windows of the room were all bolted, and the subordinate officials let people break in. When they entered the room, Song Santai lay on the table and died of poisoning. After the autopsy, it was determined that Song Santai and Tian Heng had died within half an hour. ”

Qining said: “Song Santai delivered food to Tian Heng first, but Tian Heng died of poisoning. Song Santai returned to his house and took the poison to kill himself.” He rested his chin in his hand, and his eyes were cold: “But one sent more than a dozen in prison.” Why would the honest man in the prison cell of Nian poison Tian Heng even at the cost of his life?”

(End of this chapter)