Chapter 531 Suspicion
In the past, Shen Hao came to the door and was left alone for a whole day, but now it is reversed, and it is even more excessive, because Xue Gui has been sitting in the tea room of the Fushi Yamen in Jingxi Town for a long time, and the last news he got was "Master Shen may be here today." I won't be back, Mr. Xue, please come back."
Won't you say something before you don't come back? Did you say you were going to leave in the afternoon? !
Obviously, Xuan Qingwei wanted to embarrass Xue Gui on purpose. In other words, he was rejecting the dialogue with the Ministry of Punishment. Because Xue Gui not only failed to find Shen Hao, but also failed to find Jiang Cheng today, and the other thousand households and deputy thousand households in the Jingxi Governor's Yamen couldn't get involved in this matter at all.
But compared to before when Shen Hao asked to come to meet each other, Xue Gui is obviously much more anxious now.
Just yesterday, Xuan Qingwei directly sent a notice to the local government office of the imperial city, saying that "Shou Wang has made great contributions in assisting Xuan Qingwei in trapping the fugitive Qin Xiuyuan." He suggested that the local government office should use it for filing to prevent possible misunderstandings from tarnishing the prince's reputation.
This is simply talking nonsense, when did King Shou and Xuan Qingwei get so close? Also "trap"? Such words can also be said, shameless!
The most important thing is that Xuan Qingwei really chose the rules of the local government this time, which is in line with the laws followed by the local government, and because they came forward to "clarify", the local government should really give back to King Shou's "righteous deed". Appropriately stated, at least one statement of merit should be reported to the higher authorities, right?
But if it is reported to the public, even if the King of Shou is completely picked out of the mud, there is no room for the civil servants to ease up, and it is even said that "the prince was almost killed by the civil servants. Qing Wei just escaped." There is no problem at all.
This is completely different from what the civil servants had thought before. It was their original plan to give a sweet date with a stick, but now they ran away as soon as the stick was hit, and there was no chance to give a sweet date, so how could they be fooled and stood up again? How can this be!
Yes, there are seven princes, and you can choose one of them at will. The initiative lies with the civil servants, not the princes. But having a bad reputation is not a good thing. Even if there is a prince to take him in later, he will definitely not offer such a good condition. It is really terrible to wait until the final account is settled after being enthroned.
No one likes double-faced people, and the end is often tragic. Most of the civil servants' minds are active, how can they not think clearly about these things?
So hurry up.
They don't have the guts to put pressure on Pang Ban. It's not enough to tear the face directly. So Xue Gui, the actual person in charge, was the first to go on the grill, and it was extremely uncomfortable to be burnt on the outside and tender on the inside.
What happened on the scene is not over yet, what Xuan Qingwei did is obviously not just to help Shou Wang slap the Ministry of Criminal Affairs and the Civil Service Group, but also to take the most important case to themselves hands. This can be seen from the fact that Shen Hao suddenly transferred a small banner battalion from Fengri City to the Imperial City to participate in the investigation.
Why is Xuan Qingwei so obsessed with winning this case? They don't need to finish it by themselves like the civil service group to avoid making jokes.
Xue Gui's idea is: Xuan Qingwei may have obtained or know some inside information about the case, and these inside information may have the effect of revenge.
Whoever offends Xuan Qingwei will not end well. This point seems to have never been fulfilled, so the senior officials of the Ministry of Punishment and the senior officials of the Civil Service Group can't sit still. They strictly ordered Xue Gui to figure it out and come up with countermeasures to deal with it. The possibility of Xuan Qingwei vying for the dominance of the investigation.
But now that he has not even seen anyone, Xue Gui has no other choice but to return to the office of the Ministry of Punishment depressed. Of course, he also gave orders to his yamen servants to keep an eye on all the entrances and exits of Xuan Qingwei, and report immediately if Shen Hao or Jiang Cheng appeared.
It's just that Xue Gui's already quite daring response will not have the slightest effect. Because Jiang Cheng is hiding in his house, he is not going to go out these days at all. And even if there is an important matter, the Ministry of Criminal Justice is just, how dare you force Jiang Cheng to succeed? If you ignore you, Jiang Cheng loses.
And what about Shen Hao? It was really hidden, and it was no longer in the Fushi Yamen of Jingxi Town. It lived overnight in the real estate that Feilong secretly bought in the imperial city, which can be regarded as the property in the Black Water Project. The name registered here is a local businessman in the Imperial City. On the surface, it is absolutely impossible to find out who went to Fengri City, and it is even more impossible to have any relationship with Xuan Qingwei.
Some of the soldiers of the Small Banner Battalion pretended to be casual and left soon after they settled in the Fushi barracks in Jingxi Town. Now only Shen Hao knows how many people are in the dark and how many are in the open. A secret agent in the Blackwater Project that Haodu can't figure out.
Different from the turbulent and urgent undercurrent outside, Shen Hao is now drinking wine, eating fried fish, and listening to the reports of the people below in a leisurely manner.
"My lord, the name of the sugar master who drowned accidentally was Xu Youwen, fifty-seven years old this year, his family was well-off thanks to his sugar-making skills, he was richer than ordinary small businessmen, and he was kind and almost never contradicted others. , and have no enemies. The only hobby is drinking, but the wine quality and capacity are good, and the reputation is very good in ten miles and eight villages.
We dug up Xu Youwen's new grave at night and examined the body. It was found that he was indeed drowned, and there was no obvious trauma, and there were very few useful things. "
"What's in the stomach? Didn't find anything?" Shen Hao didn't believe that Xu Youwen's death would be such a coincidence.
"No suspicious things were found in the stomach, just ordinary food residue and the smell of alcohol."
"Smell of wine? Very strong?" Shen Hao talked about such a heavy topic while eating, but it didn't hinder his feelings. I just wonder if people who have been dead for a few days can still smell of alcohol in their stomachs. How strong is this alcohol? Can ordinary people have the ability to drink this kind of spirits?
"Yes, my lord, it smells very strong."
Shen Hao glanced at Zhang Liao whose face changed slightly, and knew in his heart that the other party must have remembered that smell. The rotting corpse was accompanied by the smell of wine, and it was still in the stomach of the corpse. That kind of smell might make people quit drinking instantly.
"Have you checked? There are limited spirits on the market now, except for Wuliangye, which is made by Immortals, the other wines are far behind, so we should be able to find the source."
"My lord, I checked. It was the people who drank with Xu Youwen that night during the reverse check. They were all friends who drank with him on weekdays. They also drank ordinary fruit wine from ordinary taverns. The kind of wine that makes people want to get drunk It's not easy, with Xu Youwen's drinking capacity, it is impossible to get drunk without drinking five or six catties. And according to the person who drank with Chen Youwen that night, Chen Youwen was not drunk when he left, because the five of them drank less than eight catties, compared I usually drink less."
Shen Hao put down his chopsticks and said with a smile: "Drink less than usual and still drunk? Why didn't they go with Chen Youwen when they drank together? Or did Chen Youwen leave early?"