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165. Mysterious Shadows (4)

Yao Guangqi was too lazy to talk nonsense to the bearded yamen runners. He didn't even have to look at the yamen runners, took out a sign from his arms and threw it to the yamen runners. He walked towards the yamen runners regardless of the surrounding yamen runners.

When the bearded yamen runner took the waist sign, he was frightened and sweated. His eyes immediately became as big as before, and he stuttered with little confidence: "You, old man, what do you call me?"

Yao Guangqi looked down at the corpse without raising his head: "You should know my name, have you seen this brand clearly?"

The bearded yamen runner didn't dare to ask again. The guide came to Yao Guangqi in a row with small steps. He didn't dare to show his breath while whispering: "I see clearly, you..."

Yao Guangqi suddenly turned around and looked at Xiaomou, and shuddered his body all over. He couldn't help but take two steps back. Seeing this, Yao Guangqi said disdainfully: "It's good to see clearly. Now you go and call the county magistrate and come immediately. I'll wait for him here."

The bearded man turned around and was about to run away, but he heard Yao Guangqi shouting behind him: "Get back."

Xiaomouzi's head buzzed, stood there but didn't dare to move, then slowly turned around and looked at Yao Guangqi with an awkward look. Yao Guangqi stretched out his hand: "Give me the sign."

The yamen runners left in a mess. Murong Qing came up and asked with a smile: "What brand are you so powerful? Look at it scared them?"

Yao Guangqi did not answer, continued to look down at the corpse, and said to himself: "Before he died, he only said Mo, what does Mo mean? Is it to give us Mo?"

Murong Qing also turned her attention to the corpse. After watching for a moment, she was suddenly stunned. She quickly took out a small bag from her arms, took out two silver needles and a white thread, then put the two silver needles into the ears and top of the corpse, and then put the white thread into the mouth of the corpse. After a while, the silver needles and white threads were taken out, and they looked carefully in the sunlight, and then smelled them again.

Yao Guangqi didn't understand what Murong Qing was doing, but he looked at Murong Qing and believed that she had found the clue. Sure enough, a mysterious expression appeared on Murong Qing's face: "I thought someone killed him with a hidden weapon. Now it seems that I was wrong. It must be Baihuafang, a strange poison, colorless and tasteless. It will be fine for a few hours after taking it. However, during this period, this poison will flow all over the body with blood. Once the whole body is covered, it will immediately attack. This poison has another characteristic. After death, the poison will be immediately relieved. Ordinary people cannot tell that it was poisoned and died of poisoning."

Yao Guangqi grabbed his ears, squinted his eyes and said, "That is to say, he was already poisoned before he came?"

As the two were talking, a group of people hurried over from afar. The leader was a seventh-rank civil servant. When he came close, he was panting and squeezing hard, and said, "The lower official is the county magistrate of this county. I don't know if the master is coming, he will be in a far-reaching manner. I wish you apologize for your crimes. Who are your official positions? What kind of business jobs do you have in this county?"

Yao Guangqi did not stand up, looked up and glanced at the county magistrate with his eyes squinted: "What's the name of Guixian?"

The county magistrate was very thin, but his face looked very fat and looked a little uncoordinated. He took a few more breaths and then said, "Secretary He Shengzhi."

Yao Guangqi then stood up, walked around County Magistrate He, and looked up and down his eyes.

Then, he said coldly: "Mr. He County Magistrate, you are really good at governing the county. In broad daylight, there was a major life case on the streets in full view of everyone. You are a magistrate, which is a great achievement. The Ministry of Personnel must be the first to be a top student."

He Shengzhi looked pale and embarrassed, thinking to himself, this murderer had something to do with me, and you guys from the capital would be labeled, but even if you scolded him, you should still be cautious in your mouth: "If such murders occur under the rule of the lower officials, the lower officials will investigate them strictly and not let the murderer go to justice. The lord asked the county government to rest, and the lower officials will arrange for people to investigate."

"I wonder what county magistrate plans to investigate?" Yao Guangqi asked coldly again.

He Shengzhi was stunned and thought to himself that he didn't know what your origin was. Did I report to you? But he was afraid that this person was an imperial envoy who was ordered to inspect the police in a condom, so he still did not dare to neglect it. He had to say, "Well, generally speaking, coroners were given autopsy and confirmed the cause of death. If he killed him, he would interrogate the people who had dealt with this person recently, and he could always find some clues."

Yao Guangqi patted the county magistrate's shoulder: "I can tell you that this person died of poisoning, but follow your path for the time being to check it first." Then he approached the county magistrate's ear and whispered: "Please be careful, County magistrate, I was ordered to secretly do it this time, and it is not advisable to show off. County magistrate should restrain the people below and not promote me everywhere."

County Magistrate He secretly cursed in his heart, "I don't know who you are, how to promote it?" What to promote it? And you secretly do it, and you will have a murder case when you come. Is there anyone who makes such a secret public? But he didn't dare to offend Yao Guangqi, so he could only smile bitterly and say, "The official understands, I don't know if you can make it explicit. If the official position and title are from above, the official will know that it is for you."

Yao Guangqi waved his hand, "If you want to find me, you will naturally send the official letter to the General Secretary and will not send you a letter."

When He Shengzhi heard that the governor was not something that I, the county magistrate, sighed secretly, forget it, stop asking, there will be more trouble if you ask too much.

This is how the work is. The leader urges him to do it hard, and the people below work hard and work hard and work hard as soon as possible. Not only does he work hard, but he is also serious. If the leader does not urge him or seldom urge him, then the people below will have no motivation to do it, or even not. Throughout history, all power departments and functional departments have the first core element that determines the efficiency of the high and low level. In the final analysis, there is only one thing: whether the leader is ruthless or not.

It should be said that He Shengzhi, the She County Magistrate of Mo Pintang, was still very concerned about the case of Mo Pintang, and could even be said to be particularly concerned. As a local official of the Hongwu Dynasty, He Shengzhi knew very well that Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang was never ruthless about officials who were lazy and politically policing. At this time, there was a person living in his county yamen who was unknown but most likely an imperial envoy. If he didn't have snacks, his fate might not be as good as the Mo Manufacturer who was killed on the street. So He Shengzhi mobilized all his criminal investigation forces and devoted all his energy to this case.

"Sir, please report to me if you have something to do." Just after lunch on the third day after the incident, He Shengzhi hurried to Yao Guangqi.

Yao Guangqi is already ready. If the yamen runners cannot find valuable clues today, he will go and find them by himself. At this moment, he even regrets it. If he had personally investigated them from the beginning instead of pretending to be those yamen runners who were uncertain whether they could be able to do so, they might have discovered them now. "Hope is great."

The clues you find will not disappoint.”

Although He Shengzhi was a little embarrassed, he still smiled bitterly and said, "Big-eyed donkey, come and report to the adults."

The yamen runner, known as the big-eyed donkey, took a step forward, bowed his head and said, "Sir, the dead ink craftsman named Hu Jiaofen, who started to be an apprentice ink making at the age of fourteen. He has been working for more than 30 years. He is one of the best ink making masters in She County. His ink, many high-ranking officials and nobles in Beijing, have pointed out to buy his ink. His family is well-off and kind. He has never had any conflicts with anyone and has no enemies."

"In other words, you didn't find any useful clues?" Yao Guangqi asked calmly.

"I'm not sure." The big-eyed donkey smiled bitterly, his waist was bent, a little sore, and he straightened his waist slightly.

Yao Guangqi pointed to the chair beside him and said, "Sit down and talk."

The big-eyed donkey looked at the county magistrate next to him. Seeing that the county magistrate was also standing, he wanted to sit but didn't dare to sit, so he continued to stand and said, "Hu Jiao has lost his wife for many years and has two sons under his knees. The eldest son inherited his craftsmanship and is now a famous ink craftsman. The youngest son is idle all day long and has a bad reputation in the village. Hu Jiao took a concubine Wang two years ago. He is the daughter of a farmer in a neighboring village. He is young and beautiful. According to the villagers, this concubine is not very polite and often interacts with strange men. It is said that he is not innocent with Hu Jiao's younger son. Hu Jiao has beaten Wang many times for this matter. This concubine Wang often cries. According to the eldest son, Hu Jiao has been assigned to the county town to see you, and he got up in the morning to eat the food made by the concubine. On the night when Hu Jiao died, the concubine Wang and his son disappeared."

Yao Guangqi nodded after hearing this: "In other words, Wang is suspected. Is it possible that the youngest son named Hu has an affair with his concubine's mother?"

The big-eyed donkey nodded: "Now the Wang family is the most suspicious. A few days before the incident, Hu Jiaofen had never had any suspicious people."

Yao Guangqi felt that this big-eyed donkey was quite appropriate in his work, and the investigation was quite detailed: "Can you catch these two people?"

The big-eyed donkey touched his head: "This little guy dared not make a promise, but the little guy has asked clearly that Wang's own private money has taken away, but her private money is not much. The family usually has no cash, and the eldest son is in charge of the entry and exit of their workshop, and there is no shortage of dry food and soy meat. The most important thing is that Wang has been entangled and cannot walk fast. So the little guy feels that the two of them are not far away, and the little guy has ordered people to go to Wang's parents' home to look for it, and hello to the grain chiefs of the surrounding towns, and several docks in the county that can board the boat have also explained that if they are still in that area or have traces, the little guy will definitely know their news."

Yao Guangqi admired the big-eyed donkey very much and praised it from the bottom of his heart: "You are very appropriate in your work. You are a talent."

When Yao Guangqi praised it, the big-eyed donkey smiled, smiling brightly, revealing a bit of yellowed teeth.

The reason why Yao Guangqi did not go to check it in person was because his thoughts had been a little confused these days. He wanted to make a good decision. He racked his brains to write a letter. The letter was written and it was both entangled and uncomfortable. He wrote it, tearing it up, and then writing it over and over again. He repeated it dozens of times. No matter how he wrote it, he was not satisfied. Finally, he simply said a long story short and wrote only one sentence: "Ru'er met the words and face. After receiving this letter, he had previously entrusted two letters to come to Hangzhou south. Don't do it, come quickly."
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