As soon as this idea appeared, it lingered in Surao's mind for a long time. She sat there and thought about it, then went straight to Jingzhao Mansion.

When the yamen servant saw the token, he took her directly to the yamen.

"Our Lord is still arranging the search. Please order the supervisor to have a cup of tea and sit down for a while."

"It's time to work."

Su Rao nodded slightly.

Upon seeing this, the yamen servant clasped his fists and bowed his head, then retreated. The hall was quiet, and she was the only one left.

While she was thinking about the case, she looked around casually. Gai Heng was there in just a stick of incense.

He strode over with a smile on his face: "Why did the supervisor have time to come to me today? When they came back to report, I thought they had misunderstood!"

"Lord Gai."

Surao stood up, and after the two of them bowed their hands in greeting, they each took their seats.

"I took the liberty of interrupting you at the spur of the moment. Please forgive me, Mr. Gai."

"The prison order is serious. Thank you for reminding me during the Peach Blossom Banquet. Otherwise, Jingzhao Mansion still has no direction to investigate the case."

Just by listening to her autopsy inference, Gai Heng knew that she was definitely not a person who deserved her fame. In addition, the encounter was still vivid in his memory, and he knew that she was not someone to be trifled with.

Many enemies are not as good as many friends.

His attitude towards her has naturally improved a lot.

"It's a simple matter, Sir Gai, don't worry about it."

After Surao exchanged some polite words with him, she got to the point quickly and neatly, "To be honest, I came here this time because there is something I want to ask you about."

"you say."

Gai Heng smiled slightly and said seriously.

"Have you ever encountered a situation like throwing a corpse at a peach blossom banquet before?"

As soon as she finished speaking, Gai Heng immediately shook his head: "No, this is the first time."

He stared at Surao and said solemnly: "Shengjing is at the foot of the emperor, and the public security has always been good. Occasionally, if a murder occurs, others will report it. If the Jingzhao Mansion is dispatched again, no one will dare to throw the body in front of their eyes because of their ambition.

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Speaking of this, Gai Heng looked bitter: "When the palace heard the news, they summoned me to reprimand me and ordered me to solve the case as soon as possible."

This result is the same as Surao guessed.

Her heart sank, and then she asked thoughtfully: "Did you find any traces on the river bank?"

"No, the murderer was very cautious, as if he had specially cleared the route to move the body."

Gai Heng lamented, but couldn't help but scolded this bastard who had killed a thousand swords several times.

Surao gave him a slightly sympathetic look.

He coughed lightly.

"Actually, I have something else to do here today..."

Gai Heng was immersed in his imagination and asked without thinking: "What is it?"

"Apart from Xu Chen and Li Cheng, maybe... there are other deceased..."

As soon as her words came out, Gai Heng returned to reality and looked at her in disbelief, "You, say it again..."

Two people had died in a row in the past seven or eight days, and he was already very worried.

One more one, wouldn't it cost his life?

"Supervisor, please don't say such nonsense."

"I also discovered it accidentally during the investigation."

Su Rao briefly told about the disappearance of the Taixue students and Zhou Ziling's Ci studies. Gai Heng swallowed hard and said, "Are they the ones you sent to me to post missing persons notices?"

"He's not among them."

Su Rao said: "At that time, I thought it was about Ci studies, so I automatically ignored it. Later, I felt something was wrong, so I asked the Imperial Academy's servant to find his handwriting. After comparing it, I found that the Ci studies letter was a forgery."

"In other words, Zhou Ziling might have been killed before the 19th?"

That letter of speech was sent that day.

Gai Heng suddenly felt that it was difficult.

His intuition told him that Su Rao was right, Zhou Ziling would definitely be in bad luck this week.

"The most coincidental thing is that among the missing students from Taixue, besides Li Cheng, there is also a man named Du Yong, who happens to live in the same room as Zhou Ziling."

Gai Heng: "..."

"Is it possible that he also..."

"It's hard to say. I always feel that the deaths of these people are somehow related."

But Surao has not been able to find the connection between them so far.

If I have to say, Li Cheng, Zhou Ziling, Du Yong are classmates, and Xu Chen is their former teacher...

Classmates...

Surao's eyes narrowed slightly, yes, they are classmates.

"In the promotion exam, the two outstanding students Shi Tan, Tai Xue Pu She said that the results of these people are the best among the students..."

"What the prison order is talking about is the examination for promotion from inner residence to upper residence?"

"right."

Su Rao nodded, and Gai Heng thought about it: "I have heard a little bit about this. One out of ten places for promotion in Imperial College every year. This is the only one who can directly get the official pass without going through the imperial examination."

"The supervision order means to start the investigation from this aspect?" Yuan

he asked tentatively.

Su Rao said: "Right now, there is no one alive in Zhou Ziling, no body in the dead, Du Yong is missing, and Li Cheng died tragically. This is the only connection between the three of them..."

"What about Xu Chen? What connection does Xu Chen's death have with them?"

Gai Heng's head is as big as a bucket.

The original purpose of throwing Xu Chen's case out was to avoid trouble, but I didn't expect that it would be tied together in this way in the end.

"I haven't figured this out yet, let's check it out."

Maybe if you get to the bottom of the investigation, relevant clues will naturally surface.

Surao looked at Jingzhao Prefecture Yin, who was frowning deeply, and said in a low voice: "If there is any news from Mr. Gai, please send someone to inform me."

"good."

Gai Heng responded in one breath.

There were a series of murder cases in the capital city, and the victims were all students. The cases were complicated. At this time, he had no time to weigh the pros and cons or make any small moves.

Otherwise, he, the governor of Jingzhao, would have reached his end.

"I will have to rely more on the prison orders in the future."

These are Gai Heng’s true words.

It had only been a few days since the first murder, but his mentality had undergone earth-shaking changes.

Surao noticed the kindness he was showing and smiled slightly, "No, it's better to take care of each other."

The two looked at each other and tacitly agreed to omit the 'infighting' they had just had.

There are no permanent enemies in the officialdom, especially if their interests do not conflict.

"By the way, the supervisor, today is the Emperor's birthday and there will be a banquet in the palace. When are you going to leave?"

Gai Heng asked enthusiastically, "At that time, I can introduce you to other colleagues so that you can become familiar with each other. It will be more convenient for you to move around in various yamen in the future."

"The night banquet in the palace? I didn't receive any news."

Su Rao was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said: "Lord Gai, you must have forgotten that I am still a rankless supervisor, and the only people invited to the palace banquet are officials of the fifth rank and their families."

Only then did Gai Heng remember the rules and smiled awkwardly, "It's okay if you don't go, Qing Jing, then wait until there is a suitable opportunity later. Anyway, with the ability of the supervisor, I believe it won't be long before I can rise to the top."

"I would like to lend you your kind words."
Chapter completed!