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Duan Canghai immediately looked at Qi Ning, and Qi Ning said, "Mr. Tie, did you say that Meng Mansion received the letter at home at dusk that day?"

"That's right." Tie Zheng said solemnly: "At this time, the Chief Executive of the Meng Mansion said in person, there would be no mistakes."

"Duan Canghai, if there is an external letter from our Marquis' Mansion, will the sender submit it to this Marquis directly?" Qi Ning looked at Duan Canghai and asked.

Duan Canghai shook his head and said, "There are rules in the mansion. In the past, the general was on the front line, and the third wife in the mansion was the director. Naturally, the third wife was not good at seeing foreign guests. Therefore, if there was a letter, they would first report to the general manager of the mansion, and then the general manager would report to the third wife."

"Marty, usually, foreign letters will not be submitted directly, but will be handled by the managers of each government." Tie Jianbai came over and said, "The managers will take time to hand them over according to the rush of the letter." He had already gotten up, walked out of the door, and said in a deep voice: "Come here!"

Soon, I heard the sound of hurried footsteps, and then someone said, "Sir!"

"Immediately let Cai Feng take people to Meng's Mansion, and the chief general of Meng's Mansion came to Kyoto Mansion. I said that the official is not clear about some details on the night of the incident and needs to ask carefully." Tie Zheng said in a deep voice: "I'll be polite to Cai Feng and I will definitely bring the chief general of Meng's Mansion here."

The servant agreed and immediately stepped down. Tiezheng came back only then. After sitting down, he said to Qi Ning: "The Marquis woke up the dreamer with his words, and the servant was dull, but he didn't expect this."

Tie Zheng's attitude today made Qi Ning very satisfied. It was obvious that Tie Zheng had also discovered the strangeness of the case and was investigating it with all his heart.

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

"Mr. Tie is busy with official business. If you wait for a long time, you will probably think of this." Qi Ning smiled and said, "Meng Guangren received the letter from home at dusk, but the person who sent the letter may not have arrived in the capital at dusk."

Duan Canghai was still a little confused, but after hearing Qi Ning's words, he understood and punched the chair handle. Fortunately, the force was not too strong and the chair was quite solid, so it was not broken. He was a little embarrassed, but he still said: "Marty, someone from the hometown of Meng Mansion came to deliver the letter. The chief supervisor of Meng Mansion knew first, but the chief supervisor of Meng Mansion did not report it immediately, but delayed it until dusk before handing over the letter. Before handing over the letter, he had read the letter and spread the news."

"It should be like that." Qi Ning said: "The chief executive of Meng Mansion spread the content of 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 received instructions and stole the camp that night and intercepted it halfway. The real murderer behind the scenes threw the letter in front of the Kyoto Mansion, in order to let the Kyoto Mansion capture the murderer on the spot and confirm the fact that the Black Scale Camp reversed the case."

Tie Zheng said: "In this way, the murder case will be explained."

"Marty, Lord Tie, why do you have to arrest people from Kyoto Prefecture on the spot?" Duan Canghai frowned and said, "If those three murderers deliberately left a living mouth after they killed someone!"

"The reason is very simple. The other party is worried that the Black Scale Camp will refuse to admit it." Qi Ning smiled faintly: "If it cannot be captured on the spot, the Black Scale Camp will deny it, which will be a bit troublesome for the real murderer behind the scenes. Since this is the case, the murderer will be caught on the spot, and it will be impossible to escape."

Duan Canghai blamed himself: "Marty, this is all my subordinates who are plaguing you. My subordinates did not expect that there would be someone who would mix sand at the Heilin Camp while recruiting troops."

"You don't have to blame yourself for this. There is no wall that cannot be broken in the world, let alone recruiting soldiers." Qi Ning said: "But those murderers knew that the fate of being arrested would not be much better, and they dared to take risks, and they were quite brave."

Tie Zheng said: "There are many desperadoes."

"Mr. Tie, since the real murderer behind the scenes is planned, he will naturally not take action in person." Qi Ning looked at Tie Zheng: "But from the three murderers, it should be possible to find out who gave instructions to them. I wonder if you have found out?"

Tie Zheng hesitated for a moment, his expression became even more serious, and suddenly stood up and said, "Marty, the official dared to ask you to follow the official to go to the prison."

"Go to the prison?"

Tie Zheng nodded, and wanted to speak but stopped. Seeing his face, Qi Ning knew that things were not simple, he pondered for a moment and stood up and said, "Lead the way!"

Tie Zheng didn't talk nonsense. He led the way forward, Qi Ning followed behind him, and Duan Canghai followed Qi Ning, left the side hall, passed through a yard, and walked back along a stone path.

The Kyoto Prefecture is responsible for public security inside and outside the capital. There are many servants, and there are 500 or 600 people. Although most of them are distributed in various parts of the capital to maintain public security, there are still one or two hundred people in the mansion. There are people in the yamen and various departments, and there are also many courtyards of all sizes.

The further I walked back, the fewer and fewer yamen were seen. Finally, I walked to a stone wall. The stone wall was made of thick huge rocks, very strong. An iron gate was guarded by four yamen with swords. Tiezheng went forward and winked. Immediately someone opened the iron gate. Tiezheng looked back at Qi Ning and walked in first.

Qi Ning knew that behind the stone wall was the prison of the Kyoto Prefecture. When he walked through the stone wall, he didn't know if it was because of psychological effects, but he really felt a gloomy.

Behind the stone wall, there are three roads, one on the left and one on the left, and the other goes straight forward, turning to the left, walking a long way, turning into the inside, and every few steps, there are prison guards guarding him. Qi Ning saw it and thought that the prison in Kyoto Prefecture seemed to be more strict than the Shenhou Mansion.

After walking for a while, the surroundings became darker. Tiezheng finally stopped in front of a stone gate, reached out to darken a raised area on the stone gate, and then heard a rattle sound. The stone gate slowly opened. At this time, a yamen manipulator had already handed over an oil lamp. Tiezheng took it and entered the room with the oil lamp. Qi Ning and Duan Canghai looked at each other and followed.

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

Tiezheng hanged the oil lamp on the lamp stand. At this time, Qi Ning had already seen that the stone prison was not big. There were two wooden boards on the ground in the middle of the stone prison. There seemed to be someone lying on the wooden board, but it was covered by a somewhat yellowed coarse cloth.

"Mr. Tie, is this?" Qi Ning frowned and was a little confused. He didn't know why Tiezheng wanted to bring him into such a place.

Tie Zheng had already walked over, squatted on the edge of a wooden board, reached out and lifted the coarse cloth. It was indeed a person lying down, but he did not move. Qi Ning leaned forward and found that the man's face was dark and there was still blood stains on his mouth. However, it had already condensed into pieces. He knew that this person was dead and could not die any more.

"Mr. Marquis, this person is called Tian Heng." Although Tie Zheng was speaking to Qi Ning, his eyes looked at Duan Canghai: "He is one of the three murderers." When Duan Canghai heard the word "Tian Heng", his face had changed slightly, and he immediately said to Qi Ning: "Mr. Marquis, Tian Heng is one of the three stolen soldiers."

Qi Ning was surprised and looked solemn: "Mr. Tie, is the murderer dead?"

Tie Zheng sighed: "Marty, this is the dereliction of duty of the lower-ranking officials. Since the lower-ranking officials took office, they have never made such a big mistake, and no prisoner has died in prison without conviction. The lower-ranking officials will naturally apologize to the emperor, but before this, the lower-ranking officials must investigate the truth of the case."

"Mr. Tie, is Tian Heng dead in prison?" Qi Ning also squatted down beside the corpse, looked at the corpse carefully, and then said, "He seemed to die of poisoning!"

"Yes." Tie Zheng said: "The poison has also been found out, it is the highly poisonous crane red."

"Crane Head Red?" Duan Canghai immediately said: "Mr. Tie, Tian Heng is in prison. Of course, it is impossible for him to bring Crane Head Red with him. Where did this Crane Head Red come from?"

"After the three murderers were arrested, the officials were worried that they would secretly hold them together, so in order to prevent them from colluding, the three of them were imprisoned alone." Tie Zheng squeezed his eyebrows together: "Early early this morning, I was going to interrogate this person, but I found that this person was dead in the cell. After coronering for an autopsy, he was sure that he was hit by the Hedinghong and was sealed with blood."

Qi Ning's expression also became cold: "Since he was imprisoned in a separate cell and the case is not yet clear, Lord Tie will certainly not let anyone easily contact these three murderers."

Tie Zheng nodded and said, "The minister has given instructions. Without the minister's instructions, no one is allowed to approach the criminal except one."

"Who?"

Tiezheng raised his hand and pointed to another corpse next to him: "He, the yamen servant who specially delivered food to the three murderers is named Song Santai!"

"The yamen who delivered the meal?" Qi Ning understood: "Tian Heng ate the poisoned food and died of poisoning." He moved over and lifted the coarse cloth. As expected, a man in his fifties was lying below, with his skin on his face and his skin turned black. Just one glance, he could tell that he was also poisoned by the Red Crane Head.

Tie Zheng sighed, "Song Santai was the second year after the lower-ranking official took office, and he was responsible for the food and food of the repetitioners. This is the Dongzhuo, with eighteen cells. Anyone who is imprisoned in the Dongzhuo is a serious crime. For more than ten years, Song Santai has never made any mistakes. This man is usually honest and honest, even a little dull, and has no marriage and no family in the capital. Almost all of them live here throughout the year, so the lower-ranking official trusts him very much. He arranged a room for him near the prison cell."

"Mr. Tie, Tian Heng was poisoned to death by Song Santai. Why did Song Santai die even be poisoned to death?" Duan Canghai frowned and said, "Did he die by committing suicide?"

Tie Zheng said: "I found Tian Heng died in prison, and the food that was poisoned was next to his body. The lower official immediately knew that it was Song Santai's hand and footwork. Song Santai immediately arrested Song Santai. The doors and windows of Song Santai's room were all bolted. The lower official made people break into the door and entered the room. Song Santai lay on the table and was killed by poison. After the coroner's autopsy, it was confirmed that Song Santai and Tian Heng's death will not last more than half an hour."

Qi Ning said: "Song Santai first delivered food to Tian Heng. Tian Heng died of poisoning. Song Santai returned to his house and committed suicide by taking poison." He held his chin with his hands and looked cold: "But why did an honest man who had been sent to a cell in a prison for more than ten years, he would poison Tian Heng to death at the cost of his life?"
Chapter completed!