Then, Qi Shaoqing laughed and said, "Why are there so many reasons?"
"I chose the Qi family, of course because the Qi family is the most suitable."
But why it was appropriate, Qi Shaoqing didn't say another word about it, obviously unwilling to say any more.
Lin Yu had no choice but to retract his gaze and stop talking about the matter.
Qi Shaoqing's eyes were dark in his drooped eyelids.
He had already had enough of living under the care of others in the Qi family.
Now he can not only get rid of this situation, but also perfectly conceal his identity so that no one will doubt him...
Qi Shaoqing curled his lips, why not?
Two days later, Qi Shaoqing finally found time at Qi's house and successfully sneaked into Qi Jiahan's room.
Qi Jiahan's room didn't have much decoration, not even many ornaments.
The most expensive thing is undoubtedly the huge weapons rack placed outside.
The style of the whole room is sharp and simple. At a glance, you can tell that this is the room of a military commander.
Qi Shaoqing's eyes wandered around for a while, and finally he walked to the cabinet next to the weapons rack.
He reached out and wiped it. There was no dust on the surface of the cabinet and it was very clean.
However, it is so clean that no one seems to have ever used it.
Qi Shaoqing reached out and opened the bottom drawer, and a slightly rotten smell came out. It was obvious that this drawer had not been used for a long time.
Even the servants dared to avoid this drawer.
That's just right.
Qi Shaoqing took out the jade pendant from his arms and put it decisively into the deepest part of the drawer.
After hiding the jade pendant, Qi Shaoqing walked to the door, carefully opened the door and made sure there was no one outside before walking out.
Afterwards, as Qi Shaoqing expected, Qi Jiahan did not find the jade pendant.
Ministry of Punishment.
Zhao Jin came out of the cell with a faint smell of blood on his body.
"Thank you for your hard work, Duke Xuanping." Hearing the movement, the Minister of Punishment pulled out his head from a pile of files and looked at the person.
Zhao Jin raised his hand and waved, asking: "How was the file check?"
"Something was found."
The Minister of Punishment picked up the two files that were specially placed next to them and said, "My lord, take a look at these two files."
"One is a murder case in Bianzhou two years ago, and the other is a fire case in the Ministry of Household Affairs three years ago."
Zhao Jin picked up the file, sat down next to it, and read it carefully.
At a cursory glance, Zhao Jin didn't see anything wrong.
But the fact that the Minister of Punishment released these two files alone can only mean that there must be problems in them.
He directly put the two files on the desk together and checked them carefully.
After a while, Zhao Jin raised his eyebrows and said, "In the murder case in Bianzhou, the murderer finally arrested was named Chen. Is he related to the Chen family?"
The Minister of Punishment nodded, "Exactly. Lord Guo may as well take a look at the victim again."
"The victim..." Zhao Jin looked at the name on the file and felt that it was very familiar, but he couldn't remember it.
His fingertips unconsciously tapped on the name of the person in the file.
Who could it be...
Suddenly, an idea flashed in Zhao Jin's mind!
"He is the younger brother of Qu Xiaoren who was transferred back from Guanlong County!"
Qu Xiaoren was the previous county magistrate of Guanlong County. He came from the imperial examination. After staying in Guanlong County for two years, he was transferred back to Bianzhou.
The person killed in this case was Qu Xiaoren's concubine brother.
At that time, no one took the matter seriously, and Qu Xiaoren did not pursue it. The Ministry of Punishment found the murderer and closed the case.
But now it seems that the murderer is related to the Chen family, and the victim is related to Qu Xiaoren, who once stayed in Guanlong County.
"Master Shangshu, I was afraid that this person would be silenced."
However, I don’t know whether the other party wanted to use this to warn Qu Xiaoren who might know something, or whether Qu Xiaoping accidentally knew something and was silenced by Qu Xiaoren’s acquiescence.
"Yes," the Minister of Punishment frowned, "If this is the case, Guanlong County had already started to do this kind of private salt production two years ago."
Zhao Jin thought about it and said quietly: "The time recorded in the account book was nearly two years ago."
"There is also an earlier account book." The two said in unison.
Zhao Jin licked his canine teeth and said without any hope: "I guess I can't find it anymore."
Too much time has passed, and what happened to the Qu family at that time means that the other party has most likely destroyed the account books.
"It doesn't matter if there are no account books. Almost everyone has been found. The most important thing now is the whereabouts of the private salt and the matter of the prince."
Zhao Jin raised his eyebrows and said, "Sir, Lord Shangshu, I have been investigating the Chen family in the past few days."
"The Chen family is really interesting."
When the Minister of Punishment heard this, he did not show any surprise. Instead, he said: "I couldn't believe that the prince was involved in this matter before."
"However, the Chen family has good relations with both the Crown Prince and the Seventh Prince, and it happens to be the same family that teamed up with the Seventh Prince to commit a major salt smuggling case..."
"My lord, are you keeping an eye on Qu Xiaoren?"
The Minister of Punishment nodded, "That's natural. When he discovered the problem with the dossier, the official had already sent someone to keep an eye on Qu Xiaoren."
Zhao Jin rolled up the file he had spread out in his hands and put it away. Although he didn't find any evidence from it, there was an additional breakthrough.
Two days have passed, but Wang Xikang still did not let go. He interrogated the people involved in the illegal salt case who were arrested one after another for two consecutive days.
Even members of the Chen family were interrogated by him twice, but nothing was gained.
Except for the Chen family, Zhao Jin was certain that they were indeed unaware.
As for the Chen family, Zhao Jin had a headache.
The Chen family is too complicated. There must be innocent people among them, but there are also people who know the truth, so the interrogation has become much more difficult.
It takes careful discernment to identify people who really know the truth but are unwilling to speak out.
Zhao Jin's interrogation methods were not merciful, and even a bit cruel.
However, he did not want to have innocent people's blood on his hands.
Zhao Jin has enough means to bite those who don't speak, and make the other person's life worse than death.
For those who really don't know, Zhao Jin doesn't want to use those methods on them.
Zhao Jin's lip line was straightened, and after taking a long breath, his eyes briefly glanced at the table.
While scanning the files in front of him, Zhao Jin suddenly remembered that he had only read one of the files just now.
He looked up at the Minister of Justice, who was looking at him, and then his eyes fell on the file in front of him, his intention was obvious.
Zhao Jin was silent for a moment, then picked up the file on the desk.
In the other case, the case is simpler than the previous one.
It was a fire that broke out in the household department, and the time was a little earlier.
Perhaps due to the influence of the previous file, Zhao Jin's eyes couldn't help but fall on the name recorded in the file.
Ai Liang?
Zhao Jin searched in his mind for a moment, but still couldn't find any relevant information.
However, Xingmu's gaze fell on the middle of the file.
Burnt most of the account books?
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