No wonder neither of the two sons cried, and one of them still had that silly smile.
"Okay, everyone, just be quiet."
Lin Yiqiu raised his hand and shouted.
The lady and the concubine quickly wiped away their tears with handkerchiefs and said tremblingly: "Sir... we... we are innocent!"
"I haven't said you are guilty yet? Besides, he committed suicide and it has nothing to do with you."
Lin Yiqiu said casually.
After hearing this, several women let out a sigh of relief.
Lin Yiqiu continued: "Is there anything wrong with your master these days? Why did he commit suicide? Who did he have a conflict with?"
It was just a very ordinary question. Lin Yiqiu tried his best to use a very gentle attitude so as not to scare them.
After listening to this, several women looked at each other.
"What's wrong? Our master has always been normal. There's really nothing wrong with him."
The concubine scratched her head and thought for a long time without thinking.
"That's really puzzling. He committed suicide out of nowhere? Could it be a family conflict?"
Lin Yiqiu leaned down, have you ever had a quarrel with him? Have you ever had a conflict?
"Ah? Sir? We are all honest!"
The lady and the concubine quickly knelt down.
They all thought that Lin Yiqiu was looking for the murderer by asking this question.
Seeing this situation, Lin Yiqiu shook his head helplessly.
It seems that these ladies are indeed not suspicious, and the Minister of Rites is round and heavy.
It's impossible for just these few women to hang him up.
At this time, Zhao Ting, who was watching from the side, spoke.
"What good methods can I use to investigate the case in West Factory? I've asked about all those things, and there's nothing unusual about it."
"It does seem to be a suicide. There is a high probability that the case can be closed."
Yan Liben also shrugged.
Lin Yiqiu ignored them and was about to turn around and go back to the house to continue investigating when he suddenly thought of something.
Then, he changed the question.
"Have your master done anything in the past few days that you haven't done before?"
This sentence is addressed to everyone in the house.
The servants looked at each other, not seeming to understand.
Lin Yiqiu continued: "It's something he hasn't done before, or a habit he hasn't had, and it suddenly appeared in the past two days. Think about it carefully."
After the words fell, everyone lowered their heads, thinking about something.
However, after a while, everyone shook their heads.
Only the concubine suddenly slapped her head!
"By the way, sir, I have been going to the master's room to rub his shoulders these past few nights, and I actually discovered that he has done something he has never done before!"
"What's up?"
Lin Yiqiu asked.
"The master seems to have stabbed a little person! He has been holding it for the past few days and refuses to let go!"
"Ah? Is this really happening?"
Lin Yiqiu was stunned for a moment, and then quickly continued to ask: "Where is the villain? Show it to me quickly?"
"Oh, it's in the drawer over here."
The concubine quickly entered the house, pulled out a wooden drawer beside the bed, took out the little figure tied with a cloth strip, and handed it to Lin Yiqiu.
At this time, Cang Hong and two people from the official department also surrounded him.
"What is this for?"
A moment of doubt.
Lin Yiqiu was embarrassed on the spot, looking at the dense holes in the little man, he was really speechless.
Good guy! This Minister of Etiquette is really ruthless. He wouldn't really stab him, a eunuch, at home every day, would he?
As for that? Ah? As for that?
How much hatred and resentment?
Lin Yiqiu sighed helplessly, thinking that scholars are short-sighted and what they did was too tasteless.
"Besides this, are there any other strange behaviors?"
Lin Yiqiu turned around and asked again.
The concubine really couldn't think of anything else, so she could only shake her head and said: "Without my lord, I am really gone."
"Oh, stabbing a villain and hanging himself. It's weird, weird."
Lin Yiqiu held the little figure and couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
At present, except for the fact that the Minister of Rites hanged himself to death, everything else seems to be normal and nothing particularly weird.
And the more this happened, the more Lin Yiqiu felt something was wrong.
Holding the little figure, Lin Yiqiu was about to hand it over to the Jin Yiwei next to him.
At this time, when I glanced at it, I found something different.
The cloth figurine is dark in color, but inside the holes, there is a faint hint of white!
It doesn’t seem very reasonable!
"Cang Hong, lend me your knife!"
Lin Yiqiu immediately stretched out his hand and said.
Cang Hong didn't hesitate, pulled out the knife and handed it over.
Lin Yiqiu cut the thread on the villain with a knife, and then directly tore off the cloth on the villain!
After all the tearing was completed, a light-colored letter suddenly fell down!
"There is a mystery inside!"
Lin Yiqiu and Cang Hong looked at each other.
Then, open the letter paper.
A paragraph of dragon and phoenix dance comes into view, a long paragraph!
After a long while, Lin Yiqiu suddenly showed a surprised expression!
"This is a secret bribe message from someone who wants to spend a lot of money to buy exam questions!"
Holding the letter, Lin Yiqiu's face suddenly became serious.
The content of the letter was actually very simple. It was a person asking the Minister of Rites for the price of examination questions.
To put it bluntly, I just want to use money to buy the test questions for this exam.
Hearing this, Zhao Ting and Yan Liben standing next to them couldn't help being surprised.
This eunuch really helped him find some clues.
"So, his death is really related to this conference?"
Cang Hong immediately speculated.
Lin Yiqiu shook his head.
"We can't be sure directly yet, but at present, the death of the Minister of Rites is definitely not that simple."
"And even if he really committed suicide, then the matter of buying the test questions is equally important! Who can be sure that it has not happened before? Who can be sure that the test questions have not been leaked?"
The last question is the key!
Did the Minister of Rites reply to the letter, and did it really leak out? If we don’t find out this, I’m afraid this interview will be greatly affected!
Thinking of this, Lin Yiqiu deeply felt the seriousness of this matter.
"How should we investigate? Just having a letter is of no use?"
Cang Hong frowned.
Although the information disclosed in the letter is very important, the letter has no signature and no other key clues.
If you look at it like this, you can't tell it at all.
Lin Yiqiu smiled softly.
"Sometimes, a simple physical evidence actually reveals much more information than we imagined."
After touching the letter several times and smelling it, Lin Yiqiu closed his eyes and thought about it from time to time.
Cang Hong just watched quietly, believing in Lin Yiqiu's ability.
But Zhao Ting and Yan Liben couldn't wait any longer.
"We know that the test questions may have been leaked, so let's arrest him quickly!"
"Yeah, what's the use of just reading the letter here? The more important thing is to act quickly!"
Hearing this, Cang Hong was speechless.
"Do you know who should be arrested? There are so many candidates for this general examination? There are still some who have not arrived in the capital? Is it possible to arrest them all?"
"In order to investigate the case, I have to do this!"
Zhao Ting and Yan Liben continued. This chapter has been completed!
