Chapter 182 Bamboo rice (five)
"We...we received a blood book from that year!" Xun Zhou looked at the two people who were looking at him, and said subconsciously.
As soon as he opened his mouth, there was a sense of unreasonable annoyance, but when he finished speaking, when he faced the two thoughtful faces in front of him, he was inexplicably relieved.
The secret has been kept in my heart for too long, and it is somewhat breathless.
Now that I have said it, there is no need to hide it anymore. Xunzhou said: "The messenger who sent the letter was robbed by bandits on the way to deliver the edict, so the edict was stolen. The messenger was afraid of being implicated, so he went to The bandit village negotiated, and the bandit village was very reasonable, and after hearing about it, he returned the stolen imperial edict to the messenger!"
As soon as he said this, Lin Fei on the opposite side couldn't help but frowned: "I haven't heard Wei Fu and those who handled the case say that the imperial edict was robbed!"
"Ants are still greedy for life!" Xunzhou sighed helplessly when he said this, and explained, "The messenger dared not say anything about it, and besides, the imperial edict was brought back, and the sealing wax was not removed. After this happened, I hurriedly sent the imperial edict over there."
Then... everyone will know what happened next. The famous general died tragically, and Wen Xuance became the one who replaced the imperial edict.
"There is nothing wrong with the imperial edict, so the courier was lucky and chose to conceal it; if something happened to the edict, the courier would dare not say anything!" Wen Mingtang said clearly when he heard this, "It's not incomprehensible. The courier's concealment, but this concealment makes the whole case missing a crucial link."
Xun Zhou gave a "hmm" and said, "Originally, other than the two messengers, no one else would know about this matter. My brother-in-law and I have been investigating all these years. It is also a coincidence. Last year, there was an old man The courier returned home, and his ancestral home happened to be in the county where my brother-in-law lived. Because it was occupied by wicked people, his ancestral home could not be taken back, but my brother-in-law helped out, and the old courier was full of guilt , and talked about it.”
After that, Xun Zhou and the others naturally went to check the news about the bandit village back then, and they were shocked when they checked.
"We asked the people around us, where did the bandits come from in that place?" Xun Zhou said, "There have never been any bandits, so why did the edict talk about plundering?"
Either the old messenger lied about this matter, but he is very old, and he didn't tell it himself, and no one related him to this matter. If he didn't speak up himself, who would know about it?
"We don't think he needs to lie. If so, there is only one possibility..."
Before Xun Zhou finished speaking, Lin Fei said: "Someone pretended to be a robber, intercepted the edict, exchanged the edict, and then used the messenger to avoid being implicated, and did it without anyone noticing."
Wen Mingtang nodded, not forgetting what Xun Zhou said earlier: "The blood book you mentioned refers to..."
When the word "blood book" was mentioned, Xun Zhou's face turned pale. He looked at Wen Mingtang and said solemnly, "The old messenger who told us about this is dead."
As soon as these words came out, Rao Lin Fei's face couldn't help but change. Before Xun Zhou could speak, he asked, "How did you die? Is it human?"
Xun Zhou didn't shake his head or nod, he just looked at Lin Fei and said, "He fell into the water and died when he went out at night, because everyone in the tavern can prove that he drank a lot that day, and it makes sense to get drunk and stumble. .”
That's it... It looks like it's for man, but Xun Zhou didn't shake his head or nod, there must be something else going on inside.
"Two days after the messenger's accident, my brother-in-law received a letter that was secretly thrown in through the door of the yamen with an anonymous name. When my brother-in-law opened the letter, he saw the **** letter written by the messenger." Xun Zhou said, "Because of the seizure of the house, the courier wrote a lot of notes. My brother-in-law knew his handwriting. No matter the signature or handwriting, he could match the courier. If there is no accident, it should be what he wrote. wrote."
It is unnecessary to tell brother-in-law Xunzhou about this matter, because they already knew about it from the messenger, so the messenger's blood letter is obviously not to tell brother-in-law Xunzhou, but...
"Physical evidence." Lin Fei said, "Leave a physical evidence."
The person was still alive, but he left physical evidence in advance, and something happened not long after leaving the physical evidence, so... only one thing can be proved.
"The messenger should have discovered or knew something, and knew that he was going to die, so he left a physical evidence." Lin Fei said.
Xun Zhou looked at Lin Fei, who would either not speak, or click on the important point when he spoke, and nodded, "Lin Shaoqing is right!"
It seems that this person's ability is much more powerful than the rumors, Xun Zhou sighed a little: No wonder sister Mingtang trusts him so much!
"One courier will not be responsible for sending the imperial edict, what about another courier?" Lin Fei continued to ask without waiting for Xun Zhou to be moved.
Forced to interrupt, Xun Zhou shook his head and said, "He died. I heard that he died of malaria after eating unclean food. He died two months earlier than the old messenger."
The two couriers had accidents within two months one after the other. If it was not a coincidence, someone wanted to completely clean up the matter and prevent the case from being overturned.
Lin Fei frowned when he heard this, and asked Xun Zhou, "Have you checked the two messengers?"
Xun Zhou nodded and said, "I checked, but I didn't find it."
Lin Fei gave a "hmm" and stretched out his hand to him: "Show me the news about the two messengers you found."
He didn't check it, so the sentence "not found" was said by Xun Zhou and the others, not Lin Fei.
Xun Zhou: "..." He raised his head and looked at Wen Mingtang who was on the side, only to see Wen Mingtang nodded towards him, and said, "Lin Shaoqing has handled a lot of cases, let him investigate, maybe you can find clues that I haven't found. .”
In terms of case investigation, Lin Shaoqing is of course much better than them! Xun Zhou took out a stack of envelopes from his bosom and handed them over, saying, "I did bring them here this time, originally because I was afraid that sister Mingtang would not believe it, just in case, but I still took it seriously if I didn't think about it." It came in handy."
Wen Mingtang looked at Xun Zhou who had prepared everything, and thanked him: "Thank you for running away for my father's affairs!"
Xunzhou heard the words and said hurriedly: "Sister Mingtang's words really hurt me, the teacher treats us with great kindness..."
Before he finished speaking, Lin Fei, who had put away his things, spoke this time. This time, he did not cooperate as politely as before, but interrupted Xun Zhou's words: "Since the kindness to you is as great as a mountain, Why did you switch to Wang He's sect?"
Wen Mingtang: "..."
Their Lin Shaoqing is so good at "talking", and I don't know if anyone has done anything to him because of his "talking".
(end of this chapter)