Hearing this, Zheng Tian nodded.
Seeing this, Qin He nodded with satisfaction, and then no longer stayed, but left the mountain with Xu Gang and his party.
As soon as he walked out of the village, Xu Gang scratched his head guiltily.
"Brother Qin, it's me who's useless! I didn't even catch this old man!"
Hearing Xu Gang's words, Qin He paused, then looked at him and smiled.
"It's not your fault."
Although Qin He said this, Xu Gang felt guilty.
"Brother Qin, do you think you should find someone to guard here? What will the old man do if he runs away?"
Hearing Xu Gang's words, Qin He shook his head.
"Don't worry, it's absolutely impossible for him to run away, because he knows what the consequences will be if he runs away."
Xu Gang thought for a while, nodded, and murmured.
"If they dare to run away, kill them all."
Although he didn't hear clearly what was just said, Qin He also guessed a little bit.
After returning to Qinghe City again, Qin He learned from Xie Yuan that the news had spread. He believed that within a few days, everyone in Qinghe City would know about it.
Qin He was not worried about this matter.
Looking back at Qinghe City today, a piece of news has spread throughout Qinghe City.
Many people knew that the prefect had arrested Qin He, but now that Qin He and others have widely spread the news, no one knows about it.
When he was arrested in Qinhe, Chen Guotai had already spread the news, but it was not like Qinhe.
At the same time, the news spread that Qin He was arrested for corruption and bribery.
At first, the entire Qinghe City was in an uproar about this news.
You must know that Qin He's reputation in Qinghe City is extremely good. He not only does good deeds by giving porridge to the refugees, but also properly resettles the refugees.
How many such good people can there be in this world?
Therefore, few people believed Chen Guotai's words at the beginning.
Now news has spread that the governor of Qinghe City is dead!
As soon as this news came out, the whole Qinghe City went crazy.
This is the governor of a state, how can he die immediately?
As for how Chen Guotai died, the news also leaked out.
That was when someone on a hilltop in southern Xinjiang produced false evidence to frame Qin He. The prefect found out and went to hold him accountable, but he never wanted to be killed by those bandits.
After being released, Qin He learned the news and led the militia to surround and suppress the bandits on the mountain, avenging the prefect and arresting the mastermind behind the scenes.
Now everyone in the entire Qinghe City knows about this, and they are even more impressed by Qin He's actions.
Not only do they ignore past grudges, they even retaliate with kindness.
For a time, Qin He's reputation was once again greatly improved throughout Qinghe City.
Of course, this is just what Qin He said.
Neither the Xie family nor anyone else would believe this.
But Qin He definitely doesn't care, after all, all the favorable evidence is now in his hands.
He still doesn't believe that the people who came down to investigate can still defeat him?
In this way, half a month passed.
Finally, the memorial submitted by Qin He received a response.
Now the capital has sent people down to investigate the matter.
However, it would take at least a month or two to get to Qinghe City from the capital, which was enough time for Qin He to fully grasp the situation.
Another half month later, Qin He received an unexpected letter.
The person who gave him this letter was none other than Master Zhongshu Ling.
The content of the letter was to ask Qin He to handle the matter carefully, and the imperial envoy sent down was also from Zhongshu Ling's side.
You just need to cooperate well and you can get away.
With the letter from Zhongshu Ling, Qin He was even more relieved.
Sure enough, it was just as he expected.
Zhongshu Ling did not give up on him. On the contrary, he still tried his best to help him.
Qin He was naturally happy to see this situation.
Of course, it is not that simple to settle this matter.
The letter also asked Qin He to prepare some silver for the Zhongshu Order.
Naturally, Qin He would not be stingy with this little money.
A month and a half later, the imperial envoy sent from the capital also arrived.
After visits and investigations, we have a pretty good understanding in a few days.
Before leaving, Qin He was reassured that the matter would be handled properly.
Of course, the imperial envoy did not ask Qin He for money in person, but Qin He took the initiative to wait for the imperial envoy to leave the city before having someone send it out.
However, an accident also happened at this time.
In the courtyard, Qin He's originally worried heart was relieved a lot.
Now that the imperial envoy has completed the investigation, they only need to wait for the capital to handle it, and the matter can be considered completely settled.
While Qin He was sipping tea, Xu Gang ran into the courtyard in a hurry.
"Qin...Brother Qin, something bad has happened! Something bad has happened!"
Seeing Xu Gang's appearance, Qin He's heart suddenly "thumped", and a bad premonition suddenly arose in his heart.
"Sit down and take a rest first, and wait until your breath has subsided before we continue."
However, Xu Gang couldn't wait any longer and immediately spoke.
"Brother Qin, when we were delivering the silver coins, we found that the imperial envoy was being ambushed. Although we arrived in time, the imperial envoy died after being stabbed several times..."
After hearing Xu Gang's words, Qin He suddenly stood up from his chair.
He stared at Xu Gang and asked.
"Has anyone been caught?"
To be honest, Qin He never thought that someone would be bold enough to assassinate the imperial envoy!
You must know that he was a person sent from the capital. How is it different from assassinating the imperial envoy and dying early?
The person is dead now, and Qin He cannot bring the dead person back to life.
We can only hope to catch the assassin who killed the imperial envoy.
However, Xu Gang's next words completely shattered the only hope in Qin He's heart.
"We had the people under control at the time, but we never thought that these guys still had poison in their mouths and died from the poison as soon as we caught them."
After listening to Xu Gang's words, the expression on Qin He's face turned extremely ugly.
This matter was probably done by the Xie family, otherwise, how could he have been assassinated as soon as he left Qinghe City.
Thinking of this, Qin He's eyes already flashed with coldness.
If the imperial envoy can return to the capital safely, this matter can be regarded as taken over.
But now that the imperial envoy is dead, even he can't explain it clearly.
People who want to be afraid will definitely make a fuss about this.
As a result, the situation instantly became unfavorable to him.
Even he couldn't explain why the imperial envoy was killed just after leaving Qinghe City?
The death of the imperial envoy will also directly have a great impact on this incident.
Nowadays, Qin He can't argue!
