When Su Qi'an said these words, Wu Dingguo, a veteran, suddenly changed his face. He looked at Su Qi'an blankly and said subconsciously.
"Su...Inspector, what did you just say? Fan Chong?"
Wu Dingguo is a smart man. Since Su Qi'an dared to mention the murdered Fan Chong at this time, it was definitely not to provoke him deliberately. There was only one possibility: Fan Chong was not dead and was alive and well.
This thought suddenly flashed through Wu Dingguo's mind. Looking at Su Qi'an's smiling face, this judgment became more solid in his heart.
But he seemed to have thought of something. Halfway through his words, his face turned sharp and his eyes suddenly looked outside the door. He was about to get up, but was stopped by Su Qian.
Su Qi'an said calmly, "The Governor does not need to be so panicked. Since I have come to Haizhou City, I am not afraid of anyone eavesdropping. The Governor can sit down and we can talk slowly."
Wu Dingguo's eyes flashed, he was silent for a while, and then sat down. What he didn't know was that at this time, the door of the room had been fully taken over by Su Yong's direct team.
Not to mention controlling the entire Haizhou Mansion, the surrounding area around this room is all under Su Qi'an's control. This is why Su Qi'an is so calm.
Wu Dingguo was silent for a long time. He needed time to slowly digest the shock brought by this news. After all, anyone who heard this would find it incredible.
This supervisor really dared to risk the world's disapproval, and even risk losing his head, to let Fan Chong fake his death, and in front of them, even Wu Dingguo found it impossible.
Although he was older, he was not old-fashioned. The execution that day was clearly seen by everyone present, and the body that was finally restrained was also confirmed by him.
It is simply impossible for the inspector to try to conceal the truth.
Wu Dingguo, who gradually recovered, quickly discovered the fatal flaw caused by Su Qi'an's incident.
Fan Chong personally confirmed the burial, how could it be false? Thinking of this, Wu Dingguo's face turned stern, he stared at Su Qi'an and said coldly.
"Inspector, I respect your identity and won't argue with you, but if you insist on using dead people to deceive me, I won't let you go no matter what!"
Su Qian looked at Wu Dingguo's emotional changes indifferently. He said nothing, took out a letter from his arms, and handed it to Wu Dingguo.
Wu Dingguo frowned slightly, took the letter and opened it. Before he could glance at the letter, what came out with the letter was a half piece of jade pendant that had slipped off.
This jade pendant is not exquisite, and it even has a few yellow spots on it. It looks like it has been aged for a while.
When Wu Dingguo saw this half piece of jade pendant, his expression suddenly became unstable and his heart suddenly trembled.
This half of the jade pendant was so familiar to him. It was his jade pendant. Five years ago, during a battle with pirates, in order to commend Fan Chong for his timely rescue, he cut his jade pendant in two and gave it to him as a gift.
The gift of a jade pendant is usually a whole piece of round jade, and splitting it into half represents the deep relationship between two people.
Fan Chong was beheaded and when his body was buried, Wu Dingguo searched for this half of the jade pendant, but there was no trace of half of the jade pendant throughout his body. xь.
In Wu Dingguo's opinion, this half of the jade pendant must have been stolen by some petty officials while it was in front of Fan Chong. Who would have thought that this piece of jade pendant could return to his hands.
Wu Dingguo came back from his thoughts and glanced at the letter in his hand. This letter was not written by anyone else. It was Fan Chong's handwriting. You can tell it at a glance by looking at the handwriting. The general meaning of the letter is that everything is fine now. Su Qi'an needs to do something very important. Wait. After the incident is completed, he will reappear and instruct Wu Dingguo not to conflict with the supervisor.
Wu Dingguo read the letter several times, and then looked at half of the jade pendant in his hand. He was not as cold as before, his face softened slightly, but his voice was still cold.
"Honestly, up to this point, even if I see the jade pendant in my hand with my own eyes, it is not enough for me to completely believe that Fan Chong is not dead. After all, with the supervising envoy's magical powers, he forged letters and stole the jade pendant in advance. It should not be What a difficult thing."
Wu Dingguo was suspicious. Su Qian nodded slightly, remained silent for a while, and said softly.
"The Governor is right. It is indeed difficult to get the Governor to trust you based on these things. I will analyze it carefully with the Governor."
"Fan Chong's execution was witnessed by everyone, and even the final burial was carried out by the governor himself. It is indeed difficult to do such a secretive thing in front of all the officials, but it is not impossible. .”
"If the Grand Governor has any impressions, he should remember that the envoy who executed the execution purposely built a very high gallows. Why did I bring a bowl of farewell wine before the execution? During the execution, I wonder if the Grand Governor paid attention to the people in charge of the execution. Soldier is a master of acupoints with hidden weapons, such as flying needles.
Also, before sending the body back to the Grand Governor, I wonder if the Grand Governor knew that the envoy had subordinates who were very proficient in the art of disguise? "
Listening to Su Qi'an recalling the details of the execution for him bit by bit, Wu Dingguo's expression changed visibly.
In his mind, the picture of Fan Chong being transferred gradually emerged. Let Fan Chong appear in his real body first, so that no one can fake it.
When they got to the stage, they added some medicine to the farewell wine. In order to prevent the medicine from taking effect early, they argued with Su Qi'an before the execution. After a delay, they went to the gallows. As time passed, in order to allow the medicine to take effect earlier. If it works as expected, you can use a double insurance policy to prick acupuncture points with flying needles to make him coma in advance and put him into a state of suspended animation.
However, careful calculation of the execution at that time showed that it did not even last for a quarter of an hour. When the corpse was lowered to the high platform, the corpse, which had been disguised for a long time, was carried out for delivery.
Originally, according to the rules, even the corpses carried out had to be inspected, but Su Qian said some disgusting words at that time. Shen Wanfu and he, who were already angry, naturally could not accept the inspection.
Forcibly taking people away and leaving viciously. In that mood at that time, whoever dared to take one more step could do anything.
This also led to the fact that even if Zhou Zibin, Feng Nan and others wanted to ask more questions, they could not say more.
Later, because he fell into grief and failed to distinguish carefully, he was buried.
And this is basically the whole story of Su Qi'an subcontracting Fan Chong and concealing the truth in public.
This thing seems to be a near miss, and it feels that it is not that difficult to implement, but Wu Dingguo, who understands the process, can really feel the difficulties involved.
To do it so skillfully in front of so many pairs of eyes, in addition to practicing many times without making mistakes, you also have to calculate everyone's emotional breaking point and have someone to cooperate.
In addition to making these various arrangements, the most critical thing is the mentality of the parties involved.
You must know that Zhou Zibin and Feng Nan are both old foxes from Dongzhou. You can imagine how difficult it is to deceive them by implementing such a bold and adventurous trick.
But this inspector just did it, which is enough to show how terrifying this person's scheming and mentality are.
If Wu Dingguo was only half-convinced based on the letters and jade pendants he provided before, then the strong psychological quality and various careful calculations displayed in this plan to hide the truth made him feel that it could really be done.
Compared with the hearsay about Su Qi'an's past by his subordinates, Wu Dingguo had carefully investigated Su Qi'an. As the investigation deepened, he felt more and more that this person was not simple.
He is definitely not a boastful person, and he definitely has something real in his hands.
However, because of Fan Chong's interrogation and execution, the conflict between them could not be resolved, and Wu Dingguo was still very interested in this inspector.
Now that he understands the inspector's bold calculation, he can somewhat understand it. This is in line with Fan Wenzhong's evaluation of Su Qi'an in the letter sent to him, that the Fox of Great Liang is full of tricks.
After figuring out Su Qi'an's cover-up, Wu Dingguo seemed to have thought of something, and he suddenly said.
"The inspector risked his head to help Fan Chong fake his death to get out of trouble. He couldn't possibly just want to reverse his case."
"Haha, it seems that the Governor also feels that Fan Chong's case is unfair. But after all, there are witnesses and material evidence. Even if the Governor wants to overturn the case, there is nothing he can do. I am right, right?"
Su Qi'an's words revealed Wu Dingguo's innermost thoughts. There were both witnesses and physical evidence. He wanted to uncover the truth.
It can't be turned over either.
He was not as courageous as Su Qi'an, nor was he as capable. He was trying to hide things from the outside world, and could only watch Fan Chong being beheaded.
Wu Dingguo was silent, and Su Qian'an continued, "I can understand the difficulties faced by the Governor, but I came to Dongzhou not only for Fan Chong, so I had no choice but to take risks. Fortunately, this adventure was successful."
"The Governor doesn't need to worry about overturning the verdict. I think Fan Chong should be able to handle it. What the Governor should be most worried about is not Fan Chong, but why this war failed so miserably and led to such a disastrous defeat."
"The Governor asked himself, do you really think this defeat was just due to carelessness? Was he attacked by someone?"
Su Qi'an's sudden words made Wu Dingguo's eyes flash, but he could accept it. Su Qi'an's meaning was very simple. Among them in this disastrous defeat was a female agent.
It's not that he hasn't thought about this, but he has no evidence. Besides, these people are his life and death brothers. If random suspicion leads to internal discord, this is a big taboo.
But now that Su Qi'an has talked about this, he cannot tolerate Wu Dingguo not thinking carefully.
"I know the great governor is in trouble. If the great governor trusts me, I can guarantee that this concubine will be found out within a month."
Wu Dingguo was startled and looked up at Su Qi'an.
Although Su Qi'an is as smart as a demon, no one would believe that he found out the so-called concubine in just a few months.
Especially now that the frontline soldiers have experienced such a disastrous defeat. The hidden granary was destroyed. It can be said that they have suffered one defeat after another, and their morale has long been extremely low.
At this time, we are investigating the so-called concubine. It is good to find out. If not, it will not intensify the conflict and may lead to the separation of the soldiers. How can we regain the two lost counties in the future?
