Shao Xi hurriedly walked towards the door. He saw Long Qitai within a few steps of entering. He was not drinking tea in the hall, but pacing back and forth in the courtyard, looking very anxious.
Long Qitai looked up and saw that Shao Xi had returned. He hurriedly stepped forward, pulled Shao Xi and said, "Brother! Something big has happened! I failed to live up to your instructions and did not take good care of the person."
When Shao Xi heard what Long Qitai said, he was heartbroken! It must have been something wrong with me.
"Brother Long, don't worry! Tell me slowly what happened."
Long Chitai had a look of annoyance on his face, pounded his palms and said: "You asked me to keep an eye on that Wu Riyeti, to prevent anyone from killing anyone and cutting off clues. I have arranged for Xiao Liuzi to guard this guy day and night for the past two days. , but I didn’t expect that Xiaoliuzi just went out to relieve himself last night, and when he came back, he found that Wuriyeti had been poisoned and died. Today we spent most of the day questioning everyone in Dali Temple, even the cook We have interrogated him several times, but we still haven’t found out who poisoned Wuriyeti, and we have no clue at the moment.”
Shao Xi groaned secretly in his heart. It’s over! It took a lot of effort to find a clue that could identify the mastermind behind it, but now he was silenced inexplicably, and the clue was interrupted.
"Have you found out how he was poisoned? Was it poison in the food, or was the water he drank poisoned? Who was in contact with him yesterday? Were there any signs before?"
"We have checked the food and water, and no poison was found. The people who came into contact with it yesterday, except Xiao Liuzi, are the interrogators. We have also checked that there is nothing suspicious, and there was no sign before. Now the body is here Parked in the work room, the inspection should have been completed by now, brother, do you want to go back to Dali Temple with me?"
Shao Xi turned to Liu Fu and said, "Bring me my horse, not a carriage."
Liu Fu responded and trotted all the way to the backyard to pick up the horse.
Shao Xi touched his chin and asked Long Qitai: "Brother Long, do you have any doubts in your mind so far? Since no outsider has contacted him, it must be a spy inside Dali Temple. Maybe someone has been there for a long time. There are hidden stakes hidden in Dali Temple.”
Long Qitai's eyebrows were knitted together at this time, with a tangled look on his face.
"To be honest, the most suspicious person at the moment is Xiao Liuzi, but this brother has been with me for many years. He is a honest, honest, and steady man. He did everything he told me before and did his best. If it is said that he killed me, that's right. I really can’t believe it.”
"There is no conclusion yet on this matter. Although Xiao Liuzi is suspicious, it may not necessarily be him who did it. We will make a decision after you and I return to Dali Temple."
"Okay! It seems that this matter will bother you, brother, to put more thought into it."
Shao Xi was more depressed than anyone else at this time. Wuriyeti was the only clue he had to find out the identity of the man in black robes. Now that the person is dead, the clue is effectively broken.
It seems that the power of the person behind this is really powerful and can penetrate everything.
At this time, Liu Fu had led "Tingxue" outside the gate. Shao Xi and Long Qitai each mounted their horses, shook the reins, and galloped away in the direction of Dali Temple.
Due to the urgency of the matter, the two of them hurried as fast as they could on the road, and it didn't take long to reach the gate of Dali Temple.
After dismounting, the two men threw the reins to the servants in front of the door and trotted all the way into Dali Temple. They met the minister of Dali Temple, Long Qitai's brother Long Qihong, who came out.
The two of them hurriedly came forward to salute. Long Qihong returned the gift and asked Long Qitai: "A Tai, I just heard that someone was poisoned in my Dali Temple. Although I don't go back to the temple very often, but You shouldn't be so lax. Now that something like this has happened, how can I, Dali Temple, save my face? How will I explain it to the Holy One later?"
Long Qitai also knew that he was in the wrong, and lowered his head and said: "What the eldest brother taught me is that I was negligent, brother. I just went to invite Mr. Shao over, hoping to find out the matter, so that the eldest brother can be with the Holy Spirit." I have an explanation, please rest assured, brother."
Long Qihong shook his head helplessly, with an expression of hatred for steel.
Turning his head, he cupped his hands to Shao Xi and said, "Although Mr. Shao has only been in office for a short time, he has been deeply appreciated by the Holy Emperor. Your ability is now well known to everyone. I would like to trouble Mr. Shao to worry about this matter. If you can help me in Dali Temple to find out, For this matter and the capture of the murderer, everyone in Dali Temple is extremely grateful to Mr. Shao. If Mr. Shao is of any use to me in Dali Temple in the future, we will do our best and will never shirk the blame."
Looking at this posture, it seems that Long Qihong also feels that this matter is a bit tricky. Whether Dali Temple loses face or not is secondary. The most important thing is that the person who is dead now is the murderer who assassinated the envoy of Baiye Kingdom. If Dali Temple cannot find out the matter, Long Qihong was indeed not easy to explain to the Holy One.
Shao Xi also raised his hands to Long Qihong and said, "Lord Long, I should do my best in this matter. But now that the man is dead, the clues have been interrupted. If the spy inside Dali Temple cannot be found, this matter will I’m afraid there’s really some trouble.”
Long Qihong sighed and said rather helplessly: "I also know that this matter is a bit troublesome. Master Shao, just try your best. To be honest, if it is a case that even your 'Jingcheng Division' cannot find out, I am afraid that Dali Temple can't find it either." It’s a waste of effort, I just hope that this matter can be explained to the Holy One, so that my colleagues in the temple will not be affected and their salaries will be fined.”
Shao Xi naturally understood what Long Qihong was thinking. To put it bluntly, people who work in officialdom are ordinary people and they have to support their families. As a minister of Dali Temple, if you can't even keep the salaries of your subordinates, it will indeed affect your prestige in the future.
"The official should do his best. No matter whether the case can be found out or not, he will go to the Holy Master to take responsibility."
The meaning of this statement could not be more obvious. No matter how far this case is investigated, all responsibilities will be borne by Shao Xi alone, and Dali Temple will never be affected. To put it bluntly, it means that Shao Xi will bear this responsibility for Dali Temple. Black pot.
When Long Qihong heard this, he immediately looked ashamed. He raised his hands and said to Shao Xi: "What are you talking about, Mr. Shao? This case has been taken over by Dali Temple from the beginning. Mr. Shao only came to help us investigate the case. How can Mr. Shao be allowed to bear all the responsibilities alone?" If this case cannot be found out in the end, I should go to the Holy Lord to plead guilty, how can I implicate Master Shao again?"
"Lord Long, what you said is serious. Your brother and your subordinate are also brothers. Speaking of it, I should also call Lord Long big brother in private. In this case, I should share the same responsibility. After all, I don't blame everyone, and multiple people should bear the responsibility together. I think the Holy Spirit will also raise his hand and let us pass."
When Long Qihong heard these words from Shao Xi, he was deeply moved.
Although he is half a rank higher than Shao Xi at the moment, judging from the Holy Emperor's favor and trust now, Shao Xi's official rank will definitely be higher than his own in the future. It is not easy for a person who knows the emperor and his ministers well and has great grace and grace to be arrogant and arrogant, and to use his power to suppress others. It is really not easy to say such things to himself.
Long Qihong raised his hand to Shao Xi and said, "Since Brother Shao has reached this point, Long will not be pretentious. From now on, everyone in Dali Temple will be at Brother Shao's disposal, including Long. As long as It is necessary for the investigation of the case, all documents and files in the temple are at the disposal of Brother Shao, and no one has the right to stop it."
What does this mean? This is why in Dali Temple, even the ministers of Dali Temple must obey Shao Xi's orders. As long as it is needed to investigate the case, all the resources in Dali Temple must serve him.
This sounds like a good thing, but in fact the pressure on Shao Xi has become even greater.
In this situation where the entire city's soldiers and horses and Dali Temple are at his disposal, if Ziwu Maoyou cannot be found again, not to mention it will be difficult to explain to the Holy One, even those shady guys in the court will be able to find out. You squirt to death.
This is the true meaning that with great power comes great responsibility.
Shao Xi naturally understands this truth, but now that things have developed to this point, he can only continue.
"In this case, let's not gossip. I'll go in first and understand what happened yesterday in detail."
After saying that, they entered the Dali Temple together.
He was not in a hurry to ask questions, but went directly to the workshop. Living people can lie, but dead people cannot. There will definitely be something left on the corpse.
The person responsible for examining the corpse is still the old man from last time. It seems that any difficult case encountered in Dali Temple will be handed over to his hands. It can be seen that this person is also an experienced investigator.
As soon as Long Chitai entered the door, he asked impatiently: "Have you found anything? Are there any wounds, bruises or anything else on the body?"
The old man was unhurried. After giving gifts to several people, he said slowly: "The surface of the body has been inspected, and there is nothing wrong. Judging from the color of the eyes, lips, tongue, and nails, it is true that he died of poisoning. This person died." The throat and abdomen were probed with silver needles. The poison was indeed taken from the mouth, and there were no signs of force-feeding. Judging from the color of the silver needles, the amount of poison was large, and it did not appear to be mixed into food or water. , It’s like taking poison directly.”
Long Qitai became anxious when he heard this, "How is it possible to take poison directly? After this man was captured, his whole body was carefully searched, and his clothes were changed into prison uniforms. No hidden items were left for him. Opportunity, where did this poison come from? And it was not force-fed. Could it be that he took the poison himself? If he really wanted to die, why didn't he die when he was caught and chose to commit suicide now? "
Shao Xi took over Long Qitai's words and said: "That's right! If he had believed that he would die when we caught this person, he would not have been brought back to Dali Temple by us. The fact that he was brought back alive by us shows that he has deep feelings in his heart." There is no desperate thought in it. A person who doesn’t want to die must be because of concerns. I once asked Brother Long to investigate this person’s background to see if he had a wife, children, and children at home. I originally wanted to use this to force him to speak. It seems now , someone had an idea with us, and also used this to force him to commit suicide."
Long Qitai suddenly realized: "No wonder! When I found out the whereabouts of his family, they had mysteriously disappeared. They must have been kidnapped. But where did his poison come from?"
Shao Xi smiled and said, "Of course the person who forced him to commit suicide handed it over to him."
"But who forced him to commit suicide?"
"The one who was with him every day."
