Father can be an enemy country

Chapter 474
At the end of the first lunar month, Nanchang was warmer than Nanjing, but the earth dragons were still burning in the halls, making the entire water pavilion as warm as spring.

Shen Liben and Xiong Qitai were only wearing unlined clothes, and they were sitting on both ends of the soft couch comfortably, chewing carefully prepared betel nuts and talking in low voices.

"Boss, what is the purpose of coming down this time? You have to get to the bottom of the humble job." Xiong Qitai asked anxiously.

"I didn't intend to hide it from you," Shen Liben said with a loose "too".But he enjoys his current state very much. When he was in Nanjing, he was too tight and depressed.

When I came down to the province, I felt the taste of being an official again.

"It was Hu Xiang who sent me here. His old man has two intentions. One is to ask me to properly handle the case of Liu Lian who fell into a well while drunk..."

"Oh?" Obedient and listening, Xiong Qitai understood Shen Liben's words. "Hu Xianghe and the boss mean to insist that he fell into the well drunk and died?"

"What do you mean by me and Prime Minister Hu?" Shen Liben said expressionlessly, "They are both the heads of a province, why are they still so humble?"

"Yes, my subordinates are really inferior," Xiong Qitai hurriedly said with a smile, "but it's also because of my subordinates treating adults with the heart of a child!"

"Well. I have already realized your sincerity, but there are some things that can be done but can't be said. If you talk too much, you will lose it." Shen Liben educated his old subordinates in an old-fashioned way.

"Be humble and remember the teachings of the adults." Xiong Qitai hurriedly sat up straight and cupped his hands to be taught.

"Tell me what's going on in this case first, does it have anything to do with you?" Shen Liben asked in a deep voice.

"..." Xiong Qitai pondered for a moment, then Fang slowly said: "My lord just taught me that there are some things that I can do but not say, and even if I do, I can't admit it."

"You are a quick learner." Shen Liben scolded with a smile, very satisfied with Xiong Qitai's answer.

Although he was the one who instructed Xiong Qitai to deal with Liu Lian at the beginning, he never said that Xiong Qitai killed Liu Lian, so naturally he would not accept this account.Zheng is so happy that Xiong Qitai plays sloppy with himself.

But there are some things that cannot be neglected, and he asked seriously: "Where is the person who did it now?"

"He is no longer in Nanchang, my lord, don't worry. No one can find him." Xiong Qitai said confidently.

"There is no one in your yamen, can you still hide it?" Shen Liben frowned and asked: "It's too hasty!"

"Don't worry, my lord, that day was a New Year's dinner at Cao Canzheng's house. There was only one cook and two servants in his house, and they couldn't handle it at all, so they invited a total of ten cooks and buddies from Hexiang Tower." Xiong Qitaiming knew that no one was there. He could eavesdrop, but he still lowered his voice with a guilty conscience:

"The person who did it dressed up as a servant and mixed in. When people from Hexiang Tower asked him, he said that he belonged to Cao Shen's family; when asked by someone from Cao Shen's family, he said he was from Hexiang Tower. Just jumped over the wall and ran away without anyone noticing."

"Really no one noticed?" Shen Liben asked softly, "Didn't you leave anything behind?"

"Don't worry, Deputy Prosecutor Feng is one of our people, and Chief Procurator Zeng Tai is just a display. The actual handling of the case depends on Deputy Envoy Feng." Xiong Qitai said: "After the incident, he has cleaned up the scene. Even if Bao Zheng is reborn, he won't be able to find any clues."

"Well, it's still quite thorough." Shen Liben nodded slightly, then his eyes gradually darkened, he stared at Xiong Qitai and said, "We and Hu Xiang only wanted to ruin Liu Lian's reputation, but never wanted his life. Why did you want to kill him?" To this extent?"

"Returning to my lord, Liu Lian is very withdrawn. Apart from his official duties, he stays in his room and studies all day long. He has no personal relationship with us, and he never gives or accepts privately with the local gentry. He would not accept it if he hadn't had a New Year's wine Any banquet. Those who are moralistic can no longer be moralistic." Xiong Qitai said helplessly:
"Beside him are two guards from Prince Chu's Mansion who follow him all the time. We just want to frame him, but we have no chance, let alone drag him into the water."

"Just like Liu Bowen, it's abominable not to eat oil and salt." Shen Liben spat.

"So if we want to stop him from getting a yellow book, we can only do this." Xiong Qitai swallowed and said, "Otherwise, after the beginning of spring, he will forcefully push the lijia system, and then the whole province will be in chaos!"

"You will do this for business?" Shen Liben still didn't believe it, and looked at Xiong Qitai suspiciously: "Is there anything else that I'm hiding from you?"

"No, how could it be? What time is it? How dare I hide a little bit?" Xiong Qitai forced a smile and said, "It was also a message from the servant of Zhongshushang, urging me to act quickly. How dare I delay any longer? It can only be done in such a simple and crude way.”

"Do you know that you are trying to die?" Shen Liben said angrily: "Then Liu Lian was sent to Jiangxi by the emperor himself, and he is also Liu Bowen's eldest son and the senior brother of King Chu, how could he kill such a person? You This is piercing the sky!"

"My lord, calm down, there was really no other way for the humble job. Besides, this matter was done seamlessly, and I can't be found out." Xiong Qitai insisted.

"Naive, do you think that the emperor and the King of Chu will let you go without evidence? When did his old Zhu family need evidence for murder? It is enough to suspect you!" Shen Liben patted the armrest of the soft couch and cursed: "You are so stupid!"

"I don't doubt that I came to a lowly position. I don't have any direct conflict of interest with Liu Canzheng. And who would have thought that a dignified provincial vassal would have his subordinates participate in politics and do such a thing?" Xiong Qitai shook his head vigorously.

"Haven't you ever quarreled with him? Doesn't he know where the biggest resistance to his promotion of the Yellow Book comes from?" Shen Liben said with a dark face: "He has two guards, but they were sent to him by the King of Chu. The two of them only need to If I sue you in front of the King of Chu, Zhu Laoliu will ride a giant panda and rush to Nanchang to chop off your head!"

"My lord, don't worry, those two guards won't be able to return to Beijing." Xiong Qitai suddenly whispered.

"Why, you also attacked them?!" Shen Liben was startled, there really was nothing this Xiong dared not do.

"It happened that they were not in the yamen at the time," Xiong Qitai hurriedly explained: "Killing them outside can not only pretend to be the two of them absconding in fear of crime, but also make others suspect the king of Chu... , moody, and regards human life as worthless, who knows if Liu Lian accidentally annoyed him and made him slap him to death with his backhand?"

"Hmm..." Shen Liben was dubious about this statement, he looked at Xiong Qitai suspiciously, and always felt that this guy was hiding something from him, but he couldn't find out.I had no choice but to suppress the doubts in my heart first, and then asked: "Where are those yellow books? Didn't they be destroyed directly?"

This is his second purpose for coming to Nanchang.

"Your subordinate is not that stupid. If you burn the yellow book at this time, isn't it just to cover it up?" Xiong Qitai laughed hurriedly: "After Liu Lian died, the humble official ordered people to pack all his documents and books into boxes and seal them up."

After a pause, he smiled slyly and said, "Of course, some silverfish and booklice were accidentally mixed into those boxes of yellow books..."

(End of this chapter)