My father Zhu Gaoxu

Chapter 123 Ji Gang is Dead
Ji Gang was found, to be precise, it should be Ji Gang's body that was found.

In the early morning of winter, there were a few wisps of mist, and the sun shone on the rippling river, but it did not bring the slightest warmth.

Zhu Zhanhe stepped on the wet mud on the bank and walked to the river.

This is a bend, and the Qinhuai River has turned a big bend here. Under the washing of the river, many debris on the river surface will be washed to the bank of the bend.

Among these sundries, a male corpse in a gray cloth jacket stood out, and two foremen were examining the corpse.

"Have you confirmed your identity?"

Zhu Zhanhe asked.

Liu Mian, who had been waiting for a long time, immediately stepped forward and replied: "I've confirmed it. I brought Ji Gang's wife to personally identify the corpse. He has three old sword scars on his chest and a big hairy mole on his back. There is no doubt about Ji Gang himself!"

Zhu Zhanhe nodded when he heard the words, and then walked to the male corpse.

I saw the corpse face up, the pale complexion soaked by the river water, and the slightly deformed facial features made him a little different from his life, but Zhu Zhanhe still recognized him as Ji Gang.

Of course, the identity of the corpse cannot be determined based on the appearance alone. After all, there are people with similar looks in the world, but the scars and moles on Ji Gang's body should not be faked, and his wife will certainly not mistake the person.

Looking at Ji Gang's corpse, Zhu Zhanhe also felt a little emotional. Yesterday he was still the powerful leader of Jinyiwei, but in just one night, the other party turned into a frozen corpse.

"How was the body found?"

Zhu Zhanhe asked again.

"Yesterday, the prince asked us to block the Qinhuai River, so I sent people to patrol the banks of the river. I finally found Ji Gang's body on the bank this morning. It seems that it must have floated down from the upper reaches."

When Liu Mian spoke, he pointed to the upstream direction.

Zhu Zhanhe raised his eyes and saw that there were pavilions, terraces and pavilions everywhere on both sides of the upstream, and even many gardens were built on the river.

"Who lives upstream?"

Zhu Zhanhe frowned when he saw the situation upstream.

"The upper reaches are all other courtyards built by the rich and powerful in the city. Some are inhabited, and some are simply vacant. There is no way to check."

Liu Mian said with a wry smile at this moment.

Hearing this, Zhu Zhanhe looked at Ji Gang's corpse again, and now maybe only the corpse can still find some clues.

After the inspection of the two works was completed, Liu Mian asked first, "How did he die?"

"My lord, this person was strangled to death!"

The elder Wu Zuo pointed to Ji Gang's neck and said.

At this time, Zhu Zhanhe also found that there was a deep strangle mark on Ji Gang's neck, which crossed in a circle at the back of his neck. It was obvious that someone strangled Ji Gang's neck severely with a rope.

And around the strangle marks, there are also scratch marks, which should be left by Ji Gang when he was struggling.

"Except for the strangle marks on the neck, there are no other wounds on the body of the deceased. The strangle marks are very deep, which shows that the murderer is decisive, without the slightest hesitation, and with great strength!"

At this time, another author followed suit.

Hearing this, Zhu Zhanhe also knelt down, checked the scar on Ji Gang's neck himself, and then remained silent for a long time.

"My lord, is there something wrong with the test you made?"

Seeing Zhu Zhanhe staring at the scar on Ji Gang's neck without speaking, Liu Mian stepped forward and asked.

"No, there is no problem with the test you made, but there is a problem I can't figure out!"

Zhu Zhanhe raised his eyebrows urgently and said.

"what is the problem?"

Liu Mian asked curiously.

"If I remember correctly, Ji Gang is quite good at martial arts, right?"

Zhu Zhanhe didn't answer immediately, but asked again.

"That's right. Ji Gang used to be His Majesty's personal guard. His martial arts skills are superb, especially his archery skills. I've seen it with my own eyes. He can shoot a leaf from a hundred paces away!"

Liu Mian immediately nodded and replied.

"That's strange. How could a man with superb martial arts let someone walk behind him and use a rope to strangle him around his neck?"

Zhu Zhanhe finally asked out the doubts in his heart.

"Perhaps Ji Gang was careless at the time. After all, even tigers sometimes take naps."

Liu Mian thought for a while and proposed a possibility.

"At other times, there is such a possibility, but yesterday Ji Gang fled, and even his family members didn't bother to notify him. Pass it on to someone else!"

Zhu Zhanhe shook his head and said.

"That's right, in that case, no matter how much you usually trust someone, Ji Gang will probably have doubts, and it's even more impossible to give your back to the other party!"

Liu Mian sighed in admiration, but then frowned and said, "But this doesn't make any sense. Ji Gang doesn't have any other scars on his body. It's impossible for him to be restrained and then strangled to death, unless he...is poisoned!"

At the end of Liu Mian's speech, he suddenly clapped his hands, thinking of the only possibility.

"Impossible. If the person who killed him can poison him, then just poison him to death. Why bother to strangle him to death?"

Zhu Zhanhe shook his head again.

"Then if it's not poisoning, there's no way to explain it!"

Liu Mian was also confused by Zhu Zhanhe.

"No! There is another explanation!"

Zhu Zhanhe said confidently.

"The murderer should be someone Ji Gang is very familiar with, and from Ji Gang's point of view, the other party should not have any threats to him, or the ability to kill him, so he has no defense."

"I see, let's say a woman!"

Liu Mian's eyes lit up, and finally understood what Zhu Zhanhe meant.

"If the murderer is a woman, then this woman must be born with supernatural powers."

Zhu Zhanhe pointed to the deep strangle marks on Ji Gang's feet and said, women generally don't have such great strength.

"So I prefer that the other party is a man, and he is also very strong among men, but he usually pretends to be sick, or has a disability, which makes Ji Gang mistakenly think that the other party is not a threat, and in the end he was plotted against. "

"Based on this alone, I'm afraid it's still impossible to determine the murderer?"

Liu Mian nodded first, then said in embarrassment.

"Of course it's not just about this. The murderer must be in a high position if he can get close to Ji Gang, and he may even be one of the nobles. In addition, the owners of these houses upstream are also the focus of investigation!"

Zhu Zhanhe suspects that Ji Gang's death is likely to be the hand of the real murderer behind the scenes, because in that case, if he brings helpers, it will definitely arouse Ji Gang's suspicion. Leave other scars.

The identity of the real murderer behind the scenes is definitely not low, coupled with the characteristics of usually showing weakness and having a house in the upper reaches of the Qinhuai River, it should be able to greatly narrow the scope of the investigation.

"Understood, I'm going to check it out myself!"

After Liu Mian finished speaking, he turned and left.

Ji Gang is dead, and the Jinyiwei group has no leader. As the person who is most likely to succeed Ji Gang, Liu Mian must of course show a good performance.

(End of this chapter)