Liaozhai: I just want salted fish with invincible magical powers

Chapter 21

late at night.

Mrs. Zhao and Shen Yuzhen both went to have a rest, but Hu didn't use the excuse to discuss matters with Hu Qian and left him in the living room.

"Father, is there something hidden in it?"

Hu Budong nodded, "Your mother is here, speaking out may make them worry.

In fact, this time the matter is much more serious than imagined..."

As he spoke, he showed the letter to Hu Qian.

"The pressure from the emperor?"

"That's right, I don't know who brought this matter to Mr. Fu, Minister of Rites, and Mr. Fu reported it to the emperor.

Now the emperor Longyan was furious and asked Shannan Mansion to thoroughly investigate the matter, and the murderer must be arrested within a month.

Otherwise, Master Tong, the magistrate, would have no way to protect Wusha, and the officials below would also be dismissed. "

"So what does dad mean?"

"You must be careful when you go here, and you must not show off, or you may be taken to take the blame!"

"The kid understands."

"One more thing, since the emperor is concerned about this case, there may be people from Jinyiwei, and these people must not offend."

Hu Qian nodded.

"Just let them make up their minds. If no one asks you, then you pretend that you don't exist. If you are asked, then you just provide some advice.

I will edit a book here, and when I arrive in Jinling, I will first go to your Uncle Xu and ask his opinion. "

Hu Qian said: "My child knows."

Early the next morning, Hu Qian and his servant Hu Jiu left Nanyang and headed back to Jinling.

In the evening, we arrived at the gate of Jinling City.

I saw two rows of soldiers guarding the gate, and anyone who wanted to leave the city was stopped.

Seeing Hu Qian's master and servant, he shouted, "What are you doing in the city?"

Hu Qian cupped his hands and took out the prefect's letter, "My servant, Hu Qian, was ordered to assist in handling the case."

The soldiers guarding the city were all stunned, and they all bowed and saluted: "So it's Hu Daxian, come in quickly!"

"You know me?"

"Of course, everyone in Jinling City knows that this case cannot be solved without Daxian Hu. Hurry up! Hurry up!"

Hu Qian's heart moved, he nodded, and entered the city.

Hu Jiudao: "I didn't expect that even people in Jinling Prefecture knew about the young master's reputation."

Hu Qian said: "This is not necessarily a good thing."

When he came to Xu Mansion, Hu Qian was immediately stunned.

I saw that the gate was closed tightly, and there were many soldiers wearing sabers standing in front of the gate.

Hu Qian hesitated for a moment, found a passerby and asked, "Brother, what happened to Xu's residence?"

"You don't know yet, Xu Yuanfang's son Xu Zhenhu poisoned the students and has already been imprisoned."

"Poison the students? What about Mr. Xu, Zhizhou?"

"Master Xu protects his son, who knows where he is now locked up."

Hu Qian shook his head secretly, first asked Hu Jiu to find an inn, and then arrived at the government office.

After the pass, Hu Qian was invited to the lobby.

Two familiar figures came out, saw Hu Qian, and immediately said happily: "Nephew Hu has worked hard all the way, please sit down."

Hu Qian snorted coldly in his heart.

Zhang Hua, the Tongzhi of Shannan Prefecture, and Yan Wenqu, the Tuiguan.

These two people spoke coldly to him in the case of King Zhennan, and almost helped Ruan Conghai send Hu Tonghai to the Imperial Prison.

Now it looks like "we are very familiar", if there is no trick, how can Hu Qian believe it.

Hu Qian bowed and said, "Student Hu Qian has met two adults."

"Nephew, you don't need to be too polite."

Hu Qian said: "The students received a letter from the prefect, saying that he wanted me to come over."

When he said this, he stopped, neither saying what he was doing, nor what he could do to help, as if he didn't know anything.

Zhang Hua and Yan Wenqu looked at each other, "Since leaving Nanyang County, I heard that my nephew has solved strange cases one after another, and he has the reputation of Hu Daxian, so the magistrate invited you here this time."

Hu Qian: "Students have little knowledge. Solving a case is just a blind cat meeting a dead mouse. How can they have any skills."

Yan Wen's channel: "This statement is wrong. The so-called reputation has no merit. This time, the student's murder case is up to you."

Zhang Huadao: "That's right, my nephew is selected as a scholar. If you make new achievements, I will play to the emperor of Ming Dynasty and recommend you for an official position."

Hu Qian said: "Your Excellency, it is serious. Since the magistrate is responsible, the students should do their best. It's just that the students are young and ignorant, and they have to ask the adults for instructions on many things."

Zhang Hua frowned.

The two of them got the prefect Tong Mingrui's life, and they must solve the case within a deadline, otherwise Tong Mingrui will not escape the guilt, and he and Yan Wenqu will never get along.

Especially Yan Wenqu, the pusher who was in charge of pushing the prison lawsuit, will definitely be punished badly by Tong Mingrui.

So when the two of them come together, it's better to find a scapegoat first. If Hu Qian really has the ability to solve the student's murder case, then everyone will be fine.

Otherwise, the matter will be pushed to Hu Qian's head, and there will be a reason for the higher-ups to ask.

Unexpectedly, Hu Qian didn't like it at all, the two talked for a long time, but Hu Qian just pretended to be a fool, looking like a nerd.

Zhang Hua lost his patience, slapped the table and stood up, turned his head and left without saying a word.

Yan Wenqu shouted, "Where are the officials?"

Immediately, a middle-aged man with a fat waist and a strong body trotted over, bowed and said, "My lord."

Yan Wenqu said unhappily: "Tell him about the case." Then he also went out.

Niu Dewang bowed to see him off, and it took him a long time to get up. He first slapped his waist, and then looked at Hu Qian, "This is Mr. Hu Qian, right? Niu Dewang is an official in Xiajinling."

Hu Qian cupped his hands and saluted, "I've seen Mr. Niu."

Niu Dewang smiled heartily, "A mere ninth-rank official doesn't deserve so much courtesy from the young master."

Hu Qian said: "My lord is too modest."

Seeing that Hu Qian did not take the initiative to ask about the case, Niu Dewang said, "I have heard of Mr. Hu, so I hope you can help me."

Hu Qian said: "Students must do their best within the scope of their abilities."

"Speaking of which, when the first student died, the young master should have been there.

It's just that illnesses and deaths often occur in the examination room, so they haven't been taken seriously.Unexpectedly, not long after, a few more died. At this time, the adults already felt that something was wrong.

However, on the night of the exam, more than 30 students in Jinling City died at once, including those who died before, a total of 47 people died. "

Hu Qian nodded.

He had already learned this from the letter.

"What's even more disturbing is that the death patterns of these students are all the same - the expressions are relaxed, the eyebrows and eyes are loose, and the white turbidity is everywhere."

Hu Qian said: "I heard that Xu Zhenhu is suspected of being the murderer?"

"I can't say anything about this matter, but someone saw a student buying some kind of secret medicine from Xu Zhenhu, and the student died afterwards, so the adults suspected that Xu Zhenhu was the murderer."

"Then what happened to Mr. Xu?"

"The higher-ups want to arrest Xu Zhenhu, Master Xu naturally disagrees, so the prefect ordered Master Xu to be imprisoned and punished for the crime of covering up."

"Since the murderer has been brought to justice, why..."

Niu Dewang shook his head, "Master Tong wanted to close the case as soon as possible, but a Jinyi guard who came from the capital died the night before, and the death condition was exactly the same as those students..."

(End of this chapter)