lord of all phenomena

Chapter 67
On the way to Luyuan Qingqiu Pavilion, Gu Qing already knew from Duqi that Duqi lived in Luyuan's guest house last night.Because He Qing asked Du Qi to escort him an extremely important dart in person.

It was originally scheduled to set off this morning, and the bodyguard He Qing wanted Du Qi to keep this trip a secret, so that no one else would know about it.

Therefore, Du Qi came to Lu Garden alone last night, and told the people in the bodyguard bureau that he was going to go back to the headquarter of the bodyguard bureau in Weiyuan, Yunzhou, and that he needed to borrow some money from He Qing to go back to the headquarters to take care of it before leaving.

And the destination of He Qing's dart trip was Yunzhou.

After Du Qi established the branch of Weiyuan Escort Bureau in Jiangcheng, he has not yet returned to the headquarters, and there are very good reasons for him to borrow money from the Qingqiu Pavilion before leaving.

It can be seen that He Qing arranged very carefully.

It also reflects the importance of this dart trip to He Qing.

Du Qi got up early in the morning and went to find He Qing, but found that He Qing died in the bedroom of Qingqiu Pavilion, and Du Qi still couldn't find out the cause of He Qing's death.

He knew that the matter was of great importance, and Gu Qing had excellent medical skills, so he might be able to find out the cause of He Qing's death, not to mention that Gu Qing and He Qing had a very good friendship.So Du Qi immediately came to Gu Qing to discuss.Rao is good at his skills, and he was exhausted after coming all the way without stopping.But before he came out, he still remembered to warn the servants who cleaned the courtyard of Qingqiu Hall that no one else was allowed to enter the Qingqiu Hall, nor were they allowed to enter the room until he came back.

Gu Qing went to Fang Lao to ask for two excellent horses, and the two of them came to the Qingqiu Hall without stopping.

Gu Qing and Du Qi entered He Qing's bedroom.

Gu Qing glanced around first, then looked at He Qing who was lying on the bed.No breathing, no heartbeat.

He brushed He Qing's face with his hand.

Gu Qing's ability failed, he didn't get any memory of He Qing.The wandering Taoist priest Wang Hao died at least four hours after Gu Qing saw him last time, so Gu Qing got one or two pictures.

Gu Qing temporarily suppressed the doubts in his heart, carefully examined He Qing's body, and then said to Du Qi: "Brother Qi, go and ask them to fetch the best magnet."

Du Qi immediately went out to find a servant.

Not long after, Duqi handed Gu Qing a magnet, and Gu Qing stuck the magnet to He Qing's jade pillow point, pressed He Qing's head with a unique technique, and finally released the magnet slowly.

Du Qi could see clearly that a fine needle of cow hair was attached to the magnet.

"It's such a sinister hidden weapon. No wonder I searched all over and couldn't find the cause of Brother He's death."

Gu Qing put the magnet aside, and said to Du Qi: "When I came here before, there was a famous painting called "Water Far and Mountains Long" hanging outside. When Brother Du came last night, did you see that painting?"

"I didn't come to the Qingqiu Pavilion last night, so I don't know."

Gu Qing nodded and said, "I'll ask other people."

He walked out, and there was a clicking sound under his feet.

Du Qi showed a hint of surprise.

It turned out that Gu Qing stepped on the threshold.

Gu Qing unconsciously sighed.He was not in the mood to explain to Du Qi, and asked the servants outside: "There used to be a picture of "Shui Yuan Shan Long" hanging inside, is it still hanging recently?" He could see that there were paintings on the wall that had been hung recently trace.But now there is no painting on it.

The servant shook his head and said, "Recently, Yunniang is cleaning up Housekeeper He's room. We are responsible for cleaning the yard, and we don't go in and out of the room very often, so we don't know much about it."

Gu Qing felt that the word "Yunniang" was a bit familiar, and recalled that she was the little girl who accompanied him when he attended the He Qing poetry meeting last time.

"Invite her to come." When he spoke, there was a kind of irrefutable beak.

The servant had only obedience in his mind.

After a while, Yunniang came over, and she was a little happy to see Gu Qing. Gu Qing nodded to her, expressing that he remembered her, and asked softly, "There was a famous painting called "Water and Mountain" in it, do you know?"

Yun Niang nodded, and said: "Last night, Steward He asked me to put away the painting for him, and put it together with another painting in the box. The box is in the cabinet of Steward He's bedroom. It's me. put it in."

Gu Qing said: "Come in with me and find it out."

He doesn't want to rummage through He Qing's room for the time being, lest he inadvertently destroy the clues, so it's better to let Yunniang take out the things directly.

Yunniang walked into the bedroom, saw He Qing on the bed, and asked strangely, "Is Housekeeper He sick? Why isn't he up yet?"

Gu Qing said lightly: "You find the box first."

Yun Niang then opened a cabinet and found a box, she muttered: "It should be this, why is it lighter?"

Gu Qing said: "Put it on the table, you go outside and wait for me first."

Yun Niang then went out, only Du Qi and Gu Qing were in the room.

Gu Qing looked at the box for a long time, and noticed that there was a very shallow thumbprint on it, which was hard to find unless he looked carefully.This place is not the place Yunniang came across just now.Moreover, although this fingerprint is not thick, it is also larger than the thumbprint of an ordinary woman. Yunniang's hands are very small and slender, and she definitely did not leave them yesterday.Gu Qing looked at He Qing's left thumb again, but it didn't match either.Therefore, the thumbprint is likely to be left by the murderer.Gu Qing slowly opened the box again, the inside was padded with silk, which was used to protect the scroll, but there was no painting inside, but there were two scroll marks.

Du Qi was surprised and said, "It's empty."

"Is there something wrong with that little maid? I'll arrest her and interrogate her."

Gu Qing was not surprised when he saw that the box was empty, he said: "Let's go out first, I'll ask her."

Du Qi nodded, then thought about how the little maid would dare to lie if she knew the box was empty.

After Gu Qing went out, Yunniang asked nervously, "Is Butler He sick?"

Gu Qing said: "Are you nervous about him? I think you are still a virgin, you don't look like him."

Yun Niang blushed, she said: "Actually..."

Gu Qing said: "Say it, I want to hear it."

Yun Niang said: "The other day when Steward He saw that Young Master wanted me to sit next to you, he planned to give me to Young Master, but he thought I was clumsy and couldn't take care of you well, so he called me to teach me how to work. He also let me learn piano, chess, calligraphy and painting when he was free, if he said that, the young master can also have someone to talk to on weekdays, so he won't be so lonely."

Gu Qing rubbed his eyes, and said calmly: "So that's it. By the way, how long did you leave the Qingqiu Hall yesterday? Was there anyone else here before you left, and how is he feeling?" Marginal questioning can also relax her guard.Now is the time to get into the subject.

Seeing that Gu Qing's eyes were a little red, Yunniang thought that Gu Qing didn't sleep well last night, but seeing that Gu Qing was in a hurry to ask questions, she had no time to attend to him, and replied honestly: "Butler He seemed to be in a good mood yesterday, so he called Chunxiang and The two elder sisters Dongmei. Sister Chunxiang also carried the piano case on her back, with thick eye makeup, which was very beautiful. When I left, Steward He was listening to the piano, and Sister Dongmei was massaging his head. Steward He was very intoxicated at the time .”

Gu Qing said: "Is there anything else?"

Yun Niang shook her head.

Gu Qing said: "Think about it carefully, after the two girls came, is there any difference from usual?"

Yunniang said: "Oh, I remembered, the song played by sister Chunxiang is not the one that Butler He usually listens to. When I was cleaning the room inside, she said that she had learned a new song. It really sounds good, and I think it's very good. Skilled, Sister Chunxiang must have practiced hard before she played it for Housekeeper He."

Du Qi also interjected: "I remembered, I did hear the sound of the piano last night, but the guest house where I live is some distance away from the Qingqiu Pavilion, so the sound is unreal."

Gu Qing said: "Brother Seven, ask them, where are Chunxiang and Dongmei?"

After a while, Du Qi found two nursing homes and informed Gu Qing of the whereabouts of the two women.It turned out that He Qing had redeemed them and raised them in a house in Beicheng.

Last night they said that He Qing had to get up early and didn't let them stay overnight, so they asked the nurse who sent them to find a carriage to take them back.

The place where they lived was just one street away from Beicheng, not far from Lu Garden.

After listening to the nursing home's answer, Gu Qing said: "You immediately take Brother Seven and me to Chunxiang's residence."

He continued: "The rest of the people, until we come back, none of them are allowed to leave the Qingqiu Pavilion, let alone enter the room, and all stay in the yard."

His words were unusually harsh.

"Remember Mr. Gu's words, if something goes wrong, I want you to look good." Du Qi continued.

The servants knew that Gu Qing and Butler He had a very close personal relationship, but now Butler He is the biggest in Lu Yuan, and Gu Qing is usually gentle, but suddenly he becomes strict, which is very scary.

What's more, Duqi is also the head of the Jiangcheng Branch of the Weiyuan Escort Bureau, and he is notoriously vicious.The servants are just ordinary servants, how dare they say anything.

Guided by the nursing home, Gu Qing and Du Qi arrived at the place where Chunxiang lived.

This courtyard is not the one where Lu Li and Gu Qing met, it is very ordinary.

It seems that He Qing felt that there was no danger in the city, so he randomly found a yard to house the two women.After all, he is still Lu Yuan's housekeeper in name, so it is impossible for him to raise a woman in Lu Yuan.

Enter the door, and there are two dead bodies lying in the bedroom inside.

The nursing home recognized Chunxiang and Dongmei.

Du Qi said: "Could it be that they assassinated Brother He last night, but they were silenced by others."

Gu Qing inspected the bodies of the two and got two pictures.

"Both of them heard the same piano sound before they died, and they died at the same moment."

Then he judged that the time of death of the two of them was definitely not after midnight last night, but between Shenshi and Youshi yesterday.

It means that Chunxiang and Dongmei died before they went to Qingqiu Hall yesterday.

Gu Qing clenched his fists, he recognized the sound of the piano.

(End of this chapter)