The Queen's Secret

Qi Yuxin and Meng Gan came to the yamen, and after seeing the magistrate, Qi Yuxin said apologetically, "My lord, just now I received news that someone saw this Wang Yang robber in Jiyang City. I have left Shijiazhuang."

When the magistrate heard this, he said regretfully, "I'm really sorry, there's nothing I can do to help Lord Qi."

Qi Yu listened intently, waved his hands and smiled, and said: "Your Excellency is so enthusiastic, it is the blessing of the court, and I will definitely thank you when I return to Beijing. Now we still have important things to do, so we will leave tomorrow."

As soon as the magistrate thanked him very much, Hu Zi almost waited happily, his narrow and small eyes were bent like a fox.

"Then thank you, my lord, take care, both lords."

After some courtesies, Qi Yuxin and Meng Gan left the yamen.

"Sister Yuxin, where are we going next?"

Meng Gan asked, Qi Yu smiled heartily: "Of course it is Jiyang City."

After hearing this, Meng Gan remembered what Qi Yu had said in his heart, that the exercise should be performed in full, and it happened that one of the murdered court officials was in Jiyang City.

After Meng Gan and Qi Yuxin had dinner, they continued to check the transcribed records, and they didn't finish checking until midnight.

And they discovered one thing...

"Gu Zhuangsheng and Luo Hai are involved in many businesses and have some common business partners, but the strangest one is the silk business in Yuzhou City."

Qi Yu pointed to the three words 'Yuzhou City' on the notebook, and continued: "Yuzhou City is the core of the southern country's commerce. invested a lot in the silk business..."

Qi Yu pointed to the amount in his heart. Each transaction was worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. Meng Gan was reminded, and immediately said: "Although Gu Zhuangsheng and Luo Hai are involved in a lot of business, the Gu family is mainly engaged in building materials, and Luo Hai is Salt sellers, but the silk business involves more investment than their main business..."

Meng Gan is also a person with understanding, and after Qi Yuxin's advice, he has already figured out the strangeness that Qi Yuxin said.

"Yes, according to common sense, these small businesses shouldn't invest more than the main business...and..."

Qi Yuxin's slender fingers landed on the word 'Yuzhou City' again, and said: "Yuzhou City is under the jurisdiction of the Eight Emperors, and most of the businesses there are owned by the Eight Emperors."

The Eighth Emperor of the Southern Kingdom, on the surface, is a happy emperor, but he made the business of Yuzhou City, where he sits, very impressive. In just a few years, it has become the commercial core of the Southern Kingdom, and his methods are not insignificant. .

It's just rumors that he likes to eat, drink and have fun, and has no interest in political affairs, nor has he ever sought an official position in the court, and he has no military power in his hands. There is only a town like Yuzhou City.

"You mean... the Eighth Emperor...!"

"Shh!"

Qi Yu put a finger on her own lips, signaling Meng Gan to keep silent.

"It's just a guess, and I haven't figured out the reason..."

Qi Yu didn't dare to say anything more, after all, this matter involved the royal family, so he had to be more careful.

"Okay, let's go to bed first! Go to Jiyang City tomorrow."

The next day, the two rushed to Jiyang City again without stopping, and arrived in Jiyang City in five days. This small town is not big, and the deceased was a local magistrate named Pan Yue, who was an official of a plant.

Qi Yuxin and Meng Gan first went to the Yamen to visit the current magistrate. He succeeded Pan Yue after his death. Flying Yupao, he felt fear, Qi Yuxin asked Meng Gan what he would answer.

It's just that the magistrate didn't seem to know anything, so Qi Yuxin and Meng Gan had to ask the magistrate to check the documents that Pan Yue had handled back then.

After a long time, no results were found at first, but Pan Yue should be a very conscientious official. Every document is fully written, recorded very clearly, and everything is detailed, but there are two documents that are special. Brand new, and very briefly recorded.

"If it's a document from the same period, these two books shouldn't be so brand new..."

Qi Yu opened the document curiously, and found that it contained the business records of Hengmu Town...

Qi Yu's heart skipped a beat, and he immediately opened another book, which turned out to be Shijiazhuang's business records...

Not only is it brand new, but the record is brief. Although the handwriting is the same, it is quite different from Pan Yue's style of handling documents, and it happens to be the business records of Hengmu Town and Shijiazhuang...

Qi Yu wasn't skeptical, but affirmed that there was something wrong with the two documents.

It should not be the first time for Pan Yue to record the business records of Hengmu Town and Shijiazhuang. As long as he takes these two documents back to the capital and picks up the old records from the Ministry of Officials, he will know that they are written by the same person.

Qi Yuxin and Meng Gan took the two documents away, and after notifying the magistrate, they prepared to leave, but the magistrate asked, "My lord, did you just say your surname is Qi?"

Qi Yu paused, and said with a slight smile, "Well, what's the matter?"

"Oh, it's nothing, I just remembered that Mrs. Pan had a good relationship with a senior official named Qi before."

As soon as these words came out, Qi Yu could only feel his temples throbbing, and his heart beat unstoppably fast.

"That high official surnamed Qi is called Qi Dezheng?"

When the magistrate heard it, he suddenly realized, and said, "Yes! It's Mr. Qi Dezhengqi!"

Seeing that the magistrate still had a smile on his lips, Qi Yu knew in his heart that this person didn't know that Qi Dezheng was dead, let alone that Qi Dezheng was his father...

It's a bit far away from the capital, so it's normal to not know anything about the capital.

Meng Gan at the side looked at Qi Yuxin's sad eyes, and immediately said, "Thank you, my lord. Let's take our leave first."

After speaking, he pulled Qi Yuxin and left.

Meng Gan often chatted with Lin Qingxuan, and knew that Qi Yu was still deeply concerned about the death of his father, Qi Dezheng, and was very persistent.

"This case is not simple."

Qi Yu said quietly, when he raised his eyes, the light in his eyes was unreal, so deep that he couldn't see his emotions.

"And it's likely to have something to do with my father's death..."

Qi Yuxin took a deep breath, just when Meng Gan advised Qi Yuxin to calm down, Qi Yuxin said, "Everything is just suspicion, let's go to Tongle Bank!"

Since Pan Yue also deposited the money in Tongle Bank, he should also check it out.

Meng Gan nodded in response, feeling a little worried, worried that Qi Yuxin would mess up his judgment because his father's death might be involved in it.

Qi Yu looked at Meng Gan in a blink of an eye, saw that he was full of thoughts, smiled, and knew what Meng Gan was worried about. The most important thing for an arresting officer is not to lose his neutral judgment. The direction of the investigation together is afraid that it will be a little biased.

Qi Yuxin didn't say anything, she was just an ordinary person, she admitted that if her father was involved in the matter, she would indeed lose some composure, but she would calm herself down, this case involves several lives and should be investigated now No, it was not the death of his own father, but this serial murder case.

I went to Tongle Bank, asked for the notebook from the shopkeeper, and went back to the inn to make a copy. However, Pan Yue is a clean and honest person. There is not much money in Tongle Bank, and the records of entry and exit are also very clear. The amount is not large, so there is nothing to doubt .

Later, Qi Yuxin and Meng Gan went to Pan Yue's home to inquire about his widow, and found that she didn't know many things. There are some letters between the officials, most of which are business affairs, and one of them is Qi Dezheng.

Qi Yu felt a little depressed, and after returning to the inn, Meng Gan couldn't help but speak.

"Sister Yuxin..."

"I am fine."

Qi Yu knew what Meng Gan wanted to say, and smiled at him, indicating that she was fine.

"I know what you want to say. Although I have something to worry about, I just want to focus on this case now. I won't think too much about other things for the time being."

With Qi Yuxin's assurance, Meng Gan also felt at ease. This is also the role of a partner. When teammates need her, let her be sober, so that they can grow together.

The next day, they set off for Anchuan City non-stop, and arrived safely in about three days to investigate the second official who died, Zhang Sheng.

According to the previous investigation method, they first went to the Yamen, then to Tongle Bank, and then to Zhang Sheng's home.After one day of investigation, Qi Yuxin and Meng Gan discovered that the clues they got from the two officials were so similar.

First, the documents about Hengmu Town and Shijiazhuang are brand new, and the content is very different from the usual way of handling them.

Second, both of them knew Qi Dezheng...

Qi Yuxin took the four documents back to the capital, and began to analyze the whole case along the way... and then made a bold guess...

The two adults were killed because they discovered some clues while investigating the business of Hengmu Town and Shijiazhuang.

Later, Gu Zhuangsheng from Hengmu Town and Luo Hai from Shijiazhuang were silenced because they leaked the news...

And these four murders were all directed at the Eighth Emperor of Yuzhou City...

If the murderer was able to kill the court officials in the city, and ended up with nothing to do, maybe it was true as Luo Shan said, he had a political background, then...

"We're probably being targeted."

Qi Yu's heart tightened, and she couldn't help speeding up her pace, she just wanted to get back to the capital as soon as possible, at the feet of the emperor, even if it was a villain, she wouldn't dare to mess around...

"What's the matter, sister Yuxin?"

Although Meng Gan didn't understand why, but seeing Qi Yu's heart speeding up, he couldn't help speeding up his pace.

"You have to hurry back to the capital."

Before the murderer behind the scenes could come to his senses, they had to hurry back to the capital. If there was a slight mistake, they were afraid that they would be stopped and killed just like these four people.

"Ok!"

Seeing that Qi Yu's face was livid, Meng Gan didn't ask any more questions. Thinking about the case, it wasn't that simple. Just thinking that the person behind it might be the Emperor Xiaoyao made his scalp tingle...

Sure enough, royal people are not easy to mess with...