Xiao Jingqian was the head of the Ministry of War of Beishan Road a day ago. He held tens of thousands of troops. He was one of the few powerful figures in Beishan Road and was also a person who was afraid of talking about the entire Beishan Road.

But now, the second young master who was afraid of by many Beishan people has become a cold corpse. After Xiao Huanzhang left the city, he ran into the team escorting the body to the mansion.

Local governments dare not change Xiao Jingqian's body too much. After all, this is a huge case. Sometimes dead people will talk. In order to prevent the destruction of the information contained in the corpse, Xiao Jingqian's body still maintains the appearance of the moment of death.

When Xiao Huanzhang saw the body covered by white cloth, his whole body trembled and tears flowed.

The second son of the governor of Beishan, who was in charge of the Ministry of War, who was holding heavy troops, actually died in Beishan Road. Xiao Huanzhang was so angry, but he was even more sad than his anger.

By heart, Xiao Jingqian is not a good talent, but he can also be regarded as a person who is the only one. Xiao Huanzhang has always liked this son very much, otherwise he would not have handed over tens of thousands of soldiers in Beishan to his hands.

Xiao Huanzhang has always made arrangements for the future of his family.

However, his health is not very good and he is old, so he has been making arrangements for the future of Beishan over the past few years. It is precisely because of this that he delegated the power in his hands to his two sons.

In his opinion, the eldest son Xiao Jingsheng manages the money and grain accounts, and the second son commands the Beishan soldiers and horses. As long as he grasps the most important things, money, grain and soldiers, he will be waiting for him to firmly grasp Beishan Road in his hands.

As for Xiao Heng, Xiao Huanzhang knew that compared to Xiao Heng's ability was indeed stronger than his two sons. Although he was from his own clan, he was not a direct line after all. This person could use it, but he could not be entrusted with important responsibilities, otherwise he would be very likely to occupy the nest.

Because of this, he admired some of Xiao Heng's abilities and always used him as much as possible, but he did not dare to entrust important tasks to avoid causing trouble to his two sons.

As long as his two sons can seize the money, grain, and troops, no one on Beishan Road can shake the status of the Xiao family.

However, the plan he managed to do, with Xiao Jingqian's death, everything collapsed.

The most painful thing in the world is that the white-haired man sends the black-haired man, and the trembling hand lifts the white cloth. Seeing Xiao Jingqian's face that was still unwilling to accept, Xiao Huanzhang's heart was as if he was a knife.

"Sir, Hu Hai, the magistrate of Lanji County, personally sent it here. Do you want to see him?" Luo Dingxi walked to Xiao Huanzhang and asked carefully.

"Let him come here!"

Hu Hai, the magistrate of Lanji County, looked a little pale and nervous. No matter what, the second son Xiao Jingqian was killed on his ground. Although the matter had nothing to do with him, it was still unforgivable.

Kneeling at Xiao Huanzhang's feet, Hu Hai didn't dare to say anything.

“Who discovered it first?”

"Report to the master, it was several farmers who discovered it in the early morning and reported it to the yamen immediately." Hu Hai lowered his head, "The officials immediately took people to the scene. At that time, there were seven bodies on the scene, and the second young master's body was also among them. In addition to the second young master's body, the other six should be entourage guards. There were two horses at the scene, and both horses were injured. One of them was identified as being injured by a tripod horse rope. The front hooves of the horse were seriously damaged. However, no tripod horse rope was found at the scene, and it should have been taken away by an assassin."

Xiao Huanzhang's expression became gloomy.

"Although only two horses remained on the scene, after the horse's hoof footprints, there should be nine horses!"

"Nine horses?" Xiao Huanzhang said in a deep voice: "You just said that there are seven corpses in the same way as Jingqian. Why are there nine horses' footprints?"

"Sir, there is a headmaster in the Xiaguanyi office who is very good at exploring the crime scene. After arriving at the scene, he carefully inspected the scene within a radius of several miles." Hu Hai looked up and explained: "There are eight horses in the place where the second young master was killed, and there is one horse, which is several miles away from the crime scene. It can be concluded that there were originally eight followers who followed the second young master, but one of them suddenly turned his head and left the team a few miles before arriving at the crime scene...!"

A cold light flashed in Xiao Huanzhang's eyes, "Are you saying that a horse fell behind temporarily?"

"It should be like this." Hu Haidao.

Luo Dingxi frowned, "You said there were eight horses on the scene, but there were only seven corpses, so how do you explain it?"

"The site has been identified. There were originally eight horses, only two left, six of which ran away from the scene. We have found three of them, and the remaining three are still pursuing them." Hu Hai explained: "But from the depth of the footprints of the six horses, five of which were walking on their own, and one was carrying a man on his back."

Luo Dingxi said: "You mean, there was a man riding a horse and escaping alive?"

"This low-ranking official dare not assert." Hu Hai said: "Because the horse, whether it is a man or a horse, is still pursuing it. Before finding it, the low-ranking official could not determine whether the person riding a horse left was dead or alive, or maybe he was injured and left with injuries. Now he is dead, or he may escape immediately when encountering danger. The horse's footprints are very messy, and it can be judged that the situation at that time was very steep, and even the guards under the Second Young Master were very nervous."

"What else is there?"

Hu Hai leaned down on the ground and said, "The officials know only so much. Now the scene is still under lockdown. The officials from the Ministry of Justice have rushed over. They are experienced and experienced, and they should be able to find out more useful information."

Xiao Huanzhang clenched his fists and said sternly: "You must find out the murderer who killed Jingqian. No matter who it is, this governor will kill his whole family."

At this moment, the sound of horse hooves sounded, and everyone looked over and saw a group of people coming, with the first one, with a tiger's back and a bear's waist, but it was Xiao Huanzhang's eldest son Xiao Jingsheng.

Xiao Jingsheng got closer and turned over and got off the horse. He quickly walked over. He saw the corpse in the car. He walked over in a few steps, lifted the white cloth, saw Xiao Jingqian's face, his pupils contracted, his body trembled, and slowly covered the white cloth, clenched his fists, and asked, "Who is it, who is the one who is using this poisonous move on his second brother?"

"Brother, you are looking for the murderer now." Xiao Heng, who had not spoken, finally said: "You are mourning!"

Xiao Jingsheng said angrily: "On the ground of Beishan, Jingqian actually died on his own... Who dared to attack Jingqian? If I want to catch this person, I will definitely crush him to ashes!"

"Brother, it is definitely not just one person or two to kill the second brother." Xiao Heng looked solemn. "The second brother is not weak in martial arts, and there are several guards around him. The guards around the second brother are not weak characters. If you can know the traces of the second brother, you will pull up a tripping horses on the road where the second brother passed. This must have been arranged long ago. The opponent who ambushed the second brother there and killed the second brother is definitely not just one or two."

Luo Dingxi nodded from the side and said, "Xiao Heng is right. They set up an ambush there in advance, and then caught the second young master off guard. They knew the whereabouts of the second young master and the road they passed by, so they pulled up the tripod horseshoe...!" Thinking of something, he frowned and said, "The other party is really well-informed. Not only do they know where the second young master will pass, but they even think that the second young master will pass by in the middle of the night. Otherwise, even if the tripod horseshoe are pulled up, they will be easily seen during the day."

Xiao Huanzhang glanced at everyone and finally asked coldly: "Have you ever thought about why Jingqian came back from Yutian City overnight? He only led a few entourage guards back to the direction of the Fucheng City, and he must have to rush back to the Fucheng overnight. Why is he like this? Even if something happened in Yutian City, Jingqian would never come back to report the news, and would only send people back. But this time, he not only came back in person, but also looked very anxious. What news made him leave Yutian City and rush back all night?"

"What I feel comfortable about is that if it weren't for the urgent situation, the second brother would never have come back in person, and would have been in such a hurry." Xiao Heng said thoughtfully: "The second brother must have received a piece of news that made him very anxious, and this matter must be handled by him personally, so he rushed back overnight..."

Luo Dingxi was thinking, and Xiao Jingsheng also frowned and said, "Father, what do you mean?"

"The person who sent the news to Jingqian must be from the Fucheng." Xiao Huanzhang's expression was gloomy. "Jingqian must have heard of what happened in the Fucheng. The situation was urgent and he had to come back in person to handle it, so he rushed back overnight... And the person who sent the news must be from Jingqian. How many people are there in Jingqian who believe?"

As soon as Xiao Huanzhang said this, the few people changed their color slightly.

Xiao Heng had already said in a lost voice: "Uncle, do you think that your second brother was killed by... the people in the city?"

"There are not many people who can understand Jingqian's temperament and make Jingqian trust." Xiao Huanzhang reached out and gently stroked Xiao Jingqian's body through the white cloth. "There are few people who can carefully set up a trap and kill Jingqian."

What Xiao Huanzhang said is naturally not bad.

There are not many people who can understand Xiao Jingqian's movements, and be trusted by Xiao Jingqian, and ambush them on the road. On Beishan Road, there are only a handful of people who dare to take ruthless measures against Xiao Jingqian, the second son.

There was silence all over the place.

"Sir, the truth about the second young master's murder left many clues." Luo Dingxi was silent for a while, and finally broke the silence. "The magistrate Hu must have followed the second young master back to the city with eight entourages, but only six corpses, two of them, one fell behind in the middle, and although the other arrived at the ambush scene, he escaped. Then as long as he found these two people, he would definitely get more clues."
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