Vol 3 Chapter 730: Stone prison

Duan Canghai immediately looked at Qi Ning. Qi Ning had said: "Iron Master, you said that Meng House got the family book. It was the twilight hour of that day?"
"Exactly." Tiezheng said aloud: "At this time, the governor of Meng House said that there would be no mistake."
"Duan Canghai, if there is an external letter from our Hou Mansion, is it the person who sent the letter directly to Ben Hou?" Qi Ning looked at Duan Canghai and asked.
Duan Canghai shook his head and said: "There are rules in the house. Before that, the general was on the front line. The third lady in the house was a director. Naturally, the third lady was not good at meeting foreigners, so if there were letterheads, they would first report to the governor of the house. Then return to the third lady by the director. "
"Hou Ye, generally speaking, external letters will not be submitted directly, but will be handled by the governors in each government." The iron proof came over and said: "The governor will take the time to hand up according to the slowness of the letter." Get up, walk out the door, and say in a deep voice: "Come here!"
He soon heard the hurried footsteps, and then someone said: "Sir!"
"Immediately asked Cai Feng to take someone to Meng House, and it was reported that the Meng Prefecture general manager came to Kyoto, and said that the officer was not clear about some details of the night of the incident and asked carefully." Tie Zheng said in a deep voice: " Instructed Cai Feng to be polite, and he will definitely bring the Meng House General Manager over. "
The next person promised to retreat immediately, and Tie Zheng came back. After sitting down, he said to Qi Ning: "Hou Ye awakened the dreamer with a word, and the official was blunt, but he didn't think about it."
Today, Tie Zheng's attitude actually satisfied Qi Ning. Obviously, Tie Zheng has also discovered the strangeness of the case and is investigating it with all his heart.
Qi Ning had previously thought that Tie Zheng might be involved in this trap, but now it seems that this is not the case.
"Master Iron is busy on business. If you wait for another half a day, you might be afraid of thinking about it." Qi Ning smiled and said: "Meng Guangren received the family book at dusk, but the person who delivered the letter did not necessarily arrive in Beijing at dusk."
Duan Canghai had some doubts. Hearing Qi Ning's words, he also understood that he punched on the chair handle. Fortunately, his strength was not too large, and the chair was also strong. This was not broken. He was a little embarrassed. But he still said: "Hou Ye, someone from the Meng House came to deliver the letter. It was the Governor of Meng Prefecture who knew it first, but the Meng Governor did not immediately report it, but dragged it to the twilight before delivering the letter. Before submitting the letter, He has read the letters and spread the news. "
"That should be it." Qi Ning said: "The chief of the Meng government passed the contents of the letter at least before noon that day. The real murderer immediately seized this opportunity and planned the murder case. The three murderers Received instructions to steal out the camp that night, and intercepted halfway, and the real murderer behind the scenes threw the letter in front of the Kyoto prefecture, is to let the Kyoto prefect capture the murderer on the spot and take the fact that the black scale camp is over. "
Tie Zheng said: "In this way, the murder case will be explained."
"Master Hou, Master Iron, why did people in Kyoto Prefecture have to be captured on the spot?" Duan Canghai frowned: "If the three murderers murdered, they deliberately left alive ...!"
"The reason is very simple. The other party is worried that the Black Scale Camp will not recognize the account." Qi Ning smiled faintly: "If it can't be caught on the spot, the Black Scale Camp denies it. It's a little trouble for the real murderer behind the scenes. Captured on the spot, there is no way to escape. "
Duan Canghai blamed himself: "Hou Ye, this is all your subordinates are dragging you down. The subordinates did not expect that there were people who were mixing sand with the black scale camp while they were recruiting troops."
"You don't have to blame yourself, there is no unbreakable wall in this world, let alone the recruitment of soldiers." Qi Ning said: "But the murderers know that the end of the arrest will not be better, and dare Taking risks, he is not afraid of courage. "
Tie Zheng said: "Destroyers are not in the minority."
"Iron Master, since the real murderer is behind the scenes, naturally he will not go out in person." Qi Ning looked at Tie Zheng: "However, from the mouth of the three murderers, it should be possible to find out who gave them instructions. I don't know if you are on trial come out?"
Tie Zheng hesitated, his expression was dignified, and suddenly stood up and said, "Hou Ye, Xiaguan dare to invite you to go to the prison with him."
"Go to jail?"
Tiezheng nodded and stopped talking. Qi Ning saw his face, knowing that things were not simple, he groaned a little and got up and said, "Lead the way!"
Tie Zheng is not a nonsense. In the front, Qi Ning follows behind, and Duan Canghai is right next to Qi Ning, out of the side hall, through a courtyard, and walks back along a stone path.
This Kyoto prefecture is responsible for public security in and around the capital, and there are a lot of military service. There are also five or six hundred people who add up and down. Although most of them are distributed throughout the capital to maintain law and order, there are also one or two hundred people in the prefecture, each in the government. Everyone in the company is busy, and there are many small and large courtyards.
As I went further back, I saw less and less bureaucratic differences, and finally came to a stone wall. The stone wall was made of thick boulders. It was very strong, and the iron gate was covered by four bureaucrats. The guard was guarding, and Tiezheng stepped forward, making a wink. Someone immediately opened the iron gate. Tiezheng looked back at Qi Ning and walked in first.
Qi Ning knew that behind the stone wall was the jail of the Kyoto Prefecture Government Office. After passing through the stone wall, he did not know whether it was because of the psychological effect, and it really felt kind of eerie.
Behind the stone wall, there are three roads, one on the left and one on the left, and the other is going straight ahead. Tiezheng turns to the left and walks for a while. Turning inside, there are guards guarding every few steps, Qi Ning looks In my eyes, I thought that the prison in Kyoto seems to be more severe than that of the shrine.
After walking for a while, the surroundings became dim. Tiezheng finally stopped in front of a stone gate, reached out to darken a raised area on the stone gate, and then heard a rattling sound, and the stone gate slowly opened. There was already an oil lamp handed over by Ya Ya. Tie Zheng took it and carried the oil lamp into the room. Qi Ning and Duan Canghai looked at each other and followed.
There was a musty smell in the house, and that smell smelled uncomfortable.
Tiezheng hangs the oil lamp on the light stand smoothly, but Qi Ning has seen at this time that this stone prison is not big. On the ground in the middle of the stone prison, two wooden boards are placed. But it was covered with some yellowish cloth.
"Iron Master, is this?" Qi Ning frowned, puzzled, and wondered why Tie Zheng had to bring himself into this place.
Tie Zheng had already walked over, crouched on the edge of a wooden board, stretched out his hand to open the coarse cloth, the person was lying underneath, but still motionless, Qi Ning leaned forward, but found that the man's face was dark and the corners of his mouth were still there The blood was not wiped clean, but it had coagulated into a lump, and at a glance I knew that this person was dead and could not die anymore.
"Hou Ye, this person is called Tian Heng." Although Tie Zheng spoke to Xianning, his eyes looked at Duan Canghai: "He is one of the three murderers." Duan Canghai's face was already heard when he heard the word "Tian Heng" Slightly changed, immediately said to Qi Ning: "Hou Ye, Tian Heng is one of the three stolen soldiers."
Qi Ning was surprised, his face dignified: "Master Iron, the murderer is dead?"
Tie Zheng sighed: "Hou Ye, this is the dereliction of the junior officer. Since the junior officer took office, he has never made such a big mistake, and no prisoner has died in prison without conviction. Please guilt, but before that, the lieutenant must investigate the truth of this case. "
"Master Iron, did Tian Heng die in a prison?" Qi Ning also squatted down on the side of the corpse, carefully looked at the corpse, and said, "He seems to have died of poisoning!"
"Good." Tie Zheng said: "The poison has also been identified, but it is the highly toxic Hedinghong."
"Heding Red?" Duan Canghai immediately said: "Master Iron, Tian Heng went to prison. Of course it is impossible to bring Heding Red by himself. Where did this Heding Red come from?"
"After the three murderers were arrested, the lieutenant feared that they would be held together and would confess in private, so in order to prevent them from connecting in series, the three of them were all held separately." Earlier, this person had to be interrogated, only to find that this person was already dead in the cell. After the post-mortem, he was sure to have hit Hedinghong and saw the blood seal his throat. "
Qi Ning's expression also calmed down: "Since it is imprisoned in a separate cell and the case is still unclear, Master Tie of course will not let people easily contact these three murderers."
Tiezheng nodded and said: "Xiaguan's orders have been made. Without the instructions of the officials, no one should be close to the murderer except one."
"who?"
Tie Zheng raised his hand and pointed to another corpse on the side: "He, a special servant who specializes in serving three murderers, is called Song Santai!"
"The servant who delivered the meal?" Qi Ning understood: "Tian Heng had eaten the poisoned food, and then he was poisoned and died." Moving over to open the coarse cloth, a man of nearly fifty was lying underneath. , The face is dark skin, just a glance, it can be concluded that he is also poisoned by Hedinghong.
Tie Zheng sighed: "Song Santai is the second year after he took office, he made him responsible for the diet of recidivism. This is Dong prison, there are eighteen cells, but everyone who is imprisoned in Dong prison is a serious and serious crime ~ www.mtlnovel .com ~ For more than ten years, Song Santai has never made any mistakes. This person is plain and honest, and even has a little wood, no marriage, no family in Beijing, all year round, almost all live here, so the official He was also very trustworthy, and a room was specially arranged for him near the cell. "
"Iron Master, Tian Heng was poisoned by Song Santai. How could Song Santai also be poisoned to death?" Duan Canghai frowned: "Did he die by suicide?"
Tie Zheng said: "Tian Heng was found dead in prison, and the poisoned food was on the side of his corpse. The cadre immediately knew that Song Santai was doing the hand and foot, and immediately arrested Song Santai. Song Santai's room doors and windows were all latched. Xiaguan was a person who broke into the house and entered the house. Song Santai was lying on the table and was poisoned to death. After the post-mortem examination, it was determined that the death time of Song Santai and Tianheng did not exceed half an hour. "
Qi Ning said: "Song Santai first gave Tian Heng a meal, and Tian Heng died of poisoning. Song Santai returned to his house and took the poison himself." His hand rested his chin, and his eyes were cold: "But one sent him in a prison for more than ten years. The honest man in the cell, why would he kill Tian Heng at the expense of his life? "
(End of this chapter)