Chapter 28 chapter Ten

The three of them re-entered the garden.Di Gong ordered Hong Liang to go to the Baiyuqiao town office first on horseback and summon Lijia and a dozen regiment members. He paced up and down the garden, looking sullen, and waving his sleeves.Bian Jia called Guo Ming aside and whispered. Hong Liang quickly turned back to the garden, followed by a drunk Li Jia and a group of terrified regiments, several of whom were dragging long bamboo poles. Di Gong ordered the regiment to tie up a stretcher with long poles and transport Xia Guang's body back to the city yamen.He also ordered eight regiments to strictly guard the four corners inside and outside the emerald villa, and wait until the city's yamen came to change shifts before they were allowed to leave their posts.If any strangers come here, no matter who they are, they will be arrested and taken to the state government office in the city.Then he borrowed two horses from Li Jia for Bian Jia and Guo Ming to sit on, and they went back to the city together.

They rode four to the head of Yuqiao. Di Gong ordered them to dismount together and asked Guo Ming to lead him to the passenger ship to have a look.In the shade of willows not far under the Baiyu Bridge, there is indeed a sailboat moored.Four haggard-looking boatmen were hoisting the sails to the masts. Di Gong ordered the three of them to wait on the shore for a while, and he walked across the wooden bridge and got on the boat alone.The captain was sleepy, and looked at Di Gong with a pair of bloodshot eyes.Di Gong asked him which cabin Sun Wei lived in.Seeing Di Gong's extraordinary bearing, the captain didn't dare to neglect, and pointed to Sun Wei's cabin door.

Di Gong bent down to the narrow cabin door and knocked twice. After a while, a thin young man came out. Di Gong saw that his head was tightly wrapped with a white cloth. "Don't bother me! My head hurts like a split," the young man cried. Di Gongdao: "I'm the governor of Puyang here, you don't have to be afraid. Let me ask you, what were you doing last night? Don't let lies prevaricate you." "Sleep. My lord, I'm just sleeping in the cabin. I'm tired all over. I haven't touched a mouthful of food. My headache feels like it's splitting open. I feel nauseous and have a bitter taste in my mouth."

"Mr. Guo Ming, didn't he come to visit you?" "He came to see me once before the evening meal. He said he was going to watch the dragon boat race with a friend, but I didn't hear him come back to the boat. I probably fell asleep when he came back. His cabin door is in the The wall. Master, is there an accident in the dragon boat race? I heard the boatman say—" "Yes. One died." With a dejected and sad look on Sun Wei's face, he sighed. Di Gong turned around and ordered the owner: "You moor the boat under the water west gate of Puyang, and wait for the interrogation of the state government. When you can break the anchor, you will be notified." Then he said to Sun Wei: "It seems that you have to stay in Puyang for a couple of days God, take the opportunity to find a doctor to see a doctor, don't delay."

Mr. Di got off the boat and said to Guo Ming: "Mr. Guo is an important witness. We must stay here for a few more days. I have ordered the owner of the boat to moor outside the west gate of Puyang Water. You can stay on the boat or go to the city. Find a hotel to live in. If you decide which hotel to choose, report the number to the yamen so that the official can see it at any time." Guo Ming frowned tightly, his face was gloomy, and when he was about to say something, he stopped again. Di Gong said to Bian Jia again: "Dr. Bian's best not to leave Puyang for a few days, the yamen needs to find you. Well, you and Guo Ming should go back now."

Di Gong said, jumped on the horseback, jumped onto the official road together with Hong Canjun, and galloped towards the south gate. At this time, the sun was scorching like fire, and there were no clouds in the sky.When the horse arrived at the south gate, they were already sweating profusely. Di Gong said: "Hong Liang, this is the third homicide case in two days. I had hoped that Xia Guang could clear up the fog for us, but he himself was killed! At this moment, I feel extremely uneasy. There are people in Puyang city under my jurisdiction who are so unscrupulous, despise the king's law, regard murder as a trifle, and commit violence again and again. If I can't detect it now, I will be the parents of the people in vain. Imperial salary?"

Nanmen school captain Laoyuan saw Master Di and Hong Canjun coming on horseback, so he hurried out to meet him outside the city gate. Duke Di reined in his horse at the gate of the city, and saw two soldiers sorting out and registering last night's bamboo plaques on a table, making a "crash clatter" sound.Holding the horsewhip in his hand, Di Gong looked carefully, suddenly a light flashed in his heart, and he vaguely thought of something.He frowned tightly and remained silent for a while. The captain greeted embarrassingly: "Master, this is really... a hot day." Di Gong was enlightened, and hurriedly asked: "Did you see a carpenter carrying a wooden box coming out of the south gate early this morning?"

The captain smiled and said, "Just as the city gate opened, I saw a carpenter coming out of the city. He seemed to be in a hurry to catch up with the early work, but he didn't see his face clearly." Di Gong nodded, leaned over and ordered the captain to say: "Clear the pile of bamboo cards on the table carefully according to the numbers. If you find two with the same number, send them to the Yamen immediately by flying horse!" Hong Canjun was puzzled, and was about to ask, when Duke Di raised his whip and said, "Hong Liang, go to the Ke Mansion right now and find out if Ke Yuanliang has been out this morning. No matter who you ask, or what means you use, but You must ask the truth. This matter is very important, you must be careful not to miss it. ——I am here to see Miss Zilan."

Hong Canjun said worriedly: "Then, master, what about the early promotion of the Yamen? The news of Miss Hu Po's murder spread quickly throughout the city, and now Xia Guang is added. If the Yali doesn't issue the government's notice, People who squirm their tongues will fabricate all kinds of weird and sensational stories, teahouses and restaurants are even more smoky, with speculations, and all kinds of mysterious news will go away, so what should I do?" Di Gongdao: "You are right, Hong Liang. When you go back to the court, you will issue a notice saying that the court will be delayed until noon this morning. By noon, our investigation will have some clues, and there will be someone in the courtroom to interrogate and ask questions. .—Come on, you and I exchange hats, I have to disguise myself to meet Miss Zilan, I don’t know who she is and what she does for a living.”

Di Gong put on Hong Liang's little black hat, parted from Hong Liang and rode straight to the Temple of Generals.