In fact, it is not easy for Mr. Hu to die.
Because Shen Chen had actually been on very tight guard, those people had very limited opportunities to take action.
The only thing he could do was to lure Xue Song away and then look for an opportunity to poison him.
But if this were the case, there would definitely be traces left behind - because the courtyard was heavily guarded and everyone coming in had to go through layers of screening, so the scope of those who could be suspected was very small, and only those who were in the posthouse could avoid inspection.
Among them, the postmen who delivered meals and snacks were naturally the main targets of inspection.
All these doubts and possible suspects have been caught by Shen Chen and sent to the desk of the Inspector-General.
As long as he is not a fool, he will be able to find out something from the investigation.
Since the Inspector Censor could become the Inspector Censor, he certainly could not be a fool. He seized the opportunity given by Shen Chen, drew inferences from one instance, and was willing to kill, intimidate or bribe, to quickly and decisively catch the murderer who lured Xuesong away and poisoned him.
The murderer was a postman.
This is something everyone can guess. After all, the person who can have this convenience is either a postman or a postmaster.
The post station belongs to Rongcheng, and the postmen and postmasters are ultimately officials of Rongcheng. They cannot afford to offend the local officials, but it has nothing to do with the newly arrived imperial envoy.
Everyone can understand the relationship here, so there is no need for the Inspector General to say anything. Everyone has already vaguely pointed the finger at Liu Biping.
With Han Bo's suggestive words beforehand, everyone had already determined that Mr. Hu was the one who instructed Mr. Xu to give the temporary order to turn the ship around and ram the imperial envoy's ship. Now Mr. Hu died before he could confess, so everyone naturally suspected that there was someone else behind the killing to silence him.
When the clerk brought the bailiffs and the coroner from the prefectural yamen, the touring censor had already concluded the case. When the clerk heard that the touring censor was also there, his face changed.
He knew best that the Inspector General was at odds with Liu Biping and wanted to find fault with him.
Shen Chen actually found someone so quickly. Was he already prepared
He was a little panicked. Just as he was thinking, he heard the inspector saying to Shen Chen: "This postman has confessed that he was the one who poisoned Mr. Hu."
The inspector spoke righteously, "Mr. Hu was behind the scenes instructing Mr. Xu to murder the imperial envoy. The evidence is complete and it is a foregone conclusion. Now someone is poisoning Mr. Hu. It is clearly a deliberate murder to silence him. Such evil deeds are really hard to forgive. The imperial envoy came to Rongcheng to handle the affairs of the Maritime Customs, but he was repeatedly plotted against... It is really the incompetence and dereliction of duty of the officials in Rongcheng! We are ashamed!"
The clerk was stunned and didn't know what to say for a moment.
The inspector-general has already said all the words.
He said that the officials in the entire Rongcheng were derelict in their duties and incompetent, and he was indirectly accusing Liu Biping of deliberately condoning this with ulterior motives.
But he didn't say that directly.
It's really terrible.
It was as if a fire bomb was thrown into the middle of the people, and they exploded all at once. Some were cursing, some were crying, and there were all kinds of things being said.
The clerk was a little unsettled for a moment. The minister wanted to use Mr. Hu's death to turn the tables on Shen Chen, but now Shen Chen had found the evidence in such a short time and arrested that group of people.
He glared at his personal soldiers - he had clearly instructed them before leaving that they were not allowed to touch Mr. Hu's body without his order and the order of the Governor's Office.
But there is no point in saying these things now. After all, the status of the Inspector-General is special, and even Liu Biping himself would not dare to do anything excessive here.
It would be even more impossible to stop the inspector from investigating the case with these personal soldiers.
He was a little angry, but he still managed to hold himself back - these postmen, even if he killed them, would not dare to say anything that was detrimental to the Governor's Office and the Ministry.
Let’s just say Shen Chen won this battle.
He held back his breath and showed a cold smile: "We came here just to talk about this matter." He sighed: "Mr. Hu's family said that Mr. Hu left them a suicide note. It clearly stated in it that he had failed in the exams many years ago and had offended King Linjiang when he entered the city. Therefore, he thought that King Linjiang had done something in it and hated the Linjiang Palace to the core. After learning that the imperial envoy was King Linjiang's adopted son, he probably started planning to kill... This can only be said to be extremely daring..."
Han Bo sneered at the side: "So, Mr. Hu attacked our master just to seek revenge, and it has nothing to do with others?"
The clerk's eyes widened in surprise. "What other reasons does the envoy have? The capital Rongcheng is thousands of miles away, and Mr. Hu and the envoy are strangers. Apart from this reason, does the envoy think there are other reasons for Mr. Hu to do this?"
"Only God knows." Han Bo stared at the clerk with a mocking look on his face: "You have to ask the dead Mr. Hu. Now that he is dead, of course it's up to you to say whatever you want."
The clerk held back his anger and listened to the people's pointing and criticizing. He felt that Shen Chen was insidious and was using the people to overwhelm others all the time. However, he worked in the Governor's Office after all, so he could hold on. Seeing that Shen Chen did not express anything else, he bent down and said, "Our minister is also very upset. Mr. Hu was originally in charge of the grain borrowing from Zhejiang. Now all these things have to be sorted out again, which has added a lot of trouble and frightened you, the imperial envoy. So many people were killed and injured... He feels that he is to blame and has decided to wait for the court to make a decision."
Shen Chen nodded slightly and was about to speak when a commotion broke out outside for some unknown reason.
The people also looked back curiously.
Just as the chaos was going on, Qing Feng came running in from outside, not even having time to wipe the sweat off his face. When he saw Shen Chen, he quickly stepped forward, leaned close to his ear, and whispered, "My Lord, something happened. Someone came from Quanzhou, saying that Quanzhou suffered heavy losses due to the typhoon, and many refugees have been raised. Some of the refugees are actually suffering from diseases... Madam Wei and the others..."
Shen Chen immediately raised his head.
Madam Wei and the others have been in Quanzhou all the time! Earlier, Madam Wei had said that once this matter came to an end, they would set off for Quanzhou.
The matter of that child has always been a concern for Old Lady Wei. She couldn't wait to settle the matter for the child, fearing that more trouble would come if the matter was delayed. But now, something really happened
Qing Feng lowered his head and lowered his voice unconsciously: "Madam Wei and the others are not in a good situation either..."