Chapter 435(1/2)
Zhan Zhao and others followed Lord Bao to Longtu Pavilion and saw that the imperial city army was already maintaining order at the door.
Longtu Pavilion and the Imperial Academy are next door, and the students of the Imperial Academy always come here to read books. Lord Huang is the master of the Imperial Academy, so the news spread quickly.
Many students from the Imperial Academy gathered around to see it.
Zhan Zhao arrived at the door and saw Ouyang Chunhua looking at the Longtu Pavilion on tiptoe.
Zhan Zhao went over and patted him on the shoulder.
When Chunhua saw Zhan Zhao, he hurriedly asked, "Mr. Huang is really dead?"
Zhan Zhao nodded, signaling Wang Chao Ma Han and the others to go in first.
Bai Yutang also came over. He probably knew that Zhan Zhao wanted to ask Chunhua if he knew any clues. The students from the Imperial Academy were very well-informed, and Chunhua had a lively personality that he asked for.
"How is Mr. Huang usually like?" Zhan Zhao asked Chunhua, "Do you have any enemies?"
Chunhua scratched his head, "Master Huang is usually a bit fierce, stricter, and he is also quite old-fashioned, but no one will kill him, right? Could it be that he can't think of it?"
Zhan Zhao was slightly stunned and looked at Chunhua.
Bai Yutang was also a little puzzled, "I seem to have seen this Lord Huang, are you in your seventies or eighties?"
Zhan Zhao nodded, as confused as Bai Yutang, "I can't think of myself and commit suicide? It's rare at this age."
Chunhua looked at the two of them, then slapped his head, "Oh! You two don't know!"
Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang watched him together, "Don't know what?"
"Oh." Chunhua spread his hands, "Mr. Huang's grandson passed away a month ago."
"Grandson?" Zhan Zhao was surprised.
"I'm also from the Imperial Academy. I was originally planning to take the spring exam this year, and the talented man came." Chunhua also felt very sorry.
"How could you die if you are so young?" Zhan Zhao was curious, "Are you sick?"
"No, it's also unlucky. He accidentally fell down and hit the corner of the table, and he died like that." Chunhua said, "It seems that he was too tired to stay up late and study. He stood up a little quickly and then fainted... Master Huang was just a grandson. We saw that these days, we were all over the place and lost weight."
Bai Yutang frowned, "I'm already like this, I'm still having the test of spring all night?"
"When he was free, he sighed and missed his grandson. It would be better to be more busy and think about some sad things." Chunhua said.
Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang looked at each other and committed suicide... Then there would be no soul coming to Kaifeng Mansion and ask Lord Bao to help catch the murderer and take revenge?
Zhan Zhaohe Bai Yutang bid farewell to Chunhua and entered the Dragon Tu Pavilion.
At this time, Gongsun was already squatting next to the corpse for examination. Xiao Sizi was standing by with a small medicine box. Zhao Pu stood behind Xiao Sizi and frowned at the corpse on the ground.
Mr. Bao stood by the desk and looked at the messy files on the table.
Zhan Zhaohe Bai Yutang walked over.
Gongsun raised his head and said to everyone, "I fell to death."
Everyone frowned.
Mr. Gongsun held the head of the corpse and let everyone look at the back of his head, "He hit a hard object here." While saying that, he pointed to the corner of the table.
Everyone followed the direction of Gongsun's finger and saw a little blood on the corner of the table.
The little fourth son felt very sympathy for the old master and shook his head, "Are you too tired to stay up late, so you accidentally slipped when you walk?"
Zhan Zhao stared at the body for a while and asked Bai Yutang in a low voice, "Do you think it's a coincidence?"
When Bai Yutang saw Zhan Zhao, he nodded, "It's the same way of dying as his grandson."
"What kind of way to die?" Gongsun asked when he heard it.
Lord Bao, who was standing by, roughly told about Lord Huang’s grandson’s accidental death, “I only heard about it yesterday.”
"So pitiful." Xiao Sizi felt that the grandfather and grandson were too unfortunate. Xiao Liangzi hugged his arms and asked with his face raised, "Don't you think it's strange?"
Everyone looked at him.
Xiao Liang turned around the table, "The back of his head hit the corner of the table, then he had to fall down with his back to the table! He stood too close to the table, it was actually very difficult to hit this! What's more, the two of them hit the same place.
"Actually, what Xiao Liangzi said makes sense." Gongsun obviously had a question, "The direction of Master Huang fell was not right, and there was no reason to lie flat like this when he kowtowed. Should people be soft? It is more reasonable to lie in a tilted state, but the state of the corpse felt like a stick fell down and knocked down, and rolled to the side." While saying, Gongsun pointed at the ground, "And there was very little blood on the ground."
Everyone nodded - it was indeed unnatural.
Ziying gave Lord Bao a stack of papers, "Sir, they are all here."
Lord Bao took it over and looked through the papers, and seemed a little puzzled. These papers were all scattered in the room just now, and Lord Bao asked the shadow guards to help them pick them up.
"What's wrong?" Zhan Zhao asked Bao Zheng.
Mr. Bao frowned and said, "It's all test papers."
Gongsun was curious, "Hasn't the spring test questions not settled yet?"
Lord Bao nodded, "Yes, this is the first draft. I was going to review it for the emperor after it was decided this afternoon... Logically speaking, there are only three handwritten manuscripts."
"But there are dozens of pictures here," Zhan Zhao said.
"It's all the handwriting of different people." Bai Yutang looked around.
Gongsun picked out three of the same handwriting from the messy papers and showed them to Lord Bao.
"These three copies are the first drafts we used when we discussed them before." Mr. Bao frowned. "I have never seen the others, and my handwriting is also sloppy, so I don't know who it is."
Everyone looked at each other.
Zhan Zhao lowered his voice and asked, "Sir, could someone copy it secretly and prepare to sell it?"
Zhao Pu frowned, "Have you leaked the question?"
Mr. Bao looked solemn, "Based on the quantity, it may have been handwritten in a hurry after getting the title. Many people wrote it together. Are you planning to sell it?"
"The spring exam is right in front of you... This spring exam is so important. Those with excellent grades can directly participate in the palace exam, which is definitely a great opportunity." Zhao Pu frowned, "Can someone leak the question and was discovered by Lord Huang... and then caused a disaster of killing?"
Everyone looked at each other.
Zhan Zhao asked Master Bao, "In addition to Master Huang, how many people can get the questions?"
"There are only a few people in total." Lord Bao listed the old masters who discussed the topic together...
Everyone thought it was unlikely. Every time the exam questions were asked, these old antiques were basically the most famous writers and scholars. No one could give up the questions and sell them to the world, whether they were officials or not.
"What are the hands and feet of outsiders?" Zhao Pu asked.
Lord Bao can't figure it out no matter how hard he is.
Zhan Zhao checked the doors and windows, "No one broke the door and windows and entered."
Everyone was frowning, and Xiao Sizi suddenly reached out and pulled Zhao Pu's clothes, pointing to the ground near the legs of the table, "Jiujiu, look."
Zhao Pu lowered his head and squinted his eyes... There was nothing next to the table, and he looked at Xiao Sizi with some confusion.
"Look." Xiao Sizi continued to point to the ground.
Zhan Zhao leaned over and squatted down... and immediately understood.
They were all much taller than Xiao Sizi, so they didn't see it... It turned out that a thin, silver almost transparent silk thread fell beside the legs of the table. The adults couldn't see it at all while standing. They squatted down and could barely see it from Xiao Sizi's position.
Zhan Zhao picked up the thin silk thread and put it on the table.
"It's this kind of spider silk-like thin thread..." Bai Yutang felt speechless. Could Master Huang's death also have something to do with the "spider spirit" who pretended to be a ghost?
"What's wrong with this person?" Zhan Zhao was puzzled, "I appeared in the palace sometimes, and Kaifeng Prefecture sometimes, and then came to Longtu Pavilion again...
Everything was full of doubts, and everyone was always concerned about Master Huang's "ghost" who appeared in Kaifeng Prefecture this morning. What was going on?
Just then, Doro ran in outside, and gestured to Zhao Pu at the door, indicating - Come!
Zhao Pu jumped, "So soon?"
Everyone knows that it is probably Zhao Pu's Dadan who has entered Kaifeng City.
Lord Bao said to Zhao Pu, "Your Majesty... Just leave this to our mansion."
Zhao Pu nodded and reached out to pick up Xiao Sizi, "Little Sizi, will you go and pick up Dadan?"
"Okay!" Xiao Sizi nodded.
Xiaoliangzi also ran out, "Lin Turkey is here!"
Zhao Pu held the little fourth son and looked at Gongsun.
Gongsun signaled that he would handle the case here, and did not forget to instruct Zhao Pu to let him and Xiao Sizi be careful.
Zhao Pu nodded and ran out with his little four son in his arms. The shadow guards divided them into two halves, half with Zhao Pu, and half with them left to attack Gongsun.
Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang were on the side, looking at Zhao Pu and Gongsun... it felt like... it seemed... a little different?
Everyone's body of Master Huang was transported back to Kaifeng Mansion. At this time, the streets of Kaifeng were very lively. The large group of people had arrived outside the city. The huge welcome team and the crowd watching the fun surrounded the streets.
In a strong contrast with the excitement outside, it was in the coroner room in Kaifeng Mansion, where the atmosphere was gloomy and solemn at this time.
Gongsun stood next to the corpse, and in front of him was Master Huang's body.
Outside, the shadow guards carried another body in.
As the body was carried in, everyone frowned, and a rotten stinking stinking made people feel annoying. This is the body of Master Huang, the grandson Huang Shuye, who had just been buried in the soil for a month, and Gongsun just asked the shadow guards to dig it out.
To be continued...