A thousand enlightenments in one night, starting from being a menial apprentice.

Chapter 103 Case Facts
Xie Daohan was about to get angry, but suddenly he saw some bodyguards holding knives and squeezing out from the back of the funeral procession, all with grief and indignation on their faces!

His heart skipped a beat and he felt something was wrong!

These bodyguards have all come from the underworld and worked their way up through the ranks. If a real fight comes, those leisurely constables in the yamen will definitely not be their match!

However, he was already in a difficult situation at this point!

At this moment, Ruan Fengshan suddenly stepped forward and shouted, "Brothers, don't move rashly!"

Ruan Fengshan was really afraid at this moment that if a fight broke out, he, as the shopkeeper, would be on the scene, and the charge of instigating the escorts to cause trouble would probably be confirmed!

Ruan Fengshan turned his head, clasped his fists towards Jie Daohan, and said, "Captain Jie, I, Ruan Fengshan, promise you with my life! There is no thief in the coffin!"

Xie Daohan's face was uncertain, but when he looked at the continuous flashes of swords at the city gate, he finally relaxed and said, "Wei Ming! Keep calling the roll!"

"Yes!" Wei Ming clasped his fists and felt relieved!
If a real fight comes to a head, he doesn't think they can defeat the escorts from Yuanshun Escort Agency!

Wei Ming turned his head and saw that there was still a tense situation of knife-wielding standoff at the city gate.

Xie Daohan glanced at Ruan Fengshan, who immediately said, "Brothers, put away your knives! Captain Xie has already said, check and release the person!"

After hearing this, the escorts put away their swords, but still stood there, waiting for the constables to sheath their swords and return to their positions. Only then did the escorts slowly leave.

Xiao Yu's gaze swept across the faces of the escorts, his eyes full of gratitude!

Seeing that the crisis was resolved, Ruan Fengshan wiped the cold sweat from his forehead!

"This old fox!" Xie Daohan glanced at Ruan Fengshan and cursed in his heart.

Duan Rong also sheathed his sword, stood back beside Zhao Mu, and lifted up the coffin!
Xiao Yu looked at Duan Rong, and a faint joy rose in his heart. At that moment, the whole world was retreating, and he was the only one standing in front of him!

And he is just an apprentice escort wearing only shorts!
How magnificent was the roar in front of the city gate!
"Little sister, you have good taste!" Xiao Yu smiled and sheathed the knife.

As soon as Duan Rong stood back, Zhao Mu turned his head and looked at him, shouting, "Good boy! You are really brave!"

Upon hearing this, Duan Rong just smiled foolishly like a silly boy. How could he be heroic at all?
Duan Rong knew very well why the inspection at the city gate had suddenly become strict!
Xie Daohan must have discovered Xie Lei's body!

After all, this matter was caused by him!

At that moment, he was not only trying to help Xiao Yu, but he also couldn't bear to see Xiao Baiqiao's body being humiliated after his death!
As Zhao Mu was speaking, he suddenly noticed Zhu Xiaoqi standing in front of the coffin!

Zhu Xiaoqi was wearing mourning clothes at this time, which made her look even more charming than when she wore the red dress.

But Zhao Mu saw that Zhu Xiaoqi was holding Xiao Baiqiao's tablet, with admiration flashing in his eyes, staring closely at Duan Rong behind him.

Zhao Mu suddenly became jealous and glared at Duan Rong behind him!
Xiao Yu and Zhu Xiaoqi stood in front of the coffin again, led the people who were carrying the coffin, and carried Xiao Baiqiao's coffin out of the west gate!
Wei Ming continued to check according to the list. Xie Daohan stood beside the city gate, scanning each person's face with his sharp eyes!

Finally, the twenty or so people who were accompanying the funeral were checked out of the city. Xie Daohan stood at the city gate, looking at the long dragon-like funeral procession outside the city, and ordered Wei Ming: "Wei Ming, you take two people and watch the coffin being buried!"

"Yes!" Although Wei Ming was not clear about what Xie Daohan meant by this order, he was able to become Xie Daohan's confidant by obeying his orders.

At this moment, a chestnut horse suddenly came whistling over, and on that horse was a man dressed as a scholar with a square scarf on his head!

Xie Daohan raised his eyes and saw that the person coming was Qin Shuban!

His heart moved slightly. Before he came to the city gate, he was planning to report the changes in the case to Shen Yanliu.

Qin Shuban reined in his horse and glanced at the bailiffs and constables at the city gate. He looked at Jie Daohan and said loudly, "Captain Jie, the county magistrate orders you to go to the county government immediately to discuss matters! No delay!"

"I'm just about to go!" Xie Daohan said, then he climbed over the mountain, mounted his horse, and rode towards the county government office!

Don't delay, which means that you think he is delaying.

When Qin Shuban saw Daohan riding away, he turned his horse around and slowly went to the county government office!

Xie Daohan rode his horse to the county government office, jumped off his horse immediately, ran towards the lobby, walked around the lobby at a rapid pace, and walked into the back hall behind the lobby.

As soon as Xie Daohan entered the back hall, he saw Shen Yanliu and Fan Yuanhai already sitting there, drinking tea and chatting, as if they were waiting for him?

"Captain Jie, you're here! Sit down!" As soon as Shen Yanliu saw Jie Daohan coming in, he pointed to a chair next to him and asked Jie Daohan to sit down! Jie Daohan clasped his fists and hurried over to sit down!
As soon as Xie Daohan sat down, Shen Yanliu asked, "Captain Xie, did you hear that there was almost a civil uprising at the West City Gate?"

Xie Daohan's heart skipped a beat; Shen Yanliu was so well-informed!
"Your Excellency, please understand! At a time when the case is undergoing a major change, the Yuanshun Escort Agency suddenly has such a large funeral procession. I must be on guard!"

"Didn't Ruan Fengshan give you the list? Just check according to the list!"

"Of course, we can check the heads of the team according to the list. However, I suspect that there might be something fishy in the coffin!" Even at this moment, Xie Daohan still felt that there might be something wrong with the coffin. "If the murderer is hiding in the coffin..."

"In the coffin, there is only Xiao Baiqiao's body..." Shen Yanliu suddenly interrupted Jie Daohan and said.

"How can the county magistrate be so sure?" Xie Daohan looked at Shen Yanliu suspiciously.

Shen Yanliu looked at Li Daohan in silence for a while.

Xie Daohan felt a little scared!
Shen Yanliu said, "Captain Jie, you have been operating in Xiangu County for many years! Could it be that you have not even planted a spy in Yuanshun Escort Agency?"

"My people saw them being nailed to the coffin with their own eyes! There was only Xiao Baiqiao's body in the coffin!"

Xie Daohan was shocked when he heard this.

He originally had a spy in Yuanshun Escort Agency, but unfortunately, he was removed by Ruan Fengshan a year ago. He also thought about inserting another person, but Ruan Fengshan ran the Yuanshun Escort Agency like an iron bucket, and he hasn't found a suitable opportunity yet!

Fan Yuanhai was sitting nearby, looking at Jie Daohan with sarcasm in his eyes, and asked, "Captain Jie, has Xu Ruhu's body been found?"

Upon hearing this, Xie Daohan said sternly, "The imperial envoy has already known about it. I was just about to report it!"

Xie Daohan glanced at Shen Yanliu and was about to speak when Fan Yuanhai's face suddenly turned cold and he said coldly, "Now it seems that Xu Ruhu was kidnapped from prison by Xie Lei! Don't you know? Did Captain Xie participate in this matter?"

Xie Daohan suddenly stood up from his chair and angrily asked, "What does the imperial envoy mean by this?"

"Don't you understand what I mean? You appointed your own nephew to guard Xu Ruhu! But he robbed Xu Ruhu from prison! Now look! Both he and Xu Ruhu were killed! I suspect that you are the real murderer behind the scenes. You first ordered your nephew to rob the prison, and then killed Xu Ruhu and Jie Lei to silence them! What a great sacrifice for a just cause!"

Fan Yuanhai became more and more excited as he spoke, but Xie Daohan was already shaking with anger!
"Alright! The case hasn't been solved yet, why are they starting to quarrel?" Shen Yanliu saw that the atmosphere was not right, so she spoke to ease the situation: "If Captain Jie really wanted to do this, he could have just arrested Xu Ruhu as a thief. Why did he have to reveal his identity?"

Fan Yuanhai saw that what Shen Yanliu said made some sense, and that his previous remarks were just speculations that could not stand up to scrutiny, so he took two sips of tea and stopped talking.

When Xie Daohan saw Shen Yanliu helping him out, he looked at him with gratitude.

Shen Yanliu pressed his hand and motioned Jie Daohan to sit down.

Xie Daohan sat down, and Shen Yanliu asked, "Inspect the scene, are there any clues?"

Xie Daohan's eyes moved, and he said, "There is a clue. Xu Ruhu and Xie Lei were both poisoned by corpse rot!"

"Corpse poison?" Shen Yanliu had some impression of this, so he said, "I remember there seemed to be traces of this poison in the old case!"

"The county magistrate has a good memory!" Xie Daohan praised: "This kind of poison has appeared in the cases of the Whale Tiger Gang!"

"Whale Tiger Gang?" Shen Yanliu's eyes were somewhat distant. "I think this case has been going on for several years, right?"

"Yes, the case was personally supervised by the county magistrate at that time!"

Shen Yanliu nodded and said, "Are there any other clues?"

“It hasn’t been sorted out yet!”

"Then go ahead. If there is any new progress, report it to me immediately!"

"Yes, Your Excellency!" Xie Daohan stood up with a fist clasped, glared at Fan Yuanhai, and walked out of the back hall!

Shen Yanliu looked at Xie Daohan's back, his eyes flickering. In fact, he also suspected Xie Daohan! But if he said that Xie Daohan killed his own nephew, he would never believe it. Over the years, he knew very well how much Xie Daohan had thought about Xie Lei.

Tiger poison cannot eat its seeds!

(End of this chapter)