Chapter 81 A corner that no one cares about [asking for monthly votes! ]

"Ok?"

Qin Youfang's expression did not show much fluctuation when he was arrested. Until this moment, when he heard Liang Yue say this, he finally couldn't hold back his expression anymore.

A tough old face revealed a twisted and angry expression, and there was strong regret in his eyes.

As a warrior, he didn't know much about things like the Dream-Building Lotus. He had just heard Liang Yue mention the descendant of the Xuanmen Danding lineage, so he no longer doubted the truth of what he said. He just felt that he would be exposed once the Soul-Seeking Butterfly flew out, so he wanted to take advantage of the chaos to escape.

It turned out that I had fallen into his trap.

Looking at the young man opposite me, his slightly shy smile seemed to be saying, "I didn't expect that I could really trick you. I'm so sorry."

Qin Youfang felt deeply mocked, and a surge of blood rushed to his chest and suddenly spurted out.

"Puff——" He actually spat out a stream of black blood!

The onlookers were so frightened that they stepped back one after another. Liang Yue saw that something was wrong and immediately shouted, "Miss Wei Jiu!"

He first thought that this guy was so angry that he vomited blood? But he reacted immediately.

impossible.

He was poisoned!
Wei Ping'er immediately stepped forward and tapped the acupoints on his chest with two fingers, trying to block the circulation of his qi and blood, but it was too late.

Qin Youfang's face turned purple, his blood vessels bulged as if they were about to burst, his eyes were swollen and bloodshot, and in the blink of an eye, he would be dead.

Wei Ping'er frowned slightly, took out a white frost pill, and stuffed it into his mouth for him to swallow. Then she took out a knife, cut open his throat, opened a long jade bottle, and released a pure white mist that was as real as substance. She used magic to transfer the mist to Qin Youfang's throat to help him breathe.

But what splattered out was thick black blood, which burned all over the ground as soon as it hit the ground.

"Tell me, who are you working for?" Liang Yue approached and asked quickly, "Since they are going to kill you to silence you, there is no need for you to hide the truth for others!"

There are two possibilities. One is that Qin Youfang himself committed suicide by taking poison when he saw that he could not escape. However, few poisons can be taken so quickly. He was just trying to escape, so it is impossible for him to take poison. There are probably not many poisons in the world that can kill a peak warrior of the fourth realm immediately.

Another possibility is that someone had already poisoned him in advance, and the poison might not have erupted so quickly originally, but his battle with someone just now mobilized his qi and blood, and the poison immediately spread throughout his body.

Liang Yue is more inclined to the latter, so he asked this question.

"Xi...Xi..." Qin Youfang looked at him, covering his chest with both hands, as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he didn't say it. His body softened and he fell to the ground.

died.

A cool breeze blew by, and a pool of hot blood seeped onto the ground.

"I'm sorry." Wei Ping'er said with an apologetic look, "It happened too suddenly. I couldn't tell what kind of poison he had been exposed to, and I couldn't save his life."

"Miss Wei Jiu, there is no need to be like this. You have already tried your best. It was also thanks to you that we were able to trick him out today. This is not your fault." Liang Yue comforted her.

At this time, Ling Yuanbao, who had been thinking for a while, showed a confused expression beside him, "He is about to die, and he still has time to laugh?"

"..." Liang Yue was speechless.

At this point, it was impossible for Qin Youfang to just laugh out loud.

But what did he want to express?
It's hard to tell with just one or two words.

Madam Zhang came over, her face very ugly, "I didn't expect that he was the one who did it in the end. Liang Duwei, do you want to continue investigating?"

Liang Yue glanced at her and shook his head, saying, "Since the real murderer has been caught, the case can naturally be closed. It's just a pity that he committed suicide out of fear of punishment."

Madam Zhang nodded and said, "Thanks to Liang Duwei for finding the truth for my husband, I will send someone to Fukangfang Station later to present you with a flag and commend you for your merit."

What follows is the aftermath work, which will be handled by the constables from the Ministry of Justice.

After leaving, Ling Yuanbao asked, "Is this case just going to be left unresolved? This man was obviously murdered at the instigation of someone else. We need to continue to dig out the person behind him."

"I also want to continue investigating what kind of transaction they had with Zhen Changzhi, but I haven't found any information yet." Liang Yue said.

"Then why did you say the case was closed?" Ling Yuanbao asked puzzled.

"If we had alerted the enemy before, it was probably when we came to examine the body last night. We made some noise, which might have alerted the person behind the scenes." Liang Yue analyzed, "He realized that someone had moved the body, and he immediately poisoned Qin Youfang."

After what happened today, his suspicion of Mrs. Zhang increased greatly.

Because if what happened last night alerted anyone, the most likely suspect would naturally be Mrs. Zhang.

Liang Yue told her that he planned to close the case, and this was also to keep her stable for the time being in line with his previous character of being eager to make a contribution.

Any subsequent investigation into Yueyang Trading Company will be conducted in secret.

Madam Zhang must be a woman of extraordinary status. Neither the Dream-Building Lotus Powder nor the poison that can kill a master of the Fourth Realm are things that can be obtained easily.

Now the balance in Liang Yue's heart has tilted towards Bai Zhishan's words.

Perhaps she and Qin Youfang were both Lu Yuanwang's men planted around Zhang Xingkai, and after discovering that he had ulterior motives, they joined forces to eliminate him. But in this case, there is another question, that is, why is Zhang Xingkai so cooperative?
What was his original plan for arson?

With the death of Qin Youfang, he now had more and more questions in his mind.

Where did Zhengyang Lei go?
What did Yueyang Trading Company do with Zhen Changzhi?
Where did the evidence that Zhang Xingkai collected about the Ministry of Industry go?

……

He followed the team all the way back to the north of the city, and Wei Ping'er was the first to return to the Zhuxie Yamen.

When she said goodbye to a few people, she was too timid to look up. She turned around and left in a hurry as if she was escaping.

After Ling Yuanbao saw her leave, he smiled and said, "This sister looks so weak and fragile, it makes people want to protect her."

"Well..." Liang Yue smiled and said, "You'd better protect yourself first."

He followed Ling Yuanbao to the Ministry of Justice and recorded all the information he had about Yueyang Trading Company in the file. He would present it to the senior officials of the Ministry of Justice. They might be interested in the evidence mentioned in it. If the Ministry of Justice could fully participate in this case, their ability to investigate would definitely be much stronger than his own.

After leaving the Ministry of Justice, he returned to the Fukangfang station and reported to Hu Tiehan everything that had just happened.

After all, Lao Hu is his real boss.

When he was planning to reinvestigate the case, he had already informed Hu Tiehan. After all, since he was going to use the name of the station, he had to ask around to avoid causing trouble for everyone.

Fortunately, although Lao Hu has always been afraid of trouble, he always supports Liang Yue unconditionally.

Not to mention subordinates, it's no different towards my adoptive father.

"Brother Hu, that's pretty much it. If there is any further investigation, I will conduct it secretly." Liang Yue said this after he finished reporting everything.

"Take care to protect yourself." Hu Tiehan just gently reminded, "The water behind Yueyang Commercial Bank is very deep. I'm afraid you can't control it."

"I will be careful." Liang Yue said, "I am not the only one who cares about this case. I will also be able to help."

"That's right. You are no longer something that our small station can accommodate." Hu Tiehan smiled with some relief, "It proves that I was right in my judgment at the beginning. You are indeed a rare talent."

"No." Liang Yue scratched his head and said, "It's all thanks to Brother Hu's teaching."

"How can I teach you anything? I can only try to make things easier for you." Hu Tiehan said, "I know you are busy these days. If you have something to do outside, you don't have to report to the station every day. If there is something important, I will notify you in advance, and you can come then."

"Thank you, Brother Hu!" Liang Yue said happily.

There are indeed a lot of things to do during this period, including solving cases and practicing, but in order to protect his monthly salary, he still has to come to work and report to work every day, which is indeed a bit tiring.

At this time, Chen Ju knocked on the door and came in, saying, "Brother Hu, I want to ask for leave."

"What's wrong again?" Hu Tiehan glared at me. "Again, you asked for leave. Didn't you ask for three days off last month? You might as well not come here every day! Don't think I don't know that you often slack off when you patrol the streets day and night, and go to Hongxiufang to have fun. I was too lazy to pay attention to you, and now you want to not come here openly? Fine! You don't have to come starting tomorrow!"

"No, Brother Hu..." Chen Ju said with a wronged look on his face, "My grandfather died, and I asked for two days off to attend the funeral."

"I'll give you half a day. If you delay any longer, your monthly salary will be deducted!" After saying this, Hu Tiehan waved his hand and let Chen Ju go out.

Then, he immediately changed to a amiable face and said to Liang Yue: "Xiao Liang, you should practice with peace of mind and don't let official duties interfere with your work. If you achieve something in the future, remember to help our Hu family's swordsmanship become famous, and I will be satisfied."

"Hehe." Liang Yue laughed twice, "That's for sure."

"Oh, by the way, there is something that must happen in three days." Hu Tiehan lowered his head and flipped through it. Suddenly he remembered and said, "The location of the Tower of Babel has been determined. When the time comes, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will go to participate in the groundbreaking ceremony on behalf of His Majesty. Half of the Imperial Guards in South City will accompany them for protection, and our station will be among them. Don't forget it then."

"Okay!" Liang Yue responded simply.

After he walked out of the door, he saw Chen Ju and Pang Chun sitting side by side on the doorstep of the station, basking in the sun. Of course, it can't be said to be side by side, because Chen Ju's shoulder at most reached Dachun's chest.

Chen Ju didn't care about Lao Hu's reprimand just now. He knew that the punishment of deducting his monthly salary was tantamount to acquiescence. After all, he only deducted two or three taels of silver for the whole month. If Lao Hu really wanted to punish him, asking him to patrol the streets more and not go to Hongxiufang would be more uncomfortable than anything else.

Pang Chun sat there in a daze, with a strange look on his face, and no one knew what he was thinking about.

His expression has always been revealing, so Liang Yue sat down and asked, "Dachun, what's wrong with you?"

"Hehe, you also discovered it." Chen Ju laughed and said, "I asked him for a long time just now, but he kept hesitating and refused to say anything."

"Hmm..." Pang Chun hesitated for a while and replied, "The dream I had last night was a little strange."

"Have you been practicing again?" Liang Yue asked.

"Chen Ju gave me a few books of exercises a few days ago, and I did some meditation again." Pang Chun poked his chest with his index fingers, looking even a little shy.

Liang Yue was very curious: "What kind of skills did you visualize?"

"The name of that secret book seems to be..." Pang Chun recalled and answered, "Dongxuanzi's Thirty-Six Free-Handed Strategy."

"Ah." Chen Ju was startled, "Why did I put that book in there?"

……

At this time, in the Liang family courtyard.

Liang Peng's day off came again. When he returned home, he saw his mother packing things.

Li Caiyun asked her son about his recent situation and then continued to pack. She was preparing to move house recently and had to pack up a lot of things first. Otherwise, she didn't know how long it would take to pack up.

Liang Peng is sensible and naturally helps out.

Li Caiyun said, "Go to your eldest brother's room and help him clean up the inside and outside. He goes out early and comes back late every day, so he doesn't have time to take care of it himself."

"Okay." Liang Peng nodded in response.

He went to Liang Yue's bedroom and started to clean and tidy up. But when he reached the head of Liang Yue's bed, he found something strange, so he opened it and took a look.

Under the quilt at the head of the bed is where Liang Yue used to hide things, and usually no one would look there.

He carried the old guppy with him and burned the letter, leaving only the ebony-handled knife.

Liang Peng looked at the knife, wondering why his brother put such a thing at the head of the bed?
He picked up the knife and pulled it out with a "swish". He saw that the knife, which looked a little tattered on the outside, actually had a sharp blade inside, reflecting his gentle features.

Suddenly, there was a sound of a star, and Liang Peng's eyes, reflected by the blade, seemed to flash a flash of red light.

"Huh?" He said doubtfully, but when he looked carefully, there was nothing unusual.

He didn't think much about it, just wondering if he was dazzled, and put the knife back.

Put it back in that corner where no one cares.

　Good morning.

　
(End of this chapter)