eurekapd Chapter 294: Back to Yu Mansion
Chapter 294: Back to Yu Mansion
At this moment, the sky was gray.
The sky was like splashed ink. Not only was there no moon, but even the twinkling stars could not be seen.
Looking up at the vast starry sky, Li Cunxi opened his mouth, and countless scenes that appeared around him after he came to Rang County flashed through his mind.
It started when Zhao Hai invited him to the Governor's Mansion.
Conversations along the way.
Everyone in the governor's mansion knelt on the ground and cried bitterly.
Yu Lei hanged himself on the beam of the second hall.
The suicide note left on the desk in the second hall.
Chen Tai and Yu Lei are sworn enemies.
The Yu Lei couple may have a good relationship or a bad one.
Mrs. Chen who committed suicide for love.
Yu Yin, the only child of the Yu family.
Dengzhou's deputy driver was riding high.
The Chief Secretary Mi Qing.
Sima Penghai.
Bainiao Trading Company lent Yu Lei 200,000 taels of silver.
Wu Duo, the owner of the Bai Niao Trading Company...
Li Cunxi suddenly opened his eyes, and the scene in his mind froze at the moment when Wu Duo said something.
Wu Duo said at the time: "We only lend and collect money, and we don't care what others do with the money."
That's right.
If we want to solve this case, we have to start by investigating why Yu Lei wanted to borrow 200,000 taels of silver.
After figuring this out, Li Cunxi immediately turned back to the main hall and said to the others:
"Perhaps we have another clue to investigate, starting from why Yu Lei borrowed 200,000 taels of silver from the Bai Niao Company."
Li Yuanfang was already yawning. He perked up, rubbed his face, and analyzed:
"If we want to investigate from this direction, we must guess why Yu Lei wanted to borrow these two hundred thousand taels of silver."
"It's impossible for him to lend such a large amount of silver without any reason. Two hundred thousand taels of silver, the monthly interest alone is not a small amount."
Wu Yanhao stood up with a swagger, waved his long sleeves, laughed three times, and walked out of the main hall.
"General Li, since you have a goal, why don't you ask Yu Yin directly instead of guessing here?"
"We are the ones who have the initiative now!"
Li Cunxi chuckled, turned to Zhao Hai, and ordered: "Please ask Zhao Ge to lead the inner guards to escort us to Yu Mansion."
"Please wait a moment, my lord. I will go and gather the demons together right away."
Zhao Hai bowed and left the main hall.
Soon, in the governor's office, most of the guards were awakened from their sleep. They put on their clothes and walked out in an orderly manner under the leadership of their little leader.
The demon spirit was probably really sleepy. He dozed off against the door frame of the governor's mansion while holding the scabbard in his arms. He was awakened by a slap from Shadow. Then he took the guards to guard the surrounding streets.
If Li Cunxi's identity had not yet been exposed, this kind of protective behavior with an extremely high safety factor would be completely unnecessary.
The reason for the current strict defense is because of Wu Zetian's high regard for Li Cunxi and the strict orders of Xiao Qingfang, the Grand Chief of the Internal Guards, who has a dual identity.
After walking out of the gate of the governor's mansion, Li Cunxi got on the carriage with the help of a servant, and then pulled Wu Yanhao.
Lu Dayou temporarily took on the role of driver, driving the carriage, and under the protection of Li Yuanfang and Hu Jinghui, he followed the people from the Inner Guard to Yu Mansion in the west of the city.
Yu Yin, who had been guarding his parents' spirits for three days, stood up and stretched after Li Cunxi left. In front of him stood another man in black. After saying something to him, the man in black immediately turned around and left.
The entire Yu Mansion was shrouded in darkness. Yu Yin looked up at the sky, but could not see a single star.
He closed his eyes and said to himself, "I have nothing to worry about here anymore. I have to find a new way."
After looking at the sky for a long time, Yu Yin's neck felt a little sore, so he simply lowered his head again and turned towards the mourning hall.
In just two quarters of an hour, the main gate of Yu Mansion became bustling with activity. The servants guarding outside the gate watched in horror as the inner guards rushed in and directly occupied the main gate of Yu Mansion.
The evil spirit swung its chain and copper claws, looking around again and again with an unfriendly expression.
Under the coercion of the inner guards, the servants knelt on the ground and kowtowed towards the direction of the carriage.
Li Cunxi and Wu Yanhao got off the carriage, not bothering to pay attention to the servants who obviously knew nothing, and hurried to the mourning hall.
Li Yuanfang and Hu Jinghui stayed with the two men, never leaving their side. Lu Dayou put down the reins and followed behind.
After the demon spirit ordered some of the inner guards to guard the door and not let anyone go, he rushed towards Li Cunxi and his companions.
The noisy sounds coming from the direction of the main gate naturally did not escape the notice of the other people who had already rested in the mansion. Everyone woke up from their sleep, put on their coats, opened their doors and rushed out.
"Who are you? How dare you trespass into our..."
The old butler put on his robe and walked out of the room. He was about to stop these outsiders, but when he looked up, he saw Li Cunxi's eyes emitting a cold light under the lantern.
The coldness reflected in those eyes made the old butler almost speechless, as if someone was strangling his neck, and no matter how hard he tried, he could not get the hand to loosen even a little bit.
"Li Shaoyin..."
Li Cunxi said calmly: "I am here to investigate a case. Please step aside and do not disturb me."
The old housekeeper immediately retreated to the edge of the corridor, trembling all over, and said, "I dare not disturb Li Shaoyin from investigating the case. Please do as you please."
Li Shaoyin glanced at the old butler and led everyone to the mourning hall.
The old butler didn't dare to breathe until Li Cunxi and his companions left. Then he breathed a sigh of relief and sat down on the ground.
Several servants who were equally frightened came over quickly, helped the old butler up, and offered their hands to help him calm down.
"Old housekeeper, why is Li Shaoyin here again, and at such a late hour? Hasn't our master's death been finalized?"
"Yes, what Li Shaoyin did was just taking off his pants to fart. Didn't our master hang himself? We have been investigating for several days and still haven't found any other reasons. Why are you still investigating?"
The old butler wiped the sweat from his forehead and shook his head with difficulty.
"I don't know either, but since Li Shaoyin is here to investigate, we'd better cooperate with him. This is what we should do. Not to mention that he is here to investigate now, even if he comes when we are having dinner, we still have to help investigate the case in an orderly manner."
"But he is so irritating. He comes to investigate the case in the middle of the night and causes quite a mess in our house!" said a servant indignantly.
"Don't say bad things about Li Shaoyin, otherwise if Li Shaoyin finds out, you'll be in trouble!" The old housekeeper advised, "Since ancient times, there has been an old saying that the people should not fight with the officials. We should also remember this."
"Our master was also an official some time ago!"
"It's true that our master was an official, but he has already hanged himself. It's true that others treated us with great respect when he was alive, but he is dead now."
The old butler sighed deeply.
"Besides, even if our master were still alive, he would not be as good as this one."