1635 Han style rises again

Chapter 397 Chaos ([-])

Gan Chunliu knelt in front of Cao Xiong's coffin, tightly hugging her one-year-old son, with a look of despair and sadness in her eyes.Qi Dajiang's wife, Zheng Hualian, and Qi Dalu's wife, Su Miaoyan, sat beside him silently, comforting them from time to time.Beside them, three girls were already lying on the cloth ball tiredly, falling asleep.

During the day, the military and civil officials of Hanzhou unanimously established Qi Tian as the successor of Hanzhou Grand Commander, and issued a circular to various departments and several counties and towns below Jianye Mansion.

Personnel from military departments such as the General Staff, Logistics Department, Navy, Marine Corps, and Black Guards under the military government also expressed their loyalty and obedience one after another.

Considering the suddenness of the situation, Jianye City and the counties and towns below are still under martial law.During the day, industries such as industry, agriculture, commerce, education, and government work normally, but in the evening, all street markets, teahouses, taverns and other places are closed, and people are prohibited from going out and gathering.

The three main forts and garrisoned forts at the Jianye Port Wharf continue to maintain a first-level alert on combat readiness. In addition to the possible invasion of foreign enemies at any time, there is also a blockade of Hanzhou ships and personnel going out.

While Qi Tian was sad, he still had doubts about Cao Xiong's death.There were no signs, not a single word left.We have been together for so many years, and I have never seen any signs of serious illness in Cao Xiong.

Could it be that it was really because of that Persian woman that he indulged himself to death?But through Qi Yuanshan's questioning, the Persian woman said that they hadn't started to have sex at that time, Cao Xiong felt chest tightness and abdominal pain, and then his whole body began to tremble and convulse, and within a quarter of an hour, he was out of breath.

And Cao Xiong's wife said that after the wedding banquet, he didn't eat any other food, and after teasing the child for a while, he went to another room to find the Persian woman.As a result, around the time of the night, the woman's exclamation came.After hearing the news, Cao Xiong's guards rushed into the house and found that Cao Xiong was dead.

But if you really want to look into it carefully, whoever benefits has a motive.Then killing Cao Xiong, Qi Tian will benefit in the end, and he will follow Cao Xiong's will before his death, and he will logically inherit the leadership of Hanzhou.

But would Qi Tian do such a thing?For him, this move is too risky. If he fails, not only will he lose his humanity, but he will be completely abandoned by everyone in Hanzhou and cast aside by everyone.

"What if he wants to take the position earlier?" Hu Wenjin said in a low voice: "You know, as the young master grows up, the commander-in-chief might change his mind. As for Qi Tian, ​​he will have a sense of crisis, and then Desperate."

After hearing this, Yu Fukun raised his eyelids and said softly, "Old Hu, do you think Qi Tian is the kind of person who easily takes risks?"

"If a person has a sense of crisis, he will go crazy, and maybe he will act like a beast." Hu Wenjin said coldly.

"He won't do it." Yu Fukun said: "We have been together for more than five years, and I know him well. He hates the shady methods such as seizing the throne and assassination. Lao Hu, now that Qi Tian has taken over the position of commander, don't you want to?" Suspicion again. Otherwise, it will be against you."

"Does he still dare to kill me?" Hu Wenjin said, but felt a little guilty in his heart.What I have done is not only lying and slandering Qi Tian at this time, but also trying to poison and assassinate him when he was married yesterday.Although no action was taken in the end, some planning and promotion were carried out.

"Actually, it's not only you who suspect the death of the commander-in-chief, but Qi Tian also has doubts. At this time, he is probably working with Old Ghost Peng on how to confirm whether the death of the commander-in-chief is normal."

"He asked Old Ghost Peng to confirm the cause of death? What kind of medical skills does he know?" Hu Wenjin said disapprovingly.

"Why doesn't he understand! You forgot that many medical regulations in Hanzhou were made by him with Peng Laogui. He also found the formula for preventing smallpox from an ancient book." Yu Fukun said: "Qi Tian doubts that everyone The commander ate something, caused food poisoning, and died. He has ordered the dog to collect all the food that the commander in the mansion has touched."

Hu Wenjin just snorted coldly, still not convinced, and said: "Why are the Gouzi and the polling office only allowed to conduct investigations? In order to show openness, the guards in black and the patrol police should also participate in the investigation."

Hearing this, Yu Fukun was silent for a while, then nodded.

"I'll make arrangements."
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Gan Chunliu leaned against the wall with a pale face, a trace of fear in his eyes.In the backyard just now, I overheard the conversation between Yu Fukun and Hu Wenjin, like being struck by lightning.It is very likely that her husband died of abnormal reasons, or was even assassinated.The chief executive of Hanzhou, who usually looked gentle and upright, might be the mastermind behind the secret killing of his husband.So, is his next step going to kill himself and his two children?

Back in front of the mourning hall, Gan Chunliu hurried to the front, snatched the child from Zheng Hualian, then stretched out another hand to pull Su Miaoyan's daughter over, and hugged the two children, trembling and sobbing in a low voice.
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Qi Yuanshan led a few officials from the polling office to face Guan Zongxiang and a group of black-clothed guards, forming a vague confrontation.Seeing this, three or four officers from the nearby police station couldn't help but look at each other, not knowing what to do.

"Dog, why are you staring at me like this?" Guan Zongxiang looked at Qi Yuanshan disdainfully, and said in a cold voice, "The commander-in-chief died strangely, and it happened so suddenly, we all in Hanzhou need a clear and reasonable answer." The truth. In order to ensure that the truth is reliable, Commander Yu ordered us to investigate together. Do you have any opinions?"

Since Qi Tian gave Qi Yuanshan this official name four years ago, except for a few people who are very close to him, generally no one dares to call him by his former humble name easily, and the tone is so frivolous.

Qi Yuanshan first frowned and stared at Guan Zongxiang for a moment, then his face returned to normal, and he said in a flat tone: "What can I say? Since Commander Yu orders, we naturally have to obey. However, if any abnormalities are found in the Commander's Mansion, I hope we Several parties can inform each other."

"That's natural." Tan Baoshun, the commander of the patrol office, nodded and said, "Anyone of us who finds out the clues must submit it to the Chief Supervisor and Commander Yu together."

Immediately, personnel from several parties began to carefully search and inspect any items and food that Cao Xiong had touched that night in the Commander's Mansion.

Because Cao Xiong died in the room with the Persian female concubine, everyone focused on this room, hoping to find some clues.All the food was stored and labeled one by one, and some paper documents were also sorted and classified.

Guan Zongxiang just walked around the room, then came out to inspect other rooms.Deep down in his heart, he did not believe that Cao Xiong was assassinated and died.Because the Commander's Mansion does not say that the perimeter is heavily guarded, even Cao Xiong's close guards are loyal and extremely agile.There are also several adopted sons in the mansion, because they have studied with Qi Tian and many teachers in the university hall for several years, their thoughts are very careful, and all matters are also considered carefully, so they will not easily sneak into the manor to poison .

As for Hu Wenjin's suspicion that Qi Tian did it secretly, Guan Zongxiang didn't believe it at all.Although he and Hu Wenjin have done many things against Qi Tian, ​​he is still very sure of Qi Tian's character and ability.If it wasn't for his position and identity, he privately believed that Qi Tian would be more able to promote the development of Hanzhou than Cao Xiong.

This room should be the office where Cao Xiong handles daily affairs, and there are many documents on the table, which are neatly piled up.Cao Wen sat in the corner of the room with a sad face, and when he saw Guan Zongxiang coming in, he just nodded slightly, and continued to sort out Cao Xiong's things with his head down.

"What... are you holding in your hand?" Guan Zongxiang suddenly found that Cao Wen was holding something very familiar to him, with an incredulous expression on his face.

"It may be father's... tea." Cao Wen said with some uncertainty.

"Bring it... Let me have a look." Guan Zongxiang's heart was beating violently, and his voice was trembling.

Cao Wen hesitated for a moment, then handed over an exquisite small porcelain jar to Guan Zongxiang.

"Commander Guan thinks there is something wrong with this pot of tea."

Guan Zongxiang took the porcelain pot from Cao Wen's hand, and his breathing became short of breath.He can already confirm that this porcelain jar is the kind of poison that Hu Wenjin gave him, a kind of plant root and leaf that carries toxin itself.Most people will mistakenly think it is Chinese herbal medicine or some kind of tea.Yesterday Qi Tian got married, he originally wanted to take advantage of the chaos to poison Qi Tian's tea water, but he never found the opportunity and had to give up in the end.I vaguely remember that this porcelain jar was returned to Hu Wenjin.

Then, why did it appear in the Commander's Mansion, and Cao Xiong died suddenly last night?
Guan Zongxiang tightly grasped this exquisite little porcelain jar, his mouth was a little dry, and his heart was full of fear.

Hu Wenjin killed Cao Xiong!
Guan Zongxiang left the Commander's Mansion in a hurry, and after going out, he hurried to Hu Wenjin's house in the city.

"Old Guan, what's the matter, what did you find in the Commander's Mansion?" Hu Wenjin felt a little dissatisfied when he saw Guan Zongxiang barging into his room with a grim expression.

"Old Hu, you've done such a good thing!" Guan Zongxiang yelled angrily, "Are you fucking crazy? You actually attacked the Grand Commander... the Grand Commander!"

"What nonsense are you talking about!" Hu Wenjin was startled for a moment, and then he cursed angrily, "I have never done anything to the commander-in-chief! Could it be that you were bewitched by a villain and came here to wrong me!"

"What is this!?" Guan Zongxiang took out the exquisite little porcelain pot from his arms, and roared in a low voice: "You used it on the commander-in-chief!"

When Hu Wenjin saw the porcelain jar, his expression also changed.Yesterday, Qi Tian got married, Guan Zongxiang failed to poison, so he put this porcelain jar on the table and returned it to him.I was a little impatient at the time, and secretly resented Guan Zongxiang's stupidity, complaining that he was a commander of the black-clothed guards, and he couldn't even poison him.Afterwards, Cao Xiong and others came over to greet each other with wine, and said some words that implied that they did not want to make trouble.It made him feel a little dazed, and when he left the banquet, he couldn't remember where the porcelain pot was left.

Now, Guan Zongxiang actually took it out again, and asked him angrily if he had secretly plotted against Cao Xiong.How could this not scare him.

"Did you...couldn't you find this thing from the Commander's Mansion?" Hu Wenjin asked nervously.

"What do you think?" Seeing Hu Wenjin's appearance, Guan Zongxiang thought that he was so nervous and guilty when he saw the porcelain jar and the matter was revealed.

He grabbed Hu Wenjin by the collar and said viciously: "The commander-in-chief has treated us so kindly, and he has never treated us badly. Unexpectedly, you dare to plot against the commander-in-chief, it is simply... out of conscience, worse than a pig or a dog! ...I will arrest you to see Lao Yu today, and give the commander an explanation!"

"... Let go!" Hu Wenjin grabbed Guan Zongxiang's big hand with both hands, trying to break it apart, but failed.In desperation, he tilted his head back, stretched out a foot, and kicked Guan Zongxiang's thigh hard.

Guan Zongxiang felt the pain, let go of his hand, and stepped back a few steps. Immediately, he drew out the short knife under his waist and pointed at Hu Wenjin.

"Damn it, you still want to resist!... You have to give us an explanation for killing the commander-in-chief!"

"I didn't kill the commander-in-chief!" Hu Wenjin shouted loudly: "There must be twists and turns in this.... How could I kill the commander-in-chief!"

"Then you and I go to see Lao Yu and the others, and make it clear."

"You are crazy! Is this poison clear?" Hu Wenjin roared: "This is the poison we want to plot against Qi Tian!"

"You failed to plot against Qi Tian, ​​and turned to plot against the commander-in-chief with hatred, didn't you?"

"I didn't!"

"Then why did this poison appear in the Commander's Mansion?"

"...I don't know."

"Hehe... you don't even know why your things are in the Commander's Mansion! Do you think I'm a three-year-old kid? I don't object to killing Qi Tian because he has no friendship with us. But you shouldn't kill Grand Commander!"

"I didn't kill the commander-in-chief!" Hu Wenjin felt that he couldn't argue with it.

"Then obediently follow me to see Lao Yu and the others, and explain this matter clearly."

"I... I can't explain." Hu Wenjin had no idea how this porcelain pot was in the Commander's Mansion, and Cao Xiong died suddenly last night, so he really couldn't explain it clearly.

"Since that's the case, don't blame me for taking you!" Guan Zongxiang dragged his lame leg, raised his knife and slowly pushed towards Hu Wenjin.

"Old Guan, don't force me...I really didn't kill the commander-in-chief." Hu Wen stepped back further.

"Hmph, I don't believe you now." Guan Zongxiang stared fiercely at Hu Wenjin, "You dare to kill the commander-in-chief, are you going to plot against me in the future? I will arrest you first today and give the commander-in-chief an explanation. As for whether Qi Tian will kill me or not, I don't care. Old Hu, don't you..."

Guan Zongxiang's body froze suddenly, with a pained expression on his face, as a long knife was pulled out from his back, it brought out a column of blood, then his body went limp, and he fell to the ground.

"Damn it..." Guan Zongxiang, who fell on the ground, kept spitting blood bubbles from his mouth, and muttered a curse.

"Master, are you okay?" An Ottoman guard looked at Hu Wenjin with concern, holding a long knife in his hand, blood dripping down drop by drop.

"You...killed him?" Hu Wenjin looked at Guan Zongxiang's body in astonishment, a little unbelievable.

"He wants to kill you, master." The Ottoman guard bowed his head and said, "We must protect your safety."

"...I didn't want to kill him." Hu Wenjin roared, "You bastard..."

Seeing the respectful Ottoman guard bowing his head and letting him reprimand him, Hu Wenjin was suddenly speechless.

"Great Commander, I didn't kill him either!"

(End of this chapter)