The Prodigal Son

Over the next few days, salt officials and merchants from various places arrived in Jiangning Prefecture one after another.

Other salt merchants who had received an urgent notice from Shi Yi also rushed to Jiangning Prefecture.

Although Qin Yu had his suspicions, he also sent people to investigate the identities of the assassins, but to no avail.

Those assassins vanished without a trace, as if they had disappeared into thin air.

Qin Yu has hardly gone out these past few days.

He and Ding Che, along with several other staff members from the Baojing Division, carefully reviewed the files once again.

Although they didn't find any clues related to Sun Min's murder in the case files, based on Ding Che's years of experience in handling cases, there must be something wrong in Xinpu County!

Ding Che put down the last file and said solemnly, "My lord, I feel that Sun Min did this on purpose!"

Qin Yu pondered, "Do you think Sun Min knew someone wanted to kill him, so he deliberately left Xinpu as a clue? Once he's killed, the investigators can follow the trail to the real culprit?"

"right!"

Ding Che nodded slightly. "I even suspect that Sun Min is hiding something in Xinpu! We should search the places where they lived more carefully; perhaps we'll find some clues..."

After discussing the details of Sun Min's murder with Qin Yu over the past few days, Ding Che firmly believes that there is something fishy about the case.

Based on their experience in handling cases, if Sun Min anticipated that someone wanted to kill him to silence him, he would have left something behind!

This is a means of self-preservation!

At the same time, it is also the last resort to fight back!

Once these things are found, the real culprit should be revealed.

Qin Yu thought for a moment, then nodded and said, "If your guess is correct, this person should be someone Sun Min is very wary of!"

"Definitely!"

Ding Che stated confidently, "Sun Min is already the governor of a province! Under normal circumstances, he should be the one to silence others! But the fact that he left these behind only shows that the real culprit behind the scenes has a lot of power, and he can't silence them, so he can only remain in a passive defensive state..."

The person who murdered Sun Min's family was either a high-ranking official in the imperial court or a local powerful figure.

When it comes to high-ranking officials in the court, Ding Che didn't know which one to suspect.

After all, there are too many high-ranking officials in the court, and even if some are excluded, there are still many who are worth suspecting.

However, when it comes to local powerful families, the Shi family is definitely the first to come to mind, followed by several powerful clans in the Liangjiang region.

As the two were chatting, Lü Si suddenly ran in with a joyful expression.

Before Qin Yu could ask a question, Lü Si strode up to him, staring at him smugly: "Call me 'Father'!"

"What the heck?"

Qin Yu's face twitched violently, then he stared at Lü Si with a half-smile, "Have you been holding back for days and gone crazy, or are you just itching for a beating?"

That son of a bitch!

He just loves to get beaten up!

"Hurry up! Call him Dad!"

Not only was Lü Si unafraid, he raised his head even more triumphantly, "I know who the real culprit is who murdered Madam Sun and her daughter!"

"What?"

Qin Yu and Ding Che both looked at Lü Si in surprise.

They're still analyzing it here, and he already knows the answer?

How did he find out?

Is the son of the Minister of Justice really that terrifying?

After regaining his senses, Qin Yu stared at him with a playful expression. "You're not going to say it's the Shi family again, are you?"

"Yes! It's a historian!"

Lü Si nodded with absolute certainty.

Hearing this result, Qin Yu waved his hand speechlessly, "Alright, if you're bored, go back to your room and play with your balls!"

This wasn't the first time Lü Si had said something like this!

This grandson has gone against the Shi family!

Although historians are also among those who suspect this, there must be some evidence to support this claim.

The Shi family is different from other families, and the Shi family is still of great use. It is impossible for them to arrest the Shi brothers and torture them to extract confessions based on their guesses.

Upon hearing Qin Yu's words, Lü Si immediately became displeased and snorted, "Don't think I'm talking nonsense; I have evidence!"

"What evidence?"

Qin Yu was slightly surprised.

Lü Si hasn't even left the governor's mansion these past few days.

What other evidence could he possibly have?

Call me "Dad" and I'll tell you!

Lu Si looked at Qin Yu triumphantly once again.

"I……"

Qin Yu's face twitched slightly. He stood up, clenching his fists, and glared at Lü Si with a fierce look in his eyes. "If you fucking want a beating, just say so!"

"Ding ding..."

Seeing that Qin Yu was about to get serious, Lü Si immediately took two steps back and tried to negotiate with Qin Yu again, "Then you can forgive the money I owe you, and I'll take you to see the evidence!"

"Because of your attitude, I'm not giving you a discount!"

Qin Yu glared at Lü Si with displeasure. "If you really find evidence and make a contribution, are you going to give me all the rewards His Majesty gives you?"

"One thing at a time!"

Lü Si was naturally unwilling. "If I find evidence, won't you also be credited? Are you going to give me all the rewards His Majesty gives you?"

"You little rascal, you've got a pretty quick mind!" Qin Yu laughed and scolded, "I'll waive half the charge for you! If you still don't talk, watch out, I'll torture you!"

"That's so girly!"

Lu Si muttered a complaint under his breath, "Come with me!"

With that, Lü Si strode out.

Seeing that Lü Si spoke with such conviction, the two couldn't help but become curious and quickly followed.

Led by Lü Si, they arrived at the place where Madam Sun and her daughter had been murdered.

Qin Yu was curious, because Di Rong had already led his men to search this place carefully, but they had not found any valuable clues.

Could it be, as Ding Che suspected, that Sun Min had secretly hidden something, which was discovered by Lü Si by a twist of fate?

No way?

Is this guy really that lucky?

If that's really the case, then this grandson has really gotten a huge credit this time!

While Qin Yu was lost in thought, Lü Si led the two to the location where the bodies of Madam Sun and her daughter had been discovered.

Qin Yu looked at Lü Si with suspicion, "Where's the evidence you mentioned?"

"You guys, trying to investigate a case?"

Lu Si gave the two of them a look of disdain. "Today, let me teach you how to investigate a case!"

As he spoke, Lü Si squatted down beside him, pointing to the "X" in the middle of the lime circle. "See that? That's the evidence!"

"you……"

Qin Yu's face darkened, and he almost kicked Lü Si away. "You fucking tricked us?"

Depend on!

He even imagined for a long time that this guy was lucky and had discovered something amazing!

As a result, this is it?

"You don't know anything!"

Lu Si cast another disdainful glance at Qin Yu. "Look closely, isn't this an unfinished character for 'history'?"

As he spoke, Lü Si picked up a small pebble and began to write on it right at their feet.

Lü Sixian first wrote a horizontal stroke, then a glimpse, then completed the "mouth" character, and finally wrote the last stroke.

Looking at the words written by Lü Si, Qin Yu and Ding Che both had black lines on their faces.

Who taught him to write the character "史" (history) like that?

Although he did manage to piece together the character, the order of the strokes was clearly incorrect.

Using this as evidence is far too far-fetched!

If this were used as evidence to arrest members of the Shi family, even Qin Yu would have to plead for their innocence.

"See that!"

Lü Si raised his head. "This is irrefutable evidence!"

"Ironclad evidence, my ass!"

Qin Yu glared at Lü Si, amused and exasperated. "So, according to you, this is still an unfinished 'Tai' character! Does that mean the Empress Dowager sent someone...?"

Halfway through his sentence, Qin Yu suddenly froze, his eyes fixed on the words on the ground...