On the way to the Qingqiu Pavilion in Luyuan, Gu Qing had already learned from Duqi that Duqi lived in the guest house in Luyuan last night. Because He Qing asked Duqi to take him an extremely important raft himself.

It was originally scheduled to set off this morning, and this trip, He Qing, must keep it secret and cannot be known to others.

Therefore, Du Qi came to Luyuan alone last night and told the people of the escort agency that he was going to go back to the General Administration of Weiyuan Escort Agency in Yunzhou. Before leaving, he would borrow some money from He Qing to go back to the headquarters to handle some orders.

And He Qing's destination for this trip was Yunzhou.

After Du Qi established the Weiyuan Escort Bureau branch in Jiangcheng, he had not yet returned to the General Administration. Before leaving, he had a very sufficient reason to borrow money from Qingqiu Pavilion.

This shows that He Qing made very careful arrangements.

It also reflected the importance of this raft to He Qing.

Du Qi got up early in the morning and went to find He Qing, but found that He Qing died in the bedroom of Qingqiu Pavilion, and Du Qi could not find the cause of He Qing's death.

He knew that the matter was important, and Gu Qing was very skilled in medicine, and he might be able to find out the cause of He Qing's death, not to mention that Gu Qing and He Qing had a very good relationship. Therefore, Du Qi immediately came to Gu Qing to discuss. Even though he had good skills and came over without stopping, he was still exhausted. However, before he came out, he still remembered warning Qingqiu Pavilion to clean the yard, and not allow others to enter the Qingqiu Pavilion before he came back.

Gu Qing asked Mr. Fang to ask for two good horses, and the horses were not stopped. Soon, the two of them came to Qingqiu Pavilion.

Gu Qing and Du Qi entered He Qing's bedroom.

Gu Qing glanced around first before looking at He Qing lying on the bed. He had no breathing or heartbeat.

He brushed his hands across He Qing's face.

Gu Qing's ability failed, and he did not get any memory of He Qing. The last time the Taoist priest, You Fang, died, was probably more than four hours away from Gu Qing's death, which allowed Gu Qing to get one or two pictures.

Gu Qing temporarily suppressed the doubt in his heart, carefully examined He Qing's body, and then said to Du Qi: "Brother Seven, go and ask them to get the best magnet."

The deputies went out to find the servants immediately.

Soon after, Du Qi gave Gu Qing a magnet. Gu Qing used the magnet to stick He Qingyu's pillow acupoint, and pressed He Qing's head with a unique method, and finally slowly released the magnet.

Du Qi saw it very clearly that a fine needle of cow capillary was attached to the magnet.

"What a sinister hidden weapon, no wonder I searched it all, but I didn't find the cause of Brother He's death."

Gu Qing put the magnet aside and said to Duqi: "When I came before, there was a famous painting called "Shuiyuanshan Chang" hanging outside. When Brother Du came last night, did he see that painting?"

"I didn't come to Qingqiu Pavilion last night, so I don't know."

Gu Qing nodded and said, "I'll ask the others."

He walked out, and his feet were clicking.

Du Qi showed a hint of surprise.

It turned out that Gu Qing had actually stepped on the threshold.

Gu Qing sighed unconsciously. He did not explain to Du Qi and asked the servants outside, "There was originally a painting "The Water and the Mountains" hanging inside. Is it still hanging recently?" He could see that there were traces of paintings hanging on the walls recently. But there are no paintings on it now.

The servant shook his head and said, "Recently, Yunniang has been cleaning up Butler He's room. We are responsible for cleaning the yard and don't go in and out of the room, so we don't know much."

Gu Qing felt that the word "Yunniang" sounded familiar. Recalling it, she remembered that she was the little girl she accompanied when she attended the He Qing poetry meeting last time.

"Please come." He felt unreasonable when he spoke.

The servant only has the idea of ​​obedience in his heart.

After a while, Yunniang came over and she was a little happy when she saw Gu Qing. Gu Qing nodded to her, indicating that she remembered her, and asked softly: "There was originally a famous painting called "Shuiyuanshanchang". Do you know?"

Yunniang nodded and said, "Last night, Butler He asked me to help him put the paintings away and put them in the box with another painting. The box was in the cabinet in Butler He's bedroom, and I put it in."

Gu Qing said: "Come in with me and find it."

He didn't want to search He Qing's room for the time being, so he wouldn't accidentally destroy the clues, so it would be better to let Yunniang take out the things directly.

Yunniang walked into the bedroom and saw He Qing on the bed, and said strangely: "Is Butler He sick? Why can't he get up?"

Gu Qing said lightly: "You find a box first."

Yunniang then opened a cabinet and found a box. She muttered, "It should be this, why has it become lighter."

Gu Qing said: "Put it on the table, you go outside the door and wait for me first."

Yunniang went out, and there were only Du Qi and Gu Qing in the room.

Gu Qing looked at the box for a long time and noticed that there was a very shallow thumbprint on it. If you had not carefully observed it, it would be difficult to find out. This place was not the place that Yunniang had just encountered. Moreover, although this fingerprint was not thick, it was larger than the thumbprint of an ordinary woman. Yunniang's hands were very small and slender, and it was definitely not left by her yesterday. Gu Qing looked at He Qing's left thumb again, but it was not in line with it. Therefore, the thumbprint was probably left by the murderer. Gu Qing slowly opened the box again, with silk inside, which was used to protect the scroll, but there were no paintings inside, but there were two scrollprints.

Du Qi said in surprise: "Empty."

"Is there any problem with that little maid? I'll catch her over and interrogate her."

Gu Qing saw that it was Kong Shanzi, and he said, "Let's go out first, I'll ask her."

Du Qi nodded, and then he thought that the little maid would know that the box was empty, so how dare she lie.

After Gu Qing went out, Yunniang asked nervously: "Is Butler He sick?"

Gu Qing said: "Are you nervous about him? I think you are still a virgin, not like his person."

Yunniang blushed and she said, "Actually..."

Gu Qing said: "Tell me, I want to hear it."

Yunniang said, "When Mr. He saw that the young master asked me to sit beside you, he planned to give me to the young master, but he thought I was stupid and couldn't take good care of you, so he called me to teach me how to work. When he took time, he asked me to learn piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. He said that, the young master could have someone to speak on weekdays, and it was not so lonely."

Gu Qing rubbed his eyes and said calmly: "So that's it. By the way, how long did you leave Qingqiu Pavilion yesterday? Did he have other people here before leaving? How was he feeling?" If Yun Niang had a problem, he could relax her vigilance with the endless questions in front of him. Now is the time to get into the topic.

Seeing Gu Qing's eyes a little red, Yunniang thought Gu Qing hadn't had a good sleep last night, but when she saw Gu Qing asking for something urgent, she had no time to treat him, and replied honestly: "Butler He seemed to be in a good mood yesterday and called Chunxiang and Dongmei. Sister Chunxiang also carries the zither box and paints thick eye makeup. It looks very good. When I left, Butler He was listening to the qin. Sister Dongmei was pressing his head. Butler He was very intoxicated at the time."

Gu Qing said: "Is there anything else?"

Yunniang shook her head.

Gu Qing said: "Think carefully, is there any difference between those two girls when they come and they are usually?"

Yunniang said, "Oh, I remembered that the song played by Sister Chunxiang was not what Mr. He played on weekdays. When I was cleaning the room inside, she heard that she had learned a new song. It was really good, and I think it was quite skillful. Sister Chunxiang must have practiced it hard before she played it for Mr. He."

Du Qiyi interrupted and said, "I remembered that I did hear the sound of the piano last night, but the Qingqiu Pavilion in the guest house where I live is a distance, so I can't hear it clearly."

Gu Qing said: "Brother Seven, ask them where are Chunxiang and Dongmei?"

After a while, Du Qi found two guards and informed Gu Qing about where the two women were. It turned out that He Qing had already redeemed them and kept them in a house in the north city.

Last night they said He Qing was going to get up early and did not let them stay overnight, so they asked the guard who sent them to find a carriage to take them back.

Their place to live is just a walk around the street to reach them, not far from Luyuan.

After listening to the hospital guard's answer, Gu Qing said, "You will take my seventh brother and I to Chunxiang and the others' residence immediately."

He continued: "No one of the remaining people is allowed to leave Qingqiu Pavilion before we come back, let alone enter the room, and they are all staying in the yard."

His wording is rarely harsh.

"Remember Mr. Gu's words. If something goes wrong, I want you to look good." Du Qi continued.

The servants knew that Gu Qing and Butler He had a close relationship. Now, Butler He is the biggest in Luyuan. Moreover, Gu Qing is gentle on weekdays and suddenly becomes stern, which is also very scary.

What's more, Du Qi is the chief escort of the Jiangcheng Branch of the Weiyuan Escort Agency, and is famously a vicious person. The servants are just ordinary servants, so how dare they argue?

Under the guidance of the hospital, Gu Qing and Duqi arrived at the place where Chunxiang lived.

This yard is not the one that Lu Li and Gu Qing have met, it is very ordinary.

It seemed that He Qing felt that there was no danger in the city, so he casually found a yard to accommodate two women. After all, he was nominally the butler of Luyuan, so it was impossible for him to raise women in Luyuan.

When you enter the door, there are two corpses lying in the bedroom inside.

The guard recognized it as Chunxiang and Dongmei.

Du Qi said: "Maybe they assassinated Brother He last night, but they were silenced by others."

Gu Qing examined the bodies of the two and obtained two scenes.

"The two of them heard the same piano sound before they died, and died at the same moment."

Then he judged that the time of death of the two was definitely not after last night's hour, but between yesterday's hour and You hour.

It means that Chunxiang and Dongmei died before going to Qingqiu Pavilion yesterday.
Chapter completed!