Chapter 434
However, this does not mean that the emperor's patience is unlimited, especially Guo Xun's hand stretched too long in the army. The Northwest Army is the emperor's army, not their Guo family's.
But knocking and knocking, no one thought of letting Guo Xun die. Guo Xun was very influential among the nobles, and his roots were almost all over the army.
Moreover, just before Jin Yiwei transferred Guo Xun, Guo Xun died, the timing was too coincidental. Wang Yanqing quickly asked, "How is Lu Heng?"
"The governor is fine. The governor discovered something was wrong in time, and he didn't approach the Marquis of Wuding. The death of Marquis Wuding could not depend on the governor anyway."
Wang Yanqing was secretly relieved. The factions of Lu Heng and Guo Xun have always been not in harmony. If Guo Xun's affairs are planted on Lu Heng's head, it will be troublesome.
After Wang Yanqing was sure that Lu Heng was safe, he asked, "Why did he ask you to come?"
"The governor sent slaves to escort his wife, disguised as a maid, and went to the prison for an autopsy."
"Okay." Wang Yanqing agreed without hesitation. She often goes in and out of Nanzhen Fusi, and is not as taboo as ordinary women in prison. Wang Yanqing said, "I'll go back and settle Xian'er. You can ask the people from Nanzhen Fusi to wait at the second gate."
"It's not Nanzhen Fusi." Lingxi said, "It's the Ministry of Punishment."
Wang Yanqing and Lingxi disguised as maids, followed behind Zuzuo and headed for the prison. She had to cover her face during the autopsy, which was convenient for Wang Yanqing. She covered her face with a white cloth, so she didn't have to be found out of her way.
After Lu Heng found out that Guo Xun was dead, he asked Jin Yiwei to guard the cell door, and no one was allowed to enter, move or destroy the scene, so Guo Xun's body was still lying in the original cell.
Guo Xun was the Marquis of Wuding. Even if he became a prisoner, he would not be treated like an ordinary criminal. His cell was spacious and tidy, with chairs and chairs. At this moment, many people came to hear the news. Jin Yiwei blocked the door and prevented people from entering. Everyone could only squeeze in the corridor, which was overcrowded.
Wang Yanqing followed Zuo Zuo to the front of the cell and was blocked by the crowd. As a man, it was fine to squeeze in, but Wang Yanqing was inconvenient to squeeze in a group of men. Jin Yiwei, who was leading the way, coughed and said loudly, "Captain, Zuzuo is here."
Lu Heng was checking in the cell, and when he heard the sound, he came out immediately, and walked towards Zu Zuo quickly: "Why did you come here? Come in for an autopsy."
After Lu Heng came out, the crowd automatically split a path from the middle. He seemed to be entering the door with a scorpion, but he was secretly blocking the people next to him with his body. Wang Yanqing took the opportunity to bow his head and followed him into the cell.
After giving a quick salute to the adults present, Zuo Zuo opened the toolbox and started the autopsy. Wang Yanqing stood beside Zuo Zuo and handed the tools, but in fact, she didn't need to do anything at all. Lingxi had already done everything for him. Wang Yanqing only needed to stand quietly and observe the crowd around him.
As Zuzuo came in, the access control was canceled by default, and without Jin Yiwei blocking it, the others couldn't help but walk into the cell and watch Zuzuo's autopsy up close.
After all, it was Marquis Wu Ding who was lying on the ground, and he didn't dare to disembowel him. He just used tools to check Guo Xun's mouth and eyes, to test the temperature of his neck, and to check for scars along his entire body. After rubbing Marquis Wuding all over, he stood up and bowed to Lu Heng with some embarrassment: "Reporting to the Governor, Marquis Wuding has no traces of strangulation, trauma, or poisoning on his body. The cause of death cannot be seen for the time being. It may be a sudden illness."
Hearing Zuzuo's words, the surrounding officials looked relieved. Lu Heng stared at Zuo Zuo closely and asked, "Sudden illness? Are you sure?"
Zuo Zuo hesitated: "I can't really find the cause of death, so I have to make this guess."
An official next to him said, "Marquis Wu Ding has indeed suffered from old illnesses for many years. He was first in prison, and he couldn't think of it for a while.
"Yeah." The others responded in unison.
Lu Heng looked at these people without saying a word, and suddenly said to Zu Zuo, "Give me the gloves."
Zuo Zuo was stunned for a moment, and was about to go to the toolbox to get new gloves, when the maid, who was wearing a white handkerchief, had already picked up the gloves and handed them to Lu Heng. When Lu Heng took things, he glanced at her, and suddenly turned his hand over, motioning for him to put it on.
Under the watchful eyes of everyone, everyone felt that Lu Heng's behavior was a little strange, but they couldn't say what was strange. Wang Yanqing only had one pair of eyes on her face, she glanced at Lu Heng silently from the end of her eyes, bowed her head meekly, and lightly helped the Governor put on gloves.
When she retracted her hand, Lu Heng's fingers gently hooked on her palm. Wang Yanqing quickly scanned the crowd in front of him, quickly retracted his hand, lowered his head and retracted back.
Lu Heng wore a glove on his hand that Madam personally helped him pull, and waved his finger, motioning him to turn the corpse over. Zuo Zuo thought to himself that he had clearly checked his back just now and was sure that there was no wound. Why did the governor still need to check?
But Zuzuo didn't dare to show it, and carefully helped Guo Xun's body to turn over. Lu Heng stood beside Guo Xun's body and watched for a while, then suddenly crouched down, untied his hair crown, and groped at the back of his head. Not long after, Lu Heng pulled out a slender needle from the back of Guo Xun's head.
There was a suppressed gasp from the surroundings, Lu Heng looked at the bloodstain on the needle, placed it on the evidence tray, got up and said, "Marquis Wu Ding did not die of a sudden illness, but was stunned by a drug, and he was sleeping while he was sleeping. He used a fine needle to pierce the back of his head when he was on the scene. Therefore, Marquis Wuding had no trauma at all, and there was no blood on his clothes."