Chapter 240 of 354
C80 Part3
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The next morning, Murong Ci and Qin Ruo had just arrived at the Dali Temple when they saw Shen Zhiyan taking two officials out.
Murong Ci asked him from the small window of the carriage:
"Zhiyan, where are you going?"
Seeing that it was His Royal Highness, he immediately drove over and lowered his body and said:
"The servant of the Gan Family went to the Ministry of Justice in the Jingzhao Palace to report a case, saying that Lord Gan, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, is dead.
The Jingzhao Palace sent someone to report that I should be going to his house to take a look at the body."
"This Prince will go with you.
You are leading the way."
Her heart sank, and another court commander died.
"The Minister of the Ministry of Revenue is dead?"
Qin Ruo thoughtfully,
"How did he die?"
Shen Zhiyan led the way and the speed wasn't too high so the carriage just caught up.
The entrance of Lord Gan's house was similar to that of Lord Zhuang, and it was also in an alley.
However, the news had not spread, so no people were watching at the alley.
Murong Ci hurriedly got out of the carriage and followed him into Lord Gan's house.
Just like the previous day, the Head Official and Officials of the Ministry of Justice from the Jingzhao Palace were all there, interrogating the subordinates and people of the Gan Family.
The Head Official came over, saw the same two handsome boys from the previous day, nodded at them, and said:
"Master Shen, according to the housekeeper of the Gan Family, they didn't see Lord Gan getting up early this morning.
Madam Gan felt strange and went to the Study Room together to look.
The Study Room was locked from the inside.
No matter how they knocked the door, there was no movement inside.
Madam Gan and the housekeeper were worried that Lord Gan had an accident, so they called several guards to knock the door open.
After they entered, they saw Lord Gan lying on the small couch inside.
He was dead."
Shen Zhiyan asked:
"Is the corpse still in the Study Room?"
"It is still in the Study Room.
Madam Gan found that Lord Gan was dead, so she hurriedly called for the doctor to report the case to the Jingzhao Palace."
The Official replied.
"Did anyone enter the Study Room afterwards or came in contact with him or anything from the Study Room ever since the discovery?"
An inexplicable anxiety surged in Murong Ci's heart.
"Lord Gan's son and daughter have both been in the Study Room, but they didn't touch or move anything at the scene."
the Head Official reassured,
"Just now, Doctor Wu Zuo conducted a preliminary test on Lord Gan, and he said that, just like Lord Zhuang yesterday, it should be a poisoning cause of death."
Her heart sank suddenly and followed Shen Zhiyan into it.
In front of the Study Room, Madam Gan was crying in her mother's arms, distraught with grief.
The young man and woman standing aside were the son and daughter of Madam Gan.
All the women looked sad, their eyes were red and swollen, and the tears kept falling.
It was sad, and tears were shaking in their eyes.
The daughter of the Gan Family saw Shen Zhiyan and immediately ran over with the help of the maidservant, crying sadly,
"Master Shen, my father died strangely, you must find out the cause of my father's death..."
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END of CHAPTER 80 PART 3
.....................to be continued