Chapter 693 More Surprises Than Ever

Shu Yu looked puzzled, then heard Qi Chan say, "The first time we arrived at the post station, you warned me and saved my life."

Shu Yu waved her hand. How could that be considered saving a life? Even if she hadn't discovered the assassin's presence, Mr. Qi's guards were no pushovers.

"The second time was the big worm you killed the day before yesterday. The third time is now, when you brought Yao Tianqin here and gave this old man such a big gift."

Qi Chan was increasingly pleased with Shu Yu. They had only met three times, yet this young girl surprised him more and more each time.

He originally thought that someone of his status was the one who could bring benefits to the young girl, but the result was completely the opposite.

Shu Yu was surprised. "A big bug that you caught??" Is that considered a gift?

However, Qi Chan clearly had no intention of replying.

The tiger was indeed an accident. That day, because we were waiting for Shu Yu to come down the mountain, and also because we had to give some rewards to the tiger-hunting team, it was already very late when we returned to the county town after everything was settled.

The magistrate here has already received news of their arrival in Heichang County and has prepared wine and food at his residence, just waiting for Lord Cheng to arrive.

Who knew that the governor would bring a huge tiger into the yamen? The tiger's eye was shot by an arrow, and blood was gushing out. It looked as if it had died with blood flowing from all seven orifices and its eyes were not closed. It was extremely creepy to look at.

It was so dark, and the magistrate was already feeling guilty. But when he faced the tiger in this state, he was so frightened that he took a few steps back and almost blurted out, "It has nothing to do with me."

This is strange. Logically, the magistrate of Heichang County should be happy to have killed the tiger. Even if he was afraid of the tiger, this reaction wouldn't be appropriate.

Although the magistrate quickly recovered and made an excuse to fix it, he then pretended to be nonchalant and continued to entertain the governor.

Ke Cheng and Qi Chan are both seasoned veterans of officialdom. If they couldn't even see this slight difference, they wouldn't be fit to be officials.

At that time, Lord Cheng was on guard and had his guards keep an eye on the magistrate. Sure enough, after the magistrate left, he spoke to his confidant about the tiger.

Two years earlier, this county magistrate had been incredibly audacious and had harmed the undercover officials sent from above. He had too many shady dealings going on, and the official hadn't originally intended to investigate him; he had other important business to attend to.

Who knew that as the official investigated, he would eventually find his way to the magistrate, who, terrified, harbored evil intentions and secretly killed the man.

This incident caused quite a stir in Linzhang Prefecture. When the government investigated, they could only find that the official had disappeared in a neighboring county. The magistrate of that neighboring county was immediately dismissed.

Later, somehow, someone followed the trail to the nearby mountains and forests. It seemed that the official had indeed gone into the mountains before his disappearance, but no one knew exactly what he was doing. The magistrate of Heichang County was also in a panic at the time, so he thought of simply turning the tables and throwing the official's body into the mountains to feed the tigers.

At that time, Lord Cheng was not yet the governor. The original governor was implicated in this matter and was demoted two ranks, which is how Lord Cheng took over.

Unexpectedly, this incident was brought up again two years later, and it was even brought up by the murderer himself.

Lord Cheng originally intended to take charge of the county magistrate's case, but in the short term, he only found minor incidents and was not yet able to bring the person to justice.

(End of this chapter)