The prince is very cruel

"A native of Ziyang, he became a Jinshi in the third year of the Wu Dynasty."

"He enjoys calligraphy. He has three sons and two daughters. He has been diligently practicing calligraphy for twelve years and has never made a mistake. I met him yesterday and he was in good shape."

"Why would you commit suicide?"

Even Li Yunzong, his immediate superior, found it unbelievable, which shows that there was indeed something fishy going on.

Guan Ning narrowed his eyes: "Is he addicted to gambling?"

"No." Li Yunzong shook his head.

Guan Ning narrowed his eyes. How could a minister who didn't gamble, had a happy family, and a successful career, commit suicide?

But when he arrived, he found nothing. It looked like an ordinary suicide.

If it is said that Li Yunzong's summons led to his suicide, it would be too ridiculous and does not make sense at all.

Guan Ning frowned and went back to check carefully again, but the result was the same. There was no trace of any second or third party at the scene, and the deceased did not struggle at all, so he committed suicide.

"Could he have been forced to commit suicide?" Yuwen Hongdu spoke, with a pair of sharp eyes under his thick eyebrows.

Guan Ning shook his head: "Even if he was coerced, he shouldn't have chosen to commit suicide here, let alone leave behind a suicide note."

"That still doesn't make sense."

Li Yunzong asked, "Master Guan, do you suspect he is involved in the corruption case?"

Guan Ning narrowed his eyes: "It's not a suspicion, it's true!"

"Someone saw your clan officials' carriage outside Chen Tu's residence. Combined with this suicide, it's almost certain something's wrong."

Li Yunzong was shocked!

The whole person stood there in a daze.

"It's not suicide, nor is it forced suicide, so it must be murder. How did the person behind the scenes get in? There are so many officers and soldiers here, could it be from the sky?" Yuwen Hongdu frowned.

Heaven?

Guan Ning looked up suddenly, as if he was enlightened and a flash of inspiration came to him.

The place where his pupils were focused was the top of the entire office.

"Get a ladder!"

Yuwen Hong was startled, and reacted belatedly. With just a glance, someone quickly brought a ladder.

In a short while, Guan Ning climbed up the ladder to the roof, and sure enough, he made a surprising discovery!

There were a pair of black footprints on the beam of the main house, clearly imprinted on it, and they did not blend in at all with the dusty light gray color of other places.

Guan Ning sneered, there really was a problem!

What do you want to hide by killing Pu Dang?

He continued to climb, and then jumped onto the main beam as nimbly as a monkey, carefully checking every tile.

Yuwen Hongdu suddenly exclaimed: "The tiles here have been turned over."

Guan Ning walked over quickly on the beams and could see that there were less than twenty tiles with traces of new and old on them. They had obviously been moved recently, otherwise there would not be such traces of new and old on them.

He stretched out his hand and pushed it open, revealing a hole large enough for someone to pass through. Without saying a word, he climbed up, followed by Yuwen Hongdu.

There has been a heated discussion below.

"What's going on up there?"

"Did you find anything?"

"Who is so bold as to come to the clan residence and kill someone?"

"Hiss... What should I do now?"

"..."

"Footprints!" Yuwen Hongdu said.

Guan Ning narrowed his eyes and stood on the roof, his clothes fluttering and his black hair dancing wildly. He found a large number of remaining footprints on the tiles. If there were many people in the clan office, it would be impossible for them to run to the roof.

He measured the size of the footprint with his hand.

"These are the footprints of an adult man. They are exactly the same as the black footprints on the beam. They must be the same person."

"Go down now, join forces with Li Yunzong, and seal off the entire clan residence!"

"What about you?" Yuwen Hongdu asked.

"I have a hunch that the murderer is someone from the clan house, so I followed the footprints." Guan Ning looked grim and did what he said. He jumped from the eaves to another house. Sure enough, there were still footprints, although they were very shallow. But because it happened to rain yesterday and the roof was muddy, the footprints were easily left.

After the murderer committed the crime, he did not have time to erase it.

Yuwen Hongdu was not idle either. After jumping off the beam, he immediately sent people to block all the exits of the clan house.