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“The moment I got your commission, I sent people to investigate. By the time they reached the village, though, they learned the brothers had already turned up dead in the long grass by the riverbank. It was a civet monster gathering fodder that found them. As for the fatal wounds, the older Chen took his in the throat, while the younger Chen in the back, through the heart. The older Chen also had some other injuries on him, probably scratches from struggling or from grappling with the killer. Oh, and the wound to his right arm went all the way to the bone.”
“Time of death?”
“The coroner the authorities sent out believes they died at about dusk the day before yesterday, which is the second day after the post station explosion.”
He Lingchuan gave a quiet grunt. “So they were silenced.” Exactly as expected.
Old Ge asked for instructions. “So, do you still want this pursued?”
“If you keep digging, at most you’ll only get as far as the middleman, right?”
“Probably.” Old Ge did not deny it. “People of rank up top don’t like getting their own hands dirty either. Usually, they hire an intermediary. Those fellows are very experienced.”
He knew the whole business well, because he himself was exactly that sort of intermediary.
“No need to continue. I already know enough.”
Among all of He Lingchuan’s enemies, the Minister of Finance ought to be smart enough...
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