My Childhood Sweetheart Is a Crazy Beauty
Chapter 173: The Bloody Mystery

Chapter 173: Chapter 173: The Bloody Mystery

"They all died from suffocation due to crushed windpipes, with no other marks on their bodies."

Third Grandpa said this very calmly, even with a hint of disdain.

"Such a simple matter, and you still have the nerve to ask me to take a look!"

The maternal uncle by marriage was somewhat embarrassed, but still maintained a smile: "It’s just that those young bunnies don’t compare to Your Excellency’s experience and wisdom!"

Third Grandpa was quite pleased.

He went on to say, "Although there are no wounds on these three people, they all show signs of having taken poison!"

Gu Beihuai looked at Third Grandpa, who pointed to some traces on the bodies.

"These marks are not supposed to appear on a body, and they can easily be mistaken for frostbite!"

Third Grandpa concluded, and a forensic expert nearby confirmed that they had indeed been poisoned.

Gu Beihuai puzzledly asked, "If they could all be killed at once, why bother with poison?"

His words seemed to have struck a nerve with Third Grandpa, whose beard bristled, "You little rascal, you don’t believe what I’m saying!"

Gu Beihuai quickly waved his hands, "Of course not, you are an authority, sir, you can’t be wrong!"

Third Grandpa huffed, "It’s either those people are full of nonsense, or it wasn’t done by the same group!"

Gu Beihuai remembered something and flipped through one of the bodies.

The maternal uncle by marriage was very curious, "What are you doing?"

Gu Beihuai pointed to the clothing on the body and asked the criminal police, "When you found the bodies, was this piece of fabric also torn?"

The criminal police, who had been invisible until now, nodded, "Yes!"

The maternal uncle by marriage grew more curious.

"Both of the other two bodies also had pieces of clothing torn; I know that one of the bodies had a piece of fabric with a green bamboo embroidered on it!"

After Gu Beihuai finished speaking, the maternal uncle by marriage was confused, "What bamboo? Zhuzi? Made of stone?"

Third Grandpa, however, asked, "One of the Four Gentlemen, bamboo?"

Gu Beihuai nodded.

Third Grandpa stroked his beard and casually drew a few lines on the ground, letting Gu Beihuai take a look.

Gu Beihuai nodded vigorously, "Yes, exactly like that!"

Though not very delicate, they were extremely lifelike, instantly recognizable as the ones he had seen.

"Now I know why they tore off this embroidery!" Third Grandpa rubbed out the drawing on the ground with his foot and said to the maternal uncle by marriage, "I’ll tell you separately!"

The maternal uncle by marriage didn’t understand why Third Grandpa was so concerned, but still took the old gentleman outside for a talk.

Gu Beihuai took another look at the three bodies.

One was a relative with some connection to Tang Chuxia, who had died in the big courtyard alley, another was a man Tang Chuxia had mentioned and the last was a solitary old man he had seen for the first time today, but who often begged in the alley.

If the first two could have some connection to Tang Chuxia, the last one definitely should not have.

He couldn’t figure out why such a thing would happen.

But he knew that this matter was definitely not simple; there must be big problems behind it.

He couldn’t help wanting to see Tang Chuxia and ask if she had any ideas.

But before he could go to find someone, the maternal uncle by marriage finished talking with Third Grandpa. The elder patted Gu Beihuai’s shoulder, "Young man, be careful, it looks like you’re going to have some bad luck soon!"

Gu Beihuai: ...

The maternal uncle by marriage signaled Gu Beihuai not to speak. After sending off Third Grandpa, he said, "That old man has some skills; if he says you will have bad luck, then you definitely will. Better not do anything risky lately!"

Gu Beihuai: ...

All of them talking in riddles.

He didn’t take it to heart.

"What exactly is that embroidery?" Gu Beihuai was unconcerned about whether he would have bad luck; people like them lived with their lives hanging by a thread, and life could end at any moment.

What was there to fear from bad luck?

The maternal uncle by marriage sighed, "You remember the organization named after Qingzhu during the warlord era, don’t you?"

This was confidential information known only to insiders; after taking charge of Tianji, Gu Beihuai had been given a lot of documents to review, including information about Qingzhu.

Although not much was written, it was very unique at that time.

There were all kinds of organizations fighting for various powers, but Qingzhu was different; they were very mysterious, and because of their refined name, they were once thought to be a moniker conjured by scholars and writers. But in reality.

Qingzhu was a gathering of all sorts, with very few scholars among them.

Qingzhu’s principle was to level all injustices and eradicate evil!

It sounded very righteous, but in reality, they resorted to any evil necessary to achieve their goals.

And yet the organization’s leader was very capable, and no one had been able to find out who it was. Even after the founding of the country, when the state and representatives from all walks of life held negotiations, almost all organizations sent representatives, but only Qingzhu did not.

Likewise, no one knew who led Qingzhu.

"The old gentleman told me that Qingzhu usually doesn’t appear easily, but when they do, it’s always accompanied by death, and these three are just the beginning; soon, there will be more, and they will be deaths by suicide!"

The maternal uncle by marriage looked utterly exhausted.

"Ordinarily, this wouldn’t be our business, and you are on leave, but the local authorities can’t handle it, they still need your help."

He hadn’t planned to say anything, but once he did, Gu Beihuai raised a point, "My people are dead, betrayed, or injured; I can’t possibly carry out a mission now!"

The maternal uncle by marriage bitterly smiled, "I know it’s hard for you, but I feel relieved only when you handle things!"

Gu Beihuai said nothing.

They both remained silent, actually testing each other out.

In the end, the maternal uncle by marriage couldn’t continue to feign ignorance.

"Alright then, how can you become operational?"

After raising the question, Gu Beihuai grunted, "I want to establish a security company, like those foreign ones, under your supervision, but I should have absolute autonomy!"

The maternal uncle by marriage was the first to object, but seeing Gu Beihuai’s gesture of walking away, he had no choice but to compromise.

"You can do it, but you also know that you’re in charge of Tianji; you can’t lose that identity."

Gu Beihuai nodded.

"And another thing, the old gentleman said, the leader of Qingzhu might be a high-level official. You must be very careful not to let them notice you!"

After all, he was his own relation, and the maternal uncle by marriage gave a reminder.

Gu Beihuai sneered, "Of course, I won’t let them get away with it. I just remembered, when Groundhog died, he was also clutching a piece of fabric. At the time, I didn’t realize what it was, but now I think back, it must have been an embroidered bamboo!"

He would definitely not let those people off the hook.

"You have to be even more careful, and that girl from the Tang Family, I always feel that these incidents happening around her are not a coincidence."

Leaving the maternal uncle by marriage’s place, Gu Beihuai looked up at the sky, where the dazzling sunlight failed to warm anyone.

He tightened his cotton clothes; the cold was something only he understood.