Marry Changle in Datang

Chapter 675 Putting out the fire!No one will come again!
The whole area is filled with the smell of burnt wood.

At this time, people from the Ministry of Industry had begun to enter the dossier room one after another to check the burning of the dossiers.

And prepare a new room, and then remove these remaining files to avoid any accidents.

"Master Qin, this is the place."

Du Chuke spoke to Qin Wenyuan.

Qin Wenyuan nodded slightly.

He looked forward.

I saw the file room of the Ministry of Industry, located in the northwest corner of the yamen.

Because this place is in a corner, and the wind is not strong today, the dossier room was severely burned, but it did not endanger other areas.

The dossier room is a small two-story building.

The area is not small.

The most severely burned area was the second floor.

There were six windows on the second floor, but now, three of them have been completely burned out.

The wall on one side was also burnt black.

The beams above were blown off, so the roof collapsed directly.

This makes the current second floor look very dilapidated.

Qin Wenyuan said, "Go in and have a look."

Du Chuke hurriedly accompanied him.

Pushing open the door on the first floor, there will be smoke from the fire hitting the nasal cavity.

Fortunately, there is ventilation everywhere, and the windows were burned out, so the smoke quickly dispersed, so that they would not be able to enter.

However, just in case, Qin Wenyuan still asked for a piece of cloth, poured water on it, and then covered his mouth and nose.

He entered the first floor, entering his eyes and exiting, it was a place like a counter.

This is the place where the dossiers are kept, and the secondment of the dossiers is recorded.

At this time, the place was still intact, and the fire was extinguished before it reached the place.

Du Chuke said: "Fortunately, when the fire started, it was night. As soon as the fire came out, we were discovered."

"Besides, the Ministry of Industry has some tasks to catch up tonight, so most of the people stayed here, and rushed over to put out the fire as soon as the fire appeared."

"Otherwise, if we find out too late, or if there are not enough people in the yamen, I dare not imagine what will happen."

Qin Wenyuan nodded.

Going around the counter, you can see bookshelves behind you.

The entire first floor was almost filled with bookshelves.

And the bookshelves are full of files.

Because the main place that was burned was the second floor, although some of the files on the first floor were affected, most of them were preserved.

This is also a fortune in misfortune.

Du Chuke said: "The files on the first floor are from the last eight years. Fortunately, most of them have been preserved."

"But the dossier on the second floor..."

He raised his head, his eyes full of pain: "There is a limit to what can be left."

The dossier on the first floor is the dossier within eight years?

So, what Mrs. Han said, the dossier of Han Qian's repaired building ten years ago is placed on the second floor?
But the second floor has already burned more than half.

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Qin Wenyuan narrowed his eyes.

He walked up the stairs to the second floor.

As soon as you enter the second floor, you can see what it looked like after the fire.

More than half of the bookshelves have been burned.

In the dossier, only a few corners can be seen.

The other files that were not burned were also soaked a lot because they had just been watered to put out the fire.

Qin Wenyuan preliminarily estimated that three-fifths of the files burned on the second floor.

Less than half remained.

It was the first time Du Chuke climbed to the second floor after the fire.

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Even though he already had some bad premonitions in his heart, seeing that the file was more than half burned, he was so distressed that he couldn't breathe.

After all, that is the background accumulated by the Ministry of Industry for decades.

Now, it's all burnt out.

Qin Wenyuan said: "Where is the dossier from ten years ago?"

"Ten years ago?"

Du Chuke glanced at the second floor, then pointed to Ashes, and said, "It's all there."

Qin Wenyuan's eyes flashed.

Sure enough, everything was as he expected!
He came to the ashes, squatted down, and could only pick up some burnt corners from the side.

Qin Wenyuan took a deep breath and said, "Master Du, was there anyone in the dossier before the fire broke out?"

Du Chuke said: "There is only one master, who is here to take care of the file room."

"Then does he know why it caused the fire?"

Du Chuke shook his head: "He said that the fire started from the second floor, but at that time, he was on the first floor, and there was no one on the second floor, let alone a stove, so he was very puzzled, why The second floor can suddenly catch fire."

Qin Wenyuan squinted his eyes when he heard Du Chuke's words, and asked, "Are you sure there was no one else on the second floor when the fire broke out?"

Du Chuke said: "That's what he said. I called him here. Master Qin should ask him."

Qin Wenyuan nodded: "Alright."

At the same time, he also said to Du Chuke: "Master Du, you'd better count the number of people in the yamen of the Ministry of Industry to see if there are people who should be here, but now, they are not in the yamen."

Hearing this, Du Chuke's eyes flashed brightly.

He immediately understood what Qin Wenyuan meant.

"Master Qin is worried...Han Qian has an accomplice in the yamen, who set the fire and fled in the chaos?"

Qin Wenyuan smiled and said, "There are any possibilities, so I asked Mr. Du to investigate first."

Without further ado, Du Chuke said, "Okay, let's do it right away."

Du Chuke quickly turned and left.

Leave Qin Wenyuan behind and continue to inspect the scene.

The scene of the fire is, therefore, better than the scene of the murder.

At the scene of a murder, there will always be some clues or evidence left behind.

But at the scene of the fire, because the fire was so thorough, many traces would be destroyed by the fire.

In other words, the cause of the fire may have been burnt out.

If it is a later generation, relying on some special equipment, it may be possible to find out the point of fire and the cause of the fire.

But Datang, it is very difficult.

At most, we can only rely on other people's confessions, the severity of the on-site burning, and some experience to make speculations.

Therefore, it is far more difficult to find out the truth about ancient fires than to find the murderer.

"what?"

At this time, Qin Wenyuan suddenly let out a light sigh.

He squatted down and picked up the burned files, only some corner files remained.

Looking at the leftover papers, Qin Wenyuan narrowed his eyes.

He raised his head and looked at the remaining files.

Qin Wenyuan got up suddenly, and the two went to these files, picked up a file and looked at it.

This dossier is from 20 years ago.

It records the various drawings for building a palace 20 years ago.

At this time, the file was covered with a lot of dust, and there were still some water stains on the surface.

Because the paper 20 years ago is already a little brittle, there is a risk of breaking it with a light touch.

Qin Wenyuan quickly put the dossier back where it was.

These dossiers were first roasted by fire and then drenched in water, which has been seriously affected.

Next, the Ministry of Industry will arrange manpower to re-transcribe these files, and then re-file them.

Qin Wenyuan looked at the surviving files on the bookshelf, then at the corner of the files in his hand, and fell into deep thought.

At this time, footsteps came from behind.

"Master Qin, you are looking for me."

A voice sounded.

Qin Wenyuan turned around and saw a middle-aged man in his forties standing behind him.

This person is the master who guards here.

Qin Wenyuan didn't talk nonsense, and asked directly: "When the fire broke out, were you on the first floor?"

Master Bo nodded quickly: "That's right, today is the lower official who is in charge of guarding the file room, so the lower official will be here all day."

Qin Wenyuan asked, "What were you doing when the fire broke out?"

Zhu Bo said: "The lower officials are transcribing the files on the first floor. A few days ago, the Ministry of Tiangong built the site of the Wanbang Chamber of Commerce. Now it is necessary to summarize the relevant contents and create a file file, so I will sort out these contents after get off work..."

Qin Wenyuan nodded.

Indeed, the Wanbang Chamber of Commerce had just ended, and he used the Wanbang Chamber of Commerce to plot against Beichen once.

"Before the fire, did you hear any movement on the second floor?"

Zhu Bo shook his head: "There was no movement, it was very quiet at that time, and the officer didn't hear any sound."

"And the officer went to the second floor to check an hour ago."

"One hour ago, it was the normal time to be on duty. Before each off-duty, the subordinate officials will conduct an inspection of the entire file room, sort out the scattered files, clean up, and then leave."

"However, because there are other tasks today, the officer did not leave after the inspection."

Qin Wenyuan said: "So, when you checked, you didn't find anything unusual?"

Zhu Bo shook his head: "Everything is as usual."

Could it be that someone climbed over the wall and entered the second floor?

But the yamen of the Ministry of Industry has always been patrolled by guards, and it is not easy to hide it from the guards.

Qin Wenyuan thought for a while, then suddenly said: "When the fire broke out, or before it happened, did you smell any special smell?"

Zhu Bo thought about it for a while, and suddenly, he looked at Qin Wenyuan, and said: "When the officer really noticed the fire, in a hurry, he smelled...it seemed to be the smell of kerosene."

"Moreover, the lower official heard a bang, which sounded loud. At first, the lower official thought that the bookshelf had fallen down, but now that I think about it, it sounds like something broke."

"The smell of kerosene?"

"The sound of things breaking?"

Qin Wenyuan listened to Zhu Bo's words, and looked at the burned place.

I saw that it was full of dust, and there were collapsed beams and tiles. If I didn't clean it up, I couldn't see if there was something pressed inside.

Qin Wenyuan pondered for a moment, and then said, "Come here, clean up the tiles and beams."

Hearing this, the servants of the Ministry of Industry hurried to move things.

Qin Wenyuan withdrew his gaze, continued to look at Zhu Bo, and said, "Apart from these, have you found anything else?"

Master Bo shook his head: "Not anymore."

"At that time, because I was already on duty, no one would come to borrow the file, so I remember it very clearly."

Qin Wenyuan nodded slightly.

He has been paying attention to Zhu Bo. When Zhu Bo said these words, his eyes were calm, without any flickering, and he did not make any other subconscious movements.

From this, it can be judged for the time being that Zhu Bo did not lie.

Soon, the tiles were removed and the charred beams were carried away.

Qin Wenyuan walked over.

He came to the worst burning place.

Generally speaking, the place where the fire started is usually the place where the fire is the most serious because it burns for the longest time.

Relying on these, the approximate range of the fire point can be tentatively determined.

When Qin Wenyuan came here, he could still find some bookshelves that were only half burned.

He picked up a piece of burnt black wood and scratched it in the ashes.

Suddenly, a crisp voice sounded.

Qin Wenyuan's eyes flashed, he lowered his head, cleaned up the ashes, and found some broken porcelain pieces inside.

Qin Wenyuan picked up the tile, and saw that the surface of the tile had been baked black. If he hadn't carefully searched for it with wood, it would be difficult to find the tile hidden in the ashes.

Looking at the tile, he narrowed his eyes.

Recalling what Zhu Bo said in his heart, when the fire broke out, he heard a bang.

Some speculations gradually took shape in his mind.

Qin Wenyuan got up, came to Zhu Bo, and said, "Today, how many people have borrowed the files?"

Master Bo thought for a while and said, "There are five people."

As he spoke, he said: "If your lord wants to know, the lower officials have recorded the time when everyone came in."

Qin Wenyuan said: "Bring it here."

Master Bo didn't dare to delay, and quickly returned to the first floor, and when he returned, he already had a book in his hand.

He opened the booklet and said, "This is the record of today's borrowing."

Qin Wenyuan nodded slightly.

He looked at the name and time in the booklet.

Suddenly, Qin Wenyuan's eyes fixed on a record.

This record is like this.

"The servant Zhang Qin, come at three o'clock in Shen Shi, and leave at one o'clock in You Shi."

The record did not specify what file Zhang Qin borrowed.

This place is the same as a library, as long as you don't take it out, you can look through the files as you like inside.

So I can't record it in detail.

But the time of coming and the time of going out are clearly recorded.

"Zhang Qin...he is here today too!"

"Moreover, there is no record behind it, which means that he is the last person to come to the dossier!"

Qin Wenyuan was not surprised that Zhang Qin's name appeared on the booklet.

After all, that's what he's here for.

He asked Zhu Bo: "After Zhang Qin, no one else will come again, right?"

The boss nodded hurriedly: "That's right, when Mr. Zhang left, we were about to leave duty, and there was no one else."

"Do you know which files he has read?" Qin Wenyuan asked.

Master Bo shook his head: "Master Zhang went to the second floor to look through the files. The lower officials have been on the first floor, so they don't know."

Qin Wenyuan nodded slightly.

He said: "I understand almost everything, you can go to work first, and I will call you when I have any questions."

Master Bo nodded quickly, and then left quickly.

His task is very heavy, counting the lost files and sorting out other files are all his tasks.

At this time, a burst of footsteps quickly came from the first floor to the second floor.

I saw Du Chuke, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, upon seeing Qin Wenyuan, he hurriedly said, "Master Qin, I just checked the manpower of the Ministry of Industry."

"Found, one person is missing!"

Qin Wenyuan's eyes flashed, and he asked, "Who?"

Du Chuke took a deep breath and said, "Minister, Zhang Qin!"

(End of this chapter)