Start with detective Li Yuanfang

Chapter 515 The Bearded Eunuch
sunset.

In Kaifeng government office, Qiu Yuzuo walked out of the prison, walking briskly, ready to leave work.

Seeing Gongsun Zhao walking towards him, his exhaustion faded a lot, but his face was still cold, his brows were furrowed, and he was thinking about something.

Ever since Qiu Wuzuo knew this person, he felt that the other person's brows had not been stretched, and he had never seen him smile, so he didn't care. He smiled and said, "Sanlang, do you feel much more relaxed these days?"

Gongsun Zhao hummed.

Qiu Yu said: "It's all thanks to Mr. Lin. I never expected him to be so experienced in mobilizing people. Recently, he has brought up some cases. Fan Longtu is very happy that the arresters have succeeded in arresting the murderer again and again. , This is also the merit of Saburo's recommendation, you can invite him to a banquet, you can walk around a lot, and deepen your friendship..."

Gongsun Zhao hummed again.

Qiu Wu carefully sized up this friend, looked at the record in his hand, and deliberately coughed heavily.

Gongsun Zhao finally came back to his senses: "You just said... an invitation to a banquet? It should be so, please take the trouble to arrange it!"

Qiu Wuzuo frowned, and no longer went out of the yamen, instead he followed his friend into the house, and said in a low voice, "Sanlang, what are you looking for?"

Gongsun Zhao knew that he couldn't hide it. Seeing that the sky was getting dark, he lit a candle and spread out the case file.

Qiu Wuzuo glanced briefly, then his pupils shrank: "Are you investigating the case of the Four Murders again?"

Gongsun Zhao said coldly: "Li Xian is Li Xian, why should we replace him with four fierce men, I am afraid that such eunuchs will fail?"

Qiu Yuzuo said with a headache: "The eunuchs in the former Tang Dynasty suffered a lot. Since the founding of the dynasty, eunuchs have been suppressed. Li Xian is the only eunuch who started as a military supervisor and finally took charge of military power! When Li Xian died, The first emperor gave him the posthumous title of 'Min Ke', and three years ago changed his posthumous title to 'Zhong Min', this man cannot be moved!"

After all, Gongsun Zhao's political structure is not comparable to that of Qiu Yuzuo, the official Xu, and explained: "You don't have to worry, Li Xian's biggest fault is not greedy for fame and causing troubles in the frontier, but his arrogance and arrogance."

"When he is proud, he bosses the soldiers around, and when he is in trouble, he pushes away his mistakes completely, so not only does he not have the hearts of the soldiers in the Northwest, but also the hearts of the courtiers, so he is impeached by the censor and eventually demoted. State."

"The first emperor granted the posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumously to carry out the war, not to value Li Xian..."

Qiu Wuzuo was stunned, but he said strangely: "Even so, Li Xian is dead, and the conclusion is already closed. What's the use of you investigating the old case?"

Gongsun Zhao's eyes became sharp: "How useless? The law enforcement is strict, and the laws of the Song Dynasty are upheld. Even if Li Xian dies of illness, even if the relatives of the victims have left Beijing, they must be investigated! Especially two cases cannot be let go. One is The huge sum of money Li Xian embezzled, the other is the fire eight years ago!"

Qiu Wuzuo wondered: "It's true that the four evildoers embezzled huge sums of money? Didn't they find out nothing?"

Gongsun Zhaodao: "Eunuchs are the most greedy for money. I really don't know if Li Xian is as greedy as the censor said, but what happened later makes me inclined to believe that this is true, especially the eight years in Beijing. The fire that happened in the past made people even more suspicious!"

Qiu Wuzuo became serious: "That year when you first entered the Kaifeng government office, you experienced the most serious fire in the previous dynasty, killing and injuring hundreds of people!"

For the first time, Gongsun Zhao's eyebrows showed fear, and the candlelight was reflected in his pupils, as if the flames were ignited: "Whenever the fire comes together, it is too tragic. The fire in Rongwang Palace is like the fire in Yuanyou!"

King Rong is Zhao Yuanyan, the Eight Great Kings, that is, the eight sage kings in folklore. In real history, he was favored by his father and brother since he was a child. Not a virtuous king.

And the most noteworthy thing he left to future generations was the monstrous fire caused by his maid, Mrs. Han.

Because the woman teamed up with her lover to steal the truth, she just wanted to light a small fire and elope in the chaos. However, the wind changed that night, and the fire burned down the Rong Palace. , Chongwen Academy, and Secret Pavilion were all burned to the ground.

The first two are the national treasury and the internal treasury of the Northern Song Dynasty. The wealth accumulated by Zhao Kuangyin and Zhao Guangyi for decades, searched the world, and stored them in it. The property was burnt clean. "The treasury was burned, and the incense was smelled for more than ten miles." It is conceivable that Zhenzong collapsed at that time. .”

The latter two, Chongwenyuan and Mige, house rare books of various colors from the Tang Dynasty, the Five Dynasties to the Song Dynasty. These precious historical documents were also burned clean, and many historical mysteries could not find the truth. .

According to "Continued Zizhi Tongjian", the furious Zhenzong personally ordered to cut off Han's hands and feet like human pigs, parade them in the street for three days, and then execute them Lingchi. It is not known whether this is true, but in any case, The loss caused by this maidservant was extremely heavy. Since then, the imperial court has paid more attention to the fire than ever before, and established the first professional fire brigade in Chinese history.

That is the military patrol shop set up every three hundred steps in the streets and alleys of Bianjing. The soldiers in each military patrol shop were initially responsible for patrolling fireworks at night, and later added the responsibility of arresting thieves and bandits.

Even so, the fire in the seventh year of Yuanyou was extremely cruel. It failed to reach the palace, but burned down many houses, directly causing the death of hundreds of people, and thousands of people were burned and displaced.

That year when Gongsun Zhao first entered the Kaifeng government office, his memory is still fresh, and it is even more unbearable to look back.

He shook his head lightly, temporarily put aside the past, and took out a stack of files: "I have brought up all the fire cases in Bianjing in the past ten years, take a look."

Qiu Wuzuo first picked up the top one, and murmured: "Three months ago, the murderer Shi Tie set fire to the foot store, was discovered by the military patrol store, and was able to save him in time. Arson, the thief deserves death, but unfortunately he escaped into Wuyou Cave..."

He flipped through the back again, and after roughly browsing through it, he understood the meaning of this person: "The military patrol shop is very responsible!"

Gongsun Zhao nodded: "That's right, let's not mention the effectiveness of the military patrol shops in arresting thieves, but they have not slackened their responsibility to prevent fire. There must be something strange about that fire. I suspect it is related to Li Xian's wealth accumulated over the years. We must investigate! "

Qiu Wuzuo understood. Thinking of the fact that the Kaifeng government office now has a particularly powerful foreign aid, his waist straightened: "I also tell Mr. Lin about this case, how about asking him to help solve the case together?"

Gongsun Zhao pursed his lips: "Don't tell me!"

Qiu Yuzuo was stunned, and said puzzledly: "This case has been going on for so long, if it can be solved, Sanlang would have solved it long ago. Now that we are in trouble, with Mr. Lin's intelligence, he should be asked to take action!"

Gongsun Zhao lowered his voice slightly: "I also hope that he can help us, but this case will harm him. Have you forgotten what happened to me?"

Qiu Wuzuo's face changed: "Sanlang means that you were assassinated by the thief because of this case?"

Gongsun Zhao said in a deep voice: "Since the Taoist priest from Jinhua Mountain was transferred to the Ministry of Punishment, I have lost clues and can only infer purely from motives."

"I will list the people I have offended. Although the number is large, it is easy to divide. Most people want me to die, but they will not really do it. I can invite heretics far away in the south of the Yangtze River to arrange this. To kill me in such a situation requires not only ability and courage, but also involves huge interests behind it."

"Thinking about it, people related to Li Xian are the most suitable for this situation. Although he was cast aside in the court, the remaining power in the palace is huge, and those eunuchs are even more rebellious. What can't be done? "

Qiu Wuzuo came to a sudden: "No wonder you want to re-investigate this case, you are worthy of Saburo, pointing to the source!"

Gongsun Zhao thought of the prisoner handover document signed by Fan Chunli, and his voice became deeper and deeper: "This is a speculation after all. If it is wrong, what I am doing now will be in vain. If I can follow the clues to investigate, who would want this?"

Qiu Wuzuo also sighed: "It's a pity indeed, Taoist Dongyun of Jinhua Mountain will be executed in the afternoon tomorrow."

Gongsun Zhao snorted coldly: "This further shows that they are guilty of thieves. How can the criminal department interrogate the case so quickly? They can't wait to kill and silence!"

Qiu Wuzuo asked, "Then are you going to watch the execution?"

Gongsun Zhao shook his head without hesitation: "The Taoist priest is just a knife of the person behind him. What's the point of seeing him die with his own eyes? It's better to read the case file several times, and I can always deduce clues from it. I don't believe it. Get out the man behind the scenes!"

Qiu Wuzuo nodded and said, "I believe in Saburo! Then I... leave?"

Gongsun Zhao lowered his head.

The footsteps gradually faded away, but after a while, they came back again, Qiu Yuzuo lamented and lay on the table: "Who made you only my best friend, I feel uneasy when I go back, I will accompany you Just look at the case files and find clues!"

The corners of Gongsun Zhao's mouth hooked indiscernibly: "Thank you!"

The light of the candlelight penetrated outside the house, and it did not go out until late at night.

……

Same late night.

The moonlight fell into the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, and shone on the Taoist priest who was clean and not tortured at all.

He was resting with his eyes closed, when he suddenly frowned, opened his eyes, and watched as two jailers dragged a half-dead man in.

Then a man wearing a cloak and wrapping his body tightly walked in and said in a low voice: "Please get Taoist Dongyun out of prison!"

Dong Yunzi didn't move: "What do you mean?"

The jailer said: "Please ask Taoist Master Dongyun to take off his Taoist robe and change it with him!"

Dong Yunzi's face changed slightly: "Didn't you say that you can let the poor go out, why do you use this method of surrogate death?"

The jailer said helplessly: "This is the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, not the county government of another state. You will be executed tomorrow afternoon. How will you explain if you are released?"

The man in the cloak asked: "Does Master Dongyun still want to go back to the Kaifeng mansion?"

Dong Yunzi's face changed slightly, he was not afraid of the Kaifeng government office, but when he thought of the person who caught him, he didn't know whether he was practicing martial arts or cultivating Taoism, anyway, the extremely terrifying person finally took off his Taoist robe slowly.

The jailer cleaned up the scene, and he followed the cloaked man out. When he left the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice and regained his freedom, he couldn't help but snorted again: "Don't pretend, the poor man knows you, bearded officer!"

(End of this chapter)