Start with detective Li Yuanfang

Chapter 582 Queen Mother: My Great Song Dynasty is really full of talents, it doesn't matter if anyone is missing!
Finally, someone from the palace came.

Guo Kai, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Tourism, came to the scene of the crime reluctantly with a group of small servants.

Especially the leader Guo Kai.

As an old man who has been serving the Empress Dowager, Guo Kai was naturally a little transparent when the Queen Mother was a little transparent. After finally being a little transparent to the Queen Mother, Guo Kai found that he was still a little transparent.

In the contacts with the courtiers these days, no courtiers paid any attention to him as the Minister of Internal Affairs. On the one hand, it was because in the eyes of the scholar-bureaucrats, the eunuch's status should be as humble as the dust, and on the other hand, it was also related to the fact that the Queen Mother did not delegate power.

Guo Kaixin is a little gloomy. The servants are the group of people closest to the power center. They can hear the important affairs of the government. Those who are in power can decide the fate of thousands of people with a touch of their lips. It's really wonderful. They, who already lack self-esteem after being physically disabled, naturally desire to have this kind of power even more.

It's a pity that let alone owning it now, I can't even touch it. Instead, the most proud thing is to follow Gongsun Zhao to seal up the guild restaurant. When arresting important officials, the most frustrated time is this kind of case where the servants were slaughtered , but asked them to come forward.

Fortunately for him, when he entered the courtyard slowly, he didn't see any bloody corpses except for the smell lingering at the tip of his nose.

The government officials who came and went sorted out the books and classified them into categories. A heroic man was standing in front of him, orderly commanding, while flipping through these books.

Guo Kaiyi was curious: "This is?"

The official of the Kaifeng government office who greeted him came in and introduced: "This is Lin Chong Lin Erlang. He has helped Gongsun judges a lot and is good at judging cases. He is even more indifferent to fame and fortune. Fan Zhige intends to recommend him as an inspector, but Mr. Lin resigns." by."

Guo Kai didn't care as soon as he heard that he had no official position, but he also knew that this kind of person who refused to accept the official position was very admirable, his face was deliberately moved, and he began to say nice words: "In the province of Nei Ke Let Guo Kai, who has long admired Mr. Lin's reputation, Mr. Lin is really a righteous man!"

Li Yandao: "Guo Nei Guan is being polite, it's just a matter of chatting with you. These are some valuable evidences that I have sorted out so far. Do you want to have a look at them?"

Guo Kai nodded: "Of course, of course, I was ordered by the Queen Mother to come here to pay attention to this case..."

He reached out to take it, flipping through it casually.

Just as few people can calm down to read the case file, from the speed of Guo Kai’s reading, it can be seen that he is completely coping with the matter, pretending to scan it, and then asked: "I don't know how the case is progressing now?"

Li Yandao: "Judging from the evidence that has been searched so far, the dead are undoubtedly the servants of the palace. The number of them is about a hundred. The murderer killed decisively and did not seek money. It is very likely that the motive was vendetta."

Guo Kai's face changed: "A hundred servants? Why are there so many servants gathered here?"

Li Yan looked at him.

Guo Kai understood, this question really should not be asked to the other party, but to ask this kind of person in the palace, his thoughts turned, and his heart jumped suddenly: "Is it the man of Tong Guan?"

It is not without precedent that servants live outside the palace on a large scale. Li Xian, who gained power in the Shenzong dynasty, once raised a group of godsons outside the palace. When the censor found out and impeached him, Shenzong only punished him slightly, not severely. .

Because compared with other dynasties, the scale of the Great Song Palace is very small, and the palace layout is imitated from the Ziwei Palace in Luoyang of the Tang Dynasty. The accommodation environment in the palace is actually not very good, especially the servants and maids at the lower level. They also had to squeeze into the small room. Li Xian used his own money to raise some godsons outside the palace, so it was better to help make room in the palace.

And Li Xian died eight years ago, if anyone dared to continue to do this kind of thing, it would be his successor, the Minister of Internal Affairs knew Tong Guan.

The fight between eunuchs is often more intense. The relationship between Guo Kai and Tong Guan is not good. Guo Kai is envious and jealous of Tong Guan having a good master. Jealous of Guo Kai being a close minister next to the Queen Mother, he was the first to get the moon if he was close to the water. Later, he found out that the Queen Mother didn't want the eunuch to take power, so he didn't feel jealous, and he didn't care about Guo Kai anymore.

Guo Kai is extremely sensitive, he sensed Tong Guan's faint contempt, and he felt hatred in his heart, at this moment, he found out that it was Tong Guan's subordinates who died, he was immediately relieved, and sneered: "Some internal officials don't follow the law, If you act recklessly, you should get retribution!"

Li Yandao: "It seems that Guo Neiguan already knows the identities of these servants. It is inconvenient for me to ask about the affairs of the palace. It is just about the motive of the murder. Does Guo Neiguan have any clues to provide?"

If it were Gongsun Zhao, he would definitely have to get to the bottom of it, but this one is much easier to deal with. Guo Kai smiled, but it is hard to say that Tong Guan has any enemies, otherwise, if he is introduced into the palace, his life will be difficult. Said: "I have lived in the palace for a long time, keeping my own law and order, but I don't know who these servants have offended..."

Li Yan nodded slightly: "It's no wonder, but there is no one alive in the whole house, and the motive for forming a grudge should not be a trivial matter."

Guo Kai frowned: "Nearly a hundred people were killed. This big case is similar to the murder of the two county kings. Is it related to the leader of the Wuyou Cave who murdered the county king?"

Li Yandao: "We can't speculate at the moment, but judging from the details of the scene, there are traces of Taoism and spells, and the leader of the thief in Wuyou Cave is a heretic, and there is indeed a possibility of murder."

Guo Kai didn't think it was possible at all, he was sure of it: "That's not wrong, I didn't expect that this thief would dare to commit such a crime after murdering the two county queens! It's just weird...why did he kill these servants? ?”

Li Yandao: "There are too few clues now, and there are many documents left by these servants. We still need to search carefully, not letting go of any clues."

Guo Kai looked at those documents, and then thought that the confidantes he brought were all literate, and suddenly said: "I want to do my best, can I read these documents together?"

Li Yan said: "Is it too troublesome?"

Guo Kai thought of Tong Guan's arrogance and arrogance when he walked, hatred boiled in his heart, and a smile appeared on his face: "No trouble, no trouble, it's all for the Queen Mother's loyalty, to arrest the culprit!"

As he said that, he winked at the left and right, and the servants he brought stepped forward immediately, and Guo Kai himself took out the documents and looked through them, this time he was much more careful than before.

After watching it for about half an hour, I was feeling a little sore in my eyes, and when I started to get impatient, a confidant suddenly called out from the side: "Master! Look at this material!"

Guo Kai took it, and just read the beginning, his expression changed.

"Yongyang County King Xiang Zonghui has ten crimes."

"The first crime is to be murderous by nature, whipping servants and maidservants. The servants and maidservants at home will be executed if they make a small mistake. After death, they will be buried underground in Zhouqiao House. There are more than three hundred people. ..."

"Second crime, pampering the slaves, encroaching on the fields, forcing them to death..."

He has served the Empress Dowager for so many years, so he naturally knows that the two brothers of the Empress Dowager are pure and good, but they still make some small mistakes sometimes, the above mentioned is not aimless.

But the question is, why are these small errors collected together?
This mansion is the place where Tong Guan cultivated his power, and there are so many evidences of crimes of the county kings... The two county kings were killed by the thief leader of Wuyoudong... Tong Guan's confidant was killed by the leader of Wuyoudong...

hiss!
Could it be that!
The servant is not good at anything else, he is very talented in these conspiracies and tricks. According to the connection of various details, the outline of the real murderer behind the scenes has become more and more clear. Guo Kai's heart was beating wildly. The people around quietly hid the crime in their arms.

Seeing that no one noticed, he immediately got up without saying hello, and left in a hurry with his confidantes.

It wasn't until he got out of the house that he breathed a sigh of relief, took out the crime again, and read it carefully from the beginning to the end. The voice of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, who was not as good as Tong Guan in the palace, suddenly became excited and shrill: " Return to the palace! Hurry back to the palace!"

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Inside the palace.

Guo Kai walked quickly, the excitement gradually dissipated, replaced by twinkling eyes, thinking about what to do next.

If it is based on loyalty, he should immediately report to the Queen Mother, present the evidence of the crime, expose Tong Guan's face, and let the master know that the death of her two close relatives is actually inseparable from this one in the palace.

But the point is, what can Guo Kai get by doing this?
Maybe it's a few words of praise from the queen mother, maybe some financial rewards, but it doesn't seem to be too much.

And what about the downside?

That's really not small, not to mention Tong Guande Li Xian's inheritance, the power among the servants is huge, and it is difficult to uproot. If he reported such a report, most of the eunuchs must be offended. The nature of this matter alone is extremely bad. I just hate the eunuchs' scholar-bureaucrats, but no matter if this is Tong Guan's conspiracy, and the eunuchs didn't do anything bad, they beat them down with a stick, and it was their entire group that was identified!

So after calming down, Guo Kai became hesitant again, and even had another thought faintly.

After all, Tong Guan didn't want the Queen Mother to know his secret, did he?

With this criminal evidence, Tong Guan's life and death are in his hands!

But if you really want to do this, wouldn't you deceive the Queen Mother and violate your loyalty?
Just as Heaven and man are fighting, Funing Palace has arrived, Guo Kai walked in, and saw the Empress Dowager sitting at the desk, reading the memorials of today's ministers, her spirit is not bad.

Seeing Guo Kai come back, Xiang raised his head and looked at him: "What's the matter with that case? Why are there so many violent people in Beijing recently?"

Guo Kai refrained from distracting thoughts, gave a general account of the case, and then announced the good news but not the bad news: "The Kaifeng government hired Lin Chong as a consultant. Not far away."

Empress Dowager Xiang was very satisfied when she heard this: "Without any official or job, I can have such talents. It can be seen that there are many talented people in my Song Dynasty. It doesn't matter if anyone is missing. Gongsun Zhao still needs to sharpen, let him rest more!"

Guo Kai was startled when he heard the words, he didn't expect the queen mother to think so, then his heart turned cold, his eyes no longer hesitated, he fell to the ground, and chanted: "The queen mother is wise!"

　Thanks to the book friends "Meow Chirp" and "Rogeotarifos" for their "repeated" rewards.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)