The days when I ransacked the house in Jinyiwei

Chapter 130 Arson Case ([-]-character chapter)
When Chang Feng heard that Tang Nai's courtyard was on fire, his first reaction was: Did Liu Ji jump over the wall in a hurry?Was he the one who set it on fire?

Chang Feng hurriedly asked Shi Wenyi: "Is it true that Tang Nai really burned himself in flames?"

Shi Wenyi said: "Fortunately. Tang Nai escaped with his wife and concubine. The courtyard was burned to ashes, and the three of them were unharmed."

Chang Feng said: "Let's go to Tang Nai's house in Nancheng."

Chang Feng was riding on the horse, thinking in his heart: Liu Ji shouldn't be so stupid, right?Set fire to the house of the Qing gossip officer?
If Liu Ji really did this, once the truth comes out to the world, then his chief assistant will have done it.Not to mention the emperor, even Sakyamuni couldn't keep him.

Before they knew it, the two arrived in front of Tang Nai's courtyard.

I saw that the entire courtyard had been burned to ruins, with lingering smoke and sparks shining.

Tang Nai led one wife and one concubine, standing a hundred steps in front of the courtyard.

Chang Feng walked up to Tang Nai: "Tang Yushi, what's going on?"

Tang Nai said angrily, "What else can happen? Just as I was about to sleep, I heard someone outside the window whispering 'Liu Shoufu ordered me to greet you'."

"Then a raging fire broke out in the courtyard."

"Fortunately, I was alert. I poured the water from the copper basin on the quilt and escaped with my wives and concubines."

Chang Feng smelled a strong smell of kerosene.He rubbed his nose: "The one who set fire is still an expert. He knows how to add fire oil to help the fire."

Tang Nai said righteously: "I have said it long ago. In order to overthrow mediocrity, I am willing to burn myself in flames!"

"Yu Shaobao has a saying, he is not afraid of being smashed to pieces, and he wants to stay innocent in the world."

"Liu Ji has the ability to burn me to death. There are more than 80 conscientious censors at the Metropolitan Procuratorate! The axioms are endless!"

Chang Feng suddenly noticed that Tang Nai's arms were bulging.

He asked: "Tang Yushi, what is in your arms?"

Tang Nai took out the joint booklet from his pocket: "This booklet is more important than my life. I snatched it out and it didn't get burned."

Chang Feng instructed Shi Wenyi: "Go back to the Qianhu Office and call in fifty capable night duty warriors to inspect the fire site, search for evidence, and find the arsonist."

Shi Wenyi took the order and left.

Tang Nai said: "Liu Mianhua sent someone to set fire to my house, which means he was scared! Hmph, just right. He has added another crime, arson and murdering the imperial censor."

Tang Nai spoke convincingly, and insisted that Liu Ji set the fire.

Chang Feng waved his hand: "I don't think so. Liu Ji is not a stupid person to be able to become the chief minister of the court. He is very slippery."

"How could he do something like arson and give someone a handle?"

Tang Nai said: "Isn't that simple? The four words 'dog anxiously jumping over the wall' I just said already explained the reason."

The next day, on the 27th of the twelfth lunar month, Yumen went to court early.

Seventh-rank censor and Jishizhong are eligible to participate in the Yumen Early Dynasty.

Yumen had an unwritten rule in the early dynasty.The cabinet members and the six ministers played first.

After they finished talking, the censor and the low-ranking officials in the matter can do the work.

But today, Tang Nai broke the rules and was the first to go to work.

He said in a loud voice, "Report to the emperor. Tang Nai, the supervisor and censor, has a play!"

Emperor Hongzhi said, "Oh? Come on."

Tang Nai said: "82 censors from the Metropolitan Procuratorate, 28 academic officials from the Imperial Academy, and [-] scholars from the Jinke who observe politics, jointly impeached Liu Ji, the first assistant. Your Majesty, I respectfully invite you to take a look!"

Emperor Hongzhi frowned: "According to the rules, if there is an excerpt from the seventh-rank censor, it should be given to the Secretary of the General Administration first, and then the Secretary of the General Administration will forward it to me."

Tang Nai said: "Your Majesty, I dare not give it to the Secretary of the General Administration. In order to prevent the minister from handing over this joint letter, someone sent people to set fire to the humble house last night."

"Some people do not hesitate to take risks in order to keep their official positions. I am afraid that if I hand over the papers to the Tongzheng Secretary, he will put all his eggs in one basket and send someone to burn the Tongzheng Secretary's office."

Tang Nai's words imply that Liu Ji is behind the arson.

This seems to be a lice on Aunt Taishan's buttocks, it's obvious.Just as Tang Nai was about to publish a joint booklet on Liu Ji, his house was on fire?

Who else could it be if Liu Ji sent people to set the fire?
At this moment, the censor and the people in the matter are attacking together.

"My Majesty, thanks to Tang Yushi's luck. Otherwise, he would have been martyred for impeaching mediocrity!"

"He is not a mediocre, but a traitor. Powerful traitors, treacherous traitors!"

"The emperor wants to make decisions for Tang Yushi! Otherwise, who would dare to break the word in the future?"

"The emperor should immediately remove Liu Ji from his post, and have the Sanfa Division, Dongchang, and Jinyiwei hold a joint trial to investigate the crimes he has committed over the years!"

Liu Ji had an innocent expression on his face.In desperation, he shouted: "Everyone, I didn't do it! I really didn't do it! I'm not a robber who robs houses and sets them on fire every now and then!"

Tang Nai sneered, "If you want others to know, you must do nothing yourself!"

Emperor Hongzhi said: "That's enough! I will read your notes carefully."

"As for the arson case. Where is the wind?"

Chang Feng left the shift: "The minister is here."

Emperor Hongzhi said: "I have just decreed that the annual holiday will be changed from New Year's Eve to the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. There are still three days until New Year's Eve. You are given three days to find out the real culprit of the arson case."

Chang Feng cupped his hands: "The minister leads the order."

Tang Nai put his nose on his face a little bit: "Dare to ask the emperor, when will Zhu Zhu reply to the joint impeachment papers?"

Emperor Hongzhi said: "As for the impeachment case involving the chief minister of the current dynasty, I will naturally verify it carefully. We will talk about it after a year."

Tang Nai said: "Please reply within three days!"

Emperor Hongzhi was dumbfounded: Why did someone teach me how to do things again?

A seventh-rank censor dared to ask the emperor to do things within a time limit.Daming did not have Liang Jingru.Those who gave Tang Nai courage were more than 100 speech officials, academic officials, and new scholars behind him.

Today's emperor should be a virtuous king.Looking at the history books, which virtuous emperor would punish his ministers for their loyal words and outspoken advice?Besides, the law does not blame the public!
In a word, Tang Nai has the word "Li" on his head!
Emperor Hongzhi suppressed his anger: "Find out the arson case first, and then I will reply."

"If the arson case was really done by Liu Ji's people, I will add the crime of instigating gangsters to set the fire and murdering the official censor in my Zhu Zhu's reply."

Liu Ji held his breath and shouted: "Your Majesty, the old minister has been wronged!"

Emperor Hongzhi ignored Liu Ji.Instead, he told Chang Feng: "Remember, the limit is three days."

Chang Feng said: "Yes, the minister received the order."

After leaving the court.Chang Feng came directly to the burned courtyard.

Fatty Xu is leading the captain and Lishi to search for clues in the ruins.

Seeing Chang Feng coming, Fatty Xu came over: "Master Chang, this fire is really clean. If there are any clues, it might be gone."

Chang Feng said: "The emperor has just issued an order. He ordered us to find the arsonist within three days."

Fatty Xu said: "In my opinion, we shouldn't waste our time on checking the ruins."

Chang Feng asked: "What do you mean? How should we investigate?"

Fatty Xu said: "It's simple. Just check Liu Ji! Who can burn down Yushi's house in idleness? It must be Liu Ji!"

"It was Tang Nai who contacted the spokesman to impeach him. Tang Nai also has the joint booklet."

"It must be that Liu Ji wants to come and finish everything!"

Chang Feng maintained his rationality: "Fatty, preconceptions are the most taboo when investigating a case. I still think that Liu Ji is not that stupid."

After finishing speaking, Chang Feng walked into the fire scene.He found that the strong smell of kerosene had not dissipated.

Kerosene?Isn't this a clue?

Chang Feng told Fatty Xu: "Go to the Fifth Army Battalion and ask Admiral Ye Guangye to come."

Fatty Xu said: "He's an admiral and military official now, I'm afraid I won't be able to invite him."

Chang Feng said: "It's okay. We still have some friendship with Admiral Ye. Just say that I bought him a drink."

Half an hour later, Ye Guang and Fatty Xu rode to the ruins.

Ye Guang got off his horse and said to Chang Feng, "You said you wanted to buy me a drink. But this is not a restaurant!"

Chang Feng cupped his hands: "The lower official has encountered a problem. Please come and solve the problem."

Ye Guang glanced at the ruins: "What problem? Tell me."

Chang Feng said: "Admiral Ye is famous in the army for being good at setting fires. Will you pour oil on fire?"

Ye Guang said with a smile: "If you talk about setting fire, you're asking an expert! I'm good at setting fire."

"Back in Chenghua Liting, my brothers would bring dozens of barrels of kerosene wherever I went."

"Burn the Jurchen's camp, pour the fire oil on it and ignite it, the fire will start quickly."

Chang Feng asked: "Fire fire oil?"

Ye Guang nodded: "Yes. The fire oil is specially used in the military. It burns faster and longer than the soy fire oil used to light fires in rich households."

In ancient China, there was no gasoline or kerosene.But oil has been used.

Ye Guang said that fierce fire oil is oil.During the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the army had begun to use fierce fire oil to attack the city.

In the Ming Dynasty, there was even a weapon called "Fierce Fire Oil Tank" in the army, which could be called the Ming Dynasty version of the flamethrower.

Corresponding to fierce fire oil is soy fire oil.Soy oil is not oil, but a vegetable oil.It is used by wealthy households to start fires.

Chang Feng asked: "Do you smell this place, is it the smell of burning fire oil or soy fire oil?"

Ye Guang scolded with a smile: "You think of me as your dog called Huzi, don't you?"

Chang Feng couldn't laugh or cry: "How dare I!"

Ye Guang rubbed his nose: "It's the smell of burning oil. It's unmistakable."

Chang Feng asked: "Where can I find fierce fire oil in the capital?"

Ye Guangdao: "There are military arsenals in the city. There are many outside the city. Fengtai and Xishan have several garrison warehouses."

Chang Feng cupped his hands towards Ye Guang: "Admiral Ye, thank you."

Ye Guangdao: "Why, judging by what you mean, you didn't intend to invite me to drink. You asked Mr. Xu to lure me here, right?"

Chang Feng smiled and said, "I'm ashamed. I'm working on a criminal case. I need some advice from Admiral Ye."

Ye Guang said heartily: "It's okay. I owe you the wine first, and I will make it up when you finish your work."

After Ye Guang left, Fatty Xu said: "Could it be that Liu Ji ordered Qiu Bafang in the army to set the fire?"

"That's impossible to check. Just now Admiral Ye said that several garrisons in the suburbs of Beijing have fierce fire oil."

Chang Feng shook his head: "Think about it, Jiumen's interrogation is so strict. How could it be possible for people from outside the city to bring fierce fuel into Beijing?"

"The fire oil that burned this courtyard must have come from the arsenal of the Ministry of War. Let's go to the arsenal of the Ministry of War to check."

The two came to the Ministry of War.Chang Feng also had some friendship with Ma Wensheng, Minister of the Ministry of War.He went directly to the lobby of the Ministry of War, found Ma Wensheng and explained his purpose.

Ma Wensheng said: "I want to meet some side generals who are returning to Beijing to report on their duties. I can't accompany you to the arsenal. Sun Langzhong, you can accompany Chang Qianhu to the arsenal."

There are four divisions under the Ministry of War, namely, the staff division, the vehicle driving division, the military selection division, and the arsenal division.The highest official of each division is a doctor.

There is a saying that "Arsenal, arsenal, leisure and wealth".

Sun Langzhong is a first-class fat job.

He led Chang Feng and Fatty Xu to the arsenal.

The arsenal of the Ministry of War is eight hundred feet from north to south, and six hundred feet from east to west.There are 10 large warehouses and [-] small warehouses.The ordnance stored in the warehouse is enough to arm [-] people.

Chang Feng asked, "Where is the warehouse for storing fierce oil?"

Sun Langzhong said: "Please follow me."

The three came to Menghuo Oil Depot.

Sun Langzhong introduced: "There are more than 500 barrels of fierce oil here."

Chang Feng asked: "How many people guard the oil depot?"

Sun Langzhong replied: "A soldier of the general flag team."

A general flag team is 50 people.

Chang Feng nodded: "Can you gather them together?"

Sun Langzhong's complexion changed: "This."

Chang Feng said with a smile: "I know, a general flag team has to eat up the vacancies of more than 20 people. It doesn't matter. We are not here to check the vacancies."

"Among the soldiers guarding the oil depot, someone may be involved in the Qin case."

Sun Langzhong heaved a sigh of relief when he heard this, as long as he didn't check the empty quota, it would be fine.

He ordered the Kurds to assemble.

Chang Feng roughly counted the number of Kubing soldiers, there were twenty in total.Heart said: Mr. Sun is dark enough.Fifty posts, he took a full thirty vacancies.

Twenty Ku soldiers stood in front of Chang Feng.

Chang Feng walked past them one by one, and then shouted: "Don't think I don't know!"

Be it Jin Yiwei or the Ministry of Criminal Justice, the phrase "don't think I don't know" when asking the case is a panacea for fraudulent confession.

The thief will feel guilty when he hears this sentence.

Chang Feng is marked with three poles if there are dates or not.What if the arsonist is among the Kurdish soldiers?

After shouting this sentence, he carefully observed the expressions of the soldiers in the warehouse.

One of the Kubing was in his forties, his eyes flickered when he heard this, and a trace of panic flashed on his face.

Chang Feng noticed it immediately.

He walked up to the Kubing, and almost put his face on the Kubing's.

Chang Feng yelled at the man again: "Don't think I don't know!"

The Ku Bing asked tremblingly, "My lord, what does your lord know?"

Chang Feng pointed to the oil depot: "What do you think?"

After speaking, Chang Feng glanced at Fatty Xu at the side.

Fatty Xu understood: "Oh. I haven't given the criminal a severe punishment for more than a month. My hands are very itchy!"

"Last time, I took a red-hot iron and pressed it directly on the criminal's lower body to make a red-hot human whip! Hey, I still remember the painful expression of the criminal when he was tortured."

Chang Feng smiled slightly: "Today you can play music again. Guess what kind of expression this man will show in pain if he asks you to make a braised human whip?"

Fatty Xu said: "If you drag it back to the prison, you will know if you are sentenced? Brother, let's go. Let's go to Fusi prison in Beizhen."

The Kubing soldier knelt down to Chang Feng and Fatty Xu: "My lords, please spare me! All the errands in Beijing know that if you enter Beizhen Fusi Prison, you will have to peel off your skin if you don't die."

"I didn't do anything out of the ordinary. I just stole two barrels of fierce oil and sold them."

"People on the arsenal side rely on the arsenal to eat the arsenal."

Sun Langzhong scolded at the side: "What nonsense are you talking about? My hands and feet are not clean, and I falsely claim that the robes here in the arsenal are the same as yours."

Chang Feng smiled and said, "Just admit it! What's your name?"

Ku Bing replied, "My name is Hu Siqi."

Chang Feng said: "Hu Siqi. It's best not to lie in front of Jin Yiwei. Whatever I ask, you answer."

Hu Siqi nodded: "Yes."

Chang Feng asked: "You said you stole two barrels of fierce oil? When did you steal it? What did you steal it for?"

Hu Siqi replied: "It was stolen two months ago. It was stolen and sold. It was sold for five taels of silver."

Chang Feng asked: "Who did you sell it to?"

Hu Siqi's answer made Chang Feng frowned: "I sold it to Nine Girls in Xiangxi Lane."

Fatty Xu said from the side: "Why is that little Lang Hoof involved again?"

Chang Feng began to rejoice that he had been restraining his desires all the time, and it was right not to sleep with Nine Girls.She was always involved in the Qin case.

Chang Feng asked another question: "Hu Siqi, where were you last night? What did you do?"

Hu Siqi said: "I played dice at home with seven or eight brothers in the same warehouse. They can all testify for me."

Chang Feng nodded.He said to Sun Langzhong: "This person is handed over to you. Let's go first."

Chang Feng and Fatty Xu rushed to Xiangxi Lane without stopping.After checking for a day, it was already dusk.

When Miss Jiu saw the two, she still said in that frivolous tone: "Oh, my dear elder brother. Do you miss my younger sister again?"

Fatty Xu smiled slyly: "Yes, yes, yes, brother fat misses you."

Nine Girls gave Fatty Xu a blank look: "I'm talking about my elder brother Chang. What does it have to do with you?"

Fatty Xu said: "I know you want to hook up with someone from Jinyiwei as a backer. Now I am also the dignified deputy Qianhu, and I am also the son of the Duke!"

"Why do you always miss Master Chang? Why can't you hook up with me?"

Nine Girls gave Fatty Xu a blank look: "I don't like fat people with three chins."

Fatty Xu scolded: "What's wrong with Fatty? Fatty didn't eat your rice!"

Chang Feng waved his hand: "Fatty, stop talking nonsense. Miss Jiu, you are involved in the Qin case."

Nine Girls were taken aback for a moment: "The Qin case?"

Chang Feng said: "Did you take two barrels of kerosene stolen by a soldier named Hu Siqi from the arsenal of the Ministry of War two months ago?"

Nine Girls said: "I have to check the account books. I have received too many top-notch goods, and I can't remember them clearly. But the things that flow out of the arsenal, I am the only one in the entire capital who dares to accept them."

Nine girls entered the main room.After a while, he took out the account book.She looked through it carefully: "I found it. Two barrels of fierce fire oil were indeed collected two months ago, and it cost five taels of silver."

"The seller is a warehouse soldier from the Arsenal. I remembered, is that man in his forties? He looks like a mouse?"

"Hmph, if you sell things, you sell things. Stare at me with a pair of thieves' eyes, and eat my old lady's tofu with your eyes. You don't even piss to take care of yourself."

Chang Feng asked: "What happened after you received the fierce oil? Who did you sell it to?"

Nine Girls looked at the account book again: "Sold to Yuji Charcoal Shop."

The charcoal shops in the capital not only sell charcoal, but also firewood and fire oil for making charcoal.

It is better to use fierce fire oil to ignite charcoal than soy fire oil.Naturally, there is no need to worry about selling.

Chang Feng asked: "Where is this Yu Ji charcoal shop?"

Nine Girls replied: "I remember being on Deyue Street."

After hearing this, Chang Feng turned around and left.

Nine Girls shouted from behind: "Oh, Brother Chang, can't you chat with me a little longer? Have a cup of tea before leaving!"

(End of this chapter)