After the whole family was swept away, I lay down flat

Chapter 173 Inside Information
While Hai Xiya was talking to Mr. and Mrs. Ma, Haitang was also talking to his brother Hai Jiao in the east wing.

She told her brother what she heard about the Zhou family's three-bedroom gossip today, and lamented the complexity of her aunt's and husband's family.She also mentioned that Zhou Ma's confidant maid Caijuan did have a sister named Cailuo.She later asked Putao. Cailuo was two years younger than Caijuan. She had just become a maid in Zhou Ma's main house last year. Currently, she was only responsible for combing hair, ironing clothes, serving tea and pouring water.Calculating the time, this Cailuo should be the pretty maid who looked like Caijuan that Haijiao had seen in front of the gate of Zhou's third room in his previous life.

I just don’t know who the young man Cailuo was serving at that time was?
Hai Jiao silently listened to the information his sister heard, and also told her the latest situation he had learned about.

Lao Zhangtou failed to find the escaped young killer and his helper, but some clues were found from the arrows left by the latter.That kind of arrow is produced by the bow and arrow workshop under Chang'an Qianwei. The metal used for the arrowhead has a unique formula and is bluish in color, making it difficult for others to imitate.Currently in Chang'an, this kind of arrow is only available to the old marshal and a few major generals of the Zhenguo Palace, a few military generals who married the direct daughters of the Zhou family, and the senior generals of the Five Guards of Chang'an.

There will be no more than 50 people at all times.

Although this number is not small, more than half of them are currently not in Chang'an. Excluding a few gray-haired veterans and those whose physical characteristics clearly do not match the masked man, there are only about ten people left. indivual.But Lao Zhangtou didn't spend too much energy to check.After he reported the matter to the old military advisor, the two of them became suspicious of Du Boqin.

Du Boqin is not only the owner of the Du family's village, he also bears unshirkable responsibility for the killer hiding in his village.He is also the commander of Chang'an Vanguard. The special arrows produced in Chang'an Vanguard's bow and arrow workshop can only be taken by others in a prescribed number every year. But he can take as many as he wants. It is said that even his deputy You can also use this special arrow with your own soldiers or close to water and towers.

This kind of arrow is light and fast, can be shot far without a strong bow, and has strong lethality. They like it more than other arrows.After getting used to using this kind of good arrow, the people around Du Boqin no longer looked down on other arrows.

Even if Du Boqin used the relative proliferation of such arrows to defend himself, the old military advisor and Lao Zhangtou still considered him the most suspicious.Because most people would not casually pick up such a small number of special arrows to do shady things. Only the personal guards around Du Boqin would not take it seriously because they were used to using this kind of arrows.

Since those who serve as queens for the young killer can live in the Du family village for so long under the guise of being relatives of the Du family's concubines, then why can't the people who come to rescue the young killer be Du Boqin's soldiers?
As soon as Dubchin was suspected, some clues became obvious.

Lao Zhangtou and the others failed to find the young killer and his accomplices in a town with thousands of people, but there was a summer residence of Du Boqin's family in that town.The villa is located on the edge of the town. It was the dowry of his deceased wife. Now there is only one room left for family members to guard, but it is not the companion room she was used to during her lifetime.When Lao Zhangtou was searching the town, he also considered that the house was owned by the same owner as the Du family village, and that it might be used by killers. It also happened to be the dowry of the daughter of the Zhou family, so he wanted to go in and search, but was stopped by the gatekeeper. Refused.

The gatekeeper claimed that he did not dare to let anyone into the other courtyard without the owner's permission.

But Lao Zhangtou found the footprints left by the suspected young killer near the back door of their courtyard.

His attitude suddenly hardened.

The gatekeeper was afraid that he would force his way in, so he relaxed and said that he could go into the city immediately to ask for permission from the master's family, and then drove away in a carriage.Two hours later, he drove back alone and opened the door to let Lao Zhangtou and the others into the other courtyard.Lao Zhangtou didn't find anything, and he thought the young killer just happened to pass by the back door of this villa.But now that I think about it, there are flaws everywhere.

When the caretaker and his wife drove away, the curtains of the carriage were tightly sealed. Was there anyone else in the car?

Lao Zhangtou regretted not secretly opening the car curtain and taking a look inside.However, since they failed to catch the current situation, there is no point in regretting it now. They can only try to ask people to find out where the carriage passed and where it stopped along the way, and then try to find out from these clues where it was. The possible direction of the young killer and his accomplices' escape - they can't hide in Du's house, right?The old military advisor has personally gone to the Duke of Zhen's mansion and reported the clues he found to the Duke of Zhen, Marshal Zhou Shiding.If they want to investigate the soldiers under the Chang'an vanguard commander, they must first obtain the support of Marshal Zhou.

As for what Marshal Zhou will do next, Hai Jiao still doesn’t know yet.After the old military advisor entered the Zhenguo Duke's mansion, he stayed overnight in the mansion without sending back any follow-up news.

And tomorrow, Hai Jiao will accompany his grandparents to the third room of the Zhou family. It is estimated that it will be difficult to get approval from the old military advisor in the first time.

In addition, the prefect's Yamen also made new progress in investigating the seven killers who were caught.

The one who survived was said to have been heavily protected. No one who was not a close confidant of the prefect could know where he was being held. Even the doctor responsible for treating his injuries had to temporarily live in the government office and was not allowed to have contact with outsiders. .There is news that he is now scared and angry, but still refuses to reveal where his group came from and who ordered them to come to Chang'an to commit murder.However, Magistrate Huang seemed to feel that he could not hold on for long and would speak soon.

As for the six dead people, one of them was recognized by a veteran policeman. He was a fugitive who had committed crimes in Chang'an. He had seven or eight lives in his hands. He was very cruel.The Chang'an government office had sent out documents to the sea for a long time. Someone once reported that they had met him in the capital, but the Chang'an government office went to Jingzhao Prefecture, but they never got a reply.

When the former prefect of Chang'an went to Beijing to report on his duties one year, he met a classmate who was working in Jingzhao Prefecture and asked him about it. The other party whispered to him that this person had defected to the powerful and became a dead soldier under the nobles, and told him not to ask any more questions. Okay, just treat this person as dead.After that, the fugitive document of the Chang'an government office recorded this person as "dead" and no longer issued arrest documents.If the head catcher who had participated in the search for this man was not still in office, no one would have been able to identify his body.

There are also officers in the Chang'an Mansion Yamen who went to Beijing to report on their duties with the former magistrate. They said that the magistrate's classmate who was working in Jingzhao Mansion at that time revealed that the powerful man who the fugitive defected to had a mother and a prince in his family. He had great power and no one in the world. Dare to provoke.

After that report, the former magistrate returned to Chang'an and served as magistrate for three years before he was promoted. Now Huang Magistrate takes over. Huang Magistrate has been in Chang'an for four years so far, and his six-year term will be completed the year after tomorrow.Counting the time, it was found that the previous magistrate came to Beijing to report on his duties seven years ago. At that time, the fifth prince born to Concubine Sun had not yet died, but Concubine Liu and her son had completely disappeared, and there was no elder in the Liu family.Besides the Sun family, who else fits the description of that powerful person’s background?

The prefect's Yamen investigated this and determined that this group of killers might be related to Mr. Sun Ge.But why did Mr. Sun Ge be so cruel to the Jin family?How could he be offended by Jin Sen, a mere trivial official?

Although Magistrate Huang has always been an upright official, he couldn't help but hesitate when he found out about the old man in the court.What will be the result if the case is further investigated?He is still undecided, and may have to write to Beijing to discuss it with someone.

When Haitang heard this, he couldn't help but interrupt Hai Jiao: "Brother, these are the inside information of Chang'an government office, right? It is impossible for anyone who is not the confidant of the prefect to know. How do you know? The old military advisor told you Already?"

Hai Jiao smiled slightly: "I'm afraid the old military advisor doesn't know about this yet. I have my own way."

(End of this chapter)