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Chapter 670 Di Renjie’s Case (4)

"Master Di may have misunderstood it. With so many incomplete arrows, how can we conclude that it must be a self-made crossbow? It's too far-fetched, isn't it?"

After all, Li Chen is not an ordinary person, at least he is quick-witted, and he is not so stupid as to admit it on the spot. After rolling his eyes, he asked back with a half-smile.

"It's very simple. The arrows of bows have big arrows, while the arrows of crossbows have small arrows. This is one. The second is that the arrows of bows are long, but the arrows of crossbows are short. Lord Shangdang, how about the length of these arrows? "

Not afraid of Li Chen's counterattack, Di Renjiesi casually took out a relatively intact arrow from several broken arrows, handed it to Li Chen, and confidently listed three reasons.

"Hehe, Mr. Di has good eyesight. This may be the authenticity of the crossbow, but it cannot be said that it is a strong crossbow made by the government and the army. You must know that although the court ban is strict, it can be repeated repeatedly. The people still have crossbows. Those thieves It makes sense to have a few crossbows to rely on if you dare to act recklessly."

Facing the evidence, Li Chen could not insist that these incomplete arrows were not crossbow bolts, but he would never admit that these crossbow bolts were made from self-made strong crossbows, so he did not hesitate to talk nonsense about it.

"Shangdanggong's words are reasonable, but they are inadvertently applied here. As far as Di Mou knows, all the crossbows of our dynasty are custom-made, and the materials received by the craftsmen in each field must be accounted for, regardless of finished products or defective ones. There are no exceptions. For the sake of counting, every hundred craftsmen will engrave a number on the shaft of the arrow. There is a mark on the shaft, and the word "Wang San" can be discerned. It should be the craftsman surnamed Wang. For the [-]th arrow made, you only need to go to the arrow making workshop to find out the root cause!"

Di Renjie patiently listened to Li Chen's sophistry, but he was not moved by it. With a slight smile, he turned the shaft of the arrow over, pointed to the two blurred small characters on the shaft, and easily shot the arrow. Li Chen's sophistry refuted and went back.

"This...hehe, what Master Di said is quite reasonable, but there is no guarantee that the crossbow bolts were not stolen from the workshop by thieves. After all."

Although the loss of supplies in the army is also a crime, but after all, the crime is minor. At most, it is nothing more than being reprimanded by the court. But instructing the state army to attack the post at night is a capital crime. Li Chen will not know how serious it is. Ken lets go.

"Well, it's really worth checking. With such a big fire, all the arrows should have been exhausted, but there are still more than a dozen leftovers, which shows that there are so many crossbow arrows shot into the post at that time, there must be nearly a thousand. Such a large number is astonishing."

Knowing that Li Chen was playing tricks in every possible way, Di Renjie didn't point it out on the spot, but nodded thoughtfully, and said with a half-smile.

"It should be investigated, it should be investigated, hehe, Lord Di, don't worry, the next official will make a thorough investigation when he comes back."

Nearly a thousand crossbow arrows means that there are at least a hundred strong crossbows. This number is astonishing. If you want to use the excuse of losing the workshop to explain it, it will obviously not work. Li Chen is not stupid, so he can hear it. Seeing the implication in Di Renjie's words, his face immediately turned pale, but he didn't dare to make any more excuses, so he could only nod his head in embarrassment, and replied with a dry smile.

"That's work."

Di Renjie obviously didn't mean to break faces with Li Chen on the spot, but just thanked with a smile, and stopped entangled in the matter, and didn't care what Li Chen's expression was, and strode towards the operators who had finished the on-site investigation past.

"Master Di."

The group of writers who were gathering together to discuss privately saw Di Renjie approaching, they stopped discussing in a hurry, and stood each other with bows, but a middle-aged writer rushed forward, and this person immediately It was Qiao Santai, a master fighter who was specially transferred by Di Renjie from the Ministry of Criminal Justice.

"You don't need to be too polite, can you find anything?"

As soon as Di Renjie raised his hand, he stopped Qiao Santai's greeting, and asked calmly.

"Returning to my lord, after many days, the scene has been destroyed by man-made, and it is difficult to restore the scene at the time of the incident. The subordinates can only draw some superficial clues."

Although Qiao Santai is only 35 or 1 years old, he has learned from his father's martial art skills since he was a child, and his qualifications in the martial arts industry are extremely deep. He is known as the No. [-] martial artist in the Criminal Ministry. Li Chen, behind him, didn't have too many scruples, and immediately explained that the wreckage here was the result of artificial arrangement.

"Oh? Let's talk about it then."

Di Renjie himself is proficient in martial arts, so he naturally knows that this scene has been tampered with several times. The reason why he found those crossbow arrows earlier is not only because of his careful search, but also because of luck. Di Renjie was not at all surprised by Qiao Santai's words, but just said calmly, and immediately signaled Qiao Santai to continue.

"No, according to the traces left on the scene, the fire in this station started from the inside to the outside. There are at least three fires, and the fire spread very fast. The frightened people in the station seemed to rush towards the front yard in a panic, but The gate of the courtyard was heavily attacked by thieves, leaving several places with smelly blood and mud on the scene. In addition, someone should have tried to break out from the high wall on the west, but was intercepted by the enemy's random arrows. There were more than a dozen deep holes made by arrows, but no arrows were found, and they were obviously taken away; third, the remnants of the floor tiles at the survey site were corrugated, with different depths, and it was suspected that there was a second overfire .”

Even though the scene had been artificially destroyed, in the eyes of an insider like Qiao Santai, there were still not many secrets that could be hidden. With his analysis layer by layer, the truth was almost revealed.

"Going too far for the second time? Can Mr. Shangdang explain this?"

Di Renjie already knew the truth of the matter, so he could trust Qiao Santai's analysis, so he frowned, looked at Li Chen with a gloomy face, and questioned in a questioning tone.

"This, this... This shouldn't be the case. Ah, maybe the thief was afraid that the fire would not be complete enough, and maybe the fire was ignited from the outside again. Well, that should be the case."

As soon as Di Renjie asked about this matter, Li Chen immediately panicked. The reason is very simple. He ordered the second arson to completely destroy the whole scene. Surprised and frightened by Qiao Santai's discovery, his tongue immediately tied up, and after hemming and hawing for a while, he cleverly gave an explanation full of loopholes.

"Mr. Shangdang's words are wrong. You should know that floor tiles are refractory. If they are completely burned at once, they will hardly be damaged. There will never be wavy burn marks on them. At most, they will be black. Only after burning and cooling After another fire, there will be such wavy burn marks, and there is no doubt that at least half a day has passed between the two fires."

Li Chen's lie was really too low-level, he was talking nonsense with his eyes open. Qiao Santai didn't have the slightest affection for him, so he unceremoniously exposed his words on the spot.

"Ah, there is such a thing? Hehe, this is the first time I have heard of it. Hehe, I was not present that day, so we need to investigate further. Master Di, it's getting late, you should go first Back to the city?"

The lie was exposed on the spot, and Li Chen immediately lost face, but he couldn't force his words at the moment, let alone get mad, so he could only make a few extremely ugly laughs with a cheeky face, which was perfunctory. After a few words, he urged Di Renjie to return to the city.

"Forget it, the left and right sides have already finished their surveys, so it's better to go back to the city first."

Regarding Li Chen's proposal, Di Renjie didn't agree immediately, but looked at Li Chen meaningfully, until Li Chen lowered his head in panic, then he laughed and nodded in agreement.

"Okay, okay, okay, Lord Di, please!"

After some on-site inspections, Li Chen was exhausted several times. He was already tired, bored and panicked. He didn't want to stay in this poor place any longer. Hearing that Di Renjie was finally willing to withdraw, he immediately let go Impressively, he hurriedly made a "please" gesture, and let Di Renjie into the carriage very courteously. After a while, the number of carriages rushed to Shangdang City under the protection of a group of cavalry. The messy wreckage left on the ground is as ugly as the abscess on the ground, as if silently describing the tragic scene that happened a few days ago... "Trash, why don't you die, bastard, that's it!" Little things made you do this, trash, complete trash, you, you, you..."

Li Chenyi sent Di Renjie and others back to the other courtyard with ghosts in his heart, and rushed back to the governor's mansion. He found his father in the study. The situation at the scene was reported, and what they got in exchange was naturally not Li Yuanjia's praise for his kind words, but a whole lot of scolding.

"Father, calm down, father, please die, the child deserves to die, the child deserves to die, but now that the incident has happened, please ask the father to make up his mind, if, if this matter gets stabbed in the court, then, then..."

What Li Chen was most afraid of was his old father. When Li Yuanjia got so angry, Li Chen's face turned green immediately, and he fell to his knees in haste, pleading sympathetically.

"Hey, more success than failure. I'm talking about a person like you. As a father, one day I will be dragged down to death by a fool like you!"

Looking at the shivering young son kneeling on the ground, Li Yuanjia was so out of breath, he smiled wryly and shook his head, feeling helpless.

"Father, please calm down. There are thousands of mistakes, all of which are the fault of the child. Now that the matter has come to an end, please return to the father..."

Li Chen was really wronged. He tried hard to persuade Li Yuanjia not to participate in this impeachment case, but it was a pity that Li Yuanjia refused to listen. He also served as a punching bag and a scapegoat for no reason. There is really nothing to say about it.

"Shut up, get out, go prepare the frame, and go to another courtyard with Gu!"

Li Yuanjia was really too lazy to listen to Li Chen's nonsense, and before he finished speaking, he stomped his feet resentfully and cursed in extreme annoyance.

"Ah, yes, yes, yes..."

Hearing his old father's order, Li Chen breathed a sigh of relief for no reason, didn't dare to ask any more questions, got up, and rushed out of the study as if fleeing in a flash.

(End of this chapter)