Detective Di Renjie's legend of Wu Dynasty

Chapter 753
The Shanjin Bureau has been burned to a white ground, with ruined walls and piles of rubble everywhere.

At this time, the fire has been extinguished, and smoke billows from the ruins.

Nanya Forbidden Army used stretchers to carry the charred bones out of the fire.

Dozens of autopsy tables were laid out in front of the gate, and dozens of forensic workers were busy nervously.

The imperial guards carried the corpse out of the fire and put it here for inspection.

Di Renjie, Wang Mang, Li Yuanfang, and Zeng Tai walked into the gate of the Shanjin Bureau accompanied by Lu Zheng, the Minister of Internal Affairs.

Wang Mang looked around, only to see corpses everywhere and houses completely destroyed.

On the side, Lu, the internal servant, said to Di Renjie, "Old man, take a look, it's really a crime."

Since Shar Khan, the chief supervisor, the Shanjin Bureau has a total of 140 six members, and 190 Nanya defenders, a total of [-] six people, none of whom survived.

From Fan Zhufang to the back alley class room, sixteen fourteen houses and more than [-] houses were all burned down by fire. "

Di Renjie couldn't help sighing: "The Shanjin Bureau has been in operation since the Taizong Dynasty. It has been in operation for a hundred years. Who would have thought that it would be burnt down today? It's a catastrophe, it's a catastrophe..."

Wang Mang and Li Yuanfang looked at each other, and sighed: "It's such a pity for such a good charity bureau!"

Li Yuanfang nodded.

At this time, Di Renjie turned to Lu Zheng and asked, "Lord Lu, in your opinion, what is the cause of this fire?"

Lu Zheng replied: "Back to the old country, there are a lot of charcoal fires in the Shanjin Bureau. After a rough calculation, there are more than 40 fire pools for melting silver alone. From the point of view of humble staff, it must be that the pyrotechnics accidentally leaked a large amount of charcoal, causing If you touch something flammable, it will lead to disaster."

Di Renjie said, "You mean, the fire was an accident?"

Lu Zheng nodded and said: "Yes. The old man also knows that the Shanjin Bureau caught fire not once or twice. The two fires in the second year of Longshuo and the fourth year of Xianqing were caused by negligence in firework, which caused the fire to spread Therefore, the Shanjin Bureau was closed for a year."

Di Renjie nodded slowly: "That's right, I was the local official's servant at the time, and I allocated the funds for rebuilding the Shanjin Bureau back then."

Lu Zheng said with emotion: "Yes, Mr. Guo, this time the fire is even worse. It is impossible to rebuild it. I'm afraid it will be rebuilt."

Di Renjie nodded. While speaking, several people had arrived in front of Fan Zhufang. Looking around, they were surrounded by rubble and scorched earth, and the smoke was billowing.

Standing behind Di Renjie, Wang Mang took a deep breath and observed carefully.

Suddenly, a dark object among the rubble not far away caught Wang Mang's attention.

Wang Mang hurried over and took a closer look.

It is a piece of charred Futou.

Wang Mang bent down to pick it up and observed it carefully.

The fragment is the lining on the side of the Futou, and it can be vaguely seen that there are gold flowers and silver borders embroidered on it.

At this time, Zeng Tai who was on the side said: "Jing Yang, there are gold and silver embroidery on the head of this festoon, and it is an official festoon of the fourth rank."

Wang Mang murmured: "Could it be that this Futou belongs to Shar Khan?"

Zeng Tai nodded: "I'm afraid it is!"

Wang Mang looked at Di Renjie who was on the side, Di Renjie sighed and did not speak.

Suddenly, Li Yuanfang pointed not far away and said: "My lord, Jing Yang, look, what is that?"

Wang Mang and Di Renjie looked along his fingers, and saw a little golden light shining in the ruins not far away.

Di Renjie waved his hand, and several people walked forward quickly, Wang Mang took a closer look.

It turned out to be a gold waist card, and Wang Mang leaned over to pick it up. On the waist card was engraved: "I will be the chief supervisor, Shar Khan, and I will serve as a servant."

Wang Mang raised his head and handed the badge to Di Renjie who was beside him.

Di Renjie looked at it, then handed the badge to Lu Zheng who was beside him: "Master Lu, look at this."

Lu Zheng took the badge and took a closer look: "Guo Lao, this is the badge for entering and exiting the Shanjin Bureau produced by the Ministry of Internal Affairs. There is also one for low-ranking officials."

As he spoke, he untied the badge from his waist and handed it to Di Renjie.

Di Renjie took it over and took a look. Sure enough, the two waist cards were exactly the same, except that this one was engraved with Lu Zheng's official position and name.

Zeng Tai said: "It looks like Shar Khan was buried in the flames."

Li Yuanfang nodded: "It's a pity that this master of gold and silverware died so unexplainably. It's really a pity."

Wang Mang sighed: "It seems that Shar Khan is really dead!"

Di Renjie sighed and nodded, and continued walking forward.

At this time, two soldiers facing him walked past Di Renjie carrying a pair of charred bones.

Di Renjie turned around as if he had discovered something and said, "Wait!"

The two sergeants hurriedly stopped in their tracks.

Di Renjie walked to the stretcher and carefully observed the charred bones. After a long time, he raised his head and thought quietly.

Wang Mang, Zeng Tai and Li Yuanfang looked at each other and asked softly, "My lord, what did you find?"

Di Renjie said thoughtfully: "People who are burned to death by the fire usually die by being suffocated by thick smoke first, and then burned by the fire. There are two ways of dying. The whole body was burned to ashes.

The second type is burnt to charcoal appearance. Although the face is beyond recognition and the body is shrunk, it can be seen that the human form. "

Zeng Tai nodded and said, "Not bad."

Di Renjie pointed to the corpse in front of him and said: "But look at this corpse, there is only a pair of white bones left, and you can't even see the human form. Fire is not poison and has no corrosive effect. How can it burn human flesh?" Gone, leaving only clean bones?"

Wang Mang stepped forward and said, "That's right. Normally, if the meat is gone, the bones will be reduced to ashes."

Zeng Tai suddenly said: "Master, what you said is really true. The corpses in the ruins seem to be like this."

Di Renjie nodded slowly: "That's right. The people in the Shanjin Bureau seem to be turned into bones first, and then burned by the flames."

Wang Mang, Li Yuanfang and Zeng Tai looked at each other: "This matter is indeed a bit strange."

Di Renjie walked up the steps slowly, and among the ruins, several black and bent steel knives came into view.

Di Renjie walked over quickly, picked up one and looked at it carefully, then handed the steel knife in his hand to Wang Mang and said, "Jing Yang, Yuan Fang, take a look at this knife."

Wang Mang took the steel knife and looked at it: "My lord, this is the Qingsteel waist knife uniformly distributed by the Sixteen Guards."

Di Renjie nodded: "In other words, this knife should belong to the Nanya Forbidden Army guarding the Shanjin Bureau."

Wang Mang and Li Yuanfang looked at each other, they nodded and said, "Exactly."

Di Renjie turned to Lu Zheng beside him and asked, "Lord Lu, usually, where should the imperial guards guarding the Shanjin Bureau be on duty?"

Lu Zheng said, "It's outside the gate of Shanjin Bureau."

Di Renjie nodded: "We should be standing in front of Fan Zhufang, right?"

Lu Zheng said, "Exactly."

Di Renjie nodded, pointed to the gate of Shanjin Bureau, and said to everyone: "This is it. Take a look, the gate of Shanjin Bureau is a stone's throw away from Fan Zhufang.

Mr. Lu just said that the imperial guards are on duty outside the gate of the Shanjin Bureau. If so, how could their waist knives appear in front of Fan Zhufang's gate? "

Li Yuanfang was stunned: "This..."

Wang Mang looked at the knife in his hand thoughtfully.

　Preview of the next chapter: What else will Wang Mang, Di Renjie and others find at the scene?Stay tuned!
　　
　
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