The clues about the arson of the Datong grassland, Lu Ji did not hesitate, and went out with people.

In addition to arresting Wang Qi, he also had to find a way to block the small courtyard pointed out by Wang Er and find clues from it, so Gu Qian notified Zheng Zhen and others in time, and after Lu Ji captured Wang Qi, a team of officers and soldiers also surrounded the small courtyard that had stored fire oil and bows and arrows.

"Search for me!" Zheng Zhen shouted as he sat on his horse.

Everyone didn't dare to slack off, holding torches, and turned the small courtyard upside down.

"My lord, there is no oil in this yard!" After rummaging for a long time, he found nothing, and some of the family members hurriedly ran out to return.

"No oil oil?" Zheng Zhen's face sank, and he turned his head to look at Gu Qian, who was stamping his feet from the cold, "Lord Gu, is there a mistake in the intelligence?"

"This ......" This is Lu Ji's trial, there should be no fake, but there is no evidence in the courtyard, it is indeed very delayed, Gu Qian's eyes rolled, and he arched his hand, "General Zheng, it has been at least half a month since Wang Er set the fire, he went out of Datong City to avoid the limelight, and only came back two days ago, did someone transfer the fire oil and other things during this period?"

Zheng Zhen stroked his beard and fell into deep thought, obviously Gu Qian's words still have a certain amount of truth, after all, their house caught fire in the front, and the Datong grassland caught fire in the back, during this period, it is possible for someone to transfer the materials, or directly transport this batch of fire oil to the vicinity of the grassland.

The more he thought about it, the more he felt that there was such a possibility, Zheng Zhen ordered the remaining soldiers to continue the search, and he took Gu Qian and the others back to the general's mansion.

It didn't take much effort to arrest Wang Qi, Wang Chong, a petty official who transported grain, how could he dare to compete with a court eagle dog like Jinyiwei, after hearing that his son was implicated in the Datong grassland arson case, Lord Wang was so frightened that he almost fainted.

Wang Qi was mentioned to the General's Mansion by Jinyiwei in this way, and after such a big incident, Zheng Zhen didn't sleep anymore, so he sat in the hall and waited for the news, Gu Qian held his hand and accompanied him, and he was secretly curious about what Lu Ji could judge.

"My lord, I have been wronged!" Wang Qi was hung on the torture rack, crying with a handful of snot and tears.

Lu Ji looked at him coldly, and asked in a deep voice, "The third courtyard on the left of Jiuxiang Hutong in the west of the city is your property, right?"

"It's not me, it's not me!"

"Is there any fire oil stored in the yard?"

"Of course not!"

"Since it's not yours, how do you know if there's any fire oil in it?"

"I, I guess ......," Wang Qi said embarrassedly, "fire oil is a prohibited item, how dare ordinary people store this." ”

"Then where did you get the oil for Wang Er?"

"This ......"

"Speak quickly!" the lieutenant next to him knocked the whip in his hand and threatened with a tiger face.

Looking at the long whip stained with salt water, Wang Qi trembled unconsciously, he was a pampered son, where had he seen such a formation, he wanted to resist at first, but what kind of person is Jinyiwei, his methods are ruthless, and his cool methods are ruthless, he can really suck the dead alive and toss the living to death.

Wang Qicai was hung from the torture rack after shouting a few words, and a few whips were drawn, and the hard energy in his heart had been discharged.

"Don't want to say?" Lu Ji raised his eyebrows and glanced at the captain lightly.

As soon as the captain was excited, he shook his hand and pumped it at Wang Qi.

"Don't fight, don't fight, I just say it. A whip went down, stacked on the previous whip marks, the skin was not broken, but a finger-wide red mark floated up, Wang Qi screamed in pain, and said in a wailing voice, "The oil and oil were given to me by Zhu Chongyao." ”

"Zhu Chongyao?" Lu Ji frowned slightly, and said coldly, "You're not mistaken, right? Zhu Chongyao is a relative of the emperor and the general of the country, how can he follow you to mess around?"

"It's true!" Seeing that the whip was about to be pulled down, Wang Qi hurriedly said sharply, "It was really given to me by him, just to teach a lesson to Gu Yushi who participated in his performance!"

"So, it's a personal grudge?"

"Yes, yes, yes. Wang Qi echoed.

"Then how much oil did Zhu Chongyao give you?"

"This ......"

"Huh?" Lu Ji raised his eyebrows, and the captain's whip immediately followed, Wang Qi was whipped and screamed, so he could only bite the bullet and say, "Three buckets, three buckets!"

"Vat or keg?"

"Vask, Vat ......"

"How did you get it? What happened to the bow and arrows, and how did you get the crossbow?"

Once Wang Qi's mouth was pried open, this guy really had something to say, and quickly shook out the fact that Zhu Chongyao brought fire oil to teach Gu Qian a lesson. But when he asked about the bow and arrow and the military crossbow again, he was a little at a loss, after all, he hadn't been to that small courtyard in person, but he just sent the housekeeper at home to take care of it, and he didn't know how many things Zhu Chongyao had transported.

In view of this, Lu Ji interrogated the housekeeper of the Wang family again.

The housekeeper saw that the little boy was beaten like that, and he didn't dare to hide it, and he said 1510, he just found a few ruffians on the street and set a fire to the Gu family according to the son's instructions, but the other things in the yard were not used. As for the remaining fire oil and other things, they had already been transferred on the day Wang Er and the others set the fire.

"Where did you transfer to?" Lu Ji asked in a deep voice.

"Just、I transferred to the first one at the mouth of the alley, the oil drum is very eye-catching, with the ability of the villain, it can't be transported far, so I can only rent the yard next door first, and wait for the wind to pass in the future, and then talk about the rest." ”

With the confession of Wang Qi and the housekeeper, Lu Ji hurriedly sent someone to check the situation in the other courtyards of Jiuxiang Hutong, at this time the sky was already dawning, after a night of fatigue, Jinyiwei finally reported, in the back cover room of the first house in Jiuxiang Hutong, a wooden barrel filled with fire oil was indeed found, but now the barrels are empty, and the military crossbow that Wang Er said has never been traced.

"That's right. After listening to the report of his subordinates, Lu Ji's fingers tapped on the handrail and sneered, "If the thing is still there, they can still clear the suspicion, but now that the thing is gone, who can say that it is not used in Datong grassland?"

This matter is indeed a handle, but only three barrels of fire oil, it would be good to be able to burn the Datong grassland, Yang Hewei and Hunyuan Wei so many grasslands, how can only three barrels of fire oil burn?

Sensing that there were deeper problems hidden in this, Lu Ji did not dare to delay, and presented the confessions of Wang Qi and the housekeeper to Zheng Zhen and asked him to make a decision.

"There was actually a general Fengguo who got involved?" Zheng Zhen looked at this confession, and his heart chuckled for a moment, you must know that it is not uncommon for ordinary people to commit treason these days, but there are not many relatives of the emperor who are holding back.

According to Wang Qi's confession, Zhu Chongyao is still the mastermind. After reading the confession, Gu Qian said with a solemn face.

This is an obvious fact, Zheng Zhen can't refute it, it's just that how to arrest Zhu Chongyao is a problem, after all, he is a royal prince, and he can't be arrested casually, but with such a big fanfare to arrest Wang Qi tonight, the news must have leaked.

What to do?

Several people looked at each other, Gu Qian was silent for a while and said, "Can you ask the acting king directly?"

"That's a way to do it. Zheng Zhen thought about it.

"However, what if the Acting Wangfu is also involved?" Lu Ji said coldly.

Zheng Zhen and Gu Qian were both frightened by his speculation, and Qi Qi turned his head to look at this Jinyi Wei Qianhu, who had always shown a cold face, although this speculation was very scary, but on the side of the side, the hands and feet of the acting king were indeed not very clean.

"I think we can try," Gu Qian muttered, "Now that Wang Qi has been arrested, if the news leaks quickly, then Zhu Chongyao will definitely prepare in advance, if it is related to the Acting King's Mansion, the Acting King will definitely shelter him, if it is not related, the Acting King will definitely push him out as soon as possible." ”

"That makes sense. Zheng Zhen nodded, if you want to arrest Zhu Chongyao, you will definitely not be able to go beyond the acting king, it is better to take the opportunity to test the attitude of the acting king's mansion, so as to analyze whether the acting king's mansion is involved in this serial fire case, after all, with only a small Zhu Chongyao, such a big situation cannot be arranged.

It was decided that Zheng Zhen would be responsible for writing and playing the imperial court, while Gu Qian and Lu Ji would partner and go to the king's mansion together.

"Drive, drive!" Gu Qian whipped his horse and urged the horse to run quickly.

Datong to Taiyuan is a few hundred miles away, if you follow Gu Qian's temperament, even if you ride a horse, you will go step by step, after all, he is a civil official, not a military general, but he does not have the ability to gallop thousands of miles. But this time, Lord Gu's luck was not good, and the same road was Jinyiwei, who was known for his fierceness.

Almost as soon as he got on the road, Gu Qian regretted it, didn't he just investigate the case? It didn't matter if he was going to run at this speed, he felt that he would be exhausted before he reached Taiyuan.

"Can't do it?" Lu Ji turned his head to look at him as he rode his horse.

As soon as Gu Qian grinned, a cold wind immediately choked in his mouth, choking on a few breaths of wind, Gu Qian couldn't even laugh.

"Take a break in the town ahead. The outline of a village and town could be seen in the distance, and Lu Ji ordered in a cold voice.

"Yes. ”

Maybe it was just because he discovered Gu Qian's weak chicken physique, and there was no lack of disgust on Lu Ji's face, I'm afraid that if Gu Qian hadn't dragged his feet, they would have ridden straight to Taiyuan City.

The group entered the tea shed, Gu Qian almost lay on the table, he had been in ancient times for so long, it was not that he couldn't ride a horse, but he didn't continue to rush in such a cold day, he really couldn't bear this kind of intensity.

asked for a pot of tea, a few bowls of soup cakes, and some calories, and when Gu Qian was thinking about whether he could rub it for a while, he saw that Lu Ji had already stood up with a horsewhip.

"Let's go?" Gu Qian said with a bitter face.

"If you don't leave, you'll miss the nightstay," Lu Ji glanced at him and said, "Do you want to sleep in the wild?"

Gu Qian shivered, living in the wild in the winter? His small body could not withstand such a severe test. I didn't want to eat and sleep in the open, so I continued to gallop on the horse, and when it was almost dark, Gu Qian wanted to find a rope to tie himself on the horse's back, tired, and my legs really hurt!

The thick clothes in winter can almost wear out the skin of the thighs, which shows how hard it is to send them on the road...... Gu Qian thought about it, this is beyond the scope of human beings, right?

It's dark, the north wind is howling, Gu Qian really doesn't want to leave, he is holding on with his spirit, he has already lost face, but don't finish the inside.

"I'm tired from a long day's walk, so let's go to the village in front of us to rest. Seeing that Gu Qian was about to fall off the horse, Lu Qianhu had no choice but to announce that this was the end of today.

Gu Qian didn't even have the strength to cheer, he turned his head to look at Gu Xiaojiu, who had been following him, and asked in a low voice, "Xiao Jiu, are you okay?"

"It's ok. Gu Xiaojiu was also so tired that he almost lay on the horse's neck, but he was young and had a good foundation, so when he arrived at the house where he was staying, he was already able to jump off the horse by himself.

As for Gu Qian and Master Gu, although he repeatedly said that he couldn't be embarrassed or embarrassed, he couldn't get off the horse because of leg pain, and in the end, he was helped off the horse by two captains.

"My lord, put on your legs. Gu Xiaojiu twisted the hot towel, planning to apply the redness and swelling of the roots of his legs to his adult.

"Alas," Gu Qian took the towel and sneered, "It's a joke today." ”

"My lord is arrogant again," Gu Xiaojiu sat on the edge of the kang and said with a smile, "It's already very good that you haven't complained about being tired after following the horse that has been running for a day, I heard those two lieutenants say that there are few civil officials who can endure hardships like you." ”

"Really?" who can not be happy when others praise them!

"Of course it's true. ”

Gu Qian's face bloomed, regardless of whether Gu Xiaojiu's words were true or not, this kid was trying to make himself happy. Applying a hot towel to the base of his legs, the moist and hot towel was attached to the red and swollen skin, Gu Qian couldn't help but snort.

"It hurts?"

"It's okay, sir, I'm fine. ”

The two of them chatted for a few words, and when Gu Qian's injury was not so uncomfortable, Gu Xiaojiu went out with the cold towel. The place where I stayed was a farmer, the conditions were not very good, Gu Qian just applied his thighs, and he didn't even have a cover, but fortunately, a few people in the group were gentlemen, and it was ugly if it was ugly, anyway, the redness and swelling had to be eliminated first, otherwise it would be a problem to rush tomorrow.

Seeing Gu Qianluo come out with his legs circled, Lu Ji's eyebrows raised slightly, but he didn't say anything mean.

"Why aren't you resting in the house?"

"Isn't that Miss Jiao to hide in the house all day?" Gu Qian said with a smile, "Xiao Jiu gave me a hot towel, and it is already much better." ”

"Then let's get ready for dinner. ”

Dinner was sent by the peasant households, and when they saw this group of officials, they didn't even dare to raise their heads, and the officials said whatever they wanted, and they even had to come and ask for instructions on what to eat for dinner, but unfortunately they were too poor, and they didn't have anything to handle, so they could only have a nest head for one person and a bowl of porridge for each person.

"Here you go. Lu Ji threw a strip of jerky over.

"Thank you, brother. Gu Qian was also polite, he took it and ate it, but unfortunately the air-dried dried meat had a fishy smell, and he felt that it was not the right taste after only two bites.

"What, not used to it?"

"No, no, no, it's delicious, it's delicious. Gu Qian said with a smile as he bit the jerky with his teeth.

Too lazy to look at his stupid appearance, Lu Ji put down his chopsticks and went out after eating.

The farmer's family is very small, in order to receive these uncles, the family went to the neighbors to spend the night, and their group occupied the east and west compartments of the farmer's main house, Gu Qian and Gu Xiaojiu, Lu Ji and his two subordinates, after a day of travel, Gu Qian was so tired that he and Gu Xiaojiu hurriedly washed up, and fell asleep.

And just as they were asleep, a sneaky figure suddenly flashed under the wall of the farmer's house.

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