"Okay, then this is the first question, why does the Long Wu Army have to enter Zaozhuang? Since the military regulations require that they must be stationed in the field, then they have no reason to go from village to village to find out if it is empty, and General Zhang said that the local arresters and soldiers are only responsible for road exploration, obstacle clearance and other matters, and they have no right to decide whether to settle in Zaozhuang. ”

Everyone nodded, this was not normal.

"The only one who can decide this matter is the top level of the Long Wu Army, who are the decision-makers of this unit, General Liu Bi, the captain, and the two brigade commanders, just these four people. ”

Therefore, one of these four people must be a spy of the thief, luring everyone to agree to stay in Zaozhuang. Fang Ming's words were not shocking, and he said his conjecture.

Everyone nodded again, as if that was the truth.

"Having said that, in order to allow the Long Wu Army to enter the village, does it need to vacate enough space in Zaozhuang? Otherwise, if the Long Wu Army lives in, the entire village of villagers will have to be driven out, of course, this possibility cannot be ruled out, General Zhang, what is the military discipline of the Long Wu Army?"

"Ben will vouch for the head of the item, although the military discipline of my Longwu Army is not the first in Dachu, but I will never do this, otherwise, Ben will be the first to clean them up. Seeing everyone's puzzled eyes, Zhang Tianfang made a promise.

"Since General Zhang has said so, I rule out this situation, then there is only one possibility left, at least before the arrival of the army, Zaozhuang has been emptied by thieves. ”

"How did the thieves empty Zaozhuang? It was nothing more than two methods: First, they arrested all the men, women, and children in the village, hid them in one place, or executed them en masse. Second, the villagers were given large sums of money to go out for a while or to buy the entire village directly. ”

In this way, Zaozhuang can become their own territory, and when the army passes by, the spy will convince everyone again, and the Long Wu Army can naturally settle in Zaozhuang. ”

"Fang boy, the inference is good, but there is evidence?" Xu Du again, but this time he didn't add any emotional color, thinking that Fang Ming's attitude had greatly improved.

"Not yet, but we can find out. ”

"Let's talk about the spy first, as I just said, it will only be one of the four of them, and in order to convince the other three, he must have a reasonable explanation that he can find that there are no more villagers in Zaozhuang. Looking for food and water?"

"No, the army's food, grass, clothing, and medicine are all in charge of the local post stations, and there will never be a shortage. Zhang Tianfang answered.

"Asking for directions?"

"No, there are local headhunters, not to mention that there are only a few roads. ”

"It's very likely, one of these four people is a person from Zaozhuang, and everyone else knows this, so he can leave the team under the pretext of going home to save his relatives, enter Zaozhuang, and then come back and tell the other three about it, or directly be picked up by the thieves outside, and lure the Longwu army to settle in, so it makes sense. ”

"General Zhang, the information of these four people should be able to be checked by Long Wujun, right?"

"Yes, I'll have someone look it up. Zhang Tianfang nodded and went out to arrange manpower.

"Master Li, the villagers will have to trouble you, arrange for people to thoroughly inspect the village and the vicinity to see if there are any secret rooms, caves, cellars and other places to hide villagers or corpses, in addition, inquire in the nearby brothels and casinos to see if there is any news. ”

"Why do you want to investigate brothels and casinos?" Zhang Tianfang had already returned from explaining the matter, and when he heard Fang Ming deliberately explain these two places, he asked out loud.

"It's all a group of crop men, and they suddenly get a lot of money, so they naturally have to squander it. Fang Ming said with a smile.

"Okay, this official will arrange it. Li Dai responded.

"Wait. Fang Ming stopped Li Dai again.

"How can you be the same as the Six Doors, there are words that can't be finished at once. Li Dai complained, hearing this, Di Bing was helpless and touched his nose.

"Lord Li, forgive me, there is another point that also needs to be arranged by Lord Li, the Long Wu Army escorted a full three million amounts of silver, I have no concept of money, please General Zhang tell me, what kind of transportation tax silver does the Long Wu Army use, how big is the scale of the team of three million amounts of silver?. ”

"The soldiers of the Longwu army were all strong men, and in order to reduce trouble, they did not use cattle to pull carts, but used special carts to carry tax silver, and the soldiers pushed carts, and one cart could hold three thousand amounts of silver. Zhang Tianfang replied.

"That's at least a hundred carts, this is not a small number, the time of the crime is only three days ago, they definitely can't escape far, there is no news from the nearby checkpoints and county offices, and they have never seen any suspicious people or things. ”

"Then I guess there is a high probability that the tax money was buried by them nearby, so as to hide people's eyes and ears, and wait for the limelight to come and take it.

"After all, it's hard to run away with so much silver without being discovered. Lord Li, please mobilize all the skilled craftsmen in the vicinity, people and silver must be found, and focus on checking whether there is a secret room in Zaozhuang. ”

"I know. Li Dai nodded, turned around and left with Lu Ding, and went to make arrangements.

"Lord Di Bing, the six doors should be very good at finding organs and dark rooms, right?" Turning around and seeing the three of Di Bing watching the excitement there, Fang Ming patted his head, how could he forget the six doors of the spies, these people are doing this.

"What Fang Boy said is right, this is your six doors. Let's go to the village and see what you might find. "Zhang Tianfang oppressed people with his official position.

"It's fine. The three of them nodded, and Dixin and Diqi began to act.

"Now, we are waiting for the results of the examination of Liu's body. ”

Unconsciously, Fang Ming has become the backbone of this case.

At this moment, the Golden Sword Guard, who was looking for water, came back, but brought news that all the water bags of the Long Wu Army were empty, and there was no water in them.

'If there is no water, why are all the water bags empty?' What do you want to hide?' I remember that there was such a situation, what is it called...... Red Flame... For the Red Flame Golden Turtle, this is a poison that only occurs under certain circumstances. ’

Fang Ming, who heard the news, fell into deep thought.

It wasn't interrupted until the Golden Knife Guard, who had examined the body, returned.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I have checked, this corpse has thin qi and blood, soft bones, and fragile internal organs, and the strength in front of it is up to the realm of a fourth-rank martial artist. ”

"Got it, now, you and him, go collect all the water bags, and check again to see if the soil around most of the water bags is wetter than elsewhere. Fang Ming said to the two golden sword guards (the one who was looking for the water bag and the one who performed the autopsy).

"Guys, the results are clear. Fang Ming pouted.

"The burial expenses for these head catchers are paid by our Zhenwu Pavilion, and there is a pension of five hundred taels of silver per person. When Li Taishou comes back, I will make another compensation to him. Zhang Jiang "Xu Du spoke.

"I can take care of Long Wujun's affairs by myself, so I don't need you to worry about it. Zhang Tianfang said lightly, I, Long Wujun, sent you these three melons and two dates.

"Now that it has been determined that this corpse is fake, there is no need for the Lingyin Temple to worry. The crowd nodded.

Now, on to the next question. Fang Ming began to continue to analyze the case.

"Judging from the on-site investigation, this team of more than 1,000 people was slaughtered without fighting back, how did it happen?

"If the thieves really have the scale that Lord Di Bing said, they can quietly attack the Dragon Martial Army, kill them in a crushing posture, and then disappear without leaving a trace. Then I think that if they have that kind of strength, they don't need to do it at all. ”

"So, I'm more inclined to have the people here poisoned, and now that all the soldiers' hydration bags are empty, under normal circumstances, this kind of thing will definitely not happen. Fang Ming continued.

"Zhang Jin, Lord Di Bing, are there any poisons or poisonous insects that can be mixed in water for people to drink, and under certain conditions, such as a fixed hour and sunlight, can make people unconscious or die?"

"I won't be able to say this for a while, let me think about it. Zhang Jin replied.

"Then wait, everyone, I need those hydration bags for an experiment, and then I will know if they are poisoned. As soon as Fang Ming finished speaking, seeing that Li Dai was fine, he shouted again: "Master Li, please help me bring two more water bags in, remember to have water." Also, cats, dogs, etc., if you have one, get some. When Li Dai heard this, he glared at Fang Ming, but still went out.

After a while, Li Dai came in with two water bags, Fang Ming immediately took one, regardless of the faces of everyone present, he drank it with a bang, and everyone who watched it rolled their eyes wildly, especially Li Dai, whose faces were red with anger, and said viciously: "You kid is not small, you actually let Ben Taishou serve you to drink water." ”

"Hehe" Fang Ming smiled awkwardly, the official is big, there is no way.

"There are no cats, so I asked the soldiers to go to the village next door to find the dogs, and they will be delivered in a moment. Li Dai snorted angrily and said, after all, there is no crime to cure Fang Ming.

"Fang Zhu, we have checked according to what you said, although it is not obvious, the soil on the waists of most corpses is indeed wetter than other parts. Two quarters of an hour later, the two Golden Sword Guards finished collecting the water bags and brought them to Fang Ming.

Fang Ming nodded, and then said: "Several adults, I can now be sure that Long Wujun was poisoned by drinking water, for the sake of safety, I still ordered someone to seal all the wells in this village, and don't let people drink the water here." ”

"The wells are all in the village, no one has been allowed to come in since the incident, and the water that everyone drinks in the past few days is brought back from the neighboring villages or rivers, and there is no need to seal the wells for the time being. Li Dai put forward his own opinion, and everyone agreed.

Subsequently, Fang Ming led people to open all the water bags, and after placing them neatly in turn, he picked up the water bags given by Li Dai, poured all the water into the first Long Wujun water bag, then closed the plug tightly, shook it vigorously, and then poured all the water into the second water bag, and circulated it in turn.