In the early summer morning, the prefect of Lin'an had just become noisy from quiet. Officials from all the yamen came to the yamen one after another. The miscellaneous servants were busy sweeping the floor, boiling water, wiping the tables and chairs, and the officials came to the yamen one after another from all over the place, greeting each other through the weeping flower gate, and each entered the public house to which he belonged.

Zhao Buqi, the prefect of Lin'an, had just sat down in the public house, and the handyman had already brewed fragrant tea and lit his favorite agarwood slices. There is no court meeting today, so there is no need to rush to the court early in the morning and then rush back as before, so Zhao Buqi is in a good mood.

Master Li Shi carried the hem of the robe in one hand and entered the public room with this booklet in the other, and saw Zhao Buqi bowing and saluting, his chubby face was full of flattering smiles.

"Good morning, my lord, my complexion is very good today, and my face is full of red light. With such a glance, I thought it was a young talent. Li Shidao.

Zhao Buqi smiled and put down the teacup and said: "Master, your mouth is getting sweeter and sweeter, don't learn to flatter, this official doesn't like to pat on the back." ”

Li Shi smiled and said, "This is not sycophancy, what I said is the truth." If you don't believe me, I called a few people in and asked, and who said I was wrong? ”

Zhao Buqi waved his hand and scolded with a smile: "Aren't you forcing others to follow you to lie?" That's it, enough is enough. Tell me what you have to do today. ”

Li Shi put away his smile, stood beside Zhao Buqi solemnly, unfolded the booklet in his hand, and coughed. Zhao Buqi stretched out his hand and picked up the tea cup, blowing the tea foam while drinking tea and listening.

"Your Excellency doesn't have any special arrangements today, and I want to discuss with you about the repair of the treasury. I guess I'm going to be here in a while. Lord Song Xiang and Song of the Criminal Prosecution Division came to ask for an audience yesterday, saying that there was an important case report. Oh yes, I almost forgot an important thing, the fire official Zheng Xie Zheng sent his men to ask if the lord was in the yamen today, and if so, Lord Zheng would come to visit. And ......"

"Wait a minute, Zheng Xie? What is he going to do with this house? We don't have anything to do with them. He usually caused so many things to us, is he here to apologize? Zhao Buqi interrupted Li Shi's words and asked.

"Sir, haven't you forgotten? He must have come to see the adults because of the case of the fire that killed people two days ago. The defense officer and a dozen soldiers of the Lin'an Defense Army, to which he belonged to the Fire Administration Yamen, were burned to death, and he probably came to inquire about the progress of the case. Li Shidao.

"Is it for this case? It seems that he is also under a lot of pressure. It's a real headache. The emperor knows about this, and Lord Wan Qi asked about it yesterday. Damn, it's all done by the Fire Administration Yamen, so many people died at once, can the court not be shocked? It's okay if Zheng Xie came, the people of this mansion scolded him a few words and made such a big deal. Is there a herd of pigs under the fire administration yamen? ”

The more Zhao Buqi spoke, the more angry he became. As the prefect of Lin'an Mansion, what he is most afraid of is that there will be any major public security cases in Lin'an Mansion, as well as a large number of serious cases of mass deaths and injuries, which he is responsible for. Lin'an Mansion is the capital of the Great Song Dynasty, and at the foot of the Son of Heaven, it is necessary to ensure social stability and avoid such heavy casualties. Therefore, when he mentioned this, he was very annoyed.

"Don't be angry, adults, since something happened, it's useless to be angry. If Lord Zheng wants to come to see you, he must also discuss this matter. After a while, the two of you will have a good discussion about the aftermath and how to report to the court. Li Shi hurriedly comforted.

Zhao Buqi nodded, thought for a while, and said, "You go and call Song Xiang, I have to ask about the situation." If the investigation is clear, I know the situation, and if the court asks, the official will have a report. This nerd must be excited right now, he's more excited than anyone else is dead there. Go, and call him to come to the house. ”

Li Shi nodded hurriedly and said, "What the Lord said is that I will let someone call Lord Song here." ”

Not long after, Lord Song, the Criminal Division of Lin'an Mansion, hurriedly came to the public room and bowed his hand and said, "Xiaguan Song Xiang will see Lord Prefect." ”

Zhao Buqi glanced at him, nodded and said in a deep voice: "Song Xiang, how is the case of the fire on the west slope of the West Lake?" It's the third day, what's going on? ”

Song Xiang hurriedly said: "Back to my lord, the lower official is about to report this matter to my lord." In the past two days, the lower officials have made multiple investigations, explored the matter of the fire, and made every effort to investigate the case. Xia Guan believes that this case is not an accident of fire, but is likely to be a murderous large-scale homicide. Someone killed everyone in the restaurant that night, and then set fire to try to destroy the corpses, and the methods were extremely cruel and vicious. Xia Guan was about to report the situation to His Excellency, and asked His Excellency to coordinate with other yamen and allow Xia Guan to inquire about the case. ”

Zhao Buqi sat up straight, put down the teacup, frowned and looked at Song Xiang and said, "What did you say?" Are you saying that the case of more than 20 people who died in the fire was a homicide case? Are you serious? ”

Song Xiang said: "Xiaguan's intuition is never wrong. And according to the clues, there are many doubts. A fire killed so many people, and it was already very strange. How could the fire be so violent, so fierce that not even one of the twenty-five people inside could escape. How is this possible? In the middle of the night, Xia Liangdong, the commander of the defense army, gathered at the Zhangjia Restaurant with 189 of his subordinates, all with swords, what to do? These are doubts. ”

Zhao Buqi frowned and said, "Song Xiang, what's the use of what you said?" These are your own speculations, not substantial evidence. Can you come up with actual evidence. ”

Song Xiang hurriedly said: "According to the investigation of the deceased's body, Xia Guan found many suspicious points. Most of these corpses were burned by the fire normally, and their posture was too natural to be reasonable. ”

"What do you mean by being unreasonable?" Zhao did not give up.

"My lord, if a person is burned to death by fire, he will struggle desperately because of the flames, and in this case, the person who is burned to death will have a distorted posture of extreme fear, and even his face will be like a terrifying opening of his mouth and shouting. Not to mention, there will be traces of smoke and smoke in the throat area and inhaled dust. However, the more than 20 corpses in the fire were not too twisted, except for the twelve that were badly burned. The current condition of the corpse is what it would normally look like when it was burned by fire. There is no soot or ash in their throats. All of this means that these people were actually dead when the fire started, or they were unconscious, or they were being bound. Either way, it corresponds to a fatal case caused by deliberate arson. ”

Zhao Buqi slowly stood up and said in a deep voice: "Song Xiang, this government thinks that you are a very capable person. In the past few years since you served as the criminal officer of the Lin'an Prefecture's Criminal Investigation Division, you have cracked countless cases, which is very admirable. And this government has praised thee exceedingly. But, do you know what this case means? A murder, arson, and corpse destruction case that happened under the nose of the government? Do you know how much pressure there is on this house? Do you know how much of a sensation it would have caused if it was really a homicide? It's hard to account for the accidental death of so many people in a fire, and now you're telling me that it's a homicide? And the evidence you gave was actually that you had any ashes in your throat based on the posture of the dead body and the beauty of the corpse? You're not kidding me. ”

Song Xiang hurriedly arched his hand and said: "Lord Prefect, how dare the lower officials speculate, the lower officials only have such a little evidence at hand, but the lower officials can almost conclude that this is not an accident." Although there is a big case, it will certainly put a lot of pressure on adults, but isn't it a better result to solve a big case, catch the murderer, and accept the punishment of national law? ”

Zhao Buqi shouted: "Don't say it." How can this little evidence support your judgment? If you say it was a homicide, who do you think the killer was? Killed twenty-five people at once? Are you kidding me? ”

Song Xiang said: "But my lord, you can't rule out this possibility." Martial arts masters have this ability. Moreover, the lower officials encountered major obstructions while investigating the matter, which made the case even more suspicious. Xia Guan boldly speculated that this matter was related to the people inside the Yamen of the Fangyu Army. When the lower officials went to investigate, all the people in the yamen of the Lin'an defense army had already issued a silence order, and no one cooperated with the investigation of the lower officials, and all of them were pushed to the head of the defense army yamen. The lower official went to meet Bo Fang Zi'an, the new head of the Yamen of the Defense Army, and from the intuition of the lower officer, I knew that this case must be related to him. It must be him, or he must have known. Xiaguan firmly believes this. ”

Zhao Buqi frowned and shouted: "What about the evidence? By your detective's instincts again? You are a criminal officer, don't you know that you need evidence to investigate the case? You call this unwarranted suspicion, you know? Only when you find evidence, human and physical evidence, can you determine who the murderer is, and not judge the case here on the basis of intuition. The other party is another official, Fang Zi'an...... He is this year's new science detective, you have no evidence to suspect a court official, you don't want the consequences, but the government still has to think about the consequences. ”www.99^9)xs(.co^m

Song Xiang said in a deep voice: "My lord, Xiaguan really has no strong and conclusive evidence now. But the verdict is not entirely based on evidence, and sometimes requires some intuition and inspiration, as well as some judgment in the head. It was precisely because it was impossible to investigate the case normally that the lower officials had to ask the adults to help coordinate and allow the lower officials to freely investigate the yamen of the defense army. ”

Zhao Buqi smiled and said, "Are you the prefect of my prefect's yamen a political hall?" Are you the prime minister of this house? Do you have so much power to order a yamen that is not under the jurisdiction of this government to investigate at will? Are you crazy? Even if the government can request a thorough investigation by reporting to the imperial court, it ...... Just your instincts? And to do so without the slightest substantial evidence? Do you think the court will agree? ”

Song Xiang frowned and said loudly: "My lord, do you remember the big case in Sanyuanli?" Nine people died overnight. This case has not been solved so far, and the lower officials are deeply ashamed. And whose home did that case take place, do you remember? It was this Fang Zi'an's home. Is this a coincidence? This recipe is ...... Why does he always get there and so many people die around him at once? Don't you think that's weird, my lord? ”

Zhao Buqi was suddenly shocked when he heard this, and frowned: "Is that really the case?" The place where the case in Sanyuanli happened is where this Fang Zi'an lives? This Fang Zi'an is the other Fang Zi'an? Is it the same person? ”

Song Xiang nodded slowly and said, "My lord, exactly!" ”

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