Soon after Fang Zi'an arrived at the Yamen, two soldiers from the Huozheng Yamen arrived with a box of silver, which was the salary of the soldiers who had been deducted from the compensation promised by Zheng Xie. Along with the silver, there was also an official document signed by Zheng Xie for temporary appointment, and the content of the official document was naturally to let Fang Zi have the right to act as the official of the security corner.

Fang Zi'an originally wanted Lao Ma and Lao Hou to notify the tower chiefs from all over the place to come and get the silver, but after thinking about it, he decided to go in person. On the one hand, he didn't trust most of the tower leaders and team leaders appointed by Xia Liangdong, these people could do anything, and he didn't know that they would not be deducted again. On the other hand, this is an opportunity to win hearts and minds on your own, and it will be more beneficial for you to go there yourself.

Fang Zi'an put the silver box on horseback and Shen Ling'er left the yamen, starting from the nearest station of the Wanghuo Tower in the Yongjin Gate, and returned the silver taels on the spot. Although the soldiers received the news yesterday that the yamen wanted to return the withheld salaries, many people were actually skeptical. They didn't expect it to be returned so quickly, and they were elated and happy one by one. Of course, they understood that this was Lord Fang's grace, as soon as Xia Liangdong died, such a good thing happened, and all the soldiers were naturally grateful to Fang Zi'an, full of gratitude.

Originally, the chief officer of the yamen died, and the soldiers of the defense army should be in a sad mood. But everywhere Fang Zi'an went, there was thunderous laughter, and he was elated like a festival. If Xia Liangdong has knowledge under the spring, I don't know what to think.

Of course, every time he went to a station, Fang Zi'an would once again reiterate Xia Liangdong's heroic act of fighting fires and dying himself. Fang Zi'an warned the upper and lower people to control their mouths, prohibit the spread of gossip, and prohibit tarnishing the reputation of Lord Xia's heroic spirit and yamen. He told everyone that anyone who came to inquire about the news must be silenced, and this was the order of the fire officer, Lord Zheng, telling them that if anyone inquired about the cause of Xia Liangdong's death, they should go to the yamen to inquire about it. If there is a violation, it will be severely punished without resorting to military law, and if any of his soldiers talk nonsense, the team leader and the tower commander will be held responsible.

This is quite a gag order, Fang Zi'an knows that at this time, no matter how suspicious the outsiders are, it is the most important thing to take care of the insiders' mouths first. If someone asks someone something that shouldn't be known to outsiders, it will cause a lot of trouble.

It took more than two hours for Fang Zi'an to run through more than 20 garrisons of the defense army under the watchtower in the city. More than 3,000 taels of silver were also scattered, and even Fang Zi'an himself put in more than 200 taels. It cannot be ruled out that some people take advantage of the troubled waters to fish and falsely report that they have been deducted from their salaries, after all, the vast majority of people in this yamen are not good people. And Fang Zi'an really does not have an exact list of the deducted salaries, it is all based on the self-report of the team and the soldiers, and it is inevitable that someone will take advantage of the loopholes. But at this time, Fang Zi'an didn't want to pursue it. First stabilize the situation of people's hearts, and after the dust settles on this matter, we will carry out a clean and rectification in the yamen. These people will be pulled out one by one, eaten and spit out, and then ruthlessly kicked away.

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When I returned to the yamen, it was already early afternoon. After eating a little snack on the street with tea, Fang Zi'an planned to sleep in the public house for a while, because he was really tired. But as soon as he leaned back in the chair and closed his eyes, Wang Jin hurried in.

"My lord, there is a man at the gate of the yamen who asks to see you. He said that it was Song Ti of the Lin'an Prefecture Criminal Division, and he wanted to see you by name. ”

Fang Zi was shocked in his heart, this Song Xiang was really entangled in the ghost. However, Fang Zi'an was also a little relieved in his heart, Song Xiang came to the yamen to find himself, naturally to investigate the case. That shows that Song Xiang must have not found any valuable clues elsewhere, so he had to come to the yamen to find himself. Yesterday's timely arrangements and the morning trip to inspect the distribution of silver came in handy. What I'm most afraid of is that Song Xiang has been investigating, but he doesn't come to ask him, that's what makes people feel worried.

"Invite him in." Fang Zi'an stood up and stretched, rubbed his swollen forehead and commanded.

Soon after, Song Xiang took two entourages to Fang Zi'an's temporary public house.

"Lord Song, the official is polite, this is noon

Yes, the weather is hot again, and it is really hard for Lord Song to be out and about handling cases. Fang Zi'an greeted him outside and saluted with a smile.

Song Xiang did look a little tired, he was already slightly fat, the weather in mid-May was already quite hot, especially at noon, the sun had the power of summer, his forehead was full of sweat, and he was a little out of breath.

"The food of the king, the matter of loyalty. That's the duty of the officer. It is the duty of this official to investigate the case and punish the offender. Hard work is hard work, but it has to be done. Lord Fang, this official came suddenly and disturbed. Song Xiang arched his hand.

Fang Zi'an nodded and said, "That's right, the lower officials admire it very much." Lord Song, please be seated. Come and make tea, let Lord Song quench his thirst. ”

Wang Jin agreed, and hurriedly went to make tea. Song Xiang thanked him and sat down on a chair, while Fang Zi'an sat down on his side. Song Xiang turned his head to look at the room, frowned, and said, "Lord Fang is handling official business in such a place?"

Fang Zi'an said, "Our defense army yamen can't compare to your big yamen, so we can only settle for it." Besides, this room is very good, warm in winter and cool in summer, very comfortable. ”

Song Xiang smiled: "I thought it was for other reasons." ”

Fang Zi'an smiled and said, "Lord Song thinks it's the reason?"

Song Xiang said, "The official thinks that you are incompatible with Master Xia and disdain to do things with him." It seems that the official is thinking too much. ”

Fang Zi'an laughed and said, "You do think too much, forgive the lower officials for being disrespectful, the lower officials think that the people who investigate and handle the cases are a little cranky and paranoid, hahaha." ”

Song Xiang smiled slightly, "I hope so." ”

Wang Jin came in with tea, Song Xiang opened the tea cup and sniffed it, looked at it, and praised, "Good tea, Lord Fang is quite particular." This tea is worth a lot of money. ”

Fang Zi'an has a big head, and Wang Jin has brewed new tea from Wuyi Mountain.

"It's really expensive, but it's nothing, although Xiaguan is not a rich family, but the tea can afford to drink." Fang Zi'an.

Song Xiang smiled and said, "Oh, Lord Fang's family is honest, but how did I hear that Lord Fang was born in poverty, and his livelihood was quite difficult before."

Fang Zi was relieved, he knew that Song Xiang must have investigated his own details. This is not difficult, as a criminal officer, it is easy to find out about his past.

"Lord Song, being poor before does not mean that you will always be poor. Who doesn't have a difficult time, three years in Hedong and three years in Hexi, don't you know this, Lord Song," Fang Zi'an said with a smile.

"Yes, yes, it is. Look at my mouth, the official didn't mean that, the official just said that Master Fang was born poor, but he didn't change his ambition, and finally jumped into the dragon gate, took the imperial examination in high school, and lived a good life. It was an inspiring and inspirational experience, and I admired it very much. This is what the official means. Song Xiang said with a smile.

Fang Zi'an said, "Lord Song has a good reputation, and there are many people who have experienced the same as me. There are many people who come from a more difficult background than me, who are much more difficult than me, and they are inspirational role models. Xia Guan didn't dare to be inspirational. Tell me the truth, this new tea was given to me by my friend to try it, usually I am reluctant to drink it, but today Lord Song came, so I took it out and made it. I didn't expect a cup of tea to attract such speculation from Lord Song. Wang Jin, come and come, change the tea, just change last year's broken tea cakes, the one we usually drink. This is a good tea, Song Tixing is not used to drinking it. ”

"Don't don't, I didn't mean that, don't change, don't change." Song Xiang hurriedly picked up the tea and drank it.

Fang Zi sneered in peace of mind, he couldn't be polite to this criminal officer, chatting with him, every word he talked about might be thought about by him, it would be too tiring. Gotta send him away.

"Lord Song, are you passing by here, or are you here to find the lower officials," Fang Zi'an asked.

"Of course, I came to you on purpose. Lord Gui Yaxia's case has not yet been concluded, and the official is looking for clues. The identities of the deceased yesterday have all been confirmed, except for the five restaurant personnel, the rest are all people from your defense army's yamen. Hey, that's sad. You are the Guards

Twenty people were killed by the chief officer and the soldiers of the Yamen at once, and Lord Fang must have felt very uncomfortable in his heart. Song Xiang said.

Fang Zi'an said, "Of course it's uncomfortable, all the good people were burned to death, so it's naturally very uncomfortable." ”

Song Xiang said: "But I don't seem to see how sad your yamen people are." To tell you the truth, this officer has visited several of your stations, and the soldiers do not seem to be sad. ”

Fang Zi'an frowned and said: "Lord Song is here again, can't you talk well, do you have to be weird, do you want to say, our yamen is not only not sad because of Lord Xia's death, but also very happy, what bad motives can be deduced from this, to satisfy your distorted psychology that you have to turn this accident into a bizarre murder, burning corpses, and destroying the mouth, Lord Song, the dead person is naturally sad, but there is no need to cry and mourn and grab the ground with his head." Although it is an army that fights fires, it also understands the impermanence of life and death. With a fire, if you don't do it well, you will die, and everyone understands this. Is it true that when a person dies, everyone will howl and weep, as if they were mourning?"

Song Xiang frowned and said, "Why is Lord Fang so excited, this official didn't say anything, how could you attract your Lord Fang's fierce words?"

Fang Zi'an sneered, "Lord Song wants to say again, I'm a thief, right?"

Song Xiang said, "That's what you said, not what the official said." You are indeed a bit of a thief. If this is not the case, then why when this official went to your various stations to inquire, all of them refused to accept my questioning, and that is why this official ran seven or eight places in the morning, and all of them were closed. Lord Fang, my investigation of the case by the Criminal Division is an official business, and you must cooperate with it. If you are not a thief, why should you obstruct it?"

Fang Zi'an laughed and said, "Lord Song, you are spewing blood." Who has hindered you. Didn't you enter the yamen and talk to me face to face, wasn't the subordinate answering your question, and if you obstructed your case, you should be turned away now. ”

Song Xiang frowned and said, "But those people below you"

"Lord Song, the yamen has the rules of the yamen, can anyone speak on behalf of you to mention the yamen of the criminal division The more than 1,000 people in the defense army, if they all interject a sentence, you say a word to me, what kind of situation should it be. If you want to check, you should come to me, instead of going to the station under my yamen to check, don't you understand this truth, everyone is talking nonsense with their mouths long, isn't that a mess, they are not at the scene of the crime, you go to ask the soldiers below is not in accordance with the rules. I even doubt that you are looking into this case, but what kind of tricks you are trying to do here. Fang Zi'an interrupted him in a deep voice and said coldly.

Song Xiang stood up and glared at Fang Zi'an, "Lord Fang, don't you think you're overreacting?"

Fang Zi'an sneered, "Lord Song, my yamen is dead, and we can't laugh or cry now." If you speak loudly, you can think that you are overreacting. So what do you want us to do, this official is not interested in cooperating with your Lord Song's mood, because you are too difficult to serve. ”

Song Xiang nodded slightly, his eyes blazing at Fang Zi'an, "Lord Fang, in the hands of this official, there is no doubt about the case." The officer's intuition was never missed. This is not an accident at all, it is definitely a murder and cremation case. Lord Fang, no matter how you cover it up or how sharp your teeth are, you can't escape the eyes of this official. This official will definitely find out. ”

Fang Zi'an smiled and said, "If you want to be promoted and make a fortune, you have to get a big case out, right, I understand Lord Song, you can get busy." Handling cases should be based on evidence, not intuition, nor by bragging. Do you suspect that I am, so you go to find evidence, and find evidence to get me. Otherwise, don't say this nonsense in front of me. The official affairs are busy, so he will not leave Lord Song. Exceptional"

Song Xiang put away his smile and sneered, "Okay, Fang Zi'an, then we'll see." ”

"Wang Jin, send off guests" Fang Zi'an shouted loudly.

Wang Jin hurriedly came in, bowed down and smiled, "Lord Song, please"

Song Xiang snorted coldly, brushed his sleeves and walked away quickly.

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