Three more days later, the Imperial City Division.

"Dead?" When he heard the news that Di Yingyang came back from the investigation, even Sun Tu was shocked and changed color slightly, and leaned forward: "Yang Huaichang is a Langzhong of the Criminal Department, and he actually died in the prison of the Criminal Department, which doesn't make sense." ”

That's right, after a few days of pulling relationships and knocking on the side, Di Ying Yangzhen did not live up to Sun Tu's trust in him, and actually found out about Yang Huaichang's situation. It's just that this is not what they want to see, because they can't get anything more out of the dead mouth.

Di Yingyang was also suspicious, and at the same time said with a wry smile: "Actually, I also feel that there is something strange about this matter, but according to the people in the prison, there is no problem with his death, because he committed suicide by hanging himself from a beam in the cell. He also carefully examined, and there was no sign of his murder, so it was determined that he committed suicide in fear of crime, after all, he was indeed involved in the case of swallowing and stealing military rations. ”

"This doesn't make sense, he's not the only one who has been arrested for this, and even if he is really convicted, with his current status, he will be degraded to a remote place at most, which is much better than dying, right?" Sun Tu couldn't accept such a result, and how could there be such a coincidence in the world, he had just found out about him Yang Huaichang, and he committed suicide in prison.

"That's what I said, but the prison won't delve into the matter anymore. Especially when someone revealed the identity of my Tiger Ben soldiers, they regarded me as an enemy and refused to tell me any details. Di Yingyang smiled helplessly, this time his powerful communication ability could no longer work.

Seeing this, Sun Tu couldn't say anything, so he could only say: "You also tried your best, and I will find other ways to check the next things." However, Yang Huaichang's death made me see something else, this must be someone who wants to cover up something, so he did not hesitate to put an important official of the court to death! ”

"But I just can't understand what means they used to force Yang Huaichang to commit suicide in a four-rank Langzhong......" Di Yingyang still couldn't let go: "Maybe if you find out this inside story, you can find a breakthrough." ”

"Yes, it's a pity that the corpse fell into the hands of the Criminal Department, and we can't do it if we want to......" Sun Tu said this, and a thought suddenly came to his heart: "No, there is still a chance." It is impossible for the Criminal Department to keep Yang Huaichang's body forever, and once it is returned to his family, we can still think of a way. After speaking, he looked at the other party again, this kind of thing is what Di Yingyang is good at.

Di Yingyang was also interested, and did not excuse himself: "This is easy to do, I have already found out that Yang Huaichang has a mansion in Tokyo, as long as he comes to the door as his friend, he can always gain the trust of his wife." ”

"Then I'll leave everything to Brother Jiu, maybe I can find out some relevant news from his family." Sun Tu said with a straight face.

Just when Di Yingyang hugged his fists in response to this request, Cui Liushang also rushed over with a solemn expression. After several days of hard work, he finally found some clues, but as soon as he opened his mouth, Sun Tu's face became more and more solemn: "Master Hou, it is impossible for someone to manipulate the prison." ”

"How?"

"I asked the brothers who personally went out to arrest Zhou Xiong, and according to their descriptions, the prisoner who was captured that day was the same person in the prison. And some of them still remember that this person was a little ignorant at the scene of the murder, so it was easy to arrest him......"

Sun Tu was stunned: "So, from the very beginning, Zhou Xiong taken by your Kaifeng Mansion is this person?" After the other party nodded, Sun Tu shook his head: "This is impossible, let alone kill those scoundrels who mess with trouble all day long, it is lucky not to be killed by them." Now that he has been bitten and insisted that he is the murderer, don't you think this thing is ridiculous? ”

"But there was a witness at the time, and he was still wearing blood-spattered clothes, and he was still carrying a bloody knife in his hand, plus he stayed at the scene...... Anyway, no matter how you look at it, it can be confirmed that he is a murderer. After a pause, he added: "In addition, some people pointed out that he only moved to avenge Master Zhou Dong, so the yamen has no suspicions." ”

Sun Tu immediately grasped the flaw: "The problem is here, he is obviously not Senior Brother Zhou Xiong, and he has nothing to do with the master, so why did he do such a thing?" I wouldn't have mistaken someone......"

"Then there is only one explanation, this person was pushed out by the real people behind the scenes." Di Yingyang said his inference on the side. But it is still difficult to satisfy Sun Tu: "It is impossible for him to kill those splashes, and it can only be Zhou Xiong." But how could there be such a big man in the capital who has such hands and eyes to do this series of things to protect him? If he really had this ability, he could have secretly sent people out of the city, so why bother to use this Li Dai Taozhuang's strategy? There must be a purpose for all this effort, right? ”

This time, neither of them could say why. In fact, everyone has long been aware of the weirdness of this matter, but they always can't find the starting point. Especially now that even a key figure like Yang Huaichang has died inexplicably, it is becoming more and more difficult to see what is going on after the fog.

Sun Tu's mind was full of thoughts, and he couldn't help but stand up and keep pacing back and forth. This case is much more complicated than he thought before, and the hands of the people behind the scenes are getting bigger and bigger. First was the death of the master, then the murder of the senior brother, then the sudden replacement of the person, and now there is also the death of a criminal department Langzhong...... How big must the purpose of all this be for the people behind the scenes to commit this series of crimes?

But only with the little clues he had now, he was completely confused, and finally he could only say: "It seems that only by checking Yang Huaichang's body and family can he find new clues." ”

"Then I'll go to Xingyu Lane in Ren'anfang in the south of the city tomorrow and ask the people of the Yang family about the situation." Di Yingyang hurriedly said. In the past few days, he has figured out Yang Huaichang's situation clearly.

But just as his words fell, Cui Liushang suddenly asked with some surprise: "General Di, where do you say you are going?" Xingyu Lane in Ren'anfang, south of the city? ”

"What, what's the problem?" Di Yingyang nodded and asked.

The strange look on Cui Liushang's face became even heavier: "Just before I went out today, I heard someone in the yamen mention that there was just a tragedy in Xingyu Lane in Ren'anfang in the south of the city last night, and more than ten members of a family were burned to death by the fire, and none of them survived. "What?" Sun Tu, who was about to sit down, suddenly turned around when he heard this, stepped in front of him in one step, stared at him and said, "Is this true?" ”

"It's true, how dare you talk nonsense about such a big thing?"

Sun Tu's breathing suddenly stopped, and he looked at Di Yingyang, who also had a great change in expression on the side, and the two had reached a consensus in an instant. There can't be such a coincidence in this world, there was an arson case in the same alley, and it could only be Yang Huaichang's family who they wanted to find just now. In other words, as soon as they wanted to find out about this family, they were killed first!

Immediately, Cui Liushang finally came back to his senses, and his face was full of fear. What kind of murderer is this, he is so ruthless and arrogant, not only killing, but also using such blatant means. Obviously, in order to cover up the crimes they committed, they did not hesitate to kill more people, even if the other party was innocent...... This made him start to worry about his own safety, after all, compared to Sun Tu and them, he is an out-and-out little person, and others can get rid of themselves like crushing an ant as long as they move their fingers.

At this moment, his eyes were full of horror when he looked at Sun Tu again: "Master Hou......"

Sun Tu immediately understood his thoughts, and nodded hurriedly: "Don't worry, I will take care of you." So I will now send someone with you to my house, and take my family to my house and settle down, and you will stay there for the time being, and it will not be too late to talk about other matters. "Although it is important to investigate the case, the safety of the people around you is even more important.

"Thank you, Master Hou......" Cui Luoshang was suddenly moved, but he didn't dare to delay, for fear that his family would be harmed by someone if he was one step late, so he hurried out immediately, and then went straight to his home under the escort of twenty or thirty soldiers.

It was Di Yingyang, who seemed quite calm at this time, and glanced at Sun Tu with some admiration: "The general is quite protective of his family." ”

"Of course, since I'm a friend, I need to protect him." Sun Tu said solemnly: "But in this way, this matter can be investigated." The arson case is not small, and it will inevitably leave many flaws and clues, I don't believe that these people can really cover the sky with one hand to ignore the law of the Great Song Dynasty and wantonly kill in the city of Tokyo! ”

"Yes, the more they do, the more flaws they have. As long as we look carefully, we can always find it! Di Yingyang also had a rare fighting spirit, and said with a glint in his eyes: "Then let's ...... next."

"Let's start with the arson case over there." Sun Tu gave the answer.

But before he could get up, a subordinate hurriedly ran in again: "General, I have found it." ”

"Huh?" Sun Tu looked at this one in surprise, he hadn't even asked people to check anything, how could he find out.

It wasn't until the other party said that he knew that he had misunderstood, because what the two sides said was not the same thing at all: "Our brothers who were arranged near the Bow and Crossbow Courtyard finally caught the clues, and there were a few suspicious guys who had contacted a crossbow master named Cheng Fang in the Bow and Crossbow Courtyard many times, and it seemed that there was some conspiracy!" ”

If it weren't for this sudden return, Sun Tu would have almost forgotten the real errand at hand. In other words, he also led the task of finding out the Liao spies in the city!