If it was really as he had speculated, there was another culprit behind this case, how precious this person's identity must be, Sun Tu shuddered unconsciously. You must know that the arson case can end with the current result has involved many aspects, just getting the Shunshui Gang to be willing to hand over Xu Tieying's guilt is not a trivial matter, plus the Kaifeng Mansion, and even the acquiescence of the Street Division, it is no longer something that can be easily done by the elites in the court.

Of course, Sun Tu still wanted to find out the truth, but he knew better that there was not much time and opportunity left for him now, and he even had no definite clues in his hands. And if there are really valuable people involved, once I continue to investigate, I'm afraid that the people behind it will have to attack him, is it really worth it?

Sun Tu is not a saint after all, he has his own ideals, and he also has his own relatives to protect, and it is impossible to give up everything for the sake of a little ideal, just to find out the truth. But whenever he thought of the more than thirty innocent people who were burned to death by the fire, his heart was blocked for a while, as a traverser, he couldn't do this after all, and those officials treated the lives of the people of Shengdou as if they were nothing.

Just when he was constantly entangled and helpless about this case, Cui Luoshang came to his door: "Dutou, there is a person named Tang Fifteen outside the yamen who said that he has something important to report. ”

This report made Sun Tu pull out of his tangled emotions, and he was stunned at first, why did Tang Fifteen come to find him in a hurry? I just wanted to casually order someone to bring him in to talk, but after thinking about it, I still stood up: "I'll go see him." Saying that, he had already walked out, and Tang Fifteen and the others were arranged by themselves to keep an eye on those beggars near the City God Temple, could it be that there was something wrong there?

When he came to the front of the mansion, Sun Tu saw Tang Fifteen walking back and forth like an ant on a hot pot, until he saw him come out, and then hurriedly greeted him: "Sun Dutou, you can figure it out, something happened in the City God Temple......

"Oh? What happened? Hearing this, Sun Tu was overjoyed, this may be the final breakthrough. Tang Shifu hurriedly lowered his voice again and said, "Not long ago, a team of officers and soldiers suddenly rushed to the City God Temple and arrested all those beggars. The little ones didn't dare to embarrass the officers and soldiers, so they could only rush to report the news. ”

"Officers and soldiers?" Now Sun Tu is more and more convinced of his previous guess, and the culprit in this case is still at large: "Can you recognize the origin of these officers and soldiers?" ”

"It should be someone from the Terracotta Division." Tang 15 is worthy of being a native of Tokyo, and he is quite familiar with the complex military service institutions here.

Sun Tu was stunned again: "Why is it related to the Terracotta Division again?" "As the patrol yamen in the city of Tokyo, the power of the Soldiers and Horses Division is not small, and there is a certain degree of independence, even the Ministry of War has no right to mobilize them, maybe only the Privy Council gives an order to let them dispatch people. Privy council...... A strange thought popped up in his mind, could this have something to do with Tong Guan?

As Tong Guan Tianzi and the former minister, it is indeed possible to close the case in Kaifeng Mansion, and as for the street division, it is under its control, and it is only a matter of one sentence to let it cooperate. And the Shunshui Gang, maybe they are indeed quite powerful, even ordinary officials in Tokyo City have to give them three points, but once they are confronted by Tong Guan, the privy envoy, it is not worth mentioning at all, and they can only act according to orders.

Everything makes sense, the only question is, as Tong Guan, how could he have an intersection with an ordinary businessman like Qi Xuanwen, and even form a grudge? Even if they take 10,000 steps back, they do have a grudge, and Tong Guan has other better means to deal with him, so there is no need to make things so out of control.

......Seeing that Sun Tu suddenly fell into deep thought, Tang Fifteen didn't feel a little strange, and couldn't help but shout a few times to bring him back to his senses. Sun Tu smiled at him: "I know, you go back first." Remember, don't spread the word about it, it's not something you can handle. ”

"The villain knows." Tang Fifteen nodded and agreed, after so many years of fighting in Bianjing City, of course they could distinguish the priorities, so as to ensure their own safety.

Sending the other party away, Sun Tu continued to frown and turned around and walked inside. If the matter is really related to Tong Guan, can he continue to investigate? This adds another difficulty.

At this time, Fang Boyan was coming out of it with a gloomy face, and he happened to walk face to face with Sun Tu, and the two met each other, and a trace of resentment quickly flashed in the former's eyes: "Sun Dutou, you didn't think that this case would end like this, right?" Although his brother's death is self-inflicted, it seems that if Sun Tu had not investigated the case to the end, there would have been no such result, so his resentment towards Sun Tu was even greater.

Sun Tu looked at the other party: "Yes, I just hope that Fang Zhusi will not be weak in the middle of the night." ”

"Hehe, naturally I won't be weak-hearted. It's Sun Dutou you, who think you have the big backer of Tong Shumi, but it turns out that you can't do anything? As a result, Tong Shumi's secrets are happy to see. As he spoke, he stared at Sun Tu again, and then walked away.

Sun Tu was not angry by his provocative words, but heard the hidden meaning: "Is even Tong Guan happy to see the case end like this?" It seems that this case is indeed inseparable from him! This made him ponder again: "What is the connection between the two sides?" ”

Back in the signing room, Sun Tu leaned back in his chair, closed his eyes and carefully remembered all the details he had found since taking over the case. From the anomaly of the fire to Qi Xuanhe's murder scene, everything flashed through his mind like a movie, looking for details that he might have overlooked before.

In the end, all this still fell on Qi Xuan and himself, but as far as the current situation is concerned, this Qi Xuanhe really has no other hidden identity, just an ordinary silk and fur merchant, and the gap between him and Tong Guan is tantamount to a world, how can he have an enmity with him?

That's not Tong Guan, but someone next to him who has an enmity with Tong Guan. But who would have a grudge against a businessman, after all, businessmen have always been friendly and wealthy......

When thinking of the saying that harmony makes money, Sun Tu's mind flashed, and he thought of the words that Qi Xuanhe said to him that day-

"We businessmen have always paid attention to making money with kindness, and we never dare to offend people at will on weekdays. Even among peers, competition is inevitable, but it will not lead to too deep grudges, let alone such arson matters that are related to human life...... Just a few days ago, someone took a fancy to the tiger skin in my store and wanted to buy it for a large price. But just two days earlier, Xia had already negotiated business with other customers, and I waited for the merchant to put faith first, even if the other party later offered a higher price, Zai Xia was not willing to sell the tiger skin to him. At that time, the guest seemed quite annoyed, and his companion threatened to make me regret it......"

Hatred, tiger skin, Tong Guan - when these three things were combined and jumped into Sun Tu's mind, a bold guess had slowly taken shape - it was Tong Guan's nephew Zhou Yun who held a grudge because he couldn't buy the white tiger skin, and finally borrowed a knife to kill people, and instructed Xu Tieying of the Shunshui Gang to commit arson and murder!

Of course, if it was just for an ordinary tiger skin, Zhou Yun would certainly not be so crazy, but what if it was a white tiger skin? Sun Tuke still remembers clearly, at the birthday banquet that day, Zhou Yun presented a birthday gift that could treat cold pain, which he carefully prepared in order to please Tong Guan......

It turned out that all the mysteries had been laid out in front of him long before the fire, and then he asked for relevant clues from Qi Xuanwen's mouth. It's just that because of his negligence, he completely ignored this important clue and didn't ask about the specific situation of the tiger skin. If he could have asked more than one sentence at that time, maybe there would have been no changes in the future, and Qi Xuanwen would not have died.

Sun Tu's heart began to entangle, and the answer to the mystery had been completely solved, but except for the tiger skin, there seemed to be no clues, and the matter involved his own master, what choice should he make?