"Fujun, in the eyes of the villain, it is very likely that incense sticks were used to ignite things stained with lard, butter, and mutton fat, and while delaying the time of the fire, the thieves had the time to escape in time. Top novel, www." Wang Xiaotong is worthy of being a professional fire prevention expert, and his analysis is the first to be true.

Li Zhongyi nodded frequently, Wang Xiaotong was right, unless the arsonist was a fool, he would personally light the fire and then run outside.

The time of the fire was in the middle of the night, and at this time, in addition to the patrolling soldiers, that is, the second officer on duty was on duty in the office hall at night.

From this, it can be inferred that the arsonist was premeditated and deliberate.

In this way, from the evidence, it is confirmed that Wu Xiaoyi, the servant of Hu Cao Soap, has the suspicion of committing a crime.

After seeing the scene of the fire, Li Zhongyi led Liu Jinshan and Wang Xiaotong back to the second hall of the Kaifeng Mansion, which is Li Zhongyi's daily office location.

The entire Kaifeng Mansion belongs to the public hall that Li Zhongyi is qualified to use, and there are three in total, namely the lobby, the second hall and the third hall.

The lobby is the place where serious cases are heard or the edict is greeted, the second hall is the daily office space when Li Zhongyi is not promoted to the council, and the third hall is the place where he meets with important ministers of the court.

The duty of the magistrate is to reassure the people first, and the way to reassure the people is to settle the lawsuit first.

In the Zhou Chengtang system, there was a rule of "agricultural busyness to stop litigation", that is, from October to February of the following year, except for rebellion, rebellion, thieves and serious cases of human life, local governments were not allowed to accept and hear civil complaints.

However, because of its importance, Kaifeng Mansion is also a place where powerful people gather. Various disputes continue. Therefore, a special "word complaint day" has been specified. Every third, thirteenth, and twenty-third day of the new year, Li Zhongyi has to personally go to the court to ask about the case.

As for the sixth, sixteenth, and twenty-sixth days of the first month. On the ninth, nineteenth, and twenty-ninth days of the first month, under normal circumstances, the judges of the Yazuo Hall of Kaifeng Prefecture received the civil pleadings and tried the case.

As soon as Li Zhongyi sat down, he listened to Yuan's report, and Cai Zhangbiao asked to see him outside.

Cai Zhangbiao walked into the hall briskly and saluted. On the other hand, he reported: "Back to Duanming Gong's words, when the soldiers and horses sent to arrest Wu Xiaoyi arrived, the Wu family had already gone to the empty building. The people below didn't dare to be careless, and after a careful search, the silver money and other soft things were gone. ”

Li Zhongyi pondered for a moment, and said lightly: "Since Cai Junxun said no, then there is none." ”

Cai Zhangbiao said that Li Zhongyi had something to say, and his heart sank violently, and he immediately realized it. It's not good, Li Zhongyi probably already knows all kinds of bad habits of the government to arrest people!

Before Li Zhongyi returned to Beijing, he served as the assassin of Lingzhou. Cai Zhangbiao knows, but now he regrets it.

Since. Li Zhongyi has been a foreign magistrate, then. The government is tired of catching people and raiding their homes, and it is very likely that he will know.

Li Zhongyi didn't seem to see Cai Zhangbiao's embarrassment. He said lightly: "Pass on my words, from now on, every seized property will be returned to the public first, and then the meritorious deeds will be rewarded." ”

When Li Zhongyi set up the new rules, he did not pursue the problem of some people's unclean hands and feet when they raided their homes, and Cai Zhangbiao couldn't help but secretly breathe a sigh of relief.

"Whoa." According to Cai Zhangbiao's understanding, Li Zhongyi made a new rule on the spot, which is equivalent to issuing a warning in disguise: Don't take it as an example!

In a society governed by man, the rule of law is inevitably very imperfect, and officials, especially the chief officials, hold enormous discretionary powers.

Li Zhongyi pointed out the problem, obviously warning Cai Zhangbiao that he didn't want to investigate the black money of the people below, which did not mean that he didn't know the tricks.

It was originally an era of rampant rule of man, once the son of heaven and a courtier, people went to politics, all of which belonged to the norm!

Of course, the spirit of the rule of law does not exist, and it cannot be, but after Li Zhongyi, a new official, takes office, if he wants to govern smoothly and does not set new rules, it will not work!

Although Liu Jinshan sat on the side and didn't squeak, he was secretly glad in his heart, fortunately, he had taken refuge in Li Zhongyi.

If he continues to oppose such a shrewd and powerful boss who has real power, he Liu Jinshan may be unlucky!

After intimidating Cai Zhangbiao, Li Zhongyi then asked him: "How many people are in Wu Xiaoyi's family?" ”

"This ......" Cai Zhangbiao thought about it carefully, and then replied cautiously, "According to the head of the workshop, Wu Xiaoyi's grandmother died very early. The year before last, the head of his house also died, leaving only one son, and I did not hear about his remarriage. Because, Wu Xiaoyi was poor in his early years, and his relatives also broke off contact early. ”

Li Zhongyi held a tea cup in his hand, silently listening to Cai Zhangbiao's introduction, but he was carefully calculating in his heart.

Wu Xiaoyi's parents died, his wife also died the year before last, he never married his stepfamily, and he only had an only son under his knees.

Wu Xiaoyi's family relationship is relatively simple, except for the only son, there is not much drag.

Hehe, some people behind it are really calculating!

Li Zhongyi thought of this, and he roughly had a spectrum in his heart, this Wu Xiaoyi has probably been wiped out!

You must know that if this Wu Xiaoyi is still alive, it will be a huge threat to the people who instigated him to set fire behind the scenes.

In fact, Li Zhongyi arranged for Cai Zhangbiao's subordinates to arrest Wu Xiaoyi, and he already had a premonition in his heart that Wu Xiaoyi's extermination was definitely a high probability event.

"Judge Liu, immediately ordered someone to draw a shadow and graphic, issued an official document to various states and counties, and offered a reward of 500 yuan to arrest Wu Xiaoyi." Li Zhongyi obviously guessed Wu Xiaoyi's ending, but before there is no evidence, the case-handling procedures must still be in place.

"Whoa." When Liu Jinshan got up to receive the order, he suddenly added, "Mansion Jun, the lower officials think, can you invite Wu Xiaoyi's neighbors, as well as the head of the neighborhood and others, to the government office and ask what is the matter?" ”

Li Zhongyi knew very well in his heart that in order to handle the case, the government had the right to arrest all people related to Wu Xiaoyi, including neighbors, relatives, and clansmen, to the prison of the government office, which was the evil system of joint sitting.

In these years, most of the soap servants in Kaifeng Mansion did not have any money to take. The composition of these people is extremely complex, either good citizens who are forced to serve as servants, or idle ruffians and hooligans, and soap servants are simply relatives of the officials in the government.

People are iron, rice is steel, and if you don't eat a meal, you will be hungry!

Since these soap servants do not need to pay money to support them from the Kaifeng government, it is impossible not to eat and support their families. Then, in order to make income, they can only attack the common people or merchants.

Li Zhongyi has been a magistrate, and naturally knows very well that these soap servants who do not receive salaries, in order to survive or "generate income", often collude with unscrupulous officials, and everyone does bad things together to reap benefits.

Specifically, it is common for the soap servants of the government to use a certain case to implicate the relatives and friends of the people involved, who are relatively wealthy and have no background.

Cheating, abduction, extortion, and thus absorbing the money of wealthy households has always been the biggest way for the government to make money, and it is also the most important source of wealth.

Liu Jinshan's idea is actually very simple, this kind of Qin case that shocked the Son of Heaven, once the plants are connected, the oil and water in it are so fertile that they are scared to death!

Instead of cheapening those lowly soap servants, it is really better to put it in Li Zhongyi's own purse, this is; Liu Jinshan's true thoughts.

Li Yunxiao secretly felt funny on the side, with the net worth of the son's rich and rival country, is it necessary to do this kind of dirty work that is most likely to ruin his reputation? (To be continued......) R527