Listening to the words of Zhang Liang, the secretary of the Criminal Department, Li Shimin frowned, and said directly: "This matter is the worst case that has had the worst impact since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, and it must be severely punished, otherwise in the long run, all my Datang officials will be derelict in their duties, won't they want to destroy the country and extinct the species?" ”

"What does Your Majesty mean?" The criminal department Shangshu asked cautiously.

"The officials involved in this case will all be guilty of one degree." Li Shimin said in a deep voice.

This kind of punishment is not particularly heavy in essence, but it is not light, especially for low-level officials, for whom their career in this life is over.

The higher the official position, generally speaking, as long as it is not a major crime of rebellion, the punishment will not be too severe, and the punishment is not as good as a doctor, which means that being an official has certain privileges.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, Longen!" All the officials who knelt on the ground quickly apologized when they heard this.

"Your Majesty, the plan for now is to find the murderer as soon as possible and bring him to justice, so that the people's grievances can be calmed down and justice can be given to the families of the victims such as Wang Xiannan." Fang Xuanling stood up and said.

"Fang Aiqing is reasonable, but I don't know that Aiqing can take on this role? Arrest the arsonist within three days? Li Shimin asked.

Hearing that Li Shimin said that he was within three days to solve the case, the ministers below all looked at each other, afraid that Li Shimin would hand over this hot potato into his hands.

Li Shimin waited for a while, but no one took the initiative to stand up, which made Li Shimin very angry.

Li Shimin looked at Zhang Liang, the secretary of the Criminal Department, Zhang Liang lowered his head and did not dare to speak, it stands to reason that this criminal case should be investigated by the Criminal Department, but the time given by Li Shimin is too short, and Zhang Liang is a little uncertain.

So Li Shimin looked at the other officials, trying to find someone to do something to reassure him. But after looking at it for a long time, I felt that no one was suitable.

At this moment, an official standing at the end suddenly stepped forward and bowed to Li Shimin: "Your Majesty, Chen Di Renjie is willing to share your Majesty's worries." ”

Seeing Di Renjie stand up, the other ministers in the hall were stunned, thinking to themselves that this guy who is basically a little transparent on weekdays, what is going on today?

"Presumptuous compilation of six products, dare to make a big deal of nonsense in the court? Do you think solving a case is a pen trick? After seeing Di Renjie stand up, Wei Zheng's face turned dark and he hurriedly stepped forward to stop him.

This time, Wei Zheng didn't look at Di Renjie unpleasantly, but out of the purpose of protecting him, for fear that he was young and vigorous, and he was impulsive. After all, the emperor said that the case must be solved in three days, if he takes the task, if he can't solve the case on time by then, he will definitely be punished, Di Renjie is also his subordinate, so Wei Zheng hurriedly came out to speak.

But Wei Zheng's words, Di Renjie did not appreciate it, because since he chose to stand up, he had made up his mind.

"Your Majesty, the minister is willing to find out the murderer of the arson case within three days and seek justice for the victims." Di Renjie saw Li Shimin's hesitation, so he raised his voice again.

Di Renjie's words made Wei Zheng angry and half dead, Wei Zhengxin said that you are Di Renjie, the old man was kind enough to dissuade you in your father's face, but you didn't appreciate it. It's true that born calves are not afraid of tigers, such a big case, the criminal department does not dare to guarantee that the case will be solved in three days, you dare to guarantee a small compilation?

Li Shimin was indeed a little hesitant in his heart, he was also worried that Di Renjie was impulsive, after all, in his opinion, Di Renjie did not belong to the officials of the Criminal Department, and he was helping Wei Zheng them in Hongwen Hall on weekdays, and then ran errands in Shangshu Province by the way, copying official documents or something.

"Di Renjie, are you really willing to take on this matter?" Li Shimin saw Di Renjie speak again, so he had to ask.

"Yes, Your Majesty, Wei Chen is willing to make a military order, if the arson case cannot be investigated within three days, the minister is willing to accept any punishment." Di Renjie said with his chest straight.

"Okay, since Di Aiqing is willing to share my worries, I will give you this opportunity to solve the case within three days. If you have any requests, just tell me, as long as you can solve the case, I can agree to you. Seeing that Di Renjie was confident and full of confidence, Li Shimin had no other candidates, so he had to agree to Di Renjie's request.

"Weichen, thank you Your Majesty for agreeing to the minister's request, as long as the three divisions cooperate, the minister has no other requirements." Di Renjie bowed.

"The three divisions cooperate, there is no problem with this, I will give you a gold medal, no matter which department is involved during the investigation, I will cooperate with you unconditionally." After Li Shimin finished speaking, he asked Guo Ren to directly present a gold medal.

Seeing Di Renjie win the gold medal, the others couldn't help but feel a little envious in their hearts, but when they thought of the case, their hearts were balanced again, this gold medal looks beautiful now, but once nothing can be found within three days, it will not be so good-looking.

"We're thanking you, Lord Longen!" Di Renjie knelt on the ground and took the gold medal with both hands.

"Lord Zhang, the secretary of the Criminal Department, Lord Tang of Dali Temple, Lord Yushitai Xie, and Lord Yiyang of Jingzhao Mansion, please cooperate with the next official at that time." After Di Renjie thanked him, he stood up and said to several ministers.

"They are all serving the court, Lord Di is still like this, as a courtier, I will naturally not hold back." Zhang Liang, the secretary of the Criminal Department, was still very grateful to Di Renjie for taking over this hot potato for him.

"Something to start, nothing to retreat." Li Shimin saw that today's matter had been discussed, so he signaled to retreat.

After dispersing, Di Renjie immediately went to the Criminal Department, selected a few arresters, and followed him to the scene of the fire to investigate the case.

The fire has now been extinguished, and the government has sent officers and soldiers to cordon off the entire scene.

Di Renjie led people to check several fire scenes non-stop, and came to the conclusion that these fires were committed by the same people.

Through his special perspective, Di Renjie restored the entire incident and saw the entire process of Zhang Zhen leading people to set fire.

At that moment, Di Renjie couldn't wait to immediately break Zhang Zhen's body into pieces, he saw Zhang Zhen's arrogant and domineering face after arson, and saw those subordinates whose faces were numb and set fire with Zhang Zhen. "These people deserve to die."

Knowing the murderer, Di Renjie began to look for evidence, after all, he couldn't tell others what he saw from a special perspective.

The origin of the fuel, the means of transportation that transported the fuel, and the helpers who set the fire with Zhang Zhen all had to be investigated, and only in this way could Zhang Zhen and others confess their guilt and get the punishment they deserved.

These things may be time-consuming if others do them, after all, Zhang Zhen's subordinates are still quite hidden, but for Di Renjie there is no difficulty at all, he is like hanging up, and goes directly to the place where the murderer is hiding.

(End of chapter)