Sima Wang Qin of Liangzhou is 32 years old this year, with a medium build, a round face and slightly chubby, fair skin, Zhenguan was born in Jinshi for 12 years, and he is already an official position on the fifth grade at a young age.

Since Di Renjie and the others arrived, he has been secretly observing them, and seeing that Di Renjie and the others are very young, their slightly immature behavior, especially the refusal of the reception banquet of the chief manager, is obviously unreasonable.

Wang Qin thinks that it is simply ridiculous that Di Renjie and others use such social experience to solve such a complex case.

After reading Chang'an's letter, Wang Qin said to the messenger: "Please go back and tell your lordship, the official will be careful in this matter, please don't worry." ”

Wuwei County Yakeshe, the county commander Zhang Nian continued to tell his story. He was born in the army, his left arm was wounded by an arrow during the conquest of the Turks, and Li Daozong, the deputy head of the Xihaidao march at that time, saw that he was brave in battle, and he was a native of Wuwei, so he arranged for him to join the army as a cancao in the city of Liangzhou, and later became the commander of Wuwei County.

Wuwei is a barren place and the people are poor, and the situation on the border is very complicated, and officials who have a little way are reluctant to come here to be county magistrates. Zhang Nian's education level is not high, but he is diligent, and the previous governors are willing to keep him, so he has been a county magistrate for seven years, and he knows the local situation well.

Li Daozong and Li You have a close relationship, and everyone has a lot of common topics. After talking, the relationship between them was narrowed. Zhang Nian said that he would fully cooperate with Di Renjie and others to solve the case.

Zhang Nian introduced the relevant situation of the case.

At the beginning, Concubine Yin was going to build a tomb for her father in Wuwei, and Li Daozong specially sent someone to tell Zhang Nian to give convenience, so Zhang Nian was very concerned about this matter and knew what happened.

Wuwei is located in the border area and has always been a military location, so the proportion of military households and artisan households among the residents of the county is very large. When Yin Hongzhi sent people to Wuwei, Zhang Nian sent a quick catch team leader Wang Kuai to find the famous local craftsman Gou San, at that time Zhang Nian also personally met Gou San, telling him to do his best, must do a good job of the Yin Concubine Niangniang.

Later, in the process of building the tomb, Zhang Nian personally went to the site to see it twice, and when he saw that the tomb was built magnificently, he also praised those craftsmen.

However, he didn't know the specific size requirements for the construction of the tomb, but he thought that the more magnificent, the better.

The people of the Imperial Historical Observatory came from Chang'an to investigate, and Zhang Nian summoned the craftsman Gou San, but Gou San did not come, so he personally took the people from the Imperial Historical Observatory to Gou San's house in the east of the city, and Gou San's family said that he had gone to visit his uncle who was far away in the Uighurs.

After investigation, it was revealed that Gou San did have an uncle in the Uighurs, who was also a craftsman, and he wanted to go to him to learn the art of making cast iron molds.

The people of Yushitai couldn't see any problems, and told Zhang Nian to wait until Gou San came back, ask about the situation, and report to Yushitai. Then the people of Yushitai went back to Chang'an to resume their lives.

Di Renjie asked, "My lord, do you think there is any problem?" ”

Zhang Nian said: "To be honest, I don't see any problems, it's just a bit of a coincidence in time." ”

Di Renjie asked, "What do the other people involved in the construction say?" ”

Zhang Nian said: "Those craftsmen all listen to Gou San, and everyone will do whatever he says, and they don't know that the specifications of the tombs built are beyond the system." ”

A few people chatted for a while, and Zhang Nian saw that it was getting late, so he got up and said goodbye. He walked out of the inn, and suddenly remembered something, he hesitated outside for a moment, shook his head, and turned to leave.

After Zhang Nian left, Zhang Cambodia asked, "Huaiying, do you think there is any problem?" ”

Di Renjie said: "Someone has done something in this matter. The drawings provided by Lord Yin Shangshu do not match the actual dimensions of the tomb. There's a real problem with that.

The person in charge of Gou San's matter, as an experienced old craftsman, could not have made such a mistake in the process of construction. The only explanation is that he did something inside. This person has never known the prince and has no fate or hatred, he has no need to harm the prince, the only explanation is that someone must have instructed him behind his back.

Gou San is the key person in this incident, as long as you find him, the matter will be solved. ”

Zhang Cambodia asked, "Then what are you going to do next?" ”

Di Renjie said: "Since Gou San is the insider of this incident, he knows that sooner or later someone will ask about this matter. Even if he is gone now, his family is still here, is he never coming back? As long as he comes back, he will still have to face this matter.

So I don't think it's reasonable. What would you do if you were Gou San? ”

Zhang Cambodia said: "I have also thought about this problem. This matter involves His Royal Highness the King of the Northwest, this is not a trivial matter, whether it is the Imperial History Observatory or the local government, sooner or later it will have to give someone an explanation. If Gou San had a reasonable argument, he would not have left Wuwei at this time. Don't you understand that this is a fire? ”

Di Renjie nodded and said, "Yes, the problem is here. Then there are only the following cases. First, he had already been killed. Second, he knew that he had offended the prince, and this matter would definitely be investigated. So, he hid and it is really possible that he went to the Uighurs. ”

Zhang Cambodia asked, "How are you going to find out?" ”

Di Renjie said: "As you have analyzed, when Gou San did this, he knew that he would offend the prince, so he must have been fully mentally prepared. Whether he received a large amount of money from others, or was threatened by others, in short, he knew the consequences of doing this. Therefore, he will definitely think about his own retreat after this matter.

In this case, he will definitely make some kind of arrangement. It is impossible for the people in his family not to know at all. If he had been killed, it would not have been possible for his family not to feel it at all. If he had taken refuge for the time being, he would have arranged a way out so that he could take his family out of here in the future, and if he had such thoughts, their families should know about it.

Therefore, the matter began to be investigated by his family. ”

Zhang Cambodia said: "You are right. I also thought of a problem, those craftsmen who worked with Gou San, although they followed Gou San's instructions, but in the process of construction, they also had to look at the drawings. Therefore, I think that these craftsmen may not be completely ignorant of Gou San's affairs. Investigation of these people may lead to some useful clues. ”

Di Renjie said: "Then do it." Tomorrow we're going to meet Gou San's family and the craftsmen. ”

Early the next morning, Di Renjie and the others had breakfast, and then went to the county government hall and asked the county commander Zhang Nian to arrange for someone to go with them to the residence of Gou San's family.

The county government of Wuwei is not big, it was built in the Beiliang period, it has been hundreds of years ago, although it was just renovated last year, but it still looks a little dilapidated.

When Di Renjie and the others came to the court, they saw that Zhang Nian, the county magistrate, was trying the case.

When Zhang Nian saw Di Renjie and the others coming in, he got up and bowed and said, "Lord Qincha, there is a matter that is being handled by the lower officials, can you please come to the back hall to sit down for a while, and allow the lower officials to finish handling this case and personally lead the way for the adults?" ”

Di Renjie and others are very interested in trying cases, they are in Chang'an, they have seen the Jingzhao Mansion Yamen and Dali Temple adjudicating cases, and they also want to see how the grassroots handle cases. Di Renjie said: "Lord County Commander, you continue to hear the case, and we will listen to it from the sidelines." ”

Zhang Nian said: "That dare is good, the lower officials are worried about this case, and I also ask Lord Qincha for guidance." ”

After speaking, he asked the official to fetch a few chairs and let Di Renjie and the others sit down.

Zhang Nian said to one of the people in the hall: "Wang Bantou, you continue to say to the king." ”