"Master Di is afraid that he has misunderstood, just based on these incomplete arrows, how can he conclude that it must be a self-made strong crossbow, too far-fetched, right?"

Li Chen is not an ordinary person in the end, but he is still a little anxious, and he is not stupid enough to admit it on the spot, and after rolling his eyes, he retorted with a smile.

"It's very simple, the arrow of the bow is large, and the arrow of the crossbow is small, this is one, the second, the arrow of the bow is long, and the crossbow arrow is short, please see how long the arrow is?"

Di Renjie was not afraid of Li Chen's counterattack, and took out a relatively intact one from several broken arrows, handed it to Li Chen, and confidently listed three reasons.

"Hehe, Master Di has good eyesight, this may be a crossbow arrow, but it can't be said to be a strong crossbow from the official military system, you must know that although the ban in the court is strict, it can be repeatedly banned from the vultures, and the people still have crossbows, how dare those thieves act arrogantly, there are a few crossbows to rely on, but it also makes sense."

In the face of empirical evidence, Li Chen couldn't insist that these mutilated arrows were not crossbow arrows, but he refused to admit that these crossbow arrows were self-made strong crossbows, so he didn't hesitate to talk nonsense.

"What the party said is reasonable, but it is not applied carelessly, as far as Di knows, my crossbow arrows are customized, and the materials received by the craftsmen of each field must be registered, whether it is a finished product or a defective product, there is no exception, for counting, every hundred, the craftsman will engrave the mark on the arrow shaft, there is a mark on this arrow shaft, the word 'Wang San' is vaguely recognizable, it should be the third hundred arrows made by the craftsman surnamed Wang, just go to the arrow-making workshop to check to know the roots!"

Di Renjie listened to Li Chen's quibbles very patiently, but he was not moved, smiled slightly, flipped the arrow shaft, pointed to the two small characters on the arrow shaft, and easily refuted Li Chen's quibbles.

"This ......, hehe, what Master Di said is quite reasonable, but it is difficult to guarantee that this crossbow arrow was not stolen from the workshop by a thief, and it will be difficult to explain the strangeness for a while, and let the official go back and find out."

Although the loss of materials in the army is also a crime, but after all, the crime is small, at most, it is just a reprimand by the imperial court, and it is a capital crime to instruct the state army to attack the post station at night.

"Well, it should be a good life to check, such a big fire, the arrows should have been exhausted, but there are more than a dozen remnants of Wu, which shows that there are so many crossbow arrows that were shot into the post station at that time, I am afraid that there should be nearly a thousand, such a large number is really amazing."

knew that Li Chen was playing tricks in every way, but Di Renjie did not break it on the spot, but nodded thoughtfully, and nodded with a smile.

"It should be investigated, it should be investigated, hehe, Master Di can rest assured, the next official will definitely investigate thoroughly when he turns around."

Nearly a thousand crossbow arrows means that there are at least more than 100 strong crossbows, this number is amazing, if you want to explain it with the excuse that the workshop is lost, it obviously won't work, Li Chen is not stupid, he can hear the hint in Di Renjie's words, his face turned white, but he didn't dare to defend more, he could only nod his head in embarrassment, and replied with a dry smile.

"Then there will be labor."

Di Renjie obviously didn't mean to tear his face with Li Chen on the spot, he just smiled and thanked him, and then stopped dwelling on the matter, and didn't care what Li Chen's expression was, and strode over to the servants who had already finished the scene investigation.

"Master Di."

When they saw Di Renjie coming over, they all stopped discussing and stood up, only a middle-aged servant rushed forward, this person was Qiao Santai, a master of servant who was specially transferred from the Criminal Department.

"No need to be polite, but what have you discovered?"

Di Renjie raised his hand, stopped Qiao Santai's big salute, and asked calmly.

"Back to my lord, after many days, the scene has been vandalized, and it is difficult to restore the scene at the time of the incident, and my subordinates can only get some superficial clues."

Although Qiao Santai is only thirty-five or six, he can inherit his father's craftsmanship since he was a child, but his qualifications in the work are very deep, and he is known as the first person in the criminal department, and his eyes are very vicious, and he does not have too many scruples about Li Chen who is following Di Renjie, and he can tell that the wreckage here is still the result of artificial arrangement.

"Oh? Let's talk about it. ”

Di Renjie himself is also proficient in artificiality, so he naturally knows that this scene has been artificially manipulated several times, and the reason why he was able to find those crossbow arrows in front of him was not only because he searched carefully, but also because of luck, so Di Renjie was not surprised at all by Qiao Santai's words, but just said without moving, and then motioned for Qiao Santai to continue.

"No, according to the traces left at the scene, it can be seen that the fire of this post station was ignited from the inside out, there were at least three or more fire heads, the fire spread very quickly, and the frightened post station people seemed to rush to the front yard in a panic, but they were attacked by thieves at the gate of the courtyard, leaving a fishy smell of blood and mud in several places, in addition, someone should have tried to break through from the high wall on the west side, and was intercepted by the enemy's random arrows, and his life and death were unknown, and there were more than a dozen deep holes caused by arrows on the remnant wall, but no arrows were found, and they were obviously cleaned up; Third, the remains of the floor tiles at the survey site are corrugated and of different shades, which is suspected of being a second overfire. ”

Although the scene has been vandalized, in the eyes of insiders like Qiao Santai, there are still not many secrets hidden, and with the analysis of layers of cocoons, the truth has almost been faintly revealed.

"Second overkill? Does the party have any explanation for this? ”

Di Renjie already knew the truth of the matter, and his analysis of Qiao Santai was naturally trustworthy, so he frowned, looked at Li Chen with a frightened face with a gloomy face, and asked in a questioning tone.

"This, this ......, this shouldn't be, ah, maybe the thief is afraid that the fire will not be completely enough, and the fire will be ignited from the outside again, well, it should be so."

As soon as he heard Di Renjie ask about this, Li Chen panicked, the reason is very simple, this second arson was ordered by him, in order to completely destroy the entire scene, originally thought that this matter was very hidden, but he didn't expect to be seen through by Qiao Santai, he was shocked and scared, his tongue was immediately knotted, and after a while, he cleverly gave a flawed explanation.

"Shangdang Gong said this is wrong, it is necessary to know that the floor tiles are fire-resistant things, if they are completely burned at one time, it is difficult to be damaged, and there will be no wave-like burns on it, at most it is only a black one, only after burning and cooling, and then burning by fire, there will be such wave-like burns, there is no doubt that there is at least half a day between the two fires."

Li Chen's lies are really too low-level, they are simply talking nonsense with their eyes open, Qiao Santai did not have a good impression of him, and he unceremoniously exposed his statement on the spot.

"Ah, how can there be? Hehe, this is the first time I have heard of it, hehe, this official was not present that day, what happened still needs to be investigated, Master Di, it's not too early, do you think you want to go back to the city first? ”

The lie was exposed on the spot, and Li Chen's face was immediately a little unbearable, but he couldn't use it at this moment, let alone go crazy, so he could only let out a few ugly dry laughs cheekily, and after a few perfunctory words, he immediately urged Di Renjie to return to the city.

"Well, now that the survey has been completed, it's better to go back to the city first."

Regarding Li Chen's proposal, Di Renjie did not agree immediately, but looked at Li Chen meaningfully, and saw that Li Chen lowered his head in a panic, so he smiled and nodded in agreement.

"Okay, good, good, Master Di, please!"

After a scene investigation, Li Chen was already deflated several times, he was already tired, stuffy and panicked, he didn't want to stay in this broken place longer, this time Di Renjie was finally willing to withdraw the troops, immediately secretly relieved, hurriedly made a "please" gesture, and diligently let Di Renjie get into the carriage, not long after, the number of carriages has been under the escort of a group of cavalry, rushed to the Shangdang City, leaving only a messy wreckage on the scene, like an abscess on the earth, ugly, It seems to be silently recounting the tragic scene that happened a few days ago......

"Rubbish, why don't you die, bastard, just such a little thing that made you do this, rubbish, full rubbish, you, you, you ......"

Li Chenyi, who had a ghost in his heart, sent Di Renjie and the others back to the other courtyard, and rushed back to the Assassin's Mansion in a hurry, and found his father in the study.

"The father is angry, the father is angry, the child should die, the child should die, but now that the matter has come out, please ask the father to have an idea, if so, if this matter is stabbed in the court, then, then ......"

What Li Chen is most afraid of is his father, as soon as Li Yuanjia is so angry, Li Chen's face turned green, and he fell to the ground in a hurry, begging with Si Ai.

"Alas, there is more than enough success and more failure, and it is said that such a person, as a father, one day he will be dragged to death by you idiot!"

Looking at the young son who was kneeling on the ground and trembling, Li Yuanjia was really angry, shook his head with a wry smile, and sighed helplessly.

"The father is angry, and there are thousands of mistakes, all of which are the fault of the child, and now that the matter has come to this, please ask the father to ......"

Li Chen was really aggrieved in his heart, and he persuaded Li Yuanjiamo to participate in the impeachment case on the spot, but unfortunately Li Yuanjia insisted on not listening at that time, and now that there are so many incidents, he Li Chen has been a punching bag and a scapegoat, and there is really nowhere to say that he is reasonable.

"Shut up, get out, go prepare the frame, and go to the other courtyard with Lone!"

Li Yuanjia was really too lazy to listen to Li Chen's nonsense, and he didn't wait for him to finish speaking, he already stomped his feet hatefully, and scolded angrily.

"Ah, yes, yes, yes......"

As soon as he heard his father's instructions, Li Chen breathed a sigh of relief for no reason, and didn't dare to ask any more, got up, and rushed out of the study as if he were fleeing from the smoke......