"Click~" Li Zhang stepped on a charred log, but he didn't expect that this seemingly thick wood would break in response, making his feet empty, if it wasn't for the wild dog next to him to support him, I'm afraid he would have to fall.

However, this little thing did not stop Li Zhang at all, but accelerated his speed again, and looked at the surrounding scenery as he walked, only to see that the place where he saw was scorched black, and the original magnificent and majestic palace had all turned into a scorched earth, and it was no longer the scene of the year.

"Hundreds of millions of taels of silver, two years of income, it's really sad that it's gone!" Li Zhang looked at the scene in front of him and couldn't help but feel very distressed, the scorched earth in front of him used to be a grand palace, that is, the Yuqing Zhaoying Palace when Liu E first saw him, speaking of this palace, it was originally built by Zhao Heng in order to store the Book of Heaven, and it cost hundreds of millions of taels of silver, which was almost the income of the Great Song Dynasty for two years, but now it was all burned by a fire three days ago.

Three days ago in the night of heavy rain, accompanied by thunder and lightning, according to the official report of Yuqing Zhaoying Palace, said that that night thunder and lightning hit a corner of the hall, the result was a fire, even if the sky was pouring heavy rain, but still could not extinguish the fire in the palace, as a result, the fire has been burning for three days and three nights, until today was extinguished, and the entire Yuqing Zhaoying Palace, which covers an area of several hundred acres, has also turned into a piece of scorched earth, which really makes people sigh.

However, for this fire, Liu E did not believe that it was a natural disaster at all, especially her deep feelings for Yuqing Zhaoying Palace, not that she liked it here, but that this was Zhao Heng's most beloved palace back then, as Zhao Heng's wife, Liu E also had great feelings for this palace, but now it was burned down by a fire, so Liu E was also very annoyed, so she directly summoned Lu Wu and Li Zhang, and ordered the two of them to be fully responsible for supervising the cause of the fire.

Li Zhang walked around the periphery of the Yuqing Zhaoying Palace, but Lu Wu gathered the officials, chamberlains, and palace maids in the palace together at this time, and the fire also burned a lot of people, and the rest of the people were all gathered together by him, and then interrogated separately, this kind of thing Lu Wu is more experienced than Li Zhang, so Li Zhang did not get involved.

After Li Zhang turned around the ruins of the entire Yuqing Zhaoying Palace, Lu Wu found him with a thick confession and said, "Let's go, the fire should have burned first from the main hall, let's go and see it together!" ”

Li Zhang also nodded at the moment, if he wanted to find the cause of the fire, the most important thing was to find the ignition point, so that he could further find the cause. Speaking of which, the reason why Liu E sent him and Lu Wulai was not only his trust in them, but also his belief in their abilities.

Lu Wu and Li Zhang came to the main hall, which is the place where the Book of Heaven was enshrined, Zhao Heng made a farce of the Book of Heaven several times when he was alive, and the so-called Book of Heaven that was found was also enshrined here, but later after Zhao Heng died, Liu E gave all the Book of Heaven to Zhao Heng to be buried, so as to show that he would not mess around like Zhao Heng, so as to reassure the hearts of the people in the court.

However, although the Book of Heaven is gone, Yuqing Zhaoying Palace is still the most luxurious palace in the Great Song Dynasty, plus the location of the imperial city is not good, the palace is relatively old, and it is not very comfortable for people to live there, so sometimes Liu E and Zhao Zhen will also move to Yuqing Zhaoying Palace to live for a period of time, but no one thought that this palace that cost countless dollars would be destroyed like this.

The whole main hall is the first place to catch fire, of course, it is also the cleanest place to burn, the Central Plains are used to building houses with wood, the same is true of the palace, a palace is almost all made of wood except for the foundation, plus the palace is built relatively high, and there is no lightning protection facilities, so it is not a new thing to be hit by lightning and catch fire.

Li Zhang and Lu Wu carefully inspected the ruins of the main hall, not only the two of them, but also some experienced head catchers brought by Lu Wu, these people were seconded from Kaifeng Mansion and other yamen, they had rich experience in handling cases, and they could help Li Zhang and them find some useful clues from the ruins.

"Found it!" After just one meal, I saw a catcher shouting excitedly to Lu Wu and Li Zhang, and the two of them and the other catchers immediately surrounded them.

"Judge Lu, please see, the traces of the burning of the walls here are very obvious, judging from the experience of his subordinates, this should be the first place to catch fire!" I saw this catcher pointing to an obvious burn mark on a remnant wall and said.

Li Zhang nodded in agreement when he saw this burn mark, he was very interested in detectives, so he also knew something about solving the case, such as the determination of the fire point, although there were burn marks everywhere, but there were obvious "V" shaped burn marks on this wall, this is because when the fire first started, the flame burned from the bottom to the top, and it was easy to leave this V-shaped burn mark on the wall, which was also one of the bases for judging the fire point in later generations.

Lu Wu and the others also agreed with this judgment of the head catcher, and now they took a closer look and found that there were still many burn marks around, and they could also conclude that this was the fire point, and this fire point was from the ground.

"If it is a fire caused by thunder, it must have started from the roof of the house, but this is from the ground, and there is no trace of lightning strikes here, so it can be seen that the officials here are lying!" Lu Wu immediately said angrily, when he interrogated just now, almost everyone insisted that it was a fire caused by a heavenly thunder, but now it seems that it is not a natural disaster at all, but a man-made disaster.

Li Zhang's face also sank at this time, and it was estimated that the officials of Yuqing Zhaoying Palace were also afraid of being punished for this, so they unanimously blamed the cause of the fire on the natural disaster, so that although they were also responsible, it was much lighter, but if it was a man-made fire, then their responsibility would be great, and there might even be many people who would fall to the ground because of this.

At that moment, Lu Wu angrily went to interrogate some officials again, and the fire was on the main hall, and there were not many people who could enter the main hall, so he only needed to focus on interrogation, and it was not difficult to find out the truth.

Sure enough, not long after Lu Wu went, he saw him come back with a pale face, and Li Zhang immediately went up to inquire about the results of the interrogation, and when he knew the cause of the fire, he couldn't help but stomp his feet angrily.

Yuqing Zhaoying Palace is a royal palace, and it usually needs someone to manage it, so there is a position of prefect of Yuqing Zhaoying Palace, and the current prefect is named Li Zhiyi, but no one thought that this Li Zhiying Palace was bold, and he actually regarded Yuqing Zhaoying Palace as his private residence, and even drank and had fun directly in the main hall, but on the night of the fire, he was drunk and accidentally knocked over a candlestick, which caused a fire.

Originally, with the situation of the torrential rain at that time, and the fire at the beginning was only limited to the main hall, he could have organized people to extinguish the fire, but this Li Zhiyan fled in fright, no one in the Yuqing Zhaoying Palace was responsible, and he couldn't organize the firefighters at all, so in the end, the fire became bigger and bigger, and finally destroyed the palace worth hundreds of millions of taels of silver.

"Where's this bastard, I'll kick him a few times first!" After Li Zhang heard this, he was also furious and said, hundreds of millions of taels of silver, just because this guy was ruined, he has only been to such a beautiful royal palace a few times, and he has not even visited it completely, but now there is nothing.

"No need, I already broke his legs just now!" Lu Wu also said angrily at this time, he was also hot-tempered, and after learning the real cause of the fire, he didn't control his temper, and jumped down directly and beat that Li Zhiyi, and the people around him couldn't pull it.

Li Zhang knew that although Lu Wu was not young, his martial arts had not fallen, and that Li Zhiwei had broken two legs by him, and it was estimated that he would never want to stand up in his life, but he committed such a big crime, this life must not be saved, and his head will fall to the ground this fall, so it makes no difference whether he wants his legs or not.

After finding out the cause of the fire, Li Zhang and they didn't need to stay any longer, and immediately took the wailing Li Zhizhi back to restore his life, but when he left the scorched earth of Yuqing Zhaoying Palace, Li Zhang still looked at it with some distress, the scale of this palace is larger than the imperial palace of the Great Song Dynasty, and it can almost be compared with the Forbidden City of later generations, but now it is almost completely destroyed, even if there is still a palace around, but it is also dilapidated, and it is almost impossible to recover.

returned to the palace with the key offender Li Zhisheng, and then Li Zhang and Lu Wu reported the cause of the fire to Liu E, but Liu E was also furious, and immediately put Li Zhicheng on death row, and the whole family was beheaded, and at the same time, other related people in the Yuqing Zhaoying Palace, etc., were all arrested and waiting to be released.

However, for Liu E's decision, Wang Zeng, as the prime minister, felt that it was still a little too heavy, especially although Li Zhicheng made a big mistake, but that night there was a lot of wind and rain, thunder and lightning, which is also the reason why the fire did not attract the attention of others when it first started, so I hope to treat Li Zhicheng lightly.

For Wang Zeng's suggestion, Liu E actually agreed, but Li Zhiyi escaped the catastrophe, but although his life was saved, he was cut to the people, and he was never hired, and he directly cut off his career, which can be regarded as a very serious punishment.

With Li Zhicheng being punished, this matter seems to have passed, and Liu E really didn't seem to pursue it anymore, but what no one expected was that not long after Li Zhicheng was disposed of, Liu E suddenly demoted Wang Zeng to an official, on the grounds that although the first offender who was burned in Yuqing Zhaoying Palace was Li Zhiyi, Wang Zeng, the prime minister, was unknown and was also responsible for the unshirkable responsibility, so Wang Zeng's phase was taken away and demoted from the capital to serve as the prefect of Gunzhou.

Li Zhang didn't expect Liu E to use the burning of Yuqing Zhaoying Palace as an excuse to directly remove Wang Zeng as prime minister, plus Lu Zongdao died of illness before, and now the court has been completely cleaned up by Liu E, if she wants to do something, who can stop her?

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