I remember that at the beginning of the second half of last year, the envoys of the Chu State were attacked in the vicinity of Yongqiu, including the escort soldiers from Fenchengsai, and none of them were spared, causing the Chu State to declare war on Wei.

At that time, I don't know how many people in Daliang were afraid that the army of Chu would not know when it would hit Daliang, until Zhao Hongrun, the king of Su, led the Junshui battalion to defeat the army of Xiong Tuo, the king of Xuancheng, and this incident gradually faded down in Daliang.

And now, it has been replaced by the hottest topic at present, such as whether Hongli, the prince of the East Palace, was really abandoned by God.

But he didn't expect that Zhao Hongrun would re-mention the matter to Zhou Yan, the secretary of the Criminal Department.

"What does Lord Zhou want to hide?"

When His Royal Highness King Su said this sentence with a smile, Zhou Yan, the secretary of the Criminal Department, couldn't help but shrink his eyes.

After a long time, Zhou Yan smiled and asked, "Isn't Your Highness suspicious of this official?" ”

"Hey!" Zhao Hongrun pursed his lips with a smile, and said lightly: "Zhou Shangshu, don't make a fuss, you should understand what this king means." After that, he put away the smile on his face and said, "Please take a look at the case file of this case from this king." ”

The so-called case file refers to the text or file that is recorded in detail during the investigation of a case, and in the case of the attack on the Chu envoy, the officials of the criminal department will indicate in detail the identity, origin, and location of the two hundred deceased, as well as the surrounding environment of the dead body, the place where the crime occurred, including any nearby gossip, and so on.

Therefore, the best way to find out about that attack is to look through the facts of the case.

But the problem is that the case files in the treasury of the Criminal Department are not something that can be read casually, even if Zhao Hongrungui is the king of Su, if there is no promise from the Son of Heaven, Zhou Yan, who is the secretary of the Criminal Department, also has the right to refuse.

"This ...... I'm afraid it's not quite right. Zhou Yan vaguely refused.

Seeing that the other party politely refused. Zhao Hongrun laughed instead, nodded and said, "It seems that Zhou Shangshu did find out something. After that, he looked up at Zhou Yan and continued with a smile: "Zhou Shangshu should also know the holy decree of his father this morning. …… The king was innocently implicated. I had to go to the Ministry of Industry to be on duty, and right now, there was a nameless fire in my heart, and I couldn't vent it. …… Either Zhou Shangshu handed over the case to the king for a look, or the king made a big fuss here, and asked the guards to go to the treasury to search, and Zhou Shangshu chose one. ”

Zhou Yan, the secretary of the Criminal Department, suddenly changed his face when he heard this, and he suddenly realized. His Royal Highness King Su in front of him, sometimes he is definitely the most troublesome of the princes.

Just when Zhou Yan was puzzled by the meaning of choice, he suddenly saw Zhao Hongrun laughing: "Okay, just make a joke with Zhou Shangshu." After that, he lowered his voice and asked rhetorically: "Zhou Shangshu refused to hand over the case file to this king for review, because the Criminal Department has confirmed that the murderer who committed the crime. It's me Wei, right? ”

『……』

Zhou Yan's face changed again when he heard this. He stared at Zhao Hongrun deeply, and only after half a sound did he sigh helplessly, nodded and said, "Please ask His Royal Highness King Su to follow this official to the secret room for a detailed discussion." ”

After that, Zhou Yan invited Zhao Hongrun into a secret room in the Criminal Department.

said that it was a secret room, but in fact, in Zhao Hongrun's opinion, it was just an ordinary room, if you insist on saying what the difference is. That is, the sound insulation effect of this kind of secret room is very good, which can prevent the occurrence of such a thing as a wall with ears to the greatest extent.

After inviting Zhao Hongrun and several sect guards to sit in the secret room for a while, Zhou Yan, the secretary of the Criminal Department, returned again, holding a volume of cloth case files in his hand. It's the thickness of an adult man's thigh.

"That's too much, isn't it?"

Zhao Hongrun muttered to himself in his heart.

But when Zhou Yan spread out the case file on the table in the secret room, when Zhao Hongrun clearly saw that the file was full of dense records, he couldn't help but sigh: From last year's case to this year, the criminal department's investment in this case is probably beyond imagination.

"His Royal Highness King Su, this matter is very important, don't make a noise." Zhou Yan admonished beside him.

"Don't worry, this king is measured."

Zhao Hongrun nodded in response, he naturally understood why Zhou Yan, the secretary of the Criminal Department, paid so much attention to it, after all, if it was really their Wei people's doing, then it would not be easy for the records in this case file to reach the ears of the Chu people, otherwise, the Great Wei would not only be untenable in terms of reason, but also make the people in the country uneasy.

"Xiong Fen ......"

Zhao Hongrun looked at the first name in the list of the dead, turned his head to look at Zhou Yan, the Shangshu of the Criminal Department, and finally realized why this Shangshu Lord was so cautious.

At that time, he didn't pay too much attention to this matter, so much so that he only learned today that there was actually a Xiong nobleman of the Chu State in the list of Chu envoys who were attacked.

"Xiong Fen, the younger brother of Diyang Jun Xiong Li, twenty-eight years old, a scholar......

Looking at the information about Xiong Fen on the case file, Zhao Hongrun frowned and asked, "Is this verified by the Criminal Department itself, or is it given by the Chu State?" ”

"It's recorded on the list of envoys." Zhou Yan explained: "Before the king of Chu sent this envoy, he additionally submitted a list of envoys to my Liang, and this Xiong Fen recorded that he was the chief envoy of the envoy team at that time. ”

As he spoke, he pointed to the names of Xiong Fen in the case file, and added: "These people are the deputy envoys who assisted Xiong Fen, but the identity of the other twenty or so people has not been found by the Criminal Department for the time being, and there has been no response from the Chu State. ”

He didn't say any more, but Zhao Hongrun understood what he meant: At that time, the Chu State hated the army and came over, so how could there be any leisure to discuss the murderer with Dawei.

"There are a total of sixty-three Chu people who were attacked, judging from the clothing and belongings they carry, the chief envoy, deputy envoy, and entourage are about thirty-three, and the remaining fifty people are the guards of this team."

"How many soldiers did Fen Chengsai send to guard them at that time?"

"One hundred soldiers, led by a hundred generals Zhu Yun."

"Hundred soldiers of Fen Cheng Sai ......"

Zhao Hongrun stretched out his hand and scratched his forehead, frowning and thinking.

Although he hadn't seen with his own eyes what the soldiers of Fen Cheng Sai looked like on the battlefield, no matter how conservative his estimate was, it would not be much worse than the Junshui Battalion.

After all, Fencheng Sai is one of the six battalions of the dignified garrison, and it is the elite army of the Great Wei Dynasty on an equal footing with the Junshui Battalion and the Dangshan Battalion.

Therefore, Zhao Hongrun simply treated the 100 Fencheng soldiers as 100 Junshui Camp soldiers.

But when you think about it, it's terrible.

To know a hundred of the Muddy Water Battalion. It is definitely possible to hang and beat three hundred Shang Shui Jun or Yan Shui Jun, could it be that the murderers who attacked this Chu envoy team actually numbered three or five hundred?

"Are there scattered people near Yongqiu?" Zhao Hongrun asked.

As if he had guessed what Zhao Hongrun was thinking, Zhou Yan, the secretary of the Criminal Department, shook his head and said, "My Criminal Department asked the villagers of several villages near Yongqiu, and those people said. I didn't hear anyone fighting in the neighborhood during those nights. ”

『……』

Zhao Hongrun frowned when he heard this, and after thinking for a while, he asked again: "Post House, the post house near Yongqiu, have you checked it?" ”

『……』

Zhou Yan, the secretary of the Criminal Department, glanced at Zhao Hongrun deeply, and then said in an inexplicable tone: "Your Highness asked about the root. …… The post house near Yongqiu, when the people from our criminal department went to verify, they found that the post house was empty. As he spoke, he didn't wait for Zhao Hongrun to ask. He lowered his voice and added: "At that time, the official realized that something was wrong, and asked my criminal department to dissect the abdomen of the dead body, although no poison was found, but judging from the residue and smell in the abdomen, those people ate a lot of things and wine before they died. ”

"Can you still smell the wine when you dissect the corpse?"

"Yes!"

"......" Zhao Hongrun suddenly understood, frowned and said: "Lord Zhou means that these people ate and drank a lot in the post house near Yongqiu, and drank until they were drunk. Transported to the wilderness to be killed, faked as if attacked? ”

"Yes!" Zhou Yan stared at Zhao Hongrun's eyes. Again, affirmed.

"Well......" Zhao Hongrun nodded and thought for a while, and suddenly felt a little wrong, and said strangely: "No, even if the wine is drugged, causing those Chu people to be fascinated, but the hundred soldiers of Fen Sai." How could they ......"

Speaking of this, Zhao Hongrun raised his head suddenly, and happened to meet the eyes of Zhou Yan, the secretary of the Criminal Department, who stared at him intently.

"You...... Lord Zhou, do you suspect Fen Chengsai?! ”

Zhao Hongrun opened his mouth, forcibly endured the horror in his heart, and asked in disbelief.

Only then can it be explained. Why did those 100 elite soldiers of Fen Cheng Sai die so easily? …… According to the inference of our criminal department, the number of people who attacked the Chu envoy was not very large, and it stands to reason that the nearly 200 people would not even have a chance to call for help or send messages. ”

"How could it be Fen Chengsai?"

Recalling the rugged and bold appearance of Xu Yin, the general of Fen Chengsai, Zhao Hongrun shook his head and put this speculation behind him.

It may be that seeing that Zhao Hongrun has guessed what he is thinking, Zhou Yan, the secretary of the Criminal Department, simply no longer conceals anything, and said in a low voice: "It's just one of the suspects." ”

"Impossible!" Zhao Hongrun shook his head and vetoed: "General Xu Yin was once the emperor's Zongwei, how could he do such a thing?" ”

Zhou Yan shook his head and said calmly: "Zhou is just analyzing the case on a case-by-case basis. If they were really killed in an unguarded situation, then the biggest suspicion was the general of Fen Chengsai, and the possibility of even General Xu Yin could not be ruled out. ”

“……”

"Of course, Zhou also considered General Xu Yin's loyalty to His Majesty, but what about the generals under his command? In the vicinity of Fen Cheng Sai, it has been attacked by the Chu army many times, and those who live near it are the families of the generals in Fen Cheng Sai......"

"It won't be a soldier of Fen Chengsai." Zhao Hongrun shook his head, and said with a straight face: "Zhou Shangshu only considered that the generals of Fen Chengsai were full of hatred against the Chu people, but he didn't take it into account...... As far as the situation at that time is concerned, which side has a better chance of winning when my Great Wei and the Chu State are at war? I believe that the generals of Fen Chengsai are very clear about each other's strength and weakness, so it is too far-fetched to say that they want to take the opportunity to take revenge on the Chu people and start a war with the Chu people. …… Furthermore, why is it in Yongqiu? ”

"The envoy of Chu once lived in Yongqiu, handed over his credentials to Daliang, and waited for my reply that Daliang allowed him to enter the city......

Zhou Yan pondered for a while, and said strangely: "The official of the Ministry of Rites who pretended to welcome the envoy? ”

As he spoke, he touched his beard and muttered, "In this way, it is the driving department under the Ministry of War, which is even more suspicious." "Note: The driving department is responsible for the post houses in the country, and it is easy to grasp the specific whereabouts of the Chu envoy."

But thinking about it carefully, Zhou Yan, the secretary of the Criminal Department, couldn't help but have a headache.

You must know that no matter who the murderer is, as long as the fact that he is a Wei person, it is not a matter of benefit to Great Wei to track it down and tell the world.

It is precisely because of this that Zhou Yan didn't want to pursue it much later.

"Your Highness, do you really want to find out the truth? …… Zhou thought that it might be more appropriate to close the case here. ”

He persuaded Zhao Hongrun.

Zhao Hongrun understood what Zhou Yan meant, and to know the current situation, the Chu people insisted that the Wei people did it, and the Great Wei court insisted that it was Xiong Tuo, the king of Xuancheng.

But suddenly one day, the Great Wei court found out the murderer, and it was verified that the murderer was a Wei person, how would this end? How to face the accusations of the state of Chu?

"Throw the charge to Xiong Tuo, the king of Xuancheng? Scold! Zhao Hongrun shook his head with a light smile, immediately looked at Zhou Yan, the secretary of the Criminal Department, and said solemnly: "Zhou Shangshu, that's a group of guys who are trying to subvert my Great Wei!" …… The Criminal Department can cover up the truth, but how can we ensure that those guys who are lurking in the shadows and trying to be unfavorable to my Great Wei will not resort to conspiracies against my Great Wei again? ”

"......" Zhou Yan, the secretary of the Criminal Department, looked at him.

As Zhao Hongrun said, Zhou Yan lost his enthusiasm for tracking down the murderer because he found that the murderer was most likely their Wei people, and really ignored that those guys who attacked the Chu envoy were probably killed purely to make Great Wei fall into a war with Chu.

It's not a good thing to leave such a group of guys lurking in the country.

Thinking of this, Zhou Yan, the secretary of the Criminal Department, nodded heavily: "Your Highness, rest assured, Zhou will definitely find out the truth!" ”

"There is Lao Zhou Shangshu." Zhao Hongrun got up and said goodbye.

"The duty lies. …… Your Highness walks slowly. ”

"You don't have to send it." (To be continued.) )