That is, there is no proof of death?

Holding the case scroll in his hand, Zhao Hongrun couldn't help frowning. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

After a while, he asked, "Wang Ling's mansion, are there any other relatives?" ”

When Zhou Yan heard this, his face showed a look of anger, and he said in a low voice: "Wang Ling has two sons, the eldest son Wang Xi, who is already weak, when he went back and forth to Daliang a few months ago, he disappeared, and two months later he learned that he was killed by thieves on the way; The second son, Wang Yi, because Wang Ling's father-in-law Cui had no son, inherited the family business from Cui's family, and a few months ago, when he went out to play with a group of companions in Zhongyang, he accidentally fell off a cliff and died...... Coupled with the second-room concubine who was immersed in the bamboo cage, the Wang family has a family of six, and none of them survived, leaving only Master Cui who lived in Zhongyang, but Master Cui learned that his son-in-law, daughter, and grandson had all suffered accidents, and he was heartbroken and couldn't afford to get sick...... A few days ago, he also passed away. ”

This is simply a dead door......

The more Zhao Hongrun listened, the more frightened he became, and like Zhou Yan, the secretary of the Criminal Department, he also felt the strong conspiracy in this matter.

But the problem is that now that almost all the people involved are dead, how can there be any clues?

At this time, Zhou Yan sighed on the side: "According to the practice of the Criminal Department, this matter should have been closed a long time ago, but ...... With such a hasty conclusion of the case, Wang Ling could not escape stigma. ”

Zhao Hongrun was silent.

Indeed, this kind of headless case can be closed in the simplest way: Wang Ling secretly communicated with South Korea, plotted to rebel, and committed suicide in fear of crime.

But anyone with a discerning eye can see that Wang Ling, the county magistrate of Jiyang County, was framed, and the methods of the person who framed him were quite clever, so that even Zhou Yan, who was the secretary of the Criminal Department, could not exonerate his old friend.

"Does this Lord Wang have any enemies?" Zhao Hongrun frowned and asked.

Zhou Yan sighed and said, "Wang Linggang is not right, now I can only start to track it down from this aspect to see if I can find anything...... In short, I never believe that Wang Ling will be corrupt and take bribes, let alone that he will fornicate with South Korea. ”

"......" Zhao Hongrun opened his mouth, but in the end, all he could do was nod.

After all, it seems that this kind of case has no evidence, even if it is him, he can't say any good advice.

At this time, Zhou Yanchang took a long breath, restrained the sadness on his face, picked up a case from the desk and handed it to Zhao Hongrun, and said, "Your Highness, take a look at this again." ”

Zhao Hongrun took this case, and after only a few glances, he frowned unconsciously.

This case is about Ma Qi, the county magistrate of Puyang County, and someone reported that the thief in the Guilin area outside the county magistrate instigated the gang of thieves to harass the territory of the country, and Hou Weicheng, the head of the country, sent someone to ask Ma Qi of Puyang County in a fit of anger.

After learning of this, Ma Qi, the county commander of Puyang County, was also furious, and took the county soldiers to cross the border to find the theory of Shouxiang Hou Weicheng, during which they disagreed, and the two sides fought, resulting in the young son of Shouxiang Hou Weicheng, Wei You, was accidentally killed.

This is a more troublesome case than the one just now, because it involves the defense of the country.

However, because of Fang Cai's experience, Zhao Hongrun did not rashly express his opinions, but looked up at Zhou Yan, the secretary of the Criminal Department, in his opinion, if nothing else, there must be something hidden in this matter.

Sure enough, Zhou Yan, the secretary of the Criminal Department, pointed to the case file in Zhao Hongrun's hand, and said in a deep voice: "Ma Qi, the county commander of Puyang County, was also a Beijing official, and he served as the right martial artist in front of the palace in Daliang, and his martial arts were good and he was quite brave......

"This person was once the commander of the forbidden army in the palace?" Zhao Hongrun asked in surprise. Note: Commander is a general term, not a specific official name.

You must know that although the martial arts in front of the palace is a military position belonging to Lang Wei, it is higher than the general Janissary and Lang Wei commanders, and he is a subordinate adjutant directly under the president of the Three Guards.

"Hmm." Zhou Yan, the secretary of the Criminal Department, nodded, and said, "Ma Qi, the county commander of Puyang County, was originally deployed by General Li Cheng. ”

Hearing this, Zhao Hongrun was extremely surprised.

To be precise, Li Zheng, the former chief of the sect guard of Wei Tianzi, has never obtained the rank of general, but I believe that no one will think that his status will be below those generals in the sixth battalion of the garrison.

After all, Li Cheng was the only person other than Wei Tianzi who could mobilize the three armies of the Guard, the Praetorian Guard, and the Lang Guard at any time.

In addition to him, even Zhao Hongrun could only mobilize some guards and guards with King Su's order in an emergency, but Lang Wei was something he couldn't mobilize.

Zhao Hongrun, as Wei Tianzi's most important son now, let alone others.

"How could General Li (Zheng)'s old ministry be transferred to Puyang County to serve as a county commander?" Zhao Hongrun looked at Zhou Yan puzzled.

It's a pity that Zhou Yan didn't know much about this matter, shook his head and said: "Zhou has not had much contact with Ma Qi, and I don't know about this matter, but I have heard that Ma Qi is jealous and hateful, and has a strong temperament, so no matter how you think about it, I don't think he will raise his own respect, let alone instigate that gang of thieves to invade the Wei Realm......

"......" Zhao Hongrun was silent, just looked down at the case.

Because it is clearly written in the case file: After Ma Qi, the county commander of Puyang County, saw that he had mistakenly killed the young son of Hou Weicheng, he was also shocked, and for fear of causing contradictions between Wei and Wei, he resolutely sacrificed his life to Hou Weicheng.

How can such a person raise a thief and be self-respecting?

After this incident, Ma Qi's eldest son Ma Xing disappeared with several strong family members in the house, and not long after, when Hou Weicheng was burying his young son outside the city, he was attacked by a group of thieves.

Hou Weicheng was killed on the spot, and the thieves who attacked his team were also chased and killed by Hou Weicheng's personal guards.

Among the corpses of those thieves, there is Ma Xing, the eldest son of Ma Qi, the county commander of Puyang County.

Afterwards, Wei Jing, the son of the Hou Shizi, sent someone to cry about the Wei State Liang, and the Criminal Department took people to Puyang County.

But the problem is that Ma Qi, the county commander of Puyang County, his eldest son Ma Xing, and Hou Weicheng, the first three people, all died at that time, and the clues were all broken, so this is a fart.

All in all, another headless case.

"In recent months, Wei Jing, the prince of the Hou of Shouxiang, has been sending people to urge, asking my criminal department to bring the criminals to justice, but the county of Puyang County ordered Ma Qi and his eldest son to be dead, and there is no way to investigate, and Zhou had to drag the ......" Saying, Zhou Yan sighed and said with a wry smile: "This matter, the Ministry of Rites has sent someone over to appease it, but Wei Jing, the son of the Hou of Shouxiang, is not relenting, and he will definitely ask the Ma family to pay for death, in short...... It's a tricky thing! ”

"......" Zhao Hongrun frowned deeply, and turned to look at the other cases on the desk.

Only then did he realize that these cases were all headless cases with broken clues, but the victims, to be exact, the subjects of the case files, were all officials of the imperial court.

Some served in the local area, and some were Beijing officials of Daliang; Some have committed inexplicable crimes, while others have been murdered by thieves in an unbelievable way.

In addition, the date of occurrence is uncertain, the location is uncertain, and almost all of them are destroyed in a few days, and there is no trace of them afterwards.

In addition, these cases have one thing in common, that is: it seems that the whole thing makes sense, as if someone deliberately left enough "answers" for the criminal department, but if you think about it carefully, these "answers" cannot stand scrutiny, which is really strange.

When Zhao Hongrun told Zhou Yan, the secretary of the Criminal Department, his judgment, Zhou Yan also showed a look on his face.

But specifically, Zhao Hongrun can't help, after all, these cases are headless cases, and tantamount to finding a needle in a haystack to track them down.

And Zhou Yan obviously understood this truth, and reluctantly smiled after half a sound: "I have delayed your work, Your Highness, I really don't want to go, and it's not too early, Your Highness, let's go to Dali Temple to raise people first." ”

"Where, where, it's the king who didn't help anything." Zhao Hongrun was a little embarrassed, after all, he could also see that the secretary of the Criminal Department in front of him was because he could afford his intelligence, so he made an exception to show him these case files.

And now that Zhao Hongrun didn't help much, he inevitably felt ashamed of trusting others. ”

"In that case, this king will take his leave first......"

"His Royal Highness King Su walks slowly."

After sending Zhao Hongrun out of the department, Zhou Yan, the secretary of the Criminal Department, returned to the house, sat behind the desk and continued to examine the headless cases on the table, muttering to himself: "His Royal Highness King Yisu is smart, and he can't see the connection between these cases. So, either these cases are not actually related, or the other party is more clever than I thought and made a cover up in advance...... In other words, some of these people are not actually targets, but are just a cover for the other party to mingle......"

As he spoke, Zhou Yan stared intently at the case files, his hands slowly groping.

"Wang Ling, Ma Qi, Su Li...... These people are all officials who have been transferred from Daliang, and there must be some connection between them. …… Wang Ling used to be the servant of the Ministry of Officials' Literature and Anthology Division, Ma Qi was the right martial artist in front of the palace, and Su Li used to be the Governor of the Gate......"

Closing his eyes, Zhou Yan rubbed his forehead with his hand while thinking hard.

After a long time, Zhou Yan opened his eyes suddenly, and muttered to himself in disbelief: "Speaking of which, why were these people transferred?" ”

Thinking of this, Zhou Yan immediately stood up, he felt that it was necessary to go to the Ministry of Officials, check the official register of the Ministry of Officials, and see what reason Wang Ling, Ma Qi, and Su Li were transferred.

Perhaps, the connection between these people can be found.

At the same time, Zhao Hongrun had come to Dali Temple, and with the warrant of Zhou Yan, the secretary of the Criminal Department, came to the cell where Wen Qi was held.

After a three-year absence, Zhao Hongrun at this time is no longer the Eighth Highness of the year, and his prestige and momentum have increased greatly; And Wen Qi is no longer the polite candidate he was three years ago, and his expression gives people a sense of cynicism, detachment and disobedience.

The two looked at each other for a while, and finally it was Zhao Hongrun who took the lead in breaking the deadlock: "It's been a long time, Wen Xuexue." ”

"You ......"

Wen Qi, who was unkempt and dirty, raised his head and looked at the young man who knew that he was not an ordinary person at a glance, and his originally indifferent eyes gradually showed a few hints of brilliance, and then, these traces of brilliance quickly turned into indignation.

I saw him stand up suddenly, rush forward and grab Zhao Hongrun's clothes.

"It's all you! You're the one who made me so far! (To be continued.) )