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Once a person has developed a habit of a certain life, it is difficult to adapt to a new life, even if the latter looks more comfortable and safe, so it is always a little awkward when a soldier who has been in the army all the year round returns home, and even more so when he is an official.

And Lu Zhen is no different. Since he crossed over to Daming, he has experienced too many hardships and hardships for more than ten years, and how many times he has rubbed shoulders with death, but it has also made him accustomed to this kind of life of licking blood with a knife head and always needing to tense his nerves. In the past few years, he has completely leisurely, no longer has to be born and die, and no longer has to fight wits and courage with others. Maybe at first he will feel relaxed and happy, but as time goes by, he will have the feeling that he is wasting his time.

You must know that Lu Zhen is only thirty-five years old now, and it is a time when a man is at the peak of his physical strength and spirit, and at this time let him be an idle earl who can only do nothing at home. Even he practiced martial arts at home on weekdays, although it meant to strengthen his body, but in fact, he still hoped that he would be able to use these one day.

However, he also knows his current identity, even if he doesn't have to worry about what the Son of Heaven thinks of him, it is impossible for him, as the commander of the Jinyi Guard, to go down to investigate the case in person and take risks, otherwise how will those brothers under him deal with themselves?

Until this time, when such a strange thing happened in Xingze County, Kaifeng Prefecture, Henan, he could no longer hold back his restless heart, and decided to go on a trip to find out the truth and hidden secrets. And the reason he gave is reasonable, now that Yang Zhen appears all the year round, it is more convenient for him, the commander of the Jinyi Guard, to secretly investigate the inside situation.

In this regard, Yang Zhen did not dare to oppose it too much. In fact, he also saw Lu Jin's true thoughts, and after thinking about it, he really wanted to feel the adventures of the past again. In this case, as long as the brother who accompanied Lu Zhen was elite enough, he could naturally ensure that nothing went wrong.

So, the matter was settled, and Lu Zhen would secretly go to Xingze County in a few days to find out what kind of secret was hidden under the Yellow River flood.

The reason why he had to delay for a few days, instead of leaving immediately, was because Lu Zhen still had to make some preparations. It's not that his identity is different now, and he has to make arrangements for travel, but he hopes to have a deeper understanding of the situation in Naxingze County.

So the next day, Uncle Lu disguised himself a little and took two guards to go straight to the home of Zhang Wenbo, the head of the household department. This Director Zhang was one of the officials who went to Xingze County to inquire about relevant matters at the order of the imperial court, and he naturally wanted to ask some local information from the other party.

But what made Lu Zhen feel disappointed was that when he finally arrived at the place, the Zhang family was the door of General Tie. I inquired with the neighbors on the side again, but it turned out to be even more head-scratching, that Zhang Wenbo had been transferred to another place as early as a year ago, and he was no longer an official in the capital.

After getting such a result, although Lu Zhen was surprised, he didn't have too many ideas. However, when he then found two other household officials who went to Henan with Zhang Wenbo to investigate the disaster, but still received the news that they had been transferred out early in the morning, he naturally became suspicious in his heart. It's just a coincidence that one person was suddenly transferred, but three people were transferred at the same time, and they were all years ago, so things are really a bit strange to cover up.

"Uncle, this matter must be related to the Ministry of Officials or the Ministry of Households, why don't we go to those two yamen and ask?" One of his subordinates also felt annoyed when he saw his master hit the wall one after another, so he made a proposal.

Lu Zhen shook his head lightly: "No hurry." He believed that it would not be difficult for him to find out why a few people were transferred, but in this way, he would be noticed if he began to pay attention to the affairs of Xingze County, which would be contrary to the original plan to go to the local secret investigation, so he couldn't rush to find those two yamen to inquire about the situation.

Fortunately, there was another person who also went to Xingze with them, and maybe this person knew more than the three of them, that is, Wang Chuan, the director of the Ministry of Works. Generally speaking, it is difficult for an official of the Ministry of Industry to be transferred elsewhere, so it should be easier to ask him.

Thinking about this, Lu Zhen asked the carriage to turn around again and headed towards Wang Chuan's residence, who had inquired clearly. It was a small courtyard in an alley somewhere in the south of the city.

The city of Beijing is known as the saying that the east is rich and the west is noble, the south is poor and the north is sour, which refers to the fact that the identities of the people living in the four cities are high and low. It's not too precise, but it makes some sense. For example, Lu Jin's current mansion is in Xicheng, and most of the people adjacent to him are high-ranking officials and nobles.

And the south city here looks obviously a lot more dilapidated, and the streets alone seem narrower than the west city. However, there are some disadvantages to it, at least the rent here is much cheaper than on the east and west sides. After all, at this time, the Beijing officials are not too high, especially the petty officials who don't have much real power, even if they can have a place to settle in the capital, it is not much better than the Beipiao in later generations.

Although this Wang Chuan was an official in the Ministry of Industry, which was still quite oily and watery, it was obvious that his position was not enough to obtain enough benefits, so he naturally had to arrange his residence in Nancheng, where the conditions were worse.

Of course, you get what you pay for, the environment in this southern city is really not good, not to mention the mixture, there will always be some things. For example, now, when Lu Zhen and the others came to the alley where the other party was, they saw a thick smoke rising up, obviously a fire somewhere.

Fortunately, this is at the feet of the Son of Heaven, and the corresponding security measures are in place. At this time, there were already people from the Nancheng Soldiers and Horses Division carrying water dragons to fight the fire there, and suddenly the already crowded street became more and more chaotic, so that Lu Jin's carriage couldn't pass.

Seeing this, the two guards couldn't help but say that everything was not going well today, just as he turned his head and suggested to Lu Jin, who was in the car, that it would be better to come back another day, so as not to collide with the uncle's car with many eyes, but found that Lu Jin's face was a little gloomy and dignified. This made their hearts tighten, and they hurriedly said, "Uncle, this is ......"

"Do you say, 'Is there such a coincidence in this world?' I just tried to find a clue, but I couldn't find anyone one after another, and now it's on fire again...... Duan Wei, you go over and take a look to see whose family has an accident, is it the Wang Chuan family we are looking for. ”

"Ah......" The two guards suddenly came over, and Duan Wei immediately took the order and hurried over.

After a long time, he ran back with a stern expression, and with him, there was also a junior colonel in the Soldiers and Horses Division, as soon as he saw Lu Jin, he quickly wanted to bow and salute, but was interrupted by him waving his hand: "There is no need to be polite here." Let me ask you, but there was a fire in the house of Wang Chuan, the director of the Ministry of Works? From Duan Wei's expression, he could almost confirm the answer.

Sure enough, the junior colonel immediately nodded: "If you go back to your lordship, it is the late head of the Ministry of Industry who caught fire in his house." ”

"Deceased? He's dead? Lu Jin's heart chuckled again, and his face became more and more ugly.

"Yes, as early as the morning of the fourth day of the first lunar month, Director Wang was found floating in the Yongding River, or was fished up by the brother of our Terracotta Division. According to the examination, he accidentally fell into the river because he was drunk and walking at night. As a result, in the middle of the night, there was no one around, so I went. As he spoke, he sighed rather regretfully.

Lu Jin's brows tightened even more when he said this: "He actually had an accident a few days ago?" So why is there a fire in his house? ”

This made the little colonel in front of him stunned, and hesitated for a moment before saying: "The fire in the king's mansion is because the incense candles on his mourning hall are lit with the curtain of the couplet, which caused such a disaster." ”

"Is that so? So what's going on in his house now? Lu Zhen said, and looked up at the house that was still billowing smoke, depending on the situation, the fire was really not small before it was extinguished.

"At that time, the fire was still quite big, and it also spread to the side of the mourning hall, the study of the king, but fortunately, the family was rescued in time, so it did not cause a bigger disaster."

"Was the study burned down too?" Lu Zhen exhaled a breath of turbidity, and now he was almost certain that there was something wrong with this Wang Chuan's death. Obviously, he was murdered because he knew something.

It's a pity that this fire not only burned the relevant clues he might have, but also destroyed his corpse. In this way, even if Jin Yiwei wanted to trace the clues from him, there was no way to start.

At this point, he couldn't get any more information from the little schoolmaster, so he waved him away. Then, Lu Zhen looked at the black smoke that was still rising in a daze, and the frustration on his face turned into a cold smile: "I thought it was just a small case, but now it seems that Xingze County is indeed much more problematic than it seems on the surface." Do you think that if you do all this, you can cut off all the clues and make it impossible for the court to find out? Then you guys are too underestimate me Lu Jin, I can break the tricky and weird killing situation back then, can the conspiracy in this small county town stump me? Let's see how I pull you ghosts, ghosts, snakes, and gods out of the dark corners one by one! ”

In this world, many people will choose to give up when faced with difficult problems; But at the same time, there are some people who will not give up when facing such challenges, but will arouse their fighting spirit and competitiveness. Obviously, our Uncle Lu belongs to the latter.

The more the other party wants to cut off everything, the more he wants to dig out the truth! This Yingze County, he is going to decide!