After the two of them said this, Zhao Jie and the others also sniffed carefully, but unfortunately their noses were far inferior to Lu Jin, except for the disgusting smell of burning, they really couldn't smell any other smell.

"Can you smell it?" Lu Zhen squinted his eyes and stared at the corpse and asked.

Tang Lian closed his eyes and carefully distinguished for a while, then said with some hesitation: "It's very pungent, but I rarely smelled such a strange smell before, it doesn't seem to be the smell of burning oil, it's much heavier than that." ”

Lu Zhen was also trying to recall the smell, he always felt that he seemed to have smelled a similar smell before, but he couldn't remember it for a while. When he heard Tang Lian mention the word oil oil, his eyebrows suddenly mentioned, and a distant but familiar name jumped into his mind - oil!

Yes, it is the smell of oil, which is very similar to the pungent smell produced by the combustion of gasoline and diesel fuel, which people are familiar with in later generations, but it is stronger! After making a judgment, his frowning brows stretched, and a smile appeared on his face: "It's stone grease!" You can't go wrong. ”

In today's Ming Dynasty, oil is far less common than later generations, only a few places have mined some, and at this time it is not called oil, but called stone grease, because in terms of character, it is much more viscous than oil.

"Your Excellency knows this?" Tang Lian glanced at Lu Jin in some surprise, even he, an old brocade guard, had only heard of Shi Yan's name, and had never seen it with his own eyes, so naturally he couldn't tell his origin through his sense of smell.

Lu Zhen just smiled: "I've seen it in some ancient books before." Later, when I went to Shanxi, I also saw people dig out some used to warm up and break the enemy, so I still have some impressions. Of course, he couldn't tell the other party that he was able to recognize Shigrin because of his memories before he crossed over.

But this was enough, and the subordinates around him couldn't help but look at him with admiration: "The lord is really knowledgeable, and the subordinates admire him." ”

"There is no need to say more about this kind of flattery." Lu Zhen waved his hand and looked at the two corpses again: "This makes sense." The stone is viscous and easily ignited, and it is difficult to extinguish unless it is completely burned out unless it is burned out. Moreover, as long as it is stained, it can only be washed off with plenty of water, and if it is a burning stone grease, its threat is even greater. Fortunately, you are clever enough to flash to the side when you see the opportunity, otherwise even you would not be spared. The latter words were naturally said to Zhao Jie.

However, these people blushed when they said this, after all, their actions were suspected of abandoning their comrades, which was really a little ashamed. But then, Zhao Jie had a trace of doubt: "But even so, I still can't explain why he spontaneously combusted...... Could it be that this person lit the fire himself? But at that time, we could see clearly that this person was staggering forward with open hands, and there was no fire in his body at all......"

"Well...... this" Lu Zhen groaned slightly, and then had the answer: "Actually, it's simple, as long as you prepare some phosphorus powder, it can automatically start a fire." Have you ever seen the so-called ghost fires that often haunt the barren mountains and wild graves? It is caused by the spontaneous combustion of phosphorus contained in human bones. As long as you rub the phosphorus powder on his body, over time, it will spontaneously combust, and then ignite the stone grease on his body, and you will have the scene you see. ”

"How can there be such a method?" Zhao Jie said in disbelief.

"I've heard people mention this lowly position, and in some rural places, there have been people who pretend to be gods and ghosts who use phosphorus powder to ignite Taoist talismans to drive away ghosts and cheat money, so this should be the truth, right?" Tang Lian said thoughtfully.

"That's it." Lu Zhen glanced at him with satisfaction, and finally didn't have to find any more reasons to explain why he knew that phosphorus powder would spontaneously combust. Then, he said with a straight face: "In this way, last night's treacherous fire was not done by ghosts and gods, but someone was making trouble behind his back." ”

When the whole capital was under martial law, there were still people who used such tricks to create human lives, which can be described as a bad plot.

Lu Jin's face also became solemn: "This matter must be investigated in detail, there may be something big hidden behind it......" The other party has done such a thing to provoke the government, and the plot behind it must be not small: "As for how to investigate, this official thinks that he should start with the identity of this deceased." ”

"We understand that we will send people to investigate, even if we turn Beijing City over, we must also find out the thieves behind the scenes!" Several brocade guards hurriedly responded with their fists clenched, and then came to the corpse again, carefully distinguishing its appearance and characteristics.

Just now, because I was worried that he was being victimized by ghosts and gods, everyone was naturally a little afraid, and they wouldn't be too careful to investigate. But now that he knew that he had been killed, he had no worries, it was just a corpse, and he should examine it carefully.

Although his face had been destroyed by the fire, some features could still be found on him. After writing down the relevant matters, they hurriedly left, gathered men, and went all over the capital to follow up the clues. Especially near the place where the crime occurred, it has become the focus of Jinyiwei's careful search.

At the same time, the rumor that someone in the city was suddenly burned alive by the ghost fire last night also quickly spread in Beijing, and in the process of spreading, the news was constantly being made by people to make various interpretations, which made people panic, and many people felt that there were monsters to invade the Ming Dynasty.

There are even some guys with ulterior motives, who naturally associate this treachery with the prince's long-term illness, saying that this is a precursor to the evil to take the prince's life, if the court does not make changes, terrible things will continue to appear, and more innocent people will die in the capital.

Once this kind of statement spread, the people were even more worried, and even some people in the government actually believed it after hearing these words, and they spread it behind their backs.

When Jin Yiwei brought these statements back to the Zhenfu Division, it was already the evening of the day. Lu Jin, who had been busy for a day, was furious when he heard this report: "It's just nonsense, this is obviously someone who wants to make trouble in Beijing, so they will resort to such clumsy means!" What's more, the treacherous fire has long been discovered by the official, and it is not a ghost or god at all, but a man-made! ”

Naturally, everyone under his command said yes again and again, and even Cui Heng, who had always been peaceful, also felt a burst of anger and asked: "Governor, should we take some rumor-mongers to appease Si and make them suffer some hardships, so as to stop the spread of this rumor?" ”

"Nope." Lu Zhen immediately shook his head and rejected his proposal: "This is solid."

However, it can stop the people from talking nonsense for a while, but it is difficult to solve the problem by treating the symptoms. Moreover, now there are many officials and people in the city who are spreading the word about this matter, and we can't catch it at all, and once we catch it, it will only make people more panicked. ”

"What then? If the matter spreads to the palace, His Majesty will definitely be furious, and if he blames him, he will ...... the governor," Cui Heng said with some uneasiness. The others nodded their heads, indicating that they were just as worried about the outcome.

Feeling the maintenance of his subordinates, Lu Jin's heart was warm. Obviously, these days of hard work have not been in vain, and he, a civilian governor, has won the support of the vast majority of his subordinates. However, he still did not accept everyone's request, and shook his head resolutely: "What I want to do now is not to take people, but to find out the truth of this case, as long as the murderer behind the scenes is found, all rumors will naturally be broken." Do you know what I mean? ”

Everyone was stunned, and then they all clasped their fists and received the order: "The humble duty has been recorded, and we will definitely do everything we can to find out the truth of this matter." ”

"Very good, then let's go, the top priority now is to find out the identity of the deceased, as long as you know who he is, you can naturally find out the clues of the person behind the scenes."

The crowd said yes again, and then hurried away. Even if it is too late today, it cannot change their determination to investigate the case.

As a snake-like existence in Beijing, it is indeed not too difficult for Jinyiwei to find a person, even if this person has been burned beyond recognition, as long as there are some special marks to find, his identity can be found.

It only took two days and one night to find out the identity of the person who was burned alive, but it was a guy named Jiang Chong from the Li Ji Silk Shop in the capital.

As early as two days ago, this person had disappeared, but in the past he had also shown that he had not gone to work because of gambling money, and the people in the shop had not taken it too seriously at that time. It wasn't until he didn't show up, and after going to his house to ask and finding that he didn't even bring his money bag, everyone knew that something was wrong, and they quickly went to Daxing County to report the case.

As a result, in the county office, they happened to meet Jinyiwei who came to inquire about related matters, and after some answers, they found that the deceased's physical characteristics were indeed similar to Jiang Chong, so Jinyiwei took his family to the Zhenfu Division to identify the body.

Although the corpse was charred black, the relatives around him recognized it at a glance, and they immediately cried......

It's just that Jin Yiwei didn't be happy for long, because the subsequent interrogation came to a puzzling result - this Jiang Chong has almost no other suspicious places except for his usual gambling. He is very low-key at home and in the shop, and he has never even had an argument with anyone.

How could such an ordinary and ordinary ordinary person get in touch with such a serious case? At this point, even Lu Zhen can't figure out the reason.

Even, the people of Jinyiwei went to his house to rummage carefully, but they found nothing, it seems that he is just a poor man who is unlucky and targeted by some thieves with ulterior motives.

I thought that as long as the identity of the deceased was found, I could make progress, but it turned out to be the opposite, after finding out his identity, the case went into a dead end, and the clue was broken!

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