It's just half a year, and Yang Zhen, who came to the Shuntian Mansion again, has changed from a murderer to a guest who came to handle the case on orders, which made some officials in the government look a little timid when they see him. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

However, this does not include Sun Yizheng, who is talking to Yang Zhen, because he is the position of Shuntianfu Yin who replaced Han Chongchi, and has nothing to do with the previous incident of throwing Yang Zhen into prison and even wanting to put him to death, so it seems much more natural to speak at this moment.

After a little greeting, Yang Zhen went straight to the topic: "Lord Sun, this fire is not trivial, not only the people affected by the disaster, but also the ordinary people in the capital and other places, as well as the princes and His Majesty of the court and the central government, also attach great importance to it, you and I have the heavy responsibility of handling the case, and we must go all out." ”

"What Yang Baihu said is very true, and this official is also a general idea." Sun Yizheng hurriedly echoed, but then frowned again and said: "However, after all, the Yamen of Shuntian Mansion has managed too many things, and I, the prefect, have a heart, and I am afraid that I will be flawless, so in handling the case, I have to rely on your Yang Baihu's ability." Saying that, he also got up solemnly and made a gesture at Yang Zhen.

Seeing this, Yang Zhen also quickly stood up and saluted back, but he couldn't stop sneering in his heart. Don't look at what he said nicely, in fact, this is shirking responsibility, as long as he, Sun Yizheng, is not the host of the case, and he doesn't even care too much about the progress of the case, then once the case is not completed, he will encounter much less criticism and blame. But once the case is solved, he has already expressed his full support as the Yin of Shuntian Mansion, and he will naturally have merit. This is the general reaction of Ming Dynasty officials when they encounter things.

But even if he saw his thoughts, Yang Zhen couldn't express his dissatisfaction, after all, he still needed to rely on the people of Shuntianfu to handle many things, and the capital was their land after all. However, he was not so easy to deceive, so after sitting down again, he said: "Lord Sun's difficulties are naturally clear, but this case is also difficult to rely on to be handled down, and I am not too familiar with the capital." Therefore, I hope that Lord Sun can send some competent people to help him, and in addition, he also needs all the clues and files about this case that the government has mastered, as well as the information of the survivors. ”

Sun Yizheng looked at the young man in front of him who was less than twenty years old with some surprise, he didn't expect him to be able to respond so quickly! Master Sun originally thought that Yang Zhen was just a martial artist, and if he continued to say good things, he would naturally be able to send him away, but now it seems that things are not easy to do. Yang Zhen asked for someone, and Sun Yizheng couldn't help but give it, after all, he had said it before, and once Shuntianfu sent people out, the case would be inseparable from them.

After struggling for a while, and looking at Yang Zhen's unwavering but firm face, Sun Yizheng had no choice but to sigh in his heart and accept his fate: "Since this is the case, then let the official Jing Zhankun lead people to help Yang Baihu investigate the case." This person is a veteran of criminal prisons for many years, and he has always been very good at investigating and handling cases. ”

"Thank you so much to Governor Sun. By the way, those dossier materials or something......"

"These things will also be prepared by the official and instructed someone to prepare them for Yang Baihu. I hope that you and I can cooperate smoothly this time and solve the case as soon as possible. Sun Yi was busy, and then called someone to call Jing Zhankun to meet Yang Zhen, and he himself hid under the pretext that he had other things.

In just a moment, a middle-aged official with déjà vu appeared in front of Yang Zhen, and it was Jing Zhankun, the official of Shuntian Mansion, who was the one who arrested Yang Zhen in the murder case of Shi Weitian. When he saw Yang Zhen, he was also stunned, and then his face showed embarrassment and cringe.

This is naturally a very normal thing, when he desperately arrested Yang Zhen and threw him into prison in order to curry favor with Han Chongchi. Unexpectedly, the boss I wanted to please now had already resigned and returned to the country, and the person I arrested that day became the boss who would cooperate with me in handling the case next, this kind of change is naturally not acceptable to ordinary people.

In fact, it wasn't just him, Yang Zhen was also a little surprised, and then he was relieved. On that day, he only targeted Han Chongchi, and he forgot that there was also this Jing Tui official, so it was normal to see this person again when he encountered a case at this time. And if you think about it carefully, there is nothing wrong with what Jing Zhankun did before, seeing that someone has committed a crime of murder, he naturally has the need to take people as a magistrate. As for whether he has the intention of pleasing his boss in his heart, it is even less worth thinking about, which person in the officialdom does not have the heart to please his boss?

After his heart relaxed, Yang Zhen took the first step and nodded at Jing Zhankun with a smile: "Jing Tuiguan, I don't want us to meet again after half a year." ”

"Uh...... I've seen Yang Baihu, ...... the incident before" Jing Zhankun hurriedly bowed to Yang Zhen and said, since he knew that he couldn't avoid it at this time, he simply confessed it generously. Therefore, although in terms of rank, he is a Shuntianfu magistrate who is a sixth-grade civil official, and Yang Zhen, a hundred households, is only a sixth-grade military attaché, and his status is still higher, but he comes to see Yang Zhen with the courtesy of his subordinates.

didn't want him to finish his words, but Yang Zhen waved his hand: "Let him go after the day's events have passed, don't mention it, anyway, there is no loss in the future, and you don't need to take it to heart." ”

I didn't expect Yang Zhen to be so generous, which made Jing Zhankun stunned for a moment, and then he was a little moved: "Yang Baihu is really a person who does great things, it really makes me embarrassed and admired!" He said that he gave up his hand again, but he was much more sincere than before.

Yang Zhen invited the other party to take a seat, and said with a smile: "Jing Tuiguan, your words are very suitable for the current situation, my hundred households are indeed encountering a major event now." Speaking of this, his face was solemn: "Presumably Brother Jing, you already know what happened to you this time, right?" ”

Jing Zhankun's face also became very serious: "Of course. Governor Sun has informed the lower officials of the matter, and then the lower officials will act according to Yang Baihu's wishes. Now that he talked about the business and knew his identity, Jing Zhankun's attitude became more respectful, and even his self-claim changed again.

"Brother Jing is too modest, you have been in office for many years, and you still have to rely on you to handle the case." As he spoke, Yang Zhen turned the topic to the fire: "I don't know how much you know about this matter, do you have any opinions?" ”

"This ......" Jing Zhankun was silent for a moment before he said with some hesitation: "In fact, after the incident, Xia Guan also went to the field to take a look, and found that this fire did start a little suddenly. According to reason, since it is the Lantern Festival, fire prevention is essential, even if something happens because of carelessness, someone must put out the fire in time. But this time, the fire was out of control, and even burned most of the street, which is too unusual. ”

Yang Zhen listened to his analysis, his expression became more solemn, and his eyes looked at him with a little more admiration: "Yes, this matter is indeed very strange." And if it is as expected, I am afraid that this fire was not caused by accident but deliberately set on fire! ”

As soon as these words came out, Jing Zhankun's face changed abruptly, and he couldn't help but look around nervously, and found that there were no other miscellaneous servants in the hall now, so he breathed a sigh of relief. You must know that Yang Zhen's inference is a result that almost all officials do not want. Because once this is the case, it is a problem of the government's fire prevention and theft prevention work, which is not only the Shuntianfu, but also the ordinary yamen have to bear some responsibility. And in this way, it will be even more difficult to get the case done successfully, after all, no one knows who those arsonists are, because of why they would do such a desperate act.

Although Jing Zhankun had this idea in his words just now, he didn't declare it after all, but Yang Zhen said it. Moreover, he is still the leader of this case, if he really wants to investigate this road, I am afraid that the burden and responsibility on their shoulders will be no less than a thousand pounds.

Seeing Jing Zhankun's panic, Yang Zhen smiled indifferently: "What, don't you think so, Brother Jing?" ”

"This ...... Until there are more clues, we can only say that this is also a possibility. Jing Zhankun didn't want to agree, and he didn't dare to object, so he could only be so amiable.

Yang Zhen said confidently: "Clues, you can always find out." Don't look at the fire that burns so violently that it seems to have turned everything into ashes, but as long as we look carefully, there will always be clues. ”

Jing Zhankun was stunned for a moment when he said this, he didn't dare to say such a big thing as an old criminal, but he didn't expect Yang Zhen to have such courage as a brocade guard, which really surprised and admired him, so he could only say: "What Lord Yang said is not unreasonable, as long as you command, the lower officials must do it with all their hearts." ”

Yang Zhen wanted this sentence, so he said what he meant: "Okay! What I want you to do now is to quickly find out all the dossier information about the fire case, and then look for the problem. Remember, this is a very important matter, and we must get this preliminary work in place as soon as possible. Also, just take me on a trip to the ruins of the fire and see the situation over there, maybe there will be some unexpected gains. ”

Jing Zhankun saw that Yang Zhen was so resolute, and he felt more and more admiration in his heart, it seems that this young man does have momentum, he is not an ordinary slippery old official, he only knows how to blindly procrastinate. This made Jing Tuiguan, who had always wanted to do something, suddenly lift his spirit, and once again solemnly said: "Dare not obey your fate!" ”

Half an hour later, Yang Zhen and Jing Zhankun rushed towards the fire on Qipan Street with several capable officials selected by the latter. At the same time, among the government offices, there were still many people who were good at handling cases and criminal names and began to sort out those somewhat messy files related to this matter.

Yang Zhen, who has the thinking of later generations, believes that even the most clever offender will inevitably leave flaws when committing crimes, and he believes that through these two means, some clues will inevitably be found.