A few days later, on this morning, Zhao Ziliang stretched his waist after processing the official documents, and shouted outside: "Who is outside!" ”

The guard Xiao Qin walked in and hugged his fists and said, "King, it's me, Xiao Qin!" ”

Zhao Ziliang smiled: "Xiao Qin, are you on duty again?" Okay, you go get ready, let's go out for a walk! ”

"Yes, my lord! On that day, you asked me to pay attention to the second trial of the case of the papermaking theft of the papermaking technique of the paper merchant Wang Dagui, and I have inquired clearly, and the county government of Luoxian County will conduct the second trial today! However, yesterday it was reported that two of the three customers in the paper shop had died in the castle inn, and one of them was missing! ”

Now Heng Logos is not the previous Heng Logos, now Heng Logos urban area is divided into two counties, respectively, Heng County and Luo County, Luo County is the original old city on the basis of expansion and enlargement, Heng County is the new city and the palace district, on these two counties and set up the capital of this administrative body to manage the administrative affairs of Heng Logos, its administrative level and Kunling Metropolitan Protectorate, Mengchi Metropolitan Protectorate, Kangju Metropolitan Protectorate (Sogdian region) and Taixi Metropolitan Protectorate (Tocharian region), Tingzhou Prefecture, Kimak Metropolitan Protectorate, The eight administrative regions of the Aykdu and Khazarian governorates are the same. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Zhao Ziliang frowned after hearing this, and said: "In this way, this case is not simple, this is not a simple theft case." It's just right, it's still early, let's rush to the county government of Luoxian County, it should be just in time! ”

The two changed into civilian clothes, slipped out of the side door of the palace and went straight to the county office of Luo County, and when they arrived at the county office of Luo County, the case of the theft of papermaking had already begun for a while.

The plaintiff Wang Dagui and the defendant Abdullah both knelt in the lobby, and in addition to these two people, there were two other people wearing the official clothes of the county government, one was an old man, and the other was the head catcher of the county government.

I saw the county commander Liu Rong ask the catcher: "Gu catcher, have you found out the identities of the two merchants who died in the Yuehua Inn yesterday?" ”

Gu Zhutou hugged his fists and said: "If you go back to your lordship, you have already found out!" One of them was Disit, a merchant of the Khadatiao tribe of the Taisi Protectorate, who lived in the city of Hesina, and this man was the largest paper middleman in the city of Hesina; The other person is Mahata, a merchant from the Southern Tianzhu Chola Kingdom, this person is also the largest paper seller in the Chola Kingdom, and his subordinates have confirmed with the plaintiff Wang Yuanwai, these two people are two of the three guests in the paper shop that day, and the other guest is the Eastern Roman Empire merchant Du Mak, the whereabouts of this person are currently unknown, and his subordinates are searching! ”

Liu Rong looked at the old man: "Zuo, have the causes of death of the two deceased been clarified?" ”

The old man bowed apologetically with a look of shame and said, "My lord, my subordinates are ashamed, until now the cause of death of those two people has not been ascertained!" ”

Liu Rong was very unhappy and asked, "Old man Qi, how did you do things?" It's been a day and a night since the bodies were brought back, but you haven't found out the cause of death of these two people, do you still want to do it? ”

Old man Qi said: "My lord, these two people do not have any wounds and scars on their bodies, the skin color of the corpses is not abnormal, and there are no characteristics of poisoning or suffocation, their subordinates have been working in Chang'an for 20 years, and the corpses that have been examined are not 1,000 but 800, but they have never seen this kind of corpse that cannot find the cause of death, please forgive me!" ”

These words attracted Zhao Ziliang's special attention, and the cause of death could not be found? This case is becoming more and more interesting, the value of papermaking is well known, it has carried the spread and continuation of human civilization for a long period of time, has played a huge role in the development of human civilization, and the economic benefits it brings are huge, before papermaking has not spread out of China, all countries in the world that need paper must be imported from China, and it is not surprising that other countries peep at papermaking technology.

Liu Rong's brows furrowed, the complexity of this case was beyond his imagination, and he turned his head to look at the plaintiff Wang Dagui: "Plaintiff, can you find other witnesses?" ”

Wang Dagui shook his head and said, "My lord, at that time, in addition to the shopkeeper and four guys, there were only those three merchants in the store."

At this time, a group of people came outside, and someone shouted: "Get out of the way, get out of the way!" ”

After the crowd separated, a middle-aged man in Tianzhu costume walked into the county government under the escort of several entourages, and two officials standing guard at the door stepped forward to stop: "The county government is trying the case in the Tang Dynasty, and idle people are not allowed to enter!" ”

The middle-aged man in Tianzhu clasped his hands together and said: "I am Ai Luo, the envoy of Tianzhu Zhuluo Kingdom in Western Qin, please see your county commander Liu Rong!" ”

"Wait a minute!"

Liu Rong didn't dare to slack off after hearing the report of the officer, and immediately got up and walked down the hall to the door to hug his fist at Ai Luo and said: "It turned out to be Lord Ai Luo, the envoy of the Zhu Luo Kingdom, and this official is trying the case, but I am afraid that I will not be able to receive Lord Ai Luo for the time being!" ”

Ai Luo said: "Lord Liu, I heard that the case that Lord Liu is trying is related to my Chula merchant Mahata, I also heard that Mahata died in the inn yesterday, my country's businessman was doing business in your country, but he died in vain for no reason, as an envoy of the Chula country, of course I want to seek justice for my country's businessman, don't I, the envoy, even have the right to observe?" ”

Liu Rong pondered for a moment and arched his hand: "Lord Airo, please!" ”

Liu Rong just asked someone to move a chair for Ai Luo to sit down, and there was a big man outside, it turned out to be Liu Rong's top boss, the capital Yin Gaoshi, Gao Shi was appointed as the capital Yin only concurrently, he was also the deputy capital protector of the Dadu Protectorate, Zhao Ziliang personally served as the protector, but Zhao Ziliang did not specifically manage the affairs of the Metropolitan Protectorate, and generally had the deputy Metropolitan Protector Gao Shi as the agent, and the power of the Metropolitan Protectorate was very large, and it was the administrative body that managed all other ethnic groups, clans and sects in Western Qin except for the Han Chinese.

"Lord Fu Yin, the lower officials have lost their welcome, forgive their sins, forgive their sins!" Liu Rong immediately greeted the door.

Gao Shi waved his hand and said, "You're welcome! This official is next to the prince of the Great Food King, the envoy of Western Qin, Mahdi! ”

Liu Rong looked at the young man of the big food country beside Gao Shi, and bowed his hand: "It turned out to be His Royal Highness Prince Mahdi, and the official is polite!" ”

Mahdi said a long list in Arabic, Liu Rong couldn't understand it, and the others couldn't understand it, and there was an attendant by Mahdi's side who acted as an interpreter, "Our Royal Highness the prince said that this case is about Abdullah, a businessman of my big food country, and about the reputation of my big food country, and the businessmen of my big food country have always been law-abiding in other countries, and there will never be such a shameful act as theft, I hope that your country will give justice to our businessmen!" In addition, His Royal Highness the Prince would like to be able to observe the case while the adult is hearing! ”

Liu Rong looked at Gao Shi with his eyes and said, "What do you think this official has done?" You can judge how you want, act in accordance with the law, handle it impartially, and never wronged a good person, but never let go of a bad person! ”

"Yes, yes! Your Excellency and Prince, please! ”

Zhao Ziliang turned around and left when he saw this, Xiao Qin followed up and asked, "Master, the case hasn't been tried yet, why did you leave?" ”

Zhao Ziliang said as he walked: "This case is no longer capable of being tried by the county government of Luo County, the matter is related to the merchants of the three kingdoms of Da Shiguo, Zhuluo merchants and the Eastern Roman Empire, even Gao Shi has come forward, Liu Rong is only afraid that he will not be able to withstand the pressure, and the county government can't even find out the cause of the witness's death, and it is impossible to determine whether it is a natural death, suicide or homicide, how can this case be tried?" ”

Xiao Qin was puzzled: "Can't go on?" Will Liu Rong let the defendant go? ”

"Put? No way, he's not that stupid! If the witness is not dead, there is no homicide, he may be released, but now there is a homicide, and the deceased is two of the three witnesses, this is obviously strange, although the reason can not be found, but it is definitely a problem, if only one death is a coincidence, the death of two is not a coincidence, not to mention that there is a person missing, this is already very revealing! ”

Xiao Qin arrived again: "Since the Luo County side can't release the people, but the case can't be tried again, then ······ What will Liu Rong do? This case can't be dragged on forever, right? The Great Eclipse Prince, the envoys of the Chola Kingdom and the envoys of the Eastern Roman Empire are afraid that they will not stop! ”

Zhao Ziliang said: "Liu Rong is afraid that there is no other way than to take the blame and resign!" ”

Five days later, Liu Rong, the county commander of Luo County, submitted his resignation to Dugu Jun, the chief supervisor of the Judicial Temple, as Zhao Ziliang expected, Dugu Jun read the resignation and agreed after careful consideration, allowing Liu Rong to resign from the post of the head of the judicial house in Luo County, because there are not many officials in the Western Qin, many officials are wearing many positions, and Liu Rong is no exception, he is not only the county commander of Luo County, but also the head of the judicial house of Luo County, has the right to govern government affairs, and also has the right to judicial trial, after resigning from the post of head of the judicial house, he is still the county order.

But this case can't always drag on, sooner or later it will have to be tried and judged, and after reading the case file, Dugujun, the chief supervisor of the Judicial Temple, also feels that this case is too complicated, and it involves businessmen from the three countries, and they are all big businessmen, and they all have the support of various countries behind their backs, so it is really difficult to handle, so I had to take the case file to Zhao Ziliang.

"Meet the King!"

Zhao Ziliang raised his head from the official document and asked, "Dugujun, is there something?" ”

Dugu Jun took out the case file and handed it over with both hands and said: "King, there is a case involving the merchants of the three kingdoms, namely the Great Food Kingdom, the Eastern Roman Empire and the Chola Kingdom, they all have the support of the magnates of the three kingdoms behind them, after the case, the envoys of the three countries put pressure on our foreign affairs yamen, asking us to give an explanation as soon as possible, Liu Rong, the head of the judicial house of Luo County, couldn't resist the pressure and submitted his resignation!" ”

Zhao Ziliang read the case file and asked: "The judicial house of Luo County can't go on, can't you do anything about it?" ”

Dugu Jun said: "The lower officials are ashamed, this case is too strange, the cause of death of the two witnesses is really impossible to find out, and the whereabouts of the other witness are unknown, and the cause of the witness's death cannot even be ascertained, and this case cannot be closed at all!" Xia Guan believes that this case is beyond the jurisdiction of the Judicial Temple, but I am afraid that it is not my Judicial Temple that can hear it alone! ”

Zhao Ziliang asked, "How do you say this?" ”

Dugujun said: "This case seems to be a theft, but it involves papermaking technology, this is not a simple theft, it seems to be related to fine work······

"And what do you mean?"

Dugu Jun said: "Handed over the case to the internal guard yamen of Jinyiwei, aren't they specifically dealing with the enemy country?" They are certainly much more experienced in this area than the Temple of Justice! ”

Zhao Ziliang thought for a while and said: "Yes, the investigation and investigation will be done by the Jinyi Wei Internal Guard Yamen, and the trial will still be in charge of the Judicial Temple!" Someone, inform the commander of the Jinyi Guard to make a trip to Gao Shang! “