Eight preliminary investigations

Wu Hai originally planned to put the matter down when he saw the prefect's seal, and immediately returned to Beijing to report to Zhu Youji, but when he saw the sudden change, he couldn't help but be stunned all of a sudden, frowning and thinking: I thought this errand was a cheap thing, but I didn't expect to catch up with such a hot yam, which was really helpless. was thinking about it, and suddenly saw Ding Si's thoughtful appearance, his eyes couldn't help but turn, and he asked Ding Si in a low voice: "Ding Catch Fast, you are the Golden Knife Catcher of the Imperial Seal, I don't know what you think about this matter?" ”

Ding Si was thinking about how it could be such a coincidence, there were such rumors in the capital, and as a result, the prefect's seal really disappeared, but why didn't he and Hu Runze hear any news on the streets of Quanzhou yesterday? He was wondering, and suddenly heard Wu Hai asking him a question, so he couldn't help but lower his voice and said softly: "My lord, I'm afraid this matter has to be discussed in the long run." ”

The two of them were whispering kung fu, Zhang Hansheng's face was already pale, his face was angry, he had completely lost the calm and elegant demeanor of last night, and the general judge and the same acquaintance next to him were also panicked, the atmosphere in the hall was tense, and the people on the side didn't even dare to breathe.

Ding Si secretly wondered in his heart: Looking at Zhang Hansheng's appearance, it was as if he had just found out that the big seal was missing, but he didn't know if he was in a mood or a sudden gaffe, but this thing was a little strange? First of all, there were rumors in the capital that the Great Seal was missing, and he came to Fujian with Wu Hai, but the Great Seal was really gone, could there be any hidden secrets in this.

Zhang Hansheng's face was full of anger, and his subordinates were all trembling, and they didn't dare to say a word. At this moment, I saw the master Zhu Keyong step forward and whisper a few words in his ear, Zhang Hansheng glanced at Wu Hai as if he had come to his senses, and strode over, the anger on his face was replaced by shame, he bowed to the end, and Wu Hai quickly helped him up. Zhang Hansheng sighed and said to Wu Hai: "Lord Wu, the rule of the lower officials is not strict, so that the official seal is lost, and the crime is serious, and I also ask Lord Wu to punish the crime." ”

Wu Hai obviously had a very good impression of Zhang Hansheng, and sympathetically comforted Zhang Hansheng and said: "Don't say that, Lord Zhang, you quickly check it to see when the official seal was missing, and the most important thing now is to quickly find out when the official seal was lost and find it back as soon as possible." ”

Zhang Hansheng replied respectfully: "Yes." After speaking, it was already clear behind him, and he asked loudly: "Who last saw the official seal yesterday?" ”

As soon as he spoke, he replied with Bai Pingyuan: "My lord, yesterday because there was a notice that needed to be stamped with a big seal, Dr. Fang Mengxiong finished drafting the notice, and I took the big seal at noon, and my lord knew it in advance." ”

Zhang Hansheng nodded, and then asked Si Yin Ruan Fengdao, who was in charge of the Great Seal: "Yesterday, I remember that we used the Great Seal for this time, and no one used the Great Seal again at other times." ”

Ruan Feng knew that the big seal was lost, and he couldn't get rid of it, and his face had lost color, at this time, when he heard Zhang Hansheng ask, he forced himself to calm down, and said in a trembling voice: "Except for this incident yesterday, no one made the big seal, Lord Bai used up the big seal, I put it in the box, locked it with my own hands, and never took it out again." ”

Zhang Hansheng glanced at Ruan Feng suspiciously, and just wanted to ask, Ruan Feng patted his head and said, "When Xiaguan locked the Great Seal, Master Zhu was also present. I locked the seal box, and I was ready to pick up the wind for Lord Wu with Master Zhu, and I never opened the box again, although I was drunk at the banquet last night, but the key was always on me, and it was still in my pocket before I opened the box just now. ”

Zhang Hansheng glanced at Zhu Keyong when he heard this, Zhu Keyong nodded slightly to Zhang Hansheng, Zhang Hansheng waved his hand and said: "This is strange, the key has not been lost, and there are still people guarding the yamen, can it be that the big seal has grown wings and flies?" After a moment's thought, he asked, "Who guarded the yamen last night?" ”

Hong Jiuen, the warden of the military room on the side, immediately replied: "My lord, there were six messengers last night, all of whom were deployed by Li Jia, and I have made Li Jia hurry to the yamen, and now he should be waiting outside the door."

Zhang Hansheng nodded: "Quickly pass Li Jia in." ”

It didn't take long for a person who looked like a poor person hurriedly entered the hall, and as soon as he arrived in the hall, he saluted everyone, Zhang Hansheng hurriedly stopped him and asked: "Li Jia, you took people to protect the hospital last night, but there was an abnormal situation?" ”

The news that the prefect's seal was missing was still a confidential matter, Li Jia didn't know what happened, he saw that everyone looked serious, and knew that something extraordinary must have happened, so he quickly thought about it seriously and said: "Last night, my brothers and I patrolled the yamen every half an hour, and the rest of the time we guarded our positions, and there were no accidents at night, and the yamen was also quiet......

Before he finished speaking, the anger on Zhang Hansheng's face involuntarily emerged: "According to what you say, the big seal is locked in the seal box well, and the yamen is extremely calm overnight, what about the big seal?" He was gritting his teeth when he said that.

The master on the side, Zhu Keyong, shouted loudly: "Li Jia, you think about it quickly and carefully, you thought about it bit by bit last night, but if there is any abnormality, you must say it." ”

Li Jia knew that he had lost the Great Seal last night, and his face had turned terrified, and after thinking about it for a while, he knelt down, and said with a trembling voice: "My lord, the brothers didn't dare to slack off at all last night, as usual, but ...... Just ......"

Hong Jiuen heard that there was a reason for the incident when he heard that he was in his mouth, so he couldn't wait to step forward and kick him and say, "If you have a fart, let it go, dare to say a lie, I will smash your mouth." ”

Li Jia gritted his teeth and said: "At the end of the hour, there were a few bird calls in the palace, which sounded very good, but I had never heard it, the brothers were wondering, a big bird flew over the palace, and we got together to discuss what kind of bird this is, and it was strange to say that this bird was something we had never seen, and some brothers guessed that it was a phoenix, saying that it was a good omen......"

Before Li Jia finished speaking, Zhang Hansheng stepped forward with a mouth, pointed at Li Jia with his finger and said, "Good omen, good omen, a bunch of rice buckets ......"

At this moment, Wu Hai suddenly clapped his hands, and seemed to be unable to help but say, "Alas, Lord Zhang, have you been in close contact with a soldier recently?" ”

As soon as Ding Si heard Wu Hai's words, he knew that Wu Hai was going to tell the purpose of this trip, but he had been mixed up as Wu Hai's guard, how could he go up to stop Wu Hai now, he could only watch Wu Hai walk up to Zhang Hansheng and stare at Zhang Hansheng seriously and meticulously.

Zhang Hansheng was annoyed, and suddenly heard Wu Hai's question, he suddenly couldn't figure it out, hesitated for a moment, and glanced at his master Zhu Keyong again, before shaking his head and saying, "No, let alone a Taoist priest, there is not even a monk." ”

Wu Hai was a little disappointed when he heard Zhang Hansheng answer like this, and was thinking about whether to say the intention of this trip, when he suddenly heard Zhu Keyong step forward and ask, "Why did Lord Wu say this?" ”

Wu Hai saw that everyone was staring at him, he couldn't help but feel a little impatient, and was about to answer, when he suddenly saw Ding Si shaking his head slightly at him in the crowd, so he quickly stopped what he was about to say, and said with a forced smile: "I suddenly thought of a rumor, Taoist priests are good at raising phoenixes, and are good at divination, so there must be a phoenix to be a virtual person, I think if you invite a virtual real person to occupy a hexagram at this time, maybe you will know where this big seal went." Ding Si heard him make up such nonsense in a hurry, and he couldn't help but admire Wu Hai for being a little quick-witted, although it was full of loopholes, but it was a round.

When Zhu Keyong heard Wu Hai say this, he hurriedly said to Zhang Hansheng: "My lord, Wu Xun is well-read, let's hurry up and pass the order, if there is a strange Taoist priest in Quanzhou Mansion, we must report it." ”

Zhang Hansheng nodded heavily and said: "Master's words are not bad, I ordered to go down, but whenever there is a strange Taoist priest haunted, I quickly reported it." ”

When Ding Si heard this, he was secretly stunned, thinking that this Zhu Keyong was a talent, so he would round Wu Hai's face and make all his nonsense. Sure enough, when Wu Hai heard the two of them say this, his uncomfortable expression on his face was much more relaxed, and he thought to himself: This is also a crooked fight, originally the emperor asked us to investigate the Taoist priests, if there are really strange Taoist priests, they can also be investigated in the name of this.

Zhang Hansheng walked up to Wu Hai and said in a sincere voice: "Lord Wu, I have some ideas, it must be that someone used a strange trick to attract the attention of the guards last night and secretly stole the big seal, please give me ten days, I will definitely try this case clearly, find the lost big seal, and then write to the emperor to ask for guilt." ”

Wu Hai glanced at Ding Si, thought for a while, nodded and said: "Don't worry, Lord Zhang, since this official has caught up with this matter, he will definitely work with Lord Zhang to solve the case, find the Great Seal back, and find out what is behind this." ”

Zhang Hansheng got Wu Hai's words, and immediately turned around and ordered his subordinates to go and act, the hall was also extremely lively, Wu Hai took advantage of the lack of attention, paced to Ding Si's side, and said lightly: "I guess someone must be in Quanzhou to cause chaos, and the emperor is the true son of heaven, where the destiny of heaven is, so there are masters outside the world who expected this, so they leaked the matter in the capital, so that the emperor sent you and me to Quanzhou in advance to prevent that person from gaining power." He arched his hand again and said, "The emperor is really blessed." ”