"After Zhang Zhidong was imprisoned, has anyone been here?"

"Nope!"

"So, have any of you ever been out of sight, or have any of you behaved out of the ordinary?"

The faces of the five Xuan Tianwei turned pale violently, and Lu Sheng's words had already told them nakedly that Lu Sheng was suspecting that there was an internal ghost.

However, the five recalled every detail of Zhang Zhidong after he was imprisoned. In the end, he could only shake his head helplessly.

No, nothing at all.

Is it really hell? Zhang Zhidong was pressed in for only two hours, and for two hours no one sent food or drink, and his brothers stood here without even snorting.

Well, how did it suddenly catch fire, and so suddenly?

"No one came, no one approached, not even one of you left sight? And then the witness was killed right before your eyes?" you want to tell me that it was a ghost who had come to kill someone?" cried out the spider, clutching one by the collar of one man's coat with a roar.

"Spider, let him go. Lu Sheng's cold voice sounded, "I believe that the brothers of Xuantian Mansion seem to be very clever in the other party's method of extinguishing their mouths. Tell me, did the fire start from Zhang Zhidong's body, or did all of a sudden the whole cell be on fire or spread?"

"It was burned from Zhang Zhidong's body, but it spread quickly after it was burned, and by the time we got the water back, Zhang Zhidong had already been burned to death. ”

"Did he name the murderer before he died?"

He only screamed, and he didn't have time to say anything. ”

This is understandable to Lu Sheng, burning to death should be the most painful among the many ways to die, and the pain of burning is far stronger than cutting with a knife. Zhang Zhidong's body is on fire, and his brain will not give him a chance to think rationally at all.

Lu Sheng's brows furrowed, as if he had thought of something and came to the cell where the detainees were held not far away.

When this happened, the entire prison was filled with honesty, huddled in the corners and trembled one by one. Lu Sheng's eyes swept over, and finally froze on the mottled lime powder on the ground.

Because it is dark and damp all year round, the cell must be sprinkled with a layer of lime powder to prevent moisture. And the mottled burn marks in Zhang Zhidong's cell are very similar to the mottled lime in this cell.

"Who entered this cell before Jang Zhidong was locked in?"

"Yes!" Suddenly, Xuan Tianwei, who was guarding the guard, said almost unanimously, "Old man Dong, he is a handyman in the detention center, he was injured in the early years of fighting, injured a hand and lame a leg. I couldn't do my job, so I was arranged to do miscellaneous work in the government department.

Before Zhang Zhidong entered, Old Man Dong went in to clean up the haystack and re-sprinkled lime powder...... My lord, do you mean, there is something wrong with this old man Dong?"

"I'm afraid, he didn't sprinkle lime powder but phosphorus powder. Quick, go and take down Old Man Dong. ”

Xuan Tianwei immediately set off, but when they kicked open the door of Old Man Dong's room, Old Man Dong had already drunk his sword and cut himself.

Lu Sheng looked gloomily at Old Man Dong's room, the house was surrounded by poor people, and even the dining table was crumbling, as if it would fall apart if he touched it hard.

Xuan Tianwei immediately searched, and sure enough, he found residual phosphorus powder from an iron bucket. And Old Man Dong didn't have any extra belongings in his house, not even a copper plate was found.

"Old man Dong is very poor, although he never arrears his monthly salary, but like this kind of miscellaneous labor, he can receive at most 500 wen a month. At the end of the year, at most three taels of silver.

Because he stayed in the detention center and could eat for free, Old Man Dong rarely went home all year round, and every time he went home, he would give the saved wages to his mother-in-law.

Although Old Man Dong is usually silent, he is honest and responsible. So none of us doubted him. Unexpectedly, he was bought by the mastermind behind the scenes. ”

"If you are bought because of money...... Will Old Man Dong be so poor? If he is lured by profit, he will have surplus wealth. Let a man so poor and recognized as honest lay down his life for him...... It must be to repay the favor.

It seems that my previous instinct was right, and that person was still hidden in the officialdom. Spider, last time I asked you to investigate why the officials of Chu Prefecture have no results until now?"

"My lord, forgive me, we have checked all the officials in Chuzhou, and after analysis, if it is controlled by one person, there are only three people who can control such a large-scale grain theft without collusion or conspiracy. But none of these three can be. ”

"Which three?"

"Chuzhou Taishou He Xingzhi, Lu Sheng, the head town of Xuantianfu in Chuzhou, and Lu Xiangyang, the Taoist of Chuzhou. However, Taishou He Xingzhi himself comes from a famous family, and his family is not short of money at all. And all his energy is focused on the new policy of Chuzhou, and this kind of self-digging thing is naturally impossible to do.

The reason why the adult was excluded was the same as He Xingzhi, the adult is the richest person in Chuzhou, and money is just a pile of dung for the adult, and no matter how much money there is, it is meaningless.

And Daotai Lu Xiangyang was excluded from the possibility that Lu Xiangyang returned to Jingding three years ago. I didn't come back to work until a month ago. The course of the case was between May and July this year.

If it was Lu Daotai, he would not be able to remotely control such a big theft operation. So the subordinates thought that the truth of the theft and sale might really be as Zhang Zhidong said. It's not that there is a mastermind in command, but that they hit it off. ”

"But now all the people we can know who are involved in this case have been killed by him one by one. Lu Sheng lightly interrupted the spider's words, and slowly raised his hand to point at the old man Dong who had already died.

"This is the second one, which can make two people who are honest and honest on weekdays, and people can't raise the slightest suspicion, are willing to play to the death for him, and kill people for him at the cost of their lives.

A six-rank military attache of the city defense army, with the belief that he must die, instigated civil unrest for him. This person must have unimaginable roots in Chuzhou. And above the officialdom of Chuzhou, it must be pervasive.

Otherwise, as soon as our case progressed, he would have known about this person as soon as he could...... Who could it be?"

"My lord......" At this time, Feng Jian suddenly raised his head and looked at Lu Sheng and said, "If none of the three major feudal officials on the surface of Chuzhou are not, will they be the secret feudal officials."

If we want to talk about the foundation of Chuzhou, who can compare with the four independent cities? They have all stood in Chuzhou for hundreds of years. Could these shadows be the ghosts of the people of Independence City?"

Lu Sheng hesitated to think about it, and slowly shook his head after a long time.

"What you said is indeed possible, but the reason for excluding me and He Taishou's suspicion is also applicable to the four independent cities. After hundreds of years of accumulation, the wealth of the four independent cities has long been staggering, and it is not worth the risk.

Secondly, if the Independence City had eyes all over Chuzhou, how could they have been fooled without realizing that when I and I were guarding Lu Daotai and crossing the sea to set 30 million stone grains from the Independence City?

Moreover, if it is an independent city, do you still need food for the sky, do you still need Zhang Zhidong? With the strength of the independent city, it is completely possible to trade directly with the Demon Sect, even if they steal and sell official food, they can also directly contact that group of corrupt officials and corrupt officials. ”

"My lord, Sun is back!"

The successive bad news made Lu Sheng's face as cold as frost, and he looked back at the group of subordinates who were down, "I hope Sun You can bring me some good news." Don't look dejected, cheer up. Since the other party is not easy to deal with, we should deal with it with a heyday attitude. ”

Leaving the detention center, the group returned to Xuantian Mansion. The scene that caught his eye really shocked Lu Sheng. Silver ingots are piled up like mountains. Xuan Tianwei on the side was sending the silver to the scales one by one, and the five accounting offices beat the abacus into the air.

"Sun You, this Nanming Sword Sect actually copied so much silver?

"There are estimated to be a million taels here, and I have found 300,000 taels of gold in addition to this silver. The Nanming Sword Sect's methods of hiding things are really clever, if it weren't for Xianyun's help, I really wouldn't have been able to find it. ”

"Xianyun?" Lu Sheng followed his gaze, and sure enough, he saw Xianyun in the crowd. Xianyun strode apart from the crowd and stood still in front of Lu Sheng.

"Chief instructor, in addition to these gold and silver, the students found a secret box in Zhang Zhidong's room, which contained letters about his interactions with people in the underworld over the years, as well as some things he had done to hide dirt and dirt.

These letters alone, as long as it is confirmed that Zhang Zhidong's ten heads are not enough to cut off. However, among these letters, the students found an unusual letter. ”

"Unusual? ”

Took the letter from Xianyun's hand and unfolded it, this is a letter of greeting, and the consciousness seems to say that I don't miss it for decades, if you have time, please go to Qinghua Building, Anqing Mansion to talk about it......

"Is this an invitation letter?"

"Yes, but the student thinks that an invitation letter is put together with those top-secret letters that affect his life, and it is clear that this letter is not so simple. And the students also noticed that the letter was signed on the fifth day of the fifth month of May.

Chief instructor, does this time coincide with the case of stealing and selling official grain?"

Lu Sheng's eyes suddenly burst out with appreciation, he was worthy of being one of the best students in the second phase of the year, once he regained his strength, his mental acuity was much stronger than that of the older generation such as Spider Sun You.

"Xianyun!"

"The students are here!"

"The letter was signed by a man named Zhe, and there is only one clue. I want you to use all means to find out this person, who he is, what identity, and what relationship he has with Zhang Zhidong.

If you can find out, I will allow you to return to Xuantian Mansion. The discipline you have committed in the past can be offset by the demerits. Do you have faith?"

Before Xian Yun could finish speaking, his body suddenly trembled violently. There were faint tears in his eyes in disbelief.

Xianyun really didn't think that after being expelled from Xuantian Mansion, he would have a chance to come back one day.

"Master Xie, students will definitely do their best. ”

"Hmm!" Lu Sheng nodded, gently patted Xianyun's shoulder and turned around and walked towards the Xuantian Mansion, suddenly, Lu Sheng paused and turned slightly, "By the way, I will allow you to summon the Flying Fox Special Operations Team." ”