The Xie family's residence in Jingshi is not shabby, not only the location is good, but also covers a wide area, and now it has been burned to the ground, and even the surrounding houses have suffered from the camp, and the area of the fire is almost half a street. Approaching the end of the year, but losing their own shelter, those bitter masters who did not die in the fire knelt on the street and cried and shouted that they were wronged.

The scene of the arrest of the criminal department was sealed off early, and a group of people searched for all useful clues in the ruins. There is such a big case, and the victims include the children of the famous patriarch Fang Yan, as well as a concubine who is about to marry the princess, this is a big case that pierces the sky. No one has the guts to suppress such a case, and no one dares to be perfunctory.

The person in charge of this case is Qin Zongquan, the chief arrester of the Criminal Department, who has few opponents in the art industry, and has eaten public meals for more than 20 years. The gentlemen in the green forest of Beizhili mentioned his name, and they all had a headache for a few days. There was still green smoke on the ruins, and there were embers of fire in some places, but Qin Zongquan didn't care about these, jumping high and low, jumping high and low, rummaging for clues.

He is extremely skillful, others can't catch up with him, and they all know the means of catching heads, so they are just busy with their own work. It wasn't until he came back in a circle that He Zongli, a junior brother on the side, stepped forward, "Senior brother, what did you find?" ”

"The people who come are really good means, and those who do this should be masters. The Xie family's nursing home is not weak, and there are quite a few famous martial artists in it, but unfortunately they still didn't play much of a role, and they were solved. ”

As Qin Zongquan spoke, he took out a rag, and inside the bread was a few iron arrowheads. He Zongli looked at it carefully for a moment, "This seems to be the kind of short arrow used by hand slaves?" ”

"That's pretty much it. These people are prepared, lime, fishing nets, hard slaves, except for the lack of firearms, the other guys basically use them. These Nu arrows were also fed with huge poison, and they didn't intend to stay alive when they shot. If it weren't for the fact that Second Prince Xie didn't return from the banquet last night, I'm afraid he would not have escaped the poison. ”

The Xie family, as a member of the Jiangnan Wang clan and the future royal family, has many children in Beijing, but except for Xie Yao, who went out to drink flower wine last night, the rest of the children in Beijing have basically been wiped out. The corpse was burned like charcoal, but these old men were clever and experienced, and if they were serious, they could still be tested. These people were first cut in the throat and then set on fire. In addition, the front and back doors are blocked with stones, as well as the feedback of neighbors, all prove that this is definitely not a water, but someone deliberately killed someone.

Killing the royal family and destroying the door, this kind of case makes people stand upside down when they think about it. Rao is Qin Zongquan has been in the Criminal Department for more than 20 years, but he has never touched such a case, and when he thinks of the pressure he is facing to solve the case, he feels that his head is as big as a fight. His junior brother He Zongli was more direct

"Shouldn't such a case be investigated by Jinyi Wei? The dead Sixth Young Master Xie, but the people who want to recruit horses, their Xie family has to be regarded as relatives of the emperor, how did they fall into our criminal department to solve the case? When the time comes, there will be a three-day comparison, a five-day limit, if you can't hand over someone, the master's board is not vegetarian. ”

Qin Zongquan sighed helplessly, "The current Jinyi Guard...... Never mind. If we say this to the master, the board will definitely fall more powerfully, let's go check what clues there are first, such a big case, there will always be clues left, as long as you follow the vine, you are not afraid of not finding the murderer. ”

He Zongli saw that his senior brother was naturally excited when facing a big case, and secretly shook his head: The person who can do such a case can also be provoked by us? It's hard to check back and forth, check your own life, and your thoughts as a senior brother are still not accessible enough.

When this case was fed back to Jiajing Tianzi by the Criminal Department, it was not surprising that the Son of Heaven was furious and ordered to solve the case within a time limit, and the pressure from the cabinet also fell on the head of the Criminal Department like a mountain. If such a case cannot be solved, then where does the dignity of the court exist and where is the majesty?

In other words, if someone can kill a colt and get away with it, then it means that there is no basic order in this society, so what qualifications are there to be called a society? Yang Tinghe directly recruited Lin Jun, the secretary of the Criminal Department, "Seeing Brother Su, the matter is very important, and I can't be polite to you." You and I know the current situation of the imperial court, at this time, what the Jingshi wants is peace, not chaos, let alone let this kind of thief go unpunished. I don't care how many days Banzai gives you, I give you only one month here. If we can't visit the culprit before Chinese New Year's Eve, we won't have a good time. ”

Lin Jun also knew that the reduction of Jinyiwei had been put on the agenda, and as the New Year was approaching, the border gate needed a New Year's reward, and the nobles also had to give rewards, which put huge pressure on Taicang. In order to reduce expenses, the layoffs of Jinyiwei must be completed before the New Year.

In Yang Tinghe's design, Jinyi Wei retained the establishment of thirteen provinces, among which the two independent Jinyi Yamen in the north and south were merged with the thousand households in this province, that is, the Jingshi Jinyi Yamen directly governed the entire Jinyi Thousand Households in the North Zhili, thirteen thousand households, each with 1,120 people. Coupled with the Han generals and the guards guarding the Son of Heaven, the number of people who can be retained in the end of this huge brocade system will not exceed 20,000.

It is conceivable that this kind of reduction will inevitably be resisted by the Jinyi system, and if it is not good, there will be some big trouble. Moreover, in the past, the security of the Beijing Division was taken care of by Jinyiwei, the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses, and the Criminal Department. Now that Jinyiwei is laying off personnel of this scale, the security of the Jingshi must not be counted on, and the civil official system of the imperial court does not want Jinyiwei to interfere in the prison and make it a simple guard of honor and guard of the Son of Heaven, and do not have other powers.

At this extraordinary moment, it is even more necessary for the three law divisions to support the first assistant, maintain the law and order of the Beijing Division, and ensure that after the withdrawal of Jinyiwei, the social security of the Beijing Division is not worse than before. Only in this way can the legitimacy of the abolition of brocade clothes be reflected, and Shoufu can speak.

For example, in a big case like the murder of a quasi-concubine, if you can't give an explanation, it's Shoufu here, and you won't be able to pass the test. Lin Jun didn't think there was anything wrong with Yang Tinghe's order, or that he deliberately made it difficult in the same year, on the contrary, he was a little embarrassed, and took the initiative to reduce the time limit to half a month, so he went back to the yamen to personally supervise the case.

Even with the statement of the criminal department, Yang Tinghe still can't rest assured, "This kind of case is not a case that you can definitely solve the case if you press it or break the legs of the people below when you see Brother Su." The key is to find the murderer, but who will do this kind of case, and who will have trouble with the Xie family? ”

Although he is not a saint of punishment, he has been an official for many years, and he still has some experience. His eyes looked at the case file several times, and finally landed on a name: at the time of the crime, the only Xie family member who was not at the scene, Xie Yao.