"You mean, someone designed it before the fire to make it impossible for the subordinates in the Zhang Governor's Mansion to speak?" Xu Liang finally understood what Tietou was trying to convey and asked.

"Not bad." Tietou nodded and said, "And it can make all the maids in the mansion unable to open their mouths without knowing it, including those two concubines." If no one can detect it beforehand, then the person who set the fire must be quite familiar with the people inside. ”

Tietou finally said: "Several times in the whole Pingliang Mansion, there is only one person with this ability. That is Zhang Fengqi, the prefect of Pingliang. ”

Xu Liang's heart moved when he heard this, and he thought carefully about what happened before and after the fire in the prefect's yamen: Governor Zhang's mansion quietly dug a hole in the study half a month ago that could hide people, and when Xu Liang returned to Pingliang, he pulled Pingliang and Zhilu Yifa, Pingliang pushed the official Huang Daozhou to Xu Liang's mansion, and quarreled with Xu Liang for the matter of the Liang Jundong camp that was a foregone conclusion, and then that night, the backyard of the prefect's yamen caught fire, and almost burned to death all the family members in Zhang's mansion, the housekeeper Even the two extremely favored concubines were not spared, but Zhang Zhifu himself slept in the study that night and escaped death by hiding in the hole dug half a month ago. Then, while shouting with great fanfare to investigate the real arson, he ran to the yamen of the governor of the three sides to cry and shout that he was not the prefect and wanted to be transferred back to Beijing as an idle official.

On the other hand, how could this really be done by Governor Zhang himself, and what was his purpose? You must know that Governor Zhang has a university scholar Cao Yubian in the capital, and no matter how Xu Liang impeaches Governor Zhang, it will be useless. As long as Governor Zhang stays in Pingliang City and is his Pingliang Governor with peace of mind, then. No matter how arrogant Xu Liang is, no one is in his eyes. He didn't dare to murder Governor Zhang, unless he didn't want to mix up in the Ming court!

The prefect worked hard to design such a bureau. What's the point? Xu Liang suddenly recalled the words of Guyuan guerrilla general Li Ying when he was eating wine in Guyuan Yicui Building, and after General Li Ying's tireless efforts to impeach, more and more court officials understood Zhang Zhichu's problem, and the most important thing was that Emperor Chongzhen was dissatisfied with Zhang Zhifu, and Cao Yubian, a scholar, estimated that he could not cover it.

There are nearly 10,000 court officials in the Ming Dynasty, but there is only one final boss, and that is Emperor Chongzhen. If Emperor Chongzhen is dissatisfied with an official, it means that this person's official path is basically broken, and he will not want to improve in the future.

The situation faced by Governor Zhang is probably like this, and he has something to do with Zhu Zijian, the son of King Han, and it is not clear. In addition, Zhu Zijian made a fuss in Hanzhong Mansion, attacking the city and plundering the land. There was also Xu Liang and Li Ying's impeachment petition at the back, and Emperor Chongzhen's bad impression of Zhang Zhifu was finally formed.

Without any action, Xu Liang could foresee the future of Governor Zhang's mansion, not to be escorted to the capital. He died on the way to be escorted.

In this case, if Emperor Chongzhen suddenly learned that Zhang Zhifu was almost burned to death in the prefect's yamen, he thought of Pingliang's consistent strength with Xu Liang, and went on to take charge of the army. Get off the horse and manage the people, regardless of ability and prestige, you can stabilize the Zhang Governor's Mansion, as long as the Zhang Governor's Mansion is killed. Xu Liang is faintly the prefect of Pingliang.

An image of the prefect of the angry bag who has been bullied by his powerful subordinates for a long time and has no guarantee of life. And it was erected. Such a big sad card is played, as long as it is a person. I can't help but shed a few tears of sympathy.

Xu Liang made a bold guess about the cause and effect, and couldn't help but applaud Zhang Fengqi's life-saving trick.

Wonderful, so wonderful. sacrificed a few subordinates and concubines, not only did Zhang Fengqi escape safely, but he also poured dirty water on Xu Liang's clothes by the way.

Xu Liang took a few deep breaths and said to Tietou: "Even if we are so suspicious of Zhang Fengqi, it is just a conjecture, and there is no evidence." ”

Unexpectedly, the iron head rubbed his hands, "Young master, don't worry, the brothers in the detective department secretly picked two pairs from those who were burned to death, as long as the autopsy proves what these people have eaten or poisoned before their deaths, then our conjecture will definitely be valid." ”

Xu Liang nodded and said, "In this way, it's good to verify it." It's just that you have to hurry up, and in two days, the cattle catcher from Xi'an Mansion will come to Pingliang Mansion to investigate the case. ”

"Yes, Ah Tie knows." Iron Head said.

The battle in the south progressed smoothly, and the Pingliang guerrilla general Dai Feng led 30,000 Liang troops into Hanzhong Mansion, and fought a battle with the King of Liang guarding at the foot of Wudu Mountain on the 22nd day of the first lunar month, and defeated the King of Liang. The army continued to march forward, and went straight to the Tiger Head Pass with great momentum. Xu Liang was originally going to rush to join Dai Feng in person, but there was another incident in the middle of the prefect's yamen on fire, which made Xu Liang more vigilant against Zhang Fengqi, and the Liang army under the leadership of Dai Feng attacked a qiēshun lì, Xu Liang broke off his mind of rushing to Hanzhong Mansion to command the war.

It's not that Xu Liang doesn't want to avenge the death of Dai Yingying, it's just that the Liang army of 30,000 people went on an expedition, and the food and materials were all provided by the financial resources of the Xu Mansion, and even if there was a gold mountain in the Xu Mansion, it would not last long. The purpose of this expedition was mainly to bring back the Ming army and the Liang army trapped in Hutou Pass. As for revenge, hehe, there are more than 100,000 rebel troops entrenched in Hanzhong Mansion, and there are only 30,000 or 40,000 elite soldiers left in the Liang army.

Therefore, Xu Liang changed his original intention, handed over the war in the south to Dai Feng, and presided over the recruitment of new soldiers in Pingliang City.

After Zhang Fengqi, the prefect of Pingliang, returned to Pingliang from Guyuan, the first thing he did was to pull all the burned people to the outskirts of Pingliang City and cremate them, and the ashes were scattered into the mountains.

On the third day after Zhang Zhifu hid in the post house, the Xi'an Mansion led people to Pingliang Mansion to investigate the fire case of the prefect's yamen.

Although the scene of the accident has been filled in with new soil, the victims have been burned into ashes and scattered into the mountains, and the only survivor hides in the post house and closes the door. Niu Zhutou still meticulously investigated the case, conscientiously inspected the scene, visited the masses, reviewed the case files, and sorted out the records of the case...... The investigation procedures are set one by one, and they are strict to the point of being harsh.

Pingliang magistrate Huang Daozhou shook his head every time he said in front of Xu Liang that this cow catcher of Xi'an Mansion was investigating the case like this. shouted angrily: "How can there be such a pedantic investigation in the world, people have turned to ashes, all the evidence has been deliberately erased by some people, even if Niu Zhutou asks everyone in Pingliang City, it will be useless!" The whole one is a waste of manpower, material resources, and financial resources. ”

Xu Liang chuckled lightly and motioned to Huang Daozhou to take a sip of tea and dissipate his anger.

"I think that cow is very serious about investigating the case." Xu Liang chuckled, glanced at Huang Daozhou, and said: "Lord Wu, the governor of the three sides, specially called someone to investigate the case, then this bull catcher must have something extraordinary. ”

Huang Daozhou snorted coldly and said, "He is a small cell boss, what can he do out!" ”

Xu Liang asked in surprise, "Lord Huang knows this person?" ”

Huang Daozhou nodded slowly and said, "After hearing that Governor Wu was going to send this cattle catcher to Pingliang to investigate the case, the lower officials specially asked someone to find out about this person. The head of the cow catcher is called the cow auxiliary machine, which was originally the prison of Shaanxi according to the inspection envoy from the nine products. Two years earlier, because he offended the powerful, he was dismissed from office. But fortunately, the governor of the three sides, Lord Wu, had an old relationship with Niu Zhutou's family, and Lord Wu came forward to protect Niu Zhutou, and Niu Auxiliary Machine became the head catcher of Xi'an Mansion. ”

Xu Liang suddenly, secretly said that there is still this relationship between the three-sided governor Wu Zhiwang and the little cow catcher auxiliary machine of Xi'an Mansion, no wonder Governor Wu wants to say to himself, believe in Niu Catcher like he believes in Governor Wu himself!

Xu Liang and Huang Daozhou gossiped in the pavilion in Xu's mansion, and suddenly heard someone report: "Xi'an Mansion Cattle Hunting Auxiliary Machine Asks to See." (To be continued......)