Zhao Yan walked among the ruins, the place where he saw was full of scorched black, wisps of green smoke were still rising in some places, there was water and mud on the ground, and there were even a lot of wooden barrels and copper basins, which were left behind when fighting the fire last night.

"His Royal Highness the King of the County, last night there was a sudden fire in the back garden, the wind was very strong at that time, the fire was very fierce, and several courtyards were burned at once, and the other places were not burned strictly, but the yard where corn and sweet potatoes were planted was all burned down, and His Majesty was angry after hearing the news, and now he is bedridden, and the imperial doctor also forbids anyone to visit, but His Majesty has named you to deal with this matter!" A middle-aged chamberlain followed Zhao Yan and whispered as he walked, this chamberlain was named Huang Wude, and he was the most trusted chamberlain by Zhao Shu's side, and he was also involved in many confidential matters, including the cultivation of corn and sweet potatoes.

"How's Daddy's condition, has the other yard been blocked?" Zhao Yan asked with a gloomy face, he had just come to see the corn and sweet potatoes a few days ago, but when he came back today, he saw that he was full of devastation, and it is estimated that the corn and sweet potatoes planted here will not be spared.

"His Majesty is extremely angry, I heard that he vomited blood at that time, and the imperial doctor said that now His Majesty should recuperate and not see people, and the courtyard is also sealed off according to the previous orders of the county king, and no unrelated people are allowed to enter!" Huang Wude said very respectfully, he knew a lot of secrets, and he also vaguely knew that Zhao Yan met the immortals, so he was very respectful to Zhao Yan from the beginning.

"Hmm" Zhao Yan agreed casually, and then strode towards the yard where corn and sweet potatoes were planted before, and at the same time he was also a little happy in his heart, thanks to the fact that he asked Zhao Shu for some corn seeds and sweet potato seedlings at the beginning, so although the corn and sweet potatoes in the palace were destroyed, at least he still had some of them, as long as he could harvest safely this year, he could plant more corn and sweet potatoes next year.

In the early hours of this morning, Zhao Yan had not gotten up, and suddenly received an edict from Zhao Shu, asking him to enter the city quickly, but when he came to the palace, he was told that Zhao Shu's condition was aggravated and no one was allowed to visit, but at this time he finally knew the reason why Zhao Shu let him enter the city, there was a fire in the back garden last night, especially the yard where corn and sweet potatoes were planted, almost all of them were burned down, and Zhao Shu didn't want others to interfere in this matter, so he could only call Zhao Yan to deal with it.

Last night's wind was very strong, so that the fire not only spread to the surrounding courtyards, but also brought great difficulty to the fire, hundreds of palace people and guards were busy until this morning, before finally extinguishing the fire, among which the yard where corn and sweet potatoes were planted was at the upwind of the fire, and the fire should have burned from there.

Zhao Yan stepped on the muddy water to the courtyard where he had come three days ago, when he was startled when he first saw the scene of the courtyard full of vats, but when he came again this time, he saw a ruin, and the courtyard gate was also burned, leaving only a black door frame, and at the same time, the entire courtyard was also surrounded by the palace guards, waiting for Zhao Yan to come and deal with it.

Zhao Yan strode through the door frame to the yard, thinking that he would see a bunch of burned vats, but he didn't expect that although there were a lot of sundries in the yard, the vats for planting corn and sweet potatoes were gone, which made Zhao Yan a little strange and asked Huang Wude next to him: "What's the matter, why is the vat where corn and sweet potatoes are planted missing?" ”

"King Qiqi, there was a strong wind yesterday afternoon, so Cui Nei asked people to carry those vats to the main hall!" Before Huang Wude could speak, suddenly a tall leader of the guards walked outside the door and spoke.

"Huh? How are you? Zhao Yan was even more surprised when he saw this guard leader, only to see that the other party was tall and full of righteousness, it was the palace guard who jumped out to block him when he was about to beat Wang Shu at the Xiyuan Yaji before, but unfortunately he was successfully attacked by Xiao Bean Sprout's flirtatious feet, and then he fainted again, and his martial arts did not have time to show at all.

"The last general, Yang Huaiyu, meet His Royal Highness the King of the County!" The tall leader walked over and bowed, but when he saluted, he deliberately glanced behind Zhao Yan's back, and when he didn't see the little girl who kicked him that day, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

"King of the county, before His Majesty sent a forbidden army to protect the back garden, especially the safety of this courtyard, but after the fire, the general of the forbidden army knew that it was impossible to escape death, and he had already committed suicide in fear of crime, and General Yang was ordered to be in danger, and he had just taken over this forbidden army." At this time, Huang Wude also opened his mouth to help the other party explain.

"Well, I see!" Zhao Yan nodded when he heard this, but he always felt that the name Yang Huaiyu was a little familiar, as if he had heard it somewhere, but he couldn't remember it for a while.

Now is not the time to reminisce, Zhao Yan strode through the courtyard to the front of the hall where corn and sweet potatoes were stored, the door of the hall had been burned out, Zhao Yan walked in directly, and immediately smelled a choking smell of burning, only to see that although the whole hall was burned very messy, there were still rows of large vats neatly placed on the ground, but these vats that originally grew corn and sweet potatoes had been pitch black, and some had even exploded, as for the corn and sweet potatoes inside, it was even more impossible to survive.

"Huh? How can anyone be here, didn't I say that anyone who has nothing to do with it is forbidden to enter? Zhao Yan saw that the black vats had not yet come and asked about the situation of those people in Cui Neishi, but suddenly found that there was a person in official clothes standing in front of a large vat in the main hall, as if he was studying something, which made him very angry, for fear that the other party would destroy the fire scene.

Hearing Zhao Yan's question, the man in official uniform also noticed the arrival of Zhao Yan and the others, and immediately saw that the other party immediately strode over and saluted: "The lowly dynasty sees His Royal Highness the King of the County!" ”

Dynasty? And what about Mahan? Zhao Yan was very unhappy in his heart, and asked with a gloomy face: "Why are you here, who allowed you to come in, is it child's play to be the previous order of this king?" ”

When Zhao Yan spoke, his eyes also looked at Yang Huaiyu, he was responsible for guarding the fire, and this dynasty was able to come in, it must have been agreed by Yang Huaiyu. However, Yang Huaiyu said unhurriedly: "King Qiyu, Wang Zhutou is holding the token of His Majesty, and the last general has to let go!" ”

A small head catcher was able to hold Zhao Shu's token, which made Zhao Yan also taken aback, and looked at the other party seriously, only to see that this dynasty was about thirty years old, tall and thin, with a slightly yellow complexion, slender eyes half-squinted, a full beard, as if he hadn't woken up, and the official clothes he was wearing on his head catcher were also very shabby, no matter how he looked at it, he looked like a guy who was eating in the yamen.

"The king of the county, this Wang Zhutou is a master of solving cases in Kaifeng Mansion, this time such a big thing happened, His Majesty wanted to find out the whole thing, so he deliberately transferred Wang Zhutou to assist the county king!" At this time, Huang Wude also spoke, Zhao Yan was in a hurry on the road just now, and he didn't have time to tell all Zhao Shu's arrangements, and he didn't expect this dynasty to move so fast, and he came to Houyuan one step earlier than them.

Zhao Yan nodded when he heard this, and then asked the dynasty: "Since Wang Zhutou is one step ahead and is good at solving cases, I don't know if you can see anything?" ”

As soon as it came to the case, the half-squinted Wang Dynasty immediately came to his senses, and saluted Zhao Yan again: "King of the County, this case must have been deliberately set on fire, and the fire point is this hall!" ”

"Oh, what proof do you have?" Zhao Yan asked deliberately, in fact, when he heard that corn and sweet potatoes were destroyed by fire, the first thing that came to his mind was that someone deliberately set fires, and the purpose was to burn the two important crops of corn and sweet potatoes.

"Just now, I have checked the entire hall and found ten fire points, if it is a natural fire, it is absolutely impossible for ten places to catch fire at the same time, and although the doors and windows of the hall have been burned, I found that these doors and windows have been locked from the outside before, so that the people inside can't get out at all, forty-nine corpses have been found in the hall, all of them are the servants who lived here before, so the humble duty dares to conclude that this must be an intentional arson murder!" Wang Chao said very confidently, their family has been eating in the public for generations, and solving the case is a family handicraft, and it is absolutely impossible to make mistakes.

"Huh? That's not right, with Cui Nei's attendant in this courtyard, there should be a total of fifty-one people, right, why are there two people missing? Huang Wude suddenly said at this time, no one knows the situation in the palace better than him.

"A lot, there are two corpses outside the courtyard, I have checked, they committed suicide, according to common sense, these two people are likely to be the real murderers of arson, they first set fire to the main hall, and then locked the doors and windows of the main hall from the outside, and finally committed suicide after completing the task, such a dead man is not something that ordinary people can cultivate!" At this time, Wang Chao spoke again, he had found the general context of the whole case, and now the question was who sent the two dead soldiers who died outside, and why did they set fire to this courtyard that was not very important?

Zhao Yan glanced at Huang Wude next to him when he heard this, and they all had some guesses if they knew the inside story, but it was inconvenient to say it now. At this time, Wang Chao continued: "In addition, I found a strange thing, and I still can't figure it out?" ”

"Oh, what's the matter?" Zhao Yan was also a little interested in this dynasty that could deduce the general facts of the case in such a short period of time, and he wanted to know if there was anything he couldn't figure out?

I saw Wang Chao striding to the vat he was studying just now, pointed to it and said: "King Jun, please see, there is a charred corpse on this vt, and his mouth and nose are full of soot, so it can be seen that he was burned alive, but he was lying tightly on this vat until he died, on the other hand, the other people who were burned to death, they were all concentrated in the position of the doors and windows, this is because they wanted to break the doors and windows to escape in the fire, but this person did not have the slightest intention of escaping, so he was very curious!" ”

Zhao Yan was shocked when he heard this, and immediately strode forward to look at the charred corpse on the vat, only the appearance of this corpse had been burned to charcoal, but his hands and feet were still holding the vat, and his body was just pressed against the soil inside the vat, as if he was guarding something?

"Turn him over!" Zhao Yan suddenly took a long breath and forcibly suppressed the excitement and grief in his heart.

"Yes!" Yang Huaiyu, who was extremely strong, agreed, and immediately stepped forward to turn the corpse over, but he didn't expect the corpse's hands and feet to be held very tightly, even with his strength, it took some hands and feet to turn the corpse over, but then they found that under the corpse, there was actually a half-burnt plant that had been burned, but near the roots, it still maintained a few green leaves, and it looked like it was sluggish, but it was strong and alive.

"Bastard!" The moment the corpse turned over, Zhao Yan immediately clenched his fists and scolded angrily, his eyes also became red, although this corpse had been burned, but judging from the other party's missing teeth, it must be the Cui Nei Shi he had seen before, as for the plant he had to protect until death, it was a sweet potato vine, and at the last moment of life and death, he actually used his body to protect the food crops that could feed tens of millions of people.

"The old slave entered the palace at the age of eight, and he has no other skills, only serving some flowers and plants......"

"No, no, no, no...... such an important food, let's leave more seeds for it, and the sooner it is promoted, the sooner it can make people have a full meal......

"In addition to the old slave, grandfather, grandmother, uncle, mother, father and several brothers and sisters were all starved to death...... Old slave ......"

The experience of meeting Cao Nei Shi that day flashed in front of Zhao Yan one by one, although the other party was just a penniless old eunuch, but he had a simple and great mind, although his relatives were starved to death, but he hoped that everyone in the world could be fed, and even for this goal, he used his old crippled body to protect the sweet potato with the highest yield, even if it was a raging fire, there was no slightest movement, this is the real warrior.

Thinking of this, Zhao Yan couldn't help but take a long breath, so that the tears in his eyes didn't flow. Then he suddenly turned around, stared at Huang Wude with his eyes like a torch and said: "Huang Neishi, the fire was deliberately set by someone, you and I both know the inside story of this matter, and we can not hesitate to use two dead soldiers to destroy this courtyard, and only they can do it, I want you to find out who gave the order, these people have just arrived in Tokyo City, you will definitely send someone to monitor, this matter should not be difficult, right?" ”

Huang Wude also recognized Cui Neishi's body, and even guessed Cui Neizhi's thoughts before he died, which made him very moved, but when he heard Zhao Yan's words, he smiled bitterly and said: "County King, even if it is found out, we will secretly deal with a few minions at most, as for the person who gave the order behind the scenes, it must be the other party's high-level figures, not only can we not arrest such a person, but we must secretly protect it, otherwise if there is an accident in the territory of the Great Song Dynasty, no matter what the reason, the north will take the opportunity to make trouble." ”

Hearing the conversation between Zhao Yan and Huang Wude, Wang Chao and Yang Huaiyu were both shocked, and they had vaguely guessed the truth of the matter, but this matter was not something that people like them could meddle in, so they all lowered their heads and remained silent at the moment.

Zhao Yan was furious when he heard this, he knew that the Great Song Dynasty was very weak in the face of the Liao State, but he didn't expect it to be so weak, the other party even burned the palace of the Great Song Dynasty, but the Great Song Dynasty still didn't dare to punish the murderer, but he had to send him out of the country, he absolutely couldn't bear this kind of humiliation!

"You just need to find out the mastermind behind the scenes, and you don't have to worry about the rest!" Zhao Yan gritted his teeth and said hatefully.

burned the high-yield crops he worked so hard to bring, and killed dozens of lives of Cui Neishi, and the mastermind behind the scenes still wanted to leave the Great Song Dynasty peacefully, how could there be such a cheap thing in this world? He must make the mastermind behind the scenes pay a terrible price, and now the court of the Great Song Dynasty can't count on it, but he has his own way to let the other party live a life that is worse than death, and finally die in humiliation, and it will not arouse anyone's suspicion!