After Li Qianyou and Gao Min left, Xue Ne didn't delay much and hurried out of the East Palace. Li Hong stood on the high platform of the main hall, looked at Xue Ne's back as he walked away, and said to Zhang Shun beside him: "Why did the wind suddenly rise, Xiao Xiao is solemn, it makes people very uneasy, I don't know when the weather will be fine......

Although none of what Li Hong said was related to Xue Ne, it seemed to be about Xue Ne, Zhang Shun said respectfully on the side: "Your Highness, rest assured, although Xue Lang looks like a gentleman, he is very capable, and he will definitely be able to turn evil into good fortune." ”

"Do you all say that in private?" Li Hong felt very interesting, and asked Zhang Shundao sideways.

Zhang Shun felt speechless, and hurriedly surrendered his hand to ask for guilt: "It's just that sometimes I talk and play in private, please punish His Royal Highness......"

"Hey, what's to blame for this", Li Hong patted Zhang Shun's shoulder and signaled that it was okay, "This palace also really wants to hear it, what do you think of Shen Yan, he is a gourd without a mouth, I'm afraid that he doesn't have the popularity of his younger brother?" ”

"Xiao Langjun of the Xue family does not intersect with us and others, even if they meet head-on, we are standing beside us with our fists clasped, and he loves to ignore them. is not like Xue Dalangjun, who treats people kindly. However, Xue Dalangjun was too handsome, and many of Fang Lai's little guards thought that he was the kind of person who spent all day and wine, and they were surprised to know that he was so honest. ”

"It's good to be cautious, where do you know without contact", Li Hong knows Xue Ne best, and naturally sighed more when he heard this, and his distant gaze tied to the figure with only a black spot left at the end of the road in the East Palace, and muttered, "I hope he will go well, and it will be done as soon as possible." ”

After Xue Ne left the East Palace, he found a no-man's land on the back street and blew the bone whistle, but after a stick of incense, the wind shadow jumped over the wall and hugged Xue Ne: "Xue Lang is looking for me?" ”

"How's your county lord doing?" Xue Neji hung up on Li Yuan's concubine to report in the middle of the night, afraid that she would be punished by Li Jingye and his wife again because of herself.

"It's not a big deal, the general only counted down the county lord for two sentences, and then asked her to go back to the vigil."

"That's fine", Xue Ne breathed a sigh of relief, "I have something important to bother you today, the case in the other court has been solved within three days, and it is extremely urgent, please help me summon a few witnesses." ”

When Feng Ying heard that such a big case could be solved within three days, it was simply difficult, but seeing that Xue Ne was Fang coming out of the East Palace, thinking that it was already the result of the prince's maneuvering, he didn't say anything, and he clenched his fists heavily, and a whirlwind disappeared in an instant.

Xue Ne went to the tethered horse to get his mount, and while riding his horse back to Lantian to ponder the case, he finally returned to Lantian County when it was dark.

Many errands have been released, but the county and the chief bookkeeper did not dare to go, until Xue Ne came back, singing and saying: "Xue County has worked hard", "I dare not leave my post without permission, and I have been reading the file in the afternoon."

"Really? What do you two have to gain? Xue Ne straightened out his thoughts, hoping that they would really find something.

The two of them immediately looked embarrassed, and said with sloppy eyes: "Ah yes, in the afternoon, Jingzhao Yin Mansion sent a criminal officer to help Xue County Order investigate the case, and he was waiting in the official hall!" ”

Xue Ne guessed that this person should be sent by Li Hong's Jingzhao Yin Mansion to help him, and hurriedly said: "Okay, this official will go to see him, it's not too early, the two families have their own children, you might as well go back first." ”

The two of them breathed a sigh of relief, and the oil on the soles of their feet quickly slipped away, and they were never seen again.

Xue Ne had no time to pay attention to them, and strode into the official hall, only to see a young criminal officer who was not tall but looked shrewd standing in the hall, he was wearing a navy blue round-necked robe, and carrying a cowhide pouch, which contained iron frustrations, small tweezers and other things for investigating the case.

Xue Ne made a slight salute: "Dare to ask your Excellency what to call it?" ”

The young criminal officer hurriedly intervened and said, "Xiaguan Tao Mu, please send it to Xue County." ”

"Your name is very good, you have your own evil spirits, and you are suitable for being a criminal officer", Xue Ne quipped in order to get closer, and then introduced the topic, "Have you read the case file?" Any questions? ”

"I've read it well, just wait for Xue County's order to come back, and check the verification items together."

"Okay, hard work, without further ado, let's go to the warehouse now", Xue Ne made a gesture of please, and walked towards the warehouse with Tao Mu.

Tao Mu is really a diligent person, and he has classified the evidence on three long willow tables, and attached logos. Xue Ne saw that there were more than a dozen large and small pieces of molten tin, and stepped forward to pick them up and look at them carefully: "Where did these come from?" ”

"What was found under the ruins of the Treasure Pavilion is a treasured pewter."

Tao Mu's words are true, there are indeed a lot of tin tools in the Treasure Pavilion, and the tin will melt into liquid when it encounters fire, so the tin blocks in these fire fields have already melted into a stall, and they can't see their original appearance at all. But Xue Ne still felt a little strange and asked, "Is there a treasure book in the annex of Hongwen Pavilion?" ”

"Wait, director", Tao Mu said, pulling out a volume from the file he had sorted out on the side, holding it in front of Xue Ne and spreading it out.

"Bring me another pen and paper."

The two looked at it and searched for it, and after the treasure book was over, Xue Ne recorded all the tin ware recorded in it. Tao Mu saw that what Xue Ne remembered was not the name of the tin, but the weight, and couldn't help but suddenly realize: "Xue Yushi is really a good means", and immediately went to the warehouse to find a rod scale.

Last night, Xue Ne and Fan Ning talked about what he had gained, because he had figured out this plan, and if what he expected was right, these tin blocks would become the key proof of his conjecture. Even if the shape of the pewter changes after it is melted, the weight does not change, and if you can weigh all the tin pieces collected at the site, add them up, and compare them with the sum of the weights of all the pewter objects contained in the treasure book, you can know if there is any strange thing in them.

The two of them weighed all the tin tools one by one and recorded them on paper, Tao Mu turned around and wanted to leave, but was stopped by Xue Ne and said, "What is the Tao criminal officer doing?" ”

"Go get the abacus?"

"No need", Fang Cai Xue Ne mentally calculated while remembering, and had already calculated the result, "You help me write that the tin contained in the treasure book has a total of eighty-five catties and thirteen taels and two baht, and the sum of all the tin pieces weighs eighty-seven catties and nine taels and three baht." ”

Tao Mu was greatly surprised when he saw that Xue Ne had such a skill, and clapped his hands again and again: "Xue Yushi really deserves his name, and the officials admire it!" ”

Xue Ne was not used to being praised, so he scratched his head, but he couldn't hide a trace of joy in his heart. He had been worried that if he had not been able to collect all the tin at the scene, resulting in the total weight of the tin being less than recorded, his inference might not be able to support it, and although it weighed just over a pound, it was a very important piece of evidence.

However, this evidence alone is far from enough, and before Tao Mu finished drinking a cup of tea, Xue Ne asked again: "Is there anything like a rope left at the scene?" ”

"No, but there was a remnant of a piece of wood with two marks on it, like the strangulation marks of a rope. Chief, please look", Tao Mu stepped forward, holding a broken wooden strip in his hand, although more than two months have passed, Xue Ne can still smell a smell of burnt hu, he lifted the oil lamp in his hand, illuminated the wooden strip, only to see that Tao Mu pointed to the direction There are two strangulation marks that are obviously left by the friction of the rope, and the wood bark has been ground into shavings.

A sharp light flashed in Xue Ne's eyes, and he asked, "Where does this thing belong?" ”

"According to the craftsman who designed the treasure pavilion of the Ministry of Industry, it is the railing of the gatehouse on the third floor," Tao Mu replied, "In addition, Xia Guan also found that the ceilings on the second and first floors seem to be strange, so I asked Xue Xianling to come and see ......."

In prison, Fan Ning nested on the hard bed, tossing and turning, unable to sleep. I heard from the guard at the door that the Criminal Department put pressure on Xue Ne to solve the case within three days, and if not, she would be transferred to the Criminal Department.

At this point, Fan Ning was no longer afraid of life and death, but when she thought that in the past three days, Xue Ne would definitely be exhausted and fight to the death for her, she couldn't help but feel distressed.

She was really stupid in the past, he had treated her like this, she didn't know his mind at all, and ...... If there is still a future, she will definitely be doubly good to him. But take 10,000 steps back and say, if there is really no future, her short life is worth it, although she is an orphan without a father and mother, but she has the love and care of the master, and she has been accompanied by Xue Ne for many years, if you must say that there is any regret, it is that you don't know your parents and relatives, and you don't know why they abandoned themselves back then, if you can meet them, even if you just look at them from a distance, it's good.

The bright moonlight shone on Fan Ning's face through the window grille above the cell, making her look even more lonely and lonely. But it was only a matter of time, so she adjusted her mood, raised her bright eyes, smiled lightly, and whispered to the moon: "Xue Lang, I believe you ......"

After a busy night's work, Xue Ne couldn't close his eyes, first went to the official hall to deal with the official business that had accumulated for many days, and then saw that Fengying brought back those few long-distance witnesses, so he began to ask about the case. Everyone's testimony was basically the same as before, Xue Ne said that he was tired, and asked Tao Mu to take them to dinner, while he began to visit several other people who lived nearby.

Feng Erjia and Wang Wu both live in a small single-entry courtyard in the east of Lantian County, and they are neighbors in the same courtyard, each with one or two acres of fertile land at home, which is considered an ordinary family that is neither poor nor rich. When he heard that Xue Ne was coming, he both brought his family and greeted him at the door. After greeting each other, the two welcomed Xue Ne to the hall of Feng Er's house, and the other family members gathered at Wang Wu's house to not disturb them to ask about the case.

After taking his seat, Xue Ne went straight to the point and repeated the question he had asked that day in the prison of the Criminal Department, and after such a long time, the two were obviously no longer as nervous as they were at the beginning, and there were many more details to corroborate each other.

"On the day before the incident, it wasn't because Tian Laohan contracted a cold that he didn't take out the copy of the "Tui Bei Tu". At that time, the little lady was angry, her sword was horizontal, and she glared angrily, and the guard chief didn't dare to talk nonsense", Feng Er said.

"We all feel relieved, we are arrogant on weekdays, but when we meet the female apprentice of the seven-rank official, we are afraid to die," Wang Wu replied with a sneer.

Xue Ne heard a few different meanings and asked, "The chief guard treats you more harshly on weekdays?" ”

"It's not just a harsh treatment, it's just a call for us to be livestock, you see that he is dead, and no one goes to his house to mourn," Feng Er replied.

Xue Ne thought to himself, there are many people who are more stern, but there are not many who are so resentful that they are still haunted even after death, so he asked again: "Is there any deeds that can be confirmed?" ”

"Let's just take the time of the seventh month of the year, once the chief of the guard was arrested by the government for committing a crime and went to prison for a few days, and when he came out, his dog died because no one fed it, so he hung us all in a row and whipped us one by one."

"Yes, at that time, I remember that Shen Qi was beaten the hardest, because the dog was kept in the backyard. But the dog is very fierce, whoever feeds it will bite whomever it wants, and we have tried to throw something for it to eat, but it doesn't pay attention to it at all, and kills itself, what can we do. ”

It turned out that there was such a story, Xue Ne pondered for a moment, and then asked about the next matter: "By the way, some time before the crime, did your guard captain see anyone?" For example, officials in the DPRK and China, or businessmen in the Western Regions, or other unknown people. ”

"Think about it......" Feng Er and Wang Wu searched through the remaining memories, and after a while, they both shook their heads: "In front of us, I shouldn't have seen any officials or businessmen, but if it is after the release of the government, I will not know." ”

Xue Ne bowed slightly, and asked again: "So, do you feel anything strange about the monks who came from Famen Temple, no matter how big or small, you can tell me." ”

After returning to the county office, Xue Ne plunged into the official hall again and transcribed and recorded the confessions of all today's witnesses.

Today, this chaotic case finally has an eyebrow, and what he has to do now is to make every effort to tamp it to death, and never give the Criminal Department any chance to overturn the case.

After sorting out the confession, it was also the early morning of the third day, Tao Mu came to the official hall to look for Xue Ne, and saw that he was still wearing the clothes of the day before yesterday, and couldn't help but be surprised: "Didn't Xue County Ling return to the house last night?" It's sleepless again, how can the body stand it......"

"It's okay, don't worry about getting dressed up now", Xue Ne strode over and patted Tao Mu's big arm, "Come with me to Lishan, I'm afraid it's too late if you don't leave!" ”

Lishan stands in the middle of Chang'an City and Lantian County, guarding the main road from Chang'an to Guannai, and belongs to the military land, so Xue Ne came to visit this place, and also sent people to the military department in advance to open a public inspection, so that he had to pass through the post of the soldiers stationed in the mountain.

After about an hour, the two finally climbed to the Taoist temple at the top of the mountain. Tao Mu thought that Xue Ne was coming to this mountaintop to visit some master, but Xue Ne did not stop, but walked towards the southern foot of the mountain in the opposite direction.

"Chief, Chief, where are you going?" Tao Mu was confused and sweaty, and followed behind Xue Ne, thinking that his chief official really deserved to be the son of a famous general, don't look at the thin and tall, two nights without sleep and three days, and his body can actually eat.

The southern foot is steeper than the northern foothill, full of gravel cliffs, and if you are not careful, you will fall down the mountain and become white bones under the cliff. Tao Muxin raised his throat, and he didn't dare to make a mistake, but he saw Xue Ne walking in front unhurriedly, as if walking on the ground.

Finally, I don't know how long later, the two came to the mountain nest halfway up the waist, looked around, and their eyes were full of strange rocks, and there was a choking smell. Tao Mu couldn't help but cover his face with his sleeves, and asked Xue Ne beside him: "Chief officer, let's come to this wilderness, we can't go to the village and can't go to the store, what are we looking for......?"

Before the words fell, Xue Ne on the side suddenly turned around and threw Tao Mu to the ground. Tao Mu couldn't care about the sharp pain on his shoulders and back, his buttocks, etc., and he was horrified in his heart, thinking that could it be that the head of their family had some terrible habits? But before this thought could dissipate, he saw a stream of hot water erupt from the strange stone gap near where he was standing, and the thick mist immediately lingered in all directions, and the choking smell became even stronger.

After the strange stone gap stopped spraying water, the two of them patted the dust and stood up. Xue Ne explained at this time: "This is a hot spring, which will spew out hot water and steam every once in a while, and I am trekking through mountains and rivers today to find it." If I hadn't pushed you away, the water from the hot spring would have burned your head through, and you wouldn't have survived with your gold helmet and silver armor. ”

Hearing Xue Ne's words, Tao Mu was frightened into a cold sweat and thanked Xue Ne again and again. Xue Ne took a step forward, his eyes through the sparse jungle, looking at the foot of the South Mountain, but seeing that the Hongwen Pavilion Annex, which had been burned into ruins, was sitting at the foot of the mountain, he tilted his head and smiled, and his handsome face was full of rare confidence.

When the two returned to the county office, it was already midnight. Today is the three-day period, Xue Ne is about to start a debate with the officials of the Criminal Department, and before he can sit down and drink saliva, Jingzhao Yin's Mansion sent a subordinate official to Lantian with a torture cell car.

Seeing Fan Ning wearing shackles and being pushed and taken out by the prison guards, Xue Ne only felt that every inch of bone and every drop of blood in his body was painful, but he didn't dare to show anything, and he didn't even dare to tremble his eyelashes, so he walked with Tao Mu to the carriage and horse shed and pulled out his mount.

As long as she can clear her grievances today, she will not have to suffer these sins again, Xue Ne thought, turned over his horse, and clenched the reins with both hands.

"Chief, you haven't slept for the past three days, I'm afraid it's dangerous to ride a horse, you might as well ride with me", Tao Mu didn't know how to ride a horse, so he got into the carriage and greeted Xue Nedao.

"Ah, no need, I'll think about the case on the way", Xue Ne said, thinking that he could get closer to her, and when Fan Ning got into the prisoner car, the convoy immediately set off, crossed Lishan, and headed for Chang'an City.

It was still early, and the night of early spring had not completely faded, and Suzaku Street was already full of onlookers standing on the road, and even the relatives of the guards killed in the fire were also standing on both sides of the road, their faces full of hatred, and they only hated that they could not slash Fan Ning with their own hands.

Fan Ning sat in the prisoner car, closed his eyes, and blocked out all the noisy sounds outside. I still remember that when I was a child, Li Chunfeng often said that she had an impatient temperament, and often asked her to meditate and cultivate, but now I know the deep meaning. Nine times out of ten, life is unsatisfactory, it is useless to rely on strength alone, and you need to endure the difficulties for a while in order to have the word "future". What's more, with him always by her side, even if the car is driving to the execution ground today, she is not afraid.

Finally, the convoy arrived in front of the Yamen of Jingzhao Mansion, Fan Ning was pushed to ** to wait for trial, and Xue Ne and Tao Mu entered the main hall of the Yamen.

Li Qianyou took Gao Min and the fat lord to take a step in advance, and in the face of Xue Ne's salute, Li Qianyou and the fat master ignored it to show their momentum, only Gao Min politely replied.

Before long, Li Hong's car stopped outside the yamen, and everyone hurriedly went out to greet each other and knelt down. Li Hong was dressed in the crown of the prince, his head was matched with the crown of virtue, and he was close with dignity, and smiled at everyone: "Investigating the case and taking the thief, this palace is a layman, today is to see you to show your powers, the secretary must handle the case impartially, and must not settle the unjust case and the wrong case, let alone let go of any thief, can you understand?" ”

Everyone said yes again and again, Jingzhao Mansion Yin Gong welcomed Li Hong into the main hall of the Yamen, Li Hong sat in the middle seat, patted the wood, and signaled that everyone could start.

Fan Ning went to the shackles, was taken to the front hall with his hands tied, and knelt in front of Li Hong. Li Hong pretended to see Fan Ning for the first time and asked, "Is the hall the murder suspect Fan Ning in the Hongwen Pavilion case?" Are you convicted? ”

Fan Ning raised his little face, looked at Li Hong, and said word by word: "Fan Ning, the case of the Hongwen Pavilion has nothing to do with me, please distinguish between right and wrong, and give the people a fair ......."

"At the beginning of September last year, you went to the Hongwenguan Courtyard to pick up the "Tui Bei Tu", and then the other courtyard burned down, and the "Tui Bei Tu" disappeared.

"The folk girl saw with her own eyes that the chief guard of the Hongwen Pavilion Annexes was the suspect in this case, and it was he who set fire to the other courtyard and stole the "Tui Bei Tu", and the folk girl tried to stop it, but unfortunately it was unsuccessful, and the thief was strong in martial arts, jumped out of the window and jumped away......

Before the words fell, there was a sound of laughter and reprimand inside and outside the hall, and the onlookers were very angry, and word of mouth said that the guard chief was just a three-legged cat's kung fu, where could he beat the red-clothed yaksha.

Li Hong lowered his head for a moment, and asked Xue Ne: "Xue Qing, you are the supervisor of the palace himself, and he has been in charge of this case, and three days ago, he also made an agreement with Li Qing that the case must be solved today, otherwise the case will be handed over to the criminal department for trial, do you have anything to say today?" ”

"Back to His Royal Highness, the minister has ascertained that what Fan Ning said is true......"

Xue Ne's words rang out loudly, and after a blink of silence, a more powerful voice of doubt erupted from the crowd. Li Qianyou and Master Fat glanced at each other, and they both let out two sneers.

Xue Ne ignored it and continued: "At first, when Chen Chu took over the case, he was quite suspicious: the only thing that was lost in this case was "Tui Bei Tu", this book predicts that I am the Tang Guozuo, which is very important, but Fan Ning, as a disciple of Li Chunfeng, the Secret Bureau Pavilion, was originally ordered by his master to go to another courtyard to get the book, which can be said to be at his fingertips, why should he bear the risk of killing his head and commit the heinous crime? The minister was puzzled, and the case was put on hold for a long time, until a farmer found the remains of the monks of Famen Temple in the maple forest of Gongchuan. Tao Mu, bring someone up. ”

After a while, Tao Mu brought the abbot of Famen Temple and the guard Wang Wu to come. Xue Ne continued: "Famen Temple is a national temple, the robes of the monks are the color of noble black, but in order to show the humility of the family, according to the seniority, each of them in different positions on the body is slightly torn, the minister has asked the abbot master and the guard of the gate of the annex Wang Wu to confess in the Jingzhao Yin Mansion, and the conclusion is that before Fan Ning, a group of monks who rushed to the annex to pick up the book were fake, and they were pretended to be thieves. ”

"Master, Wang Wu, is what Xue Qing said true?" Li Hong asked.

"Yes, the monks don't lie, please rest assured," replied the abbot of Famen Temple, and Wang Wu also nodded like pounding garlic.

Li Hong waved his hand, motioned for the two of them to come down, and made another gesture to signal Xue Ne to continue.

Xue Ne continued: "The fact is that the thieves inquired that the monks of the Famen Temple were about to go to the other courtyard to get the scriptures, so they intercepted and killed them halfway, snatched the carriage, and made the thief head pretend to be the head of the guard, got into the carriage, and was successfully transported into the other courtyard......"

"A bunch of nonsense", Li Qianyou couldn't help but scold, "Is Xue Xianling writing a script?" There is no evidence of the nonsense, these days have passed, the abbot master has been led by the nose, and it is not known if he is wrong, and this alone cannot prove anything. ”

"If there was no evidence, Xue would not dare to say these words in front of His Highness today. On that day, I went to Gongchuan for an autopsy, and the fat chief was also present, and Fa Cao and the man were also recorded in detail and clearly, the scene was very chaotic and bloodstained, but this was all a trick of the thieves, wanting to cover up that they had driven the carriage away, wiped off the blood stains left by the masters of Famen Temple when they were killed, and then splashed it with chicken blood, intending to confuse the real with the fake. However, the blood marks on the wheels of the carriage and the ruts on the carriage can prove that the carriage was indeed driven away, and the arson of the corpses was to cover up the real time of the death of these monks. Fat master, is Xue right? ”

The remains of those monks that day were very scary, and the fat master didn't dare to look at it carefully, and he couldn't refute it at this time, and he was afraid that Li Hong would think that he didn't remember it because he didn't fulfill his responsibility, so he could only say: "Yes, but this doesn't mean ......."

"Okay", Xue Ne ignored his quibbles and continued, "Fan Ning just said that the guard chief was strong in martial arts, and everyone present, the people outside the hall all sneered. Indeed, the exact time when the Captain of the Guard died is another key point in this case. Xue saw it with his own eyes, and his work was also recorded, there was no trace of smoke in the throat of the guard chief's body, which means that he died before the arson, not after the fire, according to Fan Ning's description, until he entered the library pavilion, the guard chief was normal, and even gossiped with her, why is this? Fang Cai Xue had already said that the thief was hiding in a wooden box and was transported into the library pavilion, and then these fake monks began to throw Kunlun Huang and manganese on the second floor, but at this time there was an accident, that is, the guard named Long Si, rushed into the attic to find the head of the guard, and saw the deeds of these fake monks, but before he could ask each other, he was stabbed to death with a sword from behind, and the body was dragged to the first floor behind the wooden ladder to hide, so his body had no traces of smoke in his throat. ”

Speaking of this, the people who scoffed at it all fell silent, as if they had returned to the courtyard of that day with Xue Ne's narration. Gao Min, who had been silent, finally couldn't hold it back, first saluted Li Hong, and then asked Fan Ning: "Dare to ask how long is the difference between you and the chief of the guard entering the attic?" ”

Fan Ning glanced at Xue Ne and replied truthfully: "I only saw a difference of about ten steps between me and him, and at that moment I smelled the fragrance of Hu cakes, so I paused for a moment. ”

Gao Min nodded and looked back at Xue Ne: "Dare to ask Xue County Order, in such a short period of time, can the thief who doesn't know whether he exists really kill the head of the guard and set fire to the second floor?" ”

"Although the guard chief has a sword wound on his body, Xue has asked him to do an examination, it is not his fatal injury, his fatal injury is only a very small needle hole in the back of his neck. As you guessed, the head of the guard was killed by a poisonous needle, and then the thief dragged him behind the stairs and hid with Ryusi. In order to ensure that Fan Ning could be so late as the guard, the thief leader took advantage of a small hobby of her. Don't look at this woman's thin figure, but she loves to eat Hu cakes like her life, and the stargazers and people nearby know it. It was with this skill that the thief leader jumped up to the second floor and set fire to the cabinet room with flint, causing a raging fire on the second floor of the library pavilion......"

Fan Ning's face was red and white for a while, thinking about what kind of words that tease her on weekdays, such as "I love to eat Hu cakes like life", Xue Ne actually put it on the table and said. Sure enough, Li Hong glanced at her, his expression seemed to be smiling, as if he couldn't understand that someone almost lost his head because of greed.

Seeing that everyone's thoughts were taken away by Xue Ne, the fat master couldn't help but be anxious, and asked: "But it's not just the second floor that burns, according to Feng Er's confession, the entire building is on fire at this time, dare to ask those fake monks Do they dare to throw the powder outside, are the guards of the other courtyard all wasted?" ”

"'The so-called time is not as good as the place, and the place is not as good as the people', this is used here, it is both appropriate and inappropriate, please Your Highness and you to move, come here to see."

Everyone didn't understand what kind of medicine was sold in Xue Ne's gourd, so they followed him out of the lobby, only to see Tao Mu planting a straw bush in the open space outside the yamen of Jingzhao Mansion at some point, and placing a charcoal basin about a zhang away. After getting Xue Ne's approval, he lit the brazier with flint, but in the blink of an eye, the straw bush suddenly burst into flames, and the flames jumped out more than a person high, causing the onlookers to marvel.

Xue Ne no longer sold Guanzi and explained: "The courtyard is located at the foot of Li Mountain, at the top of the mountain, there are two intermittent hot springs under the ridge and cliff, and occasionally Kunlun yellow and other things will be emitted. None of what Xue said was false, and when the case is concluded, officials from the Criminal Department and Jingzhao Prefecture can be asked to accompany Xue to collect evidence. ”

Seeing that the onlookers were discussing, Li Hong waved his hand and signaled that he would still return to the hall. After Li Hong sat down, Li Qianyou couldn't wait to ask: "This woman is neither stupid nor stupid, and she said that she is familiar with the guards, why can't she recognize him?" Being pretended to be by someone else still doesn't know? ”

"The chief of the guard is a Hu person, and the head of the thief is also a Hu person, as long as he is similar in size, has the same beard, wears a helmet, and is in such a raging fire, I am afraid that his own mother and son will not recognize him, how can he blame others?" Xue Ne was no longer polite, and retorted bluntly, "The thief is cunning, and he should be blamed for the trick of concealing the sky, and he should not blame others." ”

"There is a question in this palace, I looked at the confession before, there was a child named Shen Qi, who was a guard patrolling the backyard, he said that he only saw Fan Ning jumping out of the window alone, which is similar to what Fan Ning said that he first saw the guard jump out of the window, and then followed the jump window to get in and out, can Xue County's order solve the trick?"

"Yes", Xue Ne hugged his fist at Li Hong, "His Majesty was puzzled at first, until a few days ago, in the treasury of Lantian County, he saw the giant tripod and some evidence left at the scene. On the sill on the third floor of the annex, there are traces of rope friction, which looks new, and the annex is repainted every six months, which should be left on the day of the incident. The first and second floors of the ceiling were broken in much the same way, both of them were smashed by heavy objects, not as we thought, and the third floor burned down and the Juding fell. At first, the minister thought that those thieves wanted to kill Fan Ning, so they hung up the big tripod, and later found that there were many broken porcelain pieces under the three-legged tripod, and there were many molten tin pieces scattered. The minister felt strange, so he weighed the tin pieces collected at the scene one by one and added them up, and found that the total weight was more than the sum of all the tin objects in the annex contained in the treasure book. Fan Ning, you say, how did you see the chief guard jumping out of the window at that time? ”

Fan Ning thought back for a moment and replied: "At that time, I fought with him for three or two rounds, and he suddenly cut off the bookshelf on the side, and gradually there was a puff of smoke, and in a hazy way I saw him climbing on the window, looked back at me, and then swung his sword and cut the railing on the side, and then jumped down to the second floor. I was about to chase it, but Ding fell down and smashed through the second floor, and I desperately crossed over before jumping out of the window and escaping for my life......"

"The key is here", Xue Ne smiled lightly and glanced at everyone, "Yesterday, Xue and Tao Mu carefully put together the tin block and the pottery piece under it, and found that this tin block was actually a tin mirror more than one person high, and the extra pound of tin that Fang Caichen said was the weight of the tin attached to the surface of the tin mirror. The reason why Shen Qi didn't see anyone other than Fan Ning was because the thief head jumped down from the symmetrical window on the other side, and when he jumped down, he swung his sword in order to cut the rope that hung the giant tripod on the third floor. If you want this case to be realized, you need to have an internal response in the other courtyard, and according to Xue's verification, it should be Zhang San, the guard of the arsenal. It was he who informed the thieves of the date when the masters of Famen Temple had taken the scriptures and the day when Fan Ning had come to get the "Tui Bei Tu", and gave a set of guards to the thief's head, and then took it back, which contributed to this shocking case. ”

Xue Ne's words caused everyone to reverie, thinking about it like this, there seemed to be no flaws, Li Hong finally had a real smile on his face, and said: "I never thought that this case was so detailed, Xue Qing really worked hard......"

Unexpectedly, Gao Min suddenly interrupted: "Wait, Gao has a question: Dare to ask Xue County to order these words, can there be any evidence and physical evidence?" Did Zhang San plead guilty? Has the so-called thief been caught? ”

Xue Ne was stunned for a moment, and replied: "Physical evidence...... Isn't it clear that Fang Cai has already listed the facts? ”

Gao Min smiled dumbly and replied: "These objects can only say that this case may happen like this, but it will not necessarily happen like this." Gao only felt that these inferences of Xue County's order were all based on the innocence of this woman, and it was just a sophistry for this woman's acquittal. If Gao said that there are no thieves at all, and all the evidence is a coincidence, that is, this woman is jealous of the guard chief because of the quarrel on weekdays, deliberately set fire to it, and burned down the courtyard, what do you have to say? ”