Chapter 201: Two Doubts

"Yes!" Zhao Yu said: "You continue." ”

Sun Hei confessed that he had been entrusted by Liu Sinu to write a contract not long ago, which was a half-word contract. Liu Sinu told him that it was one of his nephews who lost the contract and the maid wanted to rebel, so he copied it. Song Ti said: "The content of the contract written by Sun Hei is the same as Zhang Jin'er's contract except for the four words. And from the comparison of the notes, the two contracts were written for the same person. ”

Zhao Yu asked, "Didn't he see the seal and signature below?" ”

Song Ti said: "Outside only knows that Lord Ou's name is Ouyang, and Lord Ou's signature and private seal are all in the name of Hongxue." In addition, although the royal newspaper disclosed to the public, it did not copy and report the contract in detail, so Sun Hei naturally did not match the number. Until it was about to be wiped out, he was still in the dark, thinking that he had done his friend a great favor. ”

Zhao Yu asked: "Then why do you say that the case is only half solved?" Don't tell me, Liu Sinu is dead. The latter sentence is a bit murderous.

Song Tixing replied in a cold sweat: "Your Majesty Shengming, at noon on the day of the arrest of these people, the house where Liu Sinu lived in the eastern suburbs of Tokyo caught fire. All eight members of the family died. As for the cause of death, the Gyeonggi Provincial Criminal Yamen is still inquiring about it, and it is not known for the time being. ”

"Bastard thing." Zhao Yu was furious: "I used me to kill people, and I killed them in front of me." Am I a dead man? Also, how did this gold child die, and who killed it? What about Yan Qi? And who killed it. And that ...... What happened to Zhang's death? ”

After a series of questions, he was so frightened that he knelt down and said, "Wechen is guilty." ”

Ouyang hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, Song Tixing is a good hand in prison. If there is no careful investigation, I am afraid that Weichen will not be able to clear his name. But this case is tangled and complicated, each section is a person linked, and the dead person is all clues. It seems that this person is scheming and has thought of various ways to retreat. ”

Song Tixing knelt on the ground and said: "Wei Chen and Ou Da both believe that the murderers behind this scene must be proficient or have people who are proficient in punishment and prison. ”

"Get up!" Zhao Yu still gave Ouyang a lot of face, although in broad daylight, the killing of Liu Sinu's family made her very unhappy. Thinking about it rationally, it really has nothing to do with the Gyeonggi Punishment Yamen. Even Ouyang didn't expect that this matter had something to do with Liu Sinu. When Liu Sinu is involved, it can't help but make people doubt Song Huizong. What are those internal guards doing to eat, Zhao Yu frowned, and the familiar courtiers all understood that someone was going to be unlucky. Zhao Yudao: "The case has come to an end, and the Gyeonggi Criminal Division is making every effort to track down the culprit. Three days later, he returned to Beijing. ”

Zhan Ming completely followed Ouyang's instructions, went to Guangde Palace in Tokyo to find Wang Wenqing, and then heard that there was a fire in the eastern suburbs, and after inquiring about a few people in Kaifeng Mansion, he immediately returned to Yangping. When I arrived in the morning, I rested for a while, and received a notice to go to the new county government with the officials of the torture hall.

The person was naturally convened by Ouyang, although he was fine, and the case was taken over by the Criminal Division, but such a series of three deaths occurred in his own territory, which was a very serious matter. Ouyang asked everyone to analyze the case.

Zhan Ming first reported the news from Tokyo: "The fire is Liu Sinu's residence in Tokyo. It was the courtyard given by the emperor after Liu Sinu was forced to leave Yangping. It's in the middle of nowhere, and there are other residents a mile to the left and right. A total of eight bodies were found at the fire site, and it is understood that Liu Sinu's son, wife, servants, and maids happened to be eight people. Although the faces are unrecognizable, the number of corpses matches and the figures match. According to investigation, Liu Sinu's entire family was burned after death, and all of them were knife wounds. It is preliminarily estimated that there were at least three murderers, and looking at the wounds, it is suspected that the murderer is a strictly trained forbidden army. ”

A servant said: "According to the confession of the person who went to kill Sun Hei, the Liu family does not know that there is such a person as Yan Qi. So it can be inferred that Liu Sinu is just a chess piece. The real person behind the scenes is the leader of the murderers of Yan Qi, and Liu Sinu is responsible for contacting the fake contract. ”

Another official said: "Yesterday, the brothers analyzed the case overnight, if no clues were found in the Liu Sinu fire, this line would be broken and could not be traced." ”

"Not necessarily." Ouyang said: "Actually, I have a few questions, and I would like to ask you to give some opinions." The first question is: Liu Sinu lives in Yangping, and she wants to see me every day, so she may not feel very comfortable, I understand. But it would be even more uncomfortable for him to go to Tokyo as a person. The father-in-law of the Emperor Taishang is also a commoner, and ordinary officials will not have dealings with such sensitive people. Liu Sinu is not a fool, he lives in Tokyo, didn't he think that it would make people think that he had other plans? But he really lived, and lived for many years. And after the Emperor Taishang arrived in Yangping, his food, clothing, housing and transportation did not change much. According to Zhan Ming told me before, it can be seen from the fire that Liu Sinu has a rich life. Everyone also knows that Yangping and the Southeast Chamber of Commerce will give me some face, Liu Sinu may be more difficult to become rich in business, the emperor travels at public expense, and he does not have much family background. Then you say, why does Liu Sinu live in Tokyo? Why can you have no worries about food and clothing? ”

"It's really weird." Zhan Ming whispered: "Everyone knows what kind of person the emperor is, there are not many trusted relatives of the emperor, and Liu Sinu is one of them." And Liu Sinu lives in Tokyo, and it is unreasonable to analyze it carefully, the emperor must know that Liu Sinu lives in Tokyo, and he will inevitably send someone to monitor and see who he is in contact with Liu Sinu. ”

A servant said even more in a low voice: "Could it be that the people behind this curtain are not only ministers of the court, but also important ministers of the court, or dignitaries and princes, or even people from the Great Interior?" ”

"It's more complicated that way."

Ouyang nodded and said, "If there is an answer to this question, it would be unbelievable to do one more thing." The murderer killed Sun Hei a day earlier than I estimated. The key person in this case, Sun Si, is a one-line contact with Liu Sinu. There are two main reasons why Sun Hei was not killed after tampering with the contract, first, they don't think that I can solve the mystery of the contract at a glance, think about it, I am a person who reads sage books, I have never been in the rivers and lakes, how can I understand such a complicated trick. The second reason for not dying is that it should not be a secret that Liu Si Nu and Sun Hei have a close relationship, and Sun Si Hei's death will be pointed at Liu Si Nu sooner or later. However, if you think about it, it takes almost a whole day to travel from Yangping to Tokyo. I went to the printing house at noon that day and revealed the secrets in the afternoon. But why did they kill Sun Hei the next morning in Tokyo? ”

Zhan Ming said: "For a person like me, it's enough for a day to stop. But someone else...... Let's assume that the other party is using a peerless good horse to report the news, and then let's assume that the message arrived in Tokyo early in the morning. That is to say, the horses had been non-stop the night before. However, the official road must pass through the upper valley, and at this time, the gate of the upper valley is closed early. Even if there is a Maxima without an official road disk, it is impossible to get by. The brother who went to Upper Valley yesterday reported that the gate of Upper Valley had not been opened that night. As far as I know, no horse can reach the upper valley from noon to the time of the first watch and pass through the city gates. ”

An old servant nodded: "There are two possibilities, the first is that the other party is the first to make the first move." The second could only be a horse that is faster than a Maxima. ”

"The second may not be true. Because I want to monitor the actions of the adults, as soon as I see him go to the printing house, I immediately see through the intentions of the adults, and I have to go on the road immediately, so I don't need to notify the head family about the matter of extinguishing the mouth? Subordinates call their own shots? Or is it the head of the house directly surveillance? So even if there are thousands of miles, it is impossible to pass through the upper valley on the same day after receiving the news. ”

Ouyang nodded: "Then there is only the first possibility." However, I think that since the murderer has a strict layout, he will not be in a hurry to kill him temporarily, and he will kill Liu Si near his home, not to mention the use of Liu Si woman. I feel that the murderer has decided to sacrifice Liu Sinu by taking this step. So the first one may be almost impossible. I deduced that it must have been after knowing that I had seen through the mystery of the contract, and then I told the next step to extinguish it. Unless there is a third explanation. ”

Everyone nodded, and Zhan Ming said, "I agree with what the adults said." But how did the other party know about Yangping in such a short time? ”

Everyone was puzzled. Not to mention Ouyang, even if they rolled around in the rivers and lakes, they didn't know that the contract could be so foolish. When they knew about the contract, the first thought of everyone was that the contract was fake. It never occurred to me that the signature of the deed was genuine. And in the case of serial deaths, the contract is just a relatively inconspicuous step.

A cold light flashed in Zhan Ming's eyes and asked, "My lord, have you talked to others before, and the contract is possible?" Or who knows if the adult sent someone to Tokyo to contact Zhang Xuanming and Master Zhang? ”

"Huh?" Ouyang shook his head after thinking about it: "This may seem to be ......."

Zhan Ming interrupted: "My lord, this is the only possibility. ”

"Zhang San and Li Si know. Tokyo, where White Lotus is looking for someone to go to, also knows. It should be no problem to send this person to Tokyo, otherwise Master Zhang will not succeed. ”

Zhan Ming nodded: "That means ...... If one of Zhang San, Li Si, and White Lotus is unreliable, then the matter will make sense. ”

"I don't believe it." Ouyang shook his head: "Zhang San and Li Si have accompanied me to the northwest and Yuzhou. Both parents died young, and their lives were worry-free. And I was like a brother. ”

"That's the White Lotus?"

"No way, Bai Lian has also been to Yuzhou. The most important thing is that if it were her, she could find someone who could go slowly, and then tell me that this person was the only one who could be reliable. ”

"Maybe ......"

Ouyang raised his hand and told Zhan Ming not to say any more: "Although there are scum like Yan Qi. But I believe that most of the officials are good. A strong fortress was breached, and it was only possible that something was wrong inside. Suspicion is the most unstable trigger for a group. Another point, this time you have a ...... attitude towards work."

Zhan Ming asked very insistently: "My lord, are you transferring Zhang San and Li Si from the field?" "The field service is a special department, the first is to accompany Ouyang out, the second is to establish relations with the outside world, and the third is to visit the officials to be honest. belongs to Ouyang's direct department, there are not many people, only seven or eight people, but they are all very credible people.

Ouyang was a little irritated and said, "No." ”

The people below saw it in their eyes and knew that it was not that Ouyang did not have doubts, but that he was unwilling to doubt. I don't want to cause internal discord because of my suspicions. Being wronged is a very uncomfortable thing. Ouyang himself has experienced. Besides, if it's these three people, there is a good chance to kill themselves. Besides, Bai Lian has just gotten married, so it's not good to have this trouble. A boss who does not think about his subordinates is definitely not a qualified boss.

At this time, there was a knock on the door, and Ouyang said, "Come in." ”

Bai Lian came in and said, "My lord, there are two internal guards looking for you. ”

"Please!" Ouyang said: "I think that's all for today, and no news can be leaked." ”

"Yes!"

Ouyang arched his hand: "The two adults are looking for officials, but what is the matter with the emperor?" ”

"My lord's misunderstanding, it's not the emperor's business." An internal guard smiled bitterly and said, "The humble post is actually privately asking Lord Ou for help." ”

"Looking for my help?"

The internal guards nodded: "Last night, all the internal guards in charge of the emperor's security were replaced. Then they were all locked, and I heard that they were going to be questioned. Everyone thinks they are quite innocent, but if they say one, they will be beaten another, and the emperor also said, the matter has not been clarified yet, why do you say good things. But looking at the attitude of the emperor, it seems to be ......"

"Would you rather kill the wrong one?" Ouyang asked carefully.

"Yes!" Neiwei nodded: "Actually, from a humble point of view, this case has been planned for a long time, and Liu Sinu is involved in it." There is no rumor about the emperor's internal guards, so it is no wonder that the emperor is suspicious. It's just ......"

It turned out that it was a commander of the internal security who was involved, and this commander had a good reputation internally, and he was very good to his subordinates and others. But this time Zhao Yu was really angry, and Zhao Yu ignored the Nine Fathers' pleas. So everyone was helpless, so they came to Ouyang. After all, Ouyang can be said to be Zhao Yu's most trusted official.

Ouyang was embarrassed: "This is a big internal matter, and it is not easy for me, a foreign official, to do it." No matter how stupid Ouyang is, he knows that the emperor doesn't like others to interfere in his private life the most. found that Liang Shicheng, an internal servant, was dealing with foreign officials, and Song Huizong demoted him. Although Song Feng is more enlightened, the affairs of the harem and the inner part of the country are indeed something that foreign officials cannot ask. That's quite an emperor's family affair.

The inner guard pleaded: "My lord, once I return to Beijing tomorrow." Then no one dared to speak. They were dismissed from their posts and expelled at worst, and they were given death. ”

"Alright! After lunch, I went to visit the emperor. ”

"Thank you, sir."

Zhao Yu said with a smile: "In this way, Zhan Ming is suspicious of Zhang San, Li Si and White Lotus. ”

"yes!" Ouyang said: "So Weichen came to the emperor to decide." ”

Zhao Yu said: "Looking for me to decide on such a trivial matter?" Well, according to what I mean, I will do what Zhan Ming said. Since there is no evidence, but there are doubts, it is turned away. ”

Ouyang shook his head: "This is inappropriate." Now it's the bad guys who have come up with a conspiracy, and as a result, the person I trust the most has left me, so didn't the bad guys also succeed? And these three people and I go north and south, and if there is no evidence at all, I don't believe it, so what will other people think of me? ”

"There is some truth to it, but it is not safe to stay around."

So Weichen has to choose, whether to believe or not? Later, when we thought about what had happened over the years, we realized that they had been taking care of me loyally, and there was no trace of betrayal. Your Majesty, who can be without fault, the saints say that you can forgive you for doing wrong. But I didn't find any evidence of betrayal of me in them, but I didn't believe them, and I personally thought it was unfair to them and to myself. ”

Zhao Yu heard something and smiled: "Master Ou, could it be that you mean something else?" ”

"Nope!" Ouyang said blankly: "Although more than 100 officials have produced Yan Qi, there has only been one for so many years. Wechen therefore intends to continue to trust. ”

Ouyang had something to say, and Zhao Yu also understood. Hundreds of officials in Yangping have produced a Yan Qi for so many years, and he Ouyang still continues to trust. And he hasn't been out of Yan Qi yet, and he began to suspect it, isn't that self-destructing the Great Wall? Zhao Yu turned to the side and said to Jiugong on the side: "Inform me that Liu Mang is derelict in his duties, and he will be punished with ten rods." ”

"Yes!" Originally, life and death were unknown, but now it is decided in one sentence, but it is just a crime of dereliction of duty, which has no consequences, and there is no need to even accept the dismissal letter.

"I don't want some people to be complacent." Zhao Yu said: "Ouyang, you came just in time. I came to Yangping this time mainly to see your Baiyun District, but I have not been able to make the trip. ”

"Your Majesty, if it's convenient, why don't you go and see it now?"

Zhao Yu hesitated and asked, "Will it be too disturbing to the people?" ”

, will you come to Yangping and worry about disturbing the people? Ouyang replied: "Naturally not, Your Majesty arrives, and the wall shines." What is there to disturb the people. ”

"I didn't expect you Ouyang to be a sycophant? It's still a bad joke. Zhao Yu said: "If you order to go down, the forbidden army will not follow, lest anyone have an opinion, I think it is better to serve micro-service." ”

The ninth father-in-law nodded: "Yes!" Lord Ou is waiting outside, and His Majesty can go after changing his clothes. ”

As soon as everyone saw Ouyang following a sedan chair, more than a dozen men with knives left and right, guessed who was in the sedan chair. Just as Ouyang was a plague, walking over was emptying a large area, and everyone gave way to it. It is even more exaggerated to get on the ferry, and all the boats that have been on board are disembarked. Ouyang hurriedly explained: "There are still many seasick people in Yangping, and they want to go over after the Yangping Bridge is completed in a few months. ”

"That's it, get off the sedan chair!" Zhao Yu got out of the sedan chair and saw that it was a large flat wooden ship without a cabin. It can accommodate about 200 people. And the boat relied on the shore to pull the young man. The river is not wide, and it takes half a cup of tea to reach the opposite bank.

Ouyang introduced: "From morning to evening, there are ten classes a day. If there is an urgent matter at night, you can also hire a private boat, but the fee is managed by the yamen, and the price is relatively high. ”

Zhao Yu asked: "How many times is this big ship?" ”

"In order to avoid children from playing, adults have one penny, infants ***, and children have five wen, and the insufficient expenses are subsidized by the yamen every month."

Zhao Yu smiled: "I didn't see your lordship fare." ”

Ouyang replied: "Yangping public servants can use the ferry. ”

"What about me?"

"......" Ouyang Khan said: "This Weichen has not been stipulated yet. ”

"Forget it, give the boatman twenty taels of silver."

"Yes!"

If you don't take a sedan chair and walk like this, Baiyun District will shook. No one expected that the emperor would be so young and beautiful. Fortunately, the officials here have been instructed, and the road is wide. Originally, the roadway was all left to Zhao Yu alone. Zhao Yu's eyes lit up when he looked at the layout here. No matter how wide the streets of Tokyo are, they are less than 30% of the main roads. When you look at this road surface, you can see the magnanimity of Yangping. Then there is the central barrier. Ouyang introduced that all the vehicles entering and exiting the manpower and animal power are going to the left. In this way, there is no intersection between the north and south vehicles, and the transportation is convenient and fast. There is also a private carriage parking point, and no vehicles are allowed to be parked indiscriminately.