Chapter 3 Guess boldly, say boldly
In the Zhenfu Si Mansion, Jiang Cheng was brought to Zhou Fengxian and the others, and saluted to all the adults one by one.
"Jiang Cheng, you let people spread the word that the fire in Pingyangyi was deliberately set by someone, right?"
"Yes, my lord"
"What is the evidence?"
"Your Excellency can have the confession of the Pingyang post guard and my Tsing Yi Wei escort people"
"Yes, do you want to check?"
"No, just ask your colleagues and seniors to check it out, and see if there is a fire on the confession that is very urgent, it can't be extinguished, and the fire is all over the post station in an instant."
"Check"
"Yes"
More than a dozen masters of solving the case immediately turned over those confessions, and after the Zhenbao case, the post guards of Pingyang Station, the post men, including the big and small officials escorted by Tsing Yi Wei, were all imprisoned, all of them were tortured, and they asked the scene again and again.
"Back to my lord, I found out, the post of Pingyang Station was the first to discover the fire, when it was discovered, there were already many fires, there were fires on both floors of the post station, and the water in the fire tank was not extinguished."
"My lord, the escorted Tsing Yi Weili also has a similar account, and they also said that the fire started first in the room, and five people did not escape the fire for this reason."
"Jiang Cheng, you can explain why it was determined that it was set on fire"
"Lord Hui, these evidences are enough, if it is an ordinary water, it should be in the kitchen or a place where the fire is used, there should be only one ignition point, the upstairs and downstairs are on fire at the same time, and it starts from the room, isn't it artificially arsoned?"
"Makes sense"
"My lord, since Jiang Cheng said that someone deliberately set the fire, then who is it, you should make it clear."
"That's right, Jiang Cheng, don't talk nonsense, what if it's too late to find out about the fire."
Immediately there were doubts that it was possible if it was discovered too late.
"Lord Hui, my subordinates have their own evidence, please check the confession, do you hear a muffled sound, explosion"
"Yes, many people confessed, there is this voice"
"Then the case has been solved, please immediately retry the jailer who added charcoal and water to everyone's room that day, this person is the real arsonist"
"Jiang Cheng, what do you want to do?"
"My lord, bring people up, and your subordinates will know about it in the first trial."
"Do as he says, go and lift someone"
Zhou Fengxian spoke, and everyone didn't dare to refute, and soon, Wang Er, the post man who had added charcoal and water to everyone that day, was brought up.
"The villain Wang Er, I've seen all the adults"
"Wang Er, now I, Tsing Yiwei, accuse you of setting fire to the post station that day, you plead guilty or not"
"Wronged, adult, villain wronged, the villain has been in Pingyang Post for ten years, and he lives on the salary of the post station, how can he burn down the post station"
Wang Er was immediately extremely frightened, desperately denied it, his reason was also very sufficient, the post station guards relied on the post station to eat, who had nothing to burn their own rice bowls.
"Wang Er, you still dare to quibble, don't you know that if you want others to know, unless you don't do it"
"My lord, I don't know where to offend the adult, you want to frame the villain like this, the villain really doesn't have it"
"Yes, then Wang Er, why did you go into various rooms in the middle of the night to add charcoal and water?"
"My lord, this is the rule of the post station, in order for adults to have hot water to drink at any time at night, the post station must prepare enough charcoal for the room at night."
"Jiang Cheng, what he said seems to make sense"
"There's such a rule"
After Wang Er explained, several masters of solving the case also nodded, but anyone who has been on a business trip and lived in a post station knows this rule, and the charcoal fee for the post station is specially allocated.
"Jiang Cheng, how do you explain"
"My lord, Wang Er is lying, the post station will indeed prepare enough charcoal for guests, but generally speaking, it is prepared in advance, the stove is half open and half closed, a pot of water is only warm after boiling, and it is not dry at all overnight, so why add charcoal and water.
Wang Er, don't quibble that you are not well prepared for the charcoal fire during the day, you must know that Pingyangyi is only twenty miles away from Yongdu, how many big officials will rest here on weekdays, do you dare to disturb the rest of those officials at will? ”
"You ·····"
Jiang Cheng even said what Wang Er was going to say next in advance, and his face suddenly turned pale and his whole body trembled.
"I'll tell you again, how did you commit the crime, the kettle in the post house room will be checked before the night is checked, so it's no problem at first, you add charcoal and water in the middle of the night is actually pouring water, pour out most of the water in the kettle, and lick a little thing in the kettle, for example, phosphorus powder, after the water is boiled dry, the phosphorus powder will heat up, it will ignite a fire, and even make an explosion sound, do you want me to give you a try on the spot"
Jiang Cheng sneered again, he didn't have any evidence, but looking at Wang Er's frightened expression, he was sure that he had guessed correctly.
"My lord, spare your life·····"
Wang Er was extremely frightened at this time, especially Jiang Cheng's words, which were exactly the same as what he did, and at this moment, he completely broke his defense.
"Whew..."
"It's true"
"It turned out to be true"
"Wang Er, how dare you do this"
As soon as the officials saw Wang Er's performance, they knew that Jiang Cheng was right, and they were all shocked.
"What are you still doing in a daze, pull it down, re-trial, and if it can't be tried again, you all fuck me off"
Zhou Fengxian said with a gloomy face, the two Tsing Yi guards quickly dragged Wang Er down, presumably what was waiting for him was more severe torture.
"Jiang Cheng"
"Subordinate in"
"Why did you say Wang Er set the fire?"
"Naturally, someone is just instigating to seize the treasure"
"Then what happened when you said that the treasure was stolen before Pingyang Station, and what happened to your brother Jiang Wu?"
"Back to my lord, let me come carefully, I Qingyiwei went to Jiangzhou to escort the treasures this time, there are many types of treasures, spiritual jade, gold and silver, precious stones, medicinal materials, a total of a large car, the most valuable is in a treasure chest, kept by Jiang Wu himself, Jiang Wu also attaches great importance to it, with the treasure box to eat and live together, never leave the sight.
However, when we were in Gangwon Town, we met robbers, and the robbers heard that we were escorting treasures for the immortals, so they retreated, and there was no conflict, and we didn't notice anything at the time.
"What is the evidence?"
"Back to my lord, not for the time being"
"Jiang Cheng, you can't talk nonsense without evidence"
"Lord Du is right, but his subordinates can provide clues, as long as the adults send someone to investigate, they should be able to find out, and even trace the true whereabouts of the treasure."
"Say it quickly"
"Yes, at that time, the bandit leader claimed to be called a tiger, but he was a good man of Hutou Mountain outside Gangwon Town, and as long as the lord sent a master to capture a tiger and the rest of the bandits, he would know if someone had deliberately instructed them to carjack.
And if you want to find the whereabouts of the treasure, you need to take down all the personnel of the three post stations in Pingyuan Town, Heshan County, and Shanyang Town, plus the personnel of Pingyang Station, and check their relationship with the bandits in Hutou Mountain, but I think that if it was really one of them, it should have run a long time ago, just check who hasn't gone to these post stations these days."
"Plains, Heshan, and Shanyang are the places where your convoy stays overnight, and if the treasure is transferred in Jiangwon, it will be taken away by the people who received it in these three places?"
Jiang Cheng said it very clearly, and everyone reacted, these three places are the places where the escort treasure convoy used to stay overnight, if the treasure was dropped in Gangwon, someone in these three places must be answered.
"Your Excellency is right, that's exactly what happened"
"Then Jiang Cheng, who is the person who dropped the bag, and where did your brother go?"
"This, my lord, I didn't participate in the investigation, and I didn't read the confession in the file, but I just inferred from some things in my memory, so I can't answer the following two questions, I really want to know, find out who instructed a tiger to rob a car, and who is the person who answered, so I can naturally ask."
Jiang Cheng shook his head and said, his bold speculation, bold speculation, is based on the situation he has mastered, not groundless, he has no information on the next question, how dare he talk nonsense.
The criterion for solving the case is to make bold guesses and carefully seek verification, and the confession just now is the process of verifying Wang Er.
"My lord, for the sake of today's plan, I can only believe what Jiang Cheng said, so my subordinates ask for war and go to catch a tiger in person."
Du Wen stood up at this time, he was going to support his old brother, Jiang Cheng immediately praised him, there are still people above who are comfortable, if there is no Du Wen's support, he said so much is a fart.