When Chang Feng heard that Tang Nai's courtyard was on fire, his first reaction was: Liu Jigou jumped off the wall in a hurry? Did he send someone to set the fire?

Chang Feng hurriedly asked Shi Wenyi, "Tang Nai, shouldn't he really be burned by fire?"

Shi Wenyi said, "Fortunately. Tang Nai, his wife and concubine escaped. The courtyard was burned to ashes, and the three of them were unscathed."

Chang Feng said, "Let's go, go to Nancheng Tang Nai's house."

Chang Feng rode on the horse and thought in his heart: Liu Ji shouldn't be so stupid, right? Set fire to the house of the gossip-clearing officer?

If this thing is really Liu Ji's doing, once the truth is revealed to the world, then his first assistant will be done. Not to mention the emperor, Shakyamuni can't protect him.

Unconsciously, the two rushed to Tang Nai's courtyard.

I saw that the entire courtyard had been burned to ruins, with smoke and sparks.

Tang Nai, leading a wife and a concubine, stood a hundred steps in front of the courtyard.

Chang Feng walked up to Tang Nai: "Tang Yushi. What's going on?"

Tang Nai said angrily, "What else can happen? I was just about to go to bed when I heard someone whispering outside the window, 'Liu Shoufu ordered me to greet you.' Look at the book

"Then a fire broke out in the courtyard."

"I'm glad I'm alert. He poured water from the brass basin on the quilt, and escaped with his wife and concubine."

Chang Feng smelled a strong smell of fire oil. He rubbed his nose, "The one who set the fire is still an expert. Know how to pour fire oil on the fire."

Tang Nai said righteously, "I said it a long time ago. In order to bring down the mediocrity, I am willing to burn myself!"

"Yu Shao has a word, he is not afraid of broken bones, and he must leave his innocence in the world."

"Liu Ji has the ability to burn me to death. There are more than 80 conscientious imperial histories on the side of the Imperial Procuratorate! The axiom is inexhaustible!"

Chang Feng suddenly noticed that Tang Nai's arms were bulging.

He asked, "Tang Yushi, what are you carrying in your arms?"

Tang Nai took out the joint excerpt from his arms: "This excerpt is more important than my life. I snatched it out, and it wasn't burned by the fire."

Chang Feng instructed Shi Wenyi: "You go back to inspect the Thousand Households, and send fifty capable night wrestlers to inspect the fire, search for evidence, and find the arsonist."

Shi Wenyi took the order and left.

Tang Nai said: "Liu Mian sent someone to set fire to my house, which shows that he is afraid! Hmph, exactly. He added another charge, arson and murder of Yushi."

Tang Nai's words were chiseled, and he insisted that the fire was put by Liu Ji.

Chang Feng waved his hand: "I don't think so. Liu Ji can be the first assistant of the court, and he is not a stupid person. He's very slippery."

"How could he have done such a thing as sending someone to set a fire and give someone a handle?"

Tang Nai said, "Isn't this simple? The reason I just said, 'The dog jumps off the wall,' has already made the reason."

The next day, the twenty-seventh day of the lunar month, the royal gate was in the early dynasty.

In the Seven Grades of Imperial History and Giving Affairs, they are eligible to participate in the early dynasty of the Imperial Gate.

There was an unwritten rule in the early days of the Imperial Gate. The cabinet members and the officials of the six ministries played first.

After they finished speaking, only these low-grade petty officials in the imperial history and the affairs can do things.

But today, Tang Nai broke the rules and was the first to go out to work.

He said in a loud voice, "Your Majesty. The minister overseers the imperial history Tang Nai, and he has a play!"

Emperor Hongzhi said, "Oh? Come on."

Tang Nai said: "Eighty-two imperial historians of the Metropolitan Inspection Academy, twenty-eight scholars of the Hanlin Academy, and nineteen scholars of the current department of the Guanzheng Jinshi jointly impeached Liu Ji, the first assistant. Respectfully the Emperor!"

Emperor Hongzhi frowned: "According to the rules, there are excerpts in the Seven Grades Imperial History, which should be given to the General Administration Department first, and the General Administration Department will transfer it to me."

Tang Nai said, "Your Majesty. The minister did not dare to give the secretary of the general administration. In order to prevent the minister from handing over this joint letter, someone actually sent someone to set fire to the cold house last night."

"Some people do not hesitate to take risks in order to keep their official positions. The minister was afraid that if he handed over the excerpt to the General Administration, he would make a desperate gamble and send someone to burn the Yamen of the General Administration

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Tang Nai's words were hinting that the mastermind behind the arson was Liu Ji.

This seems to be the lice on Tarzan's ass, an obvious thing. Tang Nai's co-branded excerpt of ginseng Liu Ji was just about to be published, and his house caught fire?

Who else could it be if it wasn't Liu Ji who sent someone to set the fire?

The imperial history and the people in the matter are attacking it in groups at this moment.

"Your Majesty, fortunately, Tang Yushi is lucky. Otherwise, he will be martyred for participating in the impeachment of the prime minister!"

"He's not a mediocre looker, he's a woman. The female cadre of the power woman, the female cadre of the female deceit!"

"The emperor wants to call the shots for Tang Yushi! Otherwise, who will dare to talk about it in the future?"

"The emperor should immediately remove Liu Ji from his position, and the three law divisions, Dongchang, and Jinyiwei Wutang will be tried to investigate him for the crimes he has committed over the years!"

Liu Ji had an innocent expression on his face. In desperation, he shouted, "Everyone, it's not ***! It's really not ***! I'm not a robber who robs houses and sets them on fire at every turn!"

Tang Nai sneered: "If you don't want people to know, you can't do it unless you do!"

Emperor Hongzhi said, "Enough! I will look at your folds carefully."

"As for the arson. Where is the wind?"

Chang Feng came out of class: "The minister is here."

Emperor Hongzhi said, "Shu has just decreed that the New Year's Eve will be changed to Chinese New Year's Eve to the fifteenth day of the first month. Chinese New Year's Eve is three days away. You have three days to find out the real culprit of the arson."

Chang Feng arched his hand: "The minister's decree."

Tang Nai's nose kicked a little in the face: "Dare to ask the emperor, when will Zhu criticize the joint impeachment excerpt?"

Emperor Hongzhi said: "When it comes to the impeachment of the current dynasty's first assistant, I naturally have to verify it carefully. We'll talk about it in a few years."

Tang Nai said, "Please reply to the emperor within three days!"

Emperor Hongzhi was dumbfounded: Why did someone pop up to teach me to do things?

A seven-grade imperial history dared to let the emperor do things within a time limit. Daming did not have Liang Jingru. What gave Tang Nai courage was the more than 100 speech officials, scholars, and new science and technology scholars behind him.

Today, the emperor wants to be a virtuous monarch. Throughout the history books, which virtuous monarch would punish a courtier for his loyal and straightforward advice? Besides, the law does not blame the public!

In a word, Tang Nai's head has the word "Li" on his head!

Emperor Hongzhi forcibly suppressed his anger: "First investigate the arson case, and then I will reply to Zhu Pi."

"If the arson case was really done by someone sent by Liu Ji, I have to add the charge of instigating gangsters to set fire to the arson and murdering the imperial historian in my reply to Zhu Pi."

Liu Ji held his breath and shouted, "Your Majesty, the old minister has been wronged!"

Emperor Hongzhi did not pay attention to Liu Ji. Instead, he told Chang Feng: "Remember, there is a limit of three days."

Chang Feng said, "Yes, the minister's order."

After the dispersal of the court. Chang Feng came directly to the burned courtyard house.

Xu Fatzi is leading the captain and wrestler to find clues in the ruins.

Seeing Chang Feng coming, Xu Fatzi walked over: "Chang Ye. This fire burned really clean. I'm afraid that if there is a clue, it will be burned out."

Chang Feng said: "The emperor has just made an order. Orders us to find the arsonist within three days."

Xu Fatzi said, "In my opinion, we shouldn't waste our efforts on cleaning up the ruins."

Chang Feng asked, "What do you mean? How should we find out?"

Fat Xu said, "Simple. Check Liu Ji is it! Who can be idle and have nothing to do to burn the house of the imperial history? It must be Liu Ji!"

"It was Tang Nai who impeached him. The co-branded excerpt is also in Tang Nai's hands."

"It must be Liu Ji who wants to come to a hundred!"

Chang Feng kept his senses: "Fat man, investigating cases is the most taboo and preconceived. I still think that Liu Ji is not stupid enough to do that."

After speaking, Chang Feng walked into the fire. He noticed that the strong smell of fire oil had not yet dissipated.

Kerosene? Isn't that the clue?

Chang Feng instructed Xu Fatzi: "You go to the Fifth Army Camp and ask Admiral Ye Guangye to come here."

Xu Fatzi said: "People are now admirals and military ministers, I'm afraid I won't move."

Chang Feng said: "It's okay. we

I still have some friendship with Admiral Ye. You say I'll invite him to drink."

Half an hour later, Ye Guang and Xu Fatzi rode to the ruins.

Ye Guang dismounted and said to Chang Feng, "You said you wanted to invite me to drink. But this is not a restaurant!"

Chang Feng gave up his hand: "The lower official has encountered a problem. Please solve the problem."

Ye Guang glanced at the ruins: "What problem? Say."

Chang Feng said: "Admiral Ye is well-known in the army and is good at arson. Do you set fire to it?"

Ye Guang said with a smile: "If you want to talk about arson, you are asking an expert! My fire is ......."

"When I was in Chenghua, I asked my brothers to bring dozens of barrels of fierce fire oil wherever I went."

"Burn the tent of the Jurchens, pour fierce fire oil on it, and the fire will start quickly."

Chang Feng asked, "Fierce fire oil?"

Ye Guang nodded: "Yes. Fierce fire oil is exclusively for military use. It burns faster and longer than the fire oil used to start fires in the homes of rich families."

There was no gasoline and kerosene in ancient China. But oil has been used.

Ye Guang said that fierce fire oil is oil. During the Sui and Tang dynasties, the army had begun to use fierce fire oil in siege of cities.

In the Ming Dynasty, there was even a weapon called "fierce fire tank" in the army, which can be called the Ming Dynasty version of the flamethrower.

The counterpart to the fierce fire oil is the fire oil. Boiling oil is not oil, but a vegetable oil. It was used by the rich to start the fire.

Chang Feng asked, "Do you smell this place, is it the smell of burning oil or boiling oil?"

Ye Guang scolded with a smile: "You treat me as the dog named Huzi that you raised, right?"

Chang Feng couldn't cry or laugh: "Where do I dare!"

Ye Guang rubbed his nose: "It's the smell of fierce fire oil. You can't be wrong."

Chang Feng asked, "Where can I find fierce fire oil in the capital?"

Ye Guang said: "There is an arsenal of soldiers in the city. There are many outside the city. There are several garrison warehouses in Fengtai and Xishan."

Chang Feng arched his hand towards Ye Guangyi: "Admiral Ye, thank you."

Ye Guang said, "Why, depending on what you mean, you don't plan to invite me to drink. I asked Xu Shizi to bring me here, right?"

Chang Feng smiled, "I'm ashamed. I'm working on the Chin case. I need you to ...... you mention it."

Ye Guang said heartily, "It's okay. I owe the wine first, and I'll make it up when you're done."

After Ye Guang left, Xu Fatzi said, "Could it be that Liu Ji instructed Qiu Ba in the army to set the fire?"

"That's not going to be checked. Admiral Ye said just now that several garrisons on the outskirts of Beijing have fierce fire oil."

Chang Feng shook his head: "Think about it, the Nine Gates are so strict. How could it be possible for people from outside the city to bring fierce fire oil into Beijing?"

"The fire oil that burned this courtyard must have come from the arsenal of the military department. Let's go to the arsenal of the military department and check it out."

The two came to the military headquarters. Chang Feng also has some friendship with Ma Wensheng, the secretary of the Ministry of War. He came directly to the lobby of the military department and found Ma Wensheng to explain his intention.

Ma Wensheng said: "I want to meet a few border generals who have returned to Beijing to report on their work. Can't accompany you to the arsenal. Sun Langzhong, you accompany Chang Qianhu to the arsenal."

There are four divisions under the Ministry of War, namely the Department of Staff, the Department of Vehicle Driving, the Department of Armed Selection, and the Department of Arsenal. The most important member of each division is Lang Zhong.

There is a proverb that says, "Arsenal and arsenal are idle and rich".

Sun Langzhong is a first-class fat difference.

He led Chang Feng and Xu Fatzi to the arsenal.

The arsenal of the military department is 800 zhang from north to south and 600 zhang from east to west. There are 80 large warehouses and 200 small warehouses. The ordnance stored in the warehouse is enough to arm 100,000 horses.

Chang Feng asked, "Where is the storehouse where the fire oil is stored?"

Sun Langzhong said, "Please come with me."

The three of them came to the fierce fire oil depot.

Sun Langzhong introduced: "There are more than 500 barrels of fierce fire oil here."

Chang Feng asked, "How many people are guarding the oil depot?"

Sun Langzhong replied, "A treasury soldier of the general flag team."

A general flag corps is fifty people.

Chang Feng nodded: "Can you gather them?"

Sun Langzhong's face changed: "This ......"

Chang Feng smiled, "I know that a general flag team has to eat more than twenty people. Anyway. We're not here to check the vacancies."

"Among the soldiers guarding the oil depot, there may be someone involved in the Qin case."

Sun Langzhong breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, as long as it wasn't to check the empty amount.

He ordered the soldiers to assemble.

Chang Feng roughly counted the number of soldiers in the treasury, a total of twenty people. Heart Dao: Sun Lang is black enough. Fifty posts, he ate a full thirty vacancies.

Twenty Ku soldiers stood in front of Chang Feng.

Chang Feng walked in front of them one by one, and then shouted, "Don't think I don't know!"

Whether it is Jinyiwei or the Criminal Department, when asking the case, the phrase "don't think I don't know" is a panacea for fraudulent confessions.

When the thief hears this, his heart will be weak.

Changfeng, this is a jujube without jujube, and there are three poles. What if the arsonist is in the treasury?

After shouting these words, he carefully observed the expressions of the soldiers.

One of the soldiers, who was in his forties, had a flickering look in his eyes and a hint of panic on his face when he heard this.

Chang Feng immediately noticed it.

He walked up to the soldier and almost put his face on it.

Chang Feng roared at the man again, "Don't think I don't know!"

The soldier asked tremblingly, "Great, what do you know?"

Chang Feng pointed to the oil depot: "What do you say?"

After speaking, Chang Feng glanced at the fat man Xu on the side.

Xu Fatzi understood: "Alas. I haven't personally punished the criminal for more than a month. My hands are itching!"

"Last time, I took a red-hot soldering iron and pressed it directly on the lower body of the criminal, making a red-hot whip! Hey, I still remember the look of pain on the face of the criminal."

Chang Feng smiled slightly: "Today you can play again. Do you think this benevolent brother would have a painful expression if he made you a braised human whip?"

Xu Fatzi said: "Drag it back to the edict prison, don't you know if you are sentenced? Brother, let's go. Take a trip to Beizhen Fusi's Imperial Prison."

The Ku Bing "poof" knelt down to Chang Feng and Xu Fatzi: "The two adults spare their lives! The errand workers in the capital know that if you enter the Fusi Prison in Beizhen, you will have to shed your skin if you don't die."

"I didn't do anything out of the ordinary. So he stole two barrels of fire oil and sold them."

"The people on this side of the arsenal rely on the library to eat the library......

Sun Langzhong scolded on the side: "What nonsense are you talking about? His hands and feet are not clean, and he accuses the armory of being the same as you."

Chang Feng smiled: "Just admit it! What's your name?"

Ku Bing replied, "My name is Hu Siqi."

Chang Feng said: "Hu Siqi. It's best not to talk in front of Jinyiwei. Whatever I ask, you answer."

Hu Siqi nodded: "Yes, yes."

Chang Feng asked, "You said you stole two barrels of fierce fire oil? When was it stolen? What did you steal?"

Hu Siqi replied, "I stole it two months ago. Steal it and sell it. It was sold for five taels of silver."

Chang Feng asked, "Who did you sell it to?"

Hu Siqi's answer made Chang Feng frown: "I sold it to the nine girls in Xiangxi Lane."

Xu Fatzi said on the side, "Why did you get involved with that little wave hoof again."

Chang Feng began to rejoice that he had always restrained his desires, and it was right that he didn't stay with the ninth girl. She can always have something to do with the Qin case.

Chang Feng asked another question: "Hu Siqi, where were you last night? What did you do?"

Hu Siqi said, "I threw dice and played money at home with seven or eight brothers from the same library. They can all testify for me."

Chang Feng nodded. He said to Sun Langzhong, "This man has been handed over to you to dispose of. Let's go one step ahead."

Chang Feng and Xu Fatzi rushed to Xiangxi Lane. After checking for a day, it was twilight.

See you at the Nine Girls

When it came to the two, they still had the same frivolous tone: "Oh, my good brother. Do you miss my sister again?"

Xu Fatzi laughed dryly at the woman on the side: "Yes, yes, yes. Fat brother misses you."

The ninth girl gave Xu Fatzi a blank look: "I'm talking about my elder brother Chang. What does it have to do with you?"

Xu Fatzi said, "I know you want to hook up with someone from Jinyi as a backer. I'm also a dignified deputy to a thousand households now, and I'm still a duke's son!"

"Why do you keep thinking about Chang Ye? Can't I hook up and hook up?"

The ninth girl gave Xu Fat a white look: "I don't like fat people with three chins."

Fat Xu scolded, "What's wrong with the fat man? The fat man didn't eat your rice!"

Chang Feng waved his hand: "Fatty, stop talking nonsense. Nine girls, you are involved in the Qin case."

The ninth girl was stunned: "Qin case?"

Chang Feng said: "Two months ago, did you collect two barrels of stolen fire oil from a warehouse soldier named Hu Siqi from the arsenal of the Ministry of War?"

The Nine Girls said, "I need to check the account books. I received too many top-notch goods to remember. However, what flows out of the arsenal, I dare to accept it in the entire capital."

The nine girls entered the hall. After a while, he took out the account books. She flipped through it, "Found it. Two months ago, I did collect two barrels of fierce fire oil, and it cost five taels of silver."

"It's the Treasury Division's soldiers who sell the goods. I remembered if the man was in his forties. Looks like a thief?"

"Hmph, sell something, sell something. Take a pair of thief eyes to stare at me, and eat the old lady's tofu with your eyes. I don't pee on myself."

Chang Feng asked, "What about after you received the fierce fire oil?" Sold to whom?"

The ninth girl looked at the account book again: "I sold it to Yu Ji Tanshop."

The charcoal shops in the capital not only sell charcoal, but also firewood and charcoal oil.

It is better to use fierce fire oil to draw charcoal than to burn oil. Naturally, there is no need to worry about selling.

Chang Feng asked, "Where is this Yu Ji charcoal shop?"

The nine girls replied, "I remember on Deyue Street."

Chang Feng turned around and left.

The ninth girl shouted from behind, "Oh, Brother Chang, can't you talk to me a few more words? Have a cup of tea and go!"