The Caoyun Yamen is divided into two systems, the Shore Discharge Division and the Gang Transportation Division. The highest-ranking official is the transshipment envoy, who is the fourth grade. It manages nearly 1,000 people inside and outside the Caoyun Yamen.

"Cao Yun is the most oily and watery of all the yamen in the imperial court. In the 20th year of Yuanjing, the imperial court once implemented the sale of officials, and the positions sold were all Caoyun-related positions. Governor Zhang led the way and said in a deep voice:

In the 22nd year of Yuanjing, the policy of selling officials and lords was jointly banned by Duke Wei and Wang Shoufu. But in just two years, the number of moths that have come in is outrageous. To this day, there is still a group of corpses who are vegetarian and steal high positions. ”

Xu Qi'an didn't care much about Governor Zhang's indignation, but extracted some intriguing points from his words.

Wei Yuan and Wang Shoufu, two sworn enemies, need to join forces to suppress it, who is the person who sells his official beard?

There is no doubt that it is Emperor Yuan Jing.

There are many emperors who sell official titles in the history books, and Emperor Yuan Jing is not an exception, these emperors all have one thing in common: spending money like running water.

And the evaluation of this kind of emperor in the history books will not be very good, at least with a critical attitude towards this kind of behavior.

When the Yuzhou Caoyun Yamen arrived, the officials saw a group of men and horses menacing, led by the officials in scarlet robes, and the big watchmen with golden gongs embroidered on their chests.

didn't even inquire, and rushed into the yamen to report.

After a few minutes, the transfer envoy of the Yuzhou Caoyun Yamen, who was a member of the fourth grade, hurriedly went out to greet him.

This transport envoy is over fifty years old, with a gray beard, an ordinary appearance, and a black mole on his eyebrows, which makes his ordinary appearance a little more special.

"This official Zhang Xingying was ordered to go to Yunzhou to investigate the case, which is a cabinet document. Governor Zhang took out a thin booklet and handed it over.

"It turned out to be the governor, disrespectful and disrespectful, please. After reading the paperwork, the messenger respectfully handed it back, then leaned sideways and made a gesture of please.

The group entered the yamen, and the transfer envoy led Governor Zhang to the yamen hall, and after sitting down to watch the tea, the transfer envoy smiled and said:

"The governor is tired of traveling and traveling, but he plans to rest in Yuzhou for a few days?"

He quietly observed the governor from the capital, and only felt that the other party was a boring person who did not smile, and he had never shown a smiling face since they met.

Are the adults from the capital so arrogant?

.... The transporter doesn't know the seriousness of the matter yet. Governor Zhang waved his hand: "Whether this official stays here or not depends on the progress of the case." ”

"What do you mean by that?" said the transporter, stunned.

Governor Zhang looked out of the hall and said loudly, "Bring it up!"

Sixty-two members of the Yellow Banner Gang were brought up, including Fang He, a bearded man, with minor or serious injuries on his body, and his expression was sluggish.

Seeing these people, the transfer envoy stood up in surprise and dazedness, pointed at them, and looked at Governor Zhang: "What's the matter with these people, why are they wearing my Caoyun Yamen's errand clothes?"

"That's why this official paid a visit to the Transit Envoy. ”

At that moment, Governor Zhang told the envoy in detail about the matter, and the latter was already bloodless after hearing this, and fell back into his chair and muttered: "How is this good, how is it good..."

Tsk, the kung fu of nourishing qi is too bad, compared to the officials I have dealt with in the capital, this transfer envoy is simply a bronze.... Xu Qi'an complained in his heart, while observing the expression and subtle movements of the transfer envoy.

Governor Zhang said in a deep voice: "Your Excellency, this official asks you, do you know about this case?"

The transport envoy hurriedly shook his head and tried to justify: "This official doesn't know, Lord Governor..."

Governor Zhang ignored it, turned his head to look at the white-clothed warlocks in the crowd, and several white-clothed warlocks bowed slightly, indicating that they were not lying.

After a deep sigh, Governor Zhang said, "Is the Gang Yun envoy in the yamen?"

Only then did the transfer shift his attention to the culprit, and he was angry that there was a two-five boy under his command, and said in a deep voice:

"Gangyun made Yan Kai rest today, not in the yamen, this official immediately took the governor to arrest this fang. ”

.....

Outside Yan Kai's mansion, Governor Zhang waved his hand and let the tiger guards disperse and surround Yan's mansion.

Yang Muhua, the transport envoy of Caoyun Yamen, who came with him, also brought twenty catchers.

After the tiger guards dispersed, Jiang Luzhong directly led people to break into the door and knocked down all the family members and guards in the house.

The three groups of Hu Benwei, the catcher of the Caoyun Yamen, and the watchman swept through the entire Yan Mansion, as fast as thunder, not giving the other party a chance to react.

"My lord, I'm in the study. ”

The catcher of Caoyun Yamen was the first to discover Yan Kai, and when Xu Qi'an rushed to the study with his colleagues, he was a step too late, and he saw blood splattered all over the ground, thick as fast.

Gangyun made Yan Kai lie weakly on the big chair, his head was tilted, there was a deep wound on his neck, and a dagger fell on the ground on his right hand.

This result obviously exceeded the expectations of Yang Zhuan'an and Governor Zhang, and while they were stunned, anger filled their chests.

However, the anger of the two is not the same, the anger of the transfer envoy is closer to the incompetent rage, as soon as the Gang Yun envoy dies, all eyes are focused on himself, and he must be the first to be suspected.

Governor Zhang was angry that a boiled duck flew away.

There are too many people, and it is easy to destroy the scene .... And there is no guarantee that there will be no murderers present, and it is likely to destroy key clues .... Xu Qi'an is the calmest, and when his thoughts turned, he immediately decided:

Everyone left the study and waited outside. ”

Hearing this, Governor Zhang perked up, glanced at everyone, and said in a deep voice: "Go outside and wait, exit the study." ”

Soon, only Jiang Luzhong, Xu Qi'an and the two adults were left in the study.

"Lord Governor, this Yan Kai must have committed suicide in fear of crime, and this case has nothing to do with this official. Yang Zhuan made a loud explanation, anxious to clear up the relationship.

Governor Zhang ignored him at all, looked at Xu Qi'an and said, "Xu Ningyan, take a good look." ”

Yang Zhuan'an couldn't help but glance at Xu Qi'an, and soon stopped paying attention, and pulled Governor Zhang to continue to explain, babbling about his grievances and expressing his innocence.

"The blood clotted into lumps, and I just died, but before we entered the house. Jiang Lu said.

"We died almost when we entered the Caoyun Yamen. Xu Qi'an nodded.

He briefly inspected Yan Kai's body, the wound was so obvious that there was no need for another autopsy, he was killed by cutting the carotid artery.

After looking at the corpse, Xu Qi'an checked every corner of the study as usual, looking for possible clues.

The whole process was only five minutes, and Xu Qi'an sighed: "Lord Governor, he was killed, not committed suicide in fear of crime." ”

Governor Zhang bowed his head and said, "How can you see it?"

The chatter of the transfer made the excuse stop and turned his head.

"If the carotid artery is severed, the person will suffer from a lack of oxygen... Struggling because of the instinct to survive, I don't sit like this. Of course, it is not enough to judge that he was killed. Xu Qi'an said:

"Yan Kai is a left-hander. ”

Yang Zhuan was stunned: "How do you know?"

"He has a thick calloon on the middle side of his left hand, which is left by holding the pen for many years. A normal person's cocoon is the middle finger of his right hand, so I judge him to be left-handed.

"Look at the wound on the neck, the left is deep and the right is shallow, this is the wound left by the right hand with the knife. ”

God.... The transfer envoy looked at Xu Qi'an in shock, and there was no contempt in his eyes. In less than half a pillar of incense, you can find clues and speculate the real cause of death.

This is an amazing demonstration of ability in the eyes of the transfer envoy who is not good at solving cases.

Terrible.... It was the first time that Governor Zhang had witnessed Xu Qi'an's ability to solve cases, although he had heard of it for a long time. No matter how the officialdom in the capital spreads the deeds of this small gong, hearing about it and seeing it are two different things.

However, it is useless, and it does not play a breakthrough role in the investigation of the case.... Yan Kai's cause of death was a throat cut, not as fancy as the wizard's dream murder, but because of this simple and crude murder method, anyone can do it, but it is more and more difficult to lock down the murderer.... Without surveillance, it would be too much effort to solve the case.

"There are no signs of the doors and windows being pried open or damaged, and the murderer and the deceased obviously knew each other. Interrogate the people in the house to see if anyone has just come to visit, or if they have heard Yan Kai's cry for help. Also, when interrogating everyone in the Caoyun Yamen, including the transfer envoy, you must also remember to search your body to avoid having magic weapons that cover your breath and hinder the observation of the Qi Lookout Technique. Xu Qi'an gave advice.

Governor Zhang said: "Your Excellency, please cooperate with us. ”

For more than an hour after that, the three warlocks of Si Tianjian kept observing the officials and officials of the Caoyun Yamen.

But there was no gain, and with the death of Yan Kai, the clue of this "prison self-theft" case was broken.

Governor Zhang, accompanied by Jiang Luzhong, went to the Sentencing Department in Yuzhou, which was in charge of the prison and happened to be the yamen in charge of this matter. At the same time, it is also the supervisory organ of the imperial court and is subordinate to the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

Governor Zhang is the imperial history of the Imperial Court of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and is the top boss of the Procuratorial Envoy Division.

In the afterglow of dusk, Xu Qi'an sat on the roof of Caoyun Yamen, bathed in Jin Xia, and reviewed the case in his mind.

After the death of a program operator, the clue of the entire case is broken. Heh, this is also a clue that the people behind the scenes did not manipulate the entire Caoyun Yamen.

It can be seen that this is not a simple embezzlement case.... The Ministry of Industry has fallen, and the Caoyun Yamen in Yuzhou still continues to repeat the operation, smuggling iron ore to Yunzhou... This means that there are still people manipulating behind the scenes. This person does not have much power, and can only control one person, no, it is not necessarily that he has little power, and he may be acting in concealment.

If I hadn't been bumped into like shit, maybe the smuggling of iron ore would have continued.

Since there is smuggling of iron ore, will there be smuggling of official salt and saltpeter? We have to let the imperial court take a good look at the caoyun yamen in various states.

"This trip to Yunzhou is probably even more dangerous than imagined. Xu Qi'an thought worriedly, and suddenly heard someone shouting at him.

"Ning Yan, let's go, go to the teaching workshop to have a good time. Song Tingfeng stood in the courtyard and beckoned to him.

"No, I'm thinking about business. "Xu Qi'an didn't have a good airway.

"Go, I heard that the woman in Yuzhou's Jiaofang Division knows how to serve people. "Song Tingfeng is good and seductive.

"I know the teaching department and the teaching department all day long, and I am careful that I can't be promoted for the rest of my life. Xu Qi'an hated the response that iron does not become steel.

.....

Yuzhou, Department of Teaching Workshops.

In the melodious sound of silk and bamboo, Xu Qi'an picked up the wine glass and laughed: "Come, drink and drink, after floating on the water for six days, Lao Tzu and the birds have cobwebs." ”

People raise their glasses together, and each person is a beautiful woman, pushing the cup and changing the lamp, smiling and smiling.

Xu Ningyan really followed, Song Tingfeng was not surprised by this, it should be said that it was all expected.

When he was in the capital, Xu Qi'an never took the initiative to go to the Jiaofang Division, it was all proposed by Song Tingfeng, and then he and Zhu Guangxiao followed.

Sometimes Xu Ningyan was practicing, so he scolded: Song Tingfeng, if you have a little conscience, don't disturb Lao Tzu's cultivation.

After scolding, pat your ass and follow.

The teaching workshop in Yuzhou is different from the capital, covering an area not so large, but it is built next to the river, with six courtyards and two high-rise buildings. The victory is in the elegance of the scenery.

The rippling water distorts the reflection of the red lanterns, and the sound of silk and bamboo wind music wafts through the courtyard and floats on the sparkling river.

With the status of Xu Qi'an and others, of course, they would not go to the building to drink with those prostitutes who were mixed, and after being led by the officials of the Caoyun Yamen, they came to the courtyard of an Oiran called Red Sleeves to play tea.

The Oiran called the Red Sleeves seemed a little reluctant, and the group drank in the courtyard for half an hour, and she still hadn't come out.