Chapter 2 Monsters
Xu Xinnian frowned: "What do you want this for?" ”
I'm going to solve the case.... Xu Qi'an said in a deep voice: "I want to know what happened to the case, and I understand that I am dead." Otherwise, I will not be reconciled. ”
Directly talking about solving the case, Xu Xinnian probably felt that his head was watted, so Xu Qi'an changed his statement.
After all, the original Xu Qi'an was stubborn and stubborn.
Xu Xinnian pondered for a moment and said, "I have read the dossier, I can tell you ....."
In the past few days, running for the Xu family, the case is too big, no one dares to help, and in desperation, Xu Xinnian changed his mind and tried to break the situation from the aspect of recovering taxes and silver.
Relying on the Xu family's original connections and the relationship between the academy, as well as the money, Xu Xinnian bought off the officials of Jingzhao Mansion and copied the file for him.
However, he had no experience in criminal case judgment and investigation, so he had no choice but to give up.
Xu Qi'an raised his hand to interrupt, "You go and write it down, there is no point in dictating." ”
All the details of the case are in the text, and if you need to think and chew on it, and if you devote a part of your energy to listening, your brain will not be able to think and analyze calmly.
Xu Qi'an's logical reasoning ability has always been unbeatable in his previous life, and he is the best in his grade.
In the past, Xu Xinnian would not have paid attention to him, thinking that the brothers had said goodbye this time, maybe it would be goodbye.
He agreed to his brother's last request and whispered, "Wait a moment. ”
Hurry away.
The footsteps disappeared into the corridor, and Xu Qi'an sat down with his back against the fence, feeling complicated.
He didn't grasp the reversal, he wanted to solve the case because he wanted to, and it was true that he was unwilling.
The only way to save yourself is this one, you have to give it a try, and you have to fight to the death.
In modern criminal investigation methods, crime scene investigation, surveillance, and autopsy are three indispensable components.
No one died in the case of the disappearance of the tax bank, there was no monitoring in ancient times, and he was in prison, and the above three elements were not in a position to be contacted.
Fortunately, the dossier can restore the crime scene to a certain extent.
While digesting the memories of the original owner, while forcing himself to get rid of all negative emotions, only a calm brain can have clear thoughts and complete rigorous reasoning.
"Dead or alive, it's up to you.," he muttered.
As the time for a stick of incense passed, Xu Xinnian hurried back and handed him a few sheets of rice paper with undried ink.
"It's time, I have to go. Xu Xinnian hesitated and said, "Take care of yourself." ”
Xu Qi'an didn't say anything, his eyes were already attracted by the handwriting on the rice paper.
Time is in a hurry, the handwriting on the paper is cursive, if Xu Qi'an hadn't read a private school for a few years, he wouldn't have recognized these ghost drawing symbols at all.
"Reading is still useful, but I was mainly illiterate..... Finish sprinkling flowers. Xu Qi'an laughed at himself.
Here's how the case of the disappearance of the tax bank is:
[Three days ago, at two o'clock (half past six in the morning), Xu Pingzhi escorted a batch of tax silver into Beijing, and at one quarter of the hour, he walked to Guangnan Street, and just crossed the bridge, suddenly set off a strange wind, and the horses were frightened and rushed into the river by the street.
In the middle of nowhere, a deafening explosion was heard, and the river exploded six feet high, and the turbid waves were monstrous.
The soldier in charge of escorting the tax silver jumped into the river to look for silver, but only found 1,250 taels of silver, and the rest of the silver was missing.....]
In addition to the incident, there are also the confessions of passers-by collected by Jingzhao Mansion and the confessions of participating in the escort of soldiers.
In a series of confessions, Xu Qi'an noticed a sentence outlined with a red cinnabar pen: Monsters are haunting!
"Monsters?!" Xu Qi'an's pupils shrank, and his heart sank to the bottom.
......
Jingzhao Mansion, back hall.
After three days of busy travel, the three main persons in charge of the disappearance of the tax bank gathered together.
Yin Chen Hanguang of Jingzhao Mansion held a white porcelain blue and white tea cup in his hand, the tea lid gently knocked the rim of the cup, and his face was solemn.
This fourth-grade official wearing a scarlet robe and embroidering cloud geese sighed lightly: "There are still two days, and the Holy Lord has ordered me to recover the tax silver before Xu Pingzhi is beheaded, two adults, you have to hurry up." ”
The two in Chen Fuyin's mouth are middle-aged men in black uniforms and dark cloaks, with a high nose bridge, slightly sunken eye sockets, and light brown pupils.
Half Nanban blood.
Another goose-faced girl in a yellow dress has picturesque eyebrows, skin like congealed cream, and looks forward to radiance.
She holds a sugar cane in her hand, a deerskin pouch and a gossip feng shui dish around her waist, and a pair of small boots embroidered with moire under the hem of her skirt.
Swing and swing.
These two are auxiliary in handling the case, the middle-aged man is named Li Yuchun, and he is from an organization that is very feared by Dafeng officials: beating people.
The organization "Beat the Guards" is engaged in activities such as reconnaissance, arrest, and interrogation. He also participated in the work of collecting military intelligence and plotting against enemy generals.
It does not belong to the six ministries and does not belong to the military system.
It is the intelligence organization of the royal family, and it is also a guillotine hanging over the heads of hundreds of officials.
All the officials of Dabong have heard a saying: don't do bad things during the day, and don't be afraid to beat people at night.
And the girl in the yellow dress is Si Tianjian's person, her status is not low, and she is a disciple of Si Tianjian Zheng.
The middle-aged man with a silver gong embroidered on his chest glanced at the bagasse spit out by the girl in the yellow dress spread at his feet, frowned, and with a twist of his palm, the air flow rolled, gathering those bagasse in one place.
The middle-aged man nodded slightly, revealing a fleeting pleasure.
Only then did he reply to Chen Fuyin with a heavy face: "This case is very strange, maybe our direction is wrong." ”
"Where did Master Li start with this? Chen Fuyin frowned, the case has been analyzed so far, and it is basically locked that it is a monster who has robbed the tax money.
"We don't have much time, and what we should do now is to catch the monsters as soon as possible, don't think about this mess. Chen Fuyin said.
In recent years, the treasury has been empty, and there have been frequent famines in various places, and 150,000 taels of tax silver is equivalent to an ordinary county, a year's tax.
His Majesty's anger is understandable.
Lao Tzu didn't have any money in the first place, and you gave me the chain back, and I was angry.
Chen Fuyin took over the case conscientiously, and the burden on his shoulders weighed on him that he couldn't eat and sleep well recently.
The middle-aged man shook his head, didn't argue, and said, "What new harvest does Xu Pingzhi have there?"
Chen Fuyin shook his head: "A martial artist, he can only mum about wrongdoing, he doesn't even know how to lose the tax silver." ”
The girl in the yellow dress said lightly: "I have watched his 'qi' and have not lied." ”
Li Yuchun and Chen Fuyin nodded and did not continue to talk about this person.
As a criminal, Xu Pingzhi bore the brunt of the investigation, torture, interpersonal communication and financial situation, etc., all of which were touched. Coupled with Si Tianjian's qi viewing technique, the suspicion has been ruled out at the moment.
Of course, the tax money was lost, Xu Pingzhi was derelict in his duties, and the death penalty could not be escaped.
The middle-aged man and Chen Fuyin had serious faces and heavy moods.
Only the girl in the yellow dress with the least pressure is gnawing on sugar cane without heart or lungs.
At this moment, footsteps came, and a servant hurried in, holding a small bamboo tube in his right hand and a butter paper bag in his left hand, which contained a steaming large meat bun.
The official first handed over the bamboo tube.
The girl in the yellow dress didn't answer, like the bright eyes with stars, and glanced at the big meat bun.
The official changed the order with interest, and the girl in the yellow dress happily nibbled on the big meat bun, then took the bamboo tube, took out a note, and began to read:
"My people said that for twenty miles along the way, there was no demonic energy observed in Hanoi, and there was no trace on the shore. ”
"Smack!"
The depressing atmosphere finally exploded, Chen Fuyin slapped the table angrily, and his face turned blue with anger: "150,000 taels of silver, where can it be taken? It has to go ashore, it has to go ashore." It's been three days, and I haven't even found any trace of the other party. ”
"Damn, who kind of monster dares to intercept my big tax silver, this official will definitely tell it to be destroyed!"
If the tax and silver can't be recovered, he has to take the blame, the emperor doesn't care if he is wronged or not, and if he sits in this position, he has to take the blame.
Officialdom is like this, it is hard to climb up, but it is easy to fall.
The middle-aged Li Yuchun let out a breath and resumed the topic just now: "Could it be that our investigation is in the wrong direction, and it may not be the monster's doing." ”
Chen Fuyin looked at him, took a deep breath, and suppressed the annoyance in his heart: "It's not a monster, how did the demon wind come from? ”