Above the school yard of The North Town Fuji.
Hundreds of Jinyi guards were arranged above the school yard in turn according to their own ranks, and Shi Congmingshi Qianhu, one of the fourteen thousand households, said above the ring: "Our Jinyi guards are specially set up by the emperor, and the emperor not only grants me and others the right to take charge of the criminal trial and prison, but also gives me and other inspectors the power to arrest and arrest, and can directly play to the emperor. This month, we have arrested one hundred and twenty-seven corrupt officials and twenty-four remnants of the Demon Sect, and you still need to redouble your efforts to sweep away all corrupt and perverted officials and thieves in order to repay the emperor's favor. ”
"Yes, humble mind!" The crowd responded in unison, deafening.
Shi Congming paused and said, "There is another thing, the self-immolation case of the King of Tan, let us Jinyiwei fold three people in a row, this case is strange, but for the honor of Jinyiwei, this case must be clearly investigated, and the people of the world must be given a truth; now this heavy responsibility has fallen on the shoulders of our weishou, we must take responsibility, prove to the emperor that we can entrust heavy responsibilities, and now who of you will take over the responsibility of investigating this case." ”
Everyone was silent, and they didn't dare to speak out, for fear that this ghost errand would fall into their hands.
"What kind of system have you become, one by one, and you are afraid of your tails?" After watching the crowd's reprimand, Shi Congming turned to Master Ji next to him and asked, "Who has the worst merits of Master Ji this month?" ”
"Go back to a thousand households." Master Ji replied, "This month, the merits of the Lan Feng Lan General Banner are the worst, and he has not made any achievements." ”
After Shi Congming listened, he turned to Lan Feng and said, "Lan Feng went forward to listen to the order, and this Thousand Households ordered you to take over the investigation of the beginning and end of the Tan Wang's self-immolation case from now on, and there must be no mistakes!" ”
Lan Feng leaned forward and replied, "Yes, I obey my orders!" ”
After Shi Congming distributed the most difficult errands, Chang Shu breathed a sigh of relief: "Let's all disperse!" ”
After all the Jinyi guards dispersed, Lan Feng, Shen Qi, Shan Qing, and Guan Chang followed them to the archives to collect the files; on the way, Shan Qing complained: "I shouldn't have said anything about this this morning, what is coming, it is really unlucky!" ”
"I don't think so." Guan Changji boldly speculated: "No wonder they will rob the credit regardless of shame, maybe they have heard some wind noises long ago, so they will do whatever it takes to improve their merits, but only we are still in the dark." ”
"Yes!" Shen Qi nodded and analyzed, "Before, a big case like this kind of royal family could only be a hundred households or more than a thousand households on the peak, and only then was it qualified to take over the investigation; now this case has become a hot potato, and everyone is afraid of it, so we can only find a substitute ghost like us." ”
"General flag." Shan Qing asked Lan Feng with some concern, "What should we do now?" ”
Lan Feng said with a calm and unhurried look, "Didn't Shen Qi's just now say that?" In the past, such a big case could only be the peak of a hundred households or more than a thousand households, and only then was it qualified to take over the investigation, but now we are doing the work of a hundred households, and after the matter is completed, it is natural to receive a reward for a hundred households. ”
Shan Qing sighed and said, "I don't know if I have a fate?" ”
"It's man-made!" Lan Feng's unpredictable eyes: "The same is true of this case!" Dare to make a fuss about the royal family, and still be so strange, there must be some earth-shattering conspiracy hidden? ”
Shen Qiqi echoed: "What Zongqi said is that this case is full of storms and rains in the city, and everyone knows it, what must be brewing behind this?" ”
"What's brewing for him?" Just don't brew our little lives. Shan Qing was a little discouraged and said with self-pity.
Coming to the archives, Lan Feng cheered Shan Qing up: "Don't complain, quickly find a good file, carefully review it, and see what is wrong?" ”
Shan Qing and the three of them replied, "Yes." ”
Lan Feng took all the files about the case, then returned to their health center and began to study the files carefully.
The sun in the sky moved little by little, the shadows of flowers and trees grew from long to short, and then from short to long; Lan Feng carefully read all the files, and the four victims of the tan wang Zhu Zi, Sun Ru, Wu Wenzhong, and Neng Wujie all self-immolated and died, among which Sun Ru, Wu Wenzhong, and Neng Wujie died of self-immolation for no reason, they did not have any motive for self-immolation, and after investigating the people around them, they could not find a trace of abnormality, which was very strange in itself.
They came together to the palace of Zhu Zi, the King of Tan, and Lan Feng said to Guan Changji: "Uncle Ji, you read the file of the Tan King's case from beginning to end, and we will restore the facts of the case to see if we can find any clues from it." ”
"Yes, flag." Guan Changji turned out the file of Zhu Zi, the King of Tan, and read aloud: "At three o'clock in the eighteenth month of April, Princess Yu of Tan returned to the bedroom of King Tan with her accompanying YaHuan, preparing to serve King Tan to sleep, and after entering the courtyard, she saw' The roof of the Water Pavilion was thick with smoke and fires; the princess and the accompanying Yahuan immediately rushed to the door together, and saw that the King of Tan was already unconscious, holding the candlestick that ignited the fire; at this time, the whole attic was already full of fire dragons, and it was difficult to walk, but Princess Tan was deeply in love with the husband and wife, and led the three family members to rush into the fire together, trying to rescue the King of Tan, but the attic suddenly collapsed, and everyone was engulfed in the fire, and the two husband and wife of the King of Tan were both buried in the sea of fire. These are the testimonies written separately by Princess Tan accompanied by Princess Tan, and according to what they saw with their own eyes, princess Tan had a group of family members who were extinguishing the fire before entering the fire scene, and there was no possibility of colluding to make a false confession. There are many books in the attic, and in order to avoid fire, only a lamp is placed in the attic, which means that the source of the fire is the candle lamp in the hands of the King of Tan. Moreover, he had examined several places such as King Tan's abdomen, tongue, fingertips, etc., and there was no sign of poisoning, and the autopsy concluded that he had self-immolated and died. ”
"What was King Tan's motive for self-immolation?" Lan Feng turned to Shen Qi, "Shen Qi, you should read it again." ”
"Yes, flag." Shen Qiqi picked up the file and read, "King Tan's father-in-law is the governor of Yu Xian, and Yu Xian's son is Yu Hu, the commander of Ningxia, and Yu Hu was implicated and killed because he was involved in the Hu Weiyong rebellion." After Zhu Zi, the King of Tan, heard the news, he was very afraid because he was also suspected of rebellion. Later, the emperor sent someone to appease and summon him to the palace, which made king Tan even more frightened, so he set himself on fire and died. ”
Lan Feng asked lightly, "Is there anything strange about the Tan Wang case?" ”
Shen Qi, Shan Qing, and Guan Changji groaned for a moment and then said in unison, "The cause of death and motive are clear, and there is nothing strange about it." ”
"Let's go to the place where Sun Ru and Sun Vice Qianhu set themselves on fire." Lan Feng turned and walked outside.
"Yes." The pipe chief followed them in unison.
Sun Ru's mansion was in the east of the city, relatively close to the TanWang Mansion, and I don't know if it was for this reason that Sun Ru was sent to investigate the causes and consequences of the Tan Wang's case.
A closed kiln factory for firing ceramics.
Lan Feng ordered, "Uncle Ji, read the file from beginning to end as usual." ”
"Yes." Guan Changji turned over Sun Ru's file and read it aloud: "On April 25, Sun Ru, the deputy qianhu, took over the self-immolation case of King Tan, recorded the causes and consequences of the incident in the case, and sorted it into a volume. On the third day, Sun Ru went to the palace to present the combed files to the emperor; but on the way to the palace, when Sun Ru's carriage passed a kiln factory that burned ceramics, Sun Ru suddenly jumped off the carriage, broke into the ceramic kiln factory, jumped into the furnace along with the files on his body, and set himself on fire. After examining his abdomen, tongue, fingertips, etc., there was no sign of poisoning, and the autopsy resulted in self-immolation and death. ”
Lan Feng asked, "Shen Qi, what was Sun Ru's motive for self-immolation?" ”
Shen Qi, picking up the file, read, "The motive is unknown. Sun Ru's family was harmonious, a pair of children were still in their prime, and he was prosperous in official fortune, and he had just been promoted from a hundred households to a deputy thousand households, and his future was bright; according to his wife, there was no grudge against the family. Sun Ru and king Tan also had no selfish friendship, did not know each other, and were not implicated by king Tan. ”
Lan Feng pondered for a while and asked, "Apart from the unknown motive for self-immolation, what is the mystery?" ”
Shen Qi, Shan Qing, and Guan Changji said in unison, "No." ”
The next one was Wu Wenzhong, lanfeng, and they came to the place where Wu Wenzhong set himself on fire, a closed cast iron shop. Lan Feng continued to the pipe chief, "Step uncle, as usual." ”
"Yes." The manager then turned over Wu Wenzhong's file and read aloud: "Wu Wenzhong is in the position of Guarding hundred households in Jinyi; on the first day of June, Wu Wenzhong of the hundred households took over the self-immolation case of King Tan, and he re-recorded the causes and consequences of the Case of King Tan and compiled it into a volume. On the fourth day of the first month of June, Wu Wenzhong went to the imperial palace to present the combed files to the emperor. On the fifth day of June, Wu Wenzhong began to investigate the cause of Sun Ru's death, and when passing through the cast iron shop, Wu Wenzhong suddenly jumped out of the carriage, broke into the cast iron shop, and ran to the furnace, and the blacksmiths struggled to stop it, but they still failed to stop Wu Wenzhong from jumping into the cast iron furnace and burning him alive on the spot. After examining his abdomen, tongue, throat, limbs, etc., there was no sign of poisoning, and the autopsy resulted in self-immolation and death. ”
Lan Feng turned to Shen Qi, and asked, "Shen Qi, what is Wu Wenzhong's motive for self-immolation?" ”
Shen Qinian said, "The motive is unknown. Wu Wenzhong rose to a hundred households for five years, and he had neither great achievements nor great deeds. So far, he is alone, has no grudges against the family, and has selfless friendship with the King of Tan, does not know each other, and is not implicated by the King of Tan. ”
Shan Qing said with some creepiness: "Playing with fire is addictive, self-immolation is eaten as a meal!" In a few days, we will not jump into the fire as soon as we see it! ”
Guan Changji joked, "If you jump into the fire pit, I won't stop you." ”
Not to be outdone, Shan Qing said, "That's my skill, you can't stop it." ”
"All right." Lan Feng stopped their joke and said, "Is there anything strange about this case besides the unknown motive for self-immolation?" ”
Shen Qi, Shan Qing, and Guan Changji shook their heads, "No." ”
Lan Feng turned and walked out of the Wu Mansion: "Go to the mansion that can be a hundred households without scruples!" ”
"Yes."
In the north of the city, Lan Feng walked for a long time, passing a refugee gathering place, where there were hundreds of refugees, a few well-wishers set up a tent to give porridge, and faintly saw the backs of two women dressed in white, who were practicing medical treatment for the refugees. After passing through the refugee gathering place, it did not take long to arrive at the house that could not be avoided.
Lan Feng looked at Guan Chang and said, "Uncle Ji, as usual." ”
Without saying a word, Guan Chang turned over the file that could not be unscrupulous, and read aloud: "On the tenth day of the first month of July, the hundred households were able to take over the serial self-immolation case of the King of Tan without scruples, and the file of the self-immolation of the King of Tan had previously been handed over to the emperor by Wu Wenzhong. And their connection to the Tanwang self-immolation case. On the eighth day of the investigation of the case, he and his newlywed wife cooked at home on a fire, and when his wife left to wash the dishes, he lit the firewood in the kitchen; when his wife returned from washing vegetables, he saw that he could walk into the raging fire without hesitation, and his wife was frightened on the spot, and the people and the people immediately rushed to extinguish the fire, and when the fire was extinguished, Neng Wuji had already burned into a coke. Moreover, after examining his abdomen, tongue, fingertips and other places, there was no sign of poisoning, and the autopsy result was still self-immolation and death. ”
Lan Feng still had no clue, and could only continue to ask according to the process: "Shen Qi, what is the motivation for self-immolation without hesitation?" ”
"Back to the general flag, the motive is unknown." Shen Qi, shaking his head, said, "Within seven years of being able to reach a hundred households without scruples, there is no meritorious deed, the newlywed wife Zhao Shi is beautiful and virtuous, it should have been the beginning of a happy life, I really can't think of why he was born lightly?" Moreover, he has no grudges or enmity with people, and he and the King of Tan are not selfless, they do not know each other, and they are not implicated by the King of Tan. ”
Lan Feng still asked mechanically, "Apart from the unknown motive for self-immolation, what is the mystery of this case?" ”
Shan Qing scratched the goosebumps on his body: "This case itself is extremely strange and makes people panic." ”
"General flag." Shen Qi, holding the file in his hand, slowly analyzed: "These four cases are not intrinsically related except for self-immolation, except for Zhu Zi, the king of Tan, who has a motive for self-immolation, the other three have no motive for self-immolation, this case has no clue, no clue, like an unassailable mystery, there is no way to start." ”
Guan Changji frowned and asked Lan Feng, "General Banner, how should we investigate next?" ”
Lan Feng looked at the sky and said meaningfully, "Let's go find the biggest fire in the capital." ”
Shan Qing, Shen Qi, and Guan Changji were all frightened and stunned, was this a curse?
Chapter XXIX: The General Flag
