"What did you say?" Even though Zhong Yu had always been good at cultivating qi and had gone through many storms, after hearing Sun Tu's secret report, he was still shocked and exclaimed. He really didn't expect that Sun Tu would be able to find out such a fatal thing in just over half an hour.
After a long while, he regained his composure and asked cautiously: "Sun Dutou, this is no joke. Do you have any evidence?" If it is found that someone set the fire in Changxingfang, its nature will be very dangerous. It's almost like treason, but this is Bianliang City in Tokyo.
Sun Tulu shook his head slightly: "Although we have seen some clues, the conclusive evidence has not been found yet. Moreover, the fire burned the entire Changxingfang into ruins. Even if there were any traces left, they would have been burned by the fire. It’s all clean.”
"That matter..." Zhong Yu wanted to say that it would be better to report the matter as a natural disaster. Otherwise, of course he, the official of the Street Department, would not be able to escape the blame. As the person who investigated the case, Sun Tu would not have it easy either. After all, he wanted to Finding out the truth is not easy. But he couldn't say these words. After all, this could involve dozens of lives and thousands of families.
Sun Tu glanced at the other person and guessed that he wanted to minimize the big deal, and he felt irritated. This is the first reaction of officials in the Song Dynasty today after encountering an incident. What they want is not the truth, but a cover-up. But this was not the time to fall out with him. He immediately said: "Zhong Sizheng, the superiors and subordinates have indeed got some clues about this matter, but it is difficult for me to capture the real murderer alone, so I want to ask you to Help.”
"How do you say this? Can't you, Kaifeng Prefecture, still be unable to arrest people?" Zhong Yu frowned even more as he spoke, thinking that if you, Kaifeng Prefecture, could not arrest people, it would be even less possible for our Street Department to succeed. After all, Kaifeng Mansion at this time was equivalent to the public security agency of later generations, and the Street Department was just the urban management department. How could there be any reason for the urban management to help the public security officers catch prisoners
But Sun Tu shook his head, lowered his voice and expressed some of his concerns: "Zhong Si just doesn't know something. The official has just taken up his post in Kaifeng Mansion, and the brothers below may not listen to me. And the subordinates may not listen to me. The murderer the official suspects is an old man who has been in my Kaifeng Mansion for many years. If I take someone to get him, I'm afraid someone will tip off the information earlier and alert the snake."
Zhong Yu glanced at the other party in surprise. Is this really credible? Sun Tu then said: "Furthermore, this time the official plans to use some means to make the murderer jump out on his own, which requires Zhong Sizheng to bring people to help." As he said this, he clasped his fists and told him his overall plan. out.
After Zhong Yu hesitated for a moment, he finally gritted his teeth and said: "Okay, I will help you this time. But I only lend you some people. This matter has nothing to do with our Street Department. They take people I just happened to pass by." This fact was too dangerous, and based on the principle of being an official that he would rather have no achievements than have any mistakes, he chose to stay out of it.
Sun Tu could see that this was the biggest concession the other party could make, so he nodded in agreement: "Everything is just as Zhong Sizheng said, I will arrange everything."
After the two discussed again, Shen Liang and others rushed back. The faces of these police officers looked ugly. After seeing Sun Tu, they looked a little frustrated: "Du Tou, we searched everywhere, but we didn't find any clues. We don't know where the fire started. .”
Lu Fang also followed: "Sun Dutou, this fire is so big that it burned down the entire Changxingfang. There is really no way to investigate it."
Sun Tu looked solemn after hearing this: "I have found some clues, but the matter is very important. I have to go back to the government office first before making a decision." After saying that, he cupped his fists to Zhong Yu and led everyone away from Changxing. Before leaving, he took another deep look at Zhong Sizheng, which meant that he wanted the other party to arrange everything as promised.
After walking all the way, Sun Tu's expression looked quite serious, which made everyone under him feel more pressure, and almost everyone said nothing. At this time, Cui Lueshang suddenly said: "Du Tou, what is going on? We all serve the imperial court, what can't we say?" His words were naturally what Sun Tu had told him earlier.
After hearing this, Sun Tu took advantage of the situation and whispered: "Because we are all from Kaifeng Mansion, we should be more cautious about this matter. Do you know what I found before? The fire came from Maojia Lane, Zhang In the home of the fourth child. What does this mean? I don’t need to say more, right?"
The already heavy atmosphere became even tighter after these words. Everyone changed their colors. Shen Liang even opened his mouth wide: "What Du Tou means is... Huang Qi and the others released this?"
"There is no conclusive evidence for this, but their suspicions are extremely high." Sun Tu said unceremoniously: "After I return to the Yamen, I will ask Xue Tongpan to send people to arrest them. You and them The relationship is very close, so we must avoid suspicion.”
These officers felt secretly in their hearts, and they all agreed in a low voice. As they walked forward, everyone became more and more nervous.
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At noon, Osmanthus Alley in the south of the city.
Naturally, what the people in the city are most concerned about today is the fire that happened last night. Almost everyone in the streets and alleys is talking about this matter, guessing how the government will deal with the affected people, thankful that they are not the ones affected by the disaster, and speculating on the truth of the matter. Why.
A thin boy with a sharp camera walked past these people and looked behind him carefully. After making sure that no one was following him, he entered the alley and went straight to the yard of the third house at the entrance of the alley. He patted the door: "Brother Huang, open the door quickly."
After a while, a woman quickly walked into the yard, opened the door and said to the young man: "Why are you monkey-headed people disturbing my house again?"
The young man was originally a little afraid of this woman, but at this time he couldn't care less and asked: "Is Brother Huang at home?" But the man had already rushed inside, which made the woman even more dissatisfied and hurriedly asked Catching up: "Why are you so rude, the master? Come out and take care of him..."
Following this commotion, Huang Qi, who was still hanging his arms, walked out of his room. His face was very ugly, and when he saw the young man, he lost his usual enthusiasm: "Bai Jiu, what are you doing here?"
"Brother Huang, something happened. Sun Dutou has found clues about what happened last night. He suspects that you guys are responsible. Someone asked me to report to you, asking you to leave Tokyo and hide for a while..." Bai Jiu lowered his voice. The voice explained.
Huang Qi's body trembled violently when he heard this. He didn't expect that the matter was found out so quickly! He thought that the fire was such a big fire that there would be no clues left. So who is Sun Tu, who has such ability
But this was no longer the time to think about this in detail. Huang Qi immediately said hurriedly: "Mother, hurry up and prepare the valuable things at home. We will leave Tokyo right now."
"Why are you leaving Tokyo so well? We still have property here..." His wife just said half a sentence, but when she met her man's red eyes, she was agitated and did not dare to say any more, so she quickly I went back to the house and quickly packed up.
"Don't touch those bulky furniture and stuff. Just take the gold and silver. I will find someone to sell the other things and bring them over." Huang Qi then urged again. This was too big. Yesterday, He had seen the late fire at close range. If he was really convicted, I'm afraid there wouldn't be enough heads to behead him.
The couple had a lot of work at home and packed two bags of gold and silver. Huang Qi stuffed another bag into Bai Jiu's arms: "Thank you very much for coming to report today. It's a little thought from me. If you can escape from this difficulty, I will definitely be rewarded in the future." After saying that, he grabbed his wife and went out with Bai Jiu, heading straight for the nearest Nanxun Gate.
But just as they hurried out of Osmanthus Alley and turned onto Long Street towards Nantou, a group of officers and soldiers suddenly came out of the thorns. One of the military attachés shouted loudly: "Bold thieves dare to fear the crime." Abscond and capture them!" Then, more than a dozen soldiers surrounded them.
Huang Qi's arm was still injured, Bai Jiu didn't know martial arts at all, and with the addition of a woman, the three of them suddenly lost the ability to resist in the face of so many officers and soldiers, and were captured by the opponent in the blink of an eye. What surprised Huang Qi even more was that none of these people were from Kaifeng Mansion.
At the same time, similar plots were playing out in two other places in the city. Yan Huan and You Laoba were also captured one after another...