Three days later, the Imperial City Division.
"Dead?" After hearing the news from Di Yingyang's inquiry, even Sun Tu changed his face slightly in shock and leaned forward: "Yang Huaichang was a doctor in the Ministry of Punishment, and he died in the jail of the Ministry of Punishment. It doesn’t make sense.”
That's right, after several days of building relationships and insinuating people, Di Yingyang really lived up to Sun Tu's trust in him and actually found out about Yang Huaichang. But this result is not what they expected to see, because they cannot ask more things from the dead.
Di Yingyang also had doubts on his face, and said with a wry smile: "Actually, I also think this matter is very fishy, but according to the people in the prison, there is no problem with his death, because he committed suicide by hanging from the beam in the cell. Yes. Wu Zuo also checked carefully, and there was no sign of homicide, so he was deemed to have committed suicide out of fear of crime. After all, he was indeed closely related to the case of swallowing up and selling military rations."
"This doesn't make sense. He is not the only one who was arrested for this. And even if he is really convicted, with his current status, at most he will be relegated to a remote place. This is much better than dying, right?" Sun Tu No matter what, I couldn't accept such a result, and there was no such coincidence in the world. He had just found out the matter on Yang Huaichang, and he committed suicide in prison.
"That's what I said, but the people in Tianlao refused to delve deeper into the matter. Especially when someone revealed the identity of my Huben Army officers, they regarded me as an enemy and refused to disclose any details. I told you." Di Yingyang smiled helplessly, this time his powerful communication skills could no longer work.
When Sun Tu saw this, he couldn't say anything else. He could only say: "You have tried your best. I will find other ways to investigate the next thing. But Yang Huaichang's death made me see something else. This must be Someone wants to cover up something, so they are willing to put an important official of the court to death!"
"But I just can't figure out what means they used to force Yang Huaichang, a fourth-grade doctor, to commit suicide..." Di Yingyang still couldn't let go: "Maybe if we find out this little bit of inside information, we can find a breakthrough."
"Yes, it's a pity that the body fell into the hands of the Ministry of Punishment. We couldn't check it even if we wanted to..." When Sun Tu said this, a thought suddenly came to his mind: "No, there is still a chance. The Ministry of Punishment can't keep Yang Huaichang forever. Once the body is returned to his family, we can still think of a way." After saying that, he looked at the other party again, this kind of thing is what Di Yingyang is good at.
Di Yingyang was also interested and did not refuse: "This is easy to handle. I have already found out that Yang Huaichang has a mansion in Tokyo. As long as he visits as his friend, he can always gain the trust of his wife and children. "
"Then I'll leave everything to Brother Ninth. Maybe we can get some relevant information from his family." Sun Tu said seriously.
Just when Di Yingyang clasped his fists in response to this request, Cui Lueshang also rushed over with a solemn expression. After several days of hard work, he finally found some clues. As soon as he opened his mouth, Sun Tu's expression became more solemn: "Master Marquis, it is impossible for someone to manipulate you over there in the prison."
"How to say?"
"I asked those people in person
They went out to capture Zhou Xiong's brothers. According to their description, the prisoner captured that day was the man in the prison. And some of them remember that this person was a little confused at the murder scene, so it was easy to catch him... "
Sun Tu was stunned: "So, from the beginning, the Zhou Xiong that your Kaifeng Mansion took was this person?" After the other party nodded, Sun Tu shook his head: "This is impossible, with this person's body They say they kill those scoundrels who cause trouble all day long. If you don't get beaten to death by them, you're lucky. Now someone actually insists that he is the murderer. Don't you think this is ridiculous? "
"But there was a witness at the time, and he was wearing blood-spattered clothes, holding a bloody knife in his hand, and he stayed at the scene... Anyway, no matter how you look at it, you can confirm that he is the murderer. "After a pause, he added: "In addition, someone pointed out that he took action to avenge Master Zhou Tong, so the Yamen has no doubts."
Sun Tu immediately caught the flaw: "That's the problem. He is obviously not Senior Brother Zhou Xiong, and he has nothing to do with Master, so why would he do such a thing? I will not admit the wrong person..."
"Then there is only one explanation. This person was pushed out by the real person behind the scenes to take the blame." Di Yingyang expressed his inference from the side. But it was still hard to satisfy Sun Tu: "It's impossible for him to kill those gangsters. The only one who can do it is Zhou Xiong. But how could there be such a big shot in the capital doing such a series of things to protect him?" If he really has this ability, he can just send people out of the city secretly, so why go to all the trouble to use Li Daitao's plan? There must be a purpose for all this trouble, right?"
This time, neither of the two people in front of them could explain why. In fact, everyone has long been aware that this matter is irrational and weird, but they can't find the entry point. Especially now that even key figures like Yang Huaichang have died inexplicably, it becomes even more unclear what is going on behind the fog.
Sun Tu's mind was racing, and he couldn't help but stood up and kept pacing back and forth. This case is much more complicated than he thought before, and the people behind the scenes are becoming more and more sophisticated. First, the death of the master, then the killing of the senior brother, then the sudden change of people, and now a doctor from the Ministry of Justice died... What is the purpose of all this, so that the people behind the scenes would not hesitate to commit this series of crimes
But the few clues he had at the moment left him completely confused. In the end, he could only say: "It seems that we can only find new clues by checking Yang Huaichang's body and family first."
"Then I will go to Xingyu Lane, Ren'anfang, south of the city tomorrow, and ask the Yang family about the situation." Di Ying said hurriedly. In the past few days, he had figured out Yang Huaichang's situation.
But just as he finished speaking, Cui Lueshang suddenly asked in surprise: "General Di, where did you say you were going? Xingyu Lane, Ren'anfang, south of the city?"
"What, is there any problem?" Di Yingyang nodded and asked.
The weird look on Cui Lueshang's face became even more serious: "Just before I went out today, I heard someone in the Yamen mention that a massacre happened in Xingyu Lane, Ren'anfang, south of the city last night, and a family of more than ten people were killed. The fire burned them to death, leaving no one alive.”
"What?" Sun Tu, who was about to sit down, suddenly turned around when he heard these words, stepped in front of him in one step, stared at him and said, "Are you serious?"
"It's absolutely true. How dare you talk nonsense about such a big and small matter?"
Sun Tu's breathing suddenly stopped, and he looked at Di Yingyang, whose expression also changed drastically. The two of them had reached a consensus in an instant. There can be no such coincidence in this world. An arson case occurred in the same alley. It could only be Yang Huaichang's family that they wanted to find just now. In other words, just as they were about to find out about this family, they were silenced!
Immediately, Cui Lueshang finally came to his senses, his face full of fear. What kind of murderer is this? He is so ruthless and arrogant. Not only does he kill people, he also uses such blatant methods. Obviously, in order to cover up the crimes they committed, they did not hesitate to kill more people, even if the other person was innocent... This made him start to worry about his own safety. After all, compared to Sun Tu and the others, he was not A true little person, others can kill him like an ant with just a few clicks of his fingers.
At this moment, he looked at Sun Tu with full fear in his eyes: "Master Hou..."
Sun Tu understood his thoughts immediately and nodded hurriedly: "Don't worry, I will keep you safe. In this way, I will send someone to accompany you to your home now, and take your family to my house to settle down. You I'll stay there for the time being, and we won't talk about other things until later." Although the investigation of the case is important, the safety of the people around him is more important.
"Thank you, Lord Marquis..." Cui Lueshang was suddenly moved, but he did not dare to delay. He was afraid that if he took a step too late, his family would be harmed, he hurried out immediately, and then was escorted by twenty or thirty soldiers. Run home.
Di Yingyang, on the other hand, seemed quite calm at this time, and glanced at Sun Tu with some admiration: "The general is quite protective of his family."
"Of course, since he is my friend, I have to protect his safety." Sun Tu solemnly said: "But in this way, the matter can be investigated. The arson case is not small, and it will definitely happen. There are many clues left behind, so I don’t believe that these people can really cover up the sky with one hand and ignore the laws of the Song Dynasty and kill wantonly in Tokyo!"
"Yes, the more they do, the more flaws will naturally appear. As long as we look carefully, we can always find it!" Di Yingyang also rarely had the fighting spirit, and said with gleaming eyes: "Then let's find out …”
"Let's start with the arson case over there." Sun Tu gave the answer.
But before he could get up, a subordinate hurried in again: "General, something has been discovered."
"Huh?" Sun Tu looked at this person in surprise. He hadn't asked anyone to check anything yet, so how could he have discovered it
It wasn't until the other party continued to speak that he realized that he had misunderstood, because the two parties were talking about the same thing at all: "Our brothers who were deployed near Gongnuyuan finally caught the clue. There were a few suspicious guys who had many conflicts with them. A crossbow master named Cheng Fang from the Gongnuyuan came into contact, it seems that there is some conspiracy!"
If it weren't for this sudden reward, Sun Tu would have almost forgotten the real errand at hand. By the way, he is also leading the task of finding out the Liao spies in the city!