Speaking of which, Li Man certainly couldn't offend Tang Fan too much, so he had to personally take him to Zhang's residence and let Tang Fan check in.
Zhang's body has been moved to the side hall, which is equivalent to the scene of the crime. However, since Zhang's body has been removed, the scene is equivalent to being destroyed. It is difficult to find any useful clues at first sight. .
A Chun followed behind, and repeated what she saw and heard to Tang Fan after she came in. Tang Fan heard her talk about closing the window, so he went behind the screen first, opened the window sill, and read it carefully. , and then walked to the back room.
The rope that hangs Zhang's beam is still tied to the beam. It is estimated that after everyone took Zhang's body down, they didn't bother to untie the rope. The stool next to Zhang's hanging was also kicked to the ground.
A Chun followed him uneasily, watching Tang Fan rummaging on the messy bed for a while, then lifted the sheets hanging down from the bed, bent down for a moment, and reached out to explore.
When Tang Fan straightened up again, he had a jade earring in his hand. The jade was carved into the shape of a lotus flower, and there were silver tassels hanging from the bottom, which was very delicate.
"Can you recognize this thing?" Tang Fan asked.
A Chun nodded: "It's the wife's thing."
Tang Fan asked, "I found this under the pillow."
A Chun snorted: "It must be that the wife forgot to take it off before going to bed and accidentally fell on the bed?"
Tang Fan asked again, "Then why is there only one, and the other?"
A Chun is not sure: "Maybe it's also on the bed?"
Tang Fan nodded and handed her the earring: "Then you can put it away first."
Li Man stood outside the house, and when he saw Tang Fan coming out, he asked, "What can your lord gain?"
Tang Fan shook his head: "No gain, maybe Ling Zhengguo really hanged himself."
Li Man sighed, with obvious disappointment on his face: "To be honest, I hope she was harmed by others, so how can the real murderer be found out and comfort her in the spirit of heaven."
Tang Fan said: "If you can think like this, Mrs. Zhang will surely be comforted, and she probably won't care about the fact that you brought your concubine back from outside."
Li Man was a little embarrassed by what he said, and then a little annoyed. Even though Tang Fan was an official of the imperial court, concubinage was a family matter. When would it be the other party's turn to make irresponsible remarks
Tang Fan was too lazy to take care of Li Man's mood. After leaving Li's house, he went directly to Wanping County, found the magistrate of Wanping, told the story, and asked them to send someone to check on Zhang's body.
Although the Li family didn't want to sue the official, he still wanted people from Wanping County to go there, not for anything else, but because the wife of the Li family was good to him. To get justice for her.
The first-level official crushed people to death. Although Tang Fan was only from the sixth rank, he was also a member of Shuntian Prefecture. Shuntian Prefecture directly controlled Wanping County. The county magistrate and the registrar were sent over.
Tang Fan, on the other hand, returned to Shuntian Mansion after leaving Wanping County Office.
As soon as he stepped into the gate of the mansion, he saw his Du Jiang hurriedly greeted him: "Sir, you are back, the mansion is looking for you everywhere!"
Tang Fan asked, "Do you know what's going on?"
Du Jiang said: "I don't know, but it seems that Lord Futai is in a hurry."
Tang Fan smiled and said, "I see, thank you very much, just go get busy."
Pan Bin walked up and down the side hall with his arms and hands, and when he saw Tang Fan coming in, he wanted to bow his hands and waved eagerly: "Okay, stop talking about these false salutes, look at this post!"
The post he handed was written in black and red, with gold sprinkled on it, and it looked quite delicate.
Tang Fan took it and looked strangely: "Master Wang Chang invited you to dinner?"
"Yeah!" Pan Bin frowned, "I didn't mess with him, so good, why do you want to invite me to dinner?"
Seeing that he was restless, Tang Fan reassured him, "Don't worry, my lord, do you know why the Wangchang Office was hired? How many people did you hire?"
Pan Bin was very depressed: "How could I know this, since the last case of the Marquis of Wu'an Mansion, Wang Zhi has become more arrogant now, and he doesn't dare to say the second, and he will go to the Three Treasures Hall for everything. This time there will be no banquet. It's a good banquet, I don't know what troubles Shuntian Mansion has caused!"
Wang Zhi was an eunuch. First of all, eunuchs and civil servants were naturally opposite classes, and their interests could never be the same, unless they colluded with each other, but in that case, the civil servants themselves would have to be mentally prepared to be ruined and tainted for thousands of years.
Pan Bin is not an honest official, but he definitely doesn't want to be a traitor. However, there is no such beautiful thing in the world. People in officialdom will inevitably have to deal with all kinds of people.
When dealing with civil servants, everyone is in the same group, and you can play with the rules of civil servants. However, when dealing with eunuchs, the civil servants will not work. Pan Bin can't understand Wang Zhi's purpose. I didn't want to offend Wang Zhi, so I was very confused.
Tang Fan understood his feelings very well, so he expressed deep sympathy.
But Pan Bin didn't need sympathy, he said to Tang Fan, "Don't you know Jin Yiwei very well? Maybe they know what's going on there, why don't you ask!"
Tang Fan was a little speechless: "Sir, Xichang is also a spy agency, and intelligence prevention may not be as loose as Jin Yiwei. I'm afraid it's useless to ask?"
Pan Bin said: "Is it useful or not, just ask, maybe there will be any news from them!"
Tang Fan knew that no matter what he said now, the other party couldn't listen, so he could only say: "Thanks to the wrong love of the Lord, I will go and find out first, but I may not be able to find out anything, please forgive me!"
Only then did Pan Bin become happy: "This is the official's good junior brother, what is the name of your lord, it's too outlandish!"
Tang Fan could only smile bitterly, and he was very embarrassed to this Senior Brother Pan.
Since the last Marquis of Wu'an case, Tang Fan and Suizhou have indeed had some friendship, but compared with Shuntian, Beizhen Fusi will only be busier, not more leisurely, because Jinyiwei is not only under the emperor's life Inspecting hundreds of officials, at the same time investigating major and important cases, being in charge of the imperial guards of honor, and even those people who privately wanted to enter the palace to gain riches and honors were all sent to their origins after being caught by Jin Yiwei.
In fact, Jin Yiwei is also doing a lot of work that Shuntian Prefecture should do. Jin Yiwei is also doing the work that should not be done by Shuntian Prefecture. Therefore, as the small leader of the Fusi in Beizhen, Sui Zongqi is not at all busy. Not lower than Master Tang.
However, when Tang Fan went to the Fusi Division in Beizhen, he still received a little special treatment. Xue Bing, Suizhou's deputy, greeted him in person. This man who rarely smiles on weekdays is very enthusiastic towards Tang Fan, but he said The news that came out was a bit disappointing: "Brother Runqing is unfortunate, Lord Baihu is now doing errands outside, and it is estimated that he will not be back in a few days."
Tang Fan snorted: "Brother Guangchuan has been promoted? This is really gratifying!"
There are still hundreds of trial households on the top of the general banner, which is equivalent to the sub-hundred households, and then only to the hundred households, but Suizhou skipped the position of the trial hundred households and went directly to the hundred households. It must have been because of the murder case in the Marquis of Wu'an. He has performed well here, and secondly, he is different from ordinary Jin Yiwei. A person with background and ability, no matter where he is, promotion will definitely be much easier.
So Sui Zhou's promotion, although a little unexpected, but thinking about it carefully, you will find that it is reasonable.
Of course, as a friend, Tang Fan is naturally happy for him. Not to mention, there is a hundred friends in the Fusi of Beizhen, and it will be convenient for him to do anything in the future.
Xue Bing smiled: "No, eldest brother thinks it's nothing, we haven't had time to have a banquet to help him celebrate, he was sent on an overseas mission, then we are going to set up wine in the Xianke Building, Brother Runqing will come together. ?"
Tang Fan smiled and said, "It's natural to go to such a happy event, why don't you let me do it? Speaking of the last case of the Marquis of Wu'an Mansion, thanks to Brother Guangchuan and your help, I haven't thanked you properly yet!"
Xue Bing said: "Brother Runqing is a generous person, but there is no need. This time, several brothers from Beizhen Fusi paid for the big brother's dinner. You can come when the time comes!"
Tang Fan naturally agreed, and said, "Old Xue, I have something I want to ask you about."
Xue Bing: "But it doesn't matter."
Tang Fan said, "Do you know what happened recently at Mr. Wang Chang of the West Factory?"
Xue Bing thought for a while: "No, why do you ask that?"
Tang Fan smiled bitterly: "Master Wang Chang suddenly invited my Futai to dinner, I don't know why, my Futai adults are uneasy, so I came to disturb you, hoping to get some clues, so that Futai adults don't know when they go to the banquet. Right here, I offended Wang Changgong."
Wang Zhi's murderous name is well known in the capital, not only Shuntian Fu, but also Jin Yiwei, Xue Bing sympathized: "I haven't heard of anything happening, but I can help you find out, when will Master Pan go to the banquet? "
Tang Fan said, "Two days later."
Xue Bing nodded: "There is still time, if there is news, I will tell you."
Tang Fan said gratefully, "Thank you so much!"
Xue Bing: "Brother Runqing doesn't have to be so polite, it's just a little effort! If it was the elder brother, he would definitely help. At least I have never heard him compliment anyone. Your brother Runqing is the first one. Just for this, I have to help no matter what!"
Tang Fan wondered, "What does he praise me for?"
Xue Bing laughed: "I said you don't talk nonsense, you can do things."
Tang Fan smiled wryly, this is really like Suizhou's complimenting style!
After two more greetings, Tang Fan said goodbye to Xue Bing, left Beizhen Fusi, and returned to Shuntianfu.
Pan Bin heard that Jin Yiwei was willing to help him inquire, and was very satisfied. He didn't look so sad as before. Tang Fan solved the matter on his side. As soon as he returned to his duty room, he heard the yamen report from the back, saying that Wan The matter of sending someone to Li's house in Ping County has come to an end. The cause of Zhang's death is suspicious. I am afraid that it was not suicide, but was strangled to death.