Chapter 989

On September 27, the eighth year of Zhenguan, the prison of Jingzhao Mansion caught fire, and the death toll was as high as more than 300 people.

The news spread quickly, and Chang'an fell into a boiling again, and the huge Jingzhao Mansion was surrounded by hundreds of people, and they all said that they wanted to ask for an explanation.

After all, those who died had family members or friends, and before the conviction or verdict was pronounced, the unknown people were burned to death, how could those relatives and friends not ask for an explanation.

After Li You received the report from his subordinates, he was also stunned, and it took a long time to grit his teeth and spit out two words: "Ruthless enough!" ”

"Your Highness, what do we do now? This matter is very troublesome, and if it is not handled well, I am afraid that it will cause a civil uprising. The dog legs beside Li You are not without any knowledge, and when he heard the news, he knew that this matter was a little difficult to deal with, looking at Li You, who was gloomy and silent, he asked a little nervously.

"What's so bad about it, that bastard can give up hundreds of lives, and Lao Tzu can't give up a cell boss in Jingzhao Mansion?" Li You squinted his eyes, and a chilling light shot out of his eyes: "Pull out the cell boss who is not dead, let him take the blame, and send more silver to his family, if he is smart enough, he should know how to do it." ”

The fire was not set by Li You, and in the case that Li Chengqian handed over the matter to him to deal with, others would not go past him to deal with this matter directly, so the only possibility that so many people died at one time was that the family was behind it.

However, finding a scapegoat for such a thing, Chang'an's gentleman doesn't seem to need everyone, and Li You's gentleman doesn't need others to guide him, and he has already thought of a way to deal with it in the blink of an eye.

It's just that what he's depressed about now is not how to get rid of those guys who are preparing to make trouble, what really makes him uncomfortable is that he doesn't know how to retaliate now, and he doesn't know how to deal with the impeachment that comes to him.

You must know that those guys who died were all arrested by him, and now they are all dead all at once, and a single scapegoat may be able to settle those ordinary people, but the officials belonging to the family are not so easy to settle.

If those guys make a fuss, the consequences are also very terrible, if they don't deal with it well, it is likely that even Li Chengqian will be implicated, Li You doesn't want things to be like this, since Li Chengqian believes in him and hands over the matter to him, if it is messed up in the end, it will be a little difficult to explain no matter what.

So after thinking about it, Li You finally made an unexpected decision, blocking people, whoever dares to come to the palace to complain, he will find someone to block him, and beat him until he doesn't even know his mother, and see who dares to come to the palace to complain.

The ignorant are fearless, Li You made a decision that seemed to him to be extremely correct without consulting Li Chengqian, countless 'black suits' changed into the clothes of ordinary people, shuttled between the markets, as long as they caught any official who complained, they would immediately rush up and beat him with sticks.

Of course, when these guys beat people, they did not forget to scold them, angrily accusing these officials of hindering the army of the Eastern Crusade and making it difficult for the country to make money.

At this time, Chang'an City was even more chaotic, and all kinds of theories spread in the city, so that the families of those who died did not know who to believe for a while.

Cui Yu, Li Chengqian's spokesperson in Chang'an, finally appeared.

"If you have any demands, you can tell me, I am the governor of Chang'an County, and I am in charge of this investigation." In front of the yamen of Jingzhao Mansion, Cui Yu was dressed in a five-grade official robe, but he was carrying a copper trumpet in his hand, and his identity was lowered to look like a small vendor in the night market in the later generations.

"It's Cui Fujun, I know him, my neighbor's case is Cui Fujun's trial, fair, just, open, and never bends the law for personal gain, I believe him!"

"I still need you to say, I also believe him, and Cui Fujun's reputation is not known to you alone."

"Still studying a fart, Cui Fujun is here, don't go to him to redress his grievances, just muttering something here."

Everyone is from Chang'an, and everyone knows whose reputation is as soon as they inquire about it, Lao Cui has Li Chengqian as his backing, and he is naturally handy in handling cases in the capital, and he is not afraid of any force, and it is not strange to have a good reputation.

"The government intends to conduct a public autopsy here, if you are not afraid, you can take a look here, and if there is anything unclear, the government can also explain to you after the autopsy." Cui Yu didn't say anything more to these people who came to Jingzhao Mansion to make trouble, and after explaining a word, he arranged for the servants he brought to carry a few corpses from the 'City Picket Management Brigade', which was used as a temporary mortuary.

Why did Lao Cui dare to come? Why did Lao Cui take this hot potato? Without it, just because Lao Cui is a judge of the underworld, after the guys who died in the prison arrived in the underworld, none of them could pass through his hands, and as long as they were dealt with by his hands, how could they not know how these people died?

It is precisely because of his confidence that Lao Cui will take over this matter, after all, his other identity is Li Chengqian's subordinate, how can he watch his boss being cheated when he is absolutely sure.

The charred corpses were placed in the courtyard, and it was impossible to tell who was who, but this did not affect the work of the autopsy, but the relatives of the deceased all showed sad expressions on their faces after seeing the corpses.

"Fu Jun, there is a big problem with these corpses, if you are not mistaken, they should all be killed by someone before their death, and then burned with fire." He just circled around the corpse a few times, and without even moving his hands, he clasped his fists at Cui Yu and said respectfully.

"Why, tell them about it." Cui Yu had already known this result, and there was no surprised expression on his face, but he pointed to the crowd who came to make trouble, and asked him to tell the truth directly.

"Yes, you, you didn't even test, why do you say that they were killed before they died?" A voice rang out in the crowd, but because there were so many people, I couldn't find out which one said it.

"Quite simply, because of the remnants of clothing on their bodies." He pointed to the corpse on the ground and said, "When people are burned, they will inevitably struggle, and when they struggle, they will inevitably be covered by fire, and there are clothes left on these people, which means that they did not struggle at all when they were burned, do you think this is possible?" ”

(End of chapter)