"Hehe, it's really a no-brainer under the fame." Xue Zhengyan nodded and said: "Last night's fire, it seems that Dengshan was too dense, and after being ignited by fireworks, it happened to be windy, and the fire spread all at once by the wind." He said with a smile: "If the adults just want to make a difference, you can stop there." ”

Wang Xianzhi said that he was squeezing himself, and asked with a smile: "Then what is the suspicion?" ”

"The suspicion is that most of the light hill was still in place after the fire. But one family's lamp mountain was burned to ashes. Xue Zhengyan said slowly: "It's very strange, is there something added to it?" ”

"What's that?" Wang Xian said with a tight expression.

"It's so clean that I can't find anything for a while." Xue Zhengyan said: "When it was time to investigate carefully, the palace urged to clean up the fire quickly, and the officials had no choice but to give up." He said with a smile: "But I ordered someone to put the ashes alone and transport them back." ”

"Gong Xue's heart is as careful as a hair." Wang Xian praised: "What can you find?" ”

"Yes, some white powder, I'll show it to the adults later." Xue Zhengyan said: "According to the insignificant experience of the lower officials, it should be the residue of burning such as sulfur and nitrate. ”

"Dengshan shouldn't need sulfur and fire salt, right?" Wang Xian said with a grim expression.

"At least the lower officials haven't heard of it." Xue Zhengyan said.

"Who is the owner of this Dengshan?" Wang Xian asked, "Each Dengshan should have a record in Yingtianfu." ”

"Yes, I've also checked, it's a North Korean businessman's Dengshan." Xue Zhengyan nodded. Korea was the most deferential vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, no different from a province of the Ming Dynasty. Moreover, the current saint also has a special interest in Korean beauties, because the imperial court is also the most generous to North Korea, allowing its citizens to travel freely across the border. The largest number of North Koreans do business in the capital. There are not a few people who have settled in Daming, and they are all wealthy businessmen.

"Have you been arrested?" Wang Xian asked.

Xue Zhengyan shook his head and said, "No." ”

"In my humble opinion, these North Koreans should be controlled first." Wang Xiandao.

"It's impossible, the master and servant are all dead in the fire." Xue Zhengyan smiled bitterly

"The corpse of the North Korean merchant should be buried, right?" Wang Xian asked.

"It's converged, and I asked their landlord to identify it, and it's confirmed." Xue Zhengyan said: "At this moment, I am doing an autopsy, if the adult is willing, the lower official can take you over." ”

"I can't ask for it." Wang Xian got up and said. Although Xue Zhengyan was very polite, the other party was a high-ranking official of the third grade, and he couldn't hold it up at all.

The two walked to the coroner's room on the east side of the mansion, opened the door, and there were more than a dozen corpses parked inside, although it was the middle of winter, the coroner's room still had a terrifying smell, but Xue Zhengyan said unconsciously: "These are the ones that the lower officials feel suspicious, and they are transported back to the yamen for a detailed autopsy." However, most of the corpses are now parked in the teaching ground of the Fifty Percent Soldiers and Horses, and will be collected by their families after they have been examined. ”

"Including Madurus's?"

"Ma Dudu's body, naturally, has been sent back." Xue Zhengyan said, and asked the kneeling servant, "What's the result?" ”

"Back to the master, these people should have been trampled to death, and there are no signs of poisoning, drinking, or being injured by sharp weapons." He was busy.

"Oh." Xue Zhengyan nodded, lost in thought.

"It happened that I was at the scene that day, and at that time," Wang Xian said, "without any blunt weapons, if you push people to the ground, you basically have no way to live." ”

"Hmm." Xue Zhengyan nodded and motioned for Wang Xian to speak.

Outside, Xue Zhengyan said softly: "There is another doubt, that is, the performance of Jinyiwei that day. ”

Wang Xian thought for a moment and said: "They don't seem to care about the cause of the fire, but have been checking the appearance of the deceased, and it seems that they are looking for someone." ”

"They later explained this to the lower officials," Xue Zhengyan said, "It is said that after receiving a request for help from Ma Wang's family, they will look for Ma Wang everywhere and see if there are any other important people." ”

"That makes sense." Wang Xian said slowly.

"But in such a chaotic scene at that time, how did Ma Wang's family find Jinyiwei for help in the first place?" Xue Zhengyan said with a straight face: "Jinyiwei's statement is a bit of an unpredictable prophet. ”

Wang Xian nodded and agreed with Xue Fuyin's statement. He said in a joking tone: "This fire can't be set by Jinyiwei." ”

"Unlikely." Xue Zhengyan shook his head and smiled: "The following officials know Ji Gang, he may act unscrupulously many times, but under the emperor's nose, he will never do anything out of the ordinary." Yesterday, the emperor watched the lanterns at the noon gate, and even if Ji Gang wanted to set fire, he would never choose this place here and now. ”

"Hmm." Wang Xian nodded and said with a smile: "But it always has something to do with Jinyiwei." ”

"We'll have to continue investigating." Xue Fu Yin smiled and said......

Coming out of the Yingtianfu Yamen, Wang Xian, accompanied by a Yingtianfu magistrate, went to the school of the Wucheng Terracotta Division.

As soon as I arrived at the left side of the school field, I saw a gloomy cloud, and the family members waiting to enter the school to identify the body crowded outside the school gate. It took a lot of effort for the two of them to enter under the escort of the guards. As soon as I entered, I saw corpses all over the ground, as well as those family members crying bitterly around the corpses of their relatives, and the scene was even more miserable.

"Ugh." The magistrate said sadly: "The results of the autopsy said that almost all of the deceased were burned to death, and they were all squeezed to the ground and trampled to death, which is really miserable." ”

Wang Xian nodded, he was not surprised by this result at all, and walked to a reed shed where the autopsy was being performed, and he said to the family members who were wiping their tears outside: "Can I ask you a few words?" ”

The family only cared about crying and ignored him, so Wang Xian had to change his tone and said: "This official Jinyi Weibei Town Fu Si Fu Si Fu Wang Xian, I have something to ask you and others." ”

As soon as they heard that he was the head of the Pacification Division, those family members were so frightened that they stopped crying, and a man said timidly: "Great, what do you want to ask...... adults?"

Wang Xian couldn't help but smile bitterly secretly, the murderous reputation of the Zhenfu Division was really not covered. Then he said kindly: "Were you also there at the scene?" ”

"My brother and I were there, and the three of us came out to see the lights," the man said, grievingly, "and my eldest brother was squeezed to death." ”

"Where were you at the time?" Wang Xian took out a drawing, which was densely painted with the locations and names of all the lamp mountains on Yuqian Street that day, which was given to him by Xue Fuyin.

The man and his brother looked at it, discussed it again, drew a small circle on the drawing, and said, "It should be around here." ”

Wang Xian saw that he was lucky, and it was not far from the North Korean Dengshan. "Did you notice anything unusual before the fire started?"

The brothers looked at each other and shook their heads.

"Where do you think the fire started from?" Wang Xian had to ask more specifically: "Is it heaven or earth." ”

The two thought for a moment and said, "At that time, it was the time when the sky was full of fireworks, and everyone looked up at the sky, and then they heard people shouting that there was a fire." ”

"Which location." Wang Xian asked in a deep voice.

The two of them thought for a while, and they both pointed to the same location on the drawing, and Wang Xian's pupils shrank, which was near the Dengshan Mountain where the North Koreans had erected.

He continued to search until dark, and asked more than 100 people, including more than a dozen not far from the North Koreans' Dengshan Mountain, and pointed to the same place where the fire started first. And some people told Wang Xian that he didn't feel that the fire was caused by fireworks, but it was more like the light mountain was on fire, which ignited the rest of the light mountain.

At this time, Ying Tianfu ended the day's identification of the corpse and began to clear the field, and Wang Xian and others also left the school grounds. asked the guards to talk to the family, and Wang Xian, Zhou Yong and others found a restaurant casually and settled the dinner.

During the meal, Wang Xian held the rice bowl, but his mind kept turning, and now he can basically determine that the fire was not ignited by fireworks, but from the North Korean Dengshan Mountain. And according to the clues provided by Xue Fuyin, the lamp mountain was not accidentally ignited, but someone deliberately set it on fire.

What is it that makes people so mad? And with what purpose? Wang Xian was puzzled, and it took a while before he came back to his senses and asked, "Are Wu Wei two back?" ”

Everyone was about to shake their heads, but saw Wu Wei and Xianyun enter the restaurant, Zhou Yong hurriedly beckoned him into the box, the two of them took the rice bowl and devoured it, a bowl of rice was swallowed, Wu Weicai wiped his mouth and said: "My lord, we went to the residence of the Korean merchant with Zhang Tuiguan of Shuntian Mansion. His family told us that in addition to the merchant and a few of his servants, a few of his North Korean friends had gone to enjoy the lanterns last night. ”

"Did you take them to identify the bodies?"

"Go, can you delay for so long?" Wu Wei said: "The family recognized the deceased, it was indeed the North Korean businessman and his servant, but they didn't see his friends. ”

"What about the people?" Wang Xian asked, "Have you been to them?" ”

"They're all missing." Wu Weidao: "I don't know if Lu Dao has not been claimed in the school field." ”

"We'll have to wait until we know what to do." Wang Xian asked, "Are his friends also businessmen?" ”

"No, it's the envoy of the Korean state, and it's also the family of several ladies in the palace." Wu Wei said and added: "Several Niangniang are all Koreans who entered the palace with Concubine Quan Niangniang, and the emperor named their family members high-ranking officials, but they are all officials in North Korea, because of this relationship in the palace, every time the king of North Korea sends someone to the court, he will let them go with him." This time, they came to congratulate the emperor on the New Year. ”

"The envoy is missing? It's worth it! Wang Xian was surprised and said: "This matter can't be hidden, it must be found immediately, and if you can't find it, you have to play it quickly!" ”

"Aren't they just a few North Koreans?" The Ming people of this era had a strong sense of the Han nationality and regarded the unexpected places of the Ming Dynasty as barbarian lands. They can't be expected to worry about the disappearance of a few North Koreans, like Wang Xian. What's more, Wang Xian is not worried, but only feels that those few North Koreans may be the trigger of this fire!

"Inform Ying Tianfu and find them!" Wang Xian ordered in a deep voice.