Chapter 397: The Unwilling Prison Envoy 3
Xu Xi, everyone was stunned, after the defeat in Qingqiangsai, Xu Xi's whereabouts in the chaotic army were unknown, but he didn't expect to hide in the Flying Dragon Temple. But since Xu Xi's traces were found at that time, the Criminal Department should have reported it, why didn't the imperial court know it until now, Shen Chong knew the suspicion in everyone's hearts, and nodded to Du Wanche and said, "The seal can't explain the identity of the deceased, so the local government didn't even write a suspected guess, and made a judgment of unknown origin." ”
Du Wanche's face was a little gloomy, if so, it would be a silent accusation against him against Song Huizong, he killed an innocent person by mistake back then. Yang Zhi waved his hand and said, "The local government is very sophisticated, it is definitely not Xu Xi in the Flying Dragon Temple, Xu Xi should be in the Liao Kingdom, and there are other people in the Great Song Dynasty who are looking for him." ”
Du Wanche suddenly breathed a sigh of relief and said, "A year ago, Yang Jian arranged for a person to investigate the corruption case of the Western Army, and then there was the Chen Qiaoyi incident, and Cai Jing also arranged two dragons, Yang Zhi, you have done it so skillfully, all the people have been deceived by you, in fact, you can prevent the theft of Chen Lu's old ancestor library, I heard that you took the initiative to go." ”
Yang Zhi smiled, "You don't know, I made an appointment with a good monk when I pretended to be Lan Bin, but I was afraid of being deceived, so I appeared in my original face." ”
Pei Guyi nodded and said, "Stroke of genius, this is also the reason why a good monk has a lot of money to reward you, which dragon are you?"
Yang Zhi shrugged his shoulders and said, "You mean the legendary two dragons, I don't know. Lord Shen, how many books have been detained by the border army?"
Shen Chong smiled and said, "Only four hundred copies were detained, and according to the news that came, about two thousand copies arrived in Liaoyang." ”
Yang Zhi arched his hand towards Du Wanche and the others and said, "Ladies and gentlemen, I still need to go to Dou Jian's house, and we will communicate again when we are free in a few days." ”
"There's no hurry. Du Wanche hurriedly stopped and said, "You finish talking about the matter of Feilong Town before leaving." ”
Yang Zhi was also stunned, what kind of rhythm is this, the case from twenty years ago can only be talked about, and Du Wanche is too anxious. Shen Chong smiled and said, "Master Du, otherwise I will accompany Yang Zhutou to Dou Jian's house first, and come to my place to drink at night, chatting while drinking." ”
Yang Zhi hurriedly said, "Find a restaurant at night, I'll treat you." ”
Shen Chong explained with a smile, "Dou Jian has no relatives in Bianliang, his residence is in Gutong Garden, and Lord Sheng is a neighbor, not far from my and Lord Du's residence, it is convenient to go to my place to investigate the case and eat, and I don't need to cook vegetables, just arrange a person below to run errands." ”
Yang Zhi saw Du Wanche nodded, smiled and thanked Shen Chong and followed Shen Chong to Dou Jian's small courtyard, a small yard can no longer be smaller, except for a persimmon tree in the yard, not even a small wooden table can be placed; after walking a distance of seven meters, there are four tile rooms connected together, a study, a bedroom, a dining room, and a storage room, and the study is the largest room among them.
Yang Zhi walked back and forth in several rooms twice, and the biggest feeling was that it was irregular, the house was irregular, the structure was irregular, how awkward it looked. Yang Zhi casually asked Shen Chong, "How did Dou Jian take a fancy to such a house?"
Shen Chong smiled and said, "It turns out that this is a big house, and Dou Jian added the house himself and changed it to the current appearance." After Dou Jian's accident, Sheng Yuyi and Pei Guyi and I were ordered to come here to check, and later Sheng Yuyi suggested that before the murderer was caught, this small courtyard should be closed, just so that you can check it again. ”
Yang Zhi carefully inspected all the places, including the bed legs, roof beams and other places where things might be hidden as markers, and it took about half an hour to finish, and then he sat in the study and looked through Dou Jian's hand-copied books and transcripts. Yang Zhi thought in his heart that there should be a backup of Dou Jian's ledger, if he couldn't find it, it meant that among the people who killed Dou Jian were Gu Tongyuan's people; of course, if Dou Jian didn't have an absolutely safe place, it was possible that the information was hidden in a certain manuscript.
Dou Jian entered the criminal department at the age of fifteen, but the handwriting began at the age of fourteen, recording in detail every case he encountered, but Yang Zhi found Dou Jian very interesting, every recorded case was Dou Jian's own, and only recorded the confession and verdict, without any thoughts of Dou Jian's own. Dou Jian is indeed a cautious person, Yang Zhi paid attention to the date, and asked Shen Chong about the day Dou Jian left Beijing by the way, focusing on the notes of the last month.
Shen Chong couldn't help nodding, Yang Zhi was more patient than Sheng Yuyi, and compared with Dou Jianzhen; Shen Chong also took the book at will, and the two of them kept seeing Shen Chong's errand officer come to report, saying that the wine and food were all arranged, and all the adults had informed them. Yang Zhi could only put down a dossier in his hand, and with regret that there was no clue, he followed behind Shen Chong and went to have dinner with his new colleagues.
Shen Chong's courtyard is much more magnificent than Dou Jian's, there is an elm table for eating under the grape trellis in the small courtyard, and six walnut chairs are placed around today; As soon as Sheng Yu saw Yang Zhi, he asked, "Did you find any clues?"
Yang Zhi smiled lightly and said, "Not yet, I'll ask the officials below tomorrow." ”
"Don't. Pei Guyi had already poured himself good wine, and said with a calm look, "In Gutong Garden, Sheng Yuyi is the most familiar with Dou Jian, and that kind of relationship can't even compare with Yin Jian." ”
"Oh. Yang Zhi sat down with Shen Chong and asked Sheng Yuyi, "What case was Dou Jian investigating before leaving Beijing?"
"The case of the loss of money from the treasury. Sheng Yuyi was not afraid of big things and said, "Luqianzhuang Treasury has lost 150,000 yuan of silver, and everyone doesn't know how little money is, Dou Jian and Yin Jian have both gone to see it, and they also have no clue." ”
Luqianzhuang Treasury was only discovered when the forbidden army went to receive the silver, and the silver and copper coins in the treasury guarded by six locks were missing, so all the officers and stewards of the Luqianzhuang Treasury were imprisoned, and they have not been released until now. Shen Chong smiled gently, toasted everyone with a glass of wine, and said, "Master Shan, don't hide it, tell me everything you investigated." ”
Sheng Yu thought for a while and said, "Actually, this case is in two directions, one of the officials of the treasury colluded to guard and steal, and asked everyone in the treasury, but there was no clue; the other was to do tricks when the money came, but according to the seals in the treasury and the information of the household department and the Privy Council, it can be seen that the forty-six boxes of money came from different places, and it was impossible to exchange them on the way." We checked the treasury repeatedly, but we didn't see any traces of the masters flying in, so we were stopped by Master Fan. "I like the dragon, please collect the dragon.