Chapter 112 The clue is broken

"Master Xu, where are we going?" Min Shan asked.

"Catch the criminal!" After leaving the meeting room, Xu Qian'an had no worries and said it directly.

Yang Feng and the other Tongluo looked at Xu Qian'an in surprise. Zhu Guangxiao and Song Tingfeng had some ideas in their minds. Whether it was the saltpeter mine or the case of the small flag officer, they were both involved and knew more than others.

If Li Yuchun was here, he could probably sort out his thoughts, but he went to ask Chu Caiwei from the Imperial Observatory.

"Why hasn't the boss come back yet? Does it take a whole morning to ask for someone?" Xu Qian'an frowned and said, "Did you encounter any trouble?"

After leaving the gate of the Ministry of Justice, as soon as he got on his horse, he saw two yellow horses coming quickly. They were Li Yuchun and Chu Caiwei in a light yellow long skirt.

Li Yuchun explained: "Miss Caiwei is not in the Imperial Observatory. She went to the palace. I waited for a long time at the gate of the imperial city before she came out..."

She went to the princess's place to eat again. This foodie... I will let her eat a stick from me sooner or later... Xu Qian'an smiled warmly: "Miss Caiwei, I haven't seen you for a long time. You are even more beautiful."

Chu Caiwei's round oval face was covered with a sweet smile. Just when she was about to say something, she remembered her identity and the night watchmen watching next to her, so she frowned and said "hmm".

The matter was urgent, so Xu Qian'an said in short: "Min Yinluo, you take my gold medal to the east gate of the imperial city and arrest Zhou Chixiong, the captain of the Zhou family.

"Others, follow me to Zhou's mansion to arrest people. "

Because we don't know whether Captain Zhou is on duty today, we split the troops into two groups.

Xu Qi'an's arrangement makes sense. The imperial city is under the emperor's feet, so conflicts will not happen easily, and no one dares to do so. But it is also not easy to arrest people. You need a badge to lead the way.

So we can just go to one silver gong.

If we go directly to Captain Zhou's house to arrest him, he may jump off the wall. Xu Qi'an has just performed the Heaven and Earth Sword Slash, and his combat power has declined seriously, so he needs two silver gongs to accompany him.

.....

On the other side, Lu Qing was reporting the situation.

"Eunuch Liu, my lords, if it is not unexpected, there is a high possibility that the demon clan is involved in this matter."

This sentence made the officials present change their faces, and Sun Shangshu of the Ministry of Justice also frowned.

An official of the Ministry of Justice did not believe it and asked, "What is your basis?"

"A few days ago, I and Lord Xu investigated the case of the monster in Dahuang Mountain eating the gray household in Taikang County. "

"The monster devoured the ash households?" Eunuch Liu frowned.

"Yes, in the middle of the year, a monster came from the river at the foot of Dahuang Mountain and devoured hundreds of local ash households. I worked with Lord Xu to handle the case and found a saltpeter mine that had been cleaned up in Dahuang Mountain..."

Lu Qing told the adults present about the case of the saltpeter mine in Dahuang Mountain in detail and clearly.

This is a very good way to delay time, because it is not empty talk, and the adults listened very carefully and did not urge.

"So when I was communicating with Lord Xu just now, I analyzed it layer by layer and found that the gunpowder may not come from the Ministry of Industry, but is related to the saltpeter mine in Dahuang Mountain. "Lv Qing said.

The officials of the Ministry of Justice and the government office looked serious. This case actually involved the demon clan. There are two major camps of the Jiuzhou demon clan: the demon clan tribes in the northwest; **The Wan Yao Kingdom.

**The Wan Yao Kingdom had long been destroyed in the Jiazi Demon Suppression, and the remaining remnants were lingering.

The demon clan in the northwest formed an alliance with the northern tribes to fight against Dafeng and the Western Regions.

Which demon clan force was behind the saltpeter mine?

Eunuch Liu glanced at Chen Fuyin, who said "Oh" and endorsed his subordinates: "It is true. The government office just accepted this case a few days ago. It was Lv who was in charge of handling it at that time."

Eunuch Liu looked gloomy: "If the saltpeter mine could be discovered earlier, the Sangpo case might not have happened. Why has the case of monsters swallowing people in the middle of the year been suppressed until now? "

Lv Qing was about to accuse the Taikang County Magistrate of dereliction of duty and disregarding the life of the gray household, but was stopped by Chen Fuyin's eyes.

Old Chen sighed: "The monster is powerful, and it is difficult for the Taikang County Magistrate to deal with it."

Eunuch Liu snorted coldly: "I will report to His Majesty as the matter is."

Minister Sun spoke up and glanced at Lv Qing: "What is Xu Qian'an doing?"

He seemed to see that Lv Qing was delaying time in a subtle way, so he got to the point directly and didn't want her to talk too much.

Hearing this, Eunuch Liu pondered and said: "Even if the monsters have gunpowder, how can they hide it from the Dafeng Imperial Army and the guards guarding the city and smuggle the gunpowder into Sangpo?"

"This involves another case." Lv Qing replied.

"Another case? "Everyone was shocked. The Sangpo explosion case actually involved so many people?

Lu Qing said: "The day before your majesty worshipped his ancestors, Liu Han, a small flag officer of the Jinwu Guard, died at home for no reason. It was also handled by Lord Xu and I. At that time, Lord Xu speculated that he was silenced, but there was no intersection with the saltpeter mine case, so we did not associate it with these. "

The small flag officer of the Jinwu Guard was silenced... gunpowder was smuggled into Sangpo... everyone present was smart and no longer had any doubts.

"That Xu just..." The officials of the Ministry of Justice and some government officials suddenly stood up from their chairs.

"Just now, Lord Xu remembered this matter and suddenly understood it, so he hurried away." Lu Qing said.

Minister Sun said in a deep voice: "Order the arrest of all the hundred households of the Jinwu Guard, go quickly! "

With a bang... everyone stood up and rushed out of the conference room, not caring about knocking over chairs.

At this point in the case analysis, it is very clear that catching the disc inside the Jinwu Guard is equivalent to making the first contribution.

Lu Qing slowly exhaled and tried his best.

If it was just a fair competition, Lu Qing would not help Xu Qi'an so much, but the other party was in a worrying situation, and this case was his only hope to redeem himself.

Lu Qing felt that out of friendship, she would help if she could.

She left the conference room with her colleagues in the government office.

Only Eunuch Liu and the eunuch he brought with him, Minister Sun, and Chen Fuyin were left in the huge conference room.

Eunuch Liu stretched out his hand, and the eunuch Chang Sui immediately blew dry the ink and handed the booklet to him.

Eunuch Liu read the content carefully. The first two pages were discussions of the case between the Ministry of Justice and the government office, which were mainly arguments and relatively dry.

It was not until Xu Qiyan joined that the case began to be cleared up, and the suspect was locked in within a stick of incense.

The progress of the case was so fast that it surprised Eunuch Liu. According to the normal process, it would probably take two or three days to link the two cases of the saltpeter mine in Dahuangshan and the small flag officer.

It seems that His Majesty's order to Xu Qiyan to serve as the chief officer of the night watchman's office has a deep meaning... Eunuch Liu suddenly realized.

"Xiao Yunzi, from today on, you will stay in the night watchman's office, responsible for supervising them to handle the case and passing on information to me in time."

Eunuch Liu said.

"Yes!" The little eunuch who was taking notes received the order.

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Zhou Mansion, the black lacquered door was closed.

At Xu Qiyan's signal, Song Tingfeng stepped up the steps to the door and banged on it.

"Open the door! The night watchman is handling the case."

An old voice came from the door: "The captain is sick and will not see guests. Go back. "

Song Tingfeng knocked on the door again, but the man inside pretended to be dead and didn't respond.

Being a deadbeat?

Song Tingfeng sneered and kicked the door with one foot. With a loud "bang", the solid wood door fell apart and wood fragments flew everywhere.

An old man in green cloth was hiding in the distance, staring at the uninvited guests with a look of panic.

"Leave two people to guard the door, and the others will go in with Li Yinluo and Yang Yinluo." Xu Qian'an waved his hand and ordered the bronze gongs to charge, while he and Chu Caiwei stayed behind.

"You are the main officer, why don't you charge?" Chu Caiwei tilted her head and looked at him.

"During the Shanhaiguan National War, have you seen His Majesty charge into battle?" Xu Qian'an glanced back at her.

Chu Caiwei was speechless. She knew that he was talking nonsense, but her not-so-smart mind couldn't think of a rebuttal for the time being.

"I wanted to give you a powerful pill, forget it. "She frowned.

"Power pills?"

"Just to replenish your body, your qi and blood are so depleted." Chu Caiwei said.

As a Feng Shui master of the sorcerer system, when she was treating patients and saving people, Xu Qi'an was still pulling the stone lock in the yard.

Just looking at Xu Qi'an's complexion, you can tell that he is in a serious loss now.

"Give me one pill, and I'll treat you to dinner tonight." Xu Qi'an poked her with his elbow.

Chu Caiwei took a few steps back in disdain, took out a porcelain bottle from her deerskin bag and threw it over: "Enough for you to use for a while. "

Chu Caiwei is a strong-willed girl. Xu Qi'an likes such a strong-willed girl. As he walked in, he tipped the porcelain bottle and ate a brown ball.

The ball had a strange taste. After chewing it for a few times, it became spicy.

Xu Qi'an swallowed it whole. After a few seconds, he felt warm in his stomach and very comfortable. The feeling of weakness was also restored a lot.

"I declare in advance that this is the negative effect of my unique skills. It does not mean that I am Ruan Xiaoer."

"What is Ruan Xiaoer?"

"Not a good thing."

As he walked and talked, he came to the inner courtyard.

Li Yuchun and Yang Feng came up and shook their heads: "The person is gone."

The latter added: "All the valuable things in the mansion have been moved away."

Song Tingfeng immediately grabbed the old doorman, put a knife on his neck, and shouted: "Where is Zhou Chixiong? "

"Captain…he, he took his wife and the young masters and young ladies out of town to visit relatives."

"Then why do you say he is sick?"

"Captain said so, I, I will do as he said…" The old doorman looked terrified, his legs trembling, and he didn't seem to be lying.

Xu Qian'an asked, "When did he leave?"

"On the day when the ancestral worship ceremony ended…" The doorman swallowed his saliva and begged, "What crime did the captain commit? I don't know, I don't know…"

Xu Qian'an waved his hand, signaling Song Tingfeng to let him go.

He led his men back into the house and searched one room after another. Except for some relatively precious antiques and calligraphy and paintings that were taken away, all the furnishings in the mansion were intact.

"Captain Zhou escaped!" Li Yuchun said in a deep voice.

"It's too early to say this now. "Xu Qiyan glanced at Chu Caiwei.

The oval-faced beauty somehow got what he meant, and she jumped onto the roof, opened her bright eyes, and scanned every corner of the Zhou Mansion.

She was not looking for someone, but for something else. The focus was on the garden and the stone well.

After a while, Chu Caiwei jumped off the roof and shook her head: "There is no corpse hidden in the mansion, and no one has died here recently... Well, it may have been covered up by special means. You can dig three feet underground and search."

"No need." Xu Qiyan sighed: "Dead or escaped, this clue is broken."

However, it is likely that he escaped, because the people in the mansion saw Captain Zhou leave with his family.

When he led people out of the gate of Zhou Mansion, Min Shan rushed over with several Tongluo. He didn't have time to rein in his horse and shouted: "After the ancestral worship ceremony, Captain Zhou asked for a long vacation. "

Seeing his colleagues all look depressed, he felt depressed.

"Escaped." Yang Feng exhaled.

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As soon as Xu Qian'an led his men away, the people from the Ministry of Justice and the government office rode to Zhou's house. When they saw the collapsed gate, they felt cold in their hearts.

The people from the government office were questioned and learned that the night watchman had just come up empty-handed and that Captain Zhou had already escaped from the capital.

The people from the two government offices felt inexplicably complicated and didn't know whether to be thankful or regretful.

.....

Dusk!

Eunuch Liu returned to the palace before the city gates were closed. With the support of his sons, he changed into casual clothes, took a bath, and was drinking tea before dinner.

A young eunuch hurried in and said softly, "Godfather, His Majesty sent someone to invite you."

Eunuch Liu pinched his eyebrows and said unhappily, "I know! "

He drank a sip of water, asked his son to change his clothes, and put on a dragon robe. Just as he stepped out of the door, he suddenly thought of something.

"Bring us the file, the one we brought back today."

The little eunuch went back to the house to get it.

He came all the way to the Jingxin Hall. After the announcement, he was led into the hall and met Emperor Yuan Jing, who was wearing a Taoist robe and had a long beard.

Emperor Yuan Jing was not meditating or working. He held a scroll in his hand, but his thoughts were not in the book.

"Liu Rong, I sent someone to supervise the case. It has been a day. What have you gained? "Emperor Yuan Jing said calmly.

Eunuch Liu was startled. He had worked in the palace for decades, and even knew Emperor Yuan Jing's temper. The more he acted like this, the more upset he felt.

The case was false, and His Majesty was going to lose his temper.

Eunuch Liu was scared for a while, and then he was thankful, thinking that it was fortunate that he had been prepared in advance, and fortunately he had gained something today.

"Your Majesty, this is the summary of today's case, and I was just about to show it to you." Eunuch Liu took out a thin booklet from his sleeve.