I'm really not the carpenter emperor

As he spoke, he opened the notebook written by Li Yangzheng, Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment, and after reading it, he said with a smile: "It seems that this matter is certain!"

Li Yangzheng's notebook is to report what he found at Wang Gong's factory today.

The Ministry of Punishment and the Ministry of Industry have communicated on this matter. The Ministry of Industry is responsible for the construction of the Wang Gong factory. The officials in charge said that it mainly uses masonry structures with very little vegetation, and the factory buildings and warehouses are almost completely closed.

At the beginning of the design, it was to prevent the fire from spreading too much, so even if it caught fire, it would only last for a while, and it would never burn all day long.

With this design, it is almost impossible for today's situation where even the firefighting officers and soldiers are backlashed by the fire.

If this news is released through the Beijing News, it is basically possible to characterize this disaster as man-made.

Now the criminal department is only one thing away from closing the case, finding a qualified surrogate.

Soon, the guards brought a bucket of lacquer water found in Wang Gong's factory into the palace, and Zhu Youxiao came over, frowned and said:

"Stone paint water?"

Zhu Youxiao could tell at a glance, this is not oil!

"Did you find this thing from the scene of the fire?" After Zhu Youxiao asked, he immediately said, "What about the Ministry of Punishment, didn't you go to find out how it got here?"

Wang Chaofu said: "Li Butang and Xue Butang were looking for overnight, the Marquis of Yangwu who was in charge of leading the helpers to relocate at that time."

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Yangwu Hou Mansion.

"What did you say?" Xue Lian had a capitalized question mark printed on his forehead, and when he heard what the person in front of him said, he quickly shook his head:

"What is Shiqishui? I haven't even seen it before!"

Of course, since he was here for questioning, Li Yangzheng had already prepared physical evidence, and with a wave of his hand, soon, a bucket of water stained with stone paint was brought up by the servant.

Xue Lian took a closer look, and was immediately moved a few steps away by the pungent temperature, and said without hesitation, "No, I didn't see these things floating in the water tank when I just finished transporting the water."

"What's more, the smell of lacquer water is so pungent, why can't I smell it?"

Li Yangzheng nodded, and said: "This case is no small matter. In the past few days, it has become the most important thing. I am afraid that Master Hou will not be able to return to the gentle hometown tonight."

As they spoke, everyone turned their heads and glanced at the disheveled woman behind them.

Xue Lian was also straightforward, knowing which end was light and which was heavy, and immediately said: "This is easy to handle, take my armor! I will assist you two in investigating the case!"

On the way to Wang Gong's factory, passing by the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, Xue Lian looked at the empty street and said with a smile:

"To tell you the truth, my lords, when I heard about the catastrophe at Wang Gong's factory today, I was quite frightened. I just moved to this Wang Gong's factory, and it took less than a month for such a sudden change to occur."

"If His Majesty blames him, he will definitely implicate me!"

"Well, if this matter is to be involved, it will not only be the three of us, but a large number of officials will also be dismissed. His Majesty ordered us to investigate the case because he did not want to involve too much."

Xue Lian said with a smile, "Your Majesty is more considerate."

A few people were talking, suddenly there was a sound of footsteps in front of them, but it was Xue Fengxiang, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, who had gone to ask questions, and came back.

"Well, what did he say?"

Xue Fengxiang looked at Li Yangzheng, waved his hand, and sighed:

"Damn, don't mention it! The person in charge of hiring helpers for Wang Gong's factory is also in the factory during the day. The injury is not serious, but don't think about what you can ask."

Xue Lian immediately said: "How to say?"

"The Marquis of Yangwu has also come out?" Xue Fengxiang realized that there was someone else, and hurriedly exchanged greetings.

But as far as this is concerned, Xue Lian didn't have the heart to greet him at all, and said:

"I can't help it. After all, I was responsible for moving Wang Gong's factory. Now that such a big incident has happened, how can I be alone?"

"To each other..." Xue Fengxiang said with emotion before continuing:

"The person who hired help for Wang Gong's factory was rescued, but I went to the household department to ask, but there is no record of him."

"What's more, after being frightened by this, that guy has already become insane, and he can't ask anything."

Chapter 771 The Conspiracy Gradually Reveals

"Frightened into madness by the explosion?" Li Yangzheng didn't really believe it, and sneered: "There are quite a few people on the street who have experienced the explosion. Have you heard of anyone who was frightened?"

"How can you be alone with such an important person, and you will be frightened silly."

Xue Fengxiang didn't think about it at first, but when he heard it now, he felt that his brain was not enough, and he muttered:

"From this point of view, these masterminds have already planned everything!"

Li Yangzheng didn't want to talk too much about this topic, and said while walking: "Let's go, let's go to the scene again. I heard that the East Factory has arrived, maybe they can find something else."

The fire at Wang Gong’s factory burned all day, and the officers and soldiers who put out the fire soon discovered that the fire was very strange, and it could not be put out with only water.

Not long ago, Dongchang officially took over the vicinity of Wanggong Factory and sealed off the area, only then did Fanzi use sand to bury the fire bit by bit.

When they came to Wang Gong Factory, although there was still a heat wave, due to the cooler air at night, several people did not feel the difficulty of breathing during the day.

"What kind of wind has brought you two adults and Master Hou?"

Several people explained again, but the face of the welcoming fan was a bit ugly. After a long time, he smiled and said: "This place has been taken over by Dongchang. If you want to investigate the case, please go elsewhere."

Xue Lian has a violent temper and immediately got angry:

"What did you say? It is His Majesty's will to investigate the case. You Dongchang occupies Wang Gong's factory like this. How do you tell me to investigate the case?"

Fanzi sneered, "What does that have to do with me? It's not our Dongchang that has a five-day deadline!"

As soon as the voice fell, there was a sound of hurried footsteps from behind.

A man dressed in white and wearing soap boots came over, slapped the guy face to face, and cursed:

"Do you know how important the matter of the Criminal Department is? Get out, don't embarrass me here!"

Fanzi was beaten, his face was flushed, but he didn't dare to attack at all, apologized to everyone, then ran away in despair, went to the dark place to lick the wound.

The person who came was none other than Wei Ximeng, Wei Zhongxian's confidant sent here.

Everyone knows that Wei Ximeng is Wei Zhongxian's grandson, and he is one of the most famous leaders in Dongchang today except for Fu Yingxing.

He put on a smile, welcomed several people in, and said with a smile:

"You two ministers, Lord Marquis, don't mind. Our Dongchang is well received by His Majesty's new appointment. Recently, we have expanded our manpower and recruited many newcomers."

"These guys are used to being arrogant, so they have to learn a lesson."

Li Yangzheng didn't want to watch their self-directed and self-acted dramas, but because of Wei's face, he also cupped his hands and showed a smile uglier than crying in response.

"As for the Ministry of Criminal Justice and the Ministry of Industry to investigate the case, the boss of the factory has already ordered us to cooperate fully. I wonder where the Ministry of Criminal Justice has investigated now?"

Li Yangzheng said: "I found Shiqishui, but the people who hired helpers have gone crazy. Now I'm here to see if there is anything found in Dongchang?"

Wei Ximeng smiled mysteriously, turned around and said:

"Please come with me."

After a while, several people came to the vicinity of the ruined gunpowder warehouse. There were many corpses here, including helpers, and hundreds of people were killed by the bombing.

Due to the extremely hot weather, these corpses had already decomposed during the day, and they were emitting bursts of stench at this time, which was horrible.

Li Yangzheng looked carefully, but he didn't see any clues in the ruins. This was just the ruins caused by an ordinary explosion.

But with a slight glance, he saw two people squatting in a pit to dispose of the corpses. The pit could be seen at a glance. The pit was black and shiny, and it seemed to be coated with something.

Wei Ximeng led the crowd over, but suddenly pulled out his saber, stabbed hard at the ground beside the pit, and dug again.

Everyone saw that the black slime had penetrated deep into the ground, and even the surroundings of the pit were covered with this black slime.

Wei Ximeng knelt down, held the newly dug soil in his hand, and said:

"Master Butang, this is a discovery. I searched inside and outside Wang Gong's factory in the east factory, and found that there are such black things everywhere, more than stone paint water."

"I just dug out this piece. Although it has been roasted by the fire, it still feels soft and moist in my hand. It can be seen that it was poured into the soil in the past few days!"

"Although we found this thing in the East Factory, we don't know what it is for. Please ask the Ministry to clarify."

Li Yang was holding the clod of soil in his hands, but he shook his head repeatedly, "Even if I have never seen this thing before, what is it?"

At this time, Xue Lian laughed loudly:

"We have an expert around us, the minister of the Ministry of Industry of the imperial court, he should know about it!"

Xue Fengxiang was squatting in the pit watching, looking thoughtfully at the black slime that had been mixed with the soil.

The audience asked questions and said carefully:

"I haven't seen much of this thing, so I don't know what it's called. To test my idea, I asked Dongchang to send people to dig it within ten steps of this pit."

Wei Ximeng knew that the matter was serious, so he said without any hesitation:

"Okay, dig what?"

"Dig a tunnel!" Xue Fengxiang pinched the clod in his hand, and said, "I suspect that someone mixed this thing into the soil, dug a tunnel to enter the warehouse, ignited the gunpowder, and caused disaster!"

Xue Lian looked at him with a look of impossibility and said: "When I moved here, the warehouse was completely closed, and there were people patrolling day and night. The defenses were so tight, how could anyone dig a tunnel in?"

Li Yangzheng said at this time: "This is nothing unusual. At the end of the Northern Song Dynasty, the treacherous Gao Qi made a sacrifice for flattery. He dug up the imperial city and sent women in."

"Even the imperial city can be dug through, not to mention this Wang Gong factory, just like this lacquer water, as long as we want to dig, there are always ways we can't imagine."

"Wei Datou, dig it, dig it and find out!"

Wei Ximeng nodded, and with a big wave of his hand, the fans of the East Factory immediately turned into laborers who dug up the ruins. Because the control of the East Factory was really strict and the internal hierarchy was clearly defined, no one dared to be lazy.

The fans are all in good physical strength, coupled with competing for performance, their work efficiency is several times that of hired labor, and they soon dug a small hole into a big hole.

Sure enough, a half-collapsed earth pit appeared in the big pit.

It seems that Xue Fengxiang's idea is correct. Someone really dug a tunnel to enter Wang Gong's factory and ignited the gunpowder. Seeing this, Li Yangzheng said:

"If this is the case, then there must be more corpses near the warehouse than the people sent to patrol the warehouse during the day. There may be corpses in this tunnel!"

"If Dongchang wants to get to the bottom of it, and distinguish which corpses are servants and which ones came to set fire, you should ask the person who arranged the patrol."

Wei Ximeng nodded and said with a smile: "I'll arrange it now, but I don't know what to do to deal with His Majesty's accountability four days later?"

Li Yangzheng picked up the clod and said with a smile:

"If you want to ignite the gunpowder, you must have a fuse. The person who arranged the employment must know something. I will ask again to see if he is really crazy or not."

"Arranging for the hire?" Wei Ximeng was taken aback. This was the second time Li Yangzheng mentioned it in front of his eyes. He didn't pay attention to it the first time. This foreman surnamed Chen is called Chen Xian."

"Today, he is also the one who arranges patrols around the gunpowder depot of Wang Gong Factory."

Hearing this, Li Yangzheng hastily said:

"In this way, he must know something. I don't think he is really crazy, but he is pretending to be crazy and fooling Zhang Butang!"

"What, Zhang Butang has been there?" Wei Ximeng looked over.

Xue Fengxiang opened his eyes wide, thought for a while, and then slapped his thigh, "Ah! I was eager to ask questions, but he tricked me!"

Chapter 772 The Wicked Still Need the Wicked

"Chen Xian!"

"Don't pretend anymore, we already know all about the good deeds you have done!" The fans kicked open the door, only to find that there were no supplies left.

Wei Ximeng pinched the extinguished candle and said:

"It's only been a short time since I left the capital, so I still have time."

Li Yangzheng immediately turned around, clasped his hands and said: "Please also cooperate with the soldiers and horses of the five cities. This person has a lot to do with it, and it is very likely that it has something to do with the catastrophe in Wang Gong's factory!"

The five censors who came from the five city soldiers and horses looked at each other for a few times, then turned around and left.

Hearing that Chen Xian might have something to do with Wang Gongchang, even the censors of [-]% of the soldiers and horses had to pay attention.

It's no joke to be involved in such a big matter as Wang Gongchang.

The Ministry of Criminal Justice was able to find important clues within a day, which surprised them very much. This is a major matter related to their lives, and the five patrolling censors couldn't help but not care about it.

This person named Wang Xian is the most important thing!

Seeing the soldiers of Bingma Division leave one after another, Wei Ximeng also turned around and said with a smile:

"Our East Factory still has other secrets to investigate. Now that the matter of the Ministry of Criminal Affairs is over, our East Factory still has important matters to attend to, so it is inconvenient to stay for a long time."

The civil servants and the fanzi are usually at odds with each other, but this time because of Wang Gong's factory, they cooperated temporarily and will soon separate.