Kick out the general as soon as you are reborn

Gao Ping, along with the runners from the Ministry of Justice and Liu the coroner, rode towards Zhaojia Village. As soon as they walked out of the city gate, the guards closed the gate.

Gao Ping glanced at the closed city gate, touched the knife in his hand, looked at the yamen runners beside him and said, "Let's go to Zhaojia Village. You all should be alert and remember to keep your knife with you and in your hand."

The yamen runners held their knives and responded "yes"

The elder of the Zhao family looked at the yamen runners with knives and said nervously, "Sir, there is no need to mobilize so many people. The villagers in our village are simple and honest. You don't need to be fully armed. The people in our village are very obedient. Don't worry, I promise they won't do anything reckless."

Gao Ping said coldly, "Well, you lead the way. Don't dawdle. It will be dark if you get late, and the road will be difficult to travel on." Don't I know the nature of you villagers?

The Zhao family elder then got on the ox cart and bowed respectfully, "Sir, I will lead the way for you."

Gao Ping and the yamen runners rode on horses and followed behind. "Old man Zhao, please make your ox cart go faster. Go faster."

The head of the Zhao family then raised his whip and hit the old cow on its back, and it finally moved faster.

Coroner Liu, carrying a satchel and wearing a straw raincoat, sat on his horse and asked in confusion, "Sir, why don't we go by ourselves? Wouldn't it be faster to go there on horseback? It will be too late by now."

Gao Ping glanced at Liu the coroner and said, "You'd better deal with corpses. This village has a strong clan mentality. With this old man here, there will be less trouble. You don't want to fight with them as soon as you get to the village. Not to mention the casualties, it will also waste a lot of time. It's not worth it."

Coroner Liu nodded and looked at the drizzling rain. "I am so anxious. It has been raining for a whole day. I am afraid that many clues may not be found after it passes. How can I investigate the case?"

Gao Ping hummed, "Okay, okay, the Regent Princess is paying attention to this case, so we must investigate it thoroughly, otherwise we won't be able to explain it." If we can't find anything after investigating, it's not my fault. I can't just sentence Li Mei to death! I can't sentence her without evidence!

Coroner Liu held up his straw raincoat to cover his shoulder bag, and followed behind on horseback. His eyes were dark and it was unknown what he was thinking.

At night, a group of talents came to Zhaojia Village.

In the village, only a few houses had lights on, and the rest of the place was pitch black and impossible to see clearly.

The elder of the Zhao family pointed to the end of the village and said, "The Zhao Lin family is at the end. The whole family is dead. Only the Zhao Li family is left. My lord, please go to my house to rest first. I have many rooms and can accommodate everyone."

Gao Ping said politely, "You go back first, we will go to Zhao Lin's house to check, you don't have to follow us, we will come to disturb you later." After that, he rode to the end of the village.

Several families nearby opened their windows and saw the elders talking, then they retracted their heads and closed the windows.

When Liu the coroner turned around and saw this scene, he couldn't help but admire Master Gao, "You are still more capable."

Soon, they arrived outside Zhao Lin's house. Gao Ping said, "Tie the horse to the tree outside. Don't destroy the clues inside. We must find the murderer."

The bailiffs all bowed and said "yes" and tied up the horses.

After seeing that everything was cleaned up, Mr. Gao led his men to the burned house of Zhao Lin's family. He took out some wood ash and scattered it on the ground. A large footprint could be vaguely seen in the corner of the wall. He took out special paper to make a rubbing of it.

Coroner Liu stepped forward and checked. "This man is about 7 feet 140 inches tall and weighs at least kilograms. This body type is very rare."

Mr. Gao nodded and said, "Well, you guys go to the clan elders' house later to find out if there are any strangers around, or if there's anyone in the village who fits the bill. This body type is easy to remember." After saying that, he continued to walk inside, and in front of him was a burnt ruin.

Mr. Gao frowned as he watched. He sniffed hard and could smell a faint smell of oil in the air. "Do you smell anything? It's quite strong."

The guards all shook their heads and said, "No, it just smells like something burning or burnt."

"That's right, how big is the fire? It burned so cleanly that only the foundation is left."

"That's right, that's right, it shouldn't be like this."

"I also think it's not right. Didn't it start raining early this morning? It shouldn't have been burned so cleanly!"

"That's right! Why does it feel like no one came to put out the fire? This is not right! Even if they live far away, the fire should be visible in the village."

"Could someone have set the fire on purpose?"

Mr. Gao said, "When you find out more, ask the Zhao Lin family whether they have offended anyone."

"Yes, my lord"

Coroner Liu frowned and shouted, "Sir, there is a strong smell of kerosene." Then he pointed to the ashes in the corner.

Mr. Gao walked over and sprinkled the ash on it, which condensed into lumps. "It is indeed kerosene. This kerosene is not something that Li Mei can get. Who is the culprit of this murder and arson?" After saying that, he took out a cowhide bag, filled it with kerosene bit by bit, and handed it to the yamen runner next to him. "Keep it, this is evidence."

The yamen runner took it and said, "Yes, sir."

Coroner Liu muttered to himself, "This kerosene is not cheap! Who has such a deep hatred for the Zhao family? Spend so much money to burn them to death!"

Upon hearing this, Mr. Gao sighed and said, "A gambler must have offended a lot of people, but who would hate him so much as to kill his entire family!" After saying that, he led his men inside and came to the abandoned kitchen.

A bailiff said, "Sir, their bodies were found in the kitchen." He pointed to the line drawn on the ground with wall plaster.

Mr. Gao squatted down to check. "This is not the first crime scene. They have been moved and there are no obvious traces nearby. Li Mei is not strong enough to move them here. Who set the fire to kill them?" After saying that, he looked for clues in the burnt house, but the fire was so thorough that no other findings were made.

Coroner Liu also frowned, "Sir, this house was burned too thoroughly. We didn't find any useful clues. What should we do? How can we find the murderer?"

Mr. Gao sighed, "Let's go to the clan elder's house and stay for one night. You can also ask around. We'll start looking for him tomorrow. It should be easy to find someone with such a special body shape. Once we find him, bring him back to the Ministry of Justice for interrogation."

Coroner Liu seemed to be hesitant to speak, but finally shut his mouth. After all, investigating cases was not his strong point, but autopsies were.

A group of people left Zhao Lin's house without noticing that there was a pair of eyes staring at them in the distance.

Regent's House

After listening to Liu Wu's words, Liu Yanyan said, "Find someone to keep an eye on this case. Tell me as soon as there is any progress."

Only then did Liu Wu bow and retreat.

After hearing this, the Regent couldn't help but ask, "Why is Yanyan interested in this case?"