Tang Dynasty detective

The steward of the punishment room confessed the truth, thinking that Feng Anran wanted him to take someone to the "Lirong Pavilion", Feng Anran said: "No, immediately order someone to search for clues here, and dig three feet to dig out the clues."

Digging three feet?The steward of the punishment room shrank back and did not dare to move.

In order to avoid unnecessary gossip, Feng Anran's interrogation of everyone was conducted in secret, and the deterrent order was absolutely not to spread rumors at will.Whether deterrence works or not, at least Liu Ji is more at ease for the time being.There were already rumors in the city, and the people fled with their families one after another. If it was rumored that the villain was in the Jiedushi's mansion, would it be okay?

The rumors will definitely spread more intensely.At that time, Zhu Wang's family and other sects involved in the murder case may unite and go to the Jiedu envoy's mansion to discuss an explanation.

After the Anshi Rebellion, the imperial court adopted a strategy of exterminating and pacifying the rebellion quickly. As a result, the rest of Anshi’s forces were not completely eradicated when they surrendered. Instead, they were appointed as Jiedu envoys on the spot. power.

In order to increase their strength and win over the sergeants, the Jiedu envoys of all parties gradually nourished arrogant soldiers such as Zhu and Wang. The chaos was so great that Jiedushi could not coerce these sergeants, so he had no choice but to flatter them.

There are arrogant soldiers and powerful generals inside, and neighboring feudal towns staring at each other outside, Liu Ji, the governor of Youzhou, has a hard time.It's just that Liu Ji is tactful and quick-witted, and he is also regarded as the most sincere envoy to the emperor. He is deeply trusted by the emperor, and he is often rewarded with property from the court. I am precarious.

Digging the ground three feet, the movement is not small, and there are many mouths, no matter how difficult it is to block.

Seeing this, Feng Anran didn't take care of the torture room, and said to him: "Let my people change into the clothes of government officials, and find two suitable people to take them around. Don't make too much noise. After you find the clues, we will go back to you." Report to Jiedushi."

The steward of the punishment room took orders, and came to report not long after, "A new soil was found at the bottom of the wall, which was just moved in the morning."

Feng Anran followed them to the base of the wall, and there was indeed a new piece of soil, which was slightly covered, but not too solid, and it looked like it should have been scraped from the inside of the hole.

Di Jinghong said: "Ziyu has seen it. It is a passage leading to the outside. This hole has been dug long ago, and it is covered with snow piles. The opening of the hole was blocked in a hurry, and they stretched out their hands from the inside to pick it up randomly. Judging from the size and curvature of the hole, the people who entered and exited were petite, either women or half-grown children." Di Jinghong said no. I forgot to add a sentence, "Ziyu has seen it, so he can't be wrong."

Yen Ziyu is good at tracking, which is his forte.

Di Jinghong just wanted to tell Feng Anran that Ziyu was extremely intelligent and appropriate. He knew that Feng Anran cherished talents, and if things went on like this for a long time, he might let go of his grudges.

Zhen Ziyu tugged on Di Jinghong's sleeve in private, signaling him not to mention himself.Yen Ziyu couldn't see what Di Jinghong was thinking, but there were several senior brothers present, Yen Ziyu really didn't want to show off too much.

Feng Anran looked at Di Jinghong, Di Jinghong had finished what he had to say, and didn't say anything more.

Mo Zhiqiu chimed in, saying: "Zi Yu's eyes are accurate, he must be able to see the same, good job."

Feng Anran didn't show any expression, she just asked Zhen Ziyu, "Can we still catch up?"

Di Jinghong said: "Where are you going to chase? Even if you ran in the morning, I'm afraid you would have already left the city by now."

Feng Anran ignored him and just looked at Zhen Ziyu.

Yen Ziyu pondered for a moment, then said, "You can try."

Feng Anran said: "Yuqing, Boen, Jinghong, the three of you follow Ziyu to chase this man. Jingfeng, follow me to Lirong Pavilion."

Several senior brothers responded, and after that, Mo Zhiqiu said, "What about me?"

Feng Anran said: "It's better that you don't go to places like Lirong Pavilion."

Mo Zhiqiu was not convinced, "Why? You should go less."

In front of many dolls, Feng Anran didn't want to argue with him, "Go back to the inn and rest, you didn't sleep all night." Perhaps because he was afraid of being unconvincing, he didn't say, "After all, it is my Guanlan case. .”

Hey, Mo Zhiqiu was unconvinced, "Feng Anran, you won't recognize anyone after you get the money, right? Why is it your Guanlan case? Tell me clearly."

Conscience of heaven and earth, Feng Anran really just wants him to go back and rest.

Helpless, Feng Anran had no choice but to say: "Let's go together, let's go, let's go."

Mo Zhiqiu said angrily, "Feng, don't think it's the old man who wants to go to that kind of place. The old man is afraid that you will be raped and no one will collect the corpse."

Feng Anran walked ahead with his hands behind his back, turning a deaf ear.Mo Zhiqiu pointed at his back and scolded him, unwilling to let go.Wei Jingfeng followed at the end, not daring to speak.

Zhang Yuqing and the others shook their heads helplessly, and said, "Let's go too, let's go to work."

People must have disappeared long ago, only ruts can be traced.

Yen Ziyu went from the inside to the outside of the wall, carefully inspecting the traces left by the suspect, and took note of Di Jinghong's suspicious points one by one, "This person got into a car after walking a few steps. The way they've always done things, the ruts are all broken."

Huanyue Pavilion’s methods of committing crimes have reached its peak, especially since they have been dealing with Guanlan College for many years. They have also carefully studied Guanlan’s crime-solving methods. For example, the destruction of traces is absolutely impossible for ordinary petty theft. The pavilion comes at your fingertips.The suspects fled in a hurry, and it was daytime, and the traces of man-made damage were too conspicuous. They had prepared two vehicles this time to hide from others, so Zhen Ziyu and others tracked down two ruts.

Looking at the ruts on the empty street, Zhang Yuqing asked Zhen Ziyu, "What should I do? There are two kinds of ruts. If not, let's chase them separately and try our luck together."

Zhen Ziyu said: "Okay." So he and Di Jinghong followed along a rut.

The weather was too cold, coupled with the deterrence of the case, people did not go out unless necessary, there were no people on the street, and it was not difficult to track along the ruts in the snow.The two chased until they got out of the city gate. The guard said that Lord Jiedu had ordered that all those who left the city should be strictly interrogated. Today, they did not see the person Zhen Ziyu and the others were looking for.

Yen Ziyu asked, "Did you pay attention to the carriage?"

The guard said: "Four or five carriages passed by, all of them went out with the whole family, and they all brought their family members and luggage, and there was no special situation found."

But that car obviously left the city, Di Jinghong asked Yen Ziyu, "Are you still chasing it?"

Zhen Ziyu said: "Chase." Now that he has chased here, he must find out anyway.

The two chased for another three or five miles out of the city. Di Jinghong pointed to the side of the road ahead and said, "Zi Yu, look."

A broken car was thrown in the snow on the side of the road, the horse had already been taken away, and some old clothes were thrown on the car, which didn't look worth much, or someone's carriage had an accident? .

Di Jinghong said: "Is it the car we are looking for?"

Yen Ziyu touched the newly formed ruts on the snow, and said, "It's probably the car we're chasing. You can see that the ruts are newly made. The things on the car are also wrong. The whole family should carry valuables when they flee." Come on, people who can afford to drive a car will not choose such shabby clothes."

Di Jinghong sighed and said: "They rode away, we will definitely not be able to catch up."

Yen Ziyu patted the snow on his hands, thoughtfully, and said, "That's bad."

"What's the matter, Ziyu?"

"be cheated."

"The suspect is in the car that Yu Qing was chasing?"

Zhen Ziyu shook his head and said, "No, the suspect is not in any car, he didn't even ride in a car."

"But~ we clearly saw the footprints of his escape."

"We have to go back quickly. I made a mistake in my judgment. Since they can destroy footprints, it means that they can also fake footprints. Think about it, how can a suspect sneak into a heavily guarded torture room in broad daylight to commit crimes? The people in Huanyue Pavilion are good at Yi Rong, the suspect must have entered the execution room in disguise, since he was not found even after entering in disguise, there is no need for him to escape through the hole."

"Ah? You mean the main entrance he walked through?"

"Or, still hiding in the execution room."

"Go back quickly and see if you can stop him?"

"It's choking. It's too cloudy, and it's hard to guard against."

Di Jinghong and Zhen Ziyu returned to the prison room to conduct a new round of investigation in secret. When the two went to the kitchen, someone was arguing. It turned out to be two cooks. He explained that he didn't steal it himself.

Zhen Ziyu asked the reason, and the steward said, "In the morning, there were twenty steamed buns, but at noon, I lost two. He was the only one there before noon. If he didn't steal it, who stole it?"

The cook who was accused of making steamed buns said: "I really didn't steal it. I went out to pick up two loads of water, and the steamed buns were lost. Someone on duty must have taken them."

The man in charge said: "I'll forgive you this time, if you don't do it again and again, if there is another time, you will definitely be punished severely."

Zhen Ziyu asked the steward, "You mean, you have lost things before?"

The steward in charge looked at the suspected cook, and said, "I haven't lost things before, but recently there have been thieves, throwing things one after another."

Yen Ziyu asked, "Have you lost anything recently?"

The man in charge said: "It's all for food, I don't know who can't eat enough to steal."

After hearing this, Zhen Ziyu searched the kitchen carefully, and sure enough, he saw signs of someone hiding in the firewood pile in the back kitchen. When he opened the firewood pile, he could still see the remaining half of a steamed bun and a few pieces of women's clothing.

The man in charge asked, "This is?"

Zhen Ziyu said: "You have wronged him, he did not steal the steamed buns, someone else."

The steward said, "Who?"

Zhen Ziyu said: "It's better that you don't know, do your job well and prepare your own meals." None of these cooks caught this woman stealing food, so they were lucky to be under the hands of a murderer I took a life.

Di Jinghong said: "The guard at the gate didn't see any suspicious person, it seems that the woman jumped over the wall and ran away."

Zhen Ziyu pointed to the tunnel beside the courtyard wall outside the kitchen, "Look there, when we found the tunnel under the courtyard wall, she was staring at us from behind, when our eyes were attracted by that tunnel, she took the opportunity She slipped away under our noses, and this person is so scheming, it is estimated that she will not leave any useful traces. We are not even sure whether she jumped over the wall or walked through the front door openly. "

Di Jinghong said: "But, she sneaked in a few days ago, how could she have thought that we were going to catch Wang Shi and Chen Ce?"