Datang traitor

Wen Yanbo asked Qin Yuan why he said this suddenly, "Why did you suddenly bring up the Longzhou case?"

Qin Yuan forced Changsun Wuji and Wen Yanbo to ride on the street together.

Wen Yanbo suspiciously followed Qin Yuan to Zhuque Avenue on horseback, and saw Qin Yuan staring at the open ditches on the side of the road. This kind of open ditches are found in most streets of Chang'an City, and there is one on the left and right sides. For drainage.

Changsun Wuji was in a bad mood, so he didn't have the time to observe what Qin Yuan was looking at.He was still thinking about the purpose of Qin Yuan's deliberate bickering with him just now, to rest his head and think from a different angle.It was okay when I first heard this, but I couldn't help thinking about it, and the more I thought about it, the more angry I became.What do you think of him, a puppy for amusing when you are idle and relaxing?

He has remembered Qin Yuan's hatred, this time he really remembered, and he will never let Qin Yuan go easily like the previous few times!Otherwise, his eldest grandson Wuji's name would be written upside down!For the sake of the overall situation, he endured it for the time being.When this case is solved, he has to deal with Qin Yuan neatly, so that he will respectfully salute himself when he sees him all his life, and tremble with fear.

Because Changsun Wuji had his own plans in mind, he didn't say a word at the moment, but followed Qin Yuan on horseback and rode three streets peacefully.

Wen Yanbo couldn't bear it any longer, and asked Qin Yuan to quickly explain what his purpose of looking at Mingou was.

"The terrain of Chang'an City is high in the southeast and low in the northwest. The grain throwing case in Longzhou is to steal grain by taking advantage of the terrain. Chang'an City also has high and low terrain, and Princess Anping probably wants to use this terrain to do something.

"Could it be that you think that Princess Anping plans to flood Chang'an City? But it's impossible." Wen Yanbo became more and more puzzled, "There's not much rain these days, and there's still a severe drought in the pass. Where did she get so much water to destroy Chang'an City? If you want to flatten such a big city, you will definitely not be able to rely on the little water in the aqueduct, and you will have to have a stormy sea nearly ten feet high, unless she transforms into a dragon king!"

"Chang'an City has 110 streets from south to north, and [-] streets from east to west. The whole city is thus divided into [-] squares. There are ditches, earth or bricks on both sides of each street. There are open ditches above, deep wells and drainage channels below, and drainage culverts built under the city gates, while Yong’an Canal, Qingming Canal and Longshou Canal all flow through the city.”①

Qin Yuan finished explaining the drainage situation of Chang'an City.

"Naturally, it is unlikely that the water will flood Chang'an. I can't guess what it is. I need to investigate again. But I think the direction may be right. There are few people and they want to do something big that will affect the whole city. Using this underground drainage channel is a good idea." It’s a very good way, not only can it not go out of the window and attract attention, but it can also take advantage of the terrain and save unnecessary labor.”

After Qin Yuan finished speaking, he got off the horse and invited Wang Zhen to whisper to him.Then, in a normal tone, he ordered him to focus on the high point in the southeast corner of Chang'an City, that is, a few squares near Qujiang Pond, to carefully check all the residents and look for suspicious things.

In the middle of the night, Wang Zhen sent Yacha to report the current situation to Qin Yuan first.

"Wang Sizhi and his subordinates have basically checked all the residents of Quchifang, Qinglongfang, Xiuzhengfang, etc., and found nothing suspicious."

Wen Yanbo stayed up all night with Qin Yuan, and after listening to the reply, he quickly asked Qin Yuan if he had thought wrong from the beginning.

"It's not wrong. Someone gave me the news that there is something strange in the southeast of Chang'an City." Qin Yuan remembered that Changsun Wuji had come, and turned his head to look around, but he couldn't find Changsun Wuji.

Wen Yanbo said helplessly: "You are too focused. An hour ago, grandson got impatient and went to the West Wing to rest. Do you want to call him?"

"No need." Qin Yuan ordered his subordinates to get the list of officials from the Ministry of Industry, and ordered in the name of Changsun Wuji to summon all these officials for investigation.

Wen Yanbo asked Qin Yuan if he had any doubts.

"Including nearly [-] officials, including Minister of the Ministry of Industry and Minister of the Ministry of Industry, are you planning to interrogate them all?"

Wen Yanbo advised Qin Yuan to consider it carefully, and it is better to choose someone who has doubts to come for trial.

"In recent days, because of the investigation of this case, many officials have been questioned. Now, in the middle of the night, people are called for interrogation. There is too much commotion. It is better to find out if it is not found out. , offending so many officials at once, your road to becoming an official will not be smooth in the future."

"Who cares about that. Now time is tight, and it would be better if it could be a moment sooner. Given that the soldiers under Princess Anping's command are very good at killing officials, I suspect that someone in the Ministry of Industry has been used. This reason is reasonable. The underground drainage channels are intricate. Only the officials of the Ministry of Industry know how to arrange them."

"Okay, as long as you have a decision in your heart, I will give up my life to accompany the gentleman. I believe the eldest grandson must be the same, although he always dislikes you."

Wen Yanbo really admired Qin Yuan's courage and his willingness to sacrifice himself for the case.This is not something every official can do.

"In the middle of the night, it's fine for the two of you to chat quietly, but you still say bad things behind my back?" Changsun Wuji pushed the bed in the west wing, covered his mouth with his hands, and yawned, then he was tired and resentful Look deeply at these two people.

Wen Yanbo quickly and politely apologized.

Qin Yuan yelled: "Just woke up, it's time for you to assist me in handling the case. After a while, officials from the Ministry of Industry came here one after another, and I asked my eldest grandson to help me deal with it."

"Okay." Changsun Wuji smiled, his temper seemed to be very good, and he was very patient.

Both Qin Yuan and Wen Yanbo felt strange, and they looked at each other with a bad feeling.

Not long after, officials from the Ministry of Industry arrived one after another, and everyone discussed and raised opinions. Naturally, they felt that Dali Temple had no respect for officials like the Ministry of Industry at all, relying on the order of the Holy Spirit to investigate the case.

"If you want to check it, you can check it, if you want to do it, you can do it, you don't think of us as human beings!" Guan Hai, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, grumbled to Feng, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, with a smile.

The rest of the Ministry of Industry echoed Guan Hai's words, imploring Feng Xiaoxiao to be the master for them all.

Qin Yuan pretended not to hear, stood in front of these officials with a cold face, and ordered his subordinates to count the number of people.Then the little official decided that one person was missing, and it was Chen Shanze, a doctor of the Ministry of Water under the Ministry of Industry.

"Has the notice arrived?" Qin Yuan asked Wang Zhen.

Wang Zhen agreed, "The notification has arrived. No one in the Chen family said that Langzhong Chen was not at home when the notification was made."

"See, this is the advantage of calling you here in the middle of the night. If someone sneaks away, you are not afraid. The city gate is closed, so he can't escape from Chang'an City." Changsun Wuji took the opportunity to shout to everyone in the Ministry of Industry, " Now that a major case has occurred in Chang'an City, the sage ordered all officials to cooperate with the investigation of Dali Temple. This is not a matter of embarrassment, but for the sake of my Tang Dynasty. Are you willing to devote yourself to your grievances and endure your grievances a little bit? It depends on your own intentions. Besides, if there is no wind, no waves, if your Ministry of Industry has no suspicions, the Dali Temple Secretary will not call you here at this time."

"Well said!" Qin Yuan almost applauded Changsun Wuji.

Changsun Wuji looked at Qin Yuan, and said with a casual smile: "Where, it is my blessing to assist Qin Siqing in handling the case."

As soon as these words were said, all the officials of the Ministry of Industry present were secretly in an uproar in their hearts.Even the eldest grandson Wuji, the uncle with a prominent position, was suppressed by Qin Yuan in this way.What they can do, of course, is to obey orders.But they were only obedient on the surface, but they were still a little unconvinced in their hearts.Qin Yuan, who has only been an official for a few months, has no sense of what he can do, and ordered everyone to obey him without any rules.

"After all, this is a sacred order, and it cannot be violated." Changsun Wuji just added at this time, which attracted all the officials to understand that Changsun Gong was wronging himself just like everyone else.

Well, then everyone will cooperate with the investigation first, and wait until the investigation of this case is over.After all, cooperating with the investigation of this matter has already been pushed to the height of "devotion to the country" by the minister of Dali Temple.

Changsun Wuji drew a lot of hatred on Qin Yuan with just a few words.

Qin Yuan naturally understood the purpose of Changsun Wuji, but he really wanted to thank Changsun Wuji at this moment.After what he said, the officials all took the initiative to cooperate with the investigation, and he didn't have to waste his time explaining and appeasing him.Even if it's superficial, it saves him trouble, and he likes it.

As for the future, I will talk about it later, anyway, there must be a way for the car to reach the mountain, and his official position was originally established amidst controversy, so what are you afraid of.

At this time, both Feng Xiaoxiao and Guan Hai surrendered to Qin Yuan, and on behalf of the Ministry of Industry, they said that they would cooperate with the investigation of Dali Temple, and they firmly believed that the Qing Dynasty would be self-clearing.

"But what about Chen Shanze?" Guan Hai asked with a puzzled face, "Why did he run away all of a sudden?"

The officials were also very puzzled, and most of them guessed that Chen Shanze might be involved in the case.He must have felt guilty when he heard the call from Dali Temple, so he ran away in a panic.

Feng smiled and reminded everyone with a stern face: "Before there is no accurate evidence, everyone should not jump to conclusions."

Officials agreed.

Not long after, the guards who were sent to search for Chen Shanze rushed back and told Qin Yuan that Chen Shanze was dead.

"How did you die?" Qin Yuan immediately prepared to go to the scene and asked as he walked.

"The person died at the back door of Yong'an Temple. He was stabbed in the stomach. It was a dagger. There was no other trauma on his body." The guard replied.

Wen Yanbo: "When a person was running away, another person stabbed him with a dagger at close quarters. It's probably what an acquaintance said, and stabbed him unexpectedly."

The guard continued: "Because the case involved Taoism several times, my subordinates have already ordered people to surround Yong'an Temple and protect the scene."

Qin Yuan nodded and sighed that the guards did a good job.

When he arrived at the scene, he found that Chen Shanze was leaning against the wall on the left side of the back door of Yong'an Temple, with a dagger stuck in his stomach. Because of the time, a lot of blood left along his abdomen, soaked his clothes, and flowed on the ground.

"Could it be that Chen Shanze realized that he was in danger, so he ran to seek help from his good friend Taoist nun, but was killed by Taoist nun." Wang Zhen pondered.

Qin Yuan didn't speak. He carried a lantern and looked around carefully. Finally, he found two blood spots on the ground in the middle of the road, and there were faint ruts on the ground.

"This is—" Wen Yanbo immediately realized, turned his head and asked Qin Yuan in a low voice, "Throw away the corpse?"

"He deliberately threw the corpse at the entrance of the Taoist temple to divert our attention. The killing was done in a hurry. It seems that someone was eager to get rid of his suspicion." Qin Yuan told Wen Yanbo that the murderer was Chen Shanze among the officials of the Ministry of Industry. accomplices.

"Why must it be an accomplice? Is it possible that the real murderer killed a random person in order to protect himself, so as to clear himself of suspicion?" Wen Yanbo asked.

"Dali Temple suddenly called. If Chen Shanze was innocent, he would change his clothes and take a car to Dali Temple. He must be accompanied by his followers. But now he died here alone, which means that after hearing the news, he went to find his accomplices alone."

"Then who is his accomplice?" Wen Yanbo asked Qin Yuan.

Qin Yuan: "I guess it's one of Guan Hai and Feng Xiaoxiao."

Wen Yanbo was surprised again and asked Qin Yuan why he made such a conclusion.

"In such an emergency, the first thing Chen Shanze thinks of is to rush to find his accomplices. This shows that when he is at a loss, his accomplices can be his backbone. He believes that his accomplices can solve the immediate difficulties. He can give a Other than his superior, who else could someone who feels safe like a doctor from the Ministry of Industry be?" Qin Yuan expressed his own speculation, of course, Qin Yuan did not rule out other possibilities, but the possibility he just mentioned is very high.

Wen Yanbo couldn't help nodding his head, feeling that what Qin Yuan said made sense.Then the rest of the matter will be easy to handle, just ask Xie Gui to interrogate Feng Xiaoxiao, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, and Guan Hai, Minister of the Ministry of Industry.

Half an hour later, after the apology interrogation, Qin Yuan was informed that the person with the problem was Guan Hai.

Guan Hai likes prostitution in private, and has a special hobby in that regard.He doesn't like one-on-one, he thinks it's boring, and the more people there are, the more interesting it is.As a subordinate, in order to please Guan Hai, Chen Shanze once offered him three graceful and skilled beauties, but Guan Hai didn't appreciate it.Although these beauties are all beautiful in appearance, they lack a lot of taste in those aspects, and they can't be taught by old-fashioned.

Although Guan Hai has hobbies, on the surface he acts like a gentleman and is cautious, never bringing up these things on his own initiative.

Chen Shanze has been distressed that he has no chance to curry favor with Guan Hai.

One day, he accompanied his wife to Wantong Temple to offer incense, and happened to meet Taoist Pingyun.The two soon got together.

Taoist Pingyun actually had a plan in mind, she pretended to ask Chen Shanze about his worries, and promised to help him solve this problem.Not long after, Taoist Pingyun told Chen Shanze about Guan Hai's strange hobby.

Chen Shanze originally planned to go to a brothel to find some beautiful prostitutes and present them to Guan Hai.Taoist Pingyun suggested to Chen Shanze at this time that they should get some special and fresh ones to attract Guan Hai's attention, so she recommended herself and her good sister Pingyan.

Both of them are Taoist nuns, if Guan Hai sees the world again, he is afraid that he has never had any pleasure with Taoist nuns.

Chen Shanze felt that this was very exciting, so he introduced the two to Guan Hai.In order to prevent Guan Hai from pretending to reject him, Chen Shanze decided to follow the advice of Aunt Pingyun, and deliberately showed that he also had the same hobby as Guan Hai, and was happy to share it with Guan Hai.

Guan Hai was indeed hooked, because of "stealing", "immorality" and "stimulation", and the two Taoist nuns Ping Yan and Ping Yun are really powerful in boudoir skills.For a long time after that, Guan Hai and Chen Shanze were eaten to death by the two of them.

It wasn't until something happened in the Taoist temple that Aunt Pingyan and Pingyun died that Guan Hai and Chen Shanze realized that they were probably used by these two nuns.

But in what specific way it was used, they couldn't figure it out and didn't dare to guess.Guan Hai and Chen Shanze agreed not to mention this matter again. Anyway, the two Taoist nuns are already dead, so there is no proof of death.They just pretend they don't know anything and forget about it.

Unexpectedly, things still came to the door. The Yamen of Dali Temple, who was in charge of investigating the Taoist nun's case, suddenly came to the door late at night.

Chen Shanze panicked, so he came to Guan Hai.Guan Hai was also in a panic.Guan Hai was very afraid that his affairs would be revealed and he would lose face.So when he saw Chen Shanze again, Guan Hai suddenly stabbed Chen Shanze to death, he needed a scapegoat.If at such a critical time, someone from the Ministry of Industry died outside, his suspicion would naturally be lifted.

After Guan Hai killed Chen Shanze, he ordered his most trusted subordinate to take Chen Shanze's body to any Taoist Kun temple and throw it away.

After that, everyone will know.

Qin Yuan still had questions to ask, so Ling Xiezui continued to interrogate Guan Hai, while Wen Yanbo and Changsun Wuji were also listening.

Guan Hai: "They and Chen Shanze want to pass the drainage channel map of Chang'an City."

"Can you give it?" Xie Zui asked.

"Give it."

Guan Hai then said that Ping Yan and Ping Yun are not only good at boudoir skills, but also good at complimenting men.

A simple summary is that sweet-mouthed work is good, and he and Chen Shanze both like it very much.

"Did you say anything other than the map?" Xie Zui continued to ask Guan Hai according to the note Qin Yuan handed over.

Guan Hai: "We talked too much, we talked about everything, we talked about everything, and we were very happy every time we talked, even talking about the breed of horses for a few days..."

It can be seen that these two Taoist nuns have received special training, and they even know what topics men like to talk about, and they are very accurate.

Apologizing after reading the newly handed note, he continued to ask Guan Hai, "Do you know how to destroy the entire Chang'an city by using underground drainage channels?"

"I don't know." Guan Hai said.

Taoist Pingyan and Pingyun not only want to get the blueprint of Chang'an City's underground waterway, otherwise they don't need to get close to Guan Hai, as long as they use Chen Shanze alone is enough.They must want to get more news from Guan Hai, so they tried their best to seduce Guan Hai through Chen Shanze.It's just that Guan Hai didn't even know how important the news was, so he just let it out.

"Think about it carefully, what are they interested in, and what have they asked you on their own initiative." Apologizing slowly guides Guan Hai to recall...

The two nuns got together with Guan Haishou last spring.

Qin Yuan took this opportunity to move all the confidential files and letters that Guan Hai was in charge of from the Ministry of Industry.Qin Yuan immediately realized that there were too many, and he couldn't read them all.But you have to watch it even if you can't finish it. You can't just count on the apologetic side.

Qin Yuan stayed up all night to read the case file.Wen Yanbo joined, but he was afraid of missing clues, so he asked Qin Yuan what points he should pay attention to.

"It's related to the waterway, and it can hurt people and cause damage. It must meet these two points." After Qin Yuan finished summarizing, he suddenly thought of something and repeated what he said before, "It's related to the waterway. From high to low...it can only be things that can flow, and things that can flow, with a small amount, and can have huge destructive power, can only be fierce fire oil."

"Fierce fire oil?" Wen Yanbo frowned, his eyes widened, and he reacted immediately, nodding quickly, "It's possible!"

Qin Yuan immediately ordered Xie Zuo to ask Guan Hai if he had ever told Ping Yan and Ping Yun Taoist aunt about fierce fire oil.

"As I said, it seems that they first asked me what Menghuo oil is, and I explained it. Then they asked me where I could find it, so I went back to the Ministry of Industry to inquire, and then told them that Longzhou has it."

Three years ago in the area of ​​Longzhou, when someone was digging the mountains, they found a kind of jet-black water coming out of the ground.According to the records in ancient books, Longzhou Changshi judged that this thing was fierce fire oil, and reported it to the imperial court.This fierce fire oil has always been used by the army to assist in the fire attack when the army is fighting. Now that the country is prosperous and the people are safe, naturally it is not needed, so the fierce fire oil in Longzhou has not been mined, so it is temporarily placed there.

Qin Yuan completely understood.

There is a wonderful thing about fierce fire oil. When it is burning, it is completely ineffective to extinguish it with fire.In everyone's common sense, when encountering a fire, it is natural to think of water.If the fire is put out in the wrong way, the fire will spread and aggravate the fire.

If you use fierce fire oil, take advantage of the terrain of Chang'an City, which is high in the southeast and low in the northwest, pour a large amount of fierce fire oil into the underground waterway from the southeast high place, and then ignite it.The huge heat wave generated by the burning is trapped in the narrow drainage channel, which is bound to cause an explosion.The drains connected the entire Chang'an city, and when one exploded, it exploded everywhere.The burning kerosene sprayed out after the explosion will ignite nearby buildings and even people.

Under this series of explosions, Chang'an City will be engulfed in flames in an instant, and will cease to exist.There are people who can put out the fire with water, but it is useless, and it will fuel the fire even more.What's more, when the whole city explodes and burns, it will ignite raging fire, the sky-high flames, scorching heat waves, ordinary people can't get close at all, and there is no way to save them.

This trick just corresponded to Princess Anping's death that year.At the beginning, Princess Anping died in the mansion, but now she is burning the entire Li Tang Dynasty with raging fire in the same way.

After Changsun Wuji understood Qin Yuan's explanation, he squinted his eyes, feeling a little scared in his heart.

"What a vicious move!"

"What should we do now? It needs to be dealt with as soon as possible. If Princess Anping really grasps the fire oil, then Chang'an City will be in danger at any time." Wen Yanbo said nervously.

"I have already ordered Wang Zhen to cut off all the underground waterways in the southeast of Chang'an City. Temporarily block them with stones and fill them with sand. Princess Anping's move to burn Chang'an City is ruthless, but as long as the source is blocked, it can be easily stopped. Don't worry, Chang'an City is safe now." Qin Yuan patted Wen Yanbo's shoulder with a smile.

Wen Yanbo heaved a sigh of relief, "I'm really afraid that the sex will explode not long after we left the house, and everyone will be buried in the flames. I haven't lived enough yet!"

Wen Yanbo immediately told Qin Yuan in a low voice that he specially asked someone to get two small giant salamanders and planned to raise them in the pond at home. "If something goes wrong, what else should I raise, what a pity."

"What is a little giant salamander?" Changsun Wuji couldn't help but interjected and asked.

"Small giant salamander means giant salamander cub." Wen Yanbo explained.

Both Qin Yuan and Changsun Wuji were taken aback for a moment, and then couldn't help laughing.

Wang Zhen ordered people to cut off the underground drains in the southeast squares, and led people to re-investigate, but no suspicious person was found.However, the small official of the Ministry of Industry who was in charge of cutting off the drainage channel found that there was an extra water channel connecting with the original drainage channel.This drainage channel bypasses Qujiang Pond and leads to the southeast direction outside the city.

"That's right, the fierce fire oil should be outside the city, so that when the fire is burned, it will not affect yourself." Qin Yuan immediately led a group of people on horseback to the southeast direction outside the city.

Later, at a higher place in the southeast, a family raising rabbits was found, and a large piece of land was enclosed, with short grass growing on the ground, and many rabbits were raised on the grass.The smell here is very special, in addition to the stinky smell of rabbit excrement, there is also a smell of fishy oil.When Wang Zhen and others searched, they found that the turf could be lifted, and there were stone slabs underneath. When the stone slabs were lifted, there was a wooden frame. Under the wooden frame was a deep pit, surrounded by bricks and stones. Liquid, this thing is fierce fire oil.