The flower platform was burned, and everyone felt panicked in their chests.
Ge Qing took the servants and maids in the house to silently clean up the yard, and Zhao Pu asked Ouyang to take people to check around, but the person who set the fire was very cunning and had obviously run away.
Long Qiaoguang jumped off the roof and whispered a few words to Zhao Pu.
Zhao Pu frowned slightly, thought about it, and nodded.
Long Qiaoguang went out.
Subsequently, Zhao Pu said to Zhanzhao, "The enemy is in the dark, I am in the light, and I can't attack if I don't take the initiative." ” Zhan Zhao also nodded, "Do you have any good proposals?"
"The proposal is a no-brainer, and I think it's feasible."
Zhao Pudao.
Zhan Zhao nodded, "As long as you think it's feasible." ” Zhao Pu raised his eyebrows slightly, Zhanzhao's expression is rare, will there be fewer words after getting angry Bai Yutang saw that everyone was busy, so he gently tugged Zhanzhao and said, "I thought of something before I came, and I was interrupted by those sneak attacks. ” Zhan Zhao looked at him, "What's the matter?"
Bai Yutang pointed to the back hill of the Jin family's old mansion not far away, "That Jin Tuo, the amount of gold should be wrong."
Zhan Zhao was puzzled.
Bai Yutang said, "There is no shelf connected between the two snake heads of that golden tuo, so the two snake heads next to it cannot be pure gold."
Zhan Zhao was slightly puzzled, "It's not pure gold" "Gold is soft and heavy."
Bai Yutang said, "According to the ratio of the snake's head and body, it is not impossible to create an identical one, but if it is all pure gold, there must be something between the three snake heads, otherwise it will crack on both sides, or it will not be able to hang the two pure gold snake heads on both sides at all, but this golden statue is standing there intact, indicating that there must be something wrong with the two snake heads on both sides I want to take it apart and take a look, and then weigh it."
Zhan Zhao frowned and thought about it, "Do you think there is a problem with the amount of gold?"
Bai Yutang nodded, "Hmm." ” Zhanzhao found craftsmen, and transferred hundreds of officials from Kaifeng Mansion to pull down the three-headed golden statue overnight and disassemble it.
Sure enough, after dismantling it, everyone found that the left and right heads of the three-headed golden tuo were hollow, and the gold was becoming more and more impure from the outside in, and it was filled with many other things, but it was very careful when making it, if Bai Yutang hadn't seen the problem, ordinary people really couldn't find it.
After weighing this golden statue as a whole, the total weight is 200,000 taels.
And the fake Golden Buddha found from the underground of the Jin family weighed it, and it was basically at this weight.
However, after taking out all the impurities in the golden tuo, the remaining pure gold was weighed, and the total was only about 70,000 taels, which was more than half.
Zhan Zhao frowned slightly, "It's more than 100,000 taels less." ” Bai Yutang nodded.
"Strange."
Zhan Zhao walked heavily in the courtyard with his arms crossed, as if he was thinking about something.
After a long time, Zhanzhao suddenly said to Ouyang Shaozheng, "You help me demolish a house."
Ouyang was slightly stunned, "You have to find Tianzun to live in demolishing the house." ” Zhan Zhao waved his hand, "Take Ochre Ying and the Diggers to Xie Yiting's house together, dig three feet into the ground to find out, if there is any gold" Ouyang nodded, motioned to wrap it on him, and left with ochre.
Zhan Zhao gently tugged Bai Yutang and asked him, "Yutang, did you recite those burned Taixue lists before?"
Bai Yutang nodded.
"What are the names of the students who were expelled for stealing test papers with Xie Yiting back then?"
Bai Yutang told Zhan Zhao several names.
Zhanzhao frowned slightly, "Haven't you heard that you are still in Kaifeng Mansion?"
Bai Yutang said, "Bao Yan has asked someone to investigate before, but there are no clues, after all, it is not a good reputation, probably a name change." ” "Lin Fuzi should know," Zhan Zhao asked.
Bai Yutang nodded, "I guess I know." ” "Go back to Kaifeng Mansion and ask."
Zhan Zhao said, and went back to Kaifeng with Bai Yutang.
For the safety of Master Lin, Master and Lin Xiao have been living in Kaifeng Mansion for the past few days, and Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang came to knock on the door overnight.
In fact, there was no need to knock, Lin Xiao was also awake, the old man was sitting alone in the courtyard drinking stuffy wine, but Lin Xiao was already asleep in the room.
When Lin Fuzi saw Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang coming, he hurriedly asked, "That flower platform is really burned out."
Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang nodded helplessly.
Lin Fuzi sighed, "Back then, a sea of fire burned down the entire city, and it also remained, but I didn't expect that now it is peaceful and prosperous, but it will suffer this catastrophe." ” Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang sat down at the table.
Lin Fuzi was a little worried, "Ge Yuan, he's okay?"
Zhan Zhao shook his head helplessly, signaling that there was nothing wrong, but it was sad, and Grandma Ge didn't know if she was crying or not.
Lin Xiao felt angry, "It must be the enemy back then, otherwise he wouldn't have picked the painful place to start, it's really hateful, I don't dare to ask the young master what kind of mood he is in at this moment." ” "Does the master think there is anyone suspicious?"
asked Zhan Zhao.
Lin Fuzi shook his head, "I don't sleep, I sit here and think about it now, and I haven't thought of anyone who hates the young master so much, and everyone likes him very much." ” Zhan Zhao nodded, his little trouble uncle was indeed quite likable, so he asked for clues about a few classmates who were expelled with Xie Yiting back then.
Lin Fuzi thought about it, went into the house and took out a pen and paper, wrote a few names for Zhanzhao, and said, "This is my real name, in addition to Xie Yiting, there are four other people, all of whom have changed their names, and the whereabouts of three of them are not clear to the old man, but there is one."
As he spoke, Lin Fuzi drew a name with a pen, "His current name is Liu Zheng." ” "Liu Zheng" Zhanzhao was stunned, "Familiar" "Warden."
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Lin Fuzi said slowly, "The head of the prison, Liu Zheng." ” "Ah" Zhan Zhao remembered, "Liu Zheng himself is also a royal prince, right?"
Master Lin nodded, "He is the brother-in-law of the concubine Mei who died of illness before, and the son of General Liu."
The Liu family is also a big family with a head and a face, and it is easy to cultivate a person who can go to Taixue, but I didn't expect to be expelled from stealing test papers and being expelled General Liu came to talk to me back then, and I wanted to be accommodating and let Liu Zheng stay in Taixue, but I rejected him, and it was very unpleasant. ” Zhan Zhao frowned, and Bai Yutang also thought that Qiu Jian, who had escaped from prison before in the prison of Kaifeng Mansion, was originally going to be sent to the heavenly prison for detention, but he was robbed by Zhan Zhao in the middle of the way.
"Liu Zheng's past, basically no one knows."
Lin Fuzi said, "As for where the rest of the people went after changing their names and surnames, the old man really doesn't know."
To tell the truth, the old man sent someone to inquire, but the three of them seemed to have disappeared, they did not return to their hometown, and they lost contact with their original friends, which is very strange."
Zhan Zhao nodded.
Farewell to Master Lin, Bai Yutang asked Zhanzhao, "Doesn't he belong to Dali Temple or the Criminal Department?"
Zhan Zhao shook his head and said, "The prison of the previous dynasty was divided into a heavenly prison and a dungeon, the heavenly prison was dedicated to the emperor's relatives and relatives, and the dungeon was for the common people.
Therefore, the wardens and cell chiefs of the heavenly prison are all officials appointed by the royal family, and they are basically royal relatives.
This system of official positions has continued to this day and has not been changed, but the heavenly prison and the underground dungeon in our dynasty are also called upper prison and lower prison, and they are not divided according to the identity of the prisoner, but according to the location of the cell.
The underground is called the dungeon, and the above-ground is called the heavenly dungeon.
In general, the dungeons are not as well guarded and guarded, and they are not held by the most vicious criminals.
The prison is heavily guarded, and the prisoners inside are all felons who have been escorted into Beijing from all over the country, and their martial arts are also good, and they wear shackles and torture instruments almost all year round. ” Bai Yutang thought for a moment and asked, "Is the specific location of the prison in the area of the North City Gate?"
"Hmm" Zhanzhao nodded, "The prison is divided into three circles, the outer middle and the inner perimeter, there are heavy troops, it is not far from the imperial city military camp, it is surrounded by city walls, some of them are like independent fortresses, I have been in it a few times, I have heard Liu Zheng's name, and I have never dealt with it." ” "Is the cell boss a big official" Bai Yutang was curious, "It's different from ordinary cell heads" While talking, the two had already arrived in the front yard, and at this time Zhao Pu also came back, and when he heard the conversation between the two, he asked, "Cell boss" Zhanzhao told Zhao Pu that Liu Zheng was one of the students who was expelled with Xie Yiting that year.
"Liu Zheng," Zhao Pu touched his chin.
"There is a big difference between the head of the prison and the ordinary jailer."
Ouyang also walked in, "There are 3,000 soldiers and horses stationed in the prison, as well as more than 1,000 prison officers and various miscellaneous servants, plus thousands of prisoners, all of whom listen to the head of the big cell.
Liu Zhengren is known as the first cell leader of the Great Song Dynasty, he has taken over the affairs of the prison for about fifteen years, and not a single prisoner has ever escaped.
"Are you familiar with him" Zhan Zhao asked Ouyang, thinking that the Imperial City Army was responsible for escorting prisoners all year round, and Ouyang should have more opportunities to deal with him.
Ouyang smiled and shook his head, "There is no one in this world who is familiar with Liu Zheng. ” Bai Yutang was puzzled, "What do you mean?"
"Liu Zheng is a simple person, as if he is unsightly, everything is done by a few wardens under him, and when he shows up, something basically happens."
Ouyang Gan laughed, "According to the few times I have dealt with him, this person is too suitable to be a warden, meticulous and insidious, and he usually likes to stand in a place where there is a shadow that can cover half of his face, some hunchbacks are gloomy, but his kung fu is quite good." ” "This doesn't look like someone who has studied in Taixue."
Zhan Zhao thought it was a little magical.
"Well, I really didn't think he was a scholar."
Ouyang said, touching his chin, "But I have been to his study, there are a lot of calligraphy and paintings hanging in the study, I originally thought he liked to collect, but once he was writing when he went, the calligraphy is quite good, now that I think about it, it makes sense." ” Everyone looked at each other and said that he was not suspicious, it did seem that it had nothing to do with the case, but it always felt a little strange to say that he was suspicious.
When it was almost dawn, Ochre Shadow ran back covered in mud, and said to Zhan Zhao when he entered the door, "Lord Zhan, I found something amazing."
Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang glanced at each other, and asked in unison, "Gold" Ochre nodded, "That's a lot" When everyone came to Xie Yiting's house, they saw that Ochre Shadow really led people to dig the house to the bottom, and in the ground, a cellar was dug up, and Ochre Shadow and they carried up three large boxes from inside, and when they opened it, they were full of gold.
Bai Yutang glanced at it and said, "Thirty thousand taels of gold." ” Everyone looked at the housekeeper and concubine of Xie Yiting.
Unexpectedly, none of the Xie family's relatives knew where the money came from, and they shook their heads vigorously and said that they didn't know what was going on, let alone that the master had hidden so much gold at home.
Zhan Zhao took out a gold bar, looked at it, and handed it to Bai Yutang.
Bai Yutang took it and took a look, and saw that there was a mark on the gold bar, which was the mark of the Jin family's gold shop, the triangular mark.
"This is the gold in Jin Shan's house" Bai Yutang frowned, "Why is it in the Xie Yi Pavilion family?"
"Xie Yiting was expelled from Taixue back then, and in a blink of an eye, he had his own business, maybe this is the capital."
Zhan Zhao said, "Originally, it was just speculation, but now that it has come true, it seems that it is necessary to talk to Liu Zheng." ” "Do you suspect that the few people who participated in the first exam paper back then had something to do with the murder of the Jin family and the missing gold," Zhao Pu asked.
Zhan Zhao said, "Don't you think it's strange that it's not easy to get into Taixue, even if you get the last place in the exam every year, you will have a bright future when you come out in the future, why do you want to take the risk of stealing the test questions and doing such a stupid thing" Everyone was right to frown.
"Kung Fu can't be practiced in a day or two."
Zhan Zhao said, "Liu Zheng's kung fu must have been practiced since he was a child, if he has this kind of kung fu, how can he steal the test paper be found by a few masters, there is definitely a problem here."
Bai Yutang also nodded, "I also want to go to the Heavenly Prison to have a look, there is also a friend of mine inside." ” "Wow" Everyone was taken aback by Bai Yutang, "Your friend is still squatting in the prison on business?"
Bai Yutang smiled, "Squatting in the class room." ” Zhan Zhao opened his mouth wide, "What's the situation?"
Bai Yutang waved his hand lightly, "I met a few years ago, although I killed someone, but I am not a bad person." ” "Why did he kill people" Zhan Zhao wondered.
"Revenge."
Bai Yutang said, "He was originally a dart walker, relying on a sister for his life, and when he got home, he found that his sister was snatched away by an official, and he ran to save people, but the girl had committed suicide, so he killed the official in a fit of anger."
Who would have thought that a maid was killed by mistake in the process, so he ran to squat in the class room. ” Zhanzhao touched his chin, "Oh so." ” "I was supposed to be sentenced to death, but that year happened to meet the amnesty of the world, and the sentence was changed to squatting in prison, thinking that it would be estimated that I would squat for a lifetime."
Bai Yutang said, "But later, it seemed that it was found out that the official was corrupt and perverted the law, so the sentence was reduced, and he may be released soon." ” "Oh" Zhanzhao nodded, then wondered, "How do you know?"
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"I heard a friend mention it a while ago."
Bai Yutang said casually, "You also know, Ximen Medicine." ” It is clear that most of the kilns in Kaifeng Mansion were opened by him, and the legendary friend of women, Ximen Yao, is indeed one of Bai Yutang's several unreliable friends.
Zhan Zhao tilted his head and pondered, the idea came up, and poked Bai Yutang, "You asked Ximen Yao to visit the prison once, and help inquire if there are any people with particularly good literary skills in this prison."
Bai Yutang was slightly stunned, and looked at Zhanzhao, "Wen Caihao, you suspect that those three missing scholars are in the prison."
"Maybe by the way, let him ask your friend Liu Zheng who he is, your friend has been squatting in it for so long, whether he is listening to others mentioning it or observing it himself, he should know Liu Zheng's personality better than Ouyang."
Zhan Zhao said, "Let's not go first, so as not to startle the snake." ” Bai Yutang nodded, "It's a solution, Qiu Jian seems to have intended to sneak into the prison before, if it's just for Liu Zheng, there is no need to go to the prison, there should be any other clues in the prison." ” Bai Yutang made an appointment with Ximen Yao to tell him the inside story, and Ximen Yao naturally agreed, and he also visited the prison, so he went to the prison and asked an old friend for news.
Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang were waiting for Ximen Medicine in a restaurant near the North City Gate, and they were drinking tea when they heard the tea guests chatting.
The two of them didn't listen carefully at first, but a few words unconsciously got into their ears General Right and General Youlian Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang were both confused, so they listened carefully.
What people are discussing is that they know why the right general Long Qiaoguang is so good at archery, it turns out that he is the only descendant of General Youlian, and he will also be the peerless true biography of General Youlian back then, Meteor Arrow.
Zhan Zhao touched his chin to see what was going on in Bai Yutang Bai Yutang thought for a moment and smiled slightly, "Let's fight back." ” After listening to it for a while, the rumor is that General Youlian is doing well, accompanied by a confidant, and his apprentice is filial and has a long life.
"It's blown like this in order to stimulate the other party," Zhanzhao asked Bai Yutang.
Bai Yutang held the teacup and said, "No matter who the other party is, he has done so many things just to make Uncle Xiaoxiao out of order, and now the whole world knows that General Youlian is not only in order but also in order, so he naturally can't bear it." ” "Then will he turn all his anger on Long Qiaoguang's head," Zhan Zhao asked.
Bai Yutang smiled, "Isn't this what the nagging wants." ” Under the order of Zhan Zhao's song limit, "will there be danger?"
Bai Yutang said, "If there is danger, you should also go to the soup for the sake of your idol." ” Zhanzhao couldn't laugh or cry, but with his grandfather and Tianzun helping to watch, it is estimated that nothing will happen, and although this trick is crooked and damaged, can you use strange tricks to deal with strange people, maybe it really works: