Just when the war in North Africa was in full swing and Broken Leaf was also actively preparing to intervene in the chaos in Constantinople, Li Dingguo, the crown prince of the British Empire, left Broken Leaf again and went to Qingyang Mansion in Tianzhu to serve as a criminal officer to further hone his governing ability.What Li Dingguo didn't expect was that as soon as he, the criminal officer, took office, he encountered a big case.Hu Songyang's family in Malian Town, outside the city, built a new house, and had just laid the foundation, but two days ago a fire suddenly broke out on the foundation at night, and Hu Songyang's family of five who were living next to the foundation were all killed in the fire, and none of them were spared.Such a major murder occurred, Li Dingguo did not dare to slack off, he hurriedly took Qin Sheng, who continued to be his helper, and a patrol police officer to Malian Town, and the local Lizheng Zhao Yuanhui had already received the news and hurriedly came to guide the way.Faced with the interrogation of the highest judicial official in Qingyang Mansion, this criminal officer Li Ti, Li Zheng Zhao Yuanhui replied cautiously: "This fire is really strange.Hu Songyang's tent, five feet five feet above the ground, is all made of adobe bricks.Dozens of bamboo strips were pulled on the roof of the canopy, and they were covered with small tiles. ”Li Dingguo listened to it for a long time, but he didn't understand what Zhao Yuanhui said strangely, so he interrupted lightly.He didn't want to have any preconceived ideas before solving the case.When he arrived at the scene of the fire, Li Dingguo immediately understood what the "strange" in Zhao Yuanhui's mouth meant.The scene of the fire was covered with rubble, several corpses were so charred that it was difficult to distinguish their original faces, and huge green-headed flies flew around the corpses, and the smell of the scene was disgusting.What is surprising is that the bamboo strips on the roof of the canopy, although blackened by the fire, are intact.The roof tiles were heated by the fire and flew all over the ground.Li Dingguo slowly walked to the foundation of Hu Songyang's new house, only to see that the earth ditch was dug several meters deep, and piles of large stones stood not far away.Li Dingguo learned that the construction process here is to dig the foundation first, and then build it with flakes of stone, and the gray bricks are stacked on top of the flakes of the foundation.Now that the foundation has just been dug and the building process has just been completed, except for the flakes, other materials have not yet arrived, how could there be a fire?
Returning to the tent dozens of steps away, Li Dingguo heard a patrol officer shouting: "Straight lady thief, your feet have sunk into the soil, it's really terrible, this is just done by the mother-in-law in the family." ”Li Dingguo walked into the tent and took a look, only to see that the young patrolman had taken off one of his shoes, and he was leaning against the adobe wall, constantly dusting off his shoes.The front of the new mille-feuille shoe was already black and painted, and the cloth color could not be seen at all.Li Dingguo was just about to say something, the adobe wall was forced, and it collapsed with a bang, and the roof of the canopy immediately tilted to this side, followed by a "click", the bamboo strips were broken together, and dozens of tiles fell down with a bang, and they were smashing towards the patrol police and Li Dingguo.Qin Sheng, who was on the side, saw that the situation was not good, so he hurriedly rushed over, wanting to save Li Dingguo.But where did he have time, but the stunned patrol officer woke up like a dream and knocked down Li Dingguo.The dozens of tiles remaining on the roof of the canopy fell on the patrol officer with dust, and one of them hit the back of the patrolman's head, and the young patrol officer died on the spot without even snorting.Before the case was solved, one of his patrol officers died.Li Dingguo, who has always been proud and thinks that he is the second smartest person in the world, is very frustrated, he pushed Qin Sheng's hand away, and said: "Today I have to find a clue here, don't worry about my safety."
Listen, let Yu Zuo and Ma Dashan stay behind, you take two people, carry him back, comfort his parents and family, and bury him properly.Remember, give his family some more money, well, tell them mom and dad, and I'll report for their son as a good civil servant. ”Qin Sheng saw that Li Dingguo was angry, and didn't dare to say anything, he beckoned the two patrol officers to lift the body of the patrol policeman who had just died, and was about to leave, when he suddenly remembered something, and said to Li Dingguo: "Boss (because Li Dingguo is a criminal officer under a pseudonym, so Qin Sheng didn't call him the prince), today is the day when the head of the round channel comes to the yamen to see you, you see?"
”Li Dingguo sighed, he slapped his head and said, "I forgot about this."
In this case, you can receive him, tell the chief of the circle channel what happened here, and make amends for me, and it is best to ask him to stay for a few days. ”Li Dingguo under the influence of his mother Princess Changle, love calligraphy, this did not come to Qingyang, he learned that Qingyang has a Sanqing Temple, the view of the main round channel is a master of sealing, so he went to the Sanqing Temple, asked the round channel chief for him to rule a few square seals.The head of the round channel readily agreed, and agreed with Li Dingguo on the time for the printing.This day happens to be today.After Qin Sheng left, Li Dingguo continued to stay at the scene.Under the command of the patrolman, the corpses were moved out one by one.As soon as they stepped into the tent, the posture of several patrolmen changed, as if they were not walking on flat ground, but stepping on the mud, one foot deep and one foot shallow, and the dust rising from the ground drifted everywhere.This situation stunned Li Dingguo, he turned his head to look at Li Zheng, Li Zheng obviously had never seen such a situation, and opened his mouth wide, "This, this is an August day, and it has been sunny for more than 20 days."
Is the earth roasted by fire?
”How is it possible for the earth to be roasted by fire?
Li Dingguo shook his head.But this incident is really puzzling, although there are some wooden cabinets and wooden cabinets that have not been burned out, even if they are all burned, it is not enough to kill all five members of the Hu family.Also, when the fire started, why didn't the five members of the Hu family react at all, and none of them could wake up from their sleep and run out?
Li Dingguo glanced back at the village of Malian Town that he had just walked by, and couldn't help but gasp.Between the village and the Hu family's new house, there was even a mound of earth.Now he couldn't see a shadow of the village at all.Zhao Yuanhui saw the doubts in Li Dingguo's heart and explained: "This Hu Songyang is a foreigner from the Tang Dynasty, he somehow took a fancy to this place, bought ten acres of land here, and after preparing to build a new house, his family moved here. ”Li Dingguo sighed, and at this time, he told him that these people were indeed burned to death by fire, and there was nothing else to gain.Li Dingguo instructed Li Zheng to learn more about the situation of the Hu family, see if the deceased had any other relatives, and let them come to take care of the Hu family's affairs as soon as possible.When did the Hu family dig the foundation, and which laborers in the village came to help, these people have to record them one by one.Who found the deceased?
Whether anyone found out when the fire broke out, and whether the people in the village came to put out the fire, be sure to check one by one.When Li Dingguo said this, he told Zhao Yuanhui with a wry smile that he was going to live in Malian Town with the patrol police, and he must find a place to live for him.Zhao Yuanhui had been prepared for a long time, and now he finally waited for the criminal officer to interrogate, he took out a piece of paper and told Li Dingguo about it as it was.These ten acres of land originally belonged to the same family as Ma Lian and Liu Xun.Liu Xuntong turned out to be a big family, but he was addicted to gambling, and everything he could sell at home was sold out.The ten acres of land were also sold to Hu Songyang because they had not found a buyer for a long time.When selling the land to Hu Songyang, Zhao Yuanhui also came forward to make a knot for them.Hu Songyang is a foreigner, and when he built his house, he hired village laborers.But his approach is very strange, the laborers invited are different every day, today invite this group of people, tomorrow invite that group of people, every day at sunset, the laborers drink a meal in Hu Songyang's tent, and Hu Songyang distributes three pieces of Yingyang per person on the spot.Five days later, almost all the laborers in Marlene Town had been invited by him.The Hu family stopped working for a day, and at noon, Hu Songyang's parents, his wife and children all arrived here, and the family sat together to drink at noon.Because a villager Liu Sandao came out in the afternoon to hunt pigweed on a nearby mound, he was invited by Hu Songyang to have dinner in the tent and drink wine.When Liu Sandao returned home, it was already one watch.When he slept until midnight, Liu Sandao suddenly thought that the basket for collecting pigweed had been thrown on the mound, he came out to get the basket, and found that the fire was everywhere under the mound, so he shouted for help.Zhao Yuanhui himself and the first batch of villagers who came to fight the fire arrived at the same time, and when they came, the fire had already passed, but the ground was extremely hot, and people could not approach it at all.Then he asked one of the strong laborers in the village to go to the criminal department in Fucheng to report the case.Unexpectedly, the speed of the official mission was extremely fast, and they arrived at the scene only a day later.