Chapter 74 The Case of the Murder of Relatives of Senior Officials of Jinyiwei
Inside is a wide blue brick avenue, with towering ancient cypresses on both sides of the road, high and low rockery, and the green brick roofs hidden among the green trees.
Following the avenue to the main hall, there were two more Jinyiwei guards here, bowing to salute. Long Xiang led Situ Ce to look at the Jinyiwei's convention hall, and then led him around, including a military field, a canteen, a dormitory building, a prison, a torture room, etc., which seemed to be a small military camp.
The Jinyiwei we met along the way all bowed and didn't even dare to raise our heads. It can be seen that Long Xiang is so prestige among the Jinyiwei.
Long Xiang didn't seem to be busy talking about the case with Situ Ce, but just led him to watch everywhere, talking and laughing and talking about some interesting things about the Jinyiwei. After reading the entire Jinyiwei yamen, he led him to the flower hall. This is the place to receive distinguished guests. The guards and servants presented incense tea and brought the door with them when they went out.
Situ Ce said: "Why didn't I see Zhong Baihu?"
"Haha," Long Xiang smiled, "The last time the gun stolen and sold, I was sued and beaten by a stick, I lay on the bed and can't get out of bed yet, so I can't come out to meet Brother Yanagawa. It's a pity that he has entrusted me to entertain Brother Yanagawa."
"You're welcome."
Long Xiang clapped his hands, and for a moment, a servant came in from the back hall, holding a black lacquered gold-painted tray, covered with a piece of red silk, and no one knew what it was. He came to the two of them, knelt on one knee, and held the tray high.
Long Xiang reached out and uncovered the red silk. The white ingots inside were covered with silver ingots. Long Xiang said, "This is a hundred taels of silver. It is for the reward for Brother Yanagawa's strong help. I hope to accept it with a smile. After the case is solved, there will be another reward!"
Situ Ce said: "I don't receive any reward without merit. I don't know what kind of case it is. How can I accept the money? I'm not a god. It's impossible for any case to be solved. If this case is too difficult, I'm afraid I can't do anything."
"It's okay, as long as Brother Yanagawa is doing his best. Even if he really can't break it in the end, he won't blame Brother Yanagawa. With this money, he won't ask you to get it back. Hahaha."
Situ Ce said: "Let's listen to your case first and see if I have the ability to continue talking. Otherwise, I will not feel at ease if I take it."
"Okay, that's it." Long Xiang said, "A few days ago, our Jinyiwei Tongzhi, Lord Wei Yuefeng, ordered a batch of blue and white porcelain. When he passed by our Zhenhai County, he was robbed. Not only did he lose all blue and white porcelain, but Lord Wei's purchase and two servants were killed."
"Oh? Who is so bold? How dare you rob the Jinyiwei's car?"
"That's right, it's enough to be robbed by someone. What's more, the brother of Mr. Wei's concubine. The concubine didn't know what kind of pillow wind blew, which made Mr. Wei so angry that she called Yang Junqian of our Qianhu Office and scolded her, and limited us to solve the case for ten days."
"Is that broken?" Situ Ce asked knowingly.
"If it is broken, I won't have to look for you, Brother Yanagawa."
“That’s true.”
"There were three bodies found in this case, and there was no other clue. Ten days passed and the case was not solved. Lord Wei called Lord Yang and scolded him again. For another ten days, if there was no news, he would dismiss Lord Yang. Lord Yang was anxious and kept urging us to go down and urged us to handle it three times a day. Alas! Lord Zhong was not so angry that he was beaten for the case of selling guns, but rather that he had not recovered after being beaten for the case of selling guns, it would be better to say that he was anxious and could not get angry because of this case."
Situ Ce pondered for a moment and asked, "How many days are left now?"
"Eight days! The day I looked for you, the deadline has not expired. I thought Lord Wei would not be too serious. I didn't expect that this time he would be dismissed. Lord Wei was the leader of the Jinyiwei, and he was a fellow villager with the commander of the boss, Lu Binglu. What he said was absolutely counted. So, Lord Yang Jun was really anxious, so he ordered us to step up the resolution of the case. Last night, we didn't sleep all night, and for this case, all the Jinyiwei and the people from the Dongchang were dispatched to search for the entire Zhenhai County and solve the case. However, no matter how hard it was, there was no clue. Lord Zhong said that this matter could only be helpful to Brother Liuchuan. So, to be honest, I did not meet you by chance, but waited for you later for a long time."
"Then why don't you go in and call me?"
"Liu Bei visited Zhuge Liang three times, and Zhuge Liang was sleeping, but he didn't see him breaking in and wake him up."
"How can I compare with Zhuge Liang!"
"If you want to govern the country and pacify the world, Brother Liuchuan may be slightly inferior to him, but it is the turn to solve the case and arrest the murderer. I dare say that Zhuge Liang is far worse than you. Hahaha."
"Long Baihu is praised. Since it is only eight days, we have to fight every second. Let's start now. What about those three corpses?"
"The purchased corpses were transported to the capital. The two servants were still here. Because the purchasing agent was the brother of Lord Wei's concubine, he was transported back to handle the funeral. However, we have conducted detailed investigations and found that the causes of death of the three bodies were almost the same. They were all stabbed in the back of the head with a sharp weapon. The purchasing agent was hit by two servants, and the two servants were hit by three, and they all hit the back of the head, and there were no scars elsewhere. The two servants' bodies were in the morgue in our yamen."
"Where was the body found? Who found it?"
"At a bend on the Thirty Post Road in the west of the city, the local villagers found the body. When they went to the field to work, they found someone lying in the grass on the side of the road. They thought that the drunkard was drunk, and went up to call, and found dead. Then they quickly reported to the official. There were several villagers who found them, and they could prove that they saw the body. We repeatedly questioned and found many certificates from the villagers, confirming that they had worked together in the field that morning, and confirmed that they had no possibility of telling lies."
"Apart from a few bodies, are there any other physical evidence at the scene?"
"there is none left."
"What was missing?"
"The exquisite celadon of a carriage is very valuable. There is also a carriage that has no silver left on it. It is probably robbed by the robbers. There are no other items with you."
"Carriage?" Situ Ce thought for a while, "This thing is something that ordinary people can't afford. Have you checked the whereabouts of the carriage?"
"I checked. All Zhenhai County and nearby counties have been visited. All the places with carriages have been checked. They are not the horses of Tongzhi. There is no trace of the carriage."
"Where is celadon? This thing cannot be eaten, and the robbers should find a way to sell the stolen goods. They should be on the lookout for the stolen goods."
"We also checked!" Long Xiang felt that Situ Ce's question seemed to be a bit derogatory to the intelligence of the Jinyiwei. He felt a little aggrieved and said with a sad face, "These porcelains are all high-quality products and are expensive. We have investigated all the porcelain shops in this county and two neighboring counties. It can be said that we have used all the measures we can take, but they all said that we have never entered celadon from strangers. We also found the porcelain merchant who sold celadon to Lord Wei, and identified them from door to door to warehouse to see if there were any celadons that they sold to Lord Tongzhi. As a result, dozens of porcelain shops identified them one by one, but they still did not find anything."
"Where is the scene of the body throwing? Have the villagers nearby visited it? See if there was any suspicious thing before the body was found."
Chapter completed!