Chapter 2: Demon Haunting
Xu New Year frowned, "What do you need this for."
I want to solve the case .... Xu Qi'an said in a deep voice, "I want to know what happened in the case and die with an understanding. Otherwise I'm not willing."
Saying directly about solving the case, Xu Xinxin would probably think that he had a wart in his head, so Xu Qi'an changed his words.
After all, the original Xu Qi'an was the stubborn and headstrong character.
Xu New Year pondered for a moment and said, "I've read the dossier, so I can tell you ..... about it."
These days for the Xu family to run, the case is too big, no one dares to help out, begging for help, under the helplessness of no door, Xu New Year to change the idea, trying to recover tax silver from the aspect of the breakthrough.
Relying on the Xu family's original connections and relationships with the academy, as well as silver points, Xu New Year bought through the officials of the Beijing Zhaofu, for him to transcribe the file.
But he had no experience in criminal judgment, investigation, etc. and gave up helplessly.
Xu Qi'an raised his hand to interrupt, "Go write it down, dictation is meaningless."
All the details of the case were in the text, requiring deliberation and chewing, and the brain would not be able to think and analyze calmly if it was divided into listening.
Xu Qi'an's logical reasoning ability had always ridden high in his previous life, being the leader in his grade.
In the past, Xu New Year would not have taken him on, remembering that this farewell between the two brothers might be forever.
He agreed to his elder brother's last request and whispered, "Wait a moment."
Sprinting away.
The sound of footsteps disappeared into the corridor, Xu Qi'an sat down with his back against the fence, his heart apprehensive and complicated.
He did not have the certainty of turning the tables, wanting to solve the case was lust, unwillingness was also true.
Can think of only this one method of self-help, always have to try, dying to struggle a little.
Modern criminal investigation methods, crime scene investigation, surveillance, autopsy is the three essential components.
No one died in the tax silver disappearance case, there was no surveillance in ancient times, and he was deep in prison, so he was not in a position to access all three of the above elements.
It was good that the dossier could restore the crime scene to a certain extent.
While digesting the original owner's memories, he forced himself to discard all negative emotions, only a calm brain can have clear thoughts and complete rigorous reasoning.
"Whether it's dead or alive, it depends on what comes next ...." He muttered.
The time for an incense stick to burn gradually passed, and Xu New Year hurriedly returned, handing him several sheets of rice paper whose ink had not yet dried.
"Time's up, I have to go." Xu Xinxin hesitated and said, "Take care of yourself."
Xu Qi'an didn't reply, his gaze already attracted by the handwriting on the rice paper.
Time was rushed, the handwriting on the paper was in cursive, if not for the fact that Xu Qi'an had studied private school for a few years, he damn well wouldn't have been able to recognize these ghostly drawings.
"Reading is still useful, the original master is an illiterate ..... Finish scattering flowers." Xu Qi'an laughed to himself.
The tax silver disappearance case went like this:
[Three days ago at two minutes past dawning (six thirty in the morning), Xu Pingzhi escorted a batch of tax silver into the capital, a quarter of an hour past eternity, traveled to Guangnan Street, just crossed the bridge, suddenly set off a strange wind, the horses were frightened, rushed into the river next to the street.
In a moment, the deafening sound of the explosion came, the river blew up six feet high, turbid waves.
The soldiers responsible for escorting the tax silver leaped into the river to look for the silver, only to retrieve one thousand two hundred and fifteen taels of silver, the rest of the silver disappeared .....]
In addition to the crime, there are also confessions from passersby and confessions from the pawns involved in the escort that were searched for by the Jingzhao Prefecture.
Among the string of confessions, Xu Qi'an noticed a sentence outlined with a red vermilion pen: demons haunting the city!
"Demons haunting?!" Xu Qi'an's pupils shrank, his heart sinking to the bottom.
......
Jingzhao Mansion, back hall.
After three consecutive days of running around and being busy, the three main people in charge of the missing tax silver case were gathered together.
Chen Hanguang, the magistrate of Beijing Zhaofu, was holding a white porcelain and blue flower tealight in his hand, the lid gently knocking against the rim of the cup, and his face was grave.
This official of the fourth grade wearing scarlet robes and embroidered cloud geese, sighed softly, "There are still two days left, the saint ordered us to recover the tax silver before Xu Pingzhi's beheading, the two adults, we have to hurry up."
The two in the mouth of Prefect Chen were middle-aged men wearing black uniforms and basalt-colored cloaks, with high noses, slightly sunken eyes, and light brown pupils.
Half southern barbarian blood.
The other goose-egg faced young girl in a yellow dress had picturesque eyebrows and skin like gelatin, looking around.
She was holding a sugar cane in her hand, with a small deerskin bag as well as a piece of Bagua Feng Shui disk hanging from her waist, and under the hem of her skirt was a pair of tiny boots embroidered with cloud patterns.
A swing and a swing.
These two, who were assisting in the case, the middle-aged man was called Li Yuchun, and came from an organization that was scorned by the officials of Dafeng: the Night Watchman.
The organization, 'The Night Watchmen', was engaged in scouting, arresting, and interrogating. It was also involved in gathering military intelligence and turning enemy generals.
It did not belong to the Six Ministries, nor did it belong to the military system.
It was the royal family's intelligence organization and the guillotine that hung over the heads of the hundred officials.
All the officials of Dafeng have heard the saying: if you don't do anything wrong during the day, you're not afraid of the night watchman.
And that yellow-skirted girl was a person from the Si Tian Supervisor, not a low status, a disciple of the Si Tian Supervisor.
The middle-aged man with a silver gong embroidered on his chest, glanced at the bagasse spit by the yellow-skirted girl spread all over his feet, frowned, and with a spin of his palm, the air currents rolled, gathering those bagasse in one place.
The middle-aged man nodded slightly, revealing a flash of pleasure.
Only then did he reply to Prefect Chen with a heavy face, "This case is cloudy and foggy, it's very odd, perhaps we're heading in the wrong direction."
"Where does Lord Li begin with this statement." Prefect Chen frowned, the case dissected to this point, basically locking in the fact that it was a demonic creature that haunted and robbed the tax silver.
"We don't have much time left, and what we should do now is to catch the demonic creature that is causing the disturbance as soon as possible, don't think about this nonsense." Prefect Chen said.
In recent years, the treasury has been empty, and there have been calamities from time to time in various places, 150,000 taels of tax silver is equivalent to an ordinary county, a year's worth of tax revenue.
His Majesty's anger was understandable.
I have no money in the first place, and you still give me a chain, angry even.
Chen Fu Yin diligently took over this case, the burden on his shoulders has made him unable to eat or sleep well lately.
The middle-aged man shook his head, did not argue, turned to say: "Xu Pingzhi there are any new gains?"
Prefect Chen shook his head, "A martial artist, he would only mumble about injustice, he doesn't even know how the tax silver was lost."
The yellow-skirted girl faintly said, "I have observed his 'qi' and there is no lie."
Li Yuchun and Prefect Chen nodded, not continuing to talk about this person.
As a criminal, Xu Pingzhi bore the brunt of the investigation and torture, his interpersonal and financial status and so on, were all mapped out. Coupled with the SZTN's lookout technique, the suspicion has been ruled out at the moment.
Of course, the tax silver is lost, Xu Pingzhi dereliction of duty, the death penalty is hard to escape.
The middle-aged man and Chen Fu Yin had serious faces and heavy hearts.
Only the yellow-skirted girl with the lightest pressure, mindlessly nibbling on sugar cane.
At this time, the sound of footsteps came, a magistrate hurriedly came in, holding a small bamboo tube in his right hand, and carrying a butter paper bag in his left hand, inside was a large steaming meat bun.
The magistrate first handed the bamboo tube over.
Yellow dress girl did not take, such as containing starry eyes, glanced at the large meat packet.
The magistrate is interested in changing the order, the yellow skirt girl joyfully nibbled up the big meat buns, and only then took the bamboo tube, drew out a note, unfolded and read:
"My people said that along the twenty miles, no demonic qi was observed within the river, and there were no traces on the banks."
"Snap!"
The oppressive atmosphere finally exploded, as Prefect Chen angrily slapped the table, his face turning blue with anger: "One hundred and fifty thousand taels of silver, where can it be taken to? It has to come ashore, it has to come ashore. It's been three days, not even a trace of the other party has been found."
"Damn it, what kind of demonic creature dares to intercept my Dafeng tax silver, this official will call it to be destroyed!"
Tax silver can't be recovered, he has to take the blame, the emperor won't care if he is aggrieved or not, his ass is sitting in this position, he has to take the blame.
Officialdom is like this, hard work to climb up, fall down but very easy.
Middle-aged Li Yuchun exhaled a breath and renewed the topic just now, "Could it be that we are investigating in the wrong direction, it may not be the work of a demon."
Prefect Chen looked at him and took a deep breath, suppressing the irritation in his heart, "If it wasn't a demonic creature, then how did the demonic wind come? When the silver enters the river, how did it disappear out of thin air, and how did it blow up water waves several feet high, cracking both banks."
