Chapter 112 Locking up the Suspect

Hearing Eunuch Liu's words, the officials of the Ministry of Punishment thought that the other party was embarrassing the little Tongluo surnamed Xu.

Scholars are actually very good at fighting, but not in force.

The government officials and policemen took a wait-and-see attitude, not caring what clues this reckless gong could give. But they were surprised to find that Mr. Fu Yin stopped his mind wandering, stopped his waist slightly, and put on a posture of listening carefully.

Lu Qing whispered: "Have you forgotten? Xu Qi'an, Xu Qi'an from the tax and bank case."

After being reminded by her, everyone in the government office came to their senses and remembered Xu Qi'an.

No wonder the name sounded familiar just now. It turned out to be the little Kuaishou who turned the tide in the tax and bank case and solved the mystery of counterfeit money.

Well, now it's time to beat the gong.

No wonder His Majesty appointed him as the chief officer of the yamen of the police. Only at this time did the officials of the yamen really come to their senses.

"There are indeed some gains!" Xu Qi'an nodded.

He didn't want to say it at first, because the Ministry of Criminal Justice and the government office are competitors, so there is no reason to share clues with these dogs.

But just now when he noticed the little eunuch taking notes, as well as the carefree communication between the Ministry of Punishment and the people in the government office, Xu Qi'an suddenly realized that this might be an opportunity to show off.

Show it to His Majesty the Emperor.

Not surprisingly, this transcript is for the purpose of handing it over to the emperor. Just imagine, after reading the transcript, Emperor Yuan Jing found that the Ministry of Punishment and the government office were actively discussing, giving clues, and working hard to solve the case, but the prisoner was silent. .

What would he think?

Although it is a bit of a loss for sharing information, the credit is already on paper.

"About Lu Butou's conjecture, I would like to ask a few questions." Xu Qi'an and the others looked over and said in an orderly manner:

"I went to Sangbo this morning to check it out. If I want to blow up the entire Yongzhen Shanhe Temple and the high platform, it will take an extremely large amount of gunpowder."

"Yes, what's the problem?" Lu Qing also went to Sangbo to inspect the scene.

"Here comes the problem. As you said just now, gunpowder is a strategic material that the court attaches great importance to. All kinds of confidentiality and anti-theft measures are very strict and complete. Smuggling these gunpowder itself is very difficult, let alone erasing the corresponding traces. ?" Xu Qi'an said:

"What kind of person do you think can do that?"

Lu Qing hesitated for a moment: "Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, or the two servants."

Everyone was taken aback, even the little eunuch who lowered his head to record also paused.

Xu Qi'an nodded: "If it's the Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry and the two ministers, then everything is reasonable. With their skill and ability, it is not impossible to bribe the servants in the palace or the officials of the Dali Temple and the Ministry of Rites. But, is this the case? Too stupid?"

Lu Qing frowned: "You mean?"

Xu Qi'an said: "Smuggling such a large amount of gunpowder, no matter how clean the hands and feet are, it will not stand up to investigation. I believe that those who can become ministers and ministers are not so stupid."

Lu Qing nodded: "Since it's not them, where else can provide so much gunpowder besides the Ministry of Industry?"

Xu Qi'an said: "Is it possible that it was brought in from outside the city?"

Lu Qing shook his head: "Let's not talk about the outer city, the inner city has to collect city entry tax, and the soldiers guarding the city will inspect the goods. It is even more impossible in the imperial city. How can something as conspicuous as gunpowder be smuggled? Unless it is brought in raw materials, not gunpowder”

Lu Qing and Xu Qi'an reasoned as if no one else was there, and there was no need for anyone else to intervene. Eunuch Liu was not in a hurry and listened patiently.

The little eunuch who was in charge of taking notes, moved his pen like flying, writing faster and faster.

What was brought in was not gunpowder, but raw materials. Among the raw materials of gunpowder, sulfur and charcoal are not precious things. Especially in winter, the charcoal consumption in the capital is terrible, but saltpeter is something that is strictly controlled by Dafeng. Lightning struck.

"Sitpe mine!?" He stared at Lu Qing with wide eyes.

The female catcher's delicate face froze for a moment, then she understood, and exclaimed, "Sitpe mine!!"

The faces of the two were full of shock. On the other side, Song Tingfeng and Zhu Guangxiao looked at each other, and their expressions changed slightly.

The four of them personally surveyed the Dahuang Mountain and discovered the saltpeter mine there.

Lu Qing calmed down his shocked emotions, and various thoughts flashed in his mind, and new doubts arose: "If it is really what they did, what happened to the nine missing persons?"

Xu Qi'an said slowly: "It's very simple, frame the blame!"

Then he shook his head: "No, it's to divert our attention and fight for the time to escape from the capital."

Lu Qing nodded slightly: "Yes, let us think that the gunpowder came from the Ministry of Industry, that spies were planted inside the court, and the focus of the investigation turned to the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of Rites, and the Minister of Dali Temple."

Eunuch Liu frowned. He found that he couldn't understand the conversation between the two.

Except for the high-ranking Minister of the Ministry of Punishment and Chen Fuyin who remained calm, the others looked at each other in blank dismay, also unable to understand what Xu Qi'an and Lu Qing were saying.

I always feel like I missed an episode.

Xu Qi'an shook his head: "In this case, there is a doubt that cannot be solved. How did they transport the gunpowder to Sangpo?"

Lu Qing said: "It's very simple. The nine missing officials should have been bought or coerced. I prefer the former."

It makes sense, if the Yaozu can smuggle gunpowder into Sangpo, there must be an accomplice. They would not have been able to do this without the support of the court.

Let's not talk about the two or five boys in the court, why did the Yaozu blow up Sangbo?

To be precise, they conspired against the sealed item under Sangbo, what use is this sealed item to them?

While he was thinking, he heard Lu Qing say again: "We seem to have lost our mind, because I noticed a detail just now."

The heroic female catcher stared at Xu Qi'an: "Nine missing persons, three servants from the palace, three from the Ministry of Rites, and three from the Dali Temple. How did they smuggle in gunpowder without the knowledge of their colleagues?"

Xu Qi'an was not very clear about the process of the ancestor worship ceremony, and he hadn't had time to ask the officials and clerks who were in charge of finishing it, but after hearing Lu Qing's words, his heart moved: "You mean, just three people can't steal it from your colleagues. The gunpowder transporter. Yes, why did you deliberately separate the nine people? If the nine people are all from the Ministry of Rites, from Dali Temple, or are servants in the palace, it may still be possible."

Lu Qing smiled sincerely, but it was quite bright.

She admired Xu Qi'an the most, he was smart and could immediately understand what she meant. It's not tiring to discuss with him, but I can smile knowingly.

Xu Qi'an said: "Therefore, among those who help them, there must be other people, and this person must have the ability to freely enter and leave the imperial city, or be able to send gunpowder into the imperial city."

Speaking of this, Xu Qi'an looked at Lu Qing again, and they remembered a case.

The case of the Jinwu Guard Xiaoqi officer.

This case happened the day before the ancestor worship ceremony, and they also personally took over the case.

Before he was silenced, the Xiaoqi officer of the Jinwu Guard revealed to his wife that he would take his family away from the capital. Before he died, Xu Qi'an was on duty when he suddenly realized that he connected the case of the saltpeter mine with the case of Xiaoqi officer Liu Han. a truth.

The purpose of the Yaozu to drive away the gray households is to collect saltpeter mines in the Dahuang Mountain, make gunpowder to blow up the Shanhe Temple in Yongzhen, and release the sealed items in Sangboli.

The reason why gunpowder is used is because the palace is heavily guarded and cannot be forced into, but gunpowder can be transported in without anyone noticing.

Whether it was the supervisor of Si Tianjian, the female national teacher of Renzong, or the high-quality warriors in the imperial army, they could detect the invasion of the strong, but they could not detect the dead things like gunpowder.

Liu Han is just a small banner official, not that capable, and he put gunpowder into the imperial city without telling his superiors.

He was an official, and the instigator was his superior, and it was this superior who killed him to silence him.

Ma De, the demon clan acts, it's like an old sow wearing a bra, one set after another.

The whorehouse was full - well organized.

As long as Liu Han's superiors and hundreds of Jinwu Guards are arrested and tortured, everything will be known!

Xu Qi'an quickly targeted a suspicious person: Zhou Baihu!

Xu Qi'an got up and cleared his throat: "Eunuch Liu, my lords, I still have something to do with the Ministry of Works, so I'll take my leave first."

His expression was as usual, and his tone was relaxed: "The watchman will follow me."

Evacuate quickly.

The officials present were not idiots. Although Xu Qi'an behaved normally, when he talked with Lu Qing, his expressions changed several times and the content of their conversations, although they had only a half-knowledge, it did not prevent them from guessing that Xu Qi'an had found important clues.

Everyone immediately looked at Lu Qing.

Lu Qing played dumb.

Eunuch Liu knocked on the case table with his fingers, and urged: "Did Xu Qi'an discover anything, and whether the case has progressed, tell me quickly!"

Lu Qingxin said, I have done my best. After all, although they admire Xu Qi'an very much, they have no special relationship, and they are not fiancés or anything.

It is already very loyal to help him delay for a while.

PS: This is six or seven hours.