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Chapter 118: Natural and Man-made Disasters (2)

"What did you say?" Even though Zhong Yu's qi cultivation skills have always been good, he has experienced a lot of storms, but after hearing Sun Tu's secret report, he was still shocked and exclaimed. He really didn't expect that Sun Tu could find such a fatal thing in just over half an hour.

After a while, he calmed down and asked cautiously: "Tao Sun Du, this matter is not a joke. Do you have any evidence?" If it was found that the fire in Changxingfang was released by someone, its nature would be almost the same as a conspiracy. This is where is the city of Bianliang, Tokyo.

Sun Tu shook his head a little: "Although I can see some clues, the conclusive evidence has not been found yet. Moreover, this fire burned the entire Changxingfang to ruins. Even if there is anything left behind, it will be completely burned by the fire."

"Then this matter..." Zhong Yu wanted to say that the matter was better to report the accidental disaster. Otherwise, he, a street official, would be blamed, and Sun Tu, as the person who investigated and dealt with the case, would not be easy. After all, it would not be easy to find out the truth. But he couldn't say this, after all, it would be related to dozens of days of life and thousands of families.

Sun Tu looked at the other party and guessed the idea of ​​turning big things into small things. He felt irritated. This is the first reaction of the officials of the Song Dynasty after encountering the incident. What they wanted was not the truth, but the cover-up. But at this time it was not the time to turn against him. He said: "Zhong Sizheng, the officials of the upper and lower levels have indeed had some clues in this matter, but it is difficult for me to capture the real murderer, so I want to ask you for help."

"What do you mean? Can't you Kaifeng Prefecture take anyone?" Zhong Yu said, frowned even deeper, thinking that if you Kaifeng Prefecture cannot take anyone, our street department would be even more impossible. After all, Kaifeng Prefecture was equivalent to a public security agency in later generations, and the street department was just an urban management department. How could there be a reason to ask the urban management to help the public security police arrest criminals?

Sun Tu shook his head, lowered his voice and said some of his concerns: "Zhong Si is not aware of it. Xiaguan has just served in Kaifeng Prefecture for a short time, and his brothers below may not listen to me. The murderer that Xiaguan suspected was an old man who had been in Kaifeng Prefecture for many years. If I took someone to get him, I'm afraid someone would inform him earlier and alert the enemy."

Zhong Yu looked at the other party in surprise. Is this really trustworthy? Sun Tu then said: "And the Xiaguan is planning to use some means to make the murderer jump out by himself, which requires Zhong Sizheng to help." As he said that, he clasped his fists and told his complete plan.

After hesitating for a while, Zhong Yu finally bit his teeth: "Okay, I will help you this time. But I only borrow some people from you. This matter has nothing to do with my street department, and they just happened to pass by." This fact is too dangerous. Based on the principle of being an official who would rather be ineffective than have ever been, he chose to stay out of the matter.

Sun Tu could see that this was the biggest concession the other party could make, so he nodded and responded: "Everything is as Zhong Sizheng said, I will arrange everything."

After the two discussed again, Shen Liang and others rushed back there. The faces of these officers and constables looked ugly, and after seeing Sun Tu, they seemed a little discouraged: "Du Tou, we searched everywhere, but we didn't find any clues, and we didn't know where the fire started."

Lu Fang also said, "Sun Dutou, this fire is too big, it burns the entire Changxingfang, and there is no way to find out."

Sun Tu looked solemn when he heard this: "I found some clues, but it's important to do so. I have to go back to the government office before making a decision." As he said that, he clasped his fists to Zhong Yu and took everyone away from Changxingfang. Before leaving, he looked at Zhong Sizheng deeply, meaning that he would let the other party arrange everything as agreed before.

After that, Sun Tu's expression seemed quite solemn, which made his subordinates feel more stressed, and almost everyone said nothing. At this time, Cui Lue Shang suddenly said, "Duzhu, what's going on? We are all serving the court, what can't we say?" His words were naturally what Sun Tu ordered early in the morning.

After hearing this, Sun Tu whispered: "It is precisely because we are all from Kaifeng Prefecture that this matter should be more cautious. Do you know what I found before? The fire came from Maojiaxiang and Zhang Laosi's family. What does this mean? I don't need to say more about it?"

The already heavy atmosphere became even tighter after these words, and everyone changed color. Chen Liang even opened his mouth wide: "What Dutou means... is this what Huang Qi and the others put?"

"There is no conclusive evidence yet, but their suspicion is extremely high." Sun Tu said bluntly: "When I return to the yamen, I will ask Punishment Xue Tong to send someone to arrest them. You have a close relationship with them, so I must avoid suspicion."

The officers were secretly in their hearts and agreed quietly. When they walked forward, everyone became more and more nervous.

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At noon, Osmanthus Lane in the south of the city.

What the people in the city are most concerned about today is naturally the fire that happened last night. Almost everyone in the streets and alleys are discussing this matter, speculating how the government will resettle the affected people, thankfully, it is not me who was affected, and speculating on the truth about the matter.

A thin, smart boy walked past these people and looked carefully behind him. After being sure that no one was following him, he entered the alley and went straight to the yard of the third house at the entrance of the alley, and patted the door hard: "Brother Huang, open the door quickly."

After a while, a woman quickly walked into the yard, opened the gate and rushed to the young man, "Why are you, the monkey head, coming to my house to disturb me again?"

The young man was a little afraid of the woman, but he didn't care about it at this time and asked, "Can Brother Huang be at home?" But the man had already rushed inside, which made the woman even more dissatisfied and hurriedly caught up with her: "Why are you so rude? The head of the family came out and took care of him..."

With this noise, Huang Qi, who was still hanging his arms, had already walked out of his room. His face looked very bad, and he saw that the boy had lost his usual enthusiasm: "Bai Jiu, what are you doing?"

"Brother Huang, something happened. Sun Dutou found clues about the incident last night. I suspected that it was you who did it. Someone asked me to report it to you and asked you to leave Tokyo and hide for a while..." Bai Jiu lowered his voice and explained.

When Huang Qi heard this, his body trembled violently. He didn't expect that the matter would be found so quickly! He thought that the fire was so big that it would not leave any flaws. Who is Sun Tu? He has such skills?

But it was no longer the time to think about this carefully. Huang Qi immediately said anxiously: "Woman, hurry up and prepare the valuable things at home, and we will leave Tokyo City now."

"What are you doing when you leave Tokyo? We have an industry here..." His wife had just said a little while, but after meeting his man's red eyes, he was shocked. He didn't dare to say anything anymore, so he quickly went back to the house and quickly packed it up.

"Don't move those bulky furniture and other things, just take gold, silver, and soft. I will ask someone to sell other things and take them over." Huang Qi then urged again. This fact was too great. He saw the fire last night at close range. If he was really convicted, he would probably not be enough to cut it.

The couple worked very hard at home, and took two packs of gold, silver and soft soft materials. Huang Qi stuffed another pack of things into Bai Jiu's arms: "Thank you for coming to report the news today. This is my little intention. If I can get rid of this difficulty, I will repay you later." As he said that, he pulled his wife and went out with Bai Jiu, heading straight to Nanxun Gate, which is closest to this.

But just as they hurried out of Guihua Lane and turned to the long street to Nantou, a team of officials suddenly came out of the slanting assassin. One of the military officers shouted loudly: "The bold thief dared to escape for fear of crime, take it down for me!" Then, more than a dozen soldiers surrounded them all.

Huang Qi's arm was still injured, Bai Jiu knew how to do martial arts at all. In addition, a woman, the three of them lost the ability to resist in the face of these many officials and soldiers, and were taken down by the other party in a blink of an eye. What surprised Huang Qi even more was that these people were not from Kaifeng Mansion.

At the same time, similar plots were also staged in the other two places in the city, and Yan Huan and You Laoba were also taken down one after another...
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