After wearing the book, the regent quit.

Chapter 12

Shen Mu frowned and said, "The people in the Gao Mansion were all burned to death?"

In Ah Qing's incoherent explanation, Shen Mu listened to the whole thing for three minutes.

The matter is not complicated, but during the period when Gao Ying left home and came to the palace, the mansion was maliciously set on fire, and no one in the mansion escaped alive.

Because of Yang Shu's martial arts practice, Gao Ying purposely chose the remote location of the mansion backed by mountains and forests, and opened up a large open space in the backyard for his wife to practice martial arts. There were not many people coming and going in the past.

This is also why, when the black smoke from the fire was almost drifting out for half a mile, the nearby villagers noticed and reported to the officials.

When the people from Six Doors arrived, only half of the mansion had been burned by the fire. The hard stone wall, the roof and the stone walls were all smoky and pitch black, and broken walls and ruins could be seen everywhere.

Yang Shu is diligent and thrifty, and there are not many servants in the mansion. The headhunters checked the mansion several times, but only found eight corpses, including the only mistress in the mansion.

So far, the matter is just a pity, until the experienced old head catcher came to a burnt shallow grassland, wrinkled his nose and sniffed for a long time, then suddenly squatted down, put some embers on the tip of his nose, raised his head and said one sentence,

"This is the smell of burning Wujin oil."

Wujin oil is a kind of fuel produced in Daqi. It looks no different from ordinary fuel, and its combustion-supporting effect is almost the same as household fuel. Or the remains will have a very light sandalwood aroma.

Daqi believes in Buddhism, and sandalwood is of great significance in Buddhism. Therefore, Wu Jinyou is only worthy of being used by the royal family in Daqi, and it must be an extremely important occasion.

Here lies the problem.

The fuel used to burn Gaoying's mansion was Wu Jinyou, and the person in charge of the only Wu Jin mine in Daqi was Shen Mu.

He was the only one besides Xiao Fan who could produce the Wu Jinyou needed to burn down half the mansion.

When Wu Jinyou was involved, the matter rose to another level in an instant. Murder and arson were beheadings to show the public, but misappropriating Wu Jinyou without authorization would implicate the nine clans.

No wonder Ah Qing was so flustered.

As soon as Shen Mu sorted out the matter in his mind, there was a sound of horseshoes flying in his ears; fine dust splashed everywhere, and several officials from the Ministry of Punishment got off their horses not far away, came to Shen Mu and bowed down to salute, respectfully saying,

"Your Majesty Regent, I would also like to ask you to go to Dali Temple with your servants."

Shen Mu looked up and looked around, but Gao Ying was nowhere to be seen; with a sneer, he looked at the man in front of him who was obviously afraid of him, and said calmly, "I need to go back to the mansion first to take a bath and change clothes."

The man was taken aback, "Ah, this..."

"Why," Shen Mu flung a stern eye, his tone was flat, cold and sharp but would easily frighten the other party, "do you want me to repeat it again?"

After finishing speaking, he turned around and boarded the carriage back to the palace, leaving behind the unknown officials far behind.

"Ah Qing," Shen Mu took off his cloak as he entered the room, leaned over to search through the pile of books on the table, "Where did Gao Ying go these two days, and who did he meet?"

"That day after Ah Qing went to the mansion to tell Mrs. Yang about her little lover, Gao Ying was severely beaten when he returned home." Ah Qing turned around in the room anxiously, rubbing his hands back and forth, "except for what happened to him last night. Apart from buying ingredients in the vegetable market, I have only been to the palace."

"Buying vegetables?" Shen Mu took out a volume of records and quickly browsed through them. Hearing this, he frowned slightly, "How could he go shopping for vegetables in person as a third-rank rite minister?"

"It should be to curry favor with Mrs. Yang," Ah Qing explained, "Gao Ying cooked it himself that night."

Shen Mu hummed, and her delicate eyebrows slowly tightened.

The fire was strange, and the basin of dirty water on him was even more strange.

In front of everyone, Gao Ying made a small fuss about him, and his image of greed for life and fear of death was vividly interpreted; after being humiliated by him in public, the Gao family's mansion was burned at noon, and there was no one left in the family, and he happened to be away.

This is too coincidental.

There was a faint sound of soldiers and horses outside, and it sounded like the Ministry of Criminal Justice had brought a team of troops forward; Shen Mu held the book in his hand, glanced sideways at the pale-faced Ah Qing, came to a position two steps away from him, stared at his eyes:

"I may have to leave for two days. When I'm not here, you can check two things for me. Can you do it?"

The young man shook his body, his slack eyes lit up, and he nodded vigorously.

"First, Gao Ying's lover must have run away, send someone to bring her back."

"Secondly, once you find the hairpin I told you about, no matter how much it costs, you will definitely bring it back to me; if it doesn't work, grab it first and then talk about it."

There were three loud knocks on the door outside the house, Shen Mu looked at the panic in the young man's eyes, and patted him on the shoulder reassuringly, "Don't be afraid, nothing will happen."

After finishing speaking, Shen Mu turned around and strode forward, but when he stepped over the gate, his body paused, he turned back to the table, picked up the black porcelain bottle on the table, walked to the gate without delay, and walked towards the door. official said,

"Let's go."

The Ministry of Criminal Justice did not dare to make things difficult for Shen Mu, and what they said was an interrogation, but they first invited him into the carriage, and then sent him all the way to Dali Temple without saying a single serious word.

In the main hall, the newly-appointed Minister of Dali Temple sat at the head seat. He knew that the case in hand was no small matter, he had memorized the relevant evidence clearly, and even recited the interrogation questions skillfully several times, just waiting for Shen Mu to come to the interrogation.

Messy footsteps sounded outside the door, and from a distance, a thin man was seen walking in front, walking leisurely, the hem of his clothes fluttered lightly, and the coarse linen clothes he wore seemed elegant and exquisite.

And the officials of the Ministry of Criminal Justice behind him lowered their heads, looking like they were going to be interrogated.

The Minister of Dali Temple secretly scolded the people in the Ministry of Criminal Justice for being cowardly, straightened his sleeves, got up and prepared to overwhelm him with momentum, but before he could speak, Shen Mu who walked into the main hall glanced at him up and down. As if satisfied, he opened his mouth and said,

"Is this case your trial?"

The man's voice was cold and cold, like a pot of ice water that could not be melted, it directly chilled his heart; Dali Siqing looked at Shen Mu's clear and indifferent eyebrows, and the words stuck in his throat, and after a long while, he only replied "" yes".

The man frowned slightly in distaste, and ordered the people from the punishment department to move the chair, and said calmly, "The king is a little tired today, so hurry up and ask."

Dali Siqing watched Shen Mu sit down on the chair, raised his hands unhurriedly to stroke the wrinkles on the clothes, with a calm appearance, and didn't pay attention to him at all.

His palms suddenly started to sweat, Dali Siqing went back to his seat and touched the armrest, looked down at Shen Mu in the hall from the high platform, and finally regained a trace of momentum.

Facing Shen Mu, Dali Temple Minister suddenly forgot what to say, frantically looked at the case record on the table from the corner of his eye, almost as if reading from memory, and asked, "Yesterday at you, someone saw your servant in Gaofu Appeared nearby, does the Regent know about this?"

"Ah."

"Master Gao knelt down in front of all officials today and begged you for mercy, asking you to spare his family. Is it true?"

"Ah."

Dali Siqing's eyes lit up, and he quickly sped up his speech, "You have held grudges against Mr. Gao for a long time, this time, send someone to his mansion to check the terrain, and then take advantage of him to enter the palace during the day, and order someone to sprinkle raindrops on his mansion. Fuel, trying to burn the people in the house alive."

The gavel made a crisp sound on the table, and Dali Siqing said loudly, "This is the end, what else do you want to say!"

"Ah."

A sneer sounded in the hall, and the man on the seat moved his eyebrows and eyes slightly, as if he was looking at an ignorant child, with a hint of sarcasm in his eyes; Facing the faster-paced questioning, the man only raised his chin and asked softly,

"What about the evidence?"

Shen Mu came to Dali Temple Secretary in a slow manner, slapped the scroll in his hand on the table, and said word by word, "This is the usage of Wu Jinyou in the past six months. If Dali Temple Secretary doesn't believe it, you can Order someone to check."

Stared down by the man's cold eyes, Dali Siqing's throat tightened, he subconsciously pushed the book away, and asked sharply, "If the regent has long had the intention to kill, he can do it half a year in advance."

"My lord asks you," Shen Mu looked down at him, "Have the people from the Six Doors checked the dead man's mouth and nose for drug or poison residue? Are there any wounds from binding or fighting on the body?"

"......No."

"While the fire was burning, did anyone nearby hear cries for help or fighting?"

"...never."

Shen Mu bent down abruptly, and slowly approached, his eyes reflected Dali Siqing's body leaning against the back of the chair unconsciously.

"Then tell me, with Mrs. Yang's skill, how can the people I sent let her stay in the house and be burned to death quietly without drugging or fighting?" ?”

"Your Majesty, at this time of mourning, the regent first misappropriated Wu Jinyou, and then set fire to kill people. This move can be described as the outrage of both human beings and gods."

In the imperial study room, Liu En, Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment looked excited, and said impassionedly, "If it is not eliminated, how will the people's anger be appeased!"

"When I went out today, my wife told me to wear more clothes, but when I came back, things were different." Gao Ying, who was standing with a bruised nose and a swollen face, cried again when he heard the words, "Please return your majesty." A fair one!"

Xiao Fan picked up one of the dozens of memorials, looked at the densely packed small characters impeaching Shen Mu, and asked without raising his head, "Did Shen Mu admit it?"

"Not yet," Liu En thought there was something to be said, and hurriedly replied in a respectful voice, "but there are all the witnesses and material evidence. As long as His Majesty gives an order, Dali Temple can immediately use torture."

The man smiled flatteringly, and the fat on his face trembled, "I'm not afraid that he won't recruit when the time comes."

"Lord Liu is very good," Xiao Fan slightly raised his eyes from the memorial, his eyes swept over the two people in the room, and finally fell on Gao Ying, "Master Gao surprised Gu even more."

"It's only been an hour since he left the palace, yet the fact that Mr. Gao mourned his deceased wife is known to all officials."

After finishing speaking, Xiao Fan leaned back, found a loose and comfortable posture on the dragon chair, propped his chin with his left fist, and said nonchalantly,

"It seems that the two want to get rid of the regent, and they are more urgent than Gu."

As soon as the words fell, the eyes of the two people lit up. Gao Ying immediately wiped away tears, and Liu En stepped forward directly, "I am willing to share the worries for Your Majesty."

"But Gu is not in a hurry to kill him now," Xiao Fan pursed his lips into a smile, a chill flashed in his dark eyes, and his voice was low and slow, "So can Lord Liu talk to Gu—"

"Your Ministry of Punishment arrested important officials of the court without Gu's permission. Do you still take Gu, the monarch, seriously?"

The author has something to say: Xiao Fan: Move my wife, you are gone