After Sun Ping tied up the big dog and returned to the front yard, Zhang Ren immediately said to Gao Haiyong beside him: "Gao Qianhu, this Sun Ping has serious suspicions. I think it's better to tie him back to our Jinyi Guards for interrogation."
Sun Ping was stunned for a long time, as if he hadn't realized what was going on. It wasn't until Gao Haiyong stepped forward to pin his hands that Sun Ping started to struggle. However, everything was in vain. Gao Haiyong's martial arts was so advanced that ordinary people would never be able to break free. possible.
Naturally, Sun Ping didn't want to go to Jinyiwei. Regardless of the princes and generals, would anyone come out intact after entering Jinyiwei? Unable to break free, Sun Ping could only scream desperately: "I won't go to the Jinyi Guards. I am loyal to the Marquis and followed him through life and death. How could the murderer be me?"
Seeing this, the old housekeeper of the Hou Mansion stepped forward and asked, "Did Mr. Chai make a mistake? Although Sun Ping is not an old man in the Hou Mansion, he has followed the Hou Master on various expeditions a long time ago. This is also He retired from the army and then joined the Marquis Mansion as a servant. If you say he is a bad person, I will not believe him for the first time."
As a modern person, Zhang Ren does not look at anything else when handling cases, but only relies on evidence. Although there is no way to prove Sun Ping's guilt, there is no evidence to prove Sun Ping's innocence.
Facing the housekeeper of the Hou Mansion, Zhang Ren was not polite at all, "It will be clear after the trial whether he is guilty or not!"
The old housekeeper refused to give in, "How could anyone come out intact after entering the Jinyi Guards? I will definitely be beaten into a move by you! Sun Ping has been with the Marquis for so many years, and if he is beaten into a move by you, where will the Pingliang Hou Mansion show its face? You guys? This is to let the real culprit go free!"
Normally, the old housekeeper would not have dared to contradict Jin Yiwei like this, but if Sun Ping was beaten by Jin Yiwei, how could he drag Fu Rang into the game?
Zhang Ren had a black line on his face, turned to look at the expressionless Gao Haiyong, and asked: "Is this the image of our Jin Yiwei in other people's minds?"
Gao Haiyong nodded and said: "Absolutely."
Zhang Ren had no choice but to ask again: "We, the Jin Yiwei, are really capable of beating people into submission?"
Gao Haiyong was very calm and said: "Do it often."
Gao Qianhu, you are really an honest person, you can still lie to people with just a few lies.
Well, Gao Hai will never lie, so Zhang Ren naturally said the nonsense: "With me in the Jinyi Guards, from now on there will never be any chance of surrendering!"
The old housekeeper still did not retreat, but held Gao Haiyong and Zhang Ren with his hands.
Now Zhang Ren was also annoyed, "Since you won't let go, then let's go to Jinyiwei together!"
After Zhang Ren finished speaking, the Jin Yiwei stepped forward and controlled the old housekeeper.
Gao Haiyong raised his thumb towards Zhang Ren and said, "You are a good boy, with clear ideas and clear rules. Your performance today has completely exceeded my expectations."
At the same time, Gao Haiyong also sighed inwardly. He was obviously about the same age, but why did his incompetent apprentice know how to cheat and kidnap him all day long?
Gao Haiyong escorted the struggling Sun Ping and the old housekeeper out, but at this moment, a plume of black smoke slowly floated from the backyard. At first, no one paid attention to it. When Gao Haiyong escorted Sun Ping to the gate of Pingliang Hou Mansion, the black smoke became more and more intense. The thicker it became, Gao Haiyong felt something was wrong, and immediately ordered to the primary school teacher beside him: "Go and see what's going on."
After receiving the order, the primary school student immediately ran towards the backyard. After a while, he hurried back and said: "Reporting to Qianhu, there is a fire in the maid's room in the backyard."
After hearing the news, Sun Ping seemed to have grabbed a life-saving straw, only to hear him roar: "The whole government has gathered in the front yard. How could there be a fire in the backyard for no reason? This must be arson! Sir, I’m really unjust! I’m being held captive by you, so I can’t possibly go there and set a fire, right?”
Gao Haiyong didn't say much, but ordered to go down and immediately organize people to put out the fire.
By the time everyone arrived, the fire had become increasingly uncontrollable, and the manpower of the Jin Yiwei and the Criminal Department alone was no longer enough to put out the fire.
Although the weather is hot and humid nowadays, fires will not be as difficult to control as in autumn and winter. However, considering that most of the furniture and buildings in the Ming Dynasty are made of wood, if the fire is allowed to burn, it may spread to other places. Zhang Ren knows that water and fire are Ru Wuqing immediately suggested to Gao Haiyong: "Gao Qianhu, hurry up and ask the people in the front yard to help. If the fire burns down, there is no telling where it will spread."
Gao Haiyong immediately ordered all the servants in the Hou Mansion to come over to help. Even Sun Ping and the old housekeeper, who were originally controlled, began to pour basins of water into the fire.
The fire burned for a full hour before it was extinguished with the combined efforts of everyone. Looking at the original mixed wood and stone house, there was only a piece of debris left.
Zhang Ren wiped his blackened face, thankful that the fire did not spread. However, Zhang Ren inadvertently saw Sun Ping pick up a transparent object among the ruins and stuff it into his arms. He didn't think much about it, he just thought that Sun Ping hid some valuable items in the ruins and kept them for himself. Many of the servants in Xungui Mansion also did this kind of theft.
Gao Haiyong felt that the fire seemed not that simple, and directly ordered his men to search the ruins to see if there were any traces of arson.
Within a moment, Jin Yiwei, who was searching in the ruins, ran to Gao Haiyong and reported: "Qianhu, a corpse was found in the ruins."
These words made both Gao Haiyong and Zhang Ren feel a little strange. Zhang Ren immediately asked: "When we gathered in the front hall, were everyone in the Hou Mansion present? Is there anything left behind?"
The Jin Yiwei who came to report shook his head and replied: "According to the report from the housekeeper of the Hou Mansion, everyone has arrived and nothing is left behind."
Zhang Ren then asked: "Has anyone in the mansion identified the body?"
Jin Yiwei spread his hands and said, "This... corpse was so burned that it was hard to distinguish its features."
Zhang Ren abandoned the royal guard and went to the old housekeeper of the Hou Mansion and asked, "Who lives in the house that is on fire?"
The old housekeeper replied: "This house is usually occupied by Xiuhe, the maid next to Madam."
Zhang Ren then asked: "What about the Xiuhe people?"
The old housekeeper continued to answer: "It was some of the maids beside the lady who discovered the body of the lady in the morning. Later, officials from the government came and took all these maids into custody in the concierge. I think Xiuhe was also among them."
Before Zhang Ren could speak, Jin Yiwei, who was quite discerning, said, "I'm going to go to the concierge to see if Xiu He is there."
Within a moment, the Jinyiwei brought back the news that Xiuhe was not being detained in the concierge. Xiuhe is the eldest maid next to the madam, and has a high status among the servants in the mansion. Therefore, Xiuhe did not go to serve the madam with the others this morning, and no other maids bothered to peck her, nor did they dare to peck her. When the other maids discovered Madam's body, they were taken into custody by the Jin Yiwei who came over. Among them, the eldest maid Xiu He happened to be missing.
After hearing this, Zhang Ren didn't know how to complain about Jin Yiwei. He just said that everyone had arrived when they gathered in the front hall. Isn't this a slap in the face? The most common sentence he heard after traveling through time was that Jin Yiwei made no mistakes when handling the case. , this work attitude is not rigorous at all.
Within one day, two corpses were discovered in the Pingliang Marquis Mansion and a house was burned down, which made the whole house feel somewhat depressed.
Of course, there are also happy people, such as Sun Ping.
At this moment, Sun Ping kept saying: "Let me just say that I am innocent, right? I was always in the front hall when this house was on fire. This is enough to prove that I am not the murderer, right? I have been fighting with the Marquis in many places since my early years." , I retired from the army and then entered the Marquis's residence. The Marquis has been kind to me, how could I harm my wife?"
But in Zhang Ren's mind, Sun Ping's suspicion has not been cleared away. Maybe the murderer is not the same person?
Zhang Ren's brain cells were running wildly, but his train of thought was interrupted by a burst of noise.
"I just came here today to pay my respects to the Marquis of Pingliang. Why didn't you let me leave? The Marquis of Pingliang's Mansion is really too dangerous. The Marquis of Pingliang died in a strange way, and now there's a fire again, and it's discovered again. It's not simple at first sight. If I encounter any danger here, can you afford it?" It was Fu Rang who spoke.
Gao Haiyong stopped in front of Fu Rang and said with a cold face: "The Jin Yiwei is handling the case, how can we allow idle people to walk around at will? The Hou Mansion has been taken over by the Jin Yiwei, how can you come and leave here whenever you want? Besides, you Appearing in the Pingliang Marquis Mansion is extremely suspicious!"
After hearing Gao Haiyong's words, Fu Rang became even more unhappy: "What do you mean? Do you doubt me? And you call me a Xianza? I can be the third son of Duke Yingguo's family, but how come I am a Xianza in the eyes of you Jin Yiwei?" People? I am going out today, how dare you Jin Yiwei stop me?"
Jin Yiwei's name is very scary, and Fu Rang would never want to mess with him on a normal day, but with so many people watching around him now, if he is in decline now, how will he be able to hang out in Yingtian Mansion in the future? How can you hold your head high in front of classmates from James's house?
