However, when he becomes the head catcher, he will also lose most of his free time. He is used to being undisciplined. Naturally, it is impossible for him to get used to that kind of life. Even if his salary is slightly higher, it will not make him produce anything at all. interest. Of course Cui Guangyuan could see this. How could he serve as a county magistrate under the emperor's feet without the city government? Therefore, during the years when he was a policeman, he was called a policeman, but he was actually a head catcher. Whether it was to solve cases or capture bandits. , he is the one who comes forward most of the time, but he is just the current head catcher. Being able to sit back and enjoy the benefits without making any effort, there is no reason why the current head catcher would refuse, so it has always been like this. Over time, many people know what happened to their Wannian county government, but no one has pointed it out.
Changsun Guotai certainly remembers the jewelry store robbery on the eighth day of May in the twenty-ninth year of Kaiyuan, because it was only a few years ago, and there were only a few major robberies in Chang'an City, and he was responsible for more than half of them. Yes, how could I not remember. If he remembered correctly, the case was on the morning of the eighth day of May. The owner of Li Kee Jewelry Store went to open the door and found that the clerk who had been keeping watch had died tragically in the store. The store was in a mess, and almost all the jewelry had been looted. Of course, the first The government was notified immediately.
At that time, Wannian County handled this matter very quickly. Now that I think about it, it may have something to do with the proprietor behind it being Changsun Guotai. I should have found this out at the time, but I didn't pay much attention to it. After all, he had nothing to do with Changsun Guotai at that time. He had handled so many cases, and there were too many facts about princes and nobles behind those stolen and robbed businesses. To be precise, it should be said that Get used to it.
After receiving the notice, he rushed to the scene as soon as possible and collected a lot of useful clues and intelligence while the scene was not destroyed. The most important of them was how many criminals were at the crime scene and their approximate height and weight. The murderer's genre and weapon style were also determined from the clerk's body. After obtaining these clues and intelligence, he quickly informed the Yulin Military Intelligence Department, which was a secret service agency directly affiliated with Emperor Xuanzong Li Longji. It was similar to the Military Aircraft Department where Bai Lingfeng worked, but the Intelligence Department was only responsible for the collection and collection of intelligence. Inquiry can also be said to be the core of a large network spread by Li Longji throughout the Central Plains, and the Military Aircraft Department is only responsible for executing Li Longji's instructions.
Although it is a spy agency directly under Li Longji, in many cases, some information can be obtained from them for many cases in Chang'an, which is considered a special favor from Li Longji. After all, Chang'an is at the feet of the emperor anyway. It would be unreasonable to be stingy in a place like this. With all kinds of information provided by the intelligence office, it would be much easier to solve the case. Ye Qingcheng had many friends before. They interacted with each other and became familiar with many of them.
Based on the clues and information he provided, the intelligence office quickly identified a group of merchants from Shannan Road, and the characteristics of several of them matched the clues.
When Ye Qingcheng hurriedly led a team of government officials to the inn where the merchants were staying, they found out that they had already escaped. After searching their residence, it was further confirmed that this group of people had committed the robbery of Li Ji Jewelry Store.
But no matter how much they inquired, the people in the inn didn't know how this group of people disappeared. They only left the hotel money in the room, and didn't tell anyone else in the inn, and they didn't even talk to other tenants. , so no one knows where they are going. After asking nearby passers-by, store owners and clerks, Ye Qingcheng was able to confirm that this group of people left the inn before dawn. At this time, the government officials he sent to various city gates also reported that there was no such group in each city gate. There were no signs of people passing through, which confused him for a long time.
Chang'an City is different from other cities. The entire city is impregnable. The city wall alone cannot be compared with any other mortal city in the Central Plains. Therefore, it is unlikely that anyone can climb over the city wall and get out of the city, let alone this group of people who brought the robbed jewelry with them. . Therefore, they must have escaped from Chang'an through a tunnel. After investigating various sections of the city wall, he found a tunnel covered with wooden boards next to a stable under a remote city wall, and even picked up a tunnel in the tunnel. An inconspicuous piece of gold jewelry made him even more convinced of his judgment.
After exploring the footprints outside the city wall, he determined the direction in which this group of people was fleeing. Although they claimed to be merchants from Shannan Road, if nothing else happened, they would only flee to Qizhou, Longzhou and Fengxiang, the most likely one is Fengxiang.
After going up to the throne, he received the support of the Jinwu Guards and sent fifty men on good horses to Qizhou and Longzhou to chase the thieves. As we all know, most of the Jinwu Guards were composed of princes or nobles from aristocratic families. With nothing to do, these people were very cooperative when they saw such an opportunity to kill. And he himself led fifty government officials to Fengxiang. According to his analysis, because Chang'an's city defense was extremely strong and vigilance was high, it was impossible for this group of people to prepare horses at Longshouyuan, even if it was closer. , must be prepared at an inn very far away, so if they ride horses to catch up from Chang'an, if they go in the right direction, they will be able to catch up with this group of people in a short time.
And because they are afraid of being traced, it is impossible for this group of people to stay in the above three cities. They will inevitably continue to flee, at least out of Gyeonggi Province.
Sure enough, just as the sun had just set, a group of them caught up with this group of people west of Fengxiang. They were all good players and knew that if they were arrested, it would be a capital crime. They resisted with all their might, and in the end they were all killed on the spot. Naturally, he is the one with the most.
The robbed jewelry was also recovered. Because of this case, Jingzhao Yin Lusong even came to the door in person to boast that he actually spent a day to solve a case that he thought was extremely difficult. At the same time, he also discovered the murderer. Kill them all, nothing will happen. But in the end, he still pushed most of the credit to the head catcher in Wannian County according to his wishes, and he received a lot of rewards. Despite this, there is no airtight wall in the world, and everyone knows that their county What happened to the Yamen? In the eyes of the people of Chang'an, the credit for this case must certainly be attributed to him.
Looking back now, when he was inspecting the robbed jewelry, he noticed a brocade box, which actually contained a jade luminous pearl the size of an oval.
