County Magistrate An saw that Jiachu looked a little strange, and felt a little frightened for no reason. He pointed at the old government servant and said urgently: "Speak clearly, what's wrong?"
"The ashes, the corpses poured with oil were burned into a ball of black charcoal. A villager who was killed by a killer and turned into a stand-in was so angry that he smashed the black charcoal to pieces with a shovel. When Magistrate Jiang saw this, he said that he might as well Alright."
Really raised? !
Magistrate An could not imagine that Jiang Yan, who he remembered as a gentle man, could actually do such a vicious thing.
If someone with an intention to find out about this, Shenjiang Yan is a "tyranny", there is absolutely no way he can get away with it.
In order to win over the people, is Jiang Yan so careless in his work?
"Prefect Jiang also said that the Ye family of Jinling pretended to be robbers to rob the Ning family of perfume, and almost caused the recipe for steaming wine to be lost. His Majesty punished them with whipping corpses. These robbers wanted to rob tobacco seeds that were related to the great rejuvenation of the country, but they were Burning the corpses and making it impossible to identify who they are is a benefit to their relatives. Otherwise, if this case alarms His Majesty, even their ancestors would have to dig out their corpses from their graves and whip them."
"So if you raise it, raise it."
The old yamen officer said it in an understatement.
It is conceivable that Jiang Yan did not take this matter seriously at that time, and just regarded it as a common method to deal with prisoners.
Magistrate An nodded in agreement and suddenly realized an important issue.
"Tobacco seeds? What is this? Can it be compared with steaming?"
"Mr. County Magistrate, you haven't heard of how precious these tobacco seeds are when you haven't been in An County these days..."
The old government officer put him in a teahouse and restaurant, and some people spread the science about tobacco and seeds. After telling him in a garbled way, Magistrate An turned pale with fright.
This tobacco seed is so important. No wonder Jiang Yanyan personally came to An County for many days to thoroughly investigate the case.
When he looked at the stinking corpses in the mass grave, he couldn't help but cursed bitterly: "These thieves are really hateful. They should not only burn the corpses of the masterminds behind the scenes, but the rest should also be crushed to ashes." right."
so close!
Fortunately, nothing happened to the convoy escorting the tobacco seeds except for a truckload of seeds being burned.
Otherwise, he, the county magistrate who is not in the city, will have to take the blame.
"Guard A, you heard it too. The body of the man behind the scenes you are looking for has his ashes scattered. Magistrate Jiang did this too violently. You'd better stop getting involved and tell Prince Jin about this immediately. Let Prince Jin I am requesting Your Majesty to thoroughly investigate this case..."
"Can't check."
Jiachu squeezed out three words through his teeth.
Definitely not to check!
ah?
County Magistrate An thought that Jia Chu was here to investigate the case and share the credit, but when he saw that Jia Chu's ashes were destroyed because of the mastermind behind the case, he stopped investigating. He was there to persuade him.
"Guard A, there are still many doubts about this case. As long as we find clues about the killer, with the power of the Jin Palace, we will be able to pull out the carrot and bring it out of the mud."
"When the time comes, this will be a great achievement and a happy event worthy of asking for credit from His Majesty."
Isn’t it too much for him to take advantage of the situation and get a piece of the pie?
When the time comes, I can still participate in Jiang Yan. I am eager to close the case and do not pursue it further. It will be beneficial to both him and Prince Jin to let Prince Jin replace him with the position of Jiangnan Dao Changshi.
"I said, I can't check!"
Jiachu finished speaking word by word, with the killer in his eyes as if he were real, which scared Magistrate An to the point where he didn't dare to come up with any more ideas.
Magistrate An was shocked. Jiachu suppressed the panic in his heart and asked the old yamen officer: "On the day of the parade, wasn't there another one in the west of the city...who slipped through the net and was kicked to death by my horse? His body was Where? Was it burned too?"
Before I knew the importance of tobacco seeds.
Jia Chu also had a delusional thought that even if the young Marquis died, the matter would involve Ning Wuchang or even Zhou Jingxian. This might be a plan for the two of them to join forces to kill the young Marquis.
But after knowing the ins and outs of the matter, he became even more suspicious that someone wanted to set up a trap to kill the young marquis.
However, this matter is related to the Daxing Taxation, and Jiang Yan, Jinling Guards and hundreds of officers and soldiers saw it with their own eyes. It was the killers led by the young Marquis who took action first. In other words, whether the young Marquis knew it or not, it was A murder case, whether you know what you have done wrong, this case has been defined as robbing tobacco seeds, with the intention of destroying Daxingxin's tax revenue.
As a member of Prince Jin's palace and the most powerful secret guard around Prince Jin, Jiachu certainly knew what this meant.
Although he shouldn't say this, he was extremely lucky at this moment. The man behind the scenes was crushed to ashes. No matter he was the young marquis or the guard of Prince Jin's Palace, at least he could not implicate Prince Jin's Palace.
Otherwise, if the Jin Palace is accused of causing trouble in Daxing, not just one or two people will die, but the whole family!
The old government officer was so frightened by the murderous Jia Chu that his lips trembled and he was speechless for a long time.
It was the other two young government officials who pointed to a spot where white ash still remained.
"The killer who was kicked to death by a horse was not burned again. His body was just thrown over there. It was probably taken away a day later."
The words just fell.
A dark shadow flashed before everyone's eyes. Jiachu had already grabbed a torch and ran towards the direction pointed by the government officials.
Arriving in front of the white ash, Jiachu stopped and looked at the traces of ash left on the ground. He felt very complicated.
But what is more important at this time is the identity of the mastermind behind the scenes.
At this time, a strong smell of rotting meat hit him. Jiachu hurriedly held his breath and looked around with the faint light of the fire. Soon, his eyes were fixed on a body whose clothes were torn and only half of the body was left. On the remains of half of the face, the pupils shrank suddenly.
The person who tried to stop his horse that day was indeed the guard of Prince Jin's Mansion!
He is also the personal bodyguard of the young Marquis, and is not allowed to leave his master without orders.
At that time, the reason why he did not consider that he was one of his own was precisely because this person was wandering alone on the streets and was being chased... In other words, unless the young marquis died, or died in front of the guards, the guards would not be able to leave. Master takes too long.
"Little Marquis..."
Jiachu's voice was choked, but he couldn't have a seizure.
Because Magistrate An and others have already chased him.
"Guard A, you run so fast and do this... Ouch!"
Don't wait for Magistrate An to finish asking.
Jiachu had already thrown the torch in his hand onto the half of the body.
The intact half of the face was quickly licked by the flames, giving off a burnt smell.
When County Magistrate An saw those half familiar faces, his mind suddenly flashed back to the face of the mute guard who could not speak that day when the young marquis came to deliver a letter to him. The fire was blazing in front of his eyes, but the hair on his body stood on end.
Could it be that... the case that night was committed by the young Marquis?
The young marquis specially asked him to leave the city in order to delay the official rescue time. In this case, it is said that the most seriously injured person was none other than Ning Wuyan.
He was familiar with the rumors in Lai'an County that the young Marquis was dissatisfied with Ning Wuyan and that the two had a holiday.
No, he had to figure this out carefully.
"County Magistrate An, although this mass grave is far away from human habitation, too many rotting corpses may cause infectious diseases. As a county official, I should consider the safety of the people and burn all the corpses that may cause infectious diseases." .”
Jiachu paused for a moment, thinking that it was this group of people who did something bad that caused the young marquis to die in a foreign land, and he squeezed out another sentence through his teeth.
