After sending Xu Jian away, Eunuch Cao returned to the imperial court and told the matter without any concealment.
The Holy Father frowned when he heard this.
It's normal for Shan Shen to doubt anyone.
When the yamen handles a case, I don’t dare to doubt it, and I don’t dare to think too much about it. How can I solve the case?
Shan Shen has been in charge of Shuntian Mansion these years. Except for occasional situations, most of the time, he is very competent.
Such a seasoned official was suspected of being involved in Su Ke as soon as the case unfolded, which shows how bad his previous actions left the Shuntian Mansion.
As a father, Xu Guogong has a heavy responsibility to raise such a son.
Speaking of which, these officials' sons and daughters in the capital have been...
The Zhu family has confiscated it, let’s not talk about it.
The girl raised by Uncle Yunyang's house plotted against the Ning'an sisters one after another.
Liu Jing's son is also very shameful and his knowledge is a mess.
"I was thinking," the Holy One took a sip of tea and spoke to Duke Cao in a low voice, "If this is really done by that boy from Duke Xu's mansion, the sentence must be harsher and it will also serve as a warning to other Dukes and Dukes. .”
One by one, relying on the merits of their ancestors and inheriting the glory, they do nothing!
If this continues, we will breed a bunch of dandies, what a shame!
Eunuch Cao's heart skipped a beat.
Your Majesty is going to kill the chicken to scare the monkeys.
Throughout the afternoon, Shuntian Mansion was so busy that no one touched the ground.
Shan Shen was so busy that he couldn't even take a sip of tea as he was investigating cases, promoting the placement of candidates, and the things that had to be completed before the year were already piled up in front of him.
On the contrary, it made Xu Jian extremely idle.
Xu Jian drank tea and had a couple of snacks, and did her best to share Master Shan's worries within the scope of her understanding. Only then did Shan Shen have time to stuff two hot steamed buns for dinner. , gulp down a bowl of hot soup, and listen to the reports from the people below.
And this case went smoother than Shan Shen expected.
The government officials found the horse and carriage shop.
When it comes to going out of town, the host may not be able to tell the truth, after all, the customer may not tell the truth.
But when it comes to transporting buckets of water, some workers come out to pour out the bitter water.
"What a shame! We sent it back late yesterday. Seeing that the horse was in good spirits and the car was driving normally, we took the car and waited for it to be picked up early in the morning. Unexpectedly, when we looked in the morning, we found that there was water inside the car and ice on the bottom. , the cold weather didn’t melt all night long, and the pillow was also frozen and hard! We quickly cleaned it up, almost delaying our business!”
Looking through the book again, I found that the person who rented the car was a young man named Bowie, who took his fingerprints.
According to the loan and return time, he went to the city gate guard and asked for some information.
As the New Year approaches, there are strict inquiries at the city gate.
Originally, renting a car out of the city would not attract anyone's attention. However, the driver of a rental carriage belonged to Duke Xu's family.
"We had a couple of quarrels before. The other person was an arrogant servant of the Duke's palace. I remember his face. Yesterday I saw him driving a rented car, and he was quietly talking to others. The joke goes that he committed a crime and was kicked out by the government, so he had to go to a carriage and horse racing business to make a living.
There was no one in the car and there were several empty buckets. When the younger one asked, he said he went up the mountain to fetch water.
This is not surprising. The more sophisticated people in the city often go outside the city to get water from springs and streams.
But less than a quarter of an hour later, another carriage from Duke Xu's mansion left the city, and in the car was their third son. "
After Shan Shen listened to the Yamen servant's reply, he laughed angrily.
It turned out to be Su Ke, he really expected it!
Although he had preconceptions, the investigation process was step-by-step. It was the testimony that brought "Xu Guogong's Mansion" out, not his inducement.
You could say that Su Ke is very particular. He has a lot of clues for people to catch, and he doesn’t even know how to tidy them up when changing cars.
You could say he's not particular at all. He even knows how to change cars when he goes out of town!
Shan Shen thought for a while and asked the government officer, "Can we find out Bao Wei? Let's ask more."
The yamen servant was in a very difficult position.
The capital is so big, how can we find it?
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Xu Jian pondered for a while, and then suggested: "Go to the gambling houses in the West Street area and ask, maybe someone will recognize him."
When the officer heard this, he looked at Shan Shen.
Shan Shen thought quickly and immediately understood Xu Jian's train of thought.
Half a year ago, where was Su Ke wandering around every day?
Yanzi Lane, Xiaoyan Hutong, Liushu Hutong, Daozi Hutong...
The most lively one connected to them is West Street.
When Su Ke was hanging out with those men and women, where could the young man go to kill time?
Occasionally sit in a teahouse, but most of the time, it is definitely the gambling house that attracts young and ignorant boys.
If you have mixed up a lot, you can recognize some people from different religions, especially the same gamblers, and you can get things done by giving them money.
Sure enough, within half an hour, the yamen officer brought Bowie back.
"When the kids arrived, he was having a great time rolling dice inside. It was not difficult to find him!"
Shan Shen asked Bowie to take a fingerprint and compared it with the one brought back by the carriage and horse shop. It was the same person.
"What did you borrow the car for yesterday?" Shan Shen asked.
Bowie looked careless: "Can't a villain borrow a car?"
Shan Shen had many things to do, and he was most annoyed by people like this who wasted his time, so he handed the person directly to the master: "After you finish asking, just give me the result."
"Let me ask for Master Shan," Xu Jian said. "With Master by my side, I'm not afraid of anyone saying that I asked for a random confession."
Shan Shen trusted Xu Jian very much and laughed off his joke.
The yamen servant took the person to the next door.
Xu Jian said: "Did you know that the car you borrowed was filled with dead people?"
The master's hand holding the pen shook.
Bowie was shaking even more than his master: "What? Dead person? Impossible!"
"Why else would the Yamen want you?" Xu Jian said, "The car smells bad. Where did you put the dead person?" ap.
Bowie shouted: "It's not me, villain, I don't have it! I borrowed someone's car!"
"You are so brave. You don't even know what other people are using, so you dare to rent a car for them?" Xu Jian shook his head repeatedly.
Bowie cried with a sad face: "Oh, I didn't think too much about it! I thought he could pretend to be a little bitch and a wife at most, but who knew he could pretend to be a dead person! Or has he played it this time and killed someone?"
Xu Jian continued to ask: "Who?"
"The errand boy next to the Third Young Master in Duke Xu's Mansion is named Shi Jie. They all call him Shitou. He said that the Young Master wanted to borrow two cars and asked me to do him a favor. I gave him ten liang as a favor, so I borrowed them."
Xu Jian listened to what he said and compiled a confession for him: "You used to meet that man named Shitou at the gambling shop. He asked you to help borrow a car for Master Su. You borrowed it yesterday and returned it yesterday. Didn't you Wrong?"
Bowie looked downcast: "Yes, that's what happened. The villain just borrowed the car for him and didn't know anything else."
The master looked at Bao Wei, then at Xu Jian, and wrote a confession on the paper without words.
The Duke is still doing things neatly.
If Master Shan asked the question like this, the old-fashioned people would write a few books and say that he was "unauthentic" and "unrefined".
