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Chapter 700 The Imperial City Division upholds justice for scholar-bureaucrats?
"Zhao Tingzhi was killed by others?"

In the depths of Wuyou Cave, after hearing the news, Li Yan couldn't help but stop the cultivation of Taiyuan Suppressing Method, and doubts arose in his heart.

Ding Run was sullen and furious: "I did it. If I don't change my name or surname, I didn't do it. Don't fall on me! This must be a trick of Zhao Tingzhi's political enemies. Yin and ruthless, despicable and shameless!"

Gongsun Zhao frowned: "It's not like what Zhao Tingzhi's political opponents did..."

Li Yan agreed with Gongsun Zhao's opinion.

In the eyes of many literati in the later generations, the party struggles in the Song Dynasty were very humane, because they seldom put their opponents to death. Even when Zhang Dun retaliated against the old party, he just set up prisons and demoted officials wantonly, with no heads rolling and blood flowing like rivers.

Therefore, Zhao Tingzhi's slander for having an affair with his daughter-in-law is a standard method used by politicians in the Song Dynasty, but if he directly killed Zhao Tingzhi's family, politicians would not be able to do such a thing.

Gongsun Zhao also had a similar thought: "Senior, perhaps Zhao Tingzhi once offended people in Jiang Hu, took advantage of this turmoil, came here to take revenge, and then planted it on senior brother!"

Ding Run raised his brows, angry: "It's really possible. No wonder senior asked me to go to Liangshan. These gangsters are too unruly. They want to be a hero, but they don't even dare to keep their real names? After I go up the mountain It must be rectified!"

Li Yan nodded: "That should be the case, but things should have a beginning and an end. Zhao Tingzhi's matter is not over yet, I will deal with it!"

As soon as the words fell, his figure flashed, and he was already in the shadows, disappearing.

Ding Run clicked his lips, and became happy again: "Following this rebel, there is hope! When a new dynasty opens and he becomes emperor, what kind of officials can we veterans be? Although I don't have the ability to be a high-ranking official, But when you rebel, work harder and leave me a fat vacancy, it's always okay..."

Gongsun Zhaodao: "Senior 'Zuo Ming' will not be emperor."

Ding Run was taken aback: "This is not the emperor, who else can be?"

Gongsun Zhao explained: "Senior should be very old and not suitable to be the new emperor. He took this name, which also means 'Zuo Tianming's new lord',"

Ding Run, who was in the cultural desert, finally came to a realization: "I heard that this person did say something similar when he appeared before Miyagi. I didn't expect it to be true. So who is the new master?"

Gongsun Zhaodao: "Senior is still selecting Qianlong, let us each recommend suitable candidates."

Ding Run is interested in Xinjun, and he must follow the right person to rebel: "Qianlong! Who do you recommend?"

Gongsun Zhao was silent for a while: "I haven't recommended anyone yet..."

Ding Run raised his eyebrows and almost blurted out a name.

He had long felt that that person could do great things, and he felt at ease following the rebellion, but with the relationship between Gongsun Zhao and that person, there was no reason not to recommend him?
But after thinking about it carefully, Ding Run understood again: "You, you are still so pedantic, next time you see Senior 'Sa Ming', come see me!"

……

In the city of Bianjing.

Standing outside the academy, Li Yan watched the fire in the distance gradually dim, and the fire in the Zhao residence was extinguished by the soldiers who arrived from all over the place.

Different from the targeted fire in Prince Jian's Mansion, he is quite disgusted with wanton fire, because the wind direction can change at any time, and sometimes a small fire can ignite a raging fire, stretching for several streets and affecting many residential buildings .

But for bandits and robbers, murder and arson are often juxtaposed to create a strong deterrent.

Of course, setting fire has another function, which is to destroy corpses and traces, and destroy evidence.

So this fire made Li Yan feel a little strange.

The time of the murderer's attack was so accurate. Just when Zhao Tingzhi was ruined, Ding Run slaughtered Wu Juhou's family in front of him. He could perfectly plant the crime, but in the end he set fire to the scene. Is it unnecessary?
After all, Ding Run did not set fire for the first time, and wrote down his deeds carelessly. Such an arrogant provocation is enough to make him a huge reputation in the Jianghu. Under normal circumstances, he should kill Zhao Tingzhi again, and he should do so , setting fire seems guilty.

"The first possibility is that although the murderer struck at the right time, he still left a lot of clues when he actually did it, so he set fire to the Zhao Mansion."

"The second possibility is that the timing of the murderer's attack is a bit of a coincidence. It is an impulsive killing. In order to cover up the evidence, we naturally have to set fire to the house."

After a little analysis, Li Yan raised his brows slightly and turned to look behind him.

Several figures galloped towards him, and the leader was Gao Qiu: "Young Master Lin, I'm here to disturb you again."

Li Yan nodded: "Gao Tiju, please come in."

The two went into the study and sat down. Gao Qiu rubbed his red hands: "I have been interrogating those Xixia spies these days, trying to find out more traces of the enemy's thieves. Unexpectedly, in just five days, Zhao Zhongcheng Something happened too, hey..."

Zhao Tingzhi was gone, and Gao Qiu called him his post instead. Although it was unavoidable that there was some schadenfreude in his heart, the remaining calmness made him worry as he should: "Will this matter spread again?" To me?"

Li Yandao: "On the first day of the Lunar New Year, the prefect of Kaifeng was massacred, and on the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, Yu Shi Zhongcheng's family was killed again. It is inevitable that the government and the public will boil. Fortunately, Zhao Zhongcheng has already made trouble to you before, and the officials have also punished you. Now that he was killed by thieves, it has nothing to do with Gao Tiju."

Gao Qiu breathed a sigh of relief: "That's good, I'm really afraid that I will be demoted for no reason..."

Li Yan affirmed: "Gao Tiju has always been a high Tiju, and now you are worthy of being a Tiju in the Imperial City."

Gao Qiu was so moved that he was ready to go back to work overtime: "Then I will go back to the Imperial City Division!"

Li Yandao: "Wait, now that Zhao Zhongcheng's family has been killed, how will justice be done next, is Gao Tiju interested?"

Gao Qiu was stunned: "Mr. Lin's intention is to let the Imperial City Secretary come forward to uphold justice for the scholar-officials? This... is really..."

He didn't know how to describe such absurd thing for a while, and said after a while: "Is it to buy the hearts of scholar-bureaucrats?"

Li Yan shook his head: "No, scholar-bureaucrats have a detached status, and they take it for granted to enjoy all kinds of benefits. How can such people's hearts be bought?"

Gao Qiu was puzzled: "Then according to this, even if the Secretary of the Imperial City came forward, they would not recognize me. Why did they take this matter?"

Li Yandao: "Because this is where the responsibility lies, and it is also to enhance the power of the Imperial City Department. The Yushitai, Dali Temple, Criminal Department, and Kaifeng Government Office all have the responsibility to solve the case. Which department department can really solve the case will determine the next step." distribution of authority."

Gao Qiu understood, but his tone became low: "But this is to arrest Judge Ding..."

Li Yandao: "In the first case, it can basically be concluded that Judge Ding did it, but the fire of the second case made me feel a little strange. Judge Ding is a person who does things by himself. The thief set the fire very resentfully, so he would not set it on fire, the murderer in this case may be someone else."

Gao Lian took a deep breath: "Are there so many people who kill officials and rebel?"

Li Yandao: "I don't know the motive, and I can't be sure that it was killing officials and rebelling."

Gao Qiu thought that the murderer might not be Ding Run, and if he caught the second murderer, he would be able to explain to the court, and he would no longer work so hard to arrest Ding Run, so he immediately lifted his spirits, and said with a smile: "Then I am willing to do it. It's just that I don't know how to investigate the case, so it's all up to Mr. Lin!"

Li Yan smiled: "It is my pleasure to see Gao Qingtian in Kaifeng Mansion."

Sending Gao Qiu and his party away, a breeze blew by, and Shi Qian came to his side: "Brother, I have checked initially, and it really doesn't look like what Judge Ding did. When the fire broke out, there were some forbidden soldiers in the backyard of the Zhao Mansion, who also participated in the fire." To put out the fire, if Judge Ding takes action, the Imperial Army would have been dealt with long ago!"

Li Yan is quite satisfied with his efficiency. At the beginning, Shiqian's intelligence network basically relied on prostitutes for nothing. Anyway, the news of Bianjing people spread too fast. If you collect it carefully, you can learn a lot. The dark sentry of Xiaohei and Xiao Hei's Meow Meow Legion form two intelligence organizations, one bright and one dark.

So Li Yan said directly: "Start the investigation with the guards around Zhao Tingzhi these days. If the thieves are not coincidental, they will definitely set foot near the Zhao residence. Maybe the guards have noticed it and provided clues."

Shi Qian cupped his fists: "Please don't worry brother, I'll come as soon as I go!"

It was true that they came as soon as they went, before dawn, Shi Qian, a night owl, handed over the list of personnel who had been guarding the Zhao Mansion for the past few days.

"Qin Ming...Dong Ping..."

"I didn't expect Zhao Tingzhi to be quite discerning. With the strong bows and crossbows of the Forbidden Army, these two generals really can't get close to him."

Li Yan saw the names of the two Tiangangs at a glance.

Although Qin Ming had some small tragedies in terms of record, and the process of being earned into Liangshan was also miserable, but the momentum of Thunderbolt's daring to fight and fight is still affirmed.

As for Dong Ping, he was at the bottom of the five tiger generals, and his combat effectiveness was impeccable, but his moral character was disgusting.

In the original plot, when Dong Ping appeared on the stage, he was serving as a military supervisor in Dongping Mansion. The prefect had a very beautiful daughter. Dong Ping repeatedly asked people to propose marriage, but the prefect refused, and the two sides had discord. Later, Song Jiang led Liangshan soldiers The horse attacked Dongping mansion, and Dong Ping took advantage of the momentum to ask about the marriage. The prefect comforted him, saying that now that the bandits are approaching the city, the situation is in danger.

Dong Ping felt that the prefect was perfunctory, and he was even more unhappy. Soon after, he was captured by Liang Shan and surrendered to Song Jiang. He led Liang Shan's army to deceive the city gate and broke Dongping Mansion. The prefect was full of family members and occupied his daughter.

Such behavior, not to mention that modern people can't stand it, the ancients also despised it, commenting on it "killing a man and marrying a wife, never seen in ancient times!" , Pins is going down!"

After all, Wang Ying and Hu Sanniang were not that over the top, at least it was Li Kui who killed Hu's family, not Wang Ying, so that they would not think of the tragic death of the whole family when they saw the person next to their pillow...

The original work belongs to the original work. Li Yan still doesn't know what kind of person the young Dong Ping is, and he won't beat him to death. He said, "I found Qin Ming and Dong Ping. I want to meet them."

(End of this chapter)