Daxuanti criminal officer

Chapter 38

"Everyone," Chen Taiji introduced to everyone, "This is Mr. Cai Kun, the leader of the Cabinet of Internal Guards!"

In the Great Xuan Dynasty, the inner guard was a very powerful official position. Its functions were a bit similar to the Jinyiwei in the Ming Dynasty. It was a huge and terrifying intelligence agency, which made the officials change their faces and no one dared to offend.

And the leader of the inner guard cabinet is even more superior, he is a close minister of the queen mother and the emperor, and has won the trust of the royal family.

"I've seen Cai Geling!"

Everyone hurriedly bowed their knees and said hello to Mr. Cai.

Cai Kun didn't raise his head, but carefully collected Yizhi, and then said expressionlessly:
"Dear colleagues, the Empress Dowager Yi's decree specifies that in case of emergency, Cai will be asked to handle the case. I think..." He glanced at everyone coldly, "The current situation should be considered an emergency, right?"

"Yes!" Everyone dared to disagree, and hurriedly agreed.

"I already have a basic understanding of the iron coffin case," Cai Kun said, "As for the assassin, I will send someone to report to the Empress Dowager Ming and find someone to come and identify it!

"However, there is one thing that I can't figure out!"

Having said that, he paused on purpose, scanned the crowd, and after seeing that no one responded, he gestured with both hands and said:

"Such a large iron coffin needs at least a huge carriage and a lot of manpower to push it to the stone bridge, right?

"Such an obvious target," Cai Kun stared at Qiu Yongnian and the others and said, "You really can't find any clues? Could it be... it fell from the sky?"

"This……"

Qiu Yongnian and the others looked at each other, trembling slightly, no one dared to argue.

"Where is Shangyuan County Guard?" Unexpectedly, the next second, Cai Kun suddenly called out.

"In the!"

Tai Min was taken aback, and hurriedly agreed.

"Shangyuan Sheriff, do you care about what I said?" Cai Kun asked.

"This..." Tai Min thought about it, and answered hastily, "I believe that the scope of the search should not only be limited to Xinye County, but also expand the scope, um...investigate the surrounding counties, as well as walking merchants, to see if anyone has seen that An iron coffin!"

"Hmph! Hehehe..."

Unexpectedly, Cai Kun suddenly laughed, but the somber sound made people shudder.

"For the iron coffin case two years ago, you also searched all the surrounding counties and counties. Let me ask you, did it work?" Cai Kun raised his eyebrows, with a chilling smile on his face.

"This..." Tai Min swallowed, not knowing how to answer.

"If it's as easy as you said, then the last iron coffin case should have been solved long ago!" Cai Kun glanced at him and said heavily, "It seems that you still haven't realized that the problem actually lies in Xin Ye. Inside the prefecture!?"

what! ! ?
As soon as this remark came out, Qiu Yongnian quickly fell to his knees, and Na Luo Wanwan was so frightened that he almost lay on the ground.

Well, Xu Zun has the smallest official position, so he can only follow behind.

"Hmph," Cai Kun snorted coldly, "With such a big coffin and such a big case, your Xinye county government can't find any clues. If it's not because someone inside you is causing trouble, what's the explanation?
"Come here!" He shouted at his subordinates angrily, "Arrest all the people from Xinye County Yamen! My officer, you have to ask them carefully!"

"This?"

Hearing this, Chen Taiji, who had been silent all this time, wanted to dissuade him, but after some ideological struggle, he still chose to remain silent.

"My lord, my lord was wronged!" Qiu Yongnian hurriedly defended, "We have tried our best in this case, please be merciful, my lord!"

"..." Luo Wanwan wanted to defend himself, but his heart felt dull and he couldn't say anything.

In a daze, he seemed to see the exact same scene as the iron coffin case back then. It was indiscriminate at all, and he was just looking for a few scapegoats...

However, this time the situation was even worse. Everyone knew that the methods of the inner guards were much more cruel than those of the Ministry of Criminal Justice. If they were arrested and interrogated, they would almost die!
It was an instant hell. The last moment they were discussing the case, but now they are all prisoners!
Seeing the inner guards coming towards him, Qiu Yongnian begged again:
"My lord, please give us some more time, or... I beg your lord to give us the details of the case back then," he begged bitterly, "We don't know what happened back then, which is very bad for the investigation, and I hope your lord will give us the details of the case." a chance!"

"Hmph, back then?" Cai Kun sneered, "Back then? Let me tell you, that case back then might have been done by insiders, and it was because we were too soft-hearted that it became an unsolved case!"

"Ah?" Qiu Yongnian hurriedly asked, "My lord, where is the iron coffin now? Who were the 37 victims back then?"

"Hey, you really dare to ask!" Cai Kun laughed, "Don't worry, I might tell you when we chat later!"

After saying that, following Cai Kun's signal, the inner guards rushed forward and detained Qiu Yongnian, Luo Wanwan and Xu Zun respectively.

"Leader Cai Ge," seeing the situation gradually getting out of control, Chen Taiji finally couldn't help reminding Cai Kun in a low voice, "Magistrate Qiu is a Jinshi Hanlin, and Xu Zun is Shen Shilang's son-in-law, um..."

"Oh?" Cai Kun glanced at Chen Taiji and said with a sinister smile, "Master Chen is teaching me how to do things?"

"Don't dare!" Chen Taiji hurriedly clasped his fists, his expression embarrassed.

"I know, why did the Queen Mother send me here?" Cai Kun leaned close to Chen Taiji's ear and whispered, "It's because she can't trust you people from the Ministry of Punishment. If you mention Xu Changlin and Shen Tiande again, I can only tell the truth Reported!"

"Yes!" Chen Taiji hurriedly took a step back, not daring to say another word, but both sides of his cheeks were already soaked in cold sweat.

"It's not just these three people!" At this moment, Cai Kun looked at Qiu Yongnian and the others, and said to the inner guards, "The servants in the county government office, arrest them quickly, but I will arrest anyone who has some rights, and if not one of them falls. stand up!"

"My lord, I am wronged! My lord!" Qiu Yongnian was so anxious that tears flowed out, "Please allow us a few days, we will definitely find out the facts of the case..."

Looking at Luo Wanwan again, he was already lying on the ground, trembling all over...

Here, only Xu Zun remained unmoved, still calmly meditating.

In his mind, he was filtering the whole case over and over again at high speed, starting from being framed by You Dalang, to the iron coffin case, to all kinds of accidents he encountered, the increasingly treacherous case, and Now facing the catastrophe of life and death...

All these encounters were like a well-designed trap, which came suddenly and ferociously, making him caught off guard and defenseless.

However, the more this happened, Xu Zun calmed down instead.

Because, he seemed to see part of the truth through this dense fog!

Although, he can't see the whole situation yet, but he seems to have thought of his own escape method.

However, just when Xu Zun thought that the situation was turning for the better, an even more terrifying disaster came one after another.

Cai Kun was arranging the arrest of the inner guards when suddenly a policeman from the governor's mansion rushed into the hall and reported to the governor Li Yanhui with a letter:

"Report to Mr. Li, someone found a letter in the iron coffin, which said that Mr. Inspector should personally write it!"

After saying that, the messenger handed the letter to Li Yan.

"Oh?"

Li Yan first looked at Cai Kun, then at Chen Taiji, then hurriedly opened the letter to check the contents.

Cai Kun and Chen Taiji were very close, and the two of them also moved closer curiously to read the letter with Li Yan.

The content of the letter didn't seem to be long. After the three of them finished reading it, they all looked at Xu Zun! ! !
(End of this chapter)