Chapter 48: Minister of Industry Pei Yan
Cui Baosheng trained the tiger for many years, and was not afraid at all. He hit the whip hard and scolded him loudly. However, the tiger was not controlled by the whip and walked towards Cui Baosheng.
Cui Baosheng was then panicked. While retreating to the corner gate, he waved the torch in front of him and shouted: "Open the door quickly, hurry up, something is wrong with this tiger!"
The man outside the door hurriedly opened the door, but a tiger roar suddenly rang out. The tiger rushed towards Cui Baosheng regardless of the torch blocking it, waved his claws and slapped the torch, and bit his neck in one bite.
"Ahhhh!" Cui Baosheng was pressed under the tiger and screamed in pain.
The crowd suddenly exploded.
"The tiger kills people!"
"Strange beast, let go of your claws!"
"This big worm is going crazy!"
"Go and report to the official!"
"Open the door and let me get in and get rid of this evil tiger!"
Wu Chengsi's face darkened, he stood up and said, "Go down and save people!"
Han Cheng responded, stepped over the fence, and jumped to the iron cage on the first floor. At the same time as him, the black-faced young man Cheng Boxian was also jumping down.
Princess Taiping turned around and scolded the guards beside her, "Didn't you hear your second cousin say? Why don't you go down and save people!"
Luo Zhen, the commander of the Princess's Mansion, bowed and jumped to the iron cage. At this time, the two corner doors of the iron cage had already opened, and several men rushed in with weapons.
When Luo Zhen entered the cage, the tiger had already been pushed open by Cheng Boxian with a spear, but the tiger's counterattack was also very fierce, and it slapped the wooden gun with a wave of its claws.
Luo Zhen was about to take action, but Han Cheng and a man in black moved faster. The two of them stabbed the tiger's abdomen with long swords and swords, and even pushed the tiger's body weighing hundreds of pounds onto the iron cage.
Several men outside the cage called the tiger at the same time, and the tiger was killed on the spot. After seeing the ferocity of humans, the lion squatted in the corner and did not dare to move.
Wu Chengsi went down to the lobby and looked at Cui Baosheng. He saw that most of his neck had been bitten off and he was already dead.
Everyone seemed to regard this as an accident and talked a lot. Wu Chengsi was different. As a detective fan, he tended to murder all the deaths.
He immediately ordered people to protect the scene and called two beast trainers to come and ask questions.
When he asked, Zhou Xing's eyes swept across everyone's faces. He was another person who thought the murder was not accidental. It was not that he discovered anything, but that he was used to guessing everything with malicious intentions.
The object he suspected was Gao Funan. If he hadn't proposed to replace the beast trainer, Cui Baosheng would not have gone down. When he glanced at Gao Funan, he saw him looking at Cui Baosheng's body with a pale face. After a while, he turned around and left Liyuan.
At this moment, Zhou Xing heard Wu Chengsi's orders and said, "Guard Han, go and follow Gao Funan."
Zhou Xing's eyes lit up and he thought to himself: "It turns out that the Duke Master is the same as I think." He stepped forward and whispered: "Duke Master Wu, do you doubt Gao Funan?"
Wu Chengsi smiled but said nothing.
Zhou Xing asked, "Mr. Master, the students also think Gao Funan is suspicious. It is very chaotic here. Your guards will stay by your side to protect them. Gao Funan will let the students go, hoping that the master will give the students a chance to serve!"
Wu Chengsi understood that Zhou Xing had just joined his disciples and was eager to make contributions, so he couldn't let him down. He nodded and said, "Okay, then you go, don't alarm the enemy. Notify me immediately if there is any situation."
Zhou Xing smiled and said, "Students receive the order!"
Half an hour later, the Chang'an County constable arrived. Wu Chengsi told them in detail about the case, handed over it to them, and then accompanied Princess Taiping to leave.
After leaving Liyuan, Princess Taiping threw the accident behind and asked Wu Chengsi for a gift.
"Second cousin, fifth cousin's Dayuan horse has been brought back to the mansion. What about the gift you promised to me?"
"Let's go in a few days." Wu Chengsi replied while thinking.
"Second cousin, what are you thinking?" Princess Taiping asked with her head tilted.
"I'm just a little surprised. What caused the tiger to suddenly attack Cui Baosheng, and even the torch could not stop it!"
"The heads of animals are different from those of humans, so it will be strange if you figure it out."
Wu Chengsi smiled and shook his head, changing the topic: "I heard that you like poetry, songs and paintings. I can recommend a friend of the same age to you. Do you want it?"
Princess Taiping blinked cunningly: "You might be trying to say Shangguan Wan'er, right?"
Wu Chengsiqi said: "Do you know her?"
"I heard that you recommended a palace maid from the palace to your mother, so I asked her to come to the mansion to ask a few questions." Princess Taiping smiled.
Wu Chengsi felt a little nervous. This sentence sounded nothing at first, but he only recommended Shangguan Wan'er for a few days, and he had never mentioned it to others. This girl must have had a spy in the palace, otherwise she would not have known it.
Princess Taiping continued: "She looks very popular, but she is just a palace maid. How can she be friends with me?" Her tone was so natural.
Wu Chengsi said: "You are the princess. If you want to make friends, you can only put away your status as a princess. Otherwise, it will be difficult to make friends."
Princess Taiping smiled and said, "I have my father and mother, four more princes, and you and your fifth cousin, why do you have to make friends?"
Wu Chengsi was choked, and it seemed that not all the princesses in the imperial city were eager to make friends!
It was already half an afternoon after I sent Princess Taiping back to my house.
Wu Chengsi rode his horse and walked on the way to Dali Temple, thinking: "Most of the day has passed, and I don't know how Zhuge Nan and Zheng Lingxuan are investigating?"
While thinking, a gust of wind blew and dust flew.
Han Cheng looked at the sky and suddenly said, "Mr., I guess there will be a heavy rain in not long. Why don't we go home directly?"
Wu Chengsi looked up at the sky. It was sunny just now, and in a blink of an eye it was covered with clouds.
He whipped the horse's butt and said aloud: "Let's hurry up and try to rush to Dali Temple before it rains!"
A quarter of an hour later, heavy rain poured down. Wu Chengsi and several guards entered a lifang and sheltered from the roofs of a wealthy family.
Looking at the heavy rain in front of him, Wu Chengsi was stunned. Seeing that his clothes were wet, Han Cheng asked, "Master, do you want to knock on the door and hide?"
Wu Chengsi shook his head and said nothing.
For some reason, he always felt unreal after a few days in the Tang Dynasty. However, looking at the unexpected heavy rain, he suddenly felt truly that he had arrived in another era, and his erratic heart finally sank.
In an instant, his thinking became extremely sensitive. When he recalled the entire case of the Hanlin Academy, a very critical but easily overlooked person attracted Wu Chengsi's attention.
Head of the Ministry of Works, Gao Lan!
As one of the dead, others can easily think that he died of Lu Zhining, but this assumption was established when the murderer was a black-toothed person.
If the murderer is not a black-toothed man, but all the clues point to a black-toothed man, then the case is very obvious, and someone falsely accused a black-toothed man.
Just like Helan Minzhi wanted to frame Wu Chengsi, he had to be led to Baiyun Temple first to achieve his goal. Similarly, if someone wants to frame Heichi Changzhi, he had to be led to Hanlin Academy!
Based on the testimony of Li Duozuo and Hei Chi Changzhi, Gao Lan has found Hei Chi Changzhi!
Obviously, he is that key point.
His death can easily make people ignore this point.
But from another perspective, if he was that point, would the murder have nothing to do with him? Thinking of this, Wu Chengsi suddenly felt enlightened.
At this moment, the sound of rain suddenly disappeared. When I looked up, I saw that the sky turned from cloudy to clear blue. The heavy rain came quickly and went quickly, as if it was to cleanse the sky.
Wu Chengsi took a deep breath and said loudly: "Go, go to the Ministry of Works!"
When he came to the office of the Ministry of Works of the Secretariat, the Minister of Works of the Secretariat Pei Yan personally received Wu Chengsi. After hearing Wu Chengsi ask about Gao Lan, Pei Yan frowned and said, "If you want to talk about Gao Lan, I have some impression of him. Although he has no outstanding talents, he is still capable in his work and has a good relationship with his colleagues."
"Has something strange happened to him recently? Or something special?" Wu Chengsi asked.
Pei Yan twisted his beard and said, "I haven't heard anything special. By the way, Gao Lan has been well received recently and is about to be promoted to Yuanwailang!"
Wu Chengsi's eyes lit up: "Can you tell me in detail?"
Pei Yan said: "I am not sure about this matter, otherwise I will call my colleague Gao Lan over and Mr. Wu will ask them."
Wu Chengsi bowed and said, "I'll disturb Shangshu Pei, there's no need to worry, I'll go find them myself."
After leaving Pei Yan's office, Wu Chengsi found Gao Lan and several colleagues to ask. An hour later, he left the office of the Ministry of Works and went straight to Dali Temple.
This trip to the Ministry of Works has gained a lot. He has already vaguely caught the truth of the case, but at the same time there are also some mystery, which makes him eager to know the investigation results of Zhuge Nan and the others.
Chapter completed!