On a clear day and under a clear sky, Her Royal Highness the Empress Dowager of the Wei Dynasty was kidnapped in the capital?
When the great Sinong Huanfan heard the news, he thought he had heard it wrong for a while, so he uttered a questioning voice of "An", causing the complainant to say it again.
Huan Fan immediately went out and was about to go to the General's Mansion, but he decided on the spur of the moment to take a detour and go to Tingwei's Mansion first.
At this time, the sun was setting in the west, and the weather was sunny in early summer. However, a strong wind blew up in the city for no reason. Sand and rocks were flying, leaves and debris were flying everywhere. As soon as Huan Fan stuck his head out to look, he was blown by the sand. He was blown away.
He vomited a few times and cursed: "Demon wind!"
When a country is about to perish, there must be monsters! Almost any strange thing can happen.
When they arrived at Tingwei, Gao Rou was polite and received Huan Fan in person, and also talked about the general situation of the case. Although they each had their own masters, they were both powerful figures, and they seemed to be getting along well with each other.
Gao Rou had already ordered a group of people to be arrested. Huan Fan didn't know much about criminal law, but he still looked carefully at the list of arrested people and asked a few questions.
Not all the people who were related were arrested, such as Guo Li and his son. Not even all the eunuchs and maids accompanying His Highness were arrested. Most of the people inside also had backgrounds. In such a short period of time, some people with little connection were arrested.
On the surface, the matter seemed very simple. There was no evildoer. They just dug a tunnel to lead to the palace set up by His Highness next to the Guo family's residence, and then kidnapped the person.
But tunnels are not easy to dig, especially in Luoyang. It takes a lot of time to dig tunnels without anyone noticing. The person to be kidnapped is Her Royal Highness the Empress Dowager, so the situation is serious. If there wasn't a big shot behind the scenes, such a thing wouldn't be possible.
It is impossible to be so bold and bold!
What's more, His Highness's adopted sister Zhen is also missing, so she might be an insider. Can a noble lady like Zhen be an ordinary person who can bribe or intimidate her for a long time?
Gao Rou took Huan Fan to the prison again to see those arrested.
The gloomy dungeon was filled with a foul smell. Huan Fan just came to this place after coming out from under the sun, and suddenly felt uncomfortable.
At this time, Gao Rou asked someone to open a door, where a prisoner was being tortured. Huan Fan didn't want to go in, so he just stood outside the door for a while.
"Greetings to the Lord." The assistant officers came forward and bowed to him.
Gao Judao: "Continue the interrogation."
So the assistant picked up a roll of slips and said to the prisoner who was lying on a table: "Last September, what you said in front of others was what you said in front of people. When Mrs. Zhen came to buy silk, you told her while no one was around.
She, your place is very big. Mrs. Zhen said charmingly, "How can you tell if you don't see it?" So you two hid in the toilet and did all kinds of things."
Later, he started to describe the detailed process, and his words were filthy and unpalatable.
Huan Fan was embarrassed when he heard this and looked at Gao Rou. Gao Ju said: "Then Mrs. Zhen has been involved in annihilation with many people. It is reported that there is no distinction between men and women. It was only because women rarely tell the story of annihilation that they did not investigate it for a while."
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Huan Fan thought that he couldn't control Tingwei's house, so he could only curse in his heart: My dear, what are you trying to do?
Not to interrogate Guo Li and his son, but to interrogate these unrelated people? But thinking about Gao Rou, it is true that he will not interrogate Guo Li, let alone let the Sima family get involved.
However, this kind of thing was not done by the Sima family; it was the Zhen family who colluded with some traders and lackeys and dared to kidnap Her Royal Highness the Queen Mother?
Absurd, ridiculous!
But Gao Rou said seriously: "The key to this matter is Zhen. As long as we interrogate the people Zhen has friends with one by one and find out the relationship behind it, we can find out the culprit behind the scenes!"
Huan Fan was no longer polite, turned to look at Gao Rou and sneered, "Huh huh".
Gao Rou was stunned for a moment and said in a deep voice: "I know everyone is speculating, but criminal law requires personal and material evidence, and the process is clear. Before that, only speculation is not enough to judge the crime."
Huan Fan was noncommittal and thought to himself: This is what happens in ordinary cases. But now you have completely excluded the Sima family and the Guo family, but you are talking about this in front of me, treating me like a three-year-old child?
After being delayed in Tingwei's Mansion for a while, Huan Fan didn't want to say anything more. After leaving, he went straight to the General's Mansion in the northeast of the city.
Huan Fan came to the back of the mansion, into a cave under the platform of a house. He thought that this place was more closed to discuss business. Unexpectedly, as soon as he was taken down, he was greeted by the scent of powder, mixed with some strange smells. There was a strange smell of obscenity. The general and the others gathered here. I don’t know what they were doing, but it didn’t seem to be for discussion.
Sure enough, several people had arrived early, and when they saw Huan Fan coming in, they temporarily stopped talking.
The fat Cao Shuang did not sit down on his knees, but sat on a small bed. His posture looked a bit strange, like squatting in a manhole.
After Huan Fan came forward and bowed, he went to sit next to him. His eyes immediately swept across the faces of seven or eight people, and after glancing at He Yan twice, his eyes rested on Deng Yang's pale face.
Deng Yang suddenly laughed, and made a "chi" sound from the tip of his tongue and between his teeth, making a lazy sound out of breath, and said: "Da Sinong, seeing what I did, won't you suspect that I did it?"
Huan Fan thought for a while and said: "The people with the greatest suspicion are the people from the Taifu Mansion. The Taifu Mansion, through Guo Li, Zhen De and his son, can most easily instigate the widow Zhen."
Deng Yang smiled and said: "Da Sinong said something fair. Can I do that kind of thing? That's not how you look for death."
He then loudly said: "There is no doubt that it is Sima Yi! We have already deduced it before. They did not do this. I will call him father a hundred times!"
Ding Mi, who had a sparse mustache, raised his head and looked at Cao Shuang, who was sitting in the upper position and was silent. He cupped his hands and said, "The most important thing now is to report to His Majesty immediately and replace the Tingwei!"
Deng Yang immediately agreed: "Yes, let Gao Rou go away early, maybe there will be some clues left. If you find out what Sima Yi did, don't throw dirty water on us!"
Huan Fan said in deep thought: "I'm afraid it's too late. Unless the matter was not caused by the Taifu Mansion, in these few days, what traces cannot be erased and who cannot be killed? They dare to kidnap Her Royal Highness the Empress Dowager. What does it mean to kill a few people?”
The eight-character Hu Dingmi said again: "It's better to change people first. Quickly arrange a position for Gao Rou and let him leave happily. How about Lu Yu?"
He Yan, who was related to Lu Yu, was the first to object: "It's not as good as Chen Ben."
Huan Fan said: "Chen Ben is talented and understands general things, but he never does small and specific things. He doesn't read legal documents at all. He may not be good at complex criminal law matters."
Deng Yang said disapprovingly: "Whether you are good at criminal law or not depends on whose criminal law you are good at. It doesn't matter if you are not from the Taifu Palace."
Huan Fan thought of Gao Rou's approach, no longer objected, and nodded slightly.
Seeing this, Cao Shuang finally said, "Shan, I will talk about this in the court tomorrow."
Huan Fan thought for a while and couldn't help but said: "Do you know why others say that Deng Xuanmao and others did this? You secretly discussed how to deal with Her Royal Highness the Empress Dowager last year, and others will know it later. There are some things in the General's Palace. People have already been bribed!"
The more he talked, the angrier he became, so he looked at Cao Shuang and said, "General, why is Sun Qian still leading troops in the mansion?"
Cao Shuang frowned and said, "If you doubt him because of a few catchy words, will anyone be able to use him?"
Huan Fan said: "It's not suspicion, we should kill him directly! In emergency situations, we would rather kill him by mistake than let him go, in order to deter the rampant thieves and spies!"
Deng Yang suddenly showed his cynical smile again, "Others still suspect that I betrayed the general and did evil things without telling the general. Wouldn't the great minister persuade me from behind? Let the general kill me directly."
Huan Fan was angry and stared at Deng Yang coldly: "Even if you want to seek refuge with others, will others want you?"
Deng Yang was not too serious during the quarrel, and sneered: "Huan Yuan is speaking for me, or is he scolding me?"
Cao Shuang immediately raised his hand and said: "Okay, okay, we have to argue every time!"
Huan Fan then ignored Deng Yang and looked at He Yan again. He thought that He Yan and Sima Yi both advocated "filial piety to rule the world" in terms of the purpose of their articles. Although the two people had no close contact, they still had some spiritual connections.
But Huan Fan thought about it and found out that He Yan once gave a bad review when he was appraising Master Sima. The general idea was that Master Sima could only do small things but had no profound talents and no good character. He was a person without talent or virtue. So He Yan
It seems impossible to have a secret conspiracy with the Sima family.
So Huan Fan didn't say anything, only said to Cao Shuang: "The general likes hunting, and his servants don't give much advice. However, the general and the leading general (Cao Xi) must not leave the city at the same time. At any time, one person should stay in Luoyang.
Otherwise, if Sima Yi seizes the palace gate and closes the city gate, how will the general come back?"
Cao Shuang nodded and said: "Yuan Ze's words make sense, I understand."
Regardless of his verbosity, Huan Fan continued to persuade him earnestly: "The people in Taifu's Mansion have gone crazy! They can do anything, and if they do anything, it will not be an accident. The general must be careful in the future!"