Such a shocking case occurred in the capital, and everyone in the government and the public was shocked. In the capital, which was defended by hundreds of thousands of troops, someone would openly break into a house at night and take dozens of lives. This matter made the person responsible for public security in the capital
The face of the Kaifeng Mansion was bright.
What made the governor of Kaifeng even more panicked was that this house turned out to be the private residence of Xia Song, deputy minister of the Privy Council. Xia Song's only daughter was in the house on the day of the accident. Fortunately, the daughter was smart and felt something was wrong so she broke open the back door and escaped until the officers and soldiers arrived.
, only then dare to come out from hiding.
Xia Song's anger increased. It became clear that Su Jin was responsible for the incident. Xia Song didn't believe Xia Siling's story at all. He killed everyone but left Xia Siling alive. Who is this but Su Jin? The robbers came in.
With so many guards with martial arts skills unable to escape, how could a weak woman like Xia Siling escape?
Xia Song tried every means to coax Xia Siling into telling the truth, but Xia Siling insisted that a group of masked gangsters had entered the house, and she escaped only under the desperate cover of several nursing staff. Several nearby residents also said that it was indeed a gangster.
A group of masked gangsters were extremely ferocious; some people said that one of the gangsters could actually run on the ridge of a house like a civet cat and walk on the ground with ease, which was incredible. Xia Song was so angry that he ordered his men to beat up the common man.
He was almost punished for the crime of deception and deception.
Even so, Xia Song had a new understanding of Su Jin's strength. Xia Song knew the manpower strength in Yuzhang Tower best. Several witnesses said that only six or seven people entered Yuzhang Tower. In other words, with this
With the strength of six or seven people, they were able to kill all the more than twenty guards, which is a bit unbelievable.[
Xia Song thought about retaliating secretly, but he thought that since Su Jin dared to be so arrogant, he must have taken precautions. If he was not careful and his hands and feet were unclean, he would be bitten back. The best way is to find out.
If we can get some evidence to prove that Su Jin was behind the scenes, the two cases of Liu Binhua and Yu Zhanglou will be closed together.
Xia Song personally participated in the inspection of the scene. He found that the injuries of more than ten people were very strange. They seemed to have been hit on the head and face by a hidden weapon like raindrops. Their faces were covered with iron sand, and their scalps were numb. What kind of strange weapon was this?
People are confused.
The policemen of Kaifeng Prefecture had rich experience and immediately concluded that it was caused by firearms. Only powerful firearms, using gunpowder to activate iron sand, could injure people like this, so they pointed the finger at the Shenhuo Camp of the Ministry of War.
Commander Qin of the Shenhuo Camp did not dare to hide anything when faced with Xia Song's questioning, so he directly told the story about Zhao Dehai and Fang Chengzhong coming to buy firearms.
Ying Tianfu's Quanzhi was Wen Yanbo, a capable minister who had recently been transferred from Hedong's deputy envoy. This man was known for his strategizing. He found that Xia Song seemed to intend to take this major case to Su Jin and Fu Bitou, who secretly purchased Shenhuo camp firearms.
The above quote made him a little restless.
To be honest, even if there are firearms in the case, it does not mean that it was Su Jin and Fu Bi who purchased the firearms privately. Gunpowder has long been circulated among the people. There are so many fireworks workshops in various places that anyone can easily make simple ones.
Firearms come.
Moreover, it is a joke to expect such a firearm to kill people. The Shenhuo Camp's bamboo-tube musket has long been a joke in the court. If it is filled with too much gunpowder, it will injure its own soldiers. If it is filled with too little gunpowder, it can only trigger a dozen iron sand pellets.
, and it can't reach far. To put it bluntly, it can't even kill a chicken, let alone kill someone.
The evidence obtained from the investigation shows that even if it is a firearm, it is definitely not the type of damage that the firearms of the Shenhuo Camp can cause. Thousands of densely packed iron sands are shot out by such firearms. Although it is not clear how far it is shot from, it is still unknown.
As you can imagine, to drive so much iron sand into the meat requires a large amount of gunpowder, and the firearms of the Shenhuo Camp cannot meet this requirement at all.
In view of this, Wen Yanbo decided to report the matter to the emperor immediately. If Xia Song focused on placing this major case on Su Jin and others, it would cause an uproar. If something went wrong, he would not be able to escape his involvement.
So when Xia Song summoned Zhao Fang for questioning, Wen Yanbo hurriedly informed Prime Minister Lu Yijian and Third Secretary Yan Shu about the matter respectively. Wen Yanbo believed that these two people could still control the situation. If either of them
If you make a statement, you must strictly investigate it, and if something happens in the future, you will be responsible for it.
Lu Yijian was quite surprised. He didn't know the reason why Xia Song did this. Su Jin did make Lu Yijian very dissatisfied, and a group of people including Du Yan didn't like this kid, but the real reason was because of this
The boy was very close to Yan Shu, and became an important helper for Yan Shu to seize the throne. Attacking Su Jin was actually attacking Yan Shu; the methods used by Lu Yijian and Du Yan were just to find faults in their errands, or like the last negotiation between Song and Liao.
, give him a hot job and wait for him to make a mistake, then grab the pigtails and hold on.
It was obviously inappropriate for Xia Song to go through the firearms at the scene and check the heads of Su Jin and others with such a big fanfare. This would anger Yan Shu.
Everyone knows that Su Jin and Xia Song have never met, so how could they be stupid enough to go to Xia Song's other courtyard to kill people, and the people they killed were all important nursing staff.
As Lu Yijian expected, Yan Shu was angry; in Yan Shu's view, since Su Jin and Xia Song had nothing to do with each other, Xia Song must have been instigated by someone, saying that he was investigating the case and found Su Jin, but his goal was obviously against him.
Come here, even though Yan Shu has a good temper, he can't bear it this time.
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Early morning on the tenth day of March.
The ministers had finished their salutes, and before Zhao Zhen could sit down firmly, Yan Shu was the first to step out of the queue and report: "Your Majesty, Yan Shu, please inform me that a major case in the capital was under investigation yesterday, but Mr. Xia, the deputy envoy to the Privy Council, acted
Improperly, Yue Zu's agents interfered in the investigation of Kaifeng Mansion, not to mention the fact that the direction of this investigation was Damutemiao, and actually related the matter of Su Jin Fubi and others' design to purchase the Shenhuo camp firearms in order to frighten the Liao envoys, and the robbers in his private house.
The connection between the invasion and murder is simply ridiculous; if Master Xia is so presumptuous, wouldn’t all the fireworks workshops in the world be suspected? What’s more, it involves an official of the imperial court.”
Zhao Zhen's expression changed and he asked: "What's going on? How did the investigation lead to Fu Bi Su Jin's head? Deputy Ambassador Xia, please tell me."
Xia Song did not show any weakness and argued: "Your Majesty, there is a major case in the capital. Although it is the private residence of the minister, if it is not investigated clearly, it will be a big worry in the capital. Today it is my Xia residence, and tomorrow it will be Lu's house."
The house, or the residence of Mr. Yan, is more likely to be within the royal palace; and the gangsters hold firearms, which are incredibly powerful, and I believe that this matter must be investigated thoroughly no matter what; although gunpowder and other items are widely circulated among the people, people who really know how to make them
There are probably only a few of these firearms, so I naturally had to start the investigation from the Shenhuo Camp who knew about firearms. Unexpectedly, I found out that Su Jinfubi and others had secretly purchased the discarded muskets from the Shenhuo Camp a few days ago, so I have been following this path.
The pursuit of clues is not just for Su Jin and others as Yan Sansi said, I am dealing with the matter and not the person."[
Xia Song's high-sounding words were impeccable. Yan Shu wanted to refute but refused.
Zhao Zhen frowned and said, "Then what did Xia Aiqing find out?"
Xia Song said: "Last night, I asked Zhao Dehai and Fang Chengzhong, two deputy commanders of the Ma Army, who purchased the firearms on Su Jin's order. They both said that they were the sacred fire camp firearms purchased under Su Jin's order. They also said that some of them were used and some were still in Su."
In the hand of Jin..."
Zhao Zhen said: "Then you will judge Su Jin to be related to your Xia family's major case based on this?"
Xia Song thought for a while and said: "At least there is suspicion. Why are the remaining gunpowder firearms not handed over? What is the purpose of keeping them at home? I will continue to investigate."
Zhao Zhen laughed and said: "It's ridiculous, are you so decisive? Let me tell you, there are also firearms in my palace. Qin Meng from the Shenhuo Camp gave me several firearms a year ago to let me test the power of the firearms.
The firearm is still on display in my imperial study room. According to what you said, don't I also have suspicions?"
Xia Song quickly knelt down and said: "I don't dare, why did the emperor say this? I just want to find out the case, I have no other intention."
Zhao Zhen said warmly: "Get up, I know you are worried about the security of the capital, but don't make excuses. I know about Su Jin's purchase of firearms, and it was Su Jin who paid for the pile of rags in Shenhuo Camp with his own money. Afterwards, I have
What's the reason for asking him to hand it back? Besides, it seems inappropriate for you to doubt the court officials simply because the thief used a firearm. I know you have no selfish motives, but your move will indeed harm the unity among the officials."
Xia Song blinked and said, "I would like to ask Su Jin to be interviewed in person so that he can explain the matter clearly. This will not only prove his innocence but also avoid any suspicion. Wouldn't it be better to clarify the matter than to keep it secret?" Zhao
Zhen thought for a while and said: "That's fine, but if the matter is clear, you should stop intervening in this matter. In fact, you are not as good as Wen Yanbo, the powerful official of Kaifeng Prefecture, in the investigation of the case. You should let them investigate in the future; as the person involved, you can supervise
Ask, but don’t interfere.”
Xia Song nodded and said: "I obey the order."
Zhao Zhen waved his hand and said: "It is said that Su Jin is coming to court."
The chamberlain quickly sent people out of the palace to look for Su Jin. They all knew that Su Jin could not be brought with him in the history museum. The chamberlain went directly to Su Jin's residence in the south of Shengqiao Bridge, but Su Jin was not at the house at all.
When the emperor came to invite him, Xiao Sui'er and others didn't dare to neglect, and hurriedly took the servants out to look for him. After running for almost half an hour, they found Su Jin in the peach garden in the backyard of Xiangguo Temple, drinking tea and admiring flowers with several ministers.
After the chamberlain explained the situation, Su Jin became furious and threw the tea cup in his hand on the stone table, smashing it to pieces. Wang Anshi and others present were stunned. Su Jin left without saying a word and followed the chamberlain to the palace.
go.
Along the way, Su Jin was furious. He didn't expect that Xia Song would dare to doubt him openly. This was a blatant provocation. She and him had only been tampering with each other in secret, and the disputes between them had never been put on the table. He took action on his own.
Although it is a bit harsh, so far, the two sides are only equal; although Liu Binhua was trapped and killed by him, Rou Niang is still in a coma and has not awakened, and her life and death are still uncertain; Xia Song started the thing first, and she can only fight back.
The methods are just more violent.
Today, Su Jin couldn't help Wang Anshi's reputation, so he came out to relax with them who had just passed the test. Unexpectedly, this mad dog dared to openly attack in the court. Su Jin secretly made up his mind that he would not show any mercy to him today.