Chapter 111: Chapter 111: Locking in the Suspect

Chapter 111: Chapter 111: Locking in the SuspectWhen the officials of the Ministry of Justice heard what Liu Gong said, they thought that the other party was trying to embarrass the little Tongluo surnamed Xu. They took a gloating attitude and decided to criticize Xu Qi'an immediately and humiliate him if he said anything wrong.

Scholars are actually very good at fighting, but not at using force.

The officials and detectives of the government office took a wait-and-see attitude and did not care what clues this reckless Tongluo could give. But they unexpectedly found that the prefect was not wandering, and he stopped slightly and put on a posture of listening seriously.

Lu Qing whispered: "Did you forget? Xu Qi'an, the Xu Qi'an of the tax silver case."

After her reminder, everyone in the government office suddenly realized and remembered Xu Qi'an.

No wonder the name sounded familiar just now. It turned out to be the little quick hand who turned the tide in the tax silver case and solved the mystery of the fake silver.

Well, now it is the Tongluo of the night watchman.

No wonder His Majesty appointed him as the chief officer of the Night Watchmen's Office... Only then did the officials of the government office come to their senses.

"There are indeed some gains!" Xu Qi'an nodded.

He didn't want to say it at first, because the Ministry of Justice and the government office are competitors, and there is no reason to share clues with these bastards.

But just now, noticing the little eunuch taking notes, and the unconcerned communication between the Ministry of Justice and the government office, Xu Qi'an suddenly realized that this might be an opportunity to show off.

Show it to His Majesty the Emperor.

Not surprisingly, this record is to be handed over to the emperor for review. Imagine that after reading the record, Emperor Yuan Jing found that the Ministry of Justice and the government office were actively discussing, giving clues, and working hard to solve the case, but the Night Watchmen's Office was silent.

What would he think?

Although it was a bit of a loss to share the information, the credit has been recorded on paper. "I have a few questions about Captain Lu's speculation." Xu Qi'an and the others looked over and said in an orderly manner:

"I went to Sangpo this morning to check. If you want to blow up the entire Yongzhen Mountain and River Temple and the high platform, the amount of gunpowder required is extremely large."

"Yes, what's the problem?" Lu Qing also went to Sangpo to inspect the site.

"Here comes the problem. You just said that gunpowder is a strategic material that the court attaches great importance to. Various confidentiality and anti-theft measures are very strict and complete. It is very difficult to smuggle this gunpowder out, let alone erase the corresponding traces?" Xu Qi'an said:

"What kind of person do you think can do this?"

Lu Qing hesitated for a moment: "The Minister of Works, or two assistant ministers." Everyone was shocked, and even the eunuch who was recording with his head down paused. Xu Qiyan nodded: "If it was the Minister of Works and two vice ministers, then everything would make sense. With their skills and abilities, it is not impossible to bribe the palace servants or the Dali Temple and the Ministry of Rites. But, isn't this too stupid?"

Lu Qing frowned: "You mean..."

Xu Qiyan said: "Smuggling such a large amount of gunpowder, even if the hands and feet are clean, it will not withstand investigation. I believe that those who can become ministers and vice ministers are not so stupid."

Lu Qing nodded: "Since it is not them, then besides the Ministry of Works, where else can provide so much gunpowder?"

Xu Qiyan said: "Is it possible that it was transported in from outside the city?"

Lu Qing shook his head: "Let's not talk about the outer city. The inner city has to collect a tax for entering the city, and the soldiers guarding the city will check the goods. The imperial city is even more impossible. How can something as conspicuous as gunpowder be smuggled? Unless what is transported in is raw materials, not gunpowder..."

Lü Qing and Xu Qi'an reasoned as if no one else was around, and no one else had the right to interrupt. Eunuch Liu was not in a hurry and listened patiently.

The eunuch in charge of taking notes wrote quickly, writing faster and faster.

What was delivered was not gunpowder, but raw materials. Among the raw materials of gunpowder, sulfur and charcoal are not precious things. Especially in winter, the consumption of charcoal in the capital is very terrible... But saltpeter is something that Dafeng strictly controls... Xu Qi'an was thinking, and a flash of lightning struck his mind.

"Saltpeter mine!?" He stared at Lü Qing with wide eyes.

The pretty face of the female head constable was stunned for a moment, then she understood and exclaimed: "Saltpeter mine!!"

The two were shocked, and on the other side, Song Tingfeng and Zhu Guangxiao looked at each other, and their faces changed slightly. Sёarch* The Novelƒire(.)ne*t website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

The four of them personally surveyed Dahuang Mountain and found saltpeter mines there.

Lv Qing calmed down his shock, and various thoughts flashed through his mind, and new doubts emerged: "If it was really them, what happened to the nine missing people?"

Xu Qiyan said slowly: "It's very simple, frame someone!"

Then he shook his head: "No, it's to divert our attention and buy time to escape from the capital."

Lv Qing nodded slightly: "Yes, let us think that the gunpowder came from the Ministry of Works, and that spies were planted in the court, so the focus of the investigation shifted to the Ministry of Works, the Ministry of Rites, and the Supreme Court."

Eunuch Liu frowned, and he found that he began to not understand the conversation between the two.

Except for the high-ranking Minister of the Ministry of Justice and Chen Fuyin who remained calm, the others looked at each other, and they also didn't understand what Xu Qiyan and Lv Qing were talking about.

I always feel like I missed an episode.

Xu Qian'an shook his head: "In this case, there is a question that cannot be solved. How did they transport the gunpowder to Sangpo?"

Lu Qing said: "It's very simple. The nine missing officials must have been bribed or coerced. I am more inclined to the former."

It makes sense. The demons can smuggle gunpowder into Sangpo, so there must be accomplices. If there is no internal support from the court, they can't do it.

Let's not talk about the traitors in the court. Why did the demons blow up Sangpo?

To be precise, they are plotting to get the seal under Sangpo. What use does this seal have for

them?

He was thinking, and then heard Lu Qing say: "We seem to have thought wrong, because I just noticed a detail..."

The heroic female head constable stared at Xu Qiyan: "Nine missing people, three are working in the palace, three are from the Ministry of Rites, and three are from the Dali Temple... How did they hide the gunpowder from their colleagues?"

Xu Qiyan was not very clear about the process of the ancestral worship ceremony, and had not had time to ask the clerks and servants who were responsible for the end, but after hearing Lu Qing's words, his heart moved: "You mean, it is impossible for three people to smuggle gunpowder without telling their colleagues. Yes, why do you deliberately separate these nine people? If these nine people are all from the Ministry of Rites, the Dali Temple or working in the palace, maybe it is possible."

Lu Qing smiled sincerely, and it was quite bright.

She admired Xu Qiyan's point the most, that he was smart and could understand her meaning immediately. It was not tiring to discuss matters with him, but instead she could smile

knowingly.

Xu Qian'an said: "So, there must be someone else who helped them, and this person must have the ability to enter and exit the imperial city freely, or be able to deliver gunpowder into

the imperial city..."

At this point, Xu Qian'an and Lu Qing looked at each other again, and they remembered a case.

The case of the small flag officer of the Jinwu Guard.

This case happened the day before the ancestral worship ceremony, and they also took over it

personally.

The small flag officer of the Jinwu Guard was silenced... Before the silence, he revealed to his wife that he would take his family away from the capital... Before his death, he happened to be on duty... Xu Qian'an suddenly realized and connected the saltpeter mine and the case of the small flag officer Liu Han. It was not difficult to find out the truth.

The demons drove away the gray households in order to collect saltpeter mines in Dahuang Mountain, make gunpowder to blow up the Yongzhen Mountain and River Temple, and release the seal in Sangbo.

The reason for using gunpowder is that the palace is heavily guarded and cannot be forced into, but gunpowder can, as long as it is transported in without anyone noticing. Whether it was the director of the Imperial Observatory, the female imperial master of the Renzong, or the high-ranking warriors in the imperial army, they could detect the invasion of strong men, but they could not detect dead things like gunpowder.

Liu Han was just a small flag officer, and he did not have such great ability to put gunpowder

into the imperial city without telling his superiors.

He was a person who did things, and the instigator was his superior, who also killed him to

silence him.

Damn, the demon tribe acted like an old sow wearing a bra, one set after another.

The brothel was full of customers - well organized.

As long as Liu Han's superior, the 100-householder of the Jinwu Guard, was arrested and

interrogated, everything would be known!

Xu Qiyan quickly locked on a suspicious person: 100-householder Zhou!

Xu Qiyan stood up and cleared his throat: "Eunuch Liu, all the gentlemen, I have something to

do at the Ministry of Works, so I'll take my leave first."

He looked normal and said in a relaxed tone: "The night watchman, follow me."

Quickly lead people to evacuate.

The officials present were not fools. Although Xu Qi'an behaved normally, his expression changed several times when he talked with Lu Qing, and the content of their conversation, although they only understood half of it, did not prevent them from guessing that Xu Qi'an

had found an important clue.

Everyone immediately looked at Lu Qing.

Lu Qing pretended to be stupid.

Eunuch Liu knocked on the table with his fingers and urged: "Did Xu Qi'an find anything? Is

there any progress in the case? Tell me!"

Lu Qing thought to himself, I have done my best. After all, although I admire Xu Qi'an very much, we don't have any special relationship, and he is not his fiancé or anything like that. Helping him delay time is already very loyal.