Yamen runner is determining the specific casualties. It is found that not only the second master Fu Hongwang died, but also the fifth master Fu Zichen and the seventh Miss Fu Ziqing. There is also no news, and their rooms, without any accident, are burned to ruins. Moreover, there are two charred black bodies in them that can not be identified.
One night died three relatives, Du finally can not bear the blow, fainted in the past.
The impact of the fire is too great. In addition, Fu Hongda, the new head of Fu's family, has issued a death order. It must be strictly checked. Soon, the whole Fu's house has been sealed off.
After two days of investigation, the yamen runner found that the cause of the fire at first seemed to be something wrong.
Because in the calculation of casualties, they found that the number of servants in the whole second room was not a small problem.
After a careful investigation, the yamen runner found that the surviving servants in the second room couldn't explain the process of their rescue.
Fuyin simaxi knows that there is a big problem here, so he will detain all the people and try them one by one.
In the course of the trial, some people were timid and revealed the truth.
According to the coward, the person on duty that night was specially arranged by Li Hei, the storehouse manager of the second room, because the shift of each month was made at the beginning of the month. On the night of the fire, Li Hei temporarily deployed people and screened most of the night watchmen. The intention of this move is really unknown.
Yamen immediately sent someone to arrest Li Hei.
After another day and night of examination, they finally opened Li Hei's mouth. Sure enough, Li Hei knew that there would be a fire that night. Therefore, he specially transferred his servants who were filial to him on a regular basis, and replaced a group of bayonets who were not good with him to die.
Since someone knew in advance that the second room would catch fire, it means that the fire was deliberately set by someone, not by accident.
Li Hei confessed the truth and said that he was really loyal to Fu Hongbei, the big master of the big house.
After the investigation and interrogation, many things have been made clear, but there are problems with the authority of simaxi.
Fu HongMian is the superior of simaxi. By reason, there is no rule for the inferior to detain the superior. But this case is handled by the injured party Fu Hongda, the head of the family, who is fully authorized to deal with it by simaxi. The whole position of the family is the first.
Simaxi didn't know if he should call Fu Hongda. He was confused, so he had to tell Fu Hongda the situation first.
After hearing this, Fu Hongda was shocked: "you mean, the arsonist, is my eldest brother?"
Simaxi nodded: "according to Li Hei, it's true. Fourth master, what do you think about it?"
Fu Hongda didn't speak for a long time. It seems that he can't believe that his esteemed eldest brother will be the murderer of the second brother's family.
Fu Hongda said solemnly with his eyes down: "do you really know? Then Li Hei's words can be believed? "
Simaxi was in a bit of a dilemma: "it's reasonable to say that the truth and falsehood are still uncertain. We need to detain the suspect and interrogate him. It's just the identity of the suspect, the elder master..."
Fu Hongda understood, and immediately said: "this matter must not be concluded abruptly. It's important for you to be innocent. Since you need to deduct it first before you can find out the truth, then you can do business. I believe brother can understand that this is your duty. However, if you find out that brother is innocent, you need to release him immediately. During the custody, you can't use criminal intimidation! "
Simaxi felt the tip of his nose and thought to himself, but he didn't say - no torture, how can you expect a murderer to commit a crime spontaneously and frankly?
After Fu Hongda finished these, he wrote a letter of credit in the name of the new owner of Fu's family, which stated that during the investigation of the cause of the fire in Fu's family, the Fu government should bear and account for any overstepping and extreme behaviors.
Simaxi left with the letter sealed with the seal of the head of the family. Turning around, he took people with him to the other courtyard where Fu Hongmei was staying.
The family of Fu hongtimes naturally heard about the fire in Fu's mansion, but when simaxi broke in with dozens of Yamen servants, they were still frightened.
Fu Hongmei is the calmest one. He is very thoughtful. He is afraid that simaxi, who is coming out of the fire, will deal with him kindly: "just go to Yamen. You don't need to care. Just tell me the situation. I will send someone to see you back in person."
Fu Hung-chien glanced at Sima Xi and said nothing. He got into the carriage.
As simaxi said, although he brought people for interrogation, he was afraid of all aspects of his official duties. He was very polite. He not only served tea to Fu Hongmei himself, but also sent people to move chairs and pave cushions for fear that he would not feel comfortable sitting in this cramped prison room.
The interrogation process was not very smooth. No matter what simaxi asked, Fu HongMian denied one by one until Li Hei was finally brought out.
But in the face of Li Hei's confession, Fu Hongbei obviously has his own set of words. He says he doesn't know Li Hei at all.
Li Hei was very aggrieved. Even if she cried and fell on the ground, she begged for Hongbei to save his life. She also said that she had been obedient to him and was absolutely loyal to him.
Fu Hongbei didn't recognize the bill. He said he didn't know each other, so he didn't know each other.After a while, Fu Hung-chien was impatient: "master Sima."
"You say," said simaxi
"If your so-called evidence is the one side of a lowly servant, I'm afraid I don't have time to spend with you."
With a dry smile, simaxi turned to Li hei and asked, "what else do you have to say?"
Li Hei's eyes were red, and his face was full of tears. He bit his teeth, as if he had let it go, and said: "since the old man can't save his life, the small one has to protect himself. Adult, the small one has evidence!"
Fu Hongmei glanced at Li hei and his eyes narrowed.
"What evidence do you have?" asked simaxi
"The little one has a book that says when, where and what the big master ordered the little one to do. The big master spent two years as a little one. Every little one of these two years has been recorded. Adults only need to check it to know whether it is true or not!"
Simaxi looked at Fu hongtimes and stared at Li Hei again. "Where is the book now?"
"It's in the second brick on the left side of the bed stove in the small room."
Simaxi beckoned for Li Hei to be taken down, and said to Hung-chien in a friendly way: "now that you have new evidence, I'd like to ask you to wait a moment."
Fu Hung-chien frowned, obviously not wanting to wait.
However, simaxi has sent someone to look for it, and he adds tea and fans to Fu Hongmei, trying his best to pacify him.
Half an hour later, the yamen runner came back. At the same time, he brought back the book of Li Hei.
There are more than one volume, three copies in full. The two full volumes are wrapped and wrapped with oil paper. They are placed in the bottom of the bed stove. The unfinished one is placed in the outside. You can see it at a glance when you pry open the brick.
Three books were placed in front of him. Simaxi didn't read them alone. He asked Fu Hongmei to read them together and observe his expression at the same time.
At first, Fu didn't look up. When he saw the back, his face turned ugly.
Simaxi looked down and turned over the first notebook, which seemed to say casually: "the first notebook was in March two years ago. It was written that you sent Li Hei to Qujiang mansion in the south of the Yangtze River to check your nephew and pay for the news of wushao?"