Chapter 187: Reasoning (Added for ally “Xipi Right”)

Chapter 187: Reasoning (Added for ally “Xipi Right”)

The Cao Transportation Yamen was divided into two systems, the Department of Row Banks and the Department of Program Transportation. The highest ranked official was the Transportation Envoy, who was of the fourth rank. He managed nearly 1,000 people inside and outside the CaoYin department.

“The Cao Transportation is the most lucrative of all the government offices in the imperial court. In the 20th year of Yuanjing, the court once implemented the sale of officials, and all the positions sold were those related to the canal transportation.” Inspector Zhang led the way while speaking in a deep voice:

“By the 22nd year of Yuanjing, the policy of selling officials and titles was outlawed by Duke Wei and Chief Minister Wang. But in just two years, the number of assholes who came in indiscriminately was outrageous. To this day, there are still a bunch of corpses stealing high positions.”

Xu Qi’an did not care much about Governor Zhang’s indignation, but instead extracted some intriguing points from his words.

Need Wei Yuan and Wang Shoufu, two mortal enemies, to join forces to suppress, who is that person who sells his official position?

Without a doubt, it was Emperor Yuan Jing.

There are many emperors in the history books who sold their offices and titles, and Emperor Yuan Jingdi is not an exception; these emperors all have one thing in common: spending money like water.

And the history books don’t speak too favorably of such emperors, or at least take a dim view of such behavior.

When the Yuzhou canal office arrived, the magistrates saw a group of men and horses coming in force, headed by a great official in scarlet robes, and a night watchman with a gold gong embroidered on his chest.

Without even asking questions, he rushed wildly into the Yamen to report.

After a few minutes, the transporter of Yuzhou’s shipping office, a major official of the fourth rank, went out to greet him personally with a hurried step.

This transit ambassador was over fifty years old, with a white beard and ordinary appearance, with a black mole on his brow, giving his plain appearance a few more special points.

“This official, Zhang Xingying, was ordered to go to Yunzhou to investigate the case, this is a document from the cabinet.” Inspector Zhang took out a thin booklet and handed it over.

“So it’s Lord Transporter, disrespectful, inside please.” After reading the paperwork, the Transit Envoy respectfully handed it back, then sidestepped and made a gesture of invitation.

A group of people into the Yamen, the transit ambassador led Zhang governor to the Yamen hall, after taking a seat to see the tea, the transit ambassador smiled:

“Mr. Governor has traveled a long way, but do you intend to rest in Yuzhou for a few days?”

He did not move to observe this governor from the capital, only to feel that the other party is a meticulous and uninteresting generation, meeting so far, not to show a smiling face.

Are all the lords from the capital so arrogant?

This transit ambassador still doesn’t know the seriousness of the matter ah. Inspector Zhang waved his hand, “Whether or not this official stays here will only depend on how the case progresses.”

“What does that mean?” The Transit Envoy said in consternation.

Inspector Zhang looked out into the hall and said aloud, “Bring it up!”

Together with the bearded man, Fang He, sixty-two members of the Yellow Flag Gang were brought up, his body carrying light or heavy injuries, his complexion shriveled.

Seeing these people, the transit ambassador stood up in both surprise and bewilderment, pointed at them, and looked at Governor Zhang: “What’s the matter with these people, and why are they wearing the uniforms of my Cao Yun Yamen?”

“That’s why this official is visiting the Lord Transporter.”

At that moment, Governor Zhang told the transit ambassador in detail what had happened, and the latter was already bloodless after hearing it, falling back to his seat on his butt and muttering, “How can this be good, how can this be good?”

Tsk tsk, the kung fu for raising qi is also too poor, compared to the officials I have dealt with in the capital, this transit ambassador is simply a bronze Xu Qi An mentally spat while observing the transit ambassador’s expression and subtle hands.

Inspector Zhang said in a deep voice, “Lord Transit Envoy, this official asks you, this case, are you aware of it?”

The transporter hurriedly shook his head in an effort to defend himself, “This official does not know anything about it, Lord Governor .”

Governor Zhang didn’t bother and turned his head to look at the white-clothed warlocks in the crowd, and several of them nodded slightly, signaling that they weren’t lying.

After pondering for a moment, Inspector Zhang said, “Is that outline transportation envoy in the Yamen?”

It was only then that the Transit Envoy turned his attention to the culprit, furious that he had produced a two-fifths under his command, and spoke in a deep voice:

“Program Transportation Minister Yan Kai is off from his duties today and is not at the Yamen, so this official will immediately take the governor to capture this fang.”

Outside the residence of Program Transportation Envoy Yan Kai, Inspector Zhang waved his hand and told the Huben Guards to spread out and surround Yan’s residence.

Yang Muhua, the transporter of the Cao Transportation Yamen, who came with him, also brought twenty constables with him.

After the Huben guards dispersed, Jiang Ruizhong directly led the men to break into the house and pressed down all the houseguards and guards in the mansion.

The three groups of Huben Guards, the constables of the Cao Yun Yamen, and the night watchmen swept through the entire Yan Mansion, swift as thunder, not giving the other side a chance to react.

“My lord, the man is in the study.”

The sheriff of the Cao Yun Yamen was the first to discover Yan Kai, and when Xu Qi’an rushed to the study with his fellow officers, he was a step too late, and he saw blood spattered all over the floor, thick as fast.

Yan Kai, the program runner, lay helplessly on the large chair, his head tilted, a deep wound at his neck, and a dagger falling to the ground by his right hand.

This result is obviously out of the Yang transit ambassador and Zhang governor’s expectations, stunned, anger filled the chest.

However, the two men’s anger was not different; the Transit Envoy’s anger was closer to incompetent rage; once the Tsunami Envoy was dead, all eyes were focused on himself, and he was surely the first to be suspected.

For his part, Inspector Zhang is an angry man whose cooked duck has flown away.

There are too many people, easy to destroy the scene . And there is no guarantee that there is no murderer present, and it is likely to destroy the key clues Xu Qi An is the calmest, and between the turning of his thoughts, he made a decision on the spot:

“Everyone exit the study and wait outside.”

Hearing this, Inspector Zhang’s spirit lifted, swept his eyes over the crowd, and said in a deep voice, “All go wait outside and exit the study.”

Soon, only Jiang Luchong, Xu Qi’an, and the two lords remained in the study.

“Mr. Governor, this Yan Kai must be afraid of committing suicide, this case has nothing to do with this official ah.” Transit Envoy Yang repeatedly explained, anxious to clear the relationship.

Inspector Zhang simply ignored him, looked at Xu Qi’an and said, “Xu Ning Banquet, take a good look.”    Transit Envoy Yang couldn’t help but look at Xu Qi’an, and quickly stopped paying attention, pulling Inspector Zhang to continue explaining, rambling on about his grievances and showing his innocence.

“The blood is coagulated into clots, not long after death, but before we entered the house.” Jiang Lunzhong said.

“It was almost as if he died when we entered the Cao Yun Yamen.” Xu Qi’an nodded.

He briefly examined Yan Kai’s body, the wounds were so obvious that there was no need for an autopsy, it was a death by cutting the carotid artery.

After looking at the body, Xu Qi’an checked every corner of the study as usual, looking for any clues that might exist.

The whole process was only a short five minutes, Xu Qi’an sighed, “Mr. Governor, he was murdered, not committed suicide.”

Inspector Zhang nodded and said, “How is that so?”

The chattering transporter stopped arguing and turned his head to look.

“If the carotid artery had been severed, a person would have struggled due to lack of oxygen because of the instinct to survive, and would not have sat like this. Of course, it’s not enough to judge that he was killed just like that.” Xu Qi’an said:

“Richard Yan is a lefty, right?”

Ambassador Yang Transit froze, “How do you know?”

“He had a thick callus on the side of the middle finger of his left hand, left by years of holding a pen. A normal person’s callus is on the middle finger of the right hand, so I judged him to be left-handed.

“And you see the wound on the neck, deep left and shallow right, it’s the kind of cut that would only be made by a right-handed knife.”

The Divine Transit Envoy looked at Xu Qi’an in shock, no longer having any semblance of contempt in his eyes. In less than half a pillar of incense, he was able to identify clues and surmise the true cause of death.

This was a riveting display of competence in the eyes of the Transit Envoy, who was not a good judge of character.

It was the first time that the formidable Inspector Zhang had witnessed Xu Qi’an’s ability to solve a case with his own eyes, even though he had heard about it long ago. Regardless of how the official circles in the capital circulated the deeds of this little gong, hearing about it and seeing it were two different things.

However, it did not work, in the investigation of the case did not have a breakthrough Yan Kai’s cause of death is to cut the throat, unlike the wizard’s dream killings so fancy, but precisely because this simple and crude murder method can be done by anyone, but more and more difficult to lock the murderer. Without surveillance, solving the case is in too much effort.

“There are no traces of doors or windows being pried or damaged, and the murderer and the deceased obviously knew each other. Let’s interrogate the subordinates in the mansion to see if anyone has just come to visit, or if they have heard Yan Kai’s cries for help. Also, interrogate everyone at the Cao Yun Yamen, including Lord Transit Envoy, and remember to search your body to avoid any spells that mask your breath and hinder the observation of the Qi Looking Technique.” Xu Qi’an gave advice.

Inspector Zhang said, “Lord Transit Envoy, please cooperate with us.”

For more than an hour afterward, the three magicians of the Si Tian Supervisor observed the officials and mandarins of the Cao Yun Yamen without a moment’s pause.

But there is no gain, with the death of Yan Kai, the program transport, the “supervision and theft” of the case of the clues are cut off.

Accompanied by Jiang Ruizhong, Inspector Zhang went to the Department of Tidings and Pressure Enforcement in Yuzhou, which was in charge of punishment and prison, and happened to be the government office in charge of this matter. It was also the imperial court’s supervisory body, subordinate to the Duzhaoyuan.

Inspector Zhang was the Commander of the Imperial Imperial Household of the Metropolitan Police and was the top boss of the Department of Tidings and Massage.

In the afterglow of dusk, Xu Qi’an sat on the ridge of the Cao Yun Yamen, bathing in the golden haze and rehashing the case in his mind.

With the death of a program ambassador, the clue to the whole case is broken. Heh, it’s the same clue that the person behind the scenes didn’t manipulate the entire Cao Transportation Yamen.

From this, it can be seen that this is not a simple case of embezzlement the Ministry of Public Works Secretary has fallen, Yuzhou’s shipping yamen still continue to repeat the operation of smuggling iron ore to Yunzhou this means that there is still someone behind the scenes manipulation. This person’s power is not big, can only dominate the program transportation ambassador, no, not necessarily power is not big, it may be for the purpose of stealthy action.

If I hadn’t gotten lucky and run into it, the iron ore smuggling might have continued.

Since there is smuggling of iron ore, will there be smuggling of government salt and saltpeter? We need to get the court to look into the state’s transportation yamen.

“I’m afraid this trip to Yunzhou is even more dangerous than imagined.” Xu Qi’an thought worriedly, when he suddenly heard someone shouting at him from below.

“Ning Banquet, let’s go, let’s go to the Department of Education to have some fun.” Song Tingfeng stood in the courtyard and waved at him.

“No go, old me is thinking about business.” Xu Qi’an didn’t have the good sense to say.

“Go on, I heard that the women of Yuzhou’s Church Department know how to serve people.” Song Tingfeng followed the advice.

“All you know all day long is that you’re in the Teaching Department Teaching Department, be careful that you won’t be able to get promoted for the rest of your life.” Xu Qi’an responded with hatred.

Yuzhou, Department of Education.

In the melodious sound of silk and bamboo, Xu Qi’an picked up his wine cup and laughed loudly, “Come on, let’s drink and drink, it’s been six days of floating on the water.”

The night watchmen raised their glasses together, one clear beauty per capita, and pushed their glasses and laughed.

Xu Ningyan had indeed followed, to which Song Tingfeng was not surprised, and should say that it was all expected.

When he was in the capital, Xu Qi’an never took the initiative to go to the Education Department, it was always Song Tingfeng who suggested it, and then he followed along with Zhu Guangxiao.

Sometimes Xu Ningyan was practicing, so he broke out and cursed: Song Tingfeng If you have a little bit of conscience, don t disturb my practice.

Curse and pat yourself on the back for following.

Unlike the capital, the Yuzhou’s Church Office didn’t cover such a large area, but it was built near the river, with six courtyards and two tall buildings. The best thing about it was the elegant view.

The rippling water distorts the reflection of the red lanterns, and the sound of silk and bamboo pipes and music floats through the courtyard and over the sparkling river.

With Xu Qi’an and other people’s status position, of course, will not go to the building with those fish and dragons mixed with the johns to drink, by the CaoYuanYamen officials lead the way, they came to a called the red sleeve of the flower girl courtyard to play tea around.

The flower girl called Red Sleeve seemed to be a bit reluctant, a group of people had been drinking in the courtyard for a little more than half an hour, and she hadn’t come out yet.