Chapter 670 Di Renjie's Case 4

"I'm afraid Lord Di is misunderstood. How can you conclude that it must be a self-made crossbow with such incomplete arrows? Isn't it too far-fetched?"

After all, Li Qian is not an ordinary person. At least he is still a little anxious. He is not stupid enough to admit the account on the spot. After his eyes turned around, he said with a smile.

"It's very simple. The arrow of the bow is big, and the arrow of the crossbow is small. This is one. Second, the arrow of the bow is long, and the arrow is short. Please look at the length of this arrow?"

Di Renjie was not afraid of Li Qian's counterattack. He took out a relatively intact one from several incomplete arrows, handed it to Li Qian, and confidently listed three reasons.

"Ha ha, Lord Di has good eyesight. This may be a crossbow, but it can't be said that it comes from the official military system. It should be noted that although the ban in the court is strict, it can be banned repeatedly. There are still crossbows among the people. How do those thieves dare to act rudely? It makes sense to rely on a few crossbows."

In the face of empirical evidence, Li Chen could not insist that these incomplete arrows were not crossbows, but he would never admit that such crossbows were homemade strong crossbows, so he did not hesitate to talk nonsense.

"What the Shangdang said is reasonable, but it is inadvertently applied. As far as Di knows, my crossbows are customized, and the materials received by the craftsmen in each field must be recorded. There is no exception for the finished product or defective products. For the sake of counting, every hundred, the craftsman will engrave the number on the arrow pole. There is a mark on this arrow shaft. The word 'Wang San' is faintly distinguishable. It should be the third hundred arrows made by the craftsman surnamed Wang. You only need to go to the arrow-making workshop to find out the root!"

Di Renjie listened to Li Qian's sophistry patiently, but he was not moved by it. With a smile, he turned over the arrow pole, pointed to the two vague words on the arrow pole, and easily refuted Li Qian's sophis.

"This..., hehe, what Lord Di said is quite reasonable, but it is difficult to guarantee that the crossbow was not stolen from the workshop by the thief. It will be difficult to make it clear for a while, and let the officer go back and find out."

Although the loss of materials in the army is also guilty, after all, the crime is small. At most, it is admonished by the imperial court. It can be instructed to force the state army to attack the post station at night, which is a death penalty. Li Qian, who is powerful, will not know it, and he will not let go.

"Well, it's really good to investigate. With such a big fire, the arrows should have been counted, but there are more than a dozen remnants. It shows that there are so many crossbows shot into the station from time to time. I'm afraid there should be nearly a thousand. Such a large number is really amazing."

He knew that Li Qian was playing tricks in every way, but Di Renjie did not break it on the spot, but nodded thoughtfully and nodded with a smile.

"It's time to check, it's time to check, hehe, Lord Di, don't worry, the subordinate will turn around and investigate thoroughly."

Nearly a thousand crossbows means that there are at least a hundred strong crossbows. This number is amazing. It is obviously not feasible to explain with the excuse of the loss of the workshop. Li Qian is not stupid. He can hear the hint in Di Renjie's words. His face suddenly turned white, but he dares to defend more. He can only be embarrassed. He nodded unbearably and replied with a dry smile.

"That's good."

Di Renjie obviously didn't mean to break his face with Li Qian on the spot. He just thanked with a smile, and stopped pestering the matter. He didn't care about Li Qian's expression. He strode over to the people who had already finished the on-site survey.

"Lord Di."

When the group of people who were gathering together for private discussion saw Di Renjie coming over, they stopped the discussion and stood down. Only a middle-aged man rushed forward. This person was Qiao Santai, a master specially transferred by Di Renjie from the Ministry of Criminal Justice.

"Don't be polite. What have you found?"

Di Renjie raised his hand, stopped Qiao Santai's big gift, and asked calmly.

"In the words of my lord, after many days, the scene has been artificially damaged, and it is difficult to recover the scene at the time of the incident. I can only get some simple clues."

Although Qiao Santai is only thirty-five or six, he has inherited his father's craftsmanship since childhood, but his seniority in the practice is extremely deep. He is known as the first person in the Ministry of Criminal Justice. His vision is very vicious, and he doesn't have much scruples about Li Shen, who follows Di Renjie. He breaks the wreckage here or is still artificially arranged. The result.

"Oh? Then let's talk about it."

Di Renjie himself is also proficient in masterpieces. Naturally, he knows that the scene has been artificially manipulated several times. The reason why he can find those crossbows in front is not only because he searched carefully, but also because of luck. Therefore, Di Renjie is not surprised by Qiao Santai's words at all, but still. With a sigh, he motioned to Qiao Santai to continue.

"No, according to the residual traces at the scene, the fire of the post station was ignited from the inside out. There were at least three fires. The fire spread very quickly. The frightened people at the post station seemed to rush to the front yard in panic, but they were hit by thieves at the gate of the yard, leaving a fishy smell of blood and mud in several places at the scene. In addition, there should be The man tried to break out of the high wall in the west and was intercepted by the enemy's arrows. His life and death were unknown. There were more than a dozen deep holes caused by arrows on the wall, but no arrows were found. Obviously, they were cleaned up. Third, the remnants of the floor tiles at the survey site were rippled, with different depths, and it was suspected of secondary fire.

Although the scene has been man-madely destroyed, there are still not many secrets hidden in the eyes of insiders such as Qiao Santai. With its layer of cocoon-like analysis, the truth has almost been revealed.

"Second overfire? Does the Shangdang Gong have any explanation for this?

Di Renjie had already known the truth of the matter, and his analysis of Qiao Santai was naturally trustworthy. He frowned, looked at Li Chen with a gloomy face and asked in a questioning tone.

"This, this... This shouldn't be done. Ah, maybe the thief is afraid that it doesn't burn thoroughly enough. Maybe it will ignite the fire from the outside again. Well, it should be like this."

As soon as he heard Di Renjie ask about this matter, Li Qian Deng panicked. The reason was very simple. The second arson was ordered by him to completely destroy the whole scene. Originally, he thought that the matter was very hidden, but he didn't expect to be recognized by Qiao Santai. He was shocked and afraid, and his tongue immediately knotted and hesitated. After a long time, I cleverly gave a flawed explanation.

"The Shangdanggong's words are wrong. It should be noted that the floor tiles are refractory. If they are completely burned, they will not be damaged. There will be no wavy burn marks on the upper part. At most, it is just black. Only after burning and cooling and then through fire, will there be such wavy burn marks. There is no doubt that there is at least more than half a day between the two fires.

Li Qian's lies are really too low-level. It's simply talking nonsense with his eyes open. Qiao Santai originally had no good impression on him, and he rudely exposed his words on the spot.

"Ah, is there such a thing? Ha ha, it's the first time I've heard of it. Ha ha, I'm not present on that day. I need to investigate again. Lord Di, it's getting late. Do you think you can go back to the city first?"

The lie was exposed on the spot, and Li Qian immediately couldn't hang up on his face, but he couldn't use it with his mouth, let alone lose his temper. He could only brazenly make a few unpleasant dry laughter. After a few perfunctory words, he immediately urged Di Renjie to return to the city.

"Well, the left and right have been surveyed now, so it's better to go back to the city first."

For Li Qian's proposal, Di Renjie did not agree immediately, but looked at Li Qian meaningfully. Li Qian lowered his head in a panic, and then he smiled and nodded and agreed.

"Okay, okay, okay, Lord Di, please!"

After the on-site investigation, Li Qian had been depressed several times. He had been tired, stuffy and panicked for a long time. He didn't want to stay in this shabby land. Hearing that Di Renjie was finally willing to take up the army, he immediately relaxed himself and hurriedly made a "please" gesture, and attentively gave Di Renjie to the carriage. Not much time, the number The carriage has rushed to Shangdang City under the escort of a group of cavalry. The only mess left at the scene is as ugly as the abscess of the earth, as if silently telling the tragic situation that happened a few days ago...

"Waste, why don't you die, bastard, just let you do such a little thing, rubbish, complete waste, you, you, you..."

Li Chen, who had a ghost in his heart, sent Di Renjie and others back to the other courtyard. He rushed back to the Assassin's House and found his father in the study. He couldn't even take a breath, so he panickedly reported the situation of today's survey site. In exchange, it was not Li Yuanjia's kind words and praise, but a slap in the face. A piece of scolding.

"The father is angry, the father is angry, the child deserves to die, the child deserves to die, but now that the matter has come out, please give me an idea. If so, if this matter goes to the court, then, then..."

What Li Qian was most afraid of was his father. When Li Yuanjia was so angry, Li Qian's face turned green. He hurriedly knelt on the ground and pleaded.

"Alas, success is not enough to fail. It's about such a person. As a father, he will be dragged to death by you stupid one day!"

Looking at the young son who was kneeling on the ground and trembling, Li Yuanjia was really angry. He shook his head with a wry smile and sighed helplessly.

"Father's anger, thousands of mistakes, it's all the child's fault, and now that's it's up, please..."

Li Qian was really wronged. On the spot, he advised Li Yuanjia not to participate in this impeachment case. Unfortunately, Li Yuanjia insisted on not listening at that time. Now that he has caused so many things, but Li Qian has become a punchy and scapegoat for nothing. There is really no reason to say.

"Shut up, get out, prepare the frame, and go to the courtyard with me!"

Li Yuanjia was really too lazy to listen to Li Qian's nonsense. Without waiting for him to finish his words, he stamped his feet with hatred and scolded angrily.

"Ah, yes, yes, yes..."

As soon as he heard his father's instructions, Li Chen was relieved for no reason and did not dare to ask any more questions. He got up and rushed out of the study as if he were running away...