(Two in one)

Zhao Buqi unfolded the paper and looked carefully, and said in surprise: "This... is the matter serious?"

Zheng Xie smacked his lips and said, "Mr. Zhao, this is the testimony of the witness. When the fire broke out that night, someone happened to witness the process. Lin'an Fangyi found out that person and asked about the testimony he received after inquiring. The story was written on it. It was written on it. It was specially presented to Lord Zhao for a look. The fire was an accident. Xia Liangdong entered the restaurant that night to put out the fire. Who caused the restaurant to collapse and was stuffed inside, which led to this tragedy."

Zhao Buqi was speechless and looked at Song Xiang, and handed the testimony in his hand to Song Xiang. Song Xiang took it, looked it quickly, frowned, and said in a deep voice: "Sir, this is impossible, how could such a coincidence happen? The official visited the people around him in the past two days, and there were no witnesses that night. Where did this Liu Chunyan come from? Why did the official visit her and not speak? Why did he stand up again now? Where did this testimony come from?"

Zheng Xie said in a deep voice: "The testimony was presented by Lord Fang. Lord Fang, please tell me."

Fang Zi'an bowed and said, "Yes, this testimony was obtained by the official inquiry. Liu Chunyan lived in the Feng family garden on the bank of West Lake. The official was very sad about the death of Lord Xia and others, and wanted to know what the inside story was. Why did so many people die? So the official ordered people to visit the witnesses. As a result, the woman named Liu Chunyan stood up. The official inquired in the yamen. Several clerks from our yamen were present, and they witnessed them throughout the process. The official followed the rules, without inducement or coercion, and everything was said by Liu Chunyan. Please observe it clearly by Lord Zheng and Lord Zun of the Mansion."

Song Xiang shouted: "Why did this woman not speak when I went to visit me? Why did you send someone to come and she stood up?"

Fang Zian spread his hands and smiled and said, "Mr. Song, ask me, who will I ask? Maybe it's because you, Lord. Song, did it perfunctorily and did not find Liu Chunyan. Or maybe Liu Chunyan doesn't want to deal with you. In short, I can't give you the answer to this matter."

Song Xiang said angrily: "How is it possible? I led people to search all over the west bank of West Lake. How could there be any omissions? Song was so careless when doing things? Unless the woman deliberately pretended not to know. But what was her intention if she did this? The authenticity of this testimony is to be discussed."

Fang Zian smacked his lips and said, "Mr. Song, you are really a little strange. You are an official of the Criminal Division. You should know that you need to find out the facts, not speculations. You cannot find the evidence yourself. Now that we have obtained the evidence in front of you, but you say such words, is it contrary to your Criminal Officer's investigation rules. Does Mr. Song investigate the case like this on weekdays? Ignore the witness's testimony and rely on his own conjectures, will you like it?"

Song Xiang blushed and shouted, "What nonsense? How can you slander my official conduct like this? How can I be as unbearable as you said? You must make it clear today."

Fang Zi'an was about to refute, and Zheng Xie said in a deep voice: "Sir Fang, pay attention to your words and don't talk nonsense."

Fang Zi'an had to shut up and bow to him. Zheng Xie smiled and said to Zhao Buqi who was frowning with his eyebrows: "Mr. Zhao, this testimony is here. Lord Zhao, how do you deal with this matter?"

Song Xiang bowed and said to Zhao Buqi: "Sir, this testimony is full of loopholes and is unknown, and it is not acceptable to accept it. The official requested to summon witnesses, and the adults would personally inquire to identify the true or false."

Zhao Buqi looked at Zheng Xie and said in a deep voice: "Mr. Zheng, what do you think? This case involves dozens of lives, and the court also attaches great importance to it. You cannot be too hasty."

Zheng Xie smiled and said, "Then you send the witness to ask. It's all for finding out the truth, so there's no need to make a noise."

Zhao Buqi smiled and said, "That's natural. Lord Zheng and our mansion jointly inquired in person. If the situation is true, you can also explain it to the higher authorities."

Zheng Xie smiled and said, "It's very true. Lord Fang, please order someone to bring witnesses, hurry up."

Fang Zi'an bowed and said, "Sir, the lower official has ordered someone to summon the witness to follow and wait outside the yamen. The lower official then ordered someone to come."

Zhao Buqi frowned and asked, "How did Lord Fang know that Song Xiang would question the authenticity of the testimony? Have you prepared beforehand? Could it be that he would be a prophet?"

Fang Zian smiled and said, "The officials do not have the ability. When handling cases, they should pay attention to both personal and physical evidence. I naturally have to bring the testimony and witnesses together for investigation. As for Lord Song's behavior of directly denying the testimony, the officials did not expect it. Perhaps Lord Song had some unspeakable thoughts in his heart. I hope Lord Song can explain the reasons."

Song Xiang was about to speak, but Zhao Buqi waved his hand to stop him and said with a smile: "Transfer to the witness, you two don't have to argue."

A moment later, Liu Chunyan was taken into the public room. She seemed a little panicked, and knelt down timidly to salute, and said in a sweet voice: "I Liu Chunyan, please see you all."

Zhao Buqi gave Song Xiang a wink, and Song Xiang asked in a deep voice: "Liu, where are you living in your home? Is this testimony yours? "

Song Xiang handed the testimony to Liu Chunyan. Liu Chunyan glanced and said, "It is my family's offering. I live in the Feng Family Garden of Green Willow Hutong under the hillside of the West West Bank."

Song Xiang said: "Okay, that official asked you, when did you provide this confession?"

"Yes... Yesterday afternoon, someone was visiting the witness of a fire in the Zhang family restaurant that night, and the servant came out to testify." Liu Chunyan said.

"Yesterday afternoon...has anyone visited your home to look for witnesses before this?"

"There is...there will be a tolerance to visit the next day of the fire..."

"Since there are people who are looking for it, why didn't you come forward to provide testimony? Why did you delay until yesterday? Say! There must be no false words, otherwise you will be punished." Song Xiang shouted sternly.

Liu Chunyan was so scared that she shivered. Fang Zian said coldly, "Mr. Song, this is a witness, not a prisoner. Why are you scaring others? Could it be that you want to torture and force confession?"

Song Xiang said coldly: "How can such testimony that is related to interests be harsh and cautious? Those who perjure witness will be punished. This official just knows the interests."

Fang Zian sneered and said nothing more. Song Xiang shouted to Liu Chunyan, "I won't explain the reason yet."

Liu Chunyan said tremblingly: "I... I am not afraid? I heard that so many people died, and I was so scared that I was so panicked. How dare I say more? I didn't eat anything the next day, and I was so scared that I didn't dare to go out..."

Song Xiang said: "Why did you dare to stand up one day? Why did you say it!"

Liu Chunyan said tremblingly: "I...I don't want anyone to be wronged...I hear the rumor outside.

It was a sensation, and the fire was called a murder case, and it was a murderer everywhere. I thought to myself... What I saw that night was that those people went into the restaurant to put out the fire, and the restaurant house collapsed and no one came out. It was obviously an accident, but why did it become a murder case again? If I mistakenly recognized the murderer, wouldn't it be wronged to die? I thought that someone would come out to testify, but I knew that no one saw the situation that night, I was probably the only one of them, so I must have the courage to stand up. Alas, I was also troublesome. If I had known that you had been tormenting and tossing, I should have pretended to be mute."

Song Xiang frowned and pondered. Zhao Buqi, who was sitting beside him, suddenly said coldly: "Woman, do you know the consequences of nonsense and perjury? If you commit perjury randomly, it is equivalent to a conspirator in the murder case. Do you know how serious it is? You will lose your head."

Liu Chunyan was so scared that her face turned pale and shouted, "Master Qingtian, how dare I say anything? If I had known this, I would not come out to testify. I just told the situation I saw. I was kind-hearted and did not want anyone to be wronged for this matter. I am really a pig-smart, why should I get into this muddy water?"

Zhao Buqi frowned and said, "Don't make a fuss. I'm just telling you the seriousness of the matter. Is there nothing wrong with it if I don't report it? It's a crime if I don't report it."

Liu Chunyan sighed and said, "I drink cold water and stuff my teeth. If I had known that night, I would not go out."

Song Xiang shouted, "Yes, why are you a woman going out alone at night?"

Liu Chunyan shouted, "I have explained it clearly. Do you want to say it again? You officials are really strange. You all ask me such questions. The law of the Song Dynasty stipulates that women are not allowed to leave the house when it is dark?"

Song Xiang shouted, "As long as you reply, who wants you to make trouble?"

Fang Zian couldn't stand it anymore and said, "Mr. Song, I've asked the reason in the testimony. Haven't you read the testimony? It's rare for the witness to come out and tell the truth and let the truth be revealed. Why bother her anymore? I heard what Mr. Song meant, as if I wanted to solve the big case and make meritorious and get rich, I don't have to do this."

Song Xiang said angrily: "Master Fang, don't swear by others. I just check the witness's testimony in detail."

Fang Zian sneered: "Who knows what you think? You give me the feeling that you are trying hard to guide the case to the murder case. It is really funny that you ignore the witness testimony in front of you."

Zhao Buqi said in a deep voice: "Mr. Fang, what you said is too much. Are you implying that Song Xiang is incompetent and framed him?"

Fang Zi'an said: "I don't know whether Lord Song framed him or not. I don't care about his other cases, but this case involves my guardian's reputation and dignity. As the chief official of the guardian's army, the lower official cannot sit idly by and watch."

Zhao Buqi frowned and said, "Oh? From your tone, I seem to be going to put a big hat on my Lin'an Government Office. I want to hear it, why does it damage your dignity and reputation in the Defense Army Office?"

Fang Zian said in a deep voice: "This was an accident. The one who died was Lord Xia, the head of the Fangyujun Yamen, and more than a dozen of my Fangyujun brothers. The testimony of the witnesses has been clearly stated. They entered the Zhangjia Restaurant to put out fires and save people. The restaurant collapsed and they all died. This is a heartbreaking tragedy. However, Lord Xia and the others suffered to save people. This is a feat of self-sacrificing themselves and saving people. It is a heroic act that should be praised. Our yamen is about to vigorously promote this spirit, turn grief into strength, and boost morale.

Protecting the lives and property of the people of Lin'an. However, it is really unreasonable that some people insist on defining this matter as a murder case. It is not only a distortion of the facts, but also a disrespect to Lord Xia and his brothers who sacrificed their lives to save others. They were heroes, but they were slandered as bears who were killed by cowards in a restaurant. They were disrespectful and harmful to them and the guards of the army. Although our Fang Zi'an was low-ranking, he would never allow such a thing to happen. Our yamen was also extremely angry, and everyone was unable to calm down and people's hearts were floating..."

Zhao Buqi frowned and listened to these words. Although he felt that Fang Zi was arrogant, he had to admit that what he said made sense.

But when Fang Zi'an bowed to Zheng Xie, "Mr. Zheng, since I have said this today, the officials will not care about anything. Master Zheng, I have a joint petition signed by more than a thousand people from my yamen, asking the great man to stop this kind of damage to our Fangyujun yamen. There is also a complaint brought by Mr. Xia's widow Zhu, who entrusted the subordinates to sue Song Xiang, the chief clerk of the Lin'an Prefecture, to stop damaging the reputation of his husband, Mr. Xia. He asked the great man to submit a compliment to the court for the heroic act of sacrificing his life to save people and severely punish those who slander their reputation. Master Zhu told the good man that if the great man refused to accept this matter, she would go to the Privy Council to sue him or sue him. In order to safeguard the reputation of her husband, she would not refuse. Please give a clear explanation."

Fang Zi'an reached out and took out two pieces of paper with dense words from his arms and handed them to Zheng Xie.

Zheng Xie, Zhao Buqi, Song Xiang and others all looked at Fang Zi'an blankly and were stunned on the spot. Even Zheng Xie didn't know that Fang Zi'an had prepared this move.

Zheng Xie took a piece of paper and a petition handed over by Fang Zi'an and opened it to see. The petition was written with passionate words, "The guard is our glory, and others will never be allowed to defile our glory." "Insulting the guard is like insulting our lives and trampling on our dignity" "Whoever is disrespectful to our guard is our soldiers, we will fight to the end and will never indulge them." Below are dense signatures and red handprints pressed, which are like bloody letters.

The content written on the paper was even more tragic and indignant, which described how honest and dedicated Xia Liangdong was, who was devoted to the yamen. He got up earlier than a chicken and slept later than a dog. He was worried about the fire fighting and fire prevention in Lin'an City. He also said that Xia Liangdong was such a good husband at home, the good father of the children, and the good son of his parents-in-law. He wrote Xia Liangdong as a tall and perfect person. Now Xia Liangdong sacrificed his life to save people, and the court did not praise him. Some people even slandered his reputation and called his heroic behavior a revenge, implying that Xia Liangdong was unbearable. He had to seek justice for his husband and could not be slandered and slandered. Therefore, he had to sue the Lin'an Prefecture Prefecture's criminal department for random investigations, being confused and foolish, calling a deer a horse, and turning black and white.

Zheng Xie knew it very well,

Knowing that these two things were written by Fang Zi'an. Especially the complaint was obviously not something that Xia Liangdong's wives and concubines could not write. Zheng Xie was so smart that he immediately understood that this was the method that Fang Zi'an prepared. He couldn't help but praise him. He racked his brains to stop the Lin'an Prefecture's Criminal Division from investigating the case, but he had no idea how to act on this matter easily. Yesterday, Fang Zi'an sent the testimony, and Zheng Xie dared to come to see Zhao Buqi with confidence, but obviously the testimony did not play a decisive role, and the other party did not seem to have completely bought it. But Fang Zi'an's move was obviously a means to force the other party to stop. This was to make Zhao Buqi make a decision with the intention of burning the boat. As the prefect of Lin'an, Zhao Buqi should not want this matter to develop in an out-of-control direction.

"Mr. Zhao, take a look." Zheng Xie handed two large pieces of paper to Zhao Buqi.

Zhao Buqi took it with a gloomy face, looked it carefully, and said in a deep voice: "Mr. Zheng, what do you mean? What are you doing?"

Zheng Xie shook his head and said, "Mr. Zhao, I know nothing about this. If Master Fang hadn't said it at this moment, I wouldn't know anything about it."

Zhao Buqi said: "Is your subordinates gathering a crowd to rebel? Is this joint petition going to cause trouble? Lord Zheng, as a superior, how can you allow your subordinates to do such a mischief?"

Zheng Xie smacked his lips and said, "Master Zhao, I don't like to listen to you, so why did this happen? It was not because of the Lin'an Criminal Department. I told you that this matter was an accident, but your subordinates had to investigate it. My subordinates were doing things wrong? Do Lord Zhao's subordinates acted properly? Although the troops under my Huozheng Yamen are not for combat, they are also the perfect soldiers and horses to protect the people of our Song Dynasty. Are they inferior to others and slandering them?"

Zhao Buqi frowned and said, "Mr. Zheng, what do you mean? What about your Huozheng Yamen? It has nothing to do with me. You don't have to say these complaints to me."

Zheng Xie said: "How dare I? I just talk about the matter. The witnesses are all here. Today, I am here to inform Lord Zhao of the fire case. Your subordinate Song Tixing still insists on picking bones in the egg. I had no other ideas, but now, I really think Fang Zi'an is right. If you want to make meritorious and promote me, should you step on us and let the people in the Fire Government Office eat shit but not be allowed to speak out?"

Zhao Buqi shouted, "Mr. Zheng, you and I are both important officials of the court. We must pay attention to your words so as not to be sneered."

Zheng Xie said: "I am not as good as the magistrate. I am from the imperial examination and have a strong back. I am a rough man, from a military war, and I only know how to go straight. Now that the matter is here, Lord Zhao, what should I do. I have to make it clear. Everyone in the capital knows where the Fangyujun yamen is and what kind of people are the soldiers of the Fangyujun. If they make a fuss, even the official will not be able to suppress it. Also, where will Lord Xia's widow sue, I can't control it. I dare not make it a decision. I am afraid that I will hand it over. Because she sued you for the Criminal Department of Lin'an Prefecture, and I can't afford to offend it. Prefect Zhao, please do it yourself, and I won't say much, so as not to hurt the harmony."

Zhao Buqi had a gloomy face and pondered with his hands behind his back.

Song Xiang whispered beside him: "Sir..."

Zhao Buqi glared at him, reached out to interrupt what he wanted to say, and said in a deep voice: "Mr. Zheng, since this case is an accident, there is no need for our yamen to investigate the Criminal Department. But our government explained the words and asked the above. If you report the Huozheng Yamen yourself, I will not bear any responsibility. The evidence of the person is yours, and the dead are also yours. If something happens in the future, don't you say that I did not investigate the Lin'an Mansion."

Zheng Xie bowed and said, "Don't worry, magistrate, do this."

Zhao Buqi nodded, glanced at Fang Zi'an, squinted and said in a deep voice: "Fang Zi'an, you are very brave. As a result, this mansion remembers you. You'd better remember this mansion too. In the future, we won't have to deal with it."

Fang Zi'an bowed and said, "Of course, the officials will remember that Zhao prefect Zhao will act decisively and make quick decisions. The officials admired him very much. But Zhao prefect Zhao still restrained his subordinates well, so as not to cause trouble for you."

Zhao Buqi sneered: "Are you teaching me to do things?"

Fang Zian smiled and said, "How dare you? It's just a little suggestion."

Zhao Buqi shouted: "No need to worry, I'll give you a visitor!"

Zheng Xie sneered, then left with her sleeves. Fang Zi'an walked over and called Liu Chunyan, and took her to leave with Zheng Xie.

As soon as Fang Zi'an and others left, Song Xiang hurriedly said to Zhao Buqi: "Sir, how can you agree to them? Today they obviously made arrangements. How could things happen so coincidental? They are forcing the adults to act. This must be Fang Zi'an's trick. Don't forget the matter of Sanyuanfang. Fang Zi'an is guilty of being a thief, so there are so many arrangements. He..."

"Shut up! You can't see that there is something wrong with me as I? Is this so stupid?" Zhao Buqi shouted.

"Why did the adults agree to them not investigate again?" Song Xiang said loudly.

"Of course we have to agree. If Fang Zi'an really made trouble, then there must be some insider deaths of Xia Liangdong and others. But because of this, our investigation will force him to incite the soldiers of the Fangyu Army to petition collectively. The widow of the Xia family may really sue the court. Do you think we will have a chance of victory at that time? The testimony of the witnesses is present, and there are no obvious loopholes. Will it be in vain to ignore the testimony?" Zhao Buqi said.

"But... sir..."

"No, but, I don't want to embarrass me because of this incident. I don't want to cause trouble in Lin'an Mansion. Do you understand? You don't want a better future. I still want to. Song Xiang, I know that you are a good official, but... you should calm down this matter. This is an accident, not a major murder case, and it cannot ruin your name Song Ti is a wise and wise man. " Zhao Buqi said in a deep voice.

Song Xiang looked at Zhao Buqi blankly, and he understood in his heart that Zhao Buqi wanted to climb up, and there must be no big trouble under his Lin'an Prefecture. So even if he is suspicious, he just needs to explain it, and he will not investigate it in depth. The truth is not important to him. What he wants is stable political achievements. Unless it is a matter of complete certainty, he will never be troublesome.

"Go back to do things, Song Xiang, I still value you. I want to rest for a while, you can go."

Song Xiang's face was pale, he wanted to speak but stopped, and finally bowed and said, "The official is leaving."

Then he turned around in anger and left quickly.
Chapter completed!