Chapter 1164: Thinking in the Direction of Metaphysics

"Chengnan Fire, know it!"

"Know it, even went to see the scene."

"The scene is tragic!" Sun Daojing was quite emotional, very sighing.

Chen Guanlou picked up peanuts and asked, "Has the cause of the fire been found out?"

"The problem is here."

Sun Daojing looked melancholy, he was really worried. He leaned forward slightly, lowered his voice, and whispered: "The conclusion has objections. One side determined it was man-made arson, one side determined it was an accident. Now no one can convince anyone, and His Majesty is waiting for the conclusion. You say what to do?"

"This matter you ask me, you asked the wrong person. I don't understand this, I don't know what to do."

Sun Daojing waved his hand. "What I am worried about now is, what position should the Ministry of Justice take. Man-made, or accident?"

"Six Fanmen has no conclusion?"

"Six Fanmen is okay at investigating cases, not very good at investigating fires. The preliminary conclusion is man-made. Because, among them, there are two corpses, the coroner determined, before the fire started, they had already suffered fatal injuries. Six Fanmen suspected that someone wanted to destroy the evidence, so they created a fire."

"What is the identity of those two corpses?"

"The problem is here, up to now, several offices have worked together, but haven't been able to find out the identity of those two corpses."

Wow!

Chen Guanlou couldn't help but exclaim.

Several major offices in the capital are investigating the case together, including the omnipotent Embroidered Uniform Guard, and they can't find out the identity of two corpses. This must be what kind of identity, what kind of background, to be able to hide like this.

He was very curious. "Not local people in the capital, from outside, no specific time? Inn has no records?"

"Those two didn't stay in an inn at all. After coming to the capital, they went straight to the residential houses in the south of the city. This was found by the Embroidered Uniform Guard. The key is, many people living around died in the fire."

"That is to say, now there are no eyewitnesses."

Sun Daojing nodded.

Investigating cases for so many years, rarely encountered such a tricky case, even the identity of the corpse can't be figured out, there is a feeling of wanting to finish.

"Such obvious doubts, yet someone thinks it's an accident?" Chen Guanlou was more surprised than anyone else at this moment.

"Because the location of the fire, separated from the two corpses by three rooms. This is one of the reasons they think it's an accident."

Chen Guanlou was speechless, this case is very weird!

"Old Sun, you are also an experienced hand, based on your experience, is it an accident or man-made?"

"The old man thinks, this case has both man-made factors and accidental situations. For example, the starting point of the fire, is it confusing. Is it possible, at the beginning, the fire was really just an accident. But the murderer saw it, didn't take measures, instead added accelerants, making the fire more fierce."

"Makes sense! You can follow this theory and argue with His Majesty."

"No, absolutely not! Right now it's no longer a simple fire problem, but involves the struggle between imperial court factions."

Sun Daojing sighed long, having a kind of helplessness, and the bitterness of a workplace person who has to bite the bullet.

"Little Chen, the old man has a kind of bad premonition. If this time I can't escape safely, please take care of my family."

"No, no, no... a fire, why to this extent. How did it reach the point of entrustment." Chen Guanlou was scared, the first time seeing Sun Daojing at a loss, having no grasp of the future, a sense of fate of being slaughtered.

"Old Sun, cheer up, things are not as serious as you think. You must believe in yourself, you are a person with great luck. This time, luck will definitely favor you again."

Sun Daojing waved his hand with a tired face. "Don't comfort the old man! The old man knows his own affairs. Calling you here today, besides talking about this, also want you to help investigate the fire."

"I investigate? I neither understand investigating cases, nor understand investigating fires, how can I investigate."

"But you understand human hearts, know human nature."

"However, this case has already deviated from this category. What you need to figure out now is not the fire, what you need to figure out is the Emperor's mind, Xie Changling's mind. These two, can be said to be one monarch and minister. The Emperor mobilized the capital camp, must be to do something beneficial to him, definitely something beneficial to him. Mobilizing the capital camp, is it for deterrence, or for killing?"

Sun Daojing followed his train of thought. "Killing has the Embroidered Uniform Guard. Mobilizing the capital camp, mainly for deterrence!"

"Deterrence who?"

"Everyone!" Sun Daojing blurted out.

"Why? Who does he want to get rid of?"

"Get rid of who?" Sun Daojing frowned and pondered, walking back and forth in the narrow boat cabin, pondering the movements in the imperial court.

"The old man remembers, some time ago, people from the Astronomical Bureau entered the palace, the celestial phenomena showed that the drought will continue for a period of time. If there are no accidents, I am afraid it will continue until the end of the year. Later, there were rumors in the palace, re-mentioning Xiao Changsheng's eight characters hindering things. However, if His Majesty wants to kill Xiao Changsheng, there is no need for such a big fanfare."

"Since Xiao Changsheng's identity is not enough, that is another identity that is valuable enough. First exclude Pingjiang Marquis!"

"Why exclude Pingjiang Marquis?" Sun Daojing was unwilling.

Chen Guanlou chuckled twice. "Xiliang is still watching, clearly set up horses, just waiting to recuperate and then go south again. At this time, even if the Emperor's brain entered water, it is impossible to break his own arms. Even if the Emperor is confused, Xie Changling will stop him and not let him mess around! It can only be others, who have a threat to the throne, and people the Emperor doesn't look pleasing to."

"All the princes meet the conditions you said." Sun Daojing had a cold face.

Chen Guanlou waved his hand. "It can't be several princes. Although the Emperor wants to seek longevity, he knows very well in his heart that he will die sooner or later. Sooner or later, his throne will be passed to one of the sons. Killing all the sons, there will be no successor, and his throne will not be stable."

"Then who else?" Sun Daojing frowned tightly. "Right now, who else is in the imperial court, needing His Majesty to mobilize the capital camp to deter, not sparing to move the crowd? The old man really can't think of it."

Chen Guanlou also doesn't know.

He didn't even recognize all the officials in the imperial court.

Suddenly a brain hole opened:

"Old Sun, you said before that the people of the Astronomical Bureau have been very active recently, and Xiao Changsheng's eight characters hindering things have been re-mentioned. This matter, I estimate you have to start from the word 'hindering'. Drought, people displaced, now there is a fire in the capital, you say is there such a person, his eight characters hinder the fortune of the Great Gan country, hinder the Emperor's fortune..."

"How is this possible?"

"Why is it impossible. Drought, fire, are all ominous signs. If it is serious, the Emperor should issue a self-blame edict. Maybe in some places, it has already started to move, and the next step is a riot. Comparable to the scale of the Great Ming King, the rebels are going to rise again. Facing this situation, how to resolve it? What is more convincing than eight characters hindering, metaphysics?" ===== CHAPTER 1165 =====