Chapter 98 Green Plum Candy
Su Changying's outstretched hand froze in place, and Zhou Zhao, who was standing behind him, laughed rudely.
The wet nurse picked up the child, trotted away from the three of them, got into the open corner door on the side, and closed the door with a bang.
Zhou Zhao laughed, took the candy from Su Changying's hand, and stuffed it into his mouth.
"Why does General Su still carry candy with him?"
Su Changying looked at Zhou Zhao next to him, then stuffed the candy into his mouth. It tasted sour, so he thought he added plum juice.
"My colleague gave it to me today and put it in my sleeve pocket."
Zhou Zhao nodded and pointed to the mutton soup shop next to him.
"Having lunch here today. In the past, my brother Xinyue Chuyou and my sister often came here to hang out and wanted to meet her by chance. During that time, we almost took root in this shop. Even the smell of mutton soup was in the hair. Son.”
Su Changying glanced at the wooden sign that was currently erected, but still had no impression of it.
Zhou Zhao looked at his expression and patted his shoulder with understanding, "Don't be in a hurry, take your time."
The three of them had lunch. Su Changying sent them to the gate of Tingwei Temple before leaving. Zhou Zhao said goodbye to Liu Huang at the fork in the road, and then turned the corner to the left courtyard of Tingshi. When he came in, Li Youdao He was no longer lying on the desk. He was lying directly among the bamboo slips, snoring loudly as he slept.
No one in the room seemed to be surprised. No one paid attention to it.
Zhou Zhao's files had been approved and there were no new ones delivered. She simply didn't stay in the room and headed towards the library where the files were placed.
She didn't remember the Star Building, but she had an impression of the Linjiang Building.
The Linjiang Tower was originally quite famous in Chang'an City. It was the private property of Sun Yiyang, a famous scholar. He had many friends and came and went with scholars from various schools. It is said that Yu Niang, the first prostitute in Chang'an City, once performed a fairy cloud dance on the Linjiang Tower, which was astonishing as if she were flying up in the daytime.
Later, Sun Yiyang redeemed Yuniang's body and took her as his concubine, which became a legend.
Just three years ago, a fire suddenly broke out in Linjiang Building, and the entire building was burned to the ground. After the fire was extinguished, the government discovered two bodies that were burned beyond recognition and hugged each other.
There are new things happening in Chang'an City every day, and there are new celebrities every month. Soon Linjiang Tower and Sun Yiyang were no longer mentioned.
Zhou Zhao thought about it, took out the token engraved with Li Youdao's name, and handed it to the old man guarding the gate with both hands respectfully.
"Master Wu, I want to go into the warehouse and look at the sealed old files."
The old man named Mr. Wu took the token, looked at it, and stood up limping. He looked about sixty or seventy years old, and his eyes were already a little cloudy.
"I actually assigned you to Li Youdao. It's good that Li Youdao used to be a sharp knife in the local area. Although it is blunt now, it is still a good knife. It's not a loss for you to follow him."
As the old man spoke, he pushed open the door of the warehouse and led Zhou Zhao in.
"Your father has been upright all his life, but in the end he lost his life because of Zhou Cheng'an. I was not wrong before. He really had a pair of bull's eyes in vain. He is a big man, but he is no different from a blind man. He actually took great pains to hand Zhou Cheng'an over. To Xu Yun ”
Zhou Zhao listened, his expression unchanged.
Officials in the Daqi Dynasty mostly relied on recommendation. Zhou Chengan had never been well-known in Beijing before, and he had no impressive experience in investigating crimes. He was able to become an official in Tingwei Temple, and it must have been Zhou Buhe's Kung Fu.
This old man is called Wu Fang, and he has been guarding the warehouse of Tingwei Temple from the previous dynasty to the new dynasty.
When Zhou Zhao's grandfather was a Tingwei, he was a Tingwei Congshi next to him. He followed his old man all over the country and became old friends.
Seeing that Zhou Zhao was still as steady as a mountain and didn't look hurt, Wu Fang's eyes flashed with appreciation. "What case do you want to find?"
Zhou Zhao pondered for a moment, then said directly: "Linjiang Tower arson case."
Wu Fang thought for a while and said, "On the third floor of the wooden frame by the window on the east side of the second floor, you can go and see it yourself. Files cannot be taken out of Tingwei Temple. Also, as you know, only files are stored here, and evidence is stored there." Somewhere next to it.”
"If you want to see evidence, you can go look for Min Zangzhi."
Wu Fang said, paused, and then said, "He is not an ordinary person."
Zhou Zhao listened carefully and bowed his hands to Wu Fang.
What kind of ordinary man could a man wearing pink, a hairpin on his head, and a feather fan be?
Thinking about it this way, there really weren't any normal people around her.
Zhou Zhao followed what Wu Fang said and accurately found the file on the Linjiang Tower arson case.
The case seemed very simple. The person in charge of investigating the case at that time was Xu Jun, the court historian. Xu Jun found tung oil dripping near Linjiang Tower, and fished out a clay pot filled with tung oil from the river near the small building, so he determined that it was not an accident but someone had set the fire on fire.
After careful investigation, a burnt-black jade pendant was found in the ruins of Linjiang Tower. The jade pendant belonged to a scholar named Zheng Jiuchuan, and a witness was found that he bought tung oil.
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Zheng Jiuchuan admitted that he was the murderer, and the reason was that he was deceived by Yu Niang and grew into hatred out of love.
That night, he heard Yu Niang and Sun Yiyang playing music and dancing by the waterside like a couple of gods and gods. He was so angry that he set fire to Linjiang Tower.
In the end, Zheng Jiuchuan was sentenced to death for murder and arson.
Zhou Zhao saw the signature of the document recording the case behind the file, and the three characters "Min Zangzhi" were clearly written on it.
Zhou Zhao looked at it and frowned. At first glance, there were no obvious major problems with the arson case in Linjiang Tower. So, could something happen to the Star Building three days later have nothing to do with the former Linjiang Tower? Woolen cloth?
She couldn't go to the Star Reaching Tower every day, so the most likely time for something to happen would be three days later.
Because of Chu You's invitation, they all went to Linjiang Tower.
At the same location, the Linjiang Building was completely burned down. On the first day after the Star Building was built to welcome guests, a fatal accident occurred.
So what is so special about that place? Or is it just a coincidence?
……
at the same time.
In a house in Chang'an City, sitting in front of a small couch, was a pale young boy. He was about twelve or thirteen years old, with big and dull eyes. He reached out and touched the cold armor in front of him.
"Brother, is this the armor of the Northern Army? Are you becoming a general? The kind of general who goes to the battlefield!"
"Yeah! He's the general who catches bad guys."
Hearing this, the little boy smiled. He stretched out his hand and touched around. He touched the hand of the man opposite him and felt the thing in his palm. He was instantly happy and said, "Brother, it's candy, right?"< br>
As he spoke, he picked up the candy, put it to the tip of his nose and smelled it carefully, "It has the aroma of green plums! I smell sourness!"
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