Datang romantic little landlord

It seems that they are all for buying a story book novel written by Hu Xiannan. I don't know if the bookstore was set on fire tonight, is it related to this matter?

However, Qin Xuan was only the brigade commander of Wuhoupu after all, and he was not responsible for the arrest of the case, so this idea just went around in his mind, and he didn't go into it further. He just concentrated on directing the Wuhous to put out the fire.

As the most important square city under the jurisdiction of Wannian County, the news of the fire in Dongshi City was immediately notified to Lu Dejing, the county magistrate of Wannian County.

Lu Dejing, who was awakened, broke out in a cold sweat, hurriedly broke free from the pink arms of the concubine Ji on the bed, put on clothes indiscriminately, and led a group of county government officials to Dongshi.

By the time he arrived in Dongshi, the sudden fire had almost been extinguished.

Sun Ji Bookstore and several shops next door were burned to a white ground by the fire. The embers were not extinguished, and dark red sparks appeared from time to time in the dark night.

"Qin Lushuai, why did you suddenly go into the water?" Lu Dejing found Qin Xuan and asked after wiping the sweat from his forehead.

Including the Tang Dynasty, all Chinese dynasties have attached great importance to fire fighting.

Although in Tang Dynasty officials were not punished for fires, they still had a considerable impact, so Lu Dejing, the county magistrate of Wannian County, couldn't sleep well when he heard the fire alarm.

"Lu Ming Mansion, according to the lower officials' speculation, someone should have set the fire on fire. We have to wait for the fire to be completely extinguished before entering the fire site for inspection."

Hearing that someone might have set the fire, Lu Dejing couldn't help taking another breath.

Arson is a felony, and it is stipulated in the Laws of the Tang Dynasty that arson is punishable by hanging, and if a fire injures a person's life, it is "injured by cause."

Moreover, arson belongs to the ten evils, and it is an unforgivable crime!

If it was really an arson case, he, the magistrate of Wannian County, would have a headache again, and he had to urge his servants to solve the case, which would be a troublesome thing to think about.

If it can't be solved, the case has to be reported to the Ministry of Criminal Justice and Dali Temple, which is even more troublesome.

Lu Dejing sighed, and could only pray secretly that Qin Xuan was wrong in his judgment.

But after the fire was completely extinguished, Wuhou of Wuhoupu and the servants of the county government entered the fire scene to check, a bad news came.

Not only can it be determined that it was arson, but also a charred human body was found in the fire...

276 Murder and Arson

During the Sui and Tang Dynasties, there were no special post-mortem offices in the Yamen.

Wu Zuo, in the Sui and Tang Dynasties, refers to a person engaged in the funeral industry.

Since examining corpses is a very humble and laborious task, the government usually asks these funeral workers to come to examine the corpses when examining the corpses.

It was not until the Song Dynasty that Wu Zuo became an official official in the government, equivalent to a forensic doctor of later generations.

The foreman recruited by the Wannian County Government, after examining the body found in the fire scene, gave a judgment that he died of a weapon and was then burnt.

Hearing such a report, Lu Dejing felt even more toothache.

Now it's not just arson, there's actually a murder case in it, which is a big case.

After daybreak, the yamen servants of Wannian County found Fangzhu Sun from Hu County and brought him to the Wannian County Yamen for interrogation.

After learning that his bookstore was burnt to ruins by the fire last night, and people died, Fangzhu Sun almost passed out.

The charred corpse, after Fangzhu Sun identified the rest of his body and clothing, confirmed that it was the clerk who was watching the night in the bookstore last night.

His own store clerk died unexpectedly, and the bookstore was also set on fire. The old man kowtowed to Lu Dejing in tears, and asked Lu Mingfu to make the decision for him, and he must catch the murderer and arsonist.

For this, Lu Dejing naturally had a headache.

Lu Dejing sent the old man out after asking in detail whether Fangzhu Sun had any grudges with others recently and whether he had any information about his enemies.

Not to mention how Lu Dejing urged his subordinates to handle the case, Fangzhu Sun walked out of the Wannian county government office in a daze, and was taken to Dongshi by the store clerk in a state of numbness.

Looking at the bookstore that had been burned to nothing, the old man couldn't help crying.

The building of this bookstore is naturally not valuable, and it can be rebuilt in a few dozen guan.However, there are a large number of books in the bookstore, especially those lonely copies of manuscripts, calligraphy and paintings of famous people, which are all priceless treasures.

Roughly estimated, the value of these burnt scrolls, picture scrolls, paper, ink, pens and inkstones is no less than [-] guan.

Now that it was all burned down by a fire, Fangzhu Sun has the desire to seek death.

The shopkeepers of the surrounding shops, seeing Fangzhu Sun's sudden misfortune, shook their heads and sighed, and spoke out to comfort the old man.

"Sun Fangzhu, I'm so sad and obedient, hey, this is really a crime."

"Long Lang Qiankun, there are thugs killing people and setting fire in Chang'an City, damn it! Fangzhu Sun, if you need anything, tell me, I will help you through this difficult time."

"Fangzhu Sun is such a good person. He has never blushed with others, and he is honest in his business. How can someone be so cruel?"

All the merchants spoke out to comfort the old man, which made Fangzhu Sun a little relieved.

He bowed his hands to thank everyone, and began to arrange for the funeral, let people clean up the ruins of the bookstore, and take stock of the losses.

For the murdered buddy, he also arranged for someone to report to the buddy's home, and sent someone to send copper coins to show his condolences.

After busying for a long time, Fangzhu Sun suddenly remembered something, he was startled suddenly, and his expression changed.

He didn't care about the side, he pulled the clerk in the shop and gave a few hasty instructions, then hurriedly got on his horse and ran out of Chang'an city.

Fangzhu Sun suddenly remembered that there were thousands of copies of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" in the bookstore. This matter was related to Huxian men, and he had to go to Dingzhou Village to inform Li Wangyou.

While galloping on horseback, Fangzhu Sun had a thought in his mind, this sudden fire could not be related to those aristocratic families, right?

After thinking about it carefully, the old man couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat.

He usually has no grievances or enmities with others, and there is nothing valuable in the bookstore except for those books and paintings.

If it is for money, there are a lot of shops in the East Market that deal in gold and jewelry, and there are many valuable things. How can there be thieves who kill people and set fire to steal books?

Apart from the minor conflicts with the eldest sons of the Taiyuan Wang family and the Boling Cui family a few days ago, Fangzhu Sun thought that there were no enemies who would be so fierce.

Thinking about it at a deeper level, Fangzhu Sun felt even more frightened and his heart beat faster.

Thinking of the bet that Li Wangyou made with those aristocratic lords, he sold [-] copies of the Three Kingdoms in a ten-day period, but now the Three Kingdoms books in his bookstore have been burned to the ground...

Fangzhu Sun didn't dare to think about it anymore. This kind of thing is not something that he, a mere merchant, can participate in.

The old man whipped the horse twice again, speeding up and galloping towards Dingzhou Village.

Li Wangyou was surprised to receive such bad news just after waking up.Looking at each other with the beautiful boss, they both saw the other's thoughts from the eyes.

If this matter has nothing to do with the aristocratic family, Li Wangyou dares to unscrew his head and give it to the aristocratic family to play as a ball!

Yesterday he just created a marketing sensation in Chang'an City, which made the book "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" start to sell well. It is absolutely impossible for someone to sneak into Sun Ji's bookstore at night, kill people and set fire to it. It cannot be a coincidence.

The books were all burned, so naturally it was impossible to sell another 1000 copies of Three Kingdoms. After a few days, he would lose the bet, and he would have to pay Wang Ziqiao and others [-] taels of gold.