Chapter 173
After dawn, Fan Xiaodao, Zhao Xing and Niu Dafu stood in front of Baihua Tower.
A few months ago, the Baihua Building, which was bustling with people and making huge profits, was now in ruins, completely burned. Even a heavy snowfall last night could not stop the fire.
Fortunately, due to the timely rescue, the surrounding people and shops were not affected, and there were no casualties. Everyone knows that this is Princess Taiping destroying evidence, and the method she uses is simple and crude, but effective.
Niu Dafu said, "Are they scared?"
Zhao Xing shook his head, "No, they are declaring war."
Someone came to report that last night, after Li Cai learned that Baihua Building was burned down, he committed suicide in prison out of fear of crime. His fate was probably already doomed. Fan Xiaodao didn't understand why he still helped him even though he was given a chance.
The remaining people plotted against them and lured them to the Prince Consort's Mansion. If they weren't lucky, their lives would have been decided there.
Fan Xiaodao said: "Don't be sad for spring and sad for autumn. Get to work!"
With the account books of the Prince Consort's Mansion, even if the Baihua Building is destroyed, they will have enough evidence to get to the bottom of the crimes committed by the Taiping Party. They used the Baihua Building to traffic women, launder money, and sell officials and titles, and all the money flowed to the Prince Consort's Mansion. Taiping
It's hard for the princess to get over it by saying she doesn't know.
However, Liumen only has the power to investigate and not to judge the case. After the witnesses and physical evidence were prepared, neither the Ministry of Punishment, nor the Dali Temple, nor even the Shuntian Prefecture, which had jurisdiction, dared to take the case.
In the capital, the only ones with this power are the Jin Yiwei.
Since it involves Princess Taiping, a member of the royal family, Jin Yiwei does not dare to act without His Majesty's will.
It was clear that the evidence of the crime was conclusive and the guilty people were not given appropriate justice, which made Fan Xiaodao very angry.
Prince Zhu Yan went to Xiyuan. When he came back, his face was gloomy. He locked himself in the study room. After a long time, he came out and said, "The case of Baihua Tower can be closed."
Fan Xiaodao was surprised: "Why?"
Zhu Yan said in a deep voice, "I went to report to His Majesty today, but before I even mentioned the Baihualou case, I was reprimanded."
"How can it be that the person who committed the crime is okay, but we who investigated the case did something wrong?"
Zhu Yan said: "A considerable part of the money earned from Baihua Tower has flowed into Taiping Taoist Temple."
Fan Xiaodao's heart sank instantly.
Taiping Taoist Temple was also the Tianshi Mansion of the Ming Dynasty. It was specially used for His Majesty to practice alchemy. If this was true, there was really no way to investigate this case. I used Baihualou’s money to make alchemy for His Majesty. After many investigations, finally
Found it on His Majesty.
No wonder Princess Taiping is so confident.
It turned out that they had been prepared.
Now that Baihua Tower has been destroyed, and there is no evidence of his death, all the major government offices in the capital have expressed silence on this matter, which makes sense.
Zhu Yan added, "There is one more thing. Princess Taiping came into the palace yesterday and reported to Your Majesty that the Liumen Jianghu Division had issued a summons for martial arts masters from all the martial arts sects in the Jianghu to come to Beijing. This was originally to deal with the matter.
Tuoba Dingdang, now that Tuoba has left Beijing, Your Majesty asked me today. I can only say that in order to implement the Jianghu New Deal, I summoned them here to hold a Jianghu New Deal policy promotion meeting and also held a martial arts vocational skills competition. Song
Tisi was sent to Lingnan by me to investigate the case, and you two are temporarily transferred to the Jianghu Department to organize this matter."
"Martial arts professional skills competition? Isn't it just a martial arts conference?"
Zhu Yandao: "It can be said that. Over the years, there have been many Jianghu sects. Although they are nominally managed by the Jianghu Division, the Jianghu Division's actual control over them has never been able to keep up. They and the Jianghu Division are also insincere and superficial. I think they are inseparable.
Taking advantage of the opportunity of various sects coming to Beijing to win over these Jianghu sects, it would be better if we could also implement the rank system."
The chief secretary of the Jianghu Division is Song Da, who is extremely low-key and rarely participates in various activities of the Six Doors. The Jianghu Division is responsible for the supervision and management of various martial arts in the Jianghu, and mediates martial arts disputes. Relatively speaking, it has no human and financial resources
, the material is relatively independent and is directly responsible to the chief executive.
After Zhu Yan was transferred to the position of chief arrester, he wanted to improve his political performance and establish political reputation for himself. The New Deal in charge of the Jianghu Division was the top priority, so he paid special attention to it. He wanted to transfer the two of them to the Jianghu Division several times, but now he was looking for an opportunity to bring Song to the Jianghu Division.
The Secretary sent them out to temporarily take charge of the Jianghu Division, which was also to give them a chance to display their talents.
The two of them walked out of the Prince's Mansion.
Even though I was assigned a new task, I still felt uncomfortable.
Fan Xiaodao said: "After months of hard work, so many innocent people died, and finally a hole was opened, one person died, and the Baihua Tower was burned down. Is it over like this?"
Zhao Xingdao: "Then what do you want? Kill Princess Taiping?"
Fan Xiaodao said, "At least we can't let Qian Shoudao go so easily."
Zhao Xingdao: "Qian Shoudao is just a deaf ear, just a decoration. Now that the rest of the people are dead and the Baihua Building has been burned, it is equivalent to breaking Qian Shoudao's arms. To Princess Taiping, he has no value and cannot be lifted.
If there is any trouble, if he understands her and knows how to be a low-key person, she may be able to live a few more years. If she doesn't know how to advance and retreat, Princess Taiping will not let her go even if we don't take action. Okay, let's go back first, maybe there is something
What a good thing!”
Back at Liumenmen, Yang Deshui, Li Beihai, and several other Tisi, and a group of detectives were all in the courtyard. Seeing the two of them, everyone fell silent and stared at Fan Xiaodao.
Fan Xiaodao wondered, "What's going on?"
Yang Deshui waved his hand, and Niu Dafu came to Fan Xiaodao holding a tray.
Above is a piece of clothing.
Six-door red headhunter uniform.
Yang Deshui said, "In view of your outstanding performance since joining the Six Sects, I have applied with the chief catcher and have promoted you to the rank of red-robed catcher. Now we will conduct a ceremony to confer the title on you!"
Headhunter in red?
Fan Xiaodao was both happy and surprised. According to the six-door system, when you first enter the six-door, you will be an agent in gray. After working for one year, you will be promoted to an agent in green. After working for another three years, you will be eligible to be promoted to an agent in red.
Chief, this is just a qualification. Unless there is a major meritorious service, it will take many people five or even ten years to go from gray-coated police officer to red-coated police officer. Fan Xiaodao was promoted less than half a year after he came to Liumen.
The headhunting for Hong Yi was beyond his expectation.
Li Beihai smiled and said, "Mr. Yang, after all, he is also one of our jailers. From the day he entered the jailhouse, I can see that Brother Fan is not an ordinary person. Today, he can be promoted to a red-robed head catcher."
, and it is well deserved!”
No wonder Zhao Xing said that there might be something good going on. It seemed that he knew about it in advance.
Zhao Xing smiled and said, "Why are you still standing there, change your clothes!"
Niu Dafu called several policemen to come forward, took off his gray clothes and put on a red headhunter's uniform and a black headdress with spread legs. Of course, this set was formal clothing and would only be used for important events.
superior.
Red-robed head catchers symbolize an identity. They can dress casually when investigating and handling cases on weekdays, instead of having to wear uniforms at all times like gray-robed and green-robed ones. Moreover, although this uniform has no class, it is
When you go out to do business, especially to local areas, you can enjoy the treatment of a sixth-grade official.
A man relies on his clothes and a horse relies on his saddle. Fan Xiaodao changed his clothes, and his appearance and temperament were indeed very different.
Zhao Xing was the first to walk up to him, looked around him, smiled, and then spat with a "poof" sound.
"What are you doing?"
Zhao Xing smiled and said, "This is the tradition of our six sects. All new red-robed head catchers must go through this ceremony. From now on, your responsibilities will be greater. I spit on you to show that you will be able to bend and stretch in the future."
Only by enduring the humiliation and bearing the burden can you live up to the clothes you are wearing!"
Fan Xiaodao was originally very angry when such new clothes were spat on, but when he heard what he said, he felt relieved. Ding Yi came over for the second time, and after going around in a circle, he also spat, and patted him on the shoulder, "Congratulations.
!”
Niu Dafu was more direct. He had a cold recently, so he blew his nose directly on him.
The rest of the catchers also looked at each other, but Zhao and Ding, the two catchers who took the lead, also stepped forward one after another and followed the gourd to draw the scoop. After all the catchers had done it, Fan Xiaodao smelled very strong, he pinched his nose and said:
"This tradition must have been around for a long time, right?"
Zhao Xingdao, "Oh, you are the first!"
"Zhao Xing, what the hell are you..."
Everyone laughed and dispersed!
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More and more people from the world are coming to the capital.
It was originally to deal with Tuoba Dingdang, but now that Tuoba Dingdang has left Beijing and gone north, Prince Zhu Yan changed it into a Jianghu New Deal Policy Promotion Conference, and held the first Wulin Vocational Skills Competition during the conference to spread the notice.
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One stone stirs up a thousand waves.
Originally it was only promoted among the major sects in the martial arts world. Unexpectedly, in addition to Shaolin, Wudang, Emei, and Qingcheng, the big sects sent people to the capital. Even some small and medium-sized sects also gathered in the capital. For a time, the Jianghu people in the capital were
Increased suddenly.
After all, no one is stupid.
Prince Zhu Yan, in charge of the six sects, wants to implement the Jianghu New Deal, reform the Jianghu sects, and implement the nine-level system. It is said that it is to facilitate the Jianghu to serve the Jianghu, but to put it bluntly, it is a major reshuffle of the Jianghu sects. Who can seize the opportunity?
, you can stand out in this conference.
For a long time, North Shaolin, South Wudang, plus the four major aristocratic families, have become the first-class sects in the world. In addition, there is also the Chunfeng Yeyu Tower. Although it is not as famous as the former, the owner Li Juefei is the joint director of Wulin.
The president of the association is also the nominal leader of the martial arts alliance.
Although Jianghu Division is affiliated with Liumen, it has its own independent office. The main entrance is separated from Liumen by a wall, and there are several interior features that are the same as Liumen. After Fan Xiaodao and Zhao Xing were transferred to Jianghu Division, although they did not have to investigate cases, they
Even busier.
Dealing with the people sent by various sects and preparing for the martial arts conference kept the two of them busy. According to Zhu Yan, since people from all sects have been sent, they should talk to them in turn and discuss each other's affairs.
After conducting a thorough investigation of the situation of the major sects, adjustments and updates were made based on the records previously registered in the six gates. After discussion, Niu Dafu was transferred to help.
It was a rare day of leisure, and I finally finished my day's work before the scheduled update.
The two discussed and found a tavern to have a drink. As soon as they went out, they saw a young man standing at the door. He had thick eyebrows and big eyes. He was eighteen or nineteen years old. It was winter. His clothes were a little thin and he was carrying a sack.
, seeing the two of them, he stepped forward and asked, "Are you Mr. Zhao from Jianghu Division? Mr. Fan?"
Fan Xiaodao stared at the other person, "Who are you?"
The young man said: "My surname is Zhang, with the courtesy name Sanfeng. This is my name, La."
Chapter completed!