Deputy envoy of Northern Zhou Dynasty? Xiao Yilu?

When Fan Xiaodao and Tuoba Bai were fighting for the duel, they met the old man from Northern Zhou. He looked very steady, but he didn't expect to die in the capital. Now, the Northern Zhou delegation has been in Beijing for several months. The matters such as the ownership of the Fenghuangling area, opening up border trade, and Sui Gong have not been negotiated. Both sides refused to give in and there was almost no progress. Moreover, Zhao Xing was impeached and interrupted for half a month because of Zhao Xing's involvement in the Xia Yuhe case.

It seems that the negotiation task has a long way to go.

The Northern Zhou delegation was not in a hurry, but was in a hurry to the Ming Dynasty court. Next year will be the 60th birthday of the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty. The court wanted to take back Fenghuang Ridge before its birthday. It was precisely this point that the Northern Zhou delegation could drag it down. This tug-of-war has lasted for nearly half a year, and it seems that it will continue to drag it down.

Among them, Deputy Envoy Xiao Yilu played a key role. In a sense, he was one of the people who promoted this peace talks, and he was also the royal family of the Northern Zhou Dynasty. His status in the Northern Zhou Dynasty was quite respected. His previous efforts were probably in vain.

Fan Xiaodao puzzled: "There are Jinyiwei and Dongchang cases, when will it be our turn to investigate the six doors?"

Zhao Xing smiled bitterly and said, "Entertainment Uniform Guards, Dongchang, they are okay to investigate their own people. They have no time to hide. How could they take the initiative to do it? What's more, such a case involves diplomatic relations between the two countries. It is natural to do it well. If it is broken, it will take the blame. Only those like Yang Deshui who are not sitting firmly and want to make contributions will volunteer."

"Didn't you say that the palace designated us to solve the case?"

"That's not true." Zhao Xingdao, "Yang Deshui asked for his order first, and the palace spoke later."

The two chatted and rushed to the road, and Ding Yi and Niu Dafu caught up.

"Captain Zhao!"

"Why are you here?"

Ding Yidao: "Mr. Yang is afraid that you two will not be able to deal with it, so he ordered Niu Dafu and I to come and help you."

After Yang Deshui served as the chief constable, as his direct descendant, Ding Yi's status in Liushemen increased. However, the red-clothed captain did not show any arrogance. On the contrary, he was as humble as ever, and was always very polite to Zhao Xing, Fan Xiaodao, or the rest of the people in the door. Therefore, Ding Yi had a very popular reputation among Liushemen, and even Fan Xiaodao liked him very much. However, for some reason, Zhao Xing always had some caution against this colleague who was born in Gui Fanlou.

The crime scene was in an oil workshop outside Zhengyangmen.

The scene had been blocked by the officials from Shuntian Prefecture. Li Kuaishou, the leader of the third yamen runner of Shuntian Prefecture, saw Zhao Xing and others leading the six gates to come and hand over to them.

"The person who reported the case was a little boy who came to the oil mill to buy oil early in the morning and was scared. Apart from confirming his identity, there was basically no movement on the scene." Zhao Xing asked, "Why didn't you see Lord Sun?"

"The prefect has something to do at home and is out of the city."

Another escape technique.

In the jurisdiction of Shuntian Prefecture, if there is such a case, no matter which yamen sent to investigate the case on the Shangfeng, Shuntian Prefecture is the first responsible person. However, the official position of Shuntian Prefecture seems to be half a level higher than that of an ordinary prefect, but in the imperial city, there are many powerful people at the foot of the emperor. This prefecture has great responsibility, little power, more work, less contribution, and has been irritated by the top and bottom, so he simply practices a escaping technique, and no one is provoked or paid attention to it. Since there is no hope of promotion, then just wait until the end of his term of office.

Ding Yi asked, "Is there something to do at home temporarily, or does it happen to you temporarily?"

“Is there any difference?”

Ding Yixiao said: "Mr. Sun's cultivation is getting more and more advanced."

Zhao Xing looked around and said strangely: "Didn't the people from Northern Zhou Dynasty come?"

"The delegation sent someone to investigate and then left. It is said that they are making a big fuss at the Ministry of Rites to ask His Majesty for an explanation."

After the handover between the two sides was completed, Zhao Xingdao: "Go in and take a look."

Li Kuaishou reminded: "Some broken goods."

Zhao Xing and Ding Yi frowned, each took out a hand towel from their arms and walked into the oil mill. Fan Xiaodao and Niu Dafu were not sure about this, so they followed him in. The scene was filled with blood. Xiao Yilu, the deputy envoy of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, was removed from eight pieces, and his head and limbs were cut off.

"Wow!"

Fan Xiaodao and Niu Dafu had never seen such a tragic situation. They couldn't bear it and vomited.

Zhao Xing and Ding Yi covered his nose with a towel and looked at the scene.

The murderer was cruel. Judging from the cut, the incision was not smooth and there were crumbs of meat. It looked like it was cut off with a blunt axe, a big knife, or something like that. There was blood on the ground, but it was not obvious. It seemed that the murderer had washed the ground with water after committing the crime.

Li Kuaishou introduced: "Analysis from the corpse spots, the deceased was killed in the second half of last night."

Zhao Xing stepped forward to investigate and said, "From the wound, the deceased was hit hard on the back of the head, but it was not enough to kill him. He should have knocked the dead with a heavy weapon first. There were some scrim chips in the mouth of the deceased. The murderer should have blocked the deceased's mouth with a scrim and then dismembered the body. The deceased was tortured before he died."

Li Kuaishou said, "Why do you say this? Why can't you kill first and then dismember the body?"

Zhao Xing pointed to the corpse on the ground and said, "The nail of his left hand was broken, and there were obvious marks of attack. He should have been injured and caught in pain when he was tortured. This person has a special identity. The murderer should have been tortured and forced to confess. Maybe he could not ask the answer he wanted, and killed the deputy envoy of the Northern Zhou Dynasty to vent his anger." He glanced at everyone, "This case is probably a bit tricky."

Li Kuaishou laughed, "Since the handover has been handed over, I won't disturb you from investigating the case. If you need help from brothers, just give me instructions."

Li Kuaishou is just a poor yamen runner-in-law in Shuntian Prefecture. The less you know about such a case, the better. Especially when it comes to the dispute between the two countries, he is not able to control it. Thirty-six strategies are the best.

Ding Yidao: "Xiao Yilu is the deputy envoy of the Northern Zhou Dynasty. He travels on weekdays and has masters accompanying him. But today he does not bring his followers and wears Hanfu. It can be seen that he is traveling secretly and meeting with others, but he did not expect to be killed here. It is just half a day after the incident, and the Northern Zhou delegation did not come to collect the corpses, but ran to the Ministry of Rites to make trouble. This is a bit strange."

Xiao Yilu was the promoter of Ming Zhou's peace talks. His death caused the peace talks to be in trouble.

The murderer naturally did not want to see the peace talks between the two sides succeed, or even deliberately provoked them. After all, when the Northern Zhou delegation came to the Ming Dynasty, the Ming government had the responsibility to protect them thoroughly. Once they were killed, it would be a serious diplomatic accident. What's more, the deceased was still the second-person of the delegation. If it was handled improperly, it would be very likely to cause the two countries to fight.

Once the peace talks are successful, the two sides will cease war and resume border trade. From the perspective of interests, some vested interests will suffer heavy losses. For example, Princess Taiping, who relied on smuggling goods, have accumulated a lot of money over the years. After the peace talks, their interests will naturally be affected.

Of course, this is just a one-sided guess.

In addition, the two countries reached a ceasefire agreement. Once the war in the northern border stopped, the two most powerful countries in the world stopped fighting. Then they had the time to deal with other countries around them. In a sense, these people also had the motivation to kill the deputy envoy and destroy the peace talks.

At the same time, the Ming Dynasty court also divided the main battles and the two major factions, but the focus of their argument was on each other's criticism and impeachment, which was just political propositions and assassination. I guess they could not do it.

No matter what the situation is, this case is unsolvable for Zhao Xing, Fan Xiaodao, and even for Liushemen.

Zhao Xing and Ding Yi had surprisingly the same opinion: "We can't investigate this case."

Ordinary revenge killings in the world, and murderous cases in the market, Six Gates are competent. This kind of thing involves court disputes and national disputes. Six Gates are just a fourth-rank yamen, while Zhao Xing is only a seventh-rank constable. With their authority, it is difficult to move in the capital. How can such a case be investigated?

Yang Deshui is not surnamed Liang, so where did he get the courage to come forward and take on such a case?

Just then, someone came in to report the message, "Captain Zhao, Captain Ding, a team of imperial guards came outside the door!"

Imperial Guard?
Chapter completed!