I was just solving crimes, how could I become an immortal?

Chapter 47 Conspiracy
  After leaving the Tsing Yi Department, a group of people drove to the Xiunei Department in a mighty manner.

No wonder Pang Shi is so anxious, but when it comes to royal blood, it can no longer be determined by ordinary cases.

Murdering the royal family members was a crime against the nine clans. Cao An's unintentional theory of shaking the foundation of Daxing might really come true.

For this reason, Pang Shi moved out of the Forbidden Army directly. When he came to the Xiunei Division, he didn't even give a pass, but broke in directly, and the group went straight to the warehouse.

The daily responsibilities of the Ministry of Works are probably equivalent to engineering construction, such as repairing city gates and maintaining palaces and gardens, etc., which are all under their control.

Xiuneisi is one of them, responsible for the repairs of palaces and imperial temples.

According to the records in the file, I found the stolen warehouse. It was densely packed with sand, mud and stones, and there didn't seem to be many clues.

Such a majestic action naturally alarmed the delivery officer in the warehouse. A small eighth-grade officer, who had never seen such a large battle, rushed over to pay homage, sweating profusely.

"I've met all of you, sir. I wonder what you have to say when you come here today?"

As Shui Qi's only one in Beijing, Cao An was naturally responsible for solving the case. He looked up and down at the recipient and saw that he was a timid master, so it was easy to handle.

"How long have you been the receiver of this warehouse?"

"My lord, I have been in office for three years."

"Three years! That's just right. Take a look at this case. Do you have any impressions?"

Cao An threw the file in his hand directly in front of the opponent. The recipient caught it in a panic and slowly unfolded it, his body trembling uncontrollably.

"How? Do you recognize it?"

"Recognize, recognize."

"As long as you recognize it, let me ask you, what did the thief in this case steal?"

He received all kinds of things from the hands of the official. What happened that year shocked six families and even people were beheaded. He must know the details of the situation.

Wiping the cold sweat from the top of his head, the recipient replied tremblingly: "The items stolen back then were two pieces of sandalwood wood."

"Oh? Really? You have to think clearly before speaking!"

Cao An walked up to the official in a sinister tone, patted him on the shoulder, and his cold eyes made the official tremble even more.

"This file states that there was only one thief, and he was sentenced to beheading. According to my Daxing Law, even if this person committed the theft, the value of the stolen items must be extremely high. Only two pieces of sandalwood were stolen? Do you think so? Am I stupid?"

boom!
  The official who received the gift knelt down on the spot: "I, I have a bad memory. Please forgive me. I will check the original records and I will definitely give you an answer."

"No need, there are still many witnesses."

Cao An raised his head and looked at the dense crowd of workers around him.

"Seal down the entire Xiunei Division, gather all the people who worked here, and ask questions one by one. There must be a lot of private rumors about this big case of beheading. I want to see what was stolen. .”

Bypassing the official records and directly asking the people for their testimonies, this was an eccentric move. The officer's body went limp again, his face turned pale and he was about to faint.

He knew it, he knew it!
  The guard who was killed in vain back then would definitely be punished, but unexpectedly, he was still found.

……

Cao An's judgment was very simple. He just glanced at the file and knew that there must be something wrong with this case.

If it were a case of theft from a vault, a death sentence would be reasonable.

But this is Xiuneiji’s warehouse! It's full of construction materials. Can you get yourself killed for stealing bricks? What a joke.

This case is nothing more than someone bribed the detective in blue, and then arrested a scapegoat to close the case. It's a pity that the detective in blue didn't realize that the inside story of this case was far more complicated than he imagined, and he also brought disaster to his life.

"But I still can't figure it out. There doesn't seem to be anything good in this place!" Ying Huorong went in curiously and walked around, but all he saw was some sand.

"Of course there are good things, such as some materials that cannot be passed on to others."

"For example?"

"For example, the mutton fat jade clay needed by the official kiln."

Cao An handed the several confessions in his hand to Ying Huorong, with a sneer on his lips as expected.

When such a major case occurs and beheading is arranged, the workers below will naturally discuss it. The information they tell is often the key.

The Ministry of Industry is responsible for the construction of the palace, and they are also responsible for the gold and porcelain. The group of craftsmen under them can be said to be the best in the entire Shangjiang City.

And according to Xiaocui's information last night, the detective in blue got rich back then, precisely because of taking on private work.

The gold is definitely not there anymore, you can just melt it and sell it.

The only thing that can be regarded as craftsmanship is porcelain, which coincides with the human vase case.

"But that's not right! I asked my subordinates to check and found out that the material used to make the bottle is not mutton-fat jade clay."

Pang Shi traced all possible sources. Although the materials used in those human bottles were good, they were still some distance away from the mutton-fat jade mud. Where did the stolen mutton-fat jade mud go?

"This is what I'm worried about." Cao An said, suddenly drew his sword and put it directly on the recipient's neck.

"You are so brave. You dare to lie to me. I will give you one last chance to prove that you did not kill the prince-in-law. Otherwise, you will be punished by the Nine Clan!!"

"No! Don't kill me, I don't know anything! It was Mr. Yuanwailang who told me to keep silent."

……

Two years ago, the human bottle project was launched, and Wai Lang, a member of the Ministry of Industry, began to transfer mutton fat jade mud in large quantities.

This kind of material was only used for firing porcelain in official kilns, and was supplied to the palace and never leaked out. Such frequent arrangements would eventually be discovered.

That day, a talented but greedy detective in blue came.

From the clues, he came to the conclusion that he was committing theft, but he did not report it. In this way, he blackmailed the man from the Ministry of Industry who took over the private work.

Little did he know that his little cleverness cost him his life.

After all, in the eyes of that group of people, those who take money and do nothing are the best detectives in blue, so Liang Shiming came to the position to control the area south of Nanshan for him.

What's even more frightening is that the Yuan Wai Lang mentioned by the official is not just his predecessor, but two Yuan Wai Lang, both of whom warned him.

……

"In other words, the current Minister of Industry, Wailang, is also one of their people? What a big plan. What are they doing this for?"

"The official kiln, they are using the official kiln to make human bottles!"

"But the goods from the official kiln cannot be sold! Their craftsmanship is so obvious that they cannot be circulated even in the ghost market."

"Perhaps, this human bottle was not intended to make money from the beginning. We have been tricked, go and arrest people."

(End of this chapter)