The news of the monsters in the capital has not spread, and there are no rumors in the Taixue School. You should know that the novelists in the Taixue School can even find out about the Chaoyi in the court, but there is no news about the monsters.

There was only one news that the Ministry of Justice caught fire and destroyed many documents.

Liu Zhiyi heard this news while eating at the official chef. He heard that it happened last night and burned half of the Ministry of Justice.

When a fire broke out in an official office, something that had not happened in many years soon became a hot topic. Even if the students in the Xuanhuyuan were not very gossiped, many people said that if they were placed in Confucianism, many people might have begun to analyze how many officials would lose their hats and how many seats would be left after the fire; if they were placed in the Legalists, many students would have analyzed that the fire was man-made or natural, and who should be responsible.

Liu Zhiyi also thought for a moment and felt a little worried. Chu'er and Bian Ma said that the case had not yet been settled and the two suspects were still in prison. Will this fire have no effect? ​​When he thought of this, Liu Zhiyi had an inexplicable feeling that the fire was related to these two people.

But he couldn't control himself, so he could only wait and see what he had. What he had in his mind was always the ancient secret book in Lu Gong's secret room. He planned to pass after dinner and didn't plan to come back for a day. So before leaving, he secretly rolled a few buns.

As soon as he left the door, he was pulled by Zhang Heng and looked anxious.

"Young Master Liu. Someone please!"

"Who?"

Liu Zhiyi was surprised that Zhang Heng was good at accepting people, such as sending invitations to Liu Zhiyi. Generally, Liu Zhiyi was not very concerned, and Zhang Heng would not care so much. He usually left in the dormitory. He never made noise or persuaded him. There was a case of helping Yichunyuan to force Liu Zhiyi to ask for Liu Zhiyi, which made Liu Zhiyi go back and explain. He was very sensible, otherwise he would not have been in this job for a while and never came up like he is now.

Zhang Heng said: "It was the second editor Xie who sent someone here. Please go to Yihongyuan to discuss the important matters."

No wonder Zhang Heng came to him personally. It turned out that it was Xie Xuan's invitation. Xie Xuan could enter the Hanlin Academy directly as a Hanlin Academy as a three-die armor. An ordinary Jinshi could only enter the Hanlin Academy by passing the museum examination, and he could only be a Shujishi, which was several levels away from the editor.

A Hanlin editor, in the officialdom, has a face comparable to a fourth-rank doctor.

Liu Zhiyi looked disdainful: "Xie Xuan? Don't go!"

He lost his affection for Xie Xuan. The four talents in Jiangnan used to be brothers and brothers, and they went out and went together, and were in the same spirit. As a result, when something happened to Wang Shu, no one came forward at all. It was better than Chu'er, a girl. At least Chu'er was crazy after Wang Shu fell into the water and wanted to go into the water to catch people.

Liu Zhiyi reported Wang Shuo's death to the Ministry of Justice. It is impossible for Xie Xuan and others to know that they have not taken any action so far. It makes people sigh that the world is cold and cold. The reason why they only look down on Xie Xuan is because Xu Jie has been released and sent to Lingnan to become an official, which makes people suspect that it is related to his case of Wang Shuo. In the officialdom, no one likes such colleagues who like to cause trouble. As for Shen Quan, he worked in the Ministry of Revenue and became a small official. His status is too far from Xie Xuan and he does not play much role.

Zhang Heng said: "Young Master Liu, let's go there. The car has arrived and is outside the door. After repeated explanations, it's urgent. I heard that it is related to the fire in the Ministry of Justice."

A fire in the Ministry of Justice?

Liu Zhiyi thought about it, could it be really related to the case of Bian Ma? Bian Ma said that he had a special identity and was a secret detective. Her gangster or backstage burned the Ministry of Justice in order to save her? It wouldn't be true! Or was it related to Chu'er, and in order to completely cover up the case, he simply burned all the evidence with a torch. He might even use the fire to do more things, such as killing people to silence the body and destroying the traces.

"Why go to Yihongyuan?"

Liu Zhiyi said in confusion.

Yihong Courtyard is the place where Yukou is. He doesn't want to go for a hundred people. Unless he has no choice, he doesn't want to have any connection with this woman unless he has no choice. Xie Xuan is not unaware that Liu Zhiyi often goes to Yichun Courtyard, and Lianyue from Yichun Courtyard is closely related to the four talents. Xie Xuan asked him to go to Yichun Courtyard. Could it be that this matter is related to Yihong Courtyard and Yukou? Bian Mama was found by Liu Zhiyi from Mani Temple, and the clue was provided by Yukou. Did the Manichi also bring it in?

Liu Zhiyi also recalled that Yu Kou wrote letters every day in the past few days, inviting him to discuss important matters. Is it also related to the fire?

If this is true, the identity of this Bian Madam is even more mysterious. I am afraid it is not as simple as an ordinary spy leader. It must be a big fish with an important mission. Liu Zhiyi destroyed the Bian Madam's mission without knowing anything.

Thinking of this, Liu Zhiyi knew that he had to go there. These doubts had disturbed his heart. If he didn't figure it out, he could not calm down and go to Lu Gong's secret room to comprehend the secret book.

"lead the way."

Liu Zhiyi sighed.

What was parked at the door was Xie Xuan's carriage, a simple two-wheeled carriage. The horse was good, it was a serious grassland horse, hard-working, and could be used as a horse or a war horse. It used to be very expensive, and it cost a thousand taels of silver, but now it is cheap, and it has fallen to twenty or thirty taels. Among them is a contribution from Liu Dadao, who stole too many horses and arrived in the capital.

When they arrived at Yihongyuan, they went directly to Xingyuan, Yukou, and Xie Xuan had been waiting for a long time. Surprisingly, Chu'er was standing aside with a child in her arms.

"Brother Liu, long time no see!"

Xie Xuan stood up to greet him.

Yukou looked frosty, his smile was forced, and he was not smiling.

Only Chu'er's enthusiasm is true: "I have met Mr. Liu."

Liu Zhiyi gave the gifts one by one, and then sat at the table under the guidance of the maid.

"Brother Xie. Please come here, what's the matter with me? Also, when did Miss Chu'er come out?"

Xie Xuan sighed: "Last night."

Liu Zhiyi knew something was wrong, and Xie Xuan might want to tell him some special circumstances: "It is related to the fire in the Ministry of Justice?"

Xie Xuan nodded: "I thank Brother Liu for running around for Brother Wang these days. I am also secretly investigating it. Shen Quan secretly asked someone to salvage it in Xiajiang. Unfortunately, Brother Wang's remains have not been found."

One sentence dispelled Liu Zhiyi's inconcealment towards Xie Xuan. It seemed that this person was not unrighteous, but was just cautious. He even thought about it on the better side, secretly checked it, and did not tell Liu Zhiyi, because he did not want to implicate him. Liu Zhiyi could guess that the case of Bian Ma was related to the court. As an official of the Hanlin Academy, Xie Xuan might have read the file.

Liu Zhiyi bowed: "Thank you for your hard work. But please don't need to find Brother Shen anymore. Wang Shu used the essence and flesh as his pen, and drew the sky's divine fire that burned the clam demon's shell, and the sky thunder fell, and the clam demon exploded!"

This is what Liu Zhiyi saw from the pictures left by Wang Shuo.

Xie Xuan suddenly realized: "It turns out that the person who was committing a monster in the Ministry of Justice is a clam demon!"

Liu Zhiyi wondered: "What Ministry of Justice is making a monster? What do you mean is the fire last night?"

Xie Xuan explained in detail: "Last night, a monster sneaked into the Ministry of Justice. For some reason, it set a fire. The fire burned the document warehouse, and tens of thousands of case files were burned, and even half of the prison of the Ministry of Justice was burned. Hundreds of serious criminals fled, but Chu'er did not escape. In the middle of the night, the Minister of Justice arrived and sent Chu'er to the Ministry of Justice and wrote a letter in his hand. It was difficult for Chu'er to raise children. Please ask Fang'er to be lenient when he was deemed to be given a gentleman."

Yukou took over the topic: "In the past few days, Chu'er and Bian Madam have been trapped in the Ministry of Justice. The Ministry of Justice and the Jinwu Guard have been catching up with each other and shirking their responsibilities. The Jinwu Guard Yamen demanded that Chu'er beheading and Bian Madam be released. The Ministry of Justice insisted that both of them should be sentenced to resignation. I have been in a stalemate. I have been going on for many days, but there is no result. I want to ask the young master to discuss it, haha--"

Jade sneered.

It turns out that there are really important matters to discuss. However, the Ministry of Justice is right. The Ministry of Justice must deal with it according to law and execute it unfairly. People scold the Ministry of Justice and will not scold the Jinwuwei.

Liu Zhiyi bowed his hand and felt that he had misunderstood Yukou.

Liu Zhiyi guessed the following thing. Because Yu Kou has been paying attention to this case, when Chu'er was sent to the Jiaofangsi, she immediately brought the person over. For Jiaofangsi, a young and beautiful girl like Chu'er was supposed to be sent to the brothel. What's more, she was a courtesan trained by Bian Ma. Although she had the qualities of a killer, she was also proficient in the skills of piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. Otherwise, she would not be able to attend the courtesan conference.

The reason why Yukou has been paying attention to this case should be related to Bian Ma, so what about Bian Ma?

Liu Zhiyi couldn't help but ask, "What's wrong with Bian?"

Yukou said, "Diet in the fire!"

It was so easy to die? When Liu Zhiyi heard the fire in the Ministry of Justice, he had some association, but he didn't expect it to happen. Was he killed someone to silence him, or was he pretending to die and escape again?

Obviously Yu Kuo would not believe that Bian Ma was dead like that.

Liu Zhiyi didn't believe it either, but what did this have to do with Xie Xuan? Today Xie Xuan asked him to discuss the matter.

"Brother Xie, please invite me here. Could it be for that monster?"

Xie Xuan nodded.

Liu Zhiyi understood that if it was the river clam, Xie Xuan did have the motive to kill it, and this monster killed Wang Shuo. In the Xia River, Xie Xuan could not find it, but since it entered Xiajing, it would not allow it to be free anymore.

"What do Brother Xie need me to do?"

The river clam does many evil deeds and increases its cultivation by devouring living people. This kind of disaster must be eliminated.

Xie Xuan Baoquan said: "Please help from Brother Liu to find this evil beast!"

Liu Zhiyi nodded: "I have no choice!"

Liu Zhiyi's Legalist cultivation is already sixth grade. He can almost use all the magic tricks that the Legalist searched and pursued, and the masters of the Ministry of Justice are at this level. However, Legalist investigation is not fortune-telling, and there must be clues to follow. Xie Xuan is very clear about this. He took out a piece of charred charcoal from his arms.

"This is a piece of flesh and blood cut off from the monster during the fierce battle between the chief of the Ministry of Justice. Later it was burned by the fire and became like this."

Liu Zhiyi took it, and the size of a palm-sized piece of flesh was roasted on the outside, but it was not carbonized on the inside. Liu Zhiyi glanced a few times and became confused. He took the tea on the table and poured it onto the charred flesh. He washed the black ash with his hand, revealing the yellow skin.

"This is human skin!"

Liu Zhiyi said in surprise.

Xie Xuan was puzzled: "This is impossible! In the public eye, the head of the chief caught cut off a piece of the monster's flesh. The monster penetrated into the pipe ditch and escaped. It was shaped like a loach, how could it be a human?"

Liu Zhiyi was puzzled: "Is it a mistake?"

In front of everyone, the master of the Ministry of Justice cut off the flesh and blood on the monster. This is not wrong, but after the flesh and blood are burned by the fire, it may not be that piece of flesh and blood. Maybe it is the flesh and blood of a prisoner, or the flesh and blood of a master torn off by the monster during the fight.

"Hehehe scares...you are not wrong, it's my flesh!"

At this moment, a strange scream suddenly came from outside the window, like a howling ghost, gloomy and terrifying.

Everyone shivered and looked out the window. They saw a shadow flashing on the screen, and a strange wind came, as cunning as Sanjiu's cold wind.

The cold wind blew, and a black shadow stood in the middle of the room, shrugging his shoulders, locking his head, his eyes protruding, and staring at everyone!

The black shadow has a strange figure, wearing a black shirt, and it looks like a black air. His face is pale, like a piece of snow placed on the black charcoal. His hair is entangled into the thickness of fingers, hanging on his body like a water plant, and dripping water dripping. At the same time, it emits a fishy smell, making people feel as if they are in the abalone trance.

"What the hell is this?"

At this moment, this thought arose in everyone's mind at the same time.

Only Chu'er suddenly trembled all over and could hardly stand. She held the child with one hand and suddenly helped the table with the other hand.

He murmured: "Ma, Master Ma!"

When Liu Zhiyi heard this title, most of the doubts in his heart instantly disappeared. It turned out to be like this!
Chapter completed!