Chapter 1096 Sir, I Have Evidence!

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The yamen officials were confirming the specific casualties when they discovered that not only the second master Fu Hongwang of the second room had passed away, but also the fifth young master Fu Zichen and the seventh young lady Fu Ziqing. There was also no news at all, and their rooms, as expected, were all burned to rubble. , and there were indeed two charred corpses inside that were unrecognizable.

Three relatives died overnight. Finally, Du could not bear the blow and fainted.

The impact of this fire was too great. In addition, the new head of Fu Mansion, Fu Hongda, issued a death order, and strict investigation was required. Soon, the entire Fu Mansion was sealed off.

After two days of investigation, the yamen officials discovered that there seemed to be something wrong with what was initially believed to be the cause of the accidental fire.

Because when calculating the casualties, they discovered that there was a big problem with the number of servants in the second room.

After further careful investigation, the government officials discovered that the surviving servants of the second house could not even explain the process of their rescue.

Governor Sima Xi knew that there was a big problem here, so he immediately detained all the people and interrogated them one by one.

During the interrogation process, someone finally got timid and leaked the truth.

According to this timid person - the person on duty that night was specially arranged by Li Hei, the manager of the second room warehouse, because the monthly shifts are set at the beginning of the month. On the night of the fire, Li Bai temporarily deployed manpower and eliminated most of the night watchmen. The purpose of this move was really unclear.

The Yamen immediately sent someone to arrest Li Hei.

After another day and night of examination, they finally pried Li Hei's mouth open. Sure enough, this Li Hei knew early in the morning that there would be a fire that night, so he specially transferred his servants who were usually very filial to them to leave. He replaced himself with a group of thorns that were not easy to get along with, and went to die.

Since someone knew in advance that there would be a fire in the second room, it means that the fire was deliberately set, not an accident.

Li Hei confessed the truth and said that his true loyalty was actually to the big boss of Dafang - Fu Hongmei.

At this point in the investigation and interrogation of the matter, many things have been clarified, but there are problems with Sima Xi's authority.

Fu Hongmei is Sima Xi's superior. Logically speaking, there is no rule for subordinates to detain superiors. However, this case was handled by Fu Hongda, the head of the family who was the victim, with full authority to handle it from the standpoint of the entire Fu family. First.

Sima Xi didn't know whether he should summon Fu Hongmei or not, so he had to explain the situation to Fu Hongda first.

After hearing this, Fu Hongda was shocked: "You mean, the person who set the fire was my eldest brother?"

Sima Xi nodded: "According to what Li Hei said, it is true. Fourth Master, what do you think about this matter?"

Fu Hongda didn't speak for a long time, as if he couldn't believe that the eldest brother he respected would be the murderer of his second brother's family.

Fu Hongda's eyes were calm and he said seriously: "Have you really checked it out? Can Li Hei's words really be believed?"

Sima Xi was a little embarrassed: "It stands to reason that we can't tell whether it is true or not. We need to detain the suspect and interrogate him again. It's just that the identity of this suspect and the eldest master..."

Fu Hongda understood what he heard and immediately said: "This matter must not be concluded rashly. It is very important for the eldest brother to be innocent. Since it needs to be detained first before the truth can be found out, then you should do it in a matter-of-fact manner. I believe that eldest brother can also understand this. It is your duty, but if it is found that your eldest brother is innocent, you must be released immediately, and you must not use torture or intimidation during your detention!"

Sima Xi touched the tip of his nose and thought to himself, without saying anything - without being tortured, how can you expect a murderer to confess his crime spontaneously?

After Fu Hongda said this, he wrote a letter of credit in the name of the new head of the Fu family. It stated that any overstepping or excessive behavior of Sima Xi while investigating the cause of the fire in the Fu family would be fully borne by the Fu family. Account.

Sima Xi took the letter with the seal of the head of the family and left, turned around, and took the people to the other courtyard where Fu Hongmei was temporarily staying.

Naturally, Fu Hongmei's family also heard about the fire in Fu's mansion, but they were still frightened when Sima Xi broke into the house with dozens of government officials.

Fu Hongmei was the calmest among them. He was so scheming that he might have guessed the result the moment he emerged from the fire.

When being invited away by Sima Xi in person, Fu Hongmei's face was full of ridicule. He looked at the signature with the family leader's seal and his eyes were full of coldness: "I have a good fourth brother!"

Sima Xi said to Hongmei and Yan Yuese: "I'm just going to the Yamen. You don't need to worry about it. I just want to explain the situation. I will send someone to take you back in person."

Fu Hongmei glanced at Sima Xi and got into the carriage without saying anything.

As Sima Xi said, although he was bringing people for interrogation, he was very polite in his actions and speech because he was concerned about all aspects of his official position. Not only did he serve tea to Fu Hongmei himself, but he also sent someone to move chairs and spread cushions, lest Fu Hongmei Hongmei felt uncomfortable sitting in this cramped torture chamber.

The interrogation process was not smooth. No matter what Sima Xi asked, Fu Hongmei denied everything until he finally brought Li Hei out.

But in the face of Li Hei's confession, Fu Hongmei obviously had his own excuse. He said that he didn't know Li Hei at all.

Li Hei was very aggrieved. He cried and lay on the ground, begging Fu Hongmei to save his life. He also said that he had always obeyed his orders and was absolutely loyal to Hongmei.

But Fu Hongmei refused to admit it. If he said he didn't know him, he didn't know him.

After a while, Fu Hongmei became impatient: "Master Sima."

Sima Xi hurried over: "Say what you said."

"If your so-called evidence is just the one-sided words of a lowly servant, then I'm afraid I don't have time to spend with you."

Sima Xiqian laughed, turned to Li Hei and asked, "What else do you have to say?"

Li Hei's eyes were red, and his face was full of tears. He gritted his teeth, as if he was risking his life, and said fiercely: "Since the elder is unwilling to save you, the younger one has no choice but to protect himself wisely. Sir, I have evidence!"

Fu Hongmei glanced at Li Hei and narrowed his eyes.

Sima Xi asked: "What evidence do you have?"

"The younger one has a book. It states in the book when and where the elder has asked the younger to do what he has done. The elder has used the younger one for two years, and every detail of the past two years has been recorded. It is on record, and you only need to verify it to know whether what I said is true!"

Sima Xi glanced at Fu Hongmei, then glared at Li Hei: "Where is the record now?"

"It's in the second brick to the left of the bed stove in the small room."

Sima Xi waved his hand and asked someone to take Li Hei down, and then said to Hongmei in a good-tempered manner: "Since we have new evidence, I would like to trouble you to wait a moment."

Fu Hongmei frowned, obviously not wanting to wait.

However, Sima Xi had already sent someone to look for him. He also gave Fu Hongmei more tea, fanned him, and tried his best to comfort Fu Hongmei.

After leaving for half an hour, the Yamen servant came back and brought back Li Hei's register.

There is more than one book, three in total. The two full books are wrapped and wrapped in oil paper and placed at the innermost of the bed and stove. The unfinished one is placed at the outermost. You can pry open the bricks and see at a glance. see.

The three books were placed in front of him, but no one looked at them. Sima Xi asked Fu Hongmei to read them together, and at the same time observed Fu Hongmei's expression.

Fu Hongmei was disdainful at first, but when he saw the back, his face became ugly.

Sima Xi lowered his eyes, flipped through the first record book, and said casually: "The first record was written in March two years ago. It said that you sent Li Hei to Qujiang Mansion in Jiangnan to investigate your nephew. Son, any news about Fifth Young Master Fu?"