The fire in the household was quickly extinguished. It’s not that the Imperial City Army’s water dragon team arrived quickly, but it just so happened that Lu Tianhan and Yao Changtian passed by with their children after football practice.

When Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang arrived, they looked at the household warehouse that was frozen in the thick layer of ice. They didn't feel any fluctuation in their hearts - they were used to it! How could it be worse?!

The White Dragon King scolded Lu Tianhan on the side, saying, "Don't you need to be so exaggerated? Why don't you just turn it into an ice sculpture like Xiaoyou? How long will it take for you to turn into an ice popsicle like this?!"

Grandpa Lu turned around and said, "Why should I be like that Bai Mao!"

…

Officials from the Ministry of Accounts gathered around Zhan Zhao to ask for help, saying that there were many account books in the warehouse, all of which were unique and had no backup!

Zhan Zhao looked at them helplessly - is this your first day in Kaifeng? Are you so wasteful? How dare you keep an original copy without backing it up?

The Ministry of Husbandry is not far from the Yamen of the Ministry of Justice, and Fang Jingxiao also came out to watch. She looked at the icicle with her hands behind her back and admired it - indeed, coming to Kaifeng Mansion is an eye-opener.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang walked around the frozen household library, and they both felt something bad... This building is made of wood. It is probably that something flammable was poured on it, and the wooden beams were burned into charcoal. If it weren't for this

It was held up by an icicle and was probably about to collapse. The accounts inside were probably stolen, if not burned.

Zhan Zhao thought about where it would be more reliable to thaw it out. If it accidentally collapsed, it would be even harder to find.

The Secretary of the Ministry of Revenue is usually quite reliable, but he felt something was wrong at first glance, "It's all good, but I'm not going to work today, how come there is such a big fire? Is it someone who deliberately set the fire?"

The subordinates in the Ministry of Revenue also discussed it a lot.

Zhan Zhao asked Master Shangshu, "Have all the accounts been burned? Are there no other deposits?"

Lord Shangshu shook his head. It was not because they were lazy and did not have backups, but because many of the accounts in the Accounts Department were confidential and it was impossible to keep two copies.

Zhan Zhao "tsk", could it be that the clue has been broken again?

Bai Yutang also looked up at his grandfather's frozen icicles, and felt someone pat his shoulder. When he turned around, it was Fang Jingxiao.

There is a magpie standing on Fang Jingxiao's shoulder.

It was the first time that Mr. Wu saw such a big magpie, and its back was blue, as if it was wearing a blue shawl. The magpie held its head high, and for some reason, its expression was particularly arrogant...

Bai Yutang looked at Fang Jingxiao.

Fang Jingxiao pointed to the magpie on her shoulder and introduced, "Indigo."

Bai Yutang nodded again. He knows how to choose names seriously. Do you want to help save the names of my brother, brother, brother, and sister?

Indigo Qing was quite barking, squawking non-stop, walking up and down on Fang Jingxiao's shoulders, as if he wanted to quarrel with someone.

Fang Jingxiao touched Indigo Qing's head and whispered to Bai Yutang, "Indigo Qing said he saw someone setting a fire."

Fifth Master hurriedly asked, "Who is it? Someone from the Ministry of Household Affairs?"

Fang Jingxiao nodded and motioned Bai Yutang to look at the person standing on Zhan Zhao's left hand in front of him.

Bai Yutang looked over.

Fang Jingxiao turned around and whispered, "The man with the mole on his chin."

This feature was quite obvious, and Bai Yutang noticed that person.

This should also be an official from the Ministry of Revenue. He looks quite ordinary, of medium build, slightly fat, and wearing official uniform.

After Fang Jingxiao finished delivering the message, she took her magpie back to the Criminal Department.

The Fifth Master tilted his head slightly towards Zhan Zhao.

Zhan Zhao came over.

Lu Tianhan, Yao Changtian, White Dragon King and the others finished taking part in the fun and left with the children. At this moment, people from the Imperial City Army were cleaning up the aftermath, and it was Zhai Qinbao who led people to put out the fire.

Zhai Qinbao was not stupid. He knew at a glance that someone from the Ministry of Revenue set the fire, but he was not sure why he set fire to the library for no reason.

He looked around and noticed that Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang were standing together and whispering something.

Bai Yutang pointed in a direction, Zhan Zhao frowned and looked back...

Zhai Qinbao also saw someone based on the direction the two were looking, so he reached out and touched his chin, thoughtfully.

…

Bai Yutang asked Zhan Zhao, "Who is that person?"

Of course Zhan Zhao didn't know them. There were hundreds of officials in the Ministry of Revenue, and except for a few in charge, he didn't know most of them.

At this time, I heard someone say, "His name is Wu Zhiguang."

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang turned around, and it was Zhai Qinbao who spoke.

Both Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang asked him, "Do you know him?"

Zhai Qinbao amused them both, "He is the warehouse manager of the Ministry of Husbandry and the master of the cabinet."

Zhan Zhao heard that there was also the word "jiage" and asked, "Are you in charge of the warehouse bills?"

"Yeah." Zhai Qinbao nodded.

Seeing that Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang still couldn't figure it out, Zhai Qinbao said, "Menxia Sheng, Zhongshu Sheng, Shangshu Sheng, Privy Council, plus the three divisions, three palaces, three divisions and various secret chambers, most of them are in the six departments.

He has his own spies among them. Cliques are taboo in the DPRK, but there are factions. Wu Zhiguang is on the Privy Council line, but he should only be considered an errand boy."

Both Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang felt that Zhai Qinbao seemed to have something to say, and curiously asked, "Isn't this a secret?"

"What everyone knows is not a secret. If it is a secret, no one knows it." Zhai Qinbao said to the two of them with deep meaning, "Under the emperor of Kaifeng Mansion, no one dares to kill people and set fire unless it is absolutely necessary. If he really wants to kill people and set fire, he will

I won’t instigate an errand boy.”

After saying that, Zhai Qinbao asked the Imperial City Army and Water Dragon Team to pack their things and return to the military camp.

Both Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang felt that Zhai Qinbao's words made sense. If Magpie read correctly, it was Wu Zhiguang who really set the fire, and everyone knew that he was from the Privy Council, so the risk of instructing him to set the fire seemed too great...

…If it fails or is caught, everyone will doubt the Privy Council.

Zhan Zhao scratched his head - there were hundreds of officials in the Privy Council and the Third Division in terms of rank alone. Besides, these were all administrative yamen, and there were no people with the power to influence the government and the opposition... I would definitely have to look up.

.From this level up, they were all at the level of princes, generals and ministers...he didn't understand any of the various factions, and it felt like his eyes were darkened.

Bai Yutang poked him and asked, "Do you want to follow Wu Zhiguang?"

Zhan Zhao thought it was better to be cautious so as not to alert the enemy.

Bai Yutang motioned to the Xingbu Yamen opposite.

Zhan Zhao understood, and the two of them ran to find Fang Jingxiao, asking him to find birds to help keep an eye on Wu Zhiguang.

Fang Jingxiao said - Got it!

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang were not in a hurry to leave. One was playing with a white parrot next to the capital, and the other was holding a bunch of corn and feeding two small blue birds.

Fang Jingxiao looked at the two of them and asked, "What else do you two want?"

Zhan Zhao asked him, "Didn't you and Lu Yuelan just take office? Do you belong to any faction?"

Fang Jingxiao made him amused, "Which one of us was promoted?"

Zhan Zhao thought for a while, "Your Majesty?"

"Isn't it?" Fang Jingxiao nodded, "So we are the emperor's people. Which faction is willing to risk their lives to win over us?"

Zhan Zhao touched his chin and seemed to have figured something out, "There are many officials now who are veterans of the previous dynasty. Even the young ones are mostly recommended or promoted by those veterans... In other words, the emperor wants to place his own people, but also

We have to find a way to free up the old man's seat."

"That's right." Fang Jingxiao smiled, "Isn't that thanks to your Kaifeng Mansion!"

Zhan Zhao was dissatisfied, "Then he is still shouting that he wants to drive us out of the imperial city every day?"

Fang Jingxiao shook her head, "It's not for you, it's for the informants!"

Zhan Zhao looked at Bai Yutang - so to speak, Master Mao is not a bad star, but a lucky star!

Bai Yutang also felt that it was outrageous - Zhao Zhen did not give Mao'er a salary increase or a holiday.

Zhan Zhao asked Fang Jingxiao again, where is the big magpie?

Fang Jingxiao whistled, and there was a series of quacking on the roof, and the magpie flew in.

Zhan Zhao asked Fang Jingxiao to ask Magpie whether Wu Zhiguang came out with anything when he set the fire.

Fang Jingxiao and Indigo didn't know how to communicate, so they shook their heads and said, "No, Indigo said the fire came from the library. Maybe the first one burned was the account book you were looking for."

Zhan Zhao was worried - he didn't leave any escape route, and his attack was too ruthless.

Fang Jingxiao saw that Bai Yutang seemed to be very interested in the parrot, so she said, "It can talk."

Fifth Master raised his eyebrows, "Seriously?"

The parrot seemed to be teasing Bai Yutang, imitating the fifth master's tone and said, "Seriously? Seriously?"

Zhan Zhao was happy, "Oh, the voices sound a bit alike!"

"What accounts do you want to check?" Although Fang Jingxiao was busy with official duties, she couldn't help but be curious and asked Zhan Zhao Bai Yutang, "Is it just that damn car?"

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang simply moved stools and sat at his desk to drink tea. While Zhan Zhao was peeling melon seeds and feeding them to the indigo, he roughly told Fang Jingxiao the clues they had found so far.

Fang Jingxiao thought for a while, "Maybe I have a record here."

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang both looked at him - the accounts of the Ministry of Revenue, the Ministry of Punishments have records?
To be continued...