It is similar to what Sun Shaozong had speculated before.
Recently, Lin Qisheng has done amazing things in the courtroom.
At the beginning, the people in the court all thought that Lin Zongxian was eyeing some big fish again, and they were all gearing up, waiting for the collective to 'receive first-class merit'.
Unexpectedly, it was Lin Qisheng's application for an official post that he waited for in the end.
Although according to Zhao Rongheng, Lin Qisheng's change started half a year ago, which is not the same as his family's statement of more than two years.
But only in this way, it further proves that Lin Qisheng's resignation was precisely because of a problem in emotional control.
He probably suffered from some kind of mental illness two years ago, but these days, there are only a few simple judgments about his mental state: madman, fool, and normal person.
Although Lin Qisheng's behavior was very outrageous, he obviously did not belong to the first two cases. In addition, he was taboo against doctors and didn't know how to adjust his mentality, so his symptoms gradually deepened, and finally he began to show a restless and eccentric state in the courtroom.
Lin Qisheng also clearly realized that if he continued like this, he would probably be doomed if he waited for him, so he took a decisive measure to stop the loss—returning to his hometown.
With the connections and prestige established before his resignation, when he returns to his hometown in Shanxi, he will definitely be like a tyrant. As long as he doesn't run into a strong order like Hai Rui's, there is a high probability that he can go backwards for several years.
It's just that he never expected that even if he voluntarily resigned from office, this disaster would still come as scheduled.
Now that he knew about Lin Qisheng's situation in the court, and after separating from Zhao Rongheng, Sun Shaozong naturally did not go to the yamen, but rushed to the Lin residence.
Speechless all the way.
After arriving at the Lin house, the first thing that was presented to him, in addition to the transcript of the interrogation of the servants of the Lin House last night, were two floor plans of the Lin House.
One of them is very plain, with only a few symbols marked in the inner courtyard; while the other one is densely covered with various marks and remarks.
Before Sun Shaozong left yesterday, he specially ordered Huang Bin to draw it.
According to the government statement, after Lin Qisheng dismissed most of the servants, he became more and more independent, and even refused the personal service of the little servants.
When he first learned this information, Sun Shaozong also deduced from it that Lin Qisheng was very likely to have been impersonated half a month ago.
But when I asked those concubines later, three of them said that they had spent the night with Lin Qisheng one after another—even if the appearance and voice could be fooled, the figure and certain abilities were always difficult to cheat.
Therefore, the time that Lin Qisheng might be replaced was reduced to within five days—because it was only six days ago that he favored a certain concubine for the last time.
The dense sketches marked the behavior of Lin Qisheng and the rest of the Lin residence in the past five days.
On the plain one, it is the place and time of the encounter between the two parties.
Study room, flower hall, three-door passage, garden pavilion.
Sun Shaozong looked at it for a long time, and finally his eyes fell on the label of 'Three doors and avenues'.
This was the last time Lin Qisheng appeared in front of people, the one with the most witnesses, and the only time he had approached the passage between the front and backyards.
Obviously, the murderer did this deliberately to cover up the time of Lin Qisheng's death.
Then what is his purpose
To create an alibi
He ordered someone to fetch a pen, ink, paper, and inkstone. After Sun Shaozong would compare them carefully, when Lin Qisheng appeared, those who did not have an alibi recorded them on the paper one by one.
Since it is to play two roles, it is naturally impossible for the murderer to appear in different places at the same time.
However, after writing it, Sun Shaozong had a bigger head.
Because most of the servants were dismissed, this large mansion was empty, which led to at least half of the people who were alone regardless of the master and the servant.
Even with the addition of an alibi, more than one-third of the people were included in this list.
Among them, Lin Qisheng's concubines accounted for nearly half.
It seems that until more information is found, it is difficult to use the elimination method to determine the real culprit - of course, targeted investigations must be carried out continuously.
So after handing over the investigation list to Tang Weishan for disposal, Sun Shaozong changed another piece of paper and began to list other entry points in this case.
The first is the hiding place.
With reference to the surface condition of the corpse and the degree of decay, the place where the corpse is hidden must be indoors, and it is dry, constant temperature, and full of floating dust.
Not to mention the former and the latter, the middle condition excludes the vast majority of vacant houses.
Since the middle of November, the temperature has continued to drop. If there are no humans or other heat sources active in it, the room temperature of ordinary houses will drop below zero at night.
If this is the case, the corpse should leave traces of repeated freezing and melting, but when I checked it yesterday, no such signs were found.
This proves that the corpse should have been in a constant temperature state above zero for a long time.
Lin Mansion does not keep any livestock in captivity, and the place where the constant temperature above zero can be maintained for a long time is basically the place where people often move.
Considering the smell of the corpse, it should have been brewing for more than a day before the corpse was discovered. If it was hidden in a place where people went in and out, it would definitely be noticed that the abnormality was detected - after all, the corpse itself was not Sealed, covered up signs.
Or, someone endured the stench and hid Lin Qisheng's body beside him.
But there is a great risk in this kind of behavior, especially the smell of corpses is not so easy to disperse. If someone really dared to hide the corpse around, they should have noticed it when they searched the whole house yesterday.
either...
It is hidden in a relatively sealed and constant temperature chamber.
Thinking of this, Sun Shaozong first added a note of 'secret room' after the word 'hidden corpse', then after thinking about it, he added the word 'underground'.
After all, if it is just an ordinary secret room, it may not be able to maintain a constant temperature all the time.
On the other hand, if it is underground, it is easier to maintain a constant temperature above zero.
After adding the remarks, Sun Shaozong then instructed: "Chen Jingde, go to the Lin family and ask to see if there is any place in this mansion, there may be a secret room - by the way, ask again, in recent years, this mansion has It may have been remodeled.”
The question at the back reminded me of my own tunnel.
Wait for Chen Jingde to take orders.
Sun Shaozong added the words 'impostor' on the paper again.
Although Lin Qisheng has five long beards and a pair of thick-rimmed glasses, it has invisibly reduced the difficulty of impersonating him.
But if you want to deceive others, the necessary makeup skills are always indispensable.
Then there is the familiarity with Lin Qisheng's daily life - even though Lin Qisheng is simple-minded and short-tempered, no one dares to approach him, but he is not a stranger and can pretend to be casually.
The most suspicious person here is obviously the servant boy who serves him in his daily life.
But the problem is that before the incident, most of the servants beside him were dismissed, and the rest were all driven to the front yard by him.
Speaking of...
Why did Lin Qisheng suddenly drive all the servants out
Obviously, this manic symptom has lasted for more than two years. Ordinarily, the little servants around him should have passed the running-in period long ago.
To say that he has been so irritable recently that he can't keep anyone around, why did he not have any problems when he favored three concubines one after another
Could it be…
Lin Qisheng drove away the little servant beside him, in fact, to cover up what secret
What would be the secret
You must know that Lin Qisheng almost blatantly slept with the wife of a manager before his death, and he didn't deliberately hide anything at all.
Could it be that this secret is much more serious to him than adultery