However, he said that Sun Shaozong was scrutinizing the case on paper, and suddenly he heard a report from outside that it was Lin Xiuyuan, the uncle of the Lin family, who came over and said that he had something important to discuss with Sun Shaozong.
This is someone else's territory, so what is wrong with Sun Shaozong
He went out in person and welcomed Lin Xiuyuan into the living room.
After the two of them were seated, Lin Xiuyuan immediately made it clear: "Master Sun, my father's body should have been inspected last night, right? I wonder if we can set up an order hall and offer incense to pay homage?"
This Sun Shaozong has no reason to object.
Just as he was about to obey, his heart suddenly moved again, and he quickly changed his words: "Since we want to set up spiritual sacrifices, can we call back the servants who have been dismissed from the house? , and secondly, they may be able to ask some other clues from their mouths."
In fact, Sun Shaozong had thought about reconvening the servants who had been dismissed from the Lin residence for interrogation early in the morning.
But unfortunately, the manpower of Dali Temple is not very sufficient. Before the Lin House has thoroughly investigated it, it is really impossible to distinguish the manpower, so I went to collect the two hundred small people in and outside the city.
Lin Xiuyuan hesitated for a while, but finally nodded and said, "Then Lin will let someone out after a while, saying that his father left a will when he died, and that he will pay a month's extra money to the whole family. The old servants of worship have a share."
This uncle of the Lin family is really a knowledgeable and interesting master, and he has some skills. With his full support, it is really convenient for the people of Dali Temple to investigate the case.
Of course, the premise is that he himself is not the murderer!
Since Lin Xiuyuan took the initiative to look for it, Sun Shaozong naturally would not miss this opportunity, so he took the opportunity to ask if there was a place suspected of hiding a secret room in this mansion.
Immediately after that, he was attacking from the side, to find out the reason why Lin Qisheng insisted on dismissing the servant.
However, Lin Qisheng couldn't say why. Regardless of the secret room or something, even though he was under one person in this manor, he still seemed too insignificant compared to his father's authority.
But when Lin Qisheng does anything arbitrary, he, as a son, only has the duty to take orders, how dare he pursue it to get to the bottom of it
But it's not all in vain.
At least when Sun Shaozong asked about the renovation, Lin Xiuyuan said that the mansion had indeed undergone a renovation about three years ago.
three years
At this point in time, it was somewhat beyond Sun Shaozong's expectations.
He originally thought that if the secret room didn't exist from the beginning, it was probably created after Lin Qisheng's temperament changed drastically.
But why three years ago
Forget it, don't care about anything else, let's follow the clues to see if we can find some clues.
After getting Sun Shaozong's request, Lin Xiuyuan was still very cooperative, and immediately ordered someone to come to the official's house and ask about the tooth shop that was built that year.
However, the tooth shop is only an intermediary, and the relationship with both parties is relatively loose. Now, after three years, no one dares to guarantee whether they can find the craftsman of the year.
When the task of going to the Yaxing for investigation was arranged, Lin Xiuyuan also rushed to set up the command hall.
Sun Shaozong picked up the straw paper that he just smeared, and sorted it out again. After confirming that no new ideas emerged, he decided to start the second round of inquiry.
This round, he focused on the subjects he wanted to cross-examine, firstly, the master who was known to be resentful towards Lin Qisheng, and secondly, those who claimed to have met Lin Qisheng in the past five days.
In addition, there are also three concubines whom Lin Qisheng favored—especially the last one. If she is an accomplice of the murderer, then a series of actions such as killing, hiding, and Li Dai Tao Zang can all be completed that night. .
The first person to be summoned to Sun Shaozong was Wang Peng, the steward from the Qingqing Prairie.
According to the statistics of the yamen, this Wang Peng is only twenty-nine years old this year, but he looks very old, even the hair on his head is sparse, obviously he has fallen into a mid-life crisis ahead of schedule.
"Master Qingtian Mingjian!"
You have already guessed that he has become the key suspect. As soon as Wang Peng entered the door, he hurriedly grabbed the ground with his head and discriminated pitifully: "Although my mother-in-law did have an affair with the master, but... but she didn't. Before marrying me, she was the master's maid!"
"The left and right were left by the master, and then they were thrown to the villain. Now I just pick it up and chew a couple of bites. What's the matter? The villain has no complaints at all..."
Sun Shaozong suddenly interrupted him: "How did this officer hear that you beat your wife several times because of this?"
Originally, I felt that this fellow was a little pitiful, but seeing his obscene words that he tried so hard to clear, his sympathy for him suddenly vanished.
"This… "
Hearing this question, Wang Peng immediately got stuck, and for a long while he was in a cold sweat and said: "The villain has no complaints in his heart, it is definitely impossible - but I have the courage, and I don't dare to say anything to the master. Poison!"
This bastard!
No wonder Lin Qisheng was still able to keep his position after being raped on the bed.
Or maybe, that day he actually went to play flute for fun
Continuing to cross-examine a few words, this Wang Peng was just blindly discriminating with fear.
Seeing that there was nothing useful to ask, Sun Shaozong motioned to the left and right, took Wang Peng out, and then summoned the next suspect to come in.
This person is none other than Zhao Yingying, Wang Peng's wife.
Zhao Yingying, now 27 years old, is a standard petite woman. When she was assigned to Wang Peng, Lin Qisheng preferred plump women, so she naturally didn't have much nostalgia for her.
I just didn't expect that seven or eight years later, Lin Qisheng's taste changed again...
However, unlike her petite body, after Zhao Yingying entered the door, she held her head high and was not afraid at all.
When asked by Sun Shaozong about her behavior in the past few days, she even answered the question: "I'm just a plaything for the master. How would I know how he died?"
After a pause, he added indifferently: "But if your lord wants to send someone casually, the women are willing to confess their guilt, and I won't be able to live anymore!"
this woman...
Either the acting skills are too high, and people can't see the flaws.
Or it really has already sprouted the will to die.
Having said that, while being bullied by Lin Qisheng, who is nearly seventy years old, she has to endure the beatings of her husband, and the strange gazes of others. It is completely normal for an ordinary woman to be emotionally broken because of this.
There were two in a row, and nothing came out of it.
Sun Shaozong decided to temporarily change the plan, and let those who were bitter and hated for a while, and asked about the three favored concubines.
The 13th concubine who was the youngest suspect, Zhang Ning, who was 22 years old, was brought in first—she was the first favored concubine after Lin Qisheng drove away the servant.
This piece of Ning was married to the Lin Mansion six years ago. At that time, Lin Qisheng was about to change from plump to petite. Therefore, this piece of Ning has the beauty of both, but it is not like the later ones. Sick Xi Shi also seems weak.
And her performance was finally much more normal, after she fell to the ground tremblingly, she didn't dare to take the initiative to speak.
"This officer asks you."
Sun Shaozong asked solemnly, "When Lord Lin stayed at your place for the night, was there anything unusual?"
"What's unusual?"
Hearing this, Zhang Ningwen raised his head to look at Sun Shaozong with a strange expression on his face, and then hurriedly lowered his head again, hesitatingly said, "It seems like there's nothing wrong with it."
This looks like a concealment.
slap~
Sun Shaozong immediately slapped the table and shouted sharply: "Is it there or not? If you dare to perfunctory your official again, be careful to serve you with severe punishment!"
"This this… "
Zhang Ning's face turned pale with fright. He looked at the clerk who was in charge of recording the confession in a panic, and said hesitantly: "Sir, this... There are some things that this servant is really inconvenient to talk about."
"Humph!"
Sun Shaozong snorted coldly and shouted in a pretentious manner: "Someone, take this veiled slut..."
"Sir, please forgive me! The servant said, that's all!"
This time Zhang Ning did not dare to hesitate any more, and hurriedly described the scene of that night in detail.
In fact, it's nothing unusual, but that night, because of his poor state, Lin Qisheng was unable to harden up.
Considering that Lin Qisheng was already sixty-nine years old, this was almost normal.
Therefore, Sun Shaozong was a little disappointed, and he asked again: "Besides this? But there are other abnormalities."
Zhang Ning seemed to be a little surprised by Sun Shaozong's indifferent reaction. He looked up at Sun Shaozong in surprise, and murmured, "No... No more."
It was this strange look that made Sun Shaozong vaguely aware of something, so he hurriedly asked: "Then when you were with Lord Lin in the past, did something similar happen?"
"It's not completely absent, but it's only after the master has been running around and working hard, only occasionally..."
Zhao Yingying blushed and said: "And that day, I helped the master, helped the master... After the improvement was not seen, the master was not annoyed by it, but slept very sweetly at night."
Sun Shaozong once again grasped the point: "You mean that in the past, whenever a similar situation occurred, Lord Lin would be angry, but this time he made an exception?"
"Um."
Zhang Cui nodded, his face turning even redder: "Although the master is old, he has never been willing to accept the old age, especially in this regard."
That being said, it's kind of weird.
Sun Shaozong pondered for a while, then ordered Zhang Ning to retreat first, and then called the other two concubines in. After entering the door, he didn't care about anything else, and asked about Lin Qisheng's performance that night.
The result was not unexpected, Lin Qisheng really softened to the end!
And these two times, he also did not become angry.
The only difference is that in the mouths of these two concubines, Lin Qisheng seemed extremely tired.
This is even more surprising!
If it is said that he did not move suddenly and was under enormous psychological pressure, so he seemed more and more tired, it is reasonable to say that he should be more irritable every time.
But how could he accept it uncharacteristically calmly
Could it be…
There were actually other reasons for his situation, so he didn't care at all whether the sex with the three concubines was harmonious.
Or, he went to the three-bedroom concubine's house for the night, just to cover up what