The sunset slanted.
The light and shadow of the window edge, which never stopped, finally slowly and firmly climbed onto Sun Shaozong's head, reflecting his tight brow mottled.
After nearly four hours of carpet searching, the final result was futile—not to mention secret passages, secret rooms, and even a decent hidden compartment was not found.
The questions in Sun Shaozong's heart seemed to be not only unanswered, but became increasingly obscure and difficult to understand.
Could it be that there was a problem with his speculation from the beginning
Lin Qisheng's body was not actually hidden in some secret room, but was quietly transported to other places to hide
If this is the case, Lin Xiuyuan's suspicion will be greatly increased. After all, if you want to transport a corpse out of the Lin Mansion without knowing it, not just anyone can do it.
but…
If Lin Xiuyuan really killed his father, he could completely hide the corpse and use Li Dai's tactic to create an alibi, and lied that his father suddenly ran away from home and disappeared without a trace.
Wouldn't this be more appropriate than taking the risk and transporting the smelly corpse back to the mansion
It doesn't make sense, it doesn't make sense!
"grown ups."
Just when his thoughts inevitably fell into an infinite loop, a clerk suddenly came in and reported eagerly: "Huang Zhaotou is back."
Sun Shaozong was suddenly shocked. Huang Bin was sent to the Yaxing by him to find the craftsman who was responsible for the reconstruction three years ago. It took a long time to come back, but it was fruitful.
Or maybe, the information he brought back can help him straighten his thoughts!
Immediately gave an order, the clerk turned his head and went out, and after a while, Huang Bin was replaced.
Huang Bin was obviously in the dust all the way, his face was covered with a thick layer of sludge, and his lips were dry and cracked.
"grown ups!"
But as soon as he opened his mouth, he was still very capable: "According to your instructions, the villain visited a few craftsmen who participated in the reconstruction of the Lin Mansion, but they all said that they had never heard of any secret rooms or secret passages."
"However, after repeated questioning by the villain, a craftsman recalled that there were several foreigners who also participated in the reconstruction of the Lin Mansion, but the food, accommodation and work were not in the same place as the local craftsmen, so what were they responsible for building? , and outsiders have no way of knowing.”
"That's why the villain went back to Yaxing to investigate, but Yaxing didn't have any records, so we can only infer for the time being that it was hired by the Lin family in private.
"But Butler Hu, who went with me, didn't have the slightest impression of it."
Out-of-towners not hired through the tooth bank
Even the officials of the Lin Mansion don't know about it
This seems to have reconfirmed the inference that there is a secret passage in the Lin Mansion very likely.
But where is this secret passage
When the search was carried out today, it was obvious that the Lin Mansion had been moved up and down, and all the places that might exist at the entrance of the secret passage had been carefully screened!
Even if the entrance to the secret passage, no matter how ingeniously designed it is, with Sun Shaozong's eyesight, insight, and patience, he shouldn't get nothing at all.
Where is the discrepancy in this
Sun Shaozong fell into deep thought again.
It didn't take long for Yang Zhiming, Tang Weishan, and Chen Jingde to gather around.
Sun Shaozong had to cheer up and listen to their reports of 'results' one by one.
The first is Yang Zhiming, who is in charge of controlling the situation. According to the results of his monitoring of the Lin Mansion, everything seems to be very normal, and there is nothing wrong with it.
The second is Tang Weishan, who is in charge of statistics and interrogation of the old servants of the Lin family. He led a team to investigate about 80 people today, but the results were very few.
In the end, it's Chen Jingde who doesn't say anything...
In short, to sum up the reports of the three people, it is the words 'lack of good'.
However, Sun Shaozong still tried his best to extract the nutritious parts from it, and then arranged further actions accordingly.
for example:
"Tang Sizheng, you will work with the steward of the Lin House as soon as possible to draw up a map of the distribution of the old servants of the Lin House in the city and outside the city, and then check the records to see if anyone lives in the same area, but did not come to worship."
"If there is, send someone over to check and see why they didn't come."
Another example:
"Yang Sicheng, do you have any idea to recruit some women you can trust—whether they are yamen servants, their wives, or sisters and children—and let them temporarily settle in the courtyards of the Lin Mansion in the name of personal protection."
"Be sure to record every move of the Lin family's female relatives."
as well as:
"Deputy Chen Si, you... you are in charge of the night vigil tonight."
After these duties were arranged, Sun Shaozong saw that it was getting late and there was no new direction for the investigation, so he prepared to go home for a while.
But before leaving, he once again came to the mourning hall in the front yard.
After quietly looking around for a long time outside the door, and after seeing all the behaviors and words of the Lin family, he couldn't help but focus his attention on Shen Peilan.
Her tears seemed to never stop, and even the eyes of her crying began to swell.
Judging from the level of sadness, could it be true that she and Lin Qisheng are in a state of guilt
But this tree with pear blossoms and begonias is an incestuous love, and Shen Peilan's husband's life is mixed up in it. How heartless and taciturn must she be to be willing to live with Lin Qisheng
Staring at the petite figure, Sun Shaozong was puzzled in every possible way.
At this moment, there was a sudden commotion in the mourning hall. Almost everyone looked at the coffin under the north wall. Lin Xiuyuan even stood up in surprise.
There was only one person, who was not affected in the slightest, and was still sitting on the grass mat, kneeling sadly—this person was Lin Qisheng's daughter-in-law Shen Peilan.
At this moment, a thought suddenly popped into Sun Shaozong's mind: Lin Qisheng was not the one Shen Peilan was saddened for and missed!
Could it be her crying husband who died prematurely
But that still doesn't make sense!
If she hadn't been the murderer, her husband would have been dead for more than two years, and even if it was a situation, she shouldn't be sad forever.
If she was the murderer, now that her revenge would be avenged, it would be even more unreasonable to cry so sadly.
So who is she crying for
Just thinking about it, the commotion inside was getting bigger and bigger, and a few concubines were terrified, and even shrank to the door, it seemed that they might snatch the door and escape at any time.
Seeing this, Sun Shaozong approached the door and asked, "What's going on inside? Why is the mourning hall so noisy?"
"Master Sun, you came just in time!"
Seeing Sun Shaozong's sudden appearance, Lin Xiuyuan was instantly overjoyed, grabbed a few steps and grabbed his arm, and said in a panic, "My father... My father just seemed to have let... a fart!"
As soon as the words fell, a straight-hearted concubine next to her couldn't help screaming in horror: "Master, shouldn't it be a corpse?!"
As soon as these words came out, there was another commotion around.
Lin Xiuyuan gave her a dissatisfied glance, but the muscles on her face couldn't stop shaking.
After Sun Shaozong listened, he asked indifferently, "Has someone moved a corpse or a coffin just now?"
"Just now... Just now, the master of Fayuan Temple used incense to cleanse his father's body. He seemed to have touched the corpse at that time."
"Then there's nothing strange about it."
Sun Shaozong explained: "After the corpse is decomposed, the body is full of various qi, and occasionally it leaks out. It sounds like a living fart."
After all, he is a recognized professional, and everyone heaved a sigh of relief after his explanation.
Sun Shaozong took advantage of the situation to bid farewell to Lin Xiuyuan, but Lin Xiuyuan kept sending him outside the courtyard.
And during this period, Shen Peilan still knelt on the spot with a deaf ear...