Detective in the Red Chamber

Lin Zhou walked around behind him, pinched and rubbed his forehead with ease, and after a long while, she whispered: "Although the men who were investigated yesterday, those women and maids are still guarding the back house. .”

Lin Xiuyuan closed her eyes again when she started massaging the acupuncture points on her head. At this time, she didn't even respond at all, as if she had fallen asleep.

Mrs. Lin Zhou waited for a while, but still couldn't get any response from him, so she said to herself: "I see this posture, it seems that we are going to dig out some scandal in our house, this..."

"Is there less scandal in our family?"

Lin Xiuyuan suddenly interrupted her words, but then fell silent again.

Lin Zhou was choked up, and couldn't continue to speak for a while, so she could only massage the acupoints for her husband with a depressed head.

I don't know how long it took before Lin Xiuyuan sighed quietly again: "It's easy to ask God, it's hard to send God away."

Apparently, by now, he regretted asking Sun Shaozong to investigate the case.

but……

Even if it were Shuntian Mansion who came forward to investigate, wouldn't they ignore those suspicious things and ignore them at all?

So right now, we can only hope that Sun Shaozong can find out the truth as soon as possible, instead of continuing to dig deep into the scandal of the Lin family.

"Master, master!"

As soon as I thought of this, a young servant suddenly came in yelling all the way, and found that Mrs. Lin Zhou was also in the study, so he stopped in embarrassment and bowed timidly: "Ma'am."

"What's the proper way to be in such a panic?"

Lin Xiuyuan scolded angrily, and then asked: "But there is another distinguished guest coming, and you need to entertain me?"

"no!"

But the boy shook his head like a rattle: "It's Mr. Sun, he... He sent someone to find dozens of shovels, and he is about to dig three feet in the back house of our house!"

Digging three feet?

After searching repeatedly and finding nothing, then Sun Shaozong is still so sure that there must be a secret way in his family? !

Lin Xiuyuan got up abruptly, but suddenly felt dark again, staggered and almost fell back to his seat.

"Master, you must be careful!"

Mrs. Lin Zhou hurriedly supported him, but Lin Xiuyuan regained his strength a little, but gently pushed his wife away, and then strode out of the study with a sullen face.

All the way to the back house,

I saw dozens of yamen servants, who were already tossing in full swing, and there were paved stone slabs, dug up shrubs and flowers everywhere.

But it doesn't look messy, piles of piles are arranged neatly.

"Outside the forest staff."

Before Lin Xiuyuan could draw his attention from the busy construction site, Sun Shaozong took the initiative to find him. He first bowed his hands in salute, and then pointed to a person behind him and introduced: "This is Mr. Feng Xin, Mr. Feng, who has been in the civil engineering business for generations. Business—with him, no matter what clues can be dug out, it will definitely return to its original state in the end.”

These words abruptly blocked Lin Xiuyuan's questioning.

Since it is guaranteed that it can be restored to its original state, what is the point of digging a few paths and some flower beds in order to find out the truth about the murder of the father?

However, Lin Xiuyuan had a vague premonition in his heart, it seemed that if the excavation was not stopped as soon as possible, the entire Lin family would encounter even greater disasters!

only……

In what name should this excavation be stopped?

Lin Xiuyuan pondered for a long time, and finally came up with a reluctant reason. When he was about to speak, he suddenly found that Sun Shaozong's attention was no longer on himself, but turned to somewhere diagonally behind.

What is he looking at?

Lin Xiuyuan looked back in surprise, and saw a petite young woman in plain white standing under the arch, staring blankly.

Is it the widowed daughter-in-law Shen Peilan?

What is she doing here?

And the expression looks very weird...

Could it be that? !

Lin Xiuyuan's heart was shocked, he finally understood where his uneasy premonition came from!

At the same time, there was panic and resentment, especially when thinking of the suspicious process of his son's inexplicable illness and his death, he wished that he could immediately grab his daughter-in-law and torture him.

But now is not the time to settle old scores.

Because once this kind of violation of human relations is uncovered, then the dead Lin Qisheng, and even the entire Lin family, will fall into a position of condemnation!

"Master Sun!"

Lin Xiuyuan took a deep breath, and said decisively: "I'm afraid there may be something wrong with this matter, please order your subordinates to stop first, and then decide whether to continue digging after you and I have discussed it!"

The moment he saw Shen Peilan appear, Sun Shaozong knew that he had made the right bet, and now the truth was about to be revealed, so how could he stop there?

He smiled slightly at the moment, and was about to evade a few perfunctory words, when he suddenly heard someone raise his voice: "Dig, keep digging! Don't stop!"

Sun Shaozong and Lin Xiuyuan looked at the prestige at the same time, but saw Shen Peilan stumbling towards the front, looking at the shallow ravine with tears in her eyes, as if there was some treasure buried underneath.

Finished!

Lin Xiuyuan slowly closed his eyes, not looking around again.

Sun Shaozong gave Feng Xin a wink and signaled everyone to speed up the progress.

…………

It's evening.

A secret passage buried four feet deep in the ground was finally exposed to everyone.

At the same time, there was also a corpse with a peaceful face that was bleeding from poisonous orifices. After careful identification, the deceased was the little servant Liuer that everyone had been looking for for a long time.

Surrounding Liu'er's body, not only the residual poison, but also several utensils useful for excavation, and the residue of gnawed dry food were found.

In the middle of the secret passage, there are a large number of excavated traces.

As for the entrances at both ends of the secret passage, they are tightly sealed by mud, and there are traces of tamping with a wooden mallet all over them.

Obviously, the reason why Liu'er wanted to pretend to be Lin Qicheng for several days at the risk of being discovered after poisoning Lin Qisheng was to make preparations and seal off the two sections of the secret passage.

It is also obvious that when he designed this poisonous killing, he did not intend to leave alive!

After half an hour.

Both ends of the secret passage were dug again, and the crucified entrances were respectively located in Lin Qisheng's study room and Shen Peilan's bedroom.

"Bitch!"

Although he had expected it, Lin Xiuyuan couldn't hold back at this time, rushed forward and slapped his daughter-in-law on the face, and said angrily, "You...you dare...you dare..."

But while he was angry, he didn't know how to accuse his daughter-in-law of what he had done.

Shen Peilan looked unusually calm.

To be precise, after Liu'er's body was excavated, she no longer saw anyone else.

At this time, the corner of her mouth was cracked, but she still stared at Liu'er blankly, and even stretched out her hand tremblingly, trying to help Liu'er smooth out the broken hair on her forehead.

"Bitch!"

Lin Xiuyuan became more and more annoyed, and stood between the two of them, and angrily said: "It's fine if you collude with this dog thief, how dare you harm the grandfather?!"

As he said that, he raised his voice and shouted again: "Come here, tie up this unscrupulous and unclean maidservant for me, and take him to the flower hall for interrogation!"

Obviously, at this point, he is still trying to restore Lin Qisheng's reputation - even if his son may die because of it.

But this time Shen Peilan reacted, raised her neck like a white goose, and protested: "No! He never..."

slap~

Another slap was slapped on the face, and Lin Xiuyuan shouted sharply: "What are you still doing?! Tie her up to me!"

The servants of the Lin Mansion just woke up like a dream, and rushed forward from all directions.

There was a steward inside, who obviously guessed Lin Xiuyuan's intentions, and covered Shen Peilan's mouth with a handkerchief as soon as he came up.

Just as Lin Xiuyuan breathed a sigh of relief, a tall and burly figure pushed away the crowd, and silently took off the veil covering his mouth.

"Master Sun, you are..."

"He has never touched a finger of mine! Liu'er... Liu'er, he has never touched a finger of mine by chance!"

Lin Xiuyuan's roar sounded at the same time as his daughter-in-law's shrill screams, and together with the red clouds in the sky, they fell into the darkness together.

Chapter 930 The Truth [Part [-]]

"Three years ago, my father was convicted of dereliction of duty. My mother hoped that the Lin family would help, but I begged my husband repeatedly, but he was terrified of the old thief. Not only did he not dare to sue, he even forbade me from talking about it with my father thing."

"In my desperation, I hid it from him and went to ask the old thief privately. Who would have thought that old thief would pretend to be crazy by drinking, but... actually forced..."

"shut up!"

Hearing this, Lin Xiuyuan couldn't help but yelled at the case, angrily said: "My father's character is noble and upright, it is recognized by the government and the public, how can you allow such slander?!"

Then, he sighed heartbroken again: "My Lin family thinks they treat you kindly, but I never thought that what I got in the end would be such retribution!"

Hearing his words, Shen Peilan bowed her head silently, without saying a word.

It's just that besides Lin Xiuyuan, there are Sun Shaozong and Zuo Sicheng Yang Zhiming in the flower hall right now, so how can they end the interrogation in such an anticlimactic manner?

At that moment, Sun Shaozong said loudly: "Outside the Lin courtyard, please be calm and don't be impatient. Your father doesn't need to comment on his character, but according to the rules, there must be a confession when interrogating criminals. As for the authenticity of this confession, we can discuss it after she finishes speaking. "

As he spoke, he raised his chin to Shen Peilan who was kneeling in the middle: "Go on."

Long before, when Sun Shaozong tore off the Juanpa from Shen Peilan's mouth, Lin Xiuyuan was already very dissatisfied with him, and now hearing these words, his teeth itched from hatred.

At the moment, he didn't care about his demeanor, and he hinted nakedly: "My lord asks the case, and Lin, a certain grassroots, dare not obstruct it. It's just that my father has hundreds of former disciples in the court. If there is any injustice, they may be wronged." Refuse to agree!"

Faced with such threats, Sun Shaozong just gave him a sideways glance, and said indifferently: "What I want is justice."

It was a trick of good fortune, and it was Lin Xiuyuan who advocated going to Dali Temple to report the case and tried his best to assist the government in the investigation.

However, when he found out that the case involved a relationship between grandparents and grandchildren, and it was very likely that the Lin family would be completely destroyed, his attitude suddenly turned 180 degrees.

However, in the face of Sun Shaozong's calm attitude, Lin Xiuyuan felt his blood surge, and he wanted to say a few more harsh words, but he also understood that Sun Shaozong was not very comparable. It's not that easy.

As for now...

Lin Xiuyuan went through all the assistance that he could call in his mind, but in the end he could only sit back in his original position dejectedly.

However, although he had no words, the impact of those words just now continued to show up—Sun Shaozong and Yang Zhiming urged him repeatedly, but Shen Peilan remained silent.

In a hurry, she shook her head sadly: "It was indeed me who poisoned it, and there is nothing to distinguish."

"Why did you poison, how did you poison, and where did you get the poison?!" Sun Shaozong first asked a series of questions, and seeing that Shen Peilan was silent again, he sneered: "So, you admit that you have nothing to do with that Liu'er conspired to commit adultery, and because he was afraid of being exposed, he conspired to kill President Lin?"

Shen Peilan suddenly raised her head, her red lips parted wide, as if she wanted to distinguish something, but she was prejudiced against Lin Xiuyuan who was on the side with a gloomy face, and finally lowered her head silently.

"Okay!"

Sun Shaozong sneered again: "Such a dog slave who is not as good as a beast, and an upright and famous official like Lin Zongxian who killed him, presumably within a few days, he will be criticized by thousands of people, and he may even write a book." According to legend, it will be left with a bad reputation for thousands of years!"

"No! That's not the case! He's a good man, he's...a righteous man!"

Shen Peilan finally couldn't bear it anymore, she clenched her fists excitedly, shaking her head like a rattle.

It's still a trick!

In fact, long before she shouted that Liu'er had never touched a finger of her, Sun Shaozong had already guessed the general situation - after all, this is also the most common trick of a certain mysterious person.

So, seeing that she chose to keep silent and bear all the responsibility for her crimes silently because she cared about the future of her husband's family, she deliberately resorted to the aggressive method.

Seeing that Shen Peilan had already entered the set, Sun Shaozong immediately took advantage of the situation and asked: "A righteous man? This is really strange. He is a mere servant, and he can still be called a righteous man after committing such a crime of using slaves to kill his master." Is it?"

"He...he is indeed a righteous man! When he knew that I was humiliated by the old thief, he..."

"Let's start from the beginning!"

After eating and drinking, Shen Peilan paused for a while, straightened out her thoughts, and then narrated all the inside information:

"After I was humiliated by the old thief, I also wanted to die, but the old thief said that as long as I can survive, he will guarantee my father's smooth sailing in the officialdom, and even take care of the future of my brothers... "

"Later, he really made a move and saved my father's official position, but he used it to court several times."

"I didn't dare to disobey him openly, so I excused myself in the name of being afraid of being discovered."

"I never thought that he would use the name of renovating the inner house to dig out a secret passage in private..."

"These things can be hidden from others, but how can they be hidden from the people who share the same bed all day long?"