Chapter 166

With the full cooperation of Mr. Xie and Mr. Xiao's Mansion, the investigation proceeded extremely smoothly.

After all, dozens of people have gone missing so far, and the matter is a matter of human life, and the impact on the civilian population is also increasing. Even with the government's efforts, rumors of disappearances slowly spread among the people. All of a sudden, all kinds of rumors were flying all over the sky, spreading more and more evilly, and even Qin Xiao, who had always seemed calm about everything, began to look a little anxious.

So Qin Xiao sent additional people to assist the disciples of Mingtaimen in this matter, and Xie Lao and Dali Temple cooperated with the investigation.

It's just that after all, this matter involved the matter of demon cultivation back then, so how could it be easy to trace? Even the people of Mingtaimen had no clue, and it was difficult for the case to make progress for a while.

Xiao Qin sat on the top and sipped tea, his face was leisurely, but the fingers gently tapping his knees still revealed a little anxiety in him.

"Still no progress?"

When Xie Lao heard this, he hurriedly knelt down to apologize: "The old minister is incompetent!"

Xiao Qin frowned, and didn't say anything, Chu Huan saw that Xie Lao was kneeling tremblingly, and he felt a little unbearable in his heart. Xiao Qin only glanced at him with a pair of peach blossom eyes, and Chu Huan had to stand by his side honestly, not daring to move.

Lin Mu and Qu Mingxuan glanced at each other, not wanting to participate in the affairs of Xiao Qin's government, but still looked down at the file on the case, and whispered a few words from time to time.

Xiao Qin put down the teacup in his hand, glanced coldly at the trembling Xie Lao, and his voice was full of displeasure: "You have been investigating this case for four months, and Dali Temple fully cooperates with the investigation." If you want to see the file of the year, I will give it to you as well. But four months have passed, and there is still no progress in the case. Old Xie is too old to be the master of Dali Siqing?"

Xie Lao was so severely reprimanded by Xiao Qin that he had to kneel on the ground again, sweating coldly.

Lin Muyi's heart moved, he looked down at the file in front of him and thought, and his brows couldn't help frowning.

Seeing this, Yin Wujian asked in a low voice, "Master, what did you think?"

Lin Muyi shook his head, and he also had some doubts in his heart.

After Xiao Qin finished his accountability, he ordered Xie Lao to solve the case within a month. Instead, Chu Huan went down again and helped Xie Lao up. After all, Xie Lao is old, supported by Chu Huan, he is still a little trembling, and during these days, he has almost stayed awake all night in order to investigate the case, and he is even less energetic, and he struggled twice before he barely stood up, wiped the cold sweat on his forehead with his sleeve, his legs and feet were weak, and he took the order.

At this time, only Xiao Qin and Chuhuan were left in the hall, as well as Mingtaimen and others.

Xiao Qin stood up, dusted off his hem, paced to Yin Wuxian's side, and asked softly, "What did you find?" as he spoke, he looked down at Lin Muyi's file on the desk.

This case has been involved for nearly half a year, and dozens of people have disappeared. Coupled with the scourge of demon cultivation twenty years ago, hundreds of files were spread out by Lin Muyi at this time, and the case could not be placed on the table, and the ground was also full.

Xiao Qin looked down and suddenly saw a little doorway.

The files are sorted according to the time of disappearance of the disappeared persons.

"Sir, ...... this?" Xiao Qin sensed that Lin Muyi might have some clues, and hurriedly asked.

Lin Muyi didn't reply to him, but asked, "Old Xie doesn't look very well. ”

Xiao Qin didn't know why he mentioned Xie Lao, so he had to reply: "After all, the age is there." ”

Chu Huan continued: "Xie Laoyuan himself is not very good. and have no children and no daughters. I've been busy with this case for the past few months, and I'm even more overworked. ”

Lin Mu raised his head when he heard this: "No children and no daughters?"

Chu Huan glanced at Xiao Qin, and continued: "Old Xie was widowed in his early years, and Old Lady Xie died not long after giving birth to the only son of the Xie family, and Old Xie has never renewed the string. There is only one son, who has been weak since he was a child, and he died early. ”

Lin Muyi didn't look at the file on the case at this time, he had already raised his head and stared at Chu Huan, and asked, "When was it not?"

This stopped Chu Huan. Although he was an official in the same dynasty as Xie Lao, his family was born as a military general, and he had no relationship with Wenchen. Xie Lao is much older than him - even his father wants to call Xie Lao an elder, and when it is his turn, he is even worse than Xie Lao, so naturally he has no contact. And he was in the border for many years, and he only came back when Xiao Qin ascended the throne and took charge of the forbidden army for Xiao Qin. Chu Huan is an iron-clad royalist, and in order to avoid suspicion, he is even more similar to the ministers of the DPRK and the central government, and he can avoid it, and he can go far. He is really not familiar with an old minister's inner house and family affairs.

It's just that when Lin Mu asked at this time, he looked quite concerned again, and Chu Huan had to recall it with difficulty for a moment, and then said, "It seems that he is in his early twenties." ”

"In your early twenties?" Lin Muyi asked.

Chu Huan recalled for a moment, but he was not very sure: "It's about early twenties, I was still young at that time, and I can't remember it clearly." I only know that the only son of the Xie family is sick in his mother's womb, and his health has not been very good, so Xie Lao does not allow him to go out to socialize more, so although he lives in the capital together, I have never seen him. However, I remember that when Xie Lao's only son died, I went to the Xie family with my father, and his widow was a very weak woman who kept a watch before the spirit. ”

"In this way, the only son of the Xie family had already married before his death. Lin Muyi groaned, didn't ask the answer he wanted, and couldn't help but be a little disappointed.

Yin Wujian had been paying attention to his expression, guessing that he might have some guesses, so he asked, "Master, do you think there is something wrong with this Xie Lao?"

Lin Mu thought for a while and shook his head: "The age is not right." ”

What he said was a little clueless, but Yin Wuxian understood what he meant.

Chu Huan was still young when the only son of the Xie family died, and Chu Huan was already a fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy when the demon cultivator was in trouble, and the short-lived son of the Xie family still passed away at that time. And the people who didn't choose the banquet back then were all children, and the only son of the Xie family was already married, so naturally it was not his goal.

Lin Muyi also thought of this, so he put down Fang Cai's thoughts.

Yin Wuxian couldn't help frowning, although what he knew now didn't match his guesses, he knew that Lin Muyi would never suspect Xie Lao for no reason.

Xiao Qin also frowned when he heard this, and looked down at the file spread out on the ground.

"The gentleman arranged the files according to the time of the disappearance of the missing person. But what did you find in time?"

Qu Mingxuan pointed to the files in front of him and said, "We have checked that the people killed in this disappearance case are not all the same as those involved in the Demon Cultivation Disaster twenty years ago. ”

Xiao Qin nodded and said, "After all, it was twenty years ago, and at that time, the scourge of demon cultivation was quite secret, and there were no more than five people in the whole country who knew the truth of this matter. Many people only vaguely knew that there were abductors who abducted many children from all over the country, and later the government found the abductors' nest and rescued them all. ”

As he spoke, he couldn't help but glance up at Lin Muyi and Yin Wuji. He naturally remembered the situation of Lin Muyi and Yin Wuwu at that time. Lin Muyi hurriedly said goodbye and left after returning from the valley, at that time, Yin Wuxian was still called Shi'er, and the situation was very bad.

Qu Mingxuan didn't know what he was thinking, but he continued with his words: "That's it. So when someone found out that the missing people were the same as back then, they connected the two things. However, there is no detailed investigation of how many of them are not on the list of those who disappeared twenty years ago. ”

Xiao Qin couldn't help but say: "That's right, because even the events of the year were secretive in the court, and very few people knew about it, and it was limited to those who directly accepted it back then." Even these files—" Xiao Qin pointed to the files that had been spread out on the floor in front of him, and said, "I only reopened them four months ago to investigate this matter—" Speaking of this, Xiao Qin also felt that something was wrong, and suddenly stopped.

Lin Mu nodded at the most recent file in front of him and said, "So from now on, everyone is right." ”

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