At dusk, on the outskirts of the capital.

Looking at the dilapidated house in front of him, Lin Qing couldn't help but be a little dumbfounded.

"Big brother, is this what you said, Xu Shoude's residence?" After carefully looking up and down the room in front of him, Lin Qing became more and more confused.

On the way to gallop on the horse, Zhao Mingsong had already explained Xu Shoude's identity clearly. This person used to be a high-ranking and powerful lord of Shangshu in the criminal department, and after Zhao Huai's incident seven years ago, he silently resigned and went home, and lived a leisurely life of retreating to the countryside. It stands to reason that as the most powerful Lord Shangshu in the Criminal Department, even if Xu Shoude resigns, he should not live in such a dilapidated house, and there must be a reason for this.

Lin Qing thought to himself that Xu Shoude resigned suddenly, and this matter may be somewhat involved in Zhao Huai's case.

"That's right, but this Xu Shoude is not simple, you should be careful in everything." Zhao Mingsong frowned and said a word to Lin Qing, then walked to the door and knocked on the door and said, "Is there anyone?" ”

After a long time, the door opened, and the person who opened the door was a handsome woman, seeing that there was a visitor, the woman chuckled and asked, "Dare to ask who the two are?" ”

Zhao Mingsong explained his intention straightforwardly: "Girl, the two of us came here this time to visit Mr. Xu Shoude Xu, and I also asked the girl to make it convenient." ”

Listening to Zhao Mingsong's words, the girl was stunned for a moment, then glared at Zhao Mingsong coldly, and said in an unkind tone: "What are you looking for him?" ”

The two men standing outside the door were puzzled by the girl's sudden change of attitude.

"This ...... We ......" The reason is difficult to say and inconvenient to say, so that Zhao Mingsong and Lin Qing couldn't answer for a while.

There was a 'snap', and before the two could finish speaking, the girl slammed the door shut.

"Hey, girl!" Lin Qing, who reacted, slapped the door hard, but what responded to her was a long silence.

"She-" Lin Qing turned his head and was about to speak but was stopped by Zhao Mingsong waving his hand.

"This girl doesn't look like a cold and unreasonable person, and if something hadn't happened, she probably wouldn't have such an attitude."

"So what do we do now?" Lin Qing hurriedly asked.

"Wait."

For this one word, Lin Qing and Zhao Mingsong took turns to work and stayed in front of the girl's room for two days. After these two days, the two finally figured out one thing, that is, the girl actually lived alone, but the reason for living alone was unknown.

In the early morning of this day, the weather was just right, Lin Qing leaned in front of the door and dozed off, but unexpectedly, the door suddenly opened at this time.

Lin Qing, who couldn't react for a while, fell into the door uncontrollably.

It was the girl Lin Qing and the others saw that day who opened the door, and she was so defenseless that Lin Qing couldn't help but exhale, "Why are you still here?" ”

Lin Qing rubbed her sleepy eyes, and after seeing the appearance of the woman in front of her clearly, her drowsiness disappeared in an instant, "Girl, I am here for an extremely important matter, and I ask the girl to make it convenient." ”

"I'm really sorry, if you are here for Xu Shoude's business, please forgive me for not being able to do anything." The girl's tone was indifferent, but there was a bit of bitterness in her indifference.

Rao is not easy to detect, but he was still seen by Lin Qing.

"Since the girl is in trouble, then ...... I don't want to force the girl, but I take the liberty to ask, dare to ask what is the relationship between the girl and Xu Shoude? ”

"I'm his daughter, Xu Di." When Xu Di said this, there was a faint sadness in her eyes.

Lin Qing pursed her lips and didn't speak, but there was a lot of confusion in her heart, something unusual must have happened to Xu Di, which made her words and deeds look wrong everywhere. However, Lin Qing knew that no matter how much he thought about it, he couldn't figure it out, so he simply stopped dwelling on this matter and instead thought about the next plan.

The longer he spent with Zhao Mingsong, the more Lin Qing understood his temperament. This person is straightforward, decent and kind, but he has some tendons in doing things. Lin Qing knew that according to Zhao Mingsong's temperament, it was inevitable that he would not be willing to use improper methods to achieve his goals.

And the plan that Lin Qing came up with was precisely what Zhao Mingsong did not tolerate. She wants to sneak into Xu Di's residence while people are unprepared, searching for information about the case seven years ago.

Just do it, and when Xu Di's figure was far away, Lin Qing found an opportunity to climb over the wall and enter Xu Di's house.

The house looks very dilapidated from the outside, but inside it is very different. Judging from the decoration and furnishings of the house, which is rich in the temperament of the little daughter, the owner of this house must be a woman with a delicate mind and a soft temperament.

Lin Qing walked around the house a few times and didn't find anything special, and the thoughts in his heart gradually became less firm. Could it be that she was wrong? This Xu Di is actually just an ordinary woman with a simple life?

But what happened next quickly made Lin Qing negate his idea!

When the 'bang, bang' sound sounded on the door, Lin Qingzheng, who had found nothing, was about to climb over the wall and leave.

"Someone, open the door! If I don't open the door again, I'll bang on the door! There was a loud banging on the door, and a deafening shout rang out at the door.

Lin Qing's trespassing into a private house was already a disgraceful thing, and at this moment, he didn't have the face to go to open the door for the master to meet guests.

"Dead girl! Audacious? Dare not open the door for you? See how I teach you! ”

Lin Qing chose a good place

"Then, does the eldest brother think that I will hold you back?" When Lin Qing said this, there was already a bit of self-pity on his face that could not be concealed.

Zhao Mingsong was taken aback for a moment, but the emotion in his heart was more pity, he reached out and patted Lin Qing's shoulder gently, and said helplessly: "I promise you." ”

The plan to pretend to be pitiful and sympathetic was a great success, Lin Qing couldn't help laughing, but she caught a glimpse of Zhao Mingsong's puzzled gaze in a blink of an eye, so she suppressed the joy in her heart, and pretended to cough indifferently.

The next day, Lin Qing and Zhao Mingsong got up before dawn to freshen up, and embarked on the road of seeking the truth of the old case seven years ago in the vast fog.

Their first stop was not the Criminal Department of the Great Xia Dynasty, but to the residence of a man named Xu Shoude.

"Why don't we go to the Criminal Department first to find relevant documents about the old case?" Lin Qing couldn't understand Zhao Mingsong's decision.

Because Zhao Huai's case involved a wide range of circumstances and the circumstances were severe, it was tried by the Criminal Department, Dali Temple, and Yushitai before being tried by the emperor himself. If you go to the criminal department to investigate, you will definitely not return empty-handed.

Who knew that Zhao Mingsong smiled when he heard Lin Qing's question.

"All that's left there is incriminating evidence against the stepfather, do you think it would be useful for us to go?"

Lin Qing was silent for a while.

Because Zhao Huai's case involved a wide range of circumstances and the circumstances were severe, it was tried by the Criminal Department, Dali Temple, and Yushitai before being tried by the emperor himself. (To be continued.) )