In Samsung Town, the Song family was very lively at this time, making the whole town full of chickens and dogs, and it has not been quiet since morning.

This theft, Master Song was furious, and even the celadon tea bowl he had always liked had fallen several times today.

There are also several unlucky servants and maids, who also suffered from the disaster of pond fish, and were injured by the master when reporting the matter.

Several people rushed to the Song Mansion non-stop, and were hurriedly introduced into the mansion by the people in the house.

It is not difficult to see that now the house is full of grass and trees, and in the short distance from the gate building to the living room, every maid and servant that several people saw along the way were trembling and walking on thin ice.

Now that he saw someone from the government, he was even more frightened, and he didn't even dare to say a word, for fear that he would be punished by the master for doing something wrong.

When I came to the living room, I saw Master Song pacing in the living room and couldn't stop for a moment.

At this time, when he saw Lin Fan coming in, he hurriedly took a few steps forward, grabbed Lin Fan's hand tightly, and said excitedly: "My lord, you are here, you must catch that thief and get me back all the silver!" ”

Lin Fan pulled hard before he broke free from Master Song's hand.

Rubbing his somewhat reddened fingers, Lin Fan said, "Master Song, you don't have to worry. Besides, it's useless for you to be in a hurry here, so let's talk about what the hell is going on! Then you can figure it out! ”

Hearing Lin Fan say this, Master Song calmed down a little and discovered something wrong with his behavior.

He wiped the beads of sweat from his forehead and hurriedly said, "Yes, yes, my lord is right!" It's me who is in too much of a hurry and rude! I have disturbed the adults, and I hope you will forgive me! ”

Lin Fan chuckled, waved his hand to show that he was out of the way, and waited for him to continue.

Master Song took a few deep breaths, calmed down a bit, and then said, "My lord, it's like this. A few days ago, my family's silk and satin village ordered a batch of goods in Jiangzhou, because the silver is heavy, the transportation is not easy, and the road is not very smooth, so I deposited all these goods in the bank, exchanged them for silver tickets, and put them in the mezzanine of my wife's makeup box. ”

"But this morning, my wife's vanity box disappeared, and the silver ticket of five thousand taels and the gold and silver jewelry worth hundreds of taels of my wife were all gone."

"I'm going to Jiangzhou in a few days to deliver the payment, but at such a critical juncture, such a thing happened, and if I want to re-raise, I'm afraid it's too late. This, how good is this! ”

Lin Fan lowered his eyebrows and pondered for a moment, and said, "Master Song, the thing should have been lost in the bedroom, can I go to your bedroom to take a look?" ”

"It's natural, the case is important, and other little things don't have to be minded. Come with me, please! Master Song hurriedly said.

Following behind Master Song, Lin Fan and the others entered the back hall of the Song Mansion. It's just that a few people, as outsiders and men, still have to be shy away from the inner house, so it's not easy for everyone to look around, so as not to be regarded as misbehaving disciples.

Lin Fan had no choice but to take a general look at the layout of the house, then withdrew his gaze and didn't speak, just quietly followed behind Master Song.

Although the Song family is well-off, it is not a wealthy family that rivals the riches of the country in the final analysis, and the scale of the house is not too large.

After a while, Lin Fan arrived at the courtyard where Master Song and his wife's bedroom were located.

Master Song pushed open the door, made a gesture to Lin Fan, and said, "Lord Lin, please inside!" ”

The others were inconvenient to enter, so they stayed outside the hospital and waited. Lin Fan stepped into the bedroom alone, and as soon as he entered the door, he saw a middle-aged woman crying in the house, and two maids were waiting carefully behind him.

Judging from the dress, this crying woman should be Mrs. Song, the mother of the Song family. It's just that today's incident happened, Mrs. Song didn't dress up too much, her face looked a little haggard, and she didn't have time to paint.

When Mrs. Song saw Lin Fan come in, she was stunned for a moment, but she didn't pay attention to him, just wiped her tears by herself.

Seeing this situation, Lin Fan habitually touched his nose, and it also made him a little embarrassed when he encountered this kind of thing. He had no choice but to salute Mrs. Song before he began to investigate the situation in the bedroom.

And Master Song, who came in after Lin Fan, also sighed when he saw this situation, and stepped forward to say to his wife: "Madam, you go down to rest for a while, in front of adults, you are here with a sad face, crying and crying, what kind of system!" ”

Mrs. Song cried: "Now that everything is gone, what else do you have to do!" Don't blame you for this useless thing, you don't even know that a good thing has been stolen right under your nose, what use do you say you want? Those things are all my dowry, why don't you die on the belly of the woman outside, what are you doing here, ah? ”

Old Man Song's face was ugly, but he couldn't speak, he just kept sneering: "This, this!" ”

He looked at Lin Fan for help: "Clumsy Jing lost his manners, please forgive me!" ”

Lin Fan, who was originally just watching the play, had no choice but to open his mouth and said: "Master Song doesn't have to be like this, I don't have to do it, it's okay for Mrs. to stay, I just have a few words to ask, and with Mrs. present, maybe I can say it more clearly." ”

Lin Fan's words were obviously just relief, it was not easy for her to stay sane in her current situation, and it was a bit extravagant to ask for more.

When the couple were arguing, Lin Fan had already seen the situation in the house.

The Song family was only stolen yesterday evening, and compared to the Tian family and the Qiu family, which had already happened for a few days, there were undoubtedly more clues and clues left at the scene.

Lin Fan stood in front of the dressing table, looked at the copper coin imprint on the table, and asked, "Master Song, this copper coin imprint on the table was left by a thief?" ”

Master Song replied: "Exactly, since this morning, this piece of paper has been placed here, knowing that the government is coming to check it, I am afraid of destroying the clues, so I didn't let anyone move everything in this room, and the makeup box with the silver ticket was originally placed in the current place of this paper." ”

Lin Fan nodded and looked at the windowsill directly behind the dressing table.

The windows are large and there is no problem for people to get in and out. Lin Fan pushed open the window with his hand, and the cool breeze came to his face, and the scenery outside the window also came into view.

Since the bedroom is upstairs, the view of the courtyard is still relatively clear.

Lin Fan looked out the window, there was a lake in the courtyard that was several zhang square, Lin Fan opened his mouth and asked, "Master Song, where does the lake water in the lake downstairs come from?" ”

"Don't tell you, I brought the water from the river outside the town, so I also built a canal and made a hole in the courtyard wall, but it took a lot of effort to get to what it is today!"

The scenery of this lake is really good, dozens of precious lotus flowers are waiting to be released, and it is no wonder that Master Song regards it as a proud move between words.

Just as Master Song was about to continue talking, he suddenly understood a little, and he hurriedly asked, "My lord means that the thief entered this courtyard along the waterway?" ”

After seeing Lin Fan nodding, he muttered to himself, "It shouldn't be! There are not many people in the town who know about this waterway, and besides, I have specially asked people to press the iron fence under the courtyard wall. ”

The works that were made in the past have become the road to trouble today, which can't help but make Master Song feel unacceptable, and he was a little lost for a while.

Lin Fan chuckled and said: "Master Song, there is no impermeable wall in this world, maybe someone in the house, or the craftsman who participated in the construction of the waterway back then inadvertently revealed it!" The speaker is unintentional, and the listener is intentional; It's nothing for ordinary people to know, but if these words fall into the ears of people with hearts, it's different. If Master Song doesn't believe it, you can send someone to take a look, if nothing else, the iron fence you used to protect it should have been destroyed by now. ”

When Master Song heard this, he motioned for a servant to go and check, and then asked Lin Fan: "But the door downstairs has not been damaged, and the maid who keeps vigil has not noticed anything abnormal, how did the thief go up to the second floor and take the jewelry box from the table unconsciously?" He came in through the waterway, and he must have been covered in water, but he didn't leave a trace, how did he do it? ”

"He didn't come in through the door at all, but from here!" Faced with a series of questions from Master Song, Lin Fan explained. At the same time, he pointed to the window.

"From here? My lord, but this is on the second floor, and the height is more than a foot above the ground, how can you climb up? Master Song said with some questions.

Lin Fan didn't answer him directly, but raised his hand and pointed to a branch outside the window and asked him, "Master Song, what do you think is the difference between that branch and the others?"

Master Song looked in the direction of Lin Fan's finger, took a closer look, and said, "It seems to be a little lower than the others, and the branches and leaves look a little messy and broken a lot." Are you saying he climbed from this branch? But this branch is also a little too thin, less than the thickness of a fist, and there is a distance from that tree to here, so it may be difficult to support a person's weight with this branch alone, right? ”

"Master Song, I'll tell you the truth, in fact, I'm also very confused, under normal circumstances, this is really difficult to do. Take me, for example, I think I'm pretty good at it, but if I try to climb from there, I can't guarantee that I won't make a noise, and I might even break a branch and fall me. However, I can't do it completely, if I can be lighter, it will be easier! ”

"As for how he came here, I don't know for a while, but all indications show that this is the case."

After explaining this, Lin Fan paused and said: "Master Song, you see, from the windowsill to the dressing table, although he deliberately cleaned it, it may be because of lack of time, the cleaning is not meticulous, but there are still some traces of water left in the corners and cracks."

"Also, if you look at the two tiles, there are obvious traces of being stepped on, so it can be seen that this person did come in through the window, but after committing the crime, he locked the window again, and then jumped from it and escaped."

Master Song smiled bitterly and said, "I see! The old man has been taught! ”

Lin Fan said with a smile: "Master Song doesn't have to blame himself, in fact, it's not difficult to find out, it's just that you are too anxious, but you have too many concerns." It was because you looked ahead and were afraid of destroying the clues that his method went undetected. Of course, what you did is not wrong, but it is more complete to preserve the scene, after all, for solving the case, the government is more experienced. ”

"And this person can swagger and clean up the house here after he succeeds without worrying about waking you up or being discovered, which shows that this person has absolute confidence in his skills. In fact, it may be a good thing that you don't wake up, otherwise he may not only take those belongings in a hurry, and it is also possible to kill people! ”

Hearing Lin Fan's words, a cold sweat broke out on Old Man Song's back. Thinking back on this whole thing, the more he thought about it, the more he felt that what Lin Fan said was possible.

He wiped the sweat oozing from his forehead, and said fearfully, "What the adult said is reasonable!" ”

Seeing that he was still worried in his heart, Lin Fan explained to him and said with a smile: "Master Song doesn't have to worry too much, this person is just here for money, and he has no intention of killing people, otherwise when Master Song and Mrs. Zun are asleep, wouldn't it be the best way to get off the phone?" Since he didn't do this, it means that he doesn't want to kill, and I've never heard of the grand thief Fu Tianlin ever killing people. ”

After Lin Fan's words were finished, Master Song relieved his heart. At this time, the servants came and went, and the iron fence in the waterway had indeed been sawn off a few times, leaving a gap that could accommodate one person to pass through.

Master Song, who got the news, arched his hand at Lin Fan and said, "My lord really knows the subtleties and has a clever plan!"

Lin Fan said: "Master Song praised it falsely!"

"Okay, I've seen the situation here pretty much the same, and the thief's modus operandi is roughly clear. Master Song, I won't bother, so I'll return to the Inspection Department to make the next arrest plan. ”

Master Song asked worriedly: "Does the adult mean that this case already has eyebrows?" But in my opinion, this thief's whereabouts are secretive, and he has come and gone without a trace, how should he be arrested? ”

Lin Fan said with a smile: "Master Song doesn't have to worry, although he is not very sure this time, he can be regarded as having some confidence!"

"In this case, official business is important, I will not force the adult to stay, if I can recover those payments, the old man will definitely be grateful for the kindness of the adult!" Master Song said happily.

"Master Song doesn't have to send it again!" Lin Fan didn't delay any longer, walked downstairs quickly, and called An Ning and a few people. said: "Let's go, let's go back to the inspection department!"