"Have you taken off all the clothes of these deceased?" Xue inadvertently glanced at the audience and found that the corpses under the sackcloth seemed to be naked, so he asked.

"Yes, it's all off the check." He hurriedly replied.

"What about their clothes? If you freeze to death outside, what marks can be found on your clothes that can indicate the location? ”

"Ah, there's a strange thing about that."

"After the autopsy, we went outside and said it smelled too bad inside."

Bai Qing reacted, why did he stand here to talk about the case, he pulled out his legs first and walked out, and the three people behind him followed closely.

When I got outside, the cold wind blew, which made people feel excited, and their brains were much clearer.

"Tell me, what's the strange place?"

Bai Qing found a leeward place to speak, he now felt that the power of the local winter should not be underestimated, it was as cold and stiff as the wind blew for a long time, the cold air could blow through the clothes and pour into the frozen bones of the body, there was nowhere to hide, unlike the north, the weather under the blizzard would not be cold as long as it was tightly wrapped.

"Those people's clothes were stained with dust that seems to be found only at the scene of a fire."

"The scene of the fire?" Bai Qing's eyes lit up slightly, "By the way, didn't you say that they were all disheveled?" Is it possible to deduce from this that they had an accident in the middle of the night, stripped off and slept, woke up from the fire and fled, and then were guarded and sprinkled with quicklime? ”

"Not impossible."

"And what about the gunshot wound? Is there anything unusual about him? ”

"He didn't, he was clean, although he was also disheveled, but he only had a gunshot wound all over his body."

"So the man was injured around the time the others were sprinkled with quicklime? Are they in the same place? Qin Chuan deduced?

"And it was frozen to death outside, the body was only found yesterday, and the family said that the body came strangely, haunted, and the scene of the fire, but there is no fire in the county these days...... "Xue Jiang always went through the existing clues, and a flash of inspiration, "The place where these people had an accident was not in the county, they were sent to work outside, and then they had an accident collectively." ”

"The place where they went should not be a place with people, otherwise no one would know about the fire, so the accident happened in the mountains, and they slept in tents or caves."

"I leaned towards the cave, and ran out of the cave to prevent someone from being ambushed outside, and a large amount of quicklime was sprinkled so that they had nowhere to hide at once, and if they were scattered and slept in the tent, at most they would sneak up on one or two people in the tent, and they wouldn't be able to sneak up on all the people."

"Then the person who suffered the gunshot wound should have been the one he was injured in a tent or a cave, and after the injury, there was no one to treat him, and he slowly lost blood and died."

"What about fires? It's terrible to start a fire in the wild. ”

"There is no need for a fire, as long as it can wake people up and flee, and if the fire is extinguished immediately after injuring people, it will not get out of control and become a fire, since we have not heard of any winter wildfires breaking out these days, it means that the people who attacked them are in place."

I couldn't interject into such a conversation, and looked at Mr. Qian and the two with reverence on his face, outlining a relatively complete and reliable relationship with Mr. Qian.

The three of Bai Qing also felt that this inference should be closer to the truth, so now they all have a question in their hearts.

On this cold day, what did the Shen family send so many people to the mountains for? I also have to sleep in the wilderness, and I don't look like I'm doing a good thing.

It's not like a group of people who do good deeds in the mountains, and they are attacked by someone.

Why do you feel familiar?

Black eats black?

Or did they infringe on the interests of others in the mountains, and irreconcilable contradictions broke out, so they were baptized in blood and retaliated?

Whatever it is, the common denominator of these two possibilities is interest.

There are interests in the mountains, so the Shen family sent so many people to squat in the mountains on such a cold day.

It has to be a vital interest to be worth it.

What good things in the mountains could make a big squire like Shen unable to sit still?

Mine?

The mountain and forest land deeds in the hands of the Shen family have not been handed over so far, and if it is said that a mine has been discovered, then their strange behavior all along can be explained.

Knowing that the mountains and forests he owned were too close to Siliu Village, he violated the taboo of spying on the military situation, and he should hand over the mountains and forests in order to avoid suspicion, but he didn't mention it, and he was full of willingness to hand over the Zhuangzi of Siliu Village to the Bai Jiajun.

But that Zhuangzi is Qi Ke's property, and he did a lot of things in order to forcibly occupy Zhuangzi.

The former patriarch lied to his face if he didn't change his face that day, and he didn't mention the ownership of the mountains and forests.

The Shen clan did not hesitate to twist and divert their attention, and all the motives now seemed to be to make people ignore the mountains and forests in their hands.

A hundred-year-old family is a dignified squire, shamelessly playing tricks, if there is really a mine in the mountains, it is estimated that it is not a small mine.

Iron ore and copper ore?

No, it won't be these two mines, if it is copper and iron ore, with the ability of the Shen family, it is not difficult to unite with the local government to win the mining rights of the imperial court, and it is impossible to commit such a sneaky thing.

So it shouldn't be a steel mine, and it has to be rarer.

Silver? Gold mine?

Bai Qing's face tensed suddenly.

Shen is looking for death.

Qin Chuan and the three of them watched Bai Qing suddenly stop talking, only pacing back and forth, obviously sinking into some kind of train of thought, they all closed their mouths, not daring to disturb loudly, just watched Bai Qing's face change back and forth, and his steps became more and more urgent, so that their eyes were about to be spent.

Bai Qing suddenly began to spin in circles, and suddenly stopped, his face was as tense as an iron plate, don't want to see anything from his eyes and expression.

Qin Chuan and the others waited expectantly for him to speak.

"If you continue to be busy, we won't bother."

Bai Qing woke up from his contemplation, and led people to the front, to find the county honor, he wanted to see Shen Conglin.

If gold and silver mines are discovered in the mountains and forests so close to Siliu Village, this matter can be big or small, and whether to mine or not will determine how to adjust the defense of coastal villages.

The busy county lord didn't have time to ask why he wanted to see Shen Conglin, so he pointed to the place where Shen Conglin was now under house arrest and let Bai Qing go by himself, and there was no one to lead the way.

Shen Conglin's reason for being called to the yamen was to assist in the investigation, after all, the study used by his father, the key was in his hand after the door was locked, and now so many corpses have been found, if he doesn't come to the yamen in person to explain and explain, he will be too contemptuous of the imperial court's law, no matter how powerful the squire is, he will not dare to do this, otherwise the government will be able to bear the hat of wanting to rebel.

But there is now a shortage of manpower in the yamen, and no one paid attention to him after Shen Conglin shouted injustice when he asked anything, locked the door and let him reflect in the house alone, and the lawyer invited by the Shen family was also driven away, and it was forbidden to talk and collude confessions.

Bai Qing opened the lock with a key given by the county in his hand, and the two were always guarding the door, and he went in alone to ask questions.

In a room with only simple tables and chairs, Shen Conglin sat in a corner away from the window, and when Bai Qing saw him, he put his hands between his knees, lowered his head and didn't know what he was thinking, and he didn't notice that someone was coming in at all.

Bai Qing closed the door with his backhand and walked slowly towards Shen Conglin, but stopped in the middle of the room.

"Shen Conglin."

Bai Qing shouted, Shen Conglin's shoulder shook suddenly, he woke up from his train of thought, and raised his head blankly.

"Who?"

"I, Bai Qing."

"Mr. Bai Qian?" Shen Conglin was stunned for a moment, and then it seemed that his brain had finally hit the right line, his eyes widened and Huo Ran got up, he wanted to pounce but didn't dare, he only left the chair two steps and stood up restrainedly, "Master Qian, I was wronged!" I was really wronged! I don't know where those bodies came from! Believe me! Trust me! ”

"I believe you? How do you want me to trust you? That's your father's study, the key to the door is in your hand, the body in the house is your family, you are not a suspect who else is? ”

"It's my father's study, I hold the key, and the corpses are all my family's subordinates, I admit this, but I really don't know how their bodies can appear in the study, my keys are always with me, and I won't untie them except for sleeping."

"Unlock the key only when you sleep?" Bai Qing hinted at a direction with a wicked look.

Shen Conglin's face suddenly froze, and his thoughts couldn't help but turn towards Bai Qing's hint, the more he thought about it, the more he felt that it was possible, if it wasn't for being betrayed by the people around him, who would be able to get the key he carried.

"I don't care about the thieves in your house, so I'll ask you why you sent so many people to the mountains?"

"I didn't send them." Shen Conglin didn't expect that Bai Qian's question would jump so fast and reach the door of life.

"That's what your father, the former patriarch arranged? Also, he died suddenly, and many things were not explained, and it is reasonable for you to say that you don't know about sending people into the mountain. ”

"I really don't know about sending people into the mountains, I'm like you, yesterday someone came to report that the study smelled, it was a house used by my father, and I wanted to wait until the funeral was over to use it again, it was the door I opened with my own hands."

Shen Conglin's eyes seemed to resurface that terrifying scene, this pampered Shen family uncle turned pale for a moment, and his face was colorless.

"It's too scary, my lord, you didn't see it, the corpses all over the ground are swollen and swollen, and they said that fortunately it's winter, if it's summer, the smell would have wafted out and smoked people to death, maybe the corpses have flowed all over the ground, and the house can't be wanted." Shen Conglin choked up, "It's terrible." ”

"If you want to restore your innocence, just reply well, what kind of mine are your family looking for when they send so many people into the mountains?"

“…… Mine?! Shen Conglin, who was still choking just now, trembled in fright, raised his head and looked straight at Bai Qing, the corners of his mouth tightened into a smile, "Mr. Qian, what about jokes, sending people into the mountains must be looking for minerals?" ”

"Or else? The mountains and forests that should be handed over refuse to be handed over, and they also play tricks to forcibly occupy other people's Zhuangzi to curry favor with them, causing countless incidents, cloth such a big play, isn't it to hide your secrets in the mountains, what else can it be? Do you think that in exchange for Zhuangzi, we won't fight your idea of the mountains and forests in your hands? Standing on the mountain, you can directly see everyone's every move in the village, Shen Conglin, do you think that my Bai Jiajun can put such a big hidden danger and not do anything? ”

"Mr. Qian, I really don't know what those people are doing, my father never mentioned it to me, the mines opened by my family are recorded in the government, and there is an account book of income every year, and adults can check it at any time."

Shen Conglin knew that the gold panning thing must not be said, once it was said, the whole family would be unlucky, because the place where the placer gold mined into pure gold was not in the county, but used an abandoned mine in the clan.

Fortunately, the matter of gold panning and alchemy is extremely secret, and he is the eldest son of Yan, so he will know a little, but in fact, he doesn't know where these two locations are, and he has never been there.

Instead of dragging the whole family down, it is better to talk about his dead father, who died too suddenly and did not have time to give his last words and inheritance, and he, the eldest son, can only explain clearly the errands he handles, and he doesn't know anything else.

Bai Qing saw that Shen Conglin denied it, so he didn't ask any further, in contrast, he preferred Shen Conglin to be tight-lipped, without a mine, he didn't have to report to the imperial court, and he wouldn't disrupt the deployment of the Bai family's army to the coastline.

"I really don't know?"

"I really don't know! Ignorance! Shen Conglin's head shook like a rattle, his knees were weak, so he knelt down for Bai Qing and lowered his voice, "I beg Lord Qian to show mercy and let go of my hand, if I want to go to prison, I will admit it, just don't implicate my Shen clan and give innocent people a way to live." Please, sir. ”

"A suspect dares to make a request?" Seeing Shen Conglin's attitude, Bai Qing was determined in his heart, there were indeed mines in the mountains next to Siliu Village, and even their Shen clan was already secretly mining.

"I want to give up all my possessions."

"How much money can you have?"

"I have some properties under my control, some private houses."

"That's the most important way to save your family, and I want to bring my brother, mother and other clansmen, so I'm good at settling accounts?"

There is a chance to gather wool in a bright light, Bai Qing is not polite at all, and the Ministry of War has already allowed it.

said that he should not be too ruthless, but the Shen family should not be in this case, it is really bad things to do, God will not help, if he does not take the opportunity to take the opportunity, he is sorry for the opportunity created by God.

When Shen Conglin heard the meaning of Bai Qing's words, his face was full of bitterness, and he had to swallow back the words of pleading.

"Can I take my old mother with me? I'll pay for her money! ”

"Don't worry, let's count how much property you have first."

Shen Conglin trembled, and saw Bai Qing standing there with a mocking face, unable to say anything.

"Now let me summarize, so many people in your family died, where they went and what they did before they died, your eldest son doesn't know at all, does he?"

"Yes, I don't know at all, my father is the patriarch, although I am the eldest son, but he is not only my son, he will not explain to me who and what he does."

"In other words, he knew before his death that your eldest son might not be able to inherit his status and continue to be the patriarch, so he didn't train you with his heart?"

Bai Qing's provocation was too harsh, Shen Conglin thought of the current chaos at home, and felt as if this was the case, his heart was sour, his eyes were astringent, and he wanted to cry without tears.