"The reason is very simple," Lin Chen paused in the middle of speaking, and then swept his eyes at all the people involved in the case before continuing, "That is, the village chief blocked their financial route. ”

"What? The reason turned out to be in the way of money? ”

"This reason sounds like no problem, but a few housekeepers, what kind of wealth does Mr. Feng Shui have, is it a tomb robbery?"

"What tombs can we steal in Taoyuan Town, there is a salt shop shopkeeper here, is it selling illicit salt?"

"Isn't it stupid, using public salt to sell private salt, and you will make up for this hole?"

For a while, everyone in the entire court was speculating about what kind of financial route would make this group of people take risks and risk being beheaded to kill the village chief and blame Song Ci.

When Lin Chen heard the discussion of everyone present, he didn't explain immediately, but asked rhetorically.

Presumably, some people present already recognized this white-haired old man as Song Yang's housekeeper in the other courtyard. And I'm sure you all know that Song Yang left Taoyuan Town ten years ago, and then returned to Taoyuan Town seven years ago, and established a courtyard outside the town. But everyone only knows that he is rich and rich, but in the past seven years, do any of you know what kind of business he has? ”

"What kind of business?"

Lu Hua, the proprietress of the rice shop, took the lead in asking, as a businessman, she has coveted Song Yang's business for a long time, and she has also tried to communicate with Song Yang to see if they can work together, Song Yang makes a big head, and she makes a small head.

But Song Yang always talked about him left and right, and never agreed, and didn't give her a chance at all. Now that Lin Chen knows about Song Yang's business, she wants to use Song Yi's relationship to see if she can get involved and make a little money.

Lin Chen glanced at Lu Hua, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but lift a faint mockery, and then he said word by word: "Song Yang's business is to sell illicit salt. ”

As soon as Lin Chen's words fell, the entire court boiled again, everyone was shocked, they didn't expect Song Yang's business to be this, no wonder he was able to accumulate such a big fortune in just three years, but he never cooperated with anyone in business.

You must know that it is illegal to sell illicit salt, and after being caught by the government, they will be exiled to remote and bitter cold places, or directly beheaded for public display.

And at this moment, in addition to the shock and stunned expression on Lu Hua's face, there was also a hint of happiness, glad that Song Yang had not agreed to cooperate with him, otherwise he might have embarked on a criminal road to make a fortune.

"Even if they sell illicit salt, what does it have to do with my master, and my family doesn't do this kind of business, so they can't do it at all." The village chief's wife, who was helped aside by Xue Dan, forced herself to stand up and asked Lin Chen.

"And my lord has never told me about it, and he has never shown anything unusual, this kind of big thing that will cut off his head, he can't be indifferent." The village chief's wife didn't wait for Lin Chen to reply to his first question, and then said the second question.

Lin Chen glanced at the village chief's wife and replied: "Because Song Yang never told the village chief that he was selling illicit salt, and Song Yang did not ask the village chief to cooperate with him to sell illicit salt, but hoped that he would use his authority to open up a smuggling route near Taoyuan Town, but he didn't expect to be rejected by the village chief." ”

"But the village chief refused, and there was no need to kill him. You must know that the village chief doesn't know that Song Yang is selling illicit salt, which is completely unnecessary. When Song Yi heard this, he raised his own questions, he felt that the risk of killing the village chief was far greater than the risk of the village chief being alive.

"What if they can't bear that route." Lin Chen asked rhetorically: "According to Chen Yun's explanation, if the village chief provides that route, it will greatly reduce the time for Song Yang to transport salt, and at the same time greatly provide the amount of salt transported at one time. Therefore, the existence of the village chief is a big mountain in front of them, and as long as this big mountain is removed, they can make more money. ”

"That's right, but how can Song Yang guarantee that after the village chief dies, he will definitely be able to master that route." Song Yi looked at Lin Chen's forehead, his eyes full of doubts.

But before Lin Chen could explain, Song Yi's father Song Cheng explained to him: "Running for the village head, if the village chief is dead, the villagers of Songjia Village can elect a new village head, and if he is alive, it will take three years to elect a new village head." ”

"That's right, this is Song Yang's purpose, he can't wait, he wants the village chief to die, only in this way can he justifiably open up and master the route he needs." Lin Chen said.

"But what does this have to do with Song Ci, it's impossible to frame Song Ci just because he is a coffin boy." Xue Dan, who was standing on the side, finally raised his own question, now there is a motive for killing the village chief, but the motive for framing Song Ci does not exist.

As soon as Xue Dan finished speaking, everyone's eyes returned to Lin Chen's body, and everyone waited for Lin Chen's explanation.

Seeing this, Lin Chen teased: "It's not impossible, after all, Song Ci doesn't have any close people except for our three friends, so it's best to choose him as a substitute for the dead ghost." ”

When Song Ci heard this, he was immediately a little embarrassed and a little moved, Lin Chen was right, he was just a coffin boy, and he basically didn't care about choosing himself as a substitute for the dead ghost, but his three friends relied on their strength to find out the truth and prove their innocence.

Lin Chen looked at Song Ci's expression on the verge of crying, and did not continue to tease, but said: "Song Ci's identity is of course one of the reasons, but the most important point is that he once met Bai Sha at night when he was on the shift half a month ago. ”

"White? Isn't that a ghost, this Song Ci will be wronged if he hits a ghost? Soon an old man's voice came from among the people, and then he began to explain to the people around him what Baisha was, and for a moment everyone's faces were full of curiosity.

"Of course it's not a ghost. Just like Song Ci was pretending to be a ghost a few days ago, this group of ghosts is also pretending to be human. Lin Chen replied.

"And these people?" Xue Dan looked at Lin Chen in surprise and said.

"That's right, these people are the people who smuggled salt under Song Yang, they chose to transport it at night in order to reduce the chance of being discovered, and in order to avoid being checked, they chose to pretend to be ghosts, so that even if someone found them, they would think that they had met a ghost and ran back home like Song Ci. And the coffin they carried, if I guessed correctly, contained smuggled table salt. ”

"I think one of these people is Liu Yunnan, and it was you, Mr. Feng Shui, who found Song Ci in the crowd. You were afraid that something would go wrong, and you just wanted to kill Muramasa, so you immediately chose Song Ci as a scapegoat and framed him. ”

"In this way, not only can you remove the village that is hindering you, but you can also reduce the risk of things being exposed, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone."