But Lin Xi still has a lot to figure out.

"Shen Chen, the woman who is currently in the morgue in the yamen, why did she appear there wearing Yueqin's human skin mask? Is Yueqin really alive? If she was still alive, why was the woman found in her place? ”

Shen Chen's eyes lit up and said, "I prefer that Yueqin is still alive." ”

Lin Xi asked, "Why?" ”

Shen Chen looked outside, hugged Lin Xi, and said in a low voice: "I haven't told you yet, Yueqin is actually a fine work. ”

Lin Xi: "!! ”

Shen Chen continued: "Judging from the news that Yang Shizhong gave me, she is a pawn planted by Jinling Xiao Xianwen and a group of rebels early on, and she has some affairs of the dead Five Princes. And what she has is important enough to threaten their safety. ”

Lin Xi was shocked: "The traitorous party in Jinling has already shown traces, and in order to ensure safety, they will send someone to kill Yueqin?" ”

"Not bad. Yueqin knows too much this time, if it falls into the hands of someone with a heart, they will be finished. ”

Shen Chen said, "She herself found out that those people wanted to kill her, and planned for herself early, so after Yang Shizhong arrived, she quietly asked the county lieutenant to offer her to Yang Shizhong to curry favor with him, and then make a deal with Yang Shizhong with the things she knew, hoping that Yang Shizhong would keep her safe." ”

Lin Xi was puzzled: "Then why didn't Yang Shizhong leave her behind?" ”

Shen Chen explained: "Because Yang Shizhong didn't believe her words, she told Yang Shizhong that there would be an accomplice of her who would be able to prove it soon." Yang Shizhong didn't stay, but only secretly arranged people near the inn. ”

Lin Xi understood: "Staying in the inn with Yueqin is to wait for her accomplices to make a deal with Yang Shizhong?" ”

Shen Chen: "That's right. ”

Lin Xi asked, "Then did she wait for her accomplices?" ”

Shen Chen: "No. ”

Lin Xi had a flash of inspiration, "Shen Chen, do you say that this is possible, that is...... Her accomplice had already appeared, and together with her, he found that Yang Shizhong could not be fully believed. But at this time, Yueqin couldn't get out, so they made a plan for the golden cicada to get out of her shell and let Yueqin fake her death and get out? ”

In place of Yueqin, it was naturally the deceased found in the inn.

However, without waiting for Shen Chen to speak, Lin Xi denied it again.

"No, if that's the case, they should try to keep a low profile and not be noticed. Therefore, it is impossible for them to abuse a woman and let her die in lieu of injuries, so that the yamen will definitely investigate carefully, and they will not find out? In this way, it is even more impossible to spend a lot of effort to buy off the servants and officials to cooperate with them. Otherwise, how could they escape safely after so many people had seen them? ”

Shen Chen bowed: "That's right." So I tend that they did meet secretly and did not tell Yang Shizhong that they planned to run. In this way, the person pretending to be Yueqin could be her accomplice. is an accomplice, familiar with her, and can imitate the vividness without letting people find out, so it makes sense. ”

"But in the process, something must have happened that forced them to change their plans. So at night, the innkeeper went to look for Yueqin, and heard the people inside impatiently telling him to get out. It's not so much impatience as annoyance that one's plans are disrupted. ”

"You're right! That makes sense! Lin Xi nodded again and again.

Shen Chen said calmly: "But down, the clue is completely broken." So the best thing to do at the moment is to find out how the dead were found dead and how they were transported to the inn. The deceased can appear there to replace Yueqin, which means that the deceased at least knew Yueqin, and there is a breakthrough in this case. ”

Lin Xi said with a sad face: "But the deceased is here, there is still no way to start." ”

"It's okay," Shen Chen said lightly, "I've already seen the results of your test." There is a point of flour among them, which can be used as a breakthrough first, I have asked the official to take part of the clothes of the deceased, and draw a rough portrait, go to the various grain stores in the county to ask, wait for the results first. ”

"In addition, those who bribe servants and officials must also be murderers, and then start to check from here to see if there is any useful information."

Lin Xiguang was confused when he heard this, and asked sympathetically and admiringly: "Shen Chen, have you ever investigated this kind of similar closed room murder case before?" ”

Shen Chen was slightly puzzled: "Murder in the secret room? ”

Lin Xi explained: "It's like the deceased's room in the inn, there is no trace of others entering, and there is no trace of others leaving, the deceased seems to have died out of thin air, and the murderer seems to have entered and left out of thin air." ”

Shen Chen thought for a moment and said, "It's appropriate." ”

Thinking of something, he was silent for a moment before he said, "I don't handle many similar cases. ”

"Then I've checked it out!" Lin Xi asked admiringly: "How did you solve the case before?" ”

Shen Chen said: "I have only been in contact with three similar cases in total, and one is in Pingxian, which is not as confusing as this case, it is simpler and solved." The other two were in Beijing. ”

"Kyochu?" Lin Xi was surprised.

Shen Chen nodded and said frankly: "Do you remember the Tongque Terrace I told you?" ”

Lin Xi: "Naturally, that is not the place where Taizong built to receive envoys in the past. ”

Shen Chen said: "Yes." At that time, Tongquetai was very important, and I was appointed as the superintendent of the building, and three other officials were involved. Later, two of them died mysteriously at home, the cause of death is still unknown, and the killer has not been found. ”

Lin Xi asked in surprise, "Didn't even you find the murderer?" ”

Shen Chen said: "Well, I didn't have a clue at the time, and I didn't have much time. Soon after, an envoy died, and the Hu people went to war, so I put down the case and went to Biansai. ”

Lin Xi asked: "The two officials died, is anyone still checking?" ”

"Yes. After I left, because of the high and powerful position of those two officials, in order to appease the courtiers, Taizong handed over to the son of the old Qi Pavilion to supervise. Shen Chen said.

After a pause, Shen Chen frowned slightly: "Now that I think about it, the scene of the death of those two courtiers is quite similar to the scene of Yueqin's case today." ”

Lin Xi couldn't help but say, "Could it be the same murderer?" ”

Shen Chen said: "It's possible. ”

After the words fell, the carriage stopped, and the people outside alerted the writer.

The two stopped talking and got out of the car, Lin Xi saw that this writer was a little shabby, the door was a little crumbling, and the yard was also very depressed.

When they entered, the official who was guarding him arched his hand and said, "Lord Shen, no one went in during the period. ”

Shen Chen asked them to go out first and take Lin Xi in to see.

The inside is very small, separated by curtains on the left and right, and the corpse is in the inner room on the left.

Lin Xi went in and saw that he was lying on his side in the open space between the table and the bed, his eyes closed, and there were blood stains on the side of his purple mouth.

Lin Xi suddenly said: "I think this work seems to be the same poison as the dead man in the Yamen." ”