If Guan Lin and Hou Teng were the same person, the charred corpse that was thought to have set himself on fire on the night of the 25th was not Hou Teng, and the possibility that it was Jiang Shangfeng's corpse became very strong.

"But—"

Tian Chunda felt that it was too late, and if the body was dissected when it was found, it would definitely be possible to know who the body was, but now it is impossible because the body has been burned to ashes.

When I came to Dongyang's Jiangshangfeng to stay in the "Scenic Village", could it be that I wanted to spy on Guan Lin? When he followed Guan Lin, who was out, he found that he had changed into Hou Teng, so he could understand the reason why Jiang Shangfeng needed a map of Dongyang City.

Because in addition to investigating the "Scenic Spot", it is also necessary to investigate Hou Teng's home.

Guan Lin knew that his secret had been known by Jiang Shangfeng, so he killed Jiang Shangfeng and extinguished his mouth, and in the dilemma of Ku Wu disposing of the corpse, he let Hou Teng set himself on fire to solve the corpse, and people who didn't know the details really thought that Hou Teng committed suicide, so he cremated the charred body and buried it in the cemetery, which was a perfect crime, and he succeeded.

"But......" Tian Chunda felt that his reasoning had hit a wall again, if it was really his reasoning, why did Guan Lin use a pseudonym to paint so troublesomely?

Is it really as Yoshimizugawa said, because he has left the New Century Society, and he is embarrassed to paint in the name of Guan Lin again? Tian Chunda felt that things would not be so simple.

There should be deeper reasons, even less known reasons. Tian Chunda, who was pondering with a difficult face on his face, suddenly had an idea.

"I see! ……”

Tian Chunda thought so. However, it is necessary for Hou Teng and Guan Lin to be the same person as the premise, first of all, this premise must be determined, and in order to determine this premise, it is necessary to meet Guan Lin again.

"Let's go meet Guan Lin." Tian Chunda said to Yi Cheng. "I want you to play a role then."

Tian Chunda and Yi Cheng went to visit the "Scenic Village", and Guan Lin, who came out to greet him, had a surprised expression.

Tian Chunda introduced Yi Cheng to Guan Lin and said: "Since we like Dongyang very much, can you please take us to visit the ancient city of Dongyang today." ”

"Okay." Guan Lin said very happily. "I'd love to be your guide, didn't you go to the ancient city the last time you came?"

"No, I've been there, but I want to go again, standing on top of the ancient city and looking down, the scenery is so beautiful, if I can paint, I will definitely paint it, don't you think so?"

"Yes." Guan Lin said with an ambiguous smile. "However, after I returned to Dongyang, I put down my brush and stopped painting."

"That's a shame." Tian Chunda exaggerated his disappointed expression.

"But if you have a work recently, I'd like to take one back as a souvenir."

"It's not that I'm being humble, that's what I do. There are a lot of good painters in this world, and I think it's better for you to collect their works. ”

"Like Hou Teng, for example?" Tian Chunda said this casually, looking at Guan Lin's face, at that moment, Guan Lin seemed to be a little frightened, this can't be Tian Chunda's illusion, right?

"Hou Teng?" Guan Lin said in a very unnatural tone. "Who the hell is he?"

"The young painter who set himself on fire on November 25 after pouring gasoline on his whole body is very similar to you, didn't you see this news in the newspaper?"

"Yes, because I'm busy and don't have time to read the newspaper." Guan Lin said in an apologetic tone.

Tian Chunda stopped Guan Lin from talking because he thought the other party had reacted.

"So-" Tian Chunda said with a smile. "Can you take us to the ancient city right now? Because my friend wanted to visit earlier. ”

"Okay! I just had the time. Guan Lin said in a slightly soothing tone. I'll take you there now, because the weather is fine today, and you can see Dongyang Street very clearly in the ancient city. ”

The wind has stopped, but the temperature is very low, the weather is very cold, the exhaled air turns into water vapor and disappears, and the mountains surrounding the Dongyang Plain are lightly made white, compared to the south light, Dongyang's winter comes earlier.

There wasn't even a single tourist in the ancient city, only a few children.

As soon as you climb to the top of the slope, the field of vision suddenly opens up, there may be no shelter in front, so the wind is stronger, and now it is the winding Guangshui River, and the front of the Guangshui River is the north-south Dongyang Street.

"Dongyang Ancient City......" Guan Lin looked at Dongyang City Street and continued. It was built in the Ming Dynasty, and the people of Dongyang are proud of the ancient city, perhaps because they have not been baptized by war even once, so they can maintain their current appearance. Guan Lin said with a smile.

However, Tian Chunda didn't even have a smile on his face, because he wasn't listening to Guan Lin's explanation at all.

"I still don't understand why I want to build a castle in such a place?" Guan Lin said. "Geographically, there are no barriers here, if the enemy ......"

"Mr. Guan Lin." Tian Chunda suddenly interrupted Guan Lin's conversation, Tian Chunda's expression was very serious, "We didn't come here to listen to you explain the scenery. ”

"What? ......" At that moment, Guan Lin's face suddenly fell, but he immediately burst into a smile.

"That's what I thought too." Guan Lin said in a dry voice. "Because the busy criminal police came to Dongyang to look at the scenery, it is a bit unreasonable, not to mention that this kind of place is not very attractive."

Guan Lin coughed lightly and kicked the dirt with the tip of his shoe. "What the hell do you want to talk to me about?"

"It was half a month ago." Tian Chunda said in a calm tone and lit a cigarette.

"I would like to talk to you about the death of Mr. and Mrs. Tajima one more time.

"It's best to talk about this kind of thing in a place where no one is around, that's why I asked you to take us here, because we can talk freely without the interference of others."

"Isn't that case closed?" Guan Lin said with a frown as if he was very impatient. "I've told the police everything I know, what else do you want me to say?"

"No, that incident hasn't been closed yet, so I'm coming to you again, asking you to remember that incident again."

"I don't know what you mean."

"That incident ended as a suicide incident, and the newspaper reported it as such, but that incident was not a suicide, but a murder incident, and the Tajima couple were poisoned, and the murderer was still unpunished, and he was not arrested, so I said that the incident was not closed."

The wind was a little stronger, and the cigarette in Tian Chunda's hand flew out of small sparks, turned into a cloud of green smoke and disappeared, and Guan Lin coughed lightly as if choking.

"Are you saying I killed those two people?"

Guan Lin stared at Tian Chunda, and Tian Chunda said without changing his face: "Yes." You were the one who killed those two people. ”