Gu Shiwei stepped on the scattered sawdust and walked to the lantern that was broken by Wu Jiang.

The four main pillars of the lantern were shattered, revealing a hollow section of the wood painted crimson on all sides, which looked like ordinary wood on the outside, but was hollowed out on the inside, leaving room for gold.

Gu Shiwei stretched out his finger and clamped it into the remaining half of the column, and took out a piece of gold.

This gold is exactly the same size as the one held in Wu Jiang's hand, and it is said to be a gold brick, but it is not as thick as a big brick for building a house and paving the floor.

For the relatively thin gold bar, its cross-section is boxy and looks like a miniature coffin, which can be held by one hand, which is not an ordinary style.

It is estimated that Li Zhenxian found someone to open the mold and made it, and there is no mark on it.

Gu Shiwei thought about it and looked at Wu Jiang.

This man is headless and brainless, but he noticed a little problem, why did Li Zhenxian hide this gold in such a conspicuous lantern?

One lantern has four pillars, two in one column, and there are six lanterns, but there are no more than forty-eight in total.

If this thing is in an ordinary person's house, it can't be explained, but Li Zhenxian is from the family of an official eunuch, and there are many wealthy merchants in Bianjing City, and it is not uncommon for people to have forty-eight gold.

It was he who led Wang Yushi to open the box to show off the gold, and Wang Yushi couldn't say that he was corrupt and perverted the law.

After all, he can blame all the things that can't be explained on the dead old father, Wang Yushi has to grit his teeth and pretend to be envious when he hears it, and praises "Our father is so good, but he died early"!

Gu Shi's eyes moved slightly, and he looked at the white-haired old woman who was sitting at the door, this person should be Li Zhenxian's mother.

She cares more about the gold than about her son's death.

This Gu was holding the gold slightly, and Han Shiyan had already walked to Li Zhenxian's mother.

"Who is responsible for lighting the lamp and changing the oil in the study? Is there any suspicious person who has been in the study for the past two days and has the chance to touch these lanterns? ”

Han Shiyan's cold voice sounded at the door, and Old Madam Li came back to her senses and began to sob.

She cried and said, "In the study, except for my son himself, only the chief housekeeper Li Mao can enter to clean and place, and he is also responsible for lighting the lamp." As for whether anyone else has come, I have been practicing in the Buddhist hall and don't care about the housework. ”

As soon as the butler heard his name, he hurriedly took over the conversation, "It is indeed me who is responsible for lighting the lamp and adding oil." ”

"My husband is at home, and he will always read in the study after dark."

Of course, nine times out of ten, he was in Goolan Courtyard, that is, Guan Yushi died tragically in Furong Lane, and that place was on the cusp at this time, and today they made an appointment not to go out.

"In addition to me, Master Fu Chen Chao will also come over, this lantern is made by him, and he will check with me every once in a while to see if there is anything that needs to be repaired, after all, the lantern is too big and hangs on the top of Lang Jun's head."

The big butler said, his eyes were red, he glanced at the gold, and said with a look of surprise, "I don't know how the gold is hidden here, I've never heard Lang Jun mention it." ”

Han Shiyan looked at him and continued to ask, "How often did Chen Chao come, and when did he come the last time, but he acted as usual?" ”

The crossbow machine was so delicate that it was hidden above the lantern, and the person standing in front of the door could not see it.

The mother of the chief housekeeper and Lee Jung-hyun still does not know that he was pierced by a poisonous needle and died.

The chief butler listened, and sure enough, he did not suspect him, but he was interrogated because there was gold in the lantern, so he replied honestly, "I came here today, and I come every three months on weekdays, and the time is not fixed." ”

"Early this morning, Chen Chao came to Fuzhong and said that he didn't go back during the New Year's Festival, and he would go back to his hometown to worship his ancestors in a few days, and he would come back after Qingming."

"And you've been staring at him?" Wu Jiang, who put the gold down, interjected curiously.

The chief butler hesitated for a moment, glanced at Old Madam Li, and shook his head, "My lord trusts him very much, Master Chen has been working for the mansion for many years. I usually watch from my study, and occasionally I leave for a short while. ”

"Not long after Lang Jun went to the Third Division today, he sent Chang Sui'an back, saying that Guan Yushi was gone, and asked me to prepare the funeral and send it to the house early. I went to the small Buddha hall to find the old lady and get the pair of cards and the key to the treasury. ”

"Everyone in the house can testify to me!"

The chief butler said, sensing the smell, he exclaimed, pointed to the gold on the ground and said, "Maybe that gold is stuffed in it by Chen Chao and wants to frame our Langjun!" ”

When Wu Jiang heard this, he laughed.

"You have so much gold, would you stuff someone's house? Why don't you stuff it into the ancestral grave and let it glow golden? ”

The butler was dumbfounded, and then he was so ashamed that he wanted to get into the crack in the door.

"Master Gu, you just said that the murderer is proficient in mechanical techniques, and he is an acquaintance of Li Zhenxian, and he has also come into contact with lanterns, so it seems that this is Chen Chao!"

Wu Jiang said that his heart was not empty, and his legs were no longer shaking!

"Before, I felt like I had fallen into blood mold, but now it seems that I am about to solve a big case again! I'm going to let people catch Chen Chao! As he spoke, he pointed to the two officials and nodded at them, and the two officials immediately rushed out.

Gu Shiwei and Han Shiyan did not say anything to stop him, and at present, it seems that Chen Chao is indeed the most likely suspect.

It's just that if the murderer is Chen Chao, if he wants to kill Li Zhenxian, just because he has such a powerful poison and a small crossbow, he can easily find a hidden place to shoot Li Zhenxian on the street, throw away the small crossbow after killing, and hide in the crowd as if nothing happened.

It's not like now, exposing yourself to people entirely.

Therefore, Chen Chao's purpose is not only to kill Li Zhenxian.

It's about letting people find evidence of Lee Jung-hyun's corruption, so why did he do it again?

Li Zhenxian treats him with great trust, it can be said that he is his food and clothing parents, why did Chen Chao do this?

Gu Shiwei looked at the gold bricks and asked the sobbing Old Madam Li, "Chen Chao didn't just make this lantern, what else did he do for your family?" Let me guess, isn't it right to stay in the small Buddha hall where you stay every day? ”

Old Madam Li's sobbing came to an abrupt end.

She looked at Gu Shiwei, with a face that couldn't be concealed.

She guessed it!

Only in this way can we explain why Mrs. Li felt that a catastrophe was coming when she saw the gold that had fallen, and the housekeeper could say that it might be Chen Chaosai, but she didn't explain it at all, nor did she show surprise.

This is because she knows that the gold is hidden in the lantern pillar, so Chen Chao, who made the lantern, will definitely be involved.

As long as the person investigating the case is not a brain-deficient like Wu Jiang, he will think that Chen Chao can make a lantern to hide gold, and he can make something else......

"Let's go, let's go to the small Buddha hall to find the treasure!"

When Wu Jiang said this, his eyes were brighter than the lanterns he was hanging.