Chapter Twenty-Nine: I Know Who the Arsonist Is!
When he arrived at the office of Shi Zhouran, the servant in the palace, Lin Feng saw a slightly chubby middle-aged man next to Zhao Shifteen, pacing back and forth.
Seeing Lin Feng and Sun Fujia coming, Zhou Ran hurriedly stepped forward and said enthusiastically: "Sun Langzhong...... This is Lin Feng, who solved the haunted case of the palace, and he has admired his name for a long time. ”
Lin Feng looked at Zhou Ran as a familiar social expert, and his mind was full of question marks.
Isn't that right?
In a place like Yushitai, he subconsciously felt that everyone should be like Wei Zheng, not to mention having a straight face every day, and not to be smiling and joking.
Zheng Feng just now looked bitter and hateful.
Unexpectedly, Zhou Ran in front of him had a completely different expression.
It seems that he is also preconceived and influenced by empiricism......
Lin Feng hurriedly swept away his prejudice against the Yushitai and surrendered his hand to Zhou Ran.
As the saying goes, reaching out and not hitting a smiling person, Zhou Ran is so enthusiastic about himself, he naturally won't have a cold face.
In case Zhou Ran is not an arsonist, then if you get along, maybe you will be your own network in the future.
"Let Zhou Yushi wait for a long time." Lin Feng said.
Zhou Ran hurriedly shook his head: "Soon, as long as the case can be solved and the arsonist can be caught, it will be better than anything else." ”
Lin Feng nodded slightly: "Zhou Yushi is right. ”
He turned to look at the office room in front of him and said, "Which one is Zhou Yushi's office room?" ”
Zhou Ran pointed to the second room on the west side and said, "There." ”
Lin Feng said with a smile: "Let's go to Zhou Yushi's office and take a look." ”
"Please!" Zhou Ran did not hesitate, not twisting at all.
Lin Feng and the others entered his office under the enthusiastic leadership of Zhou Ran.
This office room has no features, and like the office room in Taiyuan, it is a standard room with four desks.
Even the mud on the ground is in the same vein as the mud in Wu Minxing's office.
Lin Feng didn't know how to complain, how to say that they were also three institutions, so they couldn't be a little different?
Zhou Ran came to the table by the window and said, "This is my desk, I worked here last night, because of the heavy tasks, I was also going to stay up all night." ”
"Later, in the second half of the night, I really couldn't stay up, I couldn't sleep, so I opened the window and thought about blowing the wind, and by the way, I learned from those elegant people to appreciate the moon, if I could burst out of inspiration, it would be better to write a Yongyue poem."
"But I didn't expect that I stared at the moon for a long time and didn't say half a word."
Such ambitions...... Lin Feng was greatly admired.
"However, although I didn't come up with half a line of Yongyue poems, during this period, I saw two colleagues passing by here one after another."
There was no need for Lin Feng to ask, Zhou Ran took the initiative to tell everything he did last night and what he discovered.
This made Lin Feng sigh with emotion, if everyone cooperated so much, the case in this world would not be so difficult to break.
Lin Feng looked at Zhou Ran's table, his table was neater than Zheng Feng's, but it was still much worse than Wu Minxing's.
The brush was put into the pen holder, but there was still some ink in the inkstone, and there was still a lot of ink.
Books and papers are stacked on top of each other and are not so scattered.
Lin Feng looked out the window from the table, the view here was excellent, and he could indeed clearly see the situation on the road.
"Tell me about the situation." Lin Feng said.
Zhou Ran said: "It's probably not long after the ugly time...... I heard the sound of the watchman, and soon after, I saw Wu Yushi walking past my window. ”
"In which direction did he go?"
"The east side is the direction of the dossier room."
"Just went to the dossier room? Didn't come back? ”
"I'm back."
Zhou Ran said: "In less than a quarter of an hour, I came back." ”
Lin Feng nodded thoughtfully: "He went and came back, but what was wrong?" ”
Zhou Ran shook his head: "I didn't pay attention to this." ”
"What about Zheng Yushi?" Lin Feng continued to ask.
Zhou Ran said: "Zheng Yushi will only have a quarter of an hour after Wu Yushi comes back, passing by me, he is also walking to the east. ”
"Then after a short while, I suddenly heard a shout, and I hurriedly ran out to look, and I saw the fire, and I knew about the fire in the dossier room."
"For a while?" Lin Feng said: "How long does a short period mean?" ”
Zhou Ran thought for a while and said, "It's not too long, it's only half an hour." ”
Half an hour, that is, less than eight minutes......
Lin Feng put his hands together, and the thumbs of his two hands circled back and forth, which was a subconscious move of his brain.
In his brain, the corresponding image quickly appeared at this moment.
According to Zhou Ran's description, the sequence of several people, as well as the chain of clues, began to emerge and begin to be combined.
He thought for a moment and said, "Before Zheng Yushi passed, in the quarter of an hour after Wu Yushi left, could you see other figures?" ”
Zhou Ran shook his head: "It's not ...... But maybe I ignored it, and I poured myself a glass of water in the middle and didn't look outside. ”
Lin Feng nodded, and he said, "Has Zhou Yushi been working here all the time tonight?" Haven't been out yet? ”
"Not really, I've been out too."
Zhou Ran did not hide it: "When I was in Hai, a colleague sent me a file, which I needed to deal with official business. ”
"Send you a file...... Can you ask who gave it to you? Lin Feng said curiously.
Zhou Ran smiled, because he was a little fat, his eyes narrowed into a slit: "This is not something that can't be said...... It is the supervisor of the imperial history Qin Mo, he and I are in charge of the same task, but I am responsible for sitting in the imperial history platform and sorting out the materials, and he is responsible for running around outside. ”
"Tonight, he also just came back from running outside, because Wei Gongdai had to complete the task as soon as possible, so he didn't dare to delay at all, so he gave me the file."
Lin Feng sighed: "You guys are so hard. ”
Zhou Ran said with a smile: "As the imperial history, this is our duty, and there is nothing hard or hard." ”
This is simply a model for employees, and Lin Feng can't help but give him a thumbs up.
He pondered for a moment, and saw Zhou Ran yawning constantly, so he said: "Thank you Zhou Yushi for your cooperation, Zhou Yushi has worked hard all night, let's go rest first." ”
Zhou Ran smiled and waved his hand: "Brother Lin is hard, if you have something, you can ask me at any time." ”
So saying, he turned and followed the servant away.
Sun Fujia hurriedly asked, "Zide, how is it?" What's the catch? ”
Zhao Wufu also looked at his father-in-law.
Lin Feng rubbed his forehead and said, "How is his reputation?" ”
Sun Fujia said: "Friendly and diligent, so many people are willing to look for him if they want to come to Yushitai to do business." ”
Lin Feng thought about Zhou Ran's enthusiasm and initiative, nodded and said, "It's really kind enough." ”
He turned around and walked out, and said, "Let's go, let's go see Wu Yushi at the end." ”
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Lin Feng met Wu Minxing in the lounge.
When it is called a lounge, it is actually a room with three beds, a table and a few stools.
Other than that, there wasn't even a cabinet.
Simple no.
At most, you can sleep.
Lin Feng sat on the stool and looked at Wu Minxing.
Wu Minxing's official robe was a little wrinkled, his hair was a little messy, and there seemed to be a leaf on the tip of his hair...... It seems that when it comes to putting out fires, he really cares.
He was holding a jade pendant with a rope in his hand, his brows were tightly locked, and he looked a little cramped and nervous.
and Zhou Ran, who is full of enthusiasm and smiles, are simply two extremes.
Lin Feng looked at Wu Minxing and said, "Wu Yushi doesn't have to be nervous, let's just talk casually." ”
Wu Minxing took a deep breath and said, "Okay." ”
Lin Feng looked at the jade pendant that Wu Minxing was holding tightly, and said curiously: "Wu Yushi likes jade?" ”
Wu Minxing was dazed for a moment, and then understood, he hurriedly shook his head: "No." ”
"And your jade pendant?"
"This ......," Wu Minxing said, "it's just occasionally interested." ”
"Can I take a look?"
Wu Minxing hesitated for a moment, and then handed the jade pendant to Lin Feng.
Lin Feng took the jade pendant, the jade pendant was very clear, slightly warm to the hand, and it could be seen that the material was very good, but there was something slimy on it.
There are a few words engraved on it.
On the obverse is: "Wencheng Wude".
The opposite is: "good health".
Lin Feng looked at the jade pendant, then at Wu Minxing, and said with a smile: "Wu Yushi, your jade pendant has a very good meaning." ”
Wu Minxing pursed his lips and immediately said, "It's just a good omen." ”
Lin Feng nodded: "I understand." ”
He looked at the jade pendant again, then returned the jade pendant to Wu Minxing, and said, "Okay, then let's start...... Wu Yushi, please tell me what you did tonight. ”
Wu Minxing held the jade pendant while bowing his head and said: "Before the time of the child, I had been handling official business in the office room, and around the time of the child, I finally finished the official business. ”
"Because it was curfew outside, I couldn't go home and rest, so I came here to rest."
"But not long after I slept, my stomach suddenly hurt, so I quickly got up and went to the toilet."
Lin Feng said: "Toilet? ”
Wu Minxing said: "There are no toilets near us, and the nearest toilet is in the grove in front of the file room. ”
Lin Feng looked at Sun Fujia, and Sun Fujia nodded: "That's the case." ”
Wu Minxing continued: "I don't know if it's a cold, or if I have a bad stomach, but it's good for a while. ”
"After using the latrine, I went back to the lounge to rest and didn't come out again...... It wasn't until I heard someone shouting that the water was gone, and then I went out to check on the situation. ”
"Did anyone see you go to the hut?" Lin Feng asked.
Wu Minxing shook his head: "It's the middle of the night, how can I meet someone." ”
"But when I went up to the hut, I heard a few very frightening cries, like the cry of a baby, and I was startled."
"Then I hurriedly followed the sound, and I found a cat in the moon."
Zhao Fifteen was stunned: "There is a cat in the moon?" ”
"It's not!"
Wu Minxing hurriedly said: "I said it wrong, there is a kitten standing on the tree, and behind the kitten is the moon, so at first glance, it looks like there is a cat in the moon." ”
"The cat was trapped in a tree and couldn't get down, so after I went to the toilet, I climbed the tree and hugged the cat down."
"It's not ......"
Wu Minxing pointed to his official robe: "I didn't think much about it at the time, but when I got down the tree, I found that this official robe had been ground out of a small hole." ”
Lin Feng looked at it, and sure enough, there was a small opening in the position of his leg.
He also thought that Wu Minxing was working too hard to fight the fire, and it turned out that he was climbing a tree.
The leaves in the hair also prove this.
Wu Minxing said: "Maybe other people have also seen the cat, or Zheng Yushi can also hear the cat barking when he passes by later." ”
Lin Feng raised his eyebrows and said, "How did Wu Yushi know that after you, Zheng Yushi also passed by?" ”
Wu Minxing said directly: "When we put out the fire, they talked about it casually. ”
Lin Feng could imagine that kind of scene.
Wu Minxing said, when I pulled the poop just now, it didn't catch fire yet, why is it burning now?
Zhou Ran said: I saw the two of you passing by, and you are suspicious.
Zheng Feng and Wu Minxing shook their heads at the same time: "I didn't, don't talk nonsense!" ”
Lin Feng thought for a moment and said, "I'll ask people about cats...... There is another thing, when Wu Yushi was in the office, did he ever find someone walking outside? ”
Wu Minxing shook his head: "I didn't pay attention. ”
"Then Wu Yushi handled official business last night, did he leave the office?"
"This ...... I also went to the hut twice when I was on business. ”
You can see that your stomach is really uncomfortable...... Lin Feng nodded, he looked at Wu Minxing, only to see that Wu Minxing still hadn't relaxed, still holding the jade pendant tightly, keeping his head down.
Lin Feng's fingertips lightly knocked on the table twice, and then smiled: "Wu Yushi, go and rest." ”
Wu Minxing breathed a sigh of relief and left.
After Wu Minxing left, Zhao Fifteen and Sun Fujia couldn't wait to look at Lin Feng, and Zhao Fifteen said, "Father-in-law, this is the last person, how is it?" ”
Lin Feng thought for a while and said, "How is Wu Yushi's wind review?" ”
Sun Fujia said: "Wu Yushi has the style of Wei Gong, with clean sleeves, diligent and thrifty, very simple, and his evaluation is higher than that of Zheng Yushi." ”
Hearing this, Lin Feng pondered for a long time.
Immediately, he picked up the kettle, poured himself a glass of cold water, and finally felt comfortable.
He snapped the cup down and said, "I already know who set it on fire!" ”