When Lin Feng arrived at the Criminal Department, it was almost time.

It's not that he delayed much time on the road, but that he promised to help Zhou Helin go to Puguang Temple last night to investigate the case, relying on personal relationships, if he doesn't delay the things that are worth it, then it's okay to say.

But if it takes a lot of time, you have to go through a formal process.

Therefore, after he returned to Chang'an City, he first hurried to the palace to go to the court, and then returned to Dali Temple with Xiao Yu, and walked the process of Dali Temple to assist the county government of Chang'an County to investigate the case.

Even if Xiao Yu gave Lin Feng the green light all the way, the process was cumbersome and it still took some time.

So by the time he's done with this, it's not too early.

With the documents for the investigation and handed them over to the officials of the Criminal Department, Lin Feng entered the Criminal Department very smoothly.

As soon as I came in, I heard a familiar laughter: "Zide, what kind of wind blew you here." ”

Without looking, Lin Feng knew whose laughter it was.

"Sun Langzhong, since we came back from Suizhou, we haven't seen each other, and this official misses you a lot, so I didn't come to look for you."

Lin Feng responded with a smile as he turned around and looked at Sun Fujia in an official robe.

Sun Fujia smiled and threw up his hand with Lin Feng, and said: "You are really busy now, and the official still wants to have a drink with you and celebrate your promotion to Dali Temple together, but I can't find a chance." ”

Since Lin Feng came back, in fact, it has only been three or four nights until now, but he has an appointment every night, and he is also very helpless if he has no free sky.

Lin Feng said with a smile: "So the official didn't come in person?" ”

Even if Sun Fujia knew that Lin Feng was here for official business, Lin Feng was really good at talking, and he was very comfortable to listen to.

He smiled and said, "Okay, don't say hello, the official knows that you are here for official business...... Say, how do you want our criminal department to cooperate with you? ”

"Dai Shangshu has specially instructed that as long as it is related to you, this official will personally cooperate with you."

When Lin Feng heard this, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart, Dai Guan, Xiao Yu and Wei Zheng really took great care of themselves, and they arranged everything for themselves.

Cooperating with them, Lin Feng was full of confidence and security.

He looked at Sun Fujia and said, "I want to check the file of Wude's five years." ”

"Five years of martial arts?"

Sun Fujia was stunned and wondered: "Why did you suddenly remember the file of the investigation ten years ago?" ”

Lin Feng did not hide it from Sun Fujia, and briefly introduced the case of the Lower Puguang Temple.

After hearing this, Sun Fujia's face was full of surprise, he looked at Lin Feng, and couldn't help but say: "Lin Sizheng, you deduced the case of the year with a jade pendant, a letter, and a piece of blood-stained purple cloth?" This is really too strange! ”

Zhao Shifteen, who heard the whole process on the side, also nodded in agreement.

He only thinks that his father-in-law is really the same as that immortal, which can be analyzed by an ordinary person?

Lin Feng looked at the surprised expressions of the two, he was not surprised, he chuckled and said, "This is just an inference, whether it is really as inferred by this official still needs to be verified by the file." ”

When Sun Fujia heard this, he didn't say a word, and said directly: "Let's go, let's go to the file room." ”

The file room of the Criminal Department is a two-story attic.

The first and second floors are all bookshelves, and the shelves are full of files.

After Sun Fujia led Lin Feng and the others into the file room, he went directly to the second floor, and he said: "The files in the Wude period are all on the second floor, and the first floor is mainly the files in the Zhenguan period, which are relatively recent in the year. ”

Lin Feng nodded and said, "It's similar to the dossier room of Dali Temple." ”

Sun Fujia smiled: "After all, the files of Dali Temple and the Criminal Department are the most...... Fortunately, your Dali Temple is a case file, but our criminal department, in addition to those files, there are unsolved cases, and there are a lot of such unsolved cases every year, so this file room is a little insufficient. ”

Speaking of this, Sun Fujia looked left and right, saw that there was no one around, and said in a low voice: "Dai Shangshu is actually ready to build another dossier room, but the household department is unwilling to give money, which makes Dai Shangshu angry, and he quarrels with the household department Shangshu...... No, Dai Shangshu is not here now, he just went to the household department to fight for reason. ”

Argued? It's a trouble, right?

Lin Feng smiled, Sun Fujia was willing to share these gossips with him, so he naturally regarded him as a friend rather than a colleague.

Lin Feng thought for a while and said, "The houses of the Criminal Department have been used to the extreme, and there is indeed no extra place to place more files, and the Household Department also understands this, so sooner or later it will have to nod...... They didn't agree immediately, probably because they were afraid that the other yamen would also follow suit. ”

Sun Fujia smiled: "Zide really sees it very clearly...... Therefore, Dai Shangshu is also to cooperate with the household department. ”

As they spoke, they came to a row of bookshelves.

Sun Fujia checked the year, raised his hand, pointed to the row of bookshelves in front of him, counted back four bookshelves, and said, "The files on these five bookshelves are all cases that occurred in the fifth year of Wu Denian. ”

Zhao Fifteen glanced at it and couldn't help but feel a little dizzy: "So many? ”

I saw that the shelves were full of dossiers stacked on top of each other, and I couldn't count how many there were at a glance.

Sun Fujia explained: "During the Wude period...... The world is not yet stable, the wars are continuous, and the same is true for the five years of Wude, that year Liu Heimin called the king of Handong, and I fought in the Tang Dynasty for several months, and the Turkic Jieli Khan also attacked my Tang Dynasty, Lin Shihong first surrendered to my Tang Dynasty, but soon after he rebelled and rebelled...... In short, the world was very chaotic in the five years of Wude. ”

"And when the world is in chaos, thieves and thieves will give rise to their own lives, and those with dark minds will think that it is their prosperous era and wantonly cause chaos, and the cases will naturally be far more than in peacetime."

Lin Feng nodded, agreeing with Sun Fujia's words.

Once the world is in turmoil, it is always the ordinary people who suffer, even if they do not encounter war, but there will still be suffering.

Now that Datang has entered a prosperous era, the world is stable, and the life of ordinary people can be regarded as good.

Lin Feng looked at those files and said, "Sun Langzhong, it seems that you need the help of your colleagues in the Criminal Department...... With just the three of us, I'm afraid we won't be able to finish screening in a few days. ”

Sun Fujia smiled: "It's easy to say, you have a target screening, we don't need to check specific cases, we only need to screen according to the conditions you give, it's not that difficult." ”

Lin Feng bowed his hand to Sun Fujia: "There is Lao Sun Langzhong." ”

Sun Fujia didn't delay any longer, and quickly found more than a dozen officials and asked them to start screening according to Lin Feng's requirements.

One by one, the long-sealed files were opened, and the dust slowly rose.

If Lin Feng hadn't arrived, it was estimated that these files would never have had a chance to be touched again in this life.

Lin Feng's screening speed is very fast, they only need to turn to the first page and see the relevant people and types of cases, they can determine whether it is what Lin Feng needs.

In this way, after four hours, it was getting dark, and with the efforts of nearly 20 people, all the files were screened.

Sun Fujia took the three dossiers, put them on the table, and said, "Zide, among all the dossiers in the fifth year of Wude, there are three that meet your requirements. ”

"Let's see if there's the one you want."

When Lin Feng heard this, he didn't immediately consult the file, but turned to look at the officials of the Criminal Department who were full of tiredness, and he arched his hand and said: "I have worked hard for everyone today, and after the official has finished investigating this case, the official will personally feast everyone to thank you for your help...... At that time, you colleagues must not refuse, otherwise this official will not dare to trouble you again next time. ”

When everyone heard this, they all burst into laughter, and they hurriedly nodded, if they could have a relationship with the famous Lin Fengpan, they would naturally not refuse.

Originally, they had a hard day, and there were some whispers in their hearts, but now with Lin Feng's words, they only felt that the hard work of this day was worth it.

Looking at their backs as they left satisfied, Sun Fujia couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "Zide, you were born to be an official. ”

Lin Feng laughed and said, "This official doesn't have time to invite everyone, but he still has time to accompany Sun Langzhong for a simple meal...... Sun Langzhong, let's go out to eat, and while eating, I will carefully look through these three files. ”

When Sun Fujia heard this, his eyes lit up, and he said with a smile: "This meal has finally arrived." ”

…………

In a restaurant near the yamen of the Criminal Department.

In the private room.

Lin Feng invited Sun Fujia to eat while flipping through the file.

The first file records a fire that broke out in the first month of the fifth year of Wude.

In a cloth merchant in the Jiangnan area, it was looted by mountain bandits, and all 30 members of the family were killed.

The fire burned down the entire villa, and some of the cloth that was originally intended to be provided to the imperial court was also burned by a fire.

The local government was very angry, and specially asked the nearby garrison to take action to suppress the bandits, and finally after half a month, all the local bandits entrenched in the mountains and forests were exterminated, and no one was left.

Lin Feng carefully flipped through the file, then closed it and placed it on one side.

Sun Fujia asked, "How?" ”

Lin Feng shook his head: "It shouldn't be." ”

"First, the fact of the looting of the mountain bandits has enough human evidence to prove it, and the mountain bandits have all been exterminated, and the case has been successfully concluded, all the clues are very clear, and the logical chain is reasonable."

"Second, this case happened in the first month of the fifth year of Wude, although the official does not know when the Emperor Taishang communicated with Goguryeo and wanted to exchange prisoners of war, but even if the communication was completed in the first month of the fifth year of Wude, the return of tens of thousands of people, such a long-distance migration, is not at all a month or two months can be completed."

"No matter how fast the people are, it is impossible for them to return to their homeland in the first month of that year, not to mention that their homeland is still in the Jiangnan region, which is even farther away from Goguryeo...... Therefore, purely from the perspective of time, it will not be this case. ”

Sun Fujia listened to Lin Feng's analysis, thought about it, and immediately nodded in agreement: "Indeed, it's too late in time. ”

He looked at the two files on Lin Feng's left hand side and said, "There are still two left, I hope there are what you need, otherwise it will be really troublesome." ”

Zhao Fifteen, who was eating meat, couldn't help but pause when he heard this, he looked at Lin Feng with a little worry, only to feel that the meat was not fragrant.

Lin Feng's expression was calm, and he picked up the second file as he said, "The investigation process is like this, if it's right, it's best, if it's wrong, start all over again...... And I haven't even had time to read the second copy, so it's too early to worry about it. ”

Flipping through the file, Lin Feng's gaze fell on it.

I saw that this was a case that happened in Zheng County, Huazhou.

The case took place in October of the fifth year of Wude.

On the night of the fifth day of the tenth lunar month, a cloth merchant in Zheng County was killed by a so-called friend who coveted his family wealth, and the friend's family of three came to stay at the cloth merchant's mansion, but secretly set fire to it that night.

In the end, all 25 members of the cloth merchant's family died in the fire, and none of them escaped.

The family of three who set fire to the murder secretly fled with the wealth of the cloth merchant, and the local county government sent people to look for it, but they did not find it.

In the end, the county government invited the Criminal Department and asked the entire Datang of the Criminal Department to be wanted, but even today, the family of three who set fire to the murder has not been caught.

Lin Feng looked at the contents of the dossier, his brows frowned slightly, he turned to the first page again, and looked at the surname of the cloth merchant.

The family of the cloth merchant happens to be surnamed Zhou.

And the wanted family of three is surnamed Xie.

Lin Feng's fingertips gently knocked on the table, his eyes narrowed slightly, thoughtful.

Sun Fujia saw that Lin Feng's reaction was different from the one he had just read a dossier, his heart moved, and he hurriedly said, "Found out? ”

Lin Feng nodded slowly: "This dossier is a little strange. ”

He looked at Sun Fujia and said, "In this dossier, the local government said that the arson and murderer were a family of three who went to visit the cloth merchants, but in fact, no one saw the three of them kill people and set fires. ”

Sun Fujia glanced at the dossier and immediately said: "Although no one has seen the three of them kill people and set fires, there are still indirect witnesses. ”

As he spoke, he pointed to the contents of the file and said, "You see, it is said that the local government has asked the people in the vicinity, and they all said that they have not seen anyone else enter the cloth merchant's mansion before the curfew began, so it can be determined that only this family of three was an outsider that night, and only they stayed in the cloth merchant's mansion." ”

"In addition to the confessions of these people, the officials who patrolled the county town that night also found out."

"When they approached the cloth merchant's mansion, they found three figures running out of the cloth merchant's mansion, but the distance was too far at that time for the officials to catch up with the three men, and when the officials searched the whole city, they could no longer find the three men."

"So ......"

Sun Fujia looked at Lin Feng and said, "With the testimony of the nearby people and the testimony of the officials, the local government concluded that the murderer was from the family of three." ”

Lin Feng understood what Sun Fujia meant, but he still frowned and said, "There is still a lack of key evidence that can completely convict, and the evidence is still insufficient...... After all, people in the neighborhood don't keep their eyes on the streets, they always look away from the streets. ”

"And the officials also said that they saw three figures, but they didn't see the specific appearance of the three people clearly."

"So, there are still omissions in this case."

Sun Fujia thought for a while, and then nodded: "What you said is also right...... However, the situation at that time was that the world was still chaotic, and the main attention of the imperial court was on foreign conquest and eliminating internal strife, and the punishment and prison were far less important than now, so from the perspective of that year, in fact, it was enough evidence. ”

Lin Feng understood what Sun Fujia meant, in different periods and different national conditions, many things cannot be viewed by the same standards.

"There's another thing," he said...... That's the whereabouts of this family of three. ”

He looked at Sun Fujia and said, "At that time, the Criminal Department also helped the whole Tang Dynasty to be wanted, but after so long, there is still no clue about these three people...... Where did they go? It was as if they had disappeared into thin air. ”

"A family of three, two men and one woman, their features are obvious, and there are portraits of them at the time...... And at that time, there was some chaos within Datang, and all states and counties could only pass through by virtue of their status, how did they escape? How can you escape from Zheng County? How can you not find it in the country? ”

"Passing the office" is the same as the Tang monk's westward customs clearance documents, as well as the road guide, is a necessary pass, in the Northern and Southern Dynasties to the Sui and Tang dynasties, this kind of pass is called the pass.

In ancient times, without such a document, it was difficult to move an inch, let alone travel far, and even the adjacent county town could not be reached.

Ordinary people can apply to the government for a transfer office, get a document, and follow the route written on the document before leaving.

But that family of three, they are wanted, it is impossible for them to have what they have written, so theoretically, they can't move an inch, and Zheng County can't get out.

Wherever they go, they have to be inspected, and if they don't, if they are discovered, they will be immediately arrested by the local government.

Therefore, after so many years, there is still no trace of this family of three, which is by no means a normal thing.

Sun Fujia's brows furrowed, and he said, "This is indeed a little strange...... However, it may also be that the three of them encountered some accident on the way to escape and died in the wilderness...... Or if they have some means, it is not impossible to change their identities to survive. ”

Lin Feng nodded: "What Sun Langzhong said is reasonable, but I also have a guess, Sun Langzhong might as well see if there is such a possibility......"

Lin Feng looked at Sun Fujia, squinted his eyes, and said slowly: "That's these three people, in fact, they have also died on the night of the Zhou family's annihilation!" It's just that their bodies were taken away by the real murderer, and the purpose of the real murderer is to let the three of them take the blame! ”

"In this case, they are already dead, and the corpses have been disposed of by the real murderer, which will lead to the whole Datang being wanted, and they have not been found for ten years!"

"Does Sun Langzhong think this possibility?"

Sun Fujia's pupils shrank, and his face changed.

He looked at Lin Feng with a frown, and hurriedly said, "Zide really thinks so?" ”

Lin Feng shook his head, he closed the file, and said, "This official is just a reasonable guess like Sun Langzhong, there is no evidence, just a guess." ”

"But because the evidence in this case itself is insufficient, this speculation is ......"

He took a deep breath and said in a deep voice, "It may not be impossible. ”

"Not to mention ......"

Lin Feng looked at Sun Fujia and said slowly: "This case is the case that the murderer of the serial murder case in Puguang Temple wants us to know, so I think the truth of this case should definitely not be what is written in the file." ”

Hearing Lin Feng's words, Sun Fujia and Zhao Shifu were both stunned.

But the next moment...... Sun Fujia reacted quickly and understood what Lin Feng meant, his eyes suddenly widened, and he hurriedly said, "Zide, you said this...... Have you decided that this case is the case you are looking for? ”

When Zhao Fifteen heard this, he also looked at Lin Feng busily: "Really!?" ”

Lin Feng met the nervous gaze of the two and nodded lightly: "Fortunately, the second file was found by this official." ”

As he spoke, he pulled out the wanted warrant attached to the back of the file.

He put the wanted warrant of the husband in the family of three in front of Sun Fujia and Zhao Fifteen, and said, "Look at it...... On this wanted notice, there is an introduction to Xie Fang, who is her husband. ”

The introduction reads...... Xie Fang, in the ninth year of the Great Cause, was captured with the army attacking Goguryeo, and can speak fluent Goguryeo, so he is wary of pretending to be Goguryeo and escaping......"

Sun Fujia listened to Lin Feng's words while carefully reading the contents of the wanted notice, and then his face was full of excitement.

"That's true! That's true! ”

He looked at Lin Feng and said, "This file was not screened out by the official, and the official didn't have time to read the wanted warrant attached to the end, this Xie Fang is a prisoner of war who came back from Goguryeo, so ......"

"Could it be that he's the one who wrote the letter without his name!?"

Zhao Wufu only felt goosebumps rising, everything before Lin Feng was just an inference, but now, the inference has become a reality.

Lin Feng really only relied on those three objects to find out the past ten years ago!

Lin Feng met the shocked and excited eyes of the two, chuckled, and said, "No accident, Xie Fang is the one who wrote the letter, and when he went to the cloth merchant's house, he should have asked the cloth merchant to help him deliver the letter." ”

"But I didn't expect such an accident to happen on the night he went to the cloth merchant's mansion."

Sun Fujia listened to Lin Feng's words, couldn't help but get up, paced back and forth, and said: "In this way, the murderer of Puguang Temple is the person from the cloth merchant's house, he did not die in the fire, but finally survived, and through ten years of chasing the murderer, he found these real murderers who killed and set fire back then?" ”

Lin Feng nodded: "It should be so." ”

Sun Fujia looked at Lin Feng, his heart was full of emotion, even if he accompanied Lin Feng to find out step by step, but when all this was really verified, he still couldn't help but shake in his heart.

Before he met Lin Feng, he would never believe that someone could deduce a case that had been sealed ten years ago based on those three seemingly unrelated things!

And, everything has already been verified.

They found the case!

When Lin Feng saw Sun Fujia's expression, he knew what Sun Fujia was thinking.

He smiled: "Although we can basically determine that this case is the case that the murderer of Puguang Temple wants us to discover, after all, there is still no conclusive evidence, so we still need to investigate further to finally confirm ......"

Sun Fujia's eyes flashed, and he said, "What are you going to do?" ”

Lin Feng looked at the file and said slowly: "The case happened in Huazhou, the distance is not far, if you rush overnight, you should be able to arrive at noon tomorrow." ”

Sun Fujia said: "Are you going to go to Zheng County to investigate in person?" ”

Lin Feng looked at Sun Fujia with a smile and said, "No! It should be said that we personally went to Zheng County to investigate. ”

Sun Fujia: "......"

…………

The next day, in the afternoon.

Huazhou, Zheng County.

Zhao 15 drove into the gate of the county seat, and he said, "Father-in-law, where are we going next?" Do you go directly to the county office? ”

Lin Feng, who was pretending to be asleep in the carriage, heard Zhao Shifteen's words, yawned and opened his eyes, he thought for a while, and said, "Don't go to the county government...... Let's go to the Zhou family's mansion first and see what it's like there. ”

"Okay." Zhao 15 inquired about the location of the Zhou family's mansion from a few passers-by, and then drove the carriage to set off.

In the carriage.

Sun Fujia looked at Lin Feng while doing stretching exercises, and said, "Why doesn't Zide go directly to the county office?" ”

"Ten years ago, the old case, or the county government can know more information."

Lin Feng raised the curtain of the car and looked at the lively street, he said slowly: "This kind of case with a high probability of having problems, even if you ask the local government, you may not be able to get any useful clues. ”

"And their words, on the contrary, may affect our judgment."

"After all, that's how they closed the case back then......"

Lin Feng said as he retracted his gaze to look at Sun Fujia, and said, "And they will close the case like this, there are only two situations. ”

"Or, their level is not good, they can only do it to this extent, so we ask them, and the information they give is only what is recorded in the file."

"Or, their level is enough, and they know some problems, but they still close the case like this, which can only show ......"

Lin Feng squinted his eyes and said meaningfully, "...... It is very likely that they have some involvement with this case itself. ”

Sun Fujia's pupils shrank slightly, and his face suddenly changed.

He stared at Lin Feng and said, "Do you suspect that the county government was also involved in the Zhou family's extermination case?" ”

Lin Feng shook his head and said, "I'm just making a reasonable analysis based on the existing situation, and I can't know the details until I investigate." ”

"In either case, it is destined that the government will not be able to give us much help."

"Therefore, even if we want to contact the county government in the future, it is best to check it out ourselves first, understand everything we can know, and then contact the government...... In that case, we can also calmly judge whether the people in the government are telling the truth and whether their information is wrong. ”

Sun Fujia thought for a while, then nodded and said, "It's still that you think it through." ”

Not long after, the carriage stopped.

Zhao Fifteen's voice sounded: "We have arrived." ”

Lin Feng and Sun Fujia got out of the carriage.

Then the first thing that catches your eye is a dark gatehouse that has been burned by fire.

Half of the plaque has been burned black, and only the word "Zhou" can be faintly seen.

The door was ajar and not closed.

When Lin Feng saw this scene, he was a little surprised and said, "It's been ten years, and it's been abandoned all along?" ”

Sun Fujia was also a little surprised.

"The location of this mansion is not remote, there should be many people willing to take over, how can it be abandoned all the time?"

Lin Feng shook his head, pushed open the half-covered door, and walked in.

As soon as I entered, I saw a very desolate scene.

The ruins of some buildings stand alone, and blackened marks can be seen on the walls.

The ground was already overgrown with weeds, but in late autumn, the weeds had withered, making the yard in front of me even more desolate.

Looking at this huge courtyard, Lin Feng could imagine what kind of lively scene it would be when Wude was five years old.

It's a pity that a fire froze the lively scene.

The bustle is gone, only desolation.

Lin Feng walked into the courtyard, took a brief turn around the mansion, then shook his head and said, "It seems that there are no clues here." ”

Sun Fujia nodded and sighed: "A fire burned the entire mansion, even if there were any clues, they might have been burned down, not to mention that it has been ten years now, and even if there are any clues, they have already been destroyed by the power of rain, snow, wind and frost and time." ”

Lin Feng slowly exhaled, turned around and walked out: "Let's go, go to the neighborhood to find out the news, time and rain, snow, wind and frost can cover up the clues here, but they can't hide people's memories." ”

When everyone walked out of the Zhou Mansion, Lin Feng turned around and closed the door again, then turned around and looked around.

At this time, he found a tea shop not far away.

Lin Feng said: "It's just noon, let's go have a meal together, and find out the information by the way." ”

A few people came to the tea shop, found a random table and sat down.

Lin Feng found that there were not many guests in this tea shop, except for them, there were only two tables of guests.

And there is only one busy shopkeeper, not even a buddy.

Lin Feng said: "Shopkeeper, make a portion of your special meals, and you must be full." ”

When the shopkeeper heard this, he hurriedly said enthusiastically: "Okay, wait a minute, the guest officer." ”

Tea shops not only sell tea, but also have meals to eat, and the price is cheaper than that of restaurants.

While waiting for the food to be served, Lin Feng and the others listened attentively to the chatter of the other two table guests, wanting to hear if there were any hot events in Zheng County recently.

But after listening to it for a while, the expressions of the three of them were a little weird.

Sun Fujia and Zhao Fifteen both looked at Lin Feng directly, Zhao Fifteen looked like he wanted to say something, and Sun Fujia almost laughed out loud.

Lin Feng looked at the uncomfortable appearance of the two of them, and said helplessly: "If you want to laugh, laugh." ”

The two of them burst into laughter.

Sun Fujia said with a smile: "Zide, I didn't expect you to be so famous now, even in any tea stall in Zheng County, I can hear and discuss your words." ”

That's right, Lin Feng and the three of them eavesdropped for a long time, originally thinking to hear if there was anything to pay attention to in Zheng County, but they didn't think about it, and all they heard was about Lin Feng's deeds in solving the case.

These people are all lamenting that Lin Feng's case is really bullish, and they are all admiring how there is such a powerful detective in this world.

Eat melons and eat melons, and as a result, you eat yourself.

Lin Feng shook his head and said, "I didn't expect that there would be people talking about me here. ”

Sun Fujia looked at Lin Feng and said with emotion: "This is once famous and known to the world, Zide, you are no longer the person you once were." ”

When Zhao Fifteen heard this, he also nodded heavily, and said: "Father-in-law, now even many storytellers in restaurants are telling about your deeds, and the people have applauded again and again after hearing it, saying that you are like a god in judging cases, and there is no one before." ”

When Lin Feng heard this, he smiled and said, "Don't brag about me, if you keep talking, I'll float." ”

Sun Fujia saw that Lin Feng was famous but not arrogant, and he couldn't help nodding in his heart, he felt more and more that Lin Feng was a person who could do great things.

At this time, the shopkeeper of the tea stall brought the food and said, "Please use it slowly." ”

Lin Feng saw that the other two tables of guests had left, and the shopkeeper was no longer busy, so he smiled and said, "Shopkeeper, sit down and eat together?" ”

The shopkeeper hurriedly shook his head: "Don't you dare to eat the things of the guest officer." ”

Lin Feng said with a smile: "The shopkeeper looks like he's been busy all day, and he hasn't eaten yet...... And we obviously can't eat these meals, so the shopkeeper will help us and let us not waste food. ”

Seeing this, Sun Fujia said very tacitly: "We don't need the shopkeeper to pay for your meal, you just sit down and eat together, and we are from other places, and we also want to understand the affairs of our Zheng County with the shopkeeper, where there is delicious food, where there is fun, we also hope that the shopkeeper can help recommend it." ”

As soon as the shopkeeper heard that Lin Feng was asking for something, seeing that Lin Feng was resolute and not polite, he thought about it and said, "Then the little old man will accompany the guest officers to talk." ”

As he spoke, the shopkeeper sat down as well.

Lin Feng looked at the shopkeeper with green silk on his sideburns, and said while eating: "Is the shopkeeper busy alone?" Can you keep yourself busy? ”

"I used to have my wife to help, but she was not feeling well a few days ago, and Lang Zhong asked her to have a good rest, so she could only be busy alone."

Lin Feng nodded and said, "The body is important, and when you are older, it is important to take care of your body." ”

The shopkeeper nodded hurriedly: "I think so too." ”

Lin Feng smiled, he glanced at the Zhou Mansion diagonally opposite, his face showed curiosity, and said, "Shopkeeper, just now we passed by there and found that this mansion seems to be deserted, this mansion occupies such a good location, why is it so deserted?" Isn't this a tyrannical thing? ”

When the old shopkeeper heard this, he looked at the Zhou Mansion opposite, with a complicated look in his eyes, and he sighed: "Several guest officials don't know that this mansion is ...... Haunted. ”

"Haunted!?"

Lin Feng's eyes flashed suddenly, he and Sun Fujia glanced at each other, and both of them nodded lightly.

Lin Feng was curious: "What kind of haunting method?" ”

When the old shopkeeper recalled these things, he sighed, and said: "The guest officer doesn't know that this mansion belonged to the Zhou family, the richest businessman in our county, ten years ago. ”

"The Zhou family started with cloth, and they can even provide cloth for the imperial court, which is very famous in our county."

"But who knows, one night ten years ago, the Zhou family suffered a catastrophe...... A fire burned the Zhou family to the ground, and the original magnificent mansion became such a ruin. ”

"There was no one left in the originally lively Zhou family, and the twenty-five people in the mansion, the master and his subordinates, all died tragically that night."

Lin Feng asked quietly, "Why did the fire happen?" And what kind of fire will make twenty-five people, not one of them escape? ”

The old shopkeeper said, "It's not an ordinary fire...... It was a deliberate fire. ”

"Someone put it on purpose?" Lin Feng raised his eyebrows: "Who put it?" Did the Zhou family make a feud with anyone? ”

The old shopkeeper talked about the events of the year, with a sigh on his face, he shook his head and said: "Zhou Jiale is kind and charitable, who can make enemies with them?" ”

"The one who harmed the Zhou family was not only not the enemy of the Zhou family, but the original friend of the owner of the Zhou family, Xie Fang......"

Lin Feng's eyes flashed slightly, and he remembered the contents of the dossier in his heart, and he said, "Why would my friends harm them? ”

The old shopkeeper shook his head: "Who knows, but the government later investigated, and the Zhou family's money and important gold, silver and jewelry were gone, saying that they were stolen by Xie Fang's family, and the reason why they set fire to kill people was for this money." ”

Lin Feng looked at the old man and asked, "Does the shopkeeper think that this could be the reason?" ”

The old shopkeeper said with a smile: "How can the little old man know this, but the wealth is moving, and it is not impossible that so much money will make people feel murderous." ”

Lin Feng nodded slightly: "It's true, the wealth is moving...... But is it really such a vicious thing that Xie Fang's family did? Someone saw them set fire to kill someone? ”

The old shopkeeper shook his head: "It was so dark at that time, we all went home, and the people in the Zhou Mansion were all dead, who could see it with their own eyes...... However, Xiao Lao'er has always set up a stall here, and I saw with my own eyes that on that day, except for Xie Fang's family, no other outsiders had ever been to Zhou's mansion. ”

Lin Feng's eyes flashed: "The shopkeeper is still a witness?" ”

Sun Fujia was also surprised, he didn't expect the human evidence in the file to appear here.

The old shopkeeper nodded: "It's a human witness, people from the government also came to me for questioning at that time, and I just told the truth." ”

"Is the shopkeeper really sure that except for Xie Fang's family, no outsiders have been to the Zhou Mansion?"

"Don't hide it from a few guest officers, my business was very bad that day, and there were few customers, so I have been sitting here idlely, so I can see it very clearly."

Sun Fujia couldn't help but look at Lin Feng, when he was looking at the file before, Lin Feng said...... It was impossible for the people in the neighborhood to keep an eye on the street, so it was impossible to be really sure that no other outsiders had been to Zhou's house.

But now, the old shopkeeper said that he just kept staring.

Could it be that Lin Feng was wrong?

Lin Feng also frowned slightly at this time, he thought for a while, and said, "Shopkeeper, I don't know how good the Zhou family's business was back then?" I heard that there were still people in Zheng County who could do business in Goguryeo back then, I don't know if it was this Zhou family? ”

When Sun Fujia heard this, his heart suddenly moved, he knew that Lin Feng was verifying...... Whether this case is related to the Puguang Temple case.

Then they were surprised by the old shopkeeper: "The guest officer still knows about this?" That's right, the business of the Zhou family was really hot back then, not only supplying cloth to the imperial court, but also selling it to Goguryeo, which is one of the best in our entire Huazhou. ”

Lin Feng's eyes flashed, and the stone in his heart finally fell.

He's not wrong!

This is the case that the murderer of Puguang Temple gave him!

So there must be something wrong with this case...... But the old shopkeeper was so sure that no other outsiders had come to Zhou's mansion that day.

Don't......

Lin Feng narrowed his eyes, and speculated in his heart: "Did an outsider sneak into Zhou's house that night to kill people and set fire?" Or is it really Xie Fang's family of three who did it? Or ...... It was the people in Zhou's house who committed all these evil deeds? ”

"But in the dossier, it is clearly said that everyone in the Zhou Mansion is dead, and the number of people is corresponding...... No, the murderer in Puguang Temple is not dead...... So, what's going on with the number of people? ”

He and Sun Fujia glanced at each other, and both of them looked dazed.

The more you learn about this case, the more unsolved mysteries there become.

Lin Feng gathered his thoughts, looked at the shopkeeper, and said, "The shopkeeper just now said that this house is haunted, I don't know what's going on?" ”

Sun Fujia also looked at the shopkeeper.

I heard the old shopkeeper say: "In fact, after this house was abandoned, there have always been people who want to buy this house and build a new one." ”

"But at that moment, the watchman who was passing by heard a cry suddenly coming from the house, and the cry whimpered, sounding very terrifying, and he almost scared the watchman to death at that time."

"But the next day, the government came to investigate, but nothing was found."

"Since then, there have been rumors of haunting in the house, some people say that the people of the Zhou Mansion died tragically, and they are resentful, so they have been staying in the world and are unwilling to leave, and they want to find someone to ask for their lives, so no one dares to approach the house easily."

"But after that, no one was in danger, and a few years later, about half a year ago, someone came up with the idea of building a new house here."

Speaking of this, the old shopkeeper couldn't help but glance at Zhou Zhai, and his voice was lowered a little, as if he was afraid of being heard.

He said: "And that night, when the night guards passed by the door of the Zhou Mansion, they suddenly heard a cry in the Zhou Mansion, and they were all startled, subconsciously approached the Zhou Mansion and pushed open the door of the Zhou Mansion...... And at that time, they found that in Zhou's house, there were ghost fires fluttering, and the whimpering cries came from those ghost fires. ”

"This directly scared those officials away, and since then, no one has dared to say anything about buying the Zhou Mansion, and the Zhou Mansion has been completely abandoned."

Listening to the old man's words, Sun Fujia suddenly raised his head, and he subconsciously said, "Ghost Fire!?" ”

Then his gaze fell on Lin Feng.

Obviously, the ghost fire that the old man said reminded him of the case of Puguang Temple.

Lin Feng squinted his eyes and pondered for a moment, he looked at the old man and said, "This is really evil enough......

"Who's to say it isn't."

The old shopkeeper was obviously very talkative, and he said: "Since the accident in the Zhou Mansion, a lot of evil things have really happened. ”

"Is there anything else that is going on?" Lin Feng's eyes flashed, and he asked curiously.

The old shopkeeper said: "I think that Zhou Zhai is the Dinghai needle of our Zheng County, and after its accident, our Zheng County has been doing evil things. ”

"For example, on the night of the fire in the Zhou Mansion, someone saw some dead people crawling out of the cemetery......"

Lin Feng's eyes flashed: "The dead man crawled out?" ”

The shopkeeper nodded: "What they say is clear-eyed, I don't think it's a fraud." ”

"Moreover, not only Zheng County, but also in our next county......"

The shopkeeper glanced at the Zhou Mansion opposite with some caution, and said in a low voice: "Not long after the accident in the Zhou Mansion, several charred corpses were also found, and the heads of these charred corpses were missing...... However, where these charred corpses appeared, there was no trace of fire at all, and some people said that it was the resentful soul of the Zhou Mansion killing people and taking revenge...... In short, it's weird. ”

Sun Fujia frowned, only feeling that the affairs of Zheng County were getting more and more weird.

Zhao Wufu rubbed his arms even more, feeling that goosebumps were about to rise.

The two couldn't help but look at Lin Feng, and saw that Lin Feng was also frowning and thinking.

At this time, a new guest came, and the old shopkeeper hurriedly got up to entertain the other guests.

After the old shopkeeper left, Sun Fujia looked at Lin Feng and couldn't help but say, "Zide, what should I do next?" Things are a little different from what we expected. ”

Lin Feng's fingertips lightly knocked on the tabletop, and after he pondered for a moment, he suddenly raised his head to look at Zhao Shifu and said, "Are you afraid of the dead?" ”

Zhao Fifteen was stunned for a moment, and then shook his head: "Don't be afraid." ”

"That's good."

Lin Feng picked up the chopsticks, and while holding the vegetables, he said slowly: "After eating, dig the grave with the official." ”

Zhao 15: "??? ”

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