"Appeal ......"

Zhao Fifteen tightened the reins, stopped the carriage, and said, "Father-in-law, we have arrived." ”

Lin Feng, who was taking a break in the carriage, suddenly opened his eyes when he heard this.

Although it was only a little more than a quarter of an hour of rest, it also made Lin Feng recover a lot of energy and his mental state was much better.

He stretched slightly, and got out of the carriage.

When I came to the car, I raised my head and saw that there was a small house in front of me, there were two majestic stone lions in front of the mansion, the lintel was tall, and there was a gilded plaque hanging above it - the palace.

This is the residence of the deceased Dali Temple Shaoqing Wang Jian.

"Father-in-law, look, there is a guard in front of this mansion."

Zhao Fifteen pointed to Lin Feng in front of the gate painted with vermilion paint, only to see that the gate of the palace was closed at this time, and there were four officials standing in front of the door wearing official uniforms and swords hanging from their waists.

These officials were staring at Lin Feng and Zhao Fifteen with their waists straight at the moment, their feet firmly on the ground, one hand hanging down the edge of their trousers, and the other hand holding the hilt of the knife, full of majesty and extraordinary momentum.

When Lin Feng saw this scene, his eyes flashed slightly, and he said with a smile: "It seems that the news of Zhou County's order is very well-informed, this is knowing that I have returned to Chang'an, and I am afraid that I will come to get involved in this case, so I will put up a battle in advance, I hope I can be interesting and don't come to hit the south wall?" ”

Lin Feng had helped Zhou Helin investigate the Zhou family extermination case in Puguang Temple before, and had cooperated and contacted the officials of the Chang'an County Ya, so it was impossible for these officials not to know themselves.

But now when they see themselves, they pretend not to know themselves, and they still put on a majestic appearance that no one is allowed to enter, if they want to say that this is not Zhou Helin's advice and arrangement, it is estimated that Zhao Fifteen will not believe it.

And Zhou Helin's purpose in doing this, there is no doubt that it is to let himself understand his thoughts that he does not want to come...... For smart people, one move is enough to show a lot of things, this kind of hurtful and angry thing, if you can not tear your face, you won't tear your face, after all, everyone is a person who wants face, and you still have to have a peaceful appearance.

If there was no Donggong case, Lin Feng really didn't care who would investigate Wang Jian's case, after all, he already had the credit of providing the list of merchant forces in the Western Regions, and that credit was only a lot more than cracking Wang Jian's case, but unfortunately, the Donggong case and Wang Jian's case were likely to have some unknown connections, which made Lin Feng have to be involved.

"Father-in-law, what should we do if Zhou County's order doesn't welcome us?" Zhao Fifteen scratched his head and asked Lin Feng.

After returning to Chang'an, Zhao Fifteen listened to Lin Feng's order to send Xiao Man'er home, and when he returned to Dali Temple, Lin Feng had already finished talking to Xiao Yu, so Zhao Fifteen didn't know the competition between Lin Feng and Zhou Helin and Lin Feng's attitude.

Lin Feng smiled and said, "It's okay, as long as we pretend not to understand Zhou County's thoughts, then he is a colleague who has a friendship with me, and he will welcome us." ”

With that, Lin Feng walked directly towards the door of the house.

Didn't understand the idea, that's welcome? If you don't welcome it, you welcome it, how else can you do that?

Zhao Fifteen's eyes lit up, and he looked like he had learned, and hurriedly chased after him.

"Stop!"

As soon as Lin Feng and Zhao Fifteen arrived at the door, they were stopped by the officials.

A servant took a step sideways, blocked in front of Lin Feng and the others, and frowned: "The Chang'an County government is handling the case, and no one is allowed to enter, so leave as soon as possible, and Hugh will interfere with the investigation of the Zhou County order." ”

When Zhao Fifteen heard such a rude tone, he immediately stepped out, the horizontal knife in his hand was instantly unsheathed, and he pointed directly at this officer, and the evil qi raised on the battlefield rushed towards the officer, and he snorted coldly: "Bold!" Do you know who you're talking to? ”

"Dali Temple Lin Temple is looking for Zhou County Order for something important, how can you allow Er and others to stop it!"

Hearing Zhao Fifteen's words, the faces of these officials changed, and they hurriedly looked at Lin Feng and said, "Are you Lin Sizheng?" ”

Seeing the surprise and surprise of these officials' performances, Lin Feng silently made a bad comment in his heart, and immediately cooperated with their performance, saying: "As soon as I was tired, I said that Lin Feng had something to see Zhou County's order." ”

When the official who had just stopped Lin Feng heard this, he hurriedly said: "Xia Guan has only seen Lin Sizheng from a distance before, so he is not too familiar with Lin Sizheng, so he actually delayed Lin Sizheng's matter, and I hope that Lin Sizheng will forgive me." ”

If it weren't for your flamboyant acting skills, I would have believed it...... Lin Feng chuckled and said, "It's okay, those who don't know are not guilty." ”

"Thank you Linjimasa." The official looked grateful and said, "The lower official will go to report to the Zhou County Order, Lin Sizheng is still asking for a moment." ”

After saying that, he turned around quickly, knocked on the closed courtyard door, and soon the courtyard door was pushed open, and he quickly walked in.

Looking at this scene, Lin Feng couldn't help but sigh with emotion in his heart, the power is moving!

When investigating the Zhou family extermination case in Puguang Temple, he and Zhou Helin got along very well, and the two cooperated tacitly to perfectly solve the Zhou family extermination case.

But who knows, after there was a vacancy in the fourth grade, after the two were in a competitive relationship, those friendships quickly disappeared, and instead of repeated warnings and undisguised precautions against themselves, the two reactions of the officials, ignoring and severely reprimanding, were already Zhou Helin's two warnings, and now he almost tore his face directly to let himself not come here to snatch his credit.

The more at this time, Lin Feng gave up Sun Fujia's initiative and fully supported him, without any jealousy and defense against himself, the more moved he felt, Sun Fujia really regarded himself as a confidant and sibling, which was completely different from Zhou Helin.

Crunch......

Suddenly, the sound of the door opening sounded.

Lin Feng gathered his thoughts and looked up, and saw that the door of the palace was slowly opened, and a familiar figure in an official robe came into view.

"Hahaha, Lin Sizheng, didn't you leave Chang'an to do something? When did you come back? I still want to wait for you to come back and have a drink with you, but I didn't expect that you came to me first. ”

Zhou Helin laughed heartily and spoke to Lin Feng very enthusiastically.

Even if he knew that Lin Feng must understand his warning that Lin Feng was not welcome, he also showed extremely enthusiasm, so that no matter from any aspect, he couldn't find the slightest fault.

Lin Feng is the most sociable, Zhou Helin's performance can't find fault, he behaves more perfectly, I saw him smile and arch his hand: "Don't hide from Zhou County's order, I only returned to Chang'an today, and it's a coincidence, I miss Zhou's county order very much when I was in the field, so I want to drink with Zhou County's order, isn't it?" As soon as I came back, I hurried to make an appointment with you. ”

"Is that so? It seems that Lin Sizheng and I really have a heart. ”

"Who's to say it isn't? Our tacit understanding seems to me, even if we don't say a word, we can know what the other party is thinking, you say, right? Lin Feng looked at Zhou Helin meaningfully and smiled.

Zhou Helin's eyelids jumped, and then he smiled and nodded: "Yes, yes." ”

The two looked at each other, looked at the meaning in each other's eyes, and suddenly laughed, like that, they were completely talking happily.

This made Zhao Fifteen, who was on the side, couldn't help but feel that his scalp was a little numb.

He only felt that the officialdom was really terrible, it was clear that every word that his father-in-law and Zhou Helin said were very close, it was obvious that their laughter was so hearty, and it was obvious that they seemed so harmonious, but the more this was the case, the more creepy Zhao Shifu felt.

After all, he had already been told by Lin Feng that Zhou Helin and Lin Feng had an antagonistic relationship this time, so the more they looked harmonious and had a good relationship, the more Zhao Shifu felt that these two people were terrifying.

After Zhou Helin finished laughing, he sighed and said, "After Lin Sizheng returned to Chang'an, I am really happy to come to me as soon as possible, and I can't wait to go with Lin Sizheng immediately without getting drunk or returning." ”

"But it's a pity, Your Majesty gave me the task of investigating Wang Shaoqing's death, I am now in a heavy responsibility, and I can't get out at all before the case is clarified, so it's not that I don't want to accept Lin Sizheng's invitation, but the emperor's order, I don't dare to relax, don't hide from Lin Sizheng, before, there were many colleagues who invited me, and even my teacher asked me to go to the house for dinner, but I didn't go, so Lin Sizheng's invitation, I'm afraid I can only wait until I finish investigating Wang Shaoqing's case."

Listening to Zhou Helin's words, Lin Feng quickly understood the meaning of Zhou Helin's words, Zhou Helin was telling himself that he was ordered by the emperor to investigate the case and had all the control over Wang Jian's case, not to mention you Lin Feng, even if it was his mentor Fang Xuanling, without His Majesty's permission, as long as I didn't let you get involved, you couldn't get involved.

Of course, he mentioned Fang Xuanling just to let Lin Feng understand the resoluteness of his attitude, not really saying that Fang Xuanling couldn't get involved.

After all, Zhou Helin can be in charge of Wang Jian's case, and Dali Temple can't interfere, it was Fang Xuanling who fought for Zhou Helin, if Fang Xuanling wanted to get involved, how could Zhou Helin dare to stop it.

"Zhou County's order is important to investigate the case, I understand you."

Lin Feng smiled and expressed to Zhou Helin that he understood what Zhou Helin meant, but before Zhou Helin was happy, Lin Feng continued: "But in addition to coming to you for a drink this time, there is actually one more thing. ”

When Zhou Helin heard this, his nerves suddenly tensed.

He realized that Lin Feng was going to use other means after getting his clear refusal.

"One more thing?" Zhou Helin's eyes stared at Lin Feng and said, "I don't know what's going on?" ”

Lin Feng looked at Zhou Helin, whose whole body was tense, as if he was facing a great enemy, and said with a smile: "Actually, it's not a big deal, that is, after I returned to Chang'an, I first went to Dali Temple to report to Xiao Siqing, and it just so happened that I saw a file on Xiao Siqing's desk." ”

"That file happens to be the file of Wang Shaoqing's case...... I believe that Zhou County Ling can also understand, Wang Shaoqing is my Shaoqing of Dali Temple after all, he has an accident, in fact, the worst thing is Xiao Siqing, so Xiao Siqing will read the file if he is fine, hoping to contribute to finding the murderer of Wang Shaoqing. ”

"When I reported to Xiao Siqing, I glanced at Wang Shaoqing's file curiously, and guess what?"

I don't want to guess...... Zhou Helin looked at Lin Feng vigilantly: "What's the matter?" ”

Lin Feng met Zhou Helin's vigilant gaze and said slowly: "I found a trap set by the murderer - a trap specially used to deceive us and calculate us investigators!" ”

"Trap!?"

Zhou Helin couldn't help but be stunned when he heard Lin Feng's words.

He looked dazed, with puzzlement on his face, he didn't expect Lin Feng to say this...... This temporary reaction made Lin Feng's heart move, and he suddenly realized that the problem he had discovered, I am afraid that Zhou Helin really didn't notice it.

And this ...... It is the premise that this operation can be successful.

The rhythm, at this moment, is already in their own hands.

"Didn't Zhou County Ling discover this trap?"

Lin Feng showed a look of surprise, he looked at Zhou Helin and said, "This trap is directly related to the mystery set by the murderer, if it is not discovered, it will directly affect your judgment, and it will affect the direction of your investigation at the beginning." ”

"Zhou County Order...... You've been checking for five days, don't tell me you really haven't found out, so haven't you been running in the wrong direction for the past five days? ”

Lin Feng's words were like a wooden stick, hitting Zhou Helin's head fiercely, making Zhou Helin only feel dizzy in his brain and buzzing in his brain.

He didn't know if Lin Feng had really discovered something, or if he had deliberately fooled himself.

Zhou Helin knew that Lin Feng came to find him, hoping to find a breakthrough from himself, so as to get involved in this case.

Therefore, he knew that Lin Feng would definitely take some measures, and even he considered that Xiao Yu would directly use the rights of Dali Siqing, and forcefully asked Lin Feng to investigate...... And he already has a way to deal with these things, if Xiao Yu really dares to do it directly, he dares to ask his teacher to beat Xiao Yu.

However, he calculated all the means that Lin Feng might use, but he didn't expect Lin Feng to say that he had found the trap in the dossier!

This directly exceeded Zhou Helin's original expectations, making Zhou Helin not know what to do for a while.

After all...... In the past five days, he can't say that he has not gained much, he can only say that he has not made much progress.

Therefore, hearing Lin Feng say this, he couldn't help but wonder if the real murderer had really set some trap to hinder his investigation.

He has now fallen into a bottleneck, and he urgently needs a breakthrough to continue the investigation, Lin Feng's words, for him, are simply a fatal temptation, even if he knows that this is a poisonous temptation, he still can't help but want to get closer to it.

But...... If what Lin Feng said was true, he really pointed out the trap and helped himself, it would be equivalent to owing Lin Feng a great favor.

The favor of Puguang Temple, I can take it as a long time and forget it for a while, but now I owe a favor, I can't pretend to forget it.

And officialdom pays attention to the sophistication of human feelings, knows how to repay kindness, and knows how to repay favors, in the eyes of others, they are a trustworthy and supportive colleague, and they are willing to help themselves and support themselves.

Therefore, I can't cut off my future development in officialdom because of this incident, and I have to repay the favor.

At that time, if Lin Feng proposed that he also wanted to investigate Wang Jian's case, it would be difficult for him to refuse directly.

Zhou Helin's brows tightened, he felt that he had encountered a dilemma for the first time in his career as an official.

Lin Feng looked at Zhou Helin's ever-changing expression, and smiled in his heart, he naturally understood what Zhou Helin was contradictory, so he was ready to add another fire.

He showed a worried look: "Zhou County Order, your face is not very good, did you really not find the trap of the real murderer?" ”

"If this is the case, I am afraid that your five days will be wasted, Your Majesty will give you the important task of investigating the murder of Wang Shaoqing, that is, I believe that you will be able to solve the case quickly, but if Your Majesty knows that you have not made any progress in the past five days, then Your Majesty will probably be very disappointed."

Lin Feng's words made Zhou Helin's heart feel cold, and he only felt a chill rushing from the soles of his feet to the heavenly spirit cover.

He had already heard about the East Palace, and he also knew that Li Shimin must be in a bad mood now.

So at this time, if Li Shimin really asked about the progress of his investigation and really knew that he had not made much progress, I am afraid that he would really be disappointed in himself as Lin Feng said.

At this juncture, let Li Shimin down, it will almost directly prove that he will completely lose his qualification to compete for Shaoqing!

Thinking of this, even if he knew that Lin Feng was deliberately putting pressure on himself, he couldn't help but bow his head.

This is the reality he faces, and he has no other choice at all.

Zhou Helin let out a sigh of relief, looked at Lin Feng, and said, "I wonder what trap Lin Temple is discovering?" ”

When Lin Feng heard this, he also breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, he seemed to be very relaxed just now, mastering the rhythm, but in fact, he was also under a lot of pressure, he was afraid that Zhou Helin would be tendoned to the end, and he was unwilling to let go, in that case, he could only wait for Xiao Yu to bring good news.

But it wasn't earned by himself, and in the eyes of others, it was still almost meaningless.

Now like this, it is just right, he believes that if there is really someone behind the scenes, he will definitely believe that he is fighting for every opportunity for the position of Shaoqing.

He looked at Zhou Helin, the smile on his face retracted, revealing a serious look, and said, "Dare to ask Zhou County Order, I don't know what is the estimate of the time of Wang Shaoqing's death?" ”

Seeing that Lin Feng talked about the case without delay, Zhou Helin also became serious, putting aside the competition between them, he still trusted Lin Feng's ability to solve the case.

He said: "According to estimates, the time of Wang Shaoqing's death is between the time of the sea and the time of the child. ”

Lin Feng said: "When the time comes...... I read that the dossier said that Mrs. Wang found out about four minutes after Wang Shaoqing's death, that is, from Wang Shaoqing's death to being discovered, the time was no more than four hours at most. ”

Zhou Helin nodded: "That's it." ”

Lin Feng said: "So Zhou County Decree must have focused on investigating everyone in the palace during the time period from Hai Shi to Zi Shi, right?" ”

"That's right." Zhou Helin did not deny it, and said: "Wang Shaoqing was killed at that time, so I naturally want to investigate what other people were doing at that time, so as to lock up the suspect." ”

"Did the county order find the suspect that week?" Lin Feng asked.

Zhou Helin hesitated for a moment, but still said: "At that time, most people were asleep, and after they fell asleep, they didn't know if the others had left, so there was not enough evidence to prove that they were not suspects." ”

Lin Feng smiled: "In other words, the entire palace, at least dozens of suspects?" ”

Zhou Helin pursed his lips and said, "That's right." ”

"And then?" Lin Feng continued: "Has the Zhou County Order further narrowed the scope? The range of several dozen people is too large. ”

Zhou Helin shook his head: "No...... No one can prove that they left, which means that no one can prove that they left. ”

Lin Feng touched his chin and nodded, "As I thought, you really fell into the trap of the real murderer." ”

Zhou Helin listened to Lin Feng's words, he couldn't help it anymore, he hadn't slept well these days because he couldn't shorten the range, and his hair had fallen out a lot, at this moment he couldn't help but ask directly: "Lin Temple is honest, what is the trap?" ”

Seeing that the foreshadowing was enough, Lin Feng no longer sold Guanzi.

He said directly: "When I looked at the file, I found that there was such content on the file. ”

When Mrs. Wang touched Wang Shaoqing, Wang Shaoqing's whole body was cold, and there was no temperature at all...... When the next person was changing Wang Shaoqing's clothes, he found that Wang Shaoqing had a hole in his heart, and at the same time, he ...... They found that Wang Shaoqing's clothes and the quilt under him had traces of dampness. ”

Zhou Helin nodded: "That's true, but is there anything about it?" ”

Lin Feng said: "Didn't Zhou County Ling think about why Wang Shaoqing's clothes and the quilt under him were wet? ”

Zhou Helin said: "Of course I thought about it, I suspect that Wang Shaoqing may have fallen into the lake before the accident, so his clothes were wet, but this speculation was quickly ruled out by me, because the clothes and quilts are damp, not wet, if they fall into the river, it can't be just damp." ”

"Then I suspect that Wang Shaoqing may have fought with the real murderer and sweated all over his body before the accident, but I also ruled out this guess, because Mrs. Wang didn't hear any movement of the fight, and if it was just sweating, from Wang Shaoqing's death to being found by Mrs. Wang, it would take three or four hours for the sweat to dry out."

"So, this is something I haven't figured out, and I still don't understand why the clothes and quilts are so wet."

Lin Feng listened to Zhou Helin's words and nodded slightly, Zhou Helin is an experienced county magistrate who has also solved many cases, so naturally he will not ignore any abnormalities in the deceased.

It's just that the autopsy technology of this period hindered Zhou Helin's further exploration.

Lin Feng said: "What Zhou County Ling said was some experiences before Wang Shaoqing's death, which caused his clothes and quilts to become damp, did Zhou County Order think about it...... What caused all this may have been caused by Wang Shaoqing's death? ”

"What? After death? Zhou Helin's brows furrowed, not understanding what Lin Feng meant.

Lin Feng looked at Zhou Helin and said, "Do you still remember what I just said to Mrs. Wang, Mrs. Wang said that when she touched Zhou County, Zhou County's whole body was cold, and there was no temperature at all...... What does it mean to be cold all over? ”

"Zhou Xianling has seen many dead people, and he should understand that after a person dies, the body temperature will drop, and finally it will be consistent with the surrounding environmental temperature...... In other words, at that time, Wang Shaoqing's body was not hot at most, not cold! ”

"However, what Mrs. Wang said was cold!"

Zhou Helin couldn't help but say: "What she said may be describing his husband's lack of body temperature." ”

"Zhou Xianling asked Mrs. Wang, and she said that she was a description?"

"This ......" Zhou Helin was stunned.

Zhao Wufu also blinked, he felt that what Zhou Helin said was right, when he died on the battlefield, he also felt that the other party was cold, without any temperature.

But after thinking about it carefully, Zhao Fifteen realized that it was his inner feeling, not really cold, just like hugging a piece of ice.

Lin Feng said: "I don't know if Zhou County Ling knows such a thing...... That is, when we put a piece of meat in an environment full of cold ice and freeze it, the meat will not rot and will not spoil. ”

"And when we take it out of the freeze, it slowly thaws, and as it thaws, water droplets appear all over its body, making the stuff that wraps it wet."

"At the same time, after it has thawed, you go to see it...... Except that its blood is relatively small, and the flesh is not so bright, just looking at the skin, there is not much difference from fresh meat. ”

"And Wang Shaoqing's wound ......"

Lin Feng looked directly at Zhou Helin, whose face began to change significantly, and said, "It has been sewn up and glued, and the blood has no chance to flow out, and you don't have a chance to see the flesh and blood inside." ”

Zhou Helin's eyes widened rapidly, the pupils in his eyes twitched violently at this moment, he finally understood, he finally understood what Lin Feng meant.

"Lin Sizheng, what do you mean, do you mean...... Wang Shaoqing, he, he was just like that piece of meat, frozen? So the damp clothes and quilt were caused by the thawing of his body? ”

Lin Feng said slowly: "Yes or no, it's easy to judge...... Zhou Xianling might as well ask Mrs. Wang whether the coldness she felt at that time was her inner feeling, or whether she really felt cold. ”

Zhou Helin hurriedly turned to the official behind him and said, "What are you doing in a daze?" Don't go yet! ”

The official shrank his head, did not dare to hesitate, and quickly ran towards the mansion.

Zhou Helin and Lin Feng no longer talked, he kept pacing in place, his eyes looked into the mansion from time to time, and he looked a little anxious.

Lin Feng stood there steadily, his expression calm, as if he had no worries, but Zhao Shifu, who was familiar with Lin Feng, found that Lin Feng's hand hiding behind him was clenched into a fist, which made Zhao Shifu understand that his father-in-law was not completely sure.

After all, Lin Feng didn't see the corpse with his own eyes, everything was based on the content of the file, and that file was still a record before Zhou Helin began to investigate, after Zhou Helin took over the case, there was no more news from Dali Temple.

Therefore, whether this dossier was completely accurate or not, Lin Feng could not be sure.

Therefore, based on the situation of the clothes and quilts, as well as Mrs. Wang's confession, he can only be seventy percent sure, and he is not completely sure what the result will be.

At this moment, the atmosphere was solemn and the silence was terrifying.

"Zhou County Order, the lower official asked."

At this time, the official who had just left suddenly ran out of breath.

"How?" Zhou Helin hurriedly stepped forward and asked the officer.

Zhao Fifteen and Lin Feng also stared at the officials with their eyes.

After seeing the official take a breath, he hurriedly said: "Mrs. Wang said that she really felt cold, very cold, as cold as ice, she was in contact with the corpse for the first time, I don't know if this is normal, so she didn't tell us specifically...... When I just returned, I met Qi Zuo, who said that when he performed the autopsy, Wang Shaoqing's temperature was a normal dead man's temperature, so Qi Zuo didn't know that the corpse had ever been so cold. ”

Listening to the words of the servant, Zhou Helin stood in place like a thunderbolt.

"How can it be...... How could this really be the case, I misunderstood what Mrs. Wang meant, could it be ......?"

Suddenly, he thought of something, turned his head violently, looked at Lin Feng with shock, and heard Lin Feng say in a deep voice: "It seems that I really guessed right...... Freezing can keep the corpse as it is, that is to say, there is a great error in judging the time of Wang Shaoqing's death. ”

"Zhou County Order, you have been using the wrong time to investigate, how can you find the problem?"

"After all...... At that time, it was not Wang Shaoqing's death time at all! You hit the beginning, and you were wrong. ”

(End of chapter)