Lin Feng let out a long breath, restrained his surging thoughts, and calmed himself down.

Although he has found out the true situation of the real murderer, and has also confirmed his speculation all along, if he wants to fight against those behind-the-scenes forces and bigwigs, he must first find them and determine their identity, otherwise it will be tantamount to a blind boxing.

Therefore, the most important thing at the moment is still to solve the case!

Find out the real murderer first, take off their important chess piece, and then find clues about the forces behind the scenes or the people behind the scenes from the real murderer and Jiang Yuan, the servant of the Ministry of Rites, and then determine their identity!

So...... How do you find out the real culprit?

Lin Feng looked at the hill-like books on the table, this was the result of Zhou Helin's five days of hard work, and it would definitely be helpful to find out the real culprit hiding in the palace, but now there was a problem...... There are too many people in the palace.

Up to the master, down to the servants, hundreds of people.

Although it is enough to save time compared to one by one, it still takes a lot of time to complete it alone, and what I lack most now is time.

"Since Gong Xiao has asked His Majesty to give me a holy decree to investigate the case, it means that His Majesty must take action in order to solve the corruption and bribery of those officials, in other words...... His Majesty is afraid that he will leave the East Palace soon, and if His Majesty is not watching the East Palace in person, he will definitely consider having someone investigate the case of the crown prince's coma...... I'm running out of time. ”

Lin Feng's brain turned: "So, I can't cast a wide net, I have to narrow down first...... Fortunately, the investigation just now has a direction! ”

He suddenly turned his head to look at Li Haomiao, who was standing quietly aside, and said, "Li Sicheng, how are you investigating?" ”

Li Haomiao said with some embarrassment: "After all, the time is still short, our number of people is limited, and we can't investigate all the whereabouts of all of them in the past two days, and Lin Sizheng is still asking us to cross-identify, and it will take some time." ”

Lin Feng understood how complicated and difficult his task was, he didn't blame Li Haomiao, and said: "This official understands your difficulties, you can put this matter aside for a while, this official will give you a new task, this task will be easier." ”

Li Haomiao saw that Lin Feng didn't blame herself, her eyes couldn't help but light up, and she hurriedly said, "Lin Si is just telling him." ”

Lin Feng bowed slightly: "Li Sicheng, next you go to investigate within half a month...... No, it was eight days since Wang Shaoqing was sick and lived alone, and during these eight days, there were people in the palace who often went in and out, and every time they came back from outside, they carried things, instead of returning empty-handed. ”

"After identifying these people, you will ask them what they did in the two days when Wang Shaoqing was sick and living alone, and then ask whether they had an alibi on the night Wang Shaoqing was found dead, and whether there was a problem with cross-checking their words with other people."

Although Wang Jian did not die in the freezer, it is not easy to dig his heart, and it is difficult to cut the ice without the right tools, so the speculation that the real murderer will smuggle the tools from the outside to the freezer before doing it can still be used.

In other words, this node of half a month is still valid!

But this half a month is counted forward from today, since Wang Jian lived alone, the real murderer's murder plan has already begun, and the real murderer must have been well prepared before that, so those two days can be ruled out, and five days have passed since the case happened, and these five days can be ruled out.

So, half a month, there are only eight days left!

As long as Li Haomiao can find out who has been in and out of the palace in the past eight days, and they have been in and out many times, and they have also brought things in, then he can directly narrow down the scope.

At that time, they will be able to conduct targeted inquiries and investigations, which will inevitably reduce the scope again, and greatly reduce the workload and save time.

This method is naturally more efficient than casting a wide net.

And after getting the narrowed scope twice, and then check their specific information book, the time is completely controllable.

Li Haomiao blinked, he didn't know how Lin Feng had come to that eight days, but it didn't prevent him from understanding how simple this task was compared to the previous one.

He nodded hurriedly, patted his heart and said: "This is easy, Lin Sizheng can rest assured, the lower officials will definitely investigate these things in the shortest possible time." ”

Lin Feng bowed slightly, the clue that the real murderer brought in the tool was used by him, so ...... What happens after the real murderer digs out his heart?

He didn't find any traces of tools in the freezer, Zhou Helin couldn't say that he had searched the palace in the past five days, at least he had dug three feet into the ground, but Zhou Helin didn't find anything!

What does this mean?

"After digging out his heart, the real murderer took all the tools out of the palace...... At the same time......"

Lin Feng's eyes flashed slightly, and the thumbs and index fingers of both hands slowly rubbed: "What about Wang Jian's lost heart?" ”

Wang Jian's heart was poached away by the real murderer, but Wang Jian's lost heart was not found in the palace.

Where did that heart go?

There is no doubt that he was also taken out by the real murderer.

Other words......

The real murderer must have left the palace before Wang Jian's body was discovered by Mrs. Wang, before the palace was blocked, and during the period after he dug his heart!

And that's not much time.

Lin Feng raised his head to look at Li Haomiao and continued, "There are still ...... Li Sicheng, you have one more thing to investigate. ”

Li Haomiao hurriedly said: "Lin Si is please." ”

Lin Feng said: "You still have to ask them from the people screened out in those eight days, from the time Wang Shaoqing was sick and living alone, to the two days and two nights before Mrs. Wang found Wang Shaoqing's body, whether any of them had left the palace, whether they had brought anything with them, and if so...... Then conduct the next targeted inquiry for these people. ”

Li Haomiao hurriedly remembered Lin Feng's request, and nodded again: "Xiaguan understands!" ”

Lin Feng bowed his head and said, "Li Sicheng will do it, if you have the result, inform the official as soon as possible." ”

"Yes!"

Li Haomiao didn't dare to delay, and after saluting, he quickly turned around and left.

Zhao Wufu looked at Li Haomiao's departing back, and couldn't help but say, "Father-in-law, then what should we do next?" ”

Lin Feng smiled: "What? I'm afraid that everyone else will do it, and we're idle and bored? ”

Zhao Fifteen scratched his head honestly.

Lin Feng shook his head with a smile, he turned around and said as he walked: "Although we have some progress and direction in this case, we are still far from completely finding the real culprit. ”

"So, our task is no less light."

Zhao Fifteen asked, "For example?" ”

Lin Feng smiled: "Continuing with the people and things that have not been investigated before, we have not yet met with Wang San, who delivered medicine and food to Wang Shaoqing, and we have not yet gone to investigate the bedroom on the night of the crime, and we have just learned a new key person, Second Miss, if necessary, we also need to meet with her, let's see...... We want to be idle, but are we free? ”

Zhao Shifu scratched his head embarrassedly.

"Alright."

Lin Feng walked towards Wang Jian and Mrs. Wang's bedroom, and said to Zhao Fifteen: "Go and bring Wang San to the bedroom for me, there is not much time, I will do both things at once." ”

Zhao Fifteen was most afraid of being idle, and as soon as he heard that there was a task, he immediately nodded: "Son, I'll do it." ”

With that, he quickly turned around and galloped away.

Looking at Zhao Fifteen's rushing back, Lin Feng couldn't help but smile and shook his head.

The housekeeper who had been standing in the distance saw that there was no one around Lin Feng at this moment, so he came over sensibly, he saw Lin Feng looking at Zhao Shifu with a smile, his heart moved, and said, "Lin Si is having a very outstanding subordinate. ”

When Lin Feng heard this, he glanced at the housekeeper and said with a smile: "Wang Shaoqing also has an excellent housekeeper. ”

Ma Yuan hurriedly said: "Lin Temple is praising falsely. ”

Lin Feng smiled, and after the greetings, he continued to walk, and said as he walked: "What kind of person does Steward Ma think Zhu He is?" ”

"Zhu He?"

When the housekeeper heard Lin Feng's words, his brows furrowed, his expression was obviously a little displeased, and he said: "Before, the villain thought that Zhu He was diligent and down-to-earth, strong and strong, and his kung fu was not bad, and he was a good hand at nursing the hospital...... But with what happened just now, even though Lin Sizheng confirmed that he was wronged in the end, he knew that the real murderer was not himself, but he didn't explain the truth, and almost let the real murderer's trick succeed, and let the real murderer escape, and the villain would find it difficult to appreciate him, saying that Lin Sizheng might feel cold-blooded. ”

The housekeeper glanced at Lin Feng cautiously and said, "After this matter is over, the villain will suggest to Madame that Zhu He be expelled from the Wang family." ”

Lin Feng was not surprised by the housekeeper's words, after all, the most important thing for a big family to find someone is loyalty, but even the master died, and you didn't tell the truth as a nurse, and almost let the real murderer get away with it, what loyalty do you deserve? If you are disloyal, what is the use of keeping you?

"If you can say what is in your heart, it means that you are sincere enough, and the official does not think you are cold-blooded."

Lin Feng appeased the housekeeper and continued: "But the official doesn't care what you think of him after that, the official wants to know, before this incident, do you think Zhu He is a person who can be trusted?" ”

"Before this matter...... the housekeeper thought for a while, and then nodded: "He really didn't make any mistakes, and he didn't play any tricks, even if he was asked to keep watch at the door all night, he wouldn't doze off, and he was indeed a trustworthy nurse." ”

Lin Feng nodded slightly, when the housekeeper was so dissatisfied with Zhu He, he could still give such an evaluation, which was enough to prove that Zhu He was indeed a sincere person, and there should be no problem with his words.

However, just in case, Lin Feng was still ready to meet with Miss Wang Er, and he had to make sure that there were no accidents in any link.

Otherwise, when the enemy is already extremely cunning and cautious, and then misled by others, it will be really hopeless.

During the conversation, the two stopped.

When he raised his head, he saw that they had returned to the backyard and came to a room in the center of the backyard, which was the bedroom of Wang Jian and Mrs. Wang.

At this moment, outside the door, there are two officials guarding it.

When the two officials saw Lin Feng, they didn't need Lin Feng to open their mouths at all, so they hurriedly saluted Lin Feng.

The attitude is simply two extremes from before.

"Lin Sizheng."

Lin Feng bowed his head lightly and said, "Can this official go in?" ”

"Of course you can, Zhou County Decree has already ordered that as long as it is where Lin Si wants to go, no one is allowed to stop it."

With that, they took the initiative to open the door for Lin Feng.

It seems that there is another gain from the farce just now, that is, Zhou Helin's hostility towards me has become much smaller, and it is more convenient to investigate the case...... Lin Feng smiled and arched his hand: "Thank you." ”

So saying, he and the butler went into the bedroom.

The bedrooms were north-facing and south-facing, nearly twice the size of the rooms they had been to before.

It is still a two-room layout.

However, in terms of furniture decoration, it is more life and emotional than the guest rooms.

There are no swords or bows on the walls, some are calligraphy with one board and one eye, and some are embroidered lotus flowers.

That word, without the housekeeper to say it, Lin Feng knew that it must be Wang Jian's word, one board and one eye, horizontal and vertical, it is difficult to recognize it or not.

As for the embroidery, it is not surprising that it should have been embroidered by Mrs. Wang's own hands, and the decorations on the walls of this room are all Wang Jian and his wife's own things.

Next to the wall, there are several cabinets, and there is a shelf next to the cabinet.

On the shelves, there are some ornaments, there are jade cats yawning very lazy, there are stone tigers with teeth and claws proudly overlooking the mountains and forests, there are porcelain plates with staggered colors, and there are birds woven of bamboo strips.

Seeing Lin Feng's eyes looking at the objects on the shelf, the housekeeper took the initiative to introduce: "These things are small gifts that the lord and the lady have given each other over the years, if they encounter interesting things outside and think that the other party may like them, they will bring them back and give them to each other, these things may not be valuable, but they are their hearts for each other." ”

Lin Feng looked at the interesting objects on the shelves and said, "So, your lord and lady have a good relationship?" ”

The housekeeper nodded heavily: "Before getting married, the old lady was a childhood sweetheart, and after getting married, she was even more affectionate, and the relationship between them was seen by all the people in our palace, so the death of the old man, the lady must be the most sad and sad." ”

Lin Feng nodded.

Childhood sweetheart, growing up from childhood to adulthood, and loving and loving...... Looking at these objects, they are indeed carefully selected.

From this point of view, Mrs. Wang really has no reason to harm Wang Jian.

Then her words can be assured.

Lin Feng thought about it as he looked around, but he didn't find anything abnormal, and said, "Go to the inner room." ”

The butler hurriedly stepped forward and opened the door to the inner room.

Lin Feng was just about to go in when he heard a knock on the door: "Father-in-law, Wang San brought it." ”

Lin Feng paused and said directly: "Come in." ”

Then he heard a creaking sound, the door was opened, and Zhao Fifteen walked in with a man of twenty-five or sixteen.

As soon as this man entered, Lin Feng couldn't help but be stunned.

Because this man is ...... It's really too honest.

It's not that Wang San is ugly, but that face, that expression, that head wrinkles, and that drooping little eyes, at first glance, give people a feeling that this is an honest person.

Although Lin Feng knew that people should not be disguised, Wang San ...... It's really too desty.

When he was watching a play in the front yard just now, why didn't he notice this honest face?

The housekeeper seemed to see what Lin Feng was thinking, and he said in a low voice: "Wang San said that the master is his reborn parents, so the master is dead, and he wants to keep filial piety to the master, but Zhou County ordered that no one should be close to the master's body, so he made a simple tablet in his room, and knelt there all the time, unless he was forced to take it away for questioning, he would not leave there at all." ”

"The villain didn't find Wang San's figure just now, thinking that Wang San was stubborn and unwilling to leave, and Zhou Xianling also felt that it didn't matter if Wang San didn't leave, so he didn't let him go."

Rebirth parents? I made a tablet to keep filial piety? Still stubbornly reluctant to leave?

Lin Feng listened to the housekeeper's words, and then looked at Wang San's eyes, and couldn't help but squint slightly.

really regards Wang Jian as a reborn parent, so Zhou Helin revealed the truth and found the real murderer at such an important moment, don't you witness it in person?

Isn't that a bit unreasonable?

Lin Feng glanced at Wang San carefully, only to see Wang San's body of about seven feet, his back was slightly rickety, his eyes were red at this time, and his face was full of sadness, that look, he really looked very sad.

"Wang San."

Lin Feng slowly spoke: "Do you want to know who the real murderer of your master is?" ”

Hearing Lin Feng's words, Wang San, who had been bowing his head, raised his head, he tried his best to widen his small eyes, and his forehead tattooed more at this moment: "Who is it!?" Who killed the master! ”

His voice was muffled, as if he had been trapped in an altar the moment the voice came out, so unclear that if you didn't listen carefully, you wouldn't be able to hear what he was saying.

But the anger in his tone was palpable.

Lin Feng couldn't help but be even more surprised, this Wang San's mouth, to be honest, is very bad, and the big families choose their subordinates, not to mention how high the requirements are, at least they should be articulate, able to speak well, and facilitate communication.

But Wang San's note, if he didn't listen to it carefully, he couldn't hear it clearly.

Communication can be problematic.

How could the Wang family have such a subordinate?

He glanced at the butler.

The housekeeper immediately understood, and explained in a low voice: "Five years ago, the master encountered an accident, and it was Wang San who saved the master, and later the master saw that Wang San was very poor, and he had to support his elderly parents, and his life was not as good as livestock, so he brought Wang San to the palace...... Although Wang San is not articulate, he is obedient, loyal, serious and kind, and he does not reserve any reservations when others ask him to help, so everyone is also full of kindness to him. ”

Five years ago......

Lin Feng listened to the housekeeper's words, and his back subconsciously straightened slightly.

He is really a little sensitive to this point in time.

After all, his predecessor, the former Dali Temple Cheng Lin Feng, who had already escaped from vacation and died, was the Kui Su Xingjun of the Four Elephants Organization, who joined the Dali Temple in the first year of Zhenguan five years ago and started the plan of the Four Elephants Organization.

He said: "I don't know what happened to your lord five years ago? ”

The housekeeper looked at Lin Feng and said, "During a rugged mountain ride, the master accidentally fell from the horse, and happened to fall into the mountain forest at some height, because the trees are lush, it is difficult for us to find the master quickly, it was Wang San who happened to go into the mountain to collect firewood at that time, found the unconscious master, and finally rescued the master." ”

"Falling from a Horse......"

Lin Feng frowned, the officials of the early Tang Dynasty, because they all experienced that turbulent era, so no matter the military generals and civil officials, they all had the ability to ride horses and play with knives, and they would not fall off their horses when they were idle.

He said, "I wonder why your lord fell from his horse at that time? ”

The butler didn't give an immediate reply this time, but thought about it for a while before he said, "It seems that the horse that the master was riding suddenly went crazy for some reason, and the master was turned upside down without checking." ”

Horses go crazy?

Why do good horses go crazy?

"Have you found out why the horses are crazy?" Lin Feng asked.

The housekeeper shook his head: "The horse ran away after throwing the old man off, and when we found the horse again, we found that it had been dead for a long time, and the old man was still serving in the Imperial Historical Observatory at that time, and he was investigating a case of dereliction of duty and dereliction of duty by the common people, and he wanted to return to Chang'an to report to His Majesty, so he did not delay the time to investigate the matter of the horse, and returned to Chang'an directly." ”

So, this becomes a mystery...... In the end, I don't know why the horses went crazy......

And because the horses went crazy, Wang San, who had no chance to appear in the palace at all, entered the palace......

Is it a coincidence?

Or is it inevitable?

Lin Feng pondered for a moment in his heart, then looked at Wang San again, suddenly raised his voice, his eyes were serious, and said, "Since you are so loyal to Wang Shaoqing, since you want to know who the real murderer is, since you are so angry with the real murderer...... Then Wang San, tell me, why didn't you go when Zhou County ordered everyone to call out the real culprit just now!? ”

(End of chapter)