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Chapter 111 Find out!The mole hiding in the county government!
Chapter 111 Find out!The mole hiding in the county government! ([-]-in-[-])
The night wind carried Lin Feng's meaningful voice into the ears of everyone nearby. In an instant, everyone's hearts were stirred up.
Magistrate Zhuang Yan only felt his scalp numb, and a chill instantly shot from the soles of his feet to the sky, making his brain buzz.
"Yes, there are two more corpses from Xie Fang and his son, but these two corpses are not in this mass grave, and there are only 25 corpses in the Zhou family... So, these two few corpses, are they really Also replacing two people?"
"If they also replaced two people, wouldn't it mean that...there were six people who actually escaped from the Zhou family fire!?"
Wang Pengcheng looked in disbelief: "That day, the officials collected a total of 25 corpses, thinking they were the 25 members of the Zhou family, but it turned out... six of them were not Zhou family members!?"
The government officials in Zheng County were also stunned, thinking that this was so suspenseful. Who could have thought that the truth about that night ten years ago would be like this?
None of the six corpses belonged to the Zhou family!
Sun Fujia's pupils were beating violently, and his thick eyebrows instantly changed from an inverted eight to a straight eight. His eyes were constantly flashing. He thought more than Zhuang Yan, Wang Pengcheng and others.
Zhuang Yan and the others were shocked by Lin Feng's inference.
But Sun Fujia heard more implications from Lin Feng's words and thought of more details about this case.
He hurriedly looked at Lin Feng and said: "Zide, as for Xie Fang and his son, back then, one was in his forties and the other was only a teenager!"
"If their corpses are really in the Zhou Mansion, replacing two people, doesn't it mean that... we can even infer who they replaced!?"
When everyone heard Sun Fuga's words, they were stunned for a moment.
But then, they seemed to have thought of something, and the shock in their eyes became even heavier.
Lin Feng took in the changes in everyone's expressions and said slowly: "There are two situations without the bodies of Xie Fang and his son!"
"Even if the first option is unlikely, it is still possible..."
Lin Feng looked at them and said, "That is, although Xie Fang's wife was killed, Xie Fang and his son may not have died. They escaped, so there are no bodies."
"But the thieves specifically asked them to take the blame instead of putting the blame on outsiders who climbed over the wall and entered the Zhou Mansion. In this situation where the murderer could not be found at all... they are obviously very relieved about Xie Fang's family and are not afraid that they will be wanted by the government. , so the possibility of Xie Fang and his son escaping is very slim, and they are most likely dead."
"But as long as there is a slight possibility, we cannot deliberately ignore it."
Everyone nodded after listening to Lin Feng's words.
Lin Feng was thoughtful and cautious, never letting go of any possibility.
"As for the second possibility, the probability is very high."
Lin Feng looked at everyone and said, "That means Xie Fang's family is indeed dead."
The night wind howled, and Lin Feng's voice sounded slowly in the wind.
"Those thieves don't need to deal with the bodies of Xie Fang's family separately. After all, they are buried in this coffin. As long as no one opens the coffin for autopsy, who will know that the person has been replaced?"
"So, since the body of Xie Fang's wife was brought here to be buried, but the bodies of Xie Fang and his son are not here, it can basically be inferred that...the thieves who set the Zhou family on fire did not bring their bodies. "
"Why weren't they brought and disposed of? Considering that they also needed to steal the corpses back to exchange for the future, it can be inferred that there is a high probability that they were used like these stolen corpses."
"So, the corpses of Xie Fang and his son should have become stand-ins for the two people in the Zhou family."
As Lin Feng spoke, he looked at Wu Zuo and said slowly: "During the day, Wu Zuo had already experienced the corpses of everyone in the Zhou family. Their ages and genders matched. This means that Xie Fang and his son can replace the two people." , they are definitely similar in age and gender.”
"And there are two people in the Zhou Mansion who are similar in age to Xie Fang! These two people are Zhou Mi, the head of the Zhou family, and Guan Liufei, the housekeeper of the Zhou Mansion."
"It's impossible for the head of the Zhou family, Zhou Mi, to destroy his own business and kill all his relatives...so it can be determined that the body replaced by Xie Fang is most likely that of the housekeeper Guan Liufei!"
"That is to say..."
Lin Feng looked at everyone, and under the expectant and nervous gaze of everyone, he said: "If it is really the second possibility, and Xie Fang is really dead, then the housekeeper Guan Liufei..."
Lin Feng took a deep breath and said firmly: "He must be one of the thieves who murdered the Zhou family that night!"
Brush it!
Listening to Lin Feng's words, everyone in the county government subconsciously widened their eyes, with shocked expressions on their faces!
found it!
Really found it!
Lin Feng actually guessed one of the thieves that night based on these corpses!
Even though Lin Feng said two possibilities, this was only the second possibility, but everyone felt that the probability of Xie Fang's escape was extremely low!
The most likely thing is that Xie Fang is really dead!
And as long as Xie Fang dies, it can be confirmed that Guan Liufei, the housekeeper of the Zhou Mansion, is definitely one of the real culprits that night!
Lin Feng obviously didn't see anyone from ten years ago, but at this moment, he used these corpses to find the real murderer!
This kind of ability shocked their hearts!
Zhuang Yan looked at Lin Feng with a shocked expression. He couldn't help but said: "Lin Si Zheng, the official finally knows how well the word "detective" falls on Lin Si Zheng!"
Wang Pengcheng and others also nodded in agreement.
Sun Fujia nodded with a smile on his face. His guess was the same as Lin Feng's, but it was not because of how good he was, but because of Lin Feng's reminder that he finally figured everything out.
Zhao Shishi laughed and thought it was only natural that his adoptive father was so powerful!
Lin Feng just smiled calmly in response to everyone's praise. He had received too many such looks and praises, and his heart was already as calm as water.
He said: "Similarly, we can also infer the person Xie Chengming replaced based on the age of Xie Fang's son Xie Chengming."
"In the Zhou Mansion, there are only two young men of similar age to Xie Chengming. One is Zhou Mi's third son, Zhou Qing, and the other is Zhou Mi's fourth son, Zhou He."
After listening to Lin Feng's words, County Magistrate Zhuang Yan thought for a moment, suddenly frowned and said in disbelief: "No way... Could it be that Zhou Qing or Zhou He is one of the most vicious murderers?"
"But they are only teenagers, so they can't be that vicious."
Everyone was stunned when they heard Zhuang Yan's words.
Then they saw Lin Feng shake his head, Lin Feng said: "Magistrate Zhuang, I have never said that the people Xie Chengming replaced are the real murderers."
"What?" Zhuang Yan was startled.
Lin Feng looked at him and reminded: "Has County Magistrate Zhuang forgotten...the murderer who committed serial murders in Puguang Temple?"
Zhuang Yan's eyes narrowed, and he immediately understood what Lin Feng meant, and he quickly asked: "Could it be... Could it be that the person Xie Chengming replaced is the survivor of the Zhou family, the real murderer in Puguang Temple?"
"what?"
"The person Xie Chengming replaced is the one who avenged the Zhou family!?"
After everyone heard this, they all looked at Lin Feng.
Lin Feng narrowed his eyes slightly and nodded slowly: "Nothing unexpected happens, that's it."
"From the corpses of the Zhou family and the condition of the tombs in front of us, it can be judged that... there is obviously a missing body of a young man. Combined with the revenge of Puguang Temple, there is a high probability that this young man is a survivor of the Zhou family."
Wang Pengcheng thought for a while, then suddenly frowned and said, "Lin Si is upright, I think something is not right."
Lin Feng looked at him and said, "Wang County Lieutenant thinks something is wrong?"
Wang Pengcheng said: "As Lin Sizheng said just now, those thieves stole these corpses into the Zhou Mansion in order to change the situation. They were also worried that the corpse of Xie Fang's wife would be discovered, so they took the corpse of Xie Fang's wife out... They They were able to successfully fake their own death and escape because they had considered everything carefully and ensured that the final number of dead people in the Zhou Mansion was 25."
"And they are so vicious. Once they take action, they will never let anyone go in the Zhou Mansion. In other words, they cannot deliberately let go of Zhou Qing and Zhou He. In other words, in their minds, the corpse of the young man in the Zhou Mansion There are three of them!”
Wang Pengcheng looked at Lin Feng and said, "According to normal reasoning, it is impossible for them to leave too many corpses of a young man without knowing anyone survived."
"So, like Xie Fang's wife, they should take away the extra corpse of the boy. Only in this way can they ensure the 25 corpses they want, and these corpses will not be found to have any problems."
"Therefore...if the surviving young man really escaped, then the number of corpses in the Zhou Mansion should be 24, not 25, right?"
After hearing this, the government officials and Zhuang Yan looked puzzled after thinking about it.
Indeed, Wang Pengcheng's words still make some sense.
In the case where the thieves don't know that anyone has escaped, one of the three teenagers' corpses must be dealt with. Then the problem arises. Once they deal with one, and another boy escapes, then the corpse of the boy in the Zhou Mansion, There shouldn't be two bodies, but only one.
But the fact is that there are two corpses of young men in the Zhou Mansion!
So what's going on here?
They couldn't help but look at Lin Feng.
Lin Feng smiled, not surprised by Wang Pengcheng's doubts. He looked at Wang Pengcheng and said, "There are still two situations."
"What?" Wang Pengcheng looked at Lin Feng hurriedly.
Lin Feng said: "First, when the young man escaped, he was discovered by these thieves, so in order to ensure that there were enough corpses, they did not take away the third young man's body."
Wang Pengcheng thought for a while, then nodded: "This possibility does exist."
"And the second."
Lin Feng continued: "The survival of this young man was not discovered by these thieves, so as you said, they will definitely leave with the body of the third young man, just like the body of Xie Fang's wife, which should not be left behind They would never leave the bodies at the scene.”
Wang Pengcheng hurriedly said: "In that case, there should be fewer corpses..."
Lin Feng shook his head and said meaningfully: "Wang County Lieutenant, you seem to have overlooked one thing..."
"What?" Wang Pengcheng was stunned.
Lin Feng looked at him and said slowly: "The secret passage is within the Zhou Mansion, so do you think that even these extremely vicious gangsters know the secret passage, so does the owner of the Zhou Mansion not know about the secret passage?"
Wang Pengcheng was stunned for a moment, and then he didn't know what he thought of, and his eyes widened: "Could it be?"
Lin Feng nodded slightly: "Those thieves all know how to replace corpses through secret passages. Why do you think the little master of the Zhou family can't do it?"
"As long as you know the secret passage, you will have a chance to replace the corpse."
"so……"
Lin Feng looked at Wang Pengcheng, Zhuang Yan and others, and said: "If the second situation is true, then based on the situation of the murderer in Puguang Temple and the lack of a young body, we can completely deduce that there was definitely a The boy survived, but the number of corpses in the Zhou family did not decrease...and there was not an extra boy's corpse among these tombs."
"We have reason to speculate... the surviving boy may have secretly followed the real murderers after escaping and saw them burying the body of a boy in a grave. Then in order to take revenge, he In order to hide the secret of his survival, after those people buried the young man's body, they dug it out and finally sent it back to the Zhou Mansion."
"In this case...everything can be explained!"
Wang Pengcheng's pupils shrank, and after thinking for a long time, he couldn't help but said: "If it is explained this way, it is indeed not impossible."
Zhuang Yan also had a look of shock on his face. He couldn't help but said: "If this is really the case, then how mentally tough that young man must have been to be able to do this... secretly follow these extremely vicious murderers and personally bury the corpses they buried. Dig it out and take it back secretly..."
"This is no easy task!"
Lin Feng nodded: "It is indeed not easy. Let alone a twelve or thirteen-year-old boy, even at our current age, our minds may not be so tenacious, and we may not be able to do it when everyone in the family died tragically. These."
Zhuang Yan nodded heavily.
Even Sun Fujia felt a little sighing and sighing in his heart.
Lin Feng looked at everyone, took a deep breath, and said: "I can't think of any surprises. The truth back then...should be like this."
Everyone hurriedly looked at Lin Feng.
Lin Feng said in a deep voice: "Those thieves wanted to destroy the Zhou family for some reason, but they didn't want to be discovered, so they thought of using fire to burn everyone beyond recognition, so that they wouldn't Someone knew they had faked their own death to get away.”
"But the people in the Zhou Mansion are not fools. They will not run away when encountering a fire... So if nothing else happens, before the fire breaks out, the people in the Zhou Mansion... may have been killed by these thieves!"
As he spoke, Lin Feng took out two things from his arms.
A burnt black jade pendant and a bloody purple cloth.
Lin Feng looked at the crowd and said slowly: "The jade pendant represents fire, which is consistent with the fire that burned everything in the Zhou Mansion."
"And this piece of purple cloth..."
Everyone looked at the purple cloth stained with shocking blood in Lin Feng's hand, and heard Lin Feng say: "The blood on it represents blood... At that time, the official in Chang'an speculated that this piece of cloth was splashed with blood, so From this piece of purple cloth, we can imagine that back then, those thieves must have used knives to kill everyone first. Only in this way could they ensure that no one would escape when the fire broke out, and that their conspiracy would not be exposed. People discovered it!”
Hearing Lin Feng's words, everyone's hearts were shocked.
The pupils dilated violently.
I just felt a chill rushing to my brain.
The viciousness and ruthlessness of these thieves are simply beyond their imagination!
Lin Feng looked at the silent mass grave in front of him, and said with a touch of emotion in his voice: "So the surviving boy is really lucky to be alive in this situation."
Everyone nodded heavily when they heard this.
First kill, then set fire... If you can survive, how can you not be lucky?
"After killing everyone, to ensure that no one escaped, they should have taken the bodies of Xie Fang's wife and children, left the Zhou Mansion through the secret passage at the bottom of the well, and came to this mass grave."
"Then they dug out the corpses they had selected in advance, placed Xie Fang's wife and children in the tomb, and then secretly took the corpses back to the Zhou family."
Lin Feng's voice was calm and steady. Even if it was just speculation, it gave everyone the feeling that they had witnessed the unknown scene that night with their own eyes. They had no doubt that it was the truth!
"After returning to the Zhou Mansion, 25 corpses had been prepared. Without hesitation, they set fire directly... In this case, the fire would burst out and all the corpses would be burned beyond recognition. Then their escape by feigning death would not be possible. Can anyone find out!"
"After the fire was completely burning, they waited at the door, deliberately waiting for you night watchmen to find out, and then fled in front of you wearing the clothes of Xie Fang's family. In this way, the purpose of blaming Xie Fang's family was achieved. "
When Wang Pengcheng heard this, his pupils shrank violently, and his face was extremely ugly: "I really didn't expect that the so-called Xie Fang family that I saw that night was actually carefully designed by these thieves! They were specifically taking advantage of us. , put the blame on Xie Fang’s family!”
The government officials who had witnessed what happened that night also had ugly expressions on their faces.
They have never been taken advantage of like this in their lives.
Lin Feng continued: "The survivor of the Zhou family, Zhou Qing or Zhou He, was not killed in advance for some unknown reason. He should have secretly followed these thieves when they left with the bodies of Xie Fang's wife and children."
"Watching them dig and bury graves with his own eyes, he returned to the Zhou Mansion first, pretended to be dead, and deceived the thieves. After the thieves set the fire, he immediately went to the mass grave through a secret passage."
After saying that, Lin Feng looked at Wang Pengcheng and said: "You told me that by the time you arrived at Zhou's Mansion, the fire in Zhou's Mansion was already very severe and there was no way to save it. So in the end, when the fire goes out, you can enter." Zhou Mansion, how long has it been since?"
Wang Pengcheng thought for a while and then said: "At least more than an hour."
"More than an hour..."
Lin Feng looked at the county seat of Zheng County and nodded slightly: "More than an hour is enough for the survivors of the Zhou family to come here to dig the grave and take the body back."
Everyone thought for a while, then nodded in agreement.
Indeed, more than an hour was more than enough for people like them to make three round trips.
There is still plenty of time.
Zhuang Yan took a deep breath, couldn't help shaking his head, and said, "I never expected that that night ten years ago, the truth turned out to be like this! But we didn't know anything about it. We always thought that the murderers were Xie Fang's family... As a result , let their family suffer ten years of injustice in vain!"
Wang Pengcheng lowered his head and blamed himself: "It's all Xiaguan's fault. If only Xiaguan could see their appearance clearly at that time, it would be fine."
Zhuang Yan shook his head and said with relief: "You also fell into the conspiracy of those thieves. They deliberately let you see them leaving wearing the clothes of Xie Fang's family just to deceive you. It's normal for you to fall into the trap."
Wang Pengcheng could only sigh and nod.
Zhuang Yan looked at Lin Feng and said, "Lin Sizheng, what should we do next?"
When everyone heard this, they all looked at Lin Feng.
Lin Feng pondered for a moment and said: "All of this is still just my speculation. I still don't have enough evidence to prove it... So, we have to look for evidence next."
"What is absolutely certain now is that four of the eight men in the Zhou family who were between the ages of 20 and 30 must have been thieves!"
"What is certain with a high probability is that... Guan Liufei, the housekeeper of the Zhou Mansion, is one of the thieves."
"Zhou Qing and Zhou He..."
Lin Feng thought for a while and said: "Including Xie Chengming, although Xie Chengming is very likely to be dead, we can't see the appearance of the body after all. To be on the safe side, let's include Xie Chengming... There must be one of the three teenagers. He is a survivor and the murderer of Puguang Temple."
"So, what we have to do next is to fully understand the information of these 12 people, draw portraits of 12 of them by asking neighbors, and then bring them to Chang'an by our officer. Based on the portraits of 12 of them, and get Other information to determine whether the three dead people are one of them."
"After that, we will check other people based on the portraits and information to see if we can find the rest. If we can find them, it will basically verify all our guesses."
Lin Feng's method is not very clever, but after all, the case occurred ten years ago. Lin Feng is already very powerful for being able to investigate the case to this point.
After further investigation using ordinary methods, no one thought there was anything wrong.
Zhuang Yan looked at Lin Feng: "Leave this matter to the official, who will have someone investigate tomorrow."
Lin Feng did not refuse, he smiled and said: "Then there is the County Magistrate of Laozhuang."
Zhuang Yan shook his head quickly: "This is the responsibility of the lower official."
Lin Feng nodded. He looked at the tombs in front of him, thought for a while, and said: "Let's re-bury these tombs first, and let the deceased rest in peace first... Xie let go of his wife's body and dig a separate grave for her first, and wait." After we determine whether Xie Fang is dead or alive, if we have the chance, we will bury them together as husband and wife."
"As for those empty tombs... take note of them for the time being and tell their families about them. At the same time, ask their families about the characteristics of the corpses before they died, and then let them examine them carefully to see if they can find out the missing ones from the Zhou family. 's corpse."
Upon hearing this, Zhuang Yan nodded quickly: "This is the safest way."
Lin Feng yawned and glanced at the dark sky. It was almost past midnight, and he said: "Work as soon as possible. Go back and rest after finishing the work. We will do other things tomorrow."
Zhuang Yan and the others no longer wanted to stay in this windy mass grave. Now that they heard Lin Feng's words, they quickly re-buried the tombs without saying a word.
Then he returned to the city to rest.
…………
The next day, afternoon.
At the gate of Zhengxian County.
County magistrate Zhuang Yan, along with county captain Wang Pengcheng and other county government officials, came to see off Lin Feng and others.
Zhuang Yan said: "Lin Si Zheng, why are you leaving in such a hurry? Your subordinates haven't had time to entertain Lin Si Zheng and Dr. Sun properly."
Lin Feng smiled and said: "The case of Puguang Temple is still pending there and has not been solved. I really can't eat and drink here with peace of mind."
"Besides, Magistrate Zhuang, you have already done me a great favor."
Lin Feng raised the paper in his hand and said: "You mobilized everyone in the county government to help me. In just one morning, you got the information and portraits of these 12 people. This is enough. These intelligence portraits are not in vain."
Sun Fujia on the side also smiled and nodded: "Your efficiency is indeed very high. I am very surprised." Zhuang Yan said: "Thanks to Wang County Lieutenant, who took people out to investigate early in the morning. Otherwise, it wouldn’t have been done so quickly.”
When Wang Pengcheng heard this, he quickly shook his head and said: "This is what the official should have done. What happened back then was investigated by the official. As a result, after repeated investigations, such a big omission was caused, allowing the real culprit to go free, and allowing Xie Fang's family to go free." The injustice has reached this point.”
"Xiaguan feels extremely guilty. Now that he can help me with something, I can feel more at ease."
Lin Feng said slowly: "You don't have to blame yourself, County Lieutenant Wang. Although you made some omissions, it was also because of the thief's plan. Even if the officials come to investigate, they will take this into consideration. Therefore, Lieutenant Wang will certainly be punished, but I don't think so." It’s not too serious.”
Wang Pengcheng was obviously relieved when he heard this. He hurriedly handed over to Lin Feng: "Thank you Lin Sizheng for your comfort."
Lin Feng smiled and shook his head. He cupped his hands and looked at the crowd, saying: "The matter in Zheng County requires your cooperation. If you go to Chang'an someday, I will treat you well."
After saying that, he turned around and entered the carriage without further delay.
Sun Fujia also smiled and cupped his hands: "Everyone, see you later."
After saying that, he also boarded the carriage.
As Zhao Shiwu drove the horses, the carriage drove slowly, getting further and further away from everyone's field of vision, and finally disappeared around the corner.
Zhuang Yan looked at the disappearing figures of Lin Feng and others, and said slowly: "I just hope that everything will go well for Lin Sizheng. After returning to Chang'an, he can use these portraits and information to catch Guan Liufei and the others, so that everyone who was involved in the Zhou family's extermination case will die tragically." Those who live in peace can rest in peace."
Wang Pengcheng listened to Zhuang Yan's words with deep eyes. He stared at the end of the road until he couldn't see anything anymore, then he looked back.
He lowered his head, his eyes flickered, and said, "Yes, I just hope everything goes well."
…………
That night, it was dark.
The watchman's voice came from afar, floating in the air, echoing constantly in the silent night.
It's time!
At this moment, a figure suddenly appeared from the shadow of the wall. He poked his head out and looked around. Seeing no one nearby, he came directly to a half-open door.
Under the moonlight, you can see that the plaque above the door is half burnt black.
There is only the word "zhou" faintly visible, which can barely be seen clearly.
He reached out and touched the door, and then with a slight force, the half-open door was pushed open.
He quickly ducked behind the door and quickly closed the door again.
After doing this, he let out a long breath.
He looked towards the desolate and dilapidated house, with dead grass growing under the ruins.
This seems to be a forgotten area in the bustling county town.
Without any hesitation, he walked quickly through the house with his baggage on his back, stepping on the dark wood, and arrived at the backyard.
The backyard where the owners lived was the most severely burned area.
Stones and wood were all charred black.
There are even some burnt marks on the ground.
Whether it is the courtyard or the house, there are dead grass growing everywhere at this time, and there is no difference anymore.
If you don't know this place very well, it will be difficult to quickly tell which room belongs to the master and which room belongs to the servant.
When this figure came to the back house, he didn't hesitate at all. He just glanced at the ruins in front of him, quickly found his target, and walked forward quickly.
When he came to a room full of ruins, he tied the bundle tightly, and then quickly moved away the blackened half of wood and some stones with his hands.
As the wood and stones were moved away, a hole came directly into view.
This hole is not too small. Although I cannot stand and walk in it, my crawling is not affected at all.
Looking at the entrance of the cave, this figure evoked a smug smile. He grabbed the bag tightly, raised his head, and took a deep look at the moon above his head, as if he wanted to remember the moon in Zheng County in his heart.
Then he crawled directly into the cave without any hesitation.
The secret passage was not long, after all, the Zhou family was not far from the city wall. Not long after, he saw the light outside.
There was no change in his expression. It was obvious that this was not the first time he had climbed this secret tunnel.
After successfully climbing to the entrance of the cave, he stretched out his hand to lift up the cover covering the entrance of the cave, and then stretched his head upwards.
He was just about to climb out of the secret passage and welcome the free world outside the city.
But suddenly...
His eyes flickered and froze instantly.
At that moment, his pupils suddenly shrank.
His face suddenly turned pale and frightened.
That way, it was like a cunning fox who thought he had escaped, but unexpectedly, he got directly into the hunter's cage.
He stared blankly ahead...
I saw fire jumping not far from the exit of the secret passage.
Zhao Fifteen and others, who had left during the day, gathered around to warm themselves by the fire.
At this time, Zhao Shiwu and the others seemed to hear the sound and turned to look at the entrance of the cave.
He hurriedly retracted his head, and his clothes were instantly soaked with cold sweat all over his body.
He didn't have time to think too much, and he didn't have time to think about why Zhao Shiwu and the others, who had already left, were warming themselves at the exit of the secret passage.
He quickly turned around and crawled back!
This time, he was no longer as relaxed and relaxed as before. He pursed his lips, his pupils kept beating, and his face was pale and anxious.
He climbed back very quickly, only taking half the time it took to climb back.
When he reached the entrance of the cave, he paused and looked outside the cave.
Seeing that there was no head poking towards the entrance of the cave, the fear and nervousness in his eyes relaxed a little.
Without any delay, he carefully stuck out his head, praying in his heart not to see anyone... Then, his eyes met a pair of dark and deep eyes that seemed to see through everything!
brush!
The pupil, which was originally narrowed due to nervousness, turned into a black dot at this moment, and then the pupil dilated instantly, and the whole person seemed to be scared out of his mind. He raised his head suddenly and heard a bang. His head hit the stone directly, causing him to scream in pain.
"Why are you so timid?"
Lin Feng muttered, and then shouted: "Catch him out."
When the officials heard this, they rushed up and quickly pulled the man out.
And when they pulled the man out of the cave and saw his appearance with the light of the torch, their eyes widened and their faces were full of shock.
"Wang County Lieutenant!"
"It turned out to be him!?"
"How could it be him?"
All these officials were in disbelief.
Sun Fujia on the side, his eyelids jumped when he saw Wang Pengcheng's frightened face, and said in surprise: "I didn't expect that the person with the problem turned out to be him!"
At this time, Wang Pengcheng was sitting on the ground, his whole body was shaking, his face was pale, and his pupils were dilated, as if he was really frightened out of his soul, and he has not calmed down yet.
You can imagine how frightened he was when he stuck his head out just now and met Lin Feng's eyes.
Lin Feng glanced at Wang Pengcheng, summoned an official, and said, "Go find Magistrate Zhuang and the others. This is a matter within their county, and Magistrate Zhuang should also know about this."
After hearing Lin Feng's words, the officials did not dare to delay and quickly turned around and left.
Not long after the officials left, there was sudden movement at the entrance of the cave.
Everyone looked and saw Zhao Shiwu's head exposed.
Seeing Wang Pengcheng sitting on the ground, he grinned and said with a smile: "Father, you are really amazing. How do you know that someone will leave through the secret passage tonight? And then let us intercept them at the exit of the secret passage?"
When Sun Fuga heard this, he also looked at Lin Feng with curiosity.
In fact, at noon today, they all really thought that Lin Feng would return to Chang'an immediately after getting the portrait.
After all, the Puguang Temple case has not been concluded yet, and Lin Feng is still waiting for clues here.
Judging from Lin Feng's past efficiency in investigating cases, it is very normal for Lin Feng to return to Chang'an immediately after getting the clues he wants.
Therefore, even Sun Fuga didn't think there was anything wrong with Lin Feng's decision during the day.
But who knew that not long after they left Zheng County, Lin Feng suddenly stopped everyone.
Lin Feng then asked the troops to divide into two groups, led by Zhao Shishi, who secretly rushed to the exit of the secret passage after nightfall and guarded it there.
If anyone is found coming out of the secret passage, they will be arrested immediately.
On the other way, Lin Feng took Sun Fujia and others, changed their clothes, dressed up in disguise, and secretly returned to Zheng County before it got dark.
Then quietly, he came to Zhou's mansion.
Originally, Sun Fujia didn't understand why Lin Feng did these things, but now, he finally understood.
Lin Feng had already calculated that someone was going to escape under the cover of night, so he waited here specifically for Wang Pengcheng to come to his door.
But why is Lin Feng so sure that Wang Pengcheng will leave tonight?Why are you so sure that Wang Pengcheng will leave through this secret passage?Sun Fujia was also very puzzled.
Seeing everyone looking at him, Lin Feng smiled and said, "Wait for a moment. I will explain later after County Magistrate Zhuang arrives."
"Otherwise, after Magistrate Zhuang comes, I will have to explain it again, which will be a waste of words."
After everyone heard this, they had no choice but to suppress their curiosity and wait for the arrival of Zhuang Yan and other Zheng County officials.
More than a quarter of an hour later, a burst of anxious footsteps suddenly sounded.
Everyone looked at the sound and saw the county magistrate Zhuang Yan leading the county government officials and walking quickly with torches.
Zhuang Yan's face was full of surprise and confusion. When he came to Lin Feng, he quickly raised his hands and said, "Lin Si Zheng, you...haven't you already left? Why are you here?"
As he spoke, he looked at Wang Pengcheng, who was sitting on the ground as if he had lost his soul. His eyes were even more confused: "Wang County Lieutenant, why are you here? What's wrong with you?"
Zhuang Yan looked confused. He was sleeping just fine, but he was woken up in a daze, saying that Lin Feng asked him to come to Zhou Mansion immediately.
So he still doesn't know what happened.
The county magistrate, registrar, and government servants behind him didn't even know what happened. They were called up by Zhuang Yan.
So after hearing Zhuang Yan's words, they all looked at Lin Feng very curiously, completely unable to understand the scene in front of them.
Lin Feng met their gaze and said slowly: "Everyone is here, let's start."
When everyone heard this, they stared at Lin Feng closely.
Lin Feng looked at Wang Pengcheng who was sitting on the ground and said calmly: "Wang County Lieutenant, you haven't recovered yet? Do you need me to order someone to bring you a basin of cold water to help you regain your soul?"
Wang Pengcheng still didn't respond.
Lin Feng looked directly at Zhao Shiwu, who nodded and quickly turned around to find a basin of water.
He came to Wang Pengcheng and said with a smile: "Wang County Lieutenant, if you don't say anything, this basin of water will be poured on you. You should know that on such a cold night, your clothes will be wet when they are wet." Is it uncomfortable?”
"Besides, since your adoptive father is here waiting for you to come to your door, don't you think that if you don't speak, your adoptive father really doesn't know anything and can't do anything to you? So why do you have to suffer this in vain? "
Wang Pengcheng's face changed slightly after listening to Zhao Shiwu's words and looking at the ice-cold water in Zhao Shiwu's hand.
Seeing that Zhao Shishi was about to pour water on himself after finishing speaking, Wang Pengcheng said quickly: "Thank you Lin Sizheng, I have already recovered."
When Zhao Shiwu saw this, he stopped moving and grinned: "It would have been better if I had done this earlier."
Lin Feng glanced at Zhao Shiwu with approval. Zhao Shiwu scratched his head and said with a smile: "After all, I have some experience in the prison of the Criminal Department."
It seems that Zhao Shiwu's job as jailer was not in vain.
Lin Feng nodded slightly.
He looked at Wang Pengcheng and said: "Now that Lieutenant Wang has come to his senses... Can Lieutenant Wang explain why you secretly left through the secret passage while carrying your bag on your back when no one was around?" ?”
After hearing Lin Feng's words, Zhuang Yan and others knew what Wang Pengcheng had done.
"You want to leave?"
Zhuang Yan looked at Wang Pengcheng and asked in confusion: "Wang County Lieutenant, weren't you fine when we separated in the evening? Why were you leaving suddenly? And you were leaving secretly?"
Others were also dumbfounded.
But Wang Pengcheng opened his mouth, but finally shook his head and did not answer.
Lin Feng looked at Wang Pengcheng and shook his head, and said slowly: "Don't answer? Is it because you don't know how to answer? Or you don't dare to tell the truth?"
Wang Pengcheng's expression changed, while Zhuang Yan frowned, feeling confused. He looked at Lin Feng and couldn't help but said: "Lin Si Zheng, what is going on? Why did Wang County Lieutenant leave secretly?"
Lin Feng listened to Zhuang Yan's words, took a deep look at Wang Pengcheng, and immediately said: "Magistrate Zhuang, let's continue our reasoning about the Zhou family's murder case last night."
He looked at everyone and said: "Although I have speculated on all the possibilities of the Zhou family's murder case last night, I have also found the twelve suspects."
"But actually, that's not all the clues I have."
"At the same time, I also have some strange things that happened on the night of the Zhou family massacre. There is no in-depth reasoning and analysis."
Zhuang Yan was stunned: "What other strange things happened that night without reasoning and analysis?"
Everyone else also looked confused.
Even Wang Pengcheng, who was sitting on the ground, subconsciously looked at Lin Feng secretly.
Lin Feng rolled up his sleeves and moved slightly closer to the torch to dispel the chill of the late autumn night.
Then he said slowly: "There are many strange things."
"For example..."
Lin Feng looked at Zhuang Yan and said, "As I speculated before, one of the three young men from the Zhou family was able to escape smoothly."
"And what he did after successfully escaping was to secretly follow the thieves to the mass grave, and then return to Zhou's house. After the thieves set the fire, he went to the mass grave to steal the corpses and exchange for himself... …”
At this point, Lin Feng paused, his eyes met Zhuang Yan's, and he said slowly: "County Magistrate Zhuang, when you heard my words, didn't you notice something was wrong?"
Zhuang Yan was startled for a moment: "Is something wrong?"
Lin Feng narrowed his eyes and said meaningfully: "Does Magistrate Zhuang think this young man's behavior is reasonable?"
"As the magistrate of a county, shouldn't Magistrate Zhou feel that such a young man who suddenly changed greatly, after discovering that all his family members died tragically, and the thieves left, and he was able to escape from the Zhou Mansion... in this situation Next, the most important thing for him to do is to look for people from the Yamen, report to the Yamen, and hope that the Yamen will catch the culprit and avenge his family?"
Zhuang Yan was stunned.
His pupils trembled violently, and his expression changed completely: "This... this... yes, he should indeed report it to the official immediately, but he, he didn't."
"It's not just that he didn't report it to the official immediately!"
Lin Feng followed Zhuang Yan's words and said in a deep voice: "But since then, it has been a full ten years, a full ten years, and he finally would rather find the murderer himself, rather than do it himself, rather than report it to the official!"
Lin Feng looked at him: "Magistrate Zhuang, do you think this is normal? Why would he rather do it himself than report it to the official? Why didn't he report it to the official even though he already knew who the murderer was?"
"This...this..." Zhuang Yan opened his mouth and took a step back due to Lin Feng's words, but he didn't know how to answer Lin Feng's words.
Then, he heard Lin Feng's low voice: "There can only be one reason why he behaved so abnormally."
"That means...he doesn't believe in our government!"
"But when a boy of twelve or thirteen years old suddenly suffered such a huge change and was so helpless, he would rather dig his own grave and steal the body than go to your county government reporter or ask for your help... Why? ?Why doesn’t he come to you?”
Zhuang Yan seemed to have thought of something, his eyes widened suddenly, and he lost his voice: "Could it be, could it be?"
"I believe Magistrate Zhuang should understand."
"There can only be one reason for all these strange and abnormal actions... that is, he doesn't believe your county government, or he can't believe your county government!"
"Why can't I believe you?"
Lin Feng's eyes swept across the people in the Zheng County government office. Those eyes were like knives, cold and piercing. The government servants and officials felt as if a mountain was pressing on them, making them lower their heads subconsciously. , dare not look at Lin Feng at all.
Then, they heard Lin Feng's cold voice: "There is only one possibility... He knows that there are people in your county government who are the accomplices of those thieves!"
"How dare he report the crime?"
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The night wind carried Lin Feng's meaningful voice into the ears of everyone nearby. In an instant, everyone's hearts were stirred up.
Magistrate Zhuang Yan only felt his scalp numb, and a chill instantly shot from the soles of his feet to the sky, making his brain buzz.
"Yes, there are two more corpses from Xie Fang and his son, but these two corpses are not in this mass grave, and there are only 25 corpses in the Zhou family... So, these two few corpses, are they really Also replacing two people?"
"If they also replaced two people, wouldn't it mean that...there were six people who actually escaped from the Zhou family fire!?"
Wang Pengcheng looked in disbelief: "That day, the officials collected a total of 25 corpses, thinking they were the 25 members of the Zhou family, but it turned out... six of them were not Zhou family members!?"
The government officials in Zheng County were also stunned, thinking that this was so suspenseful. Who could have thought that the truth about that night ten years ago would be like this?
None of the six corpses belonged to the Zhou family!
Sun Fujia's pupils were beating violently, and his thick eyebrows instantly changed from an inverted eight to a straight eight. His eyes were constantly flashing. He thought more than Zhuang Yan, Wang Pengcheng and others.
Zhuang Yan and the others were shocked by Lin Feng's inference.
But Sun Fujia heard more implications from Lin Feng's words and thought of more details about this case.
He hurriedly looked at Lin Feng and said: "Zide, as for Xie Fang and his son, back then, one was in his forties and the other was only a teenager!"
"If their corpses are really in the Zhou Mansion, replacing two people, doesn't it mean that... we can even infer who they replaced!?"
When everyone heard Sun Fuga's words, they were stunned for a moment.
But then, they seemed to have thought of something, and the shock in their eyes became even heavier.
Lin Feng took in the changes in everyone's expressions and said slowly: "There are two situations without the bodies of Xie Fang and his son!"
"Even if the first option is unlikely, it is still possible..."
Lin Feng looked at them and said, "That is, although Xie Fang's wife was killed, Xie Fang and his son may not have died. They escaped, so there are no bodies."
"But the thieves specifically asked them to take the blame instead of putting the blame on outsiders who climbed over the wall and entered the Zhou Mansion. In this situation where the murderer could not be found at all... they are obviously very relieved about Xie Fang's family and are not afraid that they will be wanted by the government. , so the possibility of Xie Fang and his son escaping is very slim, and they are most likely dead."
"But as long as there is a slight possibility, we cannot deliberately ignore it."
Everyone nodded after listening to Lin Feng's words.
Lin Feng was thoughtful and cautious, never letting go of any possibility.
"As for the second possibility, the probability is very high."
Lin Feng looked at everyone and said, "That means Xie Fang's family is indeed dead."
The night wind howled, and Lin Feng's voice sounded slowly in the wind.
"Those thieves don't need to deal with the bodies of Xie Fang's family separately. After all, they are buried in this coffin. As long as no one opens the coffin for autopsy, who will know that the person has been replaced?"
"So, since the body of Xie Fang's wife was brought here to be buried, but the bodies of Xie Fang and his son are not here, it can basically be inferred that...the thieves who set the Zhou family on fire did not bring their bodies. "
"Why weren't they brought and disposed of? Considering that they also needed to steal the corpses back to exchange for the future, it can be inferred that there is a high probability that they were used like these stolen corpses."
"So, the corpses of Xie Fang and his son should have become stand-ins for the two people in the Zhou family."
As Lin Feng spoke, he looked at Wu Zuo and said slowly: "During the day, Wu Zuo had already experienced the corpses of everyone in the Zhou family. Their ages and genders matched. This means that Xie Fang and his son can replace the two people." , they are definitely similar in age and gender.”
"And there are two people in the Zhou Mansion who are similar in age to Xie Fang! These two people are Zhou Mi, the head of the Zhou family, and Guan Liufei, the housekeeper of the Zhou Mansion."
"It's impossible for the head of the Zhou family, Zhou Mi, to destroy his own business and kill all his relatives...so it can be determined that the body replaced by Xie Fang is most likely that of the housekeeper Guan Liufei!"
"That is to say..."
Lin Feng looked at everyone, and under the expectant and nervous gaze of everyone, he said: "If it is really the second possibility, and Xie Fang is really dead, then the housekeeper Guan Liufei..."
Lin Feng took a deep breath and said firmly: "He must be one of the thieves who murdered the Zhou family that night!"
Brush it!
Listening to Lin Feng's words, everyone in the county government subconsciously widened their eyes, with shocked expressions on their faces!
found it!
Really found it!
Lin Feng actually guessed one of the thieves that night based on these corpses!
Even though Lin Feng said two possibilities, this was only the second possibility, but everyone felt that the probability of Xie Fang's escape was extremely low!
The most likely thing is that Xie Fang is really dead!
And as long as Xie Fang dies, it can be confirmed that Guan Liufei, the housekeeper of the Zhou Mansion, is definitely one of the real culprits that night!
Lin Feng obviously didn't see anyone from ten years ago, but at this moment, he used these corpses to find the real murderer!
This kind of ability shocked their hearts!
Zhuang Yan looked at Lin Feng with a shocked expression. He couldn't help but said: "Lin Si Zheng, the official finally knows how well the word "detective" falls on Lin Si Zheng!"
Wang Pengcheng and others also nodded in agreement.
Sun Fujia nodded with a smile on his face. His guess was the same as Lin Feng's, but it was not because of how good he was, but because of Lin Feng's reminder that he finally figured everything out.
Zhao Shishi laughed and thought it was only natural that his adoptive father was so powerful!
Lin Feng just smiled calmly in response to everyone's praise. He had received too many such looks and praises, and his heart was already as calm as water.
He said: "Similarly, we can also infer the person Xie Chengming replaced based on the age of Xie Fang's son Xie Chengming."
"In the Zhou Mansion, there are only two young men of similar age to Xie Chengming. One is Zhou Mi's third son, Zhou Qing, and the other is Zhou Mi's fourth son, Zhou He."
After listening to Lin Feng's words, County Magistrate Zhuang Yan thought for a moment, suddenly frowned and said in disbelief: "No way... Could it be that Zhou Qing or Zhou He is one of the most vicious murderers?"
"But they are only teenagers, so they can't be that vicious."
Everyone was stunned when they heard Zhuang Yan's words.
Then they saw Lin Feng shake his head, Lin Feng said: "Magistrate Zhuang, I have never said that the people Xie Chengming replaced are the real murderers."
"What?" Zhuang Yan was startled.
Lin Feng looked at him and reminded: "Has County Magistrate Zhuang forgotten...the murderer who committed serial murders in Puguang Temple?"
Zhuang Yan's eyes narrowed, and he immediately understood what Lin Feng meant, and he quickly asked: "Could it be... Could it be that the person Xie Chengming replaced is the survivor of the Zhou family, the real murderer in Puguang Temple?"
"what?"
"The person Xie Chengming replaced is the one who avenged the Zhou family!?"
After everyone heard this, they all looked at Lin Feng.
Lin Feng narrowed his eyes slightly and nodded slowly: "Nothing unexpected happens, that's it."
"From the corpses of the Zhou family and the condition of the tombs in front of us, it can be judged that... there is obviously a missing body of a young man. Combined with the revenge of Puguang Temple, there is a high probability that this young man is a survivor of the Zhou family."
Wang Pengcheng thought for a while, then suddenly frowned and said, "Lin Si is upright, I think something is not right."
Lin Feng looked at him and said, "Wang County Lieutenant thinks something is wrong?"
Wang Pengcheng said: "As Lin Sizheng said just now, those thieves stole these corpses into the Zhou Mansion in order to change the situation. They were also worried that the corpse of Xie Fang's wife would be discovered, so they took the corpse of Xie Fang's wife out... They They were able to successfully fake their own death and escape because they had considered everything carefully and ensured that the final number of dead people in the Zhou Mansion was 25."
"And they are so vicious. Once they take action, they will never let anyone go in the Zhou Mansion. In other words, they cannot deliberately let go of Zhou Qing and Zhou He. In other words, in their minds, the corpse of the young man in the Zhou Mansion There are three of them!”
Wang Pengcheng looked at Lin Feng and said, "According to normal reasoning, it is impossible for them to leave too many corpses of a young man without knowing anyone survived."
"So, like Xie Fang's wife, they should take away the extra corpse of the boy. Only in this way can they ensure the 25 corpses they want, and these corpses will not be found to have any problems."
"Therefore...if the surviving young man really escaped, then the number of corpses in the Zhou Mansion should be 24, not 25, right?"
After hearing this, the government officials and Zhuang Yan looked puzzled after thinking about it.
Indeed, Wang Pengcheng's words still make some sense.
In the case where the thieves don't know that anyone has escaped, one of the three teenagers' corpses must be dealt with. Then the problem arises. Once they deal with one, and another boy escapes, then the corpse of the boy in the Zhou Mansion, There shouldn't be two bodies, but only one.
But the fact is that there are two corpses of young men in the Zhou Mansion!
So what's going on here?
They couldn't help but look at Lin Feng.
Lin Feng smiled, not surprised by Wang Pengcheng's doubts. He looked at Wang Pengcheng and said, "There are still two situations."
"What?" Wang Pengcheng looked at Lin Feng hurriedly.
Lin Feng said: "First, when the young man escaped, he was discovered by these thieves, so in order to ensure that there were enough corpses, they did not take away the third young man's body."
Wang Pengcheng thought for a while, then nodded: "This possibility does exist."
"And the second."
Lin Feng continued: "The survival of this young man was not discovered by these thieves, so as you said, they will definitely leave with the body of the third young man, just like the body of Xie Fang's wife, which should not be left behind They would never leave the bodies at the scene.”
Wang Pengcheng hurriedly said: "In that case, there should be fewer corpses..."
Lin Feng shook his head and said meaningfully: "Wang County Lieutenant, you seem to have overlooked one thing..."
"What?" Wang Pengcheng was stunned.
Lin Feng looked at him and said slowly: "The secret passage is within the Zhou Mansion, so do you think that even these extremely vicious gangsters know the secret passage, so does the owner of the Zhou Mansion not know about the secret passage?"
Wang Pengcheng was stunned for a moment, and then he didn't know what he thought of, and his eyes widened: "Could it be?"
Lin Feng nodded slightly: "Those thieves all know how to replace corpses through secret passages. Why do you think the little master of the Zhou family can't do it?"
"As long as you know the secret passage, you will have a chance to replace the corpse."
"so……"
Lin Feng looked at Wang Pengcheng, Zhuang Yan and others, and said: "If the second situation is true, then based on the situation of the murderer in Puguang Temple and the lack of a young body, we can completely deduce that there was definitely a The boy survived, but the number of corpses in the Zhou family did not decrease...and there was not an extra boy's corpse among these tombs."
"We have reason to speculate... the surviving boy may have secretly followed the real murderers after escaping and saw them burying the body of a boy in a grave. Then in order to take revenge, he In order to hide the secret of his survival, after those people buried the young man's body, they dug it out and finally sent it back to the Zhou Mansion."
"In this case...everything can be explained!"
Wang Pengcheng's pupils shrank, and after thinking for a long time, he couldn't help but said: "If it is explained this way, it is indeed not impossible."
Zhuang Yan also had a look of shock on his face. He couldn't help but said: "If this is really the case, then how mentally tough that young man must have been to be able to do this... secretly follow these extremely vicious murderers and personally bury the corpses they buried. Dig it out and take it back secretly..."
"This is no easy task!"
Lin Feng nodded: "It is indeed not easy. Let alone a twelve or thirteen-year-old boy, even at our current age, our minds may not be so tenacious, and we may not be able to do it when everyone in the family died tragically. These."
Zhuang Yan nodded heavily.
Even Sun Fujia felt a little sighing and sighing in his heart.
Lin Feng looked at everyone, took a deep breath, and said: "I can't think of any surprises. The truth back then...should be like this."
Everyone hurriedly looked at Lin Feng.
Lin Feng said in a deep voice: "Those thieves wanted to destroy the Zhou family for some reason, but they didn't want to be discovered, so they thought of using fire to burn everyone beyond recognition, so that they wouldn't Someone knew they had faked their own death to get away.”
"But the people in the Zhou Mansion are not fools. They will not run away when encountering a fire... So if nothing else happens, before the fire breaks out, the people in the Zhou Mansion... may have been killed by these thieves!"
As he spoke, Lin Feng took out two things from his arms.
A burnt black jade pendant and a bloody purple cloth.
Lin Feng looked at the crowd and said slowly: "The jade pendant represents fire, which is consistent with the fire that burned everything in the Zhou Mansion."
"And this piece of purple cloth..."
Everyone looked at the purple cloth stained with shocking blood in Lin Feng's hand, and heard Lin Feng say: "The blood on it represents blood... At that time, the official in Chang'an speculated that this piece of cloth was splashed with blood, so From this piece of purple cloth, we can imagine that back then, those thieves must have used knives to kill everyone first. Only in this way could they ensure that no one would escape when the fire broke out, and that their conspiracy would not be exposed. People discovered it!”
Hearing Lin Feng's words, everyone's hearts were shocked.
The pupils dilated violently.
I just felt a chill rushing to my brain.
The viciousness and ruthlessness of these thieves are simply beyond their imagination!
Lin Feng looked at the silent mass grave in front of him, and said with a touch of emotion in his voice: "So the surviving boy is really lucky to be alive in this situation."
Everyone nodded heavily when they heard this.
First kill, then set fire... If you can survive, how can you not be lucky?
"After killing everyone, to ensure that no one escaped, they should have taken the bodies of Xie Fang's wife and children, left the Zhou Mansion through the secret passage at the bottom of the well, and came to this mass grave."
"Then they dug out the corpses they had selected in advance, placed Xie Fang's wife and children in the tomb, and then secretly took the corpses back to the Zhou family."
Lin Feng's voice was calm and steady. Even if it was just speculation, it gave everyone the feeling that they had witnessed the unknown scene that night with their own eyes. They had no doubt that it was the truth!
"After returning to the Zhou Mansion, 25 corpses had been prepared. Without hesitation, they set fire directly... In this case, the fire would burst out and all the corpses would be burned beyond recognition. Then their escape by feigning death would not be possible. Can anyone find out!"
"After the fire was completely burning, they waited at the door, deliberately waiting for you night watchmen to find out, and then fled in front of you wearing the clothes of Xie Fang's family. In this way, the purpose of blaming Xie Fang's family was achieved. "
When Wang Pengcheng heard this, his pupils shrank violently, and his face was extremely ugly: "I really didn't expect that the so-called Xie Fang family that I saw that night was actually carefully designed by these thieves! They were specifically taking advantage of us. , put the blame on Xie Fang’s family!”
The government officials who had witnessed what happened that night also had ugly expressions on their faces.
They have never been taken advantage of like this in their lives.
Lin Feng continued: "The survivor of the Zhou family, Zhou Qing or Zhou He, was not killed in advance for some unknown reason. He should have secretly followed these thieves when they left with the bodies of Xie Fang's wife and children."
"Watching them dig and bury graves with his own eyes, he returned to the Zhou Mansion first, pretended to be dead, and deceived the thieves. After the thieves set the fire, he immediately went to the mass grave through a secret passage."
After saying that, Lin Feng looked at Wang Pengcheng and said: "You told me that by the time you arrived at Zhou's Mansion, the fire in Zhou's Mansion was already very severe and there was no way to save it. So in the end, when the fire goes out, you can enter." Zhou Mansion, how long has it been since?"
Wang Pengcheng thought for a while and then said: "At least more than an hour."
"More than an hour..."
Lin Feng looked at the county seat of Zheng County and nodded slightly: "More than an hour is enough for the survivors of the Zhou family to come here to dig the grave and take the body back."
Everyone thought for a while, then nodded in agreement.
Indeed, more than an hour was more than enough for people like them to make three round trips.
There is still plenty of time.
Zhuang Yan took a deep breath, couldn't help shaking his head, and said, "I never expected that that night ten years ago, the truth turned out to be like this! But we didn't know anything about it. We always thought that the murderers were Xie Fang's family... As a result , let their family suffer ten years of injustice in vain!"
Wang Pengcheng lowered his head and blamed himself: "It's all Xiaguan's fault. If only Xiaguan could see their appearance clearly at that time, it would be fine."
Zhuang Yan shook his head and said with relief: "You also fell into the conspiracy of those thieves. They deliberately let you see them leaving wearing the clothes of Xie Fang's family just to deceive you. It's normal for you to fall into the trap."
Wang Pengcheng could only sigh and nod.
Zhuang Yan looked at Lin Feng and said, "Lin Sizheng, what should we do next?"
When everyone heard this, they all looked at Lin Feng.
Lin Feng pondered for a moment and said: "All of this is still just my speculation. I still don't have enough evidence to prove it... So, we have to look for evidence next."
"What is absolutely certain now is that four of the eight men in the Zhou family who were between the ages of 20 and 30 must have been thieves!"
"What is certain with a high probability is that... Guan Liufei, the housekeeper of the Zhou Mansion, is one of the thieves."
"Zhou Qing and Zhou He..."
Lin Feng thought for a while and said: "Including Xie Chengming, although Xie Chengming is very likely to be dead, we can't see the appearance of the body after all. To be on the safe side, let's include Xie Chengming... There must be one of the three teenagers. He is a survivor and the murderer of Puguang Temple."
"So, what we have to do next is to fully understand the information of these 12 people, draw portraits of 12 of them by asking neighbors, and then bring them to Chang'an by our officer. Based on the portraits of 12 of them, and get Other information to determine whether the three dead people are one of them."
"After that, we will check other people based on the portraits and information to see if we can find the rest. If we can find them, it will basically verify all our guesses."
Lin Feng's method is not very clever, but after all, the case occurred ten years ago. Lin Feng is already very powerful for being able to investigate the case to this point.
After further investigation using ordinary methods, no one thought there was anything wrong.
Zhuang Yan looked at Lin Feng: "Leave this matter to the official, who will have someone investigate tomorrow."
Lin Feng did not refuse, he smiled and said: "Then there is the County Magistrate of Laozhuang."
Zhuang Yan shook his head quickly: "This is the responsibility of the lower official."
Lin Feng nodded. He looked at the tombs in front of him, thought for a while, and said: "Let's re-bury these tombs first, and let the deceased rest in peace first... Xie let go of his wife's body and dig a separate grave for her first, and wait." After we determine whether Xie Fang is dead or alive, if we have the chance, we will bury them together as husband and wife."
"As for those empty tombs... take note of them for the time being and tell their families about them. At the same time, ask their families about the characteristics of the corpses before they died, and then let them examine them carefully to see if they can find out the missing ones from the Zhou family. 's corpse."
Upon hearing this, Zhuang Yan nodded quickly: "This is the safest way."
Lin Feng yawned and glanced at the dark sky. It was almost past midnight, and he said: "Work as soon as possible. Go back and rest after finishing the work. We will do other things tomorrow."
Zhuang Yan and the others no longer wanted to stay in this windy mass grave. Now that they heard Lin Feng's words, they quickly re-buried the tombs without saying a word.
Then he returned to the city to rest.
…………
The next day, afternoon.
At the gate of Zhengxian County.
County magistrate Zhuang Yan, along with county captain Wang Pengcheng and other county government officials, came to see off Lin Feng and others.
Zhuang Yan said: "Lin Si Zheng, why are you leaving in such a hurry? Your subordinates haven't had time to entertain Lin Si Zheng and Dr. Sun properly."
Lin Feng smiled and said: "The case of Puguang Temple is still pending there and has not been solved. I really can't eat and drink here with peace of mind."
"Besides, Magistrate Zhuang, you have already done me a great favor."
Lin Feng raised the paper in his hand and said: "You mobilized everyone in the county government to help me. In just one morning, you got the information and portraits of these 12 people. This is enough. These intelligence portraits are not in vain."
Sun Fujia on the side also smiled and nodded: "Your efficiency is indeed very high. I am very surprised." Zhuang Yan said: "Thanks to Wang County Lieutenant, who took people out to investigate early in the morning. Otherwise, it wouldn’t have been done so quickly.”
When Wang Pengcheng heard this, he quickly shook his head and said: "This is what the official should have done. What happened back then was investigated by the official. As a result, after repeated investigations, such a big omission was caused, allowing the real culprit to go free, and allowing Xie Fang's family to go free." The injustice has reached this point.”
"Xiaguan feels extremely guilty. Now that he can help me with something, I can feel more at ease."
Lin Feng said slowly: "You don't have to blame yourself, County Lieutenant Wang. Although you made some omissions, it was also because of the thief's plan. Even if the officials come to investigate, they will take this into consideration. Therefore, Lieutenant Wang will certainly be punished, but I don't think so." It’s not too serious.”
Wang Pengcheng was obviously relieved when he heard this. He hurriedly handed over to Lin Feng: "Thank you Lin Sizheng for your comfort."
Lin Feng smiled and shook his head. He cupped his hands and looked at the crowd, saying: "The matter in Zheng County requires your cooperation. If you go to Chang'an someday, I will treat you well."
After saying that, he turned around and entered the carriage without further delay.
Sun Fujia also smiled and cupped his hands: "Everyone, see you later."
After saying that, he also boarded the carriage.
As Zhao Shiwu drove the horses, the carriage drove slowly, getting further and further away from everyone's field of vision, and finally disappeared around the corner.
Zhuang Yan looked at the disappearing figures of Lin Feng and others, and said slowly: "I just hope that everything will go well for Lin Sizheng. After returning to Chang'an, he can use these portraits and information to catch Guan Liufei and the others, so that everyone who was involved in the Zhou family's extermination case will die tragically." Those who live in peace can rest in peace."
Wang Pengcheng listened to Zhuang Yan's words with deep eyes. He stared at the end of the road until he couldn't see anything anymore, then he looked back.
He lowered his head, his eyes flickered, and said, "Yes, I just hope everything goes well."
…………
That night, it was dark.
The watchman's voice came from afar, floating in the air, echoing constantly in the silent night.
It's time!
At this moment, a figure suddenly appeared from the shadow of the wall. He poked his head out and looked around. Seeing no one nearby, he came directly to a half-open door.
Under the moonlight, you can see that the plaque above the door is half burnt black.
There is only the word "zhou" faintly visible, which can barely be seen clearly.
He reached out and touched the door, and then with a slight force, the half-open door was pushed open.
He quickly ducked behind the door and quickly closed the door again.
After doing this, he let out a long breath.
He looked towards the desolate and dilapidated house, with dead grass growing under the ruins.
This seems to be a forgotten area in the bustling county town.
Without any hesitation, he walked quickly through the house with his baggage on his back, stepping on the dark wood, and arrived at the backyard.
The backyard where the owners lived was the most severely burned area.
Stones and wood were all charred black.
There are even some burnt marks on the ground.
Whether it is the courtyard or the house, there are dead grass growing everywhere at this time, and there is no difference anymore.
If you don't know this place very well, it will be difficult to quickly tell which room belongs to the master and which room belongs to the servant.
When this figure came to the back house, he didn't hesitate at all. He just glanced at the ruins in front of him, quickly found his target, and walked forward quickly.
When he came to a room full of ruins, he tied the bundle tightly, and then quickly moved away the blackened half of wood and some stones with his hands.
As the wood and stones were moved away, a hole came directly into view.
This hole is not too small. Although I cannot stand and walk in it, my crawling is not affected at all.
Looking at the entrance of the cave, this figure evoked a smug smile. He grabbed the bag tightly, raised his head, and took a deep look at the moon above his head, as if he wanted to remember the moon in Zheng County in his heart.
Then he crawled directly into the cave without any hesitation.
The secret passage was not long, after all, the Zhou family was not far from the city wall. Not long after, he saw the light outside.
There was no change in his expression. It was obvious that this was not the first time he had climbed this secret tunnel.
After successfully climbing to the entrance of the cave, he stretched out his hand to lift up the cover covering the entrance of the cave, and then stretched his head upwards.
He was just about to climb out of the secret passage and welcome the free world outside the city.
But suddenly...
His eyes flickered and froze instantly.
At that moment, his pupils suddenly shrank.
His face suddenly turned pale and frightened.
That way, it was like a cunning fox who thought he had escaped, but unexpectedly, he got directly into the hunter's cage.
He stared blankly ahead...
I saw fire jumping not far from the exit of the secret passage.
Zhao Fifteen and others, who had left during the day, gathered around to warm themselves by the fire.
At this time, Zhao Shiwu and the others seemed to hear the sound and turned to look at the entrance of the cave.
He hurriedly retracted his head, and his clothes were instantly soaked with cold sweat all over his body.
He didn't have time to think too much, and he didn't have time to think about why Zhao Shiwu and the others, who had already left, were warming themselves at the exit of the secret passage.
He quickly turned around and crawled back!
This time, he was no longer as relaxed and relaxed as before. He pursed his lips, his pupils kept beating, and his face was pale and anxious.
He climbed back very quickly, only taking half the time it took to climb back.
When he reached the entrance of the cave, he paused and looked outside the cave.
Seeing that there was no head poking towards the entrance of the cave, the fear and nervousness in his eyes relaxed a little.
Without any delay, he carefully stuck out his head, praying in his heart not to see anyone... Then, his eyes met a pair of dark and deep eyes that seemed to see through everything!
brush!
The pupil, which was originally narrowed due to nervousness, turned into a black dot at this moment, and then the pupil dilated instantly, and the whole person seemed to be scared out of his mind. He raised his head suddenly and heard a bang. His head hit the stone directly, causing him to scream in pain.
"Why are you so timid?"
Lin Feng muttered, and then shouted: "Catch him out."
When the officials heard this, they rushed up and quickly pulled the man out.
And when they pulled the man out of the cave and saw his appearance with the light of the torch, their eyes widened and their faces were full of shock.
"Wang County Lieutenant!"
"It turned out to be him!?"
"How could it be him?"
All these officials were in disbelief.
Sun Fujia on the side, his eyelids jumped when he saw Wang Pengcheng's frightened face, and said in surprise: "I didn't expect that the person with the problem turned out to be him!"
At this time, Wang Pengcheng was sitting on the ground, his whole body was shaking, his face was pale, and his pupils were dilated, as if he was really frightened out of his soul, and he has not calmed down yet.
You can imagine how frightened he was when he stuck his head out just now and met Lin Feng's eyes.
Lin Feng glanced at Wang Pengcheng, summoned an official, and said, "Go find Magistrate Zhuang and the others. This is a matter within their county, and Magistrate Zhuang should also know about this."
After hearing Lin Feng's words, the officials did not dare to delay and quickly turned around and left.
Not long after the officials left, there was sudden movement at the entrance of the cave.
Everyone looked and saw Zhao Shiwu's head exposed.
Seeing Wang Pengcheng sitting on the ground, he grinned and said with a smile: "Father, you are really amazing. How do you know that someone will leave through the secret passage tonight? And then let us intercept them at the exit of the secret passage?"
When Sun Fuga heard this, he also looked at Lin Feng with curiosity.
In fact, at noon today, they all really thought that Lin Feng would return to Chang'an immediately after getting the portrait.
After all, the Puguang Temple case has not been concluded yet, and Lin Feng is still waiting for clues here.
Judging from Lin Feng's past efficiency in investigating cases, it is very normal for Lin Feng to return to Chang'an immediately after getting the clues he wants.
Therefore, even Sun Fuga didn't think there was anything wrong with Lin Feng's decision during the day.
But who knew that not long after they left Zheng County, Lin Feng suddenly stopped everyone.
Lin Feng then asked the troops to divide into two groups, led by Zhao Shishi, who secretly rushed to the exit of the secret passage after nightfall and guarded it there.
If anyone is found coming out of the secret passage, they will be arrested immediately.
On the other way, Lin Feng took Sun Fujia and others, changed their clothes, dressed up in disguise, and secretly returned to Zheng County before it got dark.
Then quietly, he came to Zhou's mansion.
Originally, Sun Fujia didn't understand why Lin Feng did these things, but now, he finally understood.
Lin Feng had already calculated that someone was going to escape under the cover of night, so he waited here specifically for Wang Pengcheng to come to his door.
But why is Lin Feng so sure that Wang Pengcheng will leave tonight?Why are you so sure that Wang Pengcheng will leave through this secret passage?Sun Fujia was also very puzzled.
Seeing everyone looking at him, Lin Feng smiled and said, "Wait for a moment. I will explain later after County Magistrate Zhuang arrives."
"Otherwise, after Magistrate Zhuang comes, I will have to explain it again, which will be a waste of words."
After everyone heard this, they had no choice but to suppress their curiosity and wait for the arrival of Zhuang Yan and other Zheng County officials.
More than a quarter of an hour later, a burst of anxious footsteps suddenly sounded.
Everyone looked at the sound and saw the county magistrate Zhuang Yan leading the county government officials and walking quickly with torches.
Zhuang Yan's face was full of surprise and confusion. When he came to Lin Feng, he quickly raised his hands and said, "Lin Si Zheng, you...haven't you already left? Why are you here?"
As he spoke, he looked at Wang Pengcheng, who was sitting on the ground as if he had lost his soul. His eyes were even more confused: "Wang County Lieutenant, why are you here? What's wrong with you?"
Zhuang Yan looked confused. He was sleeping just fine, but he was woken up in a daze, saying that Lin Feng asked him to come to Zhou Mansion immediately.
So he still doesn't know what happened.
The county magistrate, registrar, and government servants behind him didn't even know what happened. They were called up by Zhuang Yan.
So after hearing Zhuang Yan's words, they all looked at Lin Feng very curiously, completely unable to understand the scene in front of them.
Lin Feng met their gaze and said slowly: "Everyone is here, let's start."
When everyone heard this, they stared at Lin Feng closely.
Lin Feng looked at Wang Pengcheng who was sitting on the ground and said calmly: "Wang County Lieutenant, you haven't recovered yet? Do you need me to order someone to bring you a basin of cold water to help you regain your soul?"
Wang Pengcheng still didn't respond.
Lin Feng looked directly at Zhao Shiwu, who nodded and quickly turned around to find a basin of water.
He came to Wang Pengcheng and said with a smile: "Wang County Lieutenant, if you don't say anything, this basin of water will be poured on you. You should know that on such a cold night, your clothes will be wet when they are wet." Is it uncomfortable?”
"Besides, since your adoptive father is here waiting for you to come to your door, don't you think that if you don't speak, your adoptive father really doesn't know anything and can't do anything to you? So why do you have to suffer this in vain? "
Wang Pengcheng's face changed slightly after listening to Zhao Shiwu's words and looking at the ice-cold water in Zhao Shiwu's hand.
Seeing that Zhao Shishi was about to pour water on himself after finishing speaking, Wang Pengcheng said quickly: "Thank you Lin Sizheng, I have already recovered."
When Zhao Shiwu saw this, he stopped moving and grinned: "It would have been better if I had done this earlier."
Lin Feng glanced at Zhao Shiwu with approval. Zhao Shiwu scratched his head and said with a smile: "After all, I have some experience in the prison of the Criminal Department."
It seems that Zhao Shiwu's job as jailer was not in vain.
Lin Feng nodded slightly.
He looked at Wang Pengcheng and said: "Now that Lieutenant Wang has come to his senses... Can Lieutenant Wang explain why you secretly left through the secret passage while carrying your bag on your back when no one was around?" ?”
After hearing Lin Feng's words, Zhuang Yan and others knew what Wang Pengcheng had done.
"You want to leave?"
Zhuang Yan looked at Wang Pengcheng and asked in confusion: "Wang County Lieutenant, weren't you fine when we separated in the evening? Why were you leaving suddenly? And you were leaving secretly?"
Others were also dumbfounded.
But Wang Pengcheng opened his mouth, but finally shook his head and did not answer.
Lin Feng looked at Wang Pengcheng and shook his head, and said slowly: "Don't answer? Is it because you don't know how to answer? Or you don't dare to tell the truth?"
Wang Pengcheng's expression changed, while Zhuang Yan frowned, feeling confused. He looked at Lin Feng and couldn't help but said: "Lin Si Zheng, what is going on? Why did Wang County Lieutenant leave secretly?"
Lin Feng listened to Zhuang Yan's words, took a deep look at Wang Pengcheng, and immediately said: "Magistrate Zhuang, let's continue our reasoning about the Zhou family's murder case last night."
He looked at everyone and said: "Although I have speculated on all the possibilities of the Zhou family's murder case last night, I have also found the twelve suspects."
"But actually, that's not all the clues I have."
"At the same time, I also have some strange things that happened on the night of the Zhou family massacre. There is no in-depth reasoning and analysis."
Zhuang Yan was stunned: "What other strange things happened that night without reasoning and analysis?"
Everyone else also looked confused.
Even Wang Pengcheng, who was sitting on the ground, subconsciously looked at Lin Feng secretly.
Lin Feng rolled up his sleeves and moved slightly closer to the torch to dispel the chill of the late autumn night.
Then he said slowly: "There are many strange things."
"For example..."
Lin Feng looked at Zhuang Yan and said, "As I speculated before, one of the three young men from the Zhou family was able to escape smoothly."
"And what he did after successfully escaping was to secretly follow the thieves to the mass grave, and then return to Zhou's house. After the thieves set the fire, he went to the mass grave to steal the corpses and exchange for himself... …”
At this point, Lin Feng paused, his eyes met Zhuang Yan's, and he said slowly: "County Magistrate Zhuang, when you heard my words, didn't you notice something was wrong?"
Zhuang Yan was startled for a moment: "Is something wrong?"
Lin Feng narrowed his eyes and said meaningfully: "Does Magistrate Zhuang think this young man's behavior is reasonable?"
"As the magistrate of a county, shouldn't Magistrate Zhou feel that such a young man who suddenly changed greatly, after discovering that all his family members died tragically, and the thieves left, and he was able to escape from the Zhou Mansion... in this situation Next, the most important thing for him to do is to look for people from the Yamen, report to the Yamen, and hope that the Yamen will catch the culprit and avenge his family?"
Zhuang Yan was stunned.
His pupils trembled violently, and his expression changed completely: "This... this... yes, he should indeed report it to the official immediately, but he, he didn't."
"It's not just that he didn't report it to the official immediately!"
Lin Feng followed Zhuang Yan's words and said in a deep voice: "But since then, it has been a full ten years, a full ten years, and he finally would rather find the murderer himself, rather than do it himself, rather than report it to the official!"
Lin Feng looked at him: "Magistrate Zhuang, do you think this is normal? Why would he rather do it himself than report it to the official? Why didn't he report it to the official even though he already knew who the murderer was?"
"This...this..." Zhuang Yan opened his mouth and took a step back due to Lin Feng's words, but he didn't know how to answer Lin Feng's words.
Then, he heard Lin Feng's low voice: "There can only be one reason why he behaved so abnormally."
"That means...he doesn't believe in our government!"
"But when a boy of twelve or thirteen years old suddenly suffered such a huge change and was so helpless, he would rather dig his own grave and steal the body than go to your county government reporter or ask for your help... Why? ?Why doesn’t he come to you?”
Zhuang Yan seemed to have thought of something, his eyes widened suddenly, and he lost his voice: "Could it be, could it be?"
"I believe Magistrate Zhuang should understand."
"There can only be one reason for all these strange and abnormal actions... that is, he doesn't believe your county government, or he can't believe your county government!"
"Why can't I believe you?"
Lin Feng's eyes swept across the people in the Zheng County government office. Those eyes were like knives, cold and piercing. The government servants and officials felt as if a mountain was pressing on them, making them lower their heads subconsciously. , dare not look at Lin Feng at all.
Then, they heard Lin Feng's cold voice: "There is only one possibility... He knows that there are people in your county government who are the accomplices of those thieves!"
"How dare he report the crime?"
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