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Chapter 40 The truth: Arsonists don’t want to set fires, and liars don’t want to lie!
After listening to Lin Feng's words, everyone nodded in agreement.

Naturally, the censors, who specialize in finding fault with others, know this rule best.

Lin Feng continued: "After I noticed something strange about this jade pendant, I made an excuse and asked for it, wondering if I could see anything about it."

Wu Minxing said: "So you were... not curious at all?"

Lin Feng smiled and nodded: "I have to find an excuse after all. It would be too shameful to ask for it directly."

Wu Minxing pursed his lips. Sun Fujia and Zhao Shiwu were used to it. When investigating cases, anything Lin Feng said or did should not be taken seriously.

It was most likely to make the suspects relax their vigilance, or simply to fool everyone.

Lin Feng said: "To be honest, I will find fragments of candles on the jade pendant. It is a complete unexpected gain - my biggest gain is the message conveyed to me by the jade pendant itself."

"What information?" The best admirer never leaves Lin Feng in the cold.

Lin Feng looked at the jade pendant in Wu Minxing's hand and said, "The quality of the jade pendant is very good, and the whole body is moist. It looks like it is made of fine jade. This kind of jade is definitely not cheap, right?"

Wu Minxing did not hide it: "It is indeed very expensive. My salary for a few months only covers such a small amount."

Lin Feng nodded slightly and continued: "I asked about Wu Yushi's reputation, and one of them said that Wu Yushi has the style of Wei Gong, he is frugal and very simple."

"I was curious at that time... How could the frugal and simple Wu Yushi spend such a large sum of money to buy such a small piece of jewelry for himself?"

"Right? Why?" Everyone was completely led into the rhythm of reasoning by Lin Feng.

As soon as I heard about the unanswered questions, I couldn’t wait to ask them.

Even Dai Zhou and Wei Zheng stared at Lin Feng without any distraction.

Lin Feng smiled and said: "If what I predict is good... I didn't buy this jade pendant for Wu Yushi himself."

"what?"

"Didn't he buy it for himself?"

Everyone was startled and quickly looked at Wu Minxing.

Wu Minxing was seen looking down at the jade pendant in his hand, without refuting Lin Feng.

There is no doubt...Lin Feng's reasoning is correct!

Lin Feng continued: "When I was doubting, I saw the words on the jade pendant."

"The front of the jade pendant says 'Wen Cheng Wude', and the back says 'Healthy and Successful'. This obviously contains the words of expectations and wishes for the future, which makes me even more sure that this is not Wu Yushi's own."

"After all, what middle-aged man in his forties would let someone write something like this when buying a jade pendant for himself?"

"And usually, people who write such long-awaited words... often..."

Lin Feng looked at Wu Minxing and said slowly: "They are all given to the heirs of the family."

"The elders have expectations and wishes for the younger generation, so they write such words."

"After thinking about this, I turned my attention to the rope tied to the jade pendant. I saw that the rope was red and the size was just right for a child to wear."

"All these clues finally allowed me to confirm that... this jade pendant should have been given by Wu Yushi to the heirs of the family."

Listening to Lin Feng infer the ownership of the jade pendant based on these details, everyone was impressed by Lin Feng's meticulous observation, but also couldn't help but look at Wu Minxing, wondering whether Lin Feng's inference was correct.

Wu Minxing took a deep breath and was silent for a while before sighing: "Yes, this jade pendant is indeed for my only son. He is only three years old this year."

Lin Feng really guessed it right again!

Wu Minxing is over 40 this year, and his son is only three years old... In ancient times, it was considered too old to have a son, right?No wonder he, who has always been simple, diligent and frugal, is willing to spend several months of his salary to buy such a small jade pendant for his son. This shows how much he loves his son.

Lin Feng thought about it and said, "You spent a lot of money to buy this jade pendant specifically for your son. As expected, it should have been on your child since he was born."

"It entrusts your expectations. At the same time, jade also nourishes people and wards off disasters and evil spirits. You shouldn't leave your children...but."

Lin Feng's voice suddenly changed, and he suddenly looked at Wu Minxing and said: "It was supposed to be a jade pendant worn by the child, but it appeared in your hand. And since I saw you, your mental state has been very bad, and I was still holding on to the jade pendant very nervously, for fear of losing it."

"These many abnormal behaviors made me realize..."

Lin Feng paused and said, "There may be something wrong with your child."

what?
Is there something wrong with Wu Minxing’s son?
really?
The colleagues at the Yushitai looked at Wu Minxing nervously.

Wu Minxing subconsciously clenched the jade pendant, took a deep breath, and looked at Lin Feng: "Are there any more?"

Lin Feng nodded: "Then I asked my colleagues who were in the same office as you to ask them if they saw you holding the jade pendant during the day... The result was no."

"That is to say...this jade pendant suddenly appeared at night."

"But you have never left the Yushitai. Why does the jade pendant on your child appear?"

"As I think of you setting a fire for no reason...a guess slowly emerged in my mind."

Lin Feng looked at Wu Minxing and said in a deep voice: "No surprise... I think you should be like Zheng Yushi, who suddenly received a secret letter, but unlike Zheng Yushi's hopeful secret letter, yours The secret message is a threatening letter!”

"The letter should say... your child is under control. If you want your child to live well, just listen to them. At the third moment of the ugliness, set fire in the file room and destroy the files on the Zhao Deshun case."

"In order for you to believe their words, your child's jade pendant should appear together with that secret letter."

"After you saw this jade pendant, you immediately panicked... You are upright and kind-hearted by nature, and you don't want to do this, but for the sake of your only child, you have no choice."

After listening to Lin Feng's words, everyone's eyes couldn't help but fall on Wu Minxing, their faces full of shock and surprise.Even Wei Zheng had a complicated look on his unsmiling face. He couldn't help but say, "Is this really true?"

Wu Minxing sighed, was silent for a long time, and then nodded painfully: "Yes."

When everyone saw Wu Minxing nodding, their eyes widened.

They never thought that Wu Minxing would have such a tortuous reason for setting the fire!

He was actually being coerced!
Lin Feng said: "Wu Yushi doesn't want to be used by thieves, but he has to do it for the sake of his children."

"That's why when he followed the thief's instructions to set fire, he only sprinkled the kerosene on the windows and a small half of the table instead of directly covering the entire file room."

"Because he wanted the flames to burn so that the thieves could see him setting the fire and let his children go...but he also didn't want all the files to be really destroyed because of him, so he only controlled the flames near the window. ...It is precisely because of this that the special situation that we just saw is so clear-cut and one-size-fits-all occurs.”

"I think Wu Yushi must also be calculating the time. Once the flames burn, he will immediately go out and call someone to put out the fire... But unexpectedly, Zheng Yushi discovered the fire earlier."

Zheng Feng's eyes widened and he said: "That's not right...I'm a little confused. Didn't you say that I was being used as a scapegoat? But this was not a thief who set the fire at all, but Wu Yushi who was forced to set the fire. ah……"

"Does the thief want me to take the blame for Wu Yushi? But he is plotting against Wu Yushi. It doesn't seem like he wants to help Wu Yushi."

Lin Feng smiled and said: "I never said that Zheng Yushi wanted to take the blame for arson."

"what?"

Zheng Feng was stunned, and everyone else was stunned.

Just listen to Lin Feng say: "Zheng Yushi still doesn't understand?"

"The thief gave you so much money, how could he let you go so easily... Rather than scapegoating you, it is obviously more in their interest to use this opportunity to blackmail you and control you in the future."

"And you showed up at that time...because the real thief never thought that Wu Yushi would use a timer to set the fire."

"In other words... the thief's idea was that Wu Yushi had to set the fire at three o'clock in the morning. It happened that you appeared near the file room at that time and discovered the fact that Wu Yushi set the fire..."

"That is to say..."

Lin Feng glanced at everyone and said decisively: "Your role is to be a witness, a witness with solid evidence, not a scapegoat."

Zheng Feng opened his mouth wide.

The others were also stunned.

They all thought they knew the truth behind Zheng Feng's visit to the utility room, but unexpectedly, there was a twist.

Both Dai Zhou and Wei Zheng couldn't help but rub their foreheads, feeling that there was too much information.

Sun Fujia kept taking deep breaths and told himself, don't compare with Lin Feng, just be a witness from now on.

As for Zhao Shiwu, he was stunned and thought that even the famous Zhuge Kongming was only as smart as this, right?
Don't look at me with such admiration, he is a legend... Lin Feng looked at Wu Minxing and said, "Now that I know this, I will understand why you kept your desk so clean."

"Your conscience has prevented you from hiding the fact that you were the arsonist. Even if I didn't find you out, you would definitely surrender in the end."

"So you know that you will never go back to work, so you clean up in advance."

Wei Zheng turned his head fiercely and looked at Wu Minxing.

Wu Minxing remained silent.

"same……"

Lin Feng continued: "Why did you use the timing device... because you wanted to delay the time when you were discovered. You wanted to know whether your son was safe and sound in the end."

"At night... your son rested alone in a room. They stole your son silently and your family would not notice."

"But once it's daytime, if your son hasn't returned yet, your family will definitely come to the Yushitai to look for you as soon as possible, so that you can know whether your son is safe and sound."

"So you have to wait until daylight."

Everyone stared at Wu Minxing, wondering if all this was really what Lin Feng said.

Then, they saw Wu Minxing exhale a long breath with his eyes closed, and then sighed: "If I hadn't known that you were in the Ministry of Justice last night... I would really have thought that everything I did was under your watch. "

Really!

It turned out to be so!

Everything is as Lin Feng said...

The abnormality of the desk, the setting of the timer device, the problem of the jade pendant, the one-size-fits-all situation after the file room was burned down, and even Zheng Feng's money... everything formed a logical closed loop perfectly.

All the abnormalities last night had the most reasonable explanation at this moment!
The truth finally came to light.

Arsonists don't want to set fires, and liars don't want to lie. Behind them all there is a common person behind the scenes who controls everything.

Zhao Shiwu felt that his mind could no longer turn around.

Sun Fujia couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief: "Such a scheme... can be compared to Cuizhu's plot against Lu'e."

Dai Zhou looked at Wei Zheng and said with emotion: "Wei Gong, your censors are all talented people. They are just three censors. It is such a wonderful drama."

Wei Zheng closed his eyes and was silent for a long time. Then he suddenly looked at Zhou Ran and said sternly: "I really didn't expect... you are so scheming and plotting against your colleagues. You are so vicious! I, Yushitai, have you like you. This person is simply a great shame to my Yushitai!"

(End of this chapter)