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Chapter 92 The first wife and concubine!

Chang'an, Dali Temple.

The old temple leader, Qinyuan, entered the Dali Temple in the early morning sunshine.

As soon as he entered, he saw the busy officials of Dali Temple suddenly stopped and looked at him with complicated expressions.

They have received notice that Wang Qinyuan will officially leave Dali Temple in three days and return to his ancestral home to retire.

In other words, Wang Qinyuan only worked with them for the last three days.

Although Wang Qinyuan is the temple leader and holds a high position in Dali Temple, he has a kind personality, does not argue with others, and has always been very good to his subordinates. Therefore, everyone was very reluctant to leave when Wang Qinyuan was about to leave.

A kind smile appeared on Wang Qinyuan's old face: "In three days, I will be hosting a farewell banquet for all of my colleagues in my mansion. All of you colleagues should be honored."

When everyone heard this, they nodded in agreement.

"Wang Si is rest assured, we will definitely go."

"We will go to hell if there is a knife in the sky!"

Wang Qinyuan smiled and nodded, then walked towards the office with a slight stoop.

Passing by Si Cheng's office, he paused, looked inside, and then said to Han Keji and others: "Why hasn't Lin Si Cheng been here these days? Where has he been? I will have a banquet for everyone in three days, can he Are you coming back?"

Hearing this, Han Keji stood up quickly and said, "Wang Sizheng, don't wait for him. I heard Xiao Siqing mention it. Xiao Gong said that he went to Suizhou to investigate the Suizhou headless case that had been closed for several months. The corpse case requires at least ten days to go back and forth. Calculating the time, unless he only stays in Suizhou for one day, it will be impossible to come back in time."

Wang Qinyuan looked a little disappointed. After all, Si Zheng had the most contact with Si Cheng, and he had always cooperated with Lin Feng on official matters.

Lin Feng couldn't rush back in time to see him one last time. After all, he felt a little regretful.

As for re-investigating a case that has been closed for several months, no matter how you think about it, it would be impossible to complete the investigation in one day, and Lin Feng would never be able to make it back in time.

He sighed, with some regrets in his heart. After thinking about it, he couldn't help but said: "The case of the headless corpse in Suizhou is the murder case of Gan Qing, right? This case impressed me deeply, and it was also reviewed by me, but I No abnormality was found at that time. Did Lin Sicheng discover something? Why should the case be re-investigated? "

Han Keji also shook his head in confusion: "I don't know either. I have an impression of this case. I also didn't find anything unusual."

Wang Qinyuan frowned. Han Keji saw this and said, "Wang Si Cheng, you don't have to think too much. Lin Si Cheng may feel that there is something wrong with the file, but it does not necessarily mean that there is really a problem with the case. No matter how strong his case-solving ability is, But he is also a human being, not a god, so he may not be able to judge everything accurately.”

"This case has gone through many reviews by our Dali Temple and the Ministry of Punishment at the time. So many of us have not found any problems. This means that even if there are problems, it may be a minor problem and will not have any impact on the outcome. What an impact.”

Wang Qinyuan thought about it, but that's right, everyone can't be wrong, right?

At least there could be no mistakes in the general direction. As for the small problems that they ignored, it was not surprising that Lin Feng could find them with his ability.

He sighed and shook his head, no longer entangled in the case. Compared with the case itself, not being able to see his once valued subordinate for the last time made him feel even more uncomfortable.

He exhaled, with disappointment and regret in his tone, and said slowly: "That's all, if you can't come back, you can't come back..."

As he spoke, he turned around and walked out with a sigh, but at this moment, a voice suddenly came from outside.

"Big news!"

A Si Cheng rushed in from outside and said excitedly: "I just went to see Xiao Si Qing and happened to hear some news. What do you think I heard?"

Before everyone could cooperate with his inquiry, he couldn't wait to say: "Prince Lin Sicheng sent back the news. You guys must not know what he did in Suizhou! You must not know how exciting his day in Suizhou was. ! You must not know what wonderful secrets are hidden behind the Suizhou headless corpse case! Lin Sicheng has made great achievements again this time, and no one can stop his promotion!"

Hearing the words of the Si Cheng, Wang Qinyuan paused. He couldn't help but raise his head and look at the Si Cheng Li Haomiao who rushed in, and said unexpectedly: "Has news come back about Si Cheng? Has he also made great achievements?"

When Han Keji heard this, he was stunned. He couldn't help but said: "How is it possible!? Did you hear it wrong, Li Sicheng? No matter how fast the messenger is on the road, if he can receive the news today, then at the latest, it should be Lin Si The news came back the day after Cheng and the others arrived in Suizhou."

"But how is this possible? How can he get any good news in just one day? Let alone make great achievements!"

"And the Suizhou Headless Corpse Case is such a case with solid evidence and a clear ending. What other wonderful secrets can be hidden? It's just some minor problems at most, right?"

Wang Qinyuan also looked at Li Haomiao doubtfully.

"small issue?"

Li Haomiao is slightly chubby, and his eyes turn into slits when he smiles. He is very outgoing and very good at dealing with people. He is the most well-informed person here. He not only knows everything that happens in Dali Temple, but also what happens in other yamen. Everything can be known as quickly as possible.

Hearing the news that Han Keji actually questioned himself, Li Haomiao frowned and said: "If Han Sicheng thinks that the murder of Gan Qing is actually not one case, but two murders, the murderer has nothing to do with the deceased. If it is a small problem, it can indeed be called a small problem.”

"What?" Han Keji was stunned.

Wang Qinyuan also widened his old eyes.

Li Haomiao looked at Han Keji who was shocked, sneered, and continued: "If Han Sicheng thinks that the culprit behind Gan Qing's murder is actually not the businessman Sun Heqin, but Suizhou governor Zhou Zheng, and Zhou Zheng did this If everything is done to plot against Chengping County Magistrate Cai Wengyi, then it can indeed be called a small problem."

Han Keji opened his mouth wide: "What did you say?"

Wang Qinyuan's expression was also extremely shocked, and his face was full of disbelief: "You said that the culprit behind the Suizhou case was the governor Zhou Zheng? To plot against Cai Wengyi!?"

Other Si Cheng also looked at Li Haomiao in shock.

Li Haomiao nodded heavily: "This is what I heard from Mr. Xiao. Although I don't know the specific situation yet, the general result is definitely correct."

He looked at Wang Qinyuan, looked at Han Keji, and said: "The Suizhou headless corpse case was not a case from beginning to end, but a conspiracy set up by Zhou Zheng to plot against Cai Wengyi and turn two cases into one. !”

"All of us were actually deceived by Zhou Zheng before. The dossier he submitted was basically a concealed dossier. However, none of us saw through his trick. Only Lin Sicheng, in less than a day, We saw through everything and captured Zhou Zheng, so that the truth could be revealed to the world."

As soon as Li Haomiao's voice fell, the entire office was so silent that you could hear a needle drop.

Han Keji was completely dumbfounded.

He had previously vowed that even if Lin Feng found a problem, it would only be a minor problem.

But now...how can this be a minor problem?
No matter which point, it is enough to reach heaven!
What Lin Feng actually discovered was the most critical issue in the entire case, the real truth of the case. They... They were wrong, all of them were wrong!
He couldn't help but said: "How did he do it? In one day, just one day. How could he see through the truth that was hidden so deeply?"

The other temple ministers were also shocked and speechless.

Even though it was Qin Yuan, the king of the temple, his old eyes were full of disbelief and endless surprises.

"Surprisingly, the truth turned out to be like this. We were so wrong. Without Lin Si Cheng... wouldn't we be equivalent to creating an unjust case with our own hands?"

His voice was trembling. For him who was about to retire and return home, if such an unjust case really existed, it would be tantamount to wiping his lifelong efforts into nothing. In the last moments of his life, he would have to suffer inner torture. .

Li Haomiao looked at Han Keji and said: "Han Sicheng, you can question my ability to handle the case, but you must not question my ability to inquire about information! When has the information I inquired about been wrong? Now you You should know that what I said is true, right?"

Upon hearing this, everyone immediately focused their attention on Han Keji.

When Han Keji saw this, his face suddenly turned red. He opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but couldn't.

Especially when he saw everyone looking at him with strange expressions, his expression became even more ugly.

Finally, he had to stand up, hide his face and leave.

Li Haomiao curled his lips and returned to his seat. He had a good background and was not afraid of offending anyone.

The others looked at me and I looked at you, and they couldn't help coughing, and then lowered their heads to deal with official duties again.

At this time, the old-looking Wang Qinyuan suddenly said: "So... Lin Sicheng really settled the case in one day. Then, can he return to attend my farewell banquet in three days?"

Li Haomiao thought for a while and said: "It should be possible. I heard that he returned the same day. Calculating the time, he should be able to arrive the day after tomorrow at the earliest."

When Wang Qinyuan heard this, his frown suddenly relaxed, and the look of regret was swept away. A sigh of relief appeared on his old face: "It's good to come back, so that we can see each other again. I didn't expect that in the end, It was he who helped me and prevented me from being blamed for an unjust case... When he comes back, I will thank him properly."

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Two days later, in the afternoon.

Lin Feng and others hurriedly and slowly arrived at Chang'an City.

Lifting the car curtain and looking at the lively and familiar scene of Chang'an City, Lin Feng couldn't help but stretch. As his body stretched, crackling sounds continued to sound in his bones and joints.

He couldn't help but sigh in his heart again, this is not riding in a carriage, this is being tortured.

He looked at Sun Fujia, who was also stretching, and said with a smile: "Where will Dr. Sun go next? I'll let Shi Fifteen see you off first."

Sun Fujia thought for a while and said: "Let's go to the Ministry of Justice first. I will reply to Dai Shangshu first and tell him the specific situation in Suizhou. If there is nothing important after that, I will go back to my hometown to have a rest. I have been tired of traveling and traveling these days. I’m really a little tired.”

Lin Feng said with a smile: "Dr. Sun and I are tired. I will treat you another day and reward Dr. Sun."

Sun Fujia was not polite, and his relationship with Lin Feng was getting better and better. There was no need to refuse such a treat, "Okay."

Lin Feng smiled and was about to let Zhao Shiwu take Sun Fuga to the Ministry of Punishment when he suddenly heard a voice outside the carriage: "Are they Lin Si Cheng and Dr. Sun inside the carriage?"

When Lin Feng heard this, he looked outside the car and saw a man wearing the robes of an ordinary Dali Temple official standing outside the car, saluting respectfully.

Lin Feng nodded: "It's me, what's the matter?"

The Dali Temple official said hurriedly: "Lin Si Cheng, Xiao Si Qing asked his subordinates to wait for Lin Si Cheng here. He said that if Lin Si Cheng arrives, please go directly to the residence of Deng Yuan Wai Lang, the official."

After hearing the official's words, Lin Feng and Sun Fujia couldn't help but look at each other, and both of them saw a strange color in each other's eyes.

Xiao Yu specially asked someone to wait for them at the city gate. As soon as they arrived, he asked them to rush to the residence of Deng Xun, a member of the civil service department. It seemed that something unexpected had happened.This wife of Deng Xun, a minister in charge of civil affairs, was the person to whom Mrs. Cai Wengyi gave the gold hairpin as a gift in order to find a better future for Cai Wengyi.

After learning about this, Lin Feng immediately asked Sun Fujia to send someone to pass the news to Xiao Yu, so that Xiao Yu could retrieve the golden hairpin.

Based on the speed of the messenger, he should have arrived in Chang'an more than two days ago. If Xiao Yu had not delayed, he would have retrieved the golden hairpin from Mrs. Deng Xun more than two days ago.

But now, as soon as they arrived in Chang'an, Xiao Yu sent someone to wait here and directly asked them to go to Deng Xun's mansion. No matter how you think about it, it doesn't look like Xiao Yu successfully retrieved the gold hairpin.

Lin Feng asked the official to board the carriage, and then ordered the guards to take Zhou Zheng into the Dali Temple prison and keep him under strict supervision, and then asked Zhao Shishi to ride his horse to Deng Xun's residence.

On the way, he asked directly: "But what happened?"

Sun Fujia also hurriedly looked at the officials.

The official of Dali Temple hurriedly said: "Two days ago, after Xiao Siqing received the letter from Lin Sicheng, he immediately took people to the residence of Deng Yuanwailang to find Mrs. Deng. But as soon as we got there, I heard that Deng Yuanwailang said that his wife ran away from home, and they are also looking for her."

"runaway?"

Lin Feng and Sun Fuga were both startled.

They thought of many situations, but they never thought that Mrs. Deng would run away from home.

Lin Feng raised his eyebrows and said, "When did you run away from home? Have you never been found?"

The official said: "Xiao Siqing ran away from home the night before she left. The next morning, the maid went to knock on the door, but there was no response. When the maid saw that the door was unlocked, she pushed the door open and entered. Mrs. Deng's It was already gone.”

"Later, Deng Yuanwailang sent many people from the Deng Mansion to look for him, and Xiao Siqing also asked people to look for him, but until now, he has not been found."

Lin Feng squinted his eyes, touched his chin and thought for a moment, then said, "How do you know that Mrs. Deng ran away from home? Rather than being kidnapped or having some other accident happen?"

Sun Fujia also looked at the officials suspiciously.

The official said: "Mrs. Deng left a letter, saying that she left and that no one would look for her. Then her clothes, money and jewelry were also missing. It can be determined that she was taken away, and there was someone else in the early morning of that day. The servant found that the back door of Deng's house was opened, so he should have left through the back door."

Sun Fujia listened to the official's words, thought for a while, and said: "There is a farewell letter, the luggage has been taken away, and the back door was opened... It does sound like he ran away from home."

Lin Feng did not draw a conclusion directly. He said: "It is better to wait until we get to Deng's house and learn more about the situation. Making any conclusion at this time may mislead our next investigation ideas."

Sun Fujia couldn't help but think of the case of the haunting of the Zhao Mansion. Chief Shi Lu Chenhe made a hasty conclusion at the beginning, thinking that there was someone pretending to be a ghost. As a result, he kept running in the wrong direction from beginning to end.

He nodded and said: "That's right. It's not too late to make a judgment after understanding it clearly."

A quarter of an hour later, the carriage stopped.

Everyone got off the carriage and entered Deng's mansion directly.

Not far away, Lin Feng saw Xiao Yu and a man walking quickly toward them.

The man was about 40 years old, with a tall and thin build, an unkempt beard, black eyes and sunken eye sockets. He looked like he had not rested well for many days. He must be Deng Xun, a member of the civil service department.

"Mr. Xiao!"

Lin Feng and Sun Fujia took the lead in saluting Xiao Yu.

Xiao Yu looked at Lin Feng with a smile, nodded, his eyes full of relief, and said: "Zide, I already know everything about Suizhou, you have done a very good job!"

Lin Feng said humbly: "Xiaoguan is more lucky. Zhou Zheng left a flaw himself, which was exploited by him, and he quickly solved the case. Otherwise, it would not be easy to solve the case... And this case is also thanks to Dr. Sun." Without Dr. Sun’s help in the investigation, I wouldn’t be able to solve the case quickly.”

Xiao Yu said with a smile: "Don't worry, neither you nor Dr. Sun can take away the credit."

Sun Fujia looked at Lin Feng with emotion. In fact, he knew that he had done nothing in this case. It was all Lin Feng's breakthroughs. He was just running errands, but Lin Feng took the initiative to mention him and clearly wanted to break him up. How could he not be grateful and moved by partial credit?

After talking about Suizhou, Xiao Yu went straight to business. He looked at Lin Feng and said, "Zide, Mrs. Deng is missing."

Lin Feng nodded: "Xiaguan heard about it on the way here."

Xiao Yu nodded slightly. He turned to look at the man beside him and said: "Deng Yuanwailang, I believe you have heard of Lin Sicheng's ability to solve cases. Leave your wife's affairs to him, and he will definitely be able to quickly find your wife for you." Madam’s.”

When Deng Xun heard this, he quickly looked at Lin Feng, his face full of fatigue and worry: "Lin Sicheng, you must help me find my wife. She has been well-fed and well-fed since she was a child. She has never suffered hardship. She should be alone outside." How to live!"

Lin Feng took Deng Xun's anxious look into his eyes and nodded slightly: "Don't worry, Mr. Deng, I will do my best."

He said: "Let me tell you the specific situation first? When did Mrs. Deng leave? Was there anything unusual before she left? Why did she leave?"

Deng Xun took a deep breath and said: "My wife was found missing in the early morning two days ago. The maid knocked on the door but got no answer. She also found that the door was unlocked, so she pushed it open and then found that my wife was missing."

"At that time, the maidservants did not know that Madam had run away from home. They thought that Madam had gone somewhere else, so they searched the entire mansion."

"But they still couldn't find the lady. It was then that they realized that an accident might have happened, and they hurriedly went to find me."

Lin Feng wondered: "Didn't it mean that Mrs. Deng left a farewell letter? They didn't notice it when they entered the room?"

Deng Xun shook his head: "Madam's farewell letter was torn up by Madam and thrown on the ground, so they didn't pay attention at first. After I found out that Madam was missing, I went to the room and pieced together the torn papers on the floor. , only to realize that it was the farewell letter left by the madam."

"Tear it to pieces?"

Lin Feng was a little confused: "Since Mrs. Deng has to leave a farewell letter? Why do you have to tear it up?"

Sun Fujia couldn't figure it out either.

By leaving a farewell letter, you tell others what you are going to do.

Now that you have decided to tell it, why tear it into pieces?

Deng Xun sighed: "My wife has been in a bad mood during this time. She often gets angry. Maybe she was in a bad mood again when she was writing her farewell letter, so just tear it up."

Lin Feng looked at Xiao Yu. Xiao Yu understood what Lin Feng meant. He nodded and said, "I have asked this servant and Mrs. Deng is indeed not in a good mood these days."

Lin Feng nodded and asked Deng Xun, "I wonder why Mrs. Deng is in a bad mood?"

Deng Xun pursed his lips, hesitated for a moment, felt a little embarrassed, and said, "Because... I want to take a concubine."

"Concubine?"

Lin Feng raised his eyebrows, and Sun Fujia and Zhao Shiwu also looked at Deng Xun with strange expressions.

Deng Xun coughed and said, "I want to take a concubine. Although my wife did not refuse, she was a little unhappy because of it."

Lin Feng could understand. He thought for a while and said, "So Mrs. Deng ran away from home, maybe because Mr. Deng wanted to take a concubine and felt uncomfortable? Is this to resist?"

Deng Xun's face was full of self-blame, and he said: "If I knew that my wife was so resistant, I would not have taken a concubine, but my wife did not directly tell me that she opposed me taking a concubine. I really didn't expect that this matter would affect me." For Madam, the blow is so severe!"

Lin Feng narrowed his eyes, feeling that this was a bit unreasonable.

In the Tang Dynasty, the status of the head wife was extremely high, and concubines could not compare with it.

Even if there is no way to prevent a concubine from marrying in, she is a concubine after all, and she cannot compete with her in terms of status and power. Why does Mrs. Deng have to run away from home to resist?

Don't you know that running away from home will make your situation worse? Even if Deng Xun is more cruel, it can be used as one of the reasons to divorce his wife.

This is really not a wise decision.

Of course, Deng Xun also said that Mrs. Deng's mood changes greatly. It is not impossible if her emotions rush to her head, she loses her rationality and does impulsive things.

He looked at Deng Xun and continued to ask: "Deng Yuanwailang, before Mrs. Deng ran away from home, did anything happen to her? Did she ever lose her temper?"

Deng Xun frowned and shook his head: "Nothing happened, and her behavior was almost the same as usual... But I was quite busy those days. I was in the staff department during the day, and I was in the study doing official business when I came back at night. I didn't have time to go there. I care about her, so I may have overlooked her changes."

Lin Feng thought for a moment and then said: "Take me to Mrs. Deng's room. I'll go see the farewell letter she left."

Deng Xun nodded hurriedly: "This way, please!"

Several people followed Deng Xun. Xiao Yu and Lin Feng walked side by side. He whispered: "Zide, could this be related to the Four Symbols organization?"

Lin Feng shook his head: "No... Zhou Zheng doesn't know the true whereabouts of Jin Chai yet, and the Four Elephants Organization won't know either. And as soon as we found out, we had someone send the news back. Our messenger has a post The help is already the fastest.”

"There is no way that the Four Elephants Organization could deliver the news one night earlier than us, let alone the Four Elephants Organization. There is no need for the Four Elephants Organization to create the illusion of running away from home. Can't they just send people to steal it? Even if they are discovered while stealing. , killing Mrs. Deng will not put any psychological pressure on them, so why bother and do other unimportant things?"

"So, this has nothing to do with the Four Elephants organization, it's just a coincidence that we are looking for Mrs. Deng, and Mrs. Deng happened to run away from home."

Hearing Lin Feng's words, Xiao Yu and Sun Fujia breathed a sigh of relief.

They were afraid that they would be one step behind the Four Elephants Organization.

While talking, Deng Xun stopped.

He looked at the room guarded by Dali Temple officials and the door was closed, and said, "Cheng Lin, this is the room."

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