Chapter 925: Consideration (Part 3)
After the second round of interrogation, Sun Shaozong confirmed again that in addition to Lin Qisheng's apparent perverse behavior, he was also hiding a big secret that was unknown to the public.
And this secret is most likely related to a woman, a woman he would never dare to touch in public, otherwise Lin Qisheng would not have tried so hard to cover it up.
So that afternoon, Sun Shaozong focused his suspicion on two people: Lin Xiuyuan's concubine Liang Nianxiao, and...daughter-in-law Shen Peilan.
Compared with the affair with Zhao Yingying, the illicit affair with a younger relative is obviously a hundred times more serious!
Among these two people, Shen Peilan is undoubtedly the more suspicious.
She is now a widow, without a man to support her, and she is petite and cute, which is the most suitable for Lin Qisheng's taste in recent years...
etc!
The tunnel was rebuilt three years ago.
Two and a half years ago, Lin Xiuyuan’s eldest son fell ill and passed away four months later.
Two years ago, Lin Qisheng's mental state began to deteriorate and he gradually found it difficult to control his emotions.
Half a month ago, Lin Qisheng was forced to retire and then dismissed all the servants around him.
After that, Lin Qisheng stayed alone in the backyard every day, and went to his concubine's room every five days to pretend to be incompetent. He didn't mind showing his incompetence in front of his concubine at all.
Although he was completely soft and didn't pay even a penny of public grain, Lin Qisheng was becoming increasingly exhausted...
If Shen Peilan is included as an important part, this series of information seems to be able to be connected!
Three years ago, Lin Qisheng began to have an affair with his granddaughter-in-law Shen Peilan. In order to facilitate the trysts, he specially asked someone to build a secret room, or a tunnel.
Two and a half years ago, the eldest grandson of the Lin family discovered the affair between his wife and grandfather, but due to his reputation or fear of his grandfather, he did not dare to make it public. He eventually became depressed and died four months later.
After his eldest grandson died of illness, perhaps because his conscience was condemned, Lin Qisheng's mental condition gradually deteriorated and he became unable to control his emotions.
During this period, perhaps in order to get rid of his obsession with his granddaughter-in-law, he not only accelerated the pace of taking concubines, but also extended his claws to Zhao Yingying, who was already married.
But obviously, all his 'efforts' ended in failure.
The grandparents and grandchildren still maintain their absurd relationship.
Half a month ago, Lin Qisheng was forced to retire and return home. When he thought about how it would be difficult to meet with his granddaughter-in-law in private in the short term after returning to his hometown, he simply dismissed everyone around him and started working overtime to make up for the loss in advance.
Of course, it is also possible that it was Shen Peilan who took the initiative to propose the dismissal of the servants. Her purpose was naturally to carry out her long-planned revenge plan!
Then, Shen Peilan and her accomplices poisoned Lin Qisheng in the secret room where they usually met, and asked her accomplices to dress up as Lin Qisheng in an attempt to confuse the time when the body was discovered...
etc!
If that's the case, even if they wanted to create an alibi, there's no need to risk being exposed by pretending for several days in a row, right?
Considering that Lin Qisheng had pretended to have sex with a concubine every five days in order to cover up his identity, yesterday could be said to have reached the limit of impersonation.
Is this extreme operation just to confuse and blur the time of Lin Qisheng's death?
I can’t figure it out. I really can’t figure it out.
However, now that we have a direction for investigation, we should try to follow it up first. It will not be too late to continue thinking about it when we find new information or if this path takes a different turn.
Thinking of this, Sun Shaozong asked the yamen runner beside him: "Are all the Lin family members in the mourning hall now offering sacrifices?"
The yamen runner hurriedly reported in a respectful voice that not only the people of the Lin family, but also the old servants who lived nearby had heard the news and rushed over, and were now building a shed in the yard. It was estimated that before dusk, monks and Taoists would come to perform water and land rituals.
When Lin Xiuyuan released the news, he deliberately concealed the cause of Lin Qisheng's death. In addition, Lin Qisheng had just retired not long ago. In the eyes of outsiders, he most likely died of illness or old age.
As the saying goes, 'When a man is about to die, his words are good'. Since no one knew that he died of poisoning, naturally no one suspected that the so-called reissue of the regular money was actually some other trick.
Let’s get back to the story.
However, Sun Shaozong rushed to the mourning hall and burned incense and offered sacrifices according to the rules. After the family members returned the greetings, he invited Lin Xiuyuan outside and said that in order to solve the case, he would carefully search every room in the Lin Mansion.
Since the secret room had been mentioned in the morning, Lin Xiuyuan had no intention of objecting. However, in order to avoid offending the women in his own family, he said that two maids from the Lin family must be brought along during the search.
This is nothing. As long as the master of the house agrees, could two maids dare to cause any trouble?
Seeing Lin Xiuyuan calling two maids and giving instructions, Sun Shaozong subconsciously looked at Shen Peilan, who was kneeling in the mourning hall in mourning.
At just this one glance, he was stunned.
Because there was no sign of falsehood in the sadness between Shen Peilan's brows, and her crying was even more sad than that of others.
If she was really the murderer, why would she cry so sadly in front of Lin Qisheng's spirit?
Could there be any true love between her and Lin Qisheng? !
Isn't this ridiculous?!
If that was the case, why did she kill Lin Qisheng?
Could it be that the murderer is someone else?
But if she was not the murderer or an accomplice, how could Lin Qisheng's body remain safe and sound in the underground secret room for four or five days?
"Master Sun, these two are the ones."
Just as she was confused, Lin Xiuyuan had already brought two maids over and told them in person: "Just watch and don't interfere with the officers' investigation!"
Wait for the two maids to respond obediently.
Although Sun Shaozong hadn't figured it out yet, he was not afraid of being exposed if he delayed any further, so he bowed and apologized, and led two maids and a dozen yamen runners to the back house of the Lin Mansion.
The first people to be searched were not Shen Peilan, the main suspect, but Lin Qisheng's concubines.
This was naturally to lay the groundwork, otherwise if he went straight to Shen Peilan, everyone would notice something fishy - Lin Xiuyuan was fully supporting the investigation at the moment, but knowing that he was suspecting his daughter-in-law, it was hard to say whether he would still expect Sun Shaozong to continue the investigation.
However, while Sun Shaozong led the yamen runners to dig deep into the ground to search, the image of Shen Peilan's tearful face kept appearing in his mind.
Why is she crying so sadly?
If you say that Shen Peilan was acting, it really doesn't make sense - because she obviously cried too much and had crossed the emotional boundary between grandfather and granddaughter-in-law.
A person whose acting skills are good enough to deceive one's own eyes should not make such a low-level mistake, right?
Sun Shaozong racked his brains but still couldn't figure out the reason.
Fortunately, the search team finally found Shen Peilan's courtyard.
Perhaps, the answer he wanted was right here!
