Chapter 929 The Truth (Part 1)
Lin Mansion.
Lin Zhou, wearing mourning clothes, walked into the outer study and saw her husband [Lin Xiuyuan] sitting behind the desk with a tired look on his face, rubbing his eyebrows with his eyes closed.
She walked forward silently, picked up the teapot and filled it with tea for him.
"go out."
Hearing the sound of tea being poured, Lin Xiuyuan still closed his eyes, but he scolded impatiently: "Didn't I tell you that I want to be quiet for a while?"
"master."
"Is it you?"
Lin Zhou called out softly, and Lin Xiuyuan realized it was her. He leaned back and sighed faintly, "Ah... Tell me, what's the matter?"
Lin Zhou walked around behind him and kneaded his forehead skillfully. After a long while, she whispered, "Although the men were checked yesterday, the maids and servants still stayed in the back house without leaving."
Lin Xiuyuan had closed his eyes again when she started massaging the acupoints on his head, and now he didn't react at all, as if he had fallen asleep.
Lin Zhou waited for a while, but still got no response from him, so she continued to talk to herself, "From the looks of it, it seems like he's trying to dig up some scandal in our family. This..."
"Aren't there enough scandals in our family?"
Lin Xiuyuan suddenly interrupted her and then fell silent again.
Mrs. Lin Zhou was choked by this and she didn't know how to continue speaking for a while. She could only concentrate on massaging her husband's acupoints.
It was unknown how long it had been before Lin Xiuyuan sighed again: "It is easier to invite a god than to send him away."
Obviously, at this point, he already regretted asking Sun Shaozong to investigate the case.
but……
Even if Shuntian Prefecture came forward to investigate, would they just ignore those suspicious matters?
So now we can only hope that Sun Shaozong can find out the truth as soon as possible, rather than continue to dig deeper into the Lin family's scandals.
"Master, Master!"
Just as I thought of this, a servant suddenly rushed in, shouting and yelling. When he found that Lin Zhou was also in the study, he stopped awkwardly and bowed timidly, "Madam."
"What's the point of being so flustered?"
Lin Xiuyuan scolded him angrily, and then asked, "But there is another distinguished guest coming to visit, do you need me to entertain him?"
"no!"
The servant shook his head like a rattle and said, "It's that Lord Sun. He...he asked people to find dozens of shovels and is digging three feet deep in our backyard!"
Digging three feet underground?
After searching for a long time and finding nothing, Sun Shaozong was still so sure that there must be a secret passage in his house? !
Lin Xiuyuan stood up suddenly, but suddenly he felt a black screen in front of his eyes, and he staggered and almost fell back.
"Master, please be careful!"
Lin Zhou hurriedly supported him, but when Lin Xiuyuan recovered a little, he gently pushed his wife away, then strode out of the outer study with a sullen face.
When we found our way to the backyard, we saw dozens of yamen runners working busily. There were peeled stone slabs and cut bushes and flowers everywhere.
But it doesn't look messy at all, with piles arranged in an orderly manner.
"Mr. Lin."
Before Lin Xiuyuan could pull his attention away from the busy construction site, Sun Shaozong came over and first bowed to greet him. Then he pointed to a person behind him and introduced him, "This is Mr. Feng Xin. His family has been in the civil engineering business for generations. With him here, no matter whether we can dig up any clues or not, we will definitely be able to restore everything to its original state in the end."
These words abruptly blocked the question that was about to come out of Lin Xiuyuan's mouth.
Since it is guaranteed that the place can be restored to its original state, then what does it matter if we dig up a few paths and flower beds in order to find out the truth about my father's murder?
However, Lin Xiuyuan had a vague premonition in his heart that if the excavation was not stopped quickly, the entire Lin Mansion would encounter an even greater disaster!
only……
On what grounds should this excavation be stopped?
Lin Xiuyuan pondered for a long time before finally coming up with a half-hearted excuse. When he was about to speak, he suddenly realized that Sun Shaozong's attention was no longer on him, but turned to somewhere diagonally behind him.
What is he looking at?
Lin Xiuyuan looked back in surprise, and saw a petite young woman in white standing under the arch, staring blankly at this side.
Is it the widowed daughter-in-law Shen Peilan?
What is she doing here?
And his expression looked very strange...
Could it be?!
Lin Xiuyuan was shocked. He finally understood where his uneasy premonition came from!
He was both terrified and angry at the same time, especially when he thought of his son's inexplicable illness and then his suspicious death. He wished he could immediately grab his daughter-in-law and torture her.
But now is not the time to settle old scores.
Because once such an immoral thing is revealed , the deceased Lin Qisheng and even the entire Lin family will be condemned by everyone!
"Lord Sun!"
Lin Xiuyuan took a deep breath and said decisively: "I'm afraid there is something wrong with this matter. Please order us to stop first. After we discuss it, we can decide whether to continue digging!"
The moment he saw Shen Peilan appear, Sun Shaozong knew that his bet was right. Now that the truth was about to be revealed, how could he give up?
He smiled slightly and was about to make some excuses when he heard someone shout, "Dig, keep digging! Don't stop!"
Sun Shaozong and Lin Xiuyuan looked in the direction of the sound at the same time, and saw Shen Peilan stumbling over, looking at the shallow ravine with tearful eyes, as if some treasure was buried underneath.
Finished!
Lin Xiuyuan slowly closed his eyes and no longer looked around.
Sun Shaozong gave Feng Xin a look, signaling everyone to speed up the process.
…
It was evening.
A secret passage buried four feet underground was finally exposed to everyone.
Also discovered was a body with blood gushing out of all seven orifices and a peaceful face. After careful identification, it was found that the deceased was the servant Liu'er that everyone had been looking for for a long time.
Not only were there traces of poison found around Liu'er's body, but also several tools that could be used for digging, as well as the remains of gnawed dry food.
In the middle section of the secret passage, there are a lot of traces of excavation.
As for the entrances at both ends of the secret passage, they were tightly sealed with mud, and there were traces of tamping with wooden hammers on them.
Obviously, the reason why Liu'er had to pretend to be Lin Qisheng for many days after poisoning Lin Qisheng, risking being discovered, was to make preparations and then block the two sections of the secret passage.
It is also obvious that when he planned this poisoning, he had no intention of leaving alive!
Half an hour later.
The two ends of the secret passage were re-dug, and the entrances that had been nailed shut were located in Lin Qisheng's study and Shen Peilan's dormitory respectively.
"Bitch!"
Although he had expected this, Lin Xiuyuan still couldn't hold back. He rushed forward and slapped his daughter-in-law on the face, angrily saying, "You...how dare you...how dare you..."
But despite his anger, he didn't know how to accuse his daughter-in-law of her actions.
Shen Peilan seemed unusually calm.
To be precise, after Liu'er's body was dug out, she no longer had eyes for anyone else.
Even though the corner of her mouth was cracked from being hit, she still stared at Liu'er blankly, and even stretched out her hand tremblingly, wanting to help Liu'er smooth the loose hair on his forehead.
"Bitch!"
Lin Xiuyuan became more and more angry, and stood between the two of them, angrily scolding: "It's ok for you to have an affair with this bastard, but how dare you harm the master?!"
As he spoke, he shouted again, "Come here, tie up this unworthy and unclean slave and bring her to the hall for interrogation!"
Obviously, at this point, he was still trying to restore Lin Qisheng's reputation - even if his own son might die because of it.
But this time Shen Peilan reacted, raised her neck like a white goose, and protested: "No! He has never..."
Pah~
Another fierce slap was delivered, and Lin Xiuyuan shouted sternly, "What are you still standing there for? Tie her up now!"
The servants of the Lin residence finally woke up from their dream and rushed over from all directions.
There was a manager inside who obviously guessed Lin Xiuyuan's intention and immediately covered Shen Peilan's mouth with a handkerchief.
Lin Xiuyuan had just breathed a sigh of relief when suddenly a tall and burly figure pushed through the crowd and silently took off the handkerchief that was covering his mouth.
"Master Sun, what are you doing..."
"He never touched me! Liu'er... Liu'er, he never touched me!"
Lin Xiuyuan's roar and his daughter-in-law's shrill scream rang out at the same time, and merged with the red glow in the sky, and together they fell into darkness.
