Datang: Hiding private money, exposed by Xiao Sizi

As always, Han Min left the house at the same time as before.

As soon as he left the house, he couldn't help but look around. Last night, Shen Lian said he was going to find him, but Shen Lian didn't say where to find him, so Han Min really didn't know where to wait for Shen Lian now.

"Find me?"

At this time, a voice sounded behind Han Min.

Han Min's eyes moved and he quickly turned his head to look.

Then, he saw a very ordinary middle-aged man standing behind him. This man was unremarkable, with ordinary appearance and ordinary temperament. If he was thrown into the crowd, it would be difficult for him to take another look.

Looking at this strange-looking person, Han Min said tentatively: "Master Shen?"

"It's me." Shen Lian smiled.

Han Min's eyes couldn't help but widen. He walked around Shen Lian and couldn't help but smacked his tongue and said: "It's so powerful, sir, you are so powerful!"

"It's just that your appearance has changed in disguise, but your temperament has also changed. Even I, who know you so well, can't recognize you."

Shen Lian smiled and said: "If this is not the case, how can I conceal my identity?"

"There are too many people in Chang'an who are familiar with me. If I don't transform from the inside out, it will be easy to be discovered."

Han Min thought about it, and that was true.

And the people in Chang'an City are all that kind of people.

Smart, sinister, and powerful too many.

It's normal for Mr. Shen to be careful.

Shen Lian said: "It's getting late, let's set off."

Han Min nodded directly.

Han Min said: "Master Shen, please use the identity of Jingzhao Yin's newly recruited government servant today. It just so happens that Jingzhao Yin has recently recruited a group of people to deal with the increasing number of foreign businessmen and maintain order in Chang'an, so Master Shen will use this identity." , no one will pay special attention."

"Xiaoguan will also tell others to talk less, and they will naturally understand that Mr. Shen is the person arranged by Xiaguan."

"But they won't know Master Shen's identity. Dingtian thinks that Master Shen may be a relative of mine or something."

Shen Lian nodded slightly: "Okay, in this case, there is no need to think too much about other identities."

He looked at Han Min and said: "Next, you should follow the normal procedures. You don't need to pay special attention to me to avoid others noticing anything unusual."

"I will look for opportunities to investigate. If something happens, I will also look for you. If I don't look for you, there is a high probability that nothing will happen."

Han Min nodded naturally.

In this way, they quickly arrived at Jingzhao Yin Yamen.

Han Min arranged the tasks first, and then left Jing Zhaoyin with a few government officials and headed in the direction of Zhou Qin's mansion.

Shen Lian naturally belongs to one of these government officials.

On the way, Shen Lian noticed that several other government officials were looking at him from time to time, obviously very interested in his identity.

But none of them dared to speak easily.

Obviously, as Han Min said, they all thought that they came in through the back door and might be related to Han Min.

Therefore, seeing that he didn't like to talk, he didn't dare to disturb himself easily.

However, Shen Lian knew that this kind of quietness would not last long. It is estimated that in a few days, they will become familiar with him, and they will find ways to figure out his identity one day, so as to judge how to get along with him next.

But by then, there was a high probability that he would have restored his identity as Duke Shen of the Tang Dynasty.

There is no need to continue to fool them.

It's nice to be so quiet now.

Everyone arrived at Zhou Mansion soon.

Shen Lian looked up and saw that Zhou Qin's mansion was not big. It was a very ordinary mansion among officials of Zhou Qin's level.

At this moment, there is a white cloth hanging on the plaque of Zhou Mansion, which means that someone has died in the mansion.

The lanterns were also replaced with white ones.

Blown by the wind, it looks pale and a little cool.

crunch--
The door is opened.

A man about fifty years old showed his head.

After seeing that the person outside the door was Han Min, he quickly said: "I have met Mr. Jing Zhaoyin, why are you here today?"

Han Min said: "Although the case was handed over to Dali Temple and Yushitai, after all, this is a case that occurred in the area under my jurisdiction, and I was also the first person to inquire about the case. Last night, I thought of something that I had not seen before. I have thought about the details, so I wanted to take a look today to see if I can find more clues to close the case as soon as possible. "

As soon as the housekeeper heard what Han Min said, he quickly said: "Since you are here to investigate the case, please come in quickly."

Han Min nodded slightly and entered Zhou's mansion without squinting.

At this moment, the Zhou Mansion was hung with white silk ribbons and white lanterns, making it look very desolate.

The servants were very quiet and walked forward with their heads lowered. No one laughed, making the entire Zhou Mansion very depressed and dull.

Everyone walked through the corridor, through the garden, and came to the side hall.

At this moment, the side hall has been decorated into a memorial hall, and a black coffin is placed in it.

The housekeeper said: "Because the main hall is where the crime occurred, and the case has not yet been concluded, Dali Temple does not allow us to place the mourning hall in the main hall, so we had to place it in a side hall."

Han Min nodded.

He walked in and said: "Let the irrelevant people go out first, we need to check the deceased again."

Seeing the housekeeper's hesitation, Han Min said: "Don't worry, we are just doing a simple inspection and the body will not be damaged. You can rest assured."

The butler then withdrew.

Han Min asked others to guard the door, while he glanced at Shen Lian's disguised yamen servant and said calmly: "You and I go in."

After saying that, he walked in first.

Shen Lian couldn't help but smile in his heart when he saw Han Min pretending.

However, he didn't show any signs of it and followed in very respectfully.

Enter the side hall and close the door.

Han Min suddenly lost his airs. He looked at Shen Lian and said, "Master Shen, what do you think of the official's performance? There are no flaws, right?"

Seeing Han Min looking for praise, Shen Lian smiled and nodded: "You did a great job. Even I can't find any problems."

Han Min suddenly became happy.

He hurriedly said: "Master Shen, please do the autopsy soon? The people in Zhou Mansion think that the evidence is sufficient. They believe that the murderer is Master Bai. However, we have been slow to close the case. They actually have some complaints about us."

"We have to hurry up so they don't stop us soon."

After hearing this, Shen Lian walked directly to the coffin and began to inspect the body.

While he was doing the autopsy, he said, "Have people from the Zhou Mansion ever come to stop you from investigating the case?"

Han Min said: "It's not good. Zhou Qin has an old mother. The old mother is sure that Lord Bai committed the crime. These days, she goes to the palace to see His Majesty almost every day and asks His Majesty to order the punishment of Lord Bai."

"Because Zhou Qin's mother is bound by imperial decree and has a stubborn temper, His Majesty is annoyed and has no choice but to do anything. He has been trying to avoid her these past few days."

"She can't go to His Majesty. Now if she knows that we are here to investigate the case again, why don't she come and stop us?"

Shen Lian nodded.

He did not know these things.

However, when he was handling cases before, he had encountered such uncooperative family members.

It is very difficult to deal with this kind of family members.

After all, they are relatives of the victim, so they cannot be too unreasonable.

But often these people are irrational, and the clues they think are often not clues.

On the contrary, it will hinder the handling of the case.

Therefore, meeting such relatives is sometimes more troublesome than the murderer, but unfortunately, one cannot ignore other people's feelings.

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Therefore, the best way, as Han Min said, is to avoid it as much as possible to avoid delaying the investigation of clues.

Shen Lian carefully inspected the body and said, "What did Wu Zuo say?"

Han Min said: "The author said that the deceased was pierced through the heart with a sharp weapon, causing the deceased to die directly." "The time of death was around the time when the butler and the others discovered it. This is almost the same time as the time when the butler and the others heard that the vase was broken and came to investigate. ”

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Shen Lian nodded slightly.

With the autopsy methods available at this time, Zuo Zuo could only estimate a rough time.

So this can only prove that Zhou Qin did not die before meeting Bai Yanguan.

As for the others, that's not necessarily the case.

Shen Lian carefully inspected the wound of the deceased. At this time, his eyes flashed.

Shen Lian suddenly asked: "What is the size of the murder weapon?"

Han Min thought for a moment and said, "The dagger is two inches wide and eight inches long."

"Two inches?"

Shen Lian compared the wounds of the deceased and suddenly narrowed his eyes.

When Han Min saw Shen Lian's expression, he couldn't help but asked: "Did Master Shen discover anything?"

Shen Lian suddenly raised the corners of his lips and said, "It's interesting."

"This case is more interesting than I thought."

Han Min didn't understand what Shen Lian meant.

At this time, Shen Lian stood up and said, "Let's go and have a look at the crime scene. I think, if nothing else, I should be able to find more interesting things."

When Han Min heard this, he would not object.

He left the side hall directly with Shen Lian, then pretended to be at the front and walked towards the hall.

After arriving at the hall, Shen Lian found that the floor was still full of vases and the chairs were still lying on the ground.

It can be seen that the scene here is still preserved and has not been destroyed.

This made him nod with satisfaction.

When investigating a case, the biggest fear is that the scene will be destroyed.

In that case, many clues will disappear, and even the most powerful detective will have difficulty finding many useful clues in a completely destroyed scene.

Shen Lian looked at Han Min.

Han Min nodded slightly and said, "Check the scene again and see if we can find any useful clues."

With that said, he led the people inside.

The officials didn't think much and started checking again.

But this is not the first time they have come here. If they could find clues, they would have found them long ago.

So they paddle more.

As for Shen Lian, he paid no attention to them. He was watching the scene carefully.

At this time, some unpleasant sounds came from the door.

"My son's bones are not cold yet, why are you disturbing him again!"

"I have said it, the facts are there, the murderer is Bai Yanguan, why don't you convict him?"

"Is it just because Bai Yanguan is an official of the imperial court that you are going to protect Bai Yanguan?"

"My son, you died so miserably!"

Some crying and angry voices came directly.

Shen Lian looked at the sound.

I saw an old woman about seventy years old being supported by a servant and walking over.

The old woman's face was haggard and her brows were furrowed. It was obvious that she was really angry and sad.

When Han Min saw the old woman, she couldn't help but slap her forehead.

Trouble is coming!

He quickly winked at Shen Lian, fearing that the old woman would affect Shen Lian's investigation of the case, so Han Min went directly to meet her and said: "Old madam, it's not that we are covering up Mr. Bai, but there are still doubts in this case, so we need to rule them out. Doubtful..."

As he spoke, he led the old woman outside.

Although the old lady's dissatisfied voice could still be heard, the voice was not that loud.

Shen Lian knew that Han Min was helping him delay time.

He stopped being distracted and continued looking for clues.

When he heard what Han Min said before, the scene appeared in his mind.

But when the moment came, he discovered that the situation at the scene was somewhat different from the picture in his mind.

For example, the direction of the vase falling to the ground is opposite to the direction of the wall.

The vase is placed next to the wall, and the inverted direction is opposite to the wall.

He narrowed his eyes.

I was thinking of several ways in which the vase could be inverted like this.

Then he looked towards the ground again.

It can be clearly seen that there are some blood stains on the ground.

The blood stains appeared from where the vase originally stood, then there were several pools of blood stains, and finally the blood stains concentrated on the place where the deceased fell to the ground.

Looking at the blood stains, more than a dozen scenes appeared in Shen Lian's mind.

These images are of what the dead would do to create these bloodstains.

Then, when these pictures were combined with the direction in which the vase tipped, there were only two or three possibilities left in Shen Lian's mind.

He squinted his eyes and suddenly knelt down to examine the fragments of the vases.

He held a handkerchief in his hand, and through the handkerchief he looked through the fragments of the vase one by one.

The other yamen runners also noticed Shen Lian's actions at this moment.

Someone asked in confusion: "What are you looking for?"

Shen Lian said: "Nothing, just taking a look."

The officer said: "There's nothing interesting to see, just some fragments."

Shen Lian didn't reply.

To others, looking aimlessly, they are not just ordinary fragments.

For Shen Lian, he was looking for clues to verify his inference, which was different.

In this way, after Shen Lian found more than thirty fragments, his eyes suddenly flashed.

I saw his eyes staring directly at the fragment in his hand.

After Shen Lian took a look, the corners of his mouth suddenly raised.

"finally found you."

Shen Lian carefully looked through the appearance of this fragment, and then turned over some other fragments.

Finally, he stood up with satisfaction.

"I finally understand what's going on."

"Master Bai, you are really wronged!"

"But……"

Shen Lian frowned again: "Why would he do this?"

Shen Lian already knew what the case was about.

But there was one thing he still didn't know. He didn't understand why the murderer did what he did.

(End of this chapter)