Datang: Hiding private money, exposed by Xiao Sizi

Chapter 699 Please help!
Shen Lian smiled and said, "It's okay."

Shen Lian looked at Wang Xiaohua and said, "Xiaohua, let's get the people from Dali Temple to help as well."

Wang Xiaohua's eyes flashed.

She and Shen Lian looked at each other.

Suddenly, Wang Xiaohua was filled with happiness, and smiled in sympathy, saying, "Master Han, you can rest here with peace of mind. We have many people in the Dali Temple, and they will be enough to help."

Han Xun, the deputy minister of the Ministry of Works, thought for a moment and said, "Since my colleagues from the Dali Temple have offered their help, then I am not short of anyone."

Shen Lian said with a smile: "Master Han has been busy for a while, let's drink some tea and take a break."

Han Xun nodded: "Since Lord Shen has invited me, I will respectfully obey your orders."

However, since there was no seat left at Zhao Yeqin's table, Han Xun sat in his own seat.

Han Xun's desk and Zhao Yeqin's desk were just across the aisle, so Shen Lian was sandwiched between the two of them.

Shen Lian picked up the teapot and said, "Master Han, I'll get you a cup of tea."

Han Xun quickly picked up his cup, stood up and said, "How dare I trouble Lord Shen."

Shen Lian smiled and said, "It's no problem, it's just a piece of cake."

He moved the teapot closer to Han Xun's cup and found that there was still half a cup of tea in Han Xun's cup. His hand accidentally touched the wall of the cup and found that it was still a little hot.

"Master Han, have you just had tea?" Shen Lian asked casually.

Han Xun quickly drank up the remaining tea in the cup, then held the cup with both hands and moved closer to the teapot. He said, "This is the tea I poured before the fire. Because of the sudden fire, I forgot to drink it."

Shen Lian filled the teapot, sat back down, and nodded slightly: "I see."

After they sat down, Shen Lian asked casually, "Master Han, what kind of person do you think Zhang Qin is?"

"Master Zhang?"

Han Xun thought for a moment and said, "Mr. Zhang is kind and friendly, and he is not willing to fight for anything. He is a very good colleague, and it makes people feel comfortable to work with him."

Shen Lian smiled and said, "Zhang Qin is really popular. Many people praise him like this."

Han Xun said with emotion: "This is the good impression that Lord Zhang has left on us in his daily life."

Shen Lian nodded slightly: "It's a good impression, after all, Lord Zhao took the credit, but Zhang Qin didn't care."

Zhao Yeqin looked a little embarrassed: "I didn't mean it."

Han Xun said to Shen Lian, "Lord Zhao is actually very honest. He is definitely not the kind of person who would take the initiative to grab credit. That incident really happened due to many coincidences. Otherwise, given Lord Zhao's character, he would rather not take credit for himself than fight for the credit of others."

Zhao Yeqin nodded quickly.

Shen Lian smiled and said, "I have no doubts about Mr. Zhao's character."

He picked up the teacup, blew away the hot air on the surface, and said, "Master Han, Master Zhao said that when the fire broke out, he saw Zhang Qin at the well. I wonder if you saw him, Master Han?"

Han Xun glanced at Zhao Yeqin, then nodded: "I did see it, too. I was with Lord Zhao when we were fighting the fire. We fetched water together, and then relayed water to put out the fire. Lord Zhang was not far from us at the time, so we saw it together."

Shen Lian nodded in realization: "So that's it."

Wang Xiaohua on the side frowned delicately.

She suddenly wondered if her guess was wrong.
Before, he had always suspected that Zhao Yeqin was the murderer of Zhang Qin.

However, Han Xun said that he had always been with Zhao Yeqin.

This also shows that Zhao Yeqin has an alibi.

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But if that's the case, who is the murderer?
Wang Xiaohua was a little confused.

Lord Shen was clearly suspecting Zhao Yeqin. Could it be that Lord Shen was wrong?
She looked at Shen Lian, but saw that Shen Lian looked normal, not at all different because of Han Xun's words. "

Could it be that Lord Shen has made a new discovery?
Or was I wrong?
Wang Xiaohua stood silently behind Shen Lian, continuing to listen quietly to the conversation between the three.

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Shen Lian took a sip of tea and nodded slightly: "You saw Zhang Qin at that time, which means Zhang Qin was killed after that."

Han Xun heard this and asked curiously, "Master Shen, who killed Zhang Qin? Have you found out?"

Shen Lian shook his head.

He sighed and said, "To be honest, let alone finding the murderer, I haven't even found the first crime scene yet."

"The first crime scene hasn't been found yet?"

Zhao Yeqin was startled and asked, "Isn't it by the dry well?"

Shen Lian shook his head and said, "There was no murder weapon found there, and there was no obvious bloodstain on the ground, nor were there any signs of blood being dealt with."

"So, that was definitely not the first crime scene."

"I am currently searching for the crime scene. If we can find it, we will be close to solving the case."

"correct."

Shen Lian's eyes flashed, and he suddenly looked at the two of them and said, "My lords, where do you think the first crime scene will be?"

"Where would the murderer have killed someone?"

When Han Xun and Zhao Yeqin heard Shen Lian's words, they looked at each other.

Han Xun smiled bitterly and shook his head, saying, "Master Shen, you have stumped us. We know nothing about solving cases. Even Master Shen doesn't know where the first crime scene is, so how can we know?"

Zhao Yeqin also nodded quickly: "Yes, yes."

Seeing this, Shen Lian sighed and said, "I thought you guys have been living in the Ministry of Industry and would have some sixth sense."

Zhao Yeqin said hurriedly: "Our sixth sense will never be in the murder case."

Shen Lian smiled: "That's true."

He stopped talking, took a sip of tea, and said, "By the way, Lord Han, I just looked at the record of your borrowing files in the file room, and I saw Lord Han's name on it."

"Yes, and Lord Zhao's name."

Shen Lian looked at the two of them and said, "My two lords, do you usually like to borrow files?"

Zhao Yeqin's hand holding the teacup trembled slightly. He quickly put the teacup on the table, put his hand under the table, and said, "After all, our Ministry of Industry is a technical organization. Although we don't have to go to the front line to do things, we still have to understand some technical points."

"Otherwise, if His Majesty assigns a task, we won't understand anything and won't be able to assign tasks."

"Therefore, in order to broaden our horizons, we often go to the file room in our spare time to look through some files and take a look at previous designs, so as to supplement our own deficiencies."

Han Xun also nodded and said, "Master Zhao is right. After all, our Ministry of Industry is different from the other five ministries. If we don't make progress, we will regress."

"is it?"

Shen Lian was a little surprised: "I thought you were all managers and wouldn't know much about those specific techniques."

Zhao Yeqin said hurriedly: "How is it possible? We must understand this, isn't it."

He said, "Lord Han also borrowed a file today..."

Zhao Yeqin paused halfway through his words, and at this time, Han Xun smiled and said, "For our Ministry of Industry, we need to understand basic technical knowledge to better arrange tasks. Otherwise, if we arrange tasks randomly and pretend to know how to intervene in specific matters, it will cause trouble."

Shen Lian nodded slightly: "I admire the serious attitude of both adults." The two of them hurriedly shook their heads and said they dared not.

In terms of position, Shen Lian is far superior to them, and they dare not accept Shen Lian's praise.

Shen Lian smiled. He glanced at Han Xun's desk which was filled with books and files, and said, "From what's on Han's desk, I can tell how serious he is."

As he spoke, Shen Lian raised his hand and waved it gently across Han Xun's desk, driving away the flies that had landed on it.

Shen Lian laughed and said, "It's already late autumn, and these flies are still alive."

Han Xun quickly put away the files and books on the table and said, "They won't live much longer. When the weather gets cold, they will all freeze to death."

"That's true."

Shen Lian tapped his fingertips lightly on the teacup. He looked at Han Xun's dark official robe and was about to say something.

Suddenly, footsteps were heard outside.

I saw the snake walking towards me quickly.

When he saw Shen Lian, he said directly: "Sir Shen, the matter you asked me to investigate has made some progress."

Upon hearing this, Shen Lian said, "Tell me about it."

Sishe glanced at Zhao Yeqin and Han Xun, then came to Shen Lian's ear and whispered something.

After Shen Lian heard it.

Sighed for a lifetime.

"why?"

Shen Lian suddenly spoke in a low voice.

Han Xun and Zhao Yeyeqin were somewhat confused as they listened to Shen Lian's questions.

Zhao Yeqin said: "Sir Shen, have you encountered any problems?"

Shen Lian looked at Zhao Yeqin and said calmly, "I can understand why you would do that. After all, he will definitely not let you go."

"But……"

Shen Lian suddenly looked at Han Xun, the official sitting beside him with an extraordinary demeanor, and said, "I don't understand, Han Xun, why do you also do this?"

"Given your character, even though a lot of evidence points to you, I still have some doubts."

"But now, the evidence is sufficient."

"But I still don't understand the reason."

"you……"

Shen Lian asked word by word: "Why do you want to work for Zhang Qin?"

"And why... do you want to kill him?"

In the office.

The atmosphere suddenly froze as Shen Lian spoke.

Wang Xiaohua's beautiful watery eyes suddenly widened, and she looked at Han Xun, the Deputy Director of the Ministry of Works, with great surprise!
And Sishe seemed to know something, and did not look particularly surprised. He just gripped the hilt of the knife with his fingertips and stared at Han Xun vigilantly.

Zhao Yeqin, a doctor in the Ministry of Works, stood up suddenly as if he had sat on a nail.

He opened his mouth and his pupils contracted violently. He wanted to say something but didn't know what to say.

As for Han Xun, the Deputy Director, he froze in his tracks while holding the teacup, as if time had stopped flowing and he stood still.

In the office, it seemed as if time had stopped and the air had stopped flowing. Although it was a cool late autumn day, Zhao Yeqin and Han Xun were sweating profusely.

There was wind blowing outside the window, making the window creak.

This sound broke the stagnant air, brought a hint of coolness, and made everyone react.

Han Xun put down his teacup, looked at Shen Lian, and said with a smile on his face, "Why did Lord Shen make such a joke?"

"How could I possibly kill Lord Zhang?"

"I have no conflicts or hatred with Lord Zhang. I have no reason to kill him."

"Besides, I've said it before, I've been putting out fires with Lord Zhao. Lord Zhao can prove it for me. It's impossible for me to kill Lord Zhang."

Zhao Yeqin's nerves also reacted at this time.

He nodded quickly and said, "Yes, Lord Han and I have been together all the time. I can prove it."

Shen Lian looked at Han Xun, who was calm and steady, and said slowly: "Sir Han, with your calmness and composure, it would be a bit of a waste of your talent to be a Yuanwailang."

"With your ability, I think it won't be difficult for you to at least take the position of assistant minister."

Han Xun said, "I don't understand what Lord Shen means."

Shen Lian sighed and said slowly: "Since you want to play dumb, let's present the evidence one by one."

"It's time for the truth of this case, the murder of Zhang Qin, to come to light."

When Zhao Yeqin heard Shen Lian's words, he couldn't help but widen his eyes and said in shock: "Sir Shen, do you mean to say...you...you have solved the case?"

Shen Lian nodded slightly and said, "This case is actually not as complicated as I imagined."

"It's much simpler than the Han Qian murder case that I'm investigating."

"Because this case is not very technically difficult, and the murderer does not have that much time to disguise and deal with it, so to investigate this case, we just need to investigate it directly."

"As long as we can find a key clue, we can deduce the truth by simply pushing it forward."

Shen Lian concluded: "This is very simple."

Simple?
Zhao Yeqin blinked.

He always felt that there seemed to be some difference between the simplicity that Shen Lian mentioned and the simplicity he knew.

Shen Lian said: "Then let's talk about the first thing first, which is the first crime scene that I mentioned to you before."

Zhao Yeqin and others all looked at Shen Lian.

Wang Xiaohua's beautiful eyes were also filled with brightness at this moment.

She looked at Shen Lian with her eyes, and at this moment, she only felt that Shen Lian was glowing.

Shen Lian said: "The dry well is not the first crime scene. You all know the reason, so I won't go into details."

"So, this officer needs to find the place where the deceased was actually killed."

"At first, I suspected the deceased's office."

"After all, the deceased's office was a single room. As long as the doors and windows were closed, anything that happened inside would not be easily discovered. Not to mention that it was a special period of fire. Everyone was in a panic and would not pay attention to what happened in Zhang Qin's office."

"but……"

"After all, the deceased's office was a single room. As long as the doors and windows were closed, anything that happened inside would not be easily discovered. Not to mention that it was a special period of fire. Everyone was in a panic and would not pay attention to what happened in Zhang Qin's office."

"but……"