People are in Zhenguan, solving crimes scientifically

Chapter 297 revealed! The real identity of the thief!
Lin Feng slowly exhaled and understood what Li Shimin's problem was. He also saw through the Four Elephant Organization's biggest killer move against him. It could be said that the biggest crisis in the Donggong case this time had basically been resolved by 70%.

The remaining 30% is to find the real thief who stole the red sandalwood cloud beads, and through her, find the person who coordinated it, and then find the royal secret cache and find the formula for the golden bead poison.

"Fa Hui is not the thief of red sandalwood beads, so who is the real thief?"

At this time, Li Tai's voice sounded. He frowned, with a sad look on his face as he thought hard but had no results, and said: "We finally found Fahui based on the lock. The result is now good. Fahui has been proven." It was an attempted theft and was used by a real thief. Doesn't this mean that everything we have done before has been in vain, and that we have once again fallen into a clueless situation? "

After hearing Li Tai's words, Sun Fuga's expression became serious.

Indeed, since they arrived at Banyue Temple last night, all Lin Feng's investigations started from how the thieves entered the Buddhist temple, so all the clues Lin Feng got were based on this and pointed to Fahui.

But who would have thought that one lock could be used by two people.

As a result, now, they know nothing about the real thief. Even if Lin Feng hadn't observed the details carefully enough and discovered the wax oil problem, they might still not know that there is a second thief.

The real thief is cautious and cunning enough. Let alone Fa Hui who cannot speak, I am afraid that even if Fa Hui does speak, he will not be able to give them any valuable clues. It will be difficult to find this thief! It is much more difficult than finding Dharma wisdom.

After all, Fahui did change the locks, but the thief did nothing. How to find clues about her?
Lin Feng glanced at the three of them, and suddenly laughed when he saw their frowns.

"why are you laughing?"

Li Tai was startled when he saw Lin Feng laughing. He said in confusion: "Lin Sizheng, everything we did last night was in vain. The investigation has returned to the same place. How can you still laugh? Are you not afraid that we will be trapped? You can't complete your father's mission by dying here?"

"Is the investigation back to where it started?"

Lin Feng listened to Li Tai's words and said with a smile: "His Royal Highness the King of Yue, I have never said this before. Please don't mess with our military morale."

"What?" Li Tai blinked and suddenly realized what Lin Feng meant. He quickly looked at Lin Feng and said, "Do you know how to find the real thief?"

Upon hearing this, Sun Fujia and Li Zhen also quickly looked at Lin Feng.

Then Lin Feng looked at Li Zhen and said with a smile: "Li Qianniu, do you still remember the news you just brought me?"

"The news brought by the last general..."

Li Zhen's heart was moved and he hurriedly asked: "Brothers went down to investigate?"

Lin Feng nodded slightly and said: "Dr. Sun knows me well. He knows that when I am investigating a case, I will not waste time and energy doing anything unrelated to the case. So as soon as I arrived at Banyue'an, I asked Qian Niuwei's "Brother, running down the mountain is not just giving orders randomly."

Sun Fuga nodded: "Yes, no matter how strange Zide's order sounds, it must be related to the case and may even play a decisive role."

Li Tai didn't know this at all, so he quickly said: "So, the results Li Qianniu brought back are really useful?"

"But..." He frowned again: "Didn't Li Qianniu just say that nothing unusual was found in the back mountain, and then at the foot of the mountain, a villager discovered that someone went up the mountain on the night of the crime? Is this really true? What’s the use?”

"Not to mention that it was raining heavily and the sky was dark. The villager did not see the face of the person who went up the mountain at all. The information he provided was very limited. That is, someone went up the mountain on the night of the crime. We do not know whether the person was a man or a woman. Being tall or fat is really useful?”

Lin Feng smiled and said: "Whether it is useful or not, Your Highness will be able to understand after listening to my analysis."

He carefully put away the solid wax oil piled on the table. This thing was a very important piece of evidence and could not be lost.

Then he blew out the burning candle, and then said slowly: "Do you still remember what I asked Master Jingci when we first entered Banyue Temple?"

"I specifically asked Master Jingci whether anyone came in or out of the mountain gate that night, whether there were footprints or mud spots on the courtyard wall of Banyue Nunnery, and whether there were any traces of footprints or the like on the soft soil near the bottom of the wall. As a result, Master Jingci's The answer is no."

Li Tai thought for a while and nodded quickly: "I remember, but what does this mean?"

Lin Feng smiled and said: "This illustrates something quite important..."

"The moment Master Jingci discovered that the red sandalwood cloud beads were missing, Master Jingci ordered people to seal off Banyue Nunnery and gathered everyone together. In other words, from that moment on, the thieves had no chance. The red sandalwood cloud beads were transported out, but we know that the red sandalwood cloud beads have been obtained by her accomplices, which means...the thief can only steal the red sandalwood cloud beads until Fa Hui wakes up. , sent the red sandalwood cloud beads out of Banyue Temple."

"But as I said just now, there are no traces of anyone climbing on the courtyard wall of Ban Yue'an, and there are no footprints left in the soil under the wall. This means that no one came near the courtyard wall that night. How did the thief remove the red sandalwood cloud beads? What about the ones sent out?”

At this moment, Li Tai seemed to have accepted the task of admiration from Zhao Shiwu, nodded and said: "Yes, how did the thief send the red sandalwood cloud beads away?"

Lin Feng slowly stood up and came to the door of the palace. He pushed open the door and felt a rush of cool air, making Lin Feng feel even more refreshed.

He looked toward the mountain behind Banyue Temple and said: "The architecture of Banyue Temple is very unique. It is surrounded by courtyard walls on three sides. The back is connected to the top of the mountain and the cliff, so there is no courtyard wall."

"Therefore, if the thief did not send the red sandalwood cloud beads out through the courtyard wall, and no one entered or exited the mountain gate, then the thief had only one way to transport the red sandalwood cloud beads."

Sun Fujia's eyes flashed and he said: "Cliff? Are you saying that she used the cliff without a courtyard wall to send the red sandalwood cloud beads under the cliff?"

"This...can it still be like this?" Li Tai didn't expect that the cliff could be used.

Lin Feng smiled and said: "Why can't it be like this? As long as the thief wraps up the red sandalwood cloud beads and throws them down from the cliff, then the red sandalwood cloud beads will naturally fall to the bottom of the cliff... It was raining heavily that night and the sky was dark. No one could Without being able to stand on the top of the cliff and see what's going on underneath, the thieves' accomplices can naturally receive the red sandalwood cloud beads without being discovered by anyone."

"Of course... the principle of this matter is simple, but it is not easy to actually do it. Dropping red sandalwood cloud beads from such a high height, coupled with the influence of wind and rain, and the lack of light, it is very likely that the thing was thrown down, but it was not found. Not somewhere... Therefore, in order to ensure that no accidents occur, they will definitely conduct multiple tests, under various special circumstances, and test again and again. Only in this way can they be foolproof when they actually act. "

Li Tai listened to Lin Feng's explanation, thought about it carefully, and then nodded: "That said, it is indeed feasible."

"But they didn't find anything unusual in the back mountain." Li Zhen continued.

Lin Feng nodded: "I just said that if a thief and his accomplices want to be foolproof, they must practice many times in various situations. In other words, their accomplices will definitely go to the bottom of the cliff not only once, but multiple times. It would be difficult not to be discovered by nearby villagers, and it would be difficult not to leave traces... After all, he always needs to eat, rest, and stay warm at night. "

"But..." Lin Feng looked at Li Zhen and said, "After your people went to the back mountain cliff to investigate, they found no trace of anyone. At the same time, they asked about the village that must be passed under the cliff. The people in that village also said there was no trace. If any stranger appears... The method of taking the red sandalwood cloud beads under the cliff can be used by anyone. It is not unique. We cannot infer who is a suspect through this matter, so there is no need for them to waste time hiding their traces. , So it can be determined that the thief and his accomplices are not transporting the red sandalwood cloud beads through the cliff of the back mountain. This guess of mine can be ruled out. "

When Li Tai heard this, he felt a toothache. He smacked his gums and couldn't help but said: "You have analyzed so much, but the result is completely useless."

Lin Feng smiled and said: "How can you call it useless? Your Highness doesn't think that investigating a case is just a possibility that I just give, and it is the truth, right?"

"That's what a real case investigation is. You give out various possible speculations and then verify them one by one. If you can verify successfully, you are lucky. Failure to verify is normal."

Li Tai rubbed his cheek and said, "I can't bear to put in so much effort and it's common for me to fail. It seems that I am not suitable for investigating cases."

Lin Feng smiled and shook his head, and continued: "However, although this guess failed, it is not useless. It can prove that the thief is not a red sandalwood cloud bead transported through the cliff, and the thief cannot fly to escape, so She could only send the red sandalwood cloud beads through the courtyard wall and the mountain gate."

"This point happened to be verified by another team."

Li Zhen's heart moved and he said calmly: "What the villagers said."

Lin Feng nodded: "Although the villagers did not see clearly the appearance of the person who went up the mountain, he let us know that the thief's accomplices went up the mountain from the front. This is corroborated by the fact that there are no traces on the cliff at the back of the mountain. We can trust it."

"But we already know that the thief did not transport the red sandalwood beads through the courtyard wall, so what do you think..."

Lin Feng looked at Li Tai and others and asked, "Where else can the thief send the red sandalwood cloud beads?"

Sun Fujia's eyes flashed, and Li Zhen said directly: "Mountain Gate!"

"Mountain Gate?" Li Tai couldn't help frowning when he heard this: "If I remember correctly, Master Jingci should have said that no one entered or left the mountain gate that night, right?"

Lin Feng nodded: "Yes, Master Jingci said so. The nun guarding the mountain gate told her."

"But in our criminal field, we have always believed in a saying...that is, after all certain impossibilities have been eliminated, then no matter how impossible the remaining thing is, it must be the truth."

"We determined through investigation that the back mountain and courtyard wall were not used by the thief. As for the way the thief sent the red sandalwood beads, there were only three: the back mountain courtyard wall and the mountain gate. Two of them were definitely eliminated, leaving only one. What is the truth? Do you still need to say it?”

Li Tai finally understood what Lin Feng meant. His eyes widened and he exclaimed: "You mean... the nun guarding the mountain gate is lying!?" Lin Feng turned around and looked outside the hall again, looking at the people standing in the courtyard. The nuns standing there slowly said: "Evidence doesn't lie, but people do..."

When he first arrived at Banyue Temple, he realized that the confession of the nun guarding the mountain gate would directly determine the direction of his subsequent investigation, so to be on the safe side, he asked Li Zhen to send someone to verify the nun's confession.

Unexpectedly, after going round and round, the key to everything actually fell on this nun.

Lin Feng pondered for a moment and said, "There is a way to verify my speculation."

"What?" Several people hurriedly came to Lin Feng's side.

Lin Feng said: "Do you still remember why I was able to choose Fa Hui among the three?"

Li Zhen barely made any memories before he said in a deep voice: "The time to receive pilgrims."

"Yes, it's time."

Lin Feng looked at the three of them and said, "Although Fa Hui is not the real thief, because Fa Hui and the thief have the same goals, the methods to find them are actually similar."

"Fahui wanted to change the locks to facilitate her research and theft because Master Jingci changed the Buddhist temple where the red sandalwood beads were placed."

"And as I said before, she could only have the opportunity to secretly change the locks of the Buddhist temple when she was on duty... Against all odds, Fahui was only on duty for two days and two nights. These two nights also included the loss of the red sandalwood cloud beads. That night."

"Therefore, the only chance Fahui can change the lock is the first night."

"And the thief's method of using Fahui to stun Fahui was precisely designed to allow Fahui to enter the Buddhist temple."

"That is to say..."

Lin Feng paused deliberately and gave everyone a moment to think before continuing: "The thief could only make the decision to use Fa Hui after Fa Hui changed the lock."

"And just like Fahui, the thief was hiding in Banyue Nunnery, and she certainly couldn't meet her accomplices often. But she happened to take action on the second night after Fahui changed the locks, and she acted very quickly. Before Fahui woke up, The red sandalwood cloud beads were successfully delivered, what does this mean? "

Li Tai had already made many mistakes, which made him afraid to speak easily. He said cautiously: "Does it mean they met before taking action? Did they agree on a specific action plan?"

Seeing that Li Tai didn't dare to speak loudly, Lin Feng said with a smile: "Your Highness is really smart, he can see through the thief's actions at a glance."

When Li Tai heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up and his waist began to straighten.

Lin Feng smiled and continued: "If the two of them had not agreed in advance and it was raining heavily that night, how could the thief's accomplices choose this time to go up the mountain in the opposite direction? How could they just pick up the red sandalwood cloud beads from the thief's hands? So it is obvious that they It must have been agreed in detail.”

"I just said that the thief's plan to use Fahui could only be made after Fahui changed the lock, so it was obvious..."

He looked at Li Tai and the others, his dark eyes full of strong confidence, and said: "The thief must have met with his accomplices after Fa Hui changed the locks and before the candles were lit."

"And at this time, Fahui is only on duty during the day on the second day!"

"so……"

Lin Feng's eyes fell on Li Zhen and said: "Li Qianniu only needs to send someone to investigate whether the nun guarding the mountain gate has met with outsiders during the second day of Fahui's duty, so he can know whether I have been wronged or not. She did."

Li Zhen listened to Lin Feng's words, his calm eyes showed admiration again.

He originally thought that Lin Feng would have a difficult period for a while after discovering that Fa Hui was being used, but who knew what difficult period it would be? Lin Feng suspected the thief even earlier than Fa Hui! Moreover, he has more methods to verify his reasoning, and everything has never been out of Lin Feng's control...

In Lin Feng, he rarely felt the pressure when facing Changsun Wuji, Fang Xuanling and others. This shows that although Lin Feng is young, his vision and far-reaching strategy are no less than those of Changsun Wuji. People.

Taking a deep breath, Li Zhen said directly without any hesitation: "General Mo will go investigate now!"

After saying that, he turned around and strode away.

Watching Li Zhen leave, Sun Fujia came to Lin Feng and said with a smile: "It seems that Li Qianniu has completely admired you from the bottom of his heart. Li Qianniu has an extraordinary status in the palace. He can compete with you." Making friends with him will be a great help to you in the future.”

Lin Feng smiled. He naturally knew what it meant to have a close relationship with the emperor's guards.

There are three ranks of officials in front of the prime minister's door, and I don't know what rank they are in front of the emperor's door.

Lin Feng stretched, walked directly to the steps of the Buddhist hall and sat down. While basking in the sun, he said: "It's another rare rest time. Let's seize the time to take a break from the busy work. When Li Qianniu comes back, I will estimate……"

He squinted his eyes, as if he had guessed something, and said slowly: "We have to go down the mountain. At that time, we may never have such an opportunity again."

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"It turned out to be your people who took advantage of Li Shimin. I really thought you took advantage of Li Shimin."

Chang'an City, inside a certain mansion.

After hearing the truth from the attendant in gray, Kui Su, who was wearing a mask, couldn't help but said to Ang Su who was scolding Fang Qiu in the study.

Ang Su wrote like a sword, with a very sharp edge. As he wrote, he said lightly: "My people took advantage of Li Shimin's people, doesn't it mean that I took advantage of Li Shimin? What's the difference?"

"The difference? That's huge."

Only two pairs of eyes were exposed from Kui Su's mask. He stared at Ang Su with heavy eyes and said: "If you are directly using Li Shimin, then Lin Feng will indeed be a dead end no matter how powerful he is, because no matter how he investigates, the final result will be It’s also Li Shimin.”

"But your people, the people who used Li Shimin... Once Lin Feng finds out the truth, Lin Feng will most likely find your people. In this case, Lin Feng will not only solve the deadlock, but he may even follow your people to find out. Come on, what's the difference?"

"joke!"

Ang Su threw away the brush in his hand, looked at the dark ink on the paper, and sneered: "The person who changed the locks was Li Shimin's confidant, and this confidant would never dare to let Li Shimin's secrets leak, so even if Lin Feng found her, She probably wouldn't give Lin Feng a chance to question her and just committed suicide."

"At that time, all of Lin Feng's clues will stop at Li Shimin's confidants. My people don't even have traces of their existence. How could Lin Feng find my people? How could he find me?"

He turned his head, looked at Kui Su coldly, and said: "In the final analysis, you are still afraid of well ropes after being bitten by a snake for ten years. The psychological shadow that Lin Feng gave you was so great that you deified Lin Feng."

"Just watch."

Ang Su grinned and said confidently: "The time limit given by Li Shimin to Lin Feng is not long. Lin Feng must be suffering now. After all, he can only find Fahui and Li Shimin. Then we will see a good show... Lin Feng will come directly. I think it would be interesting for an emperor to commit the same crime as the common people, or to accept the crime of failing to investigate the case."

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Two quarters of an hour later, Banyue Nunnery.

Lin Feng was sitting on the steps lazily basking in the sun, feeling a little sleepy, but at this moment, a burst of hurried footsteps quickly came.

At the same time, a familiar voice sounded: "Lin Sizheng, there is a result."

This is Li Zhen's voice.

Hearing Li Zhen's words, Li Tai, who was yawning, was the first to open his eyes suddenly, followed by Sun Fujia, while Lin Feng slowly opened his eyes as if he had already judged the result and was not curious at all.

"How's it going?" Li Tai couldn't hold himself back and asked first.

Then I saw Li Zhenting standing in front of the steps, looking at Lin Feng with his eyes, unable to hide the excitement on his face, and said: "As expected by Lin Sizheng, during the daytime on the second day of Fahui's duty, the disciple who was responsible for guarding the mountain gate that night Fa'an took the initiative to help junior sister when she was sick and had difficulty going down the mountain to buy things. In other words... she went down the mountain that day. "

(End of this chapter)