People are in Zhenguan, solving crimes scientifically

Chapter 308: Case closed! It’s all over!
The mountain wind howled, blowing sand and stones from the ground up into the sky. The dry and bare trees shook violently, and the dead grass as tall as a person bent down as if worshiping their king.

Sun Fujia was hit in the face by the blown sand and gravel, and his face suddenly felt hot and painful, but he didn't care about the pain on his face. He just stared at Lin Feng with his eyes. His voice, which was usually calm and steady, became harsh because of the drastic change in his emotions: "If this is true, doesn't it mean that the gold hairpin is useless? If this is true, how will the legendary treasure of Empress Lu be passed down? How can her descendants find it?"

Lin Feng's wide robe rustled in the wind. He rolled up his sleeves slowly, looking at the tall mountain in front of him, and said slowly: "As I just said, any method of guidance such as maps may become inaccurate as time goes by and accidents happen. Empress Lu couldn't be sure how many years it would take for her descendants to let the Lu family rule the world again after her death, so she couldn't gamble. Therefore... I think she probably didn't leave a treasure like the Red Sandalwood Cloud Pearl that hides the map for her descendants."

"It's not a treasure like the Red Sandalwood Cloud Pearl, nor is it a map... then what else could it be? His descendants have nothing, how can they find the treasure she left behind?" Sun Fujia frowned, totally unable to understand this.

"Doctor Sun is being too picky." Lin Feng looked at Sun Fujia meaningfully and asked, "Why does Doctor Sun think that Empress Lü must leave behind a treasure like the Red Sandalwood Cloud Pearl and a map to guide the location of the treasure?"

"What!?" Sun Fujia was stunned for a moment, but the tacit understanding between him and Lin Feng made him quickly understand the implication of Lin Feng's words.

He stood up, staring at Lin Feng, and said, "Zide, do you mean to say!?"

Lin Feng said slowly: "Doctor Sun, why don't you recall the rumors we heard about the golden hairpin? It is said that after Empress Lu came to power, she offended too many people. So in order to prevent her family from suffering a catastrophe after her death and to prevent her from having a rest after her death, she found the best descendants from the twelve families and asked them to hide in the north and south of the Yangtze River with their golden hairpins. Then, when the time is right, she asked them to reunite and use the golden hairpin to find the treasure she left behind, so that the Lu family could seize the world."

Sun Fujia nodded. This was the only information they had obtained about the golden hairpin.

"Just now, I have explained the irrationality of Empress Lu's behavior. If any one of these twelve people were to get into trouble, the golden hairpin would not be gathered together, and the secret of the golden hairpin would be completely unrecoverable. Empress Lu had so much time to prepare, it was impossible for her to allow such a big hidden danger to exist."

Sun Fujia continued to nod, he fully agreed with this.

"But in fact, there are more problems with this rumor than just this one."

Sun Fujia raised his head sharply: "Anywhere else?"

Lin Feng met Sun Fujia's gaze and nodded slowly: "Empress Lü gave the golden hairpin to twelve people, and there was no difference in the level of these twelve golden hairpins. What does this mean? It means that she placed her expectations equally on these twelve people... In other words, these twelve people are all her chosen heirs. But Doctor Sun, you have read so many history books, you should understand what will happen when the heir to huge wealth and power does not clearly designate one person, when there are many heirs and everyone is qualified."

Sun Fujia's expression changed when he heard Lin Feng's words.

He didn't even need to rely on the history books he was familiar with. Just from his personal experience of participating in the Xuanwu Gate Incident, he could imagine that something like Empress Lu's treasure, which was enough to change the world, would be coveted not only by outsiders, but also by those who knew the inside story... Therefore, when twelve people were qualified to inherit Empress Lu's treasure, they would definitely fight each other to the point of bloodshed.

Human nature cannot stand the test, and family affection cannot stand the test even more in the face of huge wealth and power.

Even if they were brothers from ordinary families, they would fight to the death for their father's inheritance, not to mention the treasure of Empress Lu which was almost comparable to the throne.

But Sun Fujia suddenly thought of something and said, "Although Empress Lü found twelve descendants, one of these twelve people is different from the others."

"The key person of the golden hairpin?" Lin Feng said.

Sun Fujia nodded quickly: "Yes, according to your inference, among these twelve people, eleven of them do not know each other's hiding situation, and only the key person of the golden hairpin knows it. This is enough to prove that the status of the key person of the golden hairpin is higher than that of the other eleven people."

"Indeed, the position of the person holding the Golden Hairpin is higher than that of the other eleven people, but has it been confirmed in the rumors that this person is the heir appointed by Empress Lu? Do the other eleven people have to obey his orders?"

"This..." Sun Fujia frowned, then said: "There is no such thing in the rumors."

Lin Feng said: "It's not clear. In the face of huge benefits, who would be willing to give up the opportunity to rule the world?"

"Not to mention, even if it is clear, what does it matter? Throughout the dynasties, there have been many fights for succession. As long as the benefits are big enough, what does it matter if you replace the emperor? As long as you hold the golden hairpin, it is the identity given by Empress Lu. With this identity, you have a foundation to replace the emperor. After all, you are all chosen by Empress Lu. You are not good enough and cannot bear the heavy responsibility. Why can't I replace you and inherit the will of your ancestors on your behalf?"

Sun Fujia was silent.

There is no need to look at the history of past dynasties, just look at the Xuanwu Gate Incident that he personally experienced. Wasn't it just Li Shimin replacing Li Jiancheng, whose identity had already been determined?

Just as Lin Feng said, if the interests are big enough and there is a legitimate identity, anything can happen.

Not to mention, the relationship among the twelve golden hairpins was not as close as that between Li Shimin and Li Jiancheng.

"so……"

Lin Feng said: "From all aspects, Empress Lü found twelve descendants at that time and let them all have the right to inherit. This in itself is a big problem."

"As Empress Lü was in the royal family, she should have known better the cruelty and inevitability of such a struggle for the throne. So when she found these twelve people, she should have thought that they would fight to the death. In the end, let alone realizing her wish and restoring the Lü family for her, it would be lucky for them not to kill each other and fall apart."

Sun Fujia took a deep breath and nodded heavily: "You are right. Let alone twelve people, even if she only finds two people, it may not end well."

Lin Feng smiled and said, "Empress Lü must be aware of what we, who are not good at royal calculations, can think of... So Doctor Sun thinks that since she knows all this and has enough time to prepare, why would she make such an obvious mistake?"

Sun Fujia had completely understood what Lin Feng meant. He said in a deep voice, "So you think that these twelve people, like the twelve golden hairpins, are also a trick to deceive people?"

Lin Feng no longer kept the secret and nodded directly: "I suspect that these twelve people are not the heirs she really chose!"

Sun Fujia subconsciously clenched his fists, his eyes twitching uncontrollably. He couldn't help but say, "She went to great lengths to find twelve people, gave them twelve golden hairpins, and asked them to hide at the ends of the earth. She also specifically prevented them from finding each other, and only let one person know the whereabouts of everyone... She planned so perfectly, but in the end, it was all fake! The golden hairpins were fake! The people were fake too! She was really too cunning!"

Lin Feng listened to Sun Fujia's words, gently twisted the Buddhist beads, raised his head and looked into the sky, his eyes were deep, as if he had traveled through time and space, and saw the feared Empress Lü who was in power as a woman more than 800 years ago. His voice was far away: "Empress Lü knew how much evil she had done when she was in power, how many people wanted to eat her flesh and drink her blood, and how many people the Lu family had offended by following her... Therefore, no matter how cautious she was, it was not surprising that she left a spark of hope for herself."

"There is no such thing as an impenetrable wall. These twelve people are the wall she left for outsiders... If someone really discovered this secret, their goal would only be to find these twelve people who have hidden to the ends of the earth and the twelve golden hairpins. They would not know that these people are just bait. Empress Lu's real fish has already been hidden deeper."

Although this is just Lin Feng's inference, based on Sun Fujia's experience and his trust in Lin Feng's wisdom, he feels that this is the fact.

He couldn't help but say: "No wonder Lu Zhi was able to control the world for so long as a woman. Her scheming is really as deep as the sea!"

Lin Feng nodded in agreement. It is inherently more difficult for women to take power than men, so any woman who can take power is far more terrifying than ordinary people imagine.

He retracted his gaze and looked at Sun Fujia again, saying: "Therefore, I guess that before finding those twelve people, Empress Lu had already found someone she could truly trust and entrusted with the important task of restoring the Lu family's hope."

"And since she has someone she trusts, there is no need to leave any clues for the younger generation to find the treasure. So... I think she should just hand the treasure over to this person! In this way, the treasure is already in the hands of her younger generation. Even if time goes on, even if there are accidents like earthquakes, the treasure will not be difficult to find because it is always in the hands of her younger generation."

Sun Fujia couldn't help but pursed his lips when listening to Lin Feng's words. He was silent for a moment and sighed: "It seems that we all thought too complicated. Who would have thought that she would just hand over the treasure."

Lin Feng smiled and said, "Just like many cases, the more direct the method of committing the crime is, the less likely it is to leave clues. The more complicated it is, the more it seems to have been planned, but in fact, the more it is done, the more links there are, and the more likely it is that accidents will occur."

"So, Doctor Sun felt that Empress Lü's approach was too simple and direct, but little did he know that this was the safest method. Emperor Wu of Liang's method of leaving behind the red sandalwood cloud beads was more likely to cause problems."

"However, Emperor Wu of Liang was in a different situation from Empress Lü. He woke up too late, and there was no one around him who could be entrusted with the important task of restoring the country, so he could only cast a wide net in this way. He was thinking that if any of his descendants were successful, cracked the secret of the Red Sandalwood Cloud Pearl, found the royal secret treasure he left behind, and successfully restored Daliang, then it would be worth it for him to leave this backup plan."

Sun Fujia nodded in agreement and said, "Indeed, the two are in different situations and cannot be compared."

After thinking about it, Sun Fujia's face suddenly became serious. He looked at Lin Feng and said in a deep voice: "If the twelve golden hairpins are all fake, and these twelve people are all fake, then our judgment on the family that inherited the golden hairpin is also wrong, right?"

Lin Feng gently stroked the round Buddhist beads. After pondering for a moment, he nodded and said, "What we thought before was that part of the golden hairpin was in our hands and part was in the hands of the Four Symbols Organization. Then the family that inherited the golden hairpin would not be able to find the treasure of Empress Lu, and would not be able to have enough financial and material resources to have the power to shake the world."

"But now..."

Lin Feng took a deep breath and said, "We cannot help but suspect that they have already secretly mastered the terrifying power through Empress Lü's treasure... and now, they are sending their descendants to Chang'an. Their purpose and power are probably no worse than the Four Elephants Organization."

Sun Fujia's heart suddenly sank.

Originally, he thought that the Golden Hairpin inheritance family was the weakest among these forces. After all, the Four Symbols Organization had persecuted them a lot, and several golden hairpins were taken away by Western merchants. Even Lin Feng arrested a golden hairpin inheritor because of the Puguang Temple case. The Golden Hairpin family seemed weak no matter how you looked at it. Even if they had plans, they probably wouldn't be a big deal.

But now, Lin Feng suddenly told him that the Jinchai family left by Empress Lu might have already secretly mastered the terrifying power through Empress Lu's treasure... All of a sudden, the weakest Jinchai family was instantly as dangerous as the Four Symbols Organization!
What’s more important is that they are hiding even deeper than the Four Symbols Organization!

Even though he was still looking down on the Jinchai Family just now, when he thought about how powerful the Jinchai Family was, and how he and others looked down on them, if the Jinchai Family really had some horrible plot and suddenly took action... Sun Fujia didn't even dare to think about what the result would be.

In an instant, Sun Fujia's forehead was covered with cold sweat.

It is a taboo to underestimate the enemy! Especially when the enemy deliberately shows weakness and no one knows their true strength, it is a taboo to underestimate them!

We have committed all the taboos!

He let out a long breath, raised his hand to wipe the cold sweat from his forehead, calmed himself down, thought for a moment, frowned and said, "Since the Gold Hairpin Family is so powerful, why did the Gold Hairpin get taken away?"

Lin Feng shook his head and said, "Correcting Doctor Sun's small mistake... It's not that the Jinchai family is so strong, but the real successor hidden behind the Jinchai family is very strong. The Jinchai family is just a cover-up to cover up his existence."

"With this premise, we can know...the Golden Hairpin Family can only be regarded as vassals of the true heir. Over the long years, their role is to cover up for him, and he and his family will definitely secretly observe and test these Golden Hairpin Family. Only those who pass his test will have the opportunity to know the real secret and truly join his forces. Those who fail his test will most likely be completely abandoned. At that time, these Golden Hairpin Family will completely rely on their own abilities to survive and perish, and have no direct relationship with him."

"Therefore, we can find that some golden hairpin families have developed very well and have become members of the noble families, while some golden hairpin families are poor and destitute, and even their golden hairpins have been taken away at some point... He would not care even if the families he abandoned were destroyed. On the contrary, this would help him show weakness to the enemy and help him hide deeper. Why wouldn't he do that?"

Sun Fujia only felt a chill running from the soles of his feet to the top of his head.

He thought that he and Lin Feng had fought against these forces so many times that they already had enough understanding of these forces... But it was not until this moment that he realized that what he knew was only the part that others wanted him to know.

He couldn't help but say: "None of these guys are simple!"

Hearing this, Lin Feng couldn't help but laugh and said, "If it were simple, it would be impossible for it to be secretly passed down for more than 800 years and still exist."

"That's true." Sun Fujia nodded.

"But things are not too bad."

Lin Feng said to Sun Fujia: "Whether it is the power of the Jinchai family or the power of Empress Lu's successor, in the final analysis, they all originated from Empress Lu's power, and there is no difference in essence. The only difference is that their strength is stronger than we originally expected, and their ambitions are greater... But this does not prevent us from fighting them. They still don't know that we already know that the Chen and Du families are the Jinchai families, and they still don't know that we have been secretly investigating the people of the Chen and Du families. The Chen and Du families are not weak. If they want to do anything, they must use the Chen and Du families."

"So, we only need to keep a close eye on the Chen and Du families, and we will have a chance to find out their intentions in advance... We still have the advantage!"

Sun Fujia couldn't help but feel refreshed when he heard Lin Feng's words.

What Lin Feng said was right. They already knew the details of Empress Lu's forces, but Empress Lu's forces knew nothing about what they knew, so the advantage was still in their hands, and things were far from the worst.

And all this... Sun Fujia looked at Lin Feng with emotion on his face. All this was the advantage that Lin Feng had slowly accumulated in repeated battles with the Jinchai family.

If Lin Feng had not fought with them, if it was not Lin Feng who fought with them, Sun Fujia really couldn't imagine what the final result would be. So in the final analysis, it was fortunate that they had Lin Feng!

He let out a long breath and said, "I will send more people to keep a close eye on the Chen family and the Du family, as well as Chen Miao and Du Cheng. If there is anything unusual, I will inform you immediately."

Lin Feng smiled and nodded: "It should be so."

He looked at the towering mountains around him and said, "I didn't expect that another mysterious person who is the successor of Empress Lü would appear. This drama in Chang'an City has more and more interesting people."

Sun Fujia didn't think this was interesting, he just felt a headache.

The Four Symbols Organization has extended its hands to the Eastern Palace. It is obviously getting crazy, and this is just a preparation for their final action... He dare not imagine how terrible the final plan of the Four Symbols Organization will be. As a result, at this time, a more hidden successor to Empress Lu comes... Sun Fujia feels that thanks to his ups and downs, his heart has been trained to be very strong, otherwise, he is afraid that his heart will not be able to bear it.

"found it!!!"

At this moment, the next moment after the two people finished their conversation, an excited shout suddenly rang out.

Lin Feng and Sun Fujia heard the sound and quickly realized something. They hurriedly looked in the direction of the sound.

On the cliff more than 20 feet above them, a Qianniu Guard was waving his arms vigorously and shouting, "The entrance is here!"

…………

Lin Feng and others quickly rushed to the entrance.

As soon as he arrived here, Lin Feng discovered that this was the entrance to a cave, but the entrance was filled with rubble, and near the rubble, he could see a lot of footprints left by people. There were also obvious signs of artificial chiseling on the mountains on both sides of the entrance.

Li Zhen looked at the footprints and traces on the mountain, his eyes quickly revealed excitement, and said: "There really are traces of human activity..."

He quickly looked at Lin Feng: "Lin Sizheng!"

Lin Feng smiled and said, "What are you waiting for, Li Qianniu?"

When Li Zhen heard this, he immediately said, "Move these stones away quickly!"

Soon, the Qianniu Guards quickly got to work, and before long, the rubble at the entrance was moved away.

Li Zhen looked at Lin Feng, and when he saw Lin Feng nod, he no longer hesitated and walked in first with his men, holding torches.

Seeing this, Li Tai wanted to follow, but Lin Feng stopped him.

Li Tai looked at Lin Feng in confusion, and then heard Lin Feng say: "Your Highness is of noble status, it is not advisable to take risks... Let's wait for Li Qianniu and the others to investigate. If there is no problem, it will not be too late to go in."

Upon hearing this, Li Tai couldn't help but look into the dark cave. He felt that Lin Feng was being too cautious. This place had been moved by people from the Four Elephants Organization. Even if there were mechanisms, they should have been destroyed. What danger could there be?

"what!!"

But just as he had this thought, a scream suddenly came from the cave.

Then the sound of weapons clashing could be heard.

The sudden screams and sounds of fighting changed Li Tai's expression instantly. He couldn't help but widen his eyes and said, "This... this..."

Then Lin Feng chuckled and said, "Don't worry, Your Highness. Li Qianniu is cautious enough. The screams should not be theirs."

"It's not theirs, could it be..."

Li Tai thought of a possibility.

Lin Feng nodded: "They should be from the Four Symbols Organization. They didn't know we would find this place, so under normal circumstances, they should either continue to move the property here, or send people to guard here to prevent anyone from discovering the secrets here... But after we got here, we didn't find any trace of the Four Symbols Organization, and we came very suddenly, and no information was leaked in the middle, so they couldn't have known in advance."

"So, they will disappear. They can only block the entrance in a hurry and hide inside, hoping to suddenly attack us and give us a fatal blow when we enter!"

Li Tai's pupils shrank instantly. Hearing the roars of killing in the cave, he couldn't help but take a step back.

At the same time, the look he gave Lin Feng was full of gratitude... If Lin Feng hadn't stopped him, he would have really walked in without knowing anything, and who knows what accidents might have happened.

At this time, the sounds in the cave gradually disappeared.

Not long after, a Qianniu guard walked out of the cave, saluted to Lin Feng and said, "Lin Sizheng, the crisis has been resolved. Li Qianniu said you can enter."

Upon hearing this, Li Tai hurriedly looked at Lin Feng, and saw Lin Feng chuckled and nodded: "Your Highness can enter with confidence this time."

Li Tai had long been extremely curious about the so-called royal secret treasures. Upon hearing this, he could no longer wait and rushed directly into the cave. Lin Feng and Sun Fujia looked at each other and followed him in with a smile.

The cave was very long. At first, it was a natural mountain wall. But as he went deeper, Lin Feng found obvious traces of artificial excavation on the inner side of the mountain wall. He realized: "It seems that the place where Emperor Wu of Liang hid his treasures was first made use of a natural cave, and then artificial excavation and reinforcement were carried out..."

The road was winding and became narrower as it went on. In the end, it was so narrow that only one person could walk forward by bending over.

"Here we are!"

Li Tai's excited voice rang out, Lin Feng looked up, and saw a stone gate in front of Li Tai, and at this time the stone gate was wide open.

Several people quickly passed through the stone gate, and the world behind them... suddenly became clear!
Behind the stone gate was a huge natural cave.

There are many boxes inside the cave, some of which are open and some are closed.

The opened boxes were filled with gold, silver, jewelry, jade and other stones. Some boxes also contained Buddha statues made of gold.

Near the stone gate, there were more than twenty corpses. All of them were wearing coarse linen clothes, their faces were disfigured and their appearances could not be seen clearly. At this moment, they were lying in a pool of blood, with a hideous look of death.

Li Tai couldn't help swallowing when he saw the corpses with hideous and twisted faces. As soon as he saw the location of the corpses, he could guess that the people from the Four Symbols Organization must be hiding near the stone gate to launch a sneak attack. If he really arrived without any preparation, he would definitely be hacked to death by them.

Lin Feng and Sun Fujia, on the other hand, seemed not to have seen the corpses. They walked through the corpses without changing their expressions and came to the boxes.

Sun Fujia looked at the marks on the ground and said, "Zide, look."

Lin Feng nodded: "There are marks of boxes on the ground, but the boxes are gone... It seems that the Four Symbols Organization has indeed moved away part of it. Judging from these traces, almost half of them have been moved away."

Sun Fujia picked up a Buddha statue and said, "It's made of pure gold... It's said that Emperor Wu of Liang lived a simple life because he believed in Buddhism. But he was simple, but he spent a lot of money on his belief in Buddhism. I really don't know whether to say that he was devout or that he was putting the cart before the horse."

Lin Feng looked at the box of pure gold Buddha statues and smiled, "I don't know if he put the cart before the horse, but he really left a lot of wealth for future generations."

Sun Fujia nodded: "If we can get this wealth, it will be enough to build an army of tens of thousands of people."

"And Empress Lü's situation was much better than Emperor Wu of Liang's. I really can't imagine how much wealth Empress Lü would have left behind."

Lin Feng casually picked up a luminous cup, and his fingertips slid across the luminous cup, and he said slowly: "Anyway, it won't be less than this."

As he spoke, Lin Feng casually threw the luminous cup back into the box. He looked at the boxes and said, "Count all the items immediately and search... for the prescription for the Golden Pearl Poison!"

Hearing Lin Feng's words, Li Tai didn't care about these scary corpses, and hurried over and said, "Yes, yes, let's find out if there is a prescription for the Golden Pearl Poison."

He was born into a royal family and was not so sensitive to wealth, but the prescription for the golden pearl poison was related to whether Li Chengqian could survive and whether he could continue to be favored by Li Shimin, which was far more important than these wealth.

Li Zhen didn't need Li Tai's words at all. As soon as Lin Feng finished speaking, he ordered people to start searching and counting.

Soon, the Qianniu Guards opened the boxes one by one and searched them.

Li Tai watched the actions of the Qianniu Guards nervously, not daring to breathe. Sun Fujia also subconsciously held his breath, and his hands unconsciously clenched into fists. Even Li Zhen, who had a dull expression but a sharp mind, could not help pacing back and forth, showing his inner unrest.

Looking back on this journey, they really went through a lot of ups and downs, from the East Palace, to the Prince of Yue's Mansion, to the Half Moon Temple, to Chang'an City... Finally, it took another two days and two nights to travel here.

They really put in a lot of effort and did their best.

This is their last chance. If they can't find the prescription for the Golden Pearl Poison here, they will really collapse.

For a moment, apart from the sound of rummaging through boxes and cabinets, the entire cave was silent.

Just like that, a full quarter of an hour passed.

Suddenly... a voice sounded: "Lin Sizheng, look quickly, is this the prescription for the Golden Pearl Poison?"

Hearing the voice, everyone raised their heads suddenly and looked over quickly.

Then a Qianniu Guard ran quickly to Lin Feng and handed a piece of cloth to Lin Feng.

Lin Feng took the cloth and looked directly at it...

"How is it?" Li Tai was the most impatient. Seeing Lin Feng looking at him, he hurriedly asked.

Sun Fujia also stared at Lin Feng closely, and Li Zhen took a step forward and came in front of Lin Feng.

Then... they saw Lin Feng lift his eyes from the cloth, sweeping his gaze across everyone's faces, then he smiled and said, "The case is closed! We can go back and report!"

(End of this chapter)