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Chapter 317 Killing!

After Lin Feng entered the Qin Mansion, he heard some sobbing sounds.

He looked in the direction of the voice and saw some maids comforting a few graceful and beautiful women. When Li Haomiao saw Lin Feng looking at those women, his gossip master attribute immediately erupted. Without Lin Feng asking, he took the initiative to say, "These people are Qin Han's wives and concubines."

"The woman in the middle is Qin Han's principal wife. Her family is a doctor in the Ministry of Industry, so they are considered a good match. The four women on both sides of her are all Qin Doctor Qin's concubines. These concubines..."

Li Haomiao was afraid that his voice would be heard, so he lowered his voice deliberately, sounding mysterious: "Their origins are very interesting. The two concubines are the daughters of Qin Langzhong's subordinates. It is said that Qin Langzhong saw the daughters of this subordinate by chance and fell in love with them at first sight. Then the subordinate was very tactful and sent the two daughters to Qin's house that night."

"The other two concubines, one was a courtesan in a brothel, who was redeemed by Doctor Qin, and the other was a girl who sold herself to bury her father. Doctor Qin took pity on her and took her into his room."

Hearing Li Haomiao's words, Han Keji sneered and said, "You think of her pity? Should I say you think of her beauty?"

Qin Han's four concubines, if not as beautiful as fairies, can be described as beautiful as flowers. And judging from the reasons why Qin Han took concubines, Qin Han was indeed a playboy and lustful person.

Li Haomiao spread his hands and said, "I just told Lin Shaoqing the rumor. As for why Doctor Qin did that, I dare not say anything."

I have to say that gossip masters are gossip masters. When it comes to gossip, they have a lot of things to say, and they are also very sensible. They know what they can say and what subjective things they cannot say.

And because of Li Haomiao's gossip, Lin Feng quickly formed a preliminary impression of Qin Han, his unfamiliar colleague.

He is lustful, uses his power to bully his subordinates, and even forcibly seizes their daughters... From these aspects, Qin Han is definitely not a good official.

His character is questionable, and his rank is far lower than Xiao Yu's... Why would Xiao Yu come to see such a person in person? Even if there was something between Qin Han and Xiao Yu, shouldn't Qin Han go to see Xiao Yu?
Not to mention Xiao Yu, even if he was the Shaoqing of Dali Temple, little Qin Han was not worthy of coming to his house in person.

A rank higher in rank is enough to crush someone to death, not to mention that the difference between Xiao Yu and Qin Han is not just one or two levels higher.

So, why did Xiao Yu come to see Qin Han in person?
"Chang Sun Ping'an took Lord Xiao away. Otherwise, if I could meet Lord Xiao directly, I would know the truth by asking him... But now, I can't tell what Li Shimin will do. If Li Shimin really only lets Chang Sun Ping'an investigate, then it will be really troublesome. So I must try my best to find clues before Chang Sun Ping'an comes back, and it would be best if I can find out the truth directly."

Lin Feng took a deep breath and did not look at the crying wives and concubines of Qin Han. He said directly to the county lieutenant Kong Feng who was in charge of this place after Changsun Ping'an left: "County Lieutenant Kong, we meet again."

Kong Feng was more sensible than ordinary yamen runners. He quickly saluted Lin Feng with a very respectful attitude: "This subordinate greets Mr. Lin."

Lin Feng smiled and shook his head: "County Lieutenant Kong helped me solve the crisis of Fifteen before, and I still remember it in my heart. Fifteen and I have said more than once that we would like to treat County Lieutenant Kong to a banquet to express our gratitude, but unfortunately, I am busy with official duties and have no free time, so it has been delayed until now. County Lieutenant Kong will not blame us for not returning until we are drunk until now, right?"

Hearing this, Kong Feng hurriedly shook his head: "I dare not. I was also responsible at the time. It was my duty to charge into battle for Lin Shaoqing. How dare I ask him for help?"

Having said that, when Kong Feng heard Lin Feng's words, his attitude and tone towards Lin Feng were obviously different from before, and the expression on his face became more sincere.

Lin Feng's current status is beyond the reach of Kong Feng. However, such a Lin Feng still remembered what Kong Feng had done. The first sentence they said when they met was to explain why there was no banquet to thank him. For Kong Feng, this was enough to make him feel Lin Feng's attention and sincerity towards him. The slight resentment he had towards Lin Feng because of Changsun Ping'an's failure also completely disappeared with these words of Lin Feng.

Lin Feng smiled and said, "Duties are duties, personal relationships are personal relationships, and they don't affect each other... So we have a deal. When I have some free time in the future, I will host a banquet for you, and County Magistrate Kong must come."

Kong Feng nodded repeatedly as if he was flattered: "I will never refuse."

Lin Feng nodded slightly. Seeing that Kong Feng no longer had any resistance or hostility towards him, he did not waste any more time and said directly, "Then let's talk about business... I wonder where Doctor Qin's body is?"

Kong Feng did not hesitate, and quickly made way, saying: "In the main hall, I will lead the way for Lin Shaoqing."

Lin Feng smiled and said, "Thank you."

Several people quickly walked towards the main hall.

As they walked, Lin Feng said, "County Lieutenant Kong, I wonder what exactly is going on with this case? Do you know why Lord Xiao came here?"

Kong Feng hesitated for a moment, but when he thought of Lin Feng's sincerity and attention to him, he gritted his teeth and said, "Replying to Mr. Lin, this case has a great impact, so the county magistrate Changsun specifically instructed that some words involving the core of the case must not be disclosed to the public... Therefore, I can only say what I can say."

"Let him go--" Han Keji was about to stand up and scold Kong Feng again like he did to those yamen runners outside, but Lin Feng stopped him by stretching out his hand.

Lin Feng said gently: "Then County Lieutenant Kong, please say something you can say."

Kong Feng is different from ordinary yamen runners. Among those who come to investigate the case, Kong Feng has the highest status except Changsun Ping'an. Therefore, Kong Feng must know more than other yamen runners. However, his time is extremely limited. If he wants to know more about the inside story, he can only find a breakthrough from Kong Feng. Therefore, he cannot let Han Keji offend Kong Feng. Otherwise, once Kong Feng is dissatisfied and says nothing, it will be really troublesome.

As for what Kong Feng said about some things being able to be said and some things not being able to be said... that doesn't matter. As long as Kong Feng is willing to speak, he will have the opportunity to get what he wants.

Seeing that Lin Feng had no intention of blaming him at all, Kong Feng felt relieved and even more grateful to Lin Feng.

He did not delay any longer and said quickly, "I and Magistrate Changsun came here because someone reported that some hooligans in Wannian County bullied a decent woman and caused her to jump into a well to commit suicide. When we heard the news, we immediately led people there. But before we arrived, we happened to see the servants of the Qin Mansion shouting 'Murder', and then we immediately went into the Qin Mansion."

"The servants took us all the way to the main hall, and when we got there, we found that Qin Han, the doctor of the Ministry of Rites, had a knife in his heart and had fallen in a pool of blood. Lord Xiao..."

He looked at Lin Feng and said, "Mr. Xiao was tied up by the servants of the Qin Mansion and is unconscious."

"Unconscious!?" Li Haomiao and others were shocked.

Lin Feng frowned and said, "Did the Qin family's servants do it?"

Upon hearing Lin Feng's words, the officials of the Dali Temple quickly stared at the servants of the Qin Mansion with cold faces.

Kong Feng shook his head. "It wasn't done by the Qin mansion's servants. According to what people said, after they opened the door, they found that Xiao Gong had stabbed Qin Han's heart with a knife. Because Xiao Gong and Qin Langzhong fought too fiercely, Xiao Gong was exhausted. When they separated Xiao Gong and Qin Langzhong, Xiao Gong had already fainted due to exhaustion. It was just that they were afraid that Xiao Gong would harm Qin Langzhong again after waking up, so they tied him up."

"Coma from exhaustion?"

Lin Feng's eyes flickered a few times.

It was just a coincidence that after killing someone, he was bumped into by the servants and then fell into coma?
He suddenly looked at Kong Feng and asked, "When you took Mr. Xiao away, did he wake up?"

"No."

Kong Feng still shook his head: "Mr. Xiao was in a very deep coma. When Magistrate Changsun saw that he couldn't wake him up, he ordered people to take him away... Magistrate Changsun didn't want to imprison Mr. Xiao, but to give him a quiet resting environment. He also ordered people to find the imperial physician at the Imperial Medical Bureau."

Lin Feng nodded and glanced at Li Haomiao at the same time, thinking that the specific situation was quite different from the gossip Li Haomiao had reported. According to Li Haomiao, Xiao Yu was directly taken to jail by Changsun Ping'an. There was no mention of whether Xiao Yu was unconscious or whether Changsun Ping'an had gone to find the imperial physician. Although both were taken away, Changsun Ping'an's attitude was quite different.

However, this is not important. What is important is another thing - Xiao Yu's coma!
Xiao Yu's coma was so serious that even when Chang Sun Ping'an came to investigate the case, Xiao Yu had not woken up.

This also directly led to Chang Sun Ping An having no way to ask Xiao Yu why he came here, why he fought with Qin Han, and what happened in between...

Xiao Yu was forced to shut up because he was in a coma.

Xiao Yu and Qin Han were the only two eyewitnesses of the fight. Now one is dead and the other is in a coma and unable to speak. There is no one who can defend Xiao Yu. On the contrary... Xiao Yu killed Qin Han with his own eyes, and the murder weapon was in Xiao Yu's hand. Now that Xiao Yu is in a coma and unable to speak, the case is very unfavorable to Xiao Yu. After all, there is both witnesses and evidence, and the case is about to be closed.

"As expected, this is the final plan of the Four Symbols Organization to deal with me... It is really complete. If nothing unexpected happens..."

Lin Feng's eyes were deep, and he said slowly to himself: "I'm afraid that Mr. Xiao won't be able to wake up in the next few days."

Since the Four Symbols Organization wanted to take action against Xiao Yu, there was no way they would give Xiao Yu a chance to tell the truth when the situation was favorable. So Lin Feng felt that Xiao Yu was probably not unconscious due to exhaustion, but that the Four Symbols Organization had used other means to prevent Xiao Yu from waking up at least before the Four Symbols Organization's ultimate plan was implemented, thus ensuring that nothing could go wrong.

"Mr. Xiao can no longer be counted on. We can only hope that there are enough useful clues and evidence left at the scene."

While they were thinking, they had arrived at the main hall where the crime occurred.

"This is it." Kong Feng introduced to Lin Feng.

Lin Feng looked up and saw that the door of the room in front of him was open. Two yamen runners were guarding the door. Through the open door, he could just see a corpse in the room, lying in a pool of blood.

Lin Feng narrowed his eyes and walked directly into the main hall.

As soon as he entered, he found that the main hall was very spacious. Opposite the door were two tables and two stools, and then there were four tables and stools on each side.

At this time, the tables and chairs on the right side were shifted, and one table was overturned on the ground. In front of the overturned table was Qin Han's body lying in a pool of blood.

Lin Feng came to the corpse and looked down, and saw that Qin Han was wearing a casual suit made of expensive material. At this time, his casual suit was covered with wrinkles and dust. From the surface, it can be seen that there were indeed traces of a fight.

There was a dagger stuck straight into his heart.

Lin Feng squatted down and looked at the wound. He found that there was only this one knife wound on Qin Han's heart. The handle of the dagger was left outside, and the blade had been completely stabbed into the heart...

Seeing this, Lin Feng couldn't help but narrow his eyes. He said, "Captain Kong, can you find out where this dagger came from?" Kong Feng made a mental assessment and confirmed that this was something he could say, so he said, "The people in Qin's house said they had never seen this dagger, so this dagger should have been brought by Lord Xiao."

Brought by Mr. Xiao?
Hearing Kong Feng's words, Li Haomiao and others were stunned, and they quickly looked at Lin Feng.

Because before in the carriage, Lin Feng told them that Xiao Yu had no chance to carry the dagger. Lin Feng judged that the dagger belonged to the Qin family, but Kong Feng said that the Qin family did not have such a dagger and it was brought by Xiao Yu... This directly contradicted Lin Feng's words.

So… which one is true? Which one is false?

Who is right? Who is wrong?
Lin Feng didn't need to look at the expressions of the crowd to guess what Li Haomiao and the others were thinking, but he didn't want to explain. He continued, "Lieutenant Kong just said that the reason you happened to run into the servants of the Qin Mansion was because someone reported a case... I wonder how that case went?"

Kong Feng said: "I have sent other people over. When the thugs saw that someone was dead, they all ran away. They are now hunting them down."

Lin Feng nodded slowly: "That is to say, your people went there and only saw the body of an innocent woman, and didn't see any of those so-called thugs who harmed people?"

"Yes."

He got it.

Just as he expected, there are no coincidences in this world. The so-called coincidence is just a show that has been prepared for a long time.

He slowly stood up and looked outside the door, only to see that the servants of the Qin Mansion had gathered at the door. Qin Han's wife and concubine, who had been crying just now, had also come over. At this moment, they were looking into the room, and some noisy sounds came into their ears.

"Do you think Lin Shaoqing would deliberately conceal the truth for Xiao Siqing?"

"No way? Lin Shaoqing is the great detective of our Tang Dynasty. He is devoted to pursuing the truth. How could he hide it?"

"How can this be the same as before? The real murderer before had nothing to do with him, but the real murderer who killed our master this time is his mentor!"

"That's right. I heard that Shaoqing Lin was able to become Shaoqing thanks to the support of Xiao Siqing."

"And there are rumors that Lin Shaoqing is going to become Xiao Siqing's son-in-law."

"It's over! They are all going to become a family. Lin Shaoqing will definitely conceal it for Xiao Siqing. Who can still speak up for our master!"

"Just because they have a close relationship, will our master die in vain?!"

The indignant voices grew louder and louder, so much so that even people like Li Haomiao who were not listening carefully could hear them clearly.

This made their expressions change, and they couldn't help but look at Lin Feng with worry and nervousness.

If the servants of the Qin Mansion think so, it means that the people outside, and even other officials, may think so. After all, everyone can see how good Xiao Yu is to Lin Feng. All the evidence and clues are now unfavorable to Xiao Yu. If Lin Feng really says that Xiao Yu is not the real murderer, even if Lin Feng can provide evidence, some people may think that Lin Feng deliberately concealed the truth and protected each other, which will shake the reputation that Lin Feng has accumulated with great difficulty.

And if Lin Feng is unable to clear Xiao Yu of the charges, I am afraid that some people will say that Lin Feng is heartless, cold-blooded and ruthless, and would not even save his mentor.

Therefore, Lin Feng was clearly caught in a dilemma. It was not right to save him, nor was it right not to save him... At this moment, they finally realized that the most difficult person in this case was not Xiao Yu, but Lin Feng!

"Lin Shaoqing, this..." Li Haomiao couldn't help but speak.

Then they saw Lin Feng's eyes sweeping across their faces one by one, and then he asked very seriously: "Where is the toilet?"

Everyone: "..."

Seeing Lin Feng so serious, Li Haomiao thought that Lin Feng was going to say something important, and even held his breath. But this is what Lin Feng said? Asking about the toilet at such an important moment?

Seeing the confused expressions of the crowd, Lin Feng suddenly laughed and said, "We can't control what outsiders say. What we can decide is that we must have a clear conscience, be worthy of the official uniform we wear, and be worthy of those who are still willing to trust and support us... So, why bother with them? But people have three urgent matters, and this cannot be ignored."

Seeing that no one from Li Haomiao and the others answered him, Lin Feng looked at Kong Feng again and said, "Captain Kong, do you know where the toilet is?"

Kong Feng was stunned for a moment before he reacted. He quickly said, "Turn right when you go out, then turn right again after you exit the courtyard, and you'll see it."

"Thank you!"

After saying that, Lin Feng strode out.

Looking at Lin Feng's back, Kong Feng couldn't help but ask, "Has your Shaoqing always been so calm and composed?"

Upon hearing this, Li Haomiao and Han Keji could not help but look at each other.

Only Zhao Shiwu and Zhao Xieyang looked relatively calm, as if they were already accustomed to Lin Feng's calmness.

While waiting for Lin Feng, Han Keji whispered to Li Haomiao: "How is it? Do you find any problems with this case?"

Li Haomiao shook his head solemnly: "No, there are so many servants as witnesses, and the physical evidence is this dagger that does not belong to the Qin Mansion... Now we have all the witnesses and physical evidence, and Xiao Siqing has been in a coma and can't give any explanation. The situation is very unfavorable to Xiao Siqing."

Han Keji also had a worried look on his face. He looked outside and said, "It seems that I can only rely on Lin Shaoqing. I just don't know if Lin Shaoqing has discovered any problems..."

Upon hearing this, Kong Feng and others also looked outside. Although Lin Feng had only gone to the toilet, he touched everyone's heart.

Finally, under the watchful eyes of everyone, Lin Feng returned to the yard.

As soon as he entered the courtyard, Lin Feng suddenly stopped. He seemed not to have expected that everyone was waiting for him, so his pace slowed down a little.

And at this moment, several sobbing voices filled with sadness were heard.

"Lin Shaoqing, you have to make the decision for our master!"

"The master has always been kind to others, but...he ended up like this. You are the Great Detective of the Tang Dynasty, we believe in you, you will definitely not protect the real murderer!"

"Lin Shaoqing, I know why Xiao Siqing wants to kill the master!"

Hearing the voice, Lin Feng and the others all looked in the direction of the sound.

It turned out that the person who said she knew why Xiao Siqing killed people was Qin Han's wife.

"Do you know the reason?" Lin Feng looked at the sobbing women.

Qin Han's wife nodded: "Not only do I know, but all my sisters know."

Lin Feng looked at the other women and saw that these pretty concubines all nodded repeatedly.

"Yes, the master told us."

Lin Feng's eyes flashed, and then he walked straight over and stood in front of Qin Han's wives and concubines.

He looked at Qin Han's only wife who had an ordinary appearance and asked, "What's the reason?"

Qin Han's wife was about to speak, but paused. Then she glanced at the yamen runners and guards around her.

Seeing this, Lin Feng immediately understood what Qin Han's wife meant, and he said, "All of you step back."

The yamen runners and guards naturally did not dare to disobey Lin Feng's orders and quickly retreated.

Lin Feng said: "You can speak now."

Qin Han's wife looked at Lin Feng in front of her. She pursed her lips, then gritted her teeth, took a step forward, and whispered, "Shaoqing Lin, the master originally told us not to reveal this secret, but now the master is dead, and for the sake of justice for the master, I can only tell this secret."

She leaned forward, her light green dress carrying a sweet fragrance as she approached Lin Feng, and she said in a sad and hoarse voice: "The master told us last night -"

"go to hell!!!"

Lin Feng raised his head suddenly and saw that her face was full of tears, but her tearful face was smiling strangely.

(End of this chapter)