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Chapter 245 Moon! The tradition of Dali Temple!

Lin Feng has always believed that there is no perfect crime in the world. Any criminal behavior, no matter how cunning or cautious the thief is, will inevitably leave clues that cannot be erased. This is the so-called "as long as it is done, there will be traces."

Even if the thief carefully processed his traces, he did not know that many of his clues had been exposed in the process of processing the traces.

For example, the real culprit who killed Wang Jian in front of him wanted to hide the location where Wang Jian's heart was dug out, and he wanted to hide the fact that Wang Jian's body had been frozen and preserved in this icehouse, so he had to deal with the leakage of Wang Jian's body. Blood.

He was very smart and knew that if the blood flowed to the ground, it would freeze quickly in this cold icehouse and would be difficult to wipe clean, so he specially used ice to freeze the blood, and then cut off the bloody part, thus Avoid leaving blood.

He knew that after Wang Jian's death, no one would want to eat ice in a short time, and in a while, when winter comes, the old ice would be thrown away as garbage, so even if he cut the ice, he would not eat it. was discovered.

He calculated everything to the extreme and tried his best to cover up everything he had ever done.

However, even if the devil is taller, the Taoist spirit is still taller. He did not expect that Lin Feng would have the experience of changing the time of death when a corpse was frozen. He did not expect that Lin Feng would know that Wang Jian's corpse had been here before he even came to the palace. .

He also didn't expect that it happened that he cut the ice to remove the blood to cover his traces, which exposed the two most important things in the case.

The first is to make Lin Feng completely sure that this is the place to dig deep, so that Lin Feng can safely conduct the investigation within half a month.

Lin Feng listened to Ma Yuan's call and did not respond. Instead, he squatted down, stretched out his fingers, and touched the ground lightly.

When Ma Yuan came to Lin Feng's side, he found that Lin Feng was looking down at the ground. Following Lin Feng's line of sight, Ma Yuan's eyes couldn't help but show surprise.

Lin Feng's fingertips touched the uneven cuts on the ice and thought to himself: "At that time, Wang Jian still existed in the room... In other words, there was another Wang Jian in it. If so..."

After finding the accurate direction, we are not far away from finding the real murderer.

In other places on the icehouse floor, a white layer of ice could be seen on the ground, as if it were covered with frost.

Just as the only way to erase the traces of blood is to cut off the ice, this is also unavoidable.

"And there are only two possibilities to do this."

Therefore, this can only mean one thing.

At this time, his voice slowly sounded: "It's not that there is no ice, but the ice layer is very thin, and it did not appear at the same time as other ice layers, so there is an obvious difference."

He suddenly took a step forward and walked to the right.

But there was no white frost in the area in front of Lin Feng. Looking down, he could clearly see the marble on the ground at a glance.

But in this case, a problem arises... The real culprit took advantage of Wang Jian's illness and living alone to secretly bring Wang Jian here. During the time when he was digging out people's hearts and dealing with follow-up matters, the room where Wang Jian lived alone, There is no one.

Judging from the thorough preparation of the real murderer's plan, Lin Feng does not think that the real murderer will do anything uncertain, and does not think that the real murderer will do such uncertain things that rely on probability...

At this time, someone might go to visit Wang Jian. Once someone does go to Wang Jian's room, the real murderer's plan will be directly destroyed!

"If you want others to know, you have to do nothing..."

As soon as he finished speaking, Lin Feng stopped.

Lin Feng was not sure which of the two guesses it was, but it at least gave him a very clear direction of investigation.

He couldn't build a fire outside to heat the soldering iron and then bring the soldering iron to the icehouse. It would be too easy to be discovered...

But he spent a lot of time here...

After all, in addition to poking out the heart here, the real murderer also performed "healing surgery" on Wang Jian.

Lin Feng didn't know whether the real culprit used a soldering iron or something else to burn his skin, but he knew that the real culprit must have heated something like the soldering iron in the icehouse.

Lin Feng's eyes flickered and he said slowly in his heart: "He is confident! During the time he is in the icehouse, no one will find out that Wang Jian is missing!"

He couldn't help but said: "There is no ice on the ground here!"

Therefore, normally speaking, the time for the real murderer should be very tight!

The needle and thread can be taken away...but what about the thing that sticks Wang Jian's skin and flesh together and prevents the blood from flowing out?

"The first possibility is that he has a way to ensure that no one will go to Wang Jian's room to look for Wang Jian during this time... But how to do it? Do it in the dead of night when everyone is asleep? Or give special instructions No one is allowed to disturb you?”

There is a very obvious difference between this place and other areas.

There was no blood stain at all on the ice, which was completely cut. Lin Feng deliberately searched for it, but only found a drop of blood in the corner. The other splattered blood stains were basically cleaned up... All this means The real murderer definitely stayed in the icehouse for a long time after digging out his heart.

While thinking about it, Lin Feng scanned the ground carefully. He had enough patience to scan the ground inch by inch.

Butler Ma Yuan saw Lin Feng's actions without warning and quickly chased after him, saying: "Lin Si Zheng, what's wrong?"

Lin Feng looked at the very clean scene that was handled by the real murderer, and smiled lightly. He was never afraid of the real murderer's cunning, let alone covering up clues, because this would only mean that the real murderer had done more things, and the real murderer had done more The more things happened, the more ideas he had to speculate on the real culprit.

There are still some government officials walking back and forth here, and there are also government officials who must have been ordered by Zhou Helin to secretly keep an eye on him and not leave. At this time, the torches in their hands have become an important light source for Lin Feng to look for clues.

Lin Feng took a deep breath, then turned around and looked in other directions of the icehouse.

Suddenly, Lin Feng's eyes moved.

Next, he only needs to conduct targeted investigations in order to determine which possibility it is.

Since it is determined that this is the site where the heart was dug out and processed, there must be other traces here.

The second is to let Lin Feng know that the real murderer cleaned the place very carefully after digging out his heart, and cutting the ice and looking for splattered blood are not things that can be done in a very short time. , but the real culprit still did it cleanly.

"found it!"

So, the real murderer could only heat the soldering iron here, so how did he heat it? Make a fire? Or got a charcoal basin?
Regardless of whether it is a fire or a charcoal basin, ashes will inevitably appear, and the high temperature will inevitably cause the thin layer of ice on the icehouse floor to bake.

"And the second possibility..."

Lin Feng slowly exhaled and gave his guess: "This means that this is not a crime committed by a single person, but a gang of at least two people working together to commit the crime."

"Didn't they appear at the same time?" The housekeeper couldn't help but look confused. No matter how quick his reaction was, he was still far behind Lin Feng.

Lin Feng said: "Do you still remember your master's wound? The flesh and blood in his wound were so hot that they stuck together. Not surprisingly... the iron used to burn your master's wound was heated here."

"here!?"

The housekeeper's eyes widened suddenly, and his pupils couldn't help but shrink violently.

Lin Feng nodded slightly. He looked at the obvious traces on the ground and said, "A circle with a diameter of about one foot. Such a regular shape cannot be made by a fire. It should be a charcoal basin."

"Charcoal basin?" The steward looked surprised.

"good."

Lin Feng glanced at the ground nearby and continued, "There is no ashes on the ground... Normally, if the ashes floated out and fell on the ice, they would be frozen quickly, and the ice surface is frosted and uneven, so it is almost impossible to clean it up."

"So it can be determined that the real culprit should have used charcoal with less smoke and dust. This kind of charcoal should be expensive... At the same time, the amount of charcoal should not be much, otherwise it will be difficult for the smoke to not float out. The real culprit should have calculated it Just use enough to heat a tool like a soldering iron.”

As he spoke, Lin Feng couldn't help but look in the direction of the iron door of the icehouse. He was thinking that the real murderer should have left the door open when he performed the "healing surgery". Otherwise, if he were not careful, the revenge scene might turn into a charcoal-burning suicide. On site.

In order for air to circulate, the stone door outside must have at least some gaps. In other words... at that time, if someone passed by the rockery of the stone door, they might have a chance to discover something unusual about the stone door.

How did the real culprit determine that no one would pass by the rockery at that time?

Could it be...that it really happened late at night?

This rockery is located in a bamboo forest, and the bamboo forest is in a remote northwest corner. There are no huts or the like nearby. In the dead of night, no one will pass by here.

Therefore, as long as we can ensure that the night guard does not pass by here, it is basically safe.

The clues about the charcoal basin made Lin Feng a little more inclined to guess that the real murderer had committed the crime late at night.

He looked around the charcoal basin, wondering if there were any clues around here. According to the current situation, the real murderer stayed here and on the ice for the longest time. If there were clues, he would only In these two places.

But the ice cube was the place where the real murderer dug out his heart and was dealt with cleanly by the real murderer. Therefore, if there are any clues, they can only be found here.

"That is……"

Suddenly, Lin Feng stood up, took a step to the left, and then squatted down again.

He stretched out his hand and reached towards the ground again.

But this time the housekeeper discovered that Lin Feng was not touching the ground, but seemed to be picking something up from the ground.

"Lin Sizheng, did you find anything else?" the housekeeper asked curiously.

Lin Feng brought his fingers close to his eyes and looked towards his fingertips.

Then he saw a small gray ball of thread being held between his thumb and index finger.

"This is……"

Lin Feng thought for a while and suddenly thought of what it was: "Tianx?"

"Could it be..."

He suddenly raised his head, and a flash of lightning suddenly flashed through his mind at this moment, and a guess quickly came to mind. "Lin SiZheng, look at the wall. The frost there seems to be a little different from the ground."

At this moment, the butler's voice suddenly sounded.

When Lin Feng heard this, he subconsciously followed the butler's voice.

I saw that the hoarfrost on the wall near the ground, about five steps away from where the charcoal pot was placed, was indeed less hoarfrost than in other places.

"Could it be..."

Lin Feng's heart moved and he walked over quickly.

After reaching the wall, Lin Feng brought the torch closer, and everything in front of him became clearer.

I saw an area on the wall, close to the ground, about three feet high and only half a foot wide. The hoarfrost on it was gone.

In other areas of the wall, there is more hoarfrost than on the ground.

Lin Feng knew that this was the result of air condensation... So, normally, all walls should be the same.

But there is something different here. There can only be one situation... There should be something against the wall before.

And based on the size of this area... Suddenly, Lin Feng turned his head and looked at the housekeeper.

The housekeeper was stared at by Lin Feng and couldn't help but be confused: "Lin Si Zheng, what's wrong?"

Lin Feng said: "Steward Ma, I have a favor to ask of you."

"what's up?"

Lin Feng pointed to the area on the wall where there was no frost and said, "Sit on the ground, close to the wall behind. I want to determine how this area was formed."

Ma Yuan naturally did not dare to disobey Lin Feng's order, so he nodded quickly: "Okay."

As he spoke, he sat down against the wall.

The moment he sat down, Lin Feng's eyes flashed suddenly: "Sure enough!"

After Ma Yuan sat down, he leaned his back against the outline of the wall, which was exactly in the area without hoarfrost. The only difference was that the area without hoarfrost was slightly larger.

But this is normal. After all, if a person struggles, he will definitely not stay where he is. It is precisely because of the hard struggle that the white frost on the wall is rubbed away, and the white frost is wiped away.

The reason why Lin Feng made such a judgment... was because under this frost-free area, close to the ground, there was a word!

"Butler Ma, that's it, you can get up." Lin Feng said.

Ma Yuan stood up quickly.

Before he could say anything, he saw Lin Feng coming to where he was sitting, squatting down and looking at the wall carefully.

Ma Yuan saw Lin Feng's strange behavior and couldn't help but put his head over curiously.

Immediately, I heard his unexpected voice: "Is this the word...? The word moon?"

That's right, there is a very small word right at the base of the wall.

In addition to frost, there is also a thin layer of ice on the wall, and this word is carved on the ice layer.

Looking at the thickness of the characters, Lin Feng concluded that they should have been carved with fingernails.

And this character is exactly what Ma Yuan called the character "moon".

Although the characters are small, they are written horizontally and vertically and clearly enough for people to recognize what they are at a glance.

From Ma Yuan's experiment just now, it can be determined that this area was created by people struggling against the wall, and at the base of the wall in this area, the most inconspicuous and easily overlooked place, there was such a word left with fingernails... It is self-evident who left it.

At the same time, this position also fits the situation of a person with his hands tied behind his back.

"Steward Ma, can you recognize the name of the Master of the Qin family?" Lin Feng asked Ma Yuan.

Ma Yuan nodded quickly: "I have been with the master for more than ten years and have been serving him, so I know the master's name."

"Then do you think this word is your master's word?" Lin Feng asked.

When Ma Yuan heard this, he quickly read the words on the wall carefully. Then he couldn't help showing a complicated look on his face. He took a deep breath and said, "It's the master's calligraphy! The master's handwriting is always precise and never consecutive." The pen is very clear and legible, this is the master’s handwriting!”

"so……"

He couldn't help but look at Lin Feng and couldn't help but said: "The master was kidnapped here by the real murderer, and then brutally killed by the real murderer here?"

Facing Ma Yuan's angry and sad expression, Lin Feng subconsciously rubbed the thumb and index finger of his right hand and nodded: "The clues obtained so far are exactly like this."

"Originally, I could only confirm that this was the scene of heart-digging, but now... the scene of murder can also be confirmed."

"But as the young minister of Dali Temple, your master is just like the former Wang Sizheng of Dali Temple. Even if he is killed by a thief, he will not let the real culprit escape the law as long as there is the slightest chance. So at the end of his life, he moment, leaving us this word.”

"The character "月"..." The butler frowned and said, "The master left the character "月" to mean that the real murderer has the character "月" in his name?"

Lin Feng shook his head: "It may be the name, or it may be other directions."

If it was a name, maybe this person happened to be someone Wang Jian knew, or the real murderer gave his name when he killed Wang Jian.

And if there are other directions... then there are many more. It may be the location, it may be a case where the real murderer has a motive for murder that he suspects, or it may be a crescent birthmark like Bao Zheng.

He thought for a moment, looked at the housekeeper, and said, "Butler Ma, is there anyone in your house whose name has the character "月" in it?"

Ma Yuan shook his head: "No, neither the master nor the servants in our mansion have the character "moon" in their names."

"Then do you know who among the people Wang Shaoqing knows has a name with the character "moon" in it?" Lin Feng asked again.

Ma Yuan still shook his head: "No."

Lin Feng nodded slightly, but he was not disappointed at all. He knew that this case would not be solved so easily. To be able to find so many clues in the icehouse and determine the direction of the next investigation was beyond his expectations. Gained.

This is enough to prove that the icehouse is a very important crime scene in this case. If you don't find this place, you can't narrow down the scope of suspects, and you can't pursue it more purposefully... And until not long ago, Zhou Helin didn't find this place.

This shows that it seems that Zhou Helin investigated five days earlier than him, but in fact, the gap between himself and him may only be the few quarters of hours since he told Zhou Helin about the ice bank.

This is the case with case investigations, time cannot determine everything.

So it's hard to say who has the upper hand between himself and Zhou Helin.

He let out a long breath, carefully reviewed the harvest in the icehouse in his mind, and carefully searched the icehouse. After confirming that there were no other clues in the icehouse, he left the icehouse with the housekeeper.

Walking out of the stone door of the icehouse and back into the sunshine, feeling the warmth of the sun shining on his body, Lin Feng felt as if he had returned to the human world from hell and was alive again.

This icehouse was so well designed and insulated that it was really cold there.

The real murderer probably had some intentions when he chose to take action there.

"Father."

At this time, Zhao Shiwu's voice suddenly sounded.

Lin Feng looked around and saw Zhao Shiwu walking quickly. He said to Lin Feng: "Father, I have already asked Mrs. Wang."

"Mrs. Wang said that she had kept the key to the ice bank with other keys in the cabinet in the bedroom. In order to verify whether the key was still there, I went to the bedroom in person. Finally, following Mrs. Wang's instructions, I found a bunch of keys in the cabinet. , the key to the icehouse is right there.”

As he spoke, he handed the bunch of keys to Lin Feng.

At the same time, he said: "Mrs. Wang said that there is a housekeeper who manages the keys. Almost no one asks her for the keys, so she has not checked the keys. Therefore, she is not sure whether the keys have been stolen."

Lin Feng nodded without any disappointment. With the real murderer's cautious and thoughtful personality, it was normal that he could not easily decipher the source of his key.

He looked down at the key chain in his hand, looking at the dozens of keys, and couldn't help but think of the housekeeper's key, and said: "Butler Ma, the key here is the same as your key, right?"

Ma Yuan nodded: "It's true. Madam will have the key to any lock in the house."

Lin Feng continued: "But there are really a lot of keys, and each key doesn't look very different. There are no marks on it. How do you know which key belongs to which lock?"

Hearing this, Ma Yuan looked serious and said, "As a housekeeper, you should be able to figure out which key is which lock with your eyes closed."

Well... it seems that it is only natural that you can become a butler. You are born to be a butler.

Lin Feng gave the keychain to Zhao Shiwu and said, "Give it back to Mrs. Wang later."

Zhao Shiwu nodded in agreement. He glanced at the stone gate behind Lin Feng and asked curiously: "Father, you came out so soon. Is this what it is?"

Lin Feng understood what Zhao Shiwu meant and said with a smile: "The investigation has been completed, and we have indeed gained something."

As soon as these words came out, Zhao Shishi's eyes couldn't help but light up, and he said, "What's next?"

Lin Feng's eyes flashed slightly, he pondered for a moment, and then said: "The direction is already there, but before officially investigating these, I am going to meet Wang San who delivers food and medicine to Wang Shaoqing. He is the only one I can see in these two days. If you come to Wang Shaoqing, maybe he can give me more surprises."

(End of this chapter)