Datang: Longevity for Thousands of Years, Exposed by Xiao Sizi

The inkstone fell, and in the next moment, it suddenly hit the dagger at the back of the dead man. Then, because of the weight of the inkstone, it actually smashed the dagger directly into the dead man's heart...
The dagger, which originally had a piece of steel left, was instantly stabbed into the back of the deceased.

The inkstone also fell to the side after colliding with the dagger.

That position was exactly the same as the position where Xu Gou picked up the inkstone before.

There is hardly any big difference.

As for the half of the thin line that fell in the air, it was the same... It was not much different from the position of the original half of the thin line on the ground.

All of this...
Let them know that this is definitely not a coincidence.

One is a coincidence, but so many items fell into the same place, could it still be a coincidence?

So, so... there is no need for the murderer to be behind the scenes.

The killer doesn't even need to be here.

Can you just complete the murder?

These officials were stunned at this moment.

They thought of many developments, but they never thought it would be like this.

This was really beyond their expectations.

Only then did Shen Lian stand up slowly.

He walked to the inkstone, picked it up, and said, "Look, this is the mark left by the inkstone hitting the dagger just now."

Then, he turned the inkstone 180 degrees and said, "This is the mark left on the inkstone before. Take a closer look. Do you think there is any difference between them?"

The officials' pupils shrank suddenly.

They quickly took a closer look.

Compare carefully to find the difference.

But in the end, there was no difference.

The size is exactly the same, and they also found that the shape of the mark is exactly the same as the shape of the handle.

So... this is almost ironclad evidence.

Shen Lian had no other choice but to secretly produce such evidence without telling them.

So...really, everything was just as Shen Lian said. It turns out that this murder was committed in this way!
"What about the murderer?"

At this time, an official asked: "Who arranged this? Who is the murderer?"

They no longer doubted Shen Lian in that way.

After all, this case is very clear, and the murderer didn't need to stay here when committing the crime.

And with Shen Lian's intelligence, if Shen Lian had set up these things, it would be even more impossible for them to be left here and discovered by others.

So, at this time, whether they were willing or not, they had already believed that Shen Lian did not kill the person.

When Shen Lian heard their words, he did not answer them directly, but suddenly asked: "Where is the coroner?"

A middle-aged man ran over and said, "Commander Shen, I am the coroner."

Shen Lian nodded slightly.

He looked at the man and asked, "I'll ask you a few questions, and you answer them truthfully."

"Yes!"

"Does Wang Wenru have any other injuries?"

Wu Zuo nodded: "Yes, there are scars on the next door."

"Can you tell whether it was someone who hit you or you bumped into it yourself?"

“I can’t tell.”

Shen Lian was not too surprised.

After all, the scene was in such a state, and there was a message left before death. He believed that Wang Wenru would not be stupid enough to forget the traces left on his body.

He continued, "Can any signs of poisoning be found on the deceased?"

The coroner shook his head: "No, the deceased should not have been poisoned."

"Did you find out that the deceased was drugged or something like that?"

The coroner still shook his head: "According to the autopsy results, it has not been found."

"When the deceased was stabbed to death, was he unconscious or conscious?"

The coroner thought for a moment and said, "He should have been conscious. His eyes were open when he died. Judging from his condition, he was not unconscious. He was killed while still conscious."

Shen Lian nodded slightly: "Okay, you can go down."

The coroner quickly bowed to Shen Lian, then retreated obediently.

Shen Lian looked at the officials and said calmly, "Do you understand?"

"what?"

These officials were taken aback.

What do you understand?

Then they saw Shen Lian's look of disgust.

As if to say why are you so stupid? Why should I waste so much time with you stupid guys?

Shen Lian said helplessly: "Use your brain!"

"The coroner has already said that the deceased was not poisoned and was not in a coma when he died. He was conscious."

"And you also saw the scene. There was no sign of any ropes on the deceased."

"So, you still don't understand?"

Understand what?
These officials didn't dare to ask and could only mutter to themselves.

Shen Lian rubbed his forehead and said calmly: "I'm not tied up, I'm not poisoned, I'm not unconscious, I'm not in a coma, I'm completely free..."

"So, do you think that if there were other murderers, would Wang Wenru be so obedient? He is awake and not tied up. Since the murderer arranged it this way, it is obvious that he does not want to stay here and be discovered. So... do you think that since the murderer is not here and he can move freely, is he stupid? Not running away?"

"this……."

The officials were stunned.

Some officials seemed to understand Shen Lian's implication.

This thought made their faces change instantly, and everyone's expression was full of disbelief.

"This... this... could it be the murderer, could it be... the murderer, the murderer is..."

Shen Lian's eyes flashed, and he said calmly: "You are right."

“When all exclusions are eliminated, then the one that remains, no matter how untrue it is, is the truth!”

"This murder case..."

Shen Lian paused, sneered, and said: "There is no murderer at all!" "Or, in other words..."

Shen Lian suddenly raised his hand, pointed at Wang Wenru's body, and said, "He himself is the murderer!"

The palace, in the main hall.

It was silent at this moment, so quiet that it was scary.

Everyone's eyes were focused on Wang Wenru's body, and the shock and disbelief on their faces could not be hidden.

They really never thought that the murderer of Wang Wenru was actually Wang Wenru himself!
The murderer turned out to be the deceased himself.

This...this was really beyond their expectations.

No one expected it.

And no one doubted whether Shen Lian's inference was correct.

Although they did not have the terrifying reasoning of Shen Lian, they were not to the point where they could not understand Shen Lian's tracing of the case. Moreover, the evidence and clues were right in front of them.

Therefore, even if they are unwilling to believe it subjectively, they have to believe it.

That's the truth!
Shen Lian is not the murderer at all!

The murderer is Wang Wenru himself!
As for why Shen Lian was here, they immediately thought that Shen Lian was the murderer... They also understood almost at the same time - someone wanted to frame Shen Lian! !
All of them are pawns used to frame Shen Lian!
Those who can serve as officials in the imperial court are not really pure-minded. Even if they are not good at these sinister plots, they can still figure them out.

Therefore, this makes them feel angry about being exploited, as well as nervous and fearful.

Because if Shen Lian hadn't solved the case, they would never have thought of this.

In other words, someone was using them behind their backs, treating them as pawns, but they... were completely unaware of it, not noticing it at all. This made their hands and feet go cold, as if there was a poisonous snake spitting out its tongue staring at them from behind.

The fact that they can be used in this matter means that they can also be used in other matters. And if the person behind the scenes has malicious intentions, then they...may not even know how they died.

How could they not be shocked? How could they not be afraid?
Sometimes, the officialdom is more ruthless than the battlefield.

Because you are dead, and you don’t know how you died, and you don’t know who did it.

These officials looked pale, with cold sweat on their foreheads. None of them had the courage to accuse Shen Lian just now.

Abao was also a little confused at this moment.

Because the murderer Shen Lian described was completely different from the murderer he imagined.

He had always believed that the butler was the murderer, so he implied all kinds of things about the butler and used all kinds of abusive words on the butler.

But who knew that what I thought was actually wrong.

The murderer was not the butler!

So... did I scold the wrong person? Did the housekeeper suffer an unprovoked disaster?

This made Abao a little conflicted. He thought about it and suddenly walked up to the butler whose expression was unpredictable.

Looking at the housekeeper, Ah Bao took a deep breath and suddenly said, "I'm sorry."

housekeeper:"???"

The butler looked confused.

Sorry for what?
Is there something wrong with this person?

Ah Bao said seriously: "I just scolded the wrong person, you can scold me back. If you don't know how to scold, I have a handwritten copy, you can just read it."

housekeeper:"….…"

Qin Wenyuan's eyelids twitched and he couldn't help but hold his forehead and shake his head.

"Abao, come back!"

He said helplessly: "You were right to scold him just now. Although he is not the murderer, he is in the same group with Wang Wenru. If it weren't for what he said just now, I wouldn't be the biggest suspect."

Hearing this, Ah Bao was stunned for a moment, then suddenly looked at the housekeeper. Under the housekeeper's puzzled gaze, he suddenly knocked his head, and then "He! Tui!"

He spat directly at the housekeeper.

He cursed, "You still want to trick me? Fortunately, I am smart, otherwise I would have been fooled by you. You still want to scold me? Dream on!"

The housekeeper frowned: "….. Are you crazy? Who wants to scold you? I don't even know what you were talking about just now."

Even the insidious and cunning housekeeper was confused by Abao's actions at this moment.

When Shen Lian saw this scene, he just squinted his eyes and smiled. It was really like a scholar meeting a soldier, or a smart man meeting a stubborn warrior. Sometimes... there was nothing he could do.

The housekeeper looked a little gloomy, but he ignored Ah Bao and instead focused his attention on Shen Lian. He said in a deep voice, "Commander Shen, you can eat whatever you want, but you can't say whatever you want!"

"Even if my master committed suicide, I have no idea about it, and we didn't mean to frame you. After all, we saw you here when we came here. If you want to frame you... you can only blame my master. What does this have to do with me?"

He looked at the officials and said, "Everyone, you can all testify for me. When you said you heard the screams, I was already waiting for you at the door, so in terms of time, you couldn't have seen me at all."

"From here to the gate, we just walked around the garden and walked through the rockery. It took at least half a quarter of an hour. So, it is absolutely impossible for me to bring you here and then suddenly disappear and appear at the gate!"

The housekeeper laughed, and he looked at Shen Lian, his eyes flashing, and said: "Commander Shen, you just said that I am just a servant, so why do you want to frame me, a servant, with such a high status? I just told the truth. Do you hate me just because I didn't speak for you or lie for you?"

"If that's the case, then I think that Commander Shen, who is so narrow-minded, may not be worthy of being the head of Wanbang Laichao. What do you think?"

The butler's voice was neither humble nor arrogant, and his tone was neither anxious nor panicky. He actually used his words to trick Shen Lian.

The officials were also convinced by the housekeeper at this moment. They felt that Shen Lian was really going too far and was wrongly accusing such a small person.

However, Shen Lian's expression remained unchanged. No matter what the butler said, he seemed not to care.

He chuckled and sat back in his chair.

He flicked the chess piece with his fingers and said calmly, "I originally thought that you were Wang Wenru's confidant and were acting according to Wang Wenru's orders."

"But based on your performance just now and your attitude towards Wang Wenru, I realized that you are not Wang Wenru's confidant at all. Perhaps you and Wang Wenru are of the same level."

"So, you..."

Shen Lian narrowed his eyes, smiled, and said: "You... at least, should be a vacancy filler, right? Or even... you are one of the Stars, right?"

The butler's eyes changed slightly, but soon, he laughed awkwardly, "What Star Man? Commander Shen, I don't understand what you are talking about."

Other officials who didn't know about the Beidou Society didn't understand Shen Lian's meaning.

Shen Lian smiled and said, "Don't admit it?"

"Well, I will first solve the mystery of your instant disappearance, and then reveal your true identity. If you want to play, then I will play with you."

The housekeeper frowned slightly, stared at Shen Lian, but did not answer.

Shen Lian didn't care. He looked at the housekeeper and suddenly took out a bamboo tube slowly from his arms.

At the same time, he said: "The various schools of thought are truly treasures. Needless to say, their theories on governing a country are enough to shine through the ages."

"I was lucky enough to have nothing to do during this period, so I read some of the secret books about various schools of thought in my Chu Palace, and also learned some special skills."

"For example, farmers... As the saying goes, food is the first necessity of the people, and farmers focus on food. They not only study various crops, but also all edible things. They also study some insects that are beneficial to food."

"In their research on honey, they developed a fragrance that is so faint that it is difficult for normal people to smell it... But for bees, it is just the opposite."

(End of this chapter)