He said: "What if there is no perfect secret room at all?"

"Isn't this even a secret room murder at all?"

"What!?"

"Isn't it a secret room murder case?"

Jingzhao Yin Hanmin was stunned for a moment when he heard Shen Lian's words.

Then he looked at Shen Lian with a surprised look on his face and said, "Master Shen, this... what is going on?"

"This is obviously a locked room murder case. How can you say it's not a locked room murder case?"

"Moreover, in this room, the doors and windows are locked, and there is no other way out. Isn't this a secret room?"

"How do you say this is not a secret room?"

Han Min was very puzzled.

His words also caused the same confusion as others.

After hearing Han Min's question, Shen Lian looked at everyone in the Han mansion and said, "Mrs. Han, housekeeper, do you think so too?"

Mrs. Han's hands were folded into her sleeves. Her face was a little frail. Facing Shen Lian's inquiry, Mrs. Han said softly but gently: "Yes, the civilian woman is just as confused as Mr. Han."

"This is obviously a secret room. I don't know why Mr. Shen said that this is not a secret room."

Everyone looked at Shen Lian with doubts in their eyes.

Shen Lian smiled and said, "I have a principle that I adhere to when deciding a case."

"That is, when all the impossible causes of a problem have been identified and eliminated, then the remaining cause, no matter how impossible it sounds, is still a fact."

"The murderer, according to my previous inference, if this is a secret room, then it is impossible for him to leave."

"I have ruled out any means of leaving."

"Even the possibility of him leaving has been ruled out by me."

"Unless this person disappeared out of thin air, just like a witchcraft, he disappeared without a trace."

"But, this is impossible."

"I don't believe those claims the least, so this is the only possibility left."

"That is, this is not a secret room at all."

"So, if it wasn't a secret room murder, then there's no need to think about how the murderer left."

"If the murder was not committed in a secret room, then the murderer could leave in a brazen manner."

Han Min was confused.

He asked in confusion: "Mr. Shen, you said this case is not a secret room murder case or a secret room...but this is obviously a secret room!"

"The door here was opened by Mrs. Han and so many of them."

"So many people have seen it with their own eyes. This is the secret room."

"Furthermore, sir, you have just checked. The door bolt was broken. The traces are all correct. It is obviously not a forgery."

"So, why wasn't it a secret room murder?"

"If the murder was not committed in a secret room, how was the door locked?"

Han Min's question was the focus of everyone's doubts.

Shen Lian didn't hide it either.

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"It's very simple," he said.

Shen Lian glanced at everyone in Han Mansion and said calmly: "The murderer finished killing the deceased, then closed the door and locked the bolt."

"After that, when people break out from the outside, this place will become a perfect secret room."

Han Min was stunned for a moment.

He frowned and said, "But hasn't the possibility of the murderer hiding at the scene been ruled out?"

"They all said they didn't see anyone who shouldn't have appeared!"

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Shen Lian turned to look at Han Min, nodded, and said, "Yes, this possibility has been ruled out."

"Then why are you still here, sir?" Han Min was puzzled.

Shen Lian sighed.

Their eyes were dim, some were deep, and some were sighing.

He said: "But, there is a prerequisite for this!"

"What premise?"

Han Min asked.

Shen Lian looked at the people in the Han family again. His eyes swept over the faces of the people in the Han family one by one and focused on the expressions on their faces.

Finally, his eyes fell on Mrs. Han's face.

Mrs. Han saw Shen Lian looking at her, his gentle expression seemed a little stiff, but soon, he smiled and nodded to Shen Lian.

When Shen Lian saw this scene, he sighed again.

He said slowly: "The premise is... the witnesses we asked, what they said are all the truth!"

As soon as Shen Lian finished speaking.

Han Min was stunned for a moment, then his eyes widened.

For a moment, he suddenly looked at everyone in Han Mansion.

I got goosebumps.

The scalp becomes numb instantly.

I just felt a chill, from the soles of my feet to the sky!

He couldn't help but said: "Master Shen, what do you mean... what do you mean by this?"

"What does a confession mean if it is true!"

"Could it be that the confessions we got are all false?"

Shen Lian did not answer Han Min's question, but looked at everyone in the Han mansion.

He looked at everyone in the Han Mansion with deep eyes, and they immediately felt as if Shen Lian had seen through the deepest secrets they had hidden in their hearts.

This feeling made them suddenly nervous.

Shen Lian looked at Mrs. Han and said, "Mrs. Han, do you understand what I mean?"

Mrs. Han looks very weak, but her eyes are full of tenacity.

She looked at Shen Lian and said, "Mr. Shen's meaning is not very clear to civilian women."

She asked back: "Is Lord Shen Lian doubting us?"

Shen Lian calmly said: "I didn't want to doubt you at first."

"But the situation in front of me makes me have to doubt it."

"I have just said that the possibility of any murderer escaping from the secret room has been ruled out, which only proves that this is not a secret room at all."

"And since it was not a secret room, the murderer must not have left the room at that time."

"However, all of you said that you did not find anyone who should not have appeared, and each other's words can be verified."

"In this case, apart from the problems with your confession, I don't know what other possibilities there are."

Mrs. Han retorted: "Master Shen is known as the most intelligent person in the Tang Dynasty, and he is a god in solving cases. I don't think you can just convict him directly based on impossible speculations, right?"

"Moreover, Mr. Shen also said that we all lied. This is something that the civilian woman doesn't understand."

"If the murderer is among us, then the murderer can be forgiven for lying."

"But so many of us have lied? They have no reason to lie."

Shen Lian listened to Mrs. Han's rebuttal and shook his head.

He looked at Mrs. Han and said, "No! They have reasons to lie."

"What?"

Mrs. Han frowned slightly.

Shen Lian said calmly: "I just asked about it."

"All the remaining maids and servants in Hanbok, including the butler, are all servants."

"I have all been favored by you, madam."
To be continued...