Cai Kun and Chen Taiji looked at each other. Cai Kun showed a heavy smile, while Chen Taiji shrugged his shoulders and said to Xu Zun:
"The two iron coffins are obviously different."
"Oh?" Xu Zun opened his eyes wide, "Have you seen it?"
Chen Taiji did not comment, but continued:
"The iron coffin from two years ago was formed in one go, with very few splicings. It looked more like a coffin. If you didn't knock it with your hands, you wouldn't know it was an iron coffin.
"But now this iron coffin is completely spliced together, and only the joints are painted. The two iron coffins are very different in appearance, size and even color!"
"Oh?" Xu Zun frowned, "So, Qiu Yongnian and his gang may not have seen the iron coffin from two years ago? Then...does the iron coffin from two years ago have partitions?"
"Yes!" Chen Taiji replied, "In addition to the partitions, there are also several rows of holes near the front of the ground floor."
"What? Holes?"
"Yes," Chen Taiji said, "It's probably for ventilation!"
"Get some air?" Xu Zun was surprised, "What's in that iron coffin?"
"Nothing!" Chen Taiji answered truthfully.
"Then they were snatched away," Xu Zun asked quickly, "What about the 37 corpses? Who are those?"
"Well... um..." Chen Taiji glanced at Cai Kun unnaturally, looking embarrassed.
"Haha," Cai Kun smiled and took over the conversation and said to Xu Zun, "Jiying, we can only say so much about the iron coffin case two years ago!
"As I said before, I look forward to us working together in the future. When the time comes, you will know more about the situation!"
oh?
Xu Zun was even more surprised that he refused to say anything. It seemed that the last iron coffin case was not simple.
"Yes, yes," Chen Taiji hurriedly tried to smooth things over, "We can basically conclude that the fake Qiu Yongnian and his gang are just inferior imitators. The two iron coffin cases are actually not related in nature."
Xu Zun originally wanted to ask where the iron coffin from two years ago was now? But after hearing Chen Taiji speak like this, he had to give up.
"In that case, let's say goodbye first!" Cai Kun said, "Xu County Lieutenant is talented and has a bright future. Let's meet again someday!"
"Wait a minute," Xu Zun thought of something again and said hurriedly, "Master Cai, I have one more thing I need to ask you for help with."
"Oh? What's the matter?"
"On the night when You Dalang was killed, I discovered that someone was following me." Xu Zun said, "Please help me ask the iron coffin criminals who was following me that night?"
"Oh?" Cai Kun was puzzled, "Is this matter... important? Isn't it the fake Qiu Yongnian?"
"Probably not," Xu Zun judged. "That night, they were busy transporting the iron coffin, so they probably didn't have time to pay attention to me."
"Oh, okay!" Cai Kun agreed, "I will ask about it later. If I find out the result, I will send someone to report to you."
"Thank you very much!"
Xu Zun saluted and sent the two adults out of Shen's mansion.
To show respect, the two adults did not ride horses or sedan chairs, but walked a short distance first.
While walking, Chen Taiji said to Cai Kun:
"Mr. Cai, thank you very much for your integrity this time and for allowing me from the Criminal Department to participate in the interrogation. In this case, I can report to the Criminal Department when I go back!"
"Oh, Mr. Chen, don't say that," Cai Kun said as he walked away, "You are a smart person. Since I let the Ministry of Punishment get involved, it means that this matter is all on the surface.
"The Queen Mother hopes that we will cooperate with the Three Justice Division to handle the case impartially. Finding out the conspiracy of this group of thieves is our common goal."
"I understand, I understand," Chen Taiji nodded, "The origins of this group of people are unknown and their methods are sinister. There seems to be a force operating behind them. They may endanger our Daxuan Sheji. We must find out!
"But...there is something, I wonder if your Excellency has discovered it?"
"What's the matter?" Cai Kun asked.
"Shen Tiande is just a minister of the Ministry of Justice who has retired," Chen Taiji said, "but this group of thieves did not hesitate to change the county magistrate, insert spies, and build an iron coffin. They spent so much time just to frame a retired man. Old minister, is it... that it doesn't make sense?"
"Hehe...hehe..." Cai Kun smiled, but his smile was sinister, "Mr. Chen, why don't I give you a few idioms, one is called 'enough is enough', the other is 'rarely confused', and One is called 'No one who is curious can live long'!"
"ah!?"
Chen Taiji's body was shaken, his scalp was numb, and his face instantly turned pale...
…
During lunch, the head catcher Zhao Yu took the beef stew prepared by the Shen Mansion for the guests. While eating the meat, he said to Xu Zun:
"It's all my fault. I didn't bring a knife with me that day and I went back to the house to get a knife! If I had brought a knife with me at that time, it might not have been like this!
"Not to mention cutting off his hand and cutting the evil thief into pieces without appeasing his hatred, hum!" He had a very good appetite and a good appetite. After swallowing a big mouthful of meat, he added, "But he doesn't even have a strong fire. His opponent, if I really charged forward with a knife, my life might have been over long ago, right?"
"Let's get down to business!" Xu Zun said to him expressionlessly.
"Yes," Zhao Yu reported hurriedly, "Master Cai asked me to tell you that he has asked all the criminals, and they unanimously claimed that on the night of the Iron Coffin case, the fake Qiu Yongnian was commanding the Iron Coffin, and there was no one at all. To follow you."
"Oh..." Xu Zun fell into thinking.
"Eight percent," Zhao Yu guessed, "is it that Wang Shuncai? He thinks you are abnormal, so he is following you?"
"Really?" Xu Zun suddenly smiled at Zhao Yu, "That person can't be you, right?"
Bah!
Zhao Yu's chopsticks fell to the ground, and he hurriedly leaned over to pick them up with a smile on his face: "You are kidding me again, Mr. Xu, you clearly know where I was that night! I was exhausted that night, haha hehe……"
As he said that, he rubbed the chopsticks from his thigh a few times, and then continued to stuff the meat into it. It was delicious.
"That's right!" Xu Zun nodded and asked, "What's the situation in the Yamen now?"
"Oh, the governor and the county governor are injured, but it doesn't matter," Zhao Yu replied, "They asked Luo County Prime Minister to temporarily act as the county magistrate. You are still the county captain, and I am still the arrester. As for the others, they have to start again." Sorted and cleared.
"The governor said that he will arrange for people from Shangyuan City to come over as errands later, and the governor's office will also send people to supervise to prevent similar incidents from happening again... Tu Lu Tu Lu..."
Seeing Zhao Yu eating so deliciously, Xu Zun wanted to ask a few more questions, but in the end he refrained from asking, but his eyes were a little more profound...
…
That afternoon, Xu Zun made an excuse to go home and change his clothes.
However, after returning home, he did not go to the main house. Instead, after carefully observing for a long time and making sure that no one was there, he ran straight to the backyard.
There are many huts in the backyard where debris is stored, including a kitchen for cooking. Xu Zun touched the gold in the kitchen and began to rummage in the kitchen.
After searching for about five or six minutes, he finally found the problem under the stove.
I knocked it with my hand and found that the bottom of the stove was empty, and there was an echo.
So, he took a shovel and shoveled it down hard. Sure enough, there was a gap under the stove, and there was a hole underneath the gap!
Seeing the entrance of the cave appear, Xu Zun felt his blood boiling and his heart beating wildly. His thoughts returned to the county government hall that day:
The fake Qiu Yongnian has been subdued by the guards.
Feeling that his end was approaching, Shen Tiande took Xu Zun's arm, buried his face in Xu Zun's ear, and used his last breath to whisper to Xu Zun:
"...the things in the iron coffin...are...in the...kitchen...your...put...put...oh..."
Before he finished speaking, Shen Tiande couldn't continue, his pupils were frozen and his breath was gone.
A few short words, not even connected into a sentence, but in Xu Zun's ears, it was like thunder, shocking him completely and making him confused.
In an instant, he seemed to understand one thing. It turned out that the fake Qiu Yongnian and his gang went to such great lengths to commit the iron coffin case not really to frame Mr. Shen, but because of the iron coffin two years ago. Coming...
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The first volume of "Da Xuan" "The Iron Coffin of Zhangqiao" has been completed. Thank you for watching. Please enjoy the next volume - "The Corpse of a Woman in Monk Clothes".
