Xu Zun sat alone in front of the case, pouring himself a drink, still thinking about what happened these days.
The funeral of his adoptive father Shen Tiande has been held. The father-son love over the years still allowed Xu Zun to attend the funeral.
However, due to the obstruction of Shen Qian's two brothers, he could not go to the front to pay homage and could only follow the procession to see them off.
When he was buried, Xu Zun still shed tears uncontrollably.
Although, with the appearance of Ku Niang, Mr. Shen's identity has become increasingly unclear, but the old man's kindness in raising him is irreplaceable.
The kind of emotion that surged deep in his heart made Xu Zun feel extremely sad...
At the funeral, one thing surprised Xu Zun, that is, Shen Tiande's eldest son, Shen Xingqun, who now holds a high position in the Ministry of War, never showed up.
Later, after asking Huo Anu, I found out that Shen Xingqun was sent as an envoy to the ten countries in the East China Sea along with the prince and the Minister of Rites.
There are ten island countries on the vast East China Sea, which have close trade relations with the Daxuan Dynasty.
The so-called Donghai Japanese are just a race, not a country. They are distributed among these ten island countries.
Because the sea map is far away, it is impossible for Shen Xingqun to rush back to attend the funeral, and he cannot even know that Duke Shen has passed away.
After Mr. Shen was buried, peace finally returned to Xinye County.
Luo County Magistrate was ordered to act as the county magistrate at the critical moment and was responsible for handling the follow-up matters of the Iron Coffin Case.
According to the criminal's confession, they indeed dug a secret passage from the county government office, which connected the county government office, Xu's house and the prison.
There is not only a secret passage entrance to the warehouse, there is also a secret passage entrance and exit in the county magistrate's study!
Looking at these secret passages, Luo Xian Cheng was extremely emotional and at the same time very scared.
This gang of gangsters almost occupied the entire county government office, but as the county magistrate, he did not investigate. If the superiors blamed him, he might not be able to escape accountability.
The county government returned to calm, and Xu Zun's family gradually settled down.
He has quietly sealed the secret room under the stove. This secret cannot be known to outsiders in any way, including Liu Dong and his daughter.
Of course, before sealing it, he searched the entire secret room carefully to make sure that nothing else was found.
In the past few days, through the care of Liu Dong and his daughter, the home has basically returned to its original appearance, and it is even more lively.
Originally, Xu Zun arranged for Ku Niang to be Liu Dong's wife, so the three of them should have been allowed to go home and live together.
But now that Ku Niang's identity has never been clarified, how could he let Ku Niang leave his sight so easily.
So, he simply allowed Liu Dong's family to live in a side house in Xu's house as a "family of three" on the grounds that they lived far away.
In this way, it not only blocks the tongues of outsiders, but also allows people to safely search for clues from Ku Niang. It also makes it easier for Liu Dong to manage the housework.
Even though Xiao Xiwa is only 6 years old, she is a big kid and a good worker. She is proficient in washing, wiping and cleaning, and she is also very good at taking care of others.
With her help, Ku Niang has changed into women's clothes and shaved off all her hair. When her new hair grows back in the future, she will definitely look completely new.
Moreover, Xiao Xiwa did not know where to get cosmetics and covered up the scars on Ku Niang's cheeks with makeup.
Unexpectedly, after covering up the scar, Ku Niang turned out to be surprisingly beautiful, with delicate facial features and clear lines.
However, her eyes are still so hawkish that people don't dare to look directly at them.
At present, Xu Zun only has one most important and most distressing thing left, and that is to find out the origin of Ku Niang.
For several days, he tried various methods, but still could not find any useful clues.
As Liu Dong said, Ku Niang would always carry out Xu Zun's orders. As long as she could do it, she would do so without hesitation or blinking an eye.
Ask her to dance, and she dances, but her dance is clumsy and frustrating.
Let her practice martial arts, and she will practice martial arts, but her martial arts is not as good as dancing.
She was asked to work, and she worked, but she did a terrible job.
I almost burned myself to death by asking her to cook...
A thought flashed through Xu Zun's mind, what if she was asked to do that kind of thing? Or, if she was asked to commit suicide, would she die without hesitation?
Of course, this is limited to just one thought.
As time passed, Xu Zun discovered another situation. I wonder if it was because of the aura of the protagonist, but Ku Niang just obeyed his words, but paid little attention to what Liu Dong and Xi Wa said.
Could it be...that he was the first person to give orders to her?
Or...the three laws of robots?
No, it’s irrelevant. The three laws of robots seem to be not to harm humans...
Although she did not listen to Liu Dong and Xiwa's instructions, her performance in the past few days was enough for Xu Zun to let down his guard and know that she had no lethality.
If Xiwa shaves her head, she will cooperate unconditionally.
Xu Zun had physical contact with her, but she remained indifferent. Although her eyes were always cold and inviting, she did not move.
In order to awaken something, Xu Zun even took her to the underground secret room and let her touch the iron coffin left by the fake Qiu Yongnian and others.
But when she saw the iron coffin, Ku Niang was still indifferent...
Tsk tsk...
At this moment, Xu Zun took a sip of strong wine and thought in his mind, what else can be done?
If you can't find anything from Ku Niang, wouldn't it be a waste of time?
Could it be that... this case needs to be investigated again from the beginning?
origin……
Xu Zun turned to his adoptive father Shen Tiande.
Before, when the two met and talked at the county government office, Xu Zun had raised his suspicions and asked Mr. Shen if he was involved in the first iron coffin case?
At that time, Xu Zun suspected him because two years ago, around the time of the first iron coffin case, Xu Zun had noticed Shen Tiande's abnormal behavior.
At that time, their family was still living in the Shen Mansion in Xuanmiao City, the capital of Daxuan Kingdom.
Late one night, Xu Zun had diarrhea in the middle of the night and squatted in the toilet. However, he heard someone talking outside the wall in the toilet.
He could clearly hear that one of them was his adoptive father Shen Tiande.
However, he couldn't hear clearly through the wall, and because he was confused, he only heard the words "everything is ready", "on the back mountain bridge" and "let's take action at this time".
No matter how stupid Xu Zun was, he knew there was a problem. Outside the toilet was a dead end of the courtyard where no one would go. How could Mr. Shen be chatting with others in a place like this in the middle of the night?
Now that I think about it, the words of Mr. Shen and others seem to be closely related to the first iron coffin case.
Moreover, from the tone of Mr. Shen's words at that time, it seemed that Mr. Shen was not the highest-ranking among the people. He should also be following orders.
That is to say...
Xu Zun put the wine glass to his mouth and sipped the taste. Mr. Shen and his superiors were just a participant.
After the mission was completed, Mr. Shen happened to return to his hometown and returned to Xinye County.
Therefore, his superiors handed Ku Niang over to him for secret interrogation in order to hide her from others.
Who would have thought that the contents of the iron coffin would always be in Xinye County?
Tsk tsk...
I wonder if Mr. Shen will come online in the future to look for me?
And who does Mr. Shen serve?
Presumably, they must be dignitaries in the court, princes and ministers, right?
This case...
Xu Zun was savoring the mystery when the door outside was suddenly banged!
Boom boom boom...
The urgent voice suddenly woke Xu Zun out of his thoughts.
"Coming, coming...who is it?"
Xu Zun got up and went to open the door in the courtyard. He thought the person knocking on the door was the head catcher Zhao Yu again.
But before the door was opened, I heard Huo Anu's furious voice coming from outside:
"Xu Zun, go and have a look! Miss, she... Miss, she..."
ah!!?
Hearing this, Xu Zun almost fell down and quickly opened the door and exclaimed:
"What's wrong, miss?"
"She...she..." Huo Anu grabbed Xu Zun's collar and said, "She became a monk..."
