Fatty Zhang nodded and examined it carefully.

While Fatty Zhang was checking, Shen Lian looked at a few people and said, "This door is the most important link in all my deductions."

"Since it really appeared, it is enough to show that there is no problem with my inference. So next, I will explain to you the three strange things that happened during the construction of the Temple of Heaven. .”

When everyone heard about it, they became excited and listened carefully.

In particular, the eunuch Zhao Heng, who had personally come into contact with these three matters, the guards guarding the warehouse, Zhang Cheng, an official from the Ministry of Industry, and Yuan Tiangang, the chief architect of the Temple of Heaven, all looked at Shen Lian very seriously.

They know that all the secrets that once haunted their hearts may be revealed to the world.

Shen Lian said, "The first thing is the missing building materials."

Shen Lian looked at the crowd and said, "You said that five days worth of building materials were missing. Those building materials were huge and very heavy. If they were moved out, it would be absolutely impossible not to be discovered by other people in the palace. "

"But you can't find where the missing building materials went, so you think this thing is very strange, and you even use the theory of ghosts and gods."

"Well, now, I can tell you where the missing building materials went."

Eunuch Zhao Heng asked quickly, "Where have you gone?"

Du Chuke and Deshun also looked at Shen Lian curiously.

Then he saw Shen Lian, raised his hand, pointed at the iron door below, and said lightly: "It's right here."

"here?"

Everyone was startled when they heard Shen Lian's words.

Du Chuke hurriedly asked: "Master Shen, you mean that all the missing building materials were hidden under this door?"

Shen Lian shook his head and said: "It's not hidden under this door, but... it should be said that it is one with this door."

"In one piece?!" Everyone was stunned.

Shen Lian said calmly: "Just like building a house with a door, the door is integrated with other structures of the house, such as walls and beams."

"And those building materials, at this time, are just like the relationship between the house and the door. They are one with this door."

After Shen Lian's explanation, everyone immediately understood what Shen Lian meant.

Du Chuke blinked and said: "So, Master Shen means that those lost building materials were actually used to build a building like a house underground."

Everyone was shocked when they heard Du Chuke's words.

The eunuch Zhao Heng couldn't help but exclaimed, "Is this true?"

Zhang Cheng also had a look of disbelief: "There are buildings... underground?"

Deshun had already scratched his head and ears with curiosity. He couldn't help but ask Shen Lian: "Master Shen, what is going on? Are there really other buildings under the Temple of Heaven?"

Shen Lian faced everyone's nervous gazes and nodded lightly.

He said: "Master Du's guess is correct. There is indeed a building under the Temple of Heaven, and this building was built together with the construction of the Temple of Heaven."

"What?!"

Du Chuke exclaimed again.

The eunuchs, guards and officials from the Ministry of Industry who had participated in the construction of the Temple of Heaven all had their eyes widened at this time, with expressions of disbelief on their faces.

Even Yuan Tiangang also frowned and his face changed slightly.

Shen Lian looked at Zhang Cheng and said, "Do you still remember the other two weird things you said?"

Zhang Cheng nodded quickly.

Shen Lian said calmly, "The second strange thing you mentioned is that cracks appeared on the ground for no reason."

"Even the hard white marble has cracks. You can't understand why such cracks appear for no reason."

"But if I tell you, the reason why the cracks appear is because someone is doing construction under the ground and under the stones. They accidentally shake open part of the ground and accidentally touch these paved stones. Do you still think this is weird?"

Listening to Shen Lian's words, everyone fell into thinking.

They looked at the metal door below, thinking about the possibility of what Shen Lian said.

Soon, these officials from the Ministry of Industry were the first to nod.

Because after their thinking, they felt that things should be as Shen Lian inferred.

There is simply no other situation that could cause such a crack.

Zhang Cheng couldn't help but nodded and said, "It turns out that someone was working underground, which caused some reactions on the ground. Why didn't I think of it at the time!!"

Everyone else also nodded.

Shen Lian said: "It's normal that you didn't expect it. After all, how could you possibly guess... In this palace, under the Temple of Heaven you built, someone is also secretly constructing it?"

"This is the normal thinking of normal people, and it is impossible for normal people to speculate."

"but……"

As soon as Shen Lian's words changed, he looked at Zhang Cheng and said, "You didn't have the chance to find out the truth at that time."

Zhang Cheng looked at Shen Lian blankly.

Shen Lianru sighed and said, "Think about the third weird thing you just said. A worker always heard the sound of construction in the middle of the night, and in the end he went crazy and swallowed stones to death."

Zhang Cheng's eyes suddenly widened.

His pupils shrank violently, "Could it be, could it be..."

Shen Lian sighed and nodded, "Yes, in fact, he was not crazy, and he heard correctly. The sound of construction he heard in the Temple of Heaven came from underground. Because the construction was underground, so, Naturally, he couldn't see anyone working on the construction, so he found it strange."

"He told you, but none of you believed him. Even after his death, you didn't investigate...otherwise, maybe you would have discovered the secret here."

Zhang Cheng was stunned.

At this moment, Zhang Cheng felt as if he had been hit in the head, and his body shook a few times.

His face turned slightly pale, and he couldn't help but feel regretful as he recalled what happened more than ten years ago.

"If I had persisted, if I had been willing to take even a small step forward, perhaps these secrets would not have been discovered until today."

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In life, regrets from the past are often the most powerless.

Shen Lian glanced at Zhang Cheng, shook his head calmly, and said, "If you had paid more attention to him at that time, maybe he would not have been killed and silenced."

"What?!"

Zhang Cheng raised his head sharply.

His eyes widened: "Master Shen, you mean that he didn't push the stone to commit suicide, but that he was killed by him?"

Everyone else was also busy looking at Shen Lian.

Shen Lian said lightly, "Now it can be confirmed that he had no auditory hallucinations at all back then, let alone went crazy. So, a person who is not crazy, do you think he will swallow stones and die?!"

Everyone was stunned.

Du Chuke frowned.

Even Heavenly Master Yuan Tiangang also had a solemn expression at this time.

The expressions of Zhao Heng and others who participated in the construction of the Temple of Heaven changed drastically.

Zhang Cheng couldn't help but swallowed, "Could it be..."

Shen Lian nodded slightly: "Yes, he paid great attention to this place because he discovered the sound of underground construction. Even if you don't believe him, he should also want to find out. No accident, he happened to discover the sound of the second construction. secret."

"And those people, in order to avoid being discovered about the underground construction, so they killed him and silenced him."

"As for swallowing stones, I think if he was killed for no reason, it would definitely cause chaos. Once other agencies enter the investigation, the secret of the underground construction will definitely be discovered."

"So, they used the method of madness to turn this matter into a weird thing caused by a madman, so as to avoid the matter from getting bigger. Anyway, because of this underground construction matter, many strange things have been reported. There is no shortage of things to do, and this one is not missing."

Hearing this, everyone nodded suddenly.

"I see."

“So that’s it!!”

"In this way, it seems that all the weird things are really connected together."

Deshun thought for a while, but suddenly said: "No, Mr. Shen, there is something that I can't handle."

Shen Lian looked at Deshun and asked, "Eunuch, do you have any questions?"

Deshun said, "Master Shen said that the sound that the worker heard was the sound of underground construction, but if he could hear it, then how could the guards who were guarding the empty house at that time, and the workers who had gone with him, Didn’t you hear that?”

"He heard the sound twice, once when the guards were not far away, and once when he was walking with other workers. So if he could hear it, then it was impossible for those guards and those workers to I can’t hear it.”

"But they just didn't hear it, and that's why everyone thought the worker was crazy."

After hearing Deshun's question, Du Chuke and others also looked puzzled.

Obviously, Deshun's question was also their puzzlement.

Shen Lian's expression remained unchanged, as if he had already expected someone to ask this question.

"This goes back to the first weird thing," he said.
To be continued...