While Fatty Zhang was checking, Qin Wenyuan 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.
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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 Qin Wenyuan very seriously.
They know that all the secrets that once haunted their hearts may be revealed to the world.
Qin Wenyuan said, "The first thing is the missing building materials."
Qin Wenyuan looked at everyone and said, "You said that five days' worth of building materials were missing. Those building materials are 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 Qin Wenyuan curiously.
Then he saw Qin Wenyuan, raised his hand, pointed at the iron door below, and said calmly: "It's right here."
"here?"
Everyone was startled when they heard Qin Wenyuan's words.
Du Chuke hurriedly asked: "Master Qin, you mean that all the missing building materials were hidden under this door?"
Qin Wenyuan shook his head and said: "It's not hidden under this door, but... it should be said that it is integrated with this door."
"In one piece?!" Everyone was stunned.
Qin Wenyuan 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 Qin Wenyuan's explanation, everyone immediately understood what Qin Wenyuan meant.
Du Chuke blinked and said: "So, Master Qin 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 Qin Wenyuan: "Master Qin, what is going on? Are there really other buildings under the Temple of Heaven?"
Qin Wenyuan 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 let out an exclamation again.
The eunuchs, guards and officials from the Ministry of Works who had participated in the construction of the Temple of Heaven all had their eyes widened with disbelief on their faces.
Even Yuan Tiangang frowned and his face changed slightly.
Qin Wenyuan looked at Zhang Cheng and said, "Do you remember the other two weird things you said?"
Zhang Cheng nodded quickly.
Qin Wenyuan 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 appeared is because someone was doing construction under the ground and under the stones. They accidentally shook part of the ground and accidentally touched these paved stones.
Do you still think this is weird?"
Listening to Qin Wenyuan's words, everyone fell into thinking.
They looked at the metal door below and thought about the possibility of what Qin Wenyuan 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 Qin Wenyuan 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.
Qin Wenyuan 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 anyone to speculate."
"but……"
As soon as Qin Wenyuan'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 Qin Wenyuan blankly.
Qin Wenyuan 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 penis shrank violently, "Could it be, could it be..."
Qin Wenyuan sighed and nodded, "Yes, in fact, he is 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, he
Naturally, I couldn’t see anyone working on the construction, so it felt weird.”
"He told you, but none of you believed him. Even after he died, you didn't investigate... Otherwise, here, maybe you would have discovered the secret."
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.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "If Xiaguan had persisted, if Xiaguan was willing to take even a small step forward, maybe these secrets would not have been revealed until today.
Found out."
When Deshun and others heard this, their faces were filled with sadness.
In life, regrets from the past are often the most powerless.
Qin Wenyuan 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 fiercely.
His eyes widened: "Master Qin, 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 Qin Wenyuan.
Qin Wenyuan said calmly, "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 the 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..."
Qin Wenyuan 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 want to find out. No accident, he happened to discover the secret of the second construction.
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"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 crazy methods to turn this thing into a crazy thing, so as to avoid the matter from getting bigger. Anyway, because of this underground construction matter, many weird 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: "That's not right, Mr. Qin, there is something I can't handle."
Qin Wenyuan looked at Deshun and asked, "Mother-in-law, do you have any questions?"
Deshun said, "Master Qin 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,
did not hear?"
"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.
Qin Wenyuan's expression remained unchanged, as if he had already expected that someone would ask this question.
"This goes back to the first weird thing," he said.
"The first strange thing??" Everyone was startled.
Qin Wenyuan arrived: "The first strange thing was the sudden disappearance of building materials. You all said it at the time. You checked the transportation records and there was no problem."
"No one here from the eunuchs dared to take ink, no one from the Ministry of Industry moved out, and the guards also said that no one moved away the building materials, but those building materials just disappeared..."
Qin Wenyuan paused and gave everyone time to think. He said: "It is impossible for building materials to disappear, so the thing is obvious. Among you..."
Qin Wenyuan glanced at them one by one, and then said calmly: "Someone must be lying!
"
After hearing Qin Wenyuan's words, everyone's expressions changed slightly.
They couldn't help but look at each other, their eyes full of vigilance.
Du Chuke and Deshun looked at each other, and both of them could not help but move closer to Qin Wenyuan and stay away from those who had participated in the construction of the Temple of Heaven in the past.
Du Chuke's eyes flickered over these people and asked: "Master Qin, you said someone is lying, who is lying?!"
Qin Wenyuan said calmly: "With the disappearance of building materials, there are only three people who can lie. The first one is the eunuch responsible for purchasing knowledge. As long as some of them are greedy and do not deliver the building materials but say that they have been delivered, it will naturally cause the disappearance of the building materials.
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When the eunuch Zhao Heng heard this, he hurriedly said: "Master Qin is unjust. How dare the servants dare to be greedy for ink? The servants have already said that this is a matter under your majesty's care. Even if you give us ten thousand courages, we don't dare to be greedy for ink. And every time
When the building materials are delivered back, the Ministry of Industry will check them. We can't be greedy!
"
Qin Wenyuan nodded slightly, "I am just saying that there may be situations. But as you said, the Ministry of Industry will conduct an inventory. Unless the Ministry of Works is complicit with you, it is impossible not to identify your corruption."
As soon as these words came out, Zhang Cheng quickly shook his head, "Mr. Qin, our Ministry of Industry has a strict system, and it is absolutely impossible to collude with others. Moreover, every time we put building materials into the warehouse, there are clear records, and we definitely did not collude with them."
Collusion thing.”
"Besides, is this for His Majesty or for the palace? There are so many eyes watching it. We definitely don't dare to do such greedy things in this matter."
Qin Wenyuan nodded, "I agree with your statement, and the existence of this underground building also proves that the building materials and stones were transported into the warehouse, so the suspicion on the eunuch's side can be ruled out."
When Zhao Heng heard this, he breathed a long sigh of relief.
Qin Wenyuan continued: "The second party that can make building materials disappear is the Ministry of Industry."
Qin Wenyuan looked at Zhang Cheng and said: "As long as the Ministry of Industry does not record it when it is taken out of the warehouse, or deliberately records less, then naturally it will take away those building materials unknowingly over time."
Zhang Cheng's expression changed, and he hurriedly said: "Every time we leave the warehouse, we will ask the guards to sign. They know how much building materials we take out, and there is absolutely no situation where adults can speculate!
"
Qin Wenyuan said calmly: "Then what if...the guards also cooperate with you?"
Zhang Cheng's eyes widened.
He was just about to explain something when he heard the guards say: "This is impossible. How could you and us be colluding with them? Please tell me something!"
"
Qin Wenyuan continued calmly: "In that case, you can answer, why did the worker hear the construction sound coming from the underground at that time, but you guards who were closer and were there all night, couldn't hear it?
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"I……"
The guard's expression changed.
Qin Wenyuan continued: "If I remember correctly, when you told me your identity just now, you said that you were responsible for guarding vacant rooms at night."
"So, can you tell me why you didn't hear it?"
The guard's face became increasingly ugly.
When Deshun saw this scene, his eyes flickered and he suddenly said: "Come here, take them down!"
Suddenly, these guards were quickly controlled.
Zhang Cheng and others were also completely frightened by this sudden turn of events.