"So, if you really came just now, then the bees... will help us find your way out."
When the housekeeper heard Shen Lian's words, his pupils shrank slightly.
His expression suddenly changed: "You...when did you sprinkle some spices on me? Why didn't I know?"
Shen Lian opened the lid of the bamboo tube, and there was a buzzing sound. Soon... some bees flew out of the bamboo tube.
Shen Lian raised the corner of his mouth and smiled lightly: "How could it be that your master never told you how terrifying I am? How dare you dare to walk in front of me..."
Facing the butler's ugly gaze, Shen Lian smiled and said, "You are so bold!"
The butler's brows furrowed completely.
He didn't know whether Shen Lian was deceiving him and deliberately exposing him, or whether he had really done these things.
But he really didn't know anything.
And at that time, Shen Lian had no idea what was going to happen.
So, what is wrong with Shen Lian?
Nothing happened, so why did they start digging holes?
The butler looked very unhappy.
And everyone was attracted by the bees at this time, so no one paid attention to the housekeeper.
The bees flapped their wings and made a buzzing sound.
These bees did not gather together, because the housekeeper had already walked around, so wherever the housekeeper walked, there were bees flying, which made everyone believe Shen Lian's words.
Shen Lian tapped his knees lightly with his fingers, looking calm and calm.
Zhao Xianye and Xu Gou were so nervous that their palms were sweating.
If Bee finds his way out of the house, even if Lord Shen solves the case, the situation will not be optimistic.
After all, falsely accusing a little person... is really not a nice thing to say. It carries far more weight in the hearts of the people than falsely accusing an official.
After all, people sympathize with the weak.
There is no doubt that at this time, the housekeeper is the weak one.
The housekeeper stared at Shen Lian closely. Seeing that Shen Lian was not in a hurry, he frowned and then looked at the flying bees.
He didn't believe that his foolproof plan could be ruined by a swarm of bees?
Finally, at this moment, Shen Lian, whose expression remained unchanged, suddenly flew out of his hand.
With a snap, it hit a wall in the room, and right in front of this wall, there were some swarms of bees flying continuously, as if they had a posture of never looking back until they hit the wall.
Shen Lian raised the corner of his mouth, glanced at the housekeeper with shrunken pupils, and said calmly: "Xugou, smash the wall."
"There is a road."
Bang!
When Xu Gou heard Shen Lian's words, he didn't give anyone a chance to react. He directly took a big hammer and slammed it towards the wall surrounded by bees.
There was a loud bang, booming.
This shocked all the officials to the point where their hearts skipped a beat.
The butler's expression at this time was extremely ugly and suspicious.
He pursed his lips and suddenly looked at Shen Lian subconsciously. He saw Shen Lian at this time, with a calm expression and a calm face, as if everything was under control in the palm of his hand, as if everything that happened next was under his control. As expected.
It made him look a little lazy, as if he was not interested in anything.
When the housekeeper saw this scene, he frowned and his face became even more ugly.
At this moment, Shen Lian seemed to notice his gaze. Shen Lian tilted his head, and their eyes collided in the air without any warning.
The housekeeper felt that Shen Lian's eyes were like the endless starry sky. Just one glance and his eyes were sucked in very hard, making him feel a little dazed for a moment.
As for Shen Lian, he just glanced at him and then looked away carelessly, not wanting to show an extra expression, as if he was no different from that ant in Shen Lian's eyes.
This made the housekeeper, who had just regained consciousness, feel inexplicably angry.
He clenched his hands into fists and was about to say something when suddenly, there was a loud bang and everyone's exclamations, which directly brought his thoughts back to reality.
He quickly looked towards the place where the loud noise came from, and then the pupils in his eyes suddenly shrank -
They saw that the wall surrounded by bees was directly smashed by Xu Gou's hammer, and after the wall collapsed, a dark secret passage appeared behind the wall.
There really is a secret passage behind this wall!
There was no wall blocking the bees in front of them, as if there was something in front of them that attracted them, they flew in without saying a word.
And all the officials couldn't help but exclaimed at this time.
"There really is a secret passage!"
"This...this..."
"Those bees flew in without any hesitation, so...really, did the housekeeper really pass by here just now?"
"Could it be that...the butler is really framing Lord Shen? Lord Shen was actually brought here by the butler?"
At this moment, even if these officials don't know where the secret passage leads, they basically know the general outline of the matter.
No matter how stupid they are, they still have a bottom line. This obvious evidence is enough to explain everything.
If they still don't understand what's going on, then they are not qualified to be officials to this extent.
At this moment, their eyes flickered to the butler.
The look on his face is very complicated!
I can’t believe it!
There is anger!
Have fear!
The steward, the steward actually deceived them!
He actually used them to frame Lord Shen!
This made them extremely angry.
And when I thought about... that I almost offended Shen Lian, I felt even more frightened in my heart!
Shen Lian is not a bad person, and Lu Xie's death is right in front of him.
They really didn't dare to offend Shen Lian.
But even though they were hiding like this, they were deceived by the housekeeper, which made them really want to tear up this sinister villain!
"Sir Sir Shen, we...we were deceived by the housekeeper. We really didn't mean to frame Sir Shen."
"Yes, Lord Shen, we were all deceived by this villain. We have no intention of becoming enemies with adults!"
"I hope Lord Shen will learn from this."
These officials immediately changed their previous attitude. At this time, they all nodded and bowed in front of Shen Lian, apologizing to Shen Lian in order to seek Shen Lian's forgiveness.
Xu Gou looked on and felt very happy.
Thinking about what they said to his young master at the beginning, they were talking about murderers, and now, they were nodding and bowing, wishing to kneel down and kowtow to admit their mistakes to Shen Lian, he felt extremely happy.
Deserve it!
They brought this upon themselves!
Without investigating the case or knowing the truth, you just open your mouth to be a murderer. If you keep silent, you are a murderer. Who can you blame?
When Shen Lian listened to these people's apologies, he just plucked his ears and said calmly: "We are all very old. We have been officials for so many years. Why are we still so childish?"
He glanced at the panic faces of these officials and said slowly: "If you make a mistake and apologize, you will not be responsible for anything. Then why do you need the law? What do you need the Dali Temple for? What do you need the Ministry of Punishment to do? What?"
"If I kill you, why don't you just apologize? Why don't you want to!"
"I framed you, so why don't you just apologize? Why don't you agree?"
"If you agree with this, then I, Shen, will kill you now, and then I will apologize and bow to you, and you will not be held accountable, and your family will not be held accountable, okay?"
As soon as Shen Lian finished speaking, the expressions of these officials suddenly changed.
Cold sweat dripped uncontrollably from their foreheads, and each of their faces turned blue and white, looking terribly ugly.
How did they answer?
Shen Lian has blocked their way.
Is it okay to just apologize? If Shen Lian kills them, it's okay to just apologize!
Can't apologize? Shen Lian was just right and arrested them directly.
So, they have no way to go.
They didn't have Shen Lian's ability, and they didn't have Shen Lian's ability to take the third path. At this moment... they just froze here, feeling extremely panicked and extremely regretful.
If they had known that offending Shen Lian would have such serious consequences, they should not have tried to seize power from Shen Lian before, and they should not have thought about framing Shen Lian just now.
Now, they really regret it.
After Shen Lian finished speaking, he didn't even look at them again.
For Shen Lian, these officials really did not interest him at all. Their ranks were too low.
If he didn't want to scare the monkeys and let others know the consequences of offending him, Shen Lian would really not bother to pay attention to them.
But this is okay, I originally thought I would have to deal with them one by one.
Now, because of Wang Wenru, they all gathered together at once, so they could all be caught in one fell swoop, which saved them a lot of trouble.
Without Shen Lian saying anything, Zhao Xianye directly ordered the government officials to control these officials. He said with a smile: "You will need to go to Jing Zhaoyin with me later, so I hope that you will Adults, please cooperate and don't let anything ugly happen. It will be bad for both of us."
Hearing Zhao Xianye's threatening words, these officials' hands and feet became cold, and their regret for offending Shen Lian became even stronger.
If you really knew this, why did you do it in the first place?
As for Shen Lian, he didn't pay any attention to them.
He stood up directly and walked slowly to the secret passage. Looking at the dark secret passage, his eyes fell on the housekeeper and said calmly: "Do you still need me to send someone to check where the end of the secret passage is?" "
The housekeeper frowned and stared at Shen Lian.
At this time, he heard Shen Lian say: "As expected, this secret passage leads directly to the gate. As the saying goes, the shortest straight line is between two points, so if you want to go to the gate, you don't have to go through the rockery from here. Bridge and garden.”
"As for those who are practicing martial arts, who know a little bit about martial arts, and whose foot strength is not too bad, it will take less than twenty breaths to reach the gate."
"You brought us here and asked us to wait outside the door. I was bored and counted."
"From the time you entered to the time when the screams came out, it took exactly twenty breaths."
"So, if I thought it right, then when you entered, Wang Wenru was already there waiting to die, but you didn't stop and ran directly to the gate as fast as you could. Then the moment Wang Wenru died, you opened the door to welcome the guests. It just so happens that it... becomes your alibi, and also allows you to bring someone to be a witness against me, Shen, for murdering someone."
Shen Lian looked at the housekeeper. Although it was an inference, his tone was as if he was stating a fact. Once he heard it, people would subconsciously believe it.
"Actually, this case is not very sophisticated. It's just a matter of time, so you guys took advantage of it... However, as the saying goes, the legal network is very sparse and there are no leaks. If you are a devil, you can't be as good as me."
"The winner is me, Shen Xian!"
Shen Lian frowned slightly and said calmly: "Wang Wenru, your death was in vain."
Wangfu, in the hall.
Shen Lian stood in front of the broken wall, looked at the housekeeper calmly, and slowly said those two words that he was the winner.
The case was solved.
The butler's trick was also solved.
It can be said that everything they have done so far has been cracked by Shen Lian.
If this is all they have, then Shen Lian is a complete winner.
But even so.
Even though all the secrets were cracked by Shen Lian, all the crises were resolved by Shen Lian, even though Shen Lian said "I am the winner", he was not arrogant at all.
Not to mention arrogant, not even a little proud.
It's like winning tonight's game of chess, there is no sense of accomplishment.
Shen Lian's attitude completely made the butler's face turn red. He clenched his hands tightly into fists, and the veins on his face were exposed, making him look particularly ferocious.
He looked at Shen Lian, and his originally black eyes were covered with a layer of blood. He looked very frightening.
As for Shen Lian, facing the housekeeper's intimidating gaze, his expression remained calm and he even yawned.
Just when Xu Gou and Zhao Xianye thought that the butler was about to explode with anger, the butler whose veins on his forehead were about to burst suddenly burst into laughter the next moment.
It's just that this laughter doesn't feel cheerful at all, and I can't even feel the feeling of happiness in it.
Some are just weird.
The laughter sounded so suddenly in the silent hall, and was so sinister that the officials subconsciously shrank their necks, feeling as if there was wind blowing behind their necks.
Xu Gou frowned and couldn't help but said: "You've already lost and you're still smiling so happily. Isn't it such a huge blow that you're crazy?"
Shen Lian narrowed his eyes, and his lazy eyes seemed to have a glimmer of light at this moment.
"Lost?"
When the housekeeper heard Xu Gou's words, his laughter stopped abruptly.
He grinned and looked a little crazy: "You said I lost?"
"Don't you really think that this is all we can do?"
"Don't you really think...we think that Shen Lian can be eliminated with just one dead person?"
"Li Shimin, he is so biased towards Shen Lian. Not to mention Shen Lian's ability to solve cases is top-notch. Even if Shen Lian can't solve the case, do you think Li Shimin will be willing to let Shen Lian really suffer?"
"So, how could we regard Wang Wenru's death as a killer move against Shen Lian, the most intelligent man in the Tang Dynasty!"
After listening to the steward's words, Xu Gou and Zhao Xianye's expressions changed slightly.