Daxuanti criminal officer

Chapter 59 What's in the Coffin
When Shen Tiande uttered the shocking last words in Xu Zun's ear, Xu Zun was totally dumbfounded.

Before, he had indeed guessed whether Shen Gong would be related to the first iron coffin case?

But after talking with Shen Gong, he had already put this idea behind him, and he no longer thought that Shen Gong was hiding something.

Unexpectedly, Shen Gong still didn't tell the truth.

Before dying, he finally told himself this shocking secret!
Mr. Shen was actually related to the first iron coffin case. It must be because of this that the fake Qiu Yongnian and other people were attracted, right?
Too complicated!

Xu Zun was really going crazy, one case after another, he thought he could escape from the second iron coffin case, but unexpectedly, he fell into the quagmire of the first iron coffin case again.

Why did Mr. Shen participate in the iron coffin case?
Who were the 37 people who were killed?

What is in the iron coffin?

"...the things in the iron coffin...in...the kitchen...your...put...put..."

After repeatedly pondering Shen Gong's last words, Xu Zun has judged that the kitchen should refer to his own home, not Shen's residence.

Because, after being framed, Cai Kun had already sent people to search the Shen Mansion several times, if something was hidden in the Shen Mansion's kitchen, it would have been discovered long ago.

It's really another surprise that Mr. Shen would hide such an important secret in his own home!

After confirming this clue, Xu Zun did not act rashly.

He suppressed his curiosity and obediently worked on the funeral in the Shen residence.

Because Cai Kun and Chen Taiji hadn't left at that time, and the people from the Neiwei Mansion and the Ministry of Punishment were all in Xinye County, if he acted rashly, it would be bad if they found out!

Cai Kun and the others are not idle people, and they must have already considered that with Shen Tiande's level alone, it is impossible for them to be framed by such a troublesome scheme.

If there is really a grudge against Mr. Shen, wouldn't it be more fun to send an assassin over to assassinate him?

Therefore, it is likely that Qiu Yongnian and the others put so much effort into trying to use the opportunity of blaming Shen Tiande to guide Cai Kun and the others to search Shen's residence, so as to achieve the purpose of detecting the iron coffin.

That is to say, the fake Qiu Yongnian and others were already suspecting that Shen Tiande was a participant in the first iron coffin case, and it was only because they could not be sure that they engaged in the second iron coffin case.

No wonder, they spared so much effort to imitate an iron coffin and place it in Zhangqiao!

Xu Zun thought, with Cai Kun's experience and ability, they should have thought of this level.

So when they searched Shen's residence, they searched very seriously, as if they also wanted to find something, right?

Now it seems that since they didn't find what they wanted in Shen's mansion, and Shen Tiande died unexpectedly, won't it arouse their suspicion for the time being?

So, after Cai Kun and Chen Taiji left Xinye County, Xu Zun returned to his home to verify whether the mystery was really in his kitchen?
Before, when Xu Zun was reported by the whistleblowing letter, Cai Kun originally planned to conduct a thorough search of Xu Zun's house.

But with the discovery of the underground secret room, Cai Kun has already turned his attention to solving the case, and naturally thinks that there will be no more gains in Xu Zun's house.

Thinking about it now, if they continue to search, I am afraid that the hole hidden under the kitchen stove in front of them will be difficult to escape, right?

Mr. Shen, Mr. Shen!
Your last words left me a big melon!

Looking at the hole that was about to break open in front of him, Xu Zun kept beating his heart, wondering if he could eat this melon?Still can't eat it?

Ugh!
do not care!
Xu Zun pondered for a long time by the stove, and finally found that it was impossible for him to overcome his curiosity.

No matter what is under here, even if he knows it is Pandora's magic box, he still has to go down!
So, Xu Zun picked up the shovel and smashed it down under the stove...

Hey?
When there was a crisp sound from the opening of the hole, he discovered that there was a piece of wood underneath.

After leaning most of his body down, he actually saw the latch!

Unlocking the latch and lifting the board, Xu Zun realized that this is a hole that can be opened at any time!
Oh……

Suddenly, some related memories appeared in Xu Zun's mind.

Housekeeper Xiaoqi!

Xu Zun recalled that he had seen the housekeeper Xiaoqi in and out of the kitchen several times in the middle of the night.

I used to think that he was busy cooking in the kitchen, but I didn't expect...

I click!

If I didn't guess wrong, could it be that the butler Xiao Qi belongs to Mr. Shen! ?That is to help Mr. Shen look at the things below?

No way?
At first, when he saw Xiao Qi died in the iron coffin in the secret room, Xu Zun thought that Xiao Qi was also a fake Qiu Yongnian.

Because the secret room was built in the basement of their home, Xiao Qi was most likely their internal response.

However, it was later confirmed by those iron coffin criminals that Xiao Qi was indeed not one of them, but because he happened to meet you when he placed You Dalang's belongings, so the fake Qiu Yongnian killed Xiao Qi.

For this reason, Xu Zun felt sorry for Xiao Qi for a while, but he didn't expect that this Xiao Qi actually belonged to a third party, not his own!

At this moment, it was completely dark outside, and it was even impossible to see five fingers in the secret passage.

Xu Zun had no choice but to turn on the fire, and then carefully drilled into the secret passage.

Below the secret passage is a vertical ladder that goes straight up and down. Although I can't see it clearly, I feel that the space below should not be large.

After just a few steps along the vertical ladder, he entered a secret room similar to a cellar.

The secret room is oval in shape, and some places have brick walls, while some places are all mud. It seems that when it was built here, it was dug according to the cellar.

dong... dong... dong...

The air was heavy and surprisingly quiet, Xu Zun could even hear his own heartbeat.

There was a strange smell in the secret room, a bit like the fishy smell of some leftovers, and some daily necessities were scattered on the floor, such as bowls and spoons, washbasins, and linen.

this place...

Xu Zun frowned, his curiosity suddenly faded a bit, because he felt that this kind of place didn't look like there were any treasures or rare things hidden.

The secret room was not very big, so he quickly found an oil lamp and lit it directly.

As the oil lamp was lit, the secret room gradually became brighter, but Xu Zun found a small stove next to the oil lamp.

There are burnt coals in the stove, it seems that it was used for heating... oh... it seems... something is wrong?
Xu Zun saw that there were triangular soldering irons on the stove, as well as iron hooks, caltrops and other items...

Looking along the shelf on the side of the stove, I saw a lot of leather whips, iron pliers, files, saw blades, steel needles...

what! ! ?
Xu Zun realized that the situation was not right, and hurriedly turned around and looked into the depths of the secret room. After seeing this, he was immediately stunned with fright!
Because, he saw a picture that he couldn't guess even [-] times.

But in the depths of the secret room stood a group of iron frames, in the middle of which was tied a person with four heavy chains, and it was a woman! ! !
what! ! ?
Xu Zun was terrified when he saw it, and suddenly remembered the words that the county magistrate Luo Wanwan once said:

The iron coffin two years ago was not empty, but contained urine and feces...

(End of this chapter)