Chapter 266: Painter Shen strikes again

Both of them understood that if Manman was asked to come, it would definitely be more than just a portrait painting. If it was just a portrait painting, another portrait painter in the Dali Temple could do it.

Shen Yun replied to Xie: "Okay, I'll ask someone to go home and ask Manman to come over."

"Uncle, just go when the time comes,"

"You want to go? That's fine."

After Xie Hui came out of the Dali Temple, he took a carriage to the Shen family. It was already bright at this time, and Xie Hui was very tired, but it didn't take long to get from the Dali Temple to the Shen family. He was afraid that he would fall asleep while sitting, so he simply opened the curtains of the carriage to get some fresh air and wake himself up.

"Stop for a moment." Xie Hui knocked on the wall of the car, asking the driver to stop.

"My Lord, what would you like to buy?"

"This lantern. How much is it?"

"This is what my wife tied herself. We didn't sell out last night. If you want, I'll sell it to you at a lower price. Just give me five cents."

Xie Hui took out ten cents from his purse and said, "Give me both of them."

"Okay! Thank you, sir." The stall owner had originally hung up the lanterns just to try his luck, not expecting that they wouldn't be able to sell on the 16th. Unexpectedly, someone bought one so early in the morning.

Shen Yuan rarely sleeps in now. I heard that she was reading a book when Xie came back to see her.

"Brother Youqi, did you not sleep all night? Because of the traffickers?"

Xie Hui chuckled and touched his face: "Is it obvious?"

"A little bit." Shen Yuan saw the lantern in his hand and thought that he came here specially just to give her a lantern, so she said to him: "Brother, you have worked so hard, you should go back and rest first."

"Actually, I came here because I do have something to tell you."

Xie Hui told Shen Yuan about the progress of the case and also told her about his visit to the Dali Temple.

"Then I'll go right away!" Shen Yuan immediately stood up and took the lantern from Xie Hui's hand. "I received the lantern. Brother Youqi, you should go and have a rest."

"Yes, I will."

After Shen Yuan saw Xie off and left, he went back to his room, changed into going-out clothes, and set off for the Dali Temple.

"Are you here? Take a look at these first. I'll take you to the portrait later." What Shen Yun showed Shen Yuan were the things that Da'er had confessed to him. The stranger who was in contact with the fifth brother and his wife in Da'er's confession was very likely their accomplice. Therefore, after having the portrait, he could send the cooperation notice and the wanted order to all the prefectures together with the portrait. It was relatively easy for Da'er to do so. He just had to draw the portrait as he said. In this process, Shen Yuan could probably confirm that what this person said was indeed the truth.

As for the fifth brother and his wife, Shen Yuan went with Shen Yun as a portrait painter. On the way there, Shen Yuan said to her father, "Dad, do you think I was born to work in the Dali Temple? If we work together, there is no case we can't solve!"

When they arrived at the cell, they first went to see the so-called "Fifth Sister-in-law". The Fifth Sister-in-law's original name was Fang Hongyun. She and the Fifth Brother were a couple. They were both from Yufeng Town, Qingxing County, near the capital. After meeting her, Shen Yun took out a few paintings he had just painted and asked her: "Do you know the people in the paintings?"

Wang Hongyun immediately said, "I don't know him."

"You didn't even raise your head or look at me, and you already knew you didn't recognize me?"

"Wang Hongyun, where's Lao Liu?"

She obviously didn't expect that the government knew this. Her face froze in an instant, her teeth clenched, and she gasped.

"Wang Hongyun, you mistreat the child and want to secretly take her away. This is kidnapping. In serious cases, you will be beheaded, and so will your husband. However, if you say a few more words and cooperate with the government, you may be given a lighter sentence. But this opportunity will never come again.

Why do you think we know about Lao Liu? It’s because someone is smarter than you.”

"I don't know where Lao Liu is."

"The sixth brother is the fifth brother? Both brothers do this. You were doing it before you got married, right? Do you have a child with him?"

"Don't waste your energy. I won't tell you."

"I guess you don't have children, and I don't know which of you is infertile? That's why you hate those who have children and want to steal their children so that they can feel the pain of being childless. By the way, you can sell the children and make some money, right? You stole so many children, did you keep any for yourself?"

What Shen Yuan said was actually what she "heard", but she couldn't say it directly, so she could only say that it was her guess.

Wang Hongyun's thoughts were exposed, and his eyes suddenly became fierce, "Who are you? You are a damned girl and you come to interrogate me? Damn girl, I would never steal!"

"It seems that I guessed right. Aren't you also a woman, Fifth Sister-in-law? Why do women look down on other women? You look down on a girl like me, but today I can sit here and interrogate a black-hearted woman like you."

Shen Yuan grinned, which made his fifth sister-in-law very angry.

"Big Ear said that your man was the mastermind, is that right? If you explain clearly, as an accomplice, you can get a lighter sentence. Think about it carefully and decide whether to tell him or not."

"Fifth Brother" Liao Chunfa, you really don't know from his appearance that he is a bad person. On the contrary, he is fair and thin. Even though he is over 40 years old, he can still be called handsome.

"You and Wang Hongyun, who is the one who can't have children? Why do I feel that it's you? You're so thin, and you don't look like you're good at having children."

Shen Yuan said this as soon as he saw Liao Chunfa. Liao Chunfa started struggling with anger before he even sat down. Shen Yuan's words made the two constables who were escorting Liao Chunfa almost burst out laughing. Shen Yun thought that his daughter was really good at interrogation.

Although a painter should not be qualified to interrogate the prisoner, Shen Yuan is the daughter of the Dali Temple Minister, and no one would file a complaint against the Dali Temple Minister. The only people present, except for the recorder, were the two constables watching the prisoners.

Moreover, the question asked by Shen Yuan sounded like an ignorant little girl interrupting, and there was nothing wrong with what she said.

Even the recorder looked at Liao Chunfa and then at himself while writing, and felt relieved in his heart. Fortunately, Liao Chunfa was big and strong, and looked like a "well-fed" man.

Although Liao Chunfa was angry, he still remained rational and did not say anything nonsense. However, in front of Shen Yuan, he had already been exposed.

Shen Yun asked him, "Where are you planning to sell the child after you kidnap him?"

Shen Yuan wrote two words on a piece of paper and showed it to her father. Shen Yun then asked him, "I heard from Da Er that you have a son. Since you can't have children, did you kidnap this son, or..."

Shen Yun's deliberate pause made people wonder, which man could endure this? Liao Chunfa finally couldn't help it this time, "You can't have children, he is my son!"