Chapter 1414 Taihe Academy
Yu Tiancai was arrogant and looked down on women just now, but now he stood beside Su Yan with his eyes wide open, grovelling and wanting to tell him everything he knew. "I can't say for sure if it has anything to do with the case, but I heard that Yin Yuan and the hall master seemed to... Now that I think about it, what they said can't be trusted. I just said this, and you can just listen to it casually."
Perhaps because he was worried that others would not believe him, Yu Tiancai also laid a few more groundwork.
Chu Feng felt anxious, but he still suppressed his anxiety and said politely: "Yu Jianyuan, you can say whatever you want."
"It's about sex," Yu Tiancai observed the reactions of Su Yan and the others, and said carefully, "I just conveyed their words, not what I thought in my heart. When Master Cheng was young, he seemed to be not very careful about sex. He had affairs with many women, but he was unwilling to take responsibility for them... These things were spread widely among them privately."
"Absolutely impossible!" Chu Feng's face turned pale as he denied it flatly. "When the hall master was young, he married and had children. However, his first wife had a hemorrhage when giving birth, and both of them died. After that, the hall master didn't get close to women for several years. You and I have seen all this. When he still had enough energy, he was too busy with the affairs of the academy and Ciyou Village. How could he be obsessed with women?"
After all, they were in Cheng Wenshan's wing room. Yu Tiancai looked around and whispered, "I just heard about it. If Xu Yang hadn't said that he saw a woman, I wouldn't have thought of it."
Di Jun said, "In fact, I saw a young woman come to see the hall master. The two of them were sneaking around and seemed to not want to be seen. It happened not long ago. Xufeng, you saw it too, right?"
Wen Xufeng looked at Chu Feng hesitantly.
Seeing this, Su Yan gave Qin Wanyue a wink.
Qin Wanyue understood, took small steps to Chu Feng's side, and tugged at his sleeve.
Chu Feng glanced at Qin Wanyue and said, "Xu Feng, tell me everything."
Wen Xufeng nodded, "Okay."
Seeing that Wen Xufeng was willing to speak, Qin Wanyue felt a little proud. Look, if the case was solved, her contribution would not be small.
Wait, why would she listen to Su Yan's orders? !
"A few days ago, I did see the hall master in contact with a woman. The two met at the back door. There were not many people around. The woman was only in her teens. It didn't look like they had any special relationship..."
"If he is only in his teens, he might be the illegitimate child of the hall master," Yu Tiancai argued. "The hall master behaved improperly and had an affair with a woman, who gave birth to a child. Now the child has grown up and is back for revenge!"
Wen Xufeng frowned and said, "I have indeed heard women crying these days."
Di Jun also agreed: "Maybe the female ghost was created by that woman to conceal her whereabouts and avenge her mother."
Everyone was talking at once, but Chu Feng was the only one who remained silent.
He stood alone in front of the window, staring out in silence.
Master Cheng...how could it be such a person?
Just when Chu Feng was almost unable to think, Su Yanqing's voice rang out, "It's too early to say these things now. No one can prove that Master Cheng really has a daughter. You can try to find clues about the woman first."
Chu Feng looked over gratefully.
Wen Xufeng said, "Actually, there is one more thing. I heard you mention fires before. There has indeed been no fire in the academy, but more than ten years ago, there was a big fire in the temple on the back mountain, and several people were burned to death."
Su Yan's heart skipped a beat. "The temple on the back hill?"
"I just heard about it, I don't know the details." Wen Xu looked at Xiang Yu Tiancai, "Yu Jianyuan has been in the academy longer, he should know something."
Yu Tiancai said: "There was indeed a fire in a temple on the mountain. After the fire, the temple was abandoned, but I have never heard of anyone being burned to death."
Su Yan intuitively felt that the haunting might be related to the fire in the temple.
But what is the connection between the fire in the temple and the murder?
In order to find out what happened to the fire, Su Yan went to the street to find Captain Zhao.
Captain Zhao was leading his men in a door-to-door search for the two assassins. The entire town of Anping was in turmoil because of the murder in the academy. Even vendors did not dare to stay on the street. There were almost no ordinary people on the street, only the detectives running around.
Hearing Su Yan's question, Captain Zhao was very surprised, "Burn to death? Big fire? I've never heard of it, but I wasn't a constable at that time. Why don't you ask someone who has been in the government office for a long time?"
Su Yan had no choice but to agree. She looked at the closed shop on the street and asked, "Hasn't there been any trace of those two yet?"
"Yes," Captain Zhao sighed, holding his sword, "There is not a single clue. Those two seem to have disappeared from the face of the earth. It's really strange. Could they have disguised themselves and left the city?"
Those two were most likely professional killers, and they were not the same murderer that Su Yan wanted to find, so she didn't take it too seriously.
Captain Zhao instructed, "You can find Old Man Wang when you get to the government office. He's been there the longest. Also, I don't have time to find out the whereabouts of Di Jun and the other two. Go look for the names yourself."
Su Yan was a fast walker. Although there was a certain distance between the academy and the government office, it didn't take her much effort to get there.
However, Old Man Wang did not come to the yamen today. Su Yan didn’t know much about the other people in the yamen and felt a little troubled.
Just then, Su Yan heard a light cough.
She turned around and saw Qin Wanyue who had arrived at some point. She raised her chin and looked at Su Yan arrogantly, raising her eyebrows at her.
Su Yan: “?”
Seeing that she didn't understand what she meant, Qin Wanyue coughed violently again.
Su Yan: "...Miss Qin must be very familiar with the government office?"
Qin Wanyue smiled with satisfaction and said arrogantly: "If you come to beg me, I will help you."
Su Yan had already figured out Qin Wanyue's temper. As long as the case could be solved, she didn't mind saying a few nice words. He immediately put on a smile and said sweetly, "Miss Qin is not only smart, but also observant. She knows the government very well. Miss Qin, please help us. Without you, we can't solve the case!"
Qin Wanyue was overjoyed by the praise.
She was about to respond to the flattery when she suddenly heard what Su Yan was thinking: "She wants to help but doesn't say it directly. Miss Qin is still a little cutie who likes to make trouble."
Qin Wanyue: “…”
She didn't want to help, absolutely not!
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