The Killer's Cleansing Manual

Chapter 111 The Second Death of Wang Xing

"You are so... courageous."

Lin Shanjuan chuckled and raised his hand to touch Qi Zhaomian's face: "I am so bold and shameless. Are you hungry? Let's go have dinner?"

Qi Zhaomian subconsciously looked at the sky outside, and sure enough, there was no sunlight at all.

She covered her lips with the back of her hand and thought for a few seconds: "You go first, I'll come later."

Lin Shanjuan was stunned: "Not together?"

Qi Zhaomian looked away awkwardly: "...not together."

She was still trying to think of a plausible reason when Lin Shanjuan came up with a brilliant one.

"Oh yeah, we need to pretend to have a fight. I'll go first then."

She stood up, smiled at Qi Zhaomian, opened the door and left.

Qi Zhaomian's gaze followed her out of the room, and when he saw the empty room, he suddenly felt very uncomfortable.

She came and went freely, without any reluctance at all?

Her mood continued to drop without a trace, and the door suddenly opened again. She looked over in surprise, and Lin Shanjuan stuck his head out and blew a kiss at her.

"Hurry up!"

Qi Zhaomian's mood suddenly rose, even more than before. She pretended to be impatient and waved her hand to drive the person away, but in fact, the corners of her lips were raised to the edge of the cloud.

I'm stunned. How can I go out and see people if I don't clean up?

-

Spring passed by slowly and summer came before we knew it.

Lin Shanjuan and Qi Zhaomian carried out their "appearance together but heart apart" relationship to the end. In order to avoid being caught, she simply moved to the Qingzhengsi to sleep.

More than two months have passed, and Bai Shu has not returned from Quxian Town yet, but Qi Zhen guessed that he should be here in the next two days.

There was no evidence, and her investigation hadn't made any progress in more than two months, so everything remained speculation.

During this period, she deliberately spread rumors several times, saying that the suicide note was not written by Wang Xing himself, and that Jin Hong told everyone that she had checked the test papers several times.

Now the hearts of those who felt guilty were also in an uproar, but that person was still calm and had not taken any action.

However, all the key evidence to prove her hypothesis now depends on Bai Shu.

She needed two key points to break the deadlock.

One is the handwriting of these four people.

The second is the whereabouts of these four people, whether they went directly back to their hometown.

By noon, there was no news from Bai Shu, but there was news from Jin Hong.

"Report! Lin Si, Lord Jin is here and wants to see you!"

Lin Shanjuan stopped drawing the turtle and put down his brush after hearing the words, "Come in."

Could it be that those people finally couldn't help themselves and took action?

The guards retreated immediately, and soon a burst of hurried footsteps were heard.

"Lin Si! Something terrible has happened!"

Lin Shanjuan was startled by his hoarse and deep voice, and began to doubt whether this person was Jin Hong.

As she was thinking, a man in ragged clothes and with a charred face came in through the door.

My goodness, I can’t recognize this even more.

"You...are, Master Jin?"

The man slapped his thigh excitedly, and his frightening voice made an excited self-proving sound again.

"Lin Si! I'm Jin Hong! I'm Jin Hong!"

Jin Hong stood there in frustration, looking very angry. Lin Shanjuan barely suppressed a smile and poured a cup of tea from his seat and handed it to him: "No hurry, sit down and talk slowly, why are you..."

Jin Hong bowed and thanked him, then sat on a nearby chair and began to pour out his grievances.

"After Lin Si left that day, I collected some articles, bound them into a book, and placed them where I had planned to keep the files. For the past few months, I've been spreading the news that you came to my place to review the files, and everything was peaceful until yesterday. But who would have thought those villains would suddenly sneak in last night and burn my study to the ground!"

Lin Shanjuan frowned, thinking of Jin Hong's study. If there was a fire, there would probably not be a single hair left.

Jin Hong was still complaining with tears in his eyes, and it looked like he was really exhausted.

"How despicable! I rushed in to take out the important things, but I only managed to get a few out. The rest were all burned! My books! They were all reduced to ashes!"

Lin Shanjuan felt very sorry for him, and couldn't bear to see him looking so aggrieved and as if he was about to cry. After all, half of the reason for his misfortune was because of her.

So she softened her voice and advised, "Don't worry, Master Jin. I'll tell the Emperor later. Please write down the titles of the burned books to me. I'll ask him to help you find them and give you a study room again. How do you think?"

Jin Hong's eyes lit up, the whites of his eyes were particularly noticeable on Heitan's face: "Really?"

Lin Shanjuan found it a little funny. There were still many traces of carbon ash on his face, which looked even funnier after being wiped off carelessly.

"Really? Please write it today. I will send it to the Emperor when you are done."

Jin Hong barely suppressed his sadness and sighed, thinking that he couldn't write everything down, but it was better than nothing.

"Then I would like to thank you in advance!"

After a pause, he continued, "The burning of the study confirms what Director Lin suspected the other day—the thief is probably among those taking the imperial examination this time! To be able to do such a thing, he must have someone to rely on. Director Lin, be careful."

Lin Shanjuan nodded slightly, "I know, Master Jin, go change your clothes and see a doctor to heal your throat."

Jin Hong said goodbye briskly and turned back home.

Lin Shanjuan raised the corners of his lips slightly, his eyes filled with a look of determination to win.

Since they can no longer hold back and have taken action, the person who has been hiding for so long will soon be caught.

Everything will have to wait for Bai Shu to come back before it can be settled.

Lin Shanjuan was just thinking when Qi Zhen hurried in. Her eyes lit up and she sat up straight unconsciously, "Bai Shu is back?"

Qi Zhen shook his head grimly, "Something happened again..."

The two of them rode their horses to the Yunqi Inn. Lin Shan dismounted wearily and trotted into Room No. 3 of Tianzi.

Before she even entered the door, she was hit by a strong stench.

Lin Shanjuan was too familiar with this smell—the stench of a corpse.

When the guard saw Lin Shanjuan coming, he took his hand away from his nostrils and stood up straight, suppressing the stench.

Lin Shanjuan endured the churning in his stomach and was somewhat glad that he had not had time to eat lunch.

She squatted down, took a quick look, and frowned in annoyance.

Seeing her unfriendly expression, Qi Zhen said, "Sir, this man..."

Lin Shanjuan's tone was extremely cold, with a hint of anger.

"With such corruption, this man must have been dead for at least a month!"

Qi Zhen was stunned. "More than a month? Doesn't that mean it was just one month after Wang Xing's death..."

Lin Shanjuan nodded. "It would be great if the two cases were related. Do you know who this person is?"

Qi Zhen shook his head. "The waiter said he was from out of town too. He'd booked this room for over a month, and today was the day he was supposed to be staying. When he came up to check in, he noticed a strange odor, and when he opened the door, he discovered the person was dead. As for his identity, the name he registered downstairs was Wang Xing."