After the second round of questioning, Sun Shaozong confirmed once more that beyond Lin Qisheng's outwardly perverse behavior, he had concealed an unknown secret.
And that secret was most likely related to a woman—a woman he absolutely dared not touch openly. Otherwise, Lin Qisheng would not have gone to such lengths to hide it.
Thus, that very afternoon, Sun Shaozong focused his suspicions on two people: Lin Xiuyuan's concubine, Liang Nianxiao, and... his daughter-in-law, Shen Peilan.
Compared with his illicit affair with Zhao Yingying, secretly carrying on with Shen Peilan was clearly a hundred times more serious!
And between the two, Shen Peilan was undoubtedly the more suspicious one.
She was now a widow, with no man by her side to protect her, and she was petite and lovely—the very type Lin Qisheng had favored in recent years...
Wait!
The tunnel had been rebuilt three years ago.
Two and a half years ago, Lin Xiuyuan's eldest son fell ill and passed away four months later.
Two years ago, Lin Qisheng began showing mental problems and gradually found it difficult to control his emotions.
Half a month ago, Lin Qisheng had been forced into retirement, after which he dismissed every servant around him.
After that, Lin Qisheng spent each day alone in the rear courtyard. Every five days, he would visit one of his concubines' rooms merely for appearances' sake, utterly unconcerned about displaying his impotence before them.
Yet under such circumstances, Lin Qisheng had grown increasingly exhausted by the day...
If Shen Peilan were included as a crucial link, this whole chain of information seemed capable of being connected!
Three years ago, to make his trysts more convenient, Lin Qisheng had specifically hired someone to construct a Secret Chamber—or perhaps a tunnel.
Two and a half years ago, the Lin