seal of magic

Qin Min is the apprentice of Mrs. Chen's old lady.After Mrs. Chen's older sister passed away, she destroyed all her Gu worms and did not touch Gu art for many years. It was not until her later years that she picked a girl from her natal relatives to be a close disciple to teach what she had learned.That girl is Qin Min.

Qin Min is also working in the Celestial Masters Association now, but because she still needs to take care of Mrs. Chen's daily life on weekdays, what she does is only clerical work, mainly managing the information on the association's website.

Because of this, it made sense for her to come to the archives to check the information.But yesterday Zhong Qingyu and Qi Shao had just discussed Mrs. Chen's suspicion. Qin Min and Mrs. Chen had a close relationship and had been to the archives during the time when the file was lost, so it had to arouse suspicion.

There is no need to hide the missing files. On the contrary, Zhong Qingyu wants to make things bigger so that he can observe everyone's reactions from it.Especially if this matter is really related to Mrs. Chen, then it is worth exploring what role the Chen family played in this matter.

So he immediately asked the security guard Xiaosun to report the matter, saying that the lost files were related to Zhong Zhaocheng's case back then, and that it was probably done by the murderer back then, and demanded a thorough investigation of those who had been in and out of the file room during this period.

As the grandson of Zhong Zhaocheng, Zhong Qingyu made this request reasonable.The application was submitted in the morning, and the chairman Chen Qijin approved it in the afternoon.At present, he seems to be completely unaware of this, and even called Zhong Qingyu to comfort him, promising to follow this clue to investigate.

There was nothing wrong with Chen Qijin's expression, and besides, Chen Qijin was still a child when Zhong Zhaocheng's accident happened, so he definitely had no motive to harm Zhong Zhaocheng.But if it was Mrs. Chen who did it, and he knew about it, as a son, concealing the crime for his mother would be the biggest motivation.

If this is the case, then Chen Dongyan's purpose for letting them stay needs to be reconsidered.

Zhong Qingyu and Chen Dongyan have known each other since they were young. They were the same age and went to the same school. At that time, they were the only ones who were proficient in Taoist magic in the school, and the matter of magic should not be mentioned to outsiders. The secrets that can be shared with each other, coupled with the similar temperament, the relationship between the two has always been very good.

In his heart, Zhong Qingyu was unwilling to doubt Chen Dongyan.Although the Chen Dongyan he knew was easy-going on the surface, he was a very upright person in his heart.He still remembers Chen Dongyan's answer when he asked Chen Dongyan the same question as Qi Shao:

"When I was very young, my dad told me a story: You saw a wolf hunting a rabbit in the wild, and you had the ability to save that rabbit. Should you save it or not? I said of course you did. My dad said, this is a wounded female wolf, and she can't catch other food except this rabbit. If she doesn't catch this rabbit today, the wolf cubs waiting for her in the den will starve to death. So I said that was not going to help. My dad also said that this rabbit also has a litter of little rabbits waiting for it.”

"This is actually the fate of our Chen family. It is a problem that the Chen family has faced for generations. Especially when the future you see is related to your relatives, how should you choose. The more talented people are, the more they are affected by this problem." Torture, the Chen family has no shortage of people who died of depression in the past. Therefore, the first lesson for all the disciples of the Chen family is to warn themselves not to be confused by emotions."

The family motto of the Chen family includes one: Even if you see the death of your loved ones, don't tell them about the future.This requirement can be said to be very harsh and contrary to human nature. Zhong Qingyu does not believe that everyone in the Chen family can do it, but when it comes to Chen Dongyan, judging from what he has experienced together these years, Zhong Qingyu believes that he is really doing it. Follow the family precepts to live.

The Tianshi Association has a special internal investigation department, and Zhong Qingyu will not be in charge after the application is submitted.This is the case in the regulations, but Zhong Qingyu, as the person directly involved in this matter, will follow up the investigation and ask about the progress of the investigation, and no one will say anything.

After returning from the association, Zhong Qingyu took Qi Shao out to dinner under Chen Dongyan's complicated eyes of envy and hatred, and talked about today's discovery with Qi Shao by the way.

Qi Shao: "So what did you find out?"

Zhong Qingyu picked up a chopstick dish for Qi Shao and said: "The investigation has just begun. Many of the seventeen people involved are not in Beijing now. Even if they all arrive in Beijing, nothing can be investigated in a short time. Come on. There is no surveillance in the file room, and when the record was recorded, it was presumed to be for checking other materials, and I didn’t know it at all, so I just fooled it.”

"Is it possible that someone went in but didn't register?" Qi Shao thought that the question was always more rigorous.

"There is no surveillance in the archives room, but there is surveillance in the stairwell on that floor, and people who enter can be photographed. Colleagues from the internal investigation department have gone to retrieve the surveillance in the afternoon, but the surveillance in the building can only be kept for two months, and The time period I can give is five months, and there are still three months in between that I still can't verify." Zhong Qingyu replied.

"If someone among the 17 people has also looked through the file and can be sure that it was intact at that time, the scope can be narrowed-either he was lying, or the matter happened after him." Qi Shao analyzed.

Zhong Qingyu nodded and said, "The internal investigation department is also thinking this way at the moment. But I want to test Qin Min alone. I always feel that she has something to do with this matter."

Coincidentally, when the two of them went back for a walk in the Chen family garden after dinner, they happened to meet Qin Min who was pushing Mrs. Chen out for a walk.

"Old lady, Sister Qin." Zhong Qingyu stepped forward to greet the two of them.

Mrs. Chen narrowed her eyes to look at him, and Qin Min who was on the side said, "It's Qingyu. I heard Mrs. Chen mentioning that you came over yesterday, so I would like to say hello to Master. Master is not in good spirits these days, and it is not good to entertain guests. I thank you on her behalf."

Qin Min was in his early thirties, a little older than Zhong Qingyu and Chen Dongyan.In addition, she is Mrs. Chen's apprentice, strictly speaking, her seniority is twice as high as them, so Zhong Qingyu and her are far from Chen Dongyan.Zhang Mushuai is so familiar with each other, and they are very polite when speaking to each other.

"It's okay, we are here to disturb you. This is my friend Qi Shao who came with me." After Zhong Qingyu introduced Qi Shao to the two, he asked about Mrs. Chen's physical condition and daily life.

"This year is a bit more serious than previous years, and important people are always in front of me to take care of it carefully. Last month, our department transferred another person to the Field Support Department. The two sides were constantly busy, and I often couldn't take care of it. I have asked for leave for the past two days to stay at home with Master. If it doesn't work, I might resign at the end of the month." Qin Min sighed, her face really looked tired.

Since Qin Min didn't go to the association today, he still doesn't know about the archives.Zhong Qingyu took the opportunity to mention it: "In this way, I may have caused Sister Qin a little more trouble. Today I went to the file room to check my grandfather's file, and found that there were two pages missing in the report record of that year, and I have already applied for internal investigation. I saw that Sister Qin happened to go to the archives during that time, and she was also on the investigation list, and colleagues from the internal investigation department will come to disturb you in a few days."

Qi Shao on the side kept silent, just carefully observing Qin Min's expressions and movements.

I saw that her hand holding the handle of the wheelchair tightened suddenly, and then said: "I don't know about it. When we sorted out the information on the website a few days ago, we found that there was something wrong with the description of a monster. I went to the archives to find it. Look for past information. It’s okay, I’ll just make it clear to them when the time comes, and it won’t waste much time.”

While saying these words, her hands kept rubbing against the armrest of the wheelchair slightly.

"Okay, I'll tell them and let them not make it difficult for you. If there is anything you can do to help the old lady during this period, such as running errands or moving something, feel free to ask me. I’m busy, I’ve found another thing for you, and I’ll feel sorry if I don’t help you.” Zhong Qingyu didn’t want to startle the snake for the time being, and changed the topic now that he had already clicked on it.

"Thank you very much." Qin Min loosened his tightly gripped hands, raised his right hand and stroked the hair around his ear.The fact that Zhong Qingyu didn't continue to pursue Questionnzong seemed to relax her a lot.

"She was obviously nervous when you talked about the file." After parting from Qin Min and Mrs. Chen, Qi Shao told Zhong Qingyu the details he had observed.

Zhong Qingyu: "Not only Qin Min, but the old lady is also very strange today."

Qi Shao is not familiar with Mrs. Chen, and doesn't know how Mrs. Chen is usually, but Zhong Qingyu has seen it before. Mrs. Chen is not very close to him, but she will never say anything to him from the beginning to the end like today In a word.

Different from his father Zhong Zhenqiao's situation, Mrs. Chen was clearly conscious. After he introduced Qi Shao, she turned her head to look at Qi Shao.At that time, he hadn't mentioned the dossier. What made Mrs. Chen be so wary of them from the beginning?

"Could it be that she knows we are suspicious of her?" Qi Shao asked.

"If you were a murderer, what would you do if someone found out about your crime?" Zhong Qingyu asked back.

"Think of a way to cover it up. If you really can't cover it up, consider silencing it." Qi Shao fell silent after finishing speaking.He always felt that this matter was very weird, and that was the weirdness: Mrs. Chen's attitude towards them was very strange, but it didn't match up with these two things.

If you want to cover up, you must pretend to be the same as usual. If you want to silence, Qi Shao didn't feel the murderous intent in her eyes just now.The way she is now, apart from making them more suspicious, is of no benefit to herself at all.

Zhong Qingyu: "East Banquet asked us to stay here for a few months, I guess something will happen in between. Let's just wait and watch the show."