In Yanying's tent, we sat facing each other.

"I said it, I didn't kill people, how many times do I need to explain!"

Yan Ying shouted with displeasure on her face.

"You're the most suspected murderer, and I can't think of anyone else else who would do such a thing but you. ”

Zhong Yong bandaged his wound briefly, and after such a fierce fight with the monkey, he was not seriously injured, which seemed like a miracle to me.

"I've already explained to this kid that I used to be like sisters with her, even if she got addicted to drugs and messed with that bastard, I never gave up on her, didn't I say it clearly enough?

She shouted at the top of her voice.

Zhong Yong and I looked at each other, thought for a while, and said, "Then do you know who might have killed her?"

"How do I know! If you don't have clear evidence, don't arrest people. Now my monkeys are gone, and there's a mess in the circus. If the guests knew that I was raising such a dangerous thing and let it perform, then I wouldn't want to mix in this circle from now on. ”

I can understand Yan Ying's anger, in fact, I didn't approve of Zhong Yong's blind action at first, but people look capable and sophisticated, so naturally I can't say anything.

"In that case......

Just as Zhong Yong was about to speak, Yan Ying next to him suddenly shouted, "Wait! ”

"What do you know?"

"I know who killed her, I know! It's Qi Dong, this bastard!"

Yan Ying's words confused me, how could Qi Dong kill his concubine? And in front of so many people, isn't this asking for trouble for himself?

"You're causing trouble, splashing your dirty water on others. ”

Zhong Yong said with a sneer.

"Fart, my mother is not so disgusting. Although I hate Qi Dong, there is one thing to say, I am principled. I don't say this for nothing, about half a year ago, I passed by his tent and heard them arguing. It seems that Qi Dong has another woman outside, and my friend found out. My friend doesn't really like him, it's just that women, especially women like us, who have a family from all over the world, always want to rely on. If this reliance is unreliable, it is natural to rely on money. My friend wanted to ask Qi Dong for a sum of money, but Qi Dong was unwilling to give it. My friend said that he wanted to expose what he had done back then, and the two of them quarreled fiercely because of this. ”

The so-called things of the past mentioned by Yan Ying here, I actually heard them when I was eavesdropping before, and now I am even more curious, and I can't help asking: "What happened back then?"

Yan Ying was stunned for a moment and didn't continue, but her expression was a little panicked, obviously knowing the inside story. Zhong Yong next to him sneered and said, "If you don't say it, you won't be able to clear your suspicion." ”

Yan Ying frowned, then waved her hand and said, "Okay, I'm not afraid to tell you anyway." I was the first person to follow Qi Dong, and I told this kid before. After so many years, I also know some of his secrets, Qi Dong has a cousin named Zhou Nan, in fact, the two of them ran a circus together at the beginning. His younger brother's family had some money and opened a few small shops of his own at that time, but the state did not encourage self-employed entrepreneurs at that time. So he thought about running a circus with Qi Dong to make money in disguise. This can also be regarded as literary and artistic work, and the state cannot control it. When I first went in, I saw his brother, who was not a decent man, with a shrewd head and a bad heart. Later, the circus began to make money, and there were often rumors in the troupe that he and Qi Dong quarreled. I heard that his younger brother felt that he was the one who paid the most, so he should take the lion's share. But Qi Dong felt that he was the supervisor who arranged performances and recruited people for training, so he should get more. There were even a few fights in front of those of us who worked. But the strange thing is that one morning after a few quarrels, a few of us went to morning training, but when we entered the big shed, we found that his brother was actually dead!"

Hearing this, I couldn't help but ask in surprise, "Dead? How did you die?"

Later, the police comrades came to investigate, and the final conclusion was that he drank too much at night, climbed the tightrope, and finally fell down and died. However, many people say that it was actually Qi Dong who did it, but there has been no evidence, and the painstaking investigation has not yielded a result. But a few years later, after my friend and he got along, there was a time when we had a drink in the evening, and my friend was too drunk to say vaguely. Qi Dong had a nightmare this night, shouting something in his mouth, 'Brother, I didn't mean it. I don't want to kill you' or something. I think this should be Qi Dong's handle. ”

Hearing this, many doubts can be regarded as solved. Zhong Yong and I glanced at each other, if what Yan Ying said was not a lie, then Qi Dong's suspicion was indeed very great. I want to break up the gang, and I have a woman outside. The old lover used this to threaten him, so he found an opportunity to kill the killer. And the magic box was originally designed by him, and it was not difficult to kill his old lover, but he just borrowed my hand.

"But that's just your side of the story, and if you don't have accurate evidence, you're still suspicious. ”

Although Zhong Yong's words were cold, they were not unreasonable.

"Hey, you think the old lady killed someone, right? Anyway, you don't have any evidence to prove that I killed you, and then arrest me when you have evidence! This is still my tent, get out of here!"

Yan Ying gave an eviction order, and Zhong Yong and I were kicked out of the tent. Outside the tent was a circle of circus people, staring at us one by one, looking less friendly.

"Let's go, this place is not suitable for long. ”

I whispered, but when we reached the door of the circus, I didn't think that Qi Dong was standing at the gate. Looking at us with a smile on his face, Zhong Yong whispered in my ear to be careful, and then walked over.

"Please forgive me for being clumsy, I don't know where you are, which department are they?"

Qi Dong asked with a smile.

"We'll do things for the yamen, you'd better not ask. Why, in front of us, won't let us go?"

Zhong Yong asked.

"Not really, but I think you two must have come to investigate the death of my female partner, and if there's anything I can do to help, please do so. ”

Qi Dong probably came to test the progress of our investigation, which was not the best policy, but aroused my suspicions.

"There's no place you can help with for the time being, if there is, we'll look for you. ”

Zhong Yong left a sentence and pulled me out of the circus. I looked back at Qi Dong, no matter how you look at this guy, he is not a good person.

After leaving the circus and returning to the small pickup, Zhong Yong had no intention of leaving, but leaned on the back of the chair and closed his eyes to recuperate. I asked strangely, "Brother Yong, aren't we leaving?"

"Of course not. He nodded and said, "You can rest for a while, and when it's completely dark, and the circus is all rested, we'll go in again." ”

"Do you want to go in, do you want to catch Yanying?"

I asked curiously.

"No, but to probe the bottom of Qi Dong. This guy is indeed suspicious, and it is estimated that there is a problem. But we've already scared the snake during the day, and now we'll have to wait for the snake to settle down again. By the way, if you're hungry, go out and eat your own food, and you don't have to bring it for me. ”

When he had finished speaking, he rolled down the window and lit a cigarette without saying a word.

I sat in the passenger seat for a while, unable to sleep and bored, and really hungry, so I pushed the door open and walked down. I remember that there was a steamed bun shop around the corner in front of me, so it was good to buy two steamed buns to satisfy your hunger.

At that time, I didn't even have a wallet, three or two dollars, food stamps and everything in my pocket, and I wasn't afraid of losing it, I wasn't a rich person in the first place. Have you ever seen a poor man who is afraid of stealing?

After turning a corner, unfortunately, the bun shop was closed, and I looked around and didn't see a store open. I didn't see the small restaurant, and walked back stupidly, but I didn't expect that someone ran over after walking a few steps, and I was in a hurry, looking and dressed like a girl.

I was wondering when she suddenly turned her head and looked at me, and I froze.

"How could it be you?"

I said in surprise.

The woman looked at the voice intently, and also showed a surprised expression.

"Rain Butterfly ......"