Early the next morning, Zhou Rong sent the letter to Zhang Yuan's rice noodle shop at the entrance of Mutong Village, and then returned to the broken temple around the corner.

On this day, Guo Baxian was at home, and when he saw Zhou Rong coming back, he walked over and wrote with his finger on Zhou Rong's palm: "I found that a few of you have been monitoring the family at the foot of the mountain over there, and I can't help but be curious - has anyone in that family committed an accident?"

Zhou Rong looked at him and replied, "No." ”

Maybe it's because he's used to seeing it, Zhou Rong doesn't feel that Guo Ba's burned face is as terrifying as before.

Guo Ba continued to write in Zhou Rong's palm: "If no one in that family has committed any crimes, why do you want to spy on them?"

Zhou Rong said: "I was ordered to see who the family had been in contact with recently, and I wanted to clarify the true identity of one of the people in the family." ”

Guo Ba: "I also made a special observation a few days ago, and found that there are people guarding the front and back of their house, I wonder if they are aware of your existence." ”

Zhou Rong: "They didn't realize that we existed, they just did it to protect one person in the house, and that person's identity is what we are focusing on." ”

Guo Ba: "What you want to investigate is the young man named Ding An?"

Zhou Rong nodded.

Guo Ba: "It's not easy - find someone to check the household department, won't you know?"

Zhou Rong: "His files in the household department may not all be authentic. Then Zhou Rong suddenly asked, "How many years have you stayed in this dilapidated temple?" Do you know Ding An's life experience?"

Guo Ba: "I only moved to live in this dilapidated temple ten years ago, when he was nine years old. ”

Zhou Rong nodded in disappointment.

Guo Ba: "What is suspicious about Ding An's identity? It stands to reason that his parents have never doubted it, it shouldn't be your turn to suspect it, and besides, is his identity very important to you?"

Zhou Rong turned around and took one of the peanuts on the table and put it in his mouth, crunching and chewing, while also considering. After chewing all the peanuts and swallowing them, Zhou Rong drank half a cup of tea, and then asked Guo Ba: "There is nothing wrong with your ears, right?"

Guo Ba: "No problem at all. ”

Zhou Rong: "Then let me tell you a story - a long, long time ago, the queen of country A gave birth to a pair of twin princes, the elder brother was born very smoothly, but the younger brother took a lot of effort to give birth. Because he was held in his stomach for too long, and in order to make him come out early, he used more barbaric methods, which caused his younger brother to not know how to cry for a long time after he was born, and he was extremely slow to respond to the outside world, which made the emperor and empress feel a little regretful, but after all, they were born by themselves, and they had to take on the responsibility of being parents.

Five days later, the queen of their neighboring country B also gave birth to a little prince, who was very clever and had outstanding facial features, and was deeply favored by the king and queen of that country.

Although the two countries have had several conflicts, they were the grandfathers and fathers of the current monarch, so they were largely at peace with each other in their lifetime.

When the child was eight months old, the queen of country B took the little prince to a wild mountain villa to go on vacation, one day at noon, the queen went into the bathing room because she was covered in sweat to bathe, and put the little prince on the bed in the room, but when she finished bathing and came out, something unexpected happened to her - the little prince was no longer on the bed, and there were blood stains on the sheets and the ground, and some wild wolf hair, and the original half-open window was now fully open.

The queen immediately summoned the people of the whole mountain villa to look for the little prince, and not long after, she saw the little prince's clothes and a few small stalls of blood on a path behind the villa.

The clothes of the little prince they saw were torn, and the few small pools of blood could easily be shed when the little prince was eaten by wild wolves.

After the emperor learned about it, he immediately organized a joint investigation by relevant departments, but after a whole month of investigation, he did not find any further clues, so he had to say that the little prince was eaten by a wild wolf.

After that, although the emperor has been sending people to investigate the case, no more convincing evidence has been found, so time has passed year by year.

Shortly after the tragedy of the little prince of country B, it was discovered that the younger brother of the twins of country A rarely appeared in front of everyone, and it was not until nearly a year later that he often appeared with his prince brother, and then people noticed a strange phenomenon - the younger brother did not look so stupid. ”

When he heard this, Guo Ba's expression became a little flustered, and he hurriedly stopped Zhou Rong and said, "Does this matter you said have anything to do with Ding An?"

Zhou Rong smiled and said, "You listen to me first, and then you can judge for yourself." ”

Guo Ba was a little upset, but nodded anyway.

So Zhou Rong continued: "Many, many years later, the twin brothers of country A have grown up, the elder brother looks quite similar to the queen, and there is a bit of the demeanor of the monarch if you look closely, but the younger brother looks like the monarch and the queen have no resemblance at all, which can't help but feel a little strange, you know, twins generally look extremely similar, don't they?"

Guo Ba nodded.

Zhou Rong said: "The two brothers' unsimilar appearance arouses people's suspicions, but people can't find any evidence to show that they are not brothers, so they can only doubt and suspect in their hearts."

The younger brother gradually showed his ability to govern the country and do things, and the elder brother was much inferior in contrast to him, so the rumors of 'brother discord' have been continuous.

During this period, the king of country B died, and the crown prince of country B succeeded to the throne, and the new monarch also kept thinking about his younger brother who was eaten by wild wolves, so he immediately sent additional people to follow up on the case after ascending the throne.

One year, the new monarch of country B came to country A for a friendly visit, and was surprised to find that the younger brother of country A looked like him, and he couldn't help but be very interested in his identity, and after returning to China, he sent someone to country A quietly to investigate the true life of the younger brother.

The man sent after nearly two years of secret investigation, but with no important discoveries, he decided to find out the true whereabouts of the younger brother and prove his identity.

If this step is done, then it will prove that the younger brother in the palace is a replacement.

At this moment, the younger brother in the palace also realized that his identity was suspicious, so he sent someone to secretly investigate his identity, and in the process he also found no strong evidence, so he also decided to start with the step of finding the real brother and his person.

So, these two groups of people came together and worked hard for the same thing. ”

Guo Ba is a smart person, and after savoring the story told by Zhou Rong twice, he understood it all, and wrote in Zhou Rong's palm with his hand: "So, do you think Ding An is the real 'younger brother'?"

"Hmm. ”

Guo Ba: "There are so many people in Shuguo, why do you think Ding An is alone?"

"Because there is already a certain amount of evidence that he is. ”

Guo Ba's legs were trembling, which was noticed by the keen Zhou Rong.

It seems that things have become interesting, Zhou Rong said in his heart, a faint smile floating on the corner of his mouth.