Chapter 27: The Missing Boy
Hearing the coach shouting his name, Zha Hongliang was still a little unimpressed. He has always despised the inaction of his coaches, and he has been extremely contemptuous of his chaotic life.
So even though Coach Li Yuan's face has been boarded, Zha Hongliang still has no intention of being obedient.
"Hmm, what's wrong? Zha Hongliang, don't you want to listen to me?" should have realized Zha Hongliang's current resistance, and Li Yuan even amplified his voice a little.
But Zha Hongliang made a gesture of digging his own ear piercing, "Ahhh
Li Yuan seemed to be angry, and he also quickly handed over his breath, and his chest [River Crab] floated with the exhalation, "Are you pretending to be stupid with me, or what? I told you all to go back for me, don't you understand?"
At this point, Zha Hongliang showed a little as if he understood the words, "Ah! It turns out that the coach told me to go back!"
Li Yuan quickly confided a hint of helplessness, "Okay! Zha Hongliang! I know the reason why you are very dissatisfied with me, I really have nothing to say." But in this situation, I still advise you to go back quickly, this is not a place for you to stay for a long time!"
"Huh?" Zha Hongliang plucked out his ears again, and one of his eyes was closed, like a fat monkey scratching his head and ears, "I don't understand what the coach said about the students? It stands to reason that the road in Vortex Town here is a place where every townsman has the right to stay, what qualifications do you have to coax us away?"
"You ......" Li Yuan's eyes widened. But it didn't take long for him to try to suppress the anger that had ignited in his anger. Closing his eyes slightly, he raised his head slightly and tried to control his emotions, "Okay! Zha Hongliang! If you want to say anything to me, please talk about it tomorrow in the trial ground! There are many dignitaries and nobles here today, if you make trouble here, even the mayor of the town will not be able to protect you at that time!"
As soon as Coach Li Yuan's stern words fell, Liang Chaowei came to Zha Hongliang's side in a timely manner.
Suddenly, Zha Hongliang only felt that his arm was grabbed. quickly turned his head, only to learn that it was Liang Chaowei's masterpiece, and it seemed that he didn't want to continue to make trouble.
But......
Zha Hongliang clenched his fists, and after pursing his lips and gritting his teeth, he still took a big step forward firmly, "Coach! Could it be that the state's [River Crab] dignitaries are here today? Are we civilians not qualified to stay here? Could it be that the mayor's house is only a place for rich people to hold parties?"
Zha Hongliang's voice was still quite loud, which made Li Yuan look behind him in a panic. He was really afraid that the movement here would provoke onlookers inside. So, he quickly made a motion of pressing down with both arms.
"What's the matter, coach, don't you want us to amplify our voices until they affect the dignitaries who are enjoying the delicacies inside?" Zha Hongliang let out an evil smile, and half of his face seemed to be distorted, like a demon with a personal fortune.
Li Yuan didn't know how to answer, so he could only continue to press down with his arms. He can only be helpless and silent at present, because he has long lost the reason to refute others.
Coach Li Yuan is silent now, he should also feel that what he just said is a bit excessive. Why are we all from Saran, so why only allow the magnates on both sides to sit and participate in the dinner, and not even allow us civilians to linger on the right to connect?"
Zha Hongliang deliberately continued to amplify his voice, so that Coach Li Yuan didn't know what to do.
Seeing that his strategy had succeeded, Zha Hongliang threw a sly smile at his partner Liang Chaowei next to him. Naturally, Liang Chaowei was not to be outdone, and agreed to remember the mischievous smile and return to the past.
In fact, for Zha Hongliang and Liang Chaowei, they came here here on purpose today.
At first, when he heard that there were going to be many dignitaries and nobles in Vortex Town, Zha Hongliang didn't notice anything. But in the hours that followed, he seemed to think of something.
If the dignitaries and nobles can take the time to come to the whirlpool town to eat and drink, why can't they help them solve a problem? If they have power and resources in their hands, then it must be very easy to get things done.
Therefore, after discussing with his close friend Liang Chaowei, Zha Hongliang decided to come here for a while. Whether those dignitaries were willing to help or not, he wanted to try it.
And what they asked for started more than three months ago.
It must have happened in October last year, when a boy in their swordsman class suddenly disappeared, as if he had disappeared from the world. The boy's only relative, his mother, also died in an accident.
For the sudden occurrence of this kind of incident, not to mention Zha Hongliang himself, together with the rest of the swordsman class students, could not accept it. is a good big living person, but he disappeared for no reason. What's even more terrifying is that this person has suddenly died so far.
Later, the government also sent people to investigate, but the conclusions reached were surprising. The missing boy's mother was killed by a powerful magician, but their Vortex Town is a small town, and even legal professions are rare, so where did a powerful magician come from?
According to the neighbors of the missing boy, at the time of the incident that day, two uninvited guests were indeed seen coming to the missing man's home, but the question was who were those two people?
Zha Hongliang feels that he is very familiar with the missing boy, and I have never heard of any powerful people in their family!
The missing person has been silent for months, and the last time Zha Hongliang saw that person was in the trial ground!
In the end, the government said that the investigation could not be found. Because they couldn't be sure who had been to Vortex on the day of the murder.
However, judging from the statements of some townspeople, there were indeed two legal professionals with magic staff in their hands who came that day and asked for information about the missing person. Following this message, Coach Li Yuan also recalled that there were also a few faceless characters in those days, wandering around the Vortex Town, and remembered what they all called themselves garden survey gardens.
Originally, things seemed to have some light at the end of the tunnel, but when I went to the garden survey garden to inquire, I learned that those people were in disguise at all. As a result, there was another empty joy, and the clues of the face were completely broken.
And there is another clue in the investigation, that is, on the day of the disappearance, there was a mysterious woman who came to look for him. Who the mysterious woman is is still unknown, but the problem is later. When the mysterious woman came to find the missing person, the two people who had disguised themselves as garden surveyors also came. There have also been clashes between the two sides. But in the end, all of them, including the missing, seemed to have evaporated from the world, and their footprints could no longer be found.
As a result, the investigation has reached a complete deadlock, and so far, no truth has come out.
Zha Hongliang and their swordsman squad had always been dissatisfied with the results of the investigation, and they never thought that the matter should end at this moment. However, the government officials who investigated did say that they really could not continue the investigation.
So the matter has been delayed until now, and it is not until today that Zha Hongliang tried to find some powerful people to help them find the missing person.
In the land of Saran, such a tragedy happened, but the investigator still said that it could not continue, Zha Hongliang believed that the powerful people who wanted to save face would definitely not give up.
That's why Zha Hongliang and Liang Chaowei are here today. However, the action also felt a little unfavorable, because the moment he wanted to get close to this area, he was discovered by Coach Li Yuan.
"Okay! Zha Hongliang! I can understand your position. Your best friend has been missing for so long, and he hasn't been heard from. Actually, I was very anxious, because he was also my student, but now the fact is that I can't investigate any further, and there are no clues. It's also very wrong for you to come to things without perseverance!"
Listening to Coach Li Yuan's words, Zha Hongliang couldn't help but roll his eyelids, "Why did the coach say that? In fact, aren't many clues very obvious? Those people who disguised themselves as garden surveyors, as well as the woman holding a giant sword that was almost as tall as a person, their strength was extraordinary, as long as they continued to investigate carefully, they would definitely be able to investigate their identities, how could it be said that the investigation was small?" Zha Hongliang was trying his best to refute, and his hands were about to be raised above his head.
Liang Chaowei was also a little unrelenting, he also quickly came over again, and made a questioning voice, "Yes! Our Vortex Town usually doesn't have any powerful people coming at all, but at that time, there were many masters, and they actually had a fight outside the trial ground. With such a high-profile figure, how could it not be investigated?"
The voices of the two young men were very loud, like a hurricane of discord.
After hearing this, Coach Li Yuan increased his wheezing voice, "Ha! It's really easy for you to say, but do you know? The investigators in the display just can't find information about those people? They ran all over the surrounding towns, but they didn't find anything that matched those characters. So they're really not small?"
"Is it just from the surrounding towns?" Zha Hongliang stretched out an index finger forward, "Why don't you expand the range a little more, such as ...... I think there should be a powerful legal figure in the city! Why don't you go there and check it? Are you afraid of something?"
Hearing this remark, Li Yuan began to get a little angry, "Zha Hongliang, you shouldn't be so cranky. The investigators are all from the Vortex Town Government, so they won't let the tragedy happen and not do anything? How can you think that someone is deliberately hiding it?"
"Maybe I didn't want to hide it, but if it affected my black yarn hat, it wasn't necessarily. ”
"Zha Hongliang, listening to your tone, you think that this matter was done by a powerful person in China, and then they put pressure on the government in our town, ordering it not to continue the investigation. Do you think so?"
"Alas, coach, don't talk like that! I, Zha Hongliang, don't dare to question any powerful people casually!" Zha Hongliang quickly spread his hands. But soon, he turned around casually again, so his face was no longer facing Coach Li Yuan, "Let's talk about it again! I didn't say that it must have been done by people from our country! Aren't those people very powerful? Maybe it's not Saran!"
Coach Li Yuan's body became a little trembling, and his breathing rate began to fluctuate, "...... Zha Hongliang! You ...... You...... If it's not Saran, who else would it be? What country do you think it's from?"
But as soon as this question was asked, Li Yuan regretted it a little. He pondered how to fool the question, but Cha Hongliang's direct response shattered the idea.
"Isn't there a very powerful human empire next to our Saran?"
"Zha Hongliang!" Li Yuan hurried to Zha Hongliang's side, and put an index finger close to his lips, "Don't talk nonsense, beware of making trouble for yourself!"
There is a reason for Li Yuan's scruples, the Sauron Empire is a poisonous needle for Saran, coupled with some recent conflicts between the two countries. If someone talks nonsense at this time, it will inevitably cause some unnecessary trouble. At worst, it could even affect the diplomacy of the two countries.
"Hmm, what's wrong? Don't you let me say it?" or ......" Zha Hongliang turned his body around again, he faced Coach Li Yuan, without the slightest intention of dodging, "Or do you already know something, but you refuse to tell it?"
"You ......"
"Oh......" Zha Hongliang deliberately dragged out a long tone, and also hooked the corners of his mouth with a provocative gesture, "I know! Have you ever been silenced? Or someone has warned you, 'It's just an inconspicuous civilian, whether they are dead or missing, that's how things are going anyway', have you ever told you that?"
"You...... How could I possibly watch my students disappear and their relatives dead?"
"Oh, really not?" Zha Hongliang's body bent forward, in a kind of bowing style. But his face was raised upwards in a very disobedient manner, and his eyes were rolled, which was obviously a sense of temptation, "Don't you care about your own test ground coach's job? Aren't you afraid of offending the powerful people of the upper [River Crab]? I'm really not thinking about anything." But...... So big things happened, and even people died, and the results of the investigation were still clueless. Can't I stop thinking about something?"
"You...... You little brat...... Li Yuan seemed to be very angry, and his face turned extremely red as if he was drunk.
"Hey, you two little cubs, what are you talking about?"
Just then, another voice came from inside the door. Yu Jianshu was walking towards this side with his hands behind his back, his expression was obviously unhappy, and even his cheeks were twitching.
"What are you talking nonsense? Coach Li Yuan has not thought about tea and dinner for the sake of that missing student in the past few months. Do you know how many other towns he has run away from, and how many people have been stared at, and how did it get into your mouths that he is unwilling to continue the investigation?"
Yu Jianshu's tone was quite eye-catching, which made Zha Hongliang dare not speak.
"I ...... We just want to get the truth! Now the matter has been holding on, and there is no intention of investigating it. Can you tell us not to be in a hurry?" Liang Chaowei shrunk his neck, and his tone no longer smelled of gunpowder.
"We understand your feelings, but what you just said is too ugly. I'm here to tell you now that Coach Li Yuan has never given up on finding out the truth. The current situation is that most of the officials in Vortex Town have given up, but he has been holding on. For this reason, he did receive some 'warnings', but these 'warnings' were all taken on deaf ears!"
In line with Yu Jianshu's words, Coach Li Yuan also raised his head and took a deep breath. That's right! He never gave up on tracking down the news of the missing student, even if it took him a lot of energy to do so, and because he had offended a lot of people.
Zha Hongliang glanced at their coach Li Yuan, and couldn't say anything at the moment.
"So you're all enough, I've already come to this point, what do you want?" Yu Jianshu straightened his waist again, which made his height grow again.
Zha Hongliang's eyes were rolling, and he looked at the two coaches from time to time, "Ahhhhhh But you should accept my thoughts! With so many powerful people here today, shouldn't we seize the opportunity to beg them for help? If the powerful help is, I think that no matter how much resistance there is, we can still investigate the truth!"
Zha Hongliang's words made Yu Jianshu take a deep breath rather helplessly, "You think too simply, don't you? Do you know who is here today? They are all soldiers from the barracks over there, and although they have just won a beautiful victory, there are still a lot of crises waiting for them." Do you think they'll have any spare time to help you find someone?"
When Zha Hongliang heard this, his heart was like being stuffed, and he couldn't even breathe.
"Yes! Think about it, how could those generals and the boy come to help investigate? They are very busy? I heard that after attending the banquet, they will rush back to the barracks overnight!" Li Yuan pushed forward slightly, and told all the thoughts in his heart.
"This ...... Yes...... I...... I just hope ...... I was thinking, I don't need them to come forward, as long as their status in Saran is concerned, it is estimated that many people will dig deeper into the investigation like sycophants!"