Chapter 9: Portraits

Chen's father was walking back and forth in the hall of the Chen family.

Because the strange existence is very easy to cause panic, so after listening to Lin An tell what happened last night, Father Chen tacitly cooperated to suppress this matter.

The Chen family, although they were frightened a lot because of Chen Pi's matter, the turmoil also subsided and did not make a big deal about it.

But at the same time, Lin An's advice also made him think about the future of the Chen family again.

The strange existence is extremely terrifying, and Father Chen will not be unaware of this.

And the foundation of the Chen family is in Pinglu City, and they can't leave at will.

However, this does not mean that their entire Chen family will stick to this Pinglu City and live and die with this city.

Chen's father's plan now is to let some juniors take refuge in distant relatives' homes first.

In this way, even if the matter really reaches the point of no return, their Chen family will not cut off the incense.

Just as he was grieved by the planning of this, the butler came to report it.

"Master, Lord Headcatcher asks to see!"

Father Chen frowned when he heard this.

As a wealthy party, in this Pinglu City, Chen's father is the two people he is most reluctant to provoke.

One is the city lord Li Xiuping, and the other is Wang Heng, the head catcher in the city.

The former, who is the parent official of Pinglu City, has great authority.

As for the latter, he is indeed just a small head catcher, and he has no backing.

But sometimes, it is more difficult to deal with than the city lord Li Xiuping.

"Why did this hard stone come from? Did he say, "What is the matter with me?"

The butler replied:

"No, Lord Wang just said that there is a very important matter, and I hope we can cooperate?"

The big thing that matters?

When Father Chen heard this, he was shocked.

"Could it be that he knew about the weirdness that happened last night, so he came to investigate?"

Wang Heng is a good head catcher.

For ordinary people, it may be.

He must investigate the case, and the oil and salt will not enter.

Unless it is the city lord Li Xiuping who speaks in person, no matter who gives gifts and intercedes, he will not let go easily.

Such an upright head catcher is something that the city owners are unwilling to provoke.

Now that something strange has happened to the Chen family, if he comes to investigate this matter, it will inevitably turn the entire Chen family upside down.

What's more serious is that if the news spreads, he can't arrange a way back.

But on second thought, I think it's unlikely.

"No, last night's events had little impact, and I didn't make a noise, the people in the house were kept in the dark, and he shouldn't know. ”

Thinking like this, he was a little more confident, so he asked people to invite Wang Heng in.

Without saying polite words, Father Chen asked directly and straightforwardly: "Dare to ask Lord Wang when he comes to Chen's mansion, what is the matter with looking for me?"

Wang Heng's face was serious, he took out a piece of drawing paper and unfolded it in front of Father Chen.

This is a portrait of a woman.

"May I ask if Master Chen has seen this person?"

Father Chen glanced at the portrait for a moment, then shook his head with a smile without thinking and said, "No." ”

Wang Zhutou came to find someone, no matter whether he had seen this person or not, in order to save trouble, Father Chen would give the same answer.

And the woman in the portrait, he really hasn't seen it.

It seemed that he also understood his reputation, Wang Heng heard Father Chen's answer, he frowned, and then persuaded:

"It's not that I want to deliberately embarrass me, this woman's whereabouts are related to the safety of the entire Pinglu City, and I ask Master Chen to cooperate and find out this person together!"

Wang Heng's tone was serious, as if this matter was indeed very important, but the way he spoke was very inappropriate.

Father Chen was a little displeased when he heard this, and he asked rhetorically:

"Wang Zhutou, are you suspecting that I deliberately concealed it?

I said I hadn't seen it, so naturally I haven't seen it, how else do you want me to cooperate?"

I don't know if I really can't understand people's words, or I don't care about Father Chen's anger, Wang Heng followed his words and said:

"If you can, I hope that the people in the house can also identify it, and maybe find this person. ”

Father Chen smiled.

"Huh,"

Although Wang Heng's style of acting has always been like this, it is still very infuriating to meet him at this time.

"Since Lord Wang insists on this, then my Chen family will cooperate to the end. ”

He instructed: "Go and find the people in the mansion and see if you can help Lord Wang find the murderer!"

Soon, the butler called a few of his subordinates.

Under the gaze of Chen's father, everyone stepped forward to check one by one.

These people can become subordinates in the house, and they are naturally well-versed in human feelings.

Seeing the coldness on his master's face, no one dared to touch his moldy head.

Father Chen's face sneered even more.

At this moment, Chen Pi ran out.

Maybe it was because he saw that everyone in the mansion was called, and he felt that there was a lot of excitement here, so Young Master Chen also came over.

When he saw the portrait on the table, he felt that it was familiar, and he said:

"I think I've seen this guy!"

When Wang Heng heard it, his eyes lit up.

But before he could speak, Father Chen first reprimanded: "Chen Pi, why don't you lie down well, what are you doing here?"

Chen Pi didn't think so, he smiled and said: "Hehe, Dad, isn't it idle and boring! Moreover, I'm really fine, I don't have to rest anymore." ”

Listening to their conversation, it seems that something bad has happened to Chen Pi recently.

But when he thought of the body of this eldest young master, Wang Heng had no doubts.

In contrast, Wang Zhutou at this time was more concerned about the whereabouts of the people in the painting.

"Young Master Chen, can you tell me when you saw that person?"

Without thinking too much, Chen Pi replied:

"It was about a few days ago.

I remember that they were twins, and it was said that they were geisha from Yazhou.

The two are both talented and artistic, but they have attracted the attention of many people. ”

When Wang Heng heard this, he was overjoyed, and he hurriedly asked:

"Then may I ask Young Master Chen if he knows where these two have gone?"

Seeing Wang Heng asking again and again, and looking at Chen Pi's answer, it seemed that he was also involved.

Worried that Chen Pi would get into trouble and was dissatisfied with Wang Heng's overstepping behavior, Chen's father interrupted and said:

"Xiao'er recently had an illness, and most of it was nonsense, so please don't care about it.

Come and help the eldest young master down to rest. ”

If it is the eldest young master of a normal rich family, when he hears these words, he should be able to understand what Father Chen means.

But Chen Pi is weak, and the Chen family is good at raising children on weekdays, so they have less ability to observe words and feelings.

I only heard him retort:

"I'm not talking nonsense, I've really seen them, and I know that both of them have been bought as concubines.

One went to Liu's house in the west of the city, and the other went to Zhang's house in the south of the city. ”

The voice fell, and there was silence for a long time.

After a long while, Chen's father pointed at him and scolded:

"Son, son, do you know what you're talking about?

The Zhang family in the south of the city was wiped out overnight!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Father Chen suddenly understood.

As a wealthy lord in the city, Father Chen knows some inside information.

And according to Lin An's words last night, he could also guess that something strange happened to the Zhang family in the south of the city.

At this moment, he understood Wang Heng's intention.

Wang Heng got the answer he wanted, and he said with a straight face: "Thank you for informing!"

In this case, Master Chen, Young Master Chen, Wang will leave first. ”

After speaking, he led people out of the Chen Mansion.

Wang Heng, as the head catcher of Pinglucheng, knows more about the situation than ordinary people.

After the incident of the Zhang family, he began to investigate.

And the disappearance of the corpse also made him lock on to the strange source of this strange case - the woman who entered Zhang's house a few days ago.

To his horror, according to the information he received, he found out.

In addition to the woman of the Zhang family, there is another unidentified woman who is also in Pinglu City, and has also entered a certain family.

This also means that another family in Pinglu City may be wiped out at any time, and another strange one will appear.

He had been to many families, but he had never received any definite information.

Until he came to Chen's house, Chen Pi told himself about the situation.

Now, I finally got the news of another family.

He had to stop another strange one before it happened.