According to the previous arrangement, Zhang Jingxu took the red stone self-painting to wander around the blacksmith village, trying to find a few villagers to learn about the situation of the blacksmith village and the Shen family.

As a result, Zhang Jingxu happened to meet an old neighbor of the Shen family, and it was this person who told Zhang Jingxu a well-known "secret" in the blacksmith village, and the relationship between Shen Madlong's three sons was very poor, and Shen Madlong's second son, Shen Dafu, was dead.

The most important thing is that everyone in the blacksmith village now thinks that the person who killed Shen Dafu is either Shen Dazhuang or Shen Aotian!

The reason is very simple, because Shen Dafu was killed because his plan was exposed when he tried to kill Shen Dazhuang or Shen Aotian...

However, the culprit who caused this brotherly wall situation was none other than Shen Crazy Dragon!

According to the family tradition of the Shen family, the eldest son of each generation will become the next head of the Shen family, and when the next head of the Shen family reaches the age of eighteen, the current head of the family will also choose a name from the Shen family's heirloom "List of Protagonists at a Certain Point" as the name of the next head of the family, and Shen Aotian's initial name was Shen Dashuai.

However, when it came to Shen Aotian's generation, because Shen Dazhuang and Shen Dafu were twins, Shen Dafu had always been dissatisfied with the fact that he was Shen Dazhuang's younger brother, after all, in Shen Dafu's opinion, he only came out of his mother's womb a few minutes later than Shen Dazhuang, why did he have to watch Shen Dazhuang become the new head of the Shen family?

Especially when Shen Dafu grew up and knew the benefits of being the head of the Shen family, his dissatisfaction with Shen Dazhuang became more and more serious, and he even expressed his dissatisfaction in public.

As for Shen Dazhuang, of course, he strongly condemned his brother's behavior, thinking that his younger brother should accept the arrangement of fate and be a younger brother honestly.

As a result, the contradiction between Shen Dafu and Shen Dazhuang became irreconcilable, causing the two parties to often scold each other at home, and even do it directly.

In addition, because Shen Madlong's character is relatively indecisive, he has always chosen to ignore and let himself go freely for the contradictions between his two sons, which also led to the tragedy of Shen Dafu.

But at this time, Shen Aotian suddenly appeared.

Shen Aotian is only one year younger than his two elder brothers, but because Shen Aotian has been smart and clever since he was a child, he is deeply loved by Shen Aotian, and the reason why Shen Aotian went to the hotel as an apprentice was actually because Shen Aolong often talked about the taste of his hometown at home at that time, after all, there was a blacksmith shop that moved here from far away, so Shen Aotian went to the hotel next door to learn art, which made Shen Aotian even more loved by Shen Aolong.

When the three brothers of the Shen family reached the age of sixteen or seventeen, Shen Maanlong still did not decide who would be the next head of the Shen family, which made the dispute between Shen Dazhuang and Shen Dafu enter a white-hot stage, in which Shen Dafu felt that he had a very big advantage, because Shen Maolong's decision now was the greatest support for him.

However, after Shen Dafu and Shen Dazhuang had a fight with their respective juniors, their mother, after scolding them, casually mentioned that she wanted to suggest that Shen Qianglong simply hand over the position of head of the family to Shen Aotian.

At this moment, Shen Dafu and Shen Dazhuang both realized that their little brother seemed to be a little unsimple, and they quietly got the support of their families.

As a result, Shen Dafu began to plot to kill Shen Dazhuang or Shen Aotian, as for the specific situation, it is unknown now, because Shen Dafu planned with one of his henchmen, and Shen Dafu's henchmen also buried Shen Dafu.

However, no matter who Shen Dafu wants to kill, it makes sense, because if he kills Shen Dazhuang, then Shen Dafu can become the real "eldest son"; And if you want to kill Shen Aotian, then it means that Shen Dafu no longer takes Shen Dazhuang in his eyes.

After planning for a while, Shen Dafu finally got started.

It was a dark and windy rainy night, and Shen Dafu and his henchman had invited someone to a tavern in the blacksmith village, and after a while, they left together.

Then early the next morning, the corpses of Shen Dafu and his henchmen appeared at the door of a blacksmith shop, with a large number of knife wounds on their bodies.

Afterwards, the Shen family conducted a lot of investigations, and only knew that the person who appeared in the tavern with Shen Dafu and them at that time was either Shen Dazhuang or Shen Aotian, because someone heard Shen Dafu say "We are brothers", but because the tavern was lit by a few candles at that time, plus Shen Dafu and they were sitting in a corner, so the people in the tavern at that time did not know who the third person was.

As for Shen Dazhuang and Shen Aotian, they both insisted that they were not invited by Shen Dafu to drink that night, and they did not find any useful clues at the scene, so this case slowly became an unsolved case... Of course, this is also the reason why the Shen family wants to treat this coldly, after all, this kind of family ugliness really can't be publicized, not to mention that if it is really determined that Shen Aotian or Shen Dazhuang is the murderer, then the next head of the Shen family has no choice.

However, soon after the incident, Shen Aolong announced that Shen Aotian would be the new head of the Shen family, but the main property of the Shen family, a blacksmith shop, was handed over to Shen Dazhuang to be in charge of management.

Shen Madlong's decision was a little incomprehensible, but it also made outsiders think that the probability of Shen Dazhuang killing Shen Dafu was higher than Shen Aotian.

Shen Aotian, who got the position of the head of the family, still kept a low profile and continued to work as a chef in the restaurant next door, while Shen Dazhuang began to cultivate his own power after taking over Youjian Blacksmith Shop, which also caused Shen Madlong's control over Youjian Blacksmith Shop to become lower and lower, so many people think that the reason why Shen Madlong is willing to hand over Youjian Blacksmith Shop to the state is because Shen Dazhuang has de facto control of Youjian Blacksmith Shop.

Of course, during this time, Shen Dazhuang has also been looking for trouble with Shen Aotian.

Hearing this, Liu Xing felt that his biggest gain was to know where these cool names of the Shen family came from... But then again, what's going on with this "List of Protagonists at a Certain Point"?

Back to the topic, Liu Xing really didn't expect that there would be such a strange plot in this Dragon Quest game, but it seems that if his group wants to leave the blacksmith village in advance, they have to find out who killed Shen Dafu, because the murderer who killed Shen Dafu is likely to be the mastermind behind the group of goblins, as well as the believers of Bahamut.

Sure enough, this mod is still essentially a Cthulhu Run group game, so

Thinking of this, Liu Xing opened his mouth and said, "What do you think about this? Personally, I think that Shen Dazhuang should be the one who killed Shen Dazhuang, because judging from the current situation, if the murderer who killed Shen Dafu is either Shen Dazhuang or Shen Aotian, then Shen Dazhuang's suspicion must be much higher than Shen Aotian, because under the premise that Shen Aotian or Shen Dazhuang knows that the murderer is the other party, then Shen Aotian will either spare no effort to prove that the murderer is Shen Dazhuang, and justifiably obtain the position of the head of the Shen family; Either they will choose to stay quiet and obscure like they are now, and not participate in this matter at all. ”

"On the contrary, I think that Shen Aotian is more likely, because as long as he is clever in his crime and does not leave any important clues, then Shen Aotian only needs to pretend that he has nothing to do with himself, because in this case, everyone else will be more inclined to think that Shen Dazhuang killed Shen Dafu, firstly, because Shen Dafu wants to kill Shen Dazhuang is more likely, because Shen Dazhuang is Shen Dafu's direct competitor; The second is that Shen Dazhuang has always had a bad relationship with Shen Dafu, so it is more likely that Shen Dazhuang will kill Shen Dafu; In this way, in public opinion, everyone will think that Shen Dazhuang is a murderer, and Shen Aotian can profit from it without saying a word. Ding Kun touched his chin and said.

Zhang Jingxu nodded and said, "I think so too, because if Shen Dazhuang is innocent, then Shen Dazhuang will definitely find trouble with Shen Aotian, especially when Shen Aotian becomes the next head of the Shen family, after all, that is Shen Dazhuang's position." ”

Just then, there was a knock on the door.

Zhang Jingxu glanced at Liu Xing and the others, and then stepped forward to open the door.

Outside the door was Shen Aotian.

"Lord Brave, my father is deeply sorry for what happened today, so my father has arranged a table of banquets at home, and I hope that Lord Brave will be able to enjoy your face." Shen Aotian said respectfully.

Zhang Jingxu nodded and said with a smile: "No problem, let's meet in the hall on the first floor then." ”

After Shen Aotian got the answer he wanted, he turned around and left.

"Be careful that the wall has ears, let's disperse for now, and we'll talk about it together tonight." Zhang Jingxu turned around and said.

So, Liu Xing and the others went back to their rooms.

But it didn't take long for Yin En to come to Liu Xing's room.

"Liu Xing, what do you think of today's events?" Yoon Eun asked at the beginning.

Liu Xing thought for a while and said seriously: "I still think that Shen Dazhuang is more likely, because the time when the three goblins came was too coincidental, and at that time, it should have been only Shen Dazhuang who knew that we were leaving the blacksmith village, and when we were talking to Shen Dazhuang, I noticed that Shen Dazhuang was a little too calm, not like he was in trouble at all, after all, it stands to reason that the main responsibility for this theft incident is on him, if we really want to settle the account, Then Shen Dazhuang has to get down from his current position, you must know that Zhang Jingxu's reputation as a brave man is very effective. ”

According to the setting of this module, Zhang Jingxu's identity as a brave man is still quite effective, as long as it is within the scope of the empire, Zhang Jingxu can be said to be under one person and above ten thousand; In other countries that maintained good relations with the empire, Zhang Jingxu would also be treated extremely highly; As for those countries that are hostile to the empire, Zhang Jingxu will not be subject to too many restrictions, after all, the crusade against the evil dragon Bahamut is to eliminate harm to the entire continent.

Of course, Liu Xing and the others, as companions who were recruited by the brave, could naturally get the same treatment.

So if Zhang Jingxu is willing, then Shen Dazhuang will definitely not be able to stay in a blacksmith shop, and may even be thrown into prison, so now Liu Xing thinks about it carefully and feels that Shen Dazhuang behaved a little strangely at that time.

"But then again, after all, this is a Cthulhu Run game and not a Dragon Quest game, so I think Shen Aotian is still very likely to be behind the scenes, because Shen Aotian is too tolerable." Yin Eun shrugged his shoulders and said.

In the Cthulhu Run game, anything is possible.

Liu Xing thought for a while, rubbed his temples and said: "Now we have collected a lot of information, but this information is intricate and not concentrated on a certain point, so we can only make some guesses now, if we want to make a decision, we still have to get more and more useful information, but if we want to leave the blacksmith village in advance and go to the next location, we must solve this theft, otherwise we can only stay here for a month... But to be honest, the living conditions in Europe in this middle world are really poor. ”

Yin En nodded sympathetically and said, "I've seen those complaints about medieval Europe before, and I was laughing heartlessly at the time, but I didn't expect that I would be able to experience this kind of life now." ”

After Yin Eun finished speaking, he drank a glass of wine.

Of course, the reason why Yin Eun drinks wine now is not because Yin Eun is a heavy drinker, but because there are only various kinds of alcohol served in this inn.

That's right, because the continent in this module is based on medieval Europe, so the customs and customs on this continent are almost exactly the same as those in medieval Europe, so everyone on this continent drinks to quench their thirst.

The reason is simple, because there is no clean drinking water, so people can only drink alcohol to quench their thirst, because alcohol is also equivalent to sterilization when it is made...

As for why there is no drinking water, the reason is even simpler, because the environment of the town is too poor, and all kinds of life pollution make the water near the town undrinkable, so like in the movies and TV series about the Middle Ages in Europe, people are basically drinking as long as they drink water, but the grade of wine varies from person to person.

Fortunately, Zhang Jingxu's identity is very effective, and Liu Xing and others drink the highest grade wine, so Liu Xing and others can still accept it.

It's just that the ubiquitous stench in the blacksmith village makes Liu Xing and the others feel very stressed, and the high temperature in the blacksmith village also makes the stench even stronger...

To be honest, Liu Xing really wants to move to a tent outside the blacksmith village now, but he is afraid that when he wakes up at night, he will find that he is surrounded by goblins.

ps: Yesterday went well, hehe.