Chapter 31: Acquaintances in the Shadows

Standing at the doorway, observing the ground around him by the light of the fire in the courtyard, he was worried that there would be traps, and at the same time he was thinking about who was hiding in the door. And who used what method to lure such a timid Sikong Yan to this place?

Xingshu thought for a while, and knew that the other party saw that he didn't come forward, and he also knew that he had discovered their ambush, so he simply said bluntly: "Don't hide, since I'm already here, it's better to show up." ”

Sikong Yan, who was standing in the center of the iron plate, was still trembling, and at the same time he didn't dare to raise his eyes to look at the torture technique.

The torturer understood that the man who was hiding in the shadows must have threatened him in some way, so that he could no longer show himself anything with his eyes.

The torturer slowly took a probing step towards the front interview, and after standing firm, he took the second step, and when he took the third step, he clearly heard an old voice above his head: "Three." ”

The torturer was shocked, took a deep breath, took the fourth step, and heard the man say the word "four".

At this point, the torture technique stopped, and he asked in a deep voice, "What will happen if I take the fifth step?" ”

The voice said coldly: "You can try it yourself, if you want to know what pears taste like, you have to taste them yourself, right?" ”

Torture sneered: "Scare me, right?" ”

After the torture was finished, he was about to take another step, but before his feet landed, he heard Sikong Yan standing on the iron plate shouting: "Brother Xing, don't go any further!" I beg you! ”

The torture technique retracted that foot and asked indifferently, "Then you have to tell me, if I take one step further, what will happen?" ”

Although the torture technique is relaxed, he is actually very nervous, he just doesn't want to show his nervousness completely, because in that case, he will be completely controlled by the other party, after all, the other party is using Sikong Yan's life as a threat.

Sikong Yan shook his head, subconsciously glanced at the top of the door again, and finally turned around, shining a flashlight on the top of the porch, trying to see who was hiding there, but when the flashlight illuminated the top, he saw that there was a monitoring head there, and there was a megaphone below the monitoring head, and the voice that sounded extremely old came from here, and Sikong Yan hinted to him that there was something there, and he just wanted to tell him that there was a monitoring head there, the person hiding somewhere, This monitor can be used to see all the situation at a glance.

The torturer kept shining a flashlight on the monitoring head and asked, "Who are you?" ”

At the same time as the questioning, the other hand of the torture technique was behind his back, and his fingers hooked, signaling Sikong Yan to hurry to his side, because as long as the light of the flashlight did not move away from the lens of the surveillance head, the person who was hiding would not see anything.

Of course, it was dangerous to do so, but he needed to be further probed.

As he spoke, he looked back at Sikong Yan, who shook his head at him and pointed to his waist.

I didn't understand what it meant, and at that moment, the voice of the man came from the loudspeaker: "Are these little tricks of yours useful?" I can clearly see you gesturing to beckon him to you, but he won't do that, he won't dare, and he won't be able to leave that position. ”

Xingshu took away the flashlight, looked directly at the monitoring head and said: "Thank you, I know now, around this courtyard, there are monitoring heads in various positions, no matter which angle I turn or what I do in private, you can see it." ”

Previously, the torture technique made that gesture, and it was this thing that he wanted to test, if the other party didn't stop him, and Sikong Yan also walked towards this side, it proves that in the entire courtyard, only the porch is equipped with a monitoring head, on the contrary, if the other party can see what he did clearly and say it, it proves that there is monitoring everywhere in the courtyard.

The man smiled and said: "Xingshu, you are really smart, but I hope that you are not only these little cleverness, after all, you followed the clues of Xing Renju all the way, and you can find here, not by luck, but by your mind, so, are you willing to join us?" ”

The torturer simply turned off the flashlight: "Why should I join you?" What are the benefits? ”

"The benefits? The advantage is to find Qimen with us and divide all the odd goods in Qimen equally. The man's voice was extremely cold, and he couldn't hear the slightest sincerity, "You are a cargo chaser, you should know that finding Qimen is every cargomaster's lifelong dream." ”

Torture scratched his head and thought for a while: "However, most of the cargo chasers act alone, how can you say it?" Selfishness, right? I'm also very selfish, and I don't want to share the things inside Qimen with others, as you just said, I can follow the clues left by Xing Renju to find here, and I will definitely be able to find the specific location of Qimen in the future. ”

The man sneered: "This is all what you think, in fact, it is impossible, without me, you will definitely not be able to find the clues below." ”

"yes, I know." Xingshu smiled, "Because you are a member of the Southwest Tietang family, we clearly recorded this in the clues we found in the Jiacuo Hall before, and it was also left by Xing Renju, when I knew the clue left by Xing Renju, a question appeared in my mind, that is, why did Xing Renju change all the ways of leaving clues before, and named and named the Southwest Tietang family?" ”

The voice from the loudspeaker no longer came out, hiding in the shadows, and the face of the man looking at the monitor sank, and he knew that the torture technique had already deduced what was going on.

"I haven't been able to figure this out, because this time the clues are too different from the previous ones, the point is too clear, and the clues directly explain the Southwest Tie Tang family, I used to worry that this is a certain means of Xing Renju, so I have been speculating along the way why he did this? It wasn't until I walked up to this Taoist temple just now, and after seeing the three words on the plaque that would change because of the strong light, and then seeing the cast iron gate, I completely understood. Xingshu looked at the monitoring head and said word by word, "The Southwest Tie Tang has some direct connection with the Cast Iron Immortal, or it can be said that the Southwest Tie Tang family is the descendant of the Cast Iron Immortal." ”

The man said coldly: "There is such a thing? ”

"I don't have much solid evidence, and I can't really prove anything." Speaking of this, he looked around, "But this town, this Taoist temple, including everything I have experienced in the town, plus the specialty of the Southwest Iron Tang family is the same as that of the Cast Iron Immortal, these factors combine to only prompt me to come to such a conclusion." ”

Sikong Yan, who was still motionless in the distance, heard it in a fog, although he was still afraid, but seeing the confident appearance of the torture technique now, he calmed down a little.

The old voice asked again: "Do you want to say that the clues left by Xing Renju back then were actually deliberately pointed?" In other words, from the beginning, even if there would be such a person in the future, he would follow his clues to track it here? ”

"Not only that, but he also calculated that the future life will fight you to the death for the clues of Qimen." Xingshu shook his head and said, "After I knew that Lian Jiuqi was from the Cusco Company, I suddenly realized that there were many things that might not be a coincidence. Let's go back to the origin of the matter, that is, Tiandifu, we can know that all of this is arranged by you, first of all, the leader of the Tiandifu incident is Liu Zhigang, but the reason why he wants to take revenge is to do those things that seem to be crazy, but in fact they are destined to have no results from the beginning, is completely because of two reasons. ”

After the torture was finished, he raised two fingers: "The first point is because Ma Fei found Liu Zhigang, which is the fundamental reason for him to take revenge, and why did Ma Fei instigate him?" The reason is simple, she is ordered by the Cusco company. ”

When the criminal master knew that Ma Fei was an undercover agent for Interpol, he realized that a series of things Ma Fei did was actually to improve his undercover plan and gain the trust of Cusco, so at least on the surface, he had to obey Cusco.

"The second point is that there were three important members of the Cusco company who went to Tiandifu with us at that time, one of whom was Liu Zhigang's classmate abroad." After the torture technique finished speaking, he put down his hand, "These two points are enough to prove that it is the Cusco Company that really dominates the origin of the whole thing, you have two purposes, to involve He Chenxue, and at the same time use He Chenxue to drag me into the whole thing." You took advantage of He Chenxue's desire to find his own background as an entry point, and at the same time let Ma Fei deceive Tian Lianfeng's father Tian Ke, so that He Chenxue and I can no longer stay out of the matter, and when this foundation is laid, the later plan will basically be perfected. ”

The man said coldly, "What are you talking about?" I don't understand. ”

Xingshu smiled: "Whether you admit it or deny it, things are indeed developing according to this step, when He Chenxue was involved, the Jade Casting Society was naturally involved, followed by Heyumen." You are very aware of the history and contradictions of Heyumen and the Jade Casting Society, after all, you have mastered Shengfeng and made him your substitute ghost, not to mention that in the team that went to Xiangxi at that time, there was also the chess piece of Fan Meng. In that incident, your main purpose was twofold, one was to let me follow the clues and continue to investigate, so that I would naturally find out here and come here, otherwise, I would start to suspect that everything was laid out. Second, you are consuming the two major forces in China that threaten you. ”

The man laughed, laughing wildly.

The torture interrupted his laughter: "Judging from the two major forces you want to consume, your international organization knows too much about China, so either you have people like consultants serving you, such as Lian Jiuqi, or the Cusco company itself was established by the Chinese!" ”

The man said in an extremely dull voice, "We didn't choose the wrong person. ”

Hearing this, the torture technique was slightly stunned.

"You are very smart, it is true, we have used all the resources at hand to lay out this game since the beginning of Heaven and Earth Mansion, but the whole plan is very perfect until the moment you uncover it, and this is entirely thanks to you. This project wouldn't have come this far without you! The man said in a deep voice, "From the beginning, our purpose was you, and I am indeed the descendant of the Southwest Iron Tang family, that is, the descendant of the Cast Iron Immortal, so I really hope that you can join my camp, and we will find the Qi Gate together and share everything in the Qi Gate." ”

"It's a pity you're not." Xingshu shook his head, "As far as I know, the head of Southwest Tietang is a woman. ”

The man laughed, "That's just a cover-up." ”

Xingshu asked: "Okay, back to the previous topic, if you let me join, at least you have to give me a condition that I can't refuse, don't talk about Qimen, Qimen is still an illusory thing, because you have to rely on me to find it, if your own ability can find Qimen, you won't need me, because, if I can find Qimen alone, I won't let anyone join to enjoy it." ”

The man said, "Tell me about your conditions. ”

"First of all, you need to come out and meet me!" "I don't want to face something that can only hear a voice, but not a person. ”

The man was silent for a long time, and a large floor tile on the right side of the iron plate under Sikong Yan's feet moved, and a man wearing a black cloak walked out from below and stood on the edge of the iron plate.

The man said, "I did your first request, what next?" ”

Torture turned to look at the man, "You have to show your true colors, right?" Who are you? ”

"Torture, you don't have to get an inch." The man said coldly, "You didn't say just now that you want to see who I am!" ”

Xingshu shook his head: "That's because you can't understand people's words, no wonder me, well, my second condition is that you can show your true colors." ”

The man hesitated, then turned and glanced into the hall, and the torturer also looked over to guess if there was someone there, and if this person needed to ask for the consent of another person.

After ten or so seconds, the man slowly walked towards the torture technique, took off the cloak that covered his head, and at the moment when he took it off, the torture technique was dumbfounded, and he couldn't help but raise his hand and point to the person in front of him: "You ......"

The man grinned, "Be surprised, whoever sees me will be surprised." ”

Xingshu looked at the person in front of him, and couldn't say a word for a long time, because the person standing in front of him was none other than Wan Qingquan, a flat insect who died in his own home in Henan more than a month ago!

"Impossible! You are not Uncle Wan Qingquan, Uncle Wan's body has been discovered, and no one can fake a fake corpse that is exactly the same as a living person! Speaking of this, they all wanted to step forward and tear Wan Qingquan's face, wanting to see if he had used disguise techniques or something like that.

Wan Qingquan said coldly: "Actually, it is very simple, too simple, too easy to create a corpse of 'Wan Qingquan'. ”

The torture technique recalled in his mind all the things Fu Mingwei said about the crime scene, and looked at Wan Qingquan's old face in front of him, and in a trance, he understood something: "That corpse is not you at all, it is another person, and the person hiding in the basement is you?" ”

Wan Qingquan's kind smile appeared on his face, which on the contrary made the torture technique feel terrifying and disgusting.

Wan Qingquan said: "You can teach, you are much smarter than those policemen." ”

"It's not that the police are stupid, it's that the methods you use are invulnerable from a common sense point of view." Xingshu shook his head, "Before you moved there, you found a person who was similar to you, this person should be similar to you in some places, good at kung fu, good at fists and feet, and should also be a person you are very familiar with, and then you have been quietly living in the basement, let this replace you to live, even if there was a suspicion at the beginning, but you yourself have a deep relationship with the simple one, and the villagers will completely accept the fake Wan Qingquan in their hearts, because you don't have much interaction with other villagers......"

After a few years in this way, those villagers have accepted the fact that the fake Wan Qingquan is Wan Qingquan and have been completely kept in the dark, so when the police investigated and visited, and asked the surrounding villagers to identify the body, everyone firmly believed that the corpse was Wan Qingquan, thus prompting the police to also think that it was Wan Qingquan who died.

"During that time, I changed my ID card once, and the person who went to change my ID card and took the photo was also my stand-in." Wan Qingquan smiled and said, "This is what I was most worried about at the time, fortunately, I passed this level smoothly, as long as I passed this level, the stand-in will completely become me, so the fingerprints left in the household registration system are all stand-ins." ”

Xingshu nodded: "You deliberately cleaned the basement, did not leave too important traces in it, and also left a little soot, because outsiders know that you are not a smoker, which will also mislead the police, it was the person who lived in the basement who killed Wan Qingquan, which not only concealed that you actually lived in the basement, but also made the police think that the deceased was Wan Qingquan, so as to track down a murderer who can never be found." ”

Wan Qingquan nodded slightly: "That's true." ”

Xingshu said: "So, you and Tang Sirong are together?" ”

"We were supposed to be lovers!" Wan Qingquan gritted his teeth and said, "It's Chen Taidong, that brute who wants to snatch love with a knife, but unfortunately, Si Rong hinted at him to cooperate, but he refused, he likes a carefree life, he likes the so-called justice, just like that, Si Rong returned to my arms." ”

Xingshu said: "It turns out that at that time, Tang Sirong had already found the clues left by Xing Renju and wanted to pull you into the gang, right?" No, you may have found it, even if it wasn't Qimen, and it made you a windfall, so that you could have the money to build this town, and it would be possible to start the Cusco company? ”

Although the criminal technique was analyzed in this way, he always felt that there was something he had overlooked, but for a while, because he didn't have too many clues, he couldn't piece together the detailed truth he wanted.

Wan Qingquan said lightly: "It's almost, but we didn't get rich because we found anything in the next clue, but with memory, we went to several places in the "Nine Sons" where a large number of porcelain antiques were hidden, you should know that it is much simpler to transport porcelain antiques than to transport out gold, silver and precious metals, at least the former can be washed, and once the precious metals are found to be smuggled out of the country, it will be completely over." ”

Xingshu frowned: "You will even be so mad that you melt precious metals into other things and take them out of the country, many years ago, I once heard similar rumors, saying that there was a group of people who melted some gold from the Ming and Qing dynasties into gold nuggets and smuggled them out of the country, I didn't expect it to be you?" You should know exactly what those things are worth, and if they dissolve, they're really worthless! ”

"In my eyes, those things are not gold at all, just stepping stones to help us find Qimen!" Wan Qingquan shouted, "To do big things, you have to be informal!" You have to keep moving forward, and you must not stop at a certain stage for something that is actually worthless! ”

Xingshu looked at Wan Qingquan's appearance and said in a deep voice: "But for so many years, how did you maintain such a large expense?" Because you also took advantage of Liu Bao Valley, Liu Bao Gu spent so much money to build that villa, and also maintained the daily expenses of several mines that were not rich. ”

Wan Qingquan smiled: "Do you want to know the answer?" ”

Torture nodded slightly.

Wan Qingquan retreated back, walked to a floor tile, and stepped on it hard, after the floor tile sagged, he stepped on several other floor tiles in a row, and then the iron plate under Sikong Yan's feet was split into two from the middle, and Sikong Yan fell directly because of this.