Chapter 238: Old Boatman?
The people from this XX guild also gave Ye Ming some other data reports about the attack of the elder by the werewolves last night.
The first thing that can be determined is that the time when the elder was killed by the werewolf was between eleven and twelve o'clock last night, and during this time period, a total of 12 people visited.
The elder of the werewolf village is busy until night every day because of the recent frequent werewolf attacks, and according to his family, he is rummaging through some historical records of the werewolf village, hoping to find clues about werewolves from the historical records of the werewolf village.
The book documents on the picture have the history of the werewolf village. Ye Ming got these books and documents, and after looking at them, many places were marked, and the elders felt that there was something strange after investigation.
But obviously, this elder was not able to find accurate information in the historical records of the werewolf village to determine the identity of the werewolf, and the annotations on the book did not bring useful information to Ye Ming.
The only thing we know now is the 12 villagers who came between 11 and 12 p.m. Ye Ming estimated that the werewolves should be hidden among these twelve people.
"In this way, let's go to these 12 people separately, I'll look for these 6 people, and you can look for the rest, and ask them about the specific time to find the elders and the time they left, and why they went to the elders so late." Ye Ming said to the Night Dye Xinghe.
"Hmm."
The two split up and began to search for the 12 people.
Because these 12 people are all suspected of being werewolves, the 12 people from the **X guild send people to keep an eye on them at any time, and it is easier for Ye Ming to find them, these people are basically staying in their own houses now.
The elder of the werewolf village is the principal of the werewolf village, and the villagers will go to the elders to help adjudicate if they have any disputes or some things that cannot be handled, Ye Ming first went to find 5 of the villagers, and they went to the elders last night, in order to basically do these things.
From the mouths of these five people, Ye Ming really couldn't ask anything, and the remaining one attracted Ye Ming's attention.
This person is the old boatman who came to the werewolf village with Ye Ming and the Night Dye Xinghe, Ye Ming didn't expect that he was also among the 12 people.
The old boatman's family lived near the entrance of the village.
When Ye Ming found him and explained his intentions, the old boatman was also very neat, and he made things clear in a few words.
"Isn't this the development of the city coming to our werewolf village, I went to the elders to discuss my work in the future, thinking if the elders can help me get a job."
"If there is that big guy flying in the air, I can't do the work of this boatman, the elder is a good man, and he said that it has been arranged a long time ago, let me rest assured." At the mention of the elders, the old boatman sighed.
There doesn't seem to be a problem, but isn't it a little too strange to go to the elders so late to discuss future development work?
"Old man, when did you go to see the elder last night? When did you leave? During this period, who did you meet? Ye Ming asked.
"I don't remember very well, it should be around 11:10, I saw that the elder was busy, so I didn't bother him much, three minutes at most, and I left in three minutes."
"I remember when I left, three families on the east side of the village came up noisily, it must have been a quarrel, right?" The old boatman recalled.
"Everyone is from the same village, what's there to quarrel about? Ouch, it's going to rain this day, right? It's not good to go to sea. The old boatman muttered.
"I'll go first, you rest." Ye Ming left the old boatman's house. He looked at the timeline of the five people he had just found, and the first person to find the elder was a fisherman, who went at 11:2 o'clock, and he didn't stay for long, five minutes.
After that, it was the old boatman, and then, the three villagers went together, and the three families had a little conflict in the middle of the night, and asked the elders to comment.
The trio left at 11:20 a.m.
The old boatman and the three men behind him could prove to each other, except for the fisherman who arrived first, who did not meet anyone.
The last of the six people Ye Ming investigated to arrive at the elder's house was a farmer, who arrived at 11:25 and left at 11:30, and he went to the elder about a dispute with the neighbor's land.
After leaving the old boatman's house, Ye Ming verified the information provided by the six people one by one, and basically confirmed that they were not lying, and there was no problem with the timeline, mainly because when they left, the elder was not dead and had not been attacked by werewolves.
The rest depends on the night dyeing galaxy.
At eight o'clock in the evening, the two met. After checking the clues provided by the 12 villagers from 11 o'clock to 12 o'clock one by one, Ye Ming and the others found that it was difficult to find any flaws from the information provided by these 12 villagers.
Of the 12 people, the last person is naturally the most suspicious of being a werewolf, this person went at 11:45 and left 5 minutes later.
If he hadn't lied, the Elder had been in the room studying the werewolf's secrets at 11:50 p.m. last night, and hadn't been attacked yet.
"Assuming that all 12 people are telling the truth, then the time of the Elder's death is between 11:50 and 12 o'clock, and there are only 10 minutes of time, then someone else must have entered the Elder's room during these 10 minutes."
"The reason why these 12 people were able to be found was because after the elder was attacked, they themselves found the person in charge of the XX guild and said that they had found the elder between 11 and 12 o'clock, but there must have been other people who also entered the elder's room during this time period, but they didn't say it." Ye Ming speculated.
"Then we'll have to find these people." Night-dyed Xinghe said.
"The person who found out that the elder was attacked was his wife, and he only found out at one o'clock in the morning, and I also read the clues she provided, but I couldn't see anything."
"For now, the last person among these 12 people to see the elder should be the last person to see the elder except for the werewolf, you go to this person and ask for it."
"I'll go check in the neighborhood near the elder's house and see if anyone has seen anyone else enter the elder's room between 11 and 12 o'clock yesterday." Ye Ming said.
"Hmm."
The two went their separate ways again.
Ye Ming went to the vicinity of the elder's hometown, where there were many villagers, and there were some hotels, and the people living in the hotels were basically people who rushed to the werewolf village from the city to explore the mystery of the werewolf.
At this time, there are many people who eat dinner in the inn.
Ye Ming found a seat at random and sat down, and after ordering food, he began to observe these people. The restaurant on the first floor of the hotel is still quite noisy, and everyone is talking about the werewolf village.
"You're a painter, what are you doing in the werewolf village?"
"I heard that there is a precious werewolf howling moon map in the werewolf village, it is a treasure, it has a history of hundreds of years, and there have been werewolves recently, I estimate that as long as you find the clues of the werewolves, it will not be difficult to find this picture."
"What about you? What are you doing here as a photographer? ”
"I'm going to shoot werewolves, this creature that has disappeared for hundreds of years, I'm very interested."
"So you've been here for so long, what have you been shooting? By the way, you're staying in this hotel, and you should be able to see the Elder's room right from the window of your room, right? Tell me, did you see anything or photograph anything last night? ”
"You're really right, when I was taking pictures of the night scene of Werewolf Village last night, I happened to take a picture of the elder's room, but it didn't work, in that photo, there was only the elder alone."
"You're really, why don't you shoot more?"
"I photographed it by accident, and I didn't specialize in secretly photographing the elders."
"Show me."
"Okay."
In the hotel, a painter was chatting with a photographer, and the photographer took out a photograph and handed it to the painter.
"I really don't see anything." The painter looked at the picture for a while and said.
"Can you lend me this picture?" Ye Ming walked over and asked.
"Brother, I don't know you, you want this picture? I want to think about it...... Okay, take it, it's not a precious thing anyway. When the photographer saw Ye Ming, he hesitated for a while, but still gave the photo to Ye Ming.
"Thank you."
Ye Ming took the photo and saw that the time on the photo showed that it was taken at 11:55 last night. The photo shows the elder's room, and there is only the elder.
It was the back, the books and documents on the table and the cup of tea were all placed in a good place, and the elder's left hand was still holding the pen shaft, but his head was slightly raised, as if attracted by some voice, and he was looking ahead.
In the photo, the door of the elder's room was pushed open, and a figure could be seen by the door under the light, but the person could not be seen, and it was blocked by the door.
"It was taken at 11:55, and sure enough, someone else came to see the elder." Ye Ming can determine this.
Who could this person be?
"Ye Ming, the last person among the 12 people to see the elder, there should be no problem." At this time, the night dyed Xinghe walked into the hotel.
"Sit." Ye Ming asked her to sit down and showed her the photo.
"What are you speculating?" Night-dyed Xinghe said.
"Two possibilities. First, the 12 people we found were not lying, they were all telling the truth, so we couldn't find any flaws, but they probably went to the elders more than once. “
"It is very likely that one of these 12 people went and turned back, and after 11:50, went to the elder's house for the second time."
"Why?" Night-dyed Xinghe asked.
"Isn't the elder looking up the identity of the werewolf? He checked for nearly a month, and marked a lot of things on the ancient books about werewolves, all of which were seemingly unrelated words, we may not understand them, but werewolves must understand them. ”
"I guess the first time this person went to see the elder, he wanted to see if the elder had found out the identity of the werewolf, and he should have secretly looked at the annotations of the books on the elder's desk when talking to the elder."
"At that time, I guess he saw the key information that could indicate the identity of the werewolf, which was on the label of the book, but the elder himself probably didn't notice it, or didn't think of it for a while, but this werewolf must have understood it."
"Werewolves know better than anyone what words are meant by books! He knew that if the elders continued to check these books, sooner or later they would know that he was a werewolf, so he had to do it. Ye Ming said.
"But you're saying that this person found out when he first met the elder, so why didn't he just do it? Judging from this photo, he entered the elder's house at 11:55, and that was the second time he came to see the elder, so why didn't he do it the first time? Night-dyed Xinghe asked.
"It's very simple, the first time, someone came. Last night, he wasn't the only one looking for the elders. Ye Ming said.
"So...... Among these 12 people, the person who can meet each other when going to the village chief may be a werewolf! Night-dyed Xinghe said.
"Yes, and judging from the clues provided by these 12 people, this is the case with only two people or one person and a group of people." Ye Ming said.
The old boatman said that when he was leaving, he happened to meet three families on the east side of the village noisily approaching the village chief.
There is only one werewolf, so these three families should not be.
"Go find the old boatman, quick!" Ye Ming hurriedly got up and rushed out of the hotel.
For he remembered that when he found the old boatman, he uttered one last word. It is said that it is going to rain on this day, and it is inconvenient to go to sea.
Is he leaving Werewolf Village? For these 12 people, although the XX guild keeps an eye on them all the time, it will not restrict their actions.
When Ye Ming and Night Dye Xinghe came to the old boatman's house, they found that his home was not lit up. There was no one, Ye Ming went to the dock of the werewolf village again, and the old boatman's broken ship was gone.
He went to sea.
At this moment, there was a muffled thunder in the sky, first with some scattered raindrops, followed by a torrential rain, lightning and thunder.
"What can I do?" Night-dyed Xinghe asked.
"Go find the person in charge of the XX guild who gave us the picture, his people should be keeping an eye on this old boatman." Ye Ming said.
It was not difficult to find this man, and he stayed in a hotel in the center of the village.
"Old boatman? No way? When he goes to sea, my men won't follow, but don't worry, we've got a locatable device on his ship, and I'll see where he is. The man pulled out the information machine.
"Why is this positioning device broken?" The man watched for a long time, but the positioning device did not react at all.
"I'll send someone to chase it!"
The man rushed out of the room.
"It's almost half-past eight, when will we find the old boatman? If it drags on any longer, how strong does the werewolf boss have to be? Even if you find it, it's another thing whether you can beat it or not. "Night-dyed Galaxy is starting to worry.
Ye Ming didn't make a sound, he began to think about all the clues he found. There seems to be no logical problem with the old boatman's speculation, however, there is no evidence that at 11:55 the old boatman entered the elder's room for the second time.
This is all Ye Ming's speculation, a reasonable speculation.
"Gotta find proof." Ye Ming muttered to himself.
He pulled out two photos from his backpack. The first one was given by the person in charge of the XX Guild, which was taken after the elder was killed by a werewolf.
In the photo, there is no trace of a fight, the books on the table are scrambled, and a cup of tea is poured on the right hand side of the elder. The mess on the table is not like a fight, but a result of sorting out books in a panic.
In the second photo, everything on the table is neat and clean, and the teacup is not poured, but this cup of tea is placed on the left hand side of the elder, and it is quite far from the left hand position.
The elder is supposed to be left-handed, and in the second photo, he is also holding a pen in his left hand.
"What do you mean?" Ye Ming thought for a long time.
"Xinghe, the elder is a left-hander, what about the old boatman? Is it too? Ye Ming asked.
"It seems that yes, when we came to the werewolf village by boat, I saw that he seemed to be used to using his left hand." Night-dyed Xinghe said.
"You can't say like, go, go and ask the villagers."
The two found two umbrellas in the hotel and rushed out of the rainy night.