Chapter 169: Hiding in the shadows and provoking another fight
I couldn't find the official seal, but all the clues pointed to the group of people in black who were united, and someone didn't have the official seal without permission, so irreconcilable contradictions broke out among the people in black.
"Lao Wang, it was your people who found the corpse of the county first, tell me, where did the official seal go?" One leader said to the other.
Lao Wang, who was named, said: "Lao Liu, what do you mean, you said that I embezzled it?" ”
Lao Liu replied: "Except for this, I can't think of how the official seal could be missing?" ”
When Lao Wang heard this, he asked angrily: "You framed me, if I swallowed it privately, I would be stupid enough to let my subordinates come out and admit that they found the body of the county Cheng?" I think it's like you've hidden it, don't forget that it's your people who searched the side first, and my people followed! I think you took it, and then framed it, and now it's biting back! ”
Lao Liu also said without giving in: "You are quibbling, it is better to hand it over honestly, otherwise it will ......"
"Yes, hand over the official seal." Someone came out to support Lao Liu.
"Quickly hand over the official seal." Some people believe in Lao Wang and come out to suppress the other party.
Then the other leaders jumped out to support one side and demanded that the other hand over the official seal, so they quarreled about it, and they were so excited that they almost beat people.
Seeing them quarreling over this, the remaining officers and soldiers hidden in the pile of men in black were happy, and it was best that they could fight, lose both, and then exert their own strength to avenge the dead robes.
And hidden among the men in black, Lin also silently calculated in his heart, five or six hundred people died in this group of men in black, and now there are only three or four hundred left, if they can still provoke them to fight again, it is estimated that there will not be many people left.
It's a pity that God didn't fulfill his wish, just when they were arguing so hotly that they almost started to do it, someone stood up and said: "Okay, don't quarrel, I don't think any of you did it, it should be the officers and soldiers themselves who are dissatisfied with the character of the county and secretly kill him." ”
"How so?" Hearing his words, the people in the quarrel stopped and asked in disbelief.
In order to avoid internal divisions and another battle, the man said: "You think, when the officers and soldiers rushed out, some people pretended to be men in black and mixed in among us, and we have not found these people until now, and the fact that the county man died here dressed like this shows that he is an officer and soldier who has mixed in with us. ”
Lao Wang said: "That's true, but looking at his wounds, it doesn't look like he was killed in battle, but he was killed by a sneak attack in the back, so who killed him?" And why was he killed? ”
The man said, "Because we're so complex, we can't find the man in black who blends in our midst, right?" ”
"Yes." Lao Liu nodded.
The man continued, "We can't find him, but the people who blend in with him are different, they may not be able to find him." I think that the county must have been killed by the officers and soldiers who came out with him and blended in with us, and only their own people could find him and kill him behind their backs. Therefore, the county man was not killed by any of you, because you could not find him at all. ”
After listening to his analysis, the two groups quieted down, thoughtfully, and felt that he had a point, so the relationship began to ease.
Seeing that this person solved the contradiction between these two waves of people in a few words, Lin couldn't stand still and tried to provoke the contradiction between them, so he stabbed Lao Liu in the back.
After Lao Liu received the signal, he said: "You are talking nonsense, even if you are right, even if the county was killed by their own officers and soldiers, we can't find the murderer who killed him, let alone the official seal." ”
The man said, "How can you not find it?" Since it was the officers and soldiers who killed him, I only need to find the officers and soldiers who are mixed in with us, and the murderer must be among them. ”
Lao Wang said disdainfully: "It's easy to say, but how to find it?" Maybe after he got the official seal, he would have run away a long time ago. ”
The man said: "You're right, he will want to run away after he gets the official seal, but unfortunately he hasn't had a chance to run out in the period of time since he killed the county prince." If he had just gone out and moved against the flow of people, he would definitely be seen, and no one would have seen anyone go out, so he is still among us. As long as from now on, we supervise each other and don't let any one out, we can find him. ”
"How?" Someone asked.
The man replied, "Everyone take off their masks and identify each other. ”
"Okay." Someone agreed.
"Nope." Someone disagrees.
The person who agreed said: "Just take off the mask, everyone can see clearly, and you will be able to find the officers and soldiers mixed in with us." ”
Those who disagreed said their reasons: "No, we still have to live in the county seat, and we want to have a house in the county town and live a life with a house and land in the future." Once we take off the mask now and be recognized, in case it is leaked in the future and we are wanted by the government, how can we survive here? ”
The person who agreed asked rhetorically: "You have done all the murder and arson, killing officials and rebelling, are you still afraid of being seen, and you are still afraid of being wanted by the government?" ”
"As long as you don't get seen or caught doing bad things, you can still be a good person and live a peaceful life. Aren't we covering our faces to grab the official seal just to have a house in the future and live a peaceful and happy life? Take off the mask here, once we are recognized and spread out, we can't be good people again! Those who disagree continue to state their reasoning.
A person who agrees says to someone who disagrees, "Don't you talk nonsense, don't I know you yet?" Aren't you the second son who came to Shanying County and temporarily lived on Changle Street? I know who you are as soon as I hear your accent, and don't forget, we also took our fellow villagers to keep watch in the City God Temple all night. ”
After listening to his words, the man replied: "Nonsense, what are you talking nonsense, pony, I am not the second son, I don't know you at all, and you can't know me." As long as we don't take off our masks, we are strangers and have never met, and as far as I know, how can the second son come here when he sleeps at home tonight? It's you who read it wrong. ”
"What to pretend, if you don't take off your mask now, you won't be able to find the official seal, if you can't find the official seal, the brothers will die in vain, and this time the danger will be in vain."
"We can search each other's bodies, and we can also find official seals."
"That's too slow, we don't have time, even if you don't take off your mask now, and you get the new title deed by then, who doesn't know what you did tonight? You can guess it. ”
Hearing his words, the man said righteously: "I paid for it, and no one can frame me." ”
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