Luke's account 4

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"But, but, ........." Mrs. Tong cried with a sad face, and her body sitting in the chair unconsciously leaned back, as if she was quite frightened.

"Tong Li, you believe me, right? Please, tell them that I'm not a suspicious person. Lai Mo folded his hands and begged Mrs. Tong desperately, completely ignoring his usual unbridled image.

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"That's it! No matter how much you plead, you will not receive any forgiveness. You have to take responsibility for what you have committed. Got it? Uncle Wang suddenly grabbed Lai Mo's collar and said.

"I know what I know! I don't know anything, I didn't do anything!! Lai Mo's neck was strangled and he couldn't breathe, and his whole face turned red.

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"You're still pretending to be stupid? Come to Mo, just admit it!! Uncle Wang suddenly punched him in the face.

Lai Mo was beaten and flew backwards, and let out a painful wail, sounding like a goose waiting to be slaughtered.

"Still don't you say it?" Uncle Wang pulled up from the ground.

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"I......... I do not know. ”

Uncle Wang grabbed Lai Mo's neck.

Lai Mo's mouth was wide open for inhalation.

Uncle Wang was about to continue to swing his fist.

Ma San suddenly stood up and grabbed Uncle Wang's arm.

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"Uncle Wang, don't fight. That's not good. ”

"Heh" Uncle Wang glanced at Ma San, the person who was in the way, "This is nothing at all, this guy was a sea thief who made waves on the sea more than ten years ago!" ”

"Even if that's good, but the only ones who think he's a sea thief and a prisoner are the big butler and you. For us, this is not evidence at all. Until we prove everything, he is still our companion!! ”

The two glared at each other, their eyes almost sparkling.

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“……… All right! I'll sell you a face this time. Uncle Wang said through gritted teeth.

Wang Bo let go of Lai Mo's collar.

Rolling his eyes, Laimo fell to the ground like this.

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"Still, I have ample evidence that he's a prisoner." Uncle Wang said to Ma San.

"Evidence?"

"Not bad. It's about Lu Ke being injured by a falling barrel in the winery. That incident was not an accident, it was someone who deliberately pushed one of the wooden barrels stacked there down the wooden ladder in order to smash Lu Ke. ”

"The person who did this is Laimo."

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Everyone was stunned, and as a person who witnessed it, I was also greatly shocked.

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"Laimo is the one who attacked me? Why did he do it? "I couldn't help but say it in passing, and then I thought that Lai Mo was probably the murderer!

"No, it's not you who this guy wants to harm, Lu Ke." Uncle Wang gave a surprising answer.

"What? What does that mean? ”

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"This guy's target is the winery caretaker Beiku. The cellar of the winery was pitch black, and only the faint light of the kerosene lamp could be seen from above the wooden staircase. The kerosene lamp was originally from the north, but you took it away at that time. ”

“……… Laimo aimed at the kerosene lamp and pushed the barrel down. It's not that I want to hurt you. This guy got the wrong person. ”

"Got the wrong person?"

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"Not bad. Didn't Bei Ku say that when he was young, he went to a foreign country by boat and was deaf by pirates at sea? That's where he met Laimo. ”

"Bei Kucai said that he seems to have seen Lai Mo somewhere."

Hearing this, this person began to worry about his past and identity, and he was afraid that his past and identity would come to light. In order to continue to conceal these things, he thought of doing this murder. ”

“……… If I had thought about it a little more and found the suspect who had a chance to commit this case, I would have understood all of this earlier. The only people who could hide in the cellar of the winery were him and Mrs. Tong. The others, including me, were all operating outside the cellar of the winery. ”

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The eyes of the crowd widened and they listened to Uncle Wang's words.

Indeed, what Uncle Wang said is very reasonable.

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"What, Laimo, do you have anything else to refute?" Uncle Wang looked at Lai Mo, who had regained his senses.

Lai Mo, who looked quite tired, sighed and said, "......... There's not much to say......... Since you know all this......... What do you want......... It's up to you!! ”

"So, do you admit that Lu Ke's injuries were caused by you?"

"Hmm......... It's ......... me."

"You were the one who killed Lei Sheng?"

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"No, it's not ........." Lai Mo's face changed, and his lips trembled in denial.

"Looks like you all understand what I'm saying." Grand Butler Rego looked at us with a proud look in his eyes.

"Anyway, thank you for giving me face, Uncle Wang." Ma San nodded silently and said calmly.

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"However, the murder of Lei Sheng has not yet been revealed, and I can't get this person to move around. He is currently the most suspicious person. Maybe his true identity was discovered by Lei Sheng, which caused him to kill him. Uncle Wang's words were merciless.

"And what are you going to do?"

"I'm going to have to lock him up. This person must all be locked up before we can be rescued. This is the most reassuring way for us to be a big housekeeper, do you have any suitable places? ”

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Grand Butler Rego thought for a moment and said, "The room in the cellar should be very suitable. It was the place where Lu Lawyer said he saw the body. ”

“……… That room can be locked from the outside. Although the key was also taken by the murderer, there was still a latch to lock. ”

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"That's it! By the way, I just have an old padlock in my baggage, which should be ready to use. ”

“……… Then, Gu Zi and I will send him to the cellar room and lock him up. In the meantime, you're going to the big room to figure out how to get there!! ”

Uncle Wang, who assigned everyone, was full of strange looks in his eyes.

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It was Wang Bo and Gu Zi who brought Mo to the cellar in the future.

The two of them locked up in the cellar of the Wolf King Fang, tied the original square wooden latch on the door, and used iron chains through the hole to lock the old padlock that Uncle Wang had brought.

Although it is a wooden door, it is quite sturdy and has a small window embedded in it.

The place inside the room is small and there are no other exits and windows.

Even if it is unguarded, there is no need to worry that Laimo will escape.

Moreover, no one can leave this Wolf King Workshop now, even if Lai Mo breaks the door, it is impossible to escape from this Wolf King Workshop, so there is no need to worry at all.

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Noon.

The teary-eyed lady of the housekeeper finally appeared with her son Leilai.

The lady of the chief butler was pale, and her gorgeous expression looked a little empty, all because of the sudden misfortune that Lei Sheng had encountered, anyone could see it

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"Madame, may you get up?" The Grand Butler Rego stood up to greet him and asked earnestly.

"Thank you, sir, I'm fine. I thought it would be better to let Lei come and have dinner with everyone........."

"Okay, sit down!!"

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"Ladies and gentlemen, I'm sorry that this happened, why did it turn out like this, it was a fun banquet........." The lady of the butler approached the dining table and looked at us with reddened eyes.

As he spoke, tears welled up in his eyes again.

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We didn't know how to settle her down.

Finally, after she handed over her son to the big housekeeper, she left with her descendant Dafeng.

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After eating, we divided into three teams and went to check the condition of all the wooden doors in the Wolf King Square again.

Wang Bo proposed that each team should have at least three people, and if there were two people in a team, if one of them was the murderer, then the other person's life would be in danger.

Therefore, with the addition of the next Guzi, we are divided into the following three teams:

Uncle Wang, Ma San, and Mrs. Tong are in the first team.

Mo Si, Mrs. Lei, I'm on a team.

Rego's big butler, Lei Lai, Guzi team.

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Together, we went to the blade room on the first floor to look for weapons for self-defense or something that could be used to pry open the wooden door.

Mrs. Tong kept sobbing.

She couldn't help much, and we wanted her to stay there with the rest of the people, but she said it was more scary to stay there alone, so we had to let her come along.

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The Blade Room is located on the side of the gate on the first floor of the Wolf King Square, second only to the large room in size.

The interior of the blade room resembles an old school, or a humble showroom. Countless blades lined up neatly.

It is said that some of these blades were originally in this wolf king's workshop, some were collected by the great steward himself, and some were given by others.

There are several one-person-tall display cases inside.

In the middle of them are a number of ironclad figures like those at the end of the aisle.

On the walls hang multiple murals of ancient shepherds or blanks.

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In the display case, there are helmets, iron armor, long swords, artillery, nail rakes, longbows, repeating crossbows, meteor hammers, shields and other weapons, and Ma San explained them to us one by one.

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"It's amazing, I found so many things, these won't be boring no matter how many times I look at them, isn't it, Steward Lei?" Ma San's eyes flickered, and he looked excited.

"I'm glad to have met my friend, Mr. Ma San. Insiders think it's just a bunch of old things, and it's just a place to take up space. ”

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When you enter the door, you can see a large statue of a horse team with a pedestal in the middle of the room, about six people.

The horse's material appears to be bronze, with a black sheen, which contrasts with the silver ironclad figure riding on it, which is quite dazzling.

The horse's body was covered with a long cloth as an ornament, the edge of which almost touched the ground, and the man on the horse held a three-foot-long knife.

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The chief butler and Ma San chose a few weapons for us, and each of them wore a small dagger for protection.

Blades such as nail rakes were also selected to break the hinges of stone walls and doors.

The team of me, Mo Si, and Lady Lei were assigned to investigate the stone walls of the Wolf King Fang and the part of the gate of the compound.

Then, the three teams dispersed to their assigned places.

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We began to investigate the entrance to the compound on the first floor.

Madame Ray was unwell, so we had to investigate together.

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In order to raise vigilance, all the kerosene lamps on the four courtyard walls of the Wolf King Square were lit.

But there was still silence in the workshop.

The only thing I could hear was the footsteps of us walking on the ground.

The iron-armored figures at the ends of the entrance to the hall of the Wolf King Fang were glowing dimly in the moonlight.

We glanced at it and walked straight ahead.

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Mo Si, who was holding a kerosene lamp, illuminated the keyhole in the heavy wooden door.

The cold keyhole was completely blocked by wood chips.

Mo Si held the latch and tried to shake the door, but the wooden door did not move.

I also tried to knock on the perimeter of the door with a nail rake, but I only had to knock off a little sawdust, and it seemed that the wooden door was not easy to break.

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“……… No way. Mo Si sighed.

"Really, I'm not here to do hard labor!!" Mo Si wiped the sweat from his forehead with the back of his hand and complained.

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We walked back along the road, past the Iron Statue, and then directly back to the Wolf King's Place.

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"Where did the killer find these sawdust that sealed the keyhole?" I asked as I climbed the wooden staircase that led to the second floor.

"Probably in the firewood room or in the cellar. There's a lot of wood there. The murderer should have killed Lei Sheng in the middle of the night before blocking the keyhole. Mo Si replied. The steep wooden staircase made it very difficult for him to climb widely.

I also had a foot injury, and my whole body was covered with gauze, so I couldn't move easily.

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We continued up and soon came to the second floor walkway.

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We stood on either side of the small window in the walkway, pulling back the window and looking out.

Eyes are used to the dark, and even when it's cloudy outside, it's still a bit jarring.

There was no wind outside, but there were a lot of clouds, and the forest looked black instead of green.

It seems like it's going to rain.

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"Whew, I can't do it anymore. It looks like it's about to fall......... Why don't we board the windows and seal them. I immediately left the window.

"Nothing." Mo Si also said disappointedly.

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Looking to the left and right, you can see that the forest surrounding this wolf king fang is connected with the surrounding forest.

There is nothing in the vicinity except for the steep cliffs, the deep forests, and the ancient Wolf King Fang.

It is almost impossible to hope that some hunter passing by will come to our rescue.

I leaned out the window and looked straight down at the moss-covered, wind-beaten stone walls.........

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"It may be useless, but do you want to send a code out the window?" Mo Si said to me.

"Cipher?"

"That's right! For example, burning something to make black smoke, or using a kerosene lamp to glow by the window at night, etc. If anyone passes by here, they might find us. ”

"Does it work?" I wasn't expecting much.

"Do as much as you can." Mo Si said.

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"Well, forget it, since you have said so, take a kerosene lamp to the window at night and see how it shines! It's better than doing nothing. "I mentioned.

"It's fine. Let's go to the third floor and have a look!! Mo Si said calmly, and we stepped on the wooden ladder.

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At the beginning of the Shen period, everyone met again in the large room on the first floor.

After listening to the accounts of each team and confirming the places that had been surveyed in order, the inferences obtained were exactly the same as those obtained by the detachment, but they became more and more certain.

We are in a place of despair.

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Every door that could leave the Wolf King's Workshop, including the "Tiger Cave", was locked, and the keyhole was sealed with sawdust.

As for the windows, don't think about it at all.

Outside the window is the courtyard of the Wolf King Fang, and there is no difference between jumping and not jumping.

To put it simply, the situation is just like what Guzi told at the beginning.

All of us, including the murderer himself, are locked up in this wolf king's fang.

Although I don't know why, the murderer is still somewhere in this wolf king's fang, maybe mixed with us.

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There was only despair in everyone's hearts, and there was no silence all around.

At this time, Ma San suddenly looked around the room with surprised eyes and looked at us in order.

"What's wrong?" I asked.

"What about Mrs. Tong? I hadn't seen her since then. Ma San's expression was quite shocked, and he looked at me and said.

Everyone was startled and their eyes widened.

Yes, Mrs. Tong is not here!!

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"Isn't she with you?" The Grand Butler Rego asked Ma San.

Ma San hurriedly straightened his clothes, nodded and said, "Yes!" Mrs. Tong was with us, but we came back about half an hour ago. I went to ask Dafeng to make a cup of tea, and Uncle Wang said that he was going to the big barrel room, and when I came back, Mrs. Tong was gone........."

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"I beg your pardon for the presumptuousness, I seem to have seen the lady leave the big room." Gu Zi, who was standing behind Rego's butler, said.

"When?" Mr. Ma San asked.

"I remember that it should be Mr. Mo Si when they come back! But I don't know where Mrs. Tong went. ”

"Why didn't you stop her?" Regor rebuked.

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"The villain knows his mistakes. At that time, Dafeng was standing at the door, and I thought that Mrs. Tong would be with Dafeng, but I seemed to have misunderstood. ”

"Hmph, that guy. It's just going to cause trouble!! Uncle Wang complained, "Hey Lu Ke, you can also help, let's go to Mrs. Tong's room to have a look." ”

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Uncle Wang quickly walked to the wooden staircase leading to the second floor, and I hurriedly followed.

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On the way to the second floor, Uncle Wang was always silent, his face full of displeasure.

Mrs. Tong's door was unlocked.

We pushed the door open and peeked in, but there was no one in the room.

Uncle Wang's face became more and more solemn.

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"No way. Let's find out. I can't trust anyone anymore. After all, I don't know who the murderer is!! ”

"Okay." Just hearing the word "murderer" sent a chill down my spine.

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We went back to the first floor and told everyone about Mrs. Tong's absence in the room.

Uncle Wang ordered everyone to stay in the big room. Then he and I set off to find Mrs. Tong.

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