Chapter 13: Confrontation
Noon.
It's a sunny day.
Chen Xiaoxiao placed the village chief on the bed and asked Long Yu to take care of it.
I ran towards the entrance of the village like crazy.
Although the bandits retreated, the entrance to the village was still guarded.
It's Zhang Lei.
"Are there any outsiders entering the village?" asked Chen Xiaoxiao.
Zhang Lei shook his head.
Chen Xiaoxiao's heart sank. Playmates who grew up together naturally don't lie to themselves?
Really, not, why? Why do you do that?
Seeing his nervous expression, Zhang Lei couldn't help asking, "Is something wrong?"
Chen Xiaoxiao shook her head, said "nothing", and ran to the end of the village.
The same. As a result, no outsiders entered the village.
That shows a problem, it was not an outsider who took Gong Zhu away.
Noon.
Some eyesore sun.
Chen Xiaoxiao walked back in despair. Long Yu was still searching around Gong Zhu's room, and Chen Xiaoxiao walked to the pile of dirt in despair, staring at the loose pile of soil in a daze.
Long Yu picked up the door latch from the ground, the door latch was broken in two because of Chen Xiaoxiao's kick, he put the two door latches back together, and suddenly shouted: "Xiaoxiao, come and see, what is this?" Chen Xiaoxiao rushed over when he heard this, and found that there were scratches on the wooden door latch.
A smile suddenly appeared on his face, and Long Yu certainly didn't know why he was laughing.
I only heard Chen Xiaoxiao say: "I understand, the person who abducted Xiao Zhu used a knife to complete the entire secret room. He put the knife through the crack in the door and put it on the latch, and then as soon as he moved the knife, the latch would move, and the door could be locked from the inside, and the secret room was complete!"
Long Yu shook his head and said, "If you think like this, I'm afraid you've fallen for that person's plan." The method you just mentioned can indeed create a secret room. However, the distance between the door cracks is very small, so the range of movement of the door latch is also very small, so the range of marks left by the knife on the door latch must not be wide, and there is an order. The first knife holder should be a little heavier on the latch, and the knife marks will be a little deeper. But you see, the marks on this latch are of average depth, and they are widely distributed. And then there's the question, how did the murderer leave the courtyard after he left the room? I went to check it, and the back door was closed! He had to leave through the front door. At that time, I was at the front door with you, and it was impossible for him to take people away before us, and we didn't notice anything unless he could be invisible!
Chen Xiaoxiao lost a smile on his face, in fact, he also found out, after he finished saying his reasoning, he found out.
It's just that he doesn't want to admit it. What is he worried about?
Long Yu continued: "I really can't figure out the murderer's motive, why did he kidnap Xiao Zhu? The simplest motive analysis is: Profit! What is there on Xiao Zhu that is worthy of his kidnapping? Or in other words, use Xiao Zhu to threaten you. Long Yu looked at Chen Xiaoxiao and continued: "Or threaten Chenguang!"
Chen Xiaoxiao was suddenly upset and shook her head: "I don't know." Long Yu, don't talk about it, I want to be quiet!"
Long Yu continued: "You don't know, or do you not want to say? I know you don't want to face it. But have you thought about it, why did he use such a troublesome method to take Gong Zhu away? Could it be that he just made up a reason, and you and Daddy would stop him from taking Gong Zhu away? He just didn't want to lie to you!"
Chen Xiaoxiao closed her eyes and let out a long breath, as if she had been struggling for a long time, before she said slowly: "The Heavenly Power Bead is on Xiao Zhu's body. I forgot how long ago Xiao Zhu had a strange illness, and the doctor in the village couldn't see it well, and he also went to Yexian City to see it, but they were all helpless. Dad...... Daddy put the Tianquan Bead into Xiao Zhu's body. Perhaps, Tianquan Zhu is the motive. ”
And so it was. The corners of Long Yu's mouth rose slightly, covering his ears and stealing the bell like this, it can be seen that he also made a hasty decision.
Long Yu asked, "How many people know about this?"
Silent. There was a long silence.
Long Yu sighed, he finally knew that Chen Xiaoxiao understood everything, but he didn't want to face it.
"Dad naturally did such an important thing in secret, and it was only after Ah Guang and I came back yesterday that we were informed. "Why, why is Ah Guang so obsessed with Tianquan Zhu?" Chen Xiaoxiao bit her lip and said, "I'll go find Ah Guang!"
Long Yu grabbed Chen Xiaoxiao and said, "You know that he doesn't want to lie to you, but at this time, do you think he will admit it? ”
Chen Xiaoxiao nodded with difficulty, of course he didn't want to "cheat" Chenguang. It's just that the facts are in front of him, and he can't argue with it, he suddenly wants to be a selfish person and don't care about bullshit, justice and reason. When he had no food to eat, it was Chenguang who gave him the steamed buns he begged for, where is the bullshit justice? When they are on the street and are bullied, it is also Chenguang who blocks his body in front, where is the bullshit justice? When he is helpless and hopeless, where is the bullshit justice? Justice does not need to be maintained by himself, I don't want to be such a great person. However, why did Chenguang kidnap Xiao Zhu? If Chenguang made a mistake, even if he angered the people of the world, he would stand on Chenguang's side, but it was Gong Zhu who he kidnapped and took away, the only bloodline left by the eldest brother, and the grandson that the father had to protect with the Heavenly Power Pearl!
He can help his relatives or not, but Chenguang and Xiao Zhu are his relatives, how to choose between the two relatives?
Long Yu patted Chen Xiaoxiao on the shoulder and said, "Just look at it for a while, I'll say anything!" After speaking, he threw the latch on the ground, went out to find Dasha, and asked him to go to the Night String City to find Chenguang, and said that Xiao Zhu was missing, and asked him to bring someone to investigate. Long Yu returned to the room, and Chen Xiaoxiao sat at the head of the bed, silent.
Long Yu was also silent.
The two little pat bears had already woken up, roaring at Long Yu's feet, biting Long Yu's trouser legs. Long Yu hugged the pat bear in his arms, Xiong Daxiong Er struggled, Long Yu felt a little strange, although they are usually not well-behaved, but they eat and sleep, sleep and eat, and they like to be held in their arms the most, but this is the first time that this situation has appeared.
Xiong Da broke free from Long Yu's embrace, threw himself on the ground at once, kept digging the dirt on the ground with his claws, and then looked back at Long Yu.
That place was the loose land that Chen Xiaoxiao had been in a daze before.
Long Yu sighed and glanced at Chen Xiaoxiao, he really understood everything, even the methods of the crime, but he kept deceiving himself. He finally understood why Chen Xiaoxiao was smiling when he saw the knife marks on the door latch.
He must have prayed in his heart that the latch on the door was the modus operandi.
Long Yu calmed Xiong Da Xiong Er, and the room fell silent again. The silence lasted for a long time, then was broken by the sound of footsteps. Chenguang walked into the room first, the anxiety on his face was clear, and asked, "What about Xiao Zhu? Xiaoxiao, what's going on? You explain it to me well! Big brother handed over Xiao Zhu to us, and I handed over people to you, and you take care of Xiao Zhu like this?!"
As soon as Chenguang finished speaking, he saw Xiong Daxiong Er rushing in front of him and roaring, baring his teeth and cracking his mouth. His heart sank, this beast has a keen sense of smell, has he found me?
High, really high, preemptive! Long Yu listened, sneered a few times and hugged Xiong Da Xiong Er back!
"I...."Chen Xiaoxiao stopped talking, still silent.
Why? Why do you have to do it?
Noon.
The eerie sun.
Chenguang snorted: "I'll go see my dad first, and then I'll come to you to settle accounts!" Xingyi, send someone to search the mountain, search carefully, and then check this room carefully, if there are any clues, report it immediately!"
Long Yu smiled and said, "Slow down, I don't understand Lord Chen's words very well." The village chief is very healthy, and he is playing chess with Lao Zhang at the end of the village, who is Lord Chen going to see?"
A trace of surprise flashed on Chenguang's face, and he immediately disappeared, and said with a sneer: "Since I have arrived here, I naturally want to say hello to my father!"
This old fox reacted really quickly, I deliberately asked Dasha to report the case, I only need to say that "Xiao Zhu is gone" and don't mention the matter of my father, I just want him to show his feet, if he is not the murderer, how do you know that my father is in a coma? Long Yu clapped his hands, sneered a few times, and said: "I see, Lord Chen is full of filial piety, and he is really a model for us to learn! It is really a world of difference from those who rebel and hurt their father!
Chenguang waved his hand and said, "This official doesn't understand what you're talking about! Although you are kind to Gaolong Village, if you want to interfere with this official's performance of official duties, I will still arrest you and put you in prison!"
"How dare you, how dare you! Lord Chen, don't scare the villain, I'm very timid! It's just that the villain can't figure out a few things, and please answer them for me!" Long Yu didn't wait for Chenguang to express his position, and asked directly: "I heard from the village chief that after the bandits came, he sent several people to report the crime, but those people didn't come back, so how did Lord Chen know that Gaolong Village had committed bandits? How did Lord Chen rush to Gaolong Village when the bandits attacked?"
After listening to Chenguang, he knew that Long Yu was going to confront himself in front of Chen Xiaoxiao! This kid is really not simple, but fortunately, I was prepared. Chenguang said: "I thought something was wrong, but it turned out to be this bit of! The few people who reported the crime were all my childhood friends, and when I saw them, I was naturally very happy, and it was inevitable that I wanted to reminisce about the past, so I left them to live in my mansion for a few days! They are still resting in my mansion." If you don't believe me, I'll let them come back tomorrow, and you'll know when you ask!"
"Admire and admire, knowing that his village is going to be attacked by bandits, Lord Chen can still sleep peacefully. ”
"Those bandits said they would come back in three days, so why should I be in a hurry?"
"Lord Chenguang is really good-natured! Knowing that they are a group of extremely vicious bandits, he actually thinks that they will be trustworthy! Hey, no! Contradiction, it is really too contradictory! If Lord Chenguang believes in the character of the bandits, how can he correct the leader of the bandits on the spot? If the adults do not believe in the character of the bandits, then they should send troops to station as soon as they learn the news! Contradictions, it is really contradictory!" Long Yu is clever and does not let a single step!
Chenguang was stunned for a while, and said, "How to do things, it's not your turn to teach!"
Long Yu said with a smile: "Lord Chen, you are too exalted to me, I don't dare to teach you to do things if you lend me ten guts! It's just that I still can't figure out one more thing, and I ask you to answer it too! I remember that Brother Xing reported the number of bandits to you, and you were surprised at the time, and asked Brother Xing to count it three times, yes and no." ”
"So what?"
"Why do adults care so much about the number of bandits? Can I guess like this, you originally knew the number of bandits, but then the number of bandits decreased, so you think it's strange? I'm afraid you don't know, the day after the bandits attacked for the first time, the bandits caught two pat bear cubs, but the parents of the two cubs found them, and fought each other, and many people died! So, the number of bandits decreased, but unfortunately you didn't know it. When you check the number of bandits, you get a different number than you already know! So you're surprised! So you care a lot about the number of bandits!"
Chenguang laughed and said: "This official just confirmed the number of bandits, but you told such a story, it's really funny, do you think you are catching fast? Okay, this official will tell you that this official has caught a few bandits and killed a few, all of which have to be reported to the upper echelons of the empire, and I confirm the number of people just so that the work can be carried out smoothly in the later stage, it's as simple as that!"
Long Yu glanced at Chenguang. The old fox's reaction was really fast, as if he had prepared everything, and what he said was reasonable.
Long Yu took out a silver ingot from the small drawer next to the bed, which weighed ten taels. Long Yu asked, "My lord, do you know the origin of Xiao Zhu's money?"
Chenguang looked at the silver, didn't know what tricks Long Yu was going to play, nodded, and said, "I gave this silver to Xiao Zhu, what's the problem?"
Long Yu checked the silver and said, "This is official silver, the little one has never seen so much official silver." It's a big deal. After speaking, he took out a bag of silver from his bosom, poured out the silver, and said: "My lord, this bag of me is also official silver, and there are forty or fifty taels? My lord, why do you say, why do the bandits have official money on them?"
Forty or fifty taels of silver were scavenged by Long Yu on Li Qiang before, and he was going to have a romantic relationship with Chen Xiaoxiao, but later Chenguang came with troops, so he gave up. And the ten taels of silver were given to him by Gong Zhu when he first met Long Yu.
"That bandit robbed the official silver of other city guards, what does it have to do with me?" Chenguang was still quibbling.
Long Yu laughed and said, "This official silver is the latest batch of forged this year, and it is only issued in the capital and the towns near the capital! I heard that before the adults were transferred to Yexian City, he was the city guard of Tianshui Town, and Tianshui Town was near the capital!"
Chenguang couldn't hold back his anger anymore and shouted, "If you are alarmist again, do you really think that this official will not dare to take you?" After speaking, he looked at Xiaoxiao's reaction.
Chen Xiaoxiao was very calm, as if she hadn't heard their conversation. His heart suddenly became empty, and the calmer he was, the more terrifying he became.
Chen Xiaoxiao suddenly stood up and said, "Why? I really want to hear your generous admission. Then say that it's just a prank, or rather, it's just a misunderstanding, or that you can admit that you've done something wrong! Why? Why don't you admit it!" It was still very calm, and the clouds were light, as if Chen Xiaoxiao was just questioning a matter that had nothing to do with him.
"Xiaoxiao, I...."Chenguang wanted to defend again, but he didn't know where to start, he just asked, "You know it too?"
"This room is arranged as a secret room, there are me and Long Yu outside the house, it is impossible for the murderer to take Xiao Zhu out of this house, that can only take advantage of the extraordinary road. The dirt under your feet was a little loose, and I guessed that it was you. You are the power of the earth, use the power of the earth to take Xiao Zhu away, for you, it couldn't be easier!" As soon as Chen Xiaoxiao finished speaking, he felt that his neck was hit hard, and his eyes began to bloom, he tried to blink his eyes a few times, and the soles of his feet were a little unstable, only to hear Chenguang say: "Trust me! Xiaoxiao, I won't hurt Xiao Zhu and Daddy! When you wake up, I will give you an answer!"
Long Yu saw Chenguang smash a knife on Chen Xiaoxiao's neck, with a smile on his face, and asked, "What's the matter?"
Chenguang nodded and said, "Yes! However, it's not Xiao Xiaoxiao's mouth, it's yours!"
Xing Yi and the others had already surrounded them, and Long Yu saw that there was nowhere to escape, so he smashed through the window and ran out.
With a wave of his hand, all his subordinates rushed out, looked at Long Yu, who was surrounded by heavy pressure, and put Chen Xiaoxiao on Gong Zhu's bed, with a murderous aura looming in his eyes.
Noon.
The sun of slaughter.