Chapter 18: Be cautious in your speech

"Isn't this Zhang Dashao? Would you like to join in the fun? When Zhang Renshan heard the reputation, he saw a sturdy man looking at him with a smile, so who is this person? In fact, he is the child of the king blacksmith in the shop, named Wang Changqing, Zhang Renshan called him Wang Tiedan, don't look at the small shop of the king blacksmith, but this blacksmith shop is a necessary existence in the shop, who needs some ironware, kitchen knives for chopping vegetables, large stoves for cooking, and wood cutting axes for chopping wood, all of which need to be supplied to the shop by the king blacksmith's family, and occasionally find the king blacksmith to make some decorative utensils and jewelry fragments, the king blacksmith himself does not want to take this kind of work, but no one in the shop has this craft except the king blacksmith, Wang blacksmith also reluctantly accepted, in his words, "anyway, the emperor is far away and no one can care", Wang blacksmith naturally also made iron tools for the Zhangjia compound, the big pot for cooking in the kitchen of the Zhangjia compound, and the copper stove for heating in winter...... Zhang Fengtian will occasionally send someone to find Wang Blacksmith and ask him to build something, Wang Blacksmith will write them down one by one, and then draw a pattern to go back to build, basically a few days of hard work will come out, dye the paint to dry, will ask someone to send it to Zhang Fengtian, so send the person who sent it! It's Wang Changqing, Wang Changqing, who came and went, became familiar with Zhang Renshan, and when he had nothing to do, he wandered around the shop together, and San'er also knew Wang Changqing, because he came to give Zhang Fengtian good things, basically San'er gave the way or he stayed to collect when Zhang Fengtian went out, and he was also very familiar. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info

Zhang Renshan saw that it was Wang Changqing and said with confidence: "Oh! I thought it was! It turned out to be Wang Tiedan! Why are you here to join in the fun? ”

Wang Changqing nodded and said, "Isn't it early to get up!" When I walked here, I saw a bunch of people gathered here, so I wanted to see what was going on."

"What's that going on? I just came out of the courtyard, and the housekeeper told me that something was wrong outside! Otherwise, I don't even know what's going on" Zhang Renshan said suspiciously, and San'er listened to it with a sincere heart: "Xian'er, if you can use this ability to pretend to be stupid to think about things, I won't be so tired to think for you."

When Wang Changqing heard Zhang Renshan say this, he hurriedly said: "I said young master, you can't not know!" This is happening right next to your house! Na! Behold, the willow tree outside the courtyard wall along the river of your house has fallen." Zhang Renshan deliberately glanced in the direction pointed by Wang Changqing and nodded, "It's really falling, when did this fall?" ”

Wang Changqing was a little confused at this time, so he opened his mouth and asked, "Young Master, you really don't know?" The movement of this tree falling is so loud! ”

"How...... How did you see the tree falling? San'er asked suspiciously.

"Oh! There is no housekeeper, I heard it, I was sleeping last night, and suddenly there was a boom, and I thought it was raining and thundering in the sky! So I didn't care, I saw the tree fall this morning, and I guessed that maybe the boom was the sound of the tree falling," Wang Changqing explained.

Zhang Renshan was about to say that he also heard the movement last night, but San'er pulled the corner of his clothes and gave him a look, Zhang Renshan understood and changed his words: "Oh! I wasn't in the courtyard last night, so I don't know."

Wang Changqing heard Zhang Renshan say this, so he spoke again: "Except for the young master, there will definitely be people in the courtyard who will hear it, after all, the movement is so ruthless, I can hear it from far away, not to mention that I live so close, when your young master comes back, no one will mention it to you?" It's impossible! ”

"Ahh Didn't I just come back! No one tells me yet! But the housekeeper should have been in the courtyard last night, so the housekeeper must know, is it the housekeeper? Zhang Renshan smiled embarrassedly, and San'er said with an angry face on the side, but he didn't dare to show it: "You kid, throw this burden to me at the critical moment."

Zhang Renshan saw that San'er hadn't spoken, so he quickly patted San'er on the shoulder, signaling to him that I can't hold it anymore, you hurry up.

San'er had no choice but to sigh and say to Wang Changqing: "Oh! My young master did only come back this morning, so I don't know what happened, the people in the courtyard did hear the movement last night, but the master told us in the courtyard to leave it alone, and wait until the day to come out to see what was going on, I just wanted to come out this morning to see, and it happened that the young master came back, so I didn't care about this."

Wang Changqing didn't ask anything when he heard that this was the case, so he chatted with Zhang Renshan and the others, while San'er stood aside and listened, and in a trance, San'er glanced at the broken willow tree that fell in the stream, but at this glance, San'er saw that something was wrong, but he didn't say anything, and waited quietly for the opportunity.

After a while, the crowd gradually dispersed, and some people just felt curious to come and see, but as long as the novelty passed, there was no feeling, as for the other part of the people just came to have fun, mainly chatting with the people around, Zhang Renshan saw that the crowd was dispersed, so he and Wang Changqing arrived and didn't prepare to go back, Wang Changqing didn't do anything to keep and said that he also had something to do here and turned around and left.

Zhang Renshan was walking back, but the three of them grabbed him and said, "Xian'er, don't go yet, let's go to the place last night and have a look."

"Ahh Go back! Zhang Renshan looked at Zhang Renshan with some curiosity.

"Of course! Don't ask me why, I'll explain to you when we get there," San'er said with a serious face.

Zhang Renshan didn't ask anything when he heard San'er say this, followed San'er, and the two of them came to the place where they stayed last night, Zhang Renshan looked at the place where he stayed for a long time last night and touched his head, he really couldn't think of the meaning of San'er pulling him here again, and was about to ask, only to see San'er pointing to the broken willow that fell in the stream and said: "Xian'er, you take a closer look at the crown of the willow tree."

Zhang Renshan looked in the direction San'er pointed and said in surprise: "This ...... How......! Is it ......".

San'er smiled and said, "Actually, we should have guessed a long time ago," I saw that the canopy of the willow tree was not bare as Li Fang said, who had died, but was luxuriant.

At this time, Zhang Renshan was even more confused, and thought: "Why is this Li Fang lying?" Could it be that he has something to do with the seventh man? If it's really related, but why did he die here?"

San'er saw Zhang Renshan's thoughts and said: "You don't have to think about it, in fact, I was already a little suspicious last night, but it was too dark at that time, and there was still that dangerous existence in the river, so I couldn't confirm this one thing, but today, it seems that it is really a little strange!" ”

"What the hell do you think this Li Fang is lying for?" Zhang Renshan couldn't figure this out.

"I don't know, that's all I can answer now," San'er said, looking at the broken willow trunk.

Zhang Renshan heard San'er say this, it was really true, if San'er said that he didn't know, then he really didn't know, Zhang Renshan looked at the riverbank where Li Fang was rescued last night, the blood stains on it had dried up, and the sunlight reflected on the stones on the riverbank emitted a dark red reflection.

"However, I have a few conjectures, you might as well listen to them when I say them," San'er turned to Zhang Renshan and said.

Zhang Renshan hurriedly nodded in agreement, so San'er told Zhang Renshan his conjectures one by one: "Let's assume first, Li Fang came out with us last night, not to explore the reason for the sudden fall of the willow tree with us, but to accompany us out for some ulterior purpose, so what is this ulterior purpose?" ”

"Could it be to get in touch with the seventh man?" Zhang Renshan guessed.

"Good! Then let's go along your line of thought, what did Li Fang do after getting in touch with the seventh person who hid by the river last night? Is it just to kill people? And why did Li Fang die? San'er asked again.

"This ...... I don't know," Zhang Renshan looked at San'er anxiously.

"Hmmm! Okay, then let's put those questions aside, let's first analyze Li Fang's several possibilities, one is for money, you are the eldest young master of the Zhang family's compound, and the old man will come out of as much silver as you want, so Li Fang conspired with outsiders to kidnap you last night, but was killed by something in the river, and the seventh person ran away when he saw that he couldn't make a deal, and the second is that Li Fang and the mysterious seventh person had to kill people in order to hide some things from the past, and the third is that Li Fang had nothing to do with the seventh person. But Li Fang really told a lie to hide something," San'er analyzed.

After hearing this, Zhang Renshan thought about it carefully and said, "You are here! It's definitely not right, if it's for the sake of wealth, you don't have to spend all these weeks, and you have lost your life here, the most important thing is that I have to be there, if I didn't come out last night, would I have waited in vain, and then your two and three bases, they are all the same, that is, Li Fang is really hiding something."

After hearing this, San'er nodded and said, "It's okay, then what do you think caused Li Fang to die."

After Zhang Renshan heard another question from San'er, he thought about it for a long time and shook his head to say that he didn't know. San'er explained: "We can guess like this, first, the seventh person was afraid that Li Fang would reveal his identity, so he used the monster to kill Li Fang and make him shut up forever, and second, Li Fang really is Yangshou, and this catastrophe was purely accidental."

"I think it's the first one," Mr. Zhang said.

San'er saw that Zhang Renshan had finished choosing, and continued: "That's good! If this seventh person is afraid that Li Fang will reveal his identity and kill people, then what is the identity of this seventh person? ”

Zhang Renshan was stunned by San'er's question, and thought, "That's right! What is the identity of this seventh person? Why are you afraid that Li Fang will leak out? ”

San'er saw that Zhang Renshan had not moved for a long time, and knew that this was stumped, so he said again: "Hmm! We will slowly consider this matter in the future, let's think about it first, it is also Xian'er, the question you raised first Why did Li Fang lie? ”

"Why?" Zhang Renshan asked rhetorically.

"Xian'er, let me ask you a question first, what do you sometimes lie for?" San'er was not in a hurry to answer Zhang Renshan's question, but wanted to see what Zhang Renshan could say first.

Zhang Renshan thought about it for a long time, but he couldn't think of what he was lying for, so he muttered to himself: "For what? To go unpunished? In order to keep things a secret? ……”。

"That's it," San'er suddenly snorted, almost scaring Zhang Renshan to the ground.

"What are you doing here? San'er, you almost didn't fly Lao Tzu's soul! Zhang Renshan complained.

San'er smiled and said, "If anyone can scare your soul away!" So what does this man have to look like? Alright! Don't be dissatisfied, you don't want to listen to the reason why Li Fang is lying? ”

"I listen! I can't listen to it! What the hell is going on? "Zhang Renshan had no choice but to give in, who made San'er's brain better than him!

"Just like you just said, lying is to hide something, Li Fang's lie is also to hide something from the past," San'er explained.

"You mean that Li Fang lied to hide something, but is there anything to hide from this river?" Zhang Renshan looked around again and tried to find some strange places, but as far as the eye could see, there were barren grasses except for the reeds.

"Yes, look there," San'er said, pointing to the canopy of the willow tree.

Now Zhang Renshan really didn't understand and blurted out: "What? Canopy? ”。

"I thought about the meaning of Li Fang's words last night, and he wanted to tell us that the crown of this willow tree is very strange and told us not to get close, I was very puzzled at the time, how can a person who has been frightened be able to fully describe what happened, and the most important thing is that he can return to the river again Although he died in the end, Xian'er, you have to remember that any lie is to cover up the truth, and the same is true for Li Fang, so I concluded that there is a problem with the canopy" San'er analyzed.

After listening to San'er's words, Zhang Renshan suddenly came to his senses, and decided to go to the canopy to see what was going on, but San'er shook his head and said, "Don't bother, Xian'er, even if there is anything, it has been transferred by Li Fang or the seventh person."

Zhang Renshan didn't agree with San'er's words, so he went to the canopy alone and tossed over and over for a long time, but as San'er said, he found nothing, and Zhang Renshan had to come back with his head down.

San'er saw Zhang Renshan coming back dejectedly and knew that he hadn't found anything, so he sighed and said: "Xian'er, in fact, our previous answers are just conjectures, after all, Li Fang is dead, and we don't know who the seventh person is, and those secrets last night were buried along with his death and the disappearance of the seventh person."

Zhang Renshan nodded helplessly, he could only agree with San'er's point of view at the moment, and inadvertently Zhang Renshan seemed to remember something and said to San'er: "Hey! If San'er said that Li Fang and the seventh person were killed in order to conceal some secrets, then why are you and I okay? ”

San'er looked at Zhang Renshan and didn't answer, and he couldn't answer, Zhang Renshan saw that San'er hadn't made a sound, and knew that he couldn't answer this question, so he was going to find a place to rest and sit for a while, Zhang Renshan just wanted to sit down, but San'er suddenly pulled Zhang Renshan and walked back.

Zhang Renshan was stunned by the state of the three children, but he didn't dare to ask, so he followed him all the way to the courtyard......