Chapter 21: The Death of Lao Hai
Lao Hai suddenly lowered his head and said softly, "Of course...... Zheng Hai and Zheng Zhong both ran out. ”
I was confused by what I said, and Lian asked, "Who is Zheng Hai?" ”
Lao Hai's eyes blinked: "It's me." ”
I asked again, "What about Zheng Zhong?" ”
Lao Hai showed a frightened expression: "It's the owner of the restaurant." ”
My brain slammed, the boss who was talking to us at the dinner table just now turned out to be a participant in that operation?
"That's not right." The little clever spoke, "You said that the Young Sons Gang went to thirty people in addition to you, plus three outsiders, this is only thirty-one in total. ”
Lao Hai blinked his eyes and chuckled, "I thought you were the smartest of them...... You miscalculated. ”
The little ghost frowned: "How can such a simple question be miscalculated?" ”
Lao Hai stroked his head and said softly: "There is also a guide ......"
Guide, right! I patted my head, and if I counted the guide, it was thirty-five people.
Dajin said: "You mean, the boss Zheng Zhong is the guide?" ”
Lao Hai looked unfathomable: "Of course, that group of strangers is what he received, and of course he wants to be a guide." The first time he accompanied the group into Wangchuan Slope, the second time he came to pull me in...... As a result, only the two of us escaped...... Haha, I've never told anyone about these things, if he wasn't a guide, how would he know so much? He laughed maniacally.
I kind of get it. The boss told us that a member of the Young Sons Gang acted as a guide to covet the gold objects dug up by the outsiders, and reported it to Lao Hai to have this operation. But we have overlooked a crucial issue. At the time of the first operation, a dozen people went in and only three people came out. Where did that guide go during this time? 、
Since he can come back to collude with Lao Hai and prove that he came out of Wangchuanpo safely, how can a minions of the Young Sons Gang escape from Wangchuanpo? And since he can escape the first time, it shouldn't be difficult to escape the second time. According to what the boss said, how could the guide, who was already the second person entering the palace, be buried in it with the group of the Young Sons Gang?
At the end of the day, the guide wasn't a member of the Gang of Young Sons at all!
But the question is, why did the boss lie to us for no reason?
The little clever man was really smart, and he figured out the doubts of the problem at once, and said, "We don't know that boss, why did he lie to us?" Also, you're not crazy, how did you end up like this? ”
Lao Hai once again showed a look of fear: "I don't pretend to be crazy, he wants to kill me." ”
It was the first time I saw the fierce Lao Hai with this expression, like a child who has been bullied.
But I really couldn't figure out why the eldest brother, who had more than 30 brothers in his hands, was afraid of a kind-faced restaurant owner, and immediately asked, "Can he beat you?" ”
Lao Hai trembled and said, "You don't know, Zheng Zhong knows how to spell, he quarreled with his neighbor three months ago. I saw him catch a big bug in the wild and bite the head off by shouting his neighbor's name. The next day, the neighbor hanged himself. ”
Lao Hai's face suddenly turned pale, and his big eyes flickered like a ghost lantern.
"Why did he kill you?" I would like to continue to ask.
Lao Hai laughed maniacally: "Because I stole his flowers, big flowers, small flowers, red flowers, green flowers, all good flowers!" His tone was fast, his voice was loud, and his mouth was splashing with droplets.
"What's wrong with you?" I was frightened by Lao Hai's appearance, and I was about to come forward to ask.
But I saw Lao Hai jumping up from the Taishi chair regardless of it, shrinking into the corner of the courtyard, trembling: "I was wrong, I was wrong, I shouldn't have taken your blood steamed buns, what?" You want my head, no, no, no, I can't give it to you! He began to talk to himself again.
Is this guy sick?
Da Jin and I looked at each other, but we heard the little clever cough lightly. I turned my head to see the restaurant owner standing quietly behind us, smiling.
That smile, no matter how you look at it, how eerie.
I subconsciously took a step back, but Daikin said, "Oh, brother, why are you here?" ”
The restaurant owner smiled and glanced at Lao Haidao in the corner: "I'm afraid that this madman will hurt you, so I'll come and take a look." He didn't talk nonsense to you, did he? ”
Lao Hai didn't seem to hear the boss's words, and picked at the mud on the wall by himself.
"Nope." Daikin was very calm and calm: "I want to see if he can still remember the past, but he is crazy and can't even speak." Daikin shook his head as he spoke.
"Ao ......" The restaurant owner smiled kindly and said, "He was stimulated a lot, and he didn't know what strange things he saw...... Since you can't ask anything, forget it. It's getting dark, I'll arrange accommodation for you, the price is absolutely fair. I'll take you to Lin Shan early tomorrow morning, how about it? ”
"Oh, thank you so much, brother." Dajin said gratefully, pulled me as he spoke, and said, "It seems that I can't ask anything, let's talk about it tomorrow." ”
"Don't go!" A scream, it turned out to be Lao Hai.
Lao Hai stepped on the Taishi chair again, looked around, and shouted: "Ah Di Ah Hu, why don't you entertain guests?" Are you looking for a fight? Serve tea to this distinguished guest first...... Tsk, this is a distinguished guest, how can you use it overnight! Come to four pots of new tea, don't forget! ”
Lao Haiwu greeted himself, and the surroundings were empty. My goosebumps rose a layer of goosebumps, if this old sea is pretending to be crazy, it is too similar.
"Don't, don't." The little wit said: "No need for tea, we're leaving." ”
As he spoke, he stepped out the door.
Lao Hai shouted at the top of his voice: "Then send off your guests, send you off your guests!" ”
We left the Young Sons Gang and moved into a vacant house under the arrangement of the restaurant owner. After dinner, we stayed in the house, there were two beds, one big and one small, one for me and Daikin, and one for Xiao Clever to sleep.
Dajin lay on the bed and said, "You say, is Lao Hai really crazy or fake crazy?" ”
I said, "Of course......"
"It's crazy!" The little ghost hurriedly said.
"Why?" I'm a little upset.
The little wit glanced at me and said, "His logical thinking has been confused, no matter how a person pretends to be crazy and stupid, his eyes are always there, and he can see the light of thinking." But Lao Hai is so good at all, he is not a brain at all, this cannot be pretended. ”
"Then ......" what else I want to say.
The little wit said in a low voice: "What else do you say?" You can believe what the madman says, and don't just take it as a joke. Tomorrow, go to Lin Shan early to understand the condition of the slope is the key, go to bed early. ”
Daikin could only nod, too, we walked for a day, and when we lay down on the bed, we were only tired.
And just like that, I fell into a groggy sleep.
Until someone shook me like crazy.
When I opened my eyes, it was still late at night, and by the moonlight I saw Daikin make a silent gesture.
"Get dressed and come with me." Daikin whispered.
I looked at the little ghost again, and this guy was already dressed, and his big bright eyes were staring at me.
I looked at my watch, and it was only four o'clock in the morning, when everything was tired. What are you going out there to do now? I was full of doubts, but I still put on my clothes and followed Daikin and Little Clever out the door.
We had flashlights, but none of them had them, and I didn't dare to ask, because there was no entertainment in the village, and the houses were all dark and frighteningly quiet. We just crept through the moonlight, turning left and right in the alley, and after a while I saw the familiar building, the Young Sons Gang.
The door was open, Daikin was the first to enter, and we hurried to follow.
There was no one in the courtyard, only an empty Taishi chair.
Daikin pushed the door open.
A damp and musty smell came over my face.
I looked twice more at the ground, where I had knelt before.
Daikin finally turned on the flashlight he was carrying, and as soon as he turned it on, he screamed, and the flashlight almost fell to the ground, but the little ghost hurriedly covered his mouth.
My hairs stood on end.
On the beams of this room hangs a man.
He is Lao Hai.
A black rope hung him from the room, and his eyes widened with two bloody streaks. His tongue also spit out, and his expression was extremely hideous and painful.
There was no stool on the ground, and Lao Hai seemed to be hanging from the beam of the house with a rope out of thin air, and he definitely did not commit suicide.
I suddenly remembered Lao Hai's words today.
Zheng Zhong knew how to spell, he shouted the name of the neighbor and bit off the head of the worm, and the neighbor hanged himself. Could it be that Zheng Zhong heard our conversation today and had murderous intentions towards Lao Hai?
Aren't we also in danger?