Chapter 19: The Beginning of the Path
"Thank you, I see." Sun Li nodded to Ouyang Xiu, left a sentence and left, looking at Sun Li's back, Ouyang Xiu sighed, people's naivety often causes unimaginable disasters, but did I ever think about it at that time? Besides, who has not gone through the path of childishness, otherwise how can they grow up? I believe that after this unforgettable lesson, Sun Li's life will take a big step forward.
"People are gone, there is no need to sigh there." Long Tian put his eyes on Ouyang Xiu, who was looking at the scenery outside the window, and pulled him back to the real world in time, "The case is all solved, now we can talk about business, right?" ”
Ouyang Xiu looked at Long Tian speechlessly, and said slowly: "I'm thinking about life, can you not disturb me!" ”
"Want to live?" Long Tian smiled faintly, "You are not yet this age, let me ask you, you have been a detective for a few years, I believe you have seen countless cases, but do you know what those cases represent?" ”
"What the hell are you trying to say?" Ouyang Xiu raised his eyebrows, he always felt that Long Tian had something to say.
"You've solved so many cases, haven't you noticed? Forget it, I'll tell you better. Long Tian sighed, as if he had given up letting Ouyang Xiu himself perceive it, "Huaxia's society is developing in the direction of darkness, I'm afraid that in ten or twenty years, Huaxia will be controlled by unimaginable darkness, you have to remember that peace on the surface does not mean that the same is true on the inside, and now the biggest force manipulating the darkness is ......"
"Organization."
Hearing Ouyang Xiu pop out of his mouth with an extremely familiar name, Long Tian was a little surprised, but after seeing Ouyang Xiu's expression, Long Tian was relieved, nodded, and continued: "The huge size of the organization is not something you can imagine, and it can't be done overnight if you want to destroy it, but now there is an opportunity to completely destroy it, are you willing to participate?" ”
"I can't ask for it to be completely destroyed, how can I refuse." Ouyang Xiu clasped his hands to his chest and replied, "As long as you don't have any other purpose, it doesn't hurt to cooperate with you once." ”
"What? Don't you shout to arrest me this time? ”
"For the sake of saving my life and helping me solve the case, I will turn a blind eye and an eye. But for you to really want to cooperate with us, can I ask you a question? Ouyang Xiu looked at Long Tian and told his true identity.
To be honest, Ouyang Xiu never expected that Long Tian would actually be an afterimage, let alone that he would hide in this place, if it weren't for the afterimage to rescue him from the abandoned storage room and disguise himself as Sun Li with wonderful makeup techniques, and steal Sun Yu's mobile phone from Hou Meiqian, he would have thought that the afterimage was joking.
"What?" The afterimage raised his eyebrows, he had already expected this situation, and then it depended on what Ouyang Xiu asked about it, if it involved more privacy, he would not answer, I believe Ouyang Xiu also understood in his heart.
"What's your real name?" Ouyang Xiu asked with a serious face.
"Real name?" Remnant originally thought it was a more confidential question, but he didn't expect it to be this, so he said, "Before I say this name, you have to promise me that you will never mention this name to anyone." ”
"No problem, I can swear." Ouyang Xiu patted his chest and said with an oath.
"Zheng Haotian, this is my name, and it is also the evidence that I am alive in this world, now you are satisfied, great detective?" As he spoke, the afterimage reached out and tore off Long Tian's mask, revealing the white mask, Ouyang Xiu thought that the afterimage would take off the mask, but the afterimage didn't mean that, staring at Ouyang Xiu with a mask, as if telling Ouyang Xiu that this was what he looked like.
"Zheng Haotian? Then you ...... Zheng Hanfei" Speaking of this, Ouyang Xiu stopped, recalling what the afterimage said, a trace of bitterness appeared on his face, he finally understood why the afterimage made that kind of request, if he were himself, he would say the same, what made him embarrassed was how he should face Zheng Hanfei in the future.
"Speaking of which, you've been a little clever in this case." It may be that he understood Ouyang Xiu's feelings, and the afterimage began to change the topic, "What did you say to Hou Meiqian to restore the mobile phone recording through some channel, but in fact, you became Sun Yu's voice and re-recorded those words with your mobile phone, right?" ”
"I don't know what you're talking about." Ouyang Xiu twisted his head to the side and began to whistle, as if telling the afterimage that he didn't know anything, and that you could think whatever you wanted.
"By the way, I want to ask you something, there is someone else in the castle besides you, right? For example, your subordinates or companions. Ouyang Xiu seemed to have thought of something, and asked the afterimage with a serious face.
"Why do you think that? Do you want to say that Duggie is my companion? The afterimage narrowed his eyes and asked Ouyang Xiu with interest.
"No, I'm afraid that Doogie is a card you used to hide your identity, if it was your companion, it would not be so conspicuous, and I say this based on the secret hidden in this ancient castle, which is in the art room on the third floor, right? There's a dark room hidden, I don't know how big it is, and definitely one or two people can be hidden. Seeing that the afterimage didn't mean to hide it, Ouyang Xiu said his reasoning.
"Who knows?" The afterimage gave Ouyang Xiu an ambiguous answer, and the angry Ouyang Xiu was about to say something, but was interrupted by the afterimage in time: "Look, it's already dawn, you better go back and report safety to the people who are worried about you, as for when to act, I will inform you, I hope you don't break the agreement between us, goodbye, detective!" ”
After speaking, the butler clothes on the afterimage suddenly dispersed, revealing the iconic dress of the afterimage, and said hello to Ouyang Xiu very gentlemanly, and jumped down from the window.
"This guy ......" Ouyang Xiu smiled helplessly, then left Sun Li's room, came to the second floor of the East District, and knocked on Zhongli Wan'er's door, he really wanted to report to Zhongli Wan'er that he was safe, he had disappeared for so long, I believe Zhongli Wan'er must be very worried about himself.
"Who?" Zhongli Wan'er was awakened by the knock on the door, rubbed her eyes, and shouted at the door, she couldn't think of anyone who would look for her so early.
"Me."
The one-word answer immediately made Zhongli Wan'er sober up, and she panicked and straightened her messy hair and clothes, Zhongli Wan'er quickly opened the door, and then appeared in front of Zhongli Wan'er was Ouyang Xiu, who made her worry all night.
"I'm back." Ouyang Xiu said with a smile.
Syllable!
As expected, I came back and didn't hear it from Zhongli Wan'er's mouth, and instead his face was attacked by a heavy object, so painful that Ouyang Xiu squatted directly on the ground, and at this time Ouyang Xiu found out that the heavy object that attacked him was actually his mobile phone.
"I've taken care of your phone, can you leave if there's nothing else?"
Zhongli Wan'er's cold answer made Ouyang Xiu a little troubled, put the phone back in his pocket, scratched his head, and finally Ouyang Xiu couldn't stand it anymore, sighed softly, and apologized to Zhongli Wan'er: "I'm sorry for worrying about me for so long, I should have notified you in advance, and besides, when everything is over, I want to invite you to come out and have a good time." ”
"80 points."
"Huh?"
"You're qualified." Zhongli Wan'er finally changed back to her previous tone and said to Ouyang Xiu, "But there is one thing you said wrong, this trip is not over, we haven't cracked the secret of the castle yet, how can we leave before we crack it, this will damage the reputation of the Sherlock Detective Agency." ”
"Well, I've already untied it."
"What?! What the hell is going on? Ouyang Xiu's answer made Zhongli Wan'er dumbfounded, she thought that Ouyang Xiu didn't have time to crack the secret of the ancient castle because of solving the case, but she didn't expect Ouyang Xiu to solve it long ago.
"It's a secret, I can only tell you if you've been to a room on the third floor of the East Side, which is full of art." Ouyang Xiu pretended to be mysterious and said.
"I've been." Zhongli Wan'er replied, at the beginning, Zhongli Wan'er also tried to crack the secret of the ancient castle, so she ran all over the ancient castle, but there was no clue, after Ouyang Xiu's guidance, Zhongli Wan'er recalled the layout of that room, but still didn't find out what secrets were there.
"The secret is in the stone statues of Medusa and Perseus." Ouyang Xiu explained Zhongli Wan'er's confusion, "In Greek mythology, Medusa can turn everyone who looks at her into stone with her eyes, isn't it?" Athena gave Perseus a shining shield and told him that if he looked at Medusa through the reflection of the shield, he would not turn to stone. But the stone statue of Medusa did not look at Perseus, contrary to the story of Greek mythology, I think that the stone statue of Medusa can be turned, and when Medusa's face is opposite the stone statue of Perseus, something will appear. ”
"Then without further ado, let's go and see!" After getting the answer, Zhongli Wan'er hurriedly pulled Ouyang Xiu to verify it, but Ouyang Xiu shook his head and stood still.
"Why?" Zhong Li Wan'er naturally didn't know that Ouyang Xiu had made an agreement with the afterimage, so she asked puzzled.
"Because ......" Ouyang Xiu was just about to tell about the afterimage, but there was a mobile phone ringtone in his pocket, which startled Ouyang Xiu and Zhongli Wan'er, Ouyang Xiu hurriedly took out his mobile phone, and found that the caller was Nan Ruoxun, a question mark popped up on his head, and he connected the phone.
"Ouyang Xiu, it's not good! Xiao Fei ...... "As soon as the phone was connected, Nan Ruoxun's anxious voice came, and this sentence made Ouyang Xiu and Zhongli Wan'er look at each other, completely unaware that something terrible happened when the two left, and this incident was the beginning of everything that happened next.