Chapter 24: The Truth
Zhu Xiaochang nodded in agreement and said, "That's right! You said that if you call my second brother back, we will already postpone the discussion of two deals. If we are arranging other things, we simply lose more than we gain! ”
Although she felt that what they said was very reasonable, Nan Guo Min'er felt that the stone was speaking for the enemy, so she couldn't help pursing her red lips and complained unhappily: "We are not headhunters, why do we investigate so clearly, Sister Qingqing and I just need to find out who the murderer is." Since you are so powerful, you should tell me, who is the real murderer? ”
"This ...... I have to ask Mrs. Zhao again. ”
Hearing Shi mention his name, Xu Qingqing asked suspiciously, "Ask me?" What do you mean? ”
"I mean...... Have you ever had a grudge with the master of Ninghai Town? ”
"No, I didn't. How can a small family like us go against the government? However, the master also has some background, I heard that it is very close to the Leng family in our town, and I heard that it is still their uncle. ”
"Leng Jia!" Zhu Xiaochang sensitively caught this name, and wrinkled his eyebrows and said hatefully, "Hmph, how come there are their shadows everywhere, it's really ghostly!" ”
Hearing what Zhu Xiaochang said, Shi asked: "Living in the Zhu family, and having a holiday with the Leng family?" ”
Nodding silently, Zhu Xiaochang said: "The Leng family is also in Xiling Town, and we are mortal enemies of the Zhu family. In the beginning, it was just a business competition, but then the feud escalated, and they started to frame us with some side ways. After being seized by our people once, the Leng family chose to leave Xiling Town in order to protect their reputation. Hey, it's been more than five years since this happened, but I didn't expect to hear the name of the Leng family again. ”
The corners of his mouth hooked slightly, and the stone looked at Xu Qingqing and said, "I think, I already know who killed Brother Zhao." ”
Xu Qingqing asked eagerly, "Who is it?" ”
"It's Ninghai's Leng family!"
"The Leng family?" Xu Qingqing said hesitantly, "But we have no grievances with the Leng family, why did they kill them next time?" ”
"Because, they need to borrow your knife to suppress the peace of the Zhu family!" Shi put his arms around his chest, and Gu Zi analyzed, "Obviously, since the Leng family left Xiling Town, they have been holding a grudge against the Zhu family and looking for an opportunity to take revenge. And this time they heard that the Zhu family was going to transport a batch of precious dyes from Ninghai Town, so they did tricks and tricks in it, and the master was the guide, so that Zhu Erye met Zhao Dahai and Xu Qingqing in disguise, and then the Leng family came forward and signed a contract with the real Zhao Dahai and his wife in the name of the Zhu family. This kind of staggered transaction will naturally lead to conflicts in the future, and Zhao Dahai and Xu Qingqing are people in the martial arts, so they will naturally not let their reputation be ruined, and fierce battles between the two sides are inevitable. After that, the Leng family sent assassins to assassinate the injured Brother Zhao, so Mrs. Zhao, who was furious, would definitely find the Zhu family and break the net! ”
Xu Qingqing took a deep breath, then looked at the stone and asked, "These are just your speculations, do you have evidence to prove everything you said?" ”
Lowering his eyes, the stone took out a dagger from his sleeve, which was wrapped in a white cloth. And as soon as Xu Qingqing saw the dagger, his eyes unconsciously reddened, and the pain in his heart became more and more ferocious.
"This is the dagger stuck in Brother Zhao's chest. Although it looks ordinary, there are clues on it, you see, the pattern on it ......"
Everyone's attention was drawn to the dagger, and their eyes were glued to see what was going on. But at this time, the stone stretched out his arm and threw the dagger out with all his might, as if throwing out a willow leaf.
"Ah,,"
The knife fell, the hand rose, and a figure fell straight down from the tree, shocking everyone's faces.
Struggling to sit up, the man half-dragged his body, trying to escape, but the stone's words made him obediently stay where he was, not daring to move again.
"The dagger is pierced in your blood artery, and if you move again, the blood will gush out like a thin spring, and finally you will die of blood."
Let the family surround the man, Zhu Xiaochang asked coldly, "Who are you?" ”
The man tilted his head to the other side and said nothing.
"Don't you really want to say it?" Stone walked up to him, put his hand on the dagger, and said, "If you don't tell him the truth, I'll pull out this dagger, and then you'll be dead." ”
"I say I say!" The man hurriedly put his hands outside the stone's hands, and said with a pale face, "I was hired by the Leng family at the expense of the Leng family, and I am responsible for monitoring your every move, and then go back and report it to the Leng family." ”
"You've been eavesdropping on us for a long time, are you sure you're not lying to us?"
"Every word I said is true, and I will never dare to deceive half of it!"
"Really?" With a slight force in his hand, the stone gestured and drew the dagger.
The man closed his eyes in fright and said hurriedly, "Seriously! They gave me a hundred taels of silver to eavesdrop on your conversation, and the assassination was carried out by someone else! I've never done anything harmful! Ahh
Although the man's voice was sincere, the stone still drew the dagger, and the man closed his eyes and screamed, covering his wounds and screaming. But after a while, the man found that his hands and feet could still move, and he couldn't help but raise his eyes and look around.
"Get up, your wounds are fine, just a little flesh wounds." Shi smiled lightly, "After you go back, tell the Leng family that the Zhu family already knows what they have done, I'm afraid that their good days will come to an end." ”
"Also," Nan Guo Min'er stood beside the stone and said with an impassioned face, "You killed the brother-in-law of the 'Soul Snatcher', and she will not let go of the Leng family!" ”
"Soul Reaper?" The man's eyes were wide open, and his eyes were full of horror. He didn't care about the physical pain, and muttered in panic, "The Soul Reaper is coming, oh my God, she's a witch!" It seems that the Leng family is about to be wiped out, you ...... Flee for your lives. With that, the man ran out of the house, leaving behind a crowd of people looking at each other.
Needless to say, Zhu Xiaochang is just a businessman and doesn't know anything about soul snatchers. And Xu Qingqing still wondered, why did she become the sister of the soul snatcher? As for Nan Guo Min'er, she was a little depressed, because she felt that her reputation should have a deterrent effect, but why did she look at the person's reaction just now, there were more elements of horror and disgust?
But fortunately, a farce finally came to an end, Zhu Xiaochang looked at the depressed Xu Qingqing, and secretly thought that this family was also implicated by his own family, so he lowered his posture and said: "Mrs. Zhao, we feel very sorry for your husband's death, here is some money, I hope you can accept it." ”
Looking at the bulging money bag indifferently, Xu Qingqing sneered and said, "No one is there, what's the use of asking for money?" The most harmful thing is this money, if we can change our livelihood earlier, it will not be earlier than this calculation. ”
"Where my sister said, the root of sin is not money, but people's hearts!" Nan Guo Min'er helped her and comforted, "Good sister, you can go with me to explore the rivers and lakes, if you see too much beautiful scenery, you may forget these pains." ”
Xu Qingqing shook his head and said, "No, I want to go and bring the body of the sea back to his hometown, and bury him by his father's side." After walking for so many years, I am also tired, and I just want to find a quiet place to spend the rest of my life simply. ”
Seeing Xu Qingqing say this, Nan Guo Min'er didn't want to say anything else, so she followed her, left the Zhu family, and rushed to the forest just now.
Looking at Zhao Dahai, who was pale, Xu Qingqing cried again, she lay beside him in pain, and said with tears like rain: "Dahai, how can you bear to leave me and leave alone?" I still want to give you a baby, what should I do in the future?"
Nan Guo Min'er also had red eyes, she was afraid that Xu Qingqing would be too sad, and after fainting, she fed her a red pill, and then comforted: "Sister, don't be sad." Let's cremate Brother Zhao's body first. This place is too far away from Brother Zhao's hometown, and this corpse is about to rot before it arrives. Let's cremate first. ”
Wiping the tears from his cheeks, Xu Qingqing nodded weakly, and then, for the last time, he sorted out Zhao Dahai's clothes and face, and watched him gradually be swallowed by the flames with reluctance.
After everything was cleaned up, Xu Qingqing refused Nan Guo Min'er's company and insisted on leaving alone. Although Nan Guo Min'er was worried, she couldn't force it, so she looked at Xu Qingqing's thin figure with a worried gaze, and slowly disappeared in front of her.
Looking at the mess on the ground, and thinking about the two couples who were still happy a day ago, Nan Guo Min'er couldn't help but say: "Stones, they are all good people, why should they suffer this tragedy?" ”
Holding Nan Guo Min'er's shoulder with one hand, Shi Shi looked at her and said soothingly: "There are some things that we can't decide. We just need to try to grasp and cherish when we are happy. ”
Nan Guo Min'er nodded vigorously, and then threw herself into the arms of the stone, and said in a somewhat astringent voice: "Well, the two of us must be happy forever and never separate, okay?" ”
"Good!"
After experiencing a period of pain, the two people faced this love, more cautiously, and in the evening when the sun was setting, they tried their best to absorb each other's warmth to drive away the cruelty of the world.
After about a quarter of an hour, Nan Guo Min'er suddenly stood up straight from the bosom of the stone, and asked in a little panic: "Oh, I'm busy with Sister Qingqing's business, where did Xiaoxi go?" ”
"Don't worry, I'll let Konishi go back to the inn. Let's pick him up at the inn. But before we can do that, we need to buy a horse, and the carriage has been broken by me. ”