Chapter 34: The Little Bamboo Pole
It's been three days, and Huo Jianfeng remembers that he has been hungry for three days. Every time he saw www.biquge.info jailer carrying a bucket of sour steamed buns into the cell next door, Huo Jianfeng felt his stomach burn like a flame. However, his former dignity did not allow him to open his mouth to ask the cell boss for food. Because he knew that the Tenshofu was deliberately starving him.
The next door was crowded with his former men, but the eyes of those who had once obeyed him no longer looked at him with the same awe as before. Just like the eyes of his former self looking at them, Huo Jianfeng knew that he was a stray dog in the eyes of these former subordinates.
Huo Jianfeng didn't want to die, he wanted to live. Otherwise, he should have committed suicide as early as the moment his martial arts were abolished, even if he could only spend it in prison, he wanted to live.
Only he knows the identity of the connector, and this is also the basis for his survival. However, he couldn't let the Tenshofu get something out of his mouth so easily. If it is too easy, it will not reflect its own value. I don't know much, but it's critical.
Leaning weakly against the wall of the cell, this saves a little effort. And at this moment, he wants to sleep even more. As long as you fall asleep, you won't feel hungry.
"Helper!" a soft call woke Huo Jianfeng up, and his slightly narrowed eyes opened again. Ever since he was locked up here, he hasn't heard anyone call him a helper.
When he looked up, he saw a little beggar next door looking at him. The little beggar was about fifteen or sixteen years old, and was as thin as a bamboo pole. Huo Jianfeng still remembers that he saved the little beggar when he was dying of starvation three years ago. Unexpectedly, he did not die in the old temple and was still locked in a cell.
"Little bamboo pole, are you still willing to call me the helper?" Huo Jianfeng asked with a low smile.
"One day is a helper, a whole life is a helper. Without a helper, the little bamboo pole would have died a long time ago. Helper, I'm here...... There is still half a steamed bun!" he said, taking advantage of the other beggars' inattention and threw it into Huo Jianfeng's cell.
The steamed buns thrown away by the small bamboo pole still attracted the attention of other beggars, and most of them couldn't grab the steamed buns, let alone eat enough. Watching the little bamboo pole throw the steamed bun to the other side, the fire suddenly became angry, and they all punched and kicked the small bamboo pole.
Huo Jianfeng slowly picked up half of the steamed bun that fell not far away, this kind of steamed bun would not even be eaten by dogs in normal times. Huo Jianfeng gently broke off a piece and slowly put it into his mouth, staring coldly at the beggars on the opposite side who kept beating the small bamboo poles, not knowing what they were thinking.
The small bamboo pole was very thin, and it didn't take long for him to be beaten all over his body. Blood stained his face, but he was still stubborn and didn't make a sound. Just like usually, the little bamboo pole never makes a sound when it is bullied.
Huo Jianfeng looked at this scene coldly, slowly ate the steamed buns, and felt a little better when he had something in his stomach. The beggars, perhaps tired from the fight, shrank aside to rest, leaving only the small bamboo poles on the ground, which were no longer human-shaped.
"Are you dead?" Huo Jianfeng asked softly.
"Helper...... Steamed bread...... Is it delicious?" a faint voice sounded.
"It's not delicious, but I'm not qualified to pick whether it's good or not at this time. ”
"That's right, helper...... How long has the little bamboo pole been with you?" The weak voice sounded again, and the little bamboo pole slowly propped up his body against the wall and asked.
"Three years, right?" Huo Jianfeng said uncertainly.
"yes, but actually...... Little bamboo pole has known you for almost ten years......"
"Ten years?" Huo Jianfeng was startled, the little bamboo pole was at most fifteen or sixteen years old, didn't ten years mean that he already knew himself when he was a child?
"yes, it's been ten years! It's been so long that I don't remember it well. The little bamboo pole only remembers that my father and mother at home loved me very much, and there was a big garden at home, and there was a grape trellis on the edge of the garden.
But one day the helper came to the house to beg for food, and my mother asked the little bamboo pole to give you two steamed buns. That night, after the little bamboo pole fell asleep, he woke up and never saw his father or mother again......"
Huo Jianfeng suddenly trembled, and the eyes that looked at the little bamboo pole were no longer the trust and emotion he had before, but a deep fear! Since the little bamboo pole was abducted by himself, it was definitely not an accident that he encountered it three years ago. Being sent to that place, it is absolutely impossible to escape again!
"Could it be...... You're the one sent by the twelfth floor to watch over me?"
"The little bamboo pole was taken to an island, and every day I practiced martial arts and learned how to kill people. It's a pity that the little bamboo pole is not talented and failed in the assessment, although he saved his life, his martial arts were all in vain. I was sent to the gang leader, so I guess it's a waste use. The little bamboo pole panted rapidly, and his chest rose and fell like the sound of the wind.
"You ......" Huo Jianfeng instantly regained his composure after a short period of fear, and they were all prisoners. Even if the little bamboo pole was sent to spy on him, what could he do? They were all useless in their martial arts, and they couldn't do anything. But Huo Jianfeng suddenly had a strong killing intent towards the little bamboo pole.
I always thought that no one except myself knew the identity and secrets of the connector, and this was the capital that I survived. But now, this little bamboo pole also knows and probably knows more. After his own secret was no longer a secret, his life was threatened.
"Little bamboo pole...... What do you want to do, do you want to live, or do you want to die?" Huo Jianfeng swept his eyes over, and his voice was low as if he was talking to himself.
"How can I want to live? My value now is to die! Otherwise, how can a mud like me live in this cannibalistic world? Helper, in order to thank you for abducting me and turning me from a human to a ghost, please die. ”
"Hehehe...... You don't know martial arts, and you're locked up in prison, how can you kill me? Forget it! As long as you make the slightest rash move, I will immediately call someone. Huo Jianfeng straightened his body and leaned into a more comfortable position.
"My martial arts are abolished, but killing people is not just about martial arts! For example, poisoning! The voice of the little bamboo pole was very soft, but it was as piercing as a ghost crying wolf in Huo Jianfeng's ears.
"You ......" Huo Jianfeng's eyes widened, staring at the small bamboo pole, his fingers trembling and pointing at the increasingly blurred figure in front of him, his face instantly turned pale.
"That's why I asked you at the beginning, are the steamed buns delicious?" said the little bamboo pole with a chuckle, and in an instant his stomach straightened, and the blood in his mouth slowly turned black.
The Heavenly Shogunate was boiling, Ning Yue's injuries hadn't healed yet, but he couldn't take care of it, and followed Xu Fan and they quickly ran towards the cell. Just now, Jin San, who was guarding the prisoner, ran out in a panic and said that Huo Jianfeng was dead, which was bad news for Ning Yue.
But Huo Jianfeng was indeed dead, leaning against the wall and still hanging his fingers in the air. His round eyes were full of anger and fear. His body had darkened, and his eyes had lost their life.
"Unexpectedly...... Dead?****** what do you think?" Xu Fan, who had always been very gable, pulled out his knife and slashed at Jin San, who was hiding aside and cowering. If it weren't for Ning Yue's quick reaction, Jin San might have really been slashed with a knife.
"At this point, it's useless to blame anyone. The other party was poisoned, and the murderer himself has committed suicide, and I think it is impossible for anyone who is still alive here to know the clues behind the scenes. Ning Yue's brows furrowed tightly, perhaps because of the violent rise and fall of her chest, which made the wound on her back that was growing granulations a little faintly.
"Then what should I do? The clue is broken, and the case is only half solved, and there is no way to solve it. The flying pigeon in the capital has already arrived, ordering us to solve the case within ten days. How do we deal with this happening?"
Ning Yue's brows tightened, and he didn't know what he was thinking, Xu Fan looked at Ning Yue like this, thinking that he had found something, and waited quietly aside. But in fact, the reason why Ning Yue's brows were tightly knit was that this hidden task had already been prompted to be completed.
"Successfully eradicating the trafficking gang, did you submit the task to complete?"
This task has obviously not been completed, Huo Jianfeng is just a pawn of the mastermind behind the scenes, maybe just a link in the abduction gang. Killing him is just a corner of the case. But is this obviously unreasonable!
But the system is really old-fashioned, without the slightest hint. The only option in front of us is yes or no! Rationally speaking, this case can no longer be investigated. The only clue that caught on was also broken. The rest of the people are very secretive, and they are certainly not so easy to find. Coupled with the fact that the grass has been startled, the black hand behind the scenes is likely to be dormant.
However, Ning Yue was not reconciled. Unwilling to let these more than 100 children disappear in vain, unwilling to let the criminal gang get away with it so much, and after a while, change their skins and break happy families again. If it was another criminal, Ning Yue might not be so persistent, but abducting and selling children? Ning Yue will never forgive.
Ning Yue pressed no, which meant that this matter was not over!, but she didn't expect the system to pop up in an instant, which made Ning Yue suddenly realize.
"Trigger the second stage of the hidden mission, please keep up the good work!"
"Ning Yue, did you find anything?" Xu Fan waited for a long time and saw that Ning Yue didn't react for a long time, so he couldn't help but ask in a low voice.
"A little, but I don't know if it's a clue! Ning Yue walked out of the cell with a dark face, the sunlight outside was a little dazzling, but it also drove away the haze in Ning Yue's heart.
"The culmination of the Golden Body True Recipe is based on the medicinal effect of the Red Yan Pill. If it is a Chiyan Pill, its consumption must be not small. It seems that we are going to check the clues from Uncle Zhou. Ning Yue said in a low voice and strode towards the street outside the Heavenly Shogunate.
"Huh, why are you closing the door?" Ning Yue came to the door of Zhou Ji Pharmacy and suddenly paused, the door of the store was closed, as if she had forgotten to open it today after closing last night.
Ning Yue's face changed drastically, and she hurriedly crashed into the pharmacy through the side door. If Ning Yue hadn't been wearing this flying fish suit, she would definitely have been twisted into the official mansion by the people on the road. But even so, the door of Zhouji Pharmacy was already crowded with people watching the excitement.
Knocked open the door, and it was neat and tidy, not to mention the pungent smell of blood. The curious crowd followed, and the sound of discussion reached the ears.
"Folks, do any of you know where Dr. Zhou Jizhou went?" Ning Yue asked, arching her hand at the door.