Campfires were burning in the camp, and the iron pots on the fires were emitting an enticing fragrance to the outside. Wu Neng carefully stirred the fire with the wooden stick in his hand, and Shi Cheng beside him was carelessly cutting a sausage with a knife, and the cut sausage segments jumped into the iron pot in an orderly manner, adding a rich meaty aroma to the white noodles tumbling in the pot.

"What happened to me during this time was even more special than what I have experienced in the past four years since I came down the mountain." Wu Neng swallowed his saliva and sighed to himself, "Since the day I was arrested in the dungeon, I never dared to think that I would be able to sit comfortably by the fire and finish a meal quietly like today." ”

Shi Cheng said without raising his head: "You have never been quiet when you eat. ”

Wu Neng didn't bother to deal with him, and after a while, he asked Shi Cheng, "What should we do when we arrive in the royal city, do you have any plans now?" ”

Shi Cheng stirred the noodles in the pot with a knife, and then replied, "Renxin Pavilion, this medicine chamber of commerce, I plan to start with their headquarters in Wangcheng first. Wei Yuan was one step away from becoming a top pharmacist of the Dan Master, but the Renxin Pavilion was able to be ruthless enough to send him to serve in the second-rate city of Redwood City. In my opinion, either Wei Yuan has offended someone, or there is something wrong with the Renxin Pavilion itself. In addition, I also want to check the details of Huang Yuan. ”

Wu Neng nodded, and there was no objection.

Seeing that the noodles in the pot were about to cook, Shi Cheng got up and borrowed two sets of utensils from the caravan guys sitting on the nearby campfire. Wu Neng sprinkled some salt into the pot and poured some pepper oil, and the iron pot suddenly smelled fragrant. Shi Cheng took out the noodles and put them in two wooden bowls, then divided the tableware and ate it with Wu Neng.

Wu Neng's practice of carrying all kinds of condiments with him also made Shi Cheng feel ridiculous, but he didn't say anything.

When the two were about to finish eating, a few guys around the bonfire next door suddenly quarreled, and the words "dead ghost village" faintly came from the quarrel. It turned out that when these guys were chatting, one of them talked about the things on the Xieyang Road, one of the guys thought that the ghost village on the Xieyang Road was real, and the other guy thought it was just a rumor. These two people don't deal with each other on weekdays, but now they have their own opinions, and they quarrel when they don't agree with each other.

Looking at the people next door who were persuading, Shi Cheng's eyes had a strange color, and he said softly: "Dead ghost village? Hehe, it's kind of interesting. ”

"Why, do you still want to go to the slanting sun road to see if you can't do it?" Wu Neng didn't know what Shi Cheng was thinking, he was concentrating on dealing with the last noodles in his bowl.

"If I have time, I'd love to see it." Speaking of this, Shi Cheng picked up a branch from his side, drew a few times on the ground, and continued: "Although the Xieyang Road looks inconspicuous in the western part of the Western Desert Country, the entire Chi Road connects several oases and towns in the Gobi, and several of these towns are connected to other small Chi Dao. Don't underestimate these small gallop roads, they can actually be connected to some main roads in the western part of the Western Desert Country. In other words, if you calm down and analyze carefully, you will find that the small towns around this Xieyang Road can be regarded as several invisible small transportation hubs. It's just that these small gallops are difficult to get into people's eyes because of the limitations of capacity and surrounding terrain. However, for Redwood City, if the Xieyang Road is not accessible, after coming down from the official road outside the city, the caravan will have to change to other routes and take a longer detour to reach its destination. ”

"The manpower that the government of the Western Desert Country can mobilize must be extremely limited, which should be one of the reasons why they have no clue about the disappearance of the caravan on Xieyang Road for half a year. Of course, it cannot be ruled out that there may be some other reasons...... If they wanted to bring in sufficient manpower to conduct a thorough investigation, they would have to request the garrison of Wei or mobilize a large number of the main forces of the Western Desert Forbidden Army. However, there are restrictions on the movement of these two most important armed forces, the former is in the hands of Wei, and the large-scale movement of the latter is bound to involve a large number of movements of the western army of the Western Desert State. ”

"However, judging from the current situation, it is clear that the Wei people are not interested in the matter of a small Xieyang Road. If the Wei people allow the army to send out to assist in the investigation, then there will be a lot of movement on Xieyang Road, and the disappearance of Xieyang Road will definitely become a household name in Redwood City. ”

Hearing this, Wu Neng was shocked and said: "In this way, the caravans on the Xieyang Road were so frightened by the disappearance case that they took a detour, and the government was unable to investigate what happened on the Chi Road, so the entire Chi Road was empty in disguise." Do you suspect that the whole disappearance case was planned by those people in order to monopolize the Xieyang Road and transport some shady things in large quantities? ”

"Your idea is too fanciful, at best it is only part of the reason, if it is purely for this purpose, it is better to build a larger and more reliable caravan than to make such a thing that can attract the attention of the government." Shi Cheng shook his head and said: "There must be other reasons, but when I think about this matter deeply, I feel more and more that this ghost village may have something to do with the things I am pursuing." In any case, Sully City is not far from Xieyang Road, and when we get to the place, we will start to collect some relevant information. ”

Speaking of this, Shi Cheng said with some regret: "After I came to Redwood City, I was still too focused on collecting relevant information in the city, if I could have found out about the disappearance of Xieyang Dao earlier, I should have asked Bai Jilong how much he knew about it." Hehe, this old master of the white family may not be more honest than I thought. ”

After hearing this, Wu Neng's face changed slightly, and he said a little indifferently: "Although your name is Shi Cheng, are you very sincere?" No matter what the Bai family says, they are forced to enter the game, and you have already forced him to death in front of other people's grandsons, is it necessary to care about these things in your heart now? ”

Shi Cheng looked at Wu Neng and suddenly laughed. Wu Neng was a little furious by his smile, and he just wanted to say something more, but Shi Cheng had already spoken.

"I really didn't expect that you, a charlatan who likes to steal chickens and dogs, and swagger and deceive, still have such kindness." Shi Cheng said mockingly.

"You!" Wu Neng's face turned pale, and he screamed a little angrily.

However, Shi Cheng directly interrupted what he was about to say.

"Wu Neng, I actually thought about whether I could let Bai Jilong go and exchange his life for him to secretly report to me. But do you know why I changed my mind later? In the days you were in prison, I secretly went to the homes of all the known victims of the Haunted White Mansion for the sake of investigation. Shi admits to saying sincerely.

Wu Neng opened his mouth and froze in place for a while.

Shi Cheng stretched out four fingers and said to himself: "Four people, this is what we have already investigated, and we can confirm the murder case related to him." At least two of them were killed by his own hands, one was the subordinate named Bai Chun, and the other was the subordinate Bai Dahai who was killed in the haunted case during the free clinic. I checked privately during the time you were imprisoned in the dungeon, and on the night Bai Dahai was killed, Mu Tian stayed in the port, and that faceless ghost could only be played by Bai Jilong. ”

"Wu Neng, these people are just some unrelated ordinary people, the Bai family has a good family style, and they are not the kind of evil servants who fight with people outside. Like Bai Jilong, they also have their own families, they also have their own relatives, they are the fathers of their children, the husbands of their wives, and they are also the pillars in the eyes of their relatives. ”

"I, Shi Cheng, am indeed not the kind of consistent gentleman, in order to achieve my goals, sometimes I can also play double standards, and I can do everything, but I think I still have some bottom lines in my heart. Although you are not very old, you should also know the 'monk consensus' between the major sects of the Eastern and Western Continents, right? ”

Without waiting for Wu Neng to speak, Shi Cheng continued to speak to himself, "A very simple sentence. If a monk has not done evil, has no power to restrain the chicken, and has not been able to stay out of things, if a monk kills ordinary people with the above three characteristics, then he will undoubtedly become a demon. The victims of the Haunted Case in White Mansion are people who meet the above characteristics. ”

"Do you know the situation of Bai Chun, he fled from the village outside. Both of his parents were killed in the rebellion, and the family that took him in also starved to death in the famine, leaving only one young sister to live with him. Now that he died because he inadvertently broke the conspiracy of the Bai family, what kind of life do you think awaits his sister in the future? ”

"Have you ever known the person Bai Dahai? He has two daughters, one is six years old and the other is three years old. His wife was frail and sickly since childhood, and almost died when she gave birth to her second daughter. The livelihood of the whole family depends on Bai Dahai alone. Bai Dahai's wife has no means to support herself, after Bai Dahai's death, how do you think the family can continue to live after they have no pillars? ”

"You sympathize with the Bai brothers and sisters who have lost their grandfather, and think that I have gone too far in forcing Bai Jilong to die. Then I want to ask you, do you think Bai Jilong, who has disregarded morality and repeatedly broken through the bottom line, is it too much? ”

Speaking of this, Shi Cheng looked at Wu Neng, who was stammering, and said with a sneer: "The Bai family is the first family in Redwood City after all, and the foundation is there. Without Bai Jilong, the life of the Bai family will be very difficult, but it can still continue, but the four family members are not so lucky. ”

"Wu Neng, your unbelievable sympathy is too ridiculous in my eyes, I might as well say it more explicitly, in my opinion, your sympathy is just hypocrisy!"

"Maybe you think Bai Jilong is pitiful when he was forced to commit suicide, but after the investigation of the victim's family is over, I just don't think I can just let him go. Bai Jilong should be glad that he was forced into the game, otherwise, I wouldn't even leave him the opportunity to cut himself! ”

"You can also tell me that he was coerced into doing these things. But Wu Neng, I want to tell you that since you have done it, you have to be prepared to pay the price for it in the future. ”

Wu Neng sat in place like a piece of wood in winter, his brain was constantly roaring, and he couldn't say a word.

Shi Cheng looked at him, stood up, and said to him lightly: "I'll do all I say, pack up your things, rest early, and get up early tomorrow." ”