Lin Chen was terrified for a moment, except for those light golden eyes, he only saw a blurry black shadow.

This is very reminiscent of Ah Piao.

But Ah Piao's eyes should not be so good-looking, like two luxurious and brilliant gems.

Lin Chen raised the lamp to shine over, only to see a sturdy black panther with smooth and elegant lines lying on the branch, and the entire upper body almost fell down.

The strong forelimbs stretched downward, and the thick claws were slightly open, presumably the same claws that were hooking his hair just now.

At the moment of being caught, a person and a leopard looked at each other, and the surroundings suddenly fell into silence, as if even the air was still.

The two of them......

The former is lost in the gorgeous appearance and mysterious and dangerous temperament of the big cat, and the latter is very calm, licking his mouth with a nonchalant face, exuding a lazy and charming atmosphere.

This black panther's sultry posture was a little familiar, Lin Chen suddenly realized, looked at the black panther in surprise and said, "It's you?" ”

He took a hitchhike home that night, and there was a tail under him that kept teasing him, and it was probably this panther.

Now that the other party is here, there is a high probability that the owner is also there.

Thinking of the glimpse that night, Lin Chen was still impressed, and couldn't help but raise his eyes to look around, but the environment was dark and his visual range was limited, so he quickly turned his gaze back to the black panther.

The quiet and elegant guy was still looking at him, his eyes could be called gentle, Lin Chen was flattered, although he knew that he had a special attraction to animals, but this was a lonely black panther, and it was more difficult to capture its heart than a lion.

"Hey." Lin Chen's voice was dry, and he bent his lips to say hello.

Seeing that the panther was in a stable state, he tentatively raised his hand, touched the other party's claws with his fingertips, and then slowly grasped it, feeling very good: "My name is Lin Chen, it's a pleasure to meet you, handsome guy." ”

He stood on tiptoe and kissed the back of the big cat's paws, smelling a faint scent of sunlight mixed with wood.

"Where's your master?" Lin Chen smiled and was gentle: "If your master knows that you came to me, I'm afraid the other party will be unhappy." ”

Measuring the size of the big cat's paws, Lin Chen remembered the paw prints on his quilt, and muttered to himself: "The culprit who has been pressing me not to sleep well in the past two days can't be you, right?" ”

The black panther didn't react, and slowly hooked his paws as Lin Chen pinched his front paws.

"Lin Chen—"

Si Ang's voice sounded nearby, and the other party saw his lamp and was walking towards it.

"What are you doing stopping there, are you alright?"

Lin Chen withdrew his hand and said in Si Ang's direction, "I'm fine." ”

When he turned back, the panther on the branch had gone silently, as if he had never been, but it was really elusive.

Si Ang came over with a gun in one hand, and when he saw that Lin Chen was fine, he asked, "Where is Parker?" ”

Lin Chen pointed in a direction: "I'm going to chase sheep." ”

Si Ang looked at the surrounding environment: "You better follow me, I'm not worried about you." ”

Lin Chen: "Okay." ”

He walked with Si Ang, and suddenly asked, "Brother Ang, are there many black panther companion beasts?" ”

Si Ang paused: "Why did you suddenly ask about this?" ”

There was a movement in front of him, he raised the gun, through the scope, and saw the prey, but it was a wild goat with a cub, the finger that pulled the trigger hesitated, and finally chose to put it down.

"Do you want to make a pact with the Panther?" Si Ang looked sideways at Lin Chen and continued the topic just now.

Lin Chen was stunned: "Of course not, I'm just asking." ”

If it is less, it may be possible to deduce the identity of the owner of the black panther, who is also a big man, and he intuitively feels that Si Ang should know the other party, at least he must have heard of it.

"Very little," Si Ang only thought he was curious, and he patiently popularized science: "You know, leopards are very defensive, they don't like humans, and they are not easy to agree with except for cheetahs, but you can try." ”

His smile was full of encouragement and appreciation, as if he thought of the day he first met.

Lin Chen didn't have this self-confidence, and said truthfully: "The key to the agreement is that the spirit is strong, and I can get the recognition and surrender of the companion beast, but you also know that the reason why Parker is close to me is not because I am strong...... It even thinks I'm weak. "It's the protected.

Si Ang smiled, as if that was indeed the case.

Companion beasts will choose to surrender because a person is strong, but they will not choose to surrender because a person is cute and amiable.

Lin Chen asked again: "Whose companion beast does the emperor have, is it a black panther?" ”

Si Ang squinted, followed Lin Chen's question, and remembered a person, that person's companion beast was the black panther, but he didn't really want to talk to Lin Chen about each other.

"Why do you ask this?"

Lin Chen thought for a while and said, "I hitchhiked on the day my car broke down, and there was a panther in the car. ”

"Impossible." Si Ang denied it without thinking about it.

In the entire imperial capital, he only knew that one person's companion beast was a black panther, but that person didn't look like a good person who would give people a ride.

Si Ang's decisive denial startled Lin Chen, in fact, he was not completely sure whether it was a black panther or not, he just guessed intuitively.

What intrigued him more now was why Si Ang would be so sure that it was impossible.

Is there any story here?

Tell him directly that there is.

"But I did." For no reason, Si Ang's reaction made Lin Chen dare not say what he had just seen.

Si Ang asked, "What does the owner of the black panther you saw look like?" ”

Lin Chen said without thinking: "Very good, noble, not like ordinary people." ”

This answer made Si Ang fall into deep thought, and after a moment of consideration, he said, "You may have met Wenzel. ”

Who's that?

Lin Chen searched for the memories of the original owner, and there was really an answer, Duke Wenzel Don Howard, a household name and a legendary figure who lived in the center of power.

The story of the young duke is a bit heavy.

Everyone said that Wenzel was a brutal villain who stepped on the blood of his loved ones to ascend to power.

It is true that he is not the first in line to the throne, and it is only because of the mysterious deaths of his brothers that the title can fall to him as the youngest.

Since there was no conclusive evidence pointing to Wenzel, his reputation was actually okay at that time, until he exiled his family members one after another for no reason, leaving several of his relatives depressed and trapped by illness, and his reputation plummeted.

The difference is that no one dares to speak openly about it.

The Howard family is very important in Blue Star, and in the past they represented power, turning their hands into clouds and raining their hands, which is not good. Even in the new era, when it is no longer ruled by the aristocracy, its power is still intertwined.

The entire Howard family, along with the young Duke Wenze, was kept secret.

After Lin Chen checked his memory, he suddenly remembered the faint smell of blood at that time, and couldn't help but shudder, suspecting that what he saw was the duke after the crime.

But if Wenzel is really the kind of ruthless person, how can he do a good deed every day and kindly let him, a man who lives on the side of the road, take a ride.

The main reason is that Lin Chen has a special affection for the mysterious and sultry black panther, loves the house and Wu, and his heart is a little inclined to 'spread falsehoods'.

After all, the private affairs of the superior are always exposed, and they are repeatedly processed and disseminated, and in the end, it is impossible to distinguish the true from the false.

Of course, such a character is very far away from him, and Lin Chen doesn't need to think about it at all.

"Looks like you've got it in mind." Si Ang continued to look for prey with a gun, and by the way, he solved the puzzles of the little brother who had a lot of problems today: "Howard has always been the head of the aristocracy, and the Si family's antipathy to the nobility is due to it. ”

In other words, the two sides formed a bond very early, so later the royal family gave the Si family the title of nobleman, how could the Si family gladly accept it, they didn't want to live like other nobles, relying on Howard's snort.

On the contrary, they disdained and trampled the 'nobles' under their feet.

When Lin Chen heard this, he was stunned, these two families have a grudge?

Doesn't that mean Siang has a grudge with Wenzel, and Parker has a grudge against the Panther?

Looking at this intricate relationship, Lin Chen is autistic, he really likes the black panther, and he also has a good impression of Duke Wenzel, who is kind enough to go all the way.

He asked, "Brother Ang, what is your attitude towards Duke Wenzel himself?" ”

"Me?" Si Ang fired a shot, continued to load, and found that the wild goat in the distance had fallen to the ground, so he said: "There are not many intersections, so I can't call it any attitude." ”

Wenzel was older than him, and the two had no business dealings, and even if they met in some public places, they never bothered each other.

"But," he said calmly, "if you have the opportunity to touch Wenzel, avoid it." ”

Lin Chen blinked: "Well, I shouldn't have a chance to contact it." ”

Si Ang thought about it, and it was unlikely that this kind of thing would happen a second time when he encountered this kind of thing on the road.

When he encountered the prey again, Si Ang was afraid that Lin Chen would be bored and wanted to teach him to shoot, so Lin Chen was surrounded by Si Ang from behind and explained the hunting steps hand in hand.

"Aim for the deadly."

Secretly, another scope slowly swept by, paused and fell back, looking at the overlapping figures in the mirror.

Bang!

A gunshot rang out nearby, scaring Si Ang and Lin Chen's prey away, and Si Ang said helplessly and unhappily: "It seems that we are not the only ones who hunt at night." ”

Lin Chen also had a little regret and worry: "Then again, what if we are targeted?" ”

As the heir to the richest man in the spotlight, isn't Si Ang worried at all?

Anyway, Lin Chen was very worried.

He is used to the illegal social life of holding a gun, and he is very uneasy when he hears that he can hold a gun here.

"No," Si Ang reassured, "I'll be aware of being targeted, unless...... The other party's mental strength is stronger than mine. ”

But there are not many such people, and the other party has nothing to do to kill him.

The higher the status, the more people cherish their feathers, and they don't have to go into battle in person at all.

"I see." Lin Chen nodded.

Next, with Si Ang's patient help, he found a new prey, successfully hunted a wild goat, and then went over to leave a sensor mark and waited for the staff to transport it away for processing.

Generally, it is used as a breeding feed material and makes the best use of it.

After half a night, Lin Chen could be regarded as seeing the extent of the influx of wild goats on the island, which was almost like plants vs. zombies, and he couldn't kill them all, he couldn't kill them at all.

Eventually, both of them got tired and returned to a hotel on the island.

In addition to wild goats, this island has a lot of sightseeing advantages, from the eyes of outsiders in Lin Chen's photography circle, they all know that it is a place that can produce a large area, but unfortunately they are not here for sightseeing, and they should go back tomorrow morning.

"Come and eat." Si Ang came over in a pajama to summon.

Lin Chen had just finished taking a shower, and looked over at the table: "Is it grilled lamb chops?" ”

"You want to eat? I'll have someone bring it. Si Ang was serious.

"No, no, no." Lin Chen hurriedly waved his hand to refuse, he was just joking, when he put aside the mark, he had already smelled enough of the smell that made people retreat.

It was a pork chop, grilled to the outside and tender on the inside, Lin Chen ate it to his heart's content, and the two drank a bottle of sparkling wine, and then went back to sleep with a full burp.

Early the next morning, Si Ang came over to wake up Lin Chen, his expression was a little solemn: "Lin Chen, get up quickly, we have to go to the police station." ”

"What's wrong?" Lin Chen was shocked, did they do anything illegal?

Si Ang handed him the clothes and comforted him softly: "It's okay, don't panic, someone was shot and killed in the forest last night, we have to go and interrogate." ”

He assured: "My bullets are all custom-made, and I can leave after investigating clearly." ”

Lin Chen got up in a trance, this was the first time in his two lives that he was so close to a murder case: "Brother Ang, are there many such vendettas between nobles?" ”

Having seen the scope himself, he knew it was certainly not an accident.

"Not much, there are satellite cameras everywhere now, and shooting is the stupidest way to kill......" Speaking of this, Si Ang didn't continue, he felt that Lin Chen was frightened, turned around and poured a cup of hot water for the other party, and patted his arm: "Relax, it's okay." ”

"Oh......" Lin Chen was fine, and he regained his composure after drinking the water.

This is the second time that Lin Chen has entered the police station in a short period of time, and the interrogation process is not as severe as imagined, it seems that it is just a routine questioning.

"Okay, the last two questions," the policeman said, "One, have you ever acted separately during this period?" Second, have you met anyone else in the woods? ”

Siang: "No, we were together all the time, and we didn't meet anyone else except for hearing gunshots nearby. ”

Lin Chen met the policeman's sharp gaze and nodded: "Yes." ”

The policeman bowed: "Okay, thank you for your cooperation." ”

Out of the police station, it's still early.

They went to a local breakfast shop, Lin Chen was so hungry that he ate five minutes in one go before he asked the doubts in his heart: "Brother Ang, the police have long ruled out that we are not murderers, right?" ”

"Of course." Si Ang was funny, this question was a bit stupid, otherwise how could they have finished the transcript so easily.

Lin Chen: "Oh. ”

He lowered his head a little weakly, he and Si Ang had lied, first, they had actually been separated for less than twenty minutes, and second, it was not that he had not met anyone else in the woods.

It is true that the panther is not human, but it symbolizes the Duke of Wenzel.

After Lin Chen's heart was weak, he began to think absentmindedly, if this matter was related to the owner of the black panther, would he be considered a cover-up?