Chapter Seventy-Four: The Trap
Fang Zhongjin stabbed to death Loeb who wanted to sit on the ground and raise the price. Not only did this fat fox die, but it also surprised Jiang Dai.
Jiang Dai knew that Fang Zhongjin always had a reason to do things, but he really couldn't understand why he was so impulsive at this time.
The reason why Loeb dared to sit on the ground and raise the price was that they expected that they would not be able to find the old Ryukyu King. He didn't dare to kill the only person who knew the whereabouts of the Ryukyu King easily.
Jiang Dai was stunned for a moment, hurriedly collected his surprise, and asked in a deep voice: "Do you already know the whereabouts of the Ryukyu King? Is he dead or alive now?"
Fang Zhongjin said with a smile: "I'm afraid I'm still alive now, maybe I can't find him again, and I'm going to die." ”
Jiang Dai was even more surprised by these words, and hurriedly asked, "Why? Haven't you found his whereabouts yet?"
Since he didn't find it, and it sounded like the King of the Ryukyus might die at any time, it was really rash for Fang Zhongjin to kill Loeb like this.
Fang Zhongjin was unimpressed by Jiang Dai's suspicions. He drew the sword that had been stuck in Loeb's corpse. Wiped the blood off Loeb's clothes and put his sword back into its sheath. Then he walked deeper into the alley as if no one was around.
This alley is dark and narrow, like human life, and always leads to a dead end. Fang Zhongjin stepped on Loeb's corpse all the way inward, and there was blood flowing all the way under his feet. With every step, you can hear the sound of the soles of your shoes sticking to the ground.
Further on was the body of the girl. A moment ago, she was as fresh as a peach-like girl, but now she has begun to chill and stiffen.
The slender body that once attracted everyone's attention and followed it has now become a corpse that people can't bear to look at. But this corpse also failed to retain Fang Zhongjin's pace. He continued to walk slowly forward.
Further down is the end of the alley. There were piles of miscellaneous items discarded by the people. Fang Zhongjin took a deep breath and kicked away the pile of debris with his foot. Sure enough, I saw the king of the Ryukyus lying down in the pile of things.
Jiang Dai had already flown over when Fang Zhongjin kicked the debris. Sure enough, when he saw his father, he was lying motionless in it.
Jiang Dai herself didn't notice that her voice was trembling, and she asked, "Are you dead?"
Fang Zhongjin squatted down and touched his heart, shook his head and said, "It's just that someone used techniques to make him hold his breath." But if we don't massage the meridians for him in time, he will really die because he faints for too long. ”
Fang Zhongjin suddenly smiled, turned back to Jiang Dai and said: "This guy Lebo is really bold, he doesn't know where he learned such a breath-holding technique, so he let the Ryukyu King faint to death in the depths of the alley, but he bargained with us on the other end. "After that, he pressed the 'Moxin Mouth' for the King of the Ryukyus, wanting to help him recover his qi.
Eyo looked at the Ryukyu King, who was pale and skinny and dumped in the garbage. She shook her head suddenly, as if to wave goodbye to the last trace of emotion in her heart. Instead, he asked, "That's a pretty clever idea." At first, I really thought that he had let the Ryukyu King go. I don't know how to look for it. I didn't expect it to be hidden in the alley. ”
Fang Zhongjin also nodded and said: "Loeb bargained loudly with us and behaved many times, just to interfere with our train of thought. Let's think that the king of the Ryukyus would never hide inside, otherwise if his words were heard by the king of the Ryukyus, how could he bargain at both ends?
In fact, it was only because he had already stunned the Ryukyu King that he was sure that he couldn't hear it. And it was precisely because the king of the Ryukyus had already held his breath that I didn't hear that there were other people in the alley at first. ”
Jiang Dai was surprised when he heard this: "Since you didn't hear it at first, how can you tell that the Ryukyu King is still here?"
Fang Zhongjin said: "Fiction is real, and reality is virtual." This is the usual trick of the deceivers. The wall here is so high, and it is a dead end, and it is not easy for the two of them who don't know kung fu to climb over the wall in such a short time. ”
Jiang Dai nodded, but what he thought in his heart was: Just because of these inferences, it is risky enough to kill Loeb directly. In short, now that the person has been found, then everything is not a problem.
Fang Zhongjin said: "There is also the most critical point, that is, smell. ”
Jiang Dai was surprised when she heard this, and asked, "What smell? Could it be a warm fragrant cake? Is this impossible?" After that, she raised her head and sniffed it with her small nose, and there was indeed no smell in the air except the smell of blood.
Fang Zhongjin said while pushing the palace for the King of the Ryukyus: "It's still because your mother has helped us so much in the Spirit of Heaven. Otherwise, how could everything have gone so smoothly?"
Jiang Dai suddenly heard Fang Zhongjin mention his mother, his breath was awkward, and he hurriedly asked, "What do you mean? It was my mother who helped us?" She looked up at the dark night sky, and really wanted to see her mother's face. It's a pity that I can't see anything except the lone star.
Fang Zhongjin said: "You are more familiar with this thing than me. Maybe it's because it's too ripe that you can't smell it. In addition to the sweet and warm taste, this fragrant cake also has a slight rancid smell. I guess the reason why I used so many spices was to cover up the rancid smell. ”
It turned out that Fang Zhongjin's sense of smell was sensitive to ordinary people, and when he first entered this alley, he couldn't find it immediately because the smell of blood was too strong. After a while, I slowly recognized the smell of the warm fragrant cake.
In fact, there are many people in the world with a keen sense of smell. But as soon as ordinary people smell this warm fragrance, their minds can no longer remain clear. Where else can I distinguish other smells? Only a person like Fang Zhongjin can smell this unique rancid smell.
When Jiang Dai heard this, he said with his forehead: "So that's the case, but my mother has been gone for so long, can she still leave warm incense cakes in the palace?"
Fang Zhongjin sighed and said: "Originally, I felt that the Ryukyu King's behavior in the past few months was perverse and unreasonable, and I couldn't understand it until now.
It seems that your mother did it in her last days. I'm afraid it was she who left a warm incense cake without sweet fragrance in the palace. And the miraculous effect of the warm incense cake is not the sweet taste. Therefore, although others could not detect it, it slowly caused the Ryukyu king's mind to be in turmoil. ”
Jiang Dai heard this, and after a long silence, he said, "Then my mother must have been killed by him." It was precisely because he realized that his life was short, so he tried to set a trap in the palace to make the Ryukyu king crazy. ”
Fang Zhongjin also sighed: "Yes, if it weren't for the Ryukyu King's desire to 'seek' and not 'satisfy', his mind would be crazy. How can we lose the hearts and minds of the people? How can we act so smoothly? It is your mother who has the greatest credit for sending you to the throne. ”
Jiang Dai half-closed his eyes, his long eyelashes covered the sparkle in his eyes, and said, "But I don't know how my mother died." ”
Fang Zhongjin pressed the chest of the Ryukyu King hard, and the Ryukyu King suddenly coughed violently, and filth gushed out of his mouth.
Fang Zhongjin raised his head and said to Jiang Dai: "You can ask him yourself." ”