Chapter Ninety-Six: The Truth Is Like a Mystery (Part II)
Dugu Jian raised his hand and knocked lightly on the door, but there was no response from inside, he pushed a little harder, and the door opened directly. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć info "Is there anyone?" Dugu Jian shouted, but no one responded. The probe looked around the room, and no one was there, and the two walked in. The furnishings in this room are the same as those in the usual inns, a bed, a desk, a chair, a cupboard, a round table and four stools in the center of the room, and nothing else. Therefore, it is clear at a glance that there is no hidden place.
The two men walked around the house, but they didn't find anything. Yang Ying opened the cabinet, there was nothing inside, Dugu Jian looked at the bed, behind the door, under the table and other places, there was still no clue, this room was clean as if no one had lived there. "Could it be that the friend of He Laosi misunderstood?" Dugu Jian looked at Yang Ying, a little puzzled. Yang Ying shook her head: "No, I know that He Laosi is a person, and he will not take credit for things that don't exist." Yang Ying's words were conclusive, and Dugu Jian couldn't help but believe it. "Brother Dugu, we are looking carefully, the shopkeeper didn't say that he only came back yesterday, which means that Zhang Shaoxia and Miss Zhang haven't checked out yet, otherwise how could the shopkeeper not know?"
Dugu Jian's spirit perked up: "Well, yes, as long as they don't check out, it will definitely leave clues, let's look for it again!" The two of them lifted the quilt and mattress and moved the table and cabinet to the side, almost turning the whole room upside down. But after working for a long time, I still haven't found anything about Zhang Rumeng and Zhang Linxin. Wiping the beads of sweat oozing from his head, Dugu Jian felt that he was about to despair, he looked at Yang Ying who was still rummaging through the cabinets: "Miss Yang, I don't think there should be any clues in this house, let's go find it somewhere else." "It's hard to hide the sense of loss.
Yang Ying was also very sad when she saw him, and the clues that she had finally gotten were broken again, and what they should do next was cast a thick shadow. Suddenly, her gaze fell on the chair behind Dugu Jian. It was a very ordinary chair, and it looked like it was no different from the usual chair, but the only difference was that it was summer, but there was a thick cushion on the chair, which had to make people suspicious. Just now they just had to find those hidden places, and they didn't even let go of the bedding and pillows, but they only missed this chair that was placed on the surface!
"Brother Dugu, look!" Yang Ying shouted pointing to the chair behind him. Dugu Jian turned around to look, and Yang Ying also followed: "The weather in June is so hot, who would put such a thick cushion in a good manner, not afraid of covering the prickly heat?" As she spoke, she lifted the cushion and saw a blank piece of paper placed on the chair! Both of them were immediately shocked, they had spent so much effort and searched for so long a day, but they never thought that the clue was under the cushion of this chair!
Picked up the white piece of paper, on which were written two lines of black letters: "Lin'er, I have found some clues, meet in the grove north of Balizhuang on the morning of June 20." Brother" Dugu Jian looked at the letter over and over again, still a little unsure of the authenticity, and hurriedly took out the note left by Zhang Rumeng by Dongting Lake that day, compared the handwriting on the two pieces of paper, and confirmed that it was exactly the same, so he put his mind at ease. But after thinking about it, he couldn't help but wonder a little: "This is a letter that Brother Zhang left to Lin'er, but what about Lin'er? We haven't had any news about her for so long, why is this?"
Yang Ying also stretched her neck to look at the letter, and thought for a while before speaking: "Brother Dugu, since this letter was indeed left by Zhang Shaoxia, it seems that he and Miss Zhang did stay here." I think they must have split up to find clues. The calm analysis made Dugu Jian no longer so anxious, and slowly regained his former shrewdness and sanity: "Well, it seems that this should be the case, but now we can't be sure why this shopkeeper Lu and the dead shopkeeper are lying." Yang Ying thought about it again before saying: "The shopkeeper must be in the know, but from the words of the shopkeeper Lu, he has left himself clean, and we can't be sure whether he knows." ā
Dugu Jian also thought about it carefully, with the information they have now, it is indeed impossible to judge whether the shopkeeper Lu is lying or not, he has chosen himself too cleanly, so that people can't find a flaw. There are only two possibilities for this situation, one is that he is really not there, so he doesn't know about it, and the other is that he has planned all this a long time ago, he calculated everything, blamed the matter on the shopkeeper, and created evidence of his alibi, if this is really the case, then Dugu Jian and they have encountered a very terrible opponent. It's just that what is his purpose in doing this? This is also an important reason why Dugu Jian and Yang Ying dare not jump to conclusions now.
"Brother Dugu, today is June 19, and tomorrow will be 20. Now that we already know that Zhang Shaoxia and Miss Zhang will meet tomorrow in the grove in Zhuangbei, then we can rest assured. Wait until tomorrow morning, when we will also go to the woods, and you will be able to make peace with them. Speaking of this, Yang Ying paused, and there was a faint trace of sadness in her heart, which washed in her watery eyes.
But Dugu Jian didn't notice Yang Ying's abnormality, he was thinking that he would be able to meet his Lin'er tomorrow, his whole heart was full of joy, but he didn't know what to say for a while, he looked at Yang Ying: "Miss Yang, I ......" Yang Ying hurriedly put away the sadness and loss in her eyes, and unfolded a beautiful smile: "Brother Dugu, since this is the case, we might as well rest here for one night and go to the grove early tomorrow morning." Dugu Jian thought of something and shook his head: "No, Miss Yang, it's still early, let's go back to the city first, go to see Xiao Lei, see if he has found any clues there, and also tell him the news, and he will do useless work again." ā
Yang Ying felt that this was also the case, since she already had the news, she didn't have to bother others anymore, so she nodded and agreed. So the two of them went downstairs and prepared to return to Chengdu City. At this time, the lobby downstairs has been restored to its original appearance, the body of the dead shopkeeper has been carried away, and the little guy at the door has been replaced by Fang Cai and began to receive guests, but the shopkeeper Lu is not there at this time, and it is estimated that he should go to deal with the aftermath of the shopkeeper.
After such a show, the whole inn seemed to be a lot deserted, many of the guests who were still living here have checked out and left, and the diners in the lobby have also gone away, only some of the travelers and merchants who have just arrived do not know, so they entered the inn under the reception of the small house, ready to play or stay in the hotel. Dugu Jian and Yang Ying naturally didn't care about these things, they just glanced at them in a hurry, and then went out and rushed to the city...... (To be continued.) )