Real Cthulhu Running Game

   Chapter 714 Who is the Murderer

  According to the previous arrangement, Zhang Jingxu took a red stone and painted himself around the Blacksmith Village, trying to find a few villagers to understand the situation of the Blacksmith Village and the Shen family.

As a result, Zhang Jingxu happened to meet an old neighbor of the Shen family, who told Zhang Jingxu a well-known "secret" in the blacksmith village - Shen Kuanglong's three sons had a very poor relationship with each other, and Shen Kuanglong's The second son, Shen Dafu, is dead.

   The most important thing is that everyone in the blacksmith village now believes that the person who killed Shen Dafu was either Shen Dazhuang or Shen Aotian!

   The reason is very simple, because when Shen Dafu was trying to kill Shen Dazhuang or Shen Aotian, he was counter-killed because his plan was exposed. . .

   However, the culprit who caused this situation of brotherhood is none other than Shen Kuanglong!

According to the Shen family's long-standing family tradition, the eldest son of each generation will become the next head of the Shen family, and when the next head of the Shen family turns 18, the current head of the family will also inherit from the heirloom of the Shen family. Treasure - In "The List of Protagonists at a Certain Point", a name was selected as the name of the next head of the family, and Shen Aotian's initial name was Shen Dashuai.

However, when it came to Shen Aotian's generation, because Shen Dazhuang and Shen Dafu were twins, Shen Dafu was always dissatisfied with the fact that he was Shen Dazhuang's younger brother. After all, in Shen Dafu's opinion, he came out of his mother's womb a few minutes later than Shen Dazhuang. Do you have to watch Shen Dazhuang become the new head of the Shen family?

   Especially when Shen Dafu grew up and knew the benefits of being the head of the Shen family, his dissatisfaction with Shen Dazhuang became more and more serious, and he even expressed his dissatisfaction in public.

   As for Shen Dazhuang, of course he strongly condemned his younger brother's actions, believing that his younger brother should accept the arrangement of fate and be an honest younger brother.

   As a result, the contradiction between Shen Dafu and Shen Dazhuang became irreconcilable, resulting in the two sides often scolding at home, or even directly.

   In addition, because Shen Kuanglong's character is relatively indecisive, he has always chosen to ignore and let loose on the conflicts between his two sons, which also led to the tragedy of Shen Dafu.

   But at this time, Shen Aotian suddenly appeared.

Shen Aotian is only one year younger than his two older brothers, but because Shen Aotian was smart and clever since he was a child, he was deeply loved by Shen Kuanglong, and the reason why Shen Aotian went to the restaurant as an apprentice was because Shen Kuanglong was often at home at that time. Talking about the taste of his hometown, after all, there was a blacksmith shop that moved here from far away, so Shen Aotian went to the restaurant next door to learn his skills, which made Shen Aotian even more loved by Shen Kuanglong.

When the three brothers of the Shen family were sixteen or seventeen years old, Shen Kuanglong still had not decided who would be the next head of the Shen family. This made the dispute between Shen Dazhuang and Shen Dafu in the head of the family intensified. Among them, Shen Dafu felt that he The advantage is very big, because Shen Kuanglong doesn't make a decision now is his greatest support.

   However, after Shen Dafu and Shen Dazhuang had a fight with their followers, their mother, after scolding them, casually mentioned that she would suggest that Shen Kuanglong simply hand over the head of the family to Shen Aotian.

   All of a sudden, Shen Dafu and Shen Dazhuang realized that this little brother of theirs seemed to be a little complicated, and he quietly got the support of his family.

As a result, Shen Dafu began to plan to kill Shen Dazhuang or Shen Aotian. As for the specific situation, it is unknown now, because Shen Dafu planned with one of his confidants, and Shen Dafu's confidants also buried Shen Dafu with him. .

But no matter who Shen Dafu wants to kill, it all makes sense, because if he wants to kill Shen Dazhuang, then Shen Dafu can become the real "eldest son"; and if he wants to kill Shen Aotian, then it means Shen Dafu Shen Dazhuang was no longer in his eyes.

   After planning for a while, Shen Dafu finally started.

   It was a dark and windy rainy night for a month. Shen Dafu and his confidant invited someone to a tavern in the blacksmith village. After drinking for a while, they left together.

  Then the next morning, Shen Dafu and the bodies of his confidants appeared at the door of a blacksmith shop, with a lot of stab wounds on their bodies.

Afterwards, the Shen family conducted a lot of investigations, and only knew that the person who appeared in the tavern with Shen Dafu and the others was either Shen Dazhuang or Shen Aotian, because someone heard Shen Dafu say "we are brothers", but because at that time The lighting of the tavern only depended on a few candles, and Shen Dafu and the others were sitting in a corner, so the people in the tavern at that time did not know who the third person was.

   As for Shen Dazhuang and Shen Aotian, they both insisted that they were not invited to drink by Shen Dafu that night, and they did not find any useful clues at the scene, so this case slowly became an unsolved case. . . Of course, there was also the reason why the Shen family wanted to deal with it coldly. After all, this kind of family ugliness really shouldn't be made public. Besides, if it was really determined that Shen Aotian or Shen Dazhuang were the murderers, then the next head of the Shen family would have no choice.

   But shortly after the incident, Shen Kuanglong announced that Shen Aotian would be the new head of the Shen family, but the main business of the Shen family, a blacksmith shop, was handed over to Shen Dazhuang for management.

   Shen Kuanglong's decision made some people incomprehensible, but it also made outsiders think that the possibility of Shen Dazhuang killing Shen Dafu was higher than Shen Aotian.

Shen Aotian, who got the position of the head of the family, still kept a low profile and continued to work as a chef in the restaurant next door, while Shen Dazhuang began to cultivate his own power after taking over Youjian Blacksmith Shop, which also led to Shen Kuanglong's control over Youjian Blacksmith Shop. It is getting lower and lower, so many people think that the reason why Shen Kuanglong is willing to hand over Youjian Blacksmith Shop to the state is because Shen Dazhuang has de facto control of Youjian Blacksmith Shop.

   Of course, Shen Dazhuang has been looking for trouble with Shen Aotian during this time.

   Hearing this, Liu Xing felt that his biggest gain was knowing where the cool names of the Shen family came from. . . But then again, what's going on with this "List of Protagonists at a Certain Point"?

Back to the topic, Liu Xing really didn't expect such a wonderful plot in this Dragon Quest game, but it seems that if his party wants to leave the Blacksmith Village early, they have to figure out who killed Shen Dafu. , because the murderer who killed Shen Dafu is likely to be the mastermind behind the group of goblins, as well as the followers of Bahamut.

   Sure enough, this mod is essentially a Cthulhu run game, so

Thinking of this, Liu Xing said, "What do you think about this? I personally think that the one who killed Shen Dafu should be Shen Dazhuang, because from the current situation, if the murderer who killed Shen Dafu is either Shen Dazhuang or Shen Aotian , then the suspicion of Shen Dazhuang must be much higher than that of Shen Aotian, because on the premise that Shen Aotian or Shen Dazhuang knew that the murderer was the other party, then either Shen Aotian would spare no effort to prove that the murderer was Shen Dazhuang, and justifiably won the title of the head of the Shen family. position; or they will choose to keep a low profile as they are now, and not participate in this matter at all."

"Instead, I think Shen Aotian is more likely, because as long as he commits the crime in a clever way and doesn't leave any important clues, then Shen Aotian just needs to pretend that it has nothing to do with him, because in this case, other People would be more inclined to think that it was Shen Dafu who was killed by Shen Dazhuang. First, it was because it was more likely that Shen Dafu wanted to kill Shen Dazhuang, because Shen Dazhuang was a direct competitor of Shen Dazhuang; secondly, Shen Dazhuang had always been with Shen Dafu. The relationship is not good, so it is more likely that Shen Dazhuang will kill Shen Dafu; in this way, everyone will think that Shen Dazhuang is a murderer, and Shen Aotian can profit from it without saying a word." Ding Kun touched Chin said.

Zhang Jingxu nodded and said: "I think so too, because if Shen Dazhuang is innocent, then Shen Dazhuang will definitely find trouble with Shen Aotian, especially when Shen Aotian becomes the next head of the Shen family, after all, that is Shen Dazhuang's position. ."

   Just then, someone knocked on the door.

   Zhang Jingxu winked at Liu Xing and the others, and then went to open the door himself.

   It was Shen Aotian outside the door.

   "Master Brave, my father is very sorry for what happened today, so my father has arranged a table of banquets at home, I hope you guys can appreciate it." Shen Aotian said respectfully.

   Zhang Jingxu nodded and said with a smile, "No problem, let's meet in the lobby on the first floor."

   After Shen Aotian got the answer he wanted, he turned and left.

   "Be careful that there are ears on the wall. Let's leave now. Let's talk about this together tonight." Zhang Jingxu said back.

   So, Liu Xing and others went back to their rooms.

   But not long after, Yin En came to Liu Xing's room.

   "Liu Xing, what do you think of today's events?" Yin En asked at the beginning.

Liu Xing thought for a while, and said seriously: "I still think that Shen Dazhuang is more likely, because the time when the three goblins came is too coincidental, and at that time, Shen Dazhuang was the only one who knew that we were going to leave the blacksmith village. , and when we were talking with Shen Dazhuang, I noticed that Shen Dazhuang was a little too calm and didn't look like he was in trouble. If we really want to settle accounts, then Shen Dazhuang will have to step down from his current position, knowing that Zhang Jingxu's reputation as a hero is very useful."

According to the setting of this mod, Zhang Jingxu's hero status is quite useful. As long as it is within the scope of the empire, Zhang Jingxu can be said to be under one person and above ten thousand people; Zhang Jingxu will also receive extremely high treatment among the countries with which he is connected; as for those countries that are hostile to the empire, Zhang Jingxu will not be subject to too many restrictions. After all, the crusade against the evil dragon Bahamut will kill the entire continent.

   Of course, Liu Xing and others, as companions recruited by the brave, can naturally receive the same treatment.

   So if Zhang Jingxu is willing, then Shen Dazhuang will definitely not be able to stay in a blacksmith shop, and may even be thrown into prison, so now Liu Xing thinks about it carefully, and thinks that Shen Dazhuang was acting a little strange at that time.

"But then again, this is a Cthulhu run game after all, not a Dragon Quest game, so I think it's very likely that Shen Aotian is behind the scenes, because Shen Aotian is too tolerant. "Yoon Eun said with a shrug.

   In the Cthulhu run game, anything is possible.

Liu Xing thought for a while, rubbed his temples and said: "Now we have collected a lot of information, but the information is intricate and not concentrated on a certain point, so we can only make some guesses now, think about it. To make a decision, we still have to get more and more useful information, but if we want to leave the blacksmith village early and go to the next location, we must solve this theft incident, otherwise we can only stay here. It's been a month...but to be honest, the living conditions in Europe in the middle of the world are really bad."

  Yoon En nodded with the same sympathy and said, "I have seen those complaints about medieval Europe before, and I laughed heartlessly at the time, but I didn't expect that I can really experience this kind of life now."

   Yoon Eun finished speaking and drank a glass of wine.

   Of course, the reason why Yoon Eun can drink wine now is not because Yoon Eun is addicted to alcohol, but because there are only a variety of drinks available in this inn.

   That's right, because the continent in this mod is based on medieval Europe, so the customs on this continent are almost exactly the same as in medieval Europe, so everyone on this continent is drinking to quench their thirst.

   The reason is very simple, because there is no clean drinking water, so people can only drink to quench their thirst, because the wine is also equivalent to disinfection when it is made. . .

As for why there is no drinking water, the reason is even simpler, because the environment of the town is really bad, and all kinds of domestic pollution make the water resources near the town impossible to drink. As long as you drink water, you are basically drinking, but the grade of wine varies from person to person.

   Fortunately, Zhang Jingxu's identity is very useful. Liu Xing and others drink the highest grade wine, so Liu Xing and others can still accept it.

   But the ubiquitous stench in the blacksmith village made Liu Xing and others feel a lot of pressure, and the high temperature in the blacksmith village made the stench even stronger. . .

   To be honest, Liu Xing really wants to move to the blacksmith village to get a tent and camp, but he is afraid that when he wakes up at night, he will find that he is surrounded by goblins.

  PS: Yesterday went well, hehe.

   (end of this chapter)