crime puzzle

Every place has its own rules, and there is a common saying in the world, which says that a strong dragon can't beat a local snake.Anyone who is on the road and goes to a certain place to do business will notify a certain person or force in this area in advance.

Cheng Xiaojing stared at Lan He for a long time, and suddenly asked: "I have a problem, my dad's matter, it was Lan Tian who came forward to help settle it, right?" Although Lan He said before that it was Lan's family, he just helped their family pay off all the money.

But if the influence of the Yilan family is involved, it can't be just a matter of money.

Lan He looked at him.

Cheng Xiaojing asked tentatively.

"Is it solved by spending money?"

Lan He frowned subconsciously, he hesitated for a while, and said, "Lan Tian did this, I don't know very well."

Lan He is hesitating, which shows that things may not be as simple as imagined.

But why did those people take advantage of Lan He?

Cheng Xiaojing thinks.Lan He's status in the Lan family, although it seems less important than Lan Tian, ​​is still the blood of the Lan family, who dares to touch him?

Cheng Xiaojing's thoughts suddenly paused, and he realized that he was worried about Lan He's safety.Think about it, I'm a bit stupid, Lan He's matter is their Lan family's own matter, what does he think so much about.

He quickly withdrew his thoughts, and then said: "Forget it, let's ignore this. We just talked about the identity of the person who sent you a text message. The most likely person is someone who is in your home now. Think about it, recently Is there anyone unfamiliar in your family? For example, a guest who came to visit suddenly."

Lan He thought for a while and said, "Yes... yes, but they are not guests of our family, they are distant relatives of our housekeeper. Didn't our family just recruit your father to the company? By the way, we also brought him along. went in."

Cheng Xiaojing recalled for a while, he knew the housekeeper of Lan He's family.It's a bit strange to say that before the accident, all his memories of this period of time were vague and equivalent to blank.Now it is very clear.

In his memory, the news that his parents died in a car accident was brought to him by the housekeeper.

He was also 1.7 meters tall in high school, and the housekeeper was not young, nor was he small.Recalling the scene carefully - when he heard the news and ran out, he saw the man standing at the school gate like a black mountain, at least 1.8 meters tall.

The important thing is that he remembered that the housekeeper's surname was Gong.

Lan He continued: "Uncle Gong has stayed in our family all his life, and he has never asked for anything. This time, for the first time, he begged my father to take in the son of a relative in their family."

Cheng Xiaojing's heart skipped a beat, and the three words Gong Shuzhen suddenly popped out of his mind.

"Do you remember the name of the son of your housekeeper's relative?"

"The name... the name is not very nice. I heard Uncle Gong call him Ergou." Lan He showed a bit of disgust on his face, and said, "That person is so mean, I thought it was not a good thing once I saw him. Uncle Gong His fame might be ruined in his hands."

It wasn't Gong Shuzhen, the answer was a bit beyond Cheng Xiaojing's expectation.But it also relieved him to a certain extent.

Gong Shuzhen is a very dangerous person. If they met him, then their trip would indeed be like what was said before - extremely dangerous.Not to mention bringing a fruit knife, it's useless to bring a machete.

Gong Shuzhen's skills are definitely ruthless in the true sense, and normal policemen might not be able to put him down.

Lan He roughly guessed what Cheng Xiaojing meant, and said cautiously: "Listening to what you said, it is indeed better to change to another place, and it's better to be earlier."

Cheng Xiaojing showed him a sly smile and said, "I'm all ready."

Seeing that he took out a suit, Lan He said: "Cheng Xiaoguo is about the same size as you. You can wear this suit and go out with me later in the afternoon. After entering the mountain, you hide inside for a while, and I will take Cheng Xiaoguo out of the mountain. .You leave again."

Lan He understood, and said: "Pretend to be me, then he has to be more disciplined." Lan He's family education is very strict, and his behavior is absolutely in line.

"Gentle." Cheng Xiaojing said, "I understand, just let him look like me."

Lan He looked at him for a long time and said, "Okay. But how do you get into school?"

Cheng Xiaojing pondered for a while and said, "I'll see the situation when the time comes."

Lan He was a little uncomfortable with Cheng Xiaojing suddenly uttering such an unfounded remark, he said, "Haven't you thought about it?"

Cheng Xiaojing looked at him and said, "It's hard to talk about things with variables." He, the person involved, didn't say anything, why Lan He was so nervous.

Lan He lowered his head and leaned on the side to ponder for a while, then suddenly said: "I'll sneak over and wait for you at the school gate. The guard uncle knows me, so he should let me take someone in."

Cheng Xiaojing looked at him and sighed, and said: "If I wanted to take you with me, I would have let you go." This person probably didn't understand the reason why he was not allowed to follow.

With a question mark on Lan He's face, he asked, "Do I have any questions?"

Cheng Xiaojing said: "You have no problem, the problem is your identity, you are too conspicuous everywhere, people at school will recognize you as a member of the Lan family when they see you, when something really happens, they will directly Involve you." The Lan family is a complicated gang, and anyone with the surname Lan will be very involved.

Lan He frowned.

Cheng Xiaojing kindly explained it to him, saying: "It's fine if the matter can be done quietly, the more extensive it is involved, the more troublesome things will be."

"But……"

"It's enough to have me." Cheng Xiaojing looked at him intently and said, "Trust me, there will be no problem."

Cheng Xiaojing's temper is very sincere, once he has made a decision, no one can change it, Lan He obviously feels this, he can only silently accept the imperfect plan that has been made, there is no second way to choose.

Before eating in the afternoon, Cheng Xiaojing opened the door and pointed his head downstairs and said, "Mom and Dad, I want to send Lan He out."

Cheng Zhen came out of the back room, just in time to see Cheng Xiaojing and Lan He coming down the stairs, he looked up at them both, and said, "It's so late, should I see you off?"

Lan He shook his head and said, "I made a phone call to ask the family's car to pick me up. It's okay."

Cheng Xiaojing said: "I will send him off."

Cheng Zhen breathed a sigh of relief and said, "It's fine, take a flashlight and be careful when you come back."

"Got it." Cheng Xiaojing took the flashlight his mother handed him, and went out with Lan He.

At the end of spring night, with a bit of spring coolness and coming warmth, Lan He followed behind Cheng Xiaojing, seeing that he was only wearing a thin sweater, which was the same as last time, he was stunned for a while Ask: "Isn't it cold? Put on your school uniform first."

"It's not the time yet." Cheng Xiaojing didn't understand his concern, so he replied calmly.Their home is considered a relatively remote place in the village, at least they have to go to a place with a little more people.

It wasn't until they walked out of the alley of their house, and there were many figures returning home in front of them, that Cheng Xiaojing stuffed one of the clothes in his arms to Lan He, and said, "It's ok, let's wear it."

Lan He took it over and said, "It's easy for you to catch a cold like this."

"It's okay." Cheng Xiaojing put on his school uniform two or three times, seeing that Lan He had also put it on, he shook his head at him and said, "Let's go, hurry up."

The two walked faster, why didn't Lan come to such a rural place, when passing by, someone greeted Cheng Xiaojing.Cheng Xiaojing just nodded slightly to the other party, and said something from time to time to send his classmates back.

Lan He never thought that Cheng Xiaojing's introverted and withdrawn personality would bring him such great benefits.Probably because they are all neighbors in the village, and they all know each other's temper. Most of them know Cheng Xiaojing's temper well. Seeing his nodding and responding, many people happily whispered and praised Cheng Xiaojing, occasionally in a low voice. Talking about things like a child with parents back is always different, the child looks really handsome and is loved by others.

At the beginning, Lan He felt uncomfortable listening instinctively, thinking to himself, what does it mean that a child with parents watching is always different?Cheng Xiaojing has lived so many years and has always been so good. His temper is not like this every day or two.Later, I heard a lot of compliments on Cheng Xiaojing's good looks, obedient, smart and good at studying, and I unconsciously became happy.

Cheng Xiaojing saw that he was silent with his head down, so he said in a low voice: "All the country people like this, just pick the ones that sound good."

Most people just like to say hello to you, showing that they are more humane, but most of them are not malicious, and of course they have no other meaning.Talking about it a little more can at least make them feel a little more impressed with themselves.As long as they can have an impression of him sending Lan He back, that's fine.

Lan He hummed, just as if he had listened to his words.

The two walked out of the village all the way, Cheng Xiaojing walked into the mountains in the dark, Lan He asked again: "Isn't there a flashlight?"

Cheng Xiaojing said: "Not now."

This time there is no unnecessary explanation, and he doesn't care if Lan He can understand his intention.

Suddenly, a bright light flashed in front of him.Cheng Xiaojing was blinded by the light, subconsciously raised his hand to block the light.

The person on the opposite side shook the miner's lamp for a long time, and asked from afar, "Is this the child of Master Cheng?"

Cheng Xiaojing heard the other party's voice familiar, but couldn't remember it for a while.

The other party had already rushed over and said, "It's so late, what are you doing here?"

As soon as the light moved away, Cheng Xiaojing let go of his hands.

It turned out to be their village chief.

"Send the students back. Their family has a car to pick them up. If you are in a hurry, go this way." Cheng Xiaojing patiently explained to him.The village head shone the flashlight on Lan He.

Lan He usually doesn't like to deal with people very much, but when it comes to the real scene, he is also a rich kid who can do it well.He stood up straight, nodded to the village chief and said, "I'm Lan He, and I'm here to play at Cheng Xiaojing's house today."

As soon as the village chief heard the word Lan He, his whole body suddenly became active. He moved closer and said, "Oh, it's the second young master of the Lan family. Tell me earlier. I'll take you there together."

Cheng Xiaojing's expression changed. Although he had imagined that the development of the matter would never be as smooth as they thought in advance, he never thought that the change would come so quickly.

Lan He said, "You are..."

The village head paused for a moment, then smiled shyly: "Oh, look at my memory. Don't you remember me? Last year at the village meeting, I represented our village. Didn't your dad want to buy our piece? Mountains? I..."

Lan He didn't wait for him to finish, and immediately said: "I remember, you are the village chief."

"That's right, you're so smart, you can still remember things from such a long time ago." The village chief paused for a moment, then immediately turned to say, "Then... I'll see you off?"

Lan He hurriedly said: "No need, I think the village head is still here at night, it must be something."

The village head obviously paused.

Cheng Xiaojing looked a little startled.Lan He is right. The village head is not a good village head who really cares about the mountains. In a mountainous area like theirs, there are really wild beasts on the mountain.Going up the mountain at night may be too long.

Cheng Xiaojing looked at the village head carefully, it was already dark at this time, judging from his appearance just now, it was obvious that he felt guilty after hearing what Lan He said.

It's impossible to take a walk without incident while still on the mountain at such a late hour.Cheng Xiaojing pondered, his eyes glanced at the miner's lamp in his hand, and he suddenly understood—maybe he was looking for someone.

"It's nothing. In the past two days, some people have said that there are wild beasts in the mountains. I will come out to take a look. If there are real ones, I will make a report and find a hunter to take a look." The village chief laughed and said a little Don't worry about it.

Living in a small village by the mountain, there are often wild animals coming out of the mountain. It is reasonable for the village chief to worry about it, but it is not normal to look for them in the mountains at night regardless of the danger.

"It's so late, it's too dangerous. Are you the only village chief?" Cheng Xiaojing asked intentionally.

"Yes..." The village chief was about to return, when suddenly someone called him from a distance behind, "Village chief, I didn't find it, are you sure it's on the mountain? I always think it's impossible for such a big child to hide in the mountain. You will be deceived by that person."

The village chief lowered his voice and said, "Wait for me here." After finishing speaking, he turned around and ran over there in a hurry.

From a distance, the man could be heard talking in detail, such as he had been searching for two days, and he was sure the other party had made a mistake. Finally, the village chief sternly shouted, and his voice fell silent again.