The Plow

The sky is gloomy, and the sun can't tear through the gaps, just like the mood of the Guan family.

Yue Dingtang looked down at his pocket watch.

It was six o'clock in the morning, the east was spitting white, and everything was awake.

The five brothers of the Guan family are all here.

Even the third master, Guan Shuzhi, was dragged over. He didn't have the carving knife he was used to holding in his hand, and his hands were groping back and forth on the armrests and thighs from time to time, trying to find familiar tools.

Yue Dingtang supported his throbbing temples, his eyes were looking at the broken vase and the missing box key, and his ears were talking about what happened in the audience.

Yesterday, there was no need for Manager He to be on duty at night, and he thought he could sleep well, but not long after he lay down, he heard the second master screaming like killing a pig, howling, murdering, murdering, he was so excited. He jumped up on the bed, put on a coat and ran over, and saw the second master hugging the second grandmother who was lying on the ground.

Naturally, the term "killing a pig" was added by the old man from the sidelines, and he did not dare to describe it that way even if he gave Guanshi ten courage.

The fourth master said that when he came over, he saw the second master howling there for a long time without saying a word. When he entered the room, only Yue Dingtang was still sleeping, and Ling Shu and the box were gone long ago. He immediately asked people to go to the front and back doors After inspection, it was found that the back door that the servants usually bought and exited was not covered, and the latch was not damaged, but was only opened from the inside.

The second master's eyes were red, he held back the tears, his mouth twitched, most of the time he stared blankly at the fragments of the vase on the ground, and occasionally glared fiercely at Yue Dingtang, as if he wanted to pounce on him and take a bite, he would not be able to catch it. The murderer's grievances were all vented on him.

The fifth master was sleepy, his eyes were dull, and he obviously looked too fuzzy and out of state.

Lao Yuan also came. Although he was qualified to be seated, he didn't. He stood by the door with his hands tied, with a serious expression on his face.

As for the others—

The body of the second master's daughter-in-law He Shi was wrapped in a quilt by the second master and temporarily placed in Lingshu's room.

Under the quilt, the clothes were messy, the lapel was wide open, the bellyband was pulled out, and the bottom half of the trousers was taken off to the bottom of his legs. Yue Dingtang had just seen it with his own eyes. It was indeed like being insulted.

But if it had to be said that Lingshu was so beastly, he first humiliated the female relatives and then fled with the treasure...

"Second, there is something I don't understand, please explain it to me!"

The big master's loud voice suddenly came out, overwhelming the fourth master who was chattering endlessly.

"Your yard is also a distance from Dingtang's yard. Why does your wife stay up in the middle of the night and come to other people's yard? People who know it say that the second grandma cares about her nephew whom she hasn't seen for a long time, so she came to see him. If you are used to it or not, if you don’t know it, you’re probably going to gossip about it!”

The second master gritted his teeth and remained silent.

Seeing this, the old man sneered: "Could it be that I guessed it right? My brother and sister really fell in love with the little boy surnamed Ling, and they came here in the middle of the night to give him a warm kang? But they didn't expect to be killed and thrown away. and escape?"

"Fuck you motherfucker!"

The second master roared, jumped up from his chair, and threw himself at the elder master with a heavy punch.

The elder was caught off guard, received two punches, kicked back a few steps, immediately reacted, and rushed forward to fight back.

The two immediately wrestled together.

Everyone else was dumbfounded.

Lao Li next to the second master just wanted to go over and stop him, but he was punched unexpectedly, and he sat on the ground with his buttocks.

The two were getting old, and they were powerless even if they wanted to fight, and they quickly changed from scuffling to gasping for breath while grabbing each other's skirts.

But the four eyes are like a fighting cock, staring at each other fiercely, as if fists are not enough, and teeth can be used to make up for it at any time.

The people who came forward to try to persuade the quarrel chattered and proposed one after another.

Some said that they should report to the police, some said that they would blackmail them first when the police came, and in the end the family would go bankrupt if the case could not be found out, and some said that the second grandmother died disgracefully, so it is better to report a sudden illness and be buried first, so as not to let the news spread to the Guan family Don't be a human being up and down, and it will even involve the marriage of the juniors.

Surrounded by the crowd, the second old man suddenly let out a wailing cry, bursting out with snot and tears, and beat the ground while crying, saying that his life was miserable, that the old man didn't take himself with him when he left, Now that his father is dead and his wife is dead, everyone can bully him.

"I said, second child, don't be ashamed. If you cry again and attract the neighbors, the cause of the death of the second brother and sister will really be hidden. All rumors outside will ridicule our Guan family's reputation!"

"Brother, the second sister-in-law is dead, can you have a conscience, whether it is reported to the government or privately, why should there be a charter first!"

"Conscience? You ask the second child if he has a conscience. If he has a conscience, he won't flatter Dingtang and send his wife here. Isn't it because the ulterior motives are not drinking, and he wants that pagoda?" Is it?"

"Okay, okay, don't say a few words!"

Ping ping pong!

Everyone was like a drake whose throat was pinched, and they immediately fell silent, turning their heads in unison.

All the tea utensils on the table were swept down by Yue Dingtang, and none of them fell down. Adding the fragments of the vase, it was really full of peace, prosperity and prosperity.

"Yesterday, I made an appointment with Yingzuo. I will go to the Municipal Office at noon. Someone will pick me up there. If you don't calm down now, tomorrow I will simply expose these matters and make everyone feel uneasy."

His words were plain, but what he said managed to shut everyone up.

There was silence in the small hall.

Those who were sitting and lying on the ground, those who bent over to persuade them to fight, and those who were standing next to them watching a good show, all froze in mid-air, as if a funny movie had been forcibly paused.

"Guan Qizhi."

Yue Dingtang directly called the second master by his first name.

Under the distraction of the second master, he forgot to pursue the anger.

"Let me ask you, why was your wife killed here in the middle of the night last night? What did she come here for?"

"she……"

The second master opened his mouth, blood oozes from the corner of his mouth that was just broken by the elder master, he just felt the pain, and stretched out his hand to touch it.

This problem is something that the second master can't escape no matter what.

When the old man asked, he could respond with a fight, but this time all eyes were on him again, but he couldn't allow him to escape.

"After she went back, she couldn't forget the pagoda. She tossed and turned and couldn't fall asleep. She always said that Buddhas and Bodhisattvas were waving to her to convert her to Buddhism. She really wanted to take another look at the pagoda. No matter how much I tried to persuade her, she refused to listen. I thought that after I fell asleep, she would sneak past by herself, and I never thought that the surname Ling actually, actually..."

The second master bit his cheek and couldn't continue, sobbing.

The old man sneered: "What you said is just deceiving the children. I went to my nephew's yard in the middle of the night and sneaked in, just to take a look at the stupa. She didn't know that the box was locked? Then she had to ask the nephew for the key. If that’s the case, why can’t you go and see it in broad daylight? You’re not afraid of a thunderbolt if you lie about a Bodhisattva! To put it bluntly, you just want to steal the box!”

"you!"

The second master was so angry that one Buddha was born and the other ascended to heaven, all because the elder master suddenly had a brilliant mind, and when he said a word to the point, the second master wanted to make trouble, but there was no reason to make trouble.

"It's just that she was thinking about it for a while. Didn't she succeed in stealing it? Everyone is dead, so what else do you want!"

The second master, who used to take the initiative to stabilize the situation, lost his wife and felt a little guilty, and no one could do anything about him.

In the end, the fifth master said: "The most urgent thing is to find Ling Shu first. Dingtang, he is your subordinate, you should know him well, how can you find him, tell me."

Yue Dingtang didn't speak.

How did all this happen?

He was thinking back little by little, smoothing it out.

The vase was broken and the key was gone. Only Ling Shu knew that the key was in the vase. He probably stole the box.

But He's death was an accident.

Yue Dingtang believed that the He family was definitely not included in Ling Shu's plan, and it was even more impossible for him to insult the He family with his actions.

No matter how young and beautiful it is, Lingshu doesn't want any woman. He has countless beauties who are willing to follow suit. A mere He family is nothing, and Lingshu doesn't need to do that.

Since it wasn't Ling Shu, who could it be?

Was there someone else in the middle?

Was it before Ling Shu, or after him?

Or, Lingshu's accomplice?

Yue Dingtang couldn't help raising his head, and turned his gaze to Lao Yuan who was standing by the door.

The sky gradually became brighter, and although it was still gloomy, it finally shone some light into the room.

But Lao Yuan turned his back to the door and turned his face inward, his expression was still unclear.

"Old Yuan, do you think this matter should be reported to the authorities?"

Yue Dingtang suddenly made a sound.

Everyone didn't expect him to ask Lao Yuan, so they couldn't help but look at the door.

Lao Yuan didn't seem to expect that Yue Dingtang would ask himself, so he was silent for a while.

"Master Yue, if you want to hide this matter, I'm afraid you can't hide it. There are Russians and Japanese present in the morning, and you're going to the Municipal Office tomorrow. Whether you want to make a big deal small or make a big deal out of it will depend on you and everyone else." That's what the master meant."

Yue Dingtang said: "I think the same way. If that's the case, let's wait until I meet the people from the Municipal Office. After a while, I will go up the mountain to pay homage to the old man..."

"Don't try to escape!"

The second master interrupted him and said viciously.

"You are afraid that we will make trouble against the pagoda. In order to prevent future troubles, you directly let Ling take away the pagoda, lied to the outside world that it was stolen, and then joined him on the back foot. It's just that Mr. He happened to smash your good deed. Come and kill yourself!"

Yue Dingtang's expression was cold: "Repeat what you just said, and see who can believe it? No matter how unfamiliar the uncles here are, they are still uncles. How could I rather trust a person with a foreign surname than my own uncle? "

The second master's chest heaved and he was speechless.

"Okay, okay," the fourth master smoothed things over, "Your second uncle is in a hurry now, don't be as knowledgeable as him, we will call the police first at dawn, the murderer has to be found, the pagoda has to be found, and the funeral of the second brother and sister also needs to be arranged. It just so happens that Dad left not long ago, and as long as his things are still there, there is no need to make any preparations...why do you look at me like this?"

In the end, Yue Dingtang still couldn't climb the mountain, and couldn't worship the old man.

Because the second master refused to let him go, and even threw himself on his thigh and refused to let go.

Everyone dragged him away, and the fourth master directly asked someone to beat him unconscious with a stick and drag him down.

Yue Dingtang was finally able to take a closer look at He's body.

The weather is cold, and the body will not change for a while.

He's young and delicate face can make people feel pity and regret from the bottom of their hearts.

Even the fourth master had such an expression on his face.

Under the quilt, her skirt was wide open, exposing her white and tall breasts.

There was a circle of purple and black bruises on the neck, and some messy fingerprints on the chest.

Yue Dingtang reached out and lifted the quilt from her lower body.

The fourth master couldn't help but glanced at him, thinking that young people are full of vigor and will not spare even the dead.

But the fourth master couldn't see anything from Yue Dingtang's dignified expression.

"Four cousins."

"Hmm... um? What?"

"There are bruises on He's upper body, but none on his lower body, and there are no signs of tearing on his trousers. She probably didn't die of being humiliated, but the murderer deliberately pretended to be humiliated after strangling her to death."

The fourth master wondered: "Then why did Lingshu do this?"

Yue Dingtang: ...

On the contrary, this just shows that Ling Shu did not do it.

After the murderer knew about Ling Shu's disappearance, the Guan family must have suspected Ling Shu first, so they made an unnecessary move and blamed He's death on him, and by the way, stigmatized him.

That is to say, Ling Shu and the murderer are not in the same group.

So, did the murderer know Ling Shu?Why did the other party do this?

As one puzzle is solved, new ones emerge.

But these things, before Ling Shu or the murderer is found, no matter how much Yue Dingtang says, the Guan family will not believe it, especially the second master Guan. Now he only wants to find Ling Shu to pay for his life, but he fainted , otherwise I don’t know how long I’ll have to howl.

When Yue Dingtang thought about it, he thought that Yingzuo came to pick him up.

Ying Zuo was very surprised when he learned of He's death and Ling Shu's disappearance. After expressing his condolences, he asked Yue Dingtang to get in the car with him. After all, he was entrusted by others and not here to handle the case.

After the two got into the car, Ying Zuo turned his head from the front seat to express his condolences.

"I am very sorry that such a misfortune happened to your house. If there is anything that needs help, please feel free to ask Mr. Yue."

Yue Dingtang nodded slightly: "Thank you Mr. Yingzuo, the elders have already sent someone to report the case to the police station, and someone should come to inquire soon. My assistant's family is a family friend with ours. Although he is my assistant , but was spoiled by me, he doesn’t know anything, now I’m only afraid that he will be robbed and encounter even greater accidents, then it will be difficult for me to explain to my family when I go back.”

Ying Zuoxin thought it was true, and enthusiastically said: "I happen to have friends who work in the police station, otherwise I'll tell them and let them bother to find Mr. Ling's whereabouts!"

He didn't wait for Yue Dingtang's answer.

Yingzuo will never wait for Yue Dingtang's answer.

The moment he finished speaking, a huge air blast exploded from under the seat, pushing him directly to the top of the carriage. The explosion sound was the last sound Yingzuo could hear.

As far as the eye can see, the entire body is wrapped in heat waves.

Fire sea red lotus.

This was also the last scene Yue Dingtang could see before losing consciousness.

The author has something to say:

The main line of this article has always been to solve the suspenseful case, occasionally there is a bit of background and current events combined with the time, but it will not add any very fantasy anti-Japanese drama~~