At dawn the next day, Xu Zhen, Dongfang Meiyan, and Sima Xin gathered in the county prison to continue discussing the situation.
"After being monitored for so long, there is nothing unusual." Dongfang Meiyan was the first to speak. "There is no suspicious person around Lianji. She doesn't look like she is being monitored."
"But..." Sima Xin wanted to say something, but he had some scruples.
"But," Xu Zhen knew what he was going to say, so he took over and said, "The less suspicious it is, the more suspicious it becomes!"
"Yes, I know," Dongfang Meiyan nodded, "Yaolou is the intelligence station of Jinzouyuan. Lianji has been experiencing abnormalities one after another recently, and it is impossible for Yaolou not to investigate.
"But there is still no response from the Demon Tower, which shows that there is a big problem. Could it be that... the entire Demon Tower... is full of enemies?"
"I think..." Xu Zhen said, "If we can find those five containers, maybe there will be clues to this case!"
"Nonsense," Dongfang Meiyan glanced at Xu Zhen, "Fang Wubing must have hidden them in a place that is hard to find, otherwise, those people wouldn't have gone to such great lengths."
"Yes," Sima Xin agreed, "The so-called mysterious organization probably thought that the rusty knife was in those five groups of containers and was just hidden by Fang Wubing, so it took great pains to interrogate Fang Wubing, um... "
Before Sima Xin finished speaking, he was surprised to see Xu Zhen take out a map from his arms and unfold it on the table.
"This..." Sima Xin grinned, "Isn't this the map of my study? You..."
In a feudal dynasty with backward technology, maps were an extremely precious thing.
"Borrow it for use," Xu Zhen spread out the map and pointed to a certain place on the map and said, "Look, you two, this location is what Ling Ji said when she met Fang Wubing and saw it with her own eyes. A place for five containers.”
"This place is called Shiliting." Sima Xin realized that Xu Zhen was referring to something and immediately became serious. "It is the most famous farewell place in Daguan City."
"Lian Ji said," Dongfang Meiyan also became serious, "She saw Fang Wu Bing on the day of the robbery, and she didn't see Fang Wu Bing's accomplices, which means that at that time, Fang Wu Bing had already killed his accomplices and five big boxes. Put it on the carriage.”
"Lianji saw that one of the boxes of goods was the top secret files of the internal guards," Xu Zhen said. "The other four boxes were all locked. I don't know what was inside. What can this information mean?"
"Fang Wubing robbed Wanfeng Bank and then left the city as quickly as possible. Then there was internal strife. He killed his accomplices and left the Buddha's head gold," Dongfang Meiyan said. "Then, he came to the pick-up location to meet Lian. Ji, explain the situation to Lian Ji, and then make plans...
"Then after Lianji left, Fang Wubing first hid five containers, and then was captured by the government two days later. Then..."
"Take a look," Xu Zhen pointed to another place on the map, "This is the place where Fang Wubing was finally captured by the government. It is very far away from where he met Lian Ji."
"Two days," Sima Xin frowned, "Where could Fang Wubing hide five boxes of things in these two days? You know, the whole city was under martial law at that time, and the soldiers sent out were also constantly expanding the search area. , he is carrying five big boxes, isn’t it too eye-catching? Unless..."
"Unless..." Dongfang Meiyan stared at the map and said, "He didn't hide the thing too far away. He was hiding near Shiliting. The reason why he was caught by you in the north was just to divert attention."
"Shiliting..." Sima Xin nodded slightly, "In this case, I will organize the manpower immediately and go there to look for it?"
"It's not impossible, it's just..." Dongfang Meiyan said worriedly, "What if Lianji lied? She is the only witness to the whole thing, and we can't prove whether her words are true."
"No problem," Xu Zhen said affirmatively, "Lian Ji said it when she saw that Fang Wubing was dead and was devastated, so she shouldn't be lying.
"It's just," Xu Zhen said instead, "We have hypothesized before that Fang Wubing may have other accomplices. If his accomplices move the container, we will definitely not be able to find it."
"Xu Zhen," Dongfang Meiyan asked, "Are you really so sure that Fang Wubing must have an accomplice?"
“First,” Xu Zhen expressed his speculation, “when the government captured Fang Wubing, they did not see the carriage!
"Second, there was internal strife in the robbery group. It was an accident that Fang Wubing killed his accomplices, so hiding the five boxes of containers must have been a temporary move. If there were no accomplices, he would definitely not be able to handle those five boxes of containers."
"Yes," Sima Xin nodded. "The search was so intensive at that time. In terms of time and manpower, it was really not easy for him to hide five containers."
"I thought of something," Dongfang Meiyan said, "There are files in the container. Wouldn't it be inappropriate to bury them deep underground? If it rains and gets flooded, wouldn't they all be destroyed? Maybe it would be better to hide them somewhere?"
"Lord Sima, is there such a place near Shiliting?"
"Tsk tsk..." Xu Zhen frowned and smacked her lips. Dongfang Meiyan seemed to deliberately not follow her own thoughts. I don't know if she was stubborn or wanted to change the topic.
"No, there are woods all over there." After Sima Xin answered, he also realized something and said, "If there was really an accomplice, I'm afraid he would have taken those five boxes of things and fled away, right?"
"Accomplice...accomplice..." Dongfang Meiyan said angrily, "If there is an accomplice, then we are all doing useless work now. It would be more realistic to send people to search for Shiliting."
"No," Xu Zhen relaxed his shoulders, "You may not understand what I mean yet. The reason why I say this is because I almost know who Fang Wubing's accomplice is!"
"Huh? What!?"
Dongfang Meiyan and Sima Xin were shocked at the same time.
"You know..." Dongfang Meiyan raised her eyebrows high, "Who is Fang Wubing's accomplice?"
"Moreover," Xu Zhen looked at the two of them and said, "Fang Wubing's accomplice has always been with us!"
"ah!?"
The two were shocked again when they heard this, and looked at each other suspiciously.
After all, there are only three of them here. If not Xu Zhen, who else could it be?
"Who is it? Tell me quickly!" Dongfang Meiyan was impatient, and unexpectedly a round pebble appeared in her hand.
"From the very beginning, I had a question that I never said out loud," Xu Zhen said. "Why must a criminal of Fang Wubing's level be imprisoned in the county prison in Daguan City?"
"Huh?" Dongfang Meiyan and Sima Xin were slightly startled, obviously they were not aware of this problem.
"The internal guards did not take Fang Wubing away, the Third Law Division did not sentence him to death, and the Divine Catching Division did not try him, but they just left him in this small county prison. Is there really nothing wrong with this?" Xu Real question.
"Is there any?" Sima Xin pondered, "At that time, Fang Wubing still had an organization, and there were people covering him. He wanted to be judged how he wanted to be, and where he wanted to be locked up. There seems to be nothing wrong with him, right?"
"The key point is," Xu Zhen said, "Why do you have to choose the county prison in Daguan City?"
"You..." Dongfang Meiyan was anxious, "Xu Zhen, what do you mean? Say it quickly!"
"Perhaps, I have to accept a fact that I least want to admit," Xu Zhen frowned for a moment and said with great embarrassment, "I suspect that Fang Wubing's accomplice is none other than my uncle - Qi Lin!! !”
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(End of chapter)
