Every household in Wolong Town exploded.
Many of them were muttering to themselves: "Isn't some monster coming out to hurt people again?"
In the end, some brave men went to Chen Fan's home.
Even so, when they arrived at Chen Fan's home, the men couldn't hold it back. They only took one look at him, then ran outside to find a corner and vomited.
Gu Xiaotian squeezed through the crowd and saw Chen Fan, who was already out of breath.
Chen Fan died in a very tragic manner. His stomach was cut open and his intestines were left on the ground.
Chen Fan's eyes were still wide open at this time, looking very frightened.
The local guard Xu Ling and his steward Liao Li arrived here quickly. They immediately dispersed the theatergoers and walked into the courtyard alone.
Xu Ling only glanced at it, then looked back at the crowd, pointed at one of them and said, "Come here."
The named person was spotted by Xu Ling, and he immediately trotted all the way to Xu Ling and said timidly: "Master Guard, are you calling me?"
"I remember you are Chen Fan's neighbor?"
The person named nodded quickly.
"Then tell me, when did he die?"
The person whose name was called was startled and hurriedly clarified: "Lord Guardian, you won't doubt me, will you? Yes, yes, Mr. Chen usually likes to take advantage of others, and he and I are also a bit jealous. It’s a contradiction, but I won’t kill him.”
Xu Ling said slowly: "I don't doubt you, I just want you to tell me what you know about the situation."
"Sir, this Chen Fan usually leaves the stall early in order to get a good seat, but when I went home to cook at noon today, I found that he was still at home, so I chatted with him for a few words. In short, he received the reception A few outsiders then took a sum of money and said they would not go out to the stall today and would take a rest."
As soon as these words came out, the theatergoers started rioting again.
Although he didn't say it explicitly, he made a few implicit remarks, pointing the finger directly at Gu Xiaotian.
Gu Xiaotian walked out of the crowd, walked slowly to Chen Fan's body, squatted down and checked it a few times, and then looked at Xu Ling.
Xu Ling noticed Gu Xiaotian's gaze and quickly turned around and scolded all the theatergoers away.
After the crowd was completely driven away, Xu Ling wiped the sweat from his forehead and apologized: "Sir, our town has always been quite exclusive, and I suffered a lot when I first came here."
Gu Xiaotian did not take the various speculations of the theatergoers seriously.
When he looked at Chen Fan's body just now, he had roughly understood the cause of death.
In addition to his slashed stomach, Chen Fan also had a bloody knife mark on his neck.
Gu Xiaotian asked: "Guardian Xu Zhen, may I ask if any of your subordinates know how to use a sword?"
"knife?"
Xu Ling was stunned.
Gu Xiaotian knelt down and pointed at the knife mark on Chen Fan's neck.
Xu Ling glanced at it twice and said quickly: "Sir, do you suspect that one of my men did it?"
Gu Xiaotian smiled slightly and said mysteriously: "Is it not the case?"
"Hey, sir, you have wronged us. If you are really suspicious, you can investigate! As long as you find out who it is, I will definitely punish you severely!"
Seeing Xu Ling's anxious expression, he obviously wanted to wipe out all his suspicions.
However, there is no need to guess behind this, you can already know how the next step will develop.
Xu Linggang just drove away the theatergoers and didn't say a single good word to Gu Xiaotian and others.
Now that public opinion has spread, in less than half a day, the news that outsiders killed Chen Fan will inevitably spread to the whole town.
By then, Gu Xiaotian may be in trouble if he wants to find out some truth.
After all, he couldn't take action against the common people.
After Xu Ling ordered people to take Chen Fan's body away, he led Gu Xiaotian and the others back to the guardian's mansion.
In the mansion, because the old man went home to visit relatives, Chen Fan's body could only be left like this.
At first, Xu Ling wanted to dispose of the body
Bury it quickly, for fear that the body will stink if kept for a long time.
But Gu Xiaotian stopped him, saying that he would let the body stay for one more day to see the changes, and also asked Xu Ling to call the old man back quickly to find out the cause of death.
Xu Ling had no choice but to agree.
Apart from that, there was nothing else to do for the time being. Xu Ling arranged a guest room for Gu Xiaotian and the three of them, saying that breakfast, lunch and dinner would be sent there, so there was no need to go out.
...
After Xu Ling left, Gu Xiaocai said: "Do you want to lock us in here?"
Leng Qingqiu nodded in agreement: "This Xu Ling is of average level, but he never shy away from doing these things, and he can even pick them off cleanly. There must be something weird about it."
Recalling what Xu Ling had done today, Gu Xiaotian still couldn't figure out a complete train of thought.
After Chen Fan brought the three of them to the mansion, he returned home.
Apart from asking about what happened in Xu Ling Town, they only wandered around the streets for a while. They originally wanted to find out some information, but the people in this town were extremely scared.
There is only one big flaw.
Xu Ling asked Liao Li to leave at that time, but then when it was lunch time, he had to drag Gu Xiaotian with him.
This was clearly telling them that Liao Li was up to something.
What's more, before Xu Ling left, he secretly nodded.
It is said that Liao Li used to be a swordsman, but later he followed him.
All the evidence points to Liao Li.
Gu Xiaotian rubbed his head and said, "Chen Fan should have been killed by Liao Li, but what's the point of killing Chen Fan?"
Leng Qingqiu said: "But Chen Fan is just an ordinary town citizen. He doesn't know much. Why do you want to kill him?"
Gu Xiaotian shook his head and said: "This is exactly what I am surprised about. Another point is that this Liao Li has obviously been with Chen Fan for a long time. Logically speaking, he should be Xu Ling's loyal dog. How come Xu Ling Are you going to sell him out instead?”
Hao Hao on the side said casually: "Leave it to you alone, and he will take care of it."
Gu Xiaotian was startled and realized later.
So it turns out that Xu Ling's plan was really clever.
It's a pity that Xu Ling was wrong about something.
Gu Xiaotian disdains these small fish and shrimps. If he wants to catch them, he will catch a big fish.
...
Night time.
The sharp-tongued Liao Li gently knocked on Xu Ling's door. He would come to Xu Ling every day to report the situation.
After Xu Ling responded, Liao Li walked into the door. This time he was a little angry and asked: "Xu, I have done so many things for you, how come you want to sell me out in the end?"
Now Xu Ling seemed to be a completely different person, and sneered: "Liao Li, you said these three people from the Heaven and Earth Alliance are here. If they don't find out something, will they give up?"
Liao Li was furious when he heard this. He slapped the table, pointed at Xu Ling's nose and cursed: "So you sold me?"
Xu Ling stood up, pressed Liao Li's shoulders, and pressed the angry Liao Li down on his seat. He stood up and walked behind the cabinet, took out a money bag, and threw it on the table.
Looking at the money bag on the table, Liao Li snorted, took the money bag, and opened it. There was a lot of money inside, and he wouldn't even have to worry about it for the rest of his life.
However, Liao Li did not calm down because of this. He threw the money bag away and asked, "You want to send me away just for giving me some money?"
Moreover, if he is caught, no matter how much money he has, he can't spend it, so what's the use?
Xu Ling smiled and said: "Don't worry, you are still useful to me. If you are really captured by them, you can use this money to manage things, and I can guarantee that you will be released within a month."
Liao Li shook his eyebrows and asked, "Really?"
Xu Ling nodded seriously.
Finally, Liao Li snorted and put the money bag in his pocket.
Xu Ling nodded with satisfaction and said: "Things went well, but there is one more thing.
Love needs you to take action. "
Liao Li understood. "You are talking about the old man, right? Don't worry, he won't come back."
After explaining some precautions to Liao Li, Xu Ling sent Liao Li away.
Fortunately, he had driven the old man away earlier, otherwise he might have been able to reveal something to Gu Xiaotian based on his character.
Returning to the bed, Xu Ling took out the small bottle from under the cabinet, with a greedy smile on his face.
.....
Chen Fan's body had been left there for three days, and it had begun to stink.
The smell of corpse stench quickly spread throughout the mansion. Gu Xiaotian frowned, covered his nose, found Xu Ling and asked, "Where did the old man go?"
Xu Ling shook his head, "Sir, I don't know. This old man doesn't like to talk on weekdays and has a strange personality. I sent him an urgent letter not long ago, so logically he should be back."
In the end, the smell of the corpse was indeed unpleasant, so Gu Xiaotian had no choice but to order Xu Ling to order people to dispose of Chen Fan's body.
I'm afraid it's obviously unrealistic to find clues from Chen Fan's body.
What's more, the current old man has not returned either.
Gu Xiaotian felt vaguely in his heart that this old man had probably been dealt with as well.
Things became much simpler after that. Suddenly someone reported that Liao Li was the real culprit who killed Chen Fan.
The person who made the report was the stall owner selling water radish that Gu Xiaotian met when he was shopping on the street.
After receiving this person's report, Gu Xiaotian didn't want to investigate so quickly, but the residents of this town spontaneously wrote a joint petition, pointing the blame at Liao Li.
With the outcry of the public, the truth of this matter soon surfaced.
Liao Li has been collecting protection fees from each household privately. Because behind Liao Li is Xu Ling, the people do not dare to resist and can only pay the money obediently.
Within a day, Gu Xiaotian found the head of Liao Li.
The knife was still stained with blood. Although nothing could be compared, there was no doubt that it was this knife that killed Chen Fan.
In response, Liao Li also called them all one by one.
As for the reason, it was that Chen Fan brought someone to knock on the door that day. He was dissatisfied, so he went to put pressure on Chen Fan.
Unexpectedly, Chen Fan suddenly rose up to resist. When Liao Li got angry, he hacked Chen Fan to death with two swords.
Xu Ling showed no knowledge of this, angrily scolded Liao Lihu for pretending to be a tiger, and said a lot that being an official was to benefit the people, and tried his best to portray himself as a good official.
Only one day later, people from Kyoto were sent to take Liao Li away.
This matter is in the past, Xu Ling specially set up several banquets and invited Gu Xiaotian.
At the dinner table, Xu Ling kept talking official talk, while also praising that if it weren't for Gu Xiaotian's arrival, he might have been kept in the dark by Liao Li all his life.
Xu Ling raised the wine glass and said, "You three adults, I, Xu Ling, have specially prepared some expenses for you. You must say a kind word for me in the future."
Both the words and the words were urging Gu Xiaotian to leave quickly.
However, Gu Xiaotian picked up the wine glass and said with a smile: "Chief Xu Zhen, when did I say we were leaving?"
Hearing this, the original smile on Xu Ling's face disappeared for an instant.
His face also dropped instantly.
A trace of dissatisfaction arose in Xu Ling's heart.
I have already given you my life, why are you still thinking about burning bridges?
Young man, your appetite is too big.
However, the appearance that should be done still has to be done.
Xu Ling immediately put on a smile again and said with a smile: "It doesn't matter, sir, you can stay here as long as you want."
Gu Xiaotian nodded calmly, then stood up and left the table.
Xu Ling continued to greet others for dinner, while she made an excuse and took the opportunity to slip out of the town.
Came to the familiar jungle again, this time Xu Ling was obviously more cautious. After all, he had never been there in broad daylight.
Here, Gu Xiaotian and the other three are now determined not to leave. They must want to keep an eye on him, so naturally they have to be more careful.
But Xu Ling couldn't let Gu Xiaotian continue to stay in the town.
Because of Gu Xiaotian's arrival, Xu Ling deliberately kept a low profile these days and was not doing that.
But if he can afford to wait, the adult above him doesn't know how to wait.
