In addition to asking why Brother Jing was killed, the shopkeeper also wanted to ask why the clerk called him shopkeeper. After going to the great elder's house, the great elder answered his questions one by one.
Because the person that the Great Elder was looking for at the beginning was Brother Jing. Unfortunately, Brother Jing was stubborn and refused to agree to the Great Elder's suggestion, and he also planned to tell the Chief of the clan about the Great Elder's plan.
Therefore, the First Elder became murderous and wanted to find someone to replace Brother Jing.
As for why Jin Yuzhai's clerk called him shopkeeper, the elder asked someone to hand him a bronze mirror. When he saw himself in the mirror, he was so frightened that he threw the mirror to the ground. Because, his face had turned into
Brother Jing’s appearance.
Ah Lan knew that someone had disguised him. He was able to disguise himself as the shopkeeper without any flaws. He seemed to be a master of disguise.
In fact, the shopkeeper used a human pi mask, and then I taught him how to maintain the human pi mask.
Because he forgot to take off his mask when he went to the courtyard to find Ying'er for the first time, which almost frightened Ying'er. Later, when he entered the courtyard, he would take off the mask first. However, after a long time, Ying'er had already
He got used to it and told him that if he didn't want to stay, he didn't need to take off the mask.
In this way, he wore this mask for more than ten years.
"What exactly did the Great Elder ask you to do?" Alan asked doubtfully.
Over the years, there were no problems with Jin Yuzhai's accounts. He knew that he had made a new copy. But how did they do it?
"The great elder discovered a gold mine on the outskirts of the city, and he hired people to dig it. You know that Jin Yuzhai's shop is not big, but the business has been very good in the past few years. You may not know that we made custom gold items before
Our shop has long been taken away by the Great Elder. Therefore, we have no capital to do business at all. This is a good thing, but the Great Elder does not want the Leng family to know about this. He wants to steal this gold mine."
The shopkeeper said.
Unexpectedly, what happened was that the Great Elder discovered the gold mine ten years ago, but did not tell the clan leader. He took the gold mine privately and planned to bribe Shopkeeper Jing. As it turned out, Shopkeeper Jing did not want to be accomplices at all, and planned to slander the matter.
Tell the clan leader. At that time, the great elder may have already found out the identity of the person in front of him. Seeing that Shopkeeper Leng refused, he went to find this person directly.
"I wonder if you can tell me the real name of the shopkeeper?" Alan said.
"Everyone in Jingjia Village is surnamed Jing, and Jingyan is my name. It's funny to say that it was Brother Jing who taught me how to read, so I had a decent name. I really feel sorry for him, the damn person is
I. I feel very guilty, but I have to do it, so every year on his memorial day, I will secretly worship him," the shopkeeper said.
"I will help you, Brother Leng, to seek justice, but you must keep secret about today's matter. Otherwise, the great elder will want to kill you first without me taking action," said A-Lan.
The shopkeeper is very smart and naturally knows what A-Lan means. A-Lan is not wrong. The Great Elder is indeed capable of such inhumane things.
So, he nodded and said: "But Brother Jing's body is still in the wall, why not dig him out and bury him."
"I dug up his body a long time ago, and he is currently undergoing salvation in the temple," A-Lan said.
"It turns out that the young master has really found out a long time ago. I am just being smart," the shopkeeper said.
"It's been a lot of work tonight. It's getting late. You should go back quickly. Remember, from now on, just pretend that nothing has happened." A Lan said.
After the shopkeeper responded, he tidied up briefly, took out a ledger and handed it to A-Lan, then left the study, locked the door and left Jinyu Zhai. A-Lan jumped out of the window and closed the door.
Through the window, Anxin and Ayu followed the shopkeeper back home. They extinguished the candle and lay down before returning to Leng Mansion.
After returning to Leng Mansion, Ayu couldn't help but ask: "Is what Shopkeeper Jing said reliable?"
"Things have reached this point, does he still need to lie to us? Before leaving, he gave me this account book, which must be related to the great elder." A Lan said.
"But if the person he is talking about is the Third Elder, I will definitely believe it. After all, the Third Elder is a thoughtful person, and he is also ruthless. However, the Great Elder seems to have no idea except losing his temper. The gold mine is
He did it, I don't believe it at all," Ayu said.
"Shopkeeper Jing may not know the truth of the matter. Although the person he saw was the Great Elder, was he really the person behind the scenes? Since this person can get the mask of Shopkeeper Jing's person, Jing Shopkeeper,
Are you not wearing a human mask?" A Lan said.
"Wait, you mean someone is pretending to be the great elder?" Ayu asked in surprise.
"The only explanation now is this. Either the three elders got involved, and the person who came into contact with Shopkeeper Jing was the real elder. Or the other two elders disguised themselves as the elder, and then
Contact Shopkeeper Jing. If someone exposes this matter in the future, even if Shopkeeper Jing answers truthfully, he will only see the Great Elder." A-Lan shrugged and said.
"The first elder will lose his composure at first glance. Even if he discovers a gold mine, he will definitely tell the other two elders. If it were the third elder, it would not necessarily be the case. After all, he is more calm in doing things." Ayu thought for a while and said.
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Ayu still thinks that the elder has no ability to be the real man behind the scenes, but the third elder may. This matter is getting more and more complicated, and he did not expect that the elder would discover a gold mine.
Grandpa once said that it is best for the Leng family's business to remain as it is. In fact, since the gold mine was discovered by the elders, they can handle it on their own. Even if he knew the existence of the gold mine, he would not force the gold mine to belong to the Leng family.
However, they killed people for the gold mine, and after so many years, they did not feel the slightest guilt. A Lan would never stand by and watch, and this time he must let the clan know about the evil deeds of the three elders.
"Your suspicion is right. Maybe the First Elder is just a puppet. How could the Third Elder be so treacherous and meet Shopkeeper Jing in person?" A Lan said.
"What should we do next?" Ayu asked.
"Now that we have the account book in hand, the most important thing is to find where the gold mine that shopkeeper Jing mentioned is located." A Lan said.
"I know, do you want to tell the clan leader about this?" Ayu asked.
"Don't tell the clan leader about this first. I recently discovered that his body is a lot different. Don't let him worry about it." A Lan said.
"A-Lan, aren't you worried that shopkeeper Jing will tell the great elder what happened tonight?" A-yu asked worriedly.
"I believe he will not tell the elders what happened tonight because he is worried that the elders will kill him and silence him," said Alan.
"It seems that we have to find the gold mine first." Ayu said.
A-Lan took a map and laid it on the table, and said to A-yu; "This part of the capital is surrounded by mountains. To the south of the capital is the Xuanmen Villa. If the gold mine was there, it would have been destroyed by Xuanmen long ago.
People from Menshan Villa discovered it. Therefore, it should not be in the south. The western suburbs are also the Royal Hunting Ground, so the gold mine is even more unlikely to be there. Even if there is a gold mine in the Royal Hunting Ground, no one dares to mine in it. Therefore, it is only in the north.
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"So, the most likely thing is that the gold mine may be at this location? However, there is a temple there on the second place I hit. If there are people mining in and out of the mountain, how can it be that no one has discovered it if there is so much movement?" Ayu said
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"We need to go there in person to know whether it is there or not," said Alan.
The two of them decided to go to the outskirts of the city early tomorrow morning and then went back to their rooms.
After Ah Lan returned to the room, he did not go to sleep. Instead, he took out the account book given to him by shopkeeper Jing and looked at it carefully.
The shopkeeper was right. The corresponding profit in the ledger has no capital. In addition, every month a sum of money will be appropriated from the profit and converted into the store's profit excluding costs. No wonder the ledger has to be rewritten, but look
The account books in the shop are indeed flawless.
A Lan noticed that this account book was from last month. The profits in this month were very huge. In ten years, it is unimaginable how much profit the elders made in the little Jinyu Zhai.
After A-Lan put away the account book, he put out the candle and went to sleep.
The next day, A-Lan and A-Yu left Leng Mansion before dawn. They went to the mountains on the outskirts of the city, intending to search for the whereabouts of the gold mine.
After the two went to the northern suburbs, they found no clues. They knew that it was impossible for the elder to tell Shopkeeper Jing the location of the gold mine, and they could only find the whereabouts of the gold mine on their own.
Since this place would not be discovered, it meant that it might be deep in the mountains. So, they went up the mountain.
Halfway through, A-Lan saw a mountain temple in front of him. A-Yu also saw it and said, "There is actually a mountain temple here?"
They are not very close to the mountain temple because they are worried that they will be discovered if they go too close. Alan is also a little curious. Usually no one comes to this place. If it is really a mountain temple, why is it built here?
What about deep in the mountains and old forests?
"There is a problem with the mountain temple, we need to be more careful." A Lan said.
People flew up the tree and looked into the temple. It seemed that no one was coming in or out. Could it be that the mountain temple was empty?
They entered the courtyard directly using Qinggong, because it took them most of the day, so they had to be careful. The temple was very big, and after entering the courtyard, there were several small halls. In the main hall, Guanyin Bodhisattva was enshrined.
Whether it's the main hall or outside, there is no one inside. Could it be that everyone in the temple has been killed?
After the two looked at each other, they became more cautious. They walked around and found nothing special. After entering the main hall, the two of them did not dare to speak for fear of being overheard. Alan always felt that there was something wrong with this temple.
But he couldn't always tell what the problem was.
He gave Ayu a wink, and the two of them left the temple and hid under the tree.
"How's it going? What did you find?" Ayu asked.
"The strangest thing is that we didn't find anything. This temple seems to be a few years old. If a temple is built here, no one will come to worship at all." A Lan said.
"You mean, this place has something to do with the gold mine?" Ayu asked.
"Yes, this place should be related to the gold mine, but we don't have any clues yet." A Lan said.
"There is nothing inside except the Guanyin statue," Ayu said.
