"There is indeed a problem. Fang Yuan keeps saying he lives here, but there is no trace of living here."
Su Anlin looked at the place covered with spider webs and said.
The house in front of me is a low, dilapidated courtyard house.
Looking at the area, it can be seen that it was probably a well-off family in the past.
But for some unknown reason, the house fell into disrepair.
The room inside still showed signs of being burned by the fire, and there were three coffins placed in the side room. They were all rotten and emitting a peculiar smell.
When I walked over and took a look, I saw that there was no lid on the coffin, and there were three dead bodies lying inside.
Everyone frowned, wondering what was going on.
"Li Daoyuan, call the village chief over. We must find out what is going on with Fang Yuan." Yang Wenli immediately ordered.
"yes!"
Su Anlin opened the door and entered the house.
Looking at the small room, there were tables, four chairs, and several cabinets.
Among them, there are some bowls and chopsticks placed on the table.
The food above has already become moldy and smelly, and I don’t know how long it has been.
The entire wall of the house has traces of fire damage.
Unable to help himself, Su Anlin felt that this used to be an ordinary family, but after the fire, everyone died.
Just as I was thinking about it, a middle-aged man was brought in.
The man was the village chief. He followed Li Daoyuan with some fear: "Sir, Fang Yuan has been away from the village for several years. He suddenly came back a while ago. I didn't know that he was related to the water monster..."
As soon as he entered the house, the village chief looked at everything in the house and became even more frightened.
"How could this house..."
"Did you see something?"
Su Anlin asked.
"this……"
The village chief was shocked and cupped his hands and said: "Sir, to be honest, it's really strange here. Fang Yuan has been back for a while, but he still looks like he left, so I'm surprised."
"What happened in his family? How could this happen?" Su Anlin said.
The village chief explained: "It's like this. The Fang family was originally a big family in the local area. However, the family suffered a disaster early on. There was a fire in the family. Three of the five members of the family died. Only Fang Yuan and his sister were left.
Later, because the family had no property, the brother and sister had no choice but to leave their hometown and seek refuge with other relatives. Speaking of which, they have not seen each other for decades."
"A while ago, Fang Yuan suddenly appeared, which shocked me. Who would have thought that that boy would do such a thing without imitating his good deeds."
Su Anlin's heart moved: "In other words, there is a younger sister under Fang Yuan. Where is the younger sister?"
"I don't know. I met Fang Yuan last time and asked him. He didn't say much, and then he became your guide."
Su Anlin's eyes flashed, and he was guessing that maybe the water monster had something to do with his sister.
Yang Wenli asked some more questions, and the village chief seemed to be an honest man and answered everything in detail.
Duan Ying left early and took people to inquire about the news.
Around noon, Yang Wenli invited Su Anlin to dinner.
After getting in touch with Yang Wenli, Su Anlin figured it out.
Although the son of the prince has a high status, he has no airs.
He has a bit of a martial arts vibe about him, but his personal strength is not very high.
To sum it up as a whole, he is a boy who wants to be a hero.
So Su Anlin instinctively thought that Yang Wenli took a fancy to him, so he invited him to dinner.
But when the food came, Su Anlin realized that he had thought too much.
As soon as the two sat down, Yang Wenli kept looking outside absentmindedly, lowering his head in silence from time to time, then raising his head and looking again.
As if expecting something.
Seeing this, Su Anlin frowned and asked: "Mr. Yang, there are so many dishes on the table. If you don't eat them, they will be cold. Do you still have to wait for someone?"
"Hall Master Su, I saw that Hall Master Duan hasn't come over yet."
"Wait for her?"
"Yeah, I sent someone to find her. She is a girl, how can we not wait for her to eat, right? Hall Master Su, if you are hungry, eat something first to cushion your stomach!"
Yang Wenli said casually.
Su Anlin suddenly lost interest in eating, thinking that Yang Wenli was waiting for Duan Ying.
He shook his head. Although he was no longer interested in eating, he was indeed hungry at this time.
So he didn't hesitate and started eating directly.
"Hall Master Su, how long have you known Hall Master Duan? What do you think of her as a person?"
Suddenly, Yang Wenli said coldly.
Su Anlin looked strange: "Master Yang, what does this mean? We have only known each other for a short time. Because we are both hall leaders and have similar personalities, we have a good relationship within the gang."
"Is that so? Isn't she married yet? Such a beautiful woman must have a husband."
"That's not true. As the leader of the hall, how can she have the time to find a man? Besides, she doesn't like ordinary men." Su Anlin stared at Yang Wenli strangely and said: "Mr. Yang, I see
You must have fallen in love with Hall Master Duan, right?"
Yang Wenli felt embarrassed when he was told this.
Su Anlin said simply: "Mr. Yang, I think you are also a sweetheart. As the saying goes, a gentle lady is a gentleman. If you really like it, then don't ask your mother-in-law. Otherwise, you will only make yourself regret it. There is a saying
Isn’t it right to say that there is no medicine for regret in the world! If you miss it, you will miss your life.”
"There is no regret medicine in the world. If you miss it, you will miss your life..."
Yang Wenli squinted his eyes and murmured.
After a moment, he nodded vigorously: "That's a good sentence, I'll remember it."
After speaking, he sighed softly: "Hey, since you said so, Hall Master Su, I will tell the truth. Hall Master Duan, it looks really good."
Su Anlin: "..."
Su Anlin held a piece of meat in his mouth and looked at Yang Wenli with a strange expression. After a while, he nodded slightly: "It's pretty good."
Thinking about it carefully, Duan Ying is indeed coquettish and has a faint aura of coquettishness about her.
This feeling was like she was obviously a good housewife, but when the door was closed, it was different.
However, Su Anlin has no interest.
After all, he knew that Duan Ying practiced some skills and had a lot of demand for men.
"Hall Master Su, do you think I can catch up with her?"
Yang Wenli still doesn’t know that his identity has been revealed.
"Well... this should work! How about I help you?" Su Anlin said.
"Really?"
"Well, of course it is true, but in the end, what can happen between you and her depends on you."
"That's natural."
After receiving Su Anlin's words, Yang Wenli felt more and more comfortable, feeling that he had met true love during this trip.
While they were chatting, Duan Ying came in from outside.
She had a travel-stained face. As soon as she sat down, she picked up the teacup on Yang Wenli's table and started to drink from it.
This look was so heroic, and Yang Wenli became even more excited when he saw it.
This is the hero among women.
"Hall Master Duan, seeing that you are so tired from running, you must be very hungry. Come, sit down."
Yang Wenli stood up and pulled out the chair thoughtfully.
Although Duan Ying was very tired, she was very ladylike. She leaned forward and said, "Thank you, Mr. Yang."
"Hall Master Duan, how's the inquiry going?"
Su Anlin asked.
He has great confidence in Duan Ying, this woman is a master of intelligence.
Duan Ying smiled and sat down and said: "I found some clues and found that there was indeed a fire in the Fang family before. However, the fire happened very strangely. It is said that it was set on fire by man, and everyone in the Fang family was burned to death."
Su Anlin said: "Why are the Fang brothers and sisters coming back for revenge?"
"Revenge is wrong. That water monster kills people indiscriminately." Yang Wenli said.
"That's the problem. In fact, it is said that the person who set the fire was actually the village chief here!" Duan Ying said while sweeping Su Anlin and Yang Wenli.
Su Anlin was surprised: "That village chief."
He thought of the village chief he had just met. He was in his fifties, had average strength, and had a health bar of about 150.
It is difficult to associate such a person with an arsonist.
"Yes, it's him!"
Yang Wenli asked in surprise: "Where did you get this news?"
Duan Ying pointed at the table and explained: "This village is not that big. I only need to ask some local gangsters or ordinary old people, and I will probably know."
"Although what some people say are just hearsay, there are so many people saying it. It is basically true that the so-called unfounded rumors will not come out of nowhere."
"The village chief coveted the Fang family's wealth in the early years, so he took local gangsters there at night to extort money. Unexpectedly, he was kicked out. After that, the village chief felt resentful and set a fire at night. This is probably what happened."
Yang Wenli said: "But if you put it this way, the brother and sister should seek revenge from the village chief. Why did they kill other people?"
Su Anlin thought for a while and suddenly smiled: "It's very simple, because they don't know who the murderer is, so everyone in this village will die!"
Duan Ying said: "I think so too."
"We will go to the village chief's house immediately and arrest him first."
Yang Wenli stood up as he spoke, preparing to take action.
Su Anlin shook his head: "Wait a minute, now is not a good time to take action."
"Brother Su, what do you mean?"
Yang Wenli was puzzled and could only sit down.
Su Anlin looked at him and explained: "You think, even if we arrest the village chief now, what's the use? It's better for us to release the wind. The village chief kills the people of the Fang family, and then releases the wind, which means that Fang Yuan has been killed by the village chief.
Caught, I think it won’t be long before Fang Yuan’s sister comes looking for her.”
When Yang Wenli heard this, he knew what he was talking about: "Brother Su, your idea is a good one."
"That's it."
In just half a day, almost everyone in the village knew that Fang Yuan wanted to harm the village chief's family.
It is now said that Fang Yuan was arrested by the village chief.
The reason why Fang Yuan did this was because he learned that the village chief was the culprit behind setting fire to their family!
Knowing this, the villagers said it was retribution.
But that's all.
The village chief is the dominant figure here, and no one dares to provoke him.
In the corner of a teahouse, a woman wearing black clothes and a bamboo hat was listening to the words of the people around her, her brows deep in thought.
"Brother, he was arrested by the village chief Zhou Tong!"
The woman couldn't help but think of her childhood.
Zhou Tong has been the head of this village since she was very young.
However, this village chief has never done anything good. In her memory, after Zhou Tong became the village chief, he bullied men and dominated the market.
Her family was in good condition, but because she disobeyed Zhou Tong, they were suppressed and extorted.
Thinking of this, the woman suddenly realized that maybe it was Zhou Tong who set fire to her house in the middle of the night and killed her whole family.
Now even my brother has been arrested...
The more the woman thought about it, the angrier she became.
After her family died, she and her brother depended on each other.
He was accidentally captured by the Yin Sect, and just like that, he became a member of the Yin Sect.
This time, the Yin Sect finally wanted to track down the people from Heshui County, so the two came over and took the opportunity to take revenge.
At first, they didn't know who started the fire, but it didn't matter.
Because in their opinion, if no one helped put out the fire that night, everyone would die.
Now that we know the real murderer, let's kill the village chief first and rescue my brother.
"Wait until you save someone, then slowly kill others!!"
The woman gradually showed an excited smile.
Stretch out your hand.
There was a pool of water in the palm of her hand, and the water flowed down her arm and gradually into her sleeve.
"Death, all must die!"
…………
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Night falls.
The whole village was very lively.
Thanks to its proximity to Meilan City, this small village is very developed, with constant trade exchanges, and merchants and escort teams often pass by.
Compared to the bustle on the street, in the village chief's backyard, the village chief Zhou Tong was alone in the yard, listening to the reports of his subordinates.
After hearing this, the village chief frowned.
"People outside are saying that Fang Yuan was arrested by me? And they said that I was the one who set the fire? Who spread this news?"
Zhou Tong's face was as gloomy as water.
Yes, it was indeed him who set the fire back then.
However, after all these years, who brought it up?
Those brothers who set fires back then were so dead that they fled to other places. How could it be spread?
The key point is that someone actually said that Fang Yuan was at his home!
Isn't this nonsense?
Although his strength is not high, it does not mean he is stupid.
Faintly, he felt that there was a dark hand behind the scenes, targeting him.
"Master, we don't know either, but that's what people say outside."
The servant didn't know what to say, he lowered his head and didn't dare to move.
Zhou Tong sighed and said, "Go get the incense for me, I'll go to the ancestral hall."
"Uh, yes!"
After a while, Zhou Tong took the incense and came to the ancestral hall.
In the ancestral hall, in addition to the spiritual tablets of ancestor Zhou Tong, there are three tablets.
If you look carefully, you will see that the surnames on the three tablets are all Fang!
Zhou Tong closed the door with a bang and knelt on the ground.
"Lao Fang, I was wrong. I shouldn't have set the fire back then. Your son and daughter are back now. Please give them dreams and don't come to me."
Zhou Tong lit incense and bowed respectfully.
At the door, the servant listened to the words inside and shook his head slightly.
He knew that his master was not a good person.
However, perhaps because of his conscience, his master has changed a lot over the years and is no longer the same as before.
Suddenly, a dark shadow flashed in front of him: "Who?"
Before he finished speaking, the servant was grabbed out by a hand and disappeared into the darkness.
"Aren, what's the sound outside?"
Zhou Tong frowned slightly as he listened to the words outside.