According to the previous arrangement, Zhang Jingxu took the red stone self-painting and wandered around the Blacksmith Village, trying to find a few villagers to understand the situation of the Blacksmith Village and the Shen family.
As a result, Zhang Jingxu happened to meet an old neighbor of the Shen family, and it was this person who told Zhang Jingxu a "secret" that everyone in the blacksmith village knew - Shen Kuanglong's three sons had a very bad relationship with each other, and Shen Kuanglong His second son Shen Dafu has died.
The most important thing is that everyone in the Blacksmith Village now believes that the person who killed Shen Dafu was either Shen Dazhuang or Shen Aotian!
The reason is very simple, because when Shen Dafu was trying to kill Shen Dazhuang or Shen Aotian, he was killed because his plan was exposed...
However, the culprit responsible for this situation of brotherly hostility is none other than Shen Kuanglong!
According to the long-standing family tradition of the Shen family, the eldest son of each generation will become the next head of the Shen family, and when the next head of the Shen family reaches the age of eighteen, the current head of the family will also inherit from the Shen family. Bao - a name was selected as the name of the next head of the family in "The List of Certain Protagonists", and Shen Aotian's initial name was Marshal Shen.
However, in Shen Aotian's generation, because Shen Dazhuang and Shen Dafu were twins, Shen Dafu was always dissatisfied with the fact that he was Shen Dazhuang's younger brother. After all, in Shen Dafu's opinion, he came out of his mother's womb just a few minutes later than Shen Dazhuang. , why do you have to watch Shen Dazhuang become the new head of the Shen family?
Especially when Shen Dafu grew up and knew the benefits of being the head of the Shen family, his dissatisfaction with Shen Dazhuang became more and more serious, and he even expressed his dissatisfaction in public.
As for Shen Dazhuang, of course he strongly condemned his brother's behavior and believed that his brother should accept his destiny and just be a younger brother.
As a result, the conflict between Shen Dafu and Shen Dazhuang became irreconcilable, resulting in the two parties often quarreling at home and even getting into physical fights.
In addition, because Shen Kuanglong's character is relatively indecisive, he has always chosen to ignore and let things go as to the conflicts between his two sons, which also led to Shen Dafu's tragedy.
But at this moment, Shen Aotian suddenly appeared.
Shen Aotian is only one year younger than his two brothers, but because Shen Aotian was smart and smart since he was a child, he has been deeply loved by Shen Kuanglong. Moreover, the reason why Shen Aotian went to a restaurant as an apprentice was actually because of Shen Kuanglong At that time, Long often talked about the taste of his hometown at home. After all, there was a blacksmith shop that was moved here from a far away place, so Shen Aotian went to the hotel next door to learn skills, which made Shen Aotian even more attracted by Shen Kuang. Dragon's love.
When the three Shen brothers were all sixteen or seventeen years old, Shen Kuanglong still had not decided who would be the next head of the Shen family. This made the dispute between Shen Dazhuang and Shen Dafu enter a fierce stage, in which Shen Dafu felt that he The advantage is very huge, because Shen Kuanglong's decision not to make a decision now is the greatest support for him.
However, after Shen Dafu and Shen Dazhuang had a fight with their respective followers, their mother, after scolding them, casually suggested that Shen Kuanglong simply hand over the position of head of the family to Shen Aotian.
At this time, both Shen Dafu and Shen Dazhuang realized that their little brother seemed to be a bit unusual, and he had received the support of his family without saying a word.
Ever since, Shen Dafu began to plan to kill Shen Dazhuang or Shen Aotian. The specific situation is unknown now, because Shen Dafu planned it with one of his confidants, and Shen Dafu's confidants also killed Shen Dafu. Dafu was buried with him.
But no matter who Shen Dafu wants to kill, it makes sense, because if he kills Shen Dazhuang, then Shen Dafu can become the real "eldest son"; and if he wants to kill Shen Aotian, then it means that Shen Dafu no longer takes Shen Dazhuang seriously.
After planning for a while, Shen Dafu finally took action.
It was a dark and stormy rainy night. Shen Dafu and his confidant made an appointment with someone in a tavern in the blacksmith village. After drinking for a while, they left together.
Then early the next morning, the bodies of Shen Dafu and his closest men appeared at the door of a blacksmith shop, with numerous stab wounds on their bodies.
Afterwards, the Shen family conducted a lot of investigations, and they only knew that the person who appeared at the tavern with Shen Dafu and the others was either Shen Dazhuang or Shen Aotian, because someone heard Shen Dafu say, "We are brothers," but Because the lighting in the tavern at that time relied on a few candles, and Shen Dafu and the others were sitting in a corner, no one in the tavern at that time knew who the third person was.
As for Shen Dazhuang and Shen Aotian, they both insisted that they were not invited by Shen Dafu to drink that night, and no useful clues were found at the scene, so the case slowly became an unsolved case... Of course, there are also The reason why the Shen family wants to deal with this coldly is that this kind of family scandal should not be publicized. Moreover, if it is really confirmed that Shen Aotian or Shen Dazhuang is the murderer, then the next head of the Shen family will have no choice.
However, shortly after the incident, Shen Kuanglong announced that Shen Aotian would be the new head of the Shen family. However, the Shen family's most important industry, a blacksmith shop, was handed over to Shen Dazhuang for management.
Shen Kuanglong's decision was somewhat confusing, but it also made outsiders think that Shen Dazhuang was more likely to kill Shen Dafu than Shen Aotian.
After obtaining the position of head of the family, Shen Aotian still kept a low profile and continued to work as a chef in the restaurant next door. However, Shen Dazhuang began to cultivate his own power after taking over Youjian Blacksmith Shop. This also led to Shen Kuanglong's disapproval of Youjian Blacksmith Shop. The control power is getting lower and lower, so many people believe that the reason why Shen Kuanglong is willing to hand over Youjian Blacksmith Shop to the state is because Shen Dazhuang has actually controlled Youjian Blacksmith Shop.
Of course, Shen Dazhuang has also been causing trouble for Shen Aotian during this period of time.
Hearing this, Liu Xing felt that his biggest gain was knowing where these cool names of the Shen family came from... But then again, what's going on with this "List of Certain Protagonists"?
Back to the topic, Liu Xing really didn’t expect that such a weird plot would appear in this Dragon Quest game, but it seems that if his group wants to leave the Blacksmith Village early, they have to find out who killed Shen Dafu. , because the murderer who killed Shen Dafu was most likely the mastermind behind the group of goblins and the followers of Bahamut.
Sure enough, this module is essentially a Cthulhu running game, so
Thinking of this, Liu Xing said: "What do you think about this? I personally think that the person who killed Shen Dafu should be Shen Dazhuang, because judging from the current situation, if the murderer who killed Shen Dafu was either Shen Dazhuang or Shen Ao In other words, Shen Dazhuang's suspicion must be much higher than that of Shen Aotian, because under the premise that both Shen Aotian and Shen Dazhuang know that the murderer is the other party, then Shen Aotian will either spare no effort to prove that the murderer is Shen Dazhuang. This is justifiable. Either he will obtain the position of head of the Shen family; or he will choose to hide his capabilities and bide his time as he is now, not participating in this matter at all."
"On the contrary, I think Shen Aotian is more likely, because as long as he commits the crime more skillfully and leaves no important clues, then Shen Aotian can just pretend that it has nothing to do with him. Because in this case, others will be more inclined to think that Shen Dafu was killed by Shen Dazhuang. Firstly, it is because Shen Dafu is more likely to want to kill Shen Dazhuang, because Shen Dazhuang is Shen Dafu's direct competitor; secondly, Shen Dazhuang has always been Since then, the relationship with Shen Dafu has not been good, so Shen Dazhuang is more likely to kill Shen Dafu; in this way, in public opinion, everyone will think that Shen Dazhuang is the murderer, and Shen Aotian can profit from it without saying a word. ." Ding Kun said, touching his chin.
Zhang Jingxu nodded and said: "I think so too, because if Shen Dazhuang is innocent, then Shen Dazhuang will definitely make trouble for Shen Aotian, especially when Shen Aotian becomes the next head of the Shen family, after all, it is Shen Dazhuang. location."
Just then, someone knocked on the door.
Zhang Jingxu winked at Liu Xing and others, and then stepped forward to open the door.
The person outside the door was none other than Shen Aotian.
"Master Brave, my father is deeply sorry for what happened today, so my father has arranged a banquet at home. I hope you, Master Brave, can come and enjoy it." Shen Aotian said respectfully.
Zhang Jingxu nodded and said with a smile: "No problem, let's meet in the lobby on the first floor then."
After Shen Aotian got the answer he wanted, he turned around and left.
"Be careful, walls have ears. Let's break up now. We'll talk about this together tonight." Zhang Jingxu turned around and said.
Ever since, Liu Xing and others went back to their rooms.
But not long after, Yin En came to Liu Xing's room.
"Liu Xing, what do you think of today's events?" Yin En asked at the beginning.
Liu Xing thought for a while and said seriously: "I still think Shen Dazhuang is more likely, because the time when the three goblins came was such a coincidence, and Shen Dazhuang was the only one who knew that we were leaving Blacksmith Village at that time. , and when we were talking to Shen Dazhuang, I noticed that Shen Dazhuang was a little too calm, and he didn't look like he was in trouble at all. After all, it stands to reason that the main responsibility for this theft lies with him. If we really want to settle accounts, Shen Dazhuang will have to step down from his current position. You must know that Zhang Jingxu’s reputation as a brave man is very useful."
According to the settings of this module, Zhang Jingxu’s hero status is quite useful. As long as he is within the scope of the empire, Zhang Jingxu can be said to be inferior to one person and superior to ten thousand people; while in others, he is on good terms with the empire. Among the countries with which he has relations, Zhang Jingxu will also receive extremely high treatment; as for those countries that are hostile to the empire, Zhang Jingxu will not be subject to too many restrictions. After all, defeating the evil dragon Bahamut will eliminate harm to the entire continent.
Of course, Liu Xing and others, as companions recruited by the brave, will naturally receive the same treatment.
Therefore, if Zhang Jingxu is willing, Shen Dazhuang will definitely not be able to stay in a blacksmith shop anymore, and may even be thrown into prison. Therefore, now that Liu Xing thinks about it carefully, he feels that Shen Dazhuang behaved a little strangely at that time.
"But then again, this is a Cthulhu running game after all, not a Dragon Quest game, so I think Shen Aotian is still very likely to be the mastermind behind it, because Shen Aotian is really too good. I can bear it." Yin En said with a shrug.
In Cthulhu Run, anything is possible.
Liu Xing thought for a moment, rubbed his temples and said: "There is indeed a lot of information we have collected now, but the information is complicated and not concentrated on a certain point, so we can only make some guesses now. To make a decision, we still need to get more and more useful information. However, if we want to leave the Blacksmith Village early and go to the next location, we must solve this theft incident, otherwise we will have to stay here. It's been a month...but to be honest, the living conditions in Europe are really poor."
Yin En nodded with deep sympathy and said, "I have seen those complaints about medieval Europe before. I laughed heartlessly at that time, but I didn't expect that I would actually be able to experience this kind of life firsthand."
After Yin En finished speaking, he drank a glass of wine.
Of course, the reason why Yin En drinks wine now is not because Yin En is addicted to alcohol, but because this inn only supplies various drinks.
That's right, because the continent in this module is based on medieval Europe, the customs and customs on this continent are almost exactly the same as those in medieval Europe, so everyone on this continent drinks alcohol to quench their thirst.
The reason is very simple, because there is no clean drinking water, so people can only drink to quench their thirst, because the wine is sterilized when it is made...
As for why there is no drinking water, the reason is even simpler, because the environment in the town is so bad, and various domestic pollutions make the water resources near the town undrinkable. Therefore, like in European movies and TV series about the Middle Ages, people As long as you drink water, you are basically drinking alcohol, but the level of alcohol varies from person to person.
Fortunately, Zhang Jingxu's identity is very useful. Liu Xing and others drink the highest grade wine, so Liu Xing and others can still accept it.
However, the ubiquitous stench in the Blacksmith Village made Liu Xing and others feel a lot of pressure, and the high temperature in the Blacksmith Village also made the stench more intense...
To be honest, Liu Xing really wanted to move to a tent outside the Blacksmith Village for camping, but he was afraid that when he woke up at night, he would find goblins all around him.