Chapter 718 The civet cat exchanges for the prince
Chapter 718 The civet cat exchanges for the prince
Liu Xing looked at Shen Dazhuang's body and said: "If nothing else happens, we should be able to confirm that Shen Aotian is the mastermind behind all this. After all, the only NPC related to these two incidents is Shen Aotian. Tian Aotian is still alive... Of course, Bei Er and Cai Gouzi are also suspected. After all, they were with Shen Aotian at the beginning, so the possibility that they are Shen Aotian's accomplices cannot be ruled out."
Yin En nodded, sighed and said: "But again, we still have no evidence to prove that Shen Aotian is the mastermind behind all this. After all, Shen Dazhuang's death can't prove anything. Shen Aotian can definitely say He committed suicide out of fear of crime, or was murdered by goblins."
evidence.
Liu Xing raised his eyebrows and suddenly thought of a possibility, "We might be able to find evidence in the cave, or we can only go to the cave to find evidence now."
"That's right, if Shen Aotian wants Shen Dazhuang to take the blame for him, he can completely disguise Shen Dazhuang in the cave as if he committed suicide out of fear of crime. In this way, we may not have any suspicion, because everything seems reasonable, so I We also think there will be the evidence we want in the cave." Ding Kun said seriously.
Yin En touched his chin and said with a smile: "It seems that this is the so-called plan of killing two birds with one stone. Firstly, it throws all the blame to Shen Dazhuang, and secondly, it leads us away from the cave, but Shen Dazhuang's How should we deal with the body? Should we just leave it here and ignore it?"
Liu Xing thought for a while, nodded and said: "Yes, we don't need to worry about Shen Dazhuang's body now, because if we take Shen Dazhuang's body back, we will definitely meet Shen Aotian, and Shen Aotian will definitely do everything possible to do that. They stopped us from going to the cave to look for evidence, so I think we should rush to the cave directly now!"
After thinking for a moment, Yin En and others nodded in agreement.
Ever since, Liu Xing and his party walked towards the direction of the cave.
Soon Liu Xing and others arrived at the entrance of the cave.
Although Liu Xing and others did not prepare torches in advance, because the goblins could not move freely in the dark, torches were hung on both sides of the cave for lighting, and it may be because the goblins were walking in a hurry. None of these torches were extinguished.
After taking down a few torches, Liu Xing and others headed into the depths of the cave in a long snake formation.
It has to be said that hundreds of goblins were eating, drinking and loosing in a cave with poor ventilation, and the smell produced was stronger than that in the blacksmith village. Liu Xing would definitely have vomited now if he hadn't finished his lunch. One place.
At this time, Zhang Wenbing couldn't help but said: "When I was a child, my family opened a large-scale pig farm, and my home was also located in the pig farm, so I always thought that my resistance to odors was very strong. I am stronger, but now I realize that I am still too young..."
Liu Xing laughed and said: "It's actually pretty good now. After we solve the task of the Blacksmith Village, we will go to the Guangming Cathedral in the center of the continent. The Guangming Cathedral is located in Guangming City, the largest city in the continent. According to the The background of our module this time is Medieval Europe, so the health situation in Guangming City may be very worrying."
Ding Kun, who was in charge of the rear, also smiled and said seriously: "I used to have a very good relationship with a Frenchman. He and I once talked about time-travel novels at a certain point, and he told me that they are not popular in Europe.
The reason for time-travel novels is that major European cities in the Middle Ages were basically full of stench, there was no place to stay on the streets, and there would be a excrement hill near the city that might be higher than the city wall, so in the Middle Ages
Various plagues often occur in Europe because of this, and nine out of ten modern protagonists will die on the spot. After all, the doctors at that time were all quacks."
The two most detestable things in medieval Europe were hygiene and medical treatment, and Liu Xing certainly knew how insane his colleagues in the Middle Ages were...
Doctors in medieval Europe basically had only one treatment procedure - bloodletting to cure all diseases. If bloodletting failed to cure, amputation would be required.
Therefore, in the famous strategy game "Crusader Kings", there is a very famous joke - with a well-trained doctor, a sick character will die 100% of the time.
All in all, the number of princes and nobles who died at the hands of doctors was no less than those who died on the battlefield.
Hygiene and medical treatment were the main reasons why various large-scale plagues occurred in Europe in the Middle Ages.
Thinking of this, Liu Xing suddenly stopped, frowned and said, "In that case, I suspect that the tasks we need to complete when we are in Guangming City are likely to be related to the plague."
Yin En and others were stunned.
"Yes, I just found a piece of information in my memory, which mentioned that large-scale plagues often occur on this continent. There have been more than ten plagues of varying sizes in Guangming City alone." Zhang Wenbing
He opened his mouth and said: "If this is the case, then the difficulty of this mission may be beyond our imagination, because if we are also infected with the plague, it is very likely that there will be attrition or even annihilation, because Liu Xing, your Holy Light Technique
Although HP can be restored, there is no way to cure all diseases, otherwise Guangming City, which is a training center for priests, would not have been ravaged by the plague."
Liu Xing nodded. Although his Holy Light skill can restore HP and make some skin wounds heal as quickly as possible, the treatment effect for various diseases can only be described as treating the symptoms rather than treating them. Therefore, although it has already been used on this continent,
With the profession of priest, doctors can still prosper.
But doctors on this continent still only know how to bleed and amputate limbs...
Therefore, if one's own group is also infected with the plague, then there is a real possibility of attrition or even annihilation of the group. After all, Liu Xing's Holy Light skill has a limit on the number of times it can be used.
Such speculation cast a shadow over Liu Xing and others.
But at this moment, Liu Xing and others had come to a fork in the road.
"Should we split up?" Yin En, who was walking at the front, asked.
At this time, Ding Kun came forward, knelt down and took a look before saying: "Judging from the distribution of footprints on the ground, the hole on the left should lead to the residence of the group of goblins, while the hole on the right may lead to the place where the goblins live.
A forbidden area?”
Liu Xing also looked at the ground and found that there were a lot of footprints at the entrance to the left, and many of them looked very new; as for the footprints at the entrance to the right, there were very few, and the sizes of the footprints looked similar, and there seemed to be only a few.
Goblins will often enter and exit the hole on the right.
"In that case, let's go to the right first." Zhang Wenbing said.
Ever since, Liu Xing and others entered the hole on the right.
After walking for a minute, Liu Xing and others suddenly heard a weak shout. However, because the voice was so weak, Liu Xing and others could not hear clearly what he was saying. However, Liu Xing and others
They were all sure it was the voice of a young man.
To be on the safe side, Liu Xing and others made preparations for battle before slowly moving forward.
Then, Liu Xing and others saw a young man in ragged clothes and unkempt hair lying in a simple wooden prison.
The moment the young man saw Liu Xing and others, he immediately climbed to the door of the wooden prison and said: "You finally came to rescue me! Let me out quickly!"
At this time, through the light of the torch, Liu Xing discovered that this young man looked exactly like Shen Aotian!
etc.
Liu Xing frowned and asked subconsciously: "Are you Shen Aotian?"
The young man nodded quickly and said: "Yes, I am Shen Aotian, the next head of the Shen family in Blacksmith Village. I was caught here by the bandits a few years ago."
Bandits from a few years ago?
Liu Xing and others looked at each other, and all of them thought of a possibility - the civet cat for the prince!
If the young man in front of him is really Shen Aotian, then this series of events will make sense.
The fake Shen Aotian is probably really a believer of Bahamut, and the reason why he pretended to be Shen Aotian is probably to control the Shen family, and then control a blacksmith shop, and even the blacksmith village. Such Bahamut
Special believers can quickly obtain a batch of high-quality weapons and equipment when necessary.
However, when Liu Xing and others arrived at the Blacksmith Village, the fake Shen Aotian planned to steal the precious materials in order to delay his group's crusade against Bahamut.
As for why the fake Shen Aotian poisoned Shen Kuanglong and others and framed Shen Dazhuang, Liu Xing felt that he wanted to take this opportunity to formally control the Shen family. After all, if Shen Kuanglong and Shen Dazhuang survived, then he would only
I can continue to play the role of a younger brother who dare not compete with his elder brother for power.
So the fake Shen Aotian first recruited the second housekeeper of the Shen family, pretended to be Shen Kuanglong's name and prevented all the idlers from the Shen family from going to the living room, and then took the opportunity to poison Shen Kuanglong and others in the living room, and conveniently
The second housekeeper who may have become a hidden danger was also dealt with.
Then the fake Shen Aotian found an opportunity to make an appointment with Shen Dazhuang outside the Blacksmith Village. However, Shen Dazhuang was not worried that his cowardly younger brother would be detrimental to him, so he went to the Blacksmith Village alone for the appointment, but was ambushed long ago.
The goblins were eliminated, and finally those goblins used their bodies and those of Shen Dazhuang as bait to lure Liu Xing and others away.
As for why those goblins didn't deal with the real Shen Aotian before leaving, it was probably because this Shen Aotian still had a certain role.
Thinking of this, Liu Xing stepped forward and asked: "Shen Aotian, do you know why you were caught here by those bandits?"
Shen Aotian was stunned at first, and then said with a vigilant look: "Are you the accomplices of those bandits?!"
Liu Xing shook his head and decided to tell Shen Aotian everything that happened in the past two days.
After listening to Liu Xing's story, Shen Aotian in the wooden prison collapsed in the wooden prison in despair.
At this time, Ding Kun said in a low voice: "I think he must be the real Shen Aotian, because I noticed that his facial expressions and body language are very real, and it doesn't look like he is acting."
When Yin En heard what Ding Kun said, he directly cut off the iron lock of the wooden prison with the Fangtian Painted Halberd in his hand.
At this time, Shen Aotian also came to his senses and said in a sad tone: "So that's it, I'm just asking why those bandits detained me for so long. Logically speaking, the reason why they arrested me is to ask for ransom, and I My father will definitely pay the ransom as soon as possible to take me back, so the bandits who received the ransom will either choose to put me back or directly reject me instead of keeping me locked up here."
On the way out of the cave with Shen Aotian, Shen Aotian also told Liu Xing and others about his experiences in the past few years.
After Shen Aotian was caught by the bandits, he was knocked unconscious by the bandits. When Shen Aotian woke up again, he found that he was imprisoned in the wooden prison.
Then every day, a masked bandit would come to bring food and water to Shen Aotian, and the masked bandit also gave Shen Aotian a small notebook, asking Shen Aotian to write down his various situations in this small notebook, so as to This was in exchange for better food. This was also the reason why the fake Shen Aotian was not discovered by Shen Kuanglong and others.
However, Shen Aotian has never revealed the last name in the Shen family's heirloom - "The Directory of Certain Protagonists", because this is a secret code that needs to be used when the new head of the Shen family takes over. If the new head of the Shen family takes over, If the head of the Shen family does not know this name, he will not be able to become the real head of the Shen family.
As for the reason why Shen Aotian did not say this name, it was because Shen Aotian believed that those bandits wanted to disguise themselves as the head of the Shen family. After all, there are many ways to change a person's appearance on this continent. with voice lines.
Because of this, Shen Aotian has been imprisoned in that wooden prison.
In addition, Shen Aotian also mentioned one thing, that is, once he heard the masked bandit talking to another person in the passage, and he seemed to mention Bahamut.
After listening to Shen Aotian's narration, Liu Xing and others became more certain that the fake Shen Aotian was a follower of Bahamut.
Fifteen minutes later, Liu Xing and others took the weak Shen Aotian to find Zhang Jingxu, Rodriguez and others, who were resting by a creek.
Zhang Jingxu looked at Liu Xing and others walking over with Shen Aotian, and said with surprise: "What's going on? How did Shen Aotian become like this?!"
Only then did Liu Xing realize that the fake Shen Aotian had disappeared.
It seems that the fake Shen Aotian has realized that something is wrong, so he ran away.
Liu Xing sighed and said, "This is the real Shen Aotian. The previous Shen Aotian was probably pretended by a follower of Bahamut, so where is the Shen Aotian now?"