Liu Dabao swallowed the beef and took a sip of wine, with a hint of drunkenness on his face. He looked at Lin Jue and said solemnly: "Brother Lin, you don't know something. There is actually only one person in charge of this Guishan Island village, and that is the second village owner.
After our village leader Gao died of illness last year, the position of the village leader was passed to the eldest lady. But the eldest lady is a woman, so how can she restrain thousands of brothers in this village. The second village leader is the adopted son of the old village leader.
Who will take care of things if he doesn't care? In addition, the second village leader is very knowledgeable, and he is no less generous than the old village master. He has high martial arts skills, great courage, many friends, and many methods. We, the people in the village, are all the same.
Everyone obeys him. The leader of the first village is just a name, and the leader of the second village is the real master of the village. Do you understand?"
Lin Jue suddenly realized. Before he came, he knew that the original village owner of Guishan Island Village, Gao Yuankui, died of illness last year, but he didn't know who would take over. However, it turned out that Gao Yuankui actually had a daughter who took over the position of village owner. Women naturally cannot be in charge of the village.
In terms of affairs, Gao Yuankui's adopted son became the leader of the second village. It was reasonable for him to take charge of the village.
"Brother, I'm afraid you don't know that sooner or later our second village master and the big village master are one family. Everyone in the village knows that the second village master likes the big village master very much, and the big village master doesn't know why, but he just won't
Agree. In the past, when the old village leader was here, this matter never happened, but it was strangely tight. But now that the old village master has passed away, the big village master is helpless, and the second village master will become the big village master sooner or later.
The master of Dazhai will become the wife of Dazhai sooner or later, haha." Liu Dabao was tipsy and finally began to talk without Lin Jue asking.
"The master of the village is really... a great beauty. Her appearance is hard to find in the sky or on earth. I am an old man from the village, and I have seen her grow from a little girl to a great beauty. Tsk, tsk, of course.
She is really a flower on our Guishan Island. It is a pity that she is a thorny rose. She is skilled in martial arts and has an arrogant temperament. No one dares to take another look at her. Brother Lin, you don’t know that the master of Dazhai has the true inheritance of the old master.
Her martial arts skills are extremely high. Except for the second village master, none of the village leaders can be her opponent. Although the second village master is drooling at the thought, he doesn't dare to mess around. Hehe, this makes the cat feel itchy when he smells fish.
, It’s a pity that the fish is in the water, so you can see it but can’t catch it.”
Liu Dabao was obviously drunk, and he spoke without any scruples, with a lewd and teasing tone in his words. The more Lin Jue listened to his ramble, the more he understood what was going on in the village. Next, not only did he know two things
The village leader's name is Qiu Biao, and he also found out that the second village master actually came to the village halfway. During an operation of officers and soldiers to encircle the village three years ago, the second village master Qiu Biao led his men to defeat a group of villagers.
With only the main force of the army, he defeated the imperial encirclement and suppression campaign, thus winning the trust of Gao Yuankui. Later, he was promoted and showed his ability to manage the village, so he was adopted by Gao Yuankui as his adopted son. Lin Jue also knew that, in fact, this second
The village leader did not simply control the entire village. The daughter of the village leader Gao Yuankui was elected as the village master by Gao Yuankui's old brothers. Originally, after Gao Yuankui's sudden death, Qiu Biao had the idea of seizing the village master's position.
Due to the power of the old village leader's remaining troops, he did not dare to act rashly.
In short, after drinking, Liu Dabao's mouth was like a flood of water that could not be shut down. It was true or false, some were not, he heard what he heard, and he saw it with his own eyes. Lin Jue was here.
The addition of teasing and inspiration further increased his interest in conversation, squeezing out the contents of his stomach like a sponge.
…
In the lake bandit barracks on the mountainside, Lin Jue was lying on the bed. The bandit soldiers patrolling around him were snoring, but Lin Jue was not sleepy at all. After listening to Liu Dabao's words last night, Lin Jue had been analyzing the situations he said.
.Lin Jue smelled some unusual information from it.
First of all, it is about the second village leader Qiu Biao. It seems that this person is quite capable and currently has the highest reputation among the bandit villages on Guishan Island. Therefore, some of the decisions of the village should also be made by him.
In other words, he should have ordered the robbery of the Queen Mother's birthday ship.
According to the information obtained before coming here, when Gao Yuankui, the old village leader of Guishan Island, was still alive, although the Guishan Island Lake Bandits were also arrogant, their fame was due to several times of repelling encirclement and suppression by officers and soldiers. In other words, then
It was just a passive act for self-protection. When Gao Yuankui was the leader of the village, the Guishan Island bandit village did not seem to have many active provocations. It gave the impression that Gao Yuankui just wanted to use Guishan Island as a place of refuge.
.Officers and soldiers came to encircle and suppress them. Faced with such a crisis, Gao Yuankui would fight to the death.
But now, under the command of this second village leader, the Guishan Island Lake Bandits seem to have abandoned Gao Yuankui's original intention. Whether it is from their brazen attack on the water transport fleet and the hijacking of the birthday gift ship, or from the fact that they listened to the live broadcast that day.
The heroic words spoken by the King of Hell about conquering the world and becoming the Dragon Court all indicate that this mountain stronghold is already extremely offensive.
Why does Qiu Biao have such courage? With only two thousand lake bandits on Guishan Island, he dares to do this
What? Could it be that Qiu Biao is a lunatic? There is definitely something wrong here.
Secondly, Liu Dabao's words last night revealed a lot of information, including a few words about the death of the old village leader. Although Liu Dabao's words were unclear, Lin Jue could hear that there was actually some confusion in Liu Dabao's words.
The old leader of the village, Gao Yuankui, had a martial arts background and was tall and strong. He was only in his early thirties when he fell into the grass, and he was only in his early fifties when he passed away last year. For ordinary people, he was in his fifties and could be considered a prime man, not to mention his whole body.
Liu Dabao, a martial artist with strong martial arts and physical strength, said that the old village leader led people to practice water fighting a few days ago, and he was very strong and energetic. However, for some reason, the news came that he died of a sudden illness overnight. This was Liu Dabao's doubt.
, which was naturally Lin Jue’s doubt.
The reason why Lin Jue had lingering doubts in his heart was because he learned that the village was not monolithic. The leader of the village was the daughter of Gao Yuankui, and was elected as the leader of the village by Gao Yuankui's old subordinates. And this person
Since Qiu Biao has the intention to become the leader of the village, what will he do? Since Qiu Biao is so capable, why don't these people all elect him as the leader of the village? Moreover, since Qiu Biao is interested in Gao Yuankui's daughter, he is deeply attracted by it.
Gao Yuankui's appreciation, because Gao Yuankui did not marry his daughter to him when Gao Yuankui was alive? After all, whether it was to win over capable men, or for the sake of the future of the village, Gao Yuankui had no reason to disagree. Could it be that he still expected his daughter, the daughter of a bandit leader, to marry him?
Is it possible to marry into a wealthy family and have a stable life?
The more Lin Jue thought about the things here, the more he felt there was something wrong. Connecting all the things, there seemed to be a vague thread running through it, which was the truth that could clear up the doubts. Of course, Liu Dabao didn't know these, he knew
Lin Jue could only dig out what he thought was valuable from these superficialities.
If you want to investigate the cause of the whole thing in detail, Lin Jue believes that the most important thing is to figure out one thing, and that is what kind of relationship between Gao Yuankui and his daughter and Qiu Biao. Is it appreciation or something else?
This is actually difficult, but there is a way to go, and that is to figure out the cause of Gao Yuankui's death. Lin Jue doesn't believe in the nonsense of sleeping to death. Human life is indeed fragile, but sometimes it is very tough. Some
A person who is terminally ill can still live for three to five years before passing away. How can the death of a person with a strong body and no disease or disaster be as simple as death from a sudden illness? Unless it is really a sudden death such as cerebral hemorrhage.
In case of emergency, otherwise, the only possibility is to be murdered.
Lin Jue was not going to let go of such doubts. This matter seemed to have nothing to do with the whole matter, but it was an excellent entry point. The situation was actually very clear. If the old village leader did not die normally, then who would murder him? Of course.
He is the one who hates him to the core or the one who benefits the most after the death of the old village leader. Qiu Biao may not have any grudge against Gao Yuankui, but he must be the one who benefits the most when Gao Yuankui dies. Gao Yuankui has no children, so he is Gao Yuankui's righteous brother
Of course, he can become the leader of the village. Moreover, after Gao Yuankui died, the beautiful sworn sister would naturally rely on him.
The reason is not very sufficient, but it is definitely a motive. Now that there is no progress, Lin Jue cannot let go of any doubts if he wants to open a breakthrough.
Lin Jue decided to investigate the matter, and the method was very simple. He wanted to do something extremely risky and despised by the world.
He is going to dig a grave.
The best way to find out the cause of a person's death is of course to find insiders to learn the truth. But Lin Jue does not have this condition. So digging the grave and examining the body is another possible way to get the truth.
Liu Dabao said that the old village leader was buried on the cliff of the back mountain in the north of the island. As the bandit leader of Guishan Island, he could only be buried here, and there was no possibility of returning to his roots. But it was a restricted area, and Lin Jue could only sneak in quietly.
Patrolling is required at night, and this has to be done during the day, so it is quite difficult. But no matter how difficult it is, Lin Jue must do it, otherwise there will never be a breakthrough. It has been more than half a month since he came to the island, and one month is agreed upon.
In the time, if he could not make a contribution, King Liang could only resort to violent attacks. However, he had previously thought that the Guishan Island cottage could be attacked and captured by thousands of soldiers and horses, but during this time, he had learned more about the cottage and its layout and terrain.
Lin Jue knew that the possibility of success was very low due to his understanding of defense and other aspects.
However, the longer this matter was delayed, the harder it became to hide it. When the time for the birthday gifts to arrive in the capital was no longer enough, then King Liang might have to report the matter to the Holy Emperor. Pressure from all aspects forced Lin
I felt that I had to take decisive action and could no longer hesitate.
