Iron Snow Clouds

Chapter 638

Tie Hongyan also wanted to find a place where there were no one else to ask him properly, so he and You Xiangming followed Ao Gong to the place where Ao Gong usually sold blankets and went into the house.

After they sat down, Tie Hongyan said, "We came to you today to ask you questions. We hope you can tell us everything we want to know."

Ao Gong said: "Of course, of course."

Tie Hongyan did not immediately mention the blanket serial number, but asked another question first: "Where did you get the blankets you sell from?"

Ao Gong looked embarrassed and said, "I told you last time..."

Tie Hongyan said, "You told us about Xiangteng Mountain of the Xinong tribe last time, right?"

"Ah? Ah... yes... yes!" Ao Gong said with some embarrassment.

"But, the Xinong tribe doesn't have Xiangteng Mountain at all." Tie Hongyan said with a serious expression.

Ao Gong didn't know what to do for a moment. In a hurry, he said casually, "Could it be that the distinguished guest has been to the Xinong tribe in such a short time? I said last time that it was a little-known place."

"Little-known? Even people who have traveled all over the Xinong tribe for decades don't know about it? Of course I haven't been to the Xinong tribe recently, but when I looked at the map of the Xinong tribe before, I never found any Xiangteng Mountain there. I also considered whether the map missed some place or the mountain had its name changed, so I asked several people who were very familiar with the Xinong tribe, and they told me very confidently that there is definitely no Xiangteng Mountain in the Xinong tribe. How do you explain this?" Tie Hongyan said.

You Xiangming deliberately said to Tie Hongyan: "He is obviously lying. He was beaten just now and you saved him, but he still lied to you. It's really intolerable! Are there some people in this world who just don't respond to soft words? The man just now was unwilling to be deceived by him, so he beat him with his bare hands and he begged for mercy. You have a gun in your hand and he lied to you again. I think you don't need to be polite to him."

Ao Gong was a little frightened and said, "My dear guest, calm down. If I lied to you on purpose last time, it's really not the case this time! You just helped me a lot, I know it in my heart, and I don't want to lie to you again. But, I told you last time that the goods were imported from Xiangteng Mountain of the Xinong tribe. You helped me just now, and I don't know how to tell you that I actually lied to you last time... I am a person... Sometimes I say some untrue things without thinking, it's just a matter of time. It's really because I lack a way to distinguish the authenticity of my words. I'm used to it, so these words slipped out. I'm really sorry to the two guests!"

Tie Hongyan said: "But you have become accustomed to lying. We need to ask you questions now. How can we tell which of your words can be believed and which cannot be believed?"

"My two distinguished guests, I will be careful from now on and think carefully before I say each word. I will put a discerning device on my lips, and if I think of a lie, I will swallow it back and speak the truth, okay? If you hadn't helped me, I don't know how I would have been beaten by that man just now. I already owed you a favor, and I feel even more sorry for deceiving you before. What's more, you are holding weapons, and I can tell at a glance that you are martial artists, so I dare not do anything. I must tell you the truth for both emotional and logical reasons, and I understand this principle." There was some sincerity in Ao Gong's eyes, which were often difficult to understand.

(End of this chapter)