Zhou Tong Detective Series

Chapter 56 Zhou Tong Detective Series III: Paper Burner (15)
Yan Yongjie didn't answer this question, but just shook her hand with a smile.

"Old Wang, we cannot be forced to do this." Yan Yongjie put away her smile, looked at Wang Ke seriously and said.

"Yan Yongjie, there must be some misunderstanding, you put me down first, and then talk slowly." The feeling of being hung on a tree is really uncomfortable, Wang Ke struggled while speaking.

"There is no misunderstanding, Mr. Wang. Although you concealed it very well, you definitely did not stay out of curiosity."

"Nonsense, what else can my old man do if it's not because of curiosity?" Wang Ke yelled obviously a little angrily.

Yan Yongjie shook her head.

"Li Ying, you girl don't even say a word for me, I was invited by you, you treat my old man like this!" Seeing that Yan Yongjie was indifferent, he could only yell at Li Ying.

Seeing Wang Ke's appearance, Li Ying softened her heart and said, "Sister Yongjie, I think it's better to let Mr. Wang down first."

Yan Yongjie ignored Li Ying's persuasion and said, "Old Wang, don't underestimate the capabilities of our special criminal investigation team. I have already sent someone to investigate you. Wang Ke, formerly known as Liu Shuhai, Miao nationality, was born in Fenghuang Daqingmiao. Village, there was an unexpected fire in Daqing Miao Village ten years ago, you were one of the survivors, after that you changed your name to Wang Ke and went away.”

As soon as Yan Yongjie finished speaking, Wang Ke's face immediately turned pale, and Li Ying was also extremely surprised.

"I never doubted you before, but Li Ying inadvertently told how I found you, which made me suspicious of you, so I asked someone to investigate you."

"I... what did I say?" Li Ying was still at a loss.

"Li Ying, don't you think everything is too coincidental?" Yan Yongjie asked back.

"Although I met Mr. Wang at the airport, but...but he did heal my mother before, I know him..."

"Don't say any more." Wang Ke suddenly interrupted Li Ying's words. He no longer had the same expression as before, as if he had aged a lot in an instant.

"Officer Yan, everything is my fault, if it wasn't for me, Chen Xiang wouldn't have died..."

"not good!"

No one expected that when Wang Kegang said this, with a "whoosh", a cold arrow was suddenly shot from the jungle.

Yan Yongjie flew up to save her, but she was a step too late.Although Wang Ke was held in her arms by her, the arrow hit his chest.

"Li Ying, take good care of Mr. Wang!" Yan Yongjie put down Wang Ke, and wanted to rush into the jungle, looking for the sniper.

"Back...come back!" Wang Ke grabbed Yan Yongjie, "Don't chase...quick...go save Zhou Tong..."

"What... what happened?" Li Ying burst into tears. During the time she spent with Wang Ke, she had already regarded this weird old man as her grandfather.

Yan Yongjie was also sad for a while, if he hadn't hung Wang Ke up by himself, maybe he wouldn't have been plotted against so easily.

The bright red blood stained Wang Ke's chest, he was breathing heavily, and his complexion was getting darker and darker.

"Old Wang, where is Zhou Tong?" Yan Yongjie looked at Wang Ke who was breathing more and more quickly, and couldn't help asking.

"Ni...Naishui...Go up...get the pill, Zhou Tong...Zhou Tong's memory can be restored..." Wang Ke's eyes widened, and he raised his arm with the last bit of strength, pointing to the west, Then he died.

"Sister Yongjie, sister Yongjie, save Mr. Wang, save Mr. Wang!" Li Ying cried while hugging Wang Ke.

"The arrow is poisonous, Mr. Wang... Mr. Wang has already left." Yan Yongjie put his arm around Li Ying's shoulder and said helplessly.

Chapter 17 Upstream
Under the dazzling sunlight, Zhou Tong stood in the ruins of the Miao Village. Although he did not personally experience the night Xuan Jingyi mentioned, he could still feel the pain from the barren weeds and leftover rocks. Broke the wall and felt the tragedy of the fire that year.

"This is the starting point on the map, so where is Jindan now?" Zhou Tong asked, looking at Xuan Jingyi who seemed to be still in a daze.

Zhou Tong's question made Xuan Jingyi wake up from her memories.

"Jin Dan should have gone to the great wizard's house." Xuan Jingyi said and ran towards the great wizard's house quickly.

Zhou Tong hurriedly followed.

Walking through the abandoned Miao village and through a small forest, you can see the house of the great wizard, which is somewhat surprising that the house is well preserved.

"This is the only house that has not been destroyed by the fire, and it is also a horrible memory that will never be erased from my mind." Xuan Jingyi stopped and looked at the old house standing in the jungle.

"Are you sure the golden core is inside?" Zhou Tong asked suspiciously.

Xuan Jingyi nodded affirmatively.

"Then what are we waiting for, go in and ask him for clarification!" Zhou Tong raised his legs and wanted to walk to the old house of the great wizard.

But Xuan Jingyi still stood there without moving a step. There was some elusive expression in her eyes, as if she was hesitating or fearing something.

Seeing that Xuan Jingyi didn't follow, Zhou Tong stopped and turned around.

"what happened to you?"

"It's nothing, let's go in." Xuan Jingyi took a deep breath and finally made a decision.

Seeing her reaction, Zhou Tong felt an indescribable strange feeling in his heart, but finally nodded and walked slowly towards the great wizard's house with her.

When the two walked to the door, Xuan Jingyi nervously grabbed Zhou Tong's hand.

"Don't be afraid." Zhou Tong said, holding her hand, and then pushed open the door.

Sure enough, Jin Dan was in the house. He sat leisurely on a chair, watching Zhou Tong and Xuan Jingyi push the door open and enter.

"I've been waiting for you for a long time." As soon as Jin Dan finished speaking, the door behind Zhou Tong and Xuan Jingyi suddenly closed with a "bang".

Zhou Tong's heart skipped a beat, feeling that something was wrong, but he still asked pre-emptively, "Jin Dan, why did you hurt Mr. Wang and take away his things?"

"Stole his things?" Jin Dan suddenly looked up to the sky and laughed loudly. After laughing, his face was full of sadness, "You are the ones who took everything from me!"

Jin Dan stood up abruptly, looked at Xuan Jingyi full of anger, gritted his teeth and continued, "Xuan Jingyi, do you think I'm right?"

Xuan Jingyi's face turned pale, and she said with trembling lips, "Jin Dan, quickly take out the things, you know how powerful they are...you... you will... kill everyone."

"I won't hand it over, and I won't let you guys find Ai Chen! Zhou Tong, show me the map!" Jin Dan took a step forward with a threatening tone.

"Zhou Tong, don't give it to him!" Xuan Jingyi stepped forward to block Zhou Tong.

Zhou Tong scolded these two people in his heart, he kept talking in one piece, and concealed many things from him, so he must not always be led by the nose by them.

Thinking of this, he gently pushed away Xuan Jingyi who was standing in front of him, then looked at Jin Dan and Xuan Jingyi with a smile and said: "I dare say you two have known each other for a long time, since we are acquaintances, please don't get excited You can discuss whether to give or not, but first you have to clarify the matter, Jin Dan, what exactly did you take away, why didn't you let us find Ai Chen, Xuan Jingyi, who are you afraid of?"

"Zhou Tong, the less you know, the safer you are, take out the map, and get out of here immediately!" Jin Dan's tone softened a bit.

"If I'd been a timid person, I wouldn't have gotten involved at first." Zhou Tong said nonchalantly.

"I've finished my words, don't force me to use force!" Jin Dan clenched his fists tightly, ready to strike at any time.

Zhou Tong had seen Jin Dan's martial arts in the detention center, even Yan Yongjie couldn't do anything about him, let alone himself.But if you hand over the map to Jin Dan in this way, you will lose the clue to find Ai Chen, and you will have no way to find out the truth of the whole matter, you will not be able to clear yourself of the suspicion of murder, and you will have no way to get back for those who were killed. justice.

What should I do?Zhou Tong fell into a dilemma for a while.

At this time, something unexpected happened.

Xuan Jingyi, who had been silent by the side, suddenly took out a pistol.

Hei Dongdong's muzzle was aimed at Jin Dan, at such a close distance, no matter how advanced his martial arts were, there was absolutely no way he could dodge the bullet.

"Jin Dan, bring me the things." Xuan Jingyi's hand holding the gun trembled nervously.

Jin Dan didn't expect Xuan Jingyi to be carrying a gun, so he was stunned for a moment.

"Speak up if you have something to say, don't play so big!" Zhou Tong was also taken aback.

"Zhou Tong, the thing in his hand can save Ai Chen's life, so he must get it." Xuan Jingyi said resolutely.

"Shoot if you have the courage, I will never give you anything!" Jin Dan did not back down.

"What kind of danger is Ai Chen in now? Need the things in Jin Dan's hand to save her life?" Zhou Tong looked at Xuan Jingyi with questioning eyes.

"I... I heard from Shi Da that Ai Chen was poisoned by a strange poison. If there is no antidote, he will die. The thing in Jin Dan's hand is the antidote!"

"What nonsense!"

Jin Dan was furious, desperate, and suddenly flew towards Xuan Jingyi.

"No!" Zhou Tong shouted.

With a "bang" gunshot, Jin Dan fell down.

Xuan Jingyi stared, and the gun in her hand fell to the ground with a thud.

Zhou Tong quickly ran to Jin Dan's side and hugged him.

"Golden elixir! Golden elixir!"

But Jin Dan didn't respond at all.

"I...what I didn't want...was...he pounced on me..." Xuan Jingyi was incoherent, pulling Zhou Tong to cry with horror on her face.

Zhou Tong put down the golden pill, looked at Xuan Jingyi with almost angry eyes, and asked, "Where did your gun come from?"

"Shi Da gave me the gun, and he asked me to use it for self-defense." Xuan Jingyi was still in tears.

Zhou Tong stepped forward, grabbed the gun that fell on the ground, put it in his pocket, and then continued to ask: "How do you know Jin Dan?"

"He...he is also from our Daqing Village."

"Didn't you say that except for you, Ai Chen, Chen Xiang and Shi Da, everyone else in the village was burned to death?"

Xuan Jingyi raised her head, looked at Zhou Tong and said, "No, there are two more people who survived, one is Wang Ke, and the other is Jin Dan. I wasn't sure when I first met them."

"Then how did you know for sure?"

Xuan Jingyi took off her coat, and then pulled down the white shirt she was wearing inside.

"You... what are you doing?" Although Zhou Tong said so, his eyes didn't blink.

Xuan Jingyi's face was flushed and she hugged her chest with one arm, but at the same time she slightly puffed up her chest.

She has a red mark like a pinky finger on her chest.

Xuan Jingyi pointed to the red mark on her chest and said, "Every child in Daqing Village will have a red mark here after they are born."

Zhou Tong would never be so "honest" if it hadn't been for the bloody incident just now. He looked away from his condescending eyes, followed by pulling off Jin Dan's clothes, and sure enough, he found a red mark exactly like Xuan Jingyi's on his chest.

"When I found this red mark on both Wang Ke and Jin Dan, I was sure they were from Daqingzhai, so I paid special attention to their every move." Xuan Jingyi said while getting dressed.

"Then there's the 'they' you mentioned to Jin Dan just now, who are they, and what's so scary about them?" Zhou Tong looked at Xuan Jingyi and asked without squinting.

"They...they are the people from 'Wu Village', that is, the people who set fire to Daqing Village." Xuan Jingyi's expression was filled with fear and hatred.

"How can you be sure that they did it?" Zhou Tong was a little skeptical.

"Because we took away the things from the 'Wu Village' and caused the curse of the paper dolls, who else would it be?" Xuan Jingyi said angrily.

Zhou Tong is full of doubts, and still feels that there are still many things that cannot be explained.Whether Xuan Jingyi was telling the truth or lying, why Jin Dan didn't let herself go to Ai Chen, and what exactly he took, all kinds of questions circled in her mind, but she still couldn't find the answer.

"Zhou Tong, let's find the antidote first, and hurry up to save Ai Chen!" Xuan Jingyi pushed Zhou Tong who was in a daze.

Zhou Tong hesitated for a moment, but still looked for the antidote that Xuan Jingyi said on Jin Dan.

Without much effort, he found a small cloth bag from Jin Dan's body.

The cloth bag was dirty and full of mud, Zhou Tong opened it and saw that there was a pill the size of a thumb inside.

"Is this the thing?"

"Well, that's it!" Xuan Jingyi immediately reached out to grab the pill in Zhou Tong's hand.

But Zhou Tong avoided Xuan Jingyi's hand, put the pills into the cloth bag neatly, and put them into his bosom.

"It's such an important thing, I just hold it."

Xuan Jingyi withdrew her hand in embarrassment.

"Then what do we do now?"

"I'll deal with the body first, and then go to Ai Chen."

"What... how to deal with it?" Xuan Jingyi asked with a pale face.

"This kind of thing is not suitable for girls. I'll do it. You can go out first." Zhou Tong said, supporting Xuan Jingyi, and pushed her out of the room regardless of whether she wanted to or not.

Xuan Jingyi stood outside the house, wanting to push the door open again, but after some hesitation, she finally took a few steps back and waited patiently.

Not long after, a puff of black smoke rose from the great wizard's house, and Zhou Tong rushed out of the room holding his nose.

"what happened?"

"It's nothing, I just lit a fire."

After Zhou Tong finished speaking, she dragged Xuan Jingyi to run away.

The black smoke became thicker and thicker, and the fire spread quickly. When Xuan Jingyi turned her head again, the whole house was already engulfed in a sea of ​​flames.

In the dark jungle, there is a clear river, like a snake lurking in the grass, flowing quietly.But it was a little strange that there were no fish in the river, not even any living things.This beautiful river is more like a "dead river".

Yan Yongjie and Li Ying walked in the direction indicated by Wang Ke, and after some difficult crossings, they came to the river.

"What a clear river!" Li Ying was sweating profusely as she walked, and exclaimed excitedly when she suddenly saw such a clear and beautiful river.

"Going upstream, is this the river you're talking about?" Yan Yongjie looked at the river and asked to herself.

But Li Ying couldn't take care of that much. She always paid attention to her image, but now she was in a mess in the jungle, and she didn't take a bath all day.Now seeing a clear river, I couldn't help but want to go up and wash my face.

"Don't move!" Yan Yongjie called to Li Ying who was already holding the water in her hand.

"What's wrong?" Li Ying was taken aback by Yan Yongjie's sudden call, and the water in her hands spilled all over the floor.

"There is a problem with this river." Yan Yongjie walked to Li Ying's side as he said.

"Don't you find it strange? There is no fish in the river, and there are no animals around. It is really illogical. I suspect that there is something wrong with the river water."

"No way!?" Li Ying finally found the water source, and it was really hard for her to give up.

Yan Yongjie knelt down, pointed at Li Ying's feet and said, "Come and see."

At the place where Li Ying spilled the river water just now, there were a few big black ants writhing in pain on the ground, and it didn't take long for them to be motionless.

"The water is poisonous!" Li Ying raised her hands, her face pale with fright.

Seeing her exaggerated expression, Yan Yongjie laughed.

"Don't be afraid of this. Although it's poisonous, it won't penetrate the skin. You'll be fine if you wipe it off." After she finished speaking, she took out a handkerchief and carefully wiped Li Ying's hands.

Li Ying watched Yan Yongjie bend over to help her carefully wipe her hands, and felt an indescribable feeling in her heart, she suddenly thought of Zhou Tong.

"Sister Yongjie, you like Zhou Tong, right?" Li Ying summoned up her courage and asked.

Yan Yongjie didn't expect that Li Ying would suddenly ask such a direct question. Her hands blunted a little, but soon returned to normal, and she quickly wiped Li Ying's hands dry.

"Sister Yongjie, you haven't answered my question yet." Li Ying looked at Yan Yongjie with her big beautiful eyes.

Yan Yongjie just said two words lightly: "What about you?"

"Me?" There were two red clouds on Li Ying's fair face, "I don't like him, that bastard!"

Yan Yongjie laughed when she heard this.

"Then you still want to accompany me to find this bastard?"

Li Ying pouted and argued, "No, I'm here to find the murderer who killed Mr. Wang!"

(End of this chapter)