PDLP Chapter 47 How to treat your parents like this
Chapter 47 How to treat your parents like this
"what--!"
The sounds of terrified screams echoed in the forest, and it took a long time for them to stop.
In the warm forest filled with sunshine in midsummer, a chill rises behind.
A gust of hot wind blew by, and the branches and leaves of the trees rustled. The paper money scattered on the ground seemed to have grown legs. They took a few steps lightly with the wind, and then lay flat on the ground again.
You can still see copper coins scattered around the grave.
The second in command had a rather sturdy build, and he lowered his head to look at the owner of the manor who was kneeling on the ground. If you didn't look closely, just looking at his angry eyes, you would always have the illusion that the second in command was still alive.
The first and third in command also fell silent at this moment. During this period of silence that was so quiet that it was difficult to make any sound, their Adam's apples rolled up, and they no longer had the usual arrogance.
The two pairs of eyes were even wider than those of the dead second in command.
"Brother, what's going on? Weren't the owner and my second brother fine last night? Why is it that..."
"How would I know? Let's go over and take a look first."
Looking at the unrecognizable head on the ground, the boss swallowed and prepared to go forward to check the situation.
“Don’t move yet—!”
The boss was about to step forward to check the situation, but Lin Lezhi stopped him.
Looking at Lin Lezhi who suddenly appeared, the boss's brows immediately frowned.
Since just now, the big boss was fed up with Lin Lezhi's self-talk, and he grabbed Lin Lezhi by the collar and yelled, "Who do you think you are? How dare you come out and bother me!"
A sting.
Lin Lezhi looked at his collar which was being pulled repeatedly. The clothes were already torn, and if they were pulled any further, they would probably be torn even more.
"Boss, I have absolutely no intention of offending you. It's just that I happened to have been to that abandoned house a few days ago, and I think there must be something else behind this matter."
"What do you mean?"
Even if the boss was simple-minded, he knew that the situation was not that simple, and he loosened his grip on the collar a little.
Lin Lezhi immediately rescued his collar which was about to rot.
Lin Lezhi bent down and casually picked up a copper coin on the ground. As expected, the words "Chengjing Seventh Year" were engraved on the coin.
The big boss snatched the coin and said impatiently: "It's just an ordinary copper coin, what's so good about it?"
"Boss, this is not an ordinary coin. Look carefully at the words engraved on the coin. It is engraved with the seventh year of Chengjing. The coin found in the abandoned house a few days ago was also engraved in the same year."
"The seventh year of Chengjing..."
The big boss gently twisted the copper coin in his hand and muttered to himself, as if he was recalling what happened in the seventh year of Chengjing.
Lin Lezhi reached into his bosom and pulled out another copper coin, showing it to everyone present: "This one is a newly minted copper coin this year, in the 20th year of Chengjing. These two copper coins are thirteen years apart, but their quality is the same, just like they were newly minted."
"So what!" the boss said impatiently.
"It has been so long and they still look like new coins, which means that these coins were well preserved by someone. I don't think the person who preserved these coins wanted to tell the world that something happened in that abandoned house in the seventh year of Chengjing."
"What's the matter?" The third in command, who was standing aside, couldn't help but ask.
Lin Lezhi shook his head and said truthfully: "I don't know exactly what happened, but one thing is certain, what happened here must be related to the withered bones in the old house."
Lin Lezhi looked at the head rolling on the ground.
"The two heads have been staying in this Ya Ren Manor for many years and have very little contact with the outside world. They may not know that the appearance of the manor owner's death and the location of the head are exactly the same as those in the abandoned house. Except for the second head..."
Lin Lezhi turned his attention to the second in command. The only variable here was the second in command.
The eldest boss thought for a moment and then looked anxious, "What happened to my second brother?"
Lin Lezhi said "Oh" and came back to his senses from his thoughts, and said truthfully: "There was only a dead body in the abandoned house that day, so I don't understand why the second in command appeared here."
"Somebody come!"
After the boss shouted, a few anxious gangsters on the side pushed each other and walked in front of the boss. They wanted to look at the ground, but they didn't dare to.
"What's the boss's order?"
"Why did the Second in Command go out last night?"
“This…” The traffickers looked at each other, then at Lin Lezhi’s direction. Before the big boss could hold back his anger, the trafficker closest to him knelt on the ground in fear and said in horror, “We don’t know either. We only saw the second in command leave the village after talking to the two of them.”
"Which two?"
"It's him, and him!"
Who else could the trembling finger be pointing to but Lin Lezhi and Qingchuan?
Sensing that something was wrong, Lin Lezhi pulled up a dry smile. Before the big boss could get angry, Lin Lezhi hurriedly explained, "This is definitely a misunderstanding. The injured man needed to be buried last night. The two big bosses knew about it. Moreover, the second in command left the manor only after Qingchuan and I returned to the dungeon. The big brothers in the dungeon can testify to this. The two big bosses will know the answer if they call him over and ask him."
"Or...or the two heads of the village would like to confirm first whether the person under the black gauze hat is the owner of the village. After all, only the two heads of the village have seen what the owner looks like."
The boss wanted to be angry, but since then, that head has always attracted his attention.
His Adam's apple rolled up and down again, and the boss held his breath and walked to the head wearing a black veil. He slowly squatted down, and his fingertips paused when they were about to touch the black veil.
The boss took a deep breath and simply closed his eyes before removing the black veil.
After it was uncovered, several screams were heard from behind.
The boss became panicked after hearing this and opened his eyes one after another. Then, after seeing the appearance of the head, he immediately pulled away his hand that was touching the black veil as if he had been electrocuted, fell to the ground, and gasped several times.
Not to mention the boss, even Lin Lezhi's pupils suddenly shrank, and he subconsciously looked in the direction of Xiao Yihuo. Xiao Yihuo's eyes were equally heavy.
Yang Hancai was even more shocked, with his mouth slightly open.
If it was just a head, it wouldn't be so shocking. But the weird thing was that a big word "slave" was carved on the forehead of the head.
The blood flowed down the forehead of the head and spread all over the old face. The blood flowed through the open eyes and then flowed out of the eye sockets like tears of blood.
The red eyes stared straight in the direction of everyone.
This bloody head is much more chilling than a pile of bones that have been dead for thirteen years.
"Master...Master..."
The eldest boss quickly sat up from the ground, then knelt on the ground. The third boss who was standing next to him couldn't help but stagger several steps before he could barely stand.
With the help of the third in command, the eldest in command was able to stand.
Judging from the words of the eldest boss and the shocked look on the third boss's face, it can be determined that the head on the ground is that of Master Xing.
“This…this…” Yang Hancai walked forward in a panic, and only dared to walk to the side of Lin Lezhi, not daring to approach the head on the ground, “This is impossible!”
"What's wrong, Brother Yang?"
"How could this Xing Manor owner be the Yan Jingyi County Magistrate?"
At this moment, the big boss seemed to be in a nightmare and stopped talking. Only the third boss remained rational. He looked at Yang Hancai and asked, "What did you say?"
Seeing the ferocious expression of the third in command, Yang Hancai's body trembled again and again, and even his voice trembled.
"Third... Third Master, what I said is absolutely true. County Magistrate Yan is deeply loved by the people of Changluan County. When he stepped down not long ago, the people of Zhouqing Town lined the streets to welcome him. The people and refugees who were in the town not long ago can all testify to this."
The third in command looked to the side, at the refugees who were afraid to look directly at the head, and stepped forward and grabbed two civilians, dragging them in front of the head, with their faces almost touching it.
The people were so frightened that they trembled continuously, closed their eyes tightly, and subconsciously shrank back, but they were helpless because the third in command held their necks tightly and they could not move at all.
The Third Master roared, "Open your eyes and see if this is the previous county magistrate."
"Third Master, please forgive me, I really don't know."
"I...I don't know either. Spare me, spare me."
The two men curled up on the ground, almost ready to kowtow.
The Third Chief looked at the other people and said, "As for you, if you don't find out the truth today, or if you can't find the murderer, don't even think about leaving this Ya Ren Village!"
"Third in command, that's enough." Lin Lezhi put his hand on the third in command's wrist and pulled his hand away.
"You..." The third in command wanted to get angry and see who was the blind man who came up to stop him, but when he turned his eyes away, the words that were about to come out froze in his throat.
The voice was not as funny as before, and there was a hint of coldness in his eyes.
The third in command couldn't believe that Lin Lezhi, who looked so frail, actually had so much strength.
There was some surprise in his eyes.
They were closer, and Lin Lezhi was also quite tall, so for a moment, the ferocious third in command was at a disadvantage.
But it was only a moment, Lin Lezhi returned to his previous state, let go of the Third Master's hand, and said with a smile: "They are just ordinary people. The Third Master scares them like this. Even if they know something, they dare not say it."
Looking at Lin Lezhi's flattering look, could it be that I had seen it wrong just now?
The third in command moved his wrist slightly, and felt a slight pain where Lin Lezhi had pinched it. He then turned his hands behind his back, snorted coldly, and looked at the people around him with disgust in his eyes.
"Without intimidation, do you think anyone here will admit it? You think too highly of these refugees. They are just useless."
"It's not appropriate for the Third Master to say these things."
Although Lin Lezhi was smiling, there was no warmth in his eyes.
"The Third Master has never thought about how you would be so rich if it weren't for us refugees."
The third boss's face was obviously embarrassed, and he gritted his teeth and said, "What did you say?"
"Hmm..." Lin Lezhi pretended to think, and after a moment he said with a smile: "If we are talking about this relationship, we refugees are also your breadwinners. How can you treat your breadwinners like this?"
Although it sounds playful, every word is precious.
Lin Lezhi continued fearlessly, "Moreover, I heard that the three heads of the manor stayed in this manor because the manor owner held a handle on them. In fact, they were dissatisfied with the manor owner. Maybe you killed someone because of the internal strife. On the contrary, those of us who were imprisoned in the dungeon are the least suspicious."
"You..." The third in command was so angry that he was speechless, "I think you, a dog, don't want to live anymore!" He pulled out the machete from his waist and put it on Lin Lezhi's neck.
Xiao Yihuo clenched his fists and was about to step forward.
"Don't be angry, Third Master. I can prove that the head on the ground is County Magistrate Yan."
A gentle voice came, attracting everyone's attention.
The voice belonged to the only female customer.
Although the woman looked a little pale, she behaved calmly and gracefully. Perhaps she was worried that the knife would really cut Lin Lezhi's neck, so she walked in a hurry.
"You know, Third Master, that my family's business is the most well-informed in Changluan County. We have been doing business together for more than ten years. You still don't trust my words. Moreover, I have also had the honor of meeting County Magistrate Yan several times. This head is indeed County Magistrate Yan's."
The third in command was still skeptical and refused to take back the knife, and Lin Lezhi had no intention of hiding.
"I...I can also testify!"
The commoner whose neck was previously pressed mustered up the courage to stare at the head for a few seconds, then knelt down again and admitted it. The other refugees who had seen County Magistrate Yan also knelt down one by one and testified verbally.
As if they had not expected it, a hint of surprise flashed in the eyes of Lin Lezhi, Qingchuan and Xiao Yihuo.
The woman smiled and said, "Everyone can prove this. Do you think you can believe it, Third Master?"
The third in command snorted and reluctantly put away the knife.
They still have some sense of propriety when dealing with customers.
The woman turned her eyes to Lin Lezhi and said gently, "The most important thing right now is to find the murderer who killed the owner and the second in command. This young man is very organized and knows what happened in the abandoned house. I think it would be better to leave the task of finding the real murderer to this young man."
"Why should I give it to..."
"I haven't finished what I was saying, Third Master." The woman interrupted the Third Master, looked at Lin Lezhi with a smile full of tenderness, and said with her soft red lips: If he can't find out, then... it's up to the two masters to deal with it as they please."