Chapter 267 Old Zhongtou
After leaving the alley where Scar was, Li Chong hesitated and was about to say something, but he heard Captain Su laugh and say: "Attack Li, do you know where you can find authentic Yangxia delicacies? Let's go have a drink and discuss the case. ”
This statement was exactly what Li Chong meant, and a smile broke out on his wrinkled face: "Xiao Su, you've asked the right person. No one in the yamen knows more about Yangxia delicacies than Beizhi, Lanjie." Yu Yang Xian’s fish yoghurt is a must-have, and the roasted lamb legs and boiled fish fillets are all delicious.”
While the two were talking, they turned to Lan Street and found "Yu Yang Xian". It was a small shop with a shabby appearance, but the business was surprisingly good. Even if it was not a meal, it was almost full of people.
Comparatively speaking, the "Zuiyangxia" restaurant opposite it is magnificent, with a large courtyard behind it, and the sound of strings and bamboos coming from time to time. It looks like a high-end place, but at the moment there are only a few customers, and the waiter is listless.
"Xiao Su Captou, even though 'Yu Yang Xian' is inconspicuous, most wealthy people who spend a lot of money in 'Zui Yang Xia' will secretly send servants here to pack delicious food. They don't want to lose their dignity, and they don't want to be wronged. . "Li Chong is indeed a local snake in the police force. He is very familiar with the owner of Yu Yang Xian. Needless to say, he was assigned the only empty table, and the food and drinks were served very quickly.
Meng Qi took a bite of the fish and yoghurt, and felt that the deliciousness spread from his mouth to his stomach, to his belly, to his head, and to his soul. It was indescribably delicious.
"It's so delicious! I don't know how better the chefs at the food connoisseur's house can do it..." Meng Qi was so moved by the delicious food that his eyes filled with tears and he started to devour it.
After a few glasses of strong wine, Li Chong gradually relaxed his restraints and said, "Xiao Su is the boss, what's your plan next?"
"I wonder what your opinion is, Mr. Li?" Meng Qi asked without answering.
After drinking, Li Chong became more courageous. He waved his hand and said, "It's a good thing that you respect the elders, Xiao Su, but we don't have to be so reserved. Just call me Lao Li."
Meng Qi nodded, picked up the wine, and toasted him: "Then I'd rather obey your orders than respect him."
After sipping a glass of strong wine, Li Feng clicked his lower lip with satisfaction and said in a low voice: "Old Zhong is not a simple person."
At this point, he patted his thigh and made a crisp sound: "I told you this was evil a long time ago. Hey, I didn't expect it!"
"Is he a weird person?" Meng Qi asked without being drunk.
Li Chong lowered his voice again: "Old Zhong's origin is unknown. He came to Yangxia twenty or thirty years ago and lived near Yizhuang outside the city. He has been living in seclusion. Think about it, such a gloomy place as Yizhuang is so scary at night. Some people even I have heard ghosts cry, but he has lived there for more than 20 years and has transformed from a middle-aged Confucian scholar into a gloomy and shriveled old man. Isn't this evil? "
"A few years ago, there was a gangster who passed by Yangxia and stole into Lao Zhong's house. Guess what? He was crazy! Completely crazy! The master of Baqiao actually peed his pants and cried like My father and mother are dead, and I am determined to surrender. No one can stop me."
"Then this gangster died?" Meng Qi's heart moved. He looked like he had a mental breakdown.
"Yes, he strangled himself to death before he could be interrogated in jail!" Li Chong drank a glass of strong wine to calm down his shock, "I found that Capt. Cai's internal organs were rotten before, as if he had been dead for half a year, but his appearance was normal and he was still alive. If I can move freely, I should think of Lao Zhong!”
"He has to live near Yizhuang. Isn't he good at corpse path and ghost martial arts?"
"It makes sense." Meng Qi himself also made this judgment.
Li Chong sighed, put down his wine glass, and said solemnly: "So, Mr. Su, the boss, if we want to investigate Lao Zhong, we must set up a good charter."
It’s best not to go by yourself!
"Old Li, our heroes see the same thing." Meng Qi said with a smile, "You think, 'Scar' Yan Xiao is such a powerful person. He has nine orifices and dominates Yang Xia. He even thinks Old Zhong is scary. How can Lao Zhong not be terrifying? It is said that he has opened the gateway between life and death, built the bridge between heaven and earth, and has even communicated with the inside and outside. How can we rashly provoke him? "
Li Chong suddenly burst into tears: "That's the truth!"
Captor Xiao Su is indeed a smart man. He is not arrogant at all, nor does he make fun of his own life or the lives of his subordinates!
"If we were to investigate alone, the matter would have to be terminated at this point, but who are we? We are public servants with righteousness in our hands! Naturally, we should report to the governor and invite celebrities and hidden experts in the city to jointly investigate "Old Zhong, why do we have to do it ourselves?" Meng Qi is not a fool. There are six doors that can be used, but we still have to take the risk ourselves.
When he was in Yicheng, Huang Zhiqing, the governor at the time, summoned powerful men from several families to besiege the evil god.
As for whether he could get Lao Zhong to cooperate with the explanation, Meng Qi didn't care too much. If he could figure out the whole story and have some adventures, it would be great. If not, he could just go to Maoling directly on the pretext that the clues here have been cut off and have a meeting. Meet the heroes of Jiangdong and see the invisible sword and the grace of all the people.
I am such a responsible person!
Li Chong was stunned when he heard this, and immediately gave a thumbs up: "This is the right way! Let's report it to Governor Zheng immediately!"
If the sky falls, someone tall will hold it up!
"No rush, let's think about the Qiu family's affairs. Why did Mr. Cai come out of their boat in the dead of night when there was no one around?" Meng Qi was not anxious at all.
Li Chong was not in a hurry. It would be better for Lao Zhong to get the news quickly and escape: "Could it be that the Qiu family and Lao Zhong are in the same group? They were plotting something. There was an undercurrent involving Maoling, and Cai was arrested. They found out that they secretly sneaked onto the ship to search, but were brutally killed. Then they used Lao Zhong's ability to control Cai Captou to leave the ship, and prepared to bury themselves in the mass grave without anyone noticing. Unexpectedly, they were caught by a sailor who stole things in the middle of the night. Hit?"
He was a veteran, and his inferences were quite decent. Of course, he deliberately made many mistakes and waited for the police officer Xiao Su to correct them. This was a good way to please his boss.
Meng Qi shook his head: "They are not the same group."
"Ah?" Li Chong had a guess in this regard, but he didn't expect Xiao Su to be so sure about arresting the head.
"If they were a group, why bother to destroy the body and eliminate the traces? Just tie a stone and throw it into the middle of the river at night. Who would find it? Moreover, it was quiet at night, even if a sailor bumped into him, he could just be silenced. Why bother making the matter bigger before going through Scar?" Meng Qi said clearly.
Li Chong put aside the contempt in his heart. Xiao Su, the head catcher, could become the associate chief catcher. In addition to being successful in martial arts, he also seemed to have talent in case studies, so he couldn't be fooled.
Meng Qi licked the spoon: "If they are not a group, the contradiction can be explained."
"That night, Capt. Cai took advantage of the dark night and high winds to sneak into the Qiu family's boat to investigate something. It was possible that Lao Zhong was manipulating him to go there. After all, the 'dead man' has no heartbeat or breathing, so he is less likely to be discovered, so There is no such thing as destroying corpses and destroying traces.”
Li Chong turned the wine glass in his hand and continued: "After the sailors found out that Cai Captou was dead, there must have been shouting and other noises. Although it was quiet at the time, there would not be any masters at the dock, but if there were secrets on the Qiu family's ship, they would definitely A strong guard is indispensable, so Lao Zhong didn't dare to rush into silence and took a roundabout way through Scar. "
After Meng Qi said this, he could probably judge the situation at that time.
"One thing that needs to be determined now is whether Captain Cai came to Yangxia from Maoling, Jiangdong, to investigate the Qiu family's ship, or to investigate Lao Zhongtou." Meng Qi said thoughtfully.
Li Chong wiped the wrinkles at the corners of his eyes and said doubtfully: "Despite his appearance, Cai Captou has been dead for more than half a month. Even if the 'zombie punch' exorcises the corpse, it is impossible for him to travel from Maoling to Yangxia in half a month."
"But if he is intact and voluntarily chases after him, it is impossible not to report to Maoling Six Doors. It won't waste much time anyway, so why is he mysteriously missing?" Meng Qi tapped the rim of the wine glass, "Unless Old Zhong clamps down on him. , and even carried the corpse all the way back to Yangxia from Maoling. But the problem came. If Lao Zhong just found a dead man to control it so that he could sneak into the boat, there were many mass graves outside the city, so why bother to carry it all the way? Is Capt. Cai back?"
Li Chong took a sip of wine, shook his head and said, "I can't understand."
"I can't figure it out either. I can only investigate the boat first and confirm where it came from." Seeing that the food was all gone, Meng Qi said with satisfaction, "Old Li, let's go back to the Yamen to report to Governor Zheng first, and then Go to the dock."
"Okay!" Li Chong drank until his nose turned red.
As soon as he finished speaking, he suddenly pointed to the door and said, "What a coincidence, that's Governor Zheng!"
Meng Qi followed his hand and saw Zheng Jushan, the governor of Yangxia, who was walking into the "Drunken Yangxia" opposite with a group of people.
This group of people embraced two young men of seventeen or eighteen years old. They were dressed as Taoist priests, but one wore a Taoist bun and a seven-star crown, and the other just held a turban.
The man holding the headscarf looked particularly familiar to Meng Qi.
He is short, has a delicate appearance, his head is slightly raised, his eyes are raised, showing obvious arrogance, with a childishness and youthfulness that has not completely faded away, and he has a long and a short sword on his back.
Yao, the kid from the Yao family... isn't this the Zhenwu Yao Xingliu who has a crush on his senior sister? Meng Qi took a breath and recognized the identity of the arrogant young man. More than a year later, he has at least six orifices. Now he is traveling down the mountain?
After recognizing Yao Xiaogui, Meng Qi had some guesses about the identity of the other little Taoist priest.
He is of medium build, with a round face, but his facial features are naturally matched, and he always has a smiling expression, which makes people look very comfortable. There is a long sword wrapped in green shark skin hanging on his waist, and his steps and movements look ordinary. But every move has a hidden charm, so Meng Qi can only vaguely judge his realm, six or seven orifices.
"Most of the attention of Governor Zheng and others is on the little Taoist priest. There are only a handful of young people in the Zhenwu sect who can make them pay more attention to him than Yao Xiaogui..."
"Although Yao Xiaogui has been walking in front and seems to respect the little Taoist priest, he is a martial arts fanatic. I apologize for the etiquette and cannot be accurate..."
"Is this guy probably Yang He?"
Yang He, a once-in-a-century genius from the Zhenwu sect, immediately understood the Dharmakaya moves. He was often compared to Jiang Zhiwei in Xijian Pavilion by the elders in the sect.