The Republic of China Conspiracy Records

Chapter 145: Pointed Red Lips (9)

Because begging for flowers is not a big deal, the Qi family's buddy decided to put him in the inner courtyard and let him pick roses by himself.Bu Ying took this opportunity to check the flower garden, and sure enough, he found scattered Amanita muscaria under the roses. Then he remembered that Mrs. Qi had given Ji Mingmei a box of rouge, so he went back to the hotel to try the box of rouge.

The rouge was naturally mixed with the poison of Amanita muscaria, and after he put the rouge on his mouth, the toxicity flared up and fell into a daze not long after.At this time, we just returned to the hotel to witness this scene, and naturally felt weird, thinking that he was haunted by someone.All of this, if we hadn't followed Bu Ying to see it all, and could remind him at this time, then after Bu Ying's poison dissipated, we would probably have forgotten everything.

After Bu Ying finished speaking, I pondered: "Since it was Mrs. Qi who sent us to 'Caoxi Town', she must have something to do with the couple who died that year. Inseparable from her."

Bu Ying nodded, and suddenly said: "I asked those beggars about the situation in the town today, guess what news I got?"

"Huh?" Ji Mingmei and I both looked at him.

"In Rouge Town, there is no donation from beggars." Bu Ying blinked and smiled, "Do you find it strange?"

"In such a prosperous commercial town, there is no donation from beggars?" I was also surprised, and couldn't help touching my chin like Bu Ying, and caressing those few beards that didn't exist.

The so-called beggar donation is a kind of fee that beggars from all over the world charge local businesses at a fixed time of year.The merchants who have paid the beggar's donation will be jointly responsible by the beggars, and no one will come to make trouble.If there is any shop that refuses to pay beggars' donations, beggars will come to the door every day, standing at the door of the shop and singing lotus flowers.

Because the shop is open for business, if there are beggars blocking the door every day, the patrons will naturally stay away when they see it, and the business will naturally plummet.Generally speaking, everyone who runs a shop is unwilling to offend these beggars, and the donations from beggars are not large, so most people will give.

The collection of beggars' donations is organized in various places, that is, the beggars' gang in folklore.Although donations from beggars are suspected of being collected by force, in fact, there is nothing they can do about it, because although it is annoying, it is not illegal.

Even if some shopkeepers called the police to arrest the beggars who blocked the door and sang lotus flowers, they were only released after two days of detention, and their board and lodging were also settled for a few days. It is necessary to intensify and go to the door of this shop to sing.

This is a no-cost business, so every town is inevitable.But in a prosperous commercial town like Rouge Town, there are so many beggars, and no one accepts beggars' donations, which is too unreasonable.This matter is like Yanzhi Town popping up out of nowhere, it is a bit weird.

Bu Ying and I looked at each other, and said: "The government has always been helpless in the matter of beggars' donations, so if no one in Yanzhi Town accepts beggars' donations, then it can only explain one thing..."

"They are afraid of shopkeeper Qi and others, and dare not come to collect donations from beggars!" Ji Mingmei frowned, "But these beggars are meat from hobs, and they don't care about anything except life and death. What kind of people can make them Fear?"

"So, this may be the origin of Yanzhi Town." Bu Ying looked at us with piercing eyes. Beggars dare not provoke the Qi family and others. Since this is the case, the beggars should know the origins of the Qi family and others."

"That's right." I also said excitedly, "Then what are you waiting for, as long as you find out the origins of the Qi family and others, you may be able to find out the identity of the man and woman who died at that time, and also find out the relationship between Mrs. Qi and them .”

"I don't think Madam Qi has anything to do with the dead man and woman." Bu Ying said suddenly.

"Huh?" Ji Mingmei and I had doubts in our eyes.

"Madame Qi's surname is Cao, Cao from Caoxi Town. If our speculation is correct, shopkeeper Qi and others must have been extremely vigilant when they murdered and seized property. They must be cautious when meeting someone with the surname Cao. Since shopkeeper Qi married Madam Qi, if she has a relationship with that couple, how can she escape their detection?"

"You're right, but if Mrs. Qi has nothing to do with that couple, why did she lead us to see Caoxi Town, and what about the deaths of Lao Yan and Shopkeeper Chu?"

"I don't know." Bu Ying replied, "Let's go, let's meet that beggar in Yanzhi Town first."

The only plan for now is to do this first, so Bu Ying washed his face and took us out.Presumably he had already inquired about Beggar's residence during the day, so he went straight there after leaving the hotel.Beggar's residence is behind Yanzhi Town Street. It is a courtyard with two entrances, which looks quite spacious.

There is no beggar's donation in the town, so the beggar's head has such ample residence only by the offerings of the beggars. One can imagine how prosperous the business in the town is, and how much it can receive if the beggar's donation is collected.And from Beggar's ability to give up such a tempting profit, it can be inferred how much deterrent Qi shopkeeper and others have, so that Beggar's head does not dare to act rashly.

When we knocked on the door, it was opened by a servant.When he heard that we asked to see the master, a strange look suddenly appeared on his face, and he said with a smile: "Come in. The master is waiting for you."

Bu Ying and I were a little wary when we heard the words, Bu Ying smiled and said, "Your master knows we're coming?"

"During the day, a policeman inquired about some things in the town. Those beggars knew very little. My master thought that maybe you would come to ask for details, so I explained it." The servant replied, sideways giving a Lu Lai motioned for us to follow him in.

I exchanged glances with Bu Ying and Ji Mingmei, and we both had some doubts in our hearts. It is not known whether these beggars are afraid of a single policeman.Since he can gain a foothold in Yanzhi Town, it means that he has a deep relationship with the Qi family and others. If he knows that we are investigating things that are not good for the Qi family and others, he might do something.

But since we have already arrived here, there is no reason to turn around and leave.Bu Ying laughed, and said as he walked: "If I had known that you were so cooperative, I wouldn't have sent someone to the county, but the county would have sent help."

He spoke loudly on purpose so that the people in the hall could hear him.The servant didn't know if he heard the implication, but he just smiled and showed us the way without saying a word.The strange thing is, when we got to the hall, we found the hall door was closed. We all turned to look at the servant. Could it be that this beggar wants to talk to us through the hall door?

The servant still smiled slightly, and said softly, "Hey, why is the door closed?"

Although he spoke strangely, there was no surprise on his face, naturally he knew this earlier.We all murmured in our hearts, wondering what kind of medicine he sold in the gourd.After the servant said something, he went straight forward, stood on tiptoes and looked into the hall, and then suddenly shouted: "It's no good, the owner has died!"

Hearing the words, Bu Ying and I rushed forward together, and tiptoed to look into the hall, only to see a person standing on the footstool in the hall, holding a rope hanging from the beam in his hand.The rope was already a trap, as long as he put his head in and kicked the stool away, he would die in a short time.

However, at this time, he did not put his head in the rope ring, but stood on the footstool and looked out of the hall, as if he was waiting for us.Seeing this, Bu Ying asked anxiously, "What are you doing?"

The man smiled miserably at him, and murmured: "I am the head of the beggar in Yanzhi Town."

"I'm just here to inquire about some things, not to arrest you." Bu Ying said immediately.The head of the beggar controls the beggars all over the place, and kills them. If there is a calculation, there is not a single person whose hands are not stained with blood.Maybe when he learned that Bu Ying was a policeman, he thought they were here to arrest him, so Bu Ying immediately comforted him.

The man shook his head, and suddenly said another very strange thing.He stared into Bu Ying's eyes and said, "I am a beggar from Yanzhi Town, but I am not a beggar from Yanzhi Town. Do you understand?"

This is a self-contradictory sentence, so Bu Ying naturally couldn't understand it, so he grabbed the door frame and said, "What do you mean by that?"

The man ignored him, but took a deep breath, as if his whole body was shaking.He was very scared, but he still put his head into the rope ring, then let out another breath, turned his face around, and said to Bu Ying: "Miss Yan's family has always been in Yanzhi Town, but after the death of shopkeeper Yan Show up and go home."

He suddenly mentioned Yan Zhiyuan, Miss Yan's family, and we were all taken aback.Yan Zhiyuan has been in Rouge Town all the time, but she only showed up to go home after the death of shopkeeper Yan?So as a daughter, she's been waiting for her father to die?

We couldn't help shivering.The person in the hall did not wait for us to react, and kicked off the stepping stool, and the whole person was immediately suspended in the air, kicking randomly in mid-air with his two feet, looking extremely miserable and terrifying.When we saw him hang himself in front of our eyes, we were all trembling.

With all this in front of us, we still can't see it, he has been waiting for us to come, just to let us witness him hang himself!
Bu Ying's whole body trembled, but he clenched his fists tightly.He took a deep breath, then turned his head to me and said, "I killed him!"

It is conceivable that some people immediately found out that he inquired about the beggars during the day.These people knew that after he knew that there was no beggar's donation in Yanzhi Town, he would definitely come to ask the beggar's head about the situation, and the origins of the Qi family and others were likely to be leaked, so they threatened the beggar's head first and forced him to hang himself before our eyes.

This is both a warning and a threat.You must know that all the beggars in this world are not kind, otherwise how can you make those beggars obey.And the Qi family and others can force a beggar to surrender to his fate, what are their origins!
No matter what their origins were, Bu Ying was clearly enraged.He stared at the servant for a long while, the servant was calm at first, but under Bu Ying's persistent gaze, he gradually became a little uncomfortable, and he didn't know how to place his hands and feet.

Bu Ying looked at him sullenly for a while, and then said coldly: "Go back and tell Shopkeeper Qi and the others that I have received their warning."

The servant opened his mouth to answer, Bu Ying didn't wait for him to speak, then suddenly smiled and said: "I advise you not to speak, otherwise I will shoot you to death in the name of assaulting the police, and both of them can testify for me."

The servant shuddered, and immediately closed his lips tightly, not daring to say a word.Bu Ying walked around behind him, first patted him on the shoulder, and then made a gesture of a gun with the other hand, pushed it to his back through the clothes, and then yelled unexpectedly: "Bang!"

The servant yelled in horror, and almost collapsed on the ground, with sweat pouring down his forehead, and he was panting heavily.Seeing this, Bu Ying laughed loudly, as if letting out a breath of anger, then turned around and walked away.Ji Mingmei and I followed behind him, feeling more and more vigilant.

Shopkeeper Qi and others dared to force an insider to confess himself in front of the police. They didn't take us seriously at all. If this is the case, God knows what else they will do.We left Beggar's house in silence, and Ji Mingmei frowned when we were on the road outside, "Why did the Miss Yan family wait for Shopkeeper Yan to die before going home..."

"You are all thinking wrong. Ms. Yan is not willing to go home until shopkeeper Yan dies. She can go home only after shopkeeper Yan dies." Bu Ying calmed down at this moment, and said solemnly, "That beggar The head is telling me that someone has kidnapped Ms. Yan to intimidate shopkeeper Yan. Now I finally know why he died after Mrs. Qi said 'bang', and the timing was exactly the same."

"Because Mrs. Qi didn't kill him, he committed suicide!" I also turned around at this time and said in a trembling voice, "When Mrs. Qi said that 'bang', he bit the poison in his mouth , so the timing can be perfectly matched. He is deliberately cooperating with Mrs. Qi!"

"That's right." Bu Ying said with a gloomy expression, "If you connect these things together, the person who threatened Lao Yan will come out—Madam Qi asked someone to hold Ms. Yan hostage, and forced Lao Yan to commit suicide in front of everyone, but it made people think that Lao Yan Yan was shot to death by her."

"She didn't want to bear the crime of killing Lao Yan, but she wanted people to associate Lao Yan's death with her. Isn't...isn't it too strange?" Ji Mingmei asked doubtfully.

"It's not surprising." Bu Ying said darkly, "This is a kind of intimidation. She wants everyone to know that she killed the man, but there is nothing she can do about it."

"So she really killed the man, does it have anything to do with Shopkeeper Qi?"

"If there are still letters and people continue to die, then the ultimate beneficiary of this matter is the shopkeeper Qi, because there must be someone alive, otherwise who will the supplier sell the goods to? If this is the case, maybe the murder is the Qi family Collusion. I guess, Mrs. Qi may want to avenge the couple, and Shopkeeper Qi's goal is to monopolize Yanzhi Town."

"So, shopkeeper Qi actually knew Madam Qi's purpose, but the two reached an understanding and planned all this together?"

"Otherwise, with Mrs. Qi's own strength, how can she do all this?" Bu Ying asked back.

(End of this chapter)