The Republic of China Conspiracy Records

Chapter 146: Pointed Red Lips (10)

I pondered for a while, and thought what he said was reasonable, "But don't you think it's strange? That supplier can send a letter on time every time, informing them that the supply in the coming year will be reduced, and then pull Open the prelude to the dead."

"So the only reasonable explanation is," Bu Ying narrowed his eyes, "the supplier is also an accomplice of the Qi family!"

Ji Mingmei and I nodded at the same time, only in this way can the explanation make sense.Now that the conspirators have been confirmed, all that remains is to find out exactly how the Qi family and his wife killed them.Lao Yan committed suicide, it just needs to be verified, but the shopkeeper Chu was beaten to death by Mrs. Qi several feet away, what is the key to this, we still need to find out the truth.

Unlike Lao Yan, shopkeeper Chu did not fall to the ground immediately after Mrs. Qi yelled that "bang", but died of poisoning after walking to the gate of the courtyard.This shows that Mrs. Qi knew that he had been poisoned, but she couldn't grasp the time when the poison took effect.The question now is, how did she poison people from a distance of several feet?

The three of us racked our brains, but we still couldn't figure it out.At this time, we had already reached the street, and the town of Rouge was deserted at night, just like a woman who had removed her makeup and needed to be alone.We broke into its silence with the sound of footsteps, and I asked Bu Ying: "You told the Chu family to put rouge on the corpse of shopkeeper Chu during the day, and then report to the other houses. By this time, the Chu family should have gone, right?"

Bu Ying nodded and said: "We should go. So let's go, let's go to Feng and Quan's family to see how they react."

Ji Mingmei and I both said hello, and we went to the nearby Feng's house together.When we arrived at Feng's house, we found that Qi's couple and shopkeeper Quan were also there, and they were probably still discussing about taking over the Yan's shop.To our surprise, the wife of the Chu family was also present. When she saw us coming in, she nodded to us lukewarmly, as a greeting.

Seeing this scene, Bu Ying suddenly had a playful look on his face.When Shopkeeper Feng and others saw us coming in, they didn't even stand up. Only Shopkeeper Feng said with a smirk: "Why do you have such a bad look on your faces? Could it be that you saw a dead person again?"

What he said was meant to point out the death of the beggar's head, and it was also a naked demonstration to us.Bu Ying laughed dryly, and replied: "Yes, both Lao Yan and Lao Chu died inexplicably. If there is another letter, I don't know who will die next. If you think about it this way, it's not because of everyone here. Do they all look like dead people?"

Shopkeeper Feng sneered: "Paint rouge on the mouth of the dead! It turns out that the current police are also doing makeup on the corpse part-time. We are disrespectful."

"Don't dare to take it, don't dare to take it." Bu Ying responded casually, "This is a new skill I have learned, and I am waiting for everyone here to raise their braids one by one, so that I can show my skills. I will not let you down, I hope Please don't let me down."

It is Bu Ying's skill to make people feel murderous after hearing his words.Ji Mingmei and I stared at him dumbfounded. The Qi family and others dared to blatantly force the beggar to death. We were actually a little apprehensive towards these people, but Bu Ying didn't take it seriously at all. do not eat.

I secretly speculated in my heart, could it be because he thinks that even if he turns his face against these people, he will get two extra knives because of his thick skin?Shopkeeper Feng said what he just said, naturally because Mrs. Chu betrayed Bu Ying and told them about putting rouge on the corpse, and the rouge on Lao Yan's mouth was also put on by someone.

Perhaps because of this, these people felt that they were being teased by Bu Ying, so when they learned that Bu Ying was investigating his origins, he was angry and forced the head of the beggar to death as a demonstration.Ji Mingmei and I are not as thick-skinned as Bu Ying, so we couldn't help being a little embarrassed to see that this matter was revealed by them.

Bu Ying acted as if nothing had happened, and said casually: "Mrs. Chu told them about this, I don't know if there are two more shops, if so, please thank me very much."

Mrs. Chu snorted coldly when she heard the words, but did not answer.

Seeing this, Bu Ying rolled his eyes, scratched his head and said, "Hey, I suddenly remembered something. Today at Qi's house, when the three shopkeepers Feng, Quan, and Chu came in, only the shopkeeper Chu was holding a letter from the supplier. It is said that the supply for the coming year will be reduced. It is strange, why did the supplier not send a letter to others, don’t they need to inform others of this matter?”

The supplier only wrote to shopkeeper Chu, although it can be interpreted as asking shopkeeper Chu to notify other people.But the direct consequence is that whoever receives the letter will be killed.So it looks like shopkeeper Chu was chosen by him.In fact, according to the method of Shopkeeper Feng and others, the person selected by the supplier is also the person that Shopkeeper Feng and the others will select.

"According to this rhythm, among the three people who are still alive, whoever shipped the slowest last year should receive the next letter?" Bu Ying said with a smile, "Since shopkeeper Qi is the eldest brother, he must be the last one." Is it his turn?"

I know Bu Ying's intention in saying this, he is thinking that since the matter has come to this point, he will simply let it all go.Once the other three families and the Qi family stand on opposite sides, it may be easier for them to show their flaws in the internal struggle.Sure enough, Shopkeeper Feng and Shopkeeper Quan were both shocked when they heard this, and they looked at Shopkeeper Qi together.

In fact, at the Qi family, Feng and Quan had mentioned that every time a letter came, someone would die.Shopkeeper Quan had doubts at the time, but was held back by Shopkeeper Feng.They should have had this doubt in their hearts at that time, but they didn't pierce the window paper. Now that Bu Ying said it out, the atmosphere in the venue became a little delicate for a while.

Shopkeeper Qi has been very calm during the time he was talking to himself, and there is no sign of any disturbance on his face.Madam Qi also listened quietly, and even slightly turned her ear to listen, as if she was very interested in Bu Ying's words.I glanced at the Qi family couple, and I couldn't help but feel a little surprised. They are so calm, is there anything they can rely on?

There was nothing unusual on Madam Chu's face, but Shopkeeper Quan and Shopkeeper Feng's expressions became more and more ugly.Shopkeeper Qi sighed softly, and said: "Our brothers' friendship for more than ten years is still not worth the few words of outsiders. It's really frustrating."

"Ah? So there is friendship between you brothers," Bu Ying said in surprise, with every eyebrow expressing surprise, "I saw that when Lao Yan and Lao Chu died, you almost didn't applaud. You thought you were partners. , whoever dies and the rest can drink an extra sip of soup."

Regarding the deaths of Lao Yan and Shopkeeper Chu, they did exactly what Bu Ying said.So Feng and Quan's faces twitched and they hadn't spoken yet. At this moment, a man hurried in from outside the hall, holding a letter in his hand, and shouted as he walked: "The shopkeeper! The shopkeeper!"

We all raised our eyes to look outside the hall, and it was the servant of Feng's family who walked in. At this time, he raised the things in his hands and said in a smug way: "The supplier...has another letter..."

Another letter from the supplier!
All the letters from suppliers are like a reminder, so the people present almost trembled when they heard it, then shopkeeper Feng gritted his teeth and stood up, walked over to take the letter from the clerk, and read all the shopkeepers. He glanced at Shopkeeper Qi.

Shopkeeper Quan was also extremely nervous, but he still nodded to Shopkeeper Feng.Shopkeeper Feng tore open the letter and took out the letter paper.It's just that the letter paper was a little thin, so it stuck together. Shopkeeper Feng put his fingers into his mouth and soaked some saliva before twisting the letter paper.He glanced at the letter twice, and his face turned ashen, and said: "The letter said that next year's supply will be reduced by another [-]%..."

Sure enough, it came again!
"Of the three present, Shopkeeper Feng had the least shipments last year," Bu Ying leaned forward to add fuel to the flames, "Then you have to be careful, Shopkeeper Feng."

"What does this matter have to do with you?" Shopkeeper Feng's face was so gloomy that it was about to drip, but he couldn't help but cast a glance at Shopkeeper Quan and Shopkeeper Qi out of the corner of his eyes.

"Why is it irrelevant? Didn't we just talk about putting makeup on the corpse? I know who will die next, so I can start preparing." Bu Ying said with a smile, "Master Feng, I don't think you look very well. .”

Shopkeeper Feng shivered, but unexpectedly he didn't get angry, but said to Shopkeeper Quan: "Old Quan, what do you think?"

Shopkeeper Quan swallowed his saliva, trembling a little, but forced himself to calm down, and said slowly: "Before we discussed matters, we always followed the principle of the minority obeying the majority. Earlier we agreed that whoever shipped the slowest last year would bear the biggest burden." But now I propose that the person who shipped the fastest in the previous year bear the largest share of the reduction. Old Feng, what do you say?"

In fact, they had long been suspicious of shopkeeper Qi, and they were finally reacted to what Bu Ying said about the central matter.Just looking at their demeanor, it was obvious that they were a little jealous of shopkeeper Qi, so they didn't speak forcefully.

Shopkeeper Feng is at the moment of life and death, so he hurriedly replied: "I agree." After he finished speaking, he looked at Shopkeeper Qi, as if he was a little guilty, and said in a low voice, "Brother, the minority obeys the majority, this... this is The rules you set."

Shopkeeper Qi replied calmly: "That's right, I made the rules. Right now we are three brothers, since you two have already made a decision, I naturally have nothing to say." After speaking, he stood up and walked over, mouth Li said, "Let me take a look at this letter." As he spoke, he took the letter from shopkeeper Feng's hand.

Shopkeeper Feng was overjoyed when he heard the words, he was rather flattered, and hastily presented the letter with both hands, almost grateful to Shopkeeper Qi: "Thank you, big brother, thank you, big brother."

While speaking, he raised his hand to wipe the sweat from his forehead. Treasurer Quan was ready to argue with Treasurer Qi, but Treasurer Qi agreed to his proposal without hesitation. With a look of solution, it seemed that he couldn't understand why this happened.

Not only did he not understand, we were also a little confused, but then we were relieved, if all this was done by the Qi family couple, then even if shopkeeper Qi took the biggest share of the reduction, he would naturally not ask himself Let's start, so what if they agree?

Feng and Quan felt relieved when they heard Shopkeeper Qi's promise.Mrs. Qi didn't say a word the whole time, but at this moment she suddenly laughed and said: "It's just a letter, it seems to scare you. I think everything should have nothing to do with the letter, but only with people. As long as You brothers are united, so why should you be afraid of it?"

Shopkeeper Quan and Shopkeeper Feng glanced at Shopkeeper Qi secretly, and they both said in unison: "Sister-in-law is right!"

Now that they have settled on this matter, they are all very happy at the moment, so they went back to the matter of taking over Yan's shop, without even looking at us.Both Ji Mingmei and I felt embarrassed, but Bu Ying stood there listening to their conversation with great interest, interrupting a few words from time to time, as if he was also involved in those shops.

I couldn't help but admire him from the sidelines, after all, not everyone can take thick skin as a specialty.Shopkeeper Qi and the others had already discussed those matters before, so it didn't take much effort to finalize the matter at this time.What surprised us was that the Chu family didn't suffer much in this matter.

Presumably this is also the reason why Mrs. Chu betrayed Bu Ying. She is not ready to leave Yanzhi Town like the Yan family, and will rely on many of these people in the future.After Shopkeeper Qi and the others finished speaking, they got up to leave one after another. Shopkeeper Feng felt that he escaped from death and was very grateful, so he treated everyone with extra politeness and sent them out of the door one by one.

The three of us stood outside the gate, watching them finish their polite greetings and were about to go back to their homes when Mrs. Qi suddenly smiled and said, "It seems that Lao Qi has not encountered any misfortune after receiving this letter."

In fact, everyone suspected that their husband and wife were the people behind the scenes. Seeing that shopkeeper Qi was safe and sound, they became more and more sure of this suspicion. Naturally, no one will be harmed.

Unexpectedly, Mrs. Qi did not agree after hearing this, but said again: "So from this point of view, the matter is indeed as I said, everything has nothing to do with the letter, but with people. Maybe I will open another word to Lao Feng at this time." 'Gun', things will take an unexpected turn."

She spoke calmly, with a slight smile on her face, as if she was just making fun of shopkeeper Feng.Shopkeeper Feng's face turned pale when he heard this, big beads of sweat broke out from his forehead, and he said hoarsely: "Sister-in-law...don't be joking."

Mrs. Qi smiled, and like a little prank girl, she suddenly stretched out a hand towards Shopkeeper Feng, gestured for a gun, and said slowly, "Bang!"

(End of this chapter)