The Republic of China Conspiracy Records

Chapter 156 Poppies (5)

The second lady hesitated for a moment, and said: "I don't know what's going on, but I guess the book that was stolen at that time was very important, and it was related to the fate of the entire Lin family. My husband vaguely mentioned it, it seems that it was because of that book That’s why the Donglin Thatched Cottage was built.”

The Lin family built the Donglin Thatched Cottage just for this book, so the history of this book is obviously at least a hundred years old.But just a book, how can it influence the fate of a family?

Everyone present was a little dumbfounded, and the second lady was also a little panicked when she saw this, "I don't know much about this matter, but I have heard a few words in the Lin family these years, so I don't know the specific situation."

"This happened 20 years ago, shouldn't it have something to do with what's happening now?" Although the people in the town hall were also curious, they didn't take it seriously.

Ordinarily, what happened 20 years ago really has nothing to do with the present, so I didn't ask any more questions.Since the book was indeed owned by Donglin Thatched Cottage and stamped with the book collection seal of Donglin Cottage, the town office asked the second wife to take it back to the Lin family.Ji Mingmei was still holding a book in her hand, and the people from the town office asked the second lady, knowing that we bought it from her, so they didn't say anything.

Then they carried the body of the mayor and went with us to the town hall.When I was going out, I asked the second lady why she came to the book printing shop suddenly. She said that it was because some books in the book shop were sold out, so she wanted to come here to pick up a few copies.As for matters at home, because it was Yuan Chumo who died, Mrs. Lin called people from her natal family and sent the body back to Yuan's family, so she had nothing to do at home.

We said our goodbyes at the gate of the printing workshop. Although the people from the town hall spoke politely, they surrounded us calmly and surrounded us as we walked forward.Seeing this, Ji Mingmei and I could only smile wryly. Now that Lin Yubin and Lin Guanshi are missing, it is reasonable for them to be more cautious.

It's just that they don't know where the two people from the Lin family went.If we can't find them, I'm afraid not only will we not be able to get away, but we will also add another charge of killing them - obviously we saw them, but the corpses turned into other people, doesn't it seem that we killed these four people ?

After arriving at the town hall, the leader went to place the body of the mayor, and at the same time invited us into a room, but locked the door when we went out.We listened to the sound of the lock being locked inside the door, our expressions were a little sluggish, and we didn't know how to break the deadlock in front of us.

After the people outside locked the door, they muttered to themselves: "Lin Yubin and Yuan Chumo are sons-in-law, and the mayor and steward Lin are also sons-in-law. The fate of these two couples is surprisingly similar."

The other person lowered his voice and said: "The murderer only picked the old man of the family. He seems to be jealous that he refuses to marry his daughter to him. He looks like a bachelor."

Although they spoke softly, Ji Mingmei and I could hear them clearly, and we couldn't help but look at each other in astonishment.It turns out that the mayor and Steward Lin are also Weng-in-law!The book purchased from the Lin family bookstore was written by Wu Shu on the surface, but in fact it was written by her father-in-law Xu Xuan.And what does this indicate, and is the death of Yuan Chumo and the mayor related to this?

That book has always been in Ji Mingmei's hands. At this time we opened it again, but still couldn't see anything, and we couldn't help but feel a little frustrated.After a long time, the night began to peek at the human world, only waiting for the day to fade away and then take advantage of it.Dinner time was already past, but the people in the town office must have forgotten about us, and they never brought us food.

We only ate some dry food during the day's journey, and didn't have much to eat. We are all very hungry at the moment.I pass letters and letters on weekdays, and when I am on the road, I often have no food, but I can bear it.Ji Mingmei had never experienced such suffering, and kept swallowing her saliva.

"Look, I have a frog hidden in my belly!" Although she was so hungry, she patted her belly and said to me, as if she was saying something interesting.

"The town hall has forgotten about us, I'll call them." I thought that if I continued to be so hungry, the frogs would jump out to find bugs to eat, so I went to knock on the door vigorously, and was about to yell, At this time, something suddenly fell from the roof.

When we were in Donglin Thatched Cottage, the horned beast suddenly fell from the roof, so Ji Mingmei and I were startled at the same time.But after seeing the things on the ground, they were all surprised, because the thing that fell on the ground was actually a bag of dry food.Pie actually fell from the sky, and we all looked up at the roof.

There was a tail on the beam sweeping back and forth, and a wooden-colored cat was lying on the beam and looking at us.I was a little distracted, thinking that this is really strange, the cat I have been feeding for 20 years was actually fed by the cat today.Fortunately, it also knows the difference between humans and cats, so it didn't leave us with a few dead mice.

I picked up the bag and opened it, and found that there were pastries and preserved fruits inside, and I don't know where it was stolen.But in this way, what we guessed at the printing shop at the time was almost certain-it really knew me, otherwise how could it feed us when we couldn't bear the hunger.

According to our speculation, it killed Lin Yubin and the mayor just to protect the Donglin Thatched Cottage's collection of books, and it didn't mean to imprison us.So when Ji Mingmei and I saw it appear, although we were surprised, we didn't panic.I handed the bag to Ji Mingmei, took a piece of pastry out of it, bit into it, and asked tentatively, "You know me, don't you?"

The horned beast lazily moved its tail, stretched out its tongue and licked its paws, but made no sound.I continued: "But I'm only in my early twenties this year, and I've never been to Donglin Town before. How do you know me?"

The horned beast still didn't make any sound, just licking its paws.I asked again, "Why did the people we saw were Lin Yubin and Manager Lin, but Yuan Chumo and the mayor died in the end?"

Hearing this, the horned beast suddenly stopped and smiled at me.I was caught off guard, and I took two steps back in fright, my whole heart beat suddenly, and my chest felt like I was being punched hard——When have you ever seen a cat smile?
This smile is like a gloomy flower blooming from the corner of its mouth. The vines of the flower quickly occupied the whole room, and the atmosphere in the room suddenly changed. The strange feeling attacked every pore on my body.I shuddered, and suddenly became vigilant, and immediately pulled Ji Mingmei away from under the beam where it was.

The horned beast stood up from the roof beam and shook its claws towards the room below, and immediately a few drops of water fell from the sky onto our faces.We hurriedly reached out to wipe it off, and it felt sticky as soon as our hands touched those drops of water.I took my hand off my face, and immediately realized that my finger was stained with something scarlet.

Scarlet and foul-smelling, this is pure blood!
My heart trembled, the claws of this horned beast were stained with so much blood, where did the food come from?Thinking of this, I faintly felt nauseous, and hurriedly threw the pastry in my hand on the ground.Ji Mingmei looked at the blood drop on her finger, and also yelled in horror.Accompanied by this yell, someone outside the door immediately shouted: "What's the matter?"

"The horned beast is here!" I responded hastily.

As soon as the words fell, there were people's voices outside the door. Someone came and opened the door, shouting: "Where is the horned beast?" I pointed to the roof, and everyone looked up, but unexpectedly the roof was empty. Nothing.I was afraid that they would think I was talking nonsense, so I hurriedly said: "It was there just now, it brought this bag of food."

I thought they wouldn't believe it so easily, but the leader came over to pick up the bag. After opening it and looking at it, he turned to the people behind him and said, "It's the bag we were snatched from."

Ji Mingmei and I couldn't come to our senses, did the horned beast snatch this food from the people in the town hall?

The leader looked at us with a wry smile and said, "I have wronged you two. We were busy looking for Mr. Lin and Steward Lin, and forgot about you for a while. Who would have thought that he would snatch the food if he didn't pay attention on the way back. I thought It wants to be eaten by oneself, but I don’t want it to be sent to you.”

"Have you found Lin Yubin?" I lost my voice, "Where is he, where is Steward Lin?"

"It's all in Xiyuan Town." The leader said humanely, and then apologized to us, saying that they met that wooden cat on the way there.Lin Yubin and Lin Guanshi also saw it, and they all said that it was indeed the horned beast on the beam of Donglin Thatched Cottage.That being the case, our suspicion was naturally ruled out, so they rushed back to release people, but unexpectedly they encountered horned beasts delivering food to us.

"You two are starving, we were negligent." The leader said, and handed us the bag again.

Since there was no problem with eating, we were very hungry again, so we said sorry to him and started eating. After filling our stomachs, the leader also told us everything.It turned out that after nightfall, the town office went to report the funeral to the mayor's house, but at the mayor's house they met Mrs. Lin, the steward.

She heard that her father had died, and that Guanshi Lin was missing, so she told them a place in desperation.That place is in Xiyuan Town, where Yuan Chu's Mo family house is located.Lin Yubin had a friend there, and no one knew about it. Only Manager Lin knew about it because he had been taking care of him.

Steward Lin knew about this, and kept his mouth shut until one time he sent jewelry for Lin Yubin to his lover, but she saw the jewelry, and there was a big commotion.Manager Lin had no choice but to tell her about the matter, and only then did the incident calm down.Steward Lin told her about it, and told her never to tell anyone else about it.

But at this moment, she heard that Guanshi Lin was missing, and that something like that happened in the Donglin Cottage, so she spoke out anxiously.After hearing this, the people in the town office naturally felt that Lin Yubin was most likely in Xiyuan Town, so they rushed there according to the address she gave.

Sure enough, they found Lin Yubin in Xiyuan Town, where Steward Lin was also there.Seeing that they couldn't hide it anymore, they had no choice but to admit that this was Lin Yubin's outer room.But when talking about what happened today, although Lin Yubin had learned about it from the Lin steward, he was still in a daze.

According to Lin Yubin, he was there when the horned beast appeared in Donglin Cottage, and he had no idea what happened there.As for Steward Lin, he waited for the Yuan family to pick up the body, and then he used the excuse that there was still something to do in the book printing house, and came here in a hurry to look for Lin Yubin. In fact, he had never been to the book printing house at all.

Therefore, what Ji Mingmei and I saw in Donglin Thatched Cottage and Book Printing Workshop was definitely not Lin Yubin and Lin Guanshi.The people in the town office were skeptical about this, but Lin Yubin said that when he first entered Xiyuan Town, he also met the eldest brother of the Yue family, Yuan Chumo's eldest son Yuan Haowen.

Because Xiyuan Town is where his Yue family is located, he has always been careful in his daily dealings.But unfortunately, when he entered the town today, he bumped into Yuan Haowen.Uncle Lang talked for a while, each feeling a little flustered.Yuan Haowen didn't even ask him what he was doing here, let alone ask him to sit at home.

Lin Yubin felt strange, but because he had ghosts in his heart, he didn't dare to ask any more questions.After he arrived at the outer room, he was worried all the time, for fear that Yuan Haowen would tell Mrs. Lin about his presence here, so he dared not go home.Just when he didn't know what to do, Steward Lin came over and told him what happened at home, which left him dumbfounded.

Coincidentally, the time when Lin Yubin and Yuan Haowen met was exactly the time when the accident happened in Donglin Thatched Cottage.There is quite a distance between Donglin Town and Xiyuan Town, so if what he said is true, then unless Lin Yubin has the ability to clone himself, it is absolutely impossible for him to appear in Donglin Thatched Cottage.

This matter is very easy to verify, the Yuan family is in the town, and the people from the town office stopped by the Yuan family to verify it.Yuan Haowen's answer was exactly the same as Lin Yubin's response. Obviously Lin Yubin was telling the truth.That being the case, they naturally began to suspect that Ji Mingmei and I were lying.

Many people believed that we killed people, and everything about the horned beast was nonsense, until they met the horned beast on the way back.At that time, because it was night, none of them had a meal, so they sent someone to buy some pastries and preserved fruits in the town, and everyone rushed to Donglin Town while eating.

When walking halfway, he suddenly saw a dark shadow in the middle of the road.Because it was dark at that time, everyone couldn't see what it was for a while, but when they got closer, they realized that it was actually a cat.The cat squatted strangely in the middle of the road, and slowly got up when the crowd approached, and walked towards them, as if it was deliberately waiting for them here.

Lin Yubin was the first to react, and immediately grabbed Steward Lin's arm, and exclaimed in surprise, "Horned... horned beast!"

Only then did the people in the town hall react, and their legs trembled immediately.It was dark at that time, and there was an eerie atmosphere ambushing everywhere, and after they screamed out, they rushed up one after another.Under the eerie surprise attack, the crowd immediately broke into an army. Some people ran away in shock, and some were too frightened to move.

(End of this chapter)