please call me ninth uncle

Chapter 22 David's Calculation [Three thousand chapters, ask for a ticket! 】

"That's it."

Brother Sen recounted everything he experienced after leaving the restaurant and returning.

"That's what My son told me after I came back yesterday."

Father Wu looked at the people beside him and asked, "What do you think about this?"

"Could it be that a thief came in to steal, but in the process of stealing, he accidentally caused a fire?"

Anne's father, the boss Chen of the restaurant, expressed his guess.

"It shouldn't be. Zhenshan is a good believer who believes in our Lord, so he shouldn't steal."

Hearing this, Father Wu shook his head and said, "Besides, there is nothing valuable in this church."

"This……"

Boss Chen looked at the daughter beside him, and was a little dumb.

Father Wu was right. First of all, most of the local residents in Jiuquan Town were kind, and because of the developed wine industry, although most of them were not rich, the money they earned was enough for the family to survive.

Another one, even if there are thieves, there is no need to target the empty church, but choose to target the squire's house or the residents' house in the town.

At this time, Anne made a proposal, and she looked at Brother Sen with a little regret and said:

"Brother Sen, although I shouldn't say that, could it be that you got this by accident when you were holding the candle?"

"Yeah yeah."

David's mayor's father felt that what Anne said made sense, so he couldn't help nodding in agreement.

After pondering for a while, Father Wu shook his head and said, "I don't think it was caused by My son's carelessness."

"Miss Annie, the candles in the church all have bases. When I put them on the stone platform in the room, nothing happened."

Although speechless, Brother Sen patiently explained:
"It's just that when I wanted to pull out the cross, I suddenly heard someone roar, and then I felt a pain in my back, and I didn't know anything when the world was spinning."

"Wait a moment……"

Following Brother Sen's explanation, David suddenly said:
"You mean, after you entered that room, you saw a corpse impaled by a cross, and then when you were about to pull it out, you heard someone shouting, and then passed out with pain behind you?"

"good."

Brother Sen nodded and said: "After I woke up, I found that there was a fire inside. It was the body of the priest who came to preach 20 years ago. After we put out the fire, we also found a bronze mirror, Ink fountain and other things."

"Ink fountain, bronze mirror?"

After muttering something, David said, "Can you show it to everyone?"

"Okay, we'll take care of all of these."

Father Wu nodded, and after having someone fetch it, he said to David, "David, what do you want to see these things for? Do you have any ideas?"

"I'll take a look at it first."

As David walked towards the monk who came with the tray, he said 'inadvertently':
"When I was abroad, I learned reasoning with my friends, so I might be able to see something."

But when he looked at the objects in the tray, a trace of unconcealable astonishment suddenly flashed across his face:

"No, why is there still rice here?"

"This rice is glutinous rice. It was packed in a cloth bag and scattered on the ground. Like this bronze mirror and ink fountain, they were all found in that house."

After Brother Sen explained, he asked, "How is it? Can you see any problems?"

"Oh."

David nodded when he heard the words, and then put away the bewildered expression on his face, and looked at Brother Sen not knowing what to say...see the problem?
Immediately, he was frowning and pacing back and forth, as if he had really discovered something, but the strange thing that no one noticed was that he and the monk carrying the tray were slowly pulling away from each other.

Then, in the eyes of everyone expecting, he spoke:

"Hey, I found it, of course there are, but...then did you find anything else, and do you think there is anything strange about it?"

"I found something so quickly, David, why don't you take a closer look, maybe you can find more clues!"

Father Wu only focused on the main points of the words, subconsciously ignoring the last half of David's sentence.

"no, I'm fine."

David shook his head hastily like a rattle.

He changed the subject now, why do you still ask him if he found out?Ok?Why don't you follow what he said later?
Immediately, David emphasized his tone and emphasized again: "Father! You should tell me if there are any other strange things."

Although I don't know why David didn't directly say what he found, Father Wu still answered honestly:

"All the things I found are here, as for the strange place..."

He touched his chin, and his eyes lit up immediately, as if he had thought of something, he nodded and said:
"There is indeed a strange place. We have seen the body of the old priest. His head seems to be pierced by a strange thing made of wood."

"Oh?"

David's eyes lit up, and he said, "Come on, Father, let's go and have a look. This may be the key clue."

After speaking, he seemed to be avoiding some difficulties, and walked forward without looking back.

"Ok."

After Father Wu nodded, he walked towards the hut with a group of people.

But girls like Annie, and David's mayor's father, people who were timid and couldn't be stimulated didn't follow them.

Because the old priest's body was burned in a terrible state, the monks didn't dare to move more after saving the fire last night. They just put it on the stone platform and lay it down, and didn't care much.

Father Wu wanted to wait until today to find out the cause of the fire, and to explain the sudden appearance of the corpse to avoid misunderstandings, and then he would pray over the old priest's body before burying the old priest.

"Hmm~"

As soon as he entered the room, David couldn't help covering his mouth and nose. It wasn't that the old priest's body that was almost burnt to black charcoal was so terrifying, but that the stench in the air was really bad.

Father Wu and the others went straight to the stone platform, and then he pointed to the head of the corpse on the stone platform, and said to everyone: "David, look, this is it."

"It's really wood."

David looked startled, and immediately took out a handkerchief from his pocket, intending to wrap it around and take off the 'wood'.

"Eh."

Seeing this, Father Wu stopped David, shook his head at him, and immediately crossed himself and prayed.

"oh oh……"

When David saw it, he suddenly felt crossed in his heart.

Last night, after Lin Jiu's words disturbed him, he managed to fool Father Wu again, but he didn't want to spoil his good impression in the other party's heart by being reckless.

After all, he still wanted to use the church as a transit point for drug transportation, and even used the clergy of these churches.

After praying, David wrapped the black wooden handle with a handkerchief and pulled it out. Then, an object with a long handle and short body appeared in front of him.

He has some doubts in his heart:
"Strange, why does this dark wooden handle and the finger-length wood underneath look so much like a wooden sword used to sharpen for children to play with?"

"what?"

At this time, a local squire who came in with him was surprised and said:

"Why does this look like a wooden sword?"

"Wooden sword?"

Father Wu was a little puzzled after hearing this.

"Wooden sword is a toy for our children here."

David explained.

"Actually, it's not just a toy for children."

At this time, the squire said again:

"I didn't know what happened some time ago. I was always awakened by nightmares when I slept at night. Later, I asked Uncle Jiu for help. He gave me this kind of wooden sword at that time, and then asked me to hang it on the door beam. Sure enough, After that, I slept until dawn every night."

"you sure?!"

Hearing this, David's eyes lit up, and he immediately stared at the squire.

"Indeed... sure."

The squire was taken aback, not understanding what happened to David suddenly, but he nodded honestly.

"Lin Jiu gave this man a wooden sword, then...hehe..."

Seeing the other party nodding, David smiled sinisterly in his heart:
"Let you be shameless. You were messing with me in the restaurant last night. It almost broke. I wanted to use the church to do a transfer station to transport drugs. Now I have caught it. Even if this matter is really related to you Lin Jiu has nothing to do with it, so I have to make it have something to do with you!"

"Father, did you hear that too?"

On the face, David remained calm, and said solemnly:
"Besides, according to the rumors I've heard, the ink fountain, bronze mirror, etc., seem to be items needed by Maoshan for some superstitious activities..."

"David, what do you mean by that..."

Father Wu's complexion changed. Could it be that Uncle Jiu really didn't want the church to stay open, so he did such a bad thing as "setting fire"?

Although after some contacts, he felt that Lin Jiu was okay, but if it was about a dispute about orthodoxy, he might not know what would happen.

"David, it's not possible, and as uncle Jiu, he wouldn't do that, would he?"

The squire who spoke before quickly opened his mouth to explain, and he found that his casual sentence just now seemed to have directly deceived Lin Jiu.

"I don't want to believe it either, but maybe it was Uncle Jiu's impulsive action? Or someone deliberately framed Uncle Jiu?"

David said righteously:
"If someone framed him, it would mean deliberately destroying Uncle Jiu's reputation and secretly destroying the church. He must be brought to justice. For this, my mayor father and I are the first to agree!"

"But if Uncle Jiu did it on impulse, I believe that the priest is tolerant. As long as Uncle Jiu bows his head and admits his mistake, and sincerely prays before God, everyone will forgive him!"

Having said that, David looked at everyone and said in a deep voice:

"So, we have to take the initiative to find out what is going on! Now, let's take these things to confront Uncle Jiu and find out the truth!"

"Yes, yes, we have to clarify the matter, otherwise when people see these things, they will really think that Uncle Jiu did it."

"Yes, we must figure things out!"

"That's right, I don't believe Uncle Jiu would do such a thing, someone must have set him up!"

"Let's go, let's go there together, and we must return Uncle Jiu's innocence!"

…………

At this time, Lin Jiu, who had just finished his breakfast in the tea house and drank the last sip of tea safely, could not guess what was going on in the church. After David's "righteous words", a group of people would look for him, and Still have to return his innocence...

After putting down the teacup, Lin Jiu called the waiter to pay the bill, and then he was about to go back with Qiu Sheng and Wen Cai who were full.

At this time, the diners at the next table were still talking about the fire in the church. It could be said that you came and went, asking and answering:
"By the way, since what happened in the church just happened, how did you know it right away?"

"Hi, it's not the church reopening. There are a lot of chores to do. My nephew is a helper of the church. He went there early today and was told that something happened, so don't rush to work. No, I also heard what he said after he came back. of."

"Oh~~ So that's the case, it seems that your nephew also heard what the monks said?"

"That's natural. He inquired about things like the bronze mirror from the monks, and then he came back and told me."

"Then let's finish eating quickly, and then go to the church to have a look."

"Okay, I want to see it with my own eyes, too."

"..."

(End of this chapter)