Chapter 38: Fallen into Prison

  "Halt!" Just at that critical moment, the village chief raised his arm and shouted loudly.

  This shout was very effective, and the crowd stopped in its tracks within a few seconds.

  The village chief raised his cane and pointed at the two of us, saying: "Take a look at them, set up a mourning hall in the main room to place their bodies, wait for the police to come and investigate before handling them."

  No sooner had the words fallen than two or three men stepped forward, pushing me and Wang Jue into the inner room, slamming the door shut with a bang. Then came the rattling sound of iron chains being locked.

  To describe our current predicament in one sentence, it's called "dying before achieving success". Traveling thousands of miles to find Hua Jinlan and rescue my sister, I couldn't find the person, couldn't save my sister, and instead ended up dying first.

  Just now I didn't take a closer look at this room, now let me take another look, there is no bed, no table, no cupboard in the house, and all four walls are empty. The stool that I moved in to rescue someone earlier has also been taken out somewhere. In an ordinary person's home, this room should be the master bedroom or guest room. But here, there is nothing at all, it's really strange.

  What's even stranger is that the beam is over three meters high, and there are no tools to step on, so how did Scarface hang himself from the beam? You know, Wang Ju and I stood in the main room for a whole two hours, during which time no one else entered this inner chamber except for Scarface himself. It's even more impossible that someone could have moved stools or tables in. If there was originally someone else in the house, we should have seen them come out too!

  Wang Jie slid down the wall to the ground, it was clear that he was exhausted. Several dozen hours of continuous running without rest or sleep wasn't an easy thing for a normal person.

  "It's okay, once the police arrive." I comforted him.

  "Hmm," Wang Jue took a deep breath, closed his eyes and nodded slightly.

  It had been a long time since we last spoke, so I sat down beside him.

  It was unclear how much time had passed when the sound of clanking chains echoed outside again. The door creaked open a small gap, and a clay teapot was squeezed through it. I reached out to take the teapot and peeked through the gap. The one handing me the teapot was a little girl about seven or eight years old, with two braids tied up in sheep horn style, a pair of sparkling eyes that were quite adorable.

  "Little girl, what's your name?" I asked with a smile.

  Raccoon dog.

  "Ah Li, can you help me with something?"

  "What's going on?"

  "Get the village chief to come over, I have something to say to him. This candy is for you." I think that in the short term, the only person who can help us get out of this predicament is the most powerful person in this village. If we can dispel his doubts, perhaps we will be released.

  "No, the village chief said, no matter what you say, don't listen to them, just wait for the police to come and take them away." Ah Li suddenly flashed two big eyes, indicating that she would stick to her principles. It seems that Wang Jue's sugar-coated cannonball tactic won't work on all kids. For those resolute and obedient children, we can only sigh in admiration.

  "Alright then, did the village chief say you can't play with me?"

  The raccoon dog looked up at the sky, thought for a few seconds, and then shook its head at me.

  Hehe, kids will always be kids. I said: "How about playing a Q&A game with your uncle? I'll ask the questions and you answer them. If you answer correctly, I'll give you a piece of candy."