Facing Qinghe's disappearance, Tang Chen seemed very calm. What she was most concerned about at the moment was the whereabouts of her fellow villager: "I believe Huahua, she will be fine. What about Heiya? Do you have any clues?"
Shen Xin said: "Not yet, but the last killing order he received was found in the wall of his house."
Tang Chen frowned, realizing that things were not simple: "Wall?"
Chen Xin explained, "The master has ordered us to dig three feet underground to find clues."
Tang Chen was shocked. These people were really amazing. They could actually make a idiom out of digging three feet into the ground. “So you really demolished the house!”
Chen Xin nodded seriously and said, "It was demolished by professionals. It has been restored to its original state. Don't worry, young lady."
Tang Chen twitched his left eye and glanced at Liang Shuyi, who was packing up nearby, and said quickly, "Don't worry, don't worry. I have absolute confidence in you to do the job. Where's the killing order? Let me see it."
Shen Xin and Wang Yanzhou had already read the contents of the killing order. The person involved was related to Tang Chen, so when she asked to read it, Shen Xin's eyes subconsciously moved to Wang Yanzhou.
Wang Yanzhou closed his eyes and waved his hand. She would eventually know what she needed to know. Instead of arguing with her about this later, it would be better to tell her directly now: "Give it to her."
On the dark red paper of the killing order, the words "Qinghe County Qinglong Village Ouyang Clan" were written in large letters. Tang Chen's hand trembled, and she looked at Wang Yanzhou with wide eyes. The letter in her hand then slowly fell to the ground: "...How is this possible!"
When Wang Yanzhou received this item, he was just as surprised as Tang Chen, though not as exaggeratedly. However, this Ouyang family member had a special place in his mind. He had often heard Tang Chen mention this Mr. Ouyang, but had never been able to meet him for various reasons. Could he be the person he had been looking for?
"We've confirmed that Mr. Ouyang disappeared on the same night as Black Crow. After Mr. Ouyang disappeared, a large amount of blood and signs of a struggle were found in the room."
Tang Chen covered her head with her hands and shook her head. Hei Ya and Mr. Ouyang had met before, and she had taken people to the familiar environment of Qinglong Village. Since Hei Ya knew that the person to be killed was someone she knew, why did she accept the killing order? "Impossible, this is impossible. I want to go to Qinglong Village to take a look!"
By the time they finished their discussion, Liang Shuyi had almost sorted out his things. When he turned around, the three people who had been talking behind him disappeared like a gust of wind that came and went without a trace.
As Tang Chen hurried to the vicinity of Qinglong Village, he happened to encounter children heading to school. Little Loach, with his head drooping and kicking pebbles dejectedly in the crowd, glanced up and spotted Tang Chen nearby. After double-checking that he had recognized the right person, Little Loach's eyes suddenly turned red, and tears and snot streamed down his face.
"Sister Xiao Tang, woooooo!"
Tang Chen heard the familiar voice and hurriedly stopped his hurried steps. When he turned around, he saw Little Loach running towards him while crying: "Little Loach, where is the master?"
Little Loach hugged Tang Chen and sobbed, "Master is gone. They all said that Master will never come back."
Tang Chen reached out and pulled the towel out from Wang Yanzhou's sleeve. While wiping the tear-stained face of little Loach, he comforted her, "Be good, Loach. Go to school with everyone first. Sister Tang is back, and the teacher will definitely be back too."
Little Loach looked at Tang Chen with tears in his eyes. After a moment, he said with a gleam in his eyes: "Then you must find him back!"
Tang Chen nodded firmly and agreed: "I promise you."
After Tang Chen asked Chen Xin to send the children of Qinglong Village to school, he and Wang Yanzhou hurried into the courtyard of Qinglong Village. After finding Aunt Lin and briefly understanding the situation, Aunt Lin found the key to Ouyang Ming's room and took them there.
Standing in front of the familiar house, Tang Chen swallowed subconsciously, and the hairs on her back suddenly stood up. To be honest, she was afraid. She was afraid of seeing a disgusting scene after opening the door: "Aunt Lin, has this house been touched since the master disappeared?"
Aunt Lin sighed and said, "Everyone thought it was strange that the master had lost it. They were afraid that after cleaning it up, they would lose all clues. So after wiping off the bloodstains, they didn't dare to touch it."
Wang Yanzhou gently put his arm around Tang Chen's shoulders and said, "Then please, Aunt Lin, open the door. We want to go in and take a look."
After entering the room, the horrific scene he had imagined was not there. A thin layer of dust had already covered the room, and chairs lay haphazardly on the floor. Faint traces of someone struggling could still be seen. The nauseating smell of blood had long since vanished from the air, though a bloodstain still remained on the bed, not completely cleaned.
Tang Chen and Wang Yanzhou searched the room for possible clues. After Wang Yanzhou searched for a while without any results, he turned his attention to the thick stack of letters on the desk.
Judging from the signatures on these letters, it looked like they were all written by the same person and hadn't been sent out for a long time. Wang Yanzhou randomly picked one out and the moment he opened the envelope, his eyes widened, staring at every stroke of the letter in disbelief. "...Achen, come here! Take a look, is this the handwriting of your Mr. Ouyang?"
Tang Chen took a look and thought these seemed to be letters written by Mr. Ouyang to his family. She remembered that Mr. Ouyang had carefully hidden them, but Wang Yanzhou found them just by looking for them. "This is Mr. Ouyang's handwriting. What's wrong? Any clues?"
"......" Wang Yanzhou didn't say anything, but his eyes were fixed, his hands tightly grasping the letter in his hands. He was distracted and fell backwards.
Seeing this, Tang Chen hurriedly tried to support Wang Yanzhou, but she overestimated the strength of her hands. When Wang Yanzhou failed to support her, she almost fell down. Tang Chen saw Wang Yanzhou's eyes widened, but he didn't react at all, and she panicked:
"Yanzhou, come back to your soul, what's wrong with you!"
No matter how Tang Chen called out, Wang Yanzhou didn't respond at all. Tang Chen said, if that's the case, then let someone else cheer:
"Chen Xin, Chen Xin, come here quickly!"
Chen Xin had not returned from sending the children off yet, and Aunt Lin and the others had gone to work. Tang Chen was now holding Wang Yanzhou alone, and the feeling of powerlessness made her feel a little desperate.
Wang Yanzhou suddenly closed his eyes, and finally, light returned to his eyes. When he woke up, he saw Tang Chen hugging him and crying on the ground. His heart suddenly sank. "I'm fine, I'm fine. Ah Chen, I think I know why someone would order a poor gentleman to death. Black Crow sent the letter back so early, I'm afraid he must have discovered something strange."
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