Chapter 162 Prison Break
Gu Dingbang still looked as if he had not reacted and was still shouting at the wizard hanging from the beam.
Liuwei had already scanned the furnishings in the wooden house at his fastest speed.
There were no signs of a fight in the wooden house, only some signs of human life. There was no wooden stool under the wizard's feet. Unless she flew up and hung the red rope, it would be difficult to succeed without any help. But why did she want to commit suicide?
There was a cup of tea on the wooden table. Liu Wei reached out and touched it, and it was still warm.
The front door was locked, but the back door was open. Did the murderer go through the back door? Was there really a murderer?
Liuwei kept these doubts in mind and said to himself, "It should have nothing to do with Sister Yuan, otherwise the master would not be like this."
They will see an even bloodier scene, after all, the "gun" in Shi Yuan's hand is not simple at all.
However, as a "foreigner" with "unknown identity information", he now appeared at the "death scene" of the respected wizard, which made him somewhat uneasy.
Liuwei's eyes quickly searched the entire wooden house. The wooden house had two floors. There was nothing worth seeing in the living room at first glance. The area of the second floor was half that of the first floor. Looking up from the living room, he could clearly see the bookshelves and workbenches on the second floor through the railings.
The wizard seems to be unable to save the situation. While there is still a chance, he should search for more information and learn more about this strange space.
“Stop crying! Hurry up and help find if the criminals have left any information!” Liu Wei spoke in a righteous manner and quickly jumped up the stairs.
"Oh, oh...Sir." Gu Dingbang was still in a daze. He had no idea what he was going to see for a moment, but since Liuwei told him to, he couldn't help but do it.
All the home furnishing styles in the wizard's cabin reveal her personality of enjoying life. All kinds of meaningless small decorations are everywhere. They don't play any role but only bring beauty. Maybe they can make her happy in life, but it is not so good for Liuwei.
After being hit on the forehead by the shaking fabric again, Liu Wei finally opened the bookshelf.
He grabbed a book from it and suddenly felt something was wrong.
Liuwei paused and turned his head subconsciously. The place where the wizard hanged himself was very close to the railing on the second floor. When he turned his head, he seemed to be able to face the wizard's drooping head. Liuwei couldn't help but raise his hand.
——But all kinds of noises came from the door, accompanied by the children's shouts: "Sir! Are you there? We're here to play with you!"
"Not awake yet? Let's go to the back door and check!"
There was also a polite adult voice mixed in: "Sir - are you awake? I'm from the village committee! I'm here to discuss something with you!"
Liuwei's expression turned pale.
If he was wrong, it was less than five minutes from the time he and Gu Dingbang entered the cabin, found the mage dead, and decided to investigate the scene. Didn't the children plan to look for the mage? Didn't they say they wouldn't look for the mage every day? When did the children like to look for their class teacher after the holiday?
Judging from the speed those kids walked, they were probably back around the same time as they left.
The sudden arrival of a child is not the worst thing now.
The worst thing was... the wizard died before this outsider and Gu Dingbang came to find him.
But if the order is reversed, what if the villagers believe that the wizard died after seeing him and Gu Dingbang? The only person who can testify for him is Gu Dingbang, but what if they say that Gu Dingbang and he are accomplices, or that they were deceived by him?
Wouldn't he be a criminal?
It was such a coincidence and so unexpected that it almost caught him off guard. If "Gu Dingbang" hadn't seemed to have no intention of doing so, he would have felt that this was a trap set for him by "Gu Dingbang".
Liuwei bit his lip.
A completely unexpected development, which is not weird but a little too normal!
Want to run?
Liuwei's eyes were dark. He looked at Gu Dingbang, who suddenly showed an expression of being saved, and rushed to the front door.
***
Something big happened in the village, the wizard died!
That's a wizard! Who is he? Who dares to do this?
Jikong, a monk who claimed to be from the village committee, looked at the white-haired stranger with his hands raised in front of him with suspicion in his eyes.
The stranger with white hair and heterochromatic eyes showed deep sadness on his face and drooped his eyelashes slightly: "If we had come earlier, perhaps this would not have happened."
"..." Jikong ignored the stranger's words and waved his hand murderously. The people from the village committee immediately rushed forward and tied up the slender stranger.
"You, what are you doing!" The stranger said in panic, "I'm not a criminal! If you don't believe me, ask Brother Gu! I've been with him the whole time!"
"Yes! Yes! Yes! Uncle Kong, Liuwei has always been with me!" Gu Dingbang rushed over and tried to stop him.
Jikong frowned slowly, his brows furrowed as if he was trying to catch a fly: "Gu Dingbang! Can you promise that you will always be with this stranger!"
"I can! I, I..." Gu Dingbang wanted to answer firmly, but soon, he realized that they had only been face to face for one night, but he believed that Liu Wei would not do such a thing. Even if they were together for one night, he could feel Liu Wei's gentleness, so he stood up again: "I can! He won't do such a thing! He just wanted to help find the murderer!"
"You——" Jikong waved his hand: "You are so stubborn! Shut his mouth!"
"Are you trying to frame me? You are so anxious, are you the murderer?" The stranger suddenly said with a pale face.
"What are you talking about! What does this have to do with Jikong!" The people from the village committee cursed fiercely.
"You are indiscriminate and you accuse me of murder as soon as you show up! But I am just a stranger passing by! Why would I kill the Master? I also want the Master to help me find a way out! My family is still waiting for me to return!" Liuwei pointed to the sky and the earth and said, "I am the one who doesn't want the Master to die the most! Otherwise, how can I leave!"
"On the contrary, it was you! You almost insisted that I committed the crime! You were so sure, except for the murdered mage, there could only be the murderer! Otherwise, how could you be so sure!" Liuwei asked suspiciously. He glared at a village committee member who scolded Jikong and pointed at Jikong and said, "You want to clear the suspicion of that village committee member so much, do you know that the mage was killed by that village committee member? And you are an accomplice!"
"You, what nonsense are you talking about!" The village committee member who spoke turned pale and stammered in rebuttal: "I respect the Master the most! Everyone knows it! What evidence do you have to slander me!"
When Jikong heard this, he felt bad. They were led into a bad ditch by this despicable outsider!
As expected, Liu Wei immediately shouted, "Then what evidence do you have to prove that I killed the mage?"
Jikong closed his eyes.
The momentum of the people around him dropped, and their aggressive expressions could not help but panic. Gu Dingbang also pulled his hand away: "Liu Wei is right! You must have evidence!"
Jikong regretted that he didn't shut him up at the first moment.
The villagers formed a circle outside the wooden house. The expressions of the villagers who were originally filled with righteous indignation and wanted Liuwei to pay with his life gradually changed from anger to thinking.
Yes, what the stranger said made sense. He had no reason to kill the mage! He still needed the mage to get out! They all knew that he was lost in the mountains in the morning! There were old, weak and sick people at home. What was he trying to achieve by killing the mage!
Jikong reluctantly relaxed his attitude a bit, "Sorry, stranger, we are just afraid that the murderer who killed the mage will escape."
"It's not without reason that we suspect you," he said calmly. "The wizard is a great benefactor of the village. We have always respected him. He has always been safe. How come you have met with such misfortune as soon as you appeared? You can never clear yourself of suspicion!"
"Then why shouldn't it be that the mage has been hated for a long time, but the murderer has never found a chance to kill the mage! Until the unlucky guy like me appeared! He saw the opportunity! While Gu Dingbang and I were chatting with the villagers, he ran to the mage and killed him, and then led you here and framed the crime on me!"
Liuwei pointed out: "Why did you suddenly come in groups to look for the mage! Was it spontaneous, or was it reminded by someone! Not to mention why I didn't run away, and even waited for you here! Restrain this little brother Gu so that he won't destroy the scene, in case you can't find the clues."
He said angrily: "How can I, with my body, hang a living person, a powerful wizard?"
Now even the village committee began to hesitate.
Jikong couldn't help but be convinced.
Liuwei finally breathed a sigh of relief. His eloquence was still effective, but it could only delay the situation for a while. The murderer who killed the wizard would definitely find ways to prove his guilt. He now had to find a tool to help him.
His eyes subconsciously glanced at Jikong.
He's smart, has considerable power, and most importantly, is an old acquaintance who has been fooled before.
The death of the mage was a serious matter. Even though Liuwei barely proved his innocence, he was still escorted back to the village by the village committee.
Before leaving, Liuwei looked back at the wizard's wooden house for the last time.
His intuition still told him that something was wrong, but he couldn't find the flaw for a moment.
The administrative agency of the mountain village is the village committee. This is indeed a strange and novel word, which is almost impossible to see in the mountains. Liuwei heard from Gu Dingbang that the emergence of the village committee was promoted by the magician, and the sense of separation from the times became stronger.
The word "village committee" does not belong to ancient times, let alone the weird world.
It's a pity that the mage died...
"What should I do if you can't find any clues?" Liu Wei said sadly, "There are old, weak and sick people at home. If I am gone..."
Jikong, who became a village committee member, finally softened his attitude after Liuwei kept arguing and chatting with him: "We won't take human lives lightly, don't worry."
Jikong also looked as if he had completely forgotten the past, but his little movements did not change much. His originally weak character and wavering ideas actually became firm in this alien space, and he almost reached the state of unity of knowledge and action. He was upright and incorruptible, and used his strength to support the weak.
Liuwei immediately grasped the vital point of this guy, and Jikong couldn't help but fall under Liuwei's skillful language.
This incident caused too much of a sensation.
Good fortune and misfortune are interdependent, and Liuwei has seen almost everyone in the village.
He and Gu Dingbang were locked up in a "prison" temporarily vacated by the village committee. It was still a square house with no windows or doors, and the furnishings inside were almost identical to Gu Dingbang's home.
Liuwei closed his eyes and sat on the ground leaning against the wall. Gu Dingbang didn't quite understand why Liuwei didn't sit on the bench but sat on the ground instead. However, he still stayed with Liuwei, muttering to himself, hoping that the murderer would be caught soon.
He met almost everyone in the village. Although he was not familiar with the people from the Jiantian Division, out of instinctive vigilance, he would remember their faces and compare them one by one with the villagers he had met. He found all the people from the Jiantian Division, and then the few who followed him. Jikong became the bald village committee member in the mountain village. He was also very familiar with the ghost faces in the sect, and recognized them from the villagers, village committee members and chickens raised in the village.
Liuwei opened his eyes and found that only Shiyuan and Octopus were missing. Where did they go?
Did one of them become a mage?
Liuwei quickly shook his head. Although it was just a quick glimpse, he was very sure that the wizard's face had nothing to do with Shiyuan and Octopus.
Where did they go?
Liuwei suppressed his anxiety and changed his posture.
These people almost melted into this space like water. The personality displayed by each person seemed different from that when they were outside. The salty Chen Yu, the lively Gu Dingbang, the serious Ji Kong, are these personalities more in line with their nature?
Where are Shiyuan and Octopus? Where are they?
"Shut up! It's so noisy!"
Liuwei shouted and turned his head away angrily. The room was dark with only a kerosene lamp burning dimly. Liuwei wanted to say something else. He wanted Gu Dingbang to stop his irritating mouth, but the dim light illuminated Gu Dingbang's slightly surprised face, and the hurtful, uncontrollable words that came out of Liuwei's mouth were choked in his throat.
"Don't worry, Liuwei, everything will be fine." Gu Dingbang didn't feel hurt at all. Instead, his first reaction was comfort and empathy: "You are innocent! Everything will be fine."
Liuwei paused, looking away somewhat at a loss: “…I’m sorry.”
He's a little out of control.
Moreover, for a while, it was difficult for him to return to his sweet-mouthed but treacherous state in front of Gu Dingbang.
Gu Dingbang was not angry at all and forgave him generously: "We are friends!"
Liu Wei pursed his lips.
What else can they become besides the villagers, the village committee, and the chickens, ducks, and fish in the village?
Liuwei couldn't help but turn his head to look at Gu Dingbang again. The young Gu Dingbang's profile was slightly haloed. He frowned and was also wondering who had done the harm to the mage.
Liuwei suddenly looked determined.
Wait, something is wrong, why would he...
"boom--"
Liu Wei and Gu Dingbang were both shocked!
I saw a terrifying hole blasted out of the house, about half a person's height, and I could walk out by bending over. The faint moonlight outside the hole poured in, and a man leaned out from outside and said, "Liuwei? Gu Dingbang? I'm here to save you! Follow me now!"
That face was Shi Yuan who had been missing for a long time!
She pointed the "gun" in her hand and urged heroically, "Hurry up! These guys seem to have discovered us! We have to run!"
"This? Who is this?" Gu Dingbang was still confused.
Liu Wei had already grabbed Gu Dingbang with one hand and was crawling and rolling towards the cave entrance.
No matter what, someone has come to "prison break". If he stays or gets caught this time, he will be unable to defend himself even if he has a nimble tongue!
After all, you didn't kill him! Why did your companions rush over to "jailbreak" him?
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