Great Liangzhen Fusi, starting as the villain

Qi Ping doesn't remember where he read a sentence: the truth is often inadvertent.

At this moment, when Princess Anping said these words, the fog in his mind dissipated instantly, and he suddenly became enlightened.

"I...I..." Anping was frightened, he faltered and forgot what he just said.

However, Qi Ping only subconsciously asked back, he slapped the table and said excitedly:

"I did think wrong, and entered into a misunderstanding."

From Chang Ning's point of view: "What?"

Qiping stood in front of the table and exhaled:

"I first guessed that these cases may have internal connections, seemingly scattered and disorderly, but there must be a dark thread connecting them, so I tried to find the common ground of the [-] tragedies from the files.

This idea is correct, but I overlooked an important point.

That is... These fourteen cases may not all be the targets of the other party! "

After a pause, he sorted out his language and said:

"The princess said just now that if all fourteen cases involve the older generation, no matter what the grievances are, it is unlikely that no one will remember. We know this truth, and the gangsters naturally know it too."

"Let's think about it differently. Suppose we are gangsters and want to kill some people, but we don't want to be found out by the government. What will happen?"

Princess Changning's eyes lit up: "Confused!"

She said: "If you only kill a few households, it is easy to be found abnormal. The best way is to kill more and muddy the water. In this way, even if you investigate, it will be disturbed by a large number of irrelevant clues, thus hiding the truth. Purpose."

Qi Ping praised:

"The princess is smart, that's the reason. From what we know, this group of gangsters are not reckless. They know how to cover up by plundering money, and they are prepared every time they make a move.

Such people are likely to intentionally kill some irrelevant people and create information interference.

Come to think of it, this is also the reason why the people in Fucheng didn't connect multiple cases together. Before the case of the Sun family's extermination, the other party hardly showed their feet until this time.

For some reason, the hasty action allowed us to find a flaw. "

Princess Changning nodded frequently and walked slowly:

"It makes sense. If your guess is true, then the next thing to do is to eliminate interference."

How to exclude?

Naturally, cases of the older generation that have nothing to do with Jianghu are excluded.

The eyes of the two focused on the table, and Qi Ping quickly started to pick them up. Soon, there were only three files left on the table.

Two of them are highly similar to Sun Qianli's life experience:

In the past wars, he left his hometown to venture into the rivers and lakes. About 30 years ago, he returned to his hometown with gold and silver and established a family business.

30 years, but two generations, in this era, as long as you don't squander, it is enough to be a rich man.

This lifted Qi Ping's spirits.

As for the third one, it is a little special. It is the tragedy in Dagou Village, Yangqiu County. Several families were affected.

However, according to the records in the file, a member of the Xu clan once became a bandit in the past. After the war subsided, he returned to the clan, scattered a lot of money, and soon died of illness.

Barely counts.

"Dong Hongwu, Fang Quanlin, Xu Yuanshan...and Sun Qianli." Qi Ping exhaled, "These are the four."

Sitting on the chair, Anping put his hands on his chin and asked doubtfully, "What's next? Do you want to investigate them carefully?"

Qiping fell silent.

According to normal logic, this should be the case, but... this is ancient times, and these four people have all died, and there was a war back then, so it is not easy to investigate?

There is no complete household registration information, written records, and not many old people survive. How can we continue to check?

The rain was rustling outside the window, and the case was once again at an impasse.

And at this moment, Qi Shu, who was standing by the brazier and wrapped in a blanket, suddenly said, "Xu Yuanshan? I've heard that name before."

The three suddenly turned their heads.

Qi Shushu looked at the girl.

The slender girl in coarse clothes shrank her neck, took out the "Legend of the Great River Heroes" from the blanket, and turned to a page:

"There is a story in the book about a green forest hero named Xu Yuanshan."

What?

The three were stunned, what a coincidence, Qi Ping hurriedly brought the book, looked down, raised his eyebrows.

It really is.

There is indeed such a person in the book, it does not take up much space, and the experience is very legendary, not surprising, after all, there is a lot of fabrication.

The background of the story is consistent with decades ago, and most importantly, the first sentence in the book:

Xu Yuanshan, originally from Yangqiu...

Yangqiu County!

It was as if a thunderbolt exploded in Qi Ping's mind.

He remembered that this booklet was given by Fan Er. According to him, it is a collection of folklore from all over the mansion, and it is a collection of stories.

It's a bit similar to Liaozhai, but it's not about ghosts, but martial arts heroes.

The so-called "Biography of the Heroes of the Great River" refers to some famous martial artists who have stepped out of the Dahe Mansion in Yuzhou.

It's not completely random, but it has the original shape of the story.

Qi Ping was worried about the case yesterday, and the novels of this era are not as good-looking as those of later generations, so he casually flipped through them and threw them away.

As for why he didn't think of Xu Yuanshan, the reason is very simple, this person is from Yangqiu County, the original owner is in Heyan, and there is no news.

And the original owner was poor and couldn't afford to go to the teahouse to listen to books.

Now it seems……

"No way." Qi Ping swallowed and quickly read the story.

The story is very short, no more than two or three hundred words.

With an unremarkable experience, Qi Ping wondered, how could such a short story be selected into the book?

After looking through it carefully, it suddenly dawned on me.

It turned out that this Xu Yuanshan was not a lone ranger, but formed a Jianghu group with several fellow villagers, known as the "Five Tigers of Yuzhou".

The so-called "hero" in the book refers to this group, and Xu Yuanshan is just one of them.

"Wait... Could it be that those four people belong to this group?"

Qi Ping was short of breath, thinking of this possibility.

He hurriedly spread out the books on the table, took the pen and paper, and started to read, transcribing the information of the rest of the "Four Tigers". However, he was disappointed.

The rest of the "Four Tigers" are completely incompatible with Dong Hongwu and others.

In other words, among the five tigers in Yuzhou, only one Xu Yuanshan's name matches.

Am I wrong?Just a coincidence?Qi Ping was a little dazed.

Next to them, the two princesses only saw Qi Ping's operation, but they didn't know what was mentioned in the book. As their identities, they naturally wouldn't know this kind of folklore.

"What did you find?" Chang Ning asked curiously.

Qi Ping put down his brush, looked at the names of the Five Tigers of Yuzhou on the paper, looked up and said, "Maybe I was wrong..."

Halfway through the speech, Qi Ping suddenly stopped, thinking of a possibility.

In martial arts novels, what is the first step for a hero who wants to retreat to the countryside?

Incognito!

Is there such a possibility that the five tigers of Yuzhou have all changed their names?So can't match?

As for Xu Yuanshan, according to the records in the file, he dissipated all his wealth after returning to his hometown, and died of illness very soon, which shows that he was probably seriously ill at that time and died soon, so naturally there is no need to hide his name.

So……

He looked at the names on the paper again, and his eyes fell on the name of the last tiger among the "Five Tigers of Yuzhou":

Sun Zhong.

"Also surnamed Sun, separated from the heavy characters, it is 'Qianli', Sun Qianli..."

"Sun Qianli!"

Qi Ping's eyes suddenly lit up: "I understand!"