When the book-traveling little detective meets the two-faced prince

The man lost control of his emotions, acting like a madman, and grabbed Qiao Ying's neck tightly.

Qiao Ying didn't understand what it meant, but the uncomfortable feeling of suffocation was real. Her originally smiling face soon turned red due to difficulty in breathing, and her clear eyes were filled with tears.

But even so, Qiao Ying did not push the man away.

The intense discomfort made Qiao Ying keep grabbing the ground with both hands, and her ten fingers were embedded in the soil covered with small stones.

"Stop!" Cheng Su shouted, walked quickly towards the man, and pulled him away with force. Jiang Lian'an also stepped forward and helped Qiao Ying up.

Qiao Ying coughed as she tried to regain her breath, her chest heaving violently.

Even after being pulled away by Cheng Su, the man's hands were still waving, and he kept complaining and venting his resentment.

"Enough!" Cheng Su shouted loudly. When he suppressed the man with his own strength, the bell in his hand fell to the ground with a dull sound.

The moment the man saw the bell, he immediately stopped complaining, and kept shaking on the ground, not daring to look in the direction of the bell again.

Cheng Su was almost losing his patience, and said with an unhappy look in his eyes: "I just asked you if you recognized this thing, and you said you didn't know it, but you wanted to strangle a fool to death, and you were so afraid of this bell, and you still dared to say you didn't know it."

"I don't know, I don't know..."

The man was on the verge of collapse. If he continued in this state, it would be extremely draining on his mind. Seeing this, Qingchuan took out a tranquilizer pill from his arms and gave it to the man to take. After the man swallowed it, he inserted a silver needle into the man's Fengchi acupoint, and the man soon fell asleep.

"Let him sleep for a while. I'm sure we won't be able to ask him any questions in this state." Qingchuan said truthfully.

Cheng Su nodded, and suddenly a figure came over and stretched out his hand towards the bell at Cheng Su's feet. Cheng Su quickly kicked the bell at his feet up and held it firmly in his hand. Qiao Ying's eyes also followed the bell closely.

Cheng Su looked at Qiao Ying, a hint of suspicion in his eyes, and then he shook the bell in front of Qiao Ying's eyes and asked, "Do you recognize this thing?"

Qiao Ying stared at the bell with clear eyes, nodded, and said with an innocent smile: "Bell, it belongs to grandpa, give it to grandpa."

"you want?"

Qiao Ying nodded seriously.

Qiao Ying kept looking at the bell in her hand with expectant eyes. Apart from that, there was no emotional change in Qiao Ying's eyes. Cheng Su closed his eyes, calmed himself down, and took a deep breath.

He wanted to get words out of a fool, and he himself was a fool. Cheng Su held the bell in his hand, then looked at Jiang Lian'an and said, "Detective Jiang Gui, who is the more suitable person you mentioned just now?"

Under Cheng Su's order, the soldiers called over the village chief Wang from Haibei Village. The village chief's wife Meng Guifen also came over because she was worried.

When he came over, Village Chief Wang glanced at the injured and unconscious man lying on the ground with a look of panic in his eyes.

Village chief Wang and his wife did not attend the lantern festival due to their old age, so they were unable to understand the current situation.

There was a tragic scene and wailing all around.

When the two saw Wu Sanshan's body on the ground, their faces turned pale with fright and they took several steps back. They were able to stand firmly only with the support of each other.

Village Chief Wang barely held on to his body, staring blankly at the body parts on the ground, breathing rapidly, as if he was about to die at any moment, staring with eyes wide open and saying: "He...didn't he go out to look for magic herbs? How...why is he lying here...Why did the Lantern Festival become like this...!"

Now that the matter has become so serious, it will be of no use hiding it. Jiang Lian'an briefly told Village Chief Wang and his family the whole story.

"This..." After hearing this, Village Chief Wang and Meng Guifen's faces were first filled with shock and then grief. They were speechless, especially Meng Guifen, who had already covered her face and choked with sobs.

Seeing Cheng Su's gaze, without waiting for Cheng Su to speak, Village Chief Wang immediately pulled his wife and knelt in front of Cheng Su, explaining with a fearful look on his face: "General, Wu Sanshan only said that he was going out to look for the magic herb, and he didn't tell us anything else. Apart from that, we really don't know anything."

Cheng Su looked at Village Chief Wang and asked seriously, "Now that Wu Sanshan is dead, you were the ones who had the most contact with him when he left the village. You also met him in person, but saying you didn't know doesn't get you out of the relationship. It's hard to say whether you killed him for money or not."

"General, we would never do such a thing. My husband and I are old and have not participated in the town's lantern festival for many years. Last night, we turned off the lights and went to bed very early. Everyone in the village can testify for us. Please, General, please look into our affairs!"

"I can testify for them. When I sent Qiao Ying back last night, the village chief and his family had indeed gone to bed. After I sent Qiao Ying back to her room, I left." Jiang Lian'an testified on behalf of the old couple.

The old couple was a little surprised and confused, then they said with gratitude: "Thank you, Jiang Guitan, for speaking for us, thank you, thank you..."

With Jiang Lian'an's testimony, Cheng Su finally dispelled the doubt in his eyes and said, "If you really don't know anything, then tell me everything you know." Cheng Su threw the bells in front of the two old couples and said in a deep voice, "Including the matter of this string of bells."

Seeing the bell, Village Chief Wang's face turned pale instantly. He pointed at the bell on the ground and said, "This... This is Wu Sanshan's soul-calling bell!"

"make it clear."

"This bell is the soul-calling bell that Wu Sanshan asked a Taoist priest for Qiao Ying. The Taoist priest said that if we tie this bell to the bow of the boat, it might soften the hearts of the Black and White Impermanence and call back Qiao Ying's soul and spirit."

"It's ridiculous that a broken bell can bring back a person's soul!"

Village chief Wang immediately dropped his head to the ground and responded with a look of panic: "We didn't say that. The Taoist priest and Wu Sanshan said that. Of course we don't believe it." Wang Hewei's voice got smaller and smaller as he spoke later.

"Village Chief Wang, there is something I want to ask you."

"Just ask whatever Jiang Guitan wants to ask. I will tell you the truth." He raised his head and said gratefully.

Jiang Lian'an nodded slightly and said, "Before Wu Sanshan met Qiao Ying, he never showed his true face to others?"

Wang Hewei tried to recall, and then said: "Wu Sanshan has not covered his face for more than ten years, so we almost forgot about it." Wang Hewei nodded in confirmation, and then said: "That's right. At that time, no one in the village knew Wu Sanshan's origins. We only know that when he came, he covered his face with a veil. When the villagers asked him about it, he just said that he didn't look good and didn't want to scare others."

"Then why did he suddenly change his behavior and stop covering his face?"

"I know this. I asked him and he said he did this for Qiao Ying."