Chapter 21 Chapter Twenty

Chu Yun, Ye Mengshi.I knew it eleven years ago... I was just an ignorant teenager at that time. I remember that it was late autumn, and the Cuilin Nunnery was quiet and desolate.There was a little girl sitting alone in a corner of the yard, staring at the sunset in the sky with a sad expression. I have never seen such a beautiful girl.The faint sunshine sprinkled on her face, as if plating a piece of white jade with a golden brilliance.My heart was pounding violently, announcing that for the first time in my life I understood the true meaning of the opposite sex. I couldn't resist the attraction, so I went and sat next to the little girl.

The little girl didn't seem to see me, her eyes were still staring at the sky.Beside her was a yellow dog, which was quite friendly to me, and came over and licked my palm with its tongue. I stupidly asked the little girl: "Do you have something on your mind?" The little girl's thoughts were interrupted by me. She turned her head and glanced at me, and said in a low voice, "I lost something." I asked again: "What did you lose? How did you lose it?" The little girl picked up a twig, scratched it aimlessly on the ground, and said, "I just fell asleep, and then I lost myself."

I blinked blankly: "What?" The little girl pulled out a photo and handed it to me.The girl in the photo is dressed in a foreign style and her smile is as bright as the sun.I couldn't help but admire: "Is this your photo? It's so beautiful." "This should belong to me, my name is Ye Mengshi." The little girl shook her head sadly, "It's a pity that it doesn't anymore. Now I am Chu Yun." At that time, I didn't understand what the little girl was talking about, but I already really felt the sadness in the other party's heart.I had a strong impulse: I must protect her and help her, as long as it can make her happy, I am willing to pay any price.

So I said, "I want to help you." The little girl asked with wide eyes, "How can I help?" "No matter what you lost, I'll help you find it, okay?" "Okay." The little girl smiled happily.But soon she said worriedly: "But that place is so far away..." "Where?" "Shanghai." Shanghai?I froze.To me, this is just a place that exists in legends!I murmured: "It's really far away..." The little girl lowered her eyes in disappointment: "It seems that you still can't help me..." "No, I can help you." I puffed up the boy's chest, "Even if I can't go now, I can go when I grow up."

"Grow up? Then you have to wait for a long time." The little girl shook her head, "You will forget it by then." "No, I will never forget!" "Really?" The little girl tilted her head and looked at me. After thinking for a while, she asked again, "Do you dare to flirt with me?" "Of course!" I held out a little finger without hesitation. The little girl also stretched out a finger and hooked it with me, and we said at the same time: "Hanging on the hook, it must not be changed for a hundred years!" The sound of our pulling the hook penetrated time and space, and it still echoes clearly in my ears.That was the first promise I made in my life, and it is also a promise I must fulfill in this life.

While I was recalling, Ling Mufeng was frowning tightly, his thoughts spinning rapidly.Gradually, he finally found out some clues from the chaotic fog. "You already knew that Chu Yun and Ye Mengshi were sisters? Then you still want to bring Ye Mengshi to Feng'an? What on earth do you want to do? You also killed Mrs. Meng and Ah Chui. They can tell the difference between the two sisters." Identity..." Ling Mufeng analyzed to this point to himself, and suddenly stared at me as if waking up from a dream, "I see, the person who really wants to confuse the identities of Chu Yun and Ye Mengshi is actually you!"

"That's a promise, you won't understand." I seemed to be responding to Ling Mufeng, but my eyes were focused on the woman beside me. Ling Mufeng also turned his head to look at the woman, and the corners of his eyebrows twitched involuntarily. "Who are you?" He asked in amazement, "Ye Mengshi? Or Chu Yun?" "What are you talking about?" The woman seemed to be disgusted by such a question, she frowned and said, "Of course I am Ye Mengshi, Chu Yun is dead!" The expression of the woman was so solemn when she spoke, as if she was emphasizing an eternal truth.Ling Mufeng was stabbed by her sharp gaze, and he shrank back in shock.After a while, he regained his composure and asked me blankly, "Detective Feng, she...is she ill, or is it true?"

I smiled wryly and shook my head, unable to answer.Because I can't see through the answers either.Is she sick?or is it true?This problem has been entangled since twenty-one years ago.All I know is that the woman's answer at this moment is exactly the same as last night.This answer will not change in the future. The person who asked the question last night was her sister, the girl. I took the girl to the lime pool in the mountains.There were no corpses in the pool, but the woman had already been waiting by the pool.She was dressed in white, which stood out in the night. The girl was startled at first, but when she saw the other person's face clearly, she cried out in surprise: "Chu Yun? Is that you? Are you still alive?"

She couldn't wait to rush forward, wanting to hold the other's hands, maybe she also wanted to have an affectionate hug.The joy of the unexpected reunion was written all over her face.She finally found the sisters who had been separated for many years. They were born in the same family, and they were even connected by blood. But the girl didn't know that the woman standing opposite her had a completely different mentality.In the eyes of that woman, what she saw was not a reunited sister, but a sworn enemy. "I just fell asleep, and that person took the opportunity to steal my life. All my sufferings were caused by her, and all her happiness should have belonged to me."

The woman also raised her hand to greet her sister.She held a sharp dagger in her hand, and the blade was stabbing into the girl's chest. Bright red blood flowed from the girl's heart, and the girl stared at her big beautiful eyes, dumbfounded.At the same time, she heard a woman's cold voice ringing in her ears. "I'm not Chu Yun, I'm Ye Mengshi. Chu Yun is dead." Is she sick again?Is the dead Chu Yun her other half, or another soul in her body? Who can explain? I was still sighing suddenly, Ling Mufeng had stood up from the chair.He pointed at us, his wrist trembling slightly.

"Conspiracy, terrible conspiracy! You not only killed Mrs. Meng and Ah Chuan, but also Ye Mengshi... You also want to plant blame on me and take away my Ling'er. I will never let you succeed! "He said as he stepped towards the door. I touched the teacup in front of me and called out, "Mr. Ling, where are you going?" Ling Mufeng said seriously: "I'm going to go to Sergeant Wu and expose your conspiracy." I know the opponent's plan very well.Earlier, I used Chu Yun's death to blackmail Ling Mufeng, and he had no choice but to negotiate with me.Now he thinks he has figured out my cards, and he doesn't need to negotiate with me anymore. He wants to tell the truth to the police outside the door. It's a pity that he doesn't know: I still have a hidden trick. "What can you and that old man talk about? Is there any evidence for your guesses just now?" While speaking, I brought the teacup to my mouth and took a sip. Unusual bitterness. "Evidence?" Ling Mufeng sneered, "You can hide this conspiracy from others, but how can you hide it from me? I have a meeting with Chu Yun and his wife. Can I not know where the scar on her buttocks is? Which one will be at that time? Whether it's right or wrong, you'll know once you test it." I held the teacup steadily, and reminded the other party unhurriedly: "But the problem is: who will believe your words? A while ago, you deliberately imprisoned Ye Mengshi in order to make Ye Mengshi a substitute for Chu Yun. Psychiatric hospital, this matter has already been confirmed in Feng'an Town; now you want to say that this woman is Chu Yun, do you think anyone will believe you? What's the use of you being able to distinguish Chu Yun's scars? No matter what you say , everyone will think it's a lie." Ling Mufeng was stunned for a moment, but was speechless.He knew that I was right: because he had lied once about the identity of the sisters, it would be hard for anyone to believe him now even if he told the truth.This situation is actually printed with the words "bound in a cocoon".However, he was not willing to be repelled by me like this. After trying his best to contemplate for a moment, he said again: "Well, even if my personal testimony is not credible, the physical evidence must be correct, right? I also thought of a physical evidence, it depends on you Rebuttal!" "Oh?" I raised my eyebrows and asked, "What physical evidence? Tell me about it." "Since Mrs. Meng took a sedative before she died, there must still be some drug in her stomach. I want to ask Sergeant Zhu to conduct a laparotomy to see if the results of the autopsy are as I said." I gave a "cheesy" smile, with a look of disdain on my face: "What kind of evidence is this? Mrs. Meng has taken a tranquilizer, so must I have given this medicine? I have a more reliable evidence, which is enough to prove that this is definitely not the case. I did it." Ling Mufeng asked with a calm face, "What evidence do you have?" "The murderer who killed Mrs. Meng left three spirit cards at the scene, and three death lists were written on the spirit cards. My name is also on the spirit card. Isn't this the most powerful evidence? How could I be the victim of the murder? Or, at the same time, the murderer?" Ling Mufeng immediately retorted: "This is just your blindfold. You think you are smart, but you actually left a loophole. In the three death lists, Mrs. Meng and Ah Chuan are already dead, but you are safe and sound. Isn't this a big deal? suspicious?" I glanced at the other party, and didn't reply immediately, but spared no effort to drink the whole cup of herbal tea in my hand in one go.Then I said again: "I am not safe and sound, but you have a sequence of killings. The first is Meng Pozi, the second is Ah Chuan, and the last is me. You put arsenic in my tea, and I have been killed." My body is extremely poisonous, and today is the day of my death." "You're talking nonsense. That arsenic is obvious..." Ling Mufeng only said half of what he said, and then swallowed it back abruptly. He stared at me with wide-eyed eyes, with an incredulous expression. I know why he has that look on his face.At this moment, I am suffering from abdominal pain, and black blood oozes from the corner of my mouth. "You want to say that the arsenic was poured out of the window? But I brought a bag myself... My bag of arsenic was brought from another place and wrapped in glutinous rice paper. When you poured the arsenic out of the window, I I also poured the arsenic into the tea bowl, and then the glutinous rice paper, hehe, I also ate it." I said this with a smug smile, because I was fighting against the severe pain, and my smile seemed certain It's twisted and scary. "You..." Ling Mufeng looked at me in shock, "You are simply crazy!" I stopped talking to the other party, but turned to look at the woman beside me.Our eyes met, and our minds were already clear.At this time, I couldn't hold it anymore, and my body was limp and crooked.The woman hugged me hard, and at the same time shouted at the top of her voice: "Come on, help! Help!" Sergeant Wu, who was guarding the yard, heard the shout, and immediately led his subordinates to break in through the door. "What's going on?" The old man shouted, he saw my abnormality, and rushed to my side in a hurry. "I...I drank his tea, the tea...the tea is poisonous!" I raised my left hand and pointed at Ling Mufeng tremblingly.The old man was very anxious, he grabbed my hand: "Don't move." Then he turned around and shouted: "Quick, call the doctor." "No need..." I pulled out my hand vigorously and showed it in front of the other party, then said with a sad smile: "Chief Wu, those two dreams of yours can come true today...today." The old man was stunned immediately when he saw the ring on my finger.After a while, his face showed a fateful expression of emotion, and he said sadly: "After all, I still haven't escaped..." I pointed at Ling Mufeng again, as if to remind me of something.The old man came to his senses, and immediately turned his head and shouted: "Give me Ling Mufeng and arrest him." The two policemen under him bullied towards Ling Mufeng.Ling Mufeng was in a hurry, he couldn't care less about his graceful demeanor, and shouted loudly: "Who dares to come here? I was framed!" At this moment, his family also rushed to the hall to protect the lord.The two little policemen were somewhat afraid of the power of the Ling family, they stopped timidly, and for a while the two sides became deadlocked. Sergeant Wu stood up with a livid face. When he got up, he touched his waist, and there was an extra black pistol in his hand.Holding a gun in his hand, the old man sternly said, "I'm the sheriff from the county seat. I'm performing official duties. Who would dare to stop me!" Despite his short stature, he was majestic and inviolable under this yell. The Ling family was intimidated and did not dare to do it again.The two policemen walked to Ling Mufeng's side and pinned each other's arms from left to right.The thin policeman said: "Mr. Ling, I offended you, please go to the police station. If you are really wronged, can't you explain the matter clearly at the police station?" Ling Mufeng's face turned pale, and there was despair in his anger.say clearly?How can this matter be explained clearly! I came to visit early this morning, and immediately Ling Mufeng went to the town to buy tea, and at the same time he secretly went to the pharmacy to buy arsenic for five cents.Afterwards, the three of us had a secret conversation in the hall. Police Chief Wu and others in the courtyard saw Ling Mufeng come back after making tea.Both the woman and I had arsenic in our teacups. I drank all the tea, but the woman didn't like tea, so she didn't take a sip. The paper package used by the pharmacy to wrap the arsenic is still there, but the arsenic in it is gone.A torn document was also left at the scene.The combination of these facts is enough to explain the "why" of the matter: Ling Mufeng used an excuse to buy tea, but in fact he wanted to buy arsenic.He tore up the paperwork because he would never accept the terms of the negotiation, he just wanted to kill and silence.This speculation is not only logical, but also has all the witnesses and material evidence, Ling Mufeng has no way to refute it. Seeing that Ling Mufeng was under control, Sergeant Wu returned to my side.At this time, my breathing gradually weakened. Inspector Wu held my shoulder and sighed, "Why did you come back? Why didn't you listen to me?" I didn't answer, but turned to look at the woman beside me.The woman also looked at me with a half-smile on her face.Then she grabbed my hand, and the little fingers hooked quietly into mine.Her lips moved slightly, but there was no sound, but I knew what she was talking about. "Hanging on the hook, it must not be changed for a hundred years." My vision has gradually blurred, and the woman's face is changing in front of my eyes, as if I have become the little girl from many years ago. I am so obsessed with her, my life has not changed.But in her heart, I was just a childhood playmate.Even though my life was dying, she still enjoyed the thrill of completing the game. To round out the game, she even put the ring on me herself.It felt really sour. But I have no regrets. I am also from Dongshan County, and I live in the town opposite the mountain.When I was young, my mother went to Cuilin nunnery to worship Buddha and fulfill her vows, so I got to know that little girl.We often play together, and the yellow dog knows me very well.Many years later, Mrs. Huiqing no longer knew me, but the dog still remembered me. I hooked up with that little girl and must help her find her lost identity.She thought it was just a game, but I took it as a promise. Later, the little girl returned to Feng'an Town, and I followed my parents to wander outside the mountains.We lost touch with it. I've never forgotten that commitment, and I've worked hard to be a detective, and that's why.When I felt that my ability could meet that promise, I went back to Dongshan County to look for the little girl from back then. But I heard that she was married, and this news once made me disheartened.Her husband is the number one person in Feng'an Town, and I guess she must be living happily.I don't want to disturb her life, but I can't let her go.I quietly came to Feng'an Town, wanting to see the current situation of that woman. I didn't want others to notice my tracks, so I slept in remote hotels during the day and didn't come out until late in the day.For many days in a row, I watched the small building and the lights inside from a distance outside the bamboo forest.Sometimes with luck, I can also see the silhouette of a woman reflected in front of the window, and such a picture always fascinates me. But the colorful bubble was quickly burst by the cruel reality.That evening, the woman was beaten by Ling Mufeng and fell off the building, and was swept away by the mountain current.I happen to see it all.I jumped into the mountain stream to rescue the woman. In order to prevent her from being hurt by Ling Mufeng again, I did not send her home, but took her over the green hills and hid in my ancestral house. The woman is already disheartened and no longer has the thought of living.But when she recognized me, she rekindled her hope of survival.I told her that I had grown up and now I was going to help her fulfill that childhood dream.I prepared enough food and water in the ancestral house to let the woman wait at ease, and I officially embarked on the road of promise. I learned the information about Ye Mengshi's biological father from the inscription on the merit tablet of Cuilin Nunnery, and then I found Dashanghai.There is a piece of news that surprised me: Ye Mengshi has disappeared.Then I used my detective ability to investigate secretly, and I learned that Ye Dekai had been keeping the secret of the past from his adopted daughter.This secret is only known to Ye family's personal lawyer Wang Dingbang, and Wang Dingbang keeps all the information that can distinguish the identity of Ye Mengshi and Chu Yun. Since then, the plan in my mind has gradually taken shape.I am going to trick Ye Mengshi to Feng'an, and let her be imprisoned by Ling Mufeng as Chu Yun.Then I can justifiably be entrusted by Ye Mengshi to ask Wang Dingbang to get a full set of identity documents.Give this set of materials to Chu Yun, and she will be able to become the "real" Ye Mengshi. The first step in this plan is to find Ye Mengshi's whereabouts.This step took me two months.I searched around Shanghai and finally found Ye Mengshi who lost her memory in Nanjing City. That girl is not only as beautiful as Chu Yun, but she is so sunny, kind and simple.When I first met her, I fell in love with her and couldn't resist. It sounds contradictory.Am I in love with two women at the same time?No, they are one person, how can I tell the difference? My promise cannot be changed.With an indescribably complicated state of mind, I brought Ye Mengshi to Feng'an Town. As I expected, Ling Mufeng really made the mistake and imprisoned Ye Mengshi as Chu Yun's substitute.This is exactly what I planned.Then Sergeant Wu appeared. As soon as I saw this old man, I knew he would become my most staunch ally.His help is absolutely indispensable in my plans. Any plan has a price to pay, and Mrs. Meng bears the brunt. She can discern the identities of Chu Yun and Ye Mengshi, so she must die.The method of killing Mrs. Meng was as analyzed by Ling Mufeng: I took the opportunity to make tea for Mrs. Meng, and poured a tranquilizer into the tea.After Mrs. Meng falls asleep, I can calmly forge the scene and set up organs.I am a detective, how can I not know the time of death of the victim from the body?Police Chief Wu told me that it would definitely rain that night, and Ling Mufeng gave me more crucial hints, allowing me to successfully set up the killing puzzle. I know Mrs. Meng is a good person.But to fulfill my promise, I will do anything, even go to hell. Hammer is the second person to be damned.Compared with Mrs. Meng, there is no psychological burden to kill this scoundrel.On the day we went to Cuilin Nunnery, A-Chui and I made an appointment to plan Ling's bamboo forest together at night, and A-Chui fully agreed that it would be a death date. The trip to Cuilin Nunnery is also for my plan.I don't know if Mrs. Huiqing understands Chu Yun's secret, so I went to test it out.Fortunately, Mrs. Huiqing didn't know about it, so I didn't need to kill more. After returning from Cuilin Nunnery, I pretended to agree to the old man's request and left by train.In fact, this is just a countermeasure.After returning to Feng'an Town that night, I first went to the bamboo forest to attend the appointment.While A Hammer was concentrating on planing bamboo roots, I hit him hard on the back of the head with the hoe.A hammer died without humming, and I buried his body on the spot.Then I rushed to the mental hospital and rescued Ye Mengshi from the ward. Of course, my purpose of rescuing Ye Mengshi is not to take her out of Feng'an Town, I just need her personal letter.I know she lost her memory by drowning, and returning her to the same environment is the best way to wake up her memory.So I took her across that mountain and river.The girl really recovered her memory.But we were trapped in the mountains, surrounded by the hospital and Ling Mufeng's men and horses.The only way for the girl to get out of trouble is to entrust me to go to Shanghai to obtain her identity information. I came to Shanghai with the girl's handwritten letter and the pendant.Although Lawyer Wang is busy with work, he still insists on coming to Feng'an with me.I killed him on the road and threw his body in the wilderness.In this way, no one in Shanghai will know the secret of the sisters.The only people in the world who can tell the identity of the two sisters are me and Ling Mufeng. I have already thought of a way to deal with Ling Mufeng, which involves taking advantage of Sergeant Wu's superstition about dreams.Since he believes in his dreams, why don't I weave plans according to his dreams?I will wear a silver ring, die bleeding from all seven orifices, and send Ling Mufeng to death row prison at the same time. This design seems so perfect now, but I am a little puzzled: Did I design the old man's dream, or the old man's dream doomed my ending? I think back on these past events like smoke, but my thinking is gradually getting scattered.I know my time is running out. In a trance, I heard Ling Mufeng curse angrily: "Feng Yuanchi! You are so vicious! Just for one woman, you have to pay for your own life, is it worth it?" does it worth?Of course it's worth it.And I must let the world know.With the last of my strength, I shouted hoarsely: "For... for my promise!" "Promise?" Ling Mufeng laughed angrily, "You think you are a promise, but in my opinion, your promise is worthless! Don't you promise Ye Mengshi? How can you be worthy of her if you do this!" This is Ling Mufeng's last counterattack. He thought he could tear up my dignity and destroy my faith.But he was wrong.When he asked the last sentence, a smile appeared on the corner of my mouth. I have never broken my promise, whether it is to Chu Yun or Ye Mengshi. I love Chu Yun, but she doesn't love me; I love Ye Mengshi, but she also loves me.How can I have the heart to deceive any one of them? I also hesitated, whether to change the plan?I imagined that if Chu Yun accepted Ye Mengshi, they could go back to Shanghai together, and Ye Mengshi would definitely take good care of Chu Yun.It's a pity that I just said such thoughts to the woman, and she replied solemnly: "I am Ye Mengshi, and Chu Yun is dead." This sentence has become a firm belief in her heart, and no one can change it.She doesn't want to be Ye Mengshi's partner, because she is Ye Mengshi herself.The unique Ye Mengshi. I know with sadness: this plan is irreversible.I can only do the last step. With Ye Mengshi's identity information, I rescued the girl from the mental hospital.The next step is to plan the reunion of their sisters. The girl's dream of her body on fire wasn't really telepathy.When I went to wash my face that night, I asked the clerk for a pack of alkali to mix in the water.The soda burner does not feel it clearly when awake, but after falling asleep, it can cause burning dreams.Based on this, I can make up a reason and bring Ye Mengshi back to Feng'an, to the lime pond. The two sisters who came to this world with flesh and blood finally meet again. Twenty-one years ago, they experienced a life-separation, and now they are going to experience a death-separation again. Twenty-one years ago, their fate had been reversed once, and now it will be reversed again. The woman will regain her identity as Ye Mengshi, and I have arranged everything for her. "If you go to Shanghai with these materials, no one will doubt your identity. If someone tells you something you don't know, you can just use the reason of amnesia as an excuse. These days you have been imitating Ye Mengshi's previous signature, the effect is very good, almost no difference can be seen. If Sergeant Wu wants to find Chu Yun's body, just say that the deceased has been buried in the ground, so you don't want to disturb him.He couldn't let him see the corpse, because there were questions about the cause of death and the time of death.Fortunately, Ling Mufeng is already a capital crime, and the old man will not be too persistent in finding the corpse. After Ling Mufeng is put on death row, you can adopt Linger as your aunt, and you bring her to Shanghai to give her a brand new future. Although I can't see it anymore, I can imagine your beautiful life in the future-these belong to you, you accidentally lost them, and I finally found them for you. " And for that girl, I will use another way to return her true love. The girl knew everything before she died.At that time she was lying in my arms, unwilling to close her eyes because she also had something to ask me. "Are your feelings for me and your promises to me all lies?" Tears filled her eyes, and her eyes were full of sadness and resentment. "No, my feelings and my promises are all true." I looked the girl in the eyes and said to her in the most sincere voice, "I said I would be with you forever, life and death. I will definitely will do." The girl obviously understood what I meant, and her tears fell, but the sadness and resentment were gone.As she closed her eyes, I heard her murmur three words: "I'll wait for you." In my last moments, my lips are also moving slightly.My breath is so weak that no one can hear my words. Only I know, that is also three words. "I am coming."