There is a saying, "If you break through the iron shoes, you can't find a place, and you won't have to work hard to get it." Xue Chufan, who Zhen Zhen and I searched so hard for, turned out to be the one who has been chatting with us for a long time. This really surprised us. . Since he is right in front of me, I don't have to hide my intentions anymore, I just say to him: "Xue Chufan, we are criminal police officers. Now we suspect that you are related to Qi Chengtian's death. I hope you can cooperate with our investigation." I thought he was a murderer, but I didn't think he would be a murderer at all, because since I met him, he gave me the feeling that he was aloof from the world, and it was hard to imagine that he would be a murderer. However, as a police officer, I know that one cannot be judged by appearance alone.
Xue Chufan looked surprised, but the reason for his surprise did not seem to be because we suspected that he was the murderer. He hurriedly pinched his fingers a few times, then shook his head again and again: "Impossible, absolutely impossible! Although Chengtian has done all the sinister things, according to his appearance, Yang Shou is at least ten years old, but he is proud of his youth, and he is unhappy in his old age. That's it. How could it be possible to die before the age of thirty? Impossible, absolutely impossible..." After muttering to himself for a while, he seemed to finally realize that we were suspicious, and gave us a slightly forced smile: "No I'm sorry, I lost my way just now. However, how can you suspect that I have something to do with his death? I haven't seen him for several years."
I sneered: "Why do we suspect that you are our business? I hope you can tell us in detail what is your relationship with Qi Chengtian."
"He's my cousin, the person I once trusted the most..." He closed his eyes and seemed to be thinking about something far away. After a long time, he sighed, and then told us about the grievances and grievances between him and Qi Chengtian—
That was about eight years ago. At that time, before I went to the mountains to learn Taoism, I was the owner of a steel company. One day my aunt called me and said that my cousin Chengtian had been kicked out of the school for beating up the teacher. Now I have nothing to do all day, and I often interact with some random women. She was afraid that the child would learn badly outside, and wanted him to work in my company.
At that time, my company was just starting to grow, and the business was already on track, but it was harder to start a business and keep a business. I was worried that there was no one I could trust to help me. Chengtian was willing to help. Of course, I could not ask for it, so I agreed immediately and asked my aunt to let him come to work the next day.
Although Chengtian is rather naughty and does not like to read, he is very clever and can talk, so he is very suitable for business. More importantly, he is my cousin, and I can rest assured that I will leave important things to him. Although the company is run by me, but with the development of the business, it is impossible for me to support the whole company by myself, so I have to have a trustworthy person to help, he can be regarded as my timely rain .
Although he was in his early twenties at the time, he was smart and hardworking. Not long after he came to the company, I promoted him to be the business director and handed over all the business in the company to him. He didn't let me down either. The company's business is booming, and the business is getting bigger and bigger. Later, I left many other matters in the company to him. When I was not in the company, everything was decided by him. With our joint efforts, the company has grown very well and made a lot of money. Everything was going well, but five years ago something went wrong with the company. This incident is the beginning of our bad relationship.
At that time, there was a problem with the tax declaration of a batch of imported steel products of the company, which was found by the customs. Of course, as the legal representative of the company, it was impossible for me to stay out of it. Although I spent a lot of money on it, I ended up being caught and locked up for nine months. In fact, being detained for a few months is nothing, because the company has Chengtian to take care of it, and I won't fail if I'm not there. So, at that time, I just gave myself a vacation and went on a special trip.
Before going to jail, I repeatedly told Chengtian to take care of the company for me. I thought that when he came out, he would develop the company's business better and help me make more money. So, I didn't go home immediately when I came out, but took a taxi to the company for the first time to have a look.
When I walked into the company, I was stunned. Before I went to jail, there were more than 100 people in the company, but at this time there were only five or six people sitting listlessly in the office, chatting with each other. As soon as they saw me, they jumped up, and they all rushed over to talk to me, and I had a hard time understanding what they were talking about.
It turned out that after I was imprisoned, Chengtian opened another company and emptied my company's customers, resources and talents. The remaining few people, because they disagreed with him, did not want to go to his company, so they stayed and waited for my return.
At that moment, I couldn't believe my ears. My most trusted cousin would betray me and completely hollow out the company I worked so hard to manage. However, this is an iron-clad fact. Even if I don’t believe these employees, I have to believe my own eyes. There are only a few of them in such a huge company, and the warehouses that were originally full of steel are now empty. I was so pissed, so angry, that anger nearly made me lose my mind. After I asked about the address of Chengtian's new company, I found a steel pipe in the warehouse and rushed out of the road to stop a taxi, thinking of his company to ask him for a theory.
I was really like crazy at the time. As soon as the taxi arrived in front of his company, I rushed in with a steel pipe. The security guard at the gate saw my aggressive approach, and of course he immediately stepped forward and stopped me. I didn't want to say anything and knocked him down with a stick, but when I saw his face clearly, I found out that he was not my company's security pony? That kid Chengtian is not human, even the security guard of my company was poached. The pony stopped me and kept saying to me, "Mr. Xue, Mister Xue, don't be impulsive, hurting people is not good for you."
After what he said, I calmed down a little. He was right, no matter what happened, I would definitely suffer if I hurt someone, so I threw the steel pipe aside and said to him as calmly as possible, "Take me to see that bastard Qi Chengtian!"
Although I tried my best to look calm, I was so angry that what I said was no different from roaring. Xiaoma used to work for me, but now, although he is no longer my subordinate, he is still very afraid of me, and when he yelled at me, he became a little stuttered: "Xue, President Xue, you, don't make it difficult for me. do it, okay?"
In the past, what I told Xiaoma to do, he would do it immediately, never dared to say a word, but now he dares not take me to see the bastard Chengtian. I suddenly felt that my majesty was being despised, and my anger came up again, so I roared at him: "Why don't you take me to see Qi Chengtian's despicable villain, what's so hard for you to do!"
Just when I almost couldn't hold back and wanted to beat the pony, Chengtian suddenly appeared in front of me. Accompanied by a few subordinates, he walked out with a mean smile on his face and said to me, "Oh, cousin, you finally let it go, why didn't you call me first and let me come out to meet you! "
"Qi Chengtian, you despicable villain, I'm going to fight with you!" I scolded and rushed forward, but was stopped by Xiaoma and others. Nine months ago, these people were my subordinates. They would only nod and bow to me at ordinary times. Don't stop me, and they didn't even dare to speak to me loudly.
"Look at what you look like now, you seem to be a lunatic, have you been in prison for too long, and you're stupid? We are also cousins after all. Do you want me to send you to the hospital for a checkup? Hahaha..." He laughed as he spoke, and I suddenly felt that he had become very strange. Although I watched him grow up, at this moment I felt that he was a stranger I never knew.
I felt very angry and wanted to punch him hard, but during the shove with Pony and the others, I fell down next to the steel pipe I brought. As soon as I caught fire, I picked up the steel pipe and rushed towards him. At this time, he started to panic, and hurriedly called the pony and they grabbed me. There were so many of them that I couldn't rush in front of him, so I had to wave the pole haphazardly. He was afraid that I would hurt him, so he said to Xiaoma and the others: "He is really crazy, you teach him a good lesson, don't let him smash things in the company!"
The subordinates who were flattering to me in the past now beat and kicked me only at his command, without thinking of the old kindness at all. After they beat me up, Chengtian asked them to throw me out the door. I was thrown on the street, and I couldn't get up because of the pain, which attracted many passers-by. These people pointed at me, but none of them were willing to give me a hand. After a long time, someone finally helped me up. I wanted to say thank you to him, but when I saw his face clearly, I found that he turned out to be my father...
In fact, a large part of my company's money was secretly obtained by taking my parents' real estate certificate as collateral and borrowing from the bank. Because I have not discussed this matter with my parents, my father started a fight with me when he found out. big field. Although I paid off all the loans after the company made a lot of money, my relationship with my father has never been very good. Later, because I wanted to marry a woman he didn't like, and I had trouble with him, I simply moved out. After that, our relationship has been very bad, I really did not expect him to appear in front of my eyes at this time.
When the company makes money, it can be said to be invincible, even for parents. I thought in my heart that as long as I had money, I would be the emperor, and no one could show me, only I could show others. At that time, my parents always told me to be down-to-earth and not to be too ambitious, but I didn't hear a word, and my relationship with them became worse and worse. However, when I had nothing, the only ones who supported me were the two of them...
After listening to Xue Chufan's narration, I think it is a matter of course for him to hate Qi Chengtian, but he did not show any hatred when narrating this past event. His expression was so calm from beginning to end, as if he was telling someone else's story. matter. So I couldn't help but ask, "Do you hate Qi Chengtian?"
His face sank a little, he hesitated for a moment and then smiled again: "Hate, I did hate him very much, even now I have a little bit of hatred for him. However, I am also very grateful to him, because of him I I realize how annoying I was before. I didn't tell you just now that some of the money I got to start a company was obtained by stealing my parents' real estate deeds and loans, while the other part was half-coaxed from relatives and friends. I got it, so after I started the company, I was almost betrayed. Chengtian was almost exactly the same as me at that time. He would do anything for money, even to the closest people. After he cheated the company away, I realized that money is in fact It doesn't matter, family is the most precious thing."
Zhen Zhen suddenly looked at him with wide eyes and asked in doubt, "Since you know that family is the most precious thing, why did you ignore your parents and come here to be a Taoist priest?"
He looked at Zhen Zhen with a smile: "You ask this because you don't know much about learning Taoism, in fact, going to the mountains to learn Taoism doesn't necessarily mean you have to cut ties with your family. There is a saying, 'How can you sweep the world without sweeping a house', As a child, of course, you have to settle down with your parents before you can do what you want to do. Although my company was cheated by Chengtian, there is still some money left. My father is not a person who likes to splurge, and the money is enough for them. Enjoying my old age in peace. And although I studied Taoism here, I would go home to visit my parents every once in a while to fulfill my filial piety. Therefore, there is no conflict between learning Taoism and filial piety to my parents.”
Although Xue Chufan and Qi Chengtian once had a deep hatred, but now it seems that he doesn't hate each other very much. If he is the murderer, I personally think it is unlikely. Moreover, he lives in the mountains for a long time, and the only thing that can harm the other party is the curse in my imagination, which is even more difficult to convince. However, he is also suspect anyway, so it is necessary for me to ask other people in Qinglian Temple to learn more about his situation.
I proposed to see his master, but his face showed embarrassment: "I told you just now that the master will only receive good believers on the first and fifteenth day of the new year, and today is the sixteenth, I have to ask the master for instructions first. That's it." He took us to the main hall of the Taoist temple, let us wait here for a while, and then walked into the inner hall alone.
The main hall of Qinglian Temple is actually not big at all, only about a hundred square meters, and the decoration is also very simple, or there is no decoration at all. The walls are exposed blue brick walls, the floor is a simple stone brick floor, and there is a half-person-height step in the center of the hall, on which are three statues of gods about two meters high. In front of each statue is an old square table with offerings such as incense burners, oil lamps and fruits. I took a closer look and found that there were no lights, not even side wires. In my impression, Xue Chufan's room did not have any electrical appliances, and the water he washed me with to wash off the blood was drawn from a well, so there is no water and electricity here.
There was a man in his fifties who was cleaning the hall. Although he was a little older, he was still very handsome. I said hello to him and expressed my intention, he politely put down the work at hand and nodded to us: "Hello, my name is Wangqing..."
While waiting for Xue Chufan to pass the message to his master, I chatted with Wangqing for a while, and he told me that he was originally an amorous kind, and he once tried to date seven girls at the same time: "Since ancient times, I have been passionate and spared hatred, and this hatred will never end. ... Although I am passionate, I am not a heartless person. I am very serious about every relationship. I don't want to hurt everyone who has loved me, but I didn't expect this to be the biggest damage to them..." He said for more than ten years Before, when he was still in his old age, two girls were jealous because of him. Later, one of them got into the bull's horns for a while, and planned to shoot and scatter twice, and injured his lower body with scissors...
He took a long sigh and smiled at us calmly: "After being hurt by her, I suddenly woke up and got relief from it, and then I came here to learn Taoism." Then I asked him about it. About Xue Chufan, he is happy to tell us—
It was many years ago when Wangheng first came, it must have been ten years, that time he came to the master to ask about his fate. His luck was good. It seemed that it was the first or fifteenth day of the first day of the new year. Anyway, the master was willing to meet guests that day, so he invited him into the inner hall to show him. Because the master communicated with the pilgrims alone in the inner hall each time, I did not know the content of their conversations, but I just remembered that he arrived worried and left with a smile.
I hadn't seen him for several years after that, maybe four or five years ago. He came here for the second time, but this time he broke in angrily. At that time, I really scared him. He looked like he wanted to seek revenge. As soon as he rushed in, he yelled the master's name, and smashed everything on the altar to the ground, almost hitting me too.
Later, when the master heard the noise, he came out of the inner hall and asked him what was going on. He said that the master could not see the picture, and that his company was cheated by his cousin. The master did not rush to refute at that time, but carefully observed his face, and said to him after a while: "What I said is not accurate, didn't I say that there will be storms before you are 30 years old? Now the storms will come! "
He calmed down a little after hearing what the master said, and then the master invited him into the inner hall for a detailed discussion. When they came out, the master told me that he had become my junior brother. He is talented and smart, although he has a shorter time to learn Taoism than me, but after all these years of practice, his understanding of Taoism is better than mine...
According to Wangqing, Xue Chufan, the current Wanghen, came here to learn Taoism after the company was deceived by Qi Chengtian. Then, with his master's enlightenment, he should no longer hold grudges against Qi Chengtian. The dao name "forgetting grudges" probably originated from this!
However, just when I thought that the case of Qi Chengtian's bizarre death should have nothing to do with Xue Chufan, Wangqing smiled at us and said, "Speaking of which, my junior brother is really interesting. When he first came, he didn't focus on learning Taoism. Instead, he wanted to learn some cursing and other tricks to get revenge on his cousin. At that time, he was still pestering me, asking me to teach him? "