<h4>Chapter 106 - Liuxi Vige 12</h4>
Yu Hanjiang and Xiao Lou’s spection was based on connecting all the current known clues together. Grandma Sun and Grandma Qin were likely to be jointlymitting the crime. What was their rtionship with the girl wearing the bracelet, what happened in Liuxi Vige and how was the girl persecuted? It was only by finding out these things that the secrets of Liuxi Vige would be unlocked.
The 30 minutes in the Peach Blossom Spring soon passed and the group was sent out.
Liu Si saw the mountains of the Peach Blossom Spring change to the familiar farnd and was stunned for a moment. Then he whispered softly, “You really know magic...”
He seemed to think of something and his eyes suddenly lit up as he nced at Xiao Lou. “You are so powerful. Can you help me find a way? If Aunt Qin and Grandma Sun are staying in the vige for revenge, how can I expose their true faces?”
He scratched the back of his head in a somewhat distressed manner. Then he said, “The vigers won’t believe anything I say. Besides, they can’t see. If Grandma Sun insists that the vige chief is a fake, the vigers will definitely believe her and not believe me.”
The vige chief had been expelled from the vige. The blind people left in the vige had been brought up by Grandma Sun and Grandma Qin since they were young. They had great trust and respect in the two people. It was difficult for the vigers to be convinced by the vige chief’s one-sided words alone. They had to seize the evidence.
Yu Hanjiang thought of something. “If I remember correctly, Niuniu’s mother mentioned that her sister-inw is going to give birth soon?”
The vige chief turned to him. “How do you know that?”
Of course, they overheard it using the bug. During the time with Niuniu’s mother took her child to see Grandma Sun, she talked about her second brother and his wife. She asked her grandmother to deliver her sister-inw’s child. Grandma Sun also said that she had to prepare early.
Yu Hanjiang asked, “Are you familiar with the person who is about to have a child?”
The vige chief hurriedly nodded. “I know her. Niuniu’s mother’s sister-inw is my cousin, Liu Hui. She married Lin Er next door and became pregnant earlier this year. She wasn’t in good health and had been drinking fetal medicine from Grandma Sun...”
Thinking that there might be the bones of the dead in the medicine, the vige chief was white and his lips slightly quivering. “Do you mean that Grandma Sun is likely to act against Hui Hui’s newborn child?”
Yu Hanjiang spoke seriously. “She killed your vigers and has been taking revenge for so long. She naturally wouldn’t let go of newborns.”
The poor woman. The hardships of pregnancy couldn’t be imagined and Liu Hui went to Grandma Sun to look for medicine. Who would’ve imagined that this olddy would do something to the medicine, causing her child to be born with blindness!
Xiao Lou stated, “On the day of Liu Hui’s birth, Grandma Sun will surely deliver the baby. If the baby is born without ident then it will be blind. If the medicine she gave to the pregnant woman failed and the baby isn’t blind, she will surely try to blind the baby again.”
Liu Si nodded. “It should be that something happened with my mother during pregnancy and I wasn’t born blind. Therefore, when I was a child, Grandma Sun gave me a lot of medicine, saying I wasn’t in good health and needed to recuperate.”
Xiao Lou spected, “There must be ingredients in the medicine that can lead to blindness, as well as the bones of the dead. If the evidence can be found in the medicine she prescribes to the children then the vigers will believe your words!”
Liu Si excitedly clenched his fists and eximed, “Yes! There is the Autumn Harvest Festival in three days. At that time, Grandma Qin will take out her brewed rice wine for everyone to drink. If we can find the bones of the dead in rice wine, she can no longer lie and deceive everyone!”
4 of Spadessted seven days and the Autumn Harvest Festival happened to be on the fifth day. It must be an important plot node of the Spades secret room. Many things would definitely happen on this day.
If it went well, they could seize the evidence that Grandma Sun blinded babies when she delivered the evidence. They could also seize the evidence that Grandma Sun made wines with the bones of the dead when she delivered rice wine to everyone. This would publicize the true faces of the two olddies to the vigers.
Liu Qiao suddenly asked incredulously, “Vige Chief, the vigers in your vige have very strange names. The males seem to have casual names like Lin San (3), Liu Si (4) and Liu Wu (5). Meanwhile, the girls have nice names such as your cousin Liu Hui and Liu Qing who studies medicine with Grandma Sun.
Once everyone heard this, they were startled. Then Xiao Lou reacted violently, “Who gave you your name?”
Liu Si said, “We are all delivered by Grandma Sun and she also gave our names...”
Xiao Lou and Yu Hanjiang nced at each other and they already had an answer in their hearts.
Grandma Sun hated men far more than women. It could be seen from her indifference when naming them. She chose names for them casually like picking up a stray cat from the roadside. She was obviously more attentive when naming the games like Hui Hui and Little Qing.
Yu Hanjiang frowned, folded his arms over his chest and spected, “That year, the richdy who died in Liuxi Vige might be Grandma Sun’s daughter? Is that why she prefers girls?”
Xiao Lou nodded. “I think it is possible. She also taught Little Qing medicine. Perhaps Little Qing is a type of sustenance for her.”
Ye Qi suddenly hit his forehead and spoke excitedly, “I remember that when we were eavesdropping, Little Qin seemed to knock over a lot of Grandma Sun’s medicine. Perhaps she can see too?”
Xiao Lou also remembered this matter and immediately turned back to the vige chief to ask. “ Little Qin seemed to call you Uncle Si. Is she your niece?”
Liu Si nodded. “She is my second cousin’s child. My brother got married at the age of 18 and Little Qing was born the next year. Little Qing is the smartest girl in our vige. Grandma Sun liked her very much and my brother was in favour of letting her learn medicine when she was 14 years old.”
In the remote mountain vige, it wasmon for young men and women to marry early. Little Qing’s parents should be 35 years old and Little Qin was 14 this year. Grandma Sun seemed to have raised her deliberately, teaching her to distinguish a variety of traditional Chinese medicine and checking the pulse to determine the condition. During the eavesdropping, the two of them had a harmonious rtionship. Grandma Sun had patiently taught her a pulse analysis for three hours.
Little Qing identally knocked over the medicine jars and Grandma Sun suspected her of being clumsy. Little Qing had joked at the time, ‘I can’t see and identally knocked it over.’
Xiao Lou thought it was more and more wrong. “Ye Qi’s words are reasonable. Shouldn’t she be able to see? She identally saw the dead bones in Grandma Sun’s medicine and knocked over the medicine jars?”
Yu Hanjiang wondered, “Vige chief, do you know if your niece can see?”
Liu Si scratched his head. “It shouldn’t be? Little Qing was like me. As a child, she often fell and she took a long time to learn how to walk. Then once she grew up, she learned everything faster than her peers. She even learned medicine from Grandma Sun.”
Xiao Lou smiled. “Like you?”
Liu Si was shocked. “Was she also pretending?”
Yu Hanjiang simply said, “We can verify it tomorrow if she is really blind or not.”
Xiao Lou agreed. “You can continue to use the Twin card.”
The vige chief was bewildered. “What card?”
Xiao Lou couldn’t exin. “In any case, we have a way to verify if she is blind.”
Yu Hanjiang suggested, “Act tomorrow. We will go to bed first.”
It was currently two in the morning. They had sneaked into the vige to find Grandma Sun and many idents urred, including saving the vige chief. They were all tired and slept in the farnd next to the tree.
Outside the vige, there was the asional sound of wolves’ howling.’ The vige chief didn’t dare go out of the vige alone and slept under the tree along with these ‘foreigners.’
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The next morning, the group got up to wash and found that the vige was very quiet. Usually, the roosters would call out every morning at 7 o’clock. The vigers would hear the sound of the roosters and get up. However, this morning the entire vige was strangely quiet.
The early morning sun was shining in the vige. Yet by the time the clock pointed at 8 o’clock, there wasn’t the sound of roosters.
Xiao Lou sensed something was wrong. “Howe the vige’s roosters aren’t calling?”
Liu Qiao came over and exined, “All the roosters have been taken away by two challengers.”
Everyone, “.........”
Ye Qi looked at her with confusion. “Liu Qiao, how do you know this?”
Liu Qiao spoke calmly. “I woke up at 4:30 in the morning and couldn’t see. I flew around the vige and found two men sneaking around. They stunned Grandma Qin’s Tibetan mastiff, grabbed her rooster and then sneaked around to catch all the roosters raised by others.”
Ye Qi’s eyes were about to pop out. “Taking all the roosters in the vige, is it for eating?”
If they were really hungry then there were many wild vegetables and fruits on the west mountain. There was also the fish in the pond. There was no need to venture to the vige to catch roosters. Moreover, they couldn’t eat so many roosters.
Xiao Lou didn’t know if he shouldugh or cry. “I think that they caught the roosters to prevent the vigers from waking up on time. After all, we entered Liuxi Vige and received the hint that the vigers were blind and couldn’t feel the sunrise and sunset. They rely on the roosters and hourss to determine this.”
The vige chief agreed. “Yes, we get up every morning when the roosters sing and sleep when the sand in the hourss runs out. Once we can no longer hear the sound of the sand, we will sleep.”
Shao Qingge felt helpless. “These two are really talented at stealing!”
Since the roosters didn’t call out this morning, the vigers didn’t wake up. Most of them were still sleeping at 8 o’clock. It was like oversleeping when the rm clock didn’t ring.
Yu Hanjiang frowned. “The two people changed the time the vigers wake up. It should be to have more time to find the gems?”
Ye Qi couldn’t help spitting out, “Then shouldn’t they have caught all the dogs in the vige to reduce the difficulty?”
Liu Qiao stated, “Someone did think of it.”
“You mean, the dogs were also caught?”
Liu Qiao nodded. “Last night, the vige was very lively. The two men took all the roosters while a man and woman confused the vigers’ dogs. Apart from the Tibetan mastiff that they couldn’t handle, they captured all the other dogs and tied them up.”
Ye Qi, “......”
Talented!
At the beginning of the Financial Crisis secret room, two young men stole a LCD TV to go to prison and clear the instance. This time, the challengers also had many strange ideas. They caught the roosters and stole the dogs. These people would do anything to clear the instance.
It was the next day and there was only one stone left. Everyone obviously couldn’t sit still.
The morning sun was very good and it was somewhat strange for the vige to be so quiet. Liu Qiao stood on top of a 50 metres high tree and could see many challengers shuttling back and forth from the vige, looking nervous as they searched for gems.
There were a few challengers who also came to the farnd on the east side of the vige. They saw Xiao Lou’s group and two girls boldly came forward to ask, “Excuse me, have you found the gems?”
Xiao Lou smiled and shook his head. “No.”
The girl looked at him incredulously. “The five of you haven’t found the gem. Aren’t you worried? There is only one left?”
Xiao Lou replied, “Of course, we are in a hurry. We are trying to think of a n.”
The girls had to turn away and continue searching the field.
The vige chief saw the scene and wondered, “Are these gems important to you?”
Xiao Lou replied, “Yes, the boss told us to find the vige’s gems or we will be punished.”
The vige chief couldn’t help sighing. “Your boss sounds so strict.”
Xiao Lou felt helpless. “Yes.”
A of Spades was definitely strict, throwing challengers into this remote and strange vige. The next day, those who were unable to find gems would be more and more anxious. In a few days, thepetition between challengers would be more intense.
It was best to resolve the two uncertainties of Grandma Sun and Grandma Qin before this. Otherwise, if the challengers realize they have gems and join forces to rob them, it would be difficult to cope.
In order to pretend that they had no gems, Xiao Lou, Yu Hanjiang and Liu Qiao went to the vige to search.
It wasn’t convenient to take the vige chief with them. Shao Qingge and Ye Qi waited at the willows outside the vige while chatting with him.
The vige chief helped them mark several important locations on the map of Liuxi Vige. Yu Hanjiang and Liu Qiao soon found the soon to give birth to Liu Hui. Liu Qiao flew into the trees to check and said, “Her house is part of a row of houses. The bedroom is in the est, the west is the dining room and there was a small kitchen nearby. Lin Hui and her husband are sleeping.”
Yu Hanjiang nodded. “Go to Little Qing’s home.”
At Little Qing’s home, her parents were still sleeping. The 14 year old girl was awake at this time and moving around the yard, apparently wondering why there were no roosters calling. She came to the chicken shed, opened the door to see and her expression slightly changed.
Just then, Liu Qiao deliberately flew to the tree in front of her. Little Qing heard the sound and turned back, just looking at Liu Qiao. She looked at Liu Qiao and the other side was watching her. Little Qing turned her head in an expressionless manner and continued to look after her dog, ignoring Liu Qiao’s existence.
Liu Qiao flew back from the tree and walked over to Xiao Lou and Yu Hanjiang. “I can change into her.”
Yu Hanjiang had returned the Twin Card to her after using itst night. The eight hours cooldown time had ended and she just saw Little Qing. The conditions of the transformation had been met and then Little Qing appeared in front of them.
Yu Hanjiang asked, “How is it?”
Liu Qiao spoke softly, “She can see.”
Xiao Lou and Yu Hanjiang nced at each other before continuing to look for Grandma Sun.
Grandma Sun also woke up and was making medicine. The three people dropped a bug at Grandma Sun’s house. Then they heard footsteps behind him and the three people immediately left with their invisibility cloak.
At 9 in the morning, the vigers finally woke up and found that their roosters and dogs were gone. They went to look for the vige chief and found that he had also disappeared. The people had to go and find Grandma Sun.
The surroundings suddenly became a mess.
“Grandma, the roosters didn’t call this morning and my wife and I overslept!”
“Me too. I woke up and looked at the chicken shed. My roosters and hens are gone. Were they stolen to be eaten?”
“Grandma, the hourss in the middle of the vige seems to be broken. We can’t hear the sound of sand.”
“My dog is gone too!”
“Yes, I just went to the vige chief and as a result, the vige chief is gone!”
“Don’t be noisy!” Grandma Sun interrupted everyone in a cold manner. “I have said that the vige chief has a problem. He must’ve joined with the outsiders to steal our things. Everyone, remember this. If youter hear the vige chief’s voice, don’t believe him no matter what he says!”
The group of people were very puzzled. “How could the vige chief do this?” Liu Si isn’t such a person. We grew up together and he is very good. He often helped our family grab water...” “Yes, how can he join forces with outsiders against us?”
At this time, Grandma Qin came over and spoke in a hoarse voice. “Yesterday, I felt Liu Si was wrong. I told him that the seven gems in our vige are valuable treasures and could be exchanged for a lot of money. I also told him that the seven gems were distributed in a formation. I think he must’ve be greedy and cooperate with outsiders to sell the gems for money.”
The vigers believed the words of the two people and suddenly scolded. “I didn’t expect Liu Si to actually be this type of person!” “So disappointing!” “I can’t believe we called him vige chief!”
In the crowd, only Little Qing was expressionless as she stared nkly into the distance.
These voices came from Ye Qi’s bug and Liu Si heard them. His face was white and he clenched his fists, nails piercing his palms and his body shaking. “They... they are speaking nonsense! Aunt Qin didn’t tell that these gems are worth anything. She only said that the gems could crack the curse. The one in my own home was stolen. How could I join with outsiders?”
Xiao Lou looked at Yu Hanjiang and spoke in a low voice. “It seems that even if Group Leader Yu didn’t pretend to be the vige chiefst night, the vige chief would’vee looking for Grandma Sun. Grandma Sun would’ve driven him out of the vige because he became suspicious.”
The vige chief being expelled should be a fixed plot of 4 of Spades. However, they messed it up and this matter happened ahead of time.
Yu Hanjiang stated, “Grandma Qin and Grandma Sun will throw all the dirty water on the vige chief.
Liu Qiao was also wearing an invisibility cloak and the three people quickly left the scene. She said to Xiao Lou, “Professor Xiao, Grandma Qin should also be able to see.”
Xiao Lou nodded. “I know. I found that Grandma Qin and Grandma Sun nced at each other several times when sshing dirty water on the vige chief.”
Blind people couldn’t see so urately. Grandma Sun and Grandma Qin were obviously aplices and could see. They colluded to sully the vige chief.
They didn’t expect that more than one person could see in Liuxi Vige. Little Qing said nothing. It was unknown what she was thinking. Perhaps she was wondering if she should help Uncle Si or continue to follow the grandmother?
The information at the beginning of the secret room was very misleading. So far, they had found four people who could see. If they challengers were careless and thought that the vigers were gically blind, they might’ve been knocked out by A of Spades.
Yu Hanjiang and Xiao Lou nced at each other. “Wait for the Autumn Harvest. Something will definitely happen on that day.”