False evidence

Chapter 443 Head-on Confrontation (8)

Lü Xin was extremely talented in languages. He was not only skilled in ventriloquism, but also familiar with the dialects of many places due to his travels throughout the country in his early years.

He told me that what Chen Zudao had just said wasn't a dialect, but rather the language of a minority group living in the Sichuan-Yunnan region. He didn't understand the specific meaning either.

Luo Yinsheng had lived in the area for quite some time, so it's not surprising that he could understand it.

Although Tang Xianzong attended university locally, he speaks with a heavy Northwestern accent, which indicates that he does not have much talent for languages.

It is well known that, unless there are special reasons, a person who has no talent for languages ​​will find it difficult to remember the meaning of a language even if they have heard it before.

However, judging from Tang Xianzong's reaction just now, he clearly understood the meaning of that sentence immediately.

Gu Haitao realized what was happening and explained on Tang Xianzong's behalf:
“When Qiaomei and I got married, Xianzhong attended our wedding. At that time, a guest from an ethnic minority group drank too much and said this. Qiaomei told me that the sentence meant to recognize a godparent. Xianzhong also heard it, so he understood the meaning.”

Tong Xiangnan said, "That reason is barely acceptable, but even if his memory is excellent, it would still take him some time to process what he said from more than 20 years ago."

As soon as he finished speaking, Bian Yaoshuang suddenly walked up to Tang Xianzong, looked at him with a half-smile, and said:

"You've been found out, aren't you leaving? Don't you want to go back?"

Tang Xianzong's expression changed, and then his whole body visibly trembled.

The next second, he seemed half-asleep, and asked in a daze, "What just happened?"

Bian Yaoshuang smiled but didn't say anything.

Gu Haitao repeated his previous statement again, and this time Tang Xianzong just looked blank.
"Is this what Qiaomei's side of the conversation is saying? What does it mean?"

I called Shuanzhu to my side and asked Gu Haitao, "Haven't you thought of anything?"

"what?"

“You really forgot who you are now.” I tapped my face. “When you saw your son, you subconsciously spoke to him like a father. His reaction was quite interesting.”

Gu Haitao's expression changed. "I told him to kowtow, and he kowtowed... He knows I'm his father!"

“Your daughter-in-law knows too,” Wei Lan said. “Not only does she know, she also knows about witchcraft and black magic.”

While picking his teeth, Xiao Shen mumbled, "How interesting, the son actually swapped his own father with someone else."

Erpang scratched his head: "Switching my paralyzed father with a young man. Is that considered filial piety?"

Wei Lan shook her head slightly, turned to me and said:

"The use of the Venerable One to exchange souls has a time limit. If the souls cannot be exchanged back within a certain time, both of them will die."

Xiao Shen chuckled twice: "So it wasn't filial piety, it was killing someone without them even realizing it."

"Ha ha ha ha……"

Gu Haitao suddenly burst into laughter, but his eyes were filled with grief and indignation. "This is the good son I raised with my own hands!"

I asked Bian Yaoshuang: What happened with Tang Xianzhong just now?

Bian Yaoshuang said, "He was possessed by the soul of another person. The other party was quite sensible, otherwise I would have really detained that soul."

Gu Haitao had calmed down by this time and asked Tang Xianzong:

"Who are these people who came?"

"There were ten people in total, men and women, young and old, all unfamiliar faces. Shirley said they were all doctors invited to treat you."

Tang Xianzong looked at the anchor post at my feet, his expression somewhat strange, "How could it be such a coincidence..."

"Where is the coincidence?" Tong Xiangnan asked.

“There are exactly ten of you.” Tang Xianzong pointed at Xiao Shen San. “You brought a child, and the other side also has a little boy. You brought a dog, and the other side brought a cat.”

"This is actually quite interesting." Tong Xiangnan gave me a deep look. Xiao Shen jumped off his chair, walked over, and said:
"Stop counting heads, everyone go down, meet the other side, and say hello."

Gu Haitao nodded with a stern face. "What should I do now?"

Tong Xiangnan said, "Just do as we agreed before. You should say you are Luo Yinsheng. Mr. Tang is deliberately testing you, so just be vague and don't let them tell the truth from the falsehood."

“I have difficulty moving around, so I won’t go down.” Wei Lan maneuvered her wheelchair to the window and looked out. “It’s the same for me here.”

The group followed Gu Haitao downstairs to the main house.

The lavish furnishings in the hall were a world apart from those in Luo Yinsheng's room.

As soon as I entered, I saw at least three 'familiar faces'.

Luo Yinsheng sat crookedly in his wheelchair, his eyes initially filled with panic, but as soon as he saw me, his eyes lit up.

"What are you doing here too?" Chen San, who was of the same generation as my grandfather, asked me.

"I came with a friend." I gestured towards Gu Haitao, but I couldn't help feeling puzzled.

Chen San was in charge of distributing the 'medical appointment slips', and the red invitation should have been sent to the master by him.

The master had already told him that Erpang was his successor, and now he was considered the ninth son of the Kumu Hall.

Why does he seem genuinely unaware of why Erpang and I are here?
Another person I knew was Luo Liu, a quack doctor I had met at a traditional Chinese medicine clinic in my hometown.

He simply nodded slightly to me, as if he had completely forgotten that he had helped Sun Jing escape from the hospital last time.

The rest of the people were indeed men and women, among whom a fat old man with completely white hair and beard and a boy of eleven or twelve years old stood out the most.

According to the original plan, Gu Haitao was supposed to start behaving like the host as soon as he entered.

But at this moment, he didn't do anything at all, just staring blankly at one of the women.

The woman was no more than twenty years old, with a plain face and a fairly good appearance.

I coughed lightly, intending to remind Gu Haitao that he should take action, but he suddenly walked up to the girl, scratched his head, and said:

“You slept with me, but I just can’t remember who left the hotel first that morning.”

The girl frowned: "What nonsense are you talking about? I don't know you at all!"

"Did I remember wrong?" Gu Haitao scratched his head again.

Gao whispered to me, "She blinked three times in one sentence—this woman is lying."

Tong Xiangnan opened his mouth slightly, as if he had thought of something, then closed it again.

"Brother Gao, is this an occupational hazard for you detectives? You always seem a bit off about everyone?" I said with a laugh, without deliberately lowering my voice.

Now I understand why Gu Haitao paid special attention to that girl.

He once said that when he 'transformed' from Luo Yinsheng into Gu Haitao, he woke up in a small hotel.

And this girl was the one he had shared a bed with the night before.

Upon meeting, some of the questions that had been raised were already answered.

The soul swap between Gu Haitao and Luo Yinsheng was a deliberate conspiracy. The aim was to kill Luo Yinsheng. However, the mastermind behind this conspiracy was Luo Yinsheng's son and daughter-in-law.

Gu Haitao, that lecherous man, somehow ended up being chosen as a tool to be used.

I deliberately pointed out Gao He's profession to give Gu Haitao and Luo Yinsheng an extra layer of security.

Even if the other party wanted to use underhanded tactics, they couldn't just act recklessly in front of Captain Gao.

(End of this chapter)