Volume 2: Jade Promise Chapter 127 Who is the mastermind behind this?
Having said that, Tang Zheng waved at Xu Qingyan again and asked him to tell him the results of the investigation.
After hearing Xu Qingyan's answer, Tang Zheng showed a smile on his face, with an expression that everything was under control.
"All mysteries have been solved! The murderer is among us..." Tang Zheng looked around at the people surrounding him and said seriously, "Of course, it's impossible!"
"Master, please stop playing around and speak properly!" Tang Xiaotang couldn't help but complain after hearing Tang Zheng's opening remarks.
"Ahem, okay, actually, the mastermind behind this is..." Tang Zheng looked at the expectant expressions of the crowd and suddenly stopped: "Wait, don't be in a hurry, before the announcement, I want to ask Ning Mo a question."
"If you knew who the mastermind behind this was, would you hate him?" Tang Zheng suddenly asked.
Ning Mo clenched his fists and said decisively: "Of course, this manipulator behind the scenes not only made my sister's life and death unknown for ten years, but also made me unable to sleep and eat day and night. How can I not hate him? How can I not hate him?"
Tang Zheng looked at Ning Mo's face full of hatred and shook his head with some sighs: "For many people and things, what we see may not necessarily be the truth, what we hear may not necessarily be the truth, and what we feel may even less likely be the truth. Most of the time, it is easy to hate someone, but it is very difficult to love someone..."
Hearing Tang Zheng's sigh, everyone present showed a thoughtful look. Although Tang Zheng's words were a bit abrupt and inexplicable, if you think about it carefully, you will find that they make sense.
"Okay, I'm a humorous detective, not a sensational novelist. Let's get to the point. On that night ten years ago, the mastermind behind the scene was none other than Ning Mo's sister, Ning Jing herself!" Just when everyone was lost in thought because of Tang Zheng's sigh, he suddenly threw out this surprising answer.
Silence. The main room of Shiju suddenly fell into a brief silence.
Because this answer was beyond everyone's expectations.
"Master, how is this possible? The mastermind behind this is Ning Mo's sister, Ning Jing herself. What was her motive? She was finally reunited with her biological brother, and she was living well on the first night. Why did she ask Yingshan's people to kill her the next day, and finally made her life or death unknown?! This doesn't make sense, right?" Tang Xiaotang was outspoken, and when she heard Tang Zheng's shocking answer, she immediately jumped out to express her doubts.
Tang Zheng folded his fan and waved it gently. He seemed to have anticipated Xiao Tang's question. He smiled calmly and said, "This is a very good question! What is the motive? I have been thinking about this question of motive since the beginning of this mystery. Ning Mo told me that everything was normal on the first night he returned to Shiju ten years ago. It was not until the night of the second day that this mystery happened."
"If Ning Mo thought that the mastermind behind the scenes was targeting him, then why didn't he take action on the first night after returning home when he was most tired and emotionally unstable? Why didn't he take action the next day when he was alone at home? Even if he wanted to torture Ning Mo by assassinating his own sister, why didn't Ning Jing take action the next day when she was alone outside?"
"It's understandable that he missed one of these better opportunities, but he missed it three times? That only means that the real target of the murderer behind the scenes is not Ning Mo. The motive for creating the mystery is not what Ning Mo speculated, which is to avenge him for the huge damage he caused to the demon race when he served in the spy camp."
After hearing Tang Zheng's analysis, everyone present couldn't help but nod secretly.
The assassin Ning Mo encountered at that time was Yingshan's man. With Yingshan's ability as an assassin, it is absolutely impossible for him to miss the perfect opportunity for assassination three times in a row. Once could be a coincidence, but three times could only mean that there was another hidden secret.
"But, Master, if the motive of the mastermind is not revenge against Mo, then what is his motive? Didn't Ning Mo say that his sister Ning Jing is very kind? And over the years, he has repeatedly asked the old neighbors around, and they all said that Ning Jing did not offend anyone."
"Oh, I forgot. Master, you said that Ning Jing herself was the mastermind behind this. Then, she was targeting herself, or her brother Ning Mo. This makes it even more incredible!" Tang Xiaotang scratched his head and asked with a confused look on his face.
Tang Zheng smiled and shook his head: "Ning Mo's repeated investigations over the past ten years have yielded no problems. Ning Jing is indeed very kind, and she doesn't have any deep hatred or enemies. The reason why Ning Mo's investigations yielded nothing is because he was going in the wrong direction."
"The direction... is wrong?" Ning Mo, who had been silent, murmured in confusion.
Tang Zheng snapped his fingers: "That's right, the direction is wrong. In the past ten years, your heart has been filled with hatred, and the direction you are pursuing is also hatred. Who hates you, who hates Ning Jing... But! The cause of the mystery that night ten years ago was not because of hatred, but because of love!"
"Such a bizarre case can be caused by love? What does it mean, Master? Can you stop playing guessing games?" The impatient Tang Xiaotang was almost driven crazy by Tang Zheng revealing the answer bit by bit.
"Of course, that's why I said that it's difficult to love someone. Do you remember what Ning Mo said about the night he returned home? Everything in the world has a cause and an effect. The first night Ning Mo returned home, he told Ning Jing a story to put her to sleep, just like he did ten years ago, and he also hid a surprise. These two things became the first cause of the case on the second night... Ning Mo, do you still remember what stories you told and what surprises you hid?" Tang Zheng turned to Ning Mo and asked.
Ning Mo nodded as he reminisced. "That night, I told my sister some stories about my battles with the demon tribe in the army... As for the surprise, I wanted to tell my sister the next day when we had dinner together that I had retired and would always be with her. Unfortunately, in the end, I was unable to tell her the news..."
After listening to Ning Mo's recollections, Tang Xiaotang tilted her head and thought for a while: "The story of fighting the demons, the news of his retirement... these should not be anything special. Could these make Ning Jing crazy? Her brother is a soldier. It is natural for him to kill and hate the demons. It's okay for her to not know that her brother has retired. After ten years of separation, she can wait for another two years or ask her brother if he can retire and go home the next day. Is it necessary to go to great lengths to make herself disappear?"
Tang Zheng nodded and said, "If it's just these two things, of course not, but if it's coupled with another thing, Ning Jing will be completely pushed into a desperate situation ."
"What's the matter?" everyone asked in unison.
Tang Zheng pointed to the cellar and said, "The matter of the strange skeleton buried deep in the Ning family's cellar!"
