Continuation of "Gone with the Wind"

Chapter 64 Murder

It's just that when she was about to act, she was stopped by Landria's voice: "Okay, Angela, your lunch is ready, you can go and eat them all." Then she said to Jack "By the way, Jack, I've worked hard for you just now. You probably haven't eaten lunch yet, have you? I asked someone to prepare one for you. I don't know if you're used to it." When she spoke, her eyes seemed to be inadvertently Looking at him, Jack immediately withdrew that terribly bright expression. He realized what he had done just now, and suddenly felt uneasy.He didn't dare to say anything more, bowed his head and followed the servant leading the way to the dining room on the other side after bowing to the lord.This road has become long in his mind, in fact it is really long, so long that people who eat there will never hear what is said on this side.

Scarlett looked at Lanli's adaptability with admiration, applauding her wisdom in her heart.If I want to break this situation, I am afraid that I will tell Jack's appearance mercilessly and order him to restrain himself, which will embarrass everyone in the end.It's not that she can't be tactful, but it also depends on the kind of person she is dealing with.She has long been used to being straightforward with Jack. In fact, this is a manifestation of their closer relationship, but she hasn't realized it yet.

Lan Li watched Jack walk into the dining room until she breathed a sigh of relief.She wasn't worried that Angela would ask Jack about what happened just now. She had already taught her not to speak while eating, and sent a servant to watch over her.And just to be on the safe side, she also asked someone to fry a salmon, which was Angela's favorite food.Because she was stuck eating fish before, she dare not say a word when eating fish now.As for Jack, she could see from his expression that he regretted his behavior just now (that behavior was not rude, she liked him very much, but it just made her a little uncomfortable), so he would not talk to Angela again. what.She turned her head to face Scarlett, and the expression on her face became very serious and serious.

Scarlett could also see from her expression that what she was going to say was very important, and she couldn't help becoming nervous.

"Scarlett." Lan Li looked at her with a low voice, "Do you still remember what I told you just now?"

"No, that's impossible." Scarlett realized at once what she was talking about, and it made sense, but she couldn't believe it, she couldn't believe it. "How could such a young child, you saw it just now, he, he is very sensible." She said this with a little confidence. The abnormally shining light on Jack's face just now made her feel lingering. What a good sign.

"I'm also very reluctant to speculate that he did it. But if it wasn't for him, everything would be coincidental and unexplainable." Lan Li's face became serious, "Many people's homes have been destroyed, People were also injured, but only the doctor's house where he was staying, the old gentleman and the old lady were dead, and it was obvious that they were killed. Jack was not killed and has been missing since, The police did not find him. Because there were no witnesses, it became an unsolved case in the end. But others said it was the child who killed him. Otherwise, why did he not die and ran away? He must have fled in fear of crime. I heard that he was brought Afraid of taking responsibility, the Chinese officials erased all his records without even an explanation. I also wonder, didn’t his family want to ask for an explanation?”

"But, Lanli." Scarlett argued hard, "There is no evidence for all of this. You also said that it is just your guess. It may not be true. Jack told me how he came from the north to the south. He forgot, too, and he wouldn't lie to me, I can assure you of that. Besides, if he did that and then forced himself to forget it, why would he have to get it back? My own memory?" She didn't even dare to say the word "kill" now.She felt absurdly that as long as she didn't say those two words, Jack must have never done "that kind of thing".

"What you said makes sense." Lan Li didn't fully agree, "But have you ever thought about how a teenager traveled such a long distance from Hartford in the north to Charleston in the south? of?"

"Of course I've thought about it." Scarlett said unconvinced, "but I really can't think of it. Maybe he's a lucky man, and he ran so far alone?" Even she herself felt that this was not convincing.

"That's impossible." Lan Li flatly denied, "The distance is too far, and there are so many mountains and plains in the middle. Although the war has long passed, the road is still not peaceful, and there are often robbery gangs. It's impossible for him to have too much money on him - even if he did, it's useless. Also, even if he was good at geography in school, how could he know so many different places if he had never traveled far? , Can you come out of the forest full of Indians unscathed?"

"He's not unscathed." Scarlett finally found a breakthrough. "I saw him the first time I saw him. He had a scar on the back of his head, but he's almost healed now."

"In that case, maybe it can explain why he can't remember his experience." Lan Li suddenly realized, "If he is hit in the back of the head by someone or something, it is also possible to lose his memory."

"You're right." Scarlett said eagerly as if she had grasped a life-saving straw, "Maybe it was the murderer who killed those two people and tried to kill Jack to silence them. Jack was killed, but was killed." Knocked out, lost memory, but still alive."

"But why did the murderer do this?" Lan Li still did not give up her suspicion of Jack, "Dr. Duncan's family should not have much money, and the two of them have a good reputation in the local area, so no one will hold grudges. If there is If something is worth killing for it, probably only Dr. Duncan’s miraculous secret recipe of hypnotism. Except for the doctor himself and a few patients who have been treated by him, only Mrs. Duncan and Jack know about it.”

"What secret recipe?" Scarlett had never heard of hypnotism, and even if she had, she might not know it.

"Dr. Duncan is different from other doctors, and the patients he sees are also different from others." Lan Li explained to her, "Those people didn't come to see him because of any physical illness. It's a heart disease. Most of the time, Dr. Duncan listened to their illnesses, and he just needed a little enlightenment. But sometimes, when encountering very serious patients, simple language enlightenment is ineffective-this is the case with Angela, I don’t know if Jack cured her with hypnotism, if so, then—” Seeing Scarlett’s complexion changed suddenly, she quickly adjusted the direction of the conversation, “It’s time to use hypnotism. I can’t describe it well either. What is going on, in short, it is very miraculous, like magic. The doctor just repeated a few words. After a while, Angela seemed to fall asleep, and she couldn't wake up. The strangest thing is what the doctor asked her to do She just did whatever she wanted to do, and she would tell everything in detail when asked her. But I still remember that when the doctor asked her why she was sad, she looked very painful and dared not say anything. The doctor finally There was nothing I could do, and I patted her hands three times to wake her up. Before we left, the doctor was still very guilty, saying that it was the first time he met a patient whose hypnotism could not be cured. His money was confiscated. I still remember that he wanted to give me my address, saying that there was still something wrong with his method, and he would notify me after he studied and improved it carefully. But unexpectedly, he was killed within a few months It's gone." Her expression was very heavy, with a bit of sadness.

"But you can't conclude that Jack must have done that kind of thing based on this." Scarlett was shocked in her heart, because she was too shocked, so she couldn't believe it. "By the way, the whole of the United States is so big, so there shouldn't be only one Dr. Duncan who knows what kind of hypnotism. Besides, if he really did it, it would be fine to hide in a nearby city. Why did he go to Charleston? You too Having said that, he can’t run so far alone, can he?”

"What if he's not alone?" Lan Li's expression became very strange, and her tone made Scarlett very uncomfortable.

"What do you mean?" Scarlett vaguely guessed what she meant, but she didn't want to say it herself.

"Can you tell me in detail the first time you met him and what happened with him afterwards?" Lan Li didn't answer directly, but asked her this question instead.

Scarlett collected herself and overcame the unhappiness caused by Langley's distrust of Jack.She didn't know whether she was angry with Lanli or Jack. In fact, she was angry with herself, angry that she didn't know either of them at all.She carefully sorted out what happened after she met Jack, and then told her in detail according to Langley's request, but she concealed the part about Rhett, and she also omitted the strange carriage.The former is her secret, and the latter she thinks has nothing to do with Jack.After listening to Lanli, she fell into deep thought. Scarlett didn't bother her, and she was also thinking about things related to Lanli.

My terrible premonition turned out to be true.Scarlett couldn't imagine that the noble, elegant, understanding, intelligent and eloquent Landria, the daughter of Savannah's aristocratic Stoke family, had actually been to the north and was the wife of the Yankees.And Angela, half of the blood on such a cute little angel belongs to a Yankee who makes her sick just thinking about it, it's just too scary!She must have been forced, Scarlett insisted on this idea in her heart, she thought of what she had heard before about Yankee soldiers ruining noble ladies in the south in the occupied territory, and felt that Landria had also encountered this. It was extremely painful to see this kind of thing, but there was also a hope that made her feel ashamed: Maybe Lanli wasn't forced, maybe she was voluntary.