Chapter 56: The Crime Scene

  Tang Xiaosheng suddenly broke free from the rope tied to his hand, and Xia Bai was shocked. What surprised him even more was that after Tang Xiaosheng had struck his right arm, it became numb and he couldn't exert any strength, as if it were paralyzed.

  Fortunately, Tang Xiaosheng's feet were still tied with rope, and he was not convenient to move. Xia Bai seized the opportunity, hurriedly bent down, picked up the dagger that had fallen on the ground with his left hand, and prepared to fight Tang Xiaosheng to the death.

  Xia Bai had a clear understanding of himself, and he knew that if he launched a direct attack on Tang Xiao Sheng, he would definitely be at a disadvantage. Since Tang Xiao Sheng's movements were restricted due to his injured foot, it was difficult for him to change direction quickly. Therefore, Xia Bai decided to constantly change positions, attempting to launch a surprise attack from behind Tang Xiao Sheng.

  Tang Xiaosheng had seen through Xia Bai's intentions early on, but his legs were bound by ropes and he was helpless. He could only keep shaking his legs back and forth, constantly adjusting the direction of his body, trying to make his front face Xia Bai.

  Just doing so is extremely physically exhausting and not a long-term solution. After persisting for several minutes, Tang Xiaosheng felt a bit weak, his legs went soft, and he couldn't jump anymore. If this continued, he would eventually collapse from exhaustion.

  He thought of using his hands to untie the rope on his feet, but unfortunately, the rope was tied in a dead knot and couldn't be untied. Moreover, Xia Bai was now staring at him with a fierce gaze, ready to pounce on him at any moment, he didn't have time to untie the rope.

  Tang Xiaosheng's only thought was the "Double Feet Entwining Technique" that Little Dragon Maiden had taught him last night, which was exactly the same principle as the "Double Hands Entwining Technique", and he could use it to struggle free from the ropes binding his feet.

  However, Tang Xiaosheng had never practiced this skill before, and he didn't know what the effect would be. But the current situation did not allow him to think too much, so he began to perform the "Double Hand Sealing Technique", while simultaneously circulating the "Reversal of Meridians Method" in his body, instantly reversing the hand meridian and foot meridian, swapping their positions.

  According to Little Dragon Girl's introduction, the "Interlocking Legs Technique" is actually the result of simultaneously applying the "Interlocking Hands Technique" and the "Reversal of Meridians Method".

  Xia Bai, who was standing beside him, didn't know what Tang Xiaosheng was up to either. Seeing that he wasn't moving, she thought it was an opportunity for a sneak attack. She gritted her teeth and rushed out quickly, waving the dagger in her left hand towards Tang Xiaosheng.

  Pffft! Pffft! Pffft!

  Just as all hope seemed lost, Tang Xiaosheng suddenly opened and closed his legs, stretched out and bent them, and with a strange movement under his feet, he instantly sprang into the air, jumping two meters away, landing steadily on the ground. The rope tied to his ankle, however, remained in its original position.

  Seeing the rope under his feet had come loose, Tang Xiaosheng was also extremely excited.

  He successfully performed the "Double Foot Interlocking Technique"!

  Thanks to Tang Xiaosheng's timely dodge, Xia Bai's dagger stabbed forward and missed, her body stumbled, almost falling over.

  Before he could steady himself, Tang Xiaosheng rushed forward and swiftly flew out from the side of Xia Bai, aiming accurately at the "Yuan Ye" acupoint under Xia Bai's right arm with his right finger.

  Xia Bai only felt a numbness under her armpits, and suddenly her whole body was in unbearable pain, her hands and feet seemed to be fixed in place, unable to move.

  "Ah!!"

  At this moment, Tang Xiaosheng flew up with one foot and kicked hard at Xia Bai's buttocks. Xia Bai let out a miserable cry and instantly flew out, drawing a low arc in the air before heavily falling to the ground.

  Tang Xiaosheng let out a slight sigh of relief, picked up the dagger that had fallen to the ground, walked slowly over to Xia Bai's side, squatted down, and with a flash of the dagger, pressed it against Xia Bai's throat. In a calm tone, he asked: "You said if I use this dagger to pierce through your throat like a skewer through lamb meat, what would be the consequences?"

  At this time, Xia Bai had been hit by the numbness point and his whole body was in a paralyzed state. He had no resistance power left, not even able to speak clearly, and trembled: "Tang... Tang Xiao Sheng, you killed me... also have to go to jail!"

  Tang Xiaosheng smiled and said, "You're a fugitive. If I tell the police that you took out a dagger to kill me, and I accidentally killed you in self-defense, what do you think of this idea?"

  Xia Bai's face changed suddenly, and he hastily begged: "Please spare me, I'll give you benefits."

  Tang Xiaosheng asked with some curiosity: "What benefits? Tell me about it."

  Xia Bai hastily appeased: "I... I'll let Dragon Xiaoxue go to you, and in the future won't... won't compete with you again."

  Tang Xiaosheng shook his head and said: "Mr. Xia, you're really good at joking, Long'er was mine to begin with."

  Xia Bai thought for a moment and then said urgently, "I'll give you money, one million! Go to the White Egret Hotel and find my two bodyguards. Tell them I sent you."

  Tang Xiaosheng sank and asked: "Was this one million originally prepared for Hu Dajiang?"

  Xia Bai nodded slightly.

  Tang Xiaosheng sighed and said, "Mr. Xia, you're really ruthless. You knew that Hu Dajiang was short of money to treat his father's illness, but you still used this one million to lure him, and now Hu Dajiang is in prison."

  At this time, the dagger was placed on his neck, and Xia Bai didn't dare to say a word, hurriedly saying: "It's my fault, I'm an idiot!"

  Tang Xiaosheng slowed down and said lightly: "Looking at your sincerity, I'll accept this one million."

  As soon as he heard this, Xia Bai's pale face suddenly regained a hint of color, and he thanked him gratefully: "Thank you for sparing my life."

  But unexpectedly, Tang Xiaosheng shook his head and smiled, saying: "Who said I wouldn't kill you? I want your money, and I also want your life. You can rest assured!" After finishing speaking, he swung the dagger in his hand fiercely towards Xia Bai's head!

  "Ah, don't kill me, don't kill me, don't kill me..."

  Hmph!

  A dull thud, and the surroundings suddenly fell silent.

  Tang Xiaosheng was motionless, and Xia Bai was also motionless.

  A moment later.

  Xia Bai slowly opened his eyes, dazed for a moment, and unexpectedly found that he hadn't died. His gaze swept around, only to see a dagger stuck in the ground right in front of him.

  It turned out that Tang Xiaosheng didn't really want to kill Xia Bai, he just wanted to scare him. The dagger wasn't inserted into his head, but rather into the ground in front of him. Murder is against the law, and Tang Xiaosheng knew this principle well. Although he didn't like Xia Bai, there was no need for him to take such a huge risk to kill him.

  "Wooooo... Wooooo... Wooooo..."

  At this time, Xia Bai was perhaps shocked too much and actually burst into loud wailing like a child. Tang Xiao Sheng glanced around and only then discovered that there was a puddle of water on the ground where Xia Bai lay, probably because Xia Bai had been so scared that he wet his pants.

  Listening to this big man crying non-stop, Tang Xiaosheng also felt annoyed, secretly mobilizing his internal force, his right hand lightly swung out, using the "Lan Flower Brushing Acupoint Hand", tapping two times on Xia Bai's back, knocking him unconscious to the ground.

  Slowly, Tang Xiaosheng stood up, took out his mobile phone and immediately called Lin Shishi. On the one hand, he reported to her, on the other hand, he hitched a ride with her back home. The location where Tang Xiaosheng was currently located was the northernmost part of Beijing's North Suburbs, if he walked back on foot, it would take at least two hours to reach the city center.

  The phone rang three times before it was answered, and Tang Xiaosheng said: "Officer Lin, I've found Xia Bai."

  "Really? Where is it?"

  "The northernmost part of Beijiao, about three kilometers north of XX village, just keep going north along the small road and you'll be fine."

  "So far away? How did you find such a remote place?"

  "It's a long story, but Xia Bai originally planned to kill me, fortunately I subdued him."

  "Are you okay?"

  "It's okay. I'll come over quickly."

  "I'm leaving now and will arrive in an hour at the latest, you be careful."

  After finishing the phone call with Lin Shishi, Tang Xiaosheng squatted on the spot for a while. In such a desolate and remote place, being alone was a bit boring, but the bigger problem was that he still hadn't had dinner yet, and he was getting quite hungry.

  He patted his slightly concave belly, and Tang Xiaosheng finally stood up, scanning the surroundings. He found that about one or two kilometers south, there were more lights gathered together, probably a village or small market. Since he had nothing better to do, he decided to walk over and take a look, hoping to find a small shop to eat something first.

  He walked along the dirt road, heading south for about twenty minutes before finally finding a small, unassuming eatery by the side of the road. He went in, intending to buy instant noodles to fill his stomach, but unfortunately, the store didn't have any instant noodles, so he ended up buying bread instead.

  After buying bread, Tang Xiaosheng did not leave, but instead stayed in the small grocery store to wait for Lin Shishi. Because this place is on the way to the northern suburbs, Lin Shishi will definitely come here first if she rushes over.

  In the small restaurant, there was a 14-inch color TV playing a CBA game, with Qingdao team led by Tracy McGrady competing against Zhejiang team. Tang Xiaosheng was eating bread while watching the CBA game.

  The game was very intense, and in the end, McGrady and his Qingdao team won 106-97 against Jiangsu team at home, finally welcoming their first win of the season after a long 12-game losing streak.

  After watching the game, Tang Xiaosheng's mood was not bad, he liked this feeling of being bitter first and then sweet.

  Unconsciously, more than half an hour had passed, and the time had come to 9:30 in the evening. Lin Shishi should have arrived by now. Tang Xiaosheng left the snack bar and stood patiently on the side of the road waiting.

  Sure, here is the translation:

  As expected, in less than ten minutes, a Chevrolet sedan came driving from the south on the main road. Tang Xiaosheng recognized at a glance that it was Lin Shishi's car, so he walked to the middle of the road and waved his hand to signal her.

  "Sorry to keep you waiting." Lin Shishi said apologetically as she pulled the car up in front of Tang Xiaosheng.

  "Officer Lin, don't be so polite, your speed is already quite fast." Tang Xiaosheng opened the Chevrolet car door and sat in the front passenger seat.

  "What about Xia Bai?" Lin Shishi turned her head and asked with concern.

  "It's just over there." Tang Xiaosheng pointed ahead.

  Then Lin Shishi restarted the car and drove north along the small road, heading to where Xia Bai was unconscious.

  On the way, Lin Shishi mentioned some information about Xia Bai. Xia Bai was arrested by the police more than ten days ago and then was put under criminal detention in prison. In prison, Xia Bai was bullied by many prisoners. Among these prisoners, most of them were once loan sharks who were let go by Xia Bai and eventually forced to commit illegal acts when they had no way out.

  It turned out that Xia Bai's father, Xia Zhengming, was the president of the Egret Group. Three years ago, he handed over the management of the Egret Hotel to Xia Bai, giving him a chance to hone his skills. As a result, Xia Bai mismanaged the hotel, resulting in severe losses. To hide this fact from his father, Xia Bai decided to make up for the losses by illegally issuing high-interest loans and making exorbitant profits, which led some borrowers to lose everything and eventually turn to crime.

  He didn't expect that after being put in prison, he would run into these debtors and suffer all sorts of hardships.

  A few days later, Xia Bai could no longer bear it and after repeatedly asking the prison guards for help to no avail, he decided to escape from detention. After escaping, he found out that his father, Xia Zhengming, had fallen ill in the hospital upon learning about his involvement in hiring thugs to beat people up and usury. Xia Zhengming also decided not to care about Xia Bai anymore and handed over the management of the White Crane Hotel to Xia Bai's older brother, Xia Yang.

  This way, Xia Bai can be said to have no way out. On the one hand, there is a police warrant for his arrest, and on the other hand, he is not welcome by his father. He thought about it and felt that the culprit of all this was Tang Xiaosheng, so he decided to die with him. In two days, first, he hired Hu Dajiang to kidnap Tang Xiaosheng, and then hired two men in black to hijack Tang Xiaosheng.

  After listening to Lin Shishi finish speaking, Tang Xiaosheng finally somewhat understood why Xia Bai had been so extreme when he saw him just now. However, he still vaguely felt that this matter seemed not to be so simple, and as for what the reason was, he couldn't say for the time being.

  Lin Shishi drove quickly and soon arrived at the location where Xia Bai was unconscious.

  As soon as the car stopped, Tang Xiaosheng saw Xia Bai lying quietly on the empty ground in the distance. He and Lin Shishi walked over together. When they were about ten meters away from Xia Bai, Tang Xiaosheng suddenly froze, his eyes wide with wonder, and a look of extreme astonishment appeared on his face.

  Because he was shocked to find that Xia Bai was lying on his back at this time, and a dagger was inserted in the position of his heart on his left chest!

  Bright red blood flowed profusely from Xia Bai's left chest, and the ground beside his body was already a shocking crimson.