Chapter 19 The Mocky Wind and Cloud
I approached Gao Jianning step by step. Finally, he couldn't stand it and surrendered and said, "I'll move! There is something wrong with your three portraits.
Speaking of the case, I can't joke. I said with a sinking face, "Speaking carefully, what's wrong with those statues?"
"Have you found that the three relics give people a common feeling?" Gao Jianning asked rhetorically.
Feeling? In addition to the obvious difference between the three men in the photo and animals, the three men in the photo are all flat. It is not easy to find the feeling from a man's eyes unless it has a tail.
At this time, three photos have appeared on the screen in turn. Because the light on the screen is adjusted very appropriately and only the head is enlarged, the three men actually have clear eyebrows and a little lifelike feeling, but the more it is, the more frightening it is.
I leaned over and looked carefully at the three men who had died strangely. They had different lives before they died, but they ended the journey in an amazingly consistent way. Death is a relief for them and the murderers, but it leaves us with too many doubts. We can't save their lives, but we must find the real murderer hiding in the dark.
Suddenly, I turned around and said, "Xiaotiao, you are an expert in this regard. Give me some advice."
Xiao Fou shook his head and said, "I've been looking at it for a long time. To be honest, I don't feel anything."
At this time, Gao Jianning said gloomily, "Are they smiling, and their smiles are very similar."
My focus suddenly changed a little. The dead portrait on the screen was a little blurred, but what was hidden behind the face flashed.
I saw that they were not laughing, but talking, or it could be understood that they were photographed while saying the same thing.
Why do three men with different lives say the same sentence?
And what kind of boring guy would take pictures of them at this time?
What's more incomprehensible is that all three men died strangely. Did they die because they said the same thing that they shouldn't have said? A damned word?
I searched for the dead intestines and couldn't think of any sentence in Chinese and all the words I know would be so guilty, but the three men in the photo are undoubtedly conveying the last message to me. If I can't catch it, I will regret it for the rest of my life.
Although I sometimes feel confused, I'm not stupid. I know that there is no regret medicine in the world, so I have to know what they are talking about!
After thinking about it, after affirming that there is no sin in the world, a bold thought suddenly came up: Is it possible that these three men want to tell us in this way after death?
"Little frustration, listen to what they are talking about?"
Xiao Fou looked at me inexplicably. Seeing my serious appearance, he thought I was joking with him, so he shook his head and said, "I don't have the ability to hear the photos."
"Can you hear the ghost?"
"There are many kinds of ghost talk. Which one do you want to know? But I can tell you for sure that ghosts don't know high technology and can't talk through photos so far.
The small setbacks dimmed the light of my hope,
"I think there is someone who can help us solve this problem. Xiao Frustration. Please help me call the mute assistant of You Qiaolin. He should be able to help us with this." I looked up and said to Xiao Frust. As soon as the words fell, the boy ran away, just like a ghost.
"How can he help?"
Gao Jianning, a computer worm, is a bit of an idiot in this regard. I was about to hurt him. Seeing that Smurfette also looked strange, I immediately stopped.
I smiled and explained, "He knows how to speak."
"Lip..., what a wonderful! Can you think of this?" Gao Jianning couldn't help exclaiming.
"Three deaths, the information that the anonymous sender wants to convey to us must be more than that simple, but if he really uses lip language, it is really clever. By the way, what about the other photo? Have you found any clues? As soon as I spoke, I suddenly thought of the group photo of the girl.
"I'm going to tell you about this. This photo looks like an old photo, and it's not easy to find at all. I told you something, don't blame me..." Gao Jianning looked at me with a little guilty, afraid that I would eat him.
"Fart quickly." I don't have time to talk to him now.
"I took out all the energy of breastfeeding, but I didn't find out who the girls in the photo were and where this place was. After that, I hung this photo on the forum... I asked our powerful netizens for help..." Gao Jianning's voice became weaker and weaker. Of course, it was all due to my sharper and sharper eyes staring at him.
"What's the result?" I suppressed the displeasure in my heart and said word by word.
"Of course, I found a clue!" Gao Jianning immediately changed into a smiling expression and said proudly, "Look at this photo."
At this time, I don't bother to joke with Gao Jianning. Let's see how his results are. I put my eyes on the computer screen again. At this time, there are two photos arranged together on the screen, one is the old black and white photo in the email, and the other is a colorful landscape photo. In the old photo is a tree that looks like azao and four childish girls, but the colorful scenery shows only flying petals and the rural scenery full of earth fragrance.
I looked at these two photos in disbelief, because they were not only taken the same way, but also almost the same angle!
"This..." I was so surprised that I couldn't speak.
"I compared it with the computer. The two photos were indeed taken in the same place, but there were four girls in one, and there was only a village in the other." Gao Jianning explained on the side.
"More than that." I said it casually.
"Hmm?" Gao Jianning suddenly didn't react.
"Where did you find this place?" My eyes have been focused on that photo, and this place is destined to take me for a walk.
"An old village in the mountainous area of Tangyuan County is called... Guyi Village. There are only dozens of families, but the scenery there is very good. This photo was taken by a donkey friend." Gao Jianning replied that he did a good job.
"Is there anything special about this village?"
"To say it's special, it's really special. The people in this village, it should be said that the ancestors of the people in this village have moved out, and it is estimated that they have moved here for more than a hundred years." Gao Jianning continued to tell us everything he had learned.
"Relocating to the village?" As a native of Anyin City, I have hardly heard of the whole village moving to Anyin City.
"Yes." Gao Jianning nodded.
At this time, Xiao Biao came in with a dumb assistant.
"The mute" is a student and assistant of You Qiaolin. The name written on the work permit is Li Shaojing. He is still a cold and malicious look, as if he is afraid that others will not know that he is cruel. If we don't know his identity, we would have regarded him as a suspect in a case.
Li Shaojing didn't say anything, as if he knew the purpose of our coming to him, so he came straight over. I guess it was Xiao Fou who had already conveyed our meaning on the way, and I won't say more.
Li Shaojing walked to the front of the computer with a fierce look. Several of us gave way to the "great god" knowingly, and no one was ready to talk to him.
He stared back and forth at the three photos. I stood behind him and didn't know how he reacted when he saw these strange photos. But then I felt that I was too worried. He was a person who dealt with those disgusting things. Just a few photos were not enough to mess him up.
Li Shaojing's hand left the mouse, casually took off a pen pinned to his chest pocket, and wrote two words on the white paper beside him - "eggplant"
Li Shaojing's font is very beautiful, which is in line with his bachelor's style.
Eggplant is a special language for photography, which can make people's faces look naturally happy. If it is true, then it can indeed explain the question of three people's mouth shape. But Li Shaojing's appearance makes me doubt: can one mouth shape express two Chinese characters?
"Is this the only message conveyed in the photo?" When Li Shaojing turned around, I said to him, and at the same time, I didn't forget to slow down a little.
Li Shaojing didn't say anything, and it was impossible to say anything. After nodding quietly, he disappeared from the sight of all of us.
"No way? Is it that simple?" Xiaozuchi is also an incredible face. It's not just him and me. I guess all of us think there should be some unknown secrets in it, but we didn't expect such a result.
"This at least shows a little bit." Gao Jianning interrupted, but when all of us looked at him with expectation, he said shamelessly, "The person who sent the email will definitely talk."
"You don't talk nonsense!" Xiao Chou couldn't help shouting and patted Gao Jianning's head like I usually did.
"Oc's it, okay, you can continue to look for the information of the four girls in that photo first. You can clean it up, and we will go to Guyi Village now. I have a hunch that I will be able to find unusual clues there. First, I gave instructions to Gao Jianning, and then turned around and said to Lan Jinxuan.
"Now? Guyi Village?" Smurfette seemed to be frightened by my sudden decision. She didn't react for a moment, but then she said "Oh" twice and went to pack up.
"Hey, hey! The scenery of Guyi Village is really good. Where is it to investigate the case? It's obviously to go on a honeymoon!" As soon as I finished the order, Gao Jianning shouted strangely on the side, which made Xiao Tiao also snicker with a frustrated face.
"No one treats you as a mute if you don't talk. Isn't it too idle!" I replied to Gao Jianning angrily and began to prepare for going to Guyi Village, Tangyuan County.
Since we are just going to investigate the case, and we don't plan to stay there for a long time, there is no need for Smurfette and I to pack too much. We just hurried on the road with some necessities.
At this time, the train to Tangyuan County must not be able to catch up. Before leaving, Zhang Jiewei followed and took the initiative to serve as a guide and driver for us. Only then did Smurfette and I know that Zhang Jiewei was from Tangyuan County.
There is a free guide. Of course, we are very happy, but I always feel a pimple in my heart, which is very uncomfortable. After all, this boring cold-faced guy has completely ruined the "honeymoon" trip between me and Smurfette!
Tangyuan County is not big, but it really takes us a lot of effort to find that small Guyi Village. Let's not mention that its geographical location is extremely hidden. The rugged mountain roads around it alone are enough for us.
Like this kind of rocky wilderness, it is estimated that even smart hunting animals will not care about places, how can there be people living there?
But when we climbed over the stone mountains, another scene appeared in front of us.
There are all kinds of evergreen trees growing in the valley, which are lush. Several farmers are hidden in the mountain forest. A clear river flows calmly from the bottom of the valley. In the relatively flat low place, there are more houses, which is indeed a beautiful small mountain village with few people.
In such a mountain village, there are not many outsiders at ordinary times, and our arrival is undoubtedly abrupt and rude. Fortunately, the people here are quite hospitable. When we appeared as tourists, the village elder Mu also offered to us to live in his house.
"You sit here for a while, and I'll ask my wife to clean up the house for you." Mr. Mu seems to be old, but his body is quite strong, and he doesn't feel old-fashioned at all when he speaks.
"Thank you. We just came here for a casual walk. Maybe we will go back tonight, and we don't have to bother you so much."
Although the old village head was kind, I'm really sorry to disturb the two old people. Besides, we just came here to find clues, and we should not stay for too long.
"What? Are you still going back tonight? Old man, let me tell you, this is absolutely impossible. The mountain road is not easy to walk. It's getting late. I guess it will be dark in two hours. The rule here is that we must not go out after dark!" Mr. Mu said seriously, and his two eyes couldn't help shining, as if something terrible would happen at night.
"Oh? Is there such a rule?" I asked in a little disbelief.
"Yes, our stockade has been moved from other places, but it still retains many of our original customs." The old master brushed his beard and said with a vicissitudes face, as if he was feeling the past.
"So that's it. Coincidentally, we are students who specialize in folk customs and come here for an investigation. It seems that we have really come to the right place. Why don't you come and teach us?" I made it up casually and found that I also had the talent to tell lies.
"Haha, young man, you really found the right person. In this stockade, there is nothing that the old man doesn't know!" The more Mr. Mu said, the more he became interested.
"Then why don't you tell us about that photo!" As I spoke, I stretched out my finger to the photo album on the wall behind Master Mu and said.
Hearing what I said, Smurfette and Zhang Jiewei also noticed the photo in the photo album on the wall.
Photos? Which one?" Mr. Mu also turned around and looked at the photos in the photo frame. There were more than a dozen photos in the photo frame. He didn't know which one I was referring to. However, Zhang Jiewei and Smurfette recognized it at a glance, and both of them looked at the photo with surprised eyes at the same time.
"It's the photo with four little girls." I stretched out my hand again to point out the old photo to the old man.
"Well... This is a group photo of my granddaughter and her friends. It was taken more than a decade ago." Mr. Mu said slowly, with a slightly sad tone.
"Your granddaughter? Can I see her?" Although I noticed the existence of this photo as soon as I entered the door, I didn't expect that the girl in the photo was the granddaughter of the old man in front of me.
"I'm afraid you can't see it now. In the early years, she moved to the city with her parents. Except for sending some money back regularly, she hasn't come back for several years." The more the old man said, the more he frowned.
"Real? What's your granddaughter's name? We're also from the city. Maybe we still know each other!" I said it casually, but I didn't expect that I was really right.
"Her name is Mu Anmian. She is just like her name. She is quiet and doesn't like to say anything." The old man recalled and remembered the melancholy feelings of his granddaughter who had been separated for a long time.
As soon as he heard the name, Smurfette pulled my sleeve, and Zhang Jiewei was still as expressionless as usual, like a door god.
I continued to ask the old village head, "What about the other girls in the photo? Do you remember their names?"
"They, it seems that there is something to thank. They are old and can't remember clearly. When they were young, they moved to the city with their families." The old man patted his head and said.
"Fen Yan and Xie Liying?" Smurfette blurted out, which stunned the old man for a moment.
"Yes, it's them!" As soon as he was reminded, the old man suddenly remembered that he did not look like a person with a declining memory in his 70s.
"Master, we are the criminal police of the Special Investigation Department of Anyin Public Security Bureau. I think we need your help." Up to now, I'm afraid we have to show our identity and intention to gain more.
"Criminal...Interpol..." The old man was obviously very scared, "I'm about to be grounded, but I haven't done anything bad!"
"Don't worry, please listen to us first. I just need to know something from you." Smurfette is still more powerful. As soon as she came out, she calmed down the old man's mood. Sure enough, it was for all ages.
We gave the general idea of the case to the old man. From beginning to end, he listened to us in a daze. Later, he even trembled as if he had been frightened by something.
"The curse... It must be a curse..." The old man muttered, just like seeing an ominous thing from the abyss.