Chapter 38 Ups and downs

I sat in the back seat of the taxi and looked at the dark head in front of me. I couldn't help but miss the talkative taxi driver before. If it were him now, I would definitely use those messy gossip to make me forget the entangled pimples.

"I'm afraid I can't get there in two hours. Look at the car in front of you." The taxi driver's nasal voice is very strong, which makes people feel uncomfortable.

"Master, please, I have something urgent. I can't be a minute late." I said, "Why don't I add some money?"

The taxi driver's head was stone-like, and his muffled voice came: "How much more?"

Damn, it turned out that I was not bored. As soon as I heard that the money turned faster than the monkey.

"Fifty."

"One hundred."

"Okay, one hundred is one hundred, but you have to arrive at least 15 minutes in advance." I gritted my teeth.

As soon as the voice fell, the taxi driver suddenly threw the plate, got into a path that could only pass through two cars, and then shook left and right on the path like a performance of driving skills, passing through the gap.

I was a little stunned. I saw that the taxis traveled unimped all the way, shuttled through the spider-like urban road network, like entering a no man's land, and all kinds of street scenes flashed by, making me dizzy.

The taxi driver's head is still motionless, but his skill has conquered me. Good boy, there is no problem with this technology even participating in formula racing. If he becomes a policeman, I believe that no driving criminal can escape. It seems that the taxi industry is really crouching.

In less than half an hour, the taxi was out of the city, and the speed increased, like a cannonball.

Looking at the remnants of the rapid regression outside the window, I think I should take more taxis and meet more high-level people in the future. Maybe it will come in handy. In the past, I always thought that taxi drivers were a vulnerable group, because every time I received a case related to taxi drivers, I saw them with scars, but now I finally understand that those who survive are elites!

The sky outside is getting darker and darker, and the clouds in the sky are pressing low, as if they are about to fall from above, as if to indicate something.

No, no, I keep comforting myself in my heart: Cloud has nothing to do with things. How can it be related to things on earth? It's just superstitious thoughts.

But Yun couldn't hear what I thought. They were still pressing down. If it hadn't been for the mountain in the distance, I really doubted that it would have fallen down long ago.

Just as I was in panic, the car suddenly stopped and almost hit my head on the backrest of the front row.

Shiliuwan has arrived!

In front of it is a dark shadow, big and small, which looks dark against the dark night sky. I was about to go back and ask the taxi driver to wait for me, but I heard a roar and the car had already left.

Suddenly, I was the only one left in this gloomy and horrible wilderness. A cool wind quietly entangled me, making my limbs a little cold and numb.

I opened my mouth and smiled and said secretly: We are criminal police officers. How can we be disturbed by these false intrusions? It's really funny!

"Is there anyone?"

I shouted around the dark, but there was no response, not even an echo, as if my voice had been swallowed up by an object hidden in the dark.

I walked forward. Fortunately, I came with a flashlight, so I could still see clearly under my feet, but under the influence of the flashlight light, the surroundings became darker and formed a strong pressure, and I and the pitifully small aperture were at the center of the strong pressure, and I would be crushed if I was not careful.

I touched the back end of the flashlight and pinched a small button, and my heart was a little calm. This is a police electric baton. One end can be used as a flashlight, and the other end can emit high-strength voltage, which can make people faint in an instant. In Shiliuwan, where murders and corpses are often thrown, such an object does calm my heart a lot. At least I won't be afraid of people.

What if it's not a human, but something else?

I quickly stopped my absurd and frightened idea. I raised the flashlight and sprinkled it around. I saw some low bushes and tall shadows in the distance. It should be willow.

"Is anyone there?"

The voice still doesn't come back. I looked at the time and it was seven minutes to 20 o'clock. Suddenly, another question came to my mind. Shiliuwan is so big, and the other party didn't say the specific location. How do I know that I am in the right position now?

I hurriedly looked around and saw a high ground, so I ran over. Except for the willow trees, it is the river bay, so standing on the small slope, I can almost see the whole Shiliu Bay, but it is night, so what I see is still dark.

"I'm coming!"

This time, the voice finally responded, but it was just an echo.

Wow!

A low cry suddenly came from the darkness, like a ghost crying and howling. I quickly turned on the flashlight to the brightest, and then shone along the sound. I saw a dark shadow suddenly rise from the woods and began to run along the ring line. It turned out to be a local pig.

I took back the flashlight and suddenly thought of something, so I looked at the flashlight again, and finally took the local pig who was not running fast in the forest. There was a long black thread on its body. Dingqing saw that it was a thread, a nylon rope with thick fingers.

My heart jumped to my throat. It was clear that someone deliberately tied it here, but who would be so bored that they would run to Shiliuwan, where the murderer threw his body, and tie an earthen pig to the tree?

My eyes somehow fell on my wrist, and I couldn't help but be stunned, because I saw that the minute needle pointed to exactly 12 places. It was 8 p.m., that is, the time set by the other party. At this time, a local pig tied by a rope broke free and appeared in front of my eyes.

Is it a coincidence or intentional that a mysterious man and a wild native pig cooperate so seamlessly?

Is the person who tied the pig the one who sent me a mysterious email?

But how can he be so accurate that this wild pig can accurately break free at this moment?

At the thought of this, a light flashed in my mind. Yes, this is the key to the problem!

I hurriedly ran to the place where the local pig appeared just now. I was nervous because of my excitement, and the ground was uneven. I fell several times in a row, and finally came to the willow forest.

According to my memory, I found the place where I saw the native pig for the first time, but I didn't find it. So I searched around again. After walking nearly ten steps to the left, I finally found a willow tree with a thick thigh with a tear, which should be the place where the earth pig was tied.

I looked at the willow tree stretched out countless arms in the dark, opening its teeth and claws like a demon. Fortunately, the willows in the north are different from those in the south. Their arms are not long enough to catch me. I stepped forward, twisted the flashlight to the strongest, and checked it carefully.

There was nothing abnormal in the front, so I went around behind the tree. When the flashlight shone past, I saw a strange thing. It was tightly nailed to the tree, and under it, a broken rope hung weakly.

It suddenly occurred to me that the native pigs are grass-eating, and their teeth have degenerated like an eight- or nine-year-old woman, and it is impossible to bite off the nylon rope. In this case, the rope is cut off by this strange thing.

At the thought of the word "cut", my heart was pricked fiercely. Somehow, since this series of cases happened, I have been very afraid of this word. As soon as I see it, I will think of the process of the cold and sharp cicada wing blade sliding in the human body, and think very carefully and realistically, as if the person holding the knife is me.

The flashlight shines directly on the strange thing. There is something like an electronic board on it, and there is an object similar to scissors below, and there is a heavy object hanging on the handle of the scissors, with three protruding fulcrum next to the heavy object.

I understand that this is a mechanism. The scissors were originally open, and the heavy object is the power source for the scissors to close and cut the rope, and the heavy object was originally hung by a small suspension on the three fulcrum. When the electronic board receives the wireless signal and then generates vibration, shaking off the small suspension hanging on the three fulcrum, the heavy object falls down, the scissors close and cut the rope, and the piglet escapes.

I have to admit that this thing is really cleverly made and creative. I believe many friends who like hunting will definitely use it. However, did the other party try his best just to let me come here in the middle of the night to see his little invention?

I grabbed the mechanism and felt that the wooden shell on the surface was not very strong. I hesitated whether to fold it open and have a look.

Maybe the other party left a clue here, or wanted to tell me something. Maybe it was someone who knew the truth. Because he was afraid of exposure, he deliberately circled in such a big circle just to protect himself. If I give up, his painstaking efforts will be in vain.

After thinking about it, my fingers tightened and pulled it out hard. The wooden shell was opened, and a white cloth bag appeared inside. This cloth bag is not big, cylindrical, only a little thicker than a finger. I even doubt whether it is wrapped in a human finger.

I carefully opened the cloth bag, layer after layer, and the fear in my heart gradually released. It must not be a finger inside, because now the small cloth bag is very thin and short, and the hard object inside is much shorter than the human finger.

I don't know when the sweat on my forehead was already full. When the tension could not match the gravity, a bean-sized sweat fell down and dripped on the small cloth bag. With the spread of sweat, a circle of light red scattered from the inside, like a fishy red devil's mark, let People are frightened when they see it. Especially in such a dark night, such a place, such an event, this circle of pale red made my heart begin to break.

Open the last layer tremblingly, and what appeared in front of him was really a knuck.

It's just one of the three knuckles of one finger. Because it has been away from the mother for a long time, the blood has coagulated. My sweat diluted it just now, so I soaked the cloth.

At this time, I found that there were light traces on the cloth, which were light blue. Previously, I only focused on what was wrapped inside and ignored it.

I forgot my fear, fixed my eyes and found that it was handwriting! Due to the red blood infiltration just now, the handwriting is a little blurred, but it can still be seen clearly.

"A hundred meters east, if you can see this line in time."

I didn't pause at all, and the conditioned reflex generally jumped up. The potential ability made me, who was easy to lose my way in the daytime, and accurately flew eastward.

The light of the flashlight opened randomly in the dark night because I panicked and sometimes fell down. But I didn't pause. Even when I fell down, I was rolling forward, because I vaguely knew the other party's intention and what would be 100 meters east.

I stumbled and ran out of nowhere. Suddenly, a ditch stopped in front of me. The dark sky reflected on the water was still as dark as thick ink, and I didn't know how deep it was, but I stepped in without hesitation, and the water shook up, reflecting strange shadows one by one. At this time, I was like the white and tender Tang Sanzang who accidentally ran into the monster's nest and stepped on the big monster's tail.

Suddenly, among the many strange shadows, I saw a familiar face and couldn't help breathing.

Xiaoxuan?

I saw Xiaoxuan!

How is this possible? How can Xiaoxuan appear in the monster's nest?

I hurriedly looked around, but Xiaoxuan's face just passed by, and then disappeared with the falling splash. I was so anxious that the flashlight was shining everywhere. Suddenly, I saw a touch of paleness on the black water about ten meters away from me.

The flashlight shone. When I saw the pale object clearly, I couldn't help but be ecstatic. It turned out that it was Xiaoxuan's face!

Suddenly, my heart fell down quickly again. Why were her eyes closed and she couldn't hear my voice? Could it be that she had...

I didn't dare to think about it anymore. I rushed over, held her in my arms, and shouted with the strength of my life, "Xiaoxuan, Xiaoxuan!"

Xiaoxuan's face was so white that she was a little blue, and her lips had become dark. Her eyes were closed and there was no reaction. I put my hand under her nose and felt a slight airflow, and my heart finally fell to the ground.

I held Xiaoxuan in my arms and didn't know how to express my feelings, but tears flowed down like a gambler throwing a lot of money. I wanted to hold her tighter, but I felt something underneath preventing me from doing so, so I reached out and touched the water and grabbed a bracket. At this time, I found that Xiaoxuan was tied to this bracket.

Suddenly, I heard the sound of water. I turned my head and saw that the ditch above was pouring down along a small sluice. I finally understood the meaning of the handwriting on the strip. If I come a minute late, I may never see her.

This extremely perverted bastard, if one day falls into my hands, it will definitely make your life worse than death!

I thought viciously, but at the same time, I also knew that such a calculating bastard is as cunning as a nine-tailed demon fox. It is not easy to catch him.

In the eyes of this bastard, the life and death of others are just passing by. He just plays his role seriously, and then lures others in and becomes his plaything.

What role does he want to play, the creator?

But what really chills me is that he doesn't pay attention to the life of a policeman, but just plays it as a game, which is an extremely crazy contempt.

I untied the string tied to Xiaoxuan's waist. She was still unconscious, her eyes were closed, and there was no vitality at all. I took her to the shore, put it flat on the ground, and then squeezed her abdomen hard, but it still didn't work. Finally, I had to do artificial respiration mouth to mouth.

When I touched Xiaoxuan's cold corpse-like lips, the anger in my heart broke out, but in the dark night, I couldn't find the target to vent, so I had to keep swallowing hard on Xiaoxuan's cold lips.

With a wow, Xiaoxuan's body twitched, and then she opened her eyes.

"Xiaoxuan, it's me. Look, it's me!"

Xiaoxuan looked at me blankly and didn't seem to know her. Her eyes made me feel terrible, as if there was a monster hidden in it that I didn't know.

"Xiaoxuan, I'm Wang Lei. Don't you know me?"

Xiaoxuan's head turned slowly and mechanically. I was really worried about whether she would turn 180 degrees. Fortunately, my worry was superfluous. Her head turned again, and then turned again and looked around.

"Where am I?"

The familiar voice line makes me believe that this is Xiaoxuan. She is still alive, and generally asking this question means that people have begun to wake up.

"This is Shiliuwan." When I said this, I suddenly remembered that I was staying in a horrible and gloomy place to throw corpses in a dark night, and a few cold people on my back suddenly came out.

"Shiliuwan?" Xiaoxuan frowned, and a trace of doubt appeared on her expressionless face.

I quickly said again, "You were tied to the water. I just rescued you."

Xiaoxuan frowned higher, as if she didn't believe what I said, but I was very happy, because this was Xiaoxuan.

"Brother, you didn't lie to me, did you?" Xiaoxuan began to question.

"How come, am I that kind of person? I don't know how dangerous it is just now. If I come a step late, you will only be afraid..."

"What's the matter?"

"I was eaten by the monster."

Seeing that Xiaoxuan is fine, my mood is also cheerful. Although this is a place where even ghosts don't want to stay, my heart is full of warmth. I hope to hold her in Shiliuwan for the rest of my life.

"Well, you hurt me."

Xiaoxuan lowered her charmingly, like cotton scratching in my ear. It was indescribably comfortable and comfortable. I couldn't help tightening a little more. It was not until the needle-like pain came from my thigh that I let go of my hand.