"Hand in Hand Travel"

Author: Lu You

Chapter 3 is discerning

I wanted to enter the funeral home to investigate the ceiling fingerprint case, but the Thai old man wouldn't let me in, and if I couldn't enter the funeral home, I couldn't tell if my inference was correct. I'm going to have to figure it out.

I've got a way!

I use the "Thirty-six Strategies" to make something out of nothing.

I have to stay calm and not show any flaws.

I didn't hesitate to point my index finger to a group of Thais next to me, indicating that it was their friends and relatives who were with them.

I opened my arms to the old Thai man, pretending to be sad and crying......

The old Thai man thought that I was so sad about the loss of my loved ones, and patted me on the shoulder with his hand to comfort me, signaling not to be sad.

At this time, five monks wearing yellow monk's robes walked over with their hands together......

While the old Thai man was talking to the monk, I took the opportunity to take Xu Lixue's hand and sneak into the funeral home......

I walked to the door of the morgue at the funeral home, clasped my hands together, bowed slightly, and closed my eyes for a minute of silence to show respect for the deceased.

When I opened my eyes and turned around, I found that Xu Lixue also learned my movements.

Xu Lixue approached my body in fear and clenched my right hand, feeling her palm slightly sweaty and a little lubricated.

Inside the morgue hung two large white cloths that fluttered through the windows, and the white cloth fluttered in the wind...... The dim light, flickering and flickering.

With my left hand, I gently lifted the white cloth and found that there were twenty iron beds, and eleven corpses were lying there, each of which was covered with a white cloth.

"Gao Qidao, let's get out quickly. I'm so scared. Xu Lixue whispered.

"Wait a minute, we'll be out soon. ”

"What the hell are you doing in the morgue?"

"I deduced that the fingerprints on the ceiling were cut off with a knife, and then pasted on the round bamboo of a broom with transparent tape, then stained with black ink, and finally pressed the ceiling to form black fingerprints. Because I found that the round bamboo top of the broom was a little sticky. ”

"I see. How did you come up with the idea of coming to the funeral home?"

"Because only funeral homes have bodies. ”

"So, now it's a matter of examining each corpse to see which one is missing a finger?"

"Yes. ”

I took Xu Lixue's left hand and approached the corpse of the iron frame bed together......

With my left hand, I gently lifted the white cloth: the fingers of the first body were badly damaged, bruised and bruised, the wound was a little dirty, and the skin was pressed with wheel marks, which should have been killed in a car accident.

"Have you finished reading it?" Xu Lixue turned her head and didn't dare to watch.

"Now I'll examine the next body. ”

I continued to uncover the white cloth of the iron frame bed: the second corpse had severe burns on its fingers, and its nails had been scorched by the fire, which should be considered a fire death.

"Hurry up! ”

We examined the eleven bodies one by one and found that not a single finger was missing.

Am I wrong?

"Did you find the body with the missing finger?"

"I didn't find it. ”

"Could it be a corpse somewhere else?"

"It's also possible. ”

At this moment, we heard a staff member pushing an iron frame bed through the door, and the wheels creaked......

Could it be this corpse?

I hurriedly took Xu Lixue's hand, "It may be the corpse outside." ”

Because Xu Lixue's foot injury did not recover, she walked slowly and limped......

When the two of us reached the door, the staff had already walked away pushing the iron frame bed.

"You go after the staff first. I'm waiting for you here. Xu Lixue pouted and said, thinking that it had affected me.

"How could I leave you? You're a girl, and you're so scared. I don't worry about you here!" I looked at Xu Lixue's face and replied resolutely.

"Where are the staff going to push this corpse?"

"Crematorium. ”

Five minutes later, Xu Lixue and I went to the crematorium and saw that the steel lid of the high-temperature stove had been opened, and there was a strong and pungent smell of burning...... The body was parked next to the stove, and the staff was nowhere to be found.

Xu Lixue and I approached the corpse......

With my left hand, I lifted the white cloth of the iron-framed bed......

Yes!!!

This corpse is missing a finger! So my reasoning is absolutely correct!

"This corpse is literally missing a finger. Xu Lixue felt incredible.

Inspecting the corpse for the last time, Xu Lixue finally dared to look at the corpse.

"That's going to be hard. I took a deep breath.

"What's wrong?" Xu Lixue asked worriedly.

This shows that the murderer is a thoughtful person. ”

"How did the murderer get in?"

"He also got in the thick of it and cut off the fingers of a corpse when no one was around. ”

"Unfortunately, we don't speak Thai. Otherwise, you can ask the old man at the door. ”

"There are so many people coming and going every day, and the old man at the door may not remember it. ”

"Your analysis also makes sense. ”

"Do you remember the middle-aged lady at the door of the hotel?" I asked.

"I don't remember. ”

I grabbed my hair with my left hand and recalled, "Although she was wearing a hat and a mask at the time and couldn't recognize all of her face, I noticed a small black mole under the corner of her right eye. ”

"Ah! you're observant. Xu Lixue exclaimed.

She was running away in a hurry and accidentally dropped an item from her pocket. ”

"What did she drop?"

"What she dropped was a solid gold and jade ring. ”

"Isn't the ring on the finger? How could it fall to the ground?"

I took out this jade-encrusted ring from my pocket and handed it to Xu Lixue for inspection.

This sparkling golden gold ring with a delicate oval shape of sleek green jade is flanked by two delicate flowers and a Thai name carved inside.

"This ring is supposed to be a relic of the deceased. "I put the ring over the corpse's finger, just the right size for his finger.

"How could the deceased's ring be in the pocket of a middle-aged lady?"

"She's a hand-holder. ”

"What about this ring now?"

"I handed it over to Officer Charlie. ”

"That's right. ”

"Now let's get out. ”

"Hmm. ”

Xu Lixue and I walked out of the door of the funeral home, and there was not a single taxi at the door.

I looked at the straight road in the distance with wide eyes, "What the hell?"

"How are we going to get back to the hotel now?"

We walked back to the hotel together. ”

"How could we have walked back to the hotel? ”

"I called Yang Chuxia's tour guide, and she would have a way. ”

I took out my phone from my pocket and dialed Yang Chuxia's number......

"Hello Yang Chuxia tour guide. I'm Gao Qidao. Now Xu Lixue and I are at the funeral home on the outskirts of the city, how can I go back to the hotel?"

A voice came from the other party's mobile phone: "Why did you two run so far? There will be a bus passing by at the entrance of the funeral home, and you two can take the bus back to the hotel later." You two can call my mobile phone if you have something, please keep in touch with your mobile phone. Pay attention to safety on the road. ”

"Okay, thank you for your concern. ”

This time I want to scare this stupid girl," Yang Chuxia's tour guide said, "There is no car back to the hotel." We really had to walk back to the hotel. ”

"Gao Qidao, I'll hit you on the head! You brought me to this kind of hellish place. Now it's causing me to walk back to the hotel!" Xu Lixue bit her lip slightly, and punched me in the shoulder willfully.

I pretended to be hurt and pressed my hand on my shoulder, "It hurts!"

"You did it yourself!"

"W-I'll carry you back?" I crouched down on my knees.

"I don't want you to carry it!"

"There's no way around it. We had to walk. "I pretended to be downcast.

"Are we really walking back? Pity my feet. ”

"Really. I replied firmly.

At this moment, a colorful, rickety bus came from the opposite road......

"Is this bus to the hotel?" Xu Lixue was a little puzzled.

"Get on the bus. In the afternoon, the guide will also take us to visit the Buddhist temple and the water market. ”