"Hand in Hand Travel"

Author: Lu You

Chapter 2 Ceiling Fingerprints

"How can there be a strange black fingerprint on the ceiling?" Xu Lixue asked curiously, pointing to the ceiling.

I looked up at the black fingerprints, confused, "I think it's weird too." ”

There were signs of a fight in the room, tables leaning against the wall, chairs overturning over the red and yellow patterned carpet, and teacups and tea spilling on the floor......

"Was there a fierce fight here?"

"I'll simulate the crime scene with you. ”

"How do we simulate?"

"I'll be a boxer Sugrava, and you'll be a middle-aged lady who comes into the house. ”

"Good. ”

"Now let's say I'm standing in this position and you pick up a vase from the TV stand and smash it. The deceased is facing the murderer squarely, and he should have dodged quickly instead of overturning the table and chair to block the murderer, because there is still a lot of space here. Sugrava is a boxer and should have quick reflexes. ”

"I listened to your analysis, and I feel that you have a point. ”

I bent down and looked closely with my eyes to see that there were no marks of scratches between the table and the wall, "The table was not knocked over during the struggle, but was set up after the fact." The murderer's purpose is to create a false impression that this is the scene of the crime. ”

"What's the matter with the black fingerprints on the ceiling? How did the murderer do it?"

"I'll tell you later. ”

I hurriedly picked up the phone on the bedside table, and just wanted to call the number of the Thai police, but after thinking about it, I didn't know Thai, so I still called the hotel front desk, after all, the hotel waitress had trained Chinese and asked the hotel waitress to call the police.

"Hello, a guest in room 603 has died. ”

"What? We'll go right now. The waitress hung up the phone as soon as she finished speaking.

Two minutes later, a man in a black suit with a blue tie on his chest and a waitress approached, and the waitress said, "Hello sir, this is the owner of our hotel, Tabssin." ”

Tabshisin hurriedly asked, "What's going on here?"

Many international hotels are now proficient in multiple Chinese, and Tabsin is fluent in Chinese.

"One of the tenants was killed. I replied heavily.

Tabshisin looked at Sughava lying on the floor and exclaimed in disbelief: "Oh my God!

Tabsin hurriedly pulled out a white cell phone from his pocket, called the Thai police, and spoke a series of Thai languages, but I didn't understand a single word. However, my inference is that Tubsin should have told the police about the address of the hotel.

Fifteen minutes later, the whining of a police car could be heard outside......

Soon, two Thai policemen in dark green uniforms ran up, took pictures with their cameras, and asked Tabusin what had happened.

"Hello, what's going on?" one of the tall police officers asked me in Chinese.

"I heard a noise in the next room just now, and when I came out, I saw that was it. ”

Another short policeman ran downstairs, took a black and yellow plastic barrier from the police car, straightened a barrier and sealed the room, preventing people from entering the room casually, fearing that the scene of the crime would be destroyed.

"What are you doing in Thailand?" asked the tall policeman.

"Travel. ”

"Are you with her?"

"It's not—it's it. "Are Xu Lixue and I considered together?

"Are you two together?"

"Yes!" I replied firmly this time, for fear that the police would see me speak in a rambling manner, and that they would think they were trying to hide something.

"Officer, how did you learn Chinese?" Xu Lixue suddenly interjected.

"I've studied in China. ”

"What's your name?"

"Charlie Weiss. ”

After Xu Lixue and I took notes for half an hour, we went to the restaurant to eat the famous Thai dish, Tom Yum Gong soup. Tom Yum means sour and spicy, and Gong means shrimp.

"This girl is hungry. Now I can finally fill my stomach. ”

"I'm dying of hunger, too. ”

"Let's go!" Xu Lixue used chopsticks to pick up a ripe and curved red shrimp.

I picked a bite of pineapple fried rice with a spoon, and the pineapple was filled with fragrant Thai jasmine rice, and it was served with green vegetables and cashew nuts, and the taste was soft and hard, "Wow! This pineapple fried rice is delicious!"

"You try this vegetable salad. The dish is also delicious. ”

"Okay. I nodded.

"By the way, why did you want to travel to Thailand?"

"Because my grandfather died. Before he died, he left a will to sell the two houses. The money was used to repay the 81 people who had helped him in Hong Kong. These people are in different countries. Some are Thai, some are Vietnamese, some are British...... 25 are foreigners and 56 are Chinese. ”

"I'm sorry, I shouldn't have asked so much. ”

"It's okay, it's okay. ”

"So, you're going to 25 countries?"

"Yes. ”

"Why don't your parents go and find these benefactors themselves? ”

"Because my parents were seasick, it was not easy to travel. ”

"I see. ”

"Actually, I was really happy to meet you during my trip to Thailand. ”

"Really, I'm glad to meet you. ”

"You and I are destined. ”

"Well, where are we going after lunch?"

"We went to the funeral home. ”

"Ah, I'm not going to the funeral parlor! The place of the dead is so unlucky. Besides, I'm afraid to see the dead. Xu Lixue was surprised.

"Because I deduced that the black fingerprints on the ceiling were related to the funeral home. I've asked the hotel waitress for directions. I also told her to write the address on a blank piece of paper and wait for me to hand it to the taxi driver. ”

"If you don't know the place well, let's not go. What if I get lost, how dangerous it is!" Xu Lixue looked at me and said worriedly.

"Funeral homes are generally located on the outskirts of the city, about an hour's drive from the city center. ”

"How did you come up with the idea of going to the funeral home at such a distance?"

"Because I reasoned that the man with the black fingerprint was dead. ”

"Dead?"

"Possibly. ”

"How do you know?"

"At present, I am also inference, so I have to go to the funeral home to investigate it to know if my inference is correct. ”

"My foot hurt and I can't walk. If I go, will it bother you?"

"No!"

"It's good if you don't dislike it. I was also curious about the case and wanted to know the ins and outs of the matter. ”

"Now let's go. ”

The two of us walked out of the hotel, waved a blue and yellow taxi, handed the driver a note with the address of the funeral home, and then opened the door and bent down to get into the car.

Along the way, there are green rice fields and vegetable fields, and in the distance are continuous green peaks and beautiful mountains......

Xu Lixue was a little tired, her head was gently resting on my right shoulder, her eyes were closed, and I didn't wake her up in order to give her a little more rest.

An hour later, the Thai driver stopped the car and wrote Arabic numerals on white paper with a blue ballpoint pen: 1000.

Thai drivers mean that the fare is 1,000 baht.

I took out 1,000 baht from my long black wallet and handed it to the Thai driver, then said in English, "Thanks!"

"Xu Lixue, the funeral home has arrived. Let's get out of the car. ”

"Huh, so fast?" Xu Lixue opened her eyes in a daze, and gently rubbed her eyes with her right hand.

The funeral parlor in the distance is a golden-yellow pitched roof tower with a tall spire, white walls and columns. This design is due to the fact that it rains in Thailand all year round, which prevents the roof from leaking.

At the door of the funeral parlor knelt a group of sad and tearful Thais, perhaps reluctant to bid farewell to their departed loved ones...... After all, the funeral home is where life ends.

Xu Lixue and I walked to the door of the funeral home and were stopped by an old man in his seventies, with a dark complexion and white hair, who spoke a series of Thai languages, none of which I could understand, probably meaning to ask me what I was doing in there?

What should I do now? The key is that I don't know how to speak Thai.