Chapter 42: Another Homicide

I didn't have time to wake everyone up, so I grabbed the video recorder from Yiwu to my car, lit the fire, and rushed towards the group of children.

They run in front, and you push and shove, as if they were having fun. I could see that they were so familiar with the ecstasy that I couldn't catch up with them, and at last the kid was running and looking backwards.

The desert near the reed rhizomes is soft sandy and very laborious to drive. Even so, the Land Rover Defender can't outrun a group of two or three-year-olds.

Are they mirages?

No, I found that when I was fast, they were fast, and when I was slow, they were slow, and they were always at a distance from me. It's clearly seductive.

Am I dreaming?

Dreaming, in fact, is more like a person telling you the story of your experience, which often lacks a specific description. For example, the person is saying: You are waiting for someone in a café, and suddenly you get a call, and the person you are waiting for is not coming...... That's what your dream looks like, just the outline of an event. That person won't tell you how many people were sitting in the café at the time, what style of clothes they were wearing, what they were doing, what their expressions were. I won't talk about how many waiters there are and what they all look like. Not to mention the decoration of the café, such as the color of the ceiling and floor......

Reality is different, as long as you want to see, you will know everything.

I scrutinized my windows, dashboard, floor mats...... It's all sand. I'm by no means dreaming.

I remember a statement in the American drama "Newsroom": So far, humans have found a total of 1.7 million species on the earth, which is actually less than a quarter of all them. We are not sure if there are other species that exist (or rather) independently and reproduce outside the biological chain......

The group of kids was still running ahead, and when I looked back in the mirror, the camp had become a small black dot.

The wind is blowing, and it is getting stronger. The group of children gradually became unreal in the wind and sand.

Those missing scientists, travelers, did they see this group of children at the last moment of their lives?

I got a little scared, stopped the car, planted a small red flag in the sand, and continued to chase.

If I can't catch up with them, I'll follow the markers back to camp; If I don't come back, the rest of the camp will follow the markers to find me.

A few more kilometers ahead, the group of children still running in front.

I stopped again, came down and left a small red flag, and continued to chase. By this time, I couldn't see the camp anymore.

I don't think I'm just afraid of these children, I'm in awe. Those of us who got lost in Lop Nur can be said to be dead, maybe these children will give us some kind of inspiration.

The reason why I dare to follow them is that I see them as some kind of elf.

They are certainly not ordinary children, and no two or three-year-old child has run such a marathon.

When I got out of the car and planted the sixth little red flag, I got back into the car and the group of children was gone, but I found something. From a distance, it should be a car, two people.

I sped up to them.

It was a car, a white Cherokee.

The license plate is Kyo G.

The two men lay motionless on the sand. He's dead?

As I approached them, I became sure that they were two corpses, their clothes fluttering in the wind.

I've seen dead people, it's my grandmother, and I don't think I'm afraid, but now I'm standing in the middle of nowhere, the wind is howling, and I'm the only one in the open air, and I really understand what fear is.

I got out of the car and walked slowly over.

Two people lying on the ground, their bodies covered with sand and no blood. They died in great pain, and one of them lay on the ground, kicked off a tourist shoe with a shoelace tie, and threw it more than ten meters away from the body. The other was bald, lying on his side, clutching two handfuls of sand in his hands, and his face was almost dry.

I looked into the car and there was no one.

I leaned over the window, opened the back door, and with a "click" of one hand came down, and I jumped out of the way, and then I saw a woman lying on her stomach, with vomit all over her mouth, which had turned into a hard lump.

It dawned on me that they were the other three people on the VCR!

It seems that they were all poisoned to death.

Did the kids lead me to this place just so I could discover the murder scene?

I took a barrel of gasoline off the Cherokee, put it in my car, and headed back to camp.

I'm driving very slowly, and I'm thinking about what to do.

There is no doubt that Li Zhao has been lying. His deformed marriage, his infatuation, his tears, are all fake.

When I got back to camp, everyone woke up from a nap.

They didn't know where I went, they must have been in a hurry, and when they heard the sound of the car, they all ran out.

Pulp ......

Dress......

Bou Bu ......

These women, except for Meng Xiaoshuai, seem to have secrets.

I parked the car and got down, and Bubu asked, "Boss Zhou, where have you been!" ”

I said, "Go around and see if there are any markers." ”

Bub said, "Did you find anything?" ”

I shook my head.

Bai Xinxin said: "You don't run around without a goal, we want to save gasoline." Now, every drop of gasoline is public. ”

I said, "I brought back a barrel of gasoline. ”

Bai Xinxin said sarcastically: "Is there a gas station nearby?" ”

I ignored him and whispered to Bubu, "Did you give the knife back to the pulp?" ”

She said, "Oh, she said she was scared. ”

I said, "It's all right." ”

Li Zhao walked over and said, "Boss Zhou, I have an idea. ”

I said, "Tell me about it." ”

"We should make a huge sign on the ground so that if a rescue plane passes by, it can find us," Li said. ”

I said, "Our biggest sign is the RV." ”

Li Zhao said: "We can dig a distress signal on the ground with a sapper shovel, SOS, a very simple three letters, digging hundreds of meters as big, you must be able to see it." Maybe the satellites will be able to spot us. ”

I said, "That's a good idea." After three days, we'll do what you do, dig up the distress signal, and wait where we are. We should go out by April 30 at the latest, and by that time we will still not be able to be contacted by the outside world, so we may send a helicopter into Lop Nur to look for us. In these three days, we will definitely have to move and find a way out. ”

Li Zhao said: "It's okay to eat and drink for three days." ”

I said, "No problem, it can last for ten days." By the way, it's time for you to pay for the food. ”

Li Zhao said: "That's that! To whom? ”

I said, "Give it to Boo." ”

Li Zhao said: "Pay it right away." With that, he went to his car to get the money.

I whispered to Bubu, "Give me the rest of the knife." ”

Bubu asked alarmedly, "Is there any danger again?" ”

I said, "There's no greater danger than we getting lost, go ahead." ”

So Bou went and quickly brought the knife and gave it to me.

I beckoned to Zhang Hui, Wei Zao, and Xu Erge, and led them into my tent.

Zhang Hui said: "Boss Zhou, is there something?" ”

I handed him the knife and said, "Now, you're really the team's cop." ”

He didn't get too excited, took the knife, and said lightly, "You finally trust me." ”

I said, "This Li Zhao is probably a murderer." ”

The three of them were stunned, and Wei Zao said, "Murderer? ”

I said, "And three lives." ”

"How do you know?" ”

I told them the front and back.

Wei Zao said: "It's none of our business, just leave him behind, and go their own way." ”

I said, "If you leave him behind, he will surely die, and we will be murderers." ”

Wei Zao said: "However, if you take him, this road is too dangerous......

Zhang Hui suddenly said: "I am a policeman, I will take care of him." ”

Wei Zao said: "Now that we are lost, maybe we can get out, you have been watching him?" What do you do when you're sleeping? What does he do when he poops? ”

Zhang Hui said: "You don't have to worry about it. ”

I said, "Get out, you know what to do." ”

And the three of them went out.

Sure enough, after a while, Li Zhao's shout came: "What are you doing!" ”

Then came the fighting. A few women may have adapted to this violent scene, but no one screamed.

Only Li Zhao was shouting: "Boss Zhou! ”

When I walked out, the three men had already tied up Li Zhao. It's still the rope that binds back to Zhang.

Bubu asked me, "What's wrong with him?" ”

Bai Xinxin is watching the excitement.

I walked up to Li Zhao and asked him, "Who are you Midou?" ”

He immediately pretended to be confused and asked me, "Who?" ”

I didn't know that at this very moment, he was about to strike back at me.

I said, "Don't be confused! Let's be honest, what is your relationship with rice beans, spoons, and big things? Why did you kill the three of them? ”

Even the most clever liar needs time to weave lies. But he didn't have time, and I was staring at him.

He was stunned, then said, "I don't know what you're talking about. ”

I asked, "As you said, if you poison a person in Lop Nur, your stomach will soon rot, and you will not be able to leave any evidence of the crime." You poisoned all three of them. ”

He turned his head to the side.

At this point, it would be wisest for him to remain silent, and when I, the interrogator, would ask too many questions, he would be able to weave a rigorous set of lies based on what I had in his possession, and then respond to me one by one.

I said, "If you don't speak, we'll treat you as a murderer, and you'll never be free." ”

He still didn't speak, his eyes looked at the sand, and he blinked slowly.

I said, "Luckily, we have a police officer on our team who is in charge of guarding you." I can't get you a lawyer in this place. ”

He still didn't speak.

I stood up and said, "Tie him up in the tent!" ”

Zhang Hui had just raised his arm when Bubu suddenly said, "Slow! I am a member of the Communist Party, and I don't want you to wronged a good person again. You're going to tell us why you tied him? We don't understand what's going on, you should at least explain. ”

I just talked about what happened, including the earliest VCR, the car I just encountered, and the three bodies.

Bubu was not satisfied, she said: "Why did I ask to see the content of the video recorder at that time, and you said that you couldn't open it?" ”

I said, "I don't want you to be afraid." ”

Bubu said: "We come out together, happiness must be shared, suffering must be shared, secrets must be shared, you should not hide anything from us!" ”

Bai Xinxin also jumped out, and said, "If you had shown us those videos earlier, maybe I would have returned them." It's good now, Lao Tzu is likely to die here! ”

Pulp spoke for me: "Don't blame Boss Zhou, okay?" Interesting? ”

Bai Xinxin said: "What's the matter with you? ”

Pulp Juice smiled coldly: "Bai Xinxin, are you related to Four Eyes by blood?" Itching without biting people's teeth for a day? ”

Without waiting for Bai Xinxin to jump like thunder, Li Zhao suddenly spoke: "My money is lost!" ”

I didn't want to pay attention to Bai Xinxin, and immediately stared at him: "You lost your money?" ”

He didn't look at me, and shouted at Bai Xinxin and Bubu: "This guy surnamed Zhou stole my money!" I had 300,000 cash in my box, and he helped me get it back, and I saw that the code was locked, so I didn't check it. Just now I wanted to pay for food and go to get the money, but I found that the money was gone! I understand now, he said that I killed people because he was afraid that the matter would be exposed, and he wanted to get rid of me! ”

Wei Zao was immediately enraged, kicked Li Zhao hard, and scolded: "You framed us!" ”

Bubu immediately said, "Zhang Hui, are you allowed to beat prisoners in prison?" ”

Zhang Hui was speechless.

Bubu looked at me vigilantly, and then asked Li Zhao, "Has their box been opened?" ”

Li Zhao said aggrievedly: "Definitely! I had three ID cards in the box, all of which my wife bought for a credit card. When he came back from my car, he talked to me, he thought I was a liar, and he said the three names on his ID! ”

Bubu looked at me: "Where's his money?" ”

I said, "Bubu, he's lying." ”

Bubu looked at Wei Zao again: "Wei Zao, where is his money?" ”

Wei Zao said angrily: "If his money is really lost, it is someone else who passed by his car and took the money, and I and Boss Zhou didn't see it!" ”

Bubu said, "That guy opened the lockbox, took the money, and locked the lockbox again?" ”

Wei and I suddenly became passive.

Bai Xinxin said: "Writer Zhou, don't you like to search everyone's things? Why don't you let us search yours? ”

I said, "No problem, just search for it." ”

Li Zhao immediately said: "It is impossible for him to hide in the camp, he must be buried somewhere!" ”

I was so calm that I said, "Don't believe this man, he's a murderer." ”

Li Zhao shouted: "Listen, everyone, I am a producer of feed oil, I am not a murderer!" Then, he faced me, tears streaming down his eyes: "Boss Zhou, I have no grievances with you, don't kill me in Lop Nur!" Aren't you just trying to swallow the 300,000? I promise, I don't want it, I just want to leave this place with you! ”

He became a feed oil producer again.

No one heard the conversation in our car.

Bubu was still staring at me: "There is nothing in this desert, how can it be so coincidental that you just met the three people he killed dozens of kilometers away?" ”

I wanted to say more.

If I say I saw three small children and led me away, it's almost impossible for anyone to believe me.

I thought for a moment and said, "That's it, Li Zhao, let's go and see the three corpses together, and if they exist, you can confess everything." If they don't exist, how about I pay you back 300,000? ”

Li Zhao said: "I'm afraid that you will kill me halfway, so you want to go together!" ”

Bubu and Bai Xinxin said, "Boss Zhou, you can take us there." ”

I said, "OK." ”

…… Unexpectedly, I never found the car again.

We drove dozens of kilometers and unexpectedly saw another enclosed pickup truck that broke down, with the words "dangerous goods" written on it.