Past Zero: Chapter 27
The fast-paced heartbeat muffled Li Muchuan's tight breathing, and he escaped all the way through the small alley without stopping. At this time, it was already late at night, and there was no one on the road, but he didn't dare to delay, because he knew that it wouldn't be long before Xu Hao's death would attract the police, and now he was still a fugitive with his life on his back, and the consequences of being arrested were unimaginable.
However, a few minutes later, a rapid siren was heard in the distance, and blue and red lights could be seen in the distance. The police came.
Li Muchuan quickened his pace.
The feeling of regret could not be dissipated in his heart for a long time, and Li Muchuan regretted that he couldn't reach Xingda Mansion faster, maybe a little faster could prevent Xu Hao's death.
Why is he so stubborn!
Li Muchuan couldn't help but think of the picture where Xu Hao found himself before:
A private coal kiln in Shanxi, located in the suburbs, has only a few dirt roads to go, and a few bends need to be turned, if it is not for acquaintances to lead the way, it is difficult for outsiders to find here. It is precisely because of the advantages of such a hidden environment that private coal kilns dare to commit crimes against the wind, and under the vigorous crackdown of the national government, they are still secretly engaged in coal mining business.
There are shady businesses here, and there are shady people living here.
In addition to some old peasants who sold out the coolies, there are also some "black households" in places like this, some people who have no way to do normal work, some do not have ID cards, some have criminal records, and some are hiding.
Like the origin of these people, the boss has never asked, others contribute, their own money, money and power are clear, and there is nothing to do with it. More is better than less, the boss is a smart person, and naturally understands that there can be a few clean people in an illegal coal kiln like himself, and these people with unclean "identities" come to them, and they have nothing to do with themselves, so why bother to provoke this commotion.
The working environment of the coal kiln is not very good, and it can even be said that it is very simple, as if it will collapse in a second. But the people here don't seem to care, after all, death is not something difficult to accept compared to starvation.
The sun was shining, the dust was rising, and several gray-faced men were shaking their bodies and walking down the well. The coal kiln works in three shifts, people can rest, but the machine can not rest, 24 hours full speed mining, the boss is rushing for time, and the law enforcement department is competing for time, before they investigate and deal with it, dig out more coal mines.
In the distance, a lame old man walked over and beckoned to one of the men who was about to go down the well.
"Hey, I said, stinky boy, wait a minute, wait for me." Before he could say a word, the old man gasped, his legs and feet were not good, and he took two steps tightly, and his body was a little unbearable.
One of the people in the group stood up and looked back at the old man. The man's face was covered in black cinders, and only the eyes and teeth that opened his mouth made it clear that it was a face. The helmet, which had cracked to cover his head, could only give him some psychological security.
"Now, someone asked me to give this to you." The old man handed the man a small folded note.
Open the note and it read: Li Muchuan.
The air seemed to be still, and for a moment he was in a trance, unable to feel any information from the outside world, and after settling down, the man hurriedly asked where the man was now.
The old man shook his head and said that the man didn't say anything, just asked me to give you a note, and then left.
The man was disappointed, not knowing what the person who wrote the note meant. Inadvertently flipped the back of the note, and there was this line of words: Eight o'clock tonight, highway woods.
There is a road next to the coal kiln, which is the only way to the coal kiln, and there is a cluster of small trees next to it.
The man wiped the sweat from his swarthy face and wiped off some of the soot, revealing the original color of his skin.
Raise your head and look at the sky. What is he going to do?
How could he know who he was.
That person was the owner of the name on the note, Li Muchuan.
Is it the police? No, if it were a policeman, he would have been handcuffed at this moment, and he wouldn't sell it. But who is it if it's not the police?
However, this person knows his identity, in short, it is a troublesome matter, and what the other party wants to do, can only be known when he goes. Li Muchuan made up his mind, it seems that he is going to go on a trip tonight.
At night, there were only a few cars speeding by with their lights on, and nothing else, and the night was quiet enough to kill. The empty night will absorb all the grievances and hide them from the people of the world.
The leaves rustle in the night wind, making them stand out in the quiet of the night.
The night is dark and the wind is high, and it is a murderous night.
Li Muchuan did not take the avenue, but followed the edge of the woods, covering his figure through the shadow of the tree trunk. Years of evasion have made Li Muchuan extremely alert to things in the outside world, and he will be aware of any disturbances.
The woods were scattered by the moonlight into a bright and dark gathering, like black and white piano keys, but at this moment, Li Muchuan did not appreciate the music of Yaxing, and he was nervous and always paid attention to the movements in the woods.
It was quiet, there was no sound, only the chirping of insects at night, and the sound of the wind in my ears.
Li Muchuan hid behind a tree and poked his head out to observe if there was any movement around him.
"You're here, Li Muchuan."
A deep man's voice came from among the trees, and Li Muchuan couldn't tell where the voice was. However, the man appeared.
Li Muchuan did not show up immediately and did not answer.
The man's voice sounded again in the woods, "I know you're coming, and I know who you are and what you've done." ”
It is indeed a troublesome matter, judging by these words, the other party obviously knows Li Muchuan's past, which is similar to what he judged before, and the only thing he still doesn't understand is what his purpose is.
"Who are you, what are you looking for me?" Li Muchuan lowered his voice, trying to make it difficult for the other party to detect the location of his voice.
"Who am I? I'm Xu Hao. ”
The voice from the opposite side was heard here, with a night breeze weaving through the trees.
Hearing the word "Xu Hao", Li Muchuan quickly ran back from behind the tree he was dodging in, without giving the other party any time to react.
Xu Hao also immediately chased after him.
In the darkness of the night, one figure in front and one behind, running with all their might, the path in the forest was covered with their footprints.
From the trail to the field, Li Muchuan changed the direction of his escape, wanting to get rid of Xu Hao's pursuit. A ripe cornfield, already more than a man tall, is an excellent escape scene.
In the cornfield, Li Muchuan paced slowly, reducing the sound he made, and it was expected that Xu Hao would not be able to judge where he was in the southeast and northwest at this moment.
At the moment when the line of sight is blocked, hearing becomes particularly important, Li Muchuan pricked up his ears, and while dodging forward, he listened to whether there was the footsteps of the other party.
Stepping on a fallen corn stalk and plucking the branches and leaves will make a small sound.
It was still quiet, Li Muchuan thought to himself that Xu Hao should be far away from him, not by his side.
Just as he let his guard down a bit, he didn't notice that he was hiding a pair of hunting eyes behind him, staring at him.
A second later, he rushed out from between the corn stalks, pounced on the prey, and without giving the other party a chance to react, he threw Li Muchuan to the ground, and the weight of his entire body pressed up, making him unable to move.
Li Muchuan was startled by the sudden attack, and before he could react, he had already fallen to the ground, struggling with all his strength, resisting, trying to break free from Xu Hao's control.
The quiet night was ruined by two men scuffling together, and the covered figure kept rolling in the cornfield, like two trapped snakes.
Both of them were unwilling to give up their last bit of strength and use their best.
"Wait, Li Muchuan!" Xu Hao struggled to squeeze out a few words, but Li Muchuan did not stop because of his dissuasion, he knew that stopping would only hand over the right of judgment to the other party.
turned over and pressed Xu Hao under him with the weight of his body, Li Muchuan, who had a slight upper hand, was more stable in his heart, and with a punch, Xu Hao under him lost consciousness.
Seeing that Xu Hao had no reaction, Li Muchuan got up and left, fleeing from this place of right and wrong.
He didn't want to do anything to Xu Hao, although he was an uninvited guest, he still felt a little guilty about him in his heart. He is Xu Xuan's elder brother, and he killed his sister, Xu Hao's impulsiveness and various behaviors can be understood by him.
It seems that this place can't stay any longer, and Li Muchuan is thinking about where to go next.
Early the next morning, just after dawn, a figure came out of the dormitory of the coal kiln, carrying only a simple backpack, and strode towards the village road.
This person is Li Muchuan.
After fighting with Xu Hao last night and knocking him unconscious, Li Muchuan returned to the dormitory overnight to pack his luggage, but at that time, the dormitory was on the night shift, and most people didn't sleep, and they would definitely be noticed if they left abruptly. Li Muchuan could only hold back his temperament, and left quietly when everyone in the dormitory had already fallen asleep.
The sky was already bright, Li Muchuan felt bad in his heart, the surrounding villagers have always liked to get up early to farm, at this time the sky is already a little bright, we must be more careful, don't be seen by people on the road, and cause unnecessary incidents.
Li Muchuan walked cautiously along the village road with a feeling of anxiety, but he only walked for a mile or two, and on the side of the road, he saw a figure walking towards him.
Li Muchuan unconsciously quickened his pace, and lowered his head, hoping that the other party would not care about him.
As the two passed by, the man turned his head and rushed to him and said a word.
"Li Muchuan."
The words were like earth-shattering thunder, exploding in Li Muchuan's heart, and he was about to run away without even thinking about it.
The voice came again:
"If you run again, I'll call the police now!"
Li Muchuan stopped, turned his head and looked at the other party viciously. He didn't have to think much to know that this person was Xu Hao, who he just met last night.
Taking advantage of the brighter and brighter sky, Li Muchuan could see that Xu Hao's forehead was blue, and he should have punched his masterpiece last night. At this time, Xu Hao was walking over and rubbing his forehead over and over again.
The two faced each other again, Li Muchuan didn't know what medicine was sold in Xu Hao's gourd, and there was always a stone in his heart in the air.
Xu Hao opened his mouth first: "Don't be nervous, I'm not here to arrest you or call the police, I'm here to ask for your help." ”
The victim's family asked the murderer for help, and Li Muchuan couldn't believe his ears for a while.
Two large bowls of steaming noodles were placed in front of Li Muchuan and Xu Hao's table, and without caring about Xu Hao, Li Muchuan picked up the chopsticks and ate them to himself, making a sound of um-huh affirmation from time to time. Seeing that Xu Hao hadn't moved his chopsticks yet, he asked Xu Hao to eat noodles quickly, and it was delicious while it was hot.
While eating noodles, Li Muchuan said about the livelihood of this noodle restaurant, "This noodle restaurant is opened by an old grandmother, and her children are not around, so she is the only one who opens a noodle restaurant at the entrance of the village. The grandmother also took care of us, and gave us a very large amount every time. ”
Xu Hao picked up a few chopsticks and put them in his mouth, the fragrance of the noodles mixed with the soup instantly hit his mouth and nose, and after tossing all night, Xu Hao was really hungry, and he followed Li Muchuan's appearance and ate it in a big gulp.
With a long sigh of relief, the aroma of noodles was still in the air, and the two of them swept away, and within a few minutes, the noodles in the bowl were eliminated, and even the soup was drunk. The old grandmother who was busy laughing from ear to ear.
After feeding his stomach, Xu Hao thought it was time to get down to business, so he probed and said, "I'll tell you about that matter......
As soon as he spoke, Xu Hao's hand was pressed by Li Muchuan, signaling him to stop talking.
"This place is for everyone, not for talking." Li Muchuan looked left and right and whispered.
then motioned for Xu Hao to follow him.
After a few turns, there was an open river in front of them, sparkling and beautiful in the morning light, and in the distance there were a few unknown birds wandering by the river, as if they were catching fish.
Li Muchuan pointed to this piece of river and said: "Usually no one comes to this place, and I often sit here when I have nothing to do...... What happened to you? ”
Before he finished speaking, Li Muchuan noticed Xu Hao's strange appearance, holding his forehead in his hand, very painful.
Xu Hao waved his hand repeatedly, only saying that it was because the reflection of the water surface was uncomfortable for a while.
The two of them sat on the bank of the river, but after a while, Xu Hao's pain disappeared.
Li Muchuan was strange, there were still people who had such a big resistance to the river, but he didn't think too much about it, waiting for Xu Hao's mouth.
Xu Hao slowed down for a while, and then told Li Muchuan about the appalling past a few years ago, only to see Li Muchuan frowning tightly and not letting go for a long time.
When he learned from Xu Hao's mouth that he was not a murderer, tears oozed from Li Muchuan's eyes, and he swirled in them.
He stood up and stared blankly at the wide river ahead.
Xu Hao didn't know what Li Muchuan's mood was at the moment, and it should be not much different from the discomfort when he lost his sister.
"What do you want me to help you?" Li Muchuan asked.
The condescending question made Xu Hao a little uncomfortable, and he also stood up, at the same height as Li Muchuan, and then said.
"Revenge on Fang Bin."
Li Muchuan was taken aback by this answer, and then thought about it, it was not unreasonable, his sister was killed by him, and it was normal to have a strong sense of resistance.
"Why should I help you?" Li Muchuan asked.
Xu Hao felt that this question was very ridiculous, and asked rhetorically, "Don't you want to take revenge on Fang Bin?" He hurt you! If it weren't for him! Can you be what you are now? ”
Li Muchuan's heart was moved by Xu Hao's words. I thought that I would be very excited after learning the truth, but this excitement only stayed for a while, and then it calmed down again.
"Why take revenge on him?" Li Muchuan still didn't understand why Xu Hao wanted to torture Fang Bin instead of arresting him and sending him to the Public Security Bureau.
Xu Hao smiled helplessly, "Don't I want to?" But I only have the dictation of a man who will not speak anymore, and there is no basis for it, how can I condemn him. ”
This also announced the hopeless bell of Li Muchuan's reversal of the case, and glanced at Li Muchuan, he only frowned slightly, and had no other expression.
"But I'm not a police officer, I've already done it once, I don't care if I do it a second time! I'm going to do justice in my own way! ”
Xu Hao said righteously, righteous? What is justice, Li Muchuan has no answer in his heart, maybe everyone's definition of justice is different.
"I can't help you." Li Muchuan said lightly.
Xu Hao was very surprised by Li Muchuan's answer, in his heart, he had long decided that he and Li Muchuan could form a revenge alliance, one was the hatred of killing his sister, and the other was the hatred of framing, no matter from which point of view, the two of them were perfect partners.
"I can't do it." Li Muchuan lowered his head. In fact, in the bottom of his heart, he is still a person who does not want to talk and does not want to have anything to do with life.
"After so many years, you still miss brotherhood? Don't be silly? People betrayed you, and you are still like this? What a fool you are! Xu Hao felt that Li Muchuan was simply unreasonable.
Li Muchuan ignored Xu Hao's scolding, turned around and prepared to leave, leaving a sentence, "If you persecute Fang Bin, I will definitely stop you!" ”
Lose your marbles! Lose your marbles! Xu Hao didn't expect that Li Muchuan, who had been hiding for so many years, would go crazy! Will frame their own people for protection!
Xu Hao shouted at Li Muchuan, regardless of whether anyone around him would hear it.
"If he kept telling you the truth, would you still do that?"
Xu Hao's words made Li Muchuan fall into deep thought, his heart actually didn't want to believe this fact, thinking that Fang Bin must have a hard time. If Fang Bin didn't tell the truth face-to-face, he really didn't know if he would still be in this situation.
Li Muchuan, who did not answer, left the river bank and did not hear Xu Hao's voice cursing in a low voice.
Li Muchuan can never change his stubborn character, no matter how others say it again and again, what he believes is that the king of heaven and Lao Tzu comes, and he can't help him.
This time, for the first time, Li Muchuan questioned his choice.
When he saw Fang Bin again, he didn't mention that what had happened was done by himself, so Li Muchuan had to tell himself in his heart to wait.
It wasn't until he pursued Xu Hao to the low house that his words woke Li Muchuan up, and he began to seriously think about revenge against Fang Bin.
Li Muchuan has always been in a dilemma, on the one hand, he doesn't want Xu Hao to really hurt Fang Bin, so he approaches Fang Bin to prevent Xu Hao from making any moves against Fang Bin. On the other hand, he was worried that Fang Bin knew that the person behind him was Xu Hao, and he tried to hide Xu Hao's traces.
But that night, he told himself in his heart that Fang Bin would never confess everything to himself.
Xu Hao kept saying that he was a fool and a madman, why wasn't he himself?
would even use his own life to create evidence of Fang Bin's murder!
Many years have passed since Xu Xuan's death, and if you want to overturn the case, it is even more difficult without strong evidence, but Xu Hao has no substantive evidence in his hands.
After designing for Fang Bin to kill the black tiger, after taking the murder weapon given by Li Muchuan, Xu Hao fell into a hesitation, not knowing what to do.
At this time, Li Muchuan had already said goodbye to himself, and he didn't mention where he went. Looking at the bricks in his hand, Xu Hao couldn't make up his mind.
After several rounds of planning, Xu Hao still missed one of the most important details.
The brick that killed the black tiger was indeed held by Fang Bin, and there must be Fang Bin's fingerprints on it, but it is likely that there are also Li Muchuan's fingerprints on it. If this is used to report Fang Bin's murder, and the bricks are used as evidence, Li Muchuan's identity is likely to be found out.
The dilemma Xu Hao didn't know how to decide, on the one hand, the last step to avenge his sister, and on the other hand, Li Muchuan, who had nothing to do with him.
After a long time, I only heard Xu Hao sigh and slammed the brick to the ground, and the brick broke into several pieces.
Lunatic! Lunatic! Li Muchuan scolded in his heart, but he didn't dare to make a sound.
The consumption of physical strength was also telling Li Muchuan that he was getting farther and farther away from the building, and the sound of the siren was getting quieter, he didn't know how long he could escape, and he didn't know if Fang Bin would denounce him. Of course, he was also very curious about what Xu Hao asked Fang Bin to keep his promise.
The deceased is gone, but is it good that he has fulfilled the mission he set, in his own eyes, he has fulfilled his wishes? onclick="hui"