Luoqiang County Government. On the left side of the government office building, there is an inconspicuous three-story yellow building, and the door number on a white background and black letters reads: Luoqiang County Criminal Investigation Team.

In the office of the captain of the criminal police, Hu Mingsheng sat at his desk, staring at the words on an A4 piece of paper in front of him. His brow furrowed for a moment, looking bewildered; After a while, the corners of his mouth turned down, revealing a look of anger.

Hu Mingsheng is in his fifties, with a square face and a burly figure. After reading the contents of the paper, he was tempted to crumple this thing and throw it into the trash can under the table.

This paper was found from the informant Guo Yingxin. After Guo Yixin woke up, she never found that she had this strange piece of paper in her pocket. It wasn't until I got on the plane at Hami Airport before the security check that I found out when I took out my belongings. She didn't know where she came from, so she handed it over to the police immediately.

On the white paper, the handwritten unconventional Song script reads:

"History repeats itself, and Lop Nur reminds forgetful humans:

3,800 years ago, you cut down a large forest here to build a cemetery. As punishment, you are wiped out of the land. It became a real burial ground for mankind.

About 1,600 years later, humans reappeared. That's right! You call them Loulan. The viciousness of human beings has not changed, cutting down everywhere on the edge of Lop Nur and fetching water everywhere. You are insatiable in what you want. Well, you're gone again. Then your historians were puzzled: why did the Loulan people disappear?

About 1,500 years later, humans appeared here. Many people move in from other places for no apparent reason. This time there are more people and the impact is worse. You have dried up a great river that has flowed for thousands of years for hundreds of kilometers! History repeats itself again, and humanity has once again been driven out.

How do you understand? Humans are not welcome in Lop Nur!

Those who enter Lop Nur will also be punished! ”

In the end, there was no payment, no date.

These characters are all neat Songti characters, and there is no way to check the handwriting. There were no fingerprints left on the paper.

Hu Mingsheng patted the A4 paper and said to Xiao Wang who was sitting on the sofa: "Now you have to make up stories when you sell things, and you have to tell ghost stories when the murderer commits crimes...... What the fuck is this! ”

Xiao Wang, who had a round face, smiled bitterly and said seriously: "We have checked, and what is said above is not all made up...... The cemetery of 3,800 years ago should be said to be the cemetery of the sun! It is also the oldest cemetery found in Lop Porri; The second appearance of the Loulan people is probably right in time; The third appearance of human beings should refer to the events of the fifties and sixties of the last century. At that time, reclamation was carried out, and many reservoirs and pumping stations were built along the Tarim River...... Lop Nur dried up quickly after the water was cut off......"

"I know the last thing. But the first two times, who knows what happened to the disappearance of those ancients, even archaeologists have not been conclusive, right? ”

"That's true, but there's evidence of the use of a lot of wood at the Sun Necropolis. The destruction of the environment and the forced relocation of the ancients from Lop Nur are also the views of some experts......"

"Well, leave the affairs of the ancients to the archaeologists. In my eyes, this is a challenge letter left to us by criminals! You go and call the other people to come over for a meeting. Hu Mingsheng interrupted Xiao Wang, and threw the A4 paper into the drawer as he spoke.

Two minutes later, the office was full of people. Everyone understands the captain's habits, unless the captain's office can't sit down, or a very serious meeting, Hu Mingsheng generally doesn't need to hold a meeting in the conference room.

Hu Mingsheng took out a stack of photos and looked at it. It was a photo of the card records collected by the police officers from various checkpoints in Lop Nur.

"According to the checkpoint records, in the past month, there is a person named Bian Fengcheng who has gone to Loulan the most times! Five times in total, and a maximum of two for other guides. Xiao Wang reported to everyone about his investigation, "The person who hired Bian Fengcheng as a guide is named Leng Huo, a native of Fujian. Five times, he hired Bian Fengcheng to go to Loulan! According to Team Hu's requirements, in order not to startle the snake, I did not contact these two people directly for the time being. I learned a little about Bian Fengcheng's basic situation, Luoqiang people, after graduating from high school, have no fixed occupation, and often go to other places to work. More than two years ago, he took over a second-hand off-road vehicle from a relative and became a Lop Nur guide, which can be regarded as a semi-permanent occupation. This person has no bad record, his personality is decent, and people who know him do not have a bad evaluation of him. That's all for my side, Team Hu! ”

After listening to the reports of several people, Hu Mingsheng picked up a fax paper from the table and shook it at everyone: "This Fujianese with a very strange name is cold." We have asked the Fujian police to assist in the investigation, and this is a letter from them. There are some things I think we need to pay attention to, such as this ......" Hu Mingsheng lowered his head and looked at the fax and read, "Leng Huo's father is in business, Singapore immigrant, and his family is wealthy...... Leng Huo is very smart, and although he is playful by nature in school, his academic performance has always been very good. He is reluctant to help his father take care of the company, likes to play pranks, usually travels in the mountains and rivers, and loves to watch bloody film and television works......"

Captain Hu lightly tapped the fax on the table, and glanced at the police officers present with blazing eyes: "Some of the content I asked them to investigate in a targeted manner, what do you think of Leng Huo?" ”

Deputy Captain Li Zong looked at him thoughtfully: "What does Team Hu mean, is this person motivated to commit the crime?" ”

Hu Mingsheng got up from his office chair and paced back and forth in the office: "That's what I meant!" First, if the victim is randomly selected to commit the murder, it can basically be concluded that the murderer is psychopathic; Second, the disappearance case is a high-IQ crime from the current situation; Third, if you want to carefully plan in Lop Nur and make such an incredible case, ordinary people can't do it, you must have money and time...... All of the above are in line with the cold fire!"

Listening to Team Hu's analysis, several people in the office couldn't help but nod. After a while, Zhou Tong, who was sitting on the armrest of the sofa, asked: "But what the woman said will be true?" After all, her ...... What symptoms are easy to hallucinate! ”

They already knew that Guo Yixin was suffering from dissociative disorder. It is easy for patients to hallucinate.

"It doesn't make sense, could it be that the mysterious letter on her body was also written by herself! Can hallucinations still direct and act on their own? Li Zong asked rhetorically.

Hu Mingsheng sat back in his office chair, leaned his head on the backrest and looked at the ceiling and said, "I questioned the person carefully, and her description does not look like a hallucination. After a pause, Hu Mingsheng sat up straight with a serious expression: "The recent intensive disappearance cases in Lop Nur are extremely abnormal!" This case or these cases are beyond the reach of ordinary criminals. Looks like we're going to be busy for a while! ”

"But ......" Xiao Wang, who was sitting next to the water dispenser, wrinkled his eyebrows together, but did not say anything further. Everyone in the room could guess what he was trying to say. It is normal for someone to disappear in Lop Nur, and most of the mysterious disappearances are just legends. Could it be true this time?

"It's nothing, but I believe what the person said is true...... That's right! Is there a saying in the state about that copper wire? ”

They recovered a spiral copper wire from the accident site and sent it to the state technical department for identification. Xiao Wang said that he had not received a reply yet, so he asked again.

Hu Mingsheng stood up, propped his hands on the table, and decisively gave an order: "Xiao Wang, you immediately summon Bian Fengcheng, and Team Li will be responsible for interrogation; Zhou Tong, you and I rushed to Fujian today! The Fujian police have assisted us in detaining the cold fire, and I want to meet this cold and hot person in person! ”