Chapter 40: The Stranger
After Lao Zhang finished analyzing, everyone speculated again, but I didn't speak.
The timeline of the whole thing is already very clear, a few days ago, a woman rode to a relative's house to deliver something, and after coming out in the morning, she pulled a farmer halfway, and the farmer kidnapped the woman into the mountains, killed her, and buried her. The whole thing was seen by a passing master, who remained silent, and after the peasant left, he made some moves at the place where the body was buried, and arranged the formation.
The reason why he did this had something to do with opening the gate of heaven. The questions are, first, how did he do to the corpse, and why did the corpse become like this. The second is what is the relationship between what he does and opening the gate of heaven, and what he wants to do.
These two questions are strange and unpredictable, but they are more interesting than the murder itself.
Everyone blew for a while, Hu Touer emphasized discipline, in this special period, everyone's patrol route to re-plan, this is formulated by him, the yin of the forbidden area is heavier, or less subtle. Everyone is dedicated, but they will not throw their lives here, it is nothing more than begging for food.
At this time, it was already dark, and the four of us had solemn faces and heavy hearts.
Push open the door and everyone goes out to blow the wind. At night, the wind was very strong, and his body was frozen in an instant, Hu Tou'er sniffed and sighed: "It's good to survive this fire prevention period." At that time, it was cold, and no beast spirits would come out, and they all hibernated. Let's make it easier, too. ”
Things gradually calmed down, a few days later, a car came from outside the mountain, it was to send us supplies, and the driver who drove was no longer Lao Zhou, who was still in the hospital for observation, and changed to another driver. This person's surname is Huang, and he is an old driver under the Forestry Bureau, and he used to drive a car for the leader.
Lao Huang didn't come alone, he also brought two other people, one old and one young. They are cooks and handymen sent by the Forestry Bureau to the forest farm, the weather is getting colder and colder, and our work of patrolling the mountains is becoming more and more arduous and arduous.
The two people who came were uncles and nephews, and at first glance they were mountain people who had never seen much of the world, and they were very honest. Seeing that it was time for the meal, the two of them went into the kitchen to get acquainted with it, and then began to work and cook on the fire.
In the past, the four of us took turns cooking, Cao Yuan and I were tired of cooking, and our brains hurt when we saw the kitchen, but now it's finally good, and someone is in charge.
At noon, everyone was steaming around a table, the taste of the uncle and nephew's cooking was honest, it was the taste of the rural public, but it was not unpalatable, this was good, you can eat a ready-made, what kind of bicycle.
During the meal, the driver Lao Huang told us about the latest news, and the murderer of the woman was caught!
This murderer is really a farmer, in his fifties, who is farming and feeding pigs in the local area, and when he is caught, the old boy is impoverished, pointing at the policeman's nose and scolding, saying that he is framed and wants to file a lawsuit.
After investigation, this person has been really abnormal recently, depressed, Zhang Luo sold his pigs at a low price, closed the doors and windows at home all day long, and didn't know what to study, and secretly took a string of gold necklaces of unknown origin to the gold shop to pawn a few days ago.
When the gold necklace was placed in front of him, the old boy was completely honest and confessed his crime at the police station. A few days ago, he went to the market, went out in a hurry, forgot to bring his wallet, and only remembered halfway through, but he was in a hurry and had no car, and happened to see the victim. The victim kindly took him to the car, but when he saw the gold necklace and gold ring that the victim was carrying, the so-called evil started in his heart, and suddenly he had an impulse to kidnap the victim and kill him in the mountains, and snatched all the necklaces.
This matter is over, we asked Lao Huang again, what about the murderer, Lao Huang shrugged his shoulders and said: "How do I know, I am not from the criminal police team." I heard that the case is still under further investigation, but who knows what will happen. ”
The four people in our forest farm are insiders, and they know that there are cats here, and they have doubts in their hearts, but no one said anything, and the atmosphere is depressing.
The main culprit was caught, but the key to this case is not the murderer, but the mysterious person who arranged the corpse. This man has not landed for a day, and we are not at ease in the mountains.
It was my turn to be on duty that night, and they all went to sleep. I don't know why, I feel troubled, oops, this troublesome, like a kitten scratching its paws.
I was restless in the duty office, pacing back and forth, it was pitch black outside, and there didn't seem to be a star in the sky.
I went outside and pulled Dasha out of the kennel, Dasha is a very intelligent dog who can detect my abnormality and run to rub my legs.
I patted it: "Dasha, I'm very troublesome tonight, you help me watch the door, and go back to buy you fresh bones to eat." ”
Dasha "Wang" and seemed to understand.
I chained Dasha to the door of the office, and his big dog lay down there, and sure enough, I was much more relieved. In the second half of the night, the room was silent, and I looked around for a while, and it was surprisingly quiet, except for the clock "Gada, Gada", turning.
I buckled my book, rubbed my eyes, and was about to stand up, when I suddenly saw a person lying on my stomach outside the window.
I took a few steps backwards, goosebumps all over my body. It was so black that I couldn't see what the person was like, except that he had two blood-red eyes, similar to a small blood-soaked light bulb.
The man looked at me with blinking eyes, and my legs were weak, and suddenly I saw the door open, and secretly cried out. Because it was so warm in the office, I was drowsy, and I was afraid that I would actually sleep, so I opened the door for a while to let the cold air in.
The darkness outside the door was staring at me like an abyss.
I looked at Dasha lying on the ground, the big dog was sleeping very deeply, a little abnormal, motionless, almost dead.
With trembling legs, I slowly moved towards the door, closing it first.
There is a thick and stiff hand stick hanging on the wall, which we keep for self-defense at night, and I haven't picked it up for many years, but I didn't expect to use it today. I picked it up, and when I looked at the window again, my heart suddenly lifted, and the strange man lying on the window was nowhere to be seen. Outside, there was a whining night wind, and the man was gone.
I didn't dare to be careless, gritted my back molars, and came to the door with courage, and stabbed Dasha with a stick. Dasha didn't react at all. I secretly complained, if something happens to Dasha, it will really be troublesome, it is the lifeblood of Hu Touer. Hu Touer and the dog get along day and night, longer than with his wife. Dasha is really going to die here, Hu Tou'er can go crazy.
I grabbed the rope around Dasha's neck and slowly pulled it into the house. Dasha was very heavy, and I was staring out of the house while pulling, and I couldn't see anything outside.
When I pulled it in, I walked to the door and tried to close it.
The door creaked and blew, I held the doorknob and turned, the door slowly closed, and I was about to close, when suddenly a strong force came, I couldn't hold it, and I was knocked away and fell heavily to the ground.
A person crawled in from the outside, yes, it was crawling in. The man had his head bowed, as if his neck was broken, and he had no clothes on his body, and he was a man who looked like a fattened pig to be slaughtered. He crawled all the way over, covered in mucus, and suddenly I thought of the female corpse that Hu Tou'er had said.
I almost threw up because of the strange smell.
I picked up my hand stick and said tremblingly, "Don't, don't come, I'm not welcome to come again." ”
The man was extremely nimble and quickly crawled in front of me. He looked up, his face bulging and his eyes bloodshot, like a drowning giant.
I was trembling with fear. The room was filled with black air, and the negative energy was bursting, and I was so depressed that I wanted to vomit.
The man's blood-red eyes stared at me, and a long saliva flowed from his mouth: "The body is about to be ready, why are you looking for the police to dig it up!" You've ruined my good deeds! ”
I recognized his voice as the mysterious man who sent me out of the mountains when I was blind. Why is he such a ghost?!
I stumbled and couldn't speak, he stared at me: "I saved you once, you hurt me once, remember, you owe me a life!" ”
He leaned forward again, and a face almost touched mine.
He looked exactly like a beast, a monster in human form, with blood-red eyes and fierce eyes, and he came over at me.
I screamed, and my eyes were dark, and I didn't know anything.
I don't know how long it took, my face was wet, someone shook me awake, and when I opened my eyes, I saw that it was Hu Touer, Lao Zhang and Cao Yuan. Outside, the sky was bright, and the window was entering, even a little dazzling.
I grabbed my beard and remembered the events of last night, and I was so frightened that I couldn't speak.
Hu Tou'er had a gloomy face: "What's wrong, why did you faint, what's going on with Dasha." ”
I didn't get up a few times, my legs didn't obey, and I slipped vigorously. They helped me up, and I hugged Hu Tou'er's arm tightly: "Dasha, Dasha? ”
Hu Touer and Lao Zhang glanced at each other, and took me out of the duty room, I saw Dasha lying under the eaves, whining, looking very unenergetic, with a rice basin in front of him, which contained white rice and pork ribs, it didn't look at it, and it looked like it had lost its appetite.
"Last night, someone came." I say.
"Who?" Hu Touer asked.
I didn't speak, my eyes fell on the open space in front of the house, where a trail of an animal crawled by.