There was a warehouse at the bottom of the farm, which was actually converted from a former cave, and it was stacked with materials, a few large black oil drums, a pile of old fishing nets, and a few rolls of scattered canvas bags on which were three people sleeping soundly. After being thrown here, they found that no matter how much they shouted, no one would come, Lao Xing seemed to be determined to rectify the family rules, no explanation was useless, the rusty iron lock was the thickness of an arm, Lao Pi had already tried it, he said that even if it was a hydraulic tong, it might not be able to get it open.

Eight hours had passed, and at noon someone had come to deliver a meal, and it was a mute, and the people on the island called her Dumb Mother-in-law. On a few occasions, they also heard the girls arguing with the island not far away, only to be reprimanded more harshly.

"Don't worry, it's like doing something wrong and being locked up, at most some work points will be deducted." Lao Pi comforted everyone and said: "I guess at most we will have to be released after tonight, but it is Zheng Wenshen, and I don't know if Lao Xing has sent someone to find it." ”

Wang Ling didn't answer, every time he closed his eyes, that picture appeared in his mind, the man who jumped down, what was he for?

"Lao Pi, if it weren't for us, you said Zheng Jiuwu him?" There was a hint of guilt in Wang Ling's words.

"I don't know," Lao Pi sighed and said: "This brother can be regarded as a miserable pit for us, this inexplicable loss of life, when the time comes, if you really want to settle the account on our heads, it will really jump into the Yellow River and can't wash it away." ”

As he was talking, suddenly there was a "clang" sound from the big iron gate, and after a while, a dazzling ray of sunlight cracked at the iron gate.

"Wang Ling, old skin," a woman's voice said timidly, "are you all okay?" ”

"Hey, it's Li Xin!" Several people are overjoyed, how can this Nizi have such a great ability, and they all got up in one go. Li Xin closed the door again, and then flashed in and said: "Brother Da Zhuang secretly gave the key, he said that if it is late, he is afraid that you will be disadvantaged, so he told us to quickly find a place to hide first." ”

"Well, you go out and hide," said another voice, "there is an island thirty nautical miles west from the docks, which used to be a supply depot, but now it is uninhabited, and the boats on the docks have filled you with diesel, and there is only so much I can do." ”

"Da Zhuang!" Wang Ling saw that Da Zhuang also came in, and in surprise, he asked: "Is it so serious, we didn't do anything big, and besides, we also helped you find the sheep!" ”

"It's not about crossing the line," Da Zhuang said with a sad face: "Oh, you guys, I don't know what to say, if you don't leave, I'm afraid you won't be able to leave!" ”

The three of them were confused, and they felt a little inexplicable, and Lao Pi was puzzled: "Brother Zhuangzi, just say it, what does Lao Xing plan to do with us!" ”

"It's not Lao Xing, oops!" Da Zhuang waved his hand and said: "I'm stupid, I don't know what to say, anyway, Lao Xing has already sent someone to report to the official, but I won't believe it." ”

"What, report to the official!" Lao Pi smiled: "Damn, there is no law that prohibits crossing that mountain, that place is neither a military restricted area nor a national border, why?" You go and let the officials come, I still don't believe it! ”

"But you've killed someone!" Da Zhuang shouted: "Why do you say you ......" He still shook his head halfway through this and said: "After all, I still don't believe it, and if I don't believe anything, you will be muddy enough to kill people." ”

"Murder?" Wang Ling's face turned white all of a sudden: "Brother Zhuangzi, don't talk nonsense, who did we kill, who said we killed someone!" ”

"It's that Zheng Jiuwu!" Da Zhuang said: "Some people said that they saw you push him off the cliff with their own eyes!" ”

The three of them were suddenly stunned by the "buzz" in their heads, and Lao Pi hurriedly said: "Brother Zhuangzi, this is not nonsense, the three of us were all present at the time, and we can all prove that Zheng Jiuwu jumped off the cliff by himself." If you don't believe it, you ask them, and besides, we have no grievances with him, and we are educated youths who came together, and we have no motive to kill him! ”

"Brother Zhuangzi," Wang Ling also said: "A few of us are at most a little bit of Tao, why won't we kill people, and besides, there were just four of us at the scene, who said this?" ”

"Someone saw it at sea!" Da Zhuang slapped his thigh and said, "Old Xing! Lao Xing himself! He just came back from there, and he was on the boat, so you guys were tied up as soon as you came back! ”

"Lao Xing said he saw us killing?" Lao Pi widened his eyes and said in disbelief: "You go and call Lao Xing, I want to confront him face to face, he really wants to fix us, and we will admit it." But you can button this murderous hat indiscriminately, isn't this a deliberate attempt to kill them all, you go and call him! ”

"Lao Xing has already left, and the official has gone!" Da Zhuang said: "I'm standing in the afternoon, and when you go out and beat me in the head with a stick and knock me unconscious, then I'll say that I was attacked by your group of little girls, at most I blame me for being derelict in my duties, I think this time Lao Xing is determined to do you." This murder is to be killed, but I always think that is not the case, so I ......"

"!" Lao Pi said to the ground: "The body is not afraid of the shadow, and I am afraid of being detained for what I haven't done!" Lao Tzu is not leaving, he wants to come to interrogate and ask, listen to him! ”

"Old Skin!" Wang Ling said: "I think it's better for us to go first, I'm afraid this matter is not so simple, if it is really as Brother Zhuang said, Lao Xing intends to move us, then we have nothing to argue about this matter, unless we can find Zheng Jiuwu, we can return our innocence." ”

"If you don't do it, you don't do it," Lao Pi said: "Poet, I, you can testify!" ”

"The point is that he said that the three of us acted together, then the three of us are suspects, and the suspects' own testimony is naturally useless. Another one, Lao Xing's identity and status are there, and this island belongs to him, as long as he insists that he sees with his own eyes that we did it, there is no escape, which of our fathers was not wronged and beaten into a trick? ”

Wang Ling's words made Lao Pi's face twitch and couldn't help but twitch, indeed, in that special era, with their identities, they were already in a weak position, and now there are "human certificates", Zheng Jiuwu really doesn't know where to go, as long as Lao Xing is hard-hearted, they will definitely be finished.

"Then Brother Zhuangzi, you?" Lao Pi said: "Let's go, don't you want to ......?"

"I'm fine," Da Zhuang patted his head and said: "I can bear it all at once, brother, you must find a way to wash your name, this old Xing has a very strange temper, and the other girls have also packed up, just waiting for you!" ”

"They?" Wang Ling shook his head and said, "No, they're fine, why follow us to suffer this stubble," he looked at Li Xin and said, "It's just that you're getting involved, or it's said that we tricked Brother Zhuangzi into coming in and knocking him unconscious." ”

"No," Da Zhuang shook his head and said: "Lao Xing knows my temperament, and he will never cross the line by half a step, I can only say that Miss Li beat me, I said that you guys don't ink, I asked my mother-in-law to brand some dry food for you, hurry up!" ”

Things have come to this point, and they are beyond their control, and it is a last resort. After weighing left and right, they acted according to the plan, and after Da Zhuang returned to his original position, Lao Pi struck down with a wooden stick, and Da Zhuang fell to the ground in response......

"Brother Zhuangzi, I'm sorry!" Wang Ling hugged his fists and said: "If we prove our innocence, we will definitely come back to make amends to you!" ”

The "sudden" sound of the diesel engine soon alerted the other people on the island, there were only two mechanical boats on the whole island, one of which was taken to Lao Xing to report to the official, and the other was driven by Lao Pi to row a wave to carry the four people all the way west in the direction of Da Zhuang's explanation, and the rest of the wooden boats were determined to not be able to catch up with the diesel boats, and the people on the island could only watch them go.

During this time on the island, the piloting skills were good, the others were smart and strong, he could see these Gollum rudders, in the wheelhouse there was a hand-drawn nautical map and a compass, and the four of them leaned against the glass of the cabin and watched the island gradually get farther and farther away from him.

Thirty nautical miles west of Xuanwu Island, there is a small island with an area of less than 10 square kilometers, this island is circular, the highest point is about 150 meters above sea level, as early as the Southern Song Dynasty, there are people who are active again, mainly because the island is rich in a stream of sweet fresh water. And along with this stream of fresh water is another terrifying creature: the Zhoushan cobra! Before leaving, Da Zhuang repeatedly explained the power of this kind of thing, and also gave them the means of defense, using dry tobacco leaves to soak water, he said that sprinkling this water around the camp can prevent poisonous snakes.

Before dark, Lao Pi really saw the small island marked on the map, called "Poison Island", and they guessed that the name was related to the poisonous snake. Because it was already dark, they didn't dare to run around, so they only chose to set up a tent with canvas next to the open space near the coast, and none of the four of them knew what to say when they reached this point, how could they become murderers inexplicably!

"This plague god is really going to kill us, and he doesn't want to live anymore and wants to drag the four of us to be buried together!" Lao Pi broke a branch and said: "And that old Xing, I am a fairy banban, I haven't given us a good look since the first time I saw him, don't fall into Lao Tzu's hands!" ”

"Why do you say Lao Xing did this to you," Li Xin said: "It is said that this matter is not a big deal, you are just greedy for fun and ran to a place where you shouldn't go, how can this not be done to put you to death, by the way, why can't you go to that place?" ”

"Jingjing girl," Lao Pi said: "That ghost place, you ask the fourth brother, his mother is full of monsters, and it is not easy to come back alive." ”

Wang Ling stroked the little chick he brought back and said, "Anything will come out one day, Lao Pi hurry up and rest, we have to rush back tonight." ”

"What are you going to do? Look for death! "We have to go back to Zheng Jiuwu, we have to see people alive and corpses when we die!"