Chapter Twenty-Three: The Empty Town
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Under the influence of black witchcraft, the old man and the old woman did not remember what happened at all, and the last memory was in the afternoon, as if it had been hinted at by some kind of psychic - the only thing we gained was that it proved from the side that the kidnappers wanted to lead us astray, in other words, he definitely did not go to the city, but went in the other direction along National Highway 318.
Continuing along the national highway, the altitude began to gradually rise, and it was considered to have entered the Tibetan plateau, and the Gegencuo Lake, where they robbed the tomb, went all the way in this direction. There is another place where there are people in the middle, that is, the last supply point before entering the plateau, which is known as the town of Huangliang River.
Huangliang Town is a newly changed place name, originally called Huangquan Town, because the earliest mountain road into Tibet to here, the altitude rises suddenly, the road becomes steep and rugged, dangerous and dangerous, the caravan into Tibet will encounter all kinds of crises, such as robbers and deserters, such as storms, such as avalanches and torrents, such as wolves and beasts... Even if none of these are available, there are still countless dangerous areas that can kill people at any time, so walking this road is almost like stepping into the Yellow Spring with one foot, hence the name.
It's said to be a town, but it's actually not that big. A long time ago, there were still many people here to beg for life when it was the last supply point in Tibet, but then it was abandoned during the eight-year War of Resistance and the War of Liberation, after the 318 National Highway was repaired, the country built a gas station, a state-run hotel restaurant, a car repair point here, and slowly recovered after many years, but there are not too many people here, except for some buildings on the left side of the highway, the opposite side is all red brick houses built behind, there are restaurants, accommodation, collection of rags, car repairs, etc., There are also red-light districts for long-haul truck drivers.
After the opening of the train, this place gradually decayed, according to Zhang Shihong's introduction, the year before last year, there were nearly 500 people registered in the census of the town, but last year it was less than 400, this year there are more shops, if it is not for the existence of state-run gas stations, hotels, restaurants, maybe this place has been completely abandoned.
The population is already less than 200, and nearly 50 or 60 are employees of state-run units such as gas stations, and they basically come here in shifts, and they are not counted as residents here.
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Since it is known that it is an illusion that this guy turned left and returned to Kham after leaving Taiping Village, then his real destination should be to the right, so there are only three possibilities: first, he went to Huangliang Town to the right; second, it is to continue along the town of Huangliang and return to the tomb; Third, follow the 318 National Highway into Tibet, and then make plans.
According to my judgment, Tang Mu should have no intersection with this person, in other words, he is innocent and innocent, so it is very strange for this guy to kidnap him, if you say that the kidnapper is in the same situation as Lin Dazhuang, he wants to eat people, then why did he come from Taiping Town to kidnap people? And he also arrested two policemen with guns, is this not clear to find trouble for himself?
Someone may want to say that he may just want to take Tang Mu and them out to kill, right, this is also possible - but have you thought about it, if you want to kill people and kill people, then he doesn't have to spend so much trouble at all, he can click directly in the courtyard, why bother to make two false witnesses to deceive us first, and then take them out to kill, it is completely unnecessary, so this speculation can be ruled out.
Judging from the above, he must have another purpose for kidnapping Tang Mu and them, and they will be fine for the time being, this is one of them;
Second, Tang Mu's car is just an ordinary car, if you want to say that you can enter Tibet, but after the terrain of Huangliang Town, the road surface began to have thin ice, and it is easy to have accidents during the day, and it is even more difficult to walk at night.
Therefore, his whereabouts are about to come out - Huangliang Town!
The time was nearly 12 o'clock, and it had been more than six hours since Tang Mu lost contact, and this time was enough for an accident, so I didn't dare to slack off immediately, and immediately prepared to drive in the direction of Huangliang Town. Zhang Shihong thought about it, left a car and two police officers, cooperated with the work of the forensic doctor over there, and after the aftermath of the old man in the grocery store, he notified the bureau to send someone to find another witness who was walking his dog on the side of the road just now, controlled and waited for me to come back to deal with it, and let them put away the rest of the holy water or something, and then took the other three police officers and me to march towards Huangliang Town.
I didn't meet the policeman left by the two later, I didn't know the name I didn't ask, although Zhang Shihong said it on the road, I forgot it, so I just pressed the name casually according to the body type, and it was convenient: a man with slightly curly hair and a medium build, that is, he just asked the old man in the grocery store to understand the situation, referred to as curly hair; One with glasses, a flat head and a round face, looks quite kind and called Four-Eyed; The last one looks relatively thin and not tall, so let's call him a thin man.
I don't know if it's because Zhang Shihong is only in his early thirties, so the team members under his command are relatively young, and none of the five people are more than thirty years old.
Two cars, six people, quickly drove along National Highway 318 towards Huangliang Town.
Gegencuo Lake is nearly 1,000 kilometers away from Kham, and Huangliang Town is exactly one third of the way, which is about 300 kilometers away. The gas station and hotel on the left side of the road are brightly lit, clean and bright; On the right, it was pitch black, and all the dilapidated red brick houses were hidden in the darkness, with no light visible.
We slowly parked the car in front of the gas gun, honked the horn twice and waited for someone to come out to refuel...
After waiting for a while, there was no movement in the gas station, Zhang Shihong and I glanced at each other, got out of the car, and the others also rushed out and quickly rushed into the cashier room with a small supermarket - the room was empty, the cash register, microwave oven, water dispenser, etc. were still electric, the shelves were bright, and the ground was as clean as new, but there was no one!
Zhang Shihong fiddled with it casually a few times, and popped out the cashier box with a click, and there was still a lot of money in it!
"You go to the hotel and look for other people," Zhang Shihong instructed Curly and Four-Eyed, and then beckoned to the thin man: "You come with me, and then go and check it later." After speaking, he nodded at me: "Section Chief Chen, please keep an eye on ...... here."
Isn't this the right thing for me to do? You're going to make a fuss!
"Hey, this makes me..."I didn't finish my sentence, but I saw that he had already swooped out and rushed out, and instantly turned around the gas station and ran to the repair shop on the left, and the curly hair ran towards the hotel on the right at the same time, and no one listened to me, let alone stopped... In desperation, I could only take Kansai back to the car, take the bag out of the trunk and let him carry it, follow me to take the keel blade, he took the peach stick, chased Zhang Shihong's footsteps.
The repair shop that comes with this kind of oil depot is more formal than the repair shop opposite, outside is a repair room with three cars side by side, next to it is a rest room, and the whole back is the dormitory of the repair shop residents - when I went around to the back, I saw that the small door in the wall was open, and Zhang Shihong had already taken the thin man into it.
As soon as I showed up at the small door, Zhang Shihong's head turned around, and after seeing that it was me, he shouted: "Section Chief Chen, the door is open here, but there is no one inside!" β
"I'm afraid something happened." I frowned, walked in and took a few steps to glance: this was obviously a dormitory, with more than a dozen single beds side by side against the wall on both sides, a small cabinet at the head of the bed, clothes and pants taken off and piled on top, mobile phones plugged in and charged, the TV was turned on, there was a bedside and half-read novels buttoned on the pillow - it felt like everyone was already resting, some sleeping and some reading, but suddenly they got some kind of signal, stood up, and went out without hesitation!
This looks so weird!
Don't say it's okay, if it's okay, at least you have to dress and wear pants and a mobile phone when you go out, so go out... Something's got to be right!
Although Zhang Shihong and the others were still rummaging in the house, I had already made a quick decision: "Lao Zhang, don't look for it, I don't think I can find anything - let's go, let's see if there are people in the hotel first!" β
"Yes, yes, hotel!" Zhang Shihong reacted instantly: "There are a lot of people there, maybe there are still left... Take a walk and go out and see. As he spoke, he rushed to the door, and immediately ran towards the hotel with a greeting.
There were a few cars parked outside the hotel, and there should have been about 20 people inside, but I guess these people are probably not there now, so in order to confirm, I still ran over with Zhang Shihong...
The doors of the hotel were also open, the lights were on, the electrical appliances were working everywhere, the check-in computers were working, but the people were gone, and Curly and Eyes did not respond to us - at this moment, my nose suddenly smelled a faint smell, very familiar, very grotesque!
I remember very well that I smelled it!
Zhang Shihong looked at the pager on the service desk again, connected the whole building twice, and began to shout from the pager, but still didn't hear any echo...
These two people also disappeared inexplicably!
The hotel building was quiet, only the clock on the wall was still ticking, Zhang Shihong's heart became more and more nervous, his face became more and more pale, and cold sweat couldn't stop dripping down his forehead. He swallowed his saliva with difficulty, looked left and right in a panic, and an inaudible voice spat out of his mouth:
"Section Chief Chen, Section Chief Chen, here... Isn't it noisy here... Noisy... Trouble..."
"Haunted, you say?"
I helped him say the rest of the words, and a faint smile suddenly appeared on his face: "You relax, don't be so nervous, isn't it just haunted, what's there to fuss aboutβto tell you the truth, I deal with haunted things a lot, and I may not be able to find someone if it's not haunted, but as long as it's haunted, it's easy." β
I used the old routine again to boost their confidence, otherwise it would not be able to be cleaned up.
"Really, really?" Zhang Shihong was a little unconvinced: "How could you..." "Didn't you see it just now?" I smiled proudly, "I'm a professional!" β
Only then did he remember what I had done in the old man's place just now, and it suddenly dawned on him, "It turns out that Section Chief Chen, where is it... "It's also haunted!" I nodded, "Didn't I say that?" Ghost on top! β
Zhang Shihong was a little stunned, and said with a smile: "I thought you lied to him, he actually fell for 'three thousand for your life', you said this to reassure him......"
"No, it's really a ghost," said this, the smile on my face suddenly disappeared, replaced by a solemn and solemn face: "However, the situation does not look good this time!" Let's go across the street and see if it's the same. β
Without waiting for Zhang Shihong to answer, I had already gone out to the opposite side, Kansai immediately followed, and after a moment of stunned, Zhang Shihong and the thin man trotted up to catch up - I suddenly remembered what that smell was, so I had an idea in an instant! (To be continued.) )