Chapter 15: The Woman in the Red Dress
The five people in the photo wear camouflage uniforms and put their shoulders on their shoulders, like close comrades-in-arms.
Liu Yunbo and Lao Wu are in the same frame in the photo, which has shocked me.
But what I never expected was that Lao Tang and Liu Yunbo were also old acquaintances!
I stared desperately at the black-and-white photograph on the wall, thinking about how pathetic I was.
In front of these old things, I was actually played around.
Just as I was watching and listening to a "creak", an old man in his seventies pushed the door and walked in.
This old man is wearing a straw hat and a white vest and black nylon trousers, and he should be the owner of this house, the village chief of Tiger Waist Mountain.
When the old man saw me and Xiaoliu standing in the room, he asked suspiciously, "Who are you two?" ”
I hurriedly stepped forward and shook hands with the old man and said:
"You're the village chief, we're both from the city, I'm looking for you something."
The village chief looked me up and down, and said slowly, "What's the matter?" ”
"Uncle Village Chief, I just want to ask, how many people are in this photo"
I said as I pointed to the black-and-white photo on the wall.
The village chief glanced at the wall, looked at me suspiciously, and then at Xiaoliu behind him.
"What's the matter, what are you asking them for?"
When I came, I just wanted to know Liu Yunbo as a person, but when I looked at the photos on the wall, I realized that I was too young.
One of these three people used to be my buddy, one was my leader, and the other was my great benefactor.
But in the blink of an eye, the situation has changed, and people and ghosts have different paths.
These three people who shouldn't have been in the same frame appeared together, and what I want to know now is each of the three of them!
I saw that the village chief was quite vigilant, and I didn't dare to say what I meant directly, so my mind turned back and said:
"Village chief, in fact, I am the old Wu in the photo, Wu Baoku introduced me, he asked me to ask you about the tiger striped copper coin"
I started a serious nonsense again.
In view of the complicated relationship between the several of them, I can only use the old story that Lao Wu drunkenly told me last night to trap the village chief's words.
This effect is really good, and when the village chief heard the tiger-striped copper coin, his eyes widened.
"What's the matter? Isn't he enough to take the book? Still thinking about copper coins? Didn't you say it all at the beginning?"
Xiao Liu was confused listening to the side, pushed me, and asked in a low voice:
"Dude, what are you talking about, I don't understand a word"
I gave Xiaoliu a look and continued to ask the village chief:
"Lao Wu said that he still can't forget the copper coin, and there is ....."
My mind turned again, thinking that I would just use this stubble to bring Liu Yunbo out.
"And the bronze bell that was unearthed two years ago"
When the village chief heard this, he was completely anxious and slammed the straw hat he was wearing on his head to the ground.
"What the hell does this bastard want to do? If you want that book, don't you want to think about the other two? ”
"Yes, Lao Wu was very angry when he heard that Liu Yunbo came to our village two years ago and took away the bronze bell."
"Why is he angry? Yes? Back then, if I hadn't saved a few of them, this old boy would have confessed a long time ago."
After the village chief finished speaking, he was angry again, and continued fiercely:
"Besides, Liu Yunbo spent a lot of money to get the bronze bell two years ago.
He, Wu Baoku, this deflated calf, took the books away back then, but he didn't leave any of them."
When I saw this old man take the bait, I was overjoyed, and I wanted to say more, so I continued to agitate:
"Uncle Village Chief, this is the case, but Tang Xiansheng is ..........."
I really don't know what Lao Tang has to do with them, so I don't dare to make it up, so I just put forward the name and let the village chief say it himself.
"Tang Xiansheng? He's been dead for ten years, what is this Wu Baoku mentioning him for? ”
Unexpectedly, the village chief knew that Lao Tang was dead, and I saw that Lao Tang couldn't continue this line, so I quickly changed the topic.
"Uncle Village, you dissipate your anger, Lao Wu asked me to come to you, I actually disagree with a hundred people, don't say anything else, just talk about the relationship between Lao Wu and Liu Yunbo, he Lao Wu can't do this."
The village chief sighed and beckoned me and Xiaoliu to sit down, and we sat down on the side of the kang, and the village chief continued:
"These boys came here when they were soldiers and retired, and they wore a pair of pants with a good relationship, and you said that because of a few treasures, they made trouble with the enemy."
After going around in such a big circle, I finally came up with the words of the village chief, it turned out that Lao Tang, Liu Yunbo, and Lao Wu were really comrades-in-arms who had been soldiers together.
After the village chief said this, he thought about it suspiciously, looked at me and asked:
"No, I handed over this tiger-striped copper coin to Xiao Wang last year, he knows about it, what else does the treasure house ask you?"
I was caught off guard by the village chief's cold question, and I was speechless for a while, and I didn't make it up.
When the village chief saw my stumbling appearance, he seemed to see something.
"Tsk, I said you two little dolls, shouldn't you be here to trick me?"
I saw that the matter had failed, and it was not good to ask any further, so I said with a smile:
"You're laughing, you're so old, what can I say to you, mainly, let's come and see if you're old"
When the village chief heard this, he tilted his head and looked around the underground kang in the house.
He straightened his face and said sharply:
"Little doll, don't lie, you two came empty-handed, how can you see that the old man doesn't carry things?"
I sighed in my heart: Jiang is still old and spicy, even though he is so old, his mind is still so meticulous.
I took out 200 yuan from my pocket, handed it to the village chief, and said:
"Uncle Village Chief, I was in a hurry to catch the car when I came, and I forgot to buy you a Sihe Gift, you can take this money"
The village chief was not ambiguous, stretched out his hand to take it, and said with a smile:
"Little doll, you're very clever, my old thing almost let you put one"
The village chief is really smart, and when he talks about this, it's basically hard to ask anything.
I exchanged a few words with the village chief and went out, and the village chief sent it all the way to the side of the road.
When I got into the car, the village chief dragged me from behind and whispered to me:
"Little doll, if you still want to know something, next time, you don't need to carry the Sihe Li'er, 200 yuan is good"
In the car, Xiao Liu asked questions with a confused face, my mind was full of paste, and I didn't bother to explain to him at all.
This trip to Tiger Waist Mountain is still the right one.
At the very least, I can safely exclude a few people from my trust list.
Liu Yunbo, Lao Wu. These two men have too many secrets.
What I know may be just the tip of the iceberg.
As for the book that Lao Wu took away mentioned by the village chief, I am not interested, even if it is a treasure, even if it is worth hundreds of millions, compared to my life, it is a waste.
Xiao Liu didn't squeak when he asked me, and muttered:
"You said that you, you ran so far away, deceived the old man and didn't understand, and took 200 yuan, are you stupid?"
I smiled and nodded, yes, I'm stupid, I believe so many people, and I am being played like a monkey.
I remembered the death of the company in the past two weeks, and asked Xiaoliu:
"Little Liu, I've always wanted to ask you, we usually come back from the paper mill for a little more than a minute, but when you found out that Mr. Black had an accident that night, it was already two o'clock, what were you doing in the middle?"
Xiao Liu smiled shyly again.
"Don't mention it, I drove to the reservoir that night and saw a woman who was about to jump out of the reservoir"
My eyes widened, "What the hell?" Skipping the library? ”
"That's right, it's jumping into the reservoir, the moonlight was good that night, and I saw a person standing by the reservoir from a long distance"
I swallowed and foamed at the mouth. Ask loudly:
"You got out of the car? Run to save the woman? ”
Xiao Liu looked at me with a puzzled look and nodded, as if he didn't feel anything wrong.
I lifted my buttocks, turned my body to him, and said in an educational tone:
"Little Liu, it's okay if you haven't seen a ghost when you're so old, haven't you seen a ghost movie?
At twelve o'clock in the middle of the night, you dare to get off the bus in the wilderness? You're not scared, are you? ”
Xiao Liu let out an unimpressed "oops" and said:
"Dude, don't be angry with me to be honest, I never believed that there were ghosts in this world, I wasn't afraid"
I was about to open my mouth to scold him, but after thinking about it, I held it back and whispered
"And then?"
"The woman was wearing a red dress, and half of her body was in the water, but fortunately I was so strong that I dragged her up."
I gasped when I heard the red dress.
Along the way, I didn't talk to Xiaoliu again, not to mention whether the woman she saved was a human being.
His kindness alone is not suitable for survival in this complex world.
Especially in this world where there are not only people, but also cows, ghosts, snakes, and gods.
Especially, you can't tell who is a person and who is not!
At six o'clock in the afternoon, Xiaoliu and I returned to the company, and since the two murders, the atmosphere in the company has been very depressing.
The drivers and masters in this compound all looked flustered.
I don't see the scene of them bragging about melon seeds and tea before.
The news I received from the village chief made me lose trust in all the people.
I began to doubt every word Liu Yunbo said.
Among them, I have to keep driving the last train of the 13th.
That night, I struggled mentally in the dormitory for a long time, and finally drove the car out at 11 o'clock in the middle of the night.
My reason is very simple, if Liu Yunbo didn't lie about this, then I would have died in vain.
I hadn't had a night bus for a few days, especially after the Bronze Bell killing, and my psychological burden was heavier than ever.
Tonight the breeze was cool, the moonlight was just right, and the road from the main station to the paper mill was still empty.
On the way back, I deliberately stepped on the accelerator before passing through the reservoir and wanted to rush straight over with all my might.
As I approached the reservoir, I glanced at the edge of the reservoir.
It didn't matter at this glance, I found a figure walking step by step in the direction of the reservoir, and from the back, it looked like a woman.
I looked at the time and was stunned. Twelve fifteen in the morning!
I really didn't expect that what Xiao Liu just told me during the day would be spread on me that night.
The car will soon rush over, and if you don't step on the accelerator again, it will be too late to save people.
What to do? Is she a human or a ghost? To save or not to save?
My heart is galloping like a thousand horses, and when I am not sure if it is a ghost, I see someone who has committed suicide, can I not save it?
But if I get out of the car and go to save people, won't I be a fool like Xiaoliu?
My mind was a mess and my palms were sweaty.
In the last few seconds, I gritted my teeth and hit the brakes.
"Fuck you, die or die, who called Lao Tzu still a good person in his bones"
I still hit the brakes.
Running to the edge of the reservoir to prepare for suicide, the woman in a red dress.