A bolt from the blue

For the next few days, we enjoyed the mountains and rivers. Kaban is indeed a rare and beautiful place, where the water, lakes, springs, waterfalls, streams, rivers, and beaches are its smart spirits. In this picturesque beauty, the combination of flying and quiet, the combination of rigidity and gentleness, is colorful, colorful, and evocative. The waterfalls of high and low are singing and chanting, the large and small seas are blue and clear, and the red leaves, green trees, snow peaks, and blue sky are reflected in the water. It is true that water flows among the trees, and trees grow in the water, and flowers and trees bloom in the middle of the water. Being in Caban, it's like a dream. Whether you are in front of or behind you, you will be greeted by beautiful scenery everywhere, so much so that some of the sightseers exclaimed: "Walking in a coffee class is like walking in a painting." "That's a wonderful reputation!

After seven days of cheerful swimming, I finally calmed down. The friendliness of my travel companions and the beauty of the scenery made me almost so happy that I almost forgot about it. Seven days have passed, but the mysterious little spinning top has not shown its face. Could it be that my expectations were all made out of nothing, and that it was just a pure and perfect trip?! I'm already a little vague......

The eighth day of the trip went as scheduled, but I was getting more and more listless because of my preoccupations. As we reached the halfway point of the rugged Qilin Mountain, it suddenly began to rain heavily. The rain was pouring down and caught people off guard. At a moment's loss, a few clever men saw a cave of one and a half sizes hidden not far ahead, so we hurried to the left and right.

Don't look at the entrance of this cave is very narrow, only enough for one person to enter and exit, but the cave is much more spacious, and more than a dozen people can lie in it horizontally and vertically. We each found a place to rest. Mrs. Jones, because of her age, sat on a relatively comfortable stone step in the shape of a master's chair, while I sat on a larger stone to her right.

About an hour later, the heavy rain still did not slow down, but became more and more majestic. Most of the people were meditating in the cave or closing their eyes to recuperate, but a few people were a little overwhelmed and began to pace back and forth. My legs were numb, so I got up and walked around.

Looking closely, this hole is bigger than expected, the whole is square, there are no overgrown weeds in the hole, there are no discarded bottles and cans, and the overall is relatively clean. At the end of the cave is a stone wall that stands up to the sky, standing like a pillar, tenacious, and creating a natural charm in a bit of depression.

Maybe it was because I was so bored, so I had an inexplicable curiosity about the gable made of large stones. I kept looking east and west, hoping to catch some glimpse of the strange differences. Sure enough, it really fulfills the old saying------ there is nowhere to find when you step on iron shoes, and it takes no effort to get it! I found a very inconspicuous crack in the intricate and intricate entanglement of countless stones. So I tried to squeeze in sideways.

After only a brief squeeze on the body, it suddenly becomes unrestrained. A cave the size of a banquet hall appeared in front of you. Although there is no artificial visible light in the cave, the light is not so dim as far as the eye can see, so it is full of colorful stalactites.

The scenery here is truly amazing, with strange rocks and strange lights, which makes people can't help but be refreshed. I hurried out of the cave and called everyone to come into the cave and enjoy it. But not everyone will be able to wade into this hole, especially the fatter ones. In the end, only the relatively thin Hansen and Lei Qunan, the guide Hamel, who was eager to find out, and Dorio and his beautiful wife, Carrie, followed me into the cavern, while the others stayed where they were.

As soon as they entered the cave, all of them did not speak, because their eyes were not enough.

I said to Hamel, the guide, "You haven't been here yet?!" ”

"Oh...... Oh...... Yes. I really didn't expect Kaban to have such a beautiful view?! It seems that Kaban still needs to dig deeper! "Hamel looked as if he had seen a new continent.

As a group of six of us strolled through the stunning cavern, Hamel pulled out a large flashlight, which glowed with incandescent light, and our vision widened a lot. Following the aperture of the flashlight when it is near and far, we can see clearly that this hole is not the end, in fact, there are holes outside the hole, the holes are connected, the holes are connected, the bends and eight windings, extending in all directions, like a huge labyrinth, which makes people feel very mysterious.

Everyone went on as a matter of course, and from time to time someone let out a sigh of exclamation. Just when everyone was still in the mood, Hamel suddenly said an inopportune sentence: "Let's go back, and when this place is all sorted out in the future, it's not too late to visit again." ”

His words didn't help, at least for me, for I had turned a corner and entered another cavern first. This cave is not large, that is, more than ten square meters in size, but it is completely different from the surrounding caves. The cave is full of small stalactites and stalagmites of different shapes, but the only color is miserable white. This kind of white is very uncomfortable, not a clean milky white, but a really daunting pale.

The gusts of wind that drifted from nowhere suddenly made my body half cold. It was only then that I had the slightest idea of exiting the cave, but at the moment my legs and feet would not obey the call. I cautiously raised my head and looked around, and suddenly a pair of horrible dead fish eyes met mine, and I immediately felt my whole body stiffen, and my breathing seemed to stagnate.

What is it?!

On the wall of the cave not far away is a plaster sculpture of a human body, whose form is seven parts like a man and three parts like a beast, and it is difficult to distinguish. Although the entire body is covered with pale plaster, the eyes are on par with those of a real person, and their expressions are realistic and lifelike.

While I was still hesitating whether the sculpture was a real person or an animal, or just an ambiguous artificial god, several other companions entered the cave one after another. After glancing at the ghostly statue, Carrie lay down in his husband's arms and began to sob. Hansen howled loudly in fright. Their frightened performance made me finally believe that this was a dead man in the truest sense of the word.

As soon as I was sure that it was a real human corpse, I immediately shivered like chaff all over my body, and my soul flew away. I didn't want to look at the corpse again, but my eyes seemed to be completely disconnected from my body, and I was still staring straight at him.

I was so frightened that anyone could see it, so Hamel hurried over and helped me out of the cave. Eventually, everyone escaped from the dreaded cave and rested in the nearby cave while waiting for the police to arrive. Hamel, the tour guide who went to the police, did not return directly from the original route, but found another way. For he had already made out his bearings, and after walking through a few more rugged and winding caves, he was able to reach the outside through another familiar entrance and exit we had passed.

When the police arrived, they cordoned off the entire Qilin Mountain, and several caves and entrances near the corpses were more tightly guarded, and we all returned to our quarters one after another. What was supposed to be a very pleasant journey is now gone. What pervades us, apart from horror, is still horror. But Mrs. Jones was still in a calm and relaxed manner, after all, the age was there, I thought to myself.

A "jingle bell" doorbell rang, startling me. It's not time for dinner yet, so who's going to come to the Humble House?!

"Don't be afraid, I'm here! You go and open the door. Mrs. Jones said firmly.

I boldly walked to the door and opened it, and there were two men in police uniforms standing outside the door. The man standing in front of him was older, with a scruffy beard and unkempt edges, and before he could speak, his mouth was cracked wide. And the one standing in the back, young, looks like a novice at first glance, and looks very restrained and honest.

The old policeman spoke first: "Hello! My name is Rahman, his name is Thor, and I am the detective in charge of the case of the dead body in the cave. As he spoke, he raised his right hand and pointed to the golden badge embedded in his left jacket pocket. In fact, he didn't need to point out at all, because the police badges were so glamorous and eye-catching that I had already seen them at the first sight. Now there should be no possibility of using police badges to deceive people, because the real case is already in front of us.

"Is there anything you can do? Or, come in and talk about it. As soon as I saw that it was a criminal policeman, my tense mood immediately relaxed.

"Oh, no. You are Xu Meng. ”

"Yes."

"We are here today mainly to ask you to assist us in our work. As far as we know, you are an intern who is not afraid of danger, and you are the only secretary who has not been arranged in advance, but has temporarily replaced the secretary who is ill and beats up the tourists who are visiting the city, which shows that you should be the least suspicious. This case is extraordinary, and our criminal police team is currently quite tight, many people have gone to the headquarters for training, and they will not be able to come back until three days later, we are really difficult to find a police officer who is both a little idle and very suitable, and when we ask, if there is a person who everyone knows and is very familiar with, it may reduce a lot of embarrassment and unnecessary trouble, after all, some people with high reputation are also in this tour group, so we still have to act cautiously. ”

He paused for a moment, waiting for me to pick up the conversation, but I didn't say a word. So he had to say again: "Don't worry, you think about it carefully, and give me an answer tomorrow." ”

He and the boy-like little detective were about to turn away, when suddenly he turned around again, and was very close to me, and whispered mysteriously: "One more thing I forgot to tell you, that dead body is the ...... in your tour group" He deliberately dragged out his voice, his eyes aimed at me.

"The woman's name is Sharyl."

"What?!" I couldn't believe my ears, it was like a bolt from the blue.

"Do you feel anything unusual about her these days?" His eyes were always on me, like a poisonous snake watching over its prey.

"No...... I really haven't paid much attention to her! "It was only then that I realized that I had been so involved in the past few days that I hadn't paid any attention to this woman. Except for the restroom on the train and the moment I got off the train, I couldn't remember anything about the rest of the time when she was in front of me and behind me the rest of the time.

"Think about it again, and we'll talk about it tomorrow."

Rahman and his little henchman were about to leave when I suddenly uttered something that surprised even me: "Well, I agree to be your assistant." I'll go look for you tomorrow morning. ”

"That's great, and to-morrow I'll send a waiter to take your place in Mrs. Jones's service. We'll see you tomorrow. ”

"Okay." I had already made up my mind in an instant, this case was too strange, rather than suffering here and waiting for the answer to come out, it would be more reliable to go and find the answer in every possible way, and there seemed to be a voice in my ears reminding me that maybe the third little spinning top was involved and hidden in it!