Chapter 44: Second Uncle's Message
We immediately gathered around, only to find that there was still some blood stuck to the paper, and it looked disgusting.
Shi Tao carefully unfolded the paper gently, which seemed to be a formality document. But when I saw the words on the document, my heart jumped wildly, because I clearly saw the three eye-catching characters on the document: Rongchang Pavilion!
Rongchang Pavilion gave me a deep impression, my second uncle and Kong Xue, I just participated in an auction held there not long ago, of course, including the people of the Tang family, so that Kong Xue was taken away by the people of the Tang family, and so on, this scene resurfaced in front of my eyes.
Seeing Rongchang Pavilion, I suddenly remembered a small episode, I auctioned a mutton fat jade bracelet at the auction, and I was going to give it to Kong Xue, but then Kong Xue was kidnapped, I and the second uncle were plotted, and the second uncle was injured and hospitalized. I thought to myself that when I went back this time, I would definitely remember to give her the bracelet.
I couldn't help but look at Kong Xue, Kong Xue also looked at me, of course she didn't know what I was thinking in my heart, she just noticed the words on the slip, and said to me: "Zhuo Ran, do you say that this slip was left by the Tang family, or was it left by your second uncle?" ”
I thought for a while and said, "I estimate that nine times out of ten it should be my second uncle, you see that this corpse was burned like this, but this piece of paper is basically intact, which means that this piece of paper was put into his mouth after this person was burned to death." ”
Kong Xue frowned slightly, "How do you know that it wasn't put by the Tang family, they also have such a document in their hands!" ”
I shook my head and pointed to the sand slope on the side, "You see the Tang family people are dead, they obviously died in a hurry, and there are some things that have been thrown away next to them." So it can be seen that they were running away at that time, and since they had finally escaped, how could they come back again. ”
Kong Xue nodded, "It also makes sense, which means that this note was left by your second uncle." ”
"That's how it should be!"
Hearing my words, Shi Tao looked at me strangely, I didn't understand what he meant, so I asked, "Is there something wrong, Brother Tao?" ”
Shi Tao said: "Actually, to judge whether this piece of paper was left by your second uncle, it is actually very simple, let me ask you, what did your second uncle buy at the auction at that time?" ”
I thought for a moment and said, "It seems to be a three-legged brush wash of Ru kiln." ”
Shi Tao smiled, "That's what your second uncle left behind." With that, he handed over the note and let me see it for myself.
I took it carefully and looked at it, although the note was soaked with blood in some places, but in the item column, I could still see: Ru, three, pen wash a few words. 、
It turned out that it was as simple as that, just now I had to analyze it for a long time, and it turned out that the answer was written on it. This situation is like the plot in the movie, I tried my best to pick the lock for a long time, but it turned out that the door was not locked at all. I was a little embarrassed! laughed dryly, "Sure enough, it was left by my second uncle!" ”
Shi Tao continued: "I think he kept this here, and deliberately exposed it so that the people who came to find it, there must be his intention!" And when he informed Wen Mo to join us, he knew that we were following him and the Tang family, so this should be left for us to see. Your uncle and nephew know better, you see if there are any clues on the document. ”
I picked up the slip and looked at it carefully, and there were no new words or symbols other than the original handwriting on it. It's just that some scratches and folds on the slip caught my attention. The second uncle has been in business for many years, and he has a habitual caution about the custody of documents, so although this document is also neatly folded, it is very uneven. This is not in line with his style.
I thought about it, and then I held the slip above my head and looked at the sun, and sure enough, I found that those scratches formed some words, but unfortunately the slip was wet with blood, and the second uncle didn't have a pen, these words looked like something hard to draw, and it was not clear. After I made it closer, I could only make out some of the words: careful, vibrate, jump.
I told them about the demerits I saw, and they didn't understand them at all.
Wenmo asked, "Only this information?" ”
"Yes," I said, "that's all I can see!" Alas, it's all my second uncle's fault, I have to put the note in the corpse's mouth! ”
Shi Tao waved his hand, "You can't blame your second uncle for this, presumably the situation was more urgent at that time, and the note may not be found if you put it in the sand, and the corpse was charred all over, and there was nowhere to put it, only in your mouth." But he didn't expect that after the cold of yesterday's white-haired wind and the warmth of today's sun, the cold and heat caused some blood to flow out of the corpse's mouth again, wetting the note. ”
"Okay!" I nodded, I also understand what my second uncle did, but what should I do next? The one left by the second uncle: Be careful of shaking and jumping, what does it mean? Is it to let us be careful of the vibrations? But how can this place be shaken!
However, compared to the riddles left by the second uncle, there is one more thing we are more concerned about, that is, how these Tang family members were burned to death!
We asked Dawut, who had been standing aside, to see if he had heard of such a person being scorched!
Dawut was a little unhappy at this time, and looked at our camels at the foot of the dunes, and seemed unwilling to answer our questions.
We asked several times before Dawut reluctantly said, "These people are scorched by the fire of hell, they must have done something bad and have been punished!" As he spoke, Dawut gave us a cold look, "I really don't know what you're doing here, you always encounter such strange things!" I really don't want to go in with you! ”
In fact, we are not surprised by Dawut's emotion, and we don't blame him, but whoever else probably reacts like this!
Shi Tao hurriedly reassured him, after all, our group of people with no experience in the desert still rely on Dawut. Shi Tao walked over and whispered something to Dawut, and after a while, the gloom on Dawuti's face slowly turned into helplessness, he talked and said a word in Uyghur that we didn't understand, and then knelt on the ground and prayed.
I walked up to the top of the dunes again, and found that Wenmo had gone down to check on the other corpses. I was a little curious, so I followed.
Wen Mo turned out several charred corpses, which were placed on the golden sand dunes, which looked particularly shocking. Each corpse looked very painful, I can even imagine their state before they died, they twisted, struggled, painful, some of the corpses were still tearing at their clothes, but the relentless fire still burned them black.
Then the question arises, where does the fire come from? Ordinary flames can't burn people like this!
Wenmo squatted down to examine the corpses, and I leaned over to his side, "How is it, have you found anything?" ”
Wen Mo said: "These people should have been unsuspected, and they were suddenly attacked by flames. ”
I was even more puzzled, suddenly attacked by the flames, and I looked around, and the endless yellow sand was in full view, and there was something that could burst into flames. I asked, "Then where do you say this flame came from?" It can't fall from the sky! After saying that, I thought this guess was ridiculous, and I couldn't help but laugh a few times.
But Wen Mo didn't smile, and looked up at the sky, the sun was still shining, and a few thick clouds were floating in the air. I looked around, and suddenly I felt a hard thing under my feet, I walked with my feet, and a gun was exposed, it turned out to be an eighty-one type, I bent down to pick it up, but found that the body of the gun had been deformed.
Shi Tao saw it next to him and walked over quickly, "There is a gun!" ”
I nodded, "What I just found in the sand should have been thrown away by these people." I pointed to the dead bodies on the ground.
Shi Tao took the gun, fiddled with it a few times, and said with some regret: "It's a pity, it can't be used!" With that, he threw the gun aside.
Suddenly I found a problem, if the person is burned, the clothes are ignited, the equipment bag is ignited, what about the gun? Could it be that the steel gun was also ignited?
We can't guess what it was like, the only thing we can know for sure is that it must have been weird!
At this time, a thick cloud obscured the sun, and the whole sky darkened, and even the sand dunes under his feet became a little black.
I looked down at the sand dunes in the direction where the dead bodies were kept, and I found that this sand dune was very unusual, the sand dunes got steeper and steeper, and then I couldn't even see the sand slope anymore, and this direction of the sand dunes showed an incredible angle, you would hardly believe that it was a sand mountain, and I even had the illusion that it was a stone cliff.
Thick clouds drifted slowly, and bright sunlight shone down again. Suddenly it makes people feel warm and comfortable. Suddenly, Wenmo whispered, "Not good! ”
has known Wenmo for so long, he will never be untargeted, every word he says, there is a truth that must be said. And now that he says it's not good, it's really bad!
I hurriedly asked him, "What's wrong?" Something is wrong! ”
Wen Mo pointed to the sand dunes and said, "Look at the color of the sand dunes, they have become a little black!" ”
I couldn't help but smile, and said that Wenmo would make this kind of mistake too, and I said, "Wenmo, you forgot, it wasn't the clouds that covered ...... just now"
I was stunned in the middle of my sentence, I was going to say that the clouds were covering the sun, but I suddenly realized that the sun had already broken through the clouds, and the sand dunes were still the same color at this time, which meant that it had really turned black!