Chapter 95: Escape from the Grim Reaper
"No, there will be!"
Yaqin looks soft and weak, but at the critical moment, she is very resilient, and she still insists on groping on the ground. Soon, she cheered: "Found it!" Really, this one hasn't been used!"
"Really! Come on, here's the matchbox, light it up!"
Yaqin touched the box and swiped lightly on it, and a bright fire appeared in front of him. I leaned to the wall and took a photo, and there was indeed a line of words on it, but it was blurry, and I couldn't see what was written, and the two of them stared at it with wide eyes and full attention.
A short match was about to burn out, and the flames had moved to Yaqin's slender fingertips, but she still endured the pain of the fire, and she had to put her eyes on the wall to see, and it took a lot of effort to see the two words, which were written weakly and very flirtatious.
Suffocate...... Coal gas......
The matches finally burned out.
"Suffocation...... Coal gas....... Is it Daddy who suffocates themselves with the carbon dioxide they exhale? However, it will take a long time for the carbon dioxide exhaled by just the two of us to fill such a large room! For such a long time, there is still hope that we will be rescued. ”
The captain said to Yaqin in a tone of great affirmation, hoping that she would cheer up.
However, he immediately remembered the long lead pipe that had been placed in Old Man Sean's wall kitchen, "Ahhh The lead pipe was used by the wicked man to connect the gas pipe outside the kitchen, and then he dragged the lead pipe to the roof, stuffed it through the skylight, and put the gas into the house! Just now it was to dig the gas pipeline, so there will be the sound of digging the ground!"
Sure enough, at this time, I only heard "hiss!" Old Man Sean has twisted the gas pipe, and soon the whole room will be filled with gas.
"Shhh
The two hugged each other tighter and tighter, and they both prepared for the worst in their hearts. They don't feel much pain, but their heads are a little drowsy, their spirits are in a trance, and they are fluttering. Then, the drowsiness became thicker and thicker, as if he was riding a white cloud, fluttering on the ground from time to time, and as if he was swimming in a very beautiful rose bush in the fog......
The two hugged each other tightly, as if they were afraid of being separated, how happy this feeling of freedom was!
I don't know how long it was, a few minutes, a few hours, or a few days and nights? The captain suddenly woke up, and he found that he was still alive!
His head still felt groggy and seemed to remain in his dreams. He looked around and couldn't help but wonder.
"Where is this?"
He found himself not in the suffocating room, but in the thick shade of the trees in the courtyard. The spring here is bright and the air is fresh, which makes people feel refreshed. There were two benches under the tree, and he lay on one of them; Another bench was nearby, and on top of it lay the sleeping Yaqin. Between them was a small table, on which were two glasses filled with water, which to the Captain looked like a wonderful elixir.
Suddenly, he felt his mouth dry and his mouth became dry, so he trembled and propped up his upper body slightly, and stretched out his hand to bring water to drink. At that moment, the door of the next room was pushed open.
"It's Sean? Or is there another enemy?"
The captain's consciousness was still very hazy, but now he suddenly became alert, and his mind cleared up a lot.
Out of the door came a handsome man, whom the captain had never seen before, and who watched him warily. The man looked at him and said kindly:
"Are you awake?"
And when he spoke, he brought him water. His expression and voice were so gentle that the captain immediately intuitively concluded that he was not an enemy, and took the cup and drank the water.
The cold water was like a fountain of life, and the captain took a sip of it, and immediately refreshed: "Thank you...... Yaqin isn't in any danger, is it?"
As soon as he finished saying this, he felt a heavy sleepiness again, and his eyelids couldn't help but sink. Presumably that glass of water had a very potent tranquilizer in it.
The captain tried hard to open his eyes, but he fell asleep. When he woke up again, although he still felt a little headache, his mind was completely clear, and most of his strength had regained in his body.
"I really escaped from death...... What's going on, though? Who will save me? What kind of place is this?"
Yaqin seemed to have drunk the glass of water, and fell asleep again, she looked very peaceful when she was asleep, and the faint shadow of the tree fell on her fair face, and shook gently. Both cups were empty. He slowly stood up, shook his head slightly, and tried to take a few steps forward, his legs recovering. At this time, he saw clearly that the house in front of him was his father's former residence, that is, the old house in which he was locked in.
It seems that someone finally found us locked up in that room and rescued us. Is it the wounded soldier under his command, or is it Director Chen? But why hasn't anyone come for so long? He walked around the house, but he didn't see the wounded soldier or Director Chen, not even the shadow of the detective. He had no choice but to go back to his place and walk slowly towards the woods in the courtyard.
At last, he noticed that a man was sitting and napping on a wicker chair in the shade of a large tree, and a book was placed on the man's lap. "It turned out to be the guy who brought me water to drink just now." The man looked to be about forty years old, and although he was pale, his body appeared to be very strong, with broad shoulders, like that of an athlete.
The man was very particular about his dress, and his dress and tie were well matched. The captain looked at the book on his lap, titled "The Autobiography of Seranklin," and a hat landed on the grass beside him.
The captain stood in front of him, and the man opened his eyes and smiled kindly: "Why did I fall asleep?" I'm so sorry. Because I always have too much to do, I catch up on a nap whenever I have free time, no matter how important things are. ”
"You have the same habits as Napoleon!"
"Don't dare, don't dare, how can you compare with Napoleon?" The man smiled and asked, "How's it going?" Captain Zhou Jian, have you completely recovered your spirits? Isn't Yaqin awake yet?"
"Thank you for saving ......"
As soon as his words came out, he felt that something was wrong, how could this stranger know his name and Yaqin's? He was feeling strange when the man laughed heartily.
"I forgot to introduce myself to you. That's my name. The man handed over a business card:
Dongzhou Starlight Detective Agency Lang Xiaobai .
"Oh, so you're the famous Mr. Detective! Thank you for saving us! ”
"I'll tell you the details later. The Black Giant Ah Peng is an old friend of mine, so he will ask me for help, I checked in your room, and the diary notes that you are going to visit the grave on the 15th of November, so I rushed here and hid in the woods. However, Old Man Sean also knows about your coming to sweep the grave. Because when you saw Sean holding a wreath in his arms, he once said to himself: Thank you, tomorrow, Yaqin and I will also go. ”
"So, Sean went to the grave before you did, laid the wreath, and then hid it in the house, and when he saw that you had entered the room and devoted yourself to the relics of your parents, he secretly closed the door from the outside."
"You all know what happened after this, that is, he wants to poison you with gas."