Huangsha Road, the yellow sand is dusk, and the strong wind on the Gobi Desert pours into the Huangsha Road Pass, making a whining ghost roar. It is located in the northern part of the city of Nishisha, less than five kilometers east of Dune Town. Because sometimes caravans enter and leave Huangsha Road, and in order to protect the safety of the townspeople, the guards of Dune Town often come to this area to patrol, first, to find out if there are signs of prey beasts, and secondly, to prevent anyone from being killed, so that they will not be thrown into the wilderness and eaten by wild beasts.

Two days later, Binks came here with the security brigade, in fact, it was not very far from Xisha City, but the weather was hot and the road was difficult, so it took two days to arrive.

"Ahead is Huangsha Road. ”

The whirring wind and sand are particularly big here, perhaps because of the topography, on both sides of the Huangsha Road are two high and continuous wastelands, only this one less than forty meters wide is like a gap leading to the depths, the flowing wind on the Gobi Desert converges here, and it forms this strange ghost howling sound in front of you.

The guard who pointed the way said, "To the west of here is Dune Town, and we are the corpse of the mayor found in front. ”

"Go, go. ”

The further I went, the stronger the wind became, and the sand and gravel on the ground were swept up by the wind, and it hurt very much on my body. The crowd rode on sand camels, with towels covering their faces and wrapping cloths around their heads, showing only a pair of eyes to look at the scene outside, and walked forward under the leadership of two guards.

"There seems to be someone up ahead!" the sharp-eyed man saw several figures in the wind and sand.

"Go over and see. Binks clamped his hunchback and sped over.

There were indeed five men at the foot of the mountain, and they were also looking at the caravan approaching them.

"Huh. It's you!" As he got closer, Binks saw that one of the five people at the foot of the hill was none other than Alice, who had met at the manor.

Alice covered her face with a silk scarf in one hand, beckoned to them, and shouted, "You are coming so slowly." ”

"Why are you here?"

Alice waited for them to come near before she said, "Why are you here, why am I here?" ”

"What are you talking about?" Binks said angrily, "You guy, don't get in the way of Lord Ben's investigation, you're really going to me off, be careful that I catch you and throw you in the dungeon." ”

"Mayor Mayor, is that the Mayor?" the two guards who led the way caught up from behind, and they turned over and jumped off the sand camel to take a look. Sure enough, it's the mayor.

An elderly man from the four beside Alice narrowed his presbyopia. Only then did he recognize the person: "Ah, it's you, you escorted the corpse back?"

"Yes. One of the guards introduced to the mayor, "This is Lord Lurkaf Binks, the sheriff of West Sand, and he has come to investigate the murder of Mayor Calid. ”

"Oooh. The Mayor of Dune nodded, "I've seen Lord Sheriff." Know. ”

Binks hunched down and said, "Mayor Town." How are you here when you're old. Still with this little girl?"

The mayor of Dune Town said strangely: "What's the matter, wasn't she sent by Xisha City to investigate the case?"

"What? Send her to investigate?" Binks laughed, "How could we let a little girl do the investigation?"

"But......," said the Mayor of Dune, "but this Alice girl says she is from West Sand, and that Sir Copperchin has asked her to come and find out." I heard that it was a man sent by the Lord. didn't dare to slack off, and personally brought three of the most capable guards with her here to investigate the scene. ”

"Hmph, she lied to you!" Binks said angrily, "You are really nonsense, do you believe such nonsense, how could Sir and I let a child mess around with such an important matter as the murder of the mayor!"

"Ahh

Alice smiled mischievously: "Don't be angry, old man, it's not good to be angry." And who said I lied to you, I was appointed by Sir Lurkauf to find out what was going on. ”

"You're talking nonsense!" Binks was furious and pointed at Alice: "Come on, arrest her for me, and put her in jail when I get back to the city!"

Although Lucas and Jennifer, who were traveling with him, knew Alice, it was difficult to say anything at this time. But before the officers and soldiers could make a move, Alice preemptively said: "I found a few clues here, first, this is not a murder scene, I have investigated nearby, including Huangsha Road, and there is no trace of a fight nearby." In other words, as you expected, this is just a corpse dumping site, and the real killing place should be somewhere else. Second, when I was checking nearby, I found a letter under a boulder over there. As he spoke, he took out the letter from his pocket and shook it in his hand.

"You, bring the letterhead. Binks didn't have a good time.

The letter was handed to Binks, and he looked at it, "Sure enough, the murder of Mayor Khalid was done by the same person who killed him in the Sir Manor." It reads, 'Death continues, this is the eighth victim, but it won't be the last.' I must make you live in infinite fear. With that, he handed the letter to a few people from Kopo Chinpo.

Jennifer frowned: "This is the eighth deceased, not the tenth?

"There are already nine people dead in the manor, this is the eighth, and the gardener who died in the manor last time should be the tenth." ”

Binks said: "So, the murder notice I received two nights ago doesn't have a corresponding deceased?"

Epsilin said with an iron face: "That's right, it means that there will be people who will die." ”

Binks asks Alice, "Is there a third?"

"Thirdly, not yet. Alice smiled, "I've only been here before you, and that's all I've found." ”

Binks snorted, "For your sake, I'll not let the soldiers tie you up first." But you're really suspicious, and until I figure out what you're going to do, you keep me honest here, and I'll take you back to Xisha City for interrogation. ”

Alice didn't pay any attention to what he said, but asked, "By the way, did you bring Mayor Calid's autopsy report with you?"

"Why do you ask this?"

Alice said, "I said that I was commissioned by Mr. Sir to investigate the case, how can I not read the autopsy report on this serial murder case?"

Binks was furious: "You still dare to talk nonsense, when did the Jazz entrust you with this?!"

"If you don't believe me, you can ask Sir when you get back, and I won't leave anyway. But now I'm going to look at the autopsy report, right away. ”

Binks was really angry, but he didn't dare to be sure if Alice was lying, and he did see Alice at the manor, maybe it was true. He thought about it for a while, so he had to say: "I didn't bring the autopsy report with me, if you want to see it, you can wait until you return to Xisha City." ”

"Oh. Alice was a little disappointed.

At this time, Jennifer stepped forward and said, "It doesn't matter, I have read that report, and I still remember the contents of it, so why don't I tell it to you." ”

Alice pursed her lips and smiled, "Thank you, Sister Jennifer." ”

Because there are more people, everyone has expanded the scope of investigation, in fact, this is just a corpse dumping site, there is nothing to see, and it is good to get so many clues. However, it must be the death of the mayor of a city, and the stakes are high, even if it is a routine matter, Binks must go to the scene to find it carefully, not to mention that it is not just a routine matter.

After listening to Jennifer's autopsy report, Alice couldn't help but think deeply, because there are many doubts in it, and one of the most suspicious is time.

"Is it routine for you to go to Wong Sha Road to visit?"

"Yes. ”

"How often do you come to visit?"

Epsilin was asking the guard who found the body, and Alice, who was not far away, heard it and came over, which was exactly what she wanted to ask.

The guard said, "Not necessarily, it's usually every five days, but sometimes it's a little longer, or seven days, or ten days. ”

"And how many days have it been since your last inspection and this one?"

"Five days. The guard affirmed.

"Five days. "The autopsy report says that the deceased's time of death was between eleven and thirteen days ago, that is, between June 15 and June 17, and the time you found the body was on June 28, and you sent the body to Xisha City three days later, right?"

The guard thought about it for a moment, nodded and said, "That's right, that's right. ”

Epsilin added: "And the time when the murderer threw the body was between June 23 and June 28 after your inspection. It is strange that 6 to 13 days elapsed between the killing of the deceased and the time when the body was dumped at Wong Sha Dao, why did the murderer throw the body after such a long time, and why did he leave it here?"

The guards were puzzled when they heard this: "Is there any other reason for throwing the corpse? Maybe the murderer just found a random place where no one was and threw it." ”

Epsilin was about to open his mouth, but he heard someone next to him: "No." Mayor Khalid was heading west on a business trip, and if the murderer had just thrown his body at random, he wouldn't have thrown it here. It was Alice who spoke, and she was holding her chin and thinking, "This is the north of Xisha City, and it is too far away from the direction of the mayor. And this place is not at all suitable for throwing corpses. Generally speaking, murderers will choose rivers and woods to throw corpses, the more secluded places the better, but you said that the Huangsha crossing is the only passage to the east, and caravans will pass by here from time to time, isn't this the opposite of the purpose of throwing corpses?"

Epsilin looked at Alice and didn't speak.

The guard nodded, "Hey, you really have a point. But why did the murderer throw the body here?"

...... (To be continued......)