Chapter 46 Chapter Forty-Five

My cousin was finally released from prison. Today Xu Ce took his uncle's family to the hotel to have a meal and clean up the dust. After the end, Xu Ce returned home, and a stone in his heart was relieved, and he could prepare for the next person. He passed through the front house and walked into the back room. This room was quite big, and some sundries were placed there, which could be regarded as a storage room.Next to it is the equipment for repairing tires, as well as the corresponding tools.There is a thick safe on the right, in which the June 4th pistol is locked. Xu Ce came to a place in the northwest of the house, where there was a wooden board on the ground, he lifted the wooden board, revealing a large hole in the ground, with lights shining inside.

This was originally a cellar dug in the back yard of the house. Later, with the development of the times, the cellar was no longer needed, so in the 1990s, a room was built on this land, which is now the storage room.The entrance to the cellar was sealed with cement. It was not until a few months ago that Xu Ce found someone to break the cement open again, revealing the cellar, and repaired and strengthened the inside. He walked down the iron stairs at the entrance of the cave, walked three meters, and arrived in the cellar. The total area of ​​the cellar is about a dozen square meters, and it is more than three meters high. The interior is newly decorated, tiled, and a bright white light is on the top, which is transparent.There was a TV set next to it, and it was on.It's like a living room.

In the corner opposite the TV, there was an iron cage one meter square, and there was actually a person sitting in the cage! The man was completely naked, his clothes and pants had been stripped off, his face was unkempt, and the beard on the corners of his mouth and chin grew in disorder.Next to him was the food, half of which was left, and in the other corner was a spittoon, which smelt of feces and urine.There was a TV remote control in his hand. At this time, he was staring at the TV blankly. When Xu Ce went down to the cellar, he only looked back, and then turned his head back to look at the TV as if all hope was lost.

This iron cage is the kind used to raise big dogs. There are more than a dozen large locks on the door of the cage, and a small hole is opened beside the cage, so that the rice bowl and spittoon can be passed in and out.But within two meters around the cage, everything was empty, without any objects. Of course, Xu Ce used a tool to prevent him from secretly breaking the door lock. Xu Ce smiled slightly, walked forward, checked the locks on the iron cage, and found that all the locks were firmly locked, and none of them was abnormal.Then he carefully inspected every iron pipe in the iron cage, and found that they were all intact, so he was relieved.

Checking all the locks and iron pipes is Xu Ce's daily work.He knew that it was impossible to pry open more than a dozen big locks in a short time, but he did not rule out that the trapped people with perseverance, wisdom, and perseverance would try to break a little bit every day and finally escape.Just like the protagonist in "The Count of Monte Cristo", it took more than ten years to dig out a tunnel to escape.He didn't want this to happen. Xu Ce pulled out a chair from the opposite side of the iron cage and sat down. Looking at the people in the iron cage, a relaxed smile appeared on his face: "Why, Lin Xiao, it's been so long, you still can't get used to it?"

Lin Xiao didn't speak, his expression was blank, and he was still staring at the TV. Xu Ce didn't take it seriously, and continued: "Look, although I trapped you, compared with other kidnappers, I am very humane. I am afraid that you will be afraid in the dark, so I opened the room specially. Light. Before going to bed, I was worried that you would not be able to sleep with the light turned on, so I turned the light on for you into a dim sleep light. I am often away from home during the day and feel that you are lonely, so I leave the TV for you and give you the remote control. You can switch channels freely if you want to watch anything you want. If you want to play computer games, I can give you one without a network card to play stand-alone. Of course, I don’t worry about the one with a network card, in case someone next door installs it With a wireless router, you can access the Internet. In addition, I try to change the pattern and buy different dishes for you every day, so as to ensure that the same dishes will not be repeated for a week. I also told you that if you want to eat something in particular, let me know. Even big yellow croakers and shark fins, I will definitely buy them to satisfy you. You see, I also empty your spittoon every day. I have never done such a thing. Think about it, how good your life is now, you don’t have to go to work, and you have Eat and drink, have someone to serve you, watch TV, and play computer games. Of course, considering that you are young and strong, you must want a woman. I really can't satisfy you, but I said that as long as you want , I can buy you a real-life model doll. Look at you, you look sad every day, and you don’t wash your face or hair. It’s so messy, it seems like I’m abusing you.”

Lin Xiao snorted coldly, but did not answer. Xu Ce smiled lightly and said, "Well, I can see that you are still not satisfied with the life I arranged for you. If you have any suggestions, please let me know. Next, let's continue with the previous few days. Topic. Why have I never seen Wang Xiubang playing with women? Is it because I followed the wrong time and he hid his lover very well. " Lin Xiao still didn't answer him. Xu Ce stared into his eyes for a while, then took a deep breath, and said, "We've been together for so long, you should know me a little bit, I'm not a cruel person with a desire to torture others Man, since you came here, you can see that you have almost no skin injuries. Except for the first time, I have never hit you since I came back, right? But you have not cooperated one after another recently, and my patience has gradually reached its limit. Don't want to do the torture, it makes my stomach sick, you know?"

Lin Xiao still did not speak. Xu Ce frowned, got up and unplugged the TV, but Lin Xiao's eyes didn't move, he was still staring at the black screen of the TV. Xu Ce said: "I know that when a person is locked in a closed space for a long time, the mental pressure will gradually increase. Just like when you were locked up here, you yelled, begged for mercy, and behaved Very anxious, I just hope that the police will know your situation quickly, find you, and rescue you. When I left, you must have been yelling for help, trying to hope that someone heard your call for help and called the police in time. When I told You are in a basement, and the surrounding area, including the ceiling, is covered with foam materials. The sound insulation effect is very good. Even if you stand on the ground above your head, you can hardly hear someone calling for help below. You gave up the idea of ​​calling for help. Instead, You want to destroy the cage, but you find that it is more futile. After you are trapped for more than a week, your initial anxiety gradually decreases, and as time goes on, your anticipation of being found by the police increases. The lower you are, the more you gradually accept your situation helplessly, and your spirit will gradually show a look of despair, the mood will become lower and lower, and your emotions will gradually be controlled by despair."

Xu Ce continued: "If a person is locked up in a confined space for a few years, I am afraid that the mental pressure will crush him and cause a serious mental disorder. That's why I don't put extra pressure on you in a very humane way. And let you have a certain entertainment life to improve your mood, so that you feel that this is still an open space. Do you know what is the most terrifying and bloodless method for prison guards to torture prisoners in prisons? It is confinement. You are locked in a room that is 30 centimeters long and 30 centimeters wide, and you are closed for a few days. During those few days, you are in the dark, and what's worse, you can only stand all the time, even with the space to squat down. It’s not enough, let alone lie down and sleep. Then you’ll know what it’s like to die. You don’t want to taste that, do you?”

Lin Xiao still did not cooperate and did not speak. Xu Ce said: "Okay, stop pretending. I study psychology. I know that you are far from hopeless physically and mentally. You are locked out of a mental disorder. Stop acting." Lin Xiao's eyes flashed suddenly, as if someone had exposed his mind. Xu Ce smiled and said, "Do you know how I found out? I found out that you changed the channel." He raised his watch to check the time, murmured, and continued, "At this point in time, other TVs are meaningless, you can watch them. There are only news programs about people’s livelihood. Didn’t you watch the news programs just now? When I left in the morning, I remembered that the TV was on the movie channel. If you were really desperate, would you change the program? Haha , don’t pretend anymore, your acting skills are really not very good.”

At this time, Lin Xiao finally spoke: "What do you want to let me go?" "Look, you have revealed your true psychological thoughts again. If you are really desperate physically and mentally, you should ask me when I will kill you. You still have the hope of escaping in your heart, so you ask me what to do. Will let you go." Lin Xiao snorted coldly. Xu Ce said: "As long as you tell me what I want to know, I will naturally let you go." Lin Xiao shook his head vigorously: "You won't!" Xu Ce was stunned for a moment, and then said: "You are very smart and saw through my lies. To be honest, I really didn't intend to let you leave alive at all. If you go out, wouldn't I have to shoot you? You must think that as long as you If you don’t tell everything you know, you still have value, and I won’t be willing to kill you for the time being. If you want to delay for another day, the probability of the police finding you will be higher, so you don’t have to worry about it at all. Cooperate with me. In fact, your thinking is wrong. Even if you tell me everything today, I will not kill you for the time being. I have to wait until Wang Xiubang dies before I can kill you. At least keep you alive, in case I later The action failed, and I still have a bargaining chip." After hearing this, Lin Xiao remained silent and lowered his head in frustration. Xu Ce said: "There's a lot of nonsense today, let's start our topic exchange. I hope you can recognize the situation. If you still don't cooperate, then I will use some means to make you wake up. Okay, let me ask you, Wang Xiubang Do you have a lover?" Lin Xiao was silent for a moment, and finally said: "I... I don't know." Xu Ce stared into his eyes for a long time, then shook his head firmly: "No, you are lying, you must know it. To be honest, your expression should not be like yours now."