Chapter 23 Chapter Twenty-Three

Facing the thief, looking at the broken longevity lock, she suddenly felt an unspeakable anxiety, and heard a voice ringing in her ears: rush over and kill him!She picked up a rock and fucked it behind her, and walked straight over... That night, when Wu Bingbing returned to the hotel, it was already late, and she was very excited about the investigation and the longevity lock she got.Although it was almost midnight, she still couldn't help calling Zhang Qun.Zhang Qun was already asleep, and when she heard that she had found the Longevity Lock, her mumbling voice suddenly amplified: Great!Good for you!Master Hongtai asked you yesterday!

Wu Bingbing said: "I will book tickets tomorrow and take a boat back from Chongqing. Because I am on the way, I was wondering if I should go to Huang Qing's house. I figured it out. Huang Qing is a student of Wang Xiaoyue and followed her before graduation. Huahua. But I don’t understand, did Huang Qing fall off the cliff to death, or was she killed by Wang Xiaoyue? Maybe I’ll be able to figure it out if I learn a little more. What do you think?” Zhang Qun said: "If, as you said, Wang Xiaoyue was very kind to Huang Qing in advance, brought her home, and even took her to sketch, even her husband thought they looked alike, then it was obviously her ulterior motives." , she had been prepared for a long time, she wanted to use her, but the actual result was to use her. There are two possibilities for Huang Qing's death. One is that she fell off a cliff and died while painting. Wang Xiaoyue happened to be there and saw this opportunity. She disguised the dead Huang Qing as herself, and she took the opportunity to escape; second, she deliberately designed and murdered Huang Qing, creating the illusion of an accident and the deception that she was able to escape."

"If it happened by accident, it would be too fulfilling her wish. It happened that Huang Qing left school after graduation, and there was no time before she was assigned to a new unit. No one would pursue her except her family. Her whereabouts. What's even more suspicious is that only Wang Xiaoyue was with her at the time." "Yes!" Zhang Qun said, "When I went to Huang Qing's house to investigate, her sister said that Huang Qing was waiting for distribution at home, saying that someone called and asked her to go out to paint. You think, she has graduated, and those The classmates are all scattered, and everyone is rushing to assign, if it wasn't for the teacher's conspiracy, she would not have picked someone to go out to paint at this time, and she would go there for many days."

Wu Bingbing said: "It seems that she killed Huang Qing. But why did she still use the name Huang Qing when she went abroad? Can she use the name Chen Xiaona?" "That's not it." Zhang Qun said, "First of all, the name Chen Xiaona is no longer safe. Chen Xiaona killed Yang Li, and possibly Professor Ouyang, and Ma Yuan knew more and more of her secrets. What she avoided was These. If she still uses this name to go abroad, everyone will continue to stare at her, and it is meaningless to go abroad. Her purpose is to get rid of the identity of Chen Xiaona. Another point, I saw from her exit registration form that she is visiting These must be professionals, and the approval department will also send a letter to the school for investigation. As a teacher, she can provide proof directly from the school, but she can only let the school do it in the name of helping students. The application was stamped, so she had to use Huang Qing's name. Also, she had to issue this certificate in advance... This is also easy to handle, she can completely deceive Huang Qing, pretending to go abroad with her, or help her do it Guaranteed to go abroad, etc.”

Wu Bingbing said: "Is the Public Security Bureau in charge of Chen Zhongjie helping her go abroad?" Zhang Qun said: "As far as I know, because of Chen Zhongjie's death, the public security organs only investigated his basic situation. He lives alone in Hong Kong and knows many people, but they don't know much about his private life. She went abroad in 8 years. I found out when I checked the files before. Of course, the Public Security Bureau did not know. The Public Security Bureau only used some circumstantial evidence to prove that Chen Zhongjie met Jiang Lan at the Harbin Art Exhibition three years ago. At that time, other painters were present. They It is said that from then on, the Hong Kong art dealer began to associate with Jiang Lan, and they lived together until the murder occurred."

"I think so," Wu Bingbing said hastily. "At the Harbin Art Exhibition, others saw Chen Zhongjie and Jiang Lan approaching. It was not the first time they met, but Chen Zhongjie happened to meet the woman he once loved after many years. He once He personally sent this woman named Huang Qing abroad, and she never contacted him again. But at this time, Huang Qing had become Jiang Lan, and she would not admit her past. But Chen Zhongjie believed it was her, so He followed her, investigated her, and followed her all the way to the south... Later she had to accept him, and they lived together. As for her killing him later, there may be many reasons, but it must have something to do with him knowing her identity."

Zhang Qun said: "Yes, if Chen Zhongjie controls her like this, she will definitely rebound after a long time. From Wang Xiaoyue to Chen Xiaona, then to Huang Qing, and then to Jiang Lan, her painstaking experience of shelling out is so ingenious and thoughtful. And consummation. She traveled from Henan to Hunan, then to Sichuan, and then carefully planned to go abroad. After returning, she had a new identity and a new name, and hid in E city, province A in the south, and started a new life from then on. No one would recognize her. Didn't Wang Moumou also say that she didn't want to go on a business trip? Going to Harbin to participate in the art exhibition was the only time, and she must regret it. Because Chen Zhongjie's discovery posed a threat to her. Chen Zhongjie Mastering her past, and using it to control and possess her, whether it is her paintings, or her body... This makes her psychologically hate. When the pressure is increasing, just like the past, she She will try to get rid of it, and she will kill again. She is familiar with this and firmly believes that she will succeed. Maybe she is lucky, thinking that this is the last time, and everything will be safe from now on, and her performance art will be more perfect. However, that is Once, she completely destroyed herself..."

After talking on the phone with Zhang Qun, it was already very late at night.Wu Bingbing took out the longevity lock from her bag again, and placed it in front of her carefully.I read the spell on it several times, and the more I read it, the more I found it incomprehensible, so I put it under the pillow before going to bed.That night she had a long dream, dreaming of the cloud-shrouded mountain, the old stone house and the oleander grove. The dream was full of fragments of Wang Xiaoyue's life from childhood to large, showing movies It seemed to reappear in her mind... The next day, Wu Bingbing chose the route to go home, first by car to Chongqing, then from Chongqing to Yichang by boat, from Yichang to Liuzhou by train, then by car to Guangzhou, and from Guangzhou back to City E.The reason for arranging the return trip in this way was that the money she carried with her had almost been spent unknowingly.After careful calculation, she had to go home with the only money she had.Although she passed by Wushan County where Huang Qing's family was located, she did not intend to stay any longer.Besides, if she disembarked from there, it would delay her at least two days.

When buying tickets at Chongqing Port, what I saw was a steaming scene.Tour companies are everywhere inside and outside the port, and tour guides are in groups. Banners and signboards are hung everywhere, and loudspeakers calling for people and business are heard everywhere. Is about to disappear - the original appearance of the Three Gorges tour - farewell tour - out of print tour - merchants want to spend all the money from visitors. Wu Bingbing didn't come here just to visit the Three Gorges.Looking at Yichang's ferry ticket, it is even more frighteningly high. The five-star Royal Princess costs 2,300 yuan, the four-star Yangtze River Angel costs 1,600 yuan, and even ordinary cruise ships without stars cost 500 yuan. There is a total of less than 800 yuan left.When she was hesitating on the side of the road, she heard a group of people passing by chatting, saying that there was a cargo ship carrying people there, and the ticket was cheap.She simply followed the group of people.In this way, he boarded a cargo ship for only 300 yuan.

The ship was full of containers, grain, and flour. After getting on board, I realized that there were still so many people taking this cargo ship to save money.Apparently they were all tourists too, with big bags on their backs, binoculars and cameras around their necks, the old man was holding a cane, and the women were wearing flat shoes.When the ship sailed away, all the people were also rejoicing, laughing and shouting on the deck: Goodbye Chongqing!I came to the Three Gorges! ——A college student has set up an easel, and with just a few strokes, he outlines the gradually moving Chongqing Port.Bingbing's emotions were also affected, and she stood there watching the college student draw.She feels that this kind of civilian life is more warm, comfortable and real than taking a luxury cruise ship.

There are no boxes and berths for the berths on this ship, only a lot of upper and lower plank beds are placed in the cabin below the deck, where passengers can rest.Bingbing had a dream last night and was very sleepy, so she lay on the wooden bed.Next door was a thin black young man with a mole on his chin, who sat there like a monkey and kept looking at her, making her unable to fall asleep.She went out to the deck to turn.After turning around, I watched the college student draw again.Looking at the writing on his sportswear, I know that he is from the Xidu Academy of Fine Arts. Wu Bingbing looked at the painting and said, "The conception is quite concise, and the matching of the picture is not bad, but the background color is darker. If you add bright spots, the effect will be better?" The boy looked up at her, lowered his head, followed what she said, and quickly cried out in surprise: "Oh, I always feel something is wrong, and I can't always fix it, so the problem is here!" Bingbing is also proud of herself, and her association with Zhang Qun and her understanding of Jiang Lan have also greatly improved her level of art appreciation.Then she chatted with him.Looking at the boy in front of her, thin, white and clean, wearing exquisite gold-rimmed glasses, like a scholar who came out of a movie in the 1930s, she developed a good impression of him in her heart. Soon, she knew that his name was Peng Lin, a Tujia nationality, his family was in Padang, and he was an authentic Three Gorges person.Because he had an uncle who was the first mate on this boat, he took this boat home once a month and painted the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, especially the scenery of the Three Gorges.Bingbing also told him that he was still in college, one level higher than him, studying archeology, and this time he was returning from a visit to relatives in Chengdu. Talking here, Bingbing suddenly remembered something, turned and ran back to the cabin.She was relieved when she saw that her travel bag on the wooden bed was intact and no one had touched the lock outside.After pondering for a while, she still opened the big bag, took out the square female bag on her shoulder, put the longevity lock and Wang Xiaoyue's photo materials in it, and then walked out with the bag on her back.When Peng Lin saw her, he smiled understandingly, and said to her, you have to take all your valuables with you, and beware of those Fengdu water ghosts when you take the cargo ship.Bingbing asked what is Fengdu water ghost?Peng Lin said that it was the gang of thieves in Fengdu who often went to the docks to steal things from cargo ships.Bingbing smiled and said it doesn't matter, my money is almost gone, and there is nothing to steal.Peng Lin said again, you look good standing there like this with your bag on your shoulders, shall I draw a portrait of you? Then he painted her portrait for hours.When it was getting late, they ran to the bow of the boat to see the colorful clouds and the beautiful scenery of the red sun and the mountain, overflowing with brilliant light.At this time, the distant mountains are like black jade, the near water is full of smoke, and the boat is like a big brush, sprinting in the ink painting, throwing dripping white on the long silk-like river surface, which is very interesting.Until it was completely dark, the two were still chatting on the deck unabated. Although there were a lot of people in the cabin and there were still people talking late at night, Wu Bingbing fell asleep peacefully on the plank bed, with her big bag on her pillow and the small bag with the longevity lock in her arms, sleeping very comfortably.She started dreaming again, still dreaming of Wang Xiaoyue's life from childhood to adulthood, intermittent fragments, faces flickering, sometimes here and there, like casually flipping through her childhood photos, recalling her past things randomly , although incoherent, form a whole.In the end, she dreamed that Jiang Lan came to find her, flew with the ship she was on, and attacked her again from the porthole... The next morning, the ship arrived in Fengjie, where it was to dock to unload. In front is Baidi City.Looking at the mountain peak standing thousands of feet high, many people shouted that the Three Gorges has arrived!Arrived!Wu Bingbing was also very excited, lying on the porthole and kept watching.When the ship was docked at the pier, someone on board shouted with a loudspeaker: "Feng Jie, other passengers should not disembark without permission."This ship is not a cruise ship. It only unloads cargo at various scenic spots and does not stop for sightseeing.For those who disembark without permission, the ship will not wait. If you miss the ship, you will be responsible for it! More than a dozen people disembarked from Fengjie, all of whom were trafficked locally.Some carried full baskets, some carried large and small bags, and some pushed piles of boxes on pulley carts.There are also many people who pick up and board the ship, all of whom are local business people.Some daring tourists quickly ran off the boat to buy some packed food, and then rushed up again.There was chaos on the pier. Bingbing just lay there looking at it, but when she turned her head and saw that the satchel she had put on the wooden bed was gone, she hurriedly called to look around.Then look at the dark and thin young man on the adjacent bed, who left at some time.She immediately ran out of the barn door and ran to the gangway outside the boat, only to find that he had got off the boat with her bag in his hands.She shouted: "He stole my bag!" She jumped off the boat and ran after him. Seeing that someone was chasing him, the young man didn't run towards the exit of the pier, but ran towards the mountain on the other side.Bingbing chased after him and shouted, return my things!That guy turned into a monkey, jumping around in the mountains, and climbed to the top of the mountain along the narrow stone ladder.Bingbing lost him, looking for him, but he couldn't find him.She was exhausted and sat on the rock panting for breath. At this moment, Peng Lin ran up from the bottom of the mountain, panting and said, just now he heard her shouting to catch the thief, and saw her running off the boat, so he followed her, he didn't expect her to run so fast.Bingbing said dejectedly, that person escaped, and my bag was taken away by him.Peng Lin asked how much money was in the bag?Bingbing said that he had no money, and I kept both money and documents with me.Peng Lin asked if there was anything valuable?Bingbing said that she has a mobile phone and a longevity lock.Peng Lin asked what longevity lock?Bingbing said it was used by folks, silver things.Peng Lin asked if it was a cultural relic?Bingbing said that it is more important than cultural relics, and it is a matter of life to me.Peng Lin was startled, and said it was so serious?What does a thief look like?Bingbing said that the cheeks of the sharp-billed monkey have a mole on the chin.Peng Lin said don't worry, since the boat has left, I have asked my uncle to pack your luggage.Then I will take you to find Lao Hei. Bingbing asked who is Lao Hei?Peng Lin said he was his uncle's friend and the boss of Fengjie's thief.Bingbing asked if he could help me find the Longevity Lock?Peng Lin said that those petty thieves listened to him.In this way, they went down the mountain towards Fengjie City. Lao Hei is a tall, strong, fat man with a beard.The two found him in a tavern.As soon as he finished talking about the situation, he slapped his thigh, spit on the ground and cursed: "There is a mole on the chin? - The youngest son of the old Guo family! He specially weighs the bag on the boat. The last time he weighed it On to my brother, damn it, I've dealt with him once!" Later, Lao Hei took the two of them to Xiguan on a convertible motorcycle.Then he walked into a yard near the bus station, pointed to the second floor of a tube building and said to Wu Bingbing: "He lives here, we two go up to find him, you wait behind this window, and when you find him jumping out of the window to escape call us." Just when the two of them went into the tube building to look for the thief, they saw him come back from outside leisurely as if nothing happened.As soon as he looked up and saw Wu Bingbing, he turned and ran away in fright.Wu Bingbing said: "Stand!" He called out again: "He's below!" and immediately chased after him.This time she was determined not to let him go, and chased him through three streets, crossed the square in the middle of the city, turned into an alley, and caught him at the corner of a construction site.The thief begged, don't send me to the bureau, I didn't steal your money.I just sold my mobile phone, I will give you 100 yuan, okay?Bingbing said, I don't want the phone anymore, you return my longevity lock!The thief asked what longevity lock?Is that the aluminum thing?Bingbing said yes, if you return it to me, I will let you go.The thief said there was no mistake, and he was chasing me desperately just for that thing?Bingbing said yes, it is very important to me, if you don't give it to me, I will kill you.The thief said I want that, what is it for?I emptied my bag and had no money, and when I saw that crappy thing, I threw it off the cliff. Wu Bingbing dragged the thief and yelled along the way, then climbed up the mountain he had climbed.From the back side of the mountain, follow the curve and go down to the bottom of the stream to search——in the gap between two rocks, she picked up the longevity lock.It has fallen badly.The lock box in the middle was smashed open, and the contents flew somewhere, and the aluminum skins on both sides were deformed and twisted together.The bell fell off, and only a piece of chain remained.Holding the broken longevity lock, she burst into tears: It's over!The longevity lock is destroyed!All efforts were in vain.Jiang Lan's resentful soul will not be recovered, she will kill people recklessly, her father will not be able to save her, and more people will suffer disaster.Thinking of this, she was full of resentment towards the thief in front of her. A kind of uncontrollable anxiety suddenly appeared in the brain, and the urge to take revenge on him was born in my heart.There is a voice ringing: rush over and kill him!kill him!She picked up a rock and fucked it behind her, walking straight towards him.That guy broke his foot when he was running just now, and he was playing with the sand with his head hooked. He raised his head and saw her standing in front of her with staring eyes. Before he had time to react, the stone on it fell down.He fell down with a cry.She rode on him and hit him with stones one after another... I don't know how long it took, she was sweating profusely as if waking up, only to find the blood on her body and hands, and then saw the blood-stained person lying under her feet - she threw the stone, her eyes frightened Backed away, then staggered out.Unexpectedly, Peng Lin arrived at this time and saw the scene in front of him.She said to Peng Lin, quickly come and help me, then threw herself into his arms and collapsed.Peng Lin helped her go outside, saying you beat him to death?She said it wasn't me, but he fell to his death when he rushed to kill me.Peng Lin was dubious and asked, are you injured?She showed him her bleeding arms and legs.Peng Lin said it was too scary!As long as you are fine, leave this place of right and wrong as soon as possible. Peng Lin half-supported and half-carried her to the hotel, saying that you should take a rest after washing up, and I will go to see the boat and buy a ticket.Before the words finished, Wu Bingbing hugged him violently, and kissed him like crazy.Peng Lin was also moved, and the two embraced and kissed wildly.Bingbing said while kissing, you are so kind, thanks to you for helping me, I like you!Peng Lin kissed her and replied, You are so beautiful!I fell in love with you on the boat, that's why I paid so much attention to you!Bingbing said that our luggage was lost, I really don't want to go home, and go to Padang with you.Peng Lin was very excited and said that would be great, with a beautiful girl like you, let me go wherever I go!Bingbing said that I have to go back, I still have a lot of things to do, maybe you can find me in the south.She then gave a false address.Peng Lin said I hope you don't leave, I will miss you often after today!The more they talked, the more lingering they were, rolling on the bed like glue, picking at each other's clothes, intertwined more closely, calling... The next day, when Peng Lin woke up, it was already daylight. Looking sideways, the bed was empty, and the girl from last night was gone.He ran out to look for it quickly, and the waiter on duty at the hotel said that the woman had left early this morning.He hurried to the pier again, but there was no one there—she had obviously gone on a passing boat.Standing on the cold pier at the foot of the mountain, he thought for a long time but still couldn't understand...