Chapter 6 Chapter 5 Allies

It was already midnight when Youyou woke up, and it seemed that the heavy rain had stopped outside the window, and the surrounding night was eerily quiet.At this time, my arms and wrists were completely numb, but I didn't feel sore anymore.I was afraid that my wrist would lose blood for too long, and I dared not sleep again.In the long second half of the night, I tried my best to stand on tiptoe and gradually let my wrist relax.It was so hard until dawn that I was exhausted, and I was already on the verge of collapse. In a trance, I heard the creak of the door of the hut, and someone opened the door and came in.I raised my head in a daze, and saw an old and short policeman entering the room.I recognized him as the man who had warned me yesterday at the hotel.But my thinking has been frozen, I just stared at him blankly, not knowing what to say at all.

The old policeman glanced at me, turned his head and shouted outside the door: "Put this person down." The two young men who tied me came from outside the house and untied the rope on the window lattice.My feet hit the ground, but my legs were limp and powerless. After the rope was completely loosened, I slumped on the ground. "Take him to change clothes and give him something to eat." The old policeman pouted at me, without showing any emotion on his face while speaking.Those two young policemen immediately stepped forward and helped me up from one side to the other.They didn't seem to dare to disobey the old man's words.

The ropes on me were also untied.Then two young men helped me out of the hut and took me to a place like a duty room.They let me sit down, and they went out to find a bowl of rice porridge and a set of clothes.I was already very hungry and thirsty, so I drank the rice porridge in two or three mouthfuls.Then I took off my lime-smeared suit and put on a sackcloth suit.After this rest, I recovered a bit of energy, supported my body, stood up and said, "Should I be let go now?" "What are you in a hurry for?" The skinny policeman curled his lips and said, "Officer Wu still wants to ask you for questioning."

Sheriff Wu?I remembered that Ling Mufeng also called the old man like that yesterday, so I asked casually: "Is he the police chief of your station?" "We are a small town, how can there be such a person? He is the chief detective from the county!" The skinny policeman said seriously, with a bit of respect in his tone. I said "Oh", which was really a bit surprised.This old man has the title of "sheriff". I thought he was a gangster, but I didn't expect him to be a detective from the county. The saying "A person should not be judged by his appearance" has been confirmed in him.

I'm also interested in meeting the old man for a while.So I left in no hurry, and followed the skinny policeman back to the hut very cooperatively.The old policeman was sitting in the room smoking a cigarette, looking idle.If he wasn't wearing that police uniform, he would be a humble mountain dweller. Seeing us coming in, the old man said to the skinny policeman, "You wait outside." The skinny policeman let out an "hey" and stepped out to close the door. "Sergeant Wu." I said hello first, showing a friendly attitude.But the other party didn't look at me directly, and just said lazily: "I will take you out of Feng'an Town today."

I said "Huh?" in surprise, not understanding why the other party brought up such a topic when he opened his mouth. Sergeant Wu puffed smoke at the window, and said leisurely: "Ling Mufeng told you that you abducted his wife. I checked, but there is no evidence. Now I send you out of here, why don't you go?" I replied without hesitation: "Of course I won't go!" Sergeant Wu turned his head and looked at me silently.I looked at him with a firm attitude. After a while, the old man asked me, "Why?" "I promised Chu Yun that I will save her!"

The old man chuckled: "Only you? Can you beat Ling Mufeng?" I know that the other party looks down on me, but I will not back down because of this. I said firmly: "If you can't fight, you have to fight. I can die here, but I must not leave alone!" Sergeant Wu looked at me, his eyes gradually became serious, and the feeling of contempt seemed to disappear. After a moment of silence, I told the other party again, word by word: "I made a promise to Chu Yun! Man, you must fulfill your promise!" Sergeant Wu suddenly laughed again, then he pointed to another chair in the room and said, "Sit down."

I walked over and sat down in front of the old man.Sergeant Wu put the cigarette into his mouth, smoked it and said vaguely: "Although you are a waste, there are some merits." I grinned in embarrassment, wondering if this was a compliment or a mockery? The old man swallowed a cloud of smoke into his abdominal cavity, and then slowly spit it out after turning around.The smoke lingered in front of him, distorting his features.When the smoke cleared, he had become another person. The hunched, thin and wretched mountain man disappeared, and a deep and unpredictable face appeared in front of my eyes.The man's eyes were shining brightly, cold and sharp.I couldn't adapt to this gaze for a while, so I subconsciously hid back.

The old man leaned forward, as if deliberately trying to force me.His face was so close to mine that I could even smell the choking smoke from his mouth.There was no way I could hide, so I had to regroup and meet the other party's gaze. The corner of the old man's mouth was slightly hooked, and there seemed to be no smile.Then he suppressed his voice and said in a volume that only the two of us could hear: "Since you refuse to leave—then we will kill Ling Mufeng together!" The voice of this sentence was extremely low, but there was a gloomy chill in it.I was taken aback, and just stared at the other party stupidly.

The old man asked quietly: "Are you scared?" afraid?I shake my head.Although the one surnamed Ling is powerful, my hatred for him has far exceeded my fear of him, so how could I be afraid?It's just that there is too much confusion in my heart at the moment.I first asked back: "Kill him? Why?" "Don't you want to save Chu Yun? If you don't kill Ling Mufeng, that woman will never be free!" This makes sense to me, of course, but that's not what I want to ask.I looked at the old man and repeated again: "I'm asking you—why did you kill Ling Mufeng?"

The old man didn't answer.He narrowed his eyes, the cigarette in his finger had burned a lot, but he forgot to smoke it. "You are also for Chu Yun?" I guessed actively, "You also like that woman?" The old man's eyes jumped suddenly, he gave me a hard look, and spit out four words: "You know a fart!" I see that the old man is very secretive about this subject, am I right?Then again, who doesn't like a woman like that?If the old man is on the same side as me because of this, there is nothing wrong with it. Thinking of this, I no longer delved into it, and asked another question: "How do you do it?" Sergeant Wu leaned back on the back of his chair and smoked a cigarette at the same time.The soot had already accumulated on the old man, and the smoke immediately fell down, rolling all over the other party.The old man didn't care, he just said to me: "You have only been in Feng'an for two days, right? Ling Mufeng and I have been fighting for months!" I raised my eyebrows, showing keen interest in this. Sergeant Wu stroked his train of thought, and then began to talk: "Three months ago, Ling Mufeng reported that his wife was missing, and I was responsible for investigating this matter. Later, someone quietly reported that Chu Yun was beaten by Ling Mufeng, fell from the small building in his house, and fell into the ground." He disappeared after entering the river behind the building. So I decided the case as death by torture. In the past three months, I have been searching hard along both sides of the river and downstream of the river estuary..." My heart moved, and I interjected and asked, "Looking for a corpse?" "Yes. The person who reported the report is willing to testify, so as long as I find the body, I can punish Ling Mufeng." Police Chief Wu gritted his teeth bitterly, "I thought Chu Yun would definitely die—because she would never Swimming, rushing down such a fast river, how can I survive? So I put a lot of effort into this case and offended many people." I nodded my understanding.Even in the county town, the power of the Ling family should not be underestimated.The old man will definitely be under considerable pressure to handle the case like this. I still have a question in my mind: "Chu Yun was knocked down by Ling Mufeng and fell into the river. Who reported this?" The old man rolled his eyes: "Why are you asking this? If this news gets out, can Ling Mufeng spare him?" "I'm just curious - there are other people in this town who are against Ling Mufeng?" Inspector Wu snorted: "Ling's family has such a large property and dominates the mines in the mountains. There are too many people who are jealous. Not to mention others, even Ling Mufeng's brothers from the same family have long wanted to take their place. Instead! Let me tell you, in the world, as many people hold you high, as many people are expecting you to fall to your death. It’s just that those guys don’t dare to stand out.” I nodded secretly: This old guy has eaten more than me for decades, and his understanding of the cold world and human experience is naturally far better than mine. The old man said again: "It's no wonder they are timid. So far, in Feng'an Town and Ling Mufeng, the only ones who have challenged Ling Mufeng are you and me—see what the result is for yourself?" I thought of what happened yesterday, and I felt terrified, but I still refused to give in, and said with a stiff neck, "He has the surname Ling, but he killed me. Why did you ask two more policemen to arrest me?" Sergeant Wu looked at me sideways, as if he thought my appearance was funny.Then he asked me, "Do you know why he didn't kill you this time?" I can't tell.Because I really don't know.After the heavy rain yesterday, what if I was really burned to death in the lime pond? Inspector Wu nodded at me and said, "Let me tell you: there are two reasons why you didn't die this time. The first is that I have met you before. If you die, I will definitely keep an eye on this matter. Ling Mufeng would have some scruples..." Isn't this bragging?I felt a little uncomfortable, but I couldn't directly refute the other party, so I could only change the subject and say, "What about the second one?" "The second is because Ling Mufeng hasn't figured out your details. Although you are quite useless, you are still from the capital after all, and you may have a little background. I really screwed you up. Don't poke out some trivial things. Ling Mufeng It’s not that reckless. So this time he’s just trying to scare you, he wants you to know: this Feng’an Town is black and white, and it’s all his Ling Mufeng’s world.” I smiled wryly.I thought: What background can I have?It's just that no matter how much that Ling guy threatens me, he can't scare me away. "Originally, the only person Ling Mufeng was afraid of was me. As long as I keep an eye on Chu Yun's case, it's like taking advantage of Ling Mufeng's weakness." At this point, Police Chief Wu sighed softly, and said: "But the day before yesterday you Chu Yun brought Feng An back, and the situation is completely different—do you understand?" Of course I understand: Chu Yun's disappearance, life and death are unknown, this is always a heartache for Ling Mufeng.As long as this heart disease exists, Ling Mufeng will not dare to provoke the old man.Now that Chu Yun is back, Ling Mufeng no longer has any scruples. If he counterattacks the old man, how will the other party resist? I remembered that yesterday at the hotel, Ling Mufeng looked at the old man with a half-smile, and said, "Can you see my wife's whereabouts clearly this time?" It sounded a bit strange at the time, but now that I think about it, it turned out to be a sentence What about the counterattack! Speaking of this, I gradually got the bottom line, so I said to the old man: "Inspector Wu, from this point of view, we are still grasshoppers on the same rope?" Police Chief Wu glanced at him and said, "If you want to jump around by yourself, I don't care." With the ready-made thighs in front of you, is there any reason not to embrace them?I leaned forward and asked positively, "So what should we do now?" Inspector Wu pondered for a while, hooked his eyes and said: "If Chu Yun can testify that Ling Mufeng pushed her into the river on purpose at that time, then the nature of this case will change again. I can treat Ling Mufeng. The crime of murder. Although Chu Yun is not dead, this crime is enough for him to go to jail!" This logic is correct, but I spread my hands helplessly: "But that girl has lost her memory, how can she testify?" The old man smiled "hehe", induced my train of thought and said, "Isn't she trusting you the most now?" My heart moved: "You mean: let me persuade her to give false testimony?" "This matter is also very simple." Sergeant Wu narrowed his eyes, "You first persuade her to cooperate with the treatment and strive to be discharged from the hospital as soon as possible. Then as long as she says to testify according to what I said, I will be sure to deal with Ling Mufeng." I was silent for a while and said, "I'm afraid this matter can't be done." "Why?" The old man frowned, "Don't you really want to get rid of that guy?" I said, "If you testify according to what you said, doesn't that mean admitting that the girl is Ling Mufeng's wife?" Inspector Wu asked inexplicably: "Why do you admit it or not? It was originally." I shook my head and said, "Not necessarily, there are doubts in it." The old man looked at me, and it was clear from his eyes that he didn't believe me at all.However, he still asked patiently: "Tell me, what is the doubt?" I told you about the difference between the handwriting of the girl and Ling Mufeng's wife.Sergeant Wu did not express his opinion after listening, but continued to ask: "Oh, is there anything else?" "Others..." I thought about it for a while, and then said, "You said that Ling Mufeng's wife fell into the water in the town, but the girl was rescued in the river outside Nanjing. She can float so far What's more, the girl was carrying a drawing board when she was rescued, how can this be explained?" Inspector Wu quickly replied: "Ling Mufeng usually likes to recite poems and draw pictures. He pretends to be elegant. It is normal for him to have a drawing board at home. Maybe he used the drawing board to beat his wife that day? Although Chu Yun can't swim, since With a drawing board on your back, it is normal to go down the river, no matter how far you drift.” These words cannot be refuted.I still have to grasp the previous doubt: "What about the handwriting, how to explain the handwriting?" The old man pursed his lips and said, "Let me tell you the truth, Chu Yun has suffered from this illness not once or twice. Every time she has an illness, she says that she is a different person, and she doesn't remember anything about the past. Once she has an illness, her personality will change." The temper has all changed, so what's so strange about the different handwriting?" "Is that so?" I showed a skeptical expression. The old man looked at me again and said, "I know what you're planning. Do you think that you can take her away if you don't admit that she is Ling Mufeng's wife? Stop dreaming! The only way to save her is to kill Ling Mufeng." road." I really couldn't speak to this old guy, so I spread my hands and said, "Okay, I believe everything you say. But can that girl believe it? In her current state, how can she do what you say?" "You think you can't persuade her?" "Mostly I can't persuade you." Sergeant Wu shook his head in disappointment.After a while, he said to himself again: "Then we must restore Chu Yun's memory..." I said "Huh?", hoping that the other party could make it clear. "As long as Chu Yun recovers her memory, she will definitely cooperate with my plan!" The old man said with certainty, there is no doubt about it.I followed his train of thought and asked, "Can those doctors cure her?" Police Chief Wu waved his hand: "The key to this matter is not the doctor, but Ling Mufeng's attitude. Now Ling Mufeng obviously doesn't want Chu Yun to be cured." I deduced what the other party meant: "Because he also knows that once Chu Yun recovers his memory, he will definitely testify against himself?" "That's right. Now Ling Mufeng has taken care of the hospital, preventing anyone from touching Chu Yun." I was taken aback: "Does he want to put the other party in a mental hospital for a lifetime?" The old man grinned, bared his yellow teeth and said, "With his wrist, he can do anything!" "Then...then what should I do?" I narrowed my eyes.Since we won't be able to see the girl, wouldn't it be a waste of time to say so much. The old man smiled, showing a confident look. "Ling Mufeng is Chu Yun's husband, and he has the right to forbid others to go to the hospital to meet Chu Yun. This matter was originally quite difficult, but the situation is different now..." Why is it different?I couldn't figure it out for a while, so I could only listen to the other party continue to explain. "Ling Mufeng frightened you, and then kicked you to me - he wanted to disgust us both. But this is a bad move, he gave us a reason to get close to Chu Yun!" I turned around and found some doors: "Can you use the name of investigating the abduction case to bring me into contact with that girl?" The old man smiled "hehe": "This matter is reasonable and legal, and the hospital cannot refuse." indeed.How could the hospital refuse to visit the police in the name of handling the case? "Then let's go quickly." I couldn't help urging. Chief Wu did not move, he seemed to be thinking about something.After a while, he tapped on his thigh with his knuckles and said, "It's not enough for the two of us to go alone. We have to find someone—only she can wake up Chu Yun's memory." I immediately asked, "Who?" Sergeant Wu's eyes were dark, and he uttered three words: "Mrs. Meng." I blurted out: "Mrs. Meng?" Isn't this the witch that Ah Chue mentioned? Seeing my unusual expression, the old man asked me: "What? Do you know this person?" "I heard..." I hesitated for a moment, and said bluntly, "Didn't she say that Chu Yun is a monster? Could it be that she herself is a good person?" The old man froze for a moment, he turned his head and looked out of the window, his thoughts seemed to be wandering.It was a long time before he looked back at me again, and said slowly and solemnly: "Trust me, young man. Mrs. Meng is the nicest person in this town; and the woman you like, she is indeed a monster..." monster? !How could such a terrible word be forced on such a beautiful woman?I gasped indignantly, trying to control my emotions.Then I replied stiffly and said: "I can't understand what you said!" The old man was not angry. He looked at me with complicated eyes - sad, regretful, and even a little bit of fear.Finally, he said to me in an elder-like tone: "Why do you need to understand? Ignorance is actually a kind of luck..."