Chapter 8 Chapter Seven: The Eviscerator Returns

It was dark just after six o'clock, and we sat in the restaurant on the first floor of the hotel, relatively silent. A mysterious man wearing a mask has been hiding in the hotel, but we didn't know it before, it's really strange. Officer Dai finally broke the suffocating silence in the restaurant, turned his head, and asked Du Yu's eyebrows: "Boss Du, that mysterious man said that Evergreen Valley is his home and told everyone to get out, so I want to ask you, Did you hear similar rumors when you bought this valley?" Du Yu shook her head pitifully, and said, "I've never heard of other people living in Evergreen Valley... I bought the 50-year operation and development right of the valley half a year ago, and the hotel is also in the original It was rebuilt on the basis of the building..."

"The original building? In other words, this hotel was built here long ago?" "Well, this T-shaped house used to be so dilapidated that it was about to collapse. After I bought the development rights of the valley, I invited workers to rebuild the house. Every room was re-enforced, painted, and decorated. After the renovation, the hotel looks like it has just been completed, and all the furniture is newly bought..." "That is to say, you are very familiar with the situation of the hotel and have done renovation work, so there shouldn't be any secret rooms or other structures in the hotel?"

"Of course not! Why do hotels need such secret rooms? We can't wait to use all the rooms for guests!" Officer Dai understood, and did not continue to question him. Du Yu's eyebrows looked very uneasy. The mysterious man who suddenly appeared made her suddenly confused. Before the hotel opened, the body of a fugitive was found in the cornfield, and another fugitive was secretly watching the guests. There was also a masked man in the hotel who had never seen it before.It's really unlucky, there is nothing more weird than this, it seems that everything indicates that Evergreen Valley will not be a peaceful place in the future.

I sat next to Yu'er and bowed my head in thought, while Xiaoqian took a roll of bandages that Lao Li had just found out, and wrapped them around Dick's bald head. Just a little thing. Hogg was also busy next to Xiaoqian, offering her hospitality, passing scissors, bandages and potions from time to time. Suddenly, I heard a strange voice: "Gulu..." Following the prestige, I saw Yu'er blushing and turning sideways in embarrassment, and said: "It's my stomach that is crying... I'm hungry..." Du Yumei also heard what Yu'er said, and also realized that it was getting dark, and it was time to tell Grandma Huang to prepare dinner. Turning her head, she saw that Grandma Huang was still sitting on the chair beside her, motionless, His face was expressionless.

Du Yumei hurriedly used sign language to tell Grandma Huang to prepare dinner, but Grandma Huang was still sitting on the chair and didn't get up. I couldn't help asking in surprise, "What's wrong? Grandma Huang seems to have something to say?" At this time, Grandma Huang finally stood up and started dancing, as if she wanted to express her thoughts. I turned my curious eyes to Du Yumei, hoping that she could translate Grandma Huang's sign language for us. However, Du Yumei just stared at Huang Granny dumbfounded, looking puzzled and unable to translate a word.After a while, she spread her hands helplessly and said, "Grandma Huang's gestures are not pure sign language. I can't understand what she wants to express..."

It is true that Grandma Huang is a deaf-mute living in the deep mountains. Although she has a good cooking skill, she has never learned standard sign language in an orthodox school for the deaf. She should only live with her all year round. Only people can know her sign language habits accurately. So, what exactly does Grandma Huang want to say now?Does what she wants to say have something to do with that mysterious man wearing a mask? Yu'er, who was sitting next to me, kept staring at Grandma Huang, her body suddenly trembled, and a look of fear appeared on her face. I was taken aback and asked her, "Can you understand Grandma Huang's sign language?"

She nodded and replied: "Well, Grandma Huang and I both live in the same village. Since I was a child, I loved going to her house to eat the meals she cooked, so I can understand most of Grandma Huang's sign language." "What did Grandma Huang say?" "She said... that person wearing a mask... is really the owner of Evergreen Valley!" "What! Nonsense!" Lao Li exclaimed angrily, "Nonsense! Our Boss Du spent a lot of money to buy the 50-year operation and development rights of Evergreen Valley, and she is the owner of Evergreen Valley!"

"Uncle Li, don't be angry. Grandma Huang didn't mean what you meant... She meant that when she was young, there was a group of people who often wore masks in Evergreen Valley... But after more than ten years In the past, those masked people suddenly disappeared out of thin air, never to be seen again..." Officer Dai immediately became interested, and he said loudly to Yu'er: "If you ask carefully, what else does Grandma Huang know about the masked man?" Yu'er walked up to Grandma Huang, stretched out her hand, and gestured to Grandma Huang.Grandma Huang understood Yu'er's question, and immediately started dancing again, still saying "Yeah" from time to time, with an anxious look on her face.

After she regained her composure after making a series of gestures, Yu'er turned her head and said to us: "Grandma Huang said that when we mentioned the masked man, we started with the winter of the 30th year of the Republic of China..." In the winter of that year, the snow fell very heavily. Not only did the high mountains continue to snow in the Xiling Mountains, but even the lower altitudes were covered by snow for more than a month. There, Grandma Huang was not born yet, and she heard this story from her mother later. At that time, there was a Orion named Zhao in the village, let’s call it Zhao Orion here.

That year, before the Spring Festival, in order to make bacon, Orion Zhao went hunting in the mountains. Following the footprints left by a group of foraging wild boars, he chased into the deep mountains, but unfortunately lost his way.Zhao Orion ran into a valley by mistake and saw many empty houses with food and firewood left in the houses.After Zhao Orion stayed in this uninhabited village for a few days, he saw a group of people returning to the valley. Those people had extremely pale faces, spoke a language that Zhao Orion could not understand, and could only communicate with gestures.

After the snow stopped, those white-faced men drew a map for Zhao Orion on a piece of silk, and prepared food and clean water for him on the way. Back home, Zhao Liehu also wrote an article on the matter and sent it to the Supplement Department of Xichuan Business Daily, which he liked to read the most at the time, and it was published and received a silver dollar manuscript fee.People from the newspaper office had also come to look for those white-faced people, and had entered the mountain many times, but Zhao Oriehu couldn't find the way to that valley no matter what.Even the silk map sent by the white-faced man was burned in a fire.Therefore, people in the village often joked about Zhao Liehu, saying that he simply told a huge lie just to please the public. Although Zhao Orion's family firmly believed that he was not lying, Zhao Orion fell ill afterward. As long as his condition improved slightly, he would struggle to go up the mountain to find the valley where the white-faced man lived, to prove that he had indeed seen the white-faced man. Faced man, but unfortunately, once Zhao Orion went into the mountain to look for the white-faced man. Due to his weakness and exhaustion, he fell on the top of the mountain and had no strength to get up again. Zhao Liehu's wife pleaded with the neighbors in the village, carried her husband's frozen body up the mountain, and buried it in the ancestral grave outside the village three days later.Before the burial ceremony, the whole village gathered in an open space at the entrance of the village. According to the local custom of keeping spirits, they drank around the bonfire, and the coffin was parked beside the bonfire. Just as it was getting dark, there was a sound of horseshoes from the dirt road outside the village. With the dust flying, two fierce red horses stopped under the big banyan tree outside the village entrance.From the horseback, two people jumped down. They were fair-skinned, but both wore bronze masks.There are two eyes drawn on the mask, one open and one closed. The people in the village didn't know where these two people came from, they all stared at them dumbfounded.The two men did not speak, each took a bulging sack from their horses, carried it on their shoulders, walked into the village entrance, came to Zhao Orion's coffin, dropped the sack, bowed three times to the coffin, and handed a A piece of silk full of characters is given to Zhao Orion's wife. Zhao Orion's wife immediately yelled: "Ah! The white-faced man!" She knew that the map that Zhao Orion got from the white-faced man was drawn on a piece of silk. In an instant, the villagers sitting around the bonfire became agitated, stood up one after another, and surrounded the two masked strangers.But the masked man just walked around in a circle, and the villagers immediately seemed to feel an aura, and stood a foot away from the masked man, not daring to approach him again. The masked man pointed to the sack thrown on the ground, motioning for Zhao Orion's wife to open it.After Zhao Liehu's wife opened the sack as ordered, she opened her mouth and couldn't say a word.The sacks are full of high-quality animal furs, such as foxes, wild wolves, and sika deer.Each piece of fur is perfectly made. The throat to the lower abdomen is cut open with a sharp knife. After the belly is dismantled, the muscles, organs, internal organs, and bone marrow in the animal's abdominal cavity are removed cleanly. Each piece of fur exudes a good smell. odor. The masked man gestured to Zhao Orion's wife again, indicating that they gave her the furs.After making gestures, the two turned around, walked to the red horse, got on the horse, and kicked the horse's belly fiercely.After the two red horses neighed for a long time, they raised their hooves and galloped, and the dirt road beside the village rolled up a cloud of smoke and dust. In a blink of an eye, the two horses disappeared without a trace. The villagers in the open space by the village were stunned. They didn't wake up until the horse and the masked man disappeared and approached a cup of tea. They whispered to each other and gathered around Zhao Oriehu's wife. onto the piece of silk that was full of words in her hand. Zhao Liehu's wife couldn't read, so she handed it to the village patriarch and asked the patriarch to read it out. There are half-written sentences written on the silk: Brother Zhao died because he was looking for us, and we are also deeply saddened.I would like to offer you a mere white gift, and hope that the brothers and family members will mourn and change. After hearing this, Zhao Liehu's wife burst into tears. The villagers also understood that Zhao Liehu hadn't lied before. Although they didn't see the real face of the masked man, they finally believed that the legendary white-faced man really existed.In order to prove that he had seen the white-faced man, Zhao Orie went into the mountains to look for the white-faced man after recovering from a serious illness, but died of illness in the deep mountains, which made people sigh and sigh. The villagers silently lifted the coffin, and with tears in their eyes, sent the coffin to the ancestral graveyard for burial. Zhao Orion's wife cried like a tearful person. But in the deep mountains, especially in the turbulent years, everyone is busy with their own survival, and most of them are forgetful.So it didn't take long for people to stop caring about Zhao Orion's death, or whether there were white-faced people in this world. In the indifferent eyes of everyone, the widow of Zhao Orer's family took the animal fur sent by the white-faced man and went to Xichuan City to sell it to a merchant. The silver dollars she got back were just enough for her to live frugally for the previous year. A year passed quickly, and seeing the anniversary of Zhao Orion's death, the silver dollars were almost used up. The widow of the Zhao family was preparing to offer incense to her deceased husband on the anniversary of his death, so she went to work in Sichuan City. I heard that the spinning mill in Xichuan City was recruiting female workers to make military uniforms for the frontline soldiers. No experience was required, as long as they worked hard. But on the day of incense worship, the two masked men riding red horses appeared again. They once again brought two sacks of tanned animal furs to the widow of the Zhao family, and then turned around and left.The widow of the Zhao family sent the animal furs to the store in Xichuan City, and exchanged them for silver dollars, which was more than last year.However, due to the soaring prices, these silver dollars are still only enough for her for one year. After the news got out, everyone in the village was shocked and envious. In these days, it is not easy to fill the stomach.Seeing that the widow of the Zhao family didn't have to do anything for a year, and she didn't even need to plant the land. On the day of her husband's death, she can get a gift that is enough for the family for a year for no reason. How can this not be envied by others? There is a red-eyed man who kicks the widow's door in the middle of the night.A woman with a small belly throws stones at the widow halfway.But more often, bachelors invite matchmakers to come to propose marriage, hoping to marry the widow of the Zhao family. Most of them have taken a fancy to the two sacks of fine animal fur that the widow of the Zhao family gets from the white-faced people every year. The widows in the mountains have a hard time, so the widows of the Zhao family are also thinking about finding another family.Among the many suitors, she took a fancy to an honest mountain man surnamed Huang who made a living by farming. That elder brother Huang had just lost his wife and was looking for someone to fill in the house.The two sent western candies to every household in the village, and they chose a good day to do something good, but on the day of the wedding, none of the villagers came to congratulate them.They were all jealous, no one was willing to come to congratulate them, and they even got free of money along the way. But to everyone's surprise, on the death day of Zhao Orion, the white-faced man wearing a mask did not come to the mountain village on a red horse again.Since then, they have not appeared again. People in the village guessed that the reason why the white-faced people sent sacks filled with animal fur in those two years was that the poor widow of the Zhao family was alone and her life was not easy.Now that the widow of the Zhao family has become the sister-in-law of the Huang family, she has to rely on her life, so naturally she no longer sends animal furs. Although the widow of the Zhao family has now become the sister-in-law of the Huang family, without the animal fur sent by the white-faced man, her life is very tight, and she can't help but feel disappointed.But fortunately, her husband Huang Age was honest and honest, and never uttered a single complaint.The sister-in-law of the Huang family couldn't help but be thankful that she didn't marry those glib bachelors who only cared for money, otherwise she would have been kicked out of the house long ago without the furs sent by the white-faced people. Two years later, Mrs. Huang gave birth to a daughter for Mrs. Huang.My daughter has been smart since she was a child, but unfortunately, she fell ill when she was three years old. There was a lack of medical care and medicine in the mountains. Although she was finally cured by a doctor from a traveling party, her daughter became deaf and dumb. However, Mrs. Huang and Mrs. Huang did not give up on their deaf-mute daughter. They insisted on letting her learn simple sign language. Mrs. Huang also taught her the good skills of cooking with one hand, so that her daughter can support herself in the future. Needless to say, their deaf-mute daughter is the aging Huang Granny in front of us now. We only understood the meaning of the story of Grandma Huang with the help of Yu'er's translation. After Grandma Huang finished speaking, Sergeant Dai sighed and asked, "So, the valley where the white-faced people that Zhao Orion entered by mistake was the Evergreen Valley?" After Yu'er translated Officer Dai's question in sign language, Grandma Huang shook her head quickly, and then gestured again.Yu'er translated: "Grandma Huang said that the village we live in is only three miles away from the Evergreen Valley, and the valley that Zhao Hunter entered by mistake at the beginning started from the mountain village and walked for a whole day. Grandma Huang just heard that Dai had a The mysterious man who opened and closed the mask recalled that the white-faced man her mother had seen was also wearing the same mask. However, since the mysterious man said this was his home, it is likely that the white-faced man later Migrated and moved into Evergreen Valley." "Oh, then the mysterious man in the mask said that the Evergreen Valley is his home, so he was right." Hogg replied from the side. "Nonsense!" Lao Li immediately went into a rage, "Our Boss Du bought this place at a huge price, with complete procedures and complete certificates! So what if that masked and white-faced man lived here before? Has he had a real estate certificate? Does he have the procedures? Does he dare to go to court? What nonsense and inexplicable!" I hurriedly smoothed things over, but Hogg didn't dare to continue. Du Yumei hurriedly ordered Grandma Huang to prepare dinner in the kitchen, and asked the angry old Li and Yu'er to go to the kitchen to help, which eased the atmosphere in the restaurant a little. While Grandma Huang was cooking, Hogg and Dick accompanied Xiaoqian and Boss Du in the dining room, while Police Officer Dai and I searched the entire hotel, and found that all the windows on the first and second floors were Locked from the inside.In other words, if there is indeed no secret passage in the hotel, then the mysterious man wearing a mask should have sneaked into the hotel when we were not paying attention, and then waited for Dick to knock on the door, opened the door and attacked Dick suddenly. Why did this mysterious man sneak into the hotel?We also didn't find any signs of rummaging in the hostel.Xiaoqian and I's computers are still safely placed on the table, the mysterious man definitely didn't come here for money.Did he attack Dick just to deliver a warning to get us out of Evergreen Valley? There are too many questions here. There seem to be countless secrets hidden in the Evergreen Valley, and there are weirdness everywhere. I feel as if I have been pulled into an invisible net, and I can no longer extricate myself when I fall into it. But after inspecting the doors and windows, Officer Dai showed joy and said, "As long as the doors and windows are locked, this hotel can be said to be impenetrable, and no one can break in without a sound. That mysterious person just took advantage of our We slipped into the hotel due to negligence. Now we are prepared and careful, that guy will definitely not dare to come again. Including the fugitive named Dong Jia, she must have escaped far away. I will guarantee you tonight It's safe, after dawn tomorrow, the police force will come, so you don't have to worry anymore." What he said was reasonable, but I was still uneasy, always worried that something unpredictable would happen at night. At this time, the voice of Du Yumei calling us to eat came from downstairs, and I felt hungry. Looking at the time, it was already past seven o'clock, and it was time for dinner. Going downstairs into the brightly lit restaurant, the round table surrounded by the screen is already full of meals.Due to the rush of time, most of the dishes are ready-made cured products. After the duck with bacon sauce marinated by Grandma Huang is cooked, the restaurant is full of tangy aroma, but my appetite is not very good. After all, we will watch it in the afternoon. When I saw a corpse that had been disembowelled, I had a particularly deep memory, and it was completely impossible to forget it in a short while. After the nine people sat together, Xiaoqian sneaked into my ear and whispered, "Just now Yu'er told me that Grandma Huang is best at pickling cured pork liver and pork heart. Considering your feelings Yu'er deliberately didn't let Grandma Huang bring it out..." But these words were enough to make my stomach sick. I only took a few mouthfuls of rice before I left the dining table and walked to the lobby. Next to the lobby is a small reception room with a large LCD TV. Du Yumei said that there is no cable TV installed here, only a satellite pot cover is installed.Originally, I advised Du Yumei to remove the satellite pot cover, but now I want to watch TV news.We can only stay in the hotel tonight, we must find something to do, at least the volume of the TV program can relieve the dull atmosphere in the hotel. I turned on the TV and tuned to Shangxing's local Xichuan Satellite TV station, which happened to be a news event. An announcer in a formal suit is broadcasting a piece of news in a callous tone: "Guo Wenhui, the top ten real estate tycoon in Xichuan City, has disappeared mysteriously for 20 days, and there is still no clue. According to the latest news from the audience, it is said that Guo Wenhui was diagnosed with an incurable disease before his disappearance and required some kind of special surgery However, the risk factor of this type of surgery is extremely high, and Guo Wenhui finally decided to give up treatment. The police spokesman also said that Guo Wenhui might want to use his last moments to enjoy his life, so he left without saying goodbye, away from his family, and traveled alone to relax..." I also heard about Guo Wenhui's disappearance more than 20 days ago.At that time, newspapers and weekly magazines made detailed reports on the matter. Some speculated that he was killed by a competitor, and some speculated that he was kidnapped by desperadoes, but I really didn't expect that he planned the disappearance himself.Alas, what is the use of earning a lot of money in a lifetime?Maybe one day I will be entangled with a fatal disease. I feel even more necessary to position Evergreen Valley as a paradise-like resting place for the soul.If a busy person like Guo Wenhui is overwhelmed by the pressure of work, he often comes to Evergreen Valley to refresh after work.If you recharge your mind, you may not be so easily entangled in diseases, and you may live a few more years. After this news, there will be a series order that will be broadcast on a rolling basis. A man and a woman in the wanted warrant are precisely Sun Hongwei and Dong Jia. However, except for the nine people in the Evergreen Valley Hotel, no one else knows that Sun Hongwei has turned into a disembowelled corpse. Dong Jia's photo appeared on the screen, and I stared at the TV screen, trying to engrave her appearance in my mind.If she dares to sneak into the hotel, at least I can recognize her in the first place. Next is the broadcast of the ID numbers and physical characteristics of Sun Hongwei and Dong Jia. When I pricked up my ears to listen carefully, I suddenly heard footsteps coming from outside the living room, as well as the voices of Xiaoqian and Yuer talking. They seem to be terrified of the mysterious man and the female fugitive Dong Jia. I quickly changed the channel, so as not to make these two little girls feel upset when they saw this news. On the TV screen, an overseas channel that was broadcasting a funny variety show appeared, and then sat on the sofa and pretended to laugh out loud.In this tense moment, I hope to ease the panic of Xiaoqian and Yu'er Xinting with my own laughter.Unexpectedly, as soon as they entered the living room, cousin Xiaoqian called out in a furious voice: "Brother, what time is it, can you still laugh?" Yu'er also said: "Quickly transfer to Xichuan Satellite TV to see if the fugitive named Dong Jia has been caught! Officer Dai said that the police will continue to search the mountain for 24 hours!" I really underestimated the psychological endurance of the two girls. Called back to Xichuan Satellite TV, the arrest warrant has finished broadcasting, and now it is broadcasting the follow-up report of the shopping mall robbery some time ago, the police still have no clues, I really don’t know how these policemen work, the case has happened for more than 20 days, unexpectedly Still no progress. The two girls were still waiting to see the arrest warrant, so I had no choice but to tell them that it had been broadcast just now, which meant that Dong Jia hadn't been caught.We cannot pin all our hopes on the police.They couldn't even catch a criminal who robbed a shopping mall, so how could they be expected to catch Dong Jia?You must know that the Xiling Mountains are so vast, and there are many hiding places. The police are like looking for a needle in a haystack. How can it be so easy to catch her. As long as we lock the hotel Xiamen and close the doors and windows tonight, there will be no danger. I repeated what Officer Dai said to me before dinner, and they were able to calm down a little. Then Hogg and Dick also walked into the living room, followed by Du Yumei and Lao Li, and Police Officer Dai accompanied Grandma Huang to clean up the dishes in the dining room.Lao Li said to us with a slightly worried expression: "Tonight, I suggest that you don't stay in the house alone to sleep... Don't be afraid of ten thousand, just in case, it's better for two people to share a room... What does the officer mean..." He's right, no matter what, it's safer for two people to live in the same room, so that they can take care of each other.However, there are nine of us here, so naturally there will be one more person.Officer Dai is duty-bound, he has to live alone, after all he is a policeman. Soon we spontaneously arranged the room. I live in a room with Hogg. Lao Li lives in a room with Dick. Officer Dai lived alone in a room. Yu'er originally wanted to live in a room with Grandma Huang, but Xiaoqian, who was about the same age as her, begged to live with her, and they had something to talk to each other, so they lived in the same room. Du Yumei had no choice but to share a room with Grandma Huang. However, when Grandma Huang learned about the room allocation, she shook her head vigorously and kept gesticulating. Yu'er translated for us: "Grandma Huang said that she is used to sleeping on a hard bed, and she sleeps on a soft bed in a customer's room." She couldn’t fall asleep anyway. She said she wanted to live alone in the servant’s room downstairs, and that even if bad guys came, they wouldn’t try to kill a deaf and dumb old lady like her.” We persuaded her for a long time, but Grandma Huang just refused to sleep in the guest room on the second floor, bent over and walked straight to the servant's room next to the kitchen.Officer Dai couldn't help asking Du Yumei nervously: "You live alone, is there any problem?" "No problem, I locked the door, and no one will open the door!" Du Yumei replied firmly, and then asked us, "By the way, do you want to take a hot spring? There are hot spring bathrooms on the first floor of the hotel, and there are both large and small pools." , this is the special service of our Evergreen Valley Hotel!" "Forget it, let's do it another day..." We all waved our hands and declined. At this moment, who is in the mood to take a hot spring?There may be two pairs of peeping eyes outside the hotel!It's not too late to soak in the hot springs until a large number of policemen arrive tomorrow to ensure our safety. However, Xiaoqian whispered in my ear: "Actually, I still want to soak in hot springs, but just now Yu'er told me that the springs of the hot springs are at the greenhouse at the other end of the cornfield. The temperature is much lower, so it’s not interesting to soak in it, if it’s safe here, Yu’er can take us to the open-air hot spring pool next to the greenhouse.” Well, if Yu'er suggested it, then I would still like to go to the hot springs. Tomorrow a large number of police will come, and they will definitely investigate the scene first, and then focus on searching the mountains near the Evergreen Valley. Dong Jia and the mysterious masked man will not be so stupid, and they will not run away when the police come.At that time, it will be really safe here, and we will be able to visit and play in the valley in the mood. By the way, we will make a development plan for Evergreen Valley and complete the task assigned to me by Du Yumei as soon as possible. I couldn't help raising my head to look at Yu'er's lovely face that day, and then thought to myself, Xiaoqian and I have finished the plan, so we have to leave here.After we leave, will Dong Jia sneak back into Evergreen Valley?If this is the case, isn't Yu'er very dangerous?Do I have to find a chance to talk to her and persuade her to go downtown and get a job?This remote valley far away from civilized society is not suitable for young people like her. Although I said that Evergreen Valley should be turned into a utopian paradise and a resting place for the soul, ten days and a half months of rest in such a place is the limit. If people really stay here for a lifetime, they will go crazy! After watching TV in the living room for a while, we went back to our rooms to rest. Grandma Huang went to the servant's room next to the kitchen. Officer Dai hugged a bed of cotton wool, and then pushed a couch in the living room behind the hotel gate.He decided to sleep on the first floor tonight and stand sentry for us. With Officer Dai standing guard for us, everyone felt more at ease. Six other people and I went up to the second floor. Xiaoqian and Yuer's nerves had relaxed a lot. She left her pink laptop, ready to watch idol blockbusters on the computer with Yu'er.Heh, usually her computer is full of horror movies, but she didn't expect to have a few idol movies installed this time, maybe she also thinks that watching horror movies in scenic spots is a bit of a spoiler. Lao Li and Dick discussed how to distribute the benefits once the paramotor base was built in the future. Dick was a businessman after all, and he immediately became interested. After a while, he forgot about the corpse found in the cornfield and the masked man he encountered. The attack happened. Hogg and I entered a double room. I didn't know how to spend the long night. I simply took out my laptop and started writing the planning copy for the development of Evergreen Valley.And Hogg was fiddling with his SLR camera boredly, and after a while he lay on the bed and snored. Not to mention, Hogg is younger and thinner than me, but he snores very hard. When he snores, even the LCD screen of his laptop can feel rhythmic vibrations. I wrote for a while, but I couldn't bear Hogg's snoring, which completely prevented me from devoting myself to the writing of the copy.So I simply opened the wooden door of the guest room, trying to get some air in the corridor.But as soon as I opened the door, I heard a "squeak" from another room on the side, and a door opened.I hurriedly closed the door, leaving only a crack, and secretly looked out. It was Lao Li who walked out of the house. He was on his toes, looking around furtively.What is he doing?I couldn't help but peep at him curiously. Fortunately, I closed the door so that only a very thin gap was left, and Lao Li looked around, but didn't notice my peeping.After closing the door, he tiptoed to the wooden door of another room, and knocked lightly on the door three times, two long and one short.Although he walked very carefully, he still wore a pair of hard-soled shoes. As soon as he walked, there was a sound of kicking and tapping on the floor. "Squeak—" The door opened, and Lao Li quickly got into the room as soon as he stepped aside. That room is Du Yumei's room. In this way, Lao Li and Du Yumei are not related to the boss butler, but a couple of lovers. Why didn't they disclose their relationship in front of us?Could it be that they each have their own families? Heh, this is someone else's business, so why should I gossip like that? I couldn't help but chuckled secretly, and I didn't bother to go to the corridor to breathe again, so as not to embarrass Lao Li when he came out.I had no choice but to go back to the guest room and continue to write Evergreen Valley's marketing copy amidst Hogg's loud snoring. I wrote very engrossed. I not only thoroughly analyzed the positioning of the Evergreen Valley Hotel, but also determined the marketing target group and the key areas for promotion.But the promotional language made me very confused. Should I write "a touch of green scenery in the cold winter" or "a safe haven for the soul that is evergreen in all seasons"?The former only highlights the appeal of Evergreen Valley in the middle of winter, while the latter is too ordinary and not shocking enough. I kept thinking about it until my eyes were dry and sleepy, and I glanced at the time display in the lower right corner of the computer, only to realize that it was three o'clock in the morning.I have been busy in front of the computer for so long without knowing it, and I don't feel it at all. It seems that I am indeed a dedicated planner, and I am worthy of the 20,000 yuan that Du Yumei gave me. Hehe, Du Yumei is holding Lao Li happily at the moment, but I am staying up late writing. Thinking of this, I couldn't help laughing bitterly. I temporarily put aside the copy of the promotional language, saved the document, and prepared to shut down and go to sleep. At this moment, I heard the sound of the door opening in the corridor, then light footsteps, and then the sound of opening the door with a key. It should be that Lao Li finished his life with Du Yumei and went back to his room to sleep.Really, just spend the night in Du Yu's brow room. It would be even more embarrassing if Dick was awakened when the door was opened. But then again, Lao Li went to Du Yu's brow room at around ten o'clock in the evening, and didn't come out until three o'clock in the morning. He was old and strong, and the sound insulation effect of the guest rooms in the hotel was also very good. For such a long time, I didn't hear any movement from my side. Ha ha!Is my heart a little too wretched? As I turned off the computer, I despised myself. But before my mouse clicked the button to turn off the machine, I suddenly heard a hoarse scream from outside the door. It was Lao Li's voice.Sound isolation is great, but I could hear him screaming so clearly, you can imagine how loud he was.I couldn't help but "click" in my heart, wondering what happened to Lao Li. However, Lao Li's screams still couldn't wake up the snoring Hogg, he was really asleep.I took a stride, opened the door and rushed to the corridor. I saw Lao Li was kneeling and sitting outside the door limply, his face was pale, and his teeth were chattering uncontrollably.When he saw me, he raised his arm, pointed weakly into the room, and murmured, "Inside...inside...Dick...Dick..." What's wrong with Dick?My body trembled along with Lao Li for no reason. Seeing his incoherent speech, I calmed down, rushed to his side, and pushed open the half-closed door. The layout of the room is the same as that of my guest room, with two standard beds, and a bedside lamp is still on, and the light just shines on one of the beds where a person is lying.However, at this time the bed was already blood red, it was too horrible to look at. Dick was lying on the bed with his eyes wide open, staring straight at the ceiling. There was a bloody hole in his throat, and his chest was cut open. It seemed that some internal organs had been taken out, and there was blood dripping everywhere. Another disembowelment!This time the victim is Dick! How did the murderer get in?Did Dong Jia do it, or a mysterious man in a mask? I raised my head and looked towards the window of the guest room, the window was wide open, and there was a smooth round hole in the glass, just enough for one to reach in and unlatch the latch, I stood up, walked to the window, looked out, It was pitch black outside, where could anyone be seen?However, under the window sill, there are faintly shining broken glass, which should be the part of the window that was scratched after get off work. I touched the round hole on the get off work surface with my hand, and there was no debris, and it was smooth. If I guessed correctly, the glass should have been scratched by a special tool inlaid with a gold steel drill. Dong Jia is still on the run, so it is impossible for her to have the chance to get the special tools studded with diamonds.In this way, the murderer should be the mysterious man wearing a mask. No, there must be something wrong, I overlooked it!While I was racking my brains to think, Police Officer Dai had already heard the news and went upstairs. When he saw the bloody Dick lying on the bed, he couldn't help opening his mouth and being speechless. 戴警官很老练地注视了迪克的尸体一分钟，然后走到窗边看了一分钟，接着走出客房，来到走廊，说道：“现在大家都不能再睡了，我们必须全部集中在一起，要想睡，就靠着枕头打个盹。单独一个人，随时有可能会遭到袭击！” 我和老李赶紧叫醒了其他人，连一楼佣人房的黄阿婆也被叫了起来。 当然，我们就没再让四位女士进屋观赏迪克的尸体，仅有霍格进来看了看。 我们集中在走廊上，杜瑜眉披着睡衣，胆战心惊地问：“是谁干的？是董佳干的吗？” “现在还不能肯定，但董佳应该搞不来镶钻的特制工具。我估计多半是那个戴面具的神秘人干的！”戴警官答道。 “那也不一定。”插嘴的是霍格，他刚从迪克横尸的客房里出来，很冷静地说道：“如果是戴面具的神秘人干的，他用特制工具划破玻璃后，应该用手推一下玻璃，那么碎玻璃就会落到房间里的地板上，而事实上，玻璃却落到了窗外。” 他这句话一说出来，除了听不到声音的黄阿婆之外，我们所有人的脸色全变了。 霍格的话说得很明白，玻璃是坠入窗外的，说明有人从窗户内把划破的玻璃推了出去。也就是说，凶手是隐藏在我们内部的！ “不要危言耸听！”老李大叫了起来，“我们当中怎么可能有凶手？” 其他人也纷纷对霍格怒目而视。 我赶紧打圆场，说：“有可能是凶手故布疑阵也说不定啊。遇到高智商的凶手，就想让我们内部出现裂痕，然后再分别对我们下毒手，只要凶手先轻推玻璃，让玻璃完整无缺地落在窗台上，他进来后，再扔出去，就会造成现在的局面。我们千万不要上凶手的当。” 我的话得到了大家的认同。 戴警官也说道：“其实我在吃饭的时候就考虑到会不会咱们内部出现问题，所以我才要求两个人合住一间客房。一方面是为了安全起见，另一方面则是——万一出现了问题，一间屋里的两个人可以相互提供不在场证明。” 大家都露出愕然的神色。没想到戴警官竟考虑得如此深远。 不过，事实上戴警官的这个建议并没有落到实处。 原本迪克和老李住在一间屋里，但十点多老李就出了屋，到杜瑜眉那里去了。这一点，他也坦然告诉了戴警官。戴警官听完后，当即就发了脾气，怒道：“分房间的时候你怎么不说！不然的话，我一定不会让迪克和你住在一间屋里。他完全可以和我一起在一楼的沙发上休息，他也不会被杀死了！” 老李哭丧着一张脸，毫无力气地说道：“真是抱歉，我以为离开几个小时不会出事的，我之所以没在分房时提出来，是不想让你们知道我和瑜眉之间的关系——我在西川市区有自己的家庭，还有一个上高中的女儿……” 众人向老李投来鄙夷的目光，为了维护他，杜瑜眉竟然面不改色地说：“我和老李是你情我愿的事，你们没有权力指责。但是，这是我们的隐私，所以我也希望你们替我们保密。另外呢，他没提前说，也不完全是他的责任。其他我也不想让你们知道我们的关系——不瞒各位，我是一个有钱人的地下情人，这种关系已经持续了十年。买下这处常青谷的资金，也是那个有钱人提供的，我与老李的事，我可不想传到那位有钱人的耳朵中。” 这一下，情况有些微妙了。 鉴于老李与杜瑜眉的亲密关系，他们互相做不在场证明，其实是不可靠的。 而我，也逃脱不了嫌疑。虽然我与霍格住在一间屋里，但霍格睡着后，我一直在写策划文案，他睡得那么死，即使我出去杀人，他也不会知道。 只有小倩与玉儿，基本上能够排除怀疑。她们是第一天认识，不存在利害关系，能够认可她们互相作的不在场证明。 至于，黄阿婆，那就更不用说了。没人相信一个又聋又哑的老太太能够上楼杀死一个运动健将。而戴警官呢？他是警察啊，身份确实可靠，是老李去派出所请来的，他当然不可能是凶手。 所以，我那关于“凶手故布疑阵”的分析，大家便更加认同。或许在这时候，我们全都装作把头埋进沙子里的鸵鸟，对一切疑点都视而不见，才能让我们的心绪稍微平复一点。而互相猜疑，只能让旅社里的气氛变得更加紧张，如果我们变作一片散沙，说不定正是暗藏着的凶手所希望的那样。 戴警官也连声叹气，说：“其实我应该考虑得更加周详一点。两个人在客房里睡觉的时候，可以移动床铺，两张床各将大门死死抵住一半。一个人想要出去，就必须叫醒另一个人移开床铺。这样一来，不在场证明就充分了。” 但老李随即又有不同意见，他激动地叫了起来：“我认为，那个神秘人一直在窥视着我们的旅社，说不定早就攀爬到了旅社屋顶，然后飞檐走壁，一间间窥视着屋里的情形。我承认，确实是我出了客房到瑜眉房里去，才让这间屋成了迪克独居，也让神秘人找到了破绽。但是，如果我不到瑜眉的屋里去，那么神秘人绕到瑜眉的窗外窥视时，就会发现她是一个人在屋里的。那么，神秘人的目标就会换成瑜眉！” 此话一出，众人均瞠目结舌，杜瑜眉更是发出一声惊呼，花容失色，身子一歪，差点跌入老李的怀抱之中。 戴警官正色道：“现在这幢旅社并不安全，毕竟是那些戴面具的神秘人最初建造的这幢房子，我们呆在里面，就会让神秘人认为是我们侵占了他的财产。所以，我建议待天亮之后，我们最好换个地方呆着，向他们表示我们的善意。” “那怎么行？这里明明是瑜眉花钱买下来的！凭什么我们要搬走？”老李大声抗议。 霍格不禁冷笑道：“是那个有钱人出钱买的吧？” 老李闻言怒不可遏，竟抡起拳头作势要打霍格。霍格也毫不示弱，挺起了胸膛。不管怎么说，老李也算一把年纪了，霍格才不怕他。 “算了算了，大敌当前，你们还闹什么！”我赶紧和稀泥，劝他们冷静下来，我又补充了一句，“反正天亮后，大批警察就会赶到这里来，到时候这里就安全了。” 戴警官却撇撇嘴，说：“我可不知道市区来的警察会什么时候赶到常青谷来。现在的当要之急是追捕逃犯，但他们并不知道孙洪伟死在了常青谷里，只知道有人报警说这里的玉米田里发现了一具尸体。另外还有特大商场抢劫案、地产富豪郭文辉失踪案，需要调派警力。或许会把这个案子稍稍放在后面一点的位置……” “这可是杀人案啊！”小倩怒气冲冲地叫了起来。 戴警官无奈地说道：“警察肯定会来的，但到底能能来多少人，我可就不能确定了。” “那天亮后，我们离开这里！我已经受够了！”小倩转过头来对老李说，“明天你能开车送我们去市区吗？我哥不挣你们那两万块钱了！我们明天就走！” 霍格也接口道：“我明天也走！小倩你到哪里去，我也到哪里去……”这小子还真会挑时机说话。 老李努了努嘴，答道：“好吧，我天亮后送你们走……” 不过，我可不想放弃那两万块钱酬金。昨晚熬了五个小时，我已经写好一大半文案，就差最后一句宣传用语了。我只要在等待天明到来的几个小时里，想好这句话，添加进文案中，复制到碟片里交给杜瑜眉，就算大功告成。 但戴警官却有些不乐意了，他大声吼道：“你们都是关系人，正如霍格所说的那样，凶手很有可能就在我们内部！你们不能随随便便就离开这里！你们还必须要接受警方的笔录！” “嘁——”表妹天不怕地不怕地回应道：“我才懒得理你！不管怎么说，生命最重要！天一亮，我就会和表哥，还有霍格，离开这里，再也不会回来了！要做笔录，请到西川市区来找我们吧！我会给你留下地址和联络电话。” 说到这里，表妹忽然转过头来，对玉儿说：“你愿意跟我们去西川市区吗？在繁华的市区里，机会可比这么一个破山谷多得多了。我哥认识很多人，各个方面的精英都有，一定能给你找个好工作，说不定还能给你介绍一个优质男朋友呢！” 这丫头，前面一大半的话，都是我想说却又不好意思说的话，但最后一句帮找男朋友的话，却纯属画蛇添足。 我注视着玉儿的反应，她涨红了脸，脸蛋仿佛秋天的苹果一般，张开嘴正要说话，这里我却听到了奇怪的声音从旅社外飘了进来。 “哈，哈哈，哈哈哈，哈哈哈哈，哈哈哈哈哈——” 惊悚而又阴森，是笑声。 如猫头鹰夜啼般的笑声，正阴测测从夜空深处悠悠飘进旅社的走廊中。 虽然窗户、墙壁努力将笑声切割成丝丝缕缕，但最终它们却顽强地黏合在一起，钻进我们的耳朵中。 听声音，旅社外似乎并不是一个人在放声大笑。应该有很多人，而且还各自在不同的方位大笑着。 是谁在笑？是戴面具的神秘人，或是他的同伙？还是董佳？再或者，是他们一起在狞笑？ 听着这笑声，我不禁感觉浑身乏力，不寒而栗。