Chapter 10 Chapter 9: The Case of the Mysterious Woman Falling from a Building and Disappearing

Hearing the grinning laughter from outside the window, everyone turned around and ran in fright, went down the stairs and came to the first floor. No one wanted to stay on the second floor. Dick's body was still lying on the bed in the guest room, dripping with blood, and the mysterious person lurking outside the hotel might break in through the windows at any time. The windows on the first floor were all equipped with security guards. Network, how many can make people feel a little bit more at ease. On the first floor, everyone retreated to the living room.After police officer Dai calmed down a little, he directed the men present to lift out the furniture, blocked the stairs leading to the second floor, and checked whether the sofa against the door panel was firm.

After making sure everything was safe, we sat on the sofa in the living room again, crying and panting. But before he could sit still, Officer Dai stood up again and said to Lao Li and Du Yumei, "Can I talk to you two alone?" After hesitating for a moment, Lao Li said, "Okay, let's go to the kitchen to talk." After speaking, he, Du Yumei, and Police Officer Dai went out of the living room to the kitchen behind the dining room. In the living room, only me, Xiaoqian, Yu'er, Grandma Huang and Hogg were left. Xiaoqian and Yu'er were obviously terrified, curled up and trembling, while Grandma Huang was deaf and dumb, so she didn't know what happened, she just closed her eyes and remained silent.After exchanging glances with Hogg, I consciously sat at the door of the living room and looked outside vigilantly.

It was almost four o'clock in the morning, and it would be dawn in a few hours.After I sat down, I felt my eyes were dry, and my eyelids were as heavy as if a piece of lead was hung on them. I also realized that I hadn't closed my eyes all day. Seeing that I couldn't stop yawning, Yu'er suddenly said, "Mr. Ruohai, you should rest for a while, just lie down on the sofa and take a nap." "No, no, I can still hold on!" I answered vigorously, I didn't want to lose face in front of girls. But Yu'er persuaded with empathy: "After dawn tomorrow, I don't know what terrible things will happen. You'd better take a rest, or you won't be able to protect us when the time comes." She walked to me, and Said, "How about, let's take a break in shifts. Mr. Huo and I will be on duty first, and we will wake you and Xiaoqian after two hours."

I thought about it and thought it was a good idea. However, Xiaoqian said with watery eyes: "Hogg and I should be on duty first..." This girl wants to stick with Hogg so soon?Of course, I will not object to her proposal. In fact, I really want to be on duty with Yu'er in two hours. Unexpectedly, Hogg immediately said decisively: "No! Xiaoqian, you must rest! Your physical strength is not as good as Yu'er. After all, Yu'er is a girl from the mountains and has long adapted to the climate and terrain here. What if something goes wrong? The consequences are unimaginable."

Although what he said made sense, it seemed a bit blunt, as if the implication was that it didn't matter if something happened to Yu'er.I was very worried that Yu'er would be displeased after hearing this, but Yu'er didn't seem to understand the meaning hidden in Hogg's words, and just nodded carelessly. Well, let's arrange it like this, I immediately fell on the sofa, closed my eyes, but couldn't fall asleep peacefully.Probably because too many accidents happened in the past 24 hours. Seeing two bloody corpses one after another, my brain has become too excited. Although I am tired enough, I can't restrain the activity of the cerebral cortex at all.

Xiaoqian was not much better either, she was lying on another sofa, her eyes were wide open, showing no signs of falling asleep. Seeing this, Yu'er came over with a smile and said to me: "Mr. Ruohai, let me give you a head massage, it will make you fall asleep in a few minutes." "Really?" She nodded, put her slender hands on my temples, gently pressed the acupuncture points, and then began to massage clockwise.The strength was neither light nor heavy, a soft and warm force slowly poured into my brain like flowing water, and I gradually became confused. Before I lost my will, I vaguely saw that Huang Apo was also standing beside Xiaoqian. She massages her head.

Is this an untold secret in the mountain village where Yu'er and Grandma Huang lived? Before I could think about it, I fell into a deep sleep. Hogg and Yu'er did not follow the agreement and woke Xiaoqian and me two hours later. When I woke up, it was already high in the sun.Opening her eyes, Xiaoqian was still sleeping, her lips were full of saliva, Hogg and Yu'er were still sitting at the door of the living room, and Grandma Huang was sitting upright with her eyes closed, looking very much like a benevolent Bodhisattva.However, Police Officer Dai, Lao Li, and Du Yumei were nowhere to be seen, and seemed to have stayed in the kitchen all night without returning.

I quickly woke up Xiaoqian, and when we woke up, Grandma Huang suddenly opened her eyes and smiled lovingly at us. Yu'er turned her head and said to us: "Grandma Huang has prepared breakfast, let's go to the restaurant!" I stood up, only to see a small coffee table at the door of the living room where Yu'er and Hogg were on duty, with a few plates on it, and there was still some unfinished jerky left in the plate.Seeing that I noticed the plate, Yu'er pursed her lips and said with a smile: "This is Grandma Huang. She saw that Mr. Huo and I were on duty all night, and specially prepared supper for us. It's jerky made from pork liver. Mr. Ruohai, would you like to have a bite?" ?”

As soon as I heard about the jerky made from pork liver, I immediately contacted the bloody corpses of Sun Hongwei and Dick. My stomach was churning, and I shook my hand vigorously, politely rejecting Yu'er's kindness. When I came to the restaurant, Grandma Huang had already prepared steamed buns and rolls, as well as porridge and pickles.These things are just right for me, so I pulled Xiaoqian to sit down, grabbed a steamed bun and stuffed it into my mouth, almost choking my eyes, I quickly drank a few sips of water to calm down. After taking a breath, I suddenly heard Xiaoqian ask: "Hey, where are Police Officer Dai, Lao Li, and Sister Du? Why didn't they come to have breakfast?"

Say Cao Cao, Cao Cao arrives.As soon as Xiaoqian finished speaking, Officer Dai walked into the restaurant with Lao Li and Du Yumei.Officer Dai frowned, and said sadly: "It's already past nine o'clock, and I don't know when the reinforcements will arrive. But I still feel that staying in this hotel is not safe enough, after all, those mysterious people wearing masks I have lived here before, and I am quite familiar with the structure of the hostel. I discussed it with Boss Du, and I think it would be better to stay in another place." "Where are you going?" I asked in surprise.

"How about the flower house?" Yu'er suggested, "The flower house is newly built, and the mysterious man wearing the mask has never been there before." Officer Dai shook his head and said, "Boss Du and I have also considered the greenhouse, but the walls of the greenhouse are all made of transparent thick glass, and the line of sight is completely transparent. Hiding inside is as if there is no barrier." He's quite right, and I don't feel safe in a see-through house either. "So, where else can I hide?" Police Officer Dai collected himself and replied word by word: "That abandoned semi-circular watchtower halfway up the mountain!" "What? Diaolou?" The abandoned watchtower with the words "those who disturb the tranquility of the watchtower will be tortured by disembowelling" came to my mind. Aren't the doors and windows there sealed by the craftsmen sent by Du Yumei?How can we hide in there? Xiaoqian immediately objected: "I said yesterday that my brother and I have to leave here at dawn! We will never stay here for another minute! I won't go to any watchtowers!" "Hmph—" Police Officer Dai said with a muffled snort, "Yesterday we stayed in the hotel all night, and those mysterious people laughing outside the hotel, since they could kill Dick, wouldn't they let us go?" Is it? I think that the tires of the van parked at Taniguchi have already been destroyed by the mysterious person." Xiaoqian's face turned pale immediately. But I thought more, if the mysterious person didn't damage the tires, but a certain part of the car, and the car broke down when the car was halfway on the mountain road, wouldn't we be in more danger? Officer Dai said again: "How about this, let's go to Taniguchi together along the steps. If there is no problem with the van, let Lao Li drive you away. Who wants to go, even if you go with Lao Li, but if there is a problem with the van , then go to the watchtower with me, as long as we wait patiently until the reinforcements arrive, we will be completely safe." "However, the doors and windows of the watchtower are sealed with bricks, how can we enter the watchtower?" Hogg raised a question that I am also very concerned about. "Don't worry, Boss Du and I discussed it all night last night. Boss Du drew the floor plan of the watchtower from memory. I have found a way to sneak into the watchtower." "any solution?" "Chimney! The chimney of the watchtower!" Officer Dai smiled, "The workers who blocked the doors and windows only paid attention to the directions of the four watchtowers, front, back, left, and right, but ignored the chimney directly above, which can also enter the watchtower." "Uh..." This is indeed a blind spot in normal thinking, but Du Yumei sealed the doors and windows of the watchtower to prevent tourists from entering. Tourists would not try their best to climb to the roof and then enter the watchtower along the chimney. Officer Dai took out a few more sheets of paper, on which was the floor plan of the watchtower they had drawn last night. However, the watchtower has three floors, straight up and down, and the chimney is on the roof. How can we climb to the highest roof? When I raised this question, Police Officer Dai smiled and said, "Don't look at me as the deputy director of a small police station, but I also worked as a criminal policeman and received professional training. If you want to climb the roof, It’s not difficult for me at all. As long as there is a long enough rope and an iron rake, it’s fine. Fortunately, there are ropes in the hotel, and there are iron rakes in the greenhouse.” I understood what he meant, so I removed the iron rake, connected it to the end of the rope, stood in front of the watchtower, and waved the rope upwards.As long as the iron rake can catch the protrusion on the roof, we can climb the rope to the roof of the watchtower. But at this time, Hogg said worriedly: "Someone wrote on the wall of the watchtower, 'Those who disturb the tranquility of the watchtower will suffer the torture of disembowelling'. If we break into the watchtower like this, will there be any danger?" Dangerous?" Except for Hogg, me, and the deaf-mute Grandma Huang, everyone else showed expressions of surprise.Xiaoqian, Yu'er, and Police Officer Dai were naturally the first to hear that there were writings on the watchtowers, and Lao Li and Du Yumei probably contracted the work of sealing the watchtowers to other contractors at the beginning, and did not go to the watchtowers to observe it on the spot , so I don't know about it. In order to explain to them, I took out Xiaoqian's laptop, adjusted the picture that Hogg had entered into the computer before, and enlarged it to the clearest level, so that everyone could see the handwriting on the wall of the watchtower. Seeing the words "Those who disturb the tranquility of the watchtower will be tortured by disembowelling" written on the wall, Officer Dai showed a disdainful expression and said: "The watchtower has been sealed for half a year, even if there are some perverted monsters inside , I’m afraid I would have starved to death long ago. Maybe this line of writing is just graffiti by a bored child, are you still scared?” What he said was also reasonable, but Xiaoqian said quietly: "I don't want to go to any watchtowers. I just hope that when I get to Taniguchi, there is nothing wrong with the four-row van. I just want to get out of this damn place as soon as possible!" Du Yumei and Lao Li suddenly showed displeasure expressions. They didn't want the Evergreen Valley, which they spent a lot of money to build, to be called a "ghost place" by a young girl. I quickly gave Xiaoqian a look and told her to stop talking.But I also know that everyone is eager to get out of here, and the sooner the better! We found a kitchen knife in the kitchen, which was the only weapon we had to protect ourselves, but when I recalled Dick's disemboweled body, I shuddered and didn't believe that these kitchen knives could protect us.However, what can be done? In the kitchen, Yu'er found all kinds of dried meat prepared by Grandma Huang and stuffed them into a travel bag.In case the car is destroyed, we can at least have enough food to hide in the watchtower.Grandma Huang also took out a few thick sweaters from the storage room and distributed them to us. After all, after leaving Evergreen Valley, it is not as warm as inside the valley.Our respective winter clothes were placed upstairs, and the stairs were blocked, so we couldn't take them off, and we didn't have the courage to go upstairs to get them.I can't help sighing secretly, the old man is still thoughtful. We lined up in a single file and walked out of the hotel tremblingly. Police Officer Dai was at the front, Lao Li followed closely, followed by several ladies, and Hogg and I broke up.Walking through the path between pines and cypresses in the vestibule of the hotel, crossing the cornfield, and arriving at the steps leading to the mouth of the valley, the journey went smoothly without any danger.Going up the steps, it seems that there is no trace of the mysterious person. When we got to the platform at Taniguchi, we couldn't help but let out a long breath.But when we saw the four-row van that once drove us to Evergreen Valley, we couldn't help but sigh in despair. All four tires of the van were cut by someone with a sharp knife, lying limply like a cat snoozing in the afternoon. I put on my thick sweater and took out my phone, but there was no signal.I changed several places, but it was also disappointing, and I couldn't find a half grid signal at all. "No way, we can only go to the abandoned watchtower. Alas, God knows when the reinforcements will arrive..." Officer Dai curled his lips and said helplessly. "No!" A cry of pain broke out from among us. I followed the prestige, but I didn't expect that it was Lao Li who wailed.His face was flushed as if drunk. "No! I won't go to the watchtower! I want to leave here! The sooner the better!" Lao Li cried hysterically, "I don't want to stay here anymore! Even if I walk, I want to leave!" "Old Li..." Du Yu frowned and called his name. But Lao Li was unmoved, and roared angrily: "It's all your fault, you half-old lady. You are already old, and you are still holding your throat to learn the voice of a baby, and you lied to me that you can make a lot of money here. I always listen to it. I came here thinking of your money, but I didn’t see a penny, but I saw two bloody corpses! If you hadn’t asked me to have a private meeting in your room last night, Dick wouldn’t have I’ll die! I can’t stay here anymore, it’s written in the watchtower that anyone who breaks in will be disemboweled, I don’t want to become a corpse with no internal organs!” These words made Du Yu's eyebrows turn purple and blue, the muscles on his face twitched constantly, his forehead became more prominent, and the matchmaker mole on the corner of his mouth became more prominent. "I can sleep with you ugly woman for money, but I can't even die for you!" run everywhere. Du Yumei knelt and sat on the mud floor, sobbing first, then wailing loudly. Anyway, Du Yumei is a woman, and she was just abandoned by her lover, so I can't help but sympathize with her.Xiaoqian felt the same way, after all, she had also experienced a similar experience, so she took a step forward, trying to comfort Du Yu's eyebrows.Unexpectedly, just as she walked to Du Yumei's side, she suddenly heard a scream from a distance. That was Lao Li's cry. We all stood up and looked towards the place where the sound came from, even Du Yumei was no exception, the concern on her face was more than ours. I saw Lao Li standing blankly on the dirt road, staring blankly at the ground, his eyes wide open, but his face was pale, as if he saw the most terrifying thing in the world. We walked up to him together, lowered our heads, and saw a red line on the ground, which was shocking and blocked the entire dirt road. Looking at this red line, it is suspiciously red. I don't know if it was painted with red paint or directly covered with blood. And after the red line, there is another line of handwriting that is even more disgusting, which is also a suspicious bright red. "Anyone who crosses this red line without permission will be killed without mercy! His belly will be ripped open and his body will be dead!" It was such a sentence that threatened us.Who wrote it?Is it those mysterious people who wear masks and hide in the Evergreen Valley? I stood where I was cold, my hands and feet were trembling, and my back was dripping with sweat, as if countless thousand-legged centipedes were slowly climbing up my back. And Xiaoqian and Yu'er kept screaming in my ear. If you walk through this line, will you really be killed and then disemboweled?I dare not think about it any more. Everyone was silent, but Lao Li, with his chest straightened out, shouted loudly towards the bare forest in the distance: "Who are you? Come out and fight me face to face if you have the ability! Don't hide like a turtle!" stand up!" But the only response to him was the rustling wind. When we arrived on the platform halfway up the mountain, the temperature dropped several degrees, and the long-lost coolness hit us. The rustling wind was really clear and intermittent, as if it was making a weird laugh mocking us. Before we could react, Lao Li had already stepped over the red line, and then laughed loudly: "I crossed the red line, I crossed the red line without authorization! Come and kill me! Come and cut me open Come on! Let me die without a whole body!" He seemed to have lost his mind, and ran madly along the dirt road to the distance. I wanted to chase him, but I was hanging in the air when I stepped on my foot. Anyone who crosses the red line without permission will be killed without mercy!Disemboweled, dead without a whole body! I admit that I am a coward and dare not take this risk with my life.But I don't feel ashamed, it's just human nature to seek good luck and avoid bad luck. Look at Hogg, he is as indecisive as I am. Only Police Officer Dai, who didn't hesitate to draw the red line on the ground, rushed out immediately, which made me suddenly feel a little reverence. However, after all, Lao Li took a step first, had already turned a corner ahead, and disappeared immediately.Officer Dai also disappeared behind the curve, leaving only the remaining six of us standing alone within the red line, not knowing what to do. Xiaoqian muttered to herself: "If you cross the red line without authorization, you will die, so if you don't cross the red line, you can save your life?" I disagree with this inversion. Dick didn't cross the red line, he stayed in the guest room, why did he die?He died so badly, his belly was disembowelled, and he died without a whole body.With his lessons learned, I really dare not report any confidence in the unknown future. Yu'er supported Granny Huang, looked back at the abandoned watchtowers shaded by green trees on the mountainside, and quietly asked, "Shall we go to the watchtowers?" Du Yu brows remained silent, her body trembling slightly, she hadn't recovered from the shock of Lao Li's unfeeling words. Hogg looked at me, and his face became even fairer. I don't know if it was originally this color, or it was caused by strong fear. Here, Hogg and I are the only two remaining males, and I am a little older than Hogg, so the right to decide is naturally in my hands. I looked at the watchtower, to go, or not to go? No, do we have other options?Crossing the red line without authorization, killing without pardon, disembowelling him, leaving a dead body without a whole body.Going back to the valley, God knows when the police reinforcements will come, and going to the watchtower is even more dangerous. But a choice had to be made, and I couldn't help hesitating. "Let's go to the watchtower. No matter what, it used to be a place where the mountain people resisted bandits. It is easy to defend and difficult to attack. The chimney is the only entrance, and the doors and windows are sealed. As long as we enter the watchtower, we can at least temporarily guarantee safety." Unexpectedly, it was Du Yumei who made the decision.She bit her lips hard, and a ray of resentment shot out of her eyes. It seemed that she had walked out of the shadow of her lover's betrayal, turning grief and anger into strength. This is also a good thing. Although I don't know when the reinforcements will come, and I don't know how long I can last in the abandoned watchtower, but... let's take one step at a time... The doors and windows are sealed, and the inside of the watchtower must be dark, but so what ?At least we can live a little longer... The watchtower is still some distance away from the entrance of the valley. Du Yumei once asked workers to block the dirt road leading to the watchtower because he was worried that tourists would accidentally enter the watchtower and cause accidents.I was worried that I would not be able to go to the watchtower smoothly, not to mention that there was an old lady who was deaf and dumb among us. Although it was not handicapped, she had just climbed such a long section of stone steps, and her physical strength must not be able to keep up. Du Yumei led us to the side of the platform, which was densely covered with dark green shrubs and thorns, as long as knees, and in the distance were tall trees and shrubs.There are still some leaves left on the trees, and there is obviously no way to go here. I wonder why Du Yumei brought us here. At this time, Du Yumei suddenly squatted down and grabbed a few thorny thorns on the ground. "Oh!" I couldn't help but yelled.The thorny plants are full of thorns, so it's no wonder that she didn't get blood dripping from the thorns when she grabbed it.Moreover, most of the thorns on the thorns are barbs, and it is impossible to sort them out if they get stuck into the hands. Du Yumei has suffered a lot.I remember that when I was a child, I accidentally fell into a thorn bush. It took my mother all afternoon to take out all the barbs for me with a small clip, and I cried in pain for a whole afternoon. Still fresh in my memory. Unexpectedly, I did not see blood appearing in Du Yu's eyebrows and palms as I guessed. She smiled slightly, grabbed the thorns and stood up, only to hear a "chi la", a series of thorns was pulled up by her, and a narrow path appeared in the bushes in front of her, like a beast trail. At this time, I also discovered that the thorns in her hands were not real thorny thorns at all, but artificial plants made of plastic. It turned out that Du Yumei asked the workers to block the dirt road in this way! I can't help being surprised. Du Yumei called Hogg and me to clean up the simulated plastic thorns on the ground. After about ten minutes of busy work, we cleared a dirt road in the bushes that just enough for a van to pass through. "Hehe, to use landfill to block roads, you have to go to other places to get soil, and to cut down trees, you need to be approved by the forestry department. It's too troublesome. And it only costs a few hundred yuan to buy these plastic plants. , cheap and practical.” Du Yumei explained to us very proudly. It can be seen that she is indeed very smart in business.At least, from the point of view of cost control, it is admirable. After passing through the bushes, we came to a dirt road paved with gravel. Although it is much cooler than the bottom of the valley, it is still warmer than the Xiling Mountains far away from here, so the leaves of the trees have not fallen. Occasionally, a few leaves fall with the wind, but it will not make people feel To the chill of winter. After walking for about ten minutes, we finally came to this abandoned semi-circular watchtower. This is the first time I have come close to this watchtower. The red brick exterior of the watchtower is riddled with holes and dilapidated. The only door on the first floor is tightly blocked by bricks and stones, and covered with cement. If there is no shovel and stone hammer, it is impossible to tear down this brick wall. The line of words written crookedly on the outer wall also appeared in front of me again. "Those who disturb the tranquility of the watchtower must suffer the torture of disembowelling!" Looking at this shocking line of words, Xiaoqian, Yu'er and Du Yumei couldn't help but let out a scream of fear.Grandma Huang couldn't speak because she was deaf and dumb, but her brows could not help but knit together tightly, twisting into a "Chuan". We walked quickly past the wall where this line was written, and turned to the other side of the semicircular watchtower. The first floor of this watchtower is about five meters high, and there are no protrusions on the outer wall for climbing.The windows on the second and third floors were all sealed by brick walls, but the brick walls were built into the windows, and the window frames were still intact, but the glass was all broken.Originally, the sealing of the doors and windows was done in secret without the knowledge of the cultural relics department. Du Yumei must have considered that after the dirt road was blocked, if the cultural relics department came to inspect it, they would definitely stand on the platform at Taniguchi with a telescope to look at it.Looking from the angle of the platform, the gate happened to be blocked by trees, and only the windows with shattered glass could be seen, but the inside of the windows could not be seen to be blocked by brick walls. I have to admit that the workers Du Yumei sent for construction did a great job. The roof is a semicircular platform with eaves protruding from the curved edge of the platform. Now it was time to throw the rope attached to the rake over the roof.It takes physical strength and a certain skill to get over the eaves.I'm not good at doing this. I rely on my brain and wisdom to make a living. Physical strength and skills are not what I'm good at.Fortunately, Hogg is a freelance photographer. He has been traveling in the wild all year round, and his physical strength is far superior to mine. He took the iron rake and threw it to the roof with all his strength.Although the height of the first floor is five meters, the heights of the second and third floors are all very low. Although it looks very uncoordinated, the overall height is kept within the range of Hogg's ability to throw an iron rake . Hogg chose a place under the window sill to try to throw the iron rake. The reason why he chose to throw the iron rake here is that during the climbing process, if his feet can step on the window sill, it will save a lot of money. less energy. After trying seven or eight times, the iron rake thrown by Hogg finally caught a certain protrusion on the roof, and he pulled the rope vigorously, but the spinning did not stop. Well, the ropes for climbing to the roof are ready. I couldn't help but raised my thumbs up, Xiaoqian rushed up and kissed Hogg directly, causing a red cloud to fly out of Hogg's fair face. I call everyone to be quiet, there is still a lot to do.We had to climb up to the roof one by one by rope. There were four women here, one of them was an old lady. It must be a difficult task.After reaching the roof, we have to tie the rope to the top of the chimney, and then slide along the rope to the watchtower, which will be a more difficult task. We decided that Hogg would climb the ropes to the roof first, and then let the ladies climb up.If the lady's strength is not enough, Hogg can still pull on it, who makes him stronger than me. Hogg grabbed the rope and climbed up to the roof more than ten meters high in about a minute, then dropped the rope and signaled the next person to continue climbing. The next one is Yu'er.She was stronger than Xiaoqian, and she could help Hogg pull the rope when he reached the roof. Soon, with the help of Hogg and Yu'er, Xiaoqian and Grandma Huang successfully climbed to the roof of the watchtower.Because of her older age, Grandma Huang was almost tied to a rope, and Hogg and Yu'er on the roof dragged her up alive.However, Grandma Huang seemed to be quite strong, she got on the roof and let go of the rope, and we saw her wandering around on the roof with her hands behind her back. When it was Du Yu's turn to brow, she suddenly let go of her hand and turned her head, and said to me with a guilty face: "Mr. Lan, it's really hard work for you, and I'm all to blame for inviting you here, but so many accidents happened. " I curled my lips and said, "It's not your fault either, it's the fault of that female fugitive Dong Jia and the mysterious man wearing a mask! Don't punish yourself with other people's mistakes, it will make you very tired of." She smiled gratefully, grabbed the rope again, and prepared to climb up. At this moment, on the dirt road behind me, there was suddenly the sound of hurried footsteps and heavy breathing. Turning around, I saw Officer Dai in a police uniform. While he was running towards the watchtower, he looked back in panic. On the police uniform on his chest, there seemed to be a group of dark wet stains, which looked like It was fresh blood, and it was obviously splattered. what happened?He came back alone?Where's Lao Li?Was the blood on Officer Dai's body sprayed from Lao Li's body? Du Yumei let go of her hand again, and couldn't help but let out a desperate moan of pain. "Old Li...Old Li is dead..." Officer Dai sat down in front of us. After saying this, his whole body began to tremble violently, and he couldn't stop it. Although he had worked as a criminal police officer before and had seen countless corpses in tragic death, it was probably the first time he had actually seen a person die in front of him. "How did he die? Opened up?" I couldn't help asking loudly. Officer Dai nodded weakly, his face was pale, and he no longer had the mighty aura he had when he crossed the red line to catch up with Lao Li just now. Hogg and Xiaoqian shouted from above their heads: "Come up quickly! What's wrong?" I saw Officer Dai lying on the ground like mud, apparently unable to climb the ropes at all, looking at the distance, it seemed calm, so I shouted upwards: "Wait a minute, Officer Dai is back, let's talk to him for a while." Sentence again." Officer Dai came back to his senses, and slowly told Du Yumei and me what happened to Lao Li. On the dirt road leading from the platform to the outside world, Lao Li stepped across the red line recklessly, and ran away into the distance with his feet loose.After police officer Dai saw this, he was worried that something would happen to Lao Li, so he rushed out to chase Lao Li immediately.Although Lao Li is nearly fifty years old, he runs really fast, probably because of fear. Although Officer Dai tried his best to catch up, he couldn't catch up with Lao Li's pace for a while. I saw Lao Li's back directly. Fortunately, there was only this dirt road and no forks, so Officer Dai was sure that he would not be lost, and he could always hear Lao Li's hurried footsteps not far ahead. After chasing after about 500 meters, Officer Dai was a little out of breath. After all, he was in the mountain village police station, far away from serious crimes, and his bones were a little bit crisp. It was much worse before.In desperation, Officer Dai had no choice but to stop, wanting to rest for a while, but when he stopped, he suddenly found that the sound of Lao Li's footsteps in front of him also disappeared inexplicably. Officer Dai was taken aback, feeling uneasy. Could something have happened to Lao Li? He stood on tiptoe and walked forward anxiously.Turning a corner, he saw Lao Li. Lao Li was lying on the ground beside the dirt road, his body convulsing violently like shaking a sieve.A man in black with a mask on his head was kneeling beside Lao Li, holding a knife in one hand and groping for something in Lao Li's arms with the other. Officer Dai let out a short scream in fright, and the masked man turned his head slowly after hearing the cry.The mask this man was wearing, as Dick had described before, had two eyes painted on it, one open and the other closed, like an owl hiding in the dark night and peeping eeriely. The masked man smiled suspiciously, and then raised the hand that was groping in Lao Li's arms.When his hand appeared in front of Officer Dai, Officer Dai immediately couldn't help but bent down, hugged a tree and moaned in pain. In that person's hand, there was actually a warm, warm, beating heart. Lao Li's heart was cut out alive by the mysterious man wearing a mask. Immediately afterwards, the mysterious man in the mask stuffed the heart whole into his mouth, bit off a piece of meat, and immediately blood gushed out from his lips and onto the ground. When he said this, Officer Dai's face began to twitch again, as if he still couldn't get rid of the huge shock. "What happened later?" Du Yu asked anxiously, covering her red lips with her brows and hands.Her complexion was very bad, as if she was going to vomit at any moment. Hearing Du Yumei's question, Officer Dai became agitated all of a sudden, and he shouted: "Later, you asked me what happened? Of course I just turned around and ran away later! That guy is a cannibal! He ripped open his belly, It's just for eating human flesh! I don't want to see that horrible scene again in my life!" He said while dancing hysterically, as if he was close to the verge of collapse. I fully understand his overreaction.Not everyone is lucky enough to see someone dissect a corpse and chew it whole.However, I still stared at his chest and asked, "You saw that mysterious masked man devouring Lao Li's heart, then turned and ran, and came back to find us? Is this really the case?" Unfortunately, my question drove Officer Dai crazy again. "What? What do you mean by asking? Do you think I'm lying? Why am I lying? Why can't I just turn around and run? If it were you, I'd probably pee my pants on the spot, right? That person is eating the heart, yes Cut open Lao Li's chest alive, cut open Lao Li's stomach, and stuffed Lao Li's body directly into his mouth!" He yelled angrily with a red face, and I quickly explained: "Uh, Officer Dai, I don't suspect you." I pointed to the pool of blood on his police uniform on his chest, and said, "Since you saw the mysterious man wearing a mask Swallow Lao Li's heart, then turn around and run, why is there blood on the front of your clothes?" Officer Dai was taken aback for a moment, staring down at the pool of blood with a puzzled expression on his face. It seems that the doubts he expressed are not fake. After hearing his narration, I still slightly suspected that he had lied, and even suspected that Lao Li was killed by him.But seeing his expression now, I believe that he is not lying.If he can still make such realistic expressions after lying, it would be a pity that he doesn't become an actor. I also don't want Lao Li to be killed by Officer Dai, otherwise the problems we have encountered will be serious. After a moment of silence, Officer Dai raised his head and said in a daze, "Could it be the blood that was stained when I bent down and hugged the tree and moaned in pain? Could it be that the tree trunk was covered in blood?" His face began to convulse, as if he was about to vomit.Officer Dai quickly inhaled hard, swallowed a few mouthfuls of saliva, and barely suppressed the desire to vomit. Will there be blood on the trunk?Why?莫非是戴面具的神秘人杀死人后，曾经将剖出来的内脏挂在树干上吗？ 我不敢再想象下去了，再想，只怕我也会呕吐了。 我赶紧转过身来，指着由屋顶悬垂下来的绳索，说：“我们还是赶紧到碉楼的屋顶上去吧！不管怎么，上了屋顶，我们就暂时安全了！” 戴警官双足瘫软，依他的精神状态，根本没力气攀爬绳索，他哭丧着一张脸，对我说：“你先上屋顶吧。” 杜瑜眉也说道：“蓝先生，让我陪陪戴警官。” 我也知道，有些时候，只有女人才能让男人重新坚强起来。所以我点点头，拽住了绳索，开始向上攀援。我爬得有些吃力，屋顶上的霍格和玉儿不停拉拽着，才好不容易把我也拽上了屋顶。 碉楼的屋顶是半圆型的一个平台，圆轴紧贴着碉楼后的山壁，而烟囱就在平台一侧圆弧与圆轴的夹角位置。这烟囱只凸出平台五十公分左右，烟道的长宽均为四十公分，只要固定好绳索，我们应该能够很轻松地滑下去。 当然，得等所有人都上来了，我们才能逐一滑入碉楼中。 我把绳索抛下碉楼后，便大声朝下面叫道：“快上来吧！” “等一等……我再休息一会儿……”碉楼下传来戴警官情绪低落的声音，他似乎还没从巨大的惊悸中解脱出来。 好吧，就让他多休息一会儿吧。 “发生了什么事？”霍格好奇地问道，“刚才隐约听到你们在下面讨论得蛮激烈，出了什么事？怎么戴警官一个人回来的？老李呢？” 我撇撇嘴，答道：“老李，死了，开膛破肚，死无全尸。” 接着，我向屋顶的人重述了一遍戴警官曾经说过的话。我说得尽量简单，略去了面具人生吞老李心脏的那一段，因为我不想把站在屋顶平台上的三位女士吓着了，但就是这些经过删减处理的情节，已经足够吓得她们花容失色了。 霍格听完后，皱着眉头沉吟片刻，立刻正色道：“我觉得有点不对劲。” “哪一点不对劲？” “就是你怀疑戴警官撒谎的那一段，你说看到他的疑惑之情后，认为不似作伪，所以才相信了他的说法。不过，在这个世界上，有太多会演戏的人了，你被骗了也说不准。” “就是！”表妹小倩也插嘴说道，“特别是有些男人，明明第二天就准备不辞而别销声匿迹人间蒸发，前一天却能装作若无其事与女友约会，那种贱男人的演技，真是出神入化。” 我知道，她联想到了自己的那两位前任男友了。 霍格也不禁讪笑了一声，大概他也听小倩说过以前的事吧。不过，他很快就言归正传，说：“如果戴警官真撒了谎，那么事态就严重了。” 我明白他的意思。 戴警官是老李开车去派出所叫来的，如果戴警官有问题，那么很可能在派出所里他根本就没向上级报案，更没有什么增援的警力会在今天赶到常青谷来。 建议我们转移到碉楼这边来，也是他提出的。如果他有问题，那么碉楼里会不会有陷阱？ 还有一个更严重的问题，现在他就在碉楼下，而与他在一起的，只有杜瑜眉一个人，要是他对杜瑜眉不利，我们根本来不及下楼去营救。 想到这一点，我马上就急了，脑袋探出碉楼屋顶平台的房檐，大声叫道：“杜姐，你快上来！快上来！” “嗯，我正在上！”屋顶下方传来了杜瑜眉的声音。 还好，她还安然无恙，看来我们杞人忧天了。 听她的声音，杜瑜眉应该已经沿着绳索攀爬到一半的高度了，她还真不错，手劲够大，没呼喊我们从屋顶拉拽绳索，就自行向上攀援了。 很快，我就看到她的脑袋从屋檐下冒了出来。我赶紧伸出手，示意她拽住我的手。 杜瑜眉伸出了一只手，她的手和我的手就要握在一起的时候，突然之间，她的另一只手松开了绳索。事实上，在这一刻，她已经完全悬空了，没有拉拽住绳索，更没有一个可以依靠的支点。 刹那间，她的身体向下坠去。 我惊得不由自主发出一声尖叫，但杜瑜眉的身影已经消失在屋檐之后，瞬间便不见了踪影。 从三层楼摔下去，她还是后仰着摔下去的，不死也会受重伤。 这一切发生得太突然了，我根本没有半点心理准备。等我反应过来，才赶紧将头伸出屋檐，大声呼喊着她的名字，却根本没看到杜瑜眉，连瘫坐在地上的戴警官也没见着。 我这才意识到，当我尖叫的时候，却并没听到杜瑜眉的叫声。 据说从三楼摔下去，发出的声音应该是“啪！啊——”，从三十楼摔下去，发出的声音应该是“啊——啪！”。这里并不高，那么我现在应该听到杜瑜眉的痛苦惨叫声，戴警官也应该上前查看情况，并呼唤我们帮忙啊。可碉楼下却是一片寂静，死一般的寂静，没有任何声响传来。 他们去哪里了？我急了，大声在屋顶上呼喊着他俩的名字，可是却根本没人回应我。 How is this going?难道他们无缘无故消失了？ 霍格也走了过来，当他发现出了什么事的时候，脸上顿时迷茫一片，甚至还表露出了一丝恐惧。 “发生了什么事？”他诧异地问道。 我摊开手，无奈地答道：“我也不知道，杜瑜眉摔下去后，好像……好像在空中消失了……”我变得有些语无伦次。 这一切听上去似乎很扯淡，但事实就是这样。 霍格愣了愣，一把拽住绳索的顶端，正色道：“我得下去看看！”说完后，便跃出屋檐，沿着绳索滑了下去。没想到刚下去几秒，就听到他在绳索下端大叫道：“快！快拉我上去！” 我赶紧拽住绳索，把玉儿和小倩都叫了过来，使劲拉拽着绳索。 很快霍格就被我们拉了上来。 “出了什么事？”我诧异地问道。 他面色苍白地答道：“绳索悬在二楼的位置，莫名其妙断了。切口很齐整，应该是被锋利的剪刀剪断的。” 剪刀剪断的？How could this be?谁剪的？ “杜瑜眉和戴警官呢？”我厉声问道。 他摇了摇头：“不见了，他们真的都不见了。”