Chapter 7 Chapter Seven: The Mystery of Life and Death

The police cars crawled into Racecourse Village like turtles, without flashing lights or sirens, only their headlights.Stretching my neck, I saw many villagers holding flashlights and running around at night again, rendering the village a haze of light.I wanted to follow up right away to find out what happened, but Liu Qin dialed my cell phone and asked where I was, but she was still hiding in the dormitory and dared not go out. "Wu Lingchun has already gone to see the dead! She told me to go, so I won't go!" Liu Qin tremblingly cried, "Ouyang Xin is not here, can you come back and accompany me first, don't go to see the dead. "

When I heard this sentence, I thought that if Liu Qin really didn't see Zhao Xiyue's body, there might still be a glimmer of hope.So, I comforted: "I'll go back right away, don't worry." After I hung up the phone, Ouyang said to me: "You take the box back first, and I'll call the police to go to the old racecourse. Before I come back, you find a way to open the box and see what's inside." "Shouldn't you just hand it over to the police?" I was stunned. Although the old racecourse was not the first scene of the murder, the things there should not be kept privately.

"We really can't hide it, but who can guarantee whether the contents inside are related to the case? If it has nothing to do with the case, wouldn't it be scolding to hand it over to the police? Let's open it first, see what's inside, and then hand it over. It’s not too late.” Ouyang Xin stood under the night and said to me, “Also, don’t forget, if you didn’t report the knowledge before, if the police asked us what we were doing at the old racecourse so late, how would you answer? Zhao Xiyue and you The whistleblower? If Zhao Xixi really died in the village tonight, and you said she told you to go to the old horse farm, who would believe you? Just based on that letter? Since you know she is still here, why didn't you tell everyone ?”

Ouyang Xin's words hit the point, so I couldn't refute, so I had to listen to him.Of course I know that I can't hide the facts of the case, but I concealed these things before because I didn't have any evidence in my hand.If Lin Huohu has not been arrested, and I speak out, can the police guarantee my 24-hour security and protect me for the rest of my life?These things are very strange, and I don't know how to explain them to others. Before I said a word, Ouyang Xin said again: "It's best for none of us to tell the truth, just say that we saw Lin Huhu running to the old racecourse, so the police will definitely go there. In fact, we really You see someone over there, don't you?"

"You're right." I admire Ouyang Xin's thoughtfulness, but I always feel that something is wrong.Since when has Ouyang Xin been so enthusiastic about helping me and thinking of me.Could it be that just because I dragged him onto the thief boat, we are all grasshoppers on the same boat? "Go back quickly. You must open the box as soon as possible to see what's inside. I took the police to the old racecourse. They couldn't find Lin Huohu, at least they could find the dead body." Ouyang Xin told me after finishing talking. Into the village, and then parted.

The school is at the head of the village, and when I ran back, a police car just passed me.I saw a crowd gathered around Boss Mo's new house. For some reason, the police car that drove into the village also stopped in front of Boss Mo's house.I wanted to go over to take a look first, but Liu Qin called again to urge people, so I turned around and ran back to the dormitory with the box in my arms. When I went back, Liu Qin kept asking me where I was going. She was so anxious that the phone was cut off just now.I didn't say it directly, I just said that I have come back, so there is nothing to worry about.I put the box on the table, and Liu Qin asked me what was in the box.I was so questioned that I couldn't answer, so I asked Liu Qin how she knew Zhao Xiyue was dead, and who told her so late.

Sitting on the bed, Liu Qin said to me: "It was Wu Lingchun who told me that she came knocking on the door and told me to watch the excitement. How dare I go." "How did Wu Lingchun know about the dead person?" I asked strangely. "I don't know either." Liu Qin replied seriously. I saw that Liu Qin really didn't know anything, so I looked for pliers in the room, trying to pick the lock on the box.Helpless, I have never been a thief, and I know nothing about picking locks.Seeing me picking the lock, Liu Qin asked me where I picked up this box, because I had never seen it in the dormitory before.My mind was blank and I didn't know how to answer. I was in a hurry when someone knocked heavily on the door.The knock on the door startled me and Liu Qin.

"Is Tang Jiuyue back?" A woman with a shrill voice asked outside the door. I recognized that the person knocking on the door was Wu Lingchun, so I put the box under the bed and gave Liu Qin a wink.Liu Qin is not too stupid, she has already seen that Wu Lingchun is not easy to mess with, so she didn't ask me why I hid the box in front of Wu Lingchun.I opened the door, Wu Lingchun didn't invite me in, sat on the bed and asked me where I was just now.I casually said that I went to the toilet. Today, my mother is constipated and her legs are numb. Wu Lingchun pinched his nose and thought I was rude, and then said in a strange tone: "It's a pity that you didn't go to Boss Mo's house just now! Do you remember Xiao Weihai?"

Xiao Weihai is a veteran in the village. He was arrested for gambling last year and lost his job in the city. He had to go back to Machang Village to contract an orchard.Xiao Weihai kept a gloomy face all day long, seeing everyone as if he was an enemy, not many people dared to approach him.Since Xiao Weihai's parents died, people in the village seldom interact with him. Only a few women who are not afraid of death want to marry him, and they often go to the orchard to help fertilize and weed. I wanted to ask Xiao Weihai what was wrong, but Wu Lingchun said: "Xiao Weihai came back from the orchard tonight, and saw someone hiding in Boss Mo's new house. Xiao Weihai thought it was strange, so he chased him in to see, who knew he was hit on the head as soon as he entered , and then the two started fighting. After a short fight, the man was knocked down on the ground and couldn't move, Xiao Weihai only then saw clearly that it was Zhao Xiyue."

"Xiao Weihai beat Sister Xixi to death?" The more I heard it, the more angry I became. Wu Lingchun didn't hear my question at all, and said to himself: "Bao Zhupo went to the backyard of Boss Mo's house at night and took back her table. It was a table for wedding banquets. Boss Mo borrowed it from the villagers. Coming out of the backyard, Bao Zhupo saw Xiao Weihai beating Zhao Xiyue in the new house, so she ran away and shouted that Zhao Xiyue had been beaten to death. Xiao Weihai chased Bao Zhupo and insisted that he did not kill anyone, but asked everyone to watch together, saying that Zhao Xiyue was beaten to death. Joy is still angry. But everyone rushed to Boss Mo’s unbuilt new house, only to see a pool of blood, and Zhao Joy disappeared.”

When I heard the end, I breathed a sigh of relief, which meant that Zhao Xixi had escaped.But why did Zhao Xixi escape, and why didn't he go to the old racecourse, but appeared in Boss Mo's new house?I can't believe it's because Zhao Xiyue has done bad things, so she ran away because she was afraid of being caught.Maybe, Xiao Weihai really beat someone to death, and he might have moved the body away when everyone arrived. Before I finished digesting it, Wu Lingchun told me mysteriously: "I went to see the scene, and there was a pile of blood in the room. If I guessed correctly, Zhao Xiyue must be pregnant. She was beaten by Xiao Weihai and had a miscarriage." "Are you sure?" I was surprised, and at the same time, I remembered Zhao Xiyue told me that she was pregnant on the day of the wedding, as if she was a little happy. "Of course I'm sure! I just don't know when Zhao Xiyue came back from her mother's house, and why she went to Boss Mo's new house." Wu Lingchun said puzzledly, "Anyway, we will stay away from Xiao Weihai in the future, and we will beat people to death every now and then. Sows dare not marry him!" It was as if Wu Lingchun came here to tell me these things. After finishing speaking, he immediately walked out of the room, leaving Liu Qin and me staring at each other.Liu Qin got up and closed the door, asked me if I was hiding something, and said that I could trust her.Seeing that Liu Qin was so timid, I couldn't believe her, so I had to lie to her and say that nothing happened.Now, I just want to go to Zhao Xiyue. She was beaten so badly by Xiao Weihai, and she had another miscarriage. She must be dying of pain.But where do I go to find Zhao Yueyue, I only hope that she will find me on her own initiative, or leave me another letter. Time passed bit by bit, and I was still not opened by the box, and the pliers couldn't pick the lock at all.After thinking about it, I picked up the kitchen knife and wanted to slowly cut a hole from the hinge at the back of the box.Liu Qin didn't know the origin of the box, nor what was inside. She saw that I was clumsy, so she asked her to try it.I really had no choice, so I asked Liu Qin to do it, but told her not to look at the things in the box. "So mysterious?" Liu Qin smiled, and then clamped the metal piece holding the lock with pliers, trying to snap it off forcefully.When I saw this, I thought, Liu Qin is really smart. I was trying to pick the lock open just now, but I forgot that the metal plate holding the lock is fragile and not as strong as the lock. When Liu Qin opened the box, I stood by the table, raised the curtains and looked into the night, wanting to take a look at Boss Mo's new house.Who can tell me whether Zhao Xixi is alive or dead now?The police have already arrived, and they may search the nearby forests, hoping to find Zhao Xiyue alive.Because Zhao Xixi was bleeding, it shouldn't be too difficult to follow the blood to find someone, as long as the police are willing to find someone. Just as I was looking at the dark night through the gap in the curtains, a text message came to my phone.I turned on the phone and saw that the person who sent the text message was Ouyang Xin. It was inconvenient for him to make a call, so he could only tell me quietly.It turned out that Ouyang Xin had brought the police to the old racecourse, but the fire corpse was gone, and someone carried it away.I was amazed in my heart, I didn't expect someone to transfer the corpse after we left the old racecourse. As I put the phone back in my pocket, I wondered who moved the fire corpse?Since you don't want the body to be discovered, you can bury it underground so that no one will find it.This matter is a bit similar to Lin Huhu's exhumation. I don't know if the person who moved the corpse had a broken head. Ouyang Xin was with the police, and they turned back because they couldn't find Lin Huhu.I know that Ouyang Xin can send text messages on his mobile phone, so he must be on his way back, maybe he will be at school soon.So, I asked Liu Qin if he could open the box quickly, and before he finished speaking, the metal sheet of the box broke.Liu Qin handed the box to me with a smile, and didn't open it right away, looking very trustworthy. I said thank you, took a deep breath, and placed the box on my lap.This box must be very important, maybe the answer to the mystery lies in the box.In this way, with a nervous mood, I slowly opened the lid of the box in the dim yellow room.