Chapter 8 Chapter Eight: Two-faced God

When the box was opened by me, there was an old man's moan, which was very clear in the dormitory.I suppressed my frantic heartbeat, opened the box and looked straight at my eyes.The box is filled with red hundred yuan, like three bricks, filling the box to the brim.I had never seen so much money in my life, and I wanted to salivate, but then I noticed that there was an old silver coin, five buckshot, and a photo on the money. Liu Qin sat across from me, didn't know what I saw, and didn't jump over suddenly.I didn't know what to do with the box for a while, and I was so confused that I regretted picking it up.It is often said that the poor will not be happy when they suddenly become rich, but will be miserable. These words can only be applied to me, and the money does not belong to me.

I calmed down for a moment, and took a look at the photo. There was no one on it, only a sculpture with two faces facing each other standing in a dark corner of the house.The silver coin was eroded and stained indelibly, and looked something Western, in the same style as the sculpture.Five lead bullets lay cold on the money. When I looked at the photo, I accidentally tilted the box on my lap, and one lead bullet rolled to the ground, making a crisp sound. In desperation, I bent over to pick it up, and the box slid down my lap.I scrambled to stabilize the box, but the other four buckshot fell to the ground, along with the photo and the silver coins.Liu Qin was sitting opposite, at such a close distance, she could see everything.For a while, my mind went blank, I couldn't speak, and I couldn't think of any reason to fool the past.At the same time, Liu Qin got up and helped me pick up my things and put them on my bed.

Seeing that I didn't speak, Liu Qin didn't ask me.But my behavior tonight is too strange. If I don't tell the truth, she might think that I killed Zhao Xiyue and stole his things.After all, if a mountain village teacher like me sold himself, he would not be able to save so much money after selling for several lifetimes.There were also five rough buckshots in the box, which a decent girl would keep in her collection. After a long silence, I said, "These things are not mine." "You can trust me." Liu Qin looked at me meaningfully and said, "I am the best at keeping secrets."

"This..." I remembered that Liu Qin would live in the same room with me in the future, and my behavior was so weird these two days, if I don't tell the truth, I'm afraid she will think wrong.But Liu Qin is so timid, if she knows what I'm hiding, she won't be scared to death.After a lot of struggle, I still kept my mouth shut and only believed in Ouyang Xin, who was rushing back from the old racecourse with the police at the moment.I secretly sighed, fortunately I didn't call the police, I just said that I saw Lin Huhu running there, otherwise the police would think I was lying about the case.

It is true that burnt corpses will leave a lot of traces, as long as they are carefully inspected, they will definitely find clues.But we are in a remote mountain village in a remote county, and the police are willing to come in. They don't have advanced technology to detect trace traces.Unless, we can get to the place where the burnt bodies are found, there must be a lot of evidence left there, just visible to the naked eye.At the same time, there was another voice in my head telling me that I had to go to the police, because there was nothing I could do about it, and it would only drag me down if I dragged it out.

Seeing that I refused to say anything, Liu Qin asked, "This silver coin is a double-faced silver coin. It came from ancient Rome and it's from BC. Where did you find it?" "Double-faced silver coin? Ancient Rome?" I was dumbfounded, handed the silver coin to Liu Qin for another look, and then asked, "Are you sure?" "When my family was in trouble, I still had some capital. My dad had collected this kind of thing before, and there was also the sculpture of the two-faced god, which is the one in your photo." Liu Qin said seriously. Before I asked what is the double-faced god, Liu Qin told me that Janus is the god in charge of door access and water and land transportation in Roman mythology. He has two opposite faces, commonly known as the double-faced god, which means It can be both forward and backward.It is said that the ancient Roman Temple of Janus also has one gate facing east and one gate facing west. It is because the god Janus represents the beginning, so the English word January (January) originated from this, and later generations derived a kind of "two-faced god". thinking" theory.

I was confused. People in the village don't have that kind of elegance. They would rather collect corn than this kind of treasure.Besides, Boss Mo, the richest man in Machang Village, may not have spare money to buy these things.Tonight, who showed up at the old racecourse with these things?So far, I have no idea, I only hope that the police can find Zhao Xiyue. Seeing that I refused to say anything, Liu Qin said softly, "Did you go to see Zhao Xiyue tonight? Was she the one who wrote you the letter yesterday?" I stammered, "You...I...stop asking nonsense." "Since this box is not yours, it should be handed over to the police." Liu Qin persuaded, "I don't know what you are hiding, but I really think you'd better go to the police. Before my family had an accident, my parents also told me You have lied to me about a lot of things. Paper can't cover fire. You didn't do anything illegal, did you?"

I quickly shook my head: "I didn't do anything illegal! It's just..." At this moment, someone knocked on our door and shouted, "Tang Jiuyue, Liu Qin, come out quickly." "Principal Zhang? It's so late, what's the matter?" I opened the door strangely, and saw Wu Lingchun standing behind Principal Zhang. "Didn't you hear such a big commotion in the village?" Principal Zhang said to us, "Come with me quickly, and stay at my house tonight. The police in the county said that Zhao Xixi appeared here, maybe Lin Huohu I’m back too. To be on the safe side, the teachers gathered at my house, the school is a bit far from the village, the police are afraid that something will happen to you, so let’s wait for them to search the village before going back to the dormitory.”

If Liu Qin and I meet with amnesty, we don't need Principal Zhang to say that, we are already so worried.Principal Zhang's home is in the center of the village, where people are very popular, so Lin Huo decided not to go there.Immediately afterwards, Liu Qindeng and I hurried to Principal Zhang's house with Wu Lingchun, and Ouyang Xin, who had just returned from the old racecourse, was waiting there.On the way, Liu Qin whispered to me again that the box should be handed over to the police.I left the box under the bed in the dormitory, and I didn't dare to take it out, let alone be unsure whether to hand it over to the police.

Wu Lingchun was so focused on chatting with Principal Zhang that he didn't notice my conversation with Liu Qin. When we arrived at Principal Zhang's house, Ouyang Xin called me aside and talked about what he saw at the old racecourse.The light was not good at night, when the police and Ouyang Xin arrived there, the body was gone and they found nothing.During the period, Ouyang Xin also asked the police about the dead body dug up under the orange tree, and asked who the deceased was, but the police said that this was the case and could not be reported casually, and they had not yet reached a conclusion, and the investigation of the case was not so fast.

In the courtyard of Principal Zhang’s house, apart from the young teachers, there were also some villagers. They all gathered here, waiting for the police to check everywhere before daring to return to their residence.However, not all the villagers were in Principal Zhang's yard. They gathered in groups of three or four at Boss Mo's house, Principal Zhang's house, and Bao Zhupo's steamed stuffed bun shop. Liu Qin saw me whispering to Ouyang Xin, and after waiting for a while, she came over and whispered: "What's the matter with you? Xiao Tang, don't blame me for being talkative, you'd better hand over the box. If the box is really If you picked it up, the owner of the box will definitely find you. Needless to say, you should also know that the owner of the box will not be a good person!" Why don't I want to, but if I hand over the box, I have to tell about Zhao Xiyue, otherwise I can't explain it clearly.I am in a dilemma, now that Zhao Xixi has a miscarriage and is living in the mountains and forests, I am afraid that if I delay it for a while, I will lose my life.It is impossible for me to search in the vast mountains and forests by myself. No matter how unreliable the police are, at least they have more people than me.Zhao Yue believed me and told me that she was trafficked and that I should not betray her trust, but if this continues, she and Lin Huhu will never have a good life. Liu Qin didn't know the truth. When Ouyang Xin heard her say that, she thought I had told everything, so she nodded in agreement with her.The things in that box are so precious, the person who lost the box will definitely come to me, Ouyang Xin is also afraid that I will be confused by the money.Liu Qin was confused, and I thought to myself that since I want to confess to the police, I should tell her first to see if she is still determined to ask me to go to the police. Liu Qin's reaction was great, her eyes widened one after another, unlike Ouyang Xin's calm and clear.After I finished speaking, Liu Qin persuaded me even more firmly to call the police. It would be of no benefit to anyone to suppress such a matter.Maybe Liu Qin would object to concealing the crime because of family affairs, and she couldn't bear it psychologically.So, with the encouragement of Ouyang Xin and Liu Qin, I walked to the door of Principal Zhang's house, and told the policeman standing there the secret I had buried in my heart for the past few days. From the beginning to the end of those secrets, nothing was lost, and I told them all.The police reacted even more than Liu Qin, and asked me why I had to hide it, because Zhao Xixi had a good relationship with me?Principal Zhang also knew about this, and then told me to go to the school dormitory with the police and hand over the box full of money.However, the police didn't seem to believe me, even Principal Zhang, as if I was making up stories to attract attention.Fortunately, Ouyang Xin and Liu Qin testified, so they walked with me to the school dormitory. On the way, I didn’t have Liu Qin and Ouyang Xin to accompany me, and I didn’t know what to do. Looking at the two policemen walking in front, I asked them if they had found out where Zhao Xixi’s hometown was.Because Lin Huo escaped, the police must find out where his wife has gone. In this way, Zhao Joy's secret must not be hidden for a long time, which is one of the reasons why I will disclose the secret tonight.However, the police's answer was beyond my expectation. One of the other fat policemen turned to me and told me: "Lin Huo didn't register his marriage, where can he find it? Black hukou is very common in remote villages like this. Do you know how many black hukou there are in China? They don't need it like people in the city. It doesn’t matter if you use medical insurance, open a bank account, or leave the mountain for the rest of your life, where can we check?” I thought to myself, Zhao Xixi was kidnapped and trafficked, maybe he was afraid of being found out, so Lin Huo didn't register.No wonder after two days, no one tried to inform Zhao Xiyue's natal family, because no one knew where her natal family was.On the way, I asked Zhao Xiyue where she was and if there was any hope of finding her tonight, but the police thought I was too busy and did not answer these questions. When I walked to the school dormitory, I found that the lights were off, and immediately realized that something was wrong.When Principal Zhang and I walked out just now, we didn't turn off the lights at all. I remember this very clearly.Could it be that the box was stolen?With so much money in the box, the mysterious person from the old racecourse may have been there.As soon as I thought about it, I vaccinated the two cops and told them maybe the box was gone.Unexpectedly, the police sneered and said that I was really fooling them, and whether I lied about the case, because I had no evidence other than my verbal statements, and the secrets I revealed were too unbelievable. I hurried to the door of the dormitory, and first asked the police to check the lock on the door to see if there was any sign of being picked, so as not to damage the scene.The two policemen checked back and forth, but they didn't find that the lock had been picked, and then told me to open the door quickly, and don't dawdle.I opened the door strangely, and thought to myself why the light went out, someone must have been there, but who has the key to the dormitory? After opening the door, I immediately turned on the light, looked under the bed, and saw that the box was really gone, and it was replaced by something I couldn't have imagined!