Chapter 9 Chapter Nine Who Is the Scariest Person

The yellow light came on, and a stench hit me. Before I could cover my nose, a rancid skull jumped into view.The skull was covered in black soil, and there were earthworms wriggling on it, so it should have been dug out not long ago.When the police saw this, they immediately stared at me in horror, thinking that I was the murderer. I explained incoherently: "There is really a box under the bed, how could it be... You check to see if there are other people's fingerprints, look at this lock!" The two policemen didn't believe me, they thought I was playing tricks on them, and asked, "Who did you give the keys to your house?"

"Only Liu Qin and I have it." I thought seriously, "Before we left, there was really a box under the bed. When Principal Zhang came to ask us to go to his house, there was no... headed one." Two cops stood outside the room without moving anything, and then one of the fat cops walked away.I knew they might call criminal investigators to inspect the scene, but I suddenly lost confidence, and even wondered if I was schizophrenic, so I took a skull and put it under the bed.But Liu Qin was also in the house at the time, we left at the same time, and no one came back, how could there be time to dig out a skeleton.

Soon, three police officers rushed to the school dormitory and sent me to a distance, preventing me from watching them work.I don't have much confidence in the police in the county seat. I always feel that they are unskilled and may not even be able to extract fingerprints.However, what I have to worry about now is not these things, but who is plotting me behind my back, and why use such despicable means?Who has my key to open the door and come in? I stood trembling on the school playground, looking into the night in fear that someone would rush out and kill me.At this time, a male policeman came over and asked me what was the point of doing this?Do you want to sensationalize?I was very confused, I didn't know what he was trying to say, I just argued that I didn't kill anyone.But the policeman laughed coldly and told me that the skull was fake, it was just a prop for medical use!

I was dumbfounded and asked in disbelief, "Really?" "I still want to ask you! We are too busy looking for people to play games with you, so go to your principal's house! If you report the crime again, be careful and stay in the cell!" The male policeman scolded me, and then followed the other two A policeman left, and no one sent me back to Principal Zhang's home. Angry and frightened, I walked back to the dormitory with the door open, looking at the fake skull that the police put on the table, and couldn't figure it out.The skull has turned yellow, indicating that it has been buried underground for a long time, otherwise there would not be so many earthworms wriggling on the skull.But who's going to know where this fake skull is buried, dig it up tonight, and put it under my bed before I call the police?Is the purpose of this person doing this to make the police stop trusting me and make everyone think that I want to use the case to show off?

Standing alone in the dormitory, I had a flash of inspiration. I remembered that the school used to be a health center. Many years ago, there was a plague and many patients died. After that, the health center was abandoned for more than 20 years.It is precisely because of the plague that occurred in the health center that the houses in Machang Village were built far away, a long distance from the elementary school.The skulls on my table are medical equipment, could it be something left over from the old clinic, otherwise I really can't think of anyone in the racecourse village who has such a thing.It's just that when the things in the clinic are buried, where are they located?Only local people should know about this matter, who is trying to harm me?

I thought and thought, until the police finished their investigation and told everyone to go back to their houses, I still didn't leave the dormitory.When Liu Qin heard about the fake skeleton, she immediately came back with Ouyang Xin to accompany me. They were also scolded by the police.At that time, there were many villagers gathered at Principal Zhang's house. They heard the police scolding, and they really thought that the three of us wanted to take the opportunity to show off. That night, the police found nothing and drove away from Machang Village at four o'clock in the morning.I didn't sleep all night, and Liu Qin didn't speak, just lay quietly on the bed.Liu Qin encouraged me to report the crime, and she felt guilty for what happened, but I didn't blame her.Because if I don't call the police, I will have a bad conscience, let alone know that there are people as deep as Chengfu in the village.Ouyang Xin told me not to think too much before going to bed, and then went into the house, seemingly unaffected.

In the morning, I got up early and went to class like a walking dead.During this period, when students and old teachers saw me, they would whisper or look at me strangely, even Wu Lingchun was the same.Principal Zhang even called me, Liu Qin, and Ouyang Xin to the office after school in the morning, and educated us earnestly.I tried to explain, but apart from language, there was no actual evidence at hand.I took out my mobile phone and released the photos I took at the old racecourse, but I couldn't even see the photos clearly.Principal Zhang saw that I was obsessed with my obsession, so he left me alone and read me some revolutionary quotations, but he didn't know what he wanted to do.

When I was released, it started to rain heavily. Standing downstairs, I felt very sad when I thought that no one believed me.Especially Zhao Xixi was living in the mountains and forests, and her body was so weak. I didn't do anything to help her, and I did my best to make trouble for her.When I ran back to the dormitory in the rain, Liu Qin steamed the buns I bought this morning and told me to eat them while they were still hot. As I ate, I said, "You don't believe me, do you?" "Of course I believe you. I saw that box last night." Liu Qin whispered, "Your business is so strange, I can't figure it out. No one believes us now, what do you want to do?"

"What can I do?" I said dejectedly, "School is starting now, let's concentrate on class. I just hope that Miss Yue will come to me and stop running outside." "I think..." Liu Qin hesitated to speak, and after thinking about it, she said, "Are you afraid that the owner of the box will come to you? What if the box is not taken by the owner, but..." I thought about it too, but the box is gone, who can control it?I don't know who the owner of the box is, but besides Boss Mo, who in the village has so much money?Could there be any criminal hiding in the mountains? The money is all black money, right?I was terrified thinking about it, and I didn't dare to think about it anymore, for fear that the owner of the box would really come to me.

Liu Qin asked me to think again, besides the two of us, did I give the key to a third person, such as Wu Lingchun next door.Liu Qin thought that this place was like a big city, and they were familiar with each other, so they would hand over the key to the other party for safekeeping, so as not to find a spare one if they lost it.But I never gave the key to anyone, and Wu Lingchun never gave me her key.After thinking about it, I was about to shake my head and say no, but suddenly I remembered something. The locks of the school dormitory were all changed by Grandpa Wu. Yesterday, Grandpa Wu helped Wu Lingchun also change the locks and repair the door that was knocked open.If Grandpa Wu had left a key in private, it would be impossible for us to know, because no one knows how many original keys there are.Grandpa Wu is a kind old man, not a bad guy, but besides him, I can't think of a third person who has the key to the door.

Hearing what I said, Liu Qin asked nervously, "Grandpa Wu stole the box? How did he know you had the box? Could it be that he was also at the old racecourse last night?" "Unless this is the case, I can't think of any other explanation." I swallowed the bun and said after swallowing, "How about you and I go to Grandpa Wu's house and ask him." "Let the police go!" Liu Qin flinched again, but she remembered the scolding by the police last night, so she changed her mind and said, "Did Grandpa Wu really steal the box? We don't have any evidence, so we can't just guess and suspect him." !" After what happened last night, like Liu Qin, I became timid.But it's not too much to go to Grandpa Wu to chat for a few words, to find out what's going on.I saw that there was still an hour before the afternoon class, so I picked up my umbrella and prepared to find Grandpa Wu alone.Liu Qin was afraid that I would cause trouble again, and kept telling me not to go. In her eyes, it was best to go to the police.But we have nothing to go to the police with, except for a poor-quality mobile phone photo that cannot be seen clearly, there is nothing left. When I was about to go out, Liu Qin struggled and decided to accompany me to make up for what caused me to be misunderstood by the police last night.But I was afraid that it would be difficult to do things if there were too many people, so I advised Liu Qin to prepare lessons in the dormitory and not to be so polite just because I felt guilty.However, before I went out, Ouyang Xin walked into the school from outside, came to my room with a black umbrella, and told me: "Grandfather Wu was burned to death." "What did you say?" I froze. "I just found out." Ouyang Xin stood at the door and said, "Grandpa Wu's house was probably burned down after the police left, but..." Ouyang Xin saw that the door of Wu Lingchun's room was closed, so he walked into my room. In the dormitory, and closed the door casually.After entering, Ouyang Xin said in a low voice: "I went there to see it just now. Grandpa Wu was burned to the bone. This is very similar to the dead body we saw at the old horse farm last night." "Really?" Liu Qin's face was livid. "Grandpa Wu's body was not lying on the bed, but lying on the ground, so it is impossible to burn the side close to the ground, unless it is the body we have seen in the old racecourse." Ouyang Xin insisted, "I don't know Why, someone killed Grandpa Wu, burned the body, and put it back. In fact, the police are not stupid, they know what the body is like after being burned to death, so this makes the police suspect that someone deliberately set the fire." I worried: "Will the police suspect that we did it? After all, we told everything last night, and we couldn't find the body in the old racecourse. Could they think that we concocted a scene to convince everyone?" Murder?" "Will they think so?" Liu Qin was afraid. "Should be." Ouyang Xin said, "So you should not go to Grandpa Wu's house. I'm afraid that the police will come again today, so I still have to figure out how to deal with it." "It's not the person we killed, why..." I wanted to explain, but found that no explanation was powerless. "Since we didn't do it, who could it be? Is it Lin Huhu who ran away?" Liu Qin guessed. "Probably not. The wind was very tight last night. The police searched everywhere. He must have run away. He must be from the village." I thought for a while and asked, "When everyone was called out by the police last night, someone saw Have you ever met Grandpa Wu? Could something happen to him in the evening? I saw him helping Wulingchun repair the door at that time, how could he be burned like that at night?" "We all gathered at the homes of Boss Mo, Principal Zhang, and Po Zhu. We didn't know who was missing, and no one must have noticed that Grandpa Wu disappeared last night." Ouyang Xin told us. I thought, no, if Grandpa Wu died in the evening, then who opened our door in the middle of the night and stole the box?No matter who it is, I must change the lock today, otherwise there is no sense of security.Ouyang Xin took the initiative to take the initiative to change the locks for us, and asked if he had any used locks.I believed in Ouyang Xin, so I asked him to change the lock quickly so that Liu Qin and I could not sleep well at night. When Ouyang Xin used tools to help us change the lock, he asked me if Zhao Xiyue asked someone to pass me a letter. If the police come, show the letter to the police, it will be considered as evidence, and there must be some The bearer's fingerprint.I let out a long sigh. When the box was stolen last night, I had thought about it a long time ago, but not only was the box stolen, even the letter was gone.I was afraid that someone would see the letter. It was in the drawer at the time. I don't know how the thief knew that the letter was in the drawer. It is as strange as stealing a newspaper. The rain was very loud, covering our voices, so the discussion was unscrupulous.Liu Qin encountered so many strange things when she came here, she was afraid of staying in the dormitory, but there was no other place to go.I was also worried about my personal safety, but I wanted to know who the murderer of Grandpa Wu was, why did he kill him, and burn his body to the ground?Why did such a shrewd murderer suddenly appear in an ordinary village? Who is the scariest person in these 30 or so families? Having said that, although the county police are not as smart as in the movie, they are not stupid either. If the dead body is not Grandpa Wu, they must have a way to find out.Therefore, I don't doubt that Grandpa Wu burned other people's corpses and then faked his death. He didn't need that, but some people think his death was necessary. I stood at the door, watching Ouyang Xin change the lock for me, wondering what the police would think of this matter if they came.After misunderstanding us to report a false case, will they regard us as a murderer who commits a crime to make a lie?I was worried all afternoon, and when I went to class, I was in a trance.Fortunately, the police came in the afternoon, surveyed the scene, and did not ask me to talk.I thought to myself, the police did not suspect me, God bless!But Ouyang Xin said that the police would naturally not talk to us until they found evidence. This does not mean that the matter is over. After school, I was afraid of being ridiculed by the old teacher, so I wanted to be the last one to go downstairs.After Liu Qin, Ouyang Xin and others had left, I was about to pick up the textbook and leave the classroom. At this time, Wang Xiaolong, the son of the village chief, walked into the classroom and said to me: "Teacher, I believe you. Because I saw someone open the textbook last night. Your room, stole your things."