Chapter 34 Chapter 34: Pine Fire

The pine forest swayed with the autumn wind, like a woman's weeping, bewitching me to walk into the dilapidated building.I felt sticky under my feet, as if I had stepped on something. When I looked down, there was a pile of black slime, and there were obvious traces of fire beside it, and even the nearby pine trees were blackened. "This is..." I was stunned, and said to myself, "Couldn't this be the place where Grandpa Wu was burned?" Thick black mucus on the ground, many ants and flies lying there, and some bone debris.I was just looking at the health building hidden in the pine forest, but I didn't notice the situation on the ground.Scraping the mucus off my feet in disgust, I took a few steps back, feeling a bit like throwing up.It has been more than a month, the mucus may be mixed with oil, and it has not subsided until now.This is definitely criminal evidence, far more reliable than the letter I received, the police can no longer think it is a prank.Having said that, the student said in the letter that the person who killed Grandpa Wu was Lin Huo, but Lin Huo was rounded up at the time, where did he get the gasoline and time to burn the body here, if the fireworks were seen, wouldn't it be exposed? lost their place?

Now that the place where the corpses were cremated was found, there must be something wrong with the nearby health building, otherwise Jiang Lin would not have filmed here before.However, Ouyang Xin showed everyone a group of photos. Fang Fangfang fell to his death in the teaching building. Why did Jiang Lin’s memory card contain photos of Fang Fangfang’s accident in another place? Could it be that a person can die? twice? I always felt that the answer was in that building, and I was obsessed with wanting to go in, but Bao Zhupo called me back from deep in the pine forest.After shouting a few times in a row, I woke up and stopped walking into the building.It's getting dark now, if I go in alone, what if Lin Huo is hiding inside?This is indeed a good hiding place, sheltered from the wind and rain, and no one knows.I was afraid that there were real people inside, so I didn't dare to answer Bao Zhupo outside the building, so I ran back to the pine forest in a hurry, and only agreed to Bao Zhupo after running far away.

After an hour, Bao Zhupo picked a lot of pine fungus, picked up a sickle and scraped around in the forest, and when she saw me running over, she still laughed at me if I was afraid.I didn't dare to tell Bao Zhupo that I found the sanitary building and the scene of burning the corpses in the pine forest, so I just smiled embarrassedly and admitted Bao Zhupo's statement.Afterwards, everyone picked for another half an hour. When the autumn wind became colder and colder, the villagers came out of the pine forest one after another, and walked back to the village from the old horse farm together.

On the way, I took out my mobile phone several times to look at it. This area is really remote, and the mobile phone signal sometimes disappears. Most of the advertisements made by China Mobile are deceiving.I didn't check the mobile phone signal in front of the health building just now, but it is farther away than the old racecourse, so the mobile phone probably won't work in that kind of place.I plan to ask Ouyang Xin and the others to come to the health building at night. Everyone has been looking for this building for so long, and they must not be able to sit still. When I got back to school and put down the pine fungus, I immediately called Wu Lingchun and Ouyang Xin to the dormitory and told about my discovery.Their reaction was as surprised as I was.But Liu Qin doesn't advocate going there tonight. On the one hand, no one knows what's inside, and on the other hand, it's too scary to go to that kind of place at night.In fact, I am not very courageous. Asking me to go to the pine forest at night is more terrifying than going to the old racecourse.But I managed to find a breakthrough, so I couldn't stop going and let the health building lie on my stomach in the pine forest.

Ouyang Xin thought for a while, then said: "It's getting dark, let's settle the dinner first. We must not go there tonight, we must be prepared and not be reckless." "At least a few knives or shovels should be prepared as weapons!" Liu Qin said in fear. "If you're afraid, don't go." Wu Lingchun said angrily. "It's right to prepare something. Who of you can beat Lin Huo? Besides, don't you remember that someone fired a gun that night more than a month ago?" If there is any movement, I am afraid that someone will eavesdrop.

After arguing for a while, everyone finally reached a consensus - when there is no class on Saturday, we can go to the pine forest next to the old racecourse during the day, not at night.We are not familiar with the environment there, it is easy to get lost, and the signal of the mobile phone is not good, so it is inconvenient to call for help.Furthermore, the light is sufficient during the day, and the photo effect is better than that at night. We can take evidence and use it as a police report in the future.What's more, the situation in the pine forest is very infiltrating. If we go during the day, we should be more courageous. At night, we will be suspicious and have no intention of doing practical things.

Next, I washed the pine fungus, cooked a pot of fresh soup, and shared a big bowl for everyone.The clear soup of pine mushrooms is very fragrant. You don't need to add meat, just add a little salt to make your stomach croak.Our four teachers smiled wryly at each other. In the days without meat, we can only eat these so-called delicacies.This night, I had to make up lessons for Wang Xiaolong, so I took a quick shower, and waited for the village head to send my son in the brightly lit classroom as soon as 7 o'clock came. After touching for about 10 minutes, the village chief Wang hadn't sent his son yet. I sat alone in the empty classroom, and I couldn't help feeling a little scared.Although the interior is bright, the exterior is dark, and there seem to be many pairs of eyes peeping at me maliciously.After waiting and waiting, but still no one was found, I remembered that Fang Fangfang fell to her death in the teaching building, there was a railing outside, how did she fall?Could it be that Fang Fangfang couldn't think about it, walked around the roof and jumped off, just like Wang Xiaolong?

According to Ouyang Xin's statement, Fang Fangfang fell to his death that night. Jiang Lin realized that the heavy rain was coming, so she took photos of the scene in advance, fearing that the heavy rain would wash away all the evidence.Unfortunately, the evidence was washed away, and the police hastily closed the case without finding the murderer.Now, we have found the second sanitary building, and we hope that there will be evidence of what happened to Fang Fang in the building. At this time, my mobile phone rang, and in the extremely quiet environment, it almost scared me to death.I got through the phone, and Village Chief Wang apologized on the other end of the phone, saying that Wang Xiaolong refused to make up lessons, and seemed unwilling to see me.Although I was a little puzzled, I politely said it was nothing, and it would not be too late to make up lessons when Wang Xiaolong was ready.After hanging up the phone, I sat on the podium and thought, is it because Wang Xiaolong is embarrassed to see me because of what happened a month ago, or is the owner of the box still threatening him?

I sighed, turned off the light, and walked down the teaching building. I felt someone behind me several times on the way, and kept looking back.At this moment, I saw orange-red light in the dark sky, like the setting sun.But now it is already 7:30, and the sunset has long since passed. How could there be a fire over there? Could it be a fire? ! Sure enough, as soon as I found out about this situation, Principal Zhang called: "Hello, Tang Jiuyue? Come out, the adults in the village are going to fight the fire in the pine forest. You teachers take good care of the students and don't let them go with you. The village head has already called the county fire brigade to come, so don't run around!"

The pine forest is on fire? I took a deep breath, what a coincidence, did someone want to destroy the sanitation building and the scene where the corpses were burned?I just told you about this, the pine forest caught fire tonight, the coincidence is too exaggerated, among the four of us teachers, someone must have leaked the news!Using fire to cover up the facts of the crime is really a terrific trick, exactly the same as the fire in Machang Village four years ago! I didn't have time to think about it, so I ran back to the dormitory, called the other three people, and went to the village to comfort the awakened students.When Ouyang Xin heard that there was a fire, his face changed, and he thought of it with me. If the fire cannot be controlled, the evidence we have finally found will be burned.It's a pity that we have to appease the students, and we can't let them run around while taking advantage of the excitement.However, the pine forest was too far away from the village, and it was impossible for everyone to carry water to fight the fire. There was no fire extinguisher in the village, so it was difficult to control the fire.

I thought regretfully, if only I had taken pictures in the pine forest today, but unfortunately I was so flustered that I forgot about it.When the people in the village gathered, my heart beat and I mixed in with the crowd fighting the fire. If I wanted to go to the pine forest to see the situation, I should at least go to the building to have a look.This time, I didn't call anyone, because I became more and more suspicious that one of the three people had leaked the secret, otherwise it would be impossible to have such a coincidence several times, and let people rush ahead to destroy the evidence. On the way, I saw Mrs. Bao Zhu, and everyone ran to the pine forest. Some people guessed whether the pine fungus pickers had smoked and set the pine forest on fire.In the afternoon, so many people picked pine fungus, one of them must have done it, because no one would go there usually.I just remembered at this time, is it really a coincidence that someone deliberately destroyed the evidence?I had no choice but to run far away, and I didn't have time to go back to discuss with Ouyang Xin and the others. Anyway, there are so many people fighting the fire, so there is nothing to be afraid of in the pine forest. There is no river near the old racecourse. It is actually useless for everyone to run there. They can only watch the fire from the other side.I heard from other villagers that Village Chief Wang contacted the county seat, and Liuzhou arranged for a helicopter to fight the fire.When I ran to the old racecourse, the fire was not too big. Everyone picked up the shovels and dug some soil beside them to put out the fire little by little.Relying on the large number of people, I gradually became more courageous. I picked up the flashlight and went into the depths of the pine forest alone. I used my feeling to find the health building I had seen during the day. The fire did not come from the health building. Maybe I thought too much. It is likely that the villagers smoked and accidentally set the pine forest on fire.But after I ran a few hundred meters and got away from the flames, I heard the sound of running.The wind was blowing hard, but I could still distinguish the sound of running from the sound of the wind blowing.I frantically turned off the flashlight, squatted down and looked around in the dark, expecting to see a wild boar, but instead I saw a person running in the pine forest. "Who? The sea of ​​fire is not here. What is that person doing here? Could it be..." I trembled for a while, wondering if I would see the murderer. It is impossible that the person who ran to the health building had nothing to do with the case. I followed quietly in the dark, only to see that person ran into a small road, and the health building was at the end of the road.That person didn't seem to notice me, even though I had turned on the flashlight just now.Behind me I saw the man run down the path and then into the overgrown building without looking back.