Chapter 5 Chapter 4 The Ring

At night, the students had already turned off the lights and went to bed, the security guard dozed off somewhere, and there was no one on the boulevard.Tang Ziyue picked up something in the water and told me that she knew who the escaped person was, which seemed to clear a layer of fog.The strange thing is that Tang Ziyue didn't tell me who that person was right away, but frowned, took a breath, and looked like a ghost. At this time, night birds flew by non-stop, and the strange cry of owls echoed in the night sky, which made people feel chills.There are no fewer ghost stories in Yishan Teachers College than those in Ferry. I saw some street lights flashing non-stop, so I said that if I can’t remember it, forget it, and tell Tang Ziyue to go back and rest quickly.Tang Ziyue didn't mean to be tricky, she didn't seem to believe it herself, but just as she was about to speak to me, a person came out from the opposite side.

"Teacher Tang? Why aren't you asleep yet?" The man was the school's security guard. Tang Ziyue immediately asked: "Uncle Wang, did you see someone running past just now?" "Did you see it?" The security guard known as Uncle Wang asked back, "I heard a voice and came over to take a look. I didn't expect it to be you. This is your boyfriend?" I blushed and quickly waved my hands: "No, no." Tang Ziyue did not explain, but continued to ask: "Did you hear a sound? What sound?" "It was the sound of someone running by. It was so loud. It seemed that something had been stepped on and woke me up. I thought someone was stealing something, so I came here." When Uncle Wang answered, he kept looking at me, making my whole body tremble. uncomfortable.

"That's fine. Huang Dingyi, take me home." Tang Ziyue said to me. "Ah?" I was stunned for a moment, then stammered, "Oh...well..." When we walked away, Tang Ziyue told me on the road that what she picked up just now was a student ID card.That student ID card belonged to Chen Shiwan, but he had already drowned in the reservoir, and even killed Erye Tang.At first, Tang Ziyue really thought she saw a ghost, but after thinking about it, maybe someone else dropped it, so she didn't dare to guess randomly just now.Uncle Wang said he didn't see anyone, which meant that the people who escaped must be from the school and knew how to avoid the security guards.The question is, which student is so courageous to go into the Yijiang River at night?

I am not familiar with the students of Yishan Teachers College. Except for Chen Shiwan, I only know Yu Yuyu and Mao Maomao, but they claim that they can't swim. Seeing that they are as timid as sesame seeds, they definitely won't play underwater adventures at night.This also involves a problem, which Tang Ziyue mentioned before, that is, the necessity of doing so.You can wait until the day to get into the water, why wait at night, is that student really the one who digs the log?After such a long time, that person should have landed early in the morning, so we would not have bumped into him by such a coincidence, maybe they are not the same person.

"Thank you for sending me back." Tang Ziyue said to me when I walked downstairs to the faculty and staff, "I really thought I saw a ghost just now. I'm sorry. Are you going to send Master Tang off tomorrow? The students in our department are also going to see it." Chen Shiwan's mother, everyone has pooled money to treat his mother's disease, right, I will find a way to open that diary as soon as possible, and I will let you know as soon as I have news." "You're welcome." I smiled. Tang Ziyue smiled back, turned around and went upstairs, leaving me standing alone under the streetlight.When I rushed back to the ferry, Yue Mingfei didn't go back to his room, but fell asleep on my bed without even closing the door.The weather was already hot, and there were as many mosquitoes by the riverside as a cow's hair. The mosquito coils were extinguished, and Yue Mingfei slept soundly.I woke him up with a wry smile and urged him to go back to sleep, but he was dazed and refused to get out of bed.As a last resort, I had no choice but to let Yue Mingfei squeeze him to move inside, and then lay down until dawn.

"Hey! Wake up!" I opened my heavy eyelids, and Yue Mingfei was riding on top of me, I jumped up in fright, and hurriedly asked: "What are you doing?" Feeling embarrassed, Yue Mingfei got out of bed naturally, and then said: "A student was drowned last night. Someone went fishing this morning and brought up the body. Now I am asking the school and the student's parents for money. Woolen cloth!" I was surprised and said, "Who died?" "I said you don't know, there are so many students in the teacher's college." Yue Mingfei hummed authentically, "The group of rotten fishermen know how to make a living by catching corpses. Damn, we have caught so many corpses. If we want money, I bought a house and a car a long time ago..."

I didn't have the heart to listen to these words, so I put on my clothes and ran out, wanting to see where the student drowned.At this time, there was a short-haired woman standing outside the yard, wearing gold and gold, she looked like a lady, and she didn't match the dilapidated ferry at all.This woman is Miao Lihua, the deputy head of the factory. Everyone calls her Sister Miao, but she always feels that Hu Jiaheng is one level below her because she has always been the second child because of her gender. Sister Miao saw Yue Mingfei and I came out one after the other. She took off her sunglasses and coughed. She told us to get ready and send Tang Erye's body to be cremated in a short while. Tomorrow, she and her husband will go to Nanning to catch a plane for vacation.Sister Miao was guarding there, and it was inconvenient for me to rush out to check the situation, so I had to endure it.Fortunately, Jin Lele came and invited Sister Miao into the office, and chatted for a long time.I saw the opportunity and slipped out, crying and shouting by the river. Standing at the gate of the ferry, I saw a fishing boat on the river cliff beside the camphor forest, and many people were arguing around it.

"Someone climbed up from there last night and ran into the school, could it be..." Suspicious in my heart, I ran through the camphor forest and squeezed into the crowd. When I saw the corpses caught by the fishermen, I was shocked. "Yu Yuyu?" I looked at the fishing boat on the river in amazement, and couldn't believe it was real.Other students were chattering, and some said that Yu Yuyu must have drowned in the night because she did not return to the dormitory last night.Everyone was discussing, Yu Yuyu didn't know how to use water, how dare she go to the river at night, she must have committed suicide.My mind went blank, and I always felt that something was wrong. Could it be that Yu Yuyu sank to the bottom of the water when we passed by there last night?If I walked to the river to take a look instead of chasing after the school, would it save her life?

It was not the ferry's turn to be responsible for this matter. The school and the fishermen were in a stalemate, so the police were called in and the news was blocked.When I saw Qin Wang coming, he asked me why I was so stupefied here, didn't the ferry arrange for the cremation of Tang Erye's body today?I didn't say anything, and left resentfully, knowing very well that this would be another suicide case.Many people may not know why there are always police who judge suicide. In addition to their better detection rate, another reason is that drowning cases are the most difficult to detect.

First of all, the body is soaked in running water, and even if there is evidence of crime left behind, it will be washed away by the current.Although the Yijiang River is not as good as the Yangtze River, it is definitely a needle in a haystack to salvage subtle criminal evidence.Secondly, when the corpse falls into the water, it will leave external and internal injuries. There are reefs and other objects at the bottom of the water, and the corpse will be injured when it rolls. This makes it difficult to judge whether the deceased fought with others before his death.It is also difficult for corpse spots to become autopsy evidence in drowning cases, because whether the person committed suicide or was pushed down, the posture of the deceased will change with the flow of water, and the flow of water will keep the body away from the scene of the first crime. The impact of water temperature is also One factor—more importantly, the police in Xiaoshan City don't have that kind of criminal investigation skills.

Originally, I wanted to tell Qin Wang that I saw someone climb ashore at night.But Tang Ziyue was also there at the time. If the school knew about it, would it affect her?Maybe, the family members of the deceased think that if we see death and refuse to save it, then it will be self-defeating.I struggled with my conscience and my selfishness for a long time, and I couldn't make a decision at once, so I had to wait for Tang Ziyue's opinion when I came back from the crematorium. When I walked back to the ferry, Sister Miao saw that I had gone out, and immediately urged me to get ready, everyone else was already dressed.I curled my lips. When Ms. Miao said "dress well", she meant to dress more formally, like the black suit worn at a funeral in the West.Except for me, everyone else had participated in the cremation and burial of a certain salvageman. Sister Miao made a set of clothes for everyone at that time. The men wore black suits and the women wore long black skirts.I came here half a year ago, and the past six months have been very peaceful. Sister Miao never thought of helping me set up a set, which made me look like an unusual person this time. Along the way, I felt very awkward, as if I was disrespectful to Master Tang.But having said that, Sister Miao still has some discernment. Jin Lele is much prettier than usual in that dress. Even Mrs. Han is several years younger.Captain Hu took Yue Mingfei and Jia Xiazi with him. They were so handsome that even the little nurse in the hospital couldn't help drooling when they saw it, making everyone look like they were going to a fashion show.I was in a low mood, so I had no choice but to enlighten myself, Erye Tang didn't like that kind of dress, the key is to have that kind of heart. After a long day, when we returned from the crematorium, we brought a jar of ashes.Everyone wore that suit and didn't want to get it dirty, so they let me hug it.I don't have any objection to this, but I just think that everyone saw Erye Tang being cremated, so he won't turn into a ghost again to scare me, right?At this moment, Tang Ziyue called me, and I was still in the car going back, so I asked her what was wrong, and whether it was because of Yu Yuyu. The others looked over together, and I stared blankly at them, then asked in a low voice, "What's the matter?" "Did you hear about Yu Yuyu this morning? I asked the students, and they said that Yu Yuyu's boyfriend was Chen Shiwan, and everyone said that she committed suicide because of love. Tell me, could we pass by there last night? Just happened to meet..." Tang Ziyue asked on the other end of the phone. "I'm thinking the same thing as you. Do you think we should talk to the police? After all, it might turn the case from a suicide to a homicide," I argue. "Of course, this must be told to the police." Tang Ziyue didn't think as much as I did, and answered quickly. "It may be too late by the time I get back to the ferry. It's not convenient for you to go to Qin Wang and the others alone now. Why don't you wait until tomorrow...but tomorrow is Labor Day, so probably only the police on duty will be there." A real headache. "Don't worry so much, let's go together tomorrow." Tang Ziyue said to me, "Well, I'll ask Mao Mao Mao first, the three of them used to be good friends and often hang out together, maybe Mao Mao Maomao knows something. When you come back, contact me again." I said "hmm" and hung up the phone, Yue Mingfei moved his place and ran to my side to ask who was calling.Up until now, Yue Mingfei was still very worried, for fear that the person who stuffed the note would not give up easily, and would reveal the fact that he fished out the corpse outside.Seeing Yue Mingfei's worried look, I told him that Tang Ziyue was looking for me, not someone else.Yue Mingfei glanced at me suspiciously, then put his hands on my shoulders, and asked me secretly if there was any secret, the person who stuffed the note had already threatened me with those things. "You're sick!" I glanced sideways and replied, "It's really Tang Ziyue, look at my call log." As I said that, I took out my phone and called up the call history, wanting Yue Mingfei to take a look.At this time, a call came in, and the mobile phone I was holding vibrated and rang.But Yue Mingfei and I glanced at the number and the name of the contact person, and we were stunned. At the same time, the urn I was holding fell under the seat. This is a call from Master Tang! I was startled, and the jar in my arms rolled around a few times, but luckily it didn't break open, otherwise there would be a big disaster.But Second Master Tang is indeed dead. I was present the whole time when the body was cremated. How could he still call?Yue Mingfei and I were so frightened that the phone rang for a while and didn't answer it. The others looked over in unison, as if they were watching a psychopath.Yue Mingfei knowingly went to pick up the fallen urn, and I said to myself, it's okay, someone must have stolen Tang Erye's phone and wanted to scare me. The ringing lasted for about half a minute. When I was about to answer the phone, I specially set up a recording. Maybe it could be used as a testimony in court. At least Qin Wang would not think that I was out of my mind.When Yue Mingfei picked up the urn, I connected the phone. At that moment, my palms were sweating, just like talking to bin Laden on the phone.Before I asked who you were, a woman's scream came out of the phone, yelling for help, and the feeling of terror even reached me. "Hello? Who are you? Where are you?" I asked anxiously. "Help! Help! Ah! Ah! Ah—" the woman screamed mournfully, but the sound disappeared in a blink of an eye, and the phone was cut off. When I called again, Mr. Tang's cell phone had been turned off, so he couldn't get through.Yue Mingfei was sitting next to me. Although he couldn't hear the woman clearly, his face turned pale when he heard the woman's scream.I thought to myself, the situation is urgent, I can't play any more detective games, I have to hand over the call recording to Qin Wang immediately.Maybe a woman's life is at stake and we can save her life if we move faster. Yue Mingfei saw that I was getting excited, so he lowered his voice and said: "Don't worry! No one knows whether the person who stole the phone is the person who stuffed the note. You call the police, what about my secret?" "It's important to save people!" I insisted. "You..." Yue Mingfei couldn't compete with me, so he put down the urn in a fit of anger and sat on the other side. In fact, I am in a dilemma, I don't want to let Yue Mingfei's secrets be exposed to the sun.If Qin Wang got the evidence, he would definitely record his experience in the past few days, and he couldn't explain clearly if there was a missing link.I couldn't tell who that woman was, and for some reason, I gradually became worried about Tang Ziyue.Now that the diary is in her hands, will it be like in the movie, someone sneaked into her residence and stole it, and then killed her?This feeling of unease enveloped me, and as soon as the minibus drove into Yishan Town, I called Tang Ziyue. "Hello? Huang Dingyi? What's the matter? My student and I are at Chen Shiwan's house, so it's not convenient to talk." Tang Ziyue's voice came over. After I heard it, I breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly said, "It's okay, it's okay. Then you go to work first, and we'll see you in the evening." Tang Ziyue hung up the phone quickly, and then I sat without saying a word, looking back and forth at the other people in the ferry.This time, Sister Miao was also in the car, everyone was present, and no one was using their mobile phones, which proved that the person who stole the mobile phone was not their own.But if it is not one of our own, who can enter and leave the ferry as if there is no one in the land, without being discovered by others?What's more, Second Master Tang's room has not been pried open, how can outsiders have his key?unless…… I patted my head and cursed myself for being useless. After thinking about it, I actually thought about ghosts again.After ten minutes like this, the car stopped at the side gate of Yishan Teachers College, and we walked in, ready to go around to the ferry.Ms. Miao rushed to Nanning to catch a plane, bid farewell to us in a hurry, and then the others went shopping, and then parted ways.Only Yue Mingfei stayed, as if he felt that he had gone too far just now, and he said sorry to me when it was only the two of us left. I can understand that kind of mood, no one wants to get bad reputation, so I promised on the way to save the note as much as possible.Yue Mingfei thanked me, and asked me for a mobile phone. He wanted to study the recording again, so that he might be able to hear where the woman was yelling.At this time, we had already passed through the camphor forest, and I was going to go back and put the urn away, and then I went to the policemen like Qin Wang first, because there was no delay in saving people.But Yue Mingfei insisted on listening to it again, so I reluctantly handed it over. As soon as he got the phone, he suddenly removed my battery, took out the memory card, and threw it into the Yi River. I stared blankly, I didn't expect Yue Mingfei to do this, and immediately cursed angrily: "Damn it, what are you doing! You're going to kill that woman!" "Don't blame me!" Yue Mingfei knew he was wrong, and put on an apologetic expression. I was so angry that I strode into the ferry, put away the urn and left alone without looking at Yue Mingfei again.When I went out, it was already 4 o'clock in the afternoon. I almost ran there to save people and before the police got off work for the holiday.Finally, I rushed to the Public Security Bureau before the police got off work, and found Qin Wang.After explaining the whole story, Qin Wang thought about it seriously, and then asked me if I had evidence?The recorded content of my mobile phone is set to be stored on the memory card, and the evidence cannot be retrieved. Such a small thing cannot be salvaged for a while. As a last resort, I took out my mobile phone in Qin Wang's office, called up the call records, and let Qin Wang have a look.There were other cops in the office, and they all thought I was a clown, like I was playing a trick on them.I don't think they believe it, and I want them to learn the location of Tang Erye's mobile phone through technical means like in the movie.But Qin Wang told me that to do mobile phone positioning, it has to go through the mobile phone operator, and must be approved by the owner himself.Although Tang Erye is dead now, and he has no other relatives, the owner of the machine does not need to agree, but the death certificate must be obtained.China is like this. When you complete the formalities, people will reincarnate and go to the United States. When I heard this, I thought that I can't check it now, but I will always be able to in the future. It can be regarded as a glimmer of hope.Unexpectedly, Qin Wang said to me coldly: "You'd better stop making trouble. Is Tang Erye dead, and you refuse to admit it, and you have a mental problem? It's easy to locate the phone, even if he shuts it off Yes, the mobile phone will also send a signal to a nearby base station before it is turned off. But you have no name, why should we go to the mobile phone operator? You have no evidence? You said that Mr. Tang’s mobile phone was lost? Who saw it? Maybe your colleagues are playing a prank! How can I trust you when you say so much without evidence?" "This..." I saw that everyone else was laughing at me, so I couldn't speak for a while. indeed.I don't have any evidence. The only recorded evidence was thrown into the river by the damned Yue Mingfei. How could such a small memory card be recovered.The diary Tang Ziyue held was just indirect evidence, and if it was brought to Qin Wang, he would say that it had nothing to do with the case.I thought about it, and told what I saw someone climbing up the river cliff and running into the school last night, without discussing the truth with Tang Ziyue first. As soon as I said that, I immediately regretted it, lest the police would hold Tang Ziyue accountable.But now there is no evidence, we are the only witnesses, if Qin Wang doesn't believe it, there is really nothing he can do.Sure enough, Qin Wang told me that Yu Yuyu's autopsy was supposed to be completed next month, but it was completed ahead of schedule to catch up with the May Day holiday.Yu Yuyu died by drowning, not before falling into the river. This kind of case is an unsolved case in Yishan Town and will never be solved.Over the years, people have drowned for no apparent reason every year, and everyone in the town knows it. "I advise you to go back and rest quickly. Are you exhausted? Yu Yuyu's family members are afraid that the hospital will not go to work. They have completed the formalities today and brought the body back. It will be buried in a few days. Don't let her family members go to bed again." Sad. The female student is a local, they can be buried, but the funeral must be done immediately, and the unmarried daughter must be buried in the soil immediately." Qin Wang explained to me. "But……" I have a lot to say, but I can't say it now, like a little kid who is lying to adults.Seeing that I hadn't left, Qin Wang's expression changed, and he said in a low voice that he was doing me a favor just now, and that if he were an ordinary person, this would be a false alarm, and he would have to suffer.I argued a few more words, and seeing that everyone didn't believe me, I left Qin Wang's office with heavy steps. Now, the police don't believe me, and there is no evidence at hand, what should I do?Fortunately, Qin Wang agreed that if he receives a missing person report, he will contact me again.I didn't leave until I heard this. If any woman is missing, it must be the person calling for help on the phone.I walked out of the police station with nothing, and when I passed through the teacher's college, Tang Ziyue and the students from the Department of Political Science and Law just came back from Chen Shiwan's house. "Huang Dingyi! You called me today, what's the matter?" Tang Ziyue called me aside and sat on the stone table in the school woods. I recounted everything I encountered today, and Tang Ziyue was angry on my behalf: "That Yue Mingfei really wanted to kill others in order to cover up the secret! But we don't have any evidence now, and it's predictable if the police don't believe it. You Maybe I don’t know, I have a younger sister named Tang Jiuyue, she used to teach in a mountain village in Guangxi, and the things she encountered were much more complicated than ours, and many people didn’t believe her at first, including the police.” "Your sister? Then what happened?" I asked in surprise. "My younger sister is pretty smart. Later, she found out the truth, but she was kicked out of that mountain village elementary school. So, sometimes it's better if the truth isn't discovered." Tang Ziyue enlightened me. "But human life is at stake. No one believes us now, so how can we save people? It's been so long, that woman is probably dead." I said bitterly. "Think about it first, could it be someone playing the recording for you? Is it really someone calling for help? Second Master Tang's mobile phone was stolen, how could it fall into the hands of a woman? And, how could she Just dialed your number, not someone else's?" Tang Ziyue analyzed. I was so questioned that I couldn't answer. I didn't think so much before, I was only anxious to save people.Now that I think about it, this matter is really weird, why did you only call me?Someone once sent Tang Ziyue a text message with Tang Erye's mobile phone, tricking her into going to the old ferry, why didn't they call her?Is this the so-called coincidence? At this time, the sunset glow reddened the sky, showing the momentum of spring and summer.Mosquitoes were rampant in the woods, and Tang Ziyue was bitten a few times, so I stood up and said that I would go back to the ferry first.The school is going to be on holiday these days, and Tang Ziyue has no classes, so she asked me to study the diary together tomorrow.I nodded and smiled, then walked out of the teacher's academy and returned to the ferry. It was getting dark and the people at the ferry hadn't come back yet. I just realized at this moment that Mrs. Han didn't have time to prepare dinner because I went to the crematorium, and everyone had to solve it by themselves.In the huge courtyard, only Yue Mingfei was still there. He saw me come back and kept apologizing.I was sullen and wanted to be angry, but I lost my temper all at once.To make up for it, Yue Mingfei actually stole a spare key from Jin Lele's office, opened Erye Tang's room, and asked me to go in together to find clues. I looked at the key, and suddenly asked: "Jin Lele has taken the spare keys for all the rooms, so wouldn't it be easy for her to go in and out of my room and Mr. Tang's? Could it be that she did it?" "That's wrong! Someone calls you or sends a text message with Erye Tang's mobile phone, and Jin Lele is by your side, how can she call?" Yue Mingfei disagreed. "Maybe she has help." After I finished speaking, Qin Wang's words came to my mind, so I didn't make random guesses, because I was afraid that I really had a psychological problem. "Okay, open it. Let's move fast, they'll be back soon." After Yue Mingfei finished speaking, he opened the door and quickly slipped in. I hesitated for a few seconds, then followed in.Tang Erye was deemed to have committed suicide, and the ban on the room would be invalidated, so there is no need to worry that the police will pursue him.I first checked Mr. Tang's closet. The closet was locked before, but now the lock is in the closet. This matter has been haunting me for a long time. I rummaged through it. There were only clothes in it, and I couldn't find anything else.It seems that the person who opened the closet first has already taken away important things. Yue Mingfei saw that I was very disappointed, so he encouraged him: "Don't be discouraged, there must be other things hidden in this room. Didn't Second Master Tang say that there are confidential documents, maybe they are hidden in..." "What's wrong?" I stopped talking when I saw Yue Mingfei lift up the straw mat on Tang Erye's bed, and I knew I had discovered something. Under the straw mat was a pile of birthday cards and many envelopes, but they only had their names written on them, but no addresses.I picked up the envelopes and birthday cards and looked at them, and my eyes lit up.Every envelope and every greeting card has the same name written on it, all of which are "Li Xiaoai". This name first appeared on the base of the Broken Arm Water God, but we still don't know who "Li Xiaoai" is. "Li Xiaoai again? Who is this woman?" I asked strangely. "How do you know that this person is a woman? What if it's a man?" Yue Mingfei deliberately eased the atmosphere, fearing that I would still be angry. I didn't want to make a joke, and said seriously: "This name sounds like a girl. Look, these birthday cards have dates written on them. It seems that Li Xiaoai was born on June 24." Yue Mingfei immediately leaned over and took a look beside me. The inscription date of each birthday card was "June 24th", and there were some simple blessings in it, but it was impossible to guess Li Xiaoai's real identity from them.Holding those envelopes, Yue Mingfei guessed why Erye Tang only wrote greeting cards and didn't send them.I'm also curious, since I bought a birthday card, why didn't I send it out?Unless you don't know where Li Xiaoai is, or she has... "No! Look, here is a letter addressed to Mr. Tang. The postmark is last month. There is no specific address in the lower right corner of the envelope. There is only one name——Li Xiaoai!" Yue Mingfei said loudly, and at the same time sent The torn envelope was upside down. At this time, I heard Jin Lele's voice from a distance, so I told Yue Mingfei to run out quickly with the letter.After finally hiding the truth and avoiding the people who came back one after another, Yue Mingfei and I closed the door of the dormitory, and the two nervously took out the letter from Li Xiaoai.At first, I didn't want to peek at Erye Tang's letter. His ashes are on my desk, which would be disrespectful to him.But Yue Mingfei felt that the answer was right in front of him, perhaps Li Xiaoai was the most important key, he poured out the contents of the envelope before I objected. Immediately afterwards, there was a "bang", I couldn't help swallowing the voice of objection, and together with Yue Mingfei, I looked down at the cracked table. "This..." Suddenly, Yue Mingfei stopped talking, "What is this?"