Chapter 4 Chapter Three A Fire That Was Absolutely Unexpected Beforehand

When the three of them boarded Bai Su's car, their mood was still very relaxed, at least, Bai Qiwei was still saying: "Master, you suspect that those people are real people, that is really unbelievable, it is absolutely impossible." Liu Ju sighed: "Why don't I know, but when I touched them with my hand and scratched them with a knife, I really felt that they...are real people, not to mention that...O-type blood." Bai Su didn't express any opinion, but after a few minutes in the car, she asked: "Should we knock on the door for an interview, or go in by ourselves?" Bai Qiwei laughed: "What's the point of stealing into a wax museum?" , of course knocking on the door to ask for an interview." Bai Su didn't say anything, and she said afterwards: "At that time, I thought it was really a trivial matter, not worth making a fuss about. No matter what method you use to enter, it's the same. It’s more appropriate to ask for a formal meeting.”

So, when they came to the main entrance of the building of the Wax Museum, they parked the car across the street, the three of them got out of the car together, and came to the door. Since they couldn't find the doorbell, Bai Qiwei began to knock on the door. He slapped and slapped the door so loudly that all passers-by looked sideways.This building is a rather old independent house surrounded by streets, so it has no neighbors. Otherwise, it would be strange if Bai Qiwei knocked on the door like this and didn't attract all the neighbors. After knocking on the door for nearly ten minutes but no one answered, Bai Qiwei said: "I'm afraid no one will stay here at night. If the scene inside is really as terrifying as what Master Liu said, I'm afraid no one will dare to come here at night." Stay inside, we'd better go in by ourselves."

As he said that, he took out a small leather bag from his pocket and opened it. There were many small and practical tools used by the "night traveler". When Bai Su saw it, he couldn't help laughing: "Okay, A dignified water conservancy engineer, what is he doing with such a thing?" Bai Qiwei smiled and said: "It's better to have it ready than not to use it, it's better than nothing, isn't it useful now?" As Bai Qiwei said, he was already using those tools to unlock the lock. Within three minutes, there was a "click" sound, and the lock had been opened. Bai Qiwei made a complacent expression, holding the door handle, and the door was moved. The one that went, he moved the door away at once.

But as soon as the door was moved, the three of them couldn't help being stunned. There was a person standing behind the door. After the door was moved, Bai Qiwei was almost face to face with this person, within reach. This person, Bai Qiwei didn't know who he was at the time, of course he was Mi Duan.But no matter who appeared behind the door, this scene was embarrassing enough.Only a person with Bai Qiwei's personality would come up with such a way to deal with it. He stared at him, but pre-emptively said loudly, "How long have you been behind the door? Why didn't you open the door after we've been knocking on it for so long?"

Until now, even Bai Su, who has always been extremely careful and thoughtful, hadn't expected any accidents to happen. She almost laughed out loud when she heard Bai Qiwei's unreasonable words. Mi Duan's expression was very gloomy, and he said coldly: "What do you want to do? There is nothing to steal here." Mi Duan's words were also very powerful, and he immediately insisted that the visitor was up to no good. Bai Qiwei laughed: "Are we like people stealing things? I heard that the portraits here are very moving, so I want to come and visit." Mi Duan's voice was cold: "On the wall outside, there is a notice of opening hours. Come on time tomorrow."

As Mi Duan said, he stretched out his hand and moved the door forcefully. Naturally, Bai Qiwei would not let him close the door completely, so he also stretched out his hand and pulled the door, his tone became softer: "I came from a long way away, and I will immediately close the door." I have to catch a plane to leave again, can you accommodate me?" At this time, Mi Duan's icy backlight had already swept towards Bai Su and Liu Ju, and his expression became even uglier: "I can't." Bai Qiwei said: "This is too unreasonable." What Bai Qiwei didn't expect was that Mi Duan's strength was very strong. During the quarrel, Mi Duan suddenly closed the door forcefully. If Bai Qiwei hadn't retracted his hands quickly, his fingers might be pinched off by the door being closed vigorously.

Originally, it was obviously his fault, but this time, Bai Qiwei couldn't help but get angry, and he shouted angrily: "Be careful, I will set fire to your place and burn it down." There was no response from behind the door, Bai Qiwei kicked the door vigorously, and then yelled at the door: "Hmph, what you display inside are not wax figures at all, they are all real people. You are the demon king of the wax figure house." Bai Qiwei's yelling like this was purely making trouble for no reason. Bai Sugang was trying to persuade him to stop making trouble, but unexpectedly "shua"

With a slam, the door moved a little further, making Mi Duan and Bai Qiwei face each other again. Mi Duan's expression was extremely terrifying. Bai Qiwei said afterwards: "At that time, when I saw that person's expression, I was really shocked. He was anxious, shocked and angry. It was true that only one person's biggest secret was revealed. It can only be revealed when a person suddenly calls out. "However, what secret did I reveal about him? Could it be that the ones he displayed were all real people? That's impossible. "At this time, Master Liu behind me also called out: 'What kind of tricks are you playing? If there is no ghost in your heart, let us go in and see.' I immediately echoed loudly."

Mi Duan just looked at them with that terrifying expression, and then closed the door heavily. Bai Qiwei let out a "ha": "I think this person is always doing something wrong, don't be afraid, he will open the door again and let us in." Liu Ju said: "No way, I think it's better to rush in." Bai Qiwei pulled the door again, but he didn't pull it. In just two or three sentences, a fire started, and the fire started so fast, it was unbelievably fast. There was no warning at all, and the flames had already shot straight from the house up. The fire was so sudden and violent that almost the whole house was surrounded by flames at once. Bai Qiwei yelled at a passing car: "Hurry up and report the fire."

The driver of that car was also frightened by the fierce fire and rushed out. In fact, there was no need for someone to call the fire alarm. The fire was so fierce that everyone nearby could see it, and someone had already reported it. Yes, the whine of the firetruck has come. What happened next could have been prevented-if it had been known in advance. But neither Bai Su nor Bai Qiwei expected such a thing to happen, this is the reason why the two of them felt extremely frustrated afterwards. Bai Su said afterwards: "When the fire came together, because the fire was so fierce, we all naturally retreated a few steps. At that time, I felt that Liu Ju's expression was different. He still stood at the original place and did not retreat. At that time, Qiwei Stopped a car in the middle of the road, I pulled him, but he shook off my hand all of a sudden, staring at the door, thick smoke was coming out from the crack of the door, I pulled him again Who knew he suddenly yelled—"

Bai Qiwei stomped his feet resentfully: "I also heard his yell, he yelled: those statues, and then he—" Bai Su sighed: "At this moment, he is by my side, but I failed to stop him, alas, who knew he would be so crazy." Bai Qiwei snorted: "It's really crazy." He pointed at Bai Su: "You too, let him go crazy if he goes crazy, you almost lost it." Bai Su smiled wryly, and looked at Bai Qiwei: "Aren't you the same?" Bai Qi said in a great voice: "That's quite different. I am for you, but you are for an irrelevant person." Bai Su whispered, frowning: "He has doubts in his heart, and he came to us, so he is not a completely irrelevant person, and even if he is a completely irrelevant person, he cannot stand by and watch." During the conversation between the two brothers and sisters, some of the situation at that time can be known to some extent. Naturally, they said it lightly, but the actual situation was extremely shocking. After Liu Ju yelled: "Those statues", he rushed forward suddenly, his movements were quick and sudden, Bai Su was beside him, but he couldn't hold him back. He rushed to the door, and slammed into the door with his whole body. It was unbelievable. The door was originally very strong. Even a big man like Bai Qiwei might not be able to penetrate it. However, Liu Ju hit it , There was a loud bang, he knocked through a big hole in the door, and at the same time that the big canopy of thick smoke came out, his whole body was already submerged in the thick smoke. When Bai Su saw this situation, he didn't think about it for a second, and didn't even utter a cry, he flashed his body and rushed in. The purpose of Bai Su rushing in was naturally to pull Liu Ju out of the fire pit.Bai Qiwei, who was in the middle of the road, saw Liu Ju and Bai Su at a glance, and rushed in one after another. He was shocked and rushed in without thinking. Bai Qiwei finally rushed in, and as soon as he entered, the thick smoke hit his face, he immediately held his breath, he knew very well in his heart that in such an environment, a person with an adventurous experience like him can only stay no longer than Two minutes, during those two minutes, one must almost stop breathing. If an inexperienced person only needs to inhale a puff of thick smoke, there is no hope of survival at all. Bai Qiwei's movements were very fast, in the billowing smoke, he was the first to see Bai Su.Bai Su's body flickered, and he was still flying inward. He exhausted all his strength to chase after him, and as soon as he stretched out his hand, he grabbed Bai Su's arm. Bai Su still wanted to struggle, but Bai Qiwei had already turned around and shook Bai Su Su, causing Bai Su to change the direction of the forward pounce. In the dense smoke, they couldn't see each other's face at all, but their hearts were the same. They both knew that if they didn't retreat, they would definitely be buried in the fire pit. Under such circumstances, it was really impossible for them to rescue Liu Ju. They rushed out together again, at this time the fire engine had arrived, Bai Su immediately said to the fire chief: "Someone... is inside...someone is inside, hurry up and rescue." The fire chief looked at the building engulfed in flames and shook his head. Bai Qi said in a great voice, "Give me the equipment, and I'll go in and rescue it." Before the fire chief could answer, there was a loud bang in the fire pit, a part of the building collapsed, the fire rose more than ten feet high, sparks danced wildly, and the tongues of fire in the thick smoke, like countless demons, shot in all directions .Bai Qiwei and Bai Su couldn't help sighing at the same time, they could no longer insist on the fire chief's order to go into the fire cave to save people. They stayed near the fire site and stayed until the fire was extinguished before leaving. When they left, the fire chief said to them: "You two, let alone one person, even an elephant or a dinosaur, in such a raging fire There will be nothing left." After Bai Su and Bai Qiwei described the absolutely unexpected fire, I immediately asked: "Is Liu Ju buried in the fire cave for sure?" They all nodded sadly. I said, "So, what about Mi Duan? Did you see Mi Duan leave the fire scene? He set the fire, of course he set the fire." Bai Qiwei said: "Whether he left before the fire started, we can't be sure, but why did he set the fire?" I said: "Of course it's because he doesn't want Liu Ju and you to see those statues again." Bai Su smiled wryly: "It's unreasonable. He set up the wax museum for people to visit. How could he set fire to it to prevent us from seeing it?" Bai Qiwei waved his hand forcefully: "Of course it's because if we were asked to see it, he would reveal a huge secret of him." As soon as Bai Qiwei's words came out, the three of us fell silent, because we all thought of an extremely frightening conclusion at the same time: what is the secret that Mi Duan wants to hide?Is it true what Liu Ju said, those statues are not statues at all, but real people? But, this is really unbelievable. How can Mi Duan display real people as wax figures? Could it be that he knows some magic spells or spells?Can it turn people into stone or make them immobile? That is really a strange thing that is impossible to even imagine further! We were quiet for a while, and then I said: "Let's start with the realistic aspect first. Assuming that it was Mi Duan who set the fire, what method did he use to make the fire break out in less than a minute?" Bai Qiwei said: "There are more than ten methods." I said: "However, each of them requires a very long time of preparation." Bai Qiwei said, "Maybe he's already prepared." I smiled bitterly: "It's unreasonable. He has carefully set up a wax museum, but he is ready to destroy it at any time." Bai Qiwei waved his hand: "There are some examples of this. They carefully cultivated a spy, but they didn't prepare poison that would allow him to commit suicide within a second, so as to prevent him from revealing his secrets." Bai Su said: "This is the real problem: what is the secret of this wax museum?" When Bai Su asked this question, both of them looked at me, because among the three, I was the only one who had entered the wax museum.However, apart from feeling an indescribably weird feeling in the entire wax museum and Mi Duan, I really have no way of knowing what secrets it holds. There is no basis for Liu Ju's idea. It is a pity that such a world-renowned master of art was buried in the fire cave like this. I stayed for a while before answering the question, "I don't know how the fire site was cleaned up. If you want to find out its secrets, you should participate in the work of cleaning up the fire site." Both Bai Qiwei and Bai Su agreed, I thought about it for a while, then called Huang Tang and asked him to make an arrangement for us. After hearing this, Huang Tang expressed great interest: "I just received the report, It is said that Liu Ju, an international master artist, was buried in the fire cave after the fire, and who are the other two people at the scene?" I told him, and he was even more surprised: "I've never even heard of that wax museum. Why did it attract the attention of so many great people?" I sighed: "We are not big shots, Officer Huang, you are, can you make arrangements for me?" Huang Tang pondered for a while: "Originally, it was the responsibility of the fire department, but I can arrange it. I think the fire site will be cleaned up until tomorrow. We will meet at the scene tomorrow morning." I was a little surprised: "You?" Huang Tang laughed: "Is there anything that can arouse your interest in Wesley, if I don't participate, I will regret it for the rest of my life." Huang Tang doesn't get along very well with me, but he is still very interesting sometimes. Compared with his predecessor, Colonel Jack, I don't know how much better. That night, we discussed it for a while, but we couldn't get to the point, so we had to rest separately.At nine o'clock the next morning, we were at the scene of the fire. I was a little surprised that Bai Qiwei was so interested in the whole thing. I asked him, and he smiled very mysteriously: "Of course I have my reasons." Although there was a reason for what he said, it never occurred to me at the time that he really had his reason. Moreover, he came to me and Bai Su this time because he had something to do.And what I didn't expect was that the two things that were originally separated by thousands of miles and completely irrelevant were inextricably linked.It's not that Bai Qiwei didn't want to talk, but until I asked him, he only had a very vague idea. At that time, I only thought that Bai Qiwei was playing tricks, so I laughed it off and didn't ask any more questions. When we arrived at the disaster site, the police officers cordoned off the site, and Huang Tang was indeed there, chatting with senior personnel and experts from several fire stations. As soon as he saw us, he immediately went up to meet us, and said loudly: "Experts have made preliminary observations, and there is no doubt that it is arson, and it is arson with very clever methods." He went on to introduce those fire officials and experts. It is not necessary to give their names in detail. One expert pointed to the ruins of the disaster site: "There are at least twenty places where the fire started at the same time, and no explosives were used. The traces, the gas fuel used to start the fire, the situation is equivalent to twenty huge hydrogen and oxygen blowpipes blowing to this group of old houses at the same time, the two are witnesses? Did the fire reach it all at once? peak?" Bai Su agreed: "It happened within a few seconds." Another expert said: "Such arson is extremely rare. It seems that the arsonist has made up his mind to burn everything in the shortest possible time." I asked, "No body found?" The expert sighed: "Almost all the metals that can be melted have been melted, so where are there any corpses? This was originally a wax museum, and all the wax figures have naturally turned into gas." I suddenly thought: "You said that there will be no corpses found. What if there are many people? For example, if there are more than ten people, there is no trace of them all? There will always be some ashes left." The expert thought for a while, and then said: "Actually, even if you are alone, you can still find the ashes, but you have to find them slowly among hundreds of tons of ashes. I don't know how much manpower and material resources it will take. It was impossible, so I had to give up." I looked at the scene of the disaster, and after being ravaged by the fire, the scorched destruction was really shocking. It is naturally very difficult to find the ashes of the human body after being burned by the fire in that large disaster site, but I still want to try my luck. Bai Su and Bai Qiwei obviously had the same thoughts as me, we glanced at each other, and I said, "Can we go to the disaster site to take a look?" Huang Tang's expression was a bit cunning: "Why, Wesley?" I had expected him to ask this question, so I said without thinking: "Liu Ju is a famous master of art. Since he came to me before the accident, I naturally don't want him to have no bones left, even if I can only find him." A small amount of ashes is good." This truth is naturally extremely high-sounding, Huang Tang blinked his eyes in disbelief, but he couldn't refute it.In fact, at this time I just wanted to go to the disaster site to have a look. As for what I hope to find, I can't say for myself. Huang Tang exchanged opinions with the senior firefighter, and agreed to our request. We put on long rubber boots—this must be the case when entering a fire disaster site, because a lot of water accumulated during the fire fighting, and what was left on the ground after the fire burned? Yes, ordinary shoes are not suitable. As we walked in, I heard an expert say, "Unless the arsonist started the fire with a remote control, it would have been so violent that he had no chance of leaving himself." I looked at Bai Su and Bai Qiwei, and Bai Qiwei said: "I also have the same feeling, this fire has killed at least two people." At the entrance of the Wax Museum, all the buildings have collapsed. We walked forward through the ruins. Yesterday, I was still here listening to Mi Duan’s comments. It took less than 20 hours, and this place has become like this child. After walking seven or eight steps, Bai Qiwei said: "It should be here, I pulled you back?" Bai Su nodded and said: "Almost." She pointed forward again: "At that time, Liu Ju would not be far away, at most three meters, and in the raging fire, it is impossible for him to go farther." I walked forward three steps as Bai Su pointed out. There was a large pile of burnt to pieces, I don't know what kind of material it was. Once I stepped on it, I sank into a deep pit. Of course, I couldn't find any leftovers. corpse. At this time, Huang Tang also followed. This person has a natural ability, as if he could know that there must be some mysterious things in this fire.Naturally, I don't need to hide it from him, so when he came to me, I said: "The whole thing can be said to be quite mysterious, but I still don't know how mysterious it is and what its nature is. Let me tell you what I have experienced." Huang Tang was very happy: "That's great, I already knew that if it was an ordinary fire, it would never attract your attention." I walked forward facing him.Going forward, more than half of the building collapsed, and a small half remained. Everything in the room no longer existed, turning into charcoal and ashes, but the outline of the entire building was still there. Talking about the situation in this wax museum and my feelings when I visited it. When I told Huang Tang what happened, Bai Su and Bai Qiwei were carefully surveying the fire scene, hoping to find something. After a while, he passed through several "showrooms" and came to the yard.Last night, in this courtyard, Mi Duan and I had a lot of conversations.Huang Tang was very interested in hearing this: "This weird guy is called Mi Duan? I'll try to check his information, and I'll let you know if I find it!" It is naturally much more convenient for him to check a person's information. I nodded to express my gratitude, and he said again: "The portraits on display...are all real people? This...I think Liu Ju was probably stimulated and felt that a person who didn't know anything at all. He is a famous person, his artistic attainments are higher than him, so his mental state is a bit abnormal, so there is such a speculation." I said, "I think so too." We talked for a while, Bai Su and Bai Qiwei also came to the yard, they both held an iron rod in their hands, they were here to push away the thick ashes, hoping to find something. When he arrived in the yard, Bai Qiwei threw away the iron rod in his hand with all his strength, with a very disappointed expression on his face: "I have never seen such a complete fire, everything is turned into ashes, even if it doesn't turn into ashes, it is completely It was impossible to identify what was left of the burnt matter." Bai Su said: "How do you usually clean up such a disaster site?" The fire officer frowned: "Usually, the owner retrieves the leftovers, but since there is nothing left, it will be cleaned up by the scraper, and it will be disposed of as garbage. Fortunately, there are no houses around the building." Adjacent, there is a natural fire break, otherwise, I'm afraid there will be a huge disaster like the Great Chicago Fire!" Huang Tang suddenly asked: "That Mi Duan is the owner of this building?" I shook my head: "I don't know, please check this too." Huang Tang naturally agreed, and Bai Su said: "When cleaning up the disaster site, if you find anything, please notify us immediately." Huang Tang also agreed, and said again: "It's a pity, I didn't even know this place exists, otherwise, I would come and visit it no matter what!" It can be said that the trip to the disaster site did not yield any results at all. Before leaving, I heard several experts arguing. I really don’t know what method to use to make the fire so fierce all at once. It’s like every place, Like a fire coming out. When Huang Tang parted from us, he said: "This matter is obviously very weird, what do you think?" I sighed, "You know almost as much as we do, what do you have in mind?" Huang Tang shook his head: "It is impossible to classify it, so we have to wait for further information to be discovered." Huang Tang said, "Let's talk about it when we find further information." He had further information that afternoon, and when he came to the door, he looked so strange that it was really indescribable. When he shared the information he obtained from his investigation , we were also dumbfounded, and agreed that it was absolutely impossible, but Huang Tang had a lot of materials to prove that it was true.