Chapter 6 Chapter Five Standing There Like a Tree

The local person in charge of the airline had met us during the two-day long meeting, so he naturally recognized Bai Su.When Bai Su saw the person in charge, he made a request to him: "Please ask the head office for the file of the co-pilot Berlioz. I will wait for all the information." Bai Su's request surprised the company's managers: "Ma'am, don't say I won't agree to your request, even if I agree, the head office won't agree. Personnel information has always been a company's top secret. " Bai Su frowned: "If I pass the police force request?"

The person in charge shook his head: "The police have no right to do this either. Unless it is ordered by the Nordic court." The person in charge looked full of curiosity: "Why do you want this kind of information?" Bai Su smiled wryly: "I want to know about this person, how did he get here?" The person in charge thought he was very humorous, and laughed: "He? Of course his mother gave birth to him in the delivery room of the hospital." Bai Su smiled dryly: "It's very interesting." Bai Su's request could not be met, so she had to turn around and go out. Just as she left the office, a tall Nordic man followed her out.Bai Su didn't pay attention to this person just now, all he knew was that he was in the office of the person in charge just now, and it seemed that he was talking with the person in charge.

Bai Su came out, and the man followed, and came to Bai Su's side: "Miss, do you want to know everything about Berlioz?" Bai Su was taken aback for a moment, then sized that person up.Judging from the man's expression, he also seemed to be an airline pilot, possibly a colleague of Berlioz. If that person was a colleague of Berlioz, of course he could provide certain information.Therefore, Bai Su nodded: "Yes." The man smiled and said, "For personal reasons? I know that Berlioz has many girlfriends, but I don't know that one of his girlfriends is so beautiful."

Bai Su snorted. She obviously didn't appreciate this kind of compliment: "No matter what the reason is, if you can provide his information, I welcome it. If not, I'll find another way." The tall Nordic man blinked, as if he couldn't imagine that an oriental woman like Bai Su would have such a temper, he shrugged: "Berlioz and I are colleagues, and I know a lot about him, let me introduce myself Myself, I am Mechanic Owen." Bai Su's attitude was much gentler, and he shook hands with Owen. As they walked out, Owen was talking about Berlioz. The information that Bai Su got from Owen about Berlioz was not very much. He only knew that Berlioz was single and lived alone in a small, comfortable house. Lots of girlfriends, that's all.

Bai Su drove home. On the way home, she was still full of doubts, because she didn't understand what Berlioz wanted to explain to her, and she didn't know what happened to Berlioz. When she got home, she didn't know that I had left to see Captain Mackey, and she came to meet me immediately.And when I met her, my movements were already restricted, because the damned Qi Shiyu had already "get" Captain Mackey out of the detention center. We met in the hotel, Bai Su told me her experience in detail, and I will also tell her about the meeting with Ma Ke. Bai Su took a deep breath: "I've been thinking about Berlioz and the weird phenomena that happened to him, but I haven't found any results. What kind of person is he? An incarnate person?"

My thoughts were also extremely confused, but as early as halfway through listening to Bai Su's narration of her experience, I already had an idea, so when Bai Su said this, I immediately said: "We are here to guess what kind of person he is, That's no use, he lives nearby anyway, we'll go and see him." Bai Su looked at me: "Your current situation——" I said, "Yes, the local police officers are watching me, but I think there is still some freedom of movement." Bai Su took a few steps back and forth: "I suggest that we don't need to call him first—"

I said: "Of course, that will prepare him, if he is really weird." As I said, I came to the door of the room, opened the door, and invited two plainclothes officers who monitored my actions to come in, and told them that Bai Su and I were going to visit a friend.The two plainclothes officers immediately became tense, one stared at me, and the other called to ask his boss for instructions. The plainclothes officer talked for a while before walking back: "Okay, you can go, but don't forget that you are under surveillance. You are involved in a serious incident." I spread my hands, negotiated a car with the hotel, and left the hotel with Bai Su.When I was driving towards Berlioz's residence, the two plainclothes officers were also following and monitoring me.

Berlioz's address was obtained from the airline company. It is in the suburbs, about 30 minutes' drive from the hotel.After the car leaves the urban area, the scenery along the way is extremely beautiful and pleasant. If it is not full of doubts in my heart, it should be a very happy journey. When I was approaching Berlioz's residence, there were small houses along the way, each with a different appearance and unique style. I slowed down the driving speed and looked for the number. After a while, the car stopped in front of a small pure white house.That house is the same as other houses, with a well-organized lawn in front of it, planted with a family of flowers, very quiet.

I parked the car on the side of the road and exchanged a glance with Bai Su. At this time, Bai Su and I were very nervous. We will soon meet Berlioz. After meeting him, can the riddle be solved? I got out of the car first and went to ring the doorbell. Not long after, I heard a loud and cheerful voice: "Here we are." The voice came from the side of the house, I took a step back, looked to the side of the house, and saw a rather large greenhouse. Berlioz, with a red face and casual clothes, was coming out of the greenhouse, holding a small soil preparation tool in his hand. tool.

As soon as he saw me, he froze for a while, then opened his hands, with a look of sincere welcome: "Look, look! Who's here?" He strode up to me, patted my back, Suddenly she smiled at me again: "Mr. Wei, your wife once called me in a weird way, and she said—" When Berlioz talked about this, he showed an extremely embarrassed expression.I can fully understand why his expression is so weird, because as soon as he saw me, he mentioned the "strange phone call" that Bai Su had called him, and when he was halfway through the talk, he had already seen Bai Su get out of the car, come to him.

I patted him on the shoulder: "We have a very incomprehensible matter that we want to discuss with you, and I hope it won't disturb you." Berlioz greeted Bai Su: "It doesn't matter, I'm on vacation, do you want to visit my greenhouse?" My purpose is to talk to him, everywhere.So I nodded.Berlioz led the way, turned the corner, and I saw the whole of his greenhouse. At that time, I was stunned, because the greenhouse is very big, bigger than his house, looking in through the glass, the inside is green, and even gives people a gloomy feeling. A greenhouse with a size of 200 square meters needs to be taken care of by one person wholeheartedly. Berlioz is a pilot who flies all over the world and doesn’t spend much time at home. I really don’t understand how he takes care of those plants. My puzzled expression was obvious, and Berlios noticed it. When he opened the door and led us into the greenhouse, he said: "There is an automatic timed water spraying device here. Even if I leave for three months, the plants will not grow." There will be a shortage of water." After entering the greenhouse, I was even more surprised and exchanged glances with Bai Su.In the greenhouse, there are all kinds of plants. At a glance, there are almost hundreds of species from the simplest spore plants to high-level trees. After Berlioz entered the greenhouse, he squatted down in front of a large pot, loosened the pot soil with a small shovel in his hand, and injected liquid fertilizer. The plant in that pot was a kind of plant with very fat leaves. It looks like an unknown plant of the orchid family, with dark yellow spots on the fat fleshy leaves. While working, Berlioz said, "Okay, what's your question?" Before I opened my mouth, Bai Su said: "Mr. Berlioz, suppose you haven't left here in the past few days!" Berlioz showed a bewildered expression: "I don't understand, of course I'm not in the greenhouse all day." Bai Su said: "I mean, you have never left this city." Berlioz said: "I never left, why—" Bai Su immediately said again: "But I saw you. You stopped my car and wanted to tell me something. Later, you seemed to hypnotize me, so that I had a short time to lose sight of you. Lost consciousness, crashed into a car, and you disappeared..." Bai Su wanted to go on, but I kept paying attention to Berlioz's expression.I saw his expression becoming more and more weird, before Bai Su could finish speaking, he couldn't help shouting: "If I hadn't met you before and knew who you are, now... now..." He Having said this, he paused for a moment before he said helplessly, "I'm really sorry, I don't know how to deal with a... a person who is not normal." Bai Su's expression was serious: "Please pay attention, what I told you are all facts. If that person is not you, then there must be someone exactly like you, also named Berlioz, and the experience of a lifetime, Same as you." Berlioz's expression was extremely helpless, and he spread his hands: "Okay, there is such a person, what do you want to tell me?" Bai Su said: "You don't know such a person exists?" Berlioz felt that he couldn't bear it anymore, and said loudly: "I don't believe such a person exists at all." Bai Su said: "But, I'm sure there is such a person, don't you have any curiosity about him? You should be curious about a person who is exactly like yourself." Berlioz laughed and gave me a strange expression of "women are really unreasonable": "It's not that I'm not curious, but I don't believe there is such a thing at all." Seeing that the conversation between the two of them was becoming more and more rigid, I hurriedly said: "I believe everything she said. In fact, not only has she met the person like you, but also a Mr. Huang Tang. seen." Berlioz said angrily, "I know, she mentioned it to me on the long-distance call." I said: "Don't you think about this possibility at all? For example, you have a twin brother that you don't know about?" Berlioz looked up to the sky and said "haha", and said, "It's too similar to the plot of a novel, isn't it?" I said, "There may be such a thing." Berlios shook his head and said: "It won't happen to me. Come on, two, if you don't mention that person like me again, then I can treat you well and take a look at my home—" His words have made it very clear, meaning that if we mention that "person like him" again, he will not be interested in talking to us. I gave Bai Su a wink, signaling her to leave, Bai Su stared at Berlioz for a while, and then said: "I have another question." Berlioz spread his hands, with a very impatient expression, Bai Su said: "May I ask where you were born—" This is such a common question that anyone can answer it.At the same time, I also know what the purpose of Bai Su's question is.Bai Su wanted to check his birth records to see if he had a twin brother. Unless you don't believe in Bai Su and Huang Tang's experience at all, otherwise, apart from twin brothers, there is really no second more convincing explanation. Who knew that although Bai Su's question was ordinary, Berlioz's expression changed drastically after hearing it. His expression suddenly became extremely strange, so strange that I can't describe it. I really don't know how to describe it.At this time, anyone could see his expression, which was a mixture of shock and disgust, and at the same time, there was a considerable degree of anger. Under such circumstances, a person's face will change, due to the effect of parasympathetic nerves, either become flushed or pale.In addition to the blood rushing to the capillaries of the face, or the blood vessels shrinking, causing the capillaries on the face to lose blood, there is no third situation that can occur, the face will be flushed when the blood is congested, and the face will be pale when the blood is lost. But under such circumstances, Berlioz's face turned into a strange dark green.Really, not at all fake, it was a very strange dark green. That kind of dark green is by no means a simple description of a person's "face is green", but a real dark green, as green as... like a large leaf! Seeing such a situation, both Bai Su and I felt stunned. We stood very close, and involuntarily stretched out our hands to hold each other.But Berlioz's shock was only for a very short time, not more than a second before and after, or maybe even shorter.In short, the green energy on his face disappeared in a flash, and his face returned to normal. Then, his expression returned to normal: "Sorry, I can't answer your question." Our shock was well concealed by both of us, and I believe Berlioz could not have felt that we had been surprised.Bai Su said: "Why? Everyone knows where they were born." Berlioz raised a finger: "There is only one kind of people who don't know where they were born, and they don't even know who their parents are." Bai Su said "ah", and I immediately thought of the kind of person Berlioz mentioned, and we couldn't help but feel a little apologetic. Berlioz said slowly: "Yes, I am an orphan and grew up in an orphanage. Therefore, I cannot answer your question." Bai Su and I looked at each other and said in unison, "I'm sorry." At the same time, I thought of something in my mind: he is an orphan and knows nothing about his own life experience, so it is more likely that he has a twin brother that he does not know.Although, even if it is proved that he has a twin brother, there are still many questions, such as why the twin brother acts so weirdly, and so on.But it's better than nothing to prove. I touched Bai Su lightly, suggesting to her that we can go.The meeting between us, up to now, has caused slight unhappiness, and if it continues, it may become serious unhappiness. Bai Su also understood this point: "I'm sorry, just treat it as me talking nonsense." Berlioz didn't say anything, he was just concentrating on arranging the pot of plants, obviously he didn't mean to send us out.We had no choice but to leave by ourselves, round the corner of the house, and out of the front garden. The two plainclothes officers also got out of the car and watched us not far away. We were walking towards our car. At this moment, a young woman came over pushing a baby carriage and looked at us.Bai Su reached out to tease the baby in the car, and the young woman pointed to Berlioz's room: "Are you here to visit Mr. Berlioz?" Bai Su said: "Yes." The young woman said: "It's great to have friends from the East. Only a mysterious figure like Mr. Berlioz can have friends from the East." My heart moved: "Mystery? What kind of mystery does Mr. Berlioz have?" The young woman turned her head again, glanced at the house a few times, with a hesitant expression: "I don't know, maybe, I... shouldn't say, I'm his neighbor, and he doesn't spend much time at home..." The young woman said again: "When he was at home, he spent almost twenty-four hours in the greenhouse, keeping company with those plants." I was very disappointed. Originally, I thought that Berlioz really had some mysterious deeds that fell into the eyes of the young woman. If he just stayed in the greenhouse for a long time, then what kind of mystery is there? The young woman obviously liked talking to strangers very much, she glanced at the room again, and said: "Once, I walked past the back of the greenhouse to see what he was doing—" When she talked about this, she showed a fussy and mysterious expression, waiting for me to guess. I really didn't want to guess too much, so I just made a "please say" gesture. The young woman lowered her voice: "He stood, motionless, as if he was frozen, motionless." I had already half-turned away impolitely, not going to listen to the young woman's conversation.The young woman didn't notice this, and continued, "He stood there motionless, like a tree." I gave the young woman a polite smile, turned around and opened the car door to let Bai Su get in the car, but Bai Su was not interested in listening anymore, but she still nodded to the young woman to express her farewell. At this time, the young woman suddenly seemed to think of something, and said "ah": "By the way, I can't remember why I think he looks like a tree when I see him standing still, by the way , gave me such a strong feeling, because his color is the same as the tree." When Bai Su and I heard what the young woman said, we couldn't help being surprised. I hurriedly said, "I'm sorry, the color is like a tree, what do you mean?" The young woman gestured and pointed to a tree by the side of the road: "That's it." Bai Su said: "You mean, he is wearing clothes the color of tree trunks?" The young woman said: "No, no, it's hard for me to describe. In short, his color is just like a tree." She kept repeating the same words. In the description "his color is like a tree", neither Bai Su nor I can think of the actual situation. I had no choice but to perfunctory: "That's really interesting." The young woman shook her head: "Interesting? I don't think so." While shaking her head, she pushed the baby carriage and walked away. As she passed Berlioz's residence, she quickened her pace, as if very Fear. Bai Su and I got into the car, my thoughts were very confused, I put my hands on the steering wheel, and didn't start the car: "A person whose color is like a tree, what does that mean?" Bai Su said: "I don't know—" She paused for a moment, and said: "But just now, when I asked about his birthplace, did you notice that his face became so strange, as if—— " I immediately followed up: "Like a leaf." Bai Su turned his head to look at me, motioning for me to start the car.I started the car and drove forward. The two plainclothes officers got into the car immediately and followed behind us. After Bai Su waited for the car to drive forward, he said: "If you say that a person's face is like a leaf, if you don't experience it personally and see it with your own eyes, you can't understand it!" I nodded in agreement. Bai Su said: "Similarly, we haven't seen Berlioz standing still. We can't understand that he is like a tree." I let out a "huh" and called out: "We can follow the example of the young woman and peep outside the greenhouse to see how Berlioz looks like a tree when he is standing still." Bai Su thought for a while: "It's meaningless, I can't know when he will stand still, and I don't know how long he will wait." I said: "Anyway, we have nothing to do, we can wait." Bai Su glared at me: "Why is there nothing wrong, you can go to Qi Shiyu and Ma Ji." I snorted, "The police all over the country are looking for them." Bai Su frowned: "Maki must be hiding something, there must be a reason for the accident of the plane, there must be a reason." I didn't say anything more, and I knew there must be a reason for the plane crash, but Markey refused to say, what can I do?Maybe see Markey again at this time, he would say, but where to find him? I drove the car all the way back to the hotel, and within five minutes after entering the room, someone called the door. A senior police officer came in and said, "Why are you visiting Berlioz?" I said, "It's just an ordinary visit." The police officer had his natural professional doubts, and he hummed: "Berlioz and Markey are colleagues, and Markey escaped from the detention center. Did Berlioz participate in it?" I smiled wryly: "It seems that I am here, if I talk to a stranger for a few words, you will also suspect that the stranger is a criminal." After being robbed of a few words by me, the police officer's expression became ugly: "We will definitely bring Maggie back." I said, "I hope so, in fact I want to ask him a lot of questions, and hope to see him right away." The officer gave me a hard look and walked out.I closed the door and saw Bai Su frowning, seeming to be thinking. I didn't bother her and sat down opposite her.After a while, Bai Su suddenly said: "Huang Tang said that there were four people in the car that knocked him down." I didn't know what she meant by that, so I just looked at her. Bai Su seemed to think of something: "If one of the four people is Berlioz, who are the other three?" I said, "It could be anyone." Bai Su said: "No. The other three are also wearing the uniforms of airline pilots." I laughed. "That could be any flight crew." Bai Su said: "If we assume that the other three are Lian Neng, Vince and Da Bao, is it close to the truth?" I shook my head and said, "It's weird enough for one person to have an 'incarnation', but if all four of them have 'incarnations', I think we'll all go crazy!" I just said this casually, but Bai Su jumped up abruptly.She is by no means unsteady like this usually, I know she must have suddenly thought of a key question. She jumped up and said, "When something went wrong with the plane, there were only the four of them in the cockpit with Markey, and when Markey saw you, he told you that he didn't know anything, and he didn't even make an emergency decision." A request for forced landing! If these four people collude and say that Maji has acted differently or behaved abnormally, Maji will not be able to defend himself anyway." As soon as I heard Bai Su say that, I couldn't help saying "ah".Indeed, I hadn't thought of this before. Although, that was only Bai Su's assumption, but only the assumption of "the four conspired to frame Maji" could explain Maji's weird attitude when I met Maji. Markey repeatedly asked "what did they say" and said he "didn't know anything" and refused to admit that he had seen anything weird, further stating that he hadn't done anything. However, what is the purpose of Berlioz and other four people joining forces to frame Maji?The purpose is to cause an accident on the plane, so they themselves are also on the plane, and they are also in great danger. Bai Su asked again: "Do you think this is possible?" I took a breath: "It's possible, but what is their purpose?" Bai Su frowned, of course she couldn't answer: "We still have to investigate, not only pay attention to Berlioz, but also pay attention to Lian Neng, Vince and Dabao." I snorted, "They're not on vacation like Berlioz, they're flying." Bai Su said: "You can find their information, I believe it is not difficult, you can find information about their life." Anyway, there is no clue about the progress of the matter, so I nodded my head in agreement. The next day, Bai Su left the hotel early in the morning and didn't come back until the afternoon. As soon as I came in, I saw an unconcealable excitement on her face. Before I could speak, she said, "Guess what I found?" ?” I said, "The four of them are all repeat offenders?" Bai Su glared at me and said, "No, the four of them all grew up in the orphanage." I stayed for a while, Bai Su's discovery is really not a discovery at all.However, things are very weird, or rather, too coincidental!All four were raised in orphanages. I said, "Vince, Lien Neng, Dabao and Berlioz?" Bai Su nodded: "Isn't it, too strange?" I thought about it: "They were born around the end of World War II. At that time, the world was full of orphans. I think it's just a coincidence." Bai Su waved his hand: "Maybe it's a coincidence, or maybe it's due to other reasons." I spread my hands: "Why?" Bai Su hurried back and forth: "I don't know the reason, but you should remember that when we asked about the place of birth, Berlioz's face became so ugly." I smiled wryly, and said, "His reaction is indeed weird. It's an orphan's psychology. No orphan wants to be mentioned about his birth history." Bai Su said "Yes", "Maybe. However, if a person is afraid that people will investigate his origin, the best way is to say that he grew up in an orphanage." I hurriedly said, "What's the matter with you? That's not what they claimed, but what you found out. The four of them all grew up in an orphanage." Bai Su stared at me: "You still don't understand what I mean, I mean, if there are people who don't want their background to be known, then the best way is to send them to an orphanage!" I was puzzled: "I don't understand what you mean by that." Bai Su said: "The four of them grew up in four different orphanages, and those four orphanages were all in Northern Europe. When they were found in the abandoned baby box at the entrance of the orphanage, they were about five months old." I still didn't understand what Bai Su wanted to express, so I just stared at her blankly and remained silent. Bai Su said: "I mean, the four of them were intentionally put into the orphanage. The purpose is that after they grow up, no one can know their origins." I couldn't help laughing: "Okay, even if that's the case, then what's the purpose?" Bai Su frowned: "This is what I can't figure out the most. What is the purpose?" I raised my voice: "Don't think about it. There is no purpose at all. It's just a coincidence that the four aviation pilots all grew up in orphanages." After I said this, I added another sentence: "You don't believe in coincidence?" Bai Su snorted: "Of course I believe in coincidences, but I don't believe in coincidences of this degree." I don't want to continue arguing with Bai Su: "What else did you find?" Bai Su said: "I found Vince's address, I bent over by the way, and went to his residence to have a look—" Before Bai Su finished speaking, I was startled: "You sneaked into his residence? Alas! There are plainclothes officers following you!" Bai Su smiled and said: "Of course I know someone is following me, and I wouldn't be so stupid as to sneak into his house, I just went around his house." Speaking of this, Bai Su's expression became very strange : "Guess what I saw?" I don't bother to guess too much: "Tell me." Bai Su took a breath: "There is a huge greenhouse behind his house, which is almost as big as the one behind Berlioz's house, and it is full of various plants." I said "ah".Another greenhouse, a large greenhouse full of various plants. People in northern Europe, because they have been in the cold for a long time, it is true that they like to grow plants in greenhouses.But a greenhouse as large as a Berlioz is more than a "hobby" and should be the preserve of botanists or horticulturists. Now, next to Vince's residence, there is also such a large greenhouse. I raised my hand and asked, "Where are Dabao and Lianneng?" Bai Su said: "They live far away, I didn't go, I hurried back and told you what I found." My thoughts were in a mess.Greenhouse──orphanage──pilot, there is no connection between the three. If Dabao and Lian Neng's residence also has a greenhouse, what does that mean? As I thought about it, I came to the door of the room: "Come on, let's go to the residence of the two of them." Bai Su immediately agreed, and we went out together. The plainclothes officer at the end of the corridor immediately came forward to meet us when he saw us: "Going out again? Where are we going?" I sighed: "Really, I have no idea how Markey escaped, nor where he is. It would be useless for you to follow me." A plainclothes officer asked, "Where are you going?" I saw that they didn't listen to their persuasion, so I just said: "The air here is not good, I'm going for a ride, I hope you will come with me." The two plainclothes officers were skeptical, Bai Su and I got into the elevator, and they also squeezed in honestly.I simply waited for them at the door of the hotel before getting in the car. The residences of Dabao and Lianneng were relatively far away. When we arrived at the address, our hearts sank suddenly.At that time, it was just when the sun was setting, and there was a big greenhouse behind Dabao's residence.The rays of the setting sun shone on the glass, reflecting a piece of golden yellow. We stopped the car behind Dabao's house and stared blankly at the greenhouse without making a sound. After a while, Bai Su said: "The third greenhouse." I said: "I can be sure that Lian Neng must also be an amateur in plant cultivation." Bai Su said: "Although it is certain, we still have to take a look." I said, "Of course." Bai Su started the car and drove forward. After a period of silence between us, Bai Su suddenly asked me: "Wei, why?" She asked a simple question, but of course I knew what she was asking.My mind was also confused, so I said, "Why? Maybe they all like plants very much." Bai Su said: "But their work has nothing to do with plant cultivation!" I had no choice but to say: "Hobbies don't necessarily have to do with work." Bai Su said: "I don't believe it, there must be a reason, there must be a reason!" I smiled wryly, looked back, and saw the cars of the two plainclothes officers still following behind, I said: "Look, these two agents must be asking why in their hearts, they might All kinds of assumptions are strange, but the actual situation is very simple. Our current situation is roughly the same, and the answer may be very common." Bai Su stubbornly said: "It may be extremely unusual." I have no objection.Things have developed to this day, and they are all unbelievably weird, but they can't explain why.If the answer to the mystery is revealed, it may be ordinary that makes people laugh, or it may be extraordinary that makes people jaw-dropping.