Chapter 4 Chapter Three Tracking down the person who sent the dead to the car

Jack was on the sidelines. He obviously thought that this question was very important, and I can be sure that although he asked the housekeeper and valet countless times, he ignored this question. The servant hesitated before answering, but Jack urged, "Quickly tell me, how did he get here?" "It seems... It seems that a car sent him here. When I went to open the door, he was already standing in front of the door. By the way, there was a car that was slowly exiting, because it was a dead-end alley, and the house was on the alley. the end of." "What car?" I asked again.

The servant smiled wryly: "What car? I can't remember, it's a car." I raised my voice: "You have to think about it. What kind of car is it? Whether you can regain your freedom depends on your memory. Think about it!" The manservant scratched his hair in pain, he was really trying to think, he said: "The car backed out of the alley, halfway back, it seemed... It seemed that it stopped for a while, and someone got on the car..." When he was talking here, he stopped again. I hurriedly said, "You mean, that car is a taxi, doesn't it?" The valet stared at me blankly for a moment, obviously not sure of that, and I turned my head to Jack.The car that brought this mysterious visitor here is very likely to be a street car!

If it's a street car, then anybody knows what to do. So, when I turned my head to look at Jack, Jack naturally said: "I'll investigate immediately!" I said: "I hope you can tell me the result of the investigation!" Although Jack was stubborn, he was straightforward enough. At this moment, when he realized that I was indeed helpful to him, his hostility towards me was no longer so strong. He said, "Okay." After he left, I went to see the butler again. The butler was about sixty years old, and his expression was equally depressed. I hardly asked him any questions, but he kept asking me, "Why did you arrest me?"

I had no choice but to comfort him: "Mr. Bao is a big man. He died very strangely. The police must investigate the reason." The old butler's eyes turned red, and he said, "I've been in Bao's house for forty or fifty years. Could it be that I'm going to kill someone?" I sighed: "I know you won't kill people. Don't worry, you will be released in a short time. In fact, the police don't have enough evidence to charge you. Now, you can tell me about that in detail." Is it about the visitor?" "I've said it many times!" said the old butler sadly.

"Tell me again." The old butler spoke very slowly, and his narration was interrupted by his own sighs from time to time. I still listened patiently. There was really nothing new. What he said was what I already knew. I smiled wryly and comforted him a few more words before walking out. Combining the words of the housekeeper, the valet and Chen Xiaolei, I can draw a conclusion: "A person who has been dead for more than 70 hours went to visit Mr. Bao, and frightened Mr. Bao to death! " This conclusion is naturally unreasonable to the extreme! But it would be equally unreasonable to suspect that the manservant and the butler had conspired to murder their master.It would be even more unreasonable to suspect that Chen Xiaolei was also in collusion with the two of them.

Given that neither situation makes sense, which one should I take?To be honest, I had no idea at all, and when I walked out of the police station and was exposed to sunlight again, I had a dizzy feeling. I stood in the sun for a while, then went home, and when I got home, I tossed the whole thing over and over again, thinking about it several times. At this time, I already had a little understanding of the whole incident.As I said at the beginning of the article, but I can't find out the clues in the whole process.If anyone can, then I admire him very much. I sat there until dark, almost without thinking about food and drink, until I fell asleep on the bed, I was still thinking about it.

It wasn't until Jack called suddenly that my thoughts were interrupted. I grabbed the phone and heard Jack's urgent voice: "Wesley, can you come to my place?" "What?" I said, "A new discovery?" Jack was even panting, he said: "Yes, we have found the driver of the street car." At this moment, it wasn't Jack who was yelling at the phone, but me. I said loudly, "Keep him, I'll come right away!" I put down the phone, changed my clothes in a hurry, and drove to the car immediately. I was driving so fast that when I arrived at the police station, two motorcycles of traffic policemen followed behind my car. It's because I drove fast to follow it.

After chasing me to the police station, the faces of the two police officers were somewhat surprised, so I had no choice but to say to them: "I'm really sorry, you can accuse me of driving too fast, but I really have something important to see. Colonel Jack!" Before I finished speaking, I heard Jack's voice. He poked his head out of the office window and shouted, "I thought you had crashed a car, why did you come here now?" I nodded to the two officers and ran into Jack's office.It's not the first time I've been to Jack's office, but it's the first time I've been to his new office after he was promoted to colonel.

In the office, apart from Jack, there was also a middle-aged man with a nervous expression, who was sitting anxiously. When he saw me, he stood up, and Jack said, "That's him!" I hurriedly said, "What was the situation at that time, did he say anything?" Jack said: "I said it, but I want to listen to it again." I came to the driver: "Don't be nervous, it's none of your business, we just need your help, do you smoke?" The driver nodded, took the cigarette I handed him, lit it, and took a deep breath: "Are you still asking that passenger?"

I said: "Yes, if you can't remember, you can think about it slowly!" The driver said: "Don't think about it slowly, I remember it very clearly." "Why?" I felt a little strange. "That man went to Bao's house. Bao's family is a famous family. I will not forget it when I drive to his door." I said: "That's very good, you can tell me the details, where did he get in the car." The driver took another puff of cigarette: "It's in the suburbs, at the intersection of Highway 7 and Highway 6. I took my family to the beach that day. On the way back, I saw a car parked on the side of the road. There were two people standing in front of that car."

I asked, "Two people?" "Yes." The driver replied, "two people, one is tall and thin, the one who got into the car later, and the other is very short, wearing a floral shirt, he supported the tall and thin person. " When the driver said this, Jack and I looked at each other. The driver said: "It's the man in the floral shirt who beckoned to stop my car." "He told me that the tall and thin man was going to Bao's house, and asked me if I knew the address of Bao's house. I said yes, and he helped the man in, or opened the door for him. Yes." The driver said. I asked again, "What did the man say after he got into the car?" "He didn't say anything, and the car was paid by the man in the flowered shirt. When I got to the door of Bao's house, I turned around and told him that he was there. He didn't open the door. I opened the door for him, and he got out of the car." I'll go, I'll leave when he reaches the stone steps." I said, "Do you still recognize that person's appearance?" "Of course I recognize him. He looks weird, his face is so pale, oh, it's ugly, he looks like a dead person!" Hearing the words "just like a dead person", Jack and I couldn't help but looked at each other and smiled wryly. Jack took out a photo and handed it to the driver: "Is this the person?" The driver took one look and said, "Yes, that's him!" That photo is that magical visitor "Mr. Shi". Jack asked again, "Can you tell what the man in the floral shirt looks like?" The driver hesitated for a moment before saying, "I think it's ok." Jack pressed the intercom and said, "Come someone!" A police officer came in, and Jack said, "Please come to the draftsmen, all of them." The police officer backed out, and Jack explained to the driver: "The art staff of the police can roughly draw the appearance of the man in the floral shirt based on your description, then we can find this man!" The driver nodded, he had finished smoking a cigarette, I handed him another one, and he smoked vigorously again. After a while, four artists came, holding blackboards and papers in their hands, and the driver began to describe in detail the appearance of the man in the floral shirt.Ten minutes later, the four artists each drew a portrait, and it seemed that there was not much difference. The driver looked at it carefully, and pointed out a few different places. After editing, the driver pointed to one of them and said, "Yes, that's what he looks like." The portrait after affirmation is a semi-bald old man who looks full of energy and has very thin lips. People with such lips can be seen to be extremely stubborn at a glance. Colonel Jack has such a Two thin lips. Jack patted the driver on the shoulder: "Thank you, please don't tell anyone what you heard and said here." The driver said: "Of course! Of course!" Jack ordered a police officer to take the driver away, and the four art staff also exited his office. Only Jack and I were left. Jack looked at the portrait without blinking. I said, "Do you know who he is?" Jack smiled bitterly and said, "It would be great if I knew!" I said: "Now, you should know at least one thing. You arrested the butler and the servants. It was wrong. I think you should release them immediately and send them back to Bao's house." I paused for a while and continued: "I am going to explain your mistake to Mrs. Bao so that they can still work in Bao's house." Jack stayed for a while before saying, "Of course, of course I should do that, but..." I almost got angry again, and I immediately asked him, "Any more questions?" Jack hurriedly said: "Of course there is no problem, but I hope you will help me. Let's go to the scene together and find Chen Xiaolei." I am very happy, because Jack is finally willing to cooperate with me. I am naturally happy. Only by cooperating with Jack can the day come to light, so I immediately nodded and agreed. Jack and I went to the detention center together, released the butler and the servants, and apologized to them, then we went to Chen's house together, took Chen Xiaolei into the car, and then went straight to Bao's house. When he arrived at Bao's house, Jack explained to Mrs. Bao Boer in an extremely sincere tone that the housekeeper and the valet were wronged by wrong reasoning.Then, we spent twenty minutes, with Jack "playing" Bobber and me "playing" Mr. Shi, recreating everything that happened. Then, the police sent Chen Xiaolei back, while Jack and I stayed in Bober's study. Mrs. Bao did not accompany us. Since her husband died, her spirit was very poor, and she has been accompanied by a nurse. Jack also showed her the portrait, and she said that she did not know that person. Jack dismissed the servant again and closed the study door.When there were only the two of us left in the study, he smiled wryly: "Wesley, is this true?" "We'll just have to accept it," I said, "and now it's all proven, it's true!" Jack shook his head and said, "Is it true that a person who has been dead for more than 70 hours came to this room by a streetcar and talked to Bob, claiming that he was a dead person?" There was a kind of resigned calm in my voice: "Yes, that is the truth, and I can also imagine what happened afterwards, Dr. Bober, he began to examine the visitors, he easily It was found that the visitor was a dead man, and he cried out that he was frightened to death by the grotesque fact." Jack remained silent. I paused for a moment, and said again: "The whole thing must have happened like this." Jack smiled wryly, and said: "You are going to write a novel, the story of this matter is quite twists and turns, but think about it, if I report a case that is so important to the higher authorities, what will happen?" The result? I will definitely be kicked out of the police force." "But it's all true!" I said. "Fact?" Jack pressed his hands on the table: "The fact is that dead people can walk and talk?" My heart is in a knot, really, this cannot be justified anyway. Dead people can't talk, can't walk.Those who can walk and talk are not dead! However, this mysterious visitor can both talk and walk, but he is dead at the same time! After staying for a while, I said: "Jack, there are many legends about zombies or walking corpses..." Before I finished speaking, Jack interrupted me. He said: "Yes, there are many such legends, but which legends say that the corpses speak? They can at most say 'squeak ' It's just a cry, not a word." I smiled wryly, and said in self-deprecating way: "Perhaps the times have progressed, and modern zombies like to talk!" Jack waved his hand: "I'm not in the mood to joke with you!" I also said sternly: "I'm not joking with you, we already have very important clues, as long as we find the person in the flowered shirt, we can have further answers!" Jack glared at me: "Yeah, we live in a village with only a few families!" I said loudly, "What's the matter with you? Didn't the driver say that he met that man at the intersection of two roads in the suburbs?" "You think," Jack replied immediately, "you can find this man near those two roads. Didn't you hear the driver say that he also has a car? He might come from nowhere! And this kind of thing , It's so weird, it's really not suitable for all the police officers to find someone!" I said in a deep voice, "Leave it to me, Jack, let me find it." "you alone?" "Yes, sometimes it is more useful for one person to do things than for many people!" I replied. Jack stayed for a long while before saying, "Okay, but how long are you sure you'll find him?" "I'm not sure about anything!" I said, "You don't want to make this case public. Of course, you can publish the portrait in the newspaper so that everyone in the city can see it, so you can report it!" Jack shook his head and said, "No, this person doesn't have any evidence of murder. It's better to investigate secretly." I said: "Then don't place too much hope on my investigation, and don't set a time limit." Jack said helplessly, "That's the only way!" We left Bao's house together, and I returned home with that portrait. The course of the matter is almost certain, but after confirming the course of the matter, it is even more inexplicable. I looked at the portrait carefully until I closed my eyes and could also imagine what the man looked like. From the second day on, with that portrait in my arms, I went to the suburbs and asked the people in the houses on both sides of the road: "Do you know this person?" When I repeated this sentence at least a thousand times, two days have passed. Driving the car slowly under the scorching sun, the road was scorched by the scorching sun as if it was about to emit smoke.I really regret that I asked Jack for such an errand. I really asked for it. My car stopped in front of a small bungalow again. On both sides of the road in the suburbs, there are many small houses like that. I can't remember which one it is. I got out of the car, wiped my sweat, and my clothes were wet with sweat. The clothes stuck to my body. I really can't tell. Uncomfortable, I rang the doorbell, and two big wolf dogs rushed to the iron gate, barking wildly. I was not afraid that the dog would bite me, but no one came to open the door, but it made me anxious, sweat dripped down, and my vision was a little blurred. The weather was so sweltering and hot! Finally, I heard someone drinking dogs behind me. The two wolfhounds were still barking, but they retreated in front of me. A man walked up to me and I put my hand in the bag. Just when I was about to take out that portrait and ask the same question, suddenly, my whole body vibrated. Standing across the iron gate from me was a man with deep-set eyes, thin lips, six A half-bald man of ten or so! That's who I'm looking for! It was so sudden that for an instant, I froze, not knowing what to do! The man looked at me: "What's the matter? Why is your face so ugly?" His words reminded me, and I hurriedly said: "I...I suddenly feel uncomfortable while driving, can you...can you give me a glass of water?" The man looked at me, his expression was very serious, he hummed: "What the hell are you doing! There is a tea room over there, can't you see it? Why did you come to me to find water!" I froze for a moment, covered my throat with my hand, and said, "Oh, yes...sorry, I'll go...over there." I deliberately pretended to be very hard. To be honest, at this time, I don't care whether he will let me in. Now that I have found him, why not be afraid, I can "visit" him at any time! So, while I was talking, I was about to go back to the car, but at that moment, the man suddenly changed his mind and said: "Wait a minute, your face is so ugly, I think you need a doctor, You still come in, rest with me first!" I was stunned again, since he was telling me to go in, I don't have to be polite anymore, I held the iron branch of the iron gate with both hands, and said: "Thank you, I think if you are willing to give me a rest, I will It will be much better!" The man opened the iron gate, and I followed him in. The house has a fairly large garden, but the entire garden looks disorganized, and it can be said that there is no tidying up at all.I followed behind him and could look at everything carefully. But until I entered the house, I had no way of ascertaining the identity of this person. When I entered the room, I immediately felt a very mysterious atmosphere, compelling people to come.The room was dark, surrounded by thick black curtains. ─After entering the house, the man turned around and said, "Please sit down, I'll get you some water!" He walked in, and I sat down. I still couldn't figure out who this person was. He walked in less than a minute, and then walked out again. There was no water in his hand.