According to the sturdy man Ma Tianlei, we are located in the suburbs of Dongling County.
I thought that the county suburbs should not be far from the county seat of Dongling County, but on the way, our car still went around several mountains and drove a lot of mountain roads.
It was not until around six o'clock the next morning that we arrived at the county seat of Dongling County.
When I arrived in front of the "Aimee Hotel" on the South Street of the county town, I parked the truck far away and observed for a while, but did not see the figure of the yellow-haired woman named Zhu Huiwen.
Gao He later called Zhu Huiwen, but the phone was turned off and the call could not be connected.
I thought about it and said to Gao He, "Director Gao, the person Zhu Huiwen wants to see is you. I am a stranger. In order to avoid alerting the enemy, you should go alone. After you enter the hotel, I will disguise myself as a customer and go in as well."
Gao He nodded and said, "Okay, that's the only way. But it's already late before I meet Zhu Huiwen. There are still ten minutes left. I think Zhu Huiwen should be here soon."
Afterwards, Gao He entered the Le Méridien Hotel.
As for me, I waited in the truck for a few minutes before opening the door and getting out.
The Le Méridien Hotel has eight floors. It is nicely decorated on the outside and warmly decorated on the inside.
Gao He has already gotten into the elevator.
When she saw me coming in, a waitress came over and asked, "Sir, are you staying at the hotel?"
The waitress looked at me in surprise. After all, my outfit was a bit different, with a cloth bag on my back and cloth shoes on.
I smiled and said, "I want a guest room, preferably on the second floor, and a cheaper one."
The waitress didn't say much and led me to the front desk.
The receptionist was also a beauty, very tall, and wore the same work clothes. But compared to the waitress, this receptionist was thin, with a fair face, and had a little more charm.
I quickly paid the money and asked for a standard room.
When the front desk clerk handed me the room card with a smile, I asked, "Beauty, who lives in room 206? Can you tell me a little bit?"
The receptionist politely refused: "I'm sorry, sir, I can't tell you this. It's against the rules."
I smiled and continued, "Beauty, this isn't a big hotel or an important institution, so there's no need to keep the information so secret. Just tell me, don't worry, I won't tell anyone else."
"To tell you the truth, I came here to find someone, but I don't know if she is here, so I hope you can help me. You are so beautiful, and you look like a kind person..."
Under my verbal barrage, the receptionist finally blushed and said to me, "Sir, I can't tell you more information. I can only tell you that the person living in room 206 is a lady named Zhu."
The lady in room 206, surnamed Zhu, should be Zhu Huiwen.
After thinking about it, I nodded to the front desk and said, "Okay, that's it."
Then I walked towards the elevator.
Although the room I booked was a regular room, its number was not far from Room 206. I thought that if there was any movement in Room 206, I would be able to detect it immediately.
The elevator went down and I waited for about ten seconds.
Then the elevator door opened.
A woman wearing a lace hat and a mask came out of the elevator, carrying a black suitcase, and smelling very strong of perfume. It seemed like there was more than just the smell of perfume.
I have a good nose and I seem to smell another smell. That smell seems very familiar.
It's a bit hard to explain.
She walked past me without looking up at me.
I took a look and found that the room card in the woman's hand was the room card for room 203.
Soon, I stepped into the elevator. But after getting on the elevator, I seemed to think of something.
By the way, the smell of the woman who just got off the elevator seemed to be... the smell of a corpse.
The three words "stink of corpse" came into my mind, and I immediately thought of the yellow-haired woman.
By the way, although the woman who just came downstairs was wearing a hat and a mask, her hair was still a little exposed, and it was yellow.
Could it be that the woman was Zhu Huiwen? But didn't Zhu Huiwen live in room 206? The woman's room card was the room card for room 203.
No, I have to go downstairs to check. But the elevator has already gone up.
Soon, I reached the second floor and rushed out of the elevator.
There was only one elevator in this hotel, so I quickly looked for the stairs.
After finding the stairs, I hurried downstairs.
However, when I got down to the first floor, the woman in the hat was gone.
"Where is that woman?" I rushed to the front desk, took a breath, and asked anxiously.
The receptionist was a little surprised and asked me in astonishment: "Which woman?"
"That's the woman who just came downstairs. She's in room 203."
After hearing what I said, the front desk clerk pointed outside the door and said, "She just left. She returned the room card and left."
Damn, it’s really fast.
I ran out of the Amy Hotel again, but the woman with the hat was no longer outside.
I felt a little uneasy and hurried back to the hotel.
At this time, the elevator had come down, and a couple came out. The couple, a middle-aged man and a young girl in her twenties, were obviously lovers or adulterers. Otherwise, they wouldn't be so close and flirt with each other.
I got on the elevator and tried to persuade myself not to be too impulsive, thinking that I might be overthinking.
Soon, I went up to the second floor and entered my room.
After entering the room, I lay on the peephole of the door and observed Room 206 not far away.
However, half an hour passed and there was no movement in Room 206.
Something is wrong. Something is wrong...
Logically, it was only a matter of convenience for Gao He to hand the recipe and medicine of the insect poison to Zhu Huiwen. After that, Zhu Huiwen should have informed Gao He of the whereabouts of his wife and children, but it had been more than half an hour, and there was still no movement in Room 206. This was not normal.
After thinking about it, I decided to go over and take a look.
Then I went to the door of Room 206, leaned against the wall, and knocked on the door.
But there was no movement in the room, and no one answered.
No! The feeling of uneasiness became more and more intense.
Then, without thinking any more, I kicked open the door of Room 206.
But when I entered room 206, I found that the room was quiet, no one was there, and the bed sheets were neatly laid out... something was wrong. Where was the person
"Gao He, Director Gao!"
I shouted twice, but no one responded.
Just as I was nervously leaving Room 206, I glanced over and saw the room number opposite: 203.
This gave me a sense of sudden enlightenment.
Room 203 is just opposite Room 206, which means that the woman who left earlier can peek into Room 206 through the peephole of Room 203. If Gao He came to the door of Room 206, the woman in the hat would definitely notice it.
Thinking of this, I ran out of room 206 and kicked the door of room 2.
The door to room 03.
After entering the room, I found a figure lying on the ground.
I am very familiar with that figure, it is Gao He.
Gao He lay on the bed with his head tilted, his face pale and sticky saliva flowing from the corners of his mouth.
I walked over and quickly felt his breath, and found he was still alive.
I wanted to wake him up, but found two small red spots on his neck.
Those two little red spots looked like they were caused by a bite. They were fresh and still bleeding.
The first thing I thought of was the Gu worm. Zhu Huiwen was the granddaughter of the Grass Ghost Lady Jiu Niangniang, so she naturally knew how to raise Gu.
But now Gao He has been bitten by a poisonous insect, and we don't know what kind of poisonous insect it is. This makes it difficult for me to save him.
However, if we find the insect medicine, we should be able to remove the poison. But Zhu Huiwen has disappeared. This reminds me of the Ninth Lady.
Then I rummaged in Gao He's pocket and found his cell phone.
Using his cell phone, I dialed 120. At the same time, I stuffed the few small red pills that Gao He had given me into his mouth.
Although the little red pill cannot control the poison, it should be able to slow down its spread.
After waiting for seven or eight minutes, the ambulance arrived and took Gao He away from the Aimee Hotel.
The manager of the Le Méridien Hotel was also a woman. She came up to me and asked a few questions.
I just gave a perfunctory answer and evaded the question. Then I ran out of the Amy Hotel without even handing over my room card.
The situation is urgent now, and I’m afraid I can only rush to that “Baisha Village” alone.
I have figured out that the woman in the lace hat is Zhu Huiwen. She took away the recipe developed by Gao He and the only remaining tube of Gu insect medicine in it.
But since Zhu Huiwen is the granddaughter of the ghost grass lady Jiu Niang Niang, Jiu Niang Niang must know what Zhu Huiwen's natal Gu worm is. Maybe there is a way to detoxify it.
But Zhu Huiwen and that Ninth Lady are not good people, and it would definitely be dangerous if I just went there.
But no matter what, I could only rush to Baisha Village to find the Ninth Lady.
Then I caught a taxi on the road.
After getting in the taxi, I asked the driver if he knew Baisha Village.
The driver readily said, "I know." He also told me that Baisha Village is not far from the county seat.
So I took a taxi and headed straight towards Baisha Village.
On the way, I was feeling very nervous. I asked the driver the time and it was already past eight o'clock in the morning.
By this time, I think the police should have entered the "factory".
I called 110 again and told them the situation at the factory. Then someone answered my call.
He was a middle-aged man. He said he was the director of Dongling County Police Station and his name was Li Dongbin.
Li Dongbin told me not to let me go to Baisha Village, and said that what happened in Dongling County was quite strange and of great importance.
But now Gao He has been poisoned and the situation is critical. I can't just sit back and do nothing.
After that, I told Li Dongbin about Gao He's wife and children being controlled. Li Dongbin was also surprised and said that he would send someone to Gao He's home as soon as possible to investigate the situation.
After that, I hung up the phone.
Half an hour later, I arrived at the entrance of Baisha Village.
Baisha Village is not a big village. There are roads in the village, and the houses are all brick houses with a small second floor. Compared with the bamboo houses in other Miao villages, the brick houses here are more magnificent.
There is a small river in front of the village, with patches of bamboo planted along the river.
On the way, I saw a middle-aged man wearing Miao clothes, so I asked about the whereabouts of the Ninth Girl.
He thought I came to ask Ninth Lady for medicine and was very polite to me.
(to be continued)
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