Time was getting tighter and tighter, and I searched every place in the city about clowns, but found nothing.
The clown boy that Su Xin met in the park was also sorry to say that he didn't find any strange people or strange people.
Su Xin sat on the hotel bed at night, his head was full of all kinds of clowns, and his head was about to burst.
Every night, what she dreams about is some faces covered with oil paint, and there is no way to break her head. There must be something that she didn't notice, or she noticed, but didn't study it carefully.
The captain is the most anxious one, but he just runs around desperately and never chatters.
What Liao Qingjie saw was Su Xin's sullen expression, frowning.
"Don't frown, go wash up first, the bridge is naturally straight from the bow, there must be a way, let's go find clues that you think are suspicious later."
The cold towel was attached to the face, waving away some of the natural heat brought by the body, Su Xin took the towel and wiped her face, Su Xin let out a long sigh of relief, she looked at the window through the undrawn curtain The scenery outside, the night scenery must be cool, there is a poor person struggling in a certain corner of the city, maybe he is in a coma, desperately waiting for her to come.
"I think the ugly statue in front of the park is weird. It's just weird for no reason. I feel that there must be something different inside, but there really is nothing."
Su Xin was stupefied again. More importantly, she had seen the statue several times. She had already seen it the night before. Existence can be taken apart.
She has always believed in her sixth sense or intuition, which is not unfounded. With this keen sense, she has avoided many dangers, so she still believes in her own judgment.
"If you still feel weird, then go to see it again to dispel your doubts or confirm your thoughts."
Liao Qingjie said, of course she would not feel that her sweetheart is suspicious, guess this or that, things can actually be very simple, if you don't believe it, then go and see it, if you still don't believe it, then read it again, it's nothing So hesitant.
Everything in this world is very simple. Within the limited range of choices you can make, do what you want to do, eat what you want to eat, chase what you want to chase, and like what you want to like.
"Okay, then wait until I take a shower, and I'll go there and look again after I take a shower."
"good."
Liao Qingjie doesn't like to see her sweetheart unhappy, and hopes that she will always live under the bright sunshine and show a lovely and charming smile.
Su Xin took a combat bath, wiped her body, put on her clothes, and pulled people out the door.
In such a provincial city, if you want to get to a place quickly, the most convenient travel service is undoubtedly to choose a taxi.
Su Xin has taken a lot of taxis in the past few days, at least four or five times a day, and has met many different brothers in this city.
And every time she got in the car, Su Xin would choose to talk, not to be silent. Although she didn't like to talk to the driver when she took a taxi before, but now the more she knows, the more she can understand. .
"It's past nine o'clock in the evening, where are you two going to play?"
This time the taxi driver was a slightly fat, middle-aged man with a bald head and a rough-looking appearance.
It's just like someone saw the taxi driver's appearance clearly at night, and thought he was going to do something bad.
This face is indeed not suitable for the service industry, but in the days that followed, Su Xin thanked himself more than once for meeting this taxi driver.
"The two of us are going to the clown theme park."
"Isn't it past nine o'clock in the evening? The theme park has already closed. The two of you should be outsiders. Let's play in another place. There's nothing to see there anymore."
"We don't want to go inside the clown park, we want to see the statue outside that park."
"Take a group photo? It's dark at night, and the light is not enough. I think it's better to take a photo tomorrow during the day. Although there are quite a lot of people, it's okay to go early, right?"
"You're right, but we just want to see that statue tonight, and it feels very different."
"That must be different, do you know why so many people take pictures with it?"
The taxi driver showed a smug smile.
"Huh? Why? Isn't it because his is a statue of a clown? Everyone take a photo with it to prove that you have been here, anyway, that's what we both think."
Su Xin smiled, and her accent changed accordingly.
"Pfft, the girl's family experience is still low. If you can prove that you have been to that park, take a photo at the gate, or go in and take a photo with the clown inside, wouldn't it be fine? Why do you have to line up there in hot weather? Take a picture with it."
The taxi driver turned the steering wheel and turned a corner at an intersection.
"It seems that master, you know a lot of things, so tell us the story of these two outsiders."
Su Xin was a little excited, always feeling that she could know some unknown things, maybe these things could help her solve the puzzle.
"I've actually been in this business for a long time. When the city just developed taxis, I've already devoted myself to this kind of work."
The master drove very steadily and stopped when he saw a red light.
"Yo, old driver."
"Before this road was planned, I was already jumping here. I liked cars since I was a child. I didn't study well before, so I learned to drive. You clown park, but I saw it being built. At the beginning, there was no entrance. There is no such statue."
"So where did that statue come from?"
Su Xin spoke up, and chatting about things like this has to be done from time to time, otherwise chatting alone would be boring.
"You should know that the owner who built that park likes clowns very much. He has a lover who also likes this kind of thing very much. His lover is a very famous designer who likes to play tricks. That's the perfect one. thing."
The master seems to be quite educated, and he talks a lot.
"organ?"
"Yes, when the thing was built, it was empty inside. It looked like it was tightly attached without any gaps, but in fact, it could be opened from the middle of the waist with a mechanism, and people could hide in it. At the beginning, the boss Talking inside, wow, it frightened a group of people, thinking that they saw a ghost in broad daylight, and some supernatural events happened."
The master laughed, as if he had thought of something very interesting.
"The group of people ran away in fear, and then a few brave ones continued to touch. After finding that there was no gap at all, they were terrified."
"Why? Couldn't it be that there was a person inside when the statue was being made?"
"Because when it was first welded there, everyone looked at it, and there was nothing inside. But that was seven or eight years ago, and many people probably forgot."
The city has become too fast, some buildings have been overturned, others have been built, roads have been re-planned and rectified, and communities have been built everywhere.
As a person who needs to run on the roads in various parts of the city, taxi drivers need to understand the terrain, so they feel more deeply about these changes.
The Clown Theme Park is an old building eight years ago, and it has been renovated many times. Of course, the owner paid for the renovation. This hobby is quite long-lasting, and I have liked it for so long.
Su Xin's heart was pounding, yes, that's it.
The most dangerous place is actually the safest place. Who would have thought that there is a person hidden in the statue of a clown passing by in the square.
So, a clown is just 'clown'.
The clues given by the murderer are far simpler than they thought, and there is no particularly complicated symbolic meaning.
The murderer probably wants to laugh, this move is absolutely brilliant, and he insists that it is absolutely impossible for anyone to find out.
"Master, do you know where that organ is?"
"I have to know. After all, I was at the scene anyway, but I know that this thing is useless. Only a few people know it. Otherwise, there must be people squatting in it every day to scare people. But after so long, I don't know if the mechanism is okay. It's just under the base, a small raised place, I've tried it before, but it's not interesting after playing with it once."
"Okay, let's try it later, if it's not broken, we'll take a picture hehehe."
Su Xin was still smiling, but her heart was gloomy. How did the murderer know this kind of unknown secret, and it has been eight years
Su Xin was thinking about this when he saw a mobile phone stretched out from the back seat in front of him.
The content on the phone screen is simply heart-wrenching.
#hide and seek#
Landlord: Exactly! I want to play peek-a-boo with my friends at the Clown Park in K City. Whoever is found first will have to pay for a day’s bill. The two of us will play alone, and the winner will be booked depending on the length of time. I don’t know if you have any good places to recommend! The people of K City ask for help!
1L: Why does it take so much trouble to play hide-and-seek, why not just rock-paper-scissors? I have been to this place, but it seems that there is no place to hide.
2L: The clown statue is a must. It’s a super hidden place, but if you want to hide and seek during the day, forget it. There are too many people in that place, and many later people don’t know that there is a mechanism there. It's purely just taking pictures there.
This post was posted four years ago, just search [K city, clown] or [K city, hide and seek] and it will come up.
"Could it be that… "
Su Xin returned the phone to Liao Qingjie. Could it be that the murderer chose Baidu's hasty way!
"It's just a guess."
Liao Qingjie took her mobile phone, just to confirm that it was indeed a way to know it from other channels.
Su Xin was a little annoyed. She had been anxiously searching for relevant news, but she did not see this item, and the captain and the others did not see this item either.
"Miss, the place you two are going to is here, a total of eight dollars."
"Okay, thank you."
Thank you so much, master, you must not know that you saved a person's life in an unintentional conversation.
Su Xin ran towards the square, and Liao Qingjie followed her with her long legs.
The statue still stands there quietly, unchanged from the daytime, and the smile on the face has already been solidified, although its paint has been mottled and faded.
Su Xin ran there in a hurry, squatted down, and groped beside the base.
After groping for a while, Su Xin finally found the round raised place, which was really hidden too well.
It took Su Xin a lot of strength to push it down, and with the sound of vibration, the clown statue was separated from the middle, and a man with his hands and feet tied and his mouth glued was in a coma, lying on his back with sweaty hair. over there.
really!
Liao Qingjie hurriedly called the team leader and told him that the hostages had been found, and the left side was outside the clown theme park.
Zhang Shuyi was already on the verge of death, and the clown would inject him with nutrient solution every night to keep him alive, but the space for movement was too narrow, he could not move his hands and feet, his blood could not circulate, and his breathing was not smooth.
Although this statue has many small holes for ventilation, it is still not enough.
What made him even more desperate was that when the light illuminated the land, so many people were outside him, he couldn't see the outside, and he couldn't see him outside, such a lively crowd, no one could save him.
He could only wait for the noise outside to turn into silence, day to night.
Consciousness became more and more erratic, and sank again.
"Captain, the person has been found, clown theme park, come quickly."
The captain's upright body suddenly relaxed, and he slumped on the sofa, heaving a sigh of relief.
"Old Mo, I found that I was quite useless. It was the little girl who finally found out about saving someone. I'm really sorry for my skin."
The captain stood up, picked up the water glass on the table and drank it down, wiped his mouth, and rubbed his hair, looking very tired.
"There is nothing to blame here. This is still my territory. I didn't find out anything differently. But your witness is really smart. Do you want to consider developing non-staff personnel?"
It's rare that Lao Mo didn't mock his old enemy, after all, this is the fact before his eyes. No matter who found the clue, no matter who solved the case, and no matter who rescued the hostage, as long as the hostage is safe and sound, it is a good thing.
"But I suspect the murderer must have fled long ago."
Lao Mo sat down on the sofa, feeling a little sympathetic to his old enemy.
This kind of case is the most difficult to solve, because although it is a murder, it is not a simple murder case.
If the victim is due to the people around him, some social relationship or some other reasons, then these cases can be solved even if they are a bit tricky, some are easy, and some are difficult, but as long as you work hard to search for clues, Justice can also be served.
What I am most afraid of is this kind of perverted killer who kills purposefully or at random. He doesn't know what the list of victims is, and who will be killed next. He knows that something will happen to someone, but he can't do anything about it.
My old enemy came to this place for that person, and I don't know where to go next time.
Because it's not in my sphere of influence, I can only act alone. It's okay to meet an old acquaintance like him at the moment, but if I see an unfamiliar or perfunctory person, things will be even more difficult.
The captain went there in the bureau's car and arrived at the destination swiftly.
At this time, Su Xin had restored the clown statue to its original shape, and untied the ropes on the hostage's hands and feet, but the tape on the mouth hadn't moved, because it had been glued for several days, in case it was torn off rashly, Maybe it would hurt his face and mouth a little bit.
"Send him to the hospital first, he looks very weak, I will take a photo and send it to Lao Mo, so that he can check the identity of this person."
The captain took out his mobile phone and snapped a picture. After he was done, he picked up the person horizontally, and carried him into the car in a standard princess hug.
"good."
Su Xin and Liao Qingjie also got into the car, one sitting in the front seat and the other in the back seat.
The hospital was sent to the hospital very quickly. It was a little frustrating to see this situation, but their professionalism was unquestionable, and they immediately sent the person to the hospital for treatment.
"How did you find out?"
Su Xin told the ins and outs of the matter, starting with his ability to feel something was wrong, then having a conversation with the taxi driver, and then opening the statue of the clown, successfully rescuing the hostages.
"I've looked at this statue several times, but I didn't feel anything wrong. After all, so many people coming and going in broad daylight are taking pictures and talking here. Who would have thought that it was still closed? What about alone?"
The captain looked terrified, feeling terrified. If he didn't find out in time, this life might disappear from this world.
"Miss Bai, you are really amazing."
"No, our search still can't find anything. For example, such a powerful mechanism design, we don't even know about it."
"Old Mo, he didn't know about this matter, and we didn't find it when we checked."
The captain sighed, this murderer could force him into endocrine disorders.
The doctor came out quickly and told them the test results.
"The patient is fine, but he hasn't eaten or drank water for a few days. He just relies on nutrient solution to maintain his body's basic functions. The tape on his mouth has been torn off by him. There is no trauma on his body. I think this can be told. The police are here to file a case, and if you need my help, I can testify."
"Thank you comrade, I am the policeman, and he is the hostage we just rescued."
"so."
The hostages had already been sent to the ward for IV drips, and the captain also received a call from Lao Mo at this time.
"The identity of the hostage has been found out. Zhang Shuyi, a person from a relatively ordinary family, has just left his job and has been missing for more than forty-eight hours. His family has come to file a case. The people over there are investigating. As a result, he disappeared on his way home from working overtime at night, and their company's surveillance showed that he had indeed left the company, but his family hadn't found him yet."
In fact, it is useless to find out the identity of the hostage at this time, because the murderer probably has already left the city long ago, fled, and is hunting for the next target.
His purpose is not to kill perfectly, but to design a hiding game.
It's downright annoying.
For the next time, Su Xin was waiting for the murderer to contact her, and for the man lying on the bed to wake up.
Liao Qingjie didn't know where she went, she was the only one sitting beside the ward.
The captain came in after making the phone call, and glanced at the man lying on the ward.
"His identity has been found out, and Lao Mo has notified his family members, and he will probably come to visit him soon. Zhang Shuyi is an ordinary office worker, but he was fired by the company a few days ago."
"Um."
Su Xin doesn't care about Zhang Shuyi's identity, what she cares about is what he can say to him after he wakes up, whether he still remembers what happened six years ago, whether he saw anything when the murderer kidnapped him , and did the murderer reveal anything to him
Ten minutes later, there were hurried footsteps at the door of the ward.
"Son! Did I find my son? Are you all right, son?"
As she entered, wiping her tears was an old woman with gray hair and a haggard face. After seeing the person lying on the hospital bed, she rushed over.
The one who walked in behind him should be Zhang Shuyi's father, wearing a pair of glasses, looking thinner and very educated.
Su Xin stood up from the bed and left time for the parents.
"I haven't seen you for a few days, why have you lost so much weight? What about the doctor? Where is the doctor? When will my son wake up?"
"Be quiet, it's late at night, it's still in the hospital, don't shout, son, isn't it all right, as long as there is no accident, don't quarrel with your son."
"Uh-huh."
Mother Zhang nodded.
"The doctor said that he should be able to wake up in two or three hours. Because he hadn't eaten or drank water for several days, his body was somewhat undernourished, and because he was in a closed and small space, he had trouble breathing. .”
Su Xin explained.
"Are you the police? Did you find my son?"
"She found it. If you want to thank her, thank her."
"Thank you, girl! Our old Zhang family owes you a big favor! What's wrong with my son? He was alive and kicking around a few days ago, although he worked very hard every day."
"Something happened, but no one was hurt."
Quiet was restored in the ward. Zhang Shuyi's father seemed taciturn and not very talkative. He stood beside the hospital bed quietly watching his son's sleeping face. Zhang's mother wiped Zhang Shuyi's face with her hands. s face.
"I'm going to buy some food and porridge for my son. He has been starving for several days. What if he wakes up and wants to eat? I'll go and pay her the hospitalization fee. You haven't paid yet, have you?"
Mother Zhang said, tucking the quilt for her son.
"It's not too late yet, you guys came very fast."
"That's good, girl, do you want to eat something, I'll bring it back for you."
"No, thank you, Auntie."
Su Xin and the captain walked out of the ward and waited. They all had something to ask, and it was too much trouble to go back now, so they just waited here.
Su Xin couldn't remember where Liao Qingjie was, and he didn't know where he went.
"Where's Liao?"
"I don't know where she went, but she should be nearby, and she won't be too far away from me."
After all, she is a woman who insists on being in the same room and on the same bed with her when she sleeps.
"Hmm, do you have any clues next?"
"Not at all, this situation is just too annoying."
"We can find Lin Qiaoying's information, but there is no news of her buying tickets with her ID card at major train stations, and her hostage state, when you saw her, she was in a coma. I think the murderer went out to commit crimes. Shouldn't have taken her with him."
"Yes, I think so too, because we don't know how many accomplices the murderer has, where the murderer's stronghold is, and who he will attack next."
The two fell into silence. The captain habitually wanted to take out a cigarette to smoke, but when he thought that this was a hospital, he deeply resisted the urge.
"It's really thanks to your help this time. I feel that I don't seem to be useful. I have been busy for a few days and it has no effect at all."
The captain looked at the white walls of the hospital and rubbed his fingers.
"You can't say that, but maybe it's a woman's sixth sense that is at work, so I think that the clown statue is not right. I don't have any rich investigative methods. It might not be okay for me to solve individual cases. After all I'm not someone who studies this stuff, the most important thing is that the murderer is playing a 'game' with me."
Su Xin said helplessly that it was really because there was nothing left after a blanket search, so he could only chew and deliberate on the existing clues repeatedly, and dissected all those things to see if there was anything missing. of.
"Captain, how could you not be of any help? You have helped me a lot, and Team Mo, if you hadn't spent a lot of energy to investigate one by one, I wouldn't have found something wrong so easily. After all, this Although the city is not particularly big, it is not small, is it? I searched bit by bit by myself, and I don’t know how long it will take to search.”
Captain Yile, a little embarrassed.
"In fact, the most important thing is luck. If I didn't take that taxi tonight, but another one. If I didn't meet that taxi driver, I might have missed the news. I will go to see that clown again." Statues won't show anything."
Fate is really a very magical thing, and it is not appropriate to say that it is destined in the dark, but it cannot be explained by scientific probability, just like luck, mysterious and mysterious.
"Yeah, what I heard is actually incredible. How could we meet by such a coincidence? Thanks to such a coincidence, and that master also likes to chat. If you meet someone who knows the truth but doesn't like to talk Yes, that's really... alas..."
Some clues are buried very deep, and if not at the right time, may lose its efficacy.
"It can only be said that the gods don't let this guy die."
"yes."
The atmosphere finally became a little more relaxed, instead of being stagnant in that heavy and breathless atmosphere.
At this moment, what I think of is only the ease of victory, instead of letting myself fall into the unknown confusion and fear all the time. Even if something is bound to come. But as long as you have a fearless heart, all difficulties will be easily solved.
Just like day and night, neither of them can be resisted by human beings.
It is inevitable, just like they have no way to stop the murderer from continuing to commit crimes so far, but fortunately, the murderer is not continuing to brutally kill and dismember the body, but adopts a way to solve the mystery.
But this is not that the murderer has become kinder, but has become more cruel and indifferent.
It is a kind of psychology to be able to kill people calmly and dismember corpses without feeling guilty, but to control the life in the palm of your hand, decide how he will die, let him tremble while waiting for the god of death to come, and enjoy the kind of playing The feeling of human life is another kind of psychology.
The latter must be stronger, more indifferent, more contemptuous of life, and more cold-blooded.
"I don't know when the next death communication will be. The murderer is playing games with you. Is there any reward for winning?"
"Yes, there are some secrets I want to know. Those secrets have nothing to do with the murder case, but at the end of the game, no matter whether I win or he wins, he will come back and kill me."
Su Xin stated that he was very calm here, but not a kind of indifference that transcends the world and sees everything, but a fearless self-confidence.
I am here, not afraid of anyone's challenge.
"At that time, many people will be sent to protect you."
"Does it fit?"
"If that's what you want, then of course we are also very happy. But don't you already have a personal expert by your side?"
The captain followed suit with a joke.
"Actually, she and I fight alone, and I won't be afraid. As long as you give me a weapon, a knife, or a gun."
"You know how to use a gun?"
"Well... I like darts. I used to practice at home for a while. I think my accuracy is pretty good. Although I haven't practiced for a long time, I threw them away."
There is nothing wrong with Su Xin's seamless connection, but she knows that the captain can't force him, so it's okay, she can touch Liao Qingjie's.
"Little girl film."
The captain smiled.
At this time, Su Xin's phone rang.
A number that didn't show where it belonged, and Su Xin knew who was calling.
The youth's voice sounded over there again.
"You really didn't disappoint me. On the last day of the game, you managed to save that person."
"The agreement between us, I will tell you a secret answer. But you have to know, the dominance is in my hands, and I have the right to tell you first, which answer to the question you are wondering about, let us talk about it How is Xiao Xiaoruo?"
"I don't want to hear this one, thank you, can I change it."
"If you don't want to hear this one, then we have nothing to say. You can only know the answer to the puzzle once in a game."
"Then tell me."
Su Xin didn't turn on the outside. Although the captain was by his side, this is the corridor of the hospital after all, and it is a public place.
"Why did she steal the mist map, and why did she murder you in the underground palace? Of course, it's because she cooperated with us. You don't need to know what she wants now, but she betrayed me. It's really useless to be with Tenli." It can be seen that she has such an ability, and the betrayer will die."
The young man let out a burst of joyful laughter, and seemed to be in a pretty good mood.
"So the next game has started?"
"You are really impatient, but I can tell you very honestly, not yet. You still need to wait quietly for a day, but I can tell you the keywords and location in advance, Kuteng, City R, the time is three sky."
The phone was cut off, but Su Xin was not as irritable as when she received the call last time, and her heart was very calm.
After all, it will come, anxiety will come, peace will come, it is better to make yourself feel better.
"The key word is withered vines, and the location is City R."
Su Xin handed the mobile phone to the captain and asked him to listen to the recording by himself.
City R is another city a little farther away.
"How can this murderer run so far, and run so far away?"
The captain has a mouthful of old blood, and it hasn't been long since he was out of breath.
"Withered vine? What is withered vine? Why is this keyword more abstract than a clown?"
The captain is devastated.
"City R, I'll buy a plane ticket first, and I'll book one for you by the way."
"Thank you, how much is it, you can tell me later."
The captain said in embarrassment that all his money was with his wife and he had to ask for it now.
"It's just the money for a plane ticket, it's okay."
You, the original owner, are relatively rich, because of the inheritance left by your parents after their death, and a large sum of money from the perpetrator, as well as the money from the insurance company. , the second half of life is still relatively abundant.
"How can this be done? It must be paid back."
This is not a friend, and it belongs to a girl's family, so I'm too embarrassed to rub it.
Liao Qingjie stood at the door of the hospital and called. It was Lao Liu who called her, with a particularly anxious and angry tone.
"Old Liao, where are you now? Can you help me? Your sweetheart, there should be nothing wrong with the captain here, right? Just one day!"
"What's the matter, you say first."
"My little niece called me just now. She was crying and felt aggrieved. She said she was bullied at school. After the teacher found out, she not only didn't help her but also bullied her. Her mother was out of town. Not at home, living alone in school, very independent, very good personality, a bit soft buns. She and his parents are not very close, those two are really workaholics, she dare not call to tell her parents She was bullied, because her parents would not come back to make decisions for her, let alone have a relationship with the teacher, she has been closer to me since she was a child, and complained to me for protection."
"Are you asking me to vent your anger on your niece?"
"Well, those two men and her head teacher are too much, it's disgusting, let me tell you..."
There is a relatively common nasty game between boys, that is, two boys hold a boy's leg and use the middle position to install a pillar. This is just a joke between boys. Of course, it should be treated differently. Play well It's a joke, and it's an insult if it's not played well.
The two male students in my niece's class saw that she was being bullied, so they hugged her leg and bumped it against a pillar, laughing nonstop.
"When I heard it, it really drove me to death. I wanted to pull out a gun and kill them both. My little niece grew up alone, so she is very introverted. What's more, her female head teacher."
I don’t know if it’s because most of the younger female teachers don’t have a good look at the female students in their class. When the incident happened, the female class teacher not only didn’t comfort her, but said something... 'It should be very cool', 'Why? They tease you if they don't tease others'.
"I really want to tear up that old woman, but I'm doing a mission abroad now, and I really can't get back. The main reason is that there is too little time. My little niece must hope that I will go to her immediately. , you go and help me deal with it, I will fly back tomorrow."
"No problem, I will definitely help with this kind of help."
A group of garbage.
"R City No. 2 Middle School, Grade 1 and Class 3."
"I'll send you the photo and name later."
"OK."
"Please, Lao Liao, I don't want my niece to have bigger problems in her heart at this time."
Those actions are enough to destroy a child.
Because this period is the most sensitive, the most confused, and the most overwhelmed. If you are rejected or ashamed, the sky will really fall down.