In this quiet night, outside the mysterious air-raid shelter, I suddenly found a figure hidden in the dark. I think the other party must not be full, so let's take a walk in such a gloomy place!
Zhen Zhen also saw this sneaky figure, but perhaps because she still had lingering fears about the ghost hiding behind the mirror, she didn't rush over to grab him as usual, but picked up a small stone on the ground and threw it at it.
The stone sank into the darkness, and screams sounded immediately.
The voice of the other party made me feel familiar, and after a little thought, I knew who the other party was. Zhen Zhen didn't seem to be able to distinguish the identity of the other party, but at least she had determined that the other party was a human, not an ethereal ghost, and immediately rushed into the darkness.
After a while, Zhen Zhen led a crying child, walked out of the dark shadow of the tree, and said, "It's so late, why did you come here to play and still not go home?"
When the child appeared in the dim moonlight, my guess was confirmed—he was Jian Qin.
Jian Qin took Zhen Zhen's hand and walked over, crying while walking, "I'm sorry, I'm just having fun for a while, I'm sorry, I'm sorry..."
"Why do you keep apologizing to me? I threw stones at you, so I should apologize to you." Zhen Zhen looked apologetic.
Jian Qin didn't seem to hear her, and kept saying "I'm sorry". When they walked up to me, I wanted to crouch down and talk to Jian Qin. I was hit by the four claws of the Hidden Mirror Ghost in the air-raid shelter just now. Although the effect of the neurotoxin has disappeared, the wound is still aching, so I managed to get down on one knee with great difficulty.
"Jian Qin, don't cry, the police elder sister didn't know that you were hiding behind the tree. She thought it was a thief, so she threw the stone at him." I stroked his little head to comfort him.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm just having fun..." He was still repeating what he just said, which made me wonder if he was overly frightened.
"Sister threw you somewhere, did it hit your head?" He kept covering his forehead with his hand, so I wanted to remove his hand to see if he was seriously injured. If Zhen Zhen throws a concussion, it will be in big trouble.
Although his left forehead was swollen, there was no blood, so I don't think it should be a big problem. However, when he removed his hand, he found that the palm of his hand was stained with oil. I immediately grabbed his hand and asked solemnly, "Did you just touch the rope tied to the tree at the entrance of the cave?"
Like an electric shock, he suddenly shrank his hands and backed away quickly, perhaps because he was too panicked and accidentally tripped. As he fell to the ground, a yellow lighter fell out of his pants pocket.
Zhen Zhen stepped forward to help him up, and said to me in a reproachful tone: "Why did you lose your temper at Jian Qin again, you will frighten him!"
I walked forward with difficulty, picked up the lighter that Jian Qin had dropped, and raised it in front of her: "The reason why he keeps saying 'sorry' to us is because he was the one who lit the rope."
Zhen Zhen was stunned for a moment, then she put both hands on Jian Qin's shoulders and asked nervously, "Really? You set the rope tied to the tree on fire? Why did you do this?"
Jian Qin suddenly burst into tears, Zhen Zhen realized that she had lost her way, and immediately comforted the other person gently. After Zhen Zhen's patient comfort, his cry finally subsided, and he told us what happened in the sobbing.
It turned out that he remembered what happened in the afternoon, so he quietly walked over after school, and found that we had not left, so he wanted to find an opportunity to take revenge on me. The "revenge" he said, of course, did not want my life. He just wanted to get some shit for me to step on, or grab a caterpillar and throw it on me.
Then, he caught a bug in the woods, but ran back to find we were about to enter the dugout. He thought that after we entered the hole, it would probably take a while before we came out, so he ran to play first, and planned to come back to "revenge" after a while.
However, when he came back from playing, he found that the bug was missing. It was already dark at that time, and it was not easy to catch another one. Just when he was thinking about how to get revenge on me, he noticed the rope tied to the tree in the hole.
He didn't actually plan to burn the rope, he just thought that after igniting the rope, the flame would only burn along the rope, and eventually burn to me, which shocked me. So, when he found out that the rope was burnt, he was very panicked, afraid that we would be like the fourth and they would not be able to get out.
He knew that he was in a catastrophic disaster, and he was afraid that he would be beaten and scolded by his father when he returned home, so he did not dare to go home.
"It turned out to be like this, don't cry, we'll be fine now." Zhen Zhen comforted Jian Qin who was still sobbing gently.
I looked at the lighter that fell from Jianqin's trousers pocket and pondered a crucial question. Perhaps this question can be answered by Jian Qin, but he is very afraid of me now and only answers my question with a howl. In desperation, I had to send him home first, and find a chance to ask him tomorrow.
After taking him into the house, his father Wang Liang scolded him and apologized to us.
"Don't blame him too much. It is common for children to make mistakes. Teach him to distinguish right from wrong, and don't make it again in the future." I handed Wang Liang a cigarette, and he politely declined, saying that he did not smoke. I took out the lighter that fell from Jian Qin and showed him, "Is this lighter from your family?"
He shook his head and said, "No, there is a lighter on the shrine in my house. I also use it to give incense to my ancestors in the evening. You are definitely not from my family." He replied to verify my doubts.
When leaving Jianqin's house, Zhen Zhen asked me what to do now, because the person who burned the rope was Jian Qin, not Teacher Lu, whom we suspected before, which means that the information Xiaoxiang gave us was probably false.
"He gave us false information, what else could it be?" Zhen Zhen's eyes showed a firm light, but at the same time there was a hint of worry.
"I can't believe Xiaoxiang lied to us now." I smiled back at her.
"You're so emotional, it's impossible to find out the truth." Her worry had turned into reproach.
She was worried that I would not be able to accept it for a while, and that I was deceived by the accomplice I once trusted most, so she was so nervous. Although I did feel confused because Xiao Xiang was involved in this case, I can now analyze every issue rationally.
The Xiaoxiang I know is a person who will not lie casually. Integrity aside, one of the main reasons he doesn't lie is because no matter how perfect the lie is, there must be loopholes, and to plug the loopholes, more lies are necessary. However, more lies will inevitably lead to more mistakes and omissions, which is an endless vicious circle.
The best way to solve this thorny problem is not to lie, or to tell only part of the truth. This is often the case in the world. Even if you can make a statement, it does not mean that what you say is the whole truth. Telling only part of the truth can sometimes have the effect of lying without being exposed. For example, if I only say 1+1, the other party will definitely think that the answer is 2. Although 1+1 is a fact, it is only a part of the fact. If the whole fact is 1+1-1, then the answer is completely different.
If we use examples to illustrate, the most common example is the entertainment industry. For example, when a male movie star says that he is not married, fans will subjectively think that he is single. But in fact, not only is he not single, he has even given birth to several children. But he did not lie, because he did not marry his partner. However, the failure to register a marriage in the legal sense does not prevent him from being the husband of his partner and the father of his children.
This is the "art of lying" that Xiao Xiang taught me in the past, and I don't think he will forget it so soon. Therefore, I believe that what he said is the truth, and there must be something wrong with Mr. Lu. However, whether Teacher Lu is related to the case we are investigating is another matter.
"Don't worry, I won't be emotional anymore." I showed Zhen Zhen the lighter dropped by Jian Qin, "Do you have any impression of this lighter?"
She took the lighter and glanced at it casually and said, "It's just an ordinary lighter. You can buy it at any convenience store. What kind of impression will it have?"
"That's because you didn't pay attention." I took the lighter back and lit a cigarette for myself, "This lighter has been in use for a while, and there is not much natural gas left in it, and it's yellow. Think about it? Where have you seen it?"
After frowning and thinking for a long time, she seemed to have noticed the clue and replied solemnly, "I didn't expect it."
I almost fell to the ground and said angrily, "We just met last night. Isn't Mr. Lu using the same lighter when lighting his cigarette?"
"Really? I didn't notice these details." She frowned again, "Even if it is, what does that mean?"
"You're stupid enough." I tapped her on the head, "we borrowed the rope from Teacher Lu, and he said he accidentally spilled the oil on the rope, but this is only a side-word. Except for himself, No one can tell whether it was accidental or intentional. And only he knows that we went into the air-raid shelter to search. If Jian Qin got the lighter that ignited the rope from him, don't you think there is something strange?"
"It seems that there is really a problem..." She nodded vaguely.
I continued to analyze her: "Jian Qin doesn't have a deep hatred with us. If it weren't for a combination of factors, he wouldn't have burned the rope. At least he wouldn't run home to get a lighter just to burn the rope."
"So, Teacher Lu ordered Jian Qin to burn the rope?" She finally understood.
I shook my head gently: "It can't be said to be instigation, at best it's just an inducement. But one thing is certain, he created this condition."
"Then let's question him now." She said righteously.
I shook my head again: "Not yet. First, we haven't figured out why he wanted to harm us. Second, we can't do anything with this ordinary lighter. After all, such lighters can be seen everywhere."
"We can take it to the technical team and let Yuetong do the fingerprint identification!" She was still righteous.
I shook the lighter in front of her and said angrily, "Look carefully, what happened to this lighter by Jian Qin?"
The lighter was stained with oil and mud, apparently made by Jian Qin while he was playing, and the fingerprints may have been destroyed. And even if it wasn't damaged, there might not be Teacher Lu's fingerprints on the lighter. Since he can induce Jian Qin so cautiously, he will definitely not make such a low-level mistake. He should wipe off his fingerprints before handing it over to Jian Qin.
"Should we just leave him alone?" she said in disbelief.
"Of course not. I explained it to Wang Liang just now. When Jian Qin's mood calms down, he will ask Jian Qin where the lighter came from. As long as Jian Qin proves that the lighter was obtained from Mr. Lu, then everything will be fine. It will be fine."
She smiled and said: "That's good, let's go home and sleep first, and then go to Teacher Lu tomorrow to settle the account!"
"Sleep at your house, or mine?"
"Screw you!"
She kicked me suddenly, I am a wounded man with bruises all over my body!
The next day, Wang Liang called early in the morning to inform him that Jian Qin had admitted that the lighter was obtained from Teacher Lu. Jianqin also said that Mr. Lu was very strange last night. He did not let him play on the basketball court and drove him to the open space at the back of the school.
With such a reply, I can already confirm my inference—Mr. Lu deliberately induced Jian Qin to burn our "life-saving rope". Although I really want to arrest Teacher Lu immediately and question him why he harmed us, I have more important things to do, so I have to put it aside for now.
Zhen Zhen and I went to the forensic doctor again to look for fleeting years. The difference from yesterday is that it is me who will check the wound today, not Zhen Zhen.
Last night, Zhen Zhen wanted me to go to her house and ask her father, Uncle Shrimp, to help with the wound. But I knew that if I was caught by Uncle Shrimp, I would definitely take the opportunity to test whether I was interested in his daughter. So I didn't dare to go to her house, I just did some simple treatment on the wound after returning home.
After Liu Nian examined my wound, he frowned, as if he was thinking about a serious issue. I thought he was just figuring out how to tease us, so I rolled his eyes at him: "What the hell are you thinking again?"
However, things were not as I expected. He frowned and said solemnly, "Your wound doesn't even show any signs of inflammation."
"Isn't this very good?" Zhen Zhen smiled happily, "As long as the wound is treated in time, there will be no inflammation, just like I did the night before."
"You are different." Liu Nian shook his head, "After you were injured, you immediately asked someone to disinfect the wound, while Amu did not treat the wound until he went home. It took nearly two hours from the time of the injury to the treatment of the wound. It's enough time for bacteria to infect the wound. More importantly, his body is not as strong as yours, and unless it is disinfected immediately after the injury, it will definitely become inflamed."
"Then what is it that keeps my wound from getting inflamed?" I asked directly to the point.
"I don't know." He shook his head in confusion. After thinking for a while, he said, "I will give you a detailed physical examination."
"Are you worried we'll be poisoned?" I asked in astonishment.
He nodded and said: "Be careful, the Mirror Ghost is an incredible existence in itself, and I am worried that her claws contain some kind of even more incredible toxin. The reason why your wounds are not inflamed may be that It's because of a mysterious toxin in the blood."
"But aren't we doing well now, how could we be poisoned?" Zhen Zhen asked in confusion.
"Everything can't just look at the surface." Liu Nian said seriously: "It's not necessarily a good thing that you don't have inflammation. It may be that the toxins in your blood are too strong, killing all the bacteria that infect wounds, or it may be that your immune system has been affected. The destruction of toxins, cannot fight bacterial infection like normal people. Either way, it is not a good thing.”
When he said this, Zhen Zhen and I couldn't help but feel uneasy for a while, so we had to let him do a detailed examination from head to toe, including blood pressure, body temperature and conditioned reflex, so we didn't measure the height and weight. . But we were busy in the forensic department all morning, and the result came out that everything was normal.
However, when Liu Nian looked at the test results, not only did his brows not stretch, but he wrinkled even tighter: "On the surface everything is normal, it can only show that this toxin is highly bound to the body and is not easy to detect, but Amu's wound is not Inflammation is enough to indicate the existence of a problem. I must test your blood samples in detail to determine whether there is something wrong with your body."
His remark made me vaguely uneasy that the unknown is often more frightening than the known danger. However, just when I felt uneasy, the phone suddenly rang, and it was the boss who called: "Where did they all go? Wangcun Primary School was killed, and a teacher named Lu died!"