After checking the goods entry and exit records and documents of the chemical store, and comparing the inventory, I found that a barrel of formic acid was missing. After I repeatedly asked, Zhou Junlong actually said that he gave the barrel of formic acid to the orphanage's Director Lu.
"What does he want formic acid for?" Although formic acid is widely used, it is mainly used for production and should not be used in daily life. I really don't understand where the orphanage can use formic acid.
"I don't know, he said he wanted it, so I'll give it to him." Zhou Junlong was still a little panicked, and seemed to have lingering fears at my intimidation.
The license for this chemical store was obtained with the help of Dean Lu. He said that formic acid was needed, and Zhou Junlong and his son would naturally provide it immediately... Or, I should think like this: he needed formic acid, so he helped to get the license for the chemical store . In any case, it is necessary to investigate this Dean Lu.
After leaving the chemical store, we went to a courier company, and the courier who happened to be at Zhou Junlong's house just came back. After looking through the courier list, he told us with great certainty that Zhou Junlong was indeed at home around 6 o'clock in the evening ten days ago. At that time, they chatted for about ten minutes and left at about 6:30.
According to Meilong, it was less than six o'clock when Zhou Shaolong left the orphanage, so even if the elder brother went to the orphanage immediately after the courier left, he probably wouldn't have met his younger brother. That is, he has alibi. Both their mother and son have alibi, so the possibility that they are the murderers is not high, but there may be exceptions to everything, and the possibility of them committing crimes cannot be completely ruled out.
When I came to the orphanage again, I found Sister Yuan standing outside the door. She seemed to know that we would come here at this time. When she saw us, she went up to ask us if we had lunch and would you like to eat here
We had already had lunch before our arrival, so I declined her kind offer and asked her to take us to the dean. She led us to the dean's office without asking anything. On the way, she told us that the dean's name was Lu Ruihua, an orphan of the hospital, and he had been the dean for some years.
Originally, I thought that this capable Dean Lu was a forty or fifty-year-old Ojisan, but I didn't expect him to be about the same age as me. He didn't look more than thirty years old. A feeling of power. However, his eyes had a depth that his peers did not have.
After Sister Yuan introduced us, she left the office. President Lu asked us kindly if we needed his help. I asked straight to the point: "Zhou Junlong said you asked him for a bucket of formic acid, is that true?"
"Well, I asked him for a bucket a while ago. I wanted to pay him, but he refused to accept it, saying that it was donated to the orphanage." Dean Lu's expression was calm, without any change. It's like saying something very common.
"What do you want formic acid for?" That's the point.
"Wash the toilet!" This answer almost made me fall off the chair, but the other party showed an incredible expression, as if formic acid was originally used to clean the toilet.
Seeing my reaction to this answer, he smiled politely: "You wouldn't suspect that I used it to melt corpses, would you? As for Shaolong, I heard Sister Yuan say that if I wanted to melt the corpse, Isn't it better to use sulfuric acid? Also, even with sulfuric acid, you have to find a large tank to soak the corpse for a period of time! That tank of formic acid is really used to wash toilets, if you don't believe me, I'll show you." After that, he stood up and really wanted to take us to the toilet to check.
There are more women than men in the orphanage, and the men's toilet only has a palm-sized place, so he took us to the women's toilet. He happened to see Meilong coming out of the women's toilet outside the door. He asked if there was anyone inside. Knowing that there were still a few children using the toilet, he waited for them to come out and then brought us in. Meilong also followed curiously.
This women's toilet is quite large, with nearly 100 square meters. The floor is surprisingly clean, and the bedpan is not stained at all, as if it was just built. However, from the architectural style of this toilet, it should be the same as the church, with a history of over a hundred years.
I looked carefully at the floor and the bedpan, and they seemed to be made of some kind of stone, but I couldn't say what kind of stone. Although the color is slightly dull yellow due to age, it is also quite bright, perhaps because it is often cleaned with formic acid.
"Meilong, get out of here!" Just as Zhen Zhen and I were looking around, I suddenly heard Dean Lu's roar. I turned around and saw that he was grabbing Meilong's arm, and Meilong threw his hand away, kicked his calf again, and then turned and ran out.
This scene makes me feel inexplicable. I remember Meilong as a very sensible little girl, and the conversation with Dean Lu just now made people think that he is a gentle and good gentleman. What makes them so angry? And as an orphan in the courtyard, why did Meilong dare to be rough with the dean
With doubts in my heart, I asked Dean Lu what happened? He showed a helpless smile: "Meilong is a naughty child sometimes, you don't need to worry about her, I will find her later." He paused and said, "You have all seen this toilet, very Clean, right? The previous dean explained to me that we have to use formic acid to clean the place to be so clean, so we always use formic acid to clean the toilet."
Although using formic acid to wash the toilet can be regarded as a strange thing, but there is nothing wrong with Dean Lu's performance, so I have to accept this absurd explanation.
When we were about to leave the orphanage, we saw Meilong standing on the side of the road by himself outside the door, not knowing what to do. When we got closer, we found that she was vigorously destroying the weeds on the roadside with her feet. So I asked her what happened
"Are you going?" She didn't answer my question.
"Well, I heard that there is a lavender-covered hillside nearby, and we want to take a look."
"I know it's there, it's very close to here, I'll take you there." She suddenly became very happy and took our hand affectionately, wanting to lead the way for us.
However, before we took a few steps, a kind and serious voice sounded behind us: "Meilong! Where do you want to go?" Looking back, she saw Sister Yuan standing at the door, looking slightly unhappy, she added: "The dean just told me that if you make another mistake, you will be locked up."
Meilong's face immediately turned from sunny to cloudy, she stomped her feet, and ran back to the orphanage. We went up to ask Sister Yuan what happened, she sighed, and then showed a tolerant smile: "It's nothing, the children are just ignorant, you go to work! May the Lord bless you!" After that, he drew a cross on his chest He turned and left.
After she left, Zhen Zhen asked me, "What did Meilong do wrong to annoy President Lu and Sister Yuan?"
I suddenly thought of something and asked her in turn, "When you were her age, what did you think about the most?"
After thinking for a while, she answered with great pride: "At that time, training and competitions should be the ones that I thought most about! I have been very good in sports since I was a child, and I often won awards. There are too many certificates and medals at home to put them. "
"I really doubt you're a girl, oops..." I got kicked again. I rubbed my kicked ass and continued: "That boy is not affectionate, and that girl is not cherishing spring. Like Meilong's age, no matter how much she thinks about it, it should be a matter between men and women. Maybe she just wanted to use us to escape, Then go to meet your lover. If that's the case, President Lu and Sister Yuan should be angry too."
"Who will be her boyfriend?"
"There are not many men of the same age that she can meet in the orphanage. I am afraid only the Zhou brothers who often come to help. Now that the younger brother is dead, the only one left is the elder brother."
"Do you think it was the two brothers who killed each other for Meilong?"
"This possibility cannot be ruled out. Zhou Junlong didn't have much affection for this half-brother. If his brother Hengdao takes love again, it makes sense to kill him. But the question now is whether he is present or not. evidence."
"If Meilong is an accomplice, then everything can be explained." Zhen Zhen was very confident in her reasoning and seemed to want to arrest Meilong immediately.
I managed to hold her savage cow back: "Why does Meilong want to kill him, then there are girls who want to kill their suitors!"
Zhen Zhen was stunned for a moment, then she thought about it and said, "If someone bothers me every day, maybe I will strangle him to death."
"That's because you're not a girl at all, ouch..." He was kicked again, this time to the ground.
Although we felt that Zhou Junlong's suspicion was high, but there was no evidence to prove it, we went to the lavender-covered hillside near the orphanage to check, hoping to find clues.
On a sunny and windy afternoon, on a hillside covered with lavender, if you bring Miaomiao with a backpack of snacks, it will become an outing. Of course, our purpose here was not for outing, because Zhou Shaolong had lavender residues on his bicycle, and lavender is the only place in the vicinity, so it can be deduced that he should have been here before he was killed.
This hillside is not big, but it is not small. We walked for a few laps and found nothing special. It's early September, and the lavender season is coming to an end, but the lavender here is still blooming gracefully. Smelling the scent of flowers that can relax my nerves, I can't help but close my eyes and take a few deep breaths.
It is a very pleasant thing to walk with your eyes closed among the flowers, but unfortunately this pleasure disappeared without a trace for a long time. My feet suddenly stepped in the air, and the scream was still stuck in my throat, and I didn't know where I had fallen. My body kept slipping in the dark, and it took a while before it fell to the bottom. It seemed that something hard and brittle was pressed against my back, and I could hear a crisp cracking sound, which made me think I had broken a bone.
When I opened my eyes, I found myself in a very strange place. There were countless blue-green light spots in the darkness, as if countless pairs of ghostly eyes were peeping at me, and I almost fainted from fright. Strongly focused, I put my hand into my pocket and took out the lighter. When the faint light from the blue flames drove away the darkness, I was frightened again. This time I almost died of fright, because what I saw turned out to be bones everywhere.
After taking a few deep breaths to calm myself down, I began to carefully observe the bone-strewn hole. There is a hole on the top of my head, because the tunnel is tortuous, so the outside light can't shine in, but the hole is not high from the ground, and the tunnel is not wide, it is not difficult to climb out. Knowing that I wouldn't be trapped in this creepy place, I finally felt more comfortable, so I continued to carefully observe the surrounding situation.
This hole is a bit big, maybe a little bigger than two basketball courts. There are human skeletons everywhere, and there is a thick layer on the ground. Every time I take a step, there will be a palpitating sound under my feet. Moreover, the most surprising thing is that the human bones are very small, they should be newborn babies. Judging from the height of the accumulation of human bones, there are definitely no less than 2,000 baby bones here.
Although I don't have a wealth of forensic knowledge, it seems that these children should have been out of this world for a long time, judging from the fact that the baby's bones were broken as soon as they were stepped on. Continuing to check for a while, I actually found a wooden hairpin from the pile of bones. The handwork is very delicate, and the style is a bit familiar. After thinking about it, I finally remembered that this hairpin is very similar to the one on Meilong's head. .
At this moment, Zhen Zhen's cry came from outside the cave, and she finally realized that I was gone. There was nothing to see in the cave, so to avoid her worrying, I crawled out of the tunnel. The tunnel is very narrow, and I didn't feel anything when I fell in, but it was very troublesome to climb out. Who made me so tall, if I was as petite as Miaomiao, it would be easier to climb up.
"How old are you, you still crawled into the hole like a child to play!" After finally crawling out of this ghost place, she was scolded by Zhen Zhen as soon as she came out.
I had no choice but to explain: "First of all, I didn't go in to play; secondly, I didn't climb in, but accidentally fell in." After I climbed out, I carefully observed the entrance of this white bone cave. The entrance is in a lavender field, it's hard to find if you don't look carefully, otherwise I wouldn't fall in.
"What did you find in there?"
"I found this..." I handed the hairpin to Zhen Zhen, then patted off the dirt from her body.
"This hairpin is very special, but what does this mean?" she asked in confusion.
"Meilong's hairpin is similar to this one."
"Didn't Pastor Liang say that her hairpin was made by herself? Did she fall into it before?"
"Just ask her if you don't know." After I patted the dirt on my body, I retrieved the hairpin from her hand and returned to the orphanage with her.
In the orphanage, we didn't find Meilong, but we met Sister Yuan. She saw that I was dirty like a beggar and asked with concern, "What's wrong with you? Did something happen?"
"It's nothing, I just fell into the pit..." I told her about the discovery of the baby bone hole.
"May the Lord lead these weak souls to heaven!" She drew a cross on her chest. "I think what you found is the 'Dead Boy's Hole.'"