Chapter 1407 Huangsha Crossing
Huangsha Road, yellow sand is dim, the strong wind from the Gobi Desert pours into the Huangsha Crossing, making a ghostly howl. It is located in the north of Xisha City, less than five kilometers east of Shaqiu Town. Because there are sometimes caravans entering and exiting Huangsha Road, and in order to protect the safety of the people in the town, the guards of Sand Dune Town often patrol this area, firstly to find out if there are any signs of wild beasts, and secondly to prevent people from being killed. You won't end up leaving your body in the wilderness to be eaten by wild beasts.
Two days later, Binx came here with the security team. In fact, this place is not very far from Xisha City, but the weather is hot and the roads are difficult, so it only took two days to get there.
"Ahead is the Yellow Sand Road."
The whistling sand is particularly strong here, perhaps due to the terrain. On both sides of the Yellow Sand Road are two high and continuous pieces of wasteland. This opening, which is less than forty meters wide, is like a gap leading to the depths. The flowing wind in the Gobi wasteland gathers here, forming the strange ghost howl in front of you.
The guard guiding the way said: "To the west here is Sand Dune Town, and we are the body of the mayor found in front."
"Let's go over."
The further we walked towards the opening, the wind blew. It got bigger and bigger, and the sand and stones on the ground were picked up by the wind, which hit the body very painfully. Everyone rode on sand camels, with towels covering their faces and cloths on their heads. Only their eyes were exposed to look at the scene outside, and they walked forward under the leadership of two guards.
"There seems to be someone in front!" People with sharp eyes saw several figures in the wind and sand.
"Go over and have a look." Binx pinched the hunchback and walked over quickly.
As expected, there were five people at the foot of the mountain. At this time, they were also looking at the camel caravan approaching them.
"Hey, it's you!" As he got closer, Binx saw that one of the five people at the foot of the mountain was Alice, who had met him at the manor.
Alice covered her face with a silk scarf with one hand and waved to them, shouting: "You guys are coming so slowly."
"Why are you here?"
Alice waited for them to come closer before saying: "Why are you here, that's why I am here."
"What did you say?" Binx said angrily: "You guy, don't hinder my investigation. If you really want to piss me off, I'll catch you and throw you into the dungeon."
"Mayor, is this the mayor?" Two guards leading the way caught up from behind. They jumped off the sand camel and stepped forward to see that it was indeed the mayor.
One of the four people beside Alice, an elderly man, squinted his presbyopic eyes before he recognized the person: "Ah, it's you. Did you escort the body back?"
< br>"Yes." A guard introduced to the mayor: " This is Mr. Lurkav Binks, the Sheriff of Xisha City. He is here to investigate the murder of Mayor Khalid.”
“Oh,” the mayor of Dune nodded: "I have met Mr. Sheriff Bingx and I know him."
Binx got off his camel and said: "Mayor, why are you here at such an old age and still with this little girl?"
The mayor of Dune said curiously: "Why, she is not from Xisha City. To investigate the case?”
“What?” Binx laughed: “Why would we let a little girl investigate the case?”
“But? ..." The mayor of Dune said: "But this girl Alice said She came from Xisha City, and Sir Cobochin asked her to come here to understand the situation. When I heard that she was sent by Sir, I didn’t dare to neglect, so I personally brought three of the most capable guards here to investigate the scene.”
“Huh , She lied to you!" Binx said angrily: "You are really stupid, do you believe such nonsense? How could Jazz and I let a child do such nonsense about the mayor's murder? ”
"Ah!" The mayor of Dune pointed at Alice, blowing his beard and glaring in anger.
Alice smiled mischievously: "Don't be angry, old man. It's not good for your health to be angry. And who said I lied to you? I was appointed by Sir Lurkav to come here. I came here to understand the situation.”
“You are talking nonsense. Eight ways!" Binx was furious and pointed at Alice: "Come here, arrest her and put her in jail when you get back to the city!"
Lucas, Although Jennifer and Alice knew each other, it was hard to say anything at this time. But before the officers and soldiers could take action, Alice said first: "I found a few clues here. First, this is not a murder scene. I have surveyed the vicinity, including Huangsha Road, and there was no fighting nearby. traces. In other words, just like adults As you expected, this is just a corpse dumping site, and the real murder place should be somewhere else. Secondly, when I was checking nearby, I found a letter under the big stone over there." He took out the letter from his pocket and shook it in his hand.
"You, bring me the letter paper." Binx said angrily.
The letter was handed to Binx. He looked at it and said: "Sure enough, the murder of Mayor Khalid and the murder in the Jazz Manor were done by the same person. It says 'Death continues, this is the first time. Eight victims, but it won't be the last. I will make you live in infinite fear. '" After that, he handed the letter to the people from Cobochinbo.
Jennifer frowned: "This is the eighth deceased, not the tenth? Who is the tenth?"
Epsilon said: "Nine people have died in the manor. This is the eighth person. The gardener who died in the manor last time should be The tenth one."
Binx said: "So, the murder notice received two nights ago did not have a corresponding deceased?" Epsilin said with a serious face: "That's right. , which means someone will die.”
Binx asked Alice: "Is there a third one?"
"There is no third one yet." Alice smiled: "I just came not long before you. That's all we found."
Binx snorted: "For the sake of your honesty, I won't let the soldiers tie you up. really It’s suspicious. Until I figure out what you’re going to do, just stay here and wait for me to take you back to Xisha City for interrogation.”
Alice didn’t pay attention to what he said. But he asked: "By the way, do you have Mayor Khalid's autopsy report with you?"
"Why do you ask this?"
Alice said: "I said I was entrusted by Mr. Sir to come here to investigate the case. How could I not read the autopsy report on this serial murder case?"
Binx was angry. : "You still dare to talk nonsense, when did the Jazz entrust you with this matter?!"
"If you don't believe it, when you go back You can ask Sir, I won’t leave anyway, but I want to see the autopsy report now.”
Binx was really angry, but when he saw that Alice’s words were true, He didn't dare to confirm whether she was lying. He did meet Alice when he was at the manor. Maybe this was the case. He thought for a while and had to say: "I didn't bring the autopsy report with me. If you want to see it, you can wait until you return to Xisha City to see it."
"Oh." Alice was a little disappointed.
At this time, Jennifer stepped forward and said: "It doesn't matter. I have read that report and I still remember the contents. Why don't I tell you about it."
Alice pursed her lips and smiled: "Then Thank you, Sister Jennifer.”
Because there are more people, we have expanded the scope of the investigation. In fact, this is just a corpse dumping site, there is nothing interesting, so it is good to get so many clues. However, the mayor of a city must be dead, and the matter is of great importance. Even if it is a routine matter, Binx must go to the scene to search carefully, not to mention that this is not just a routine matter.
After listening to Jennifer's autopsy report, Alice couldn't help but think deeply, because there were many doubts in it, the most suspicious of which was time.
"Is it a routine matter for you to go to Wong Sha Road to look for you?"
"Yes."
"How often do you usually come to look for it?"
Epsilin was asking the guard who found the body, and Alice, who was not far away, listened. When he arrived, he came over. This was exactly what she wanted to ask.
The guard said: "This is not necessarily true. Generally, inspections are done once every five days, but sometimes the intervals are longer, maybe seven days, or ten days."
"Then. How many days passed between your last inspection and this one?”
"Five days." The guard said firmly.
“Five days.” Epsilin said: “The autopsy report said that the deceased’s death time was eleven to thirteen days ago, that is, between June 15th and June 17th, and you The body was discovered on June 28. You sent the body to Xisha City three days later, right?"
The guard thought about it and nodded: "Yes, that's true."
< br>Epsilin added: "And the murderer The time for dumping the body was between June 23rd and June 28th, from when the deceased was killed to when the body was dumped on Huangsha Road. This is strange. Why did the murderer take so long to dump the body, and why did he dump it here?”
The guard was confused: “Is there any other reason for dumping the body? Maybe the murderer just found a place where there is no one?” Throw it away”
Epsilin was about to open his mouth when he heard someone next to him say: "No. Mayor Khalid was heading west when he was out on business. If the murderer just dumped the body casually, he wouldn't have dumped it here." The speaker was Alice, who was about to leave the body here. He held his chin in thought and said: "This is the north of Xisha City, too far away from the direction the mayor is walking. And this place is not at all It is not suitable for dumping corpses. Generally speaking, murderers will choose the more secluded places such as rivers and woods, but you said that the Yellow Sand Crossing is the only passage to the east here, and caravans pass by here from time to time. , doesn’t this go against the purpose of throwing the body away?”
Apsilin looked at Alice and stopped talking.
The guard nodded and said: "Hey, what you said makes sense. But why did the murderer dump the body here again?"
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(End of this chapter)