Well of Mystery

Bai Xiuqi asked: "You mean, the people who murdered Huang Xiangyuan are the same people who tried to burn the old village chief to death?"

"Yes." Jiang Chenglu nodded: "The specific perpetrators may not match, but generally they should be the same kind of people—those fugitives."

"Wandering criminals... are lurking on Rose Fire Island? Will they not be discovered?"

Bai Xiuqi muttered to himself, and then remembered something: "Do you still remember that Huayin and Huayang saw Tang Yilang send away two policemen on the beach at noon yesterday?"

"You should be Xiao Wang and Xiao Li." Li Mian responded: "The two of them are responsible for the daily liaison work in this sea area, but when I came yesterday, I heard that they were suspended for investigation because of accepting bribes. "

"That's right, Huayin once saw Tang Yilang give those two policemen red envelopes!" Bai Xiuqi patted the table, "It's because the policemen were bribed that they didn't conduct any interrogations on the people on Rose Fire Island." , so Rose Fire Island has become a hotbed for fugitives!"

"That is to say, there is a lot of doubt about Tang Yilang." Jiang Chenglu concluded, "Anyway, there are no other clues right now, so we might as well dig into him."

Although Huang Xiuqi on the side was still a little dubious, she also provided some information: "I heard from my father that when he is not on the island, Uncle Tang is always in charge of supervising all affairs. Therefore, many workers on the island are He brought it on."

"That would be more appropriate, wouldn't it? As the saying goes... you know people, you know your face, but you don't know your heart."

Jiang Chenglu sighed tut-tut: "Speaking of which, Tang Yilang was in the auditorium next door when the mouse accident occurred, and it took only a few minutes to do it. It's just about Boss Huang's ID card. I still can't figure it out, think about it." No way!"

Being unable to figure it out may mean that the time to solve the puzzle has not yet come, but no matter what, there is nothing wrong with staring at Tang Yilang first.Thinking of this, Bai Xiuqi suddenly realized that he might have to go to the auditorium again.

But at the moment the wind and rain outside are strong, not to mention that the typhoon will come later, it will be even more difficult to act.

"It's okay." Huang Xiuqi was not worried at all: "These headaches for you. People on this island have already thought about it decades ago."

Saying that, she asked Jiang Chenglu, Bai Xiuqi and Li Mian to follow her, and a group of people went downstairs to the hotel kitchen.

Because of the impact of the typhoon, the kitchen became a temporary storage room.Reserved ingredients and supplies are piled up everywhere.Huang Xiuqi walked to the front of the refrigerator with ease, and pushed away a large box of cabbage and the plastic anti-slip mat underneath, revealing a small square door.

She turned around and explained: "This is the basement. I heard from my father that people used to hide in the basement during the storm."

No wonder I saw a basement in the haunted house when I checked the hot spring two days ago, so it was for this purpose.Bai Xiuqi nodded, and asked again: "What if the water rises? Wouldn't it be more troublesome to hide underground?"

"This is a sloping land, not a seaside. Where can the rising water go? Besides, you'll understand everything when you go down and have a look."

Time is precious.Can't be wasted.The four entered the basement one file at a time, and soon discovered that there was indeed a hidden cave inside.

"Go this way."

Huang Xiuqi actually carried a flashlight with her, and quickly plunged into the darkness without looking back.I really can't tell, this girl who was coy and coquettish a few days ago.But at this very moment, he was so reckless.

"A serious woman is scarier than a man"——Bai Xiuqi suddenly remembered this sentence that she didn't know where she heard it.

Without further ado, it turns out that the basement of the hotel is not just a single space.Pushing open an iron door on the west wall, a dark and long passage appeared in front of you.Bai Xiuqi noticed a small cart in the corner.

The four walked silently along the dark passage.From time to time, iron doors can be seen inlaid on the walls of the passage.

Huang Xiuqi said that these are passages leading to different basements, with locks on the doors.Now there are houses with people, and the keys are in the hands of the temporary residents.However, Huang Xiangyuan has a master key in his hand, which can open all the doors in the tunnel.

The underground passages extending in all directions may have borrowed from the construction form of the North Island sulfur mining area, and it is not known how long it took to complete the construction.It is intertwined with the South Island's rich network of groundwater resources, so there are often weird trends and turns.

Fortunately, Huang Xiuqi knows all this well.In fact, as a semi-open and convenient passage between the residents of Rose Fire Island, there are many marks left here, which can be found with a little attention.

As he walked, Jiang Chenglu suddenly had an idea: "Is there a tunnel in Sea God Temple? Could Boss Huang be in the tunnel?"

"No." Huang Xiuqi shook her head regretfully: "The sea water is likely to pour into the temple, even if there is a secret passage, it will not be able to escape at all."

At this moment, Bai Xiuqi leaned over.Whispering to Jiang Chenglu: "There must be a road leading to Beidao. She must have brought the water and nine-colored flowers back through this passage just now. Just use the cart we saw just now."

"Then we can try to trace the ruts." Jiang Chenglu pointed to his feet—a thick layer of dust accumulated in the neglected underground passage, and it is not difficult for people to leave clear footprints on it.

Bai Xiuqi nodded, but obviously, the most important thing at this stage is to fulfill the promise to Huang Xiuqi.

They have been walking underground for about 15 minutes, and they should be close to the location of the auditorium.Huang Xiuqi muttered that the door should be nearby, when suddenly Li Mian, who was standing beside her, covered her mouth with one hand.

"Shh, there's a voice!"

Bai Xiuqi and Jiang Chenglu also fell silent immediately.The only sound left in the dark underground corridor was the ticking of seepage.Two seconds later, everyone heard "that voice" that Li Mian heard just now.

It was like something alive was moaning, muffled and painful.

The four of them listened in amazement for a while, when Huang Xiuqi suddenly pushed Li Mian's hand away, her voice trembling: "It's my father... This voice is my father's voice..."

Huang Xiangyuan, in this underground passage?

Father and daughter are united, if the factor of "concern leads to chaos" is excluded, Bai Xiuqi thinks there is such a possibility.The high-altitude fall last night, maybe the result was not as terrible as everyone imagined—maybe Huang Xiangyuan was blocked by some obstacles, or it was simply the strong wind on the edge of the cliff that saved his life.Later, in order to avoid the perpetrator's tracking.He came to this intricate and inaccessible underground world with injuries.

However, among the four, the most "professional" person gave diametrically opposite opinions.

"It's impossible for your father to be here." Li Mian shook his head expressionlessly: "Be rational, don't waste time needlessly."

His objection obviously made Huang Xiuqi very discouraged, but she looked at the direction the voice came from unwillingly.

Why did Li Mian say that?Just relying on the revelation of the anonymous person on the radio station last night?This is a little too confident!

Perhaps because of Tang Yilang's bribery incident before, Bai Xiuqi didn't like the police in this area very much.At this moment, he simply decided to stand on Huang Xiuqi's side.

"What exactly is it? Why don't you just go and have a look? Anyway, it doesn't sound too far away."

As he spoke, he grabbed Jiang Chenglu's arm and strode towards the place where the sound came from.

Perhaps because of accepting the hints in Huang Xiuqi's words, the more Bai Xiuqi listened, the more he felt that this moan was Huang Xiangyuan's voice.In a blink of an eye, he was already standing in front of a locked iron door, and the sound of groans came from behind the door.

Are you scared?Indeed a little.But fortunately, he still has Jiang Chenglu's "Dinghai Shenzhen Needle".

Without bothering with Huang Xiuqi's master key, Jiang Chenglu stretched out a finger and gently pressed on the door lock, only to hear a "click", and the keyhole opened in response.But what caught Bai Xiuqi off guard was that.The old iron door made a sharp turning sound when it opened, and as expected, the groaning stopped abruptly, replaced by crackling and messy footsteps.

"Don't run!"

Knowing that there was no need to hide anymore, Jiang Chenglu simply ran.Two or three steps rushed to the place where the voice came from just now.I saw that the small basement was empty, the iron door on the other wall was open, and there was another dark corridor outside, and no movement could be heard.

"Escaped." Jiang Chenglu was a little annoyed: "It looks like a guy who is very familiar with the passage."

"Forget about that, come and see this." Bai Xiuqi obviously found something on the ground.

"let me see!"

Huang Xiuqi who rushed over after hearing the sound snatched the small piece of paper from Bai Xiuqi's hand.It turned out to be an old photo. In the photo was a chubby and cute little girl with a childish hair.

"This is... my photo?!" Huang Xiuqi stretched out her fingers and stroked the surface of the photo tremblingly, feeling that it was not smooth.Even a little sticky.

"Dad kept this photo in the card case. The weather was so humid that the photo and the plastic film of the card case stuck together and he couldn't take it off. He still felt distressed for a long time..."

As she spoke, Huang Xiuqi's eye circles began to turn red again.Everyone (mainly Jiang Chenglu) comforted him for a while.It's hard to say that this is barely back to the topic.

"So, it was really Boss Huang who was here just now?" Bai Xiuqi threw a straight ball.

This time Li Mian finally stopped expressing his opinion.However, Huang Xiuqi was not as sure as Bai Xiuqi imagined.

"...Anyway, if it's really my dad, then he must have his own reasons for doing this. Now that he's gone, it's not so easy to find him. We'll continue with our previous plan."

Speaking of which.She paused, and showed an unhappy smile to Jiang Chenglu and Bai Xiuqi: "Sorry, I have something to discuss with Officer Li."

Bai Xiuqi said "Of course", and pulled Jiang Chenglu back to the corridor outside the basement.It was completely unknown what Huang Xiuqi and Li Mian said next, but Jiang Chenglu leaned over and whispered, "This girl and that policeman must have something to hide from us."