traces of all things

"One last time, ten—"

In the icy cave, a male voice sounded slowly: "What's wrong? Don't you change your mind?"

"Woooooo..." A woman on the ground on the other side was crying, "Cut me! Cut me!"

"Shut up." Without hesitation, Rui Chengye stabbed Tang Shaoyuan again, who was like a blood gourd, and turned his head to face Yin Sui's tear-filled face with a smirk: "It doesn't matter what you say—how much?" If you say a word, I will cut him one more time, how about it?"

Yin Sui didn't even dare to cry, but shook his head desperately to shed tears.

The long game was over, Yin Sui was in a mess and got a lot of dirt on his body, not even a piece of skin was broken. Tang Shaoyuan leaned against the gable wall, his body was covered with blood, and his mouth was already white.

Rui Chengye "tsk tsk" twice, picked up Tang Shaoyuan's clean pants, wiped the knife on them, and put them away.

He stretched out his hand and patted Tang Shaoyuan's face, with a bit of pity in his tone: "You still have some backbone, Huo Xuesong, that old dog, he pissed his pants in fright after scratching him a few times."

Huo Xuesong?

Tang Shaoyuan's brain was a little dull.

It should be the second body...

"Yu Zhi." He said angrily, "Your brother...he has been looking for you for more than ten years, and he found your hometown a few months ago. In Jiang Province, the murderer of your mother has been brought to justice , your mother's bones have been reburied..."

"He tried his best...don't hate him..."

His glasses were broken, and his vision was a bit blurry, but Rui Chengye's expression could still be seen to fluctuate violently when he heard this.

However, the fluctuation only lasted for a few seconds before he put on that world-weary and indifferent shell again.

"It's easy to say, do you have to ask me to send you a pennant to the police again? After 25 years of persistent pursuit, justice has finally been done?" He gritted his teeth and said mockingly, "What did you do?"

"Human traffickers are rampant. Every village has people who buy and sell people. Why is there no one to take care of them?"

"I personally went to the police station to report to the police twice. Those policemen were all idiots. They let me be taken back by that godly woman from Rui's family without asking any questions. They didn't think I was a child. Is it weird to be able to say so many things?"

"For you, of course it doesn't matter, as long as you have achievements." His voice trembled, and Tang Shaoyuan's neck was firmly stuck: "What about me?"

"Late justice, is it still justice? People are dead, all suffering is suffered, it's all shit!"

"It's just a casual job for you, but it's my whole life for me!"

Tang Shaoyuan was already weak due to blood loss. After being pinched like this, his eyes went dark, and he managed to squeeze out a few words: "Surrender yourself..."

With an indifferent expression on his face, Rui Chengye snorted mockingly, threw the fainted Tang Shaoyuan on the ground, stood up and patted his own stains, then turned and walked towards the exit.

"and many more!"

Seeing that he was about to leave, Yin Sui, who was on the ground, was so nervous that he couldn't take care of his fear, and screamed: "Didn't you say that we will let us go after ten blows?"

Rui Chengye's footsteps stopped, he turned his face under the light, and showed Yin Sui a smile that hates iron.

Yin Sui couldn't help shivering when he saw such a cold and terrifying expression on the almost copied and pasted faces of him and Lu Zheng.

"You, really. How did my brother fall in love with you? This IQ should have been eliminated long ago." He shook his head with a look of pity: "Can you believe the words of men, especially bad men?"

"Have a good night's sleep, and don't need to shout loudly, no one can hear you." He looked regretful: "Maybe you can live a few more days if you don't shout twice."

After saying that, he raised his hand, and after two clicks, the cave was plunged into darkness again.

**

"Brother..."

In the cave where you can't see your fingers, every little whisper is very obvious.

There was a burst of coldness on his body, and the moment Tang Shaoyuan opened his eyes, he found that there was darkness in front of him.

Am I dead?How is it still conscious?

So unscientific.

"Hello! Are you awake!" A faint female voice sounded from a distance of one or two meters to the right.

This voice brought Tang Shaoyuan's sanity back to reality.

By the way, this is the cave where he was trapped with another woman who was identified as the brother's "girlfriend" for some reason.

He tried to raise his arm, but found that his fingers and feet were still feeling, but he lost too much blood, and he could feel the thin blood scab on his wound cracking with a slight movement, which was very painful, and his whole body was cold, and his eyelids were swollen. Hot, kind of like having a fever.

"Wake up." His voice was hoarse: "How long has it been?"

Yin Sui understood what he was asking: "I can't guess, but it's been at least two or three hours."

"I'm...not dead yet..." Tang Shaoyuan coughed twice, and calculated in his heart, it should be dawn by now, and the brother should have discovered his disappearance, but this place is dark even in the daytime, according to Rui Chengye The statement should be very concealed, and I don't know if it can be discovered by them smoothly.

There was no sound from Yin Sui again.

Tang Shaoyuan tried to concentrate, but found that in addition to Yin Sui's voice just now, there was a rustling sound of metal rubbing in his ears.

"What noise?" he asked sharply.

"Don't talk yet!" Yin Sui said in a rough voice, which sounded a little panting.

Tang Shaoyuan shut his mouth wisely.

The sound of metal rubbing continued to sound, with a few crisp knocking sounds, which actually sounded a bit disturbing, like the sound of fingernails scratching on a blackboard.

But in this kind of darkness where you can't see anything at all, Tang Shaoyuan doesn't hate this kind of voice.

The constant small noise made him feel alive.

What is brother doing now?He thought feebly, are you worrying about me?Are you looking for me?

Panic and anxiety are especially easy to breed in the dark. During the long wait, Tang Shaoyuan seemed to be able to hear the sound of his own wound bleeding out.

It's like the countdown of your own life.

This reminded him of a famous experiment. When he was in college, his tutor told them that a psychiatrist blindfolded a condemned prisoner in a room, then pierced his arm, and then turned on the faucet to let it flow out. Drip water slowly and tell the condemned prisoner that this is the sound of your blood dripping.

A few hours later, the condemned prisoner was found dead on the seat. The cause of death was shock, and the small gash on his hand had already healed.

"Calm down, you still have to get out alive!" He thought silently in his heart.

Yes, cheer up, you have to live—go out and tell the brother to be careful of his brother—

He still doesn't know that Yu Zhi is the murderer of the previous two serial murders and dismemberment cases, don't be soft-hearted when the time comes, he was deceived by Yu Zhi...

Yu Zhi's insanity really doesn't seem to care about brotherhood... On the contrary, Tang Shaoyuan always feels that he keeps calling his brother, but deep in his heart hides a trace of resentment towards his senior brother... It's hard to say whether he will be right Brother is not good...

Thinking of this, Tang Shaoyuan instantly felt that his limbs had gained some strength. He struggled a bit, trying to see if he could pass through the handcuffs and slowly grind his hands out.

At this moment, the sound of rattling metal chains sounded.

"Huh—!" Yin Sui made a sound of relief, and found Tang Shaoyuan struggling there, and said quickly: "Wait! Don't move yourself! I've unlocked the lock, and I'm here to help you!"

The lock is broken? !

Tang Shaoyuan was frightened by this strong woman again: "How did you break it?"

It wasn't that he doubted Yin Sui's ability, but that he didn't know who this person was, and he called to stop when he wanted to make a move. What if it was Yu Zhi, a guy with a clear mind, who found him as a babysitter!

Yin Sui could hear doubts in his words, and immediately choked, but thinking of how many knives this guy had helped him, he still explained in a good voice: "I have been doing this for a few hours when you were unconscious just now...uh , I took off the steel ring in the underwear, and poked it open with that wire..."

Although the occasion was wrong, the corners of Tang Shaoyuan's mouth twitched a few times.

It's all right...!

Oh my god.

As if afraid that he would not understand, Yin Sui added: "Women's underwear has rims, otherwise how can they support it? Hey, fortunately, I wore an adjustable one today, otherwise my mother would have fallen here It hurts me to death, my nails are all chopped off. I really deserve to die! Buy a lottery ticket when I get home!"

While talking, he swiftly pulled Tang Shaoyuan's left handcuff, and began to fiddle with the wire.

Hearing what she said just now, Tang Shaoyuan thought that this girl had some special skills, but only now did she know that she had never been exposed to lockpicking before, and she just messed around. In his hand, the frequency was so high that he lost his sense of pain.

Both hands can be manipulated to make it like this. Just now she had her hands behind her back, so one can imagine what it was like when she was tied up.

Tang Shaoyuan felt that, among other things, this girl had a really strong desire to survive, and he admired it very much.

"Hey, say a few words." Yin Sui said after fiddling for a long time, "Otherwise I'm always afraid of unlocking a dead body."

Tang Shaoyuan heheed helplessly: "It wasn't you who didn't let me open my mouth just now."

"That was just now, and now I have mastered some skills." Yin Sui fiddled with the chain while asking, "What's your relationship with Lu Zheng? That pervert just now is Lu Zheng's younger brother? Why didn't I know?" I know."

Tang Shaoyuan was inexplicably upset when he heard this.

Really, don't you know it's not normal...

A real boyfriend like me is the only one who knows all the truth!

Thinking of this, Tang Shaoyuan coughed twice and cleared his throat, with a hint of pride in his voice: "I am his boyfriend."

As soon as the words fell, he felt his wrist was pricked by a wire.

"Oh my mother, I'm sorry, my hands are slippery." Yin Sui apologized rather ashamedly: "I'm just a little surprised."

"By the way, I'm sorry." She seemed to remember something and added: "Don't listen to that pervert just now, I have nothing to do with Lu Zheng. I was the one who treated me to dinner that day, because Lu Zheng helped me before. It's a big favor, it's not a date at all, that man is talking nonsense."

After thinking about it, Yin Sui casually gave him a thumbs up: "Not bad, you two are a good match."

Her words of praise were quite polite, but Tang Shaoyuan was still flattered and let out a burst of laughter.

There was a "click", and a handcuff was released at this time.

"Perfect!" Yin Sui said excitedly: "There is one more! Don't be dizzy! It will be done soon! I have found the technique!"

After many attempts, Yin Sui's unlocking speed became significantly faster, and the last handcuffs fell off within a few minutes. Tang Shaoyuan took a deep breath, stood up while supporting the rock wall: "Let's go quickly, if Yu Zhi It won't be good when you come back."

"OK." Yin Sui replied, "Do you have a fire? It's pitch black and you can't see the way."

Tang Shaoyuan's pockets were cleaned out, even his watch was taken off, and he was helpless at this time: "No, we can find it with our right hand against the wall and go all the way forward. "

This is a technique for navigating the maze. At this time, they don't know the structure of the cave, so they can only use dead horses as living horse doctors.

The two of them were not moving fast, especially Tang Shaoyuan, who had a lot of injuries on his body and his legs were a little weak, so he had to take a big breath after taking two steps.

This cave is really not a simple straight forward.

After hitting the wall several times in a row, Tang Shaoyuan had already outlined the shape of the entire cave in his mind.

"This cave is radial. There is a hall-like structure in the middle. There are four forked roads extending out. One leads to the place where we were locked up. One is a dead end. One end is a locked door. The last one should be the exit!"

"Amazing." Yin Sui was very impressed, and quickly supported Tang Shaoyuan to the exit: "My head is dizzy."

The road to the exit was not long. As a strong woman, Yin Sui was in good physical condition, and she walked to the end without slowing down a big man. Here they finally managed to see a little light coming down from the top of the cave. of.

"Damn... what should I do?" Yin Sui looked at the thin light, and worriedly glanced at Tang Shaoyuan who was almost exhausted.

The top of the cave is a plastic tube that goes straight up and down. It looks a bit like a closed slide in a kindergarten, with a visual length of five or six meters.

Tang Shaoyuan also quickly squinted his eyes to check.

The wall of the cylinder is smooth, and Yu Zhi should have a rope ladder or something on his body to get in and out. In his current situation, he has lost too much blood and is exhausted. If he wants to climb up smoothly, unless he grows Spiderman's fingers, it is definitely impossible. of.

Soon, he made a decision.

"Can you climb up by yourself?"

When Yin Sui heard this, he estimated the height and moved his hands and feet: "There is a high probability that I can do it. I have practiced Taekwondo and my physical fitness is not bad."

"Very good." Tang Shaoyuan said, leaning on the wall and quickly took off his blood-stained shirt, revealing his chest full of hideous wounds.

Yin Sui felt that it hurt to look at it, and couldn't bear to look away.

"Listen to me, you go up with this dress, tie it around your body or wrap it around your neck, as long as you can rub against the wall of the tube and get blood on it, after you go up, run in the direction of no one, and drag along the road Leave some blood on the clothes, leave the clothes there. Then turn around and run towards a place where there are people or roads, run as far as you can, find someone to call the police immediately, and then hide it, waiting for the police to come.”

"What about you?" Listening to his calm analysis, Yin Sui calmed down a bit, but he was still a little worried.

"I'll find a place to hide. When the police come, bring them to me. I can't climb up or run fast now. It's better to create the illusion that we both escaped."

Yin Sui nodded solemnly, and tied Tang Shaoyuan's bleeding clothes around his waist: "Take care, I'll find a place to call the police when I go up."

Tang Shaoyuan had reached the limit of his physical strength after walking this section of the road. He nodded hastily and saw that Yin Sui had rubbed his hands and climbed up the mountain wall little by little. dead end.

The cave was still pitch black, Tang Shaoyuan groped and found a small gap at the end of the dead end, and hid in.

I don't know how long it took, when he had already started to feel a little numb, a dim light appeared at the entrance of the dead end.

Is it the brothers? Are they here?

Tang Shaoyuan was agitated in his heart, and just about to respond, he suddenly closed his mouth nervously.

There is an echo effect in the cave, and a little bit of sound will be amplified clearly.

There are not light or heavy footsteps, a stable single light source, and a slight metal collision sound during walking.

This is not the brothers and the others - there is only one person!

Soon, there was a clear chuckle from the cave.

"Very patient."

It was Yu Zhi's voice.

The light changed its direction, and without knowing what Yu Zhi did, the whole cave suddenly became brighter.

"Tap, tap, tap."

Footsteps gradually approached Tang Shaoyuan's hiding place.

With his back tightly against the mountain wall, Tang Shaoyuan suddenly suffocated at this moment.

Oops.

He didn't expect Yu Zhi to have such a strong light source.

And when he walked all the way from the foyer back to this dead end, his body was probably... still dripping with blood.

Yu Zhi at the fork in the road raised his eyes indifferently, and drew a knife from behind.

Under the bright light in front of him, three traces of blood drops extended into the dead end of the cave.