sincerity of lies

The room emerged from the darkness again.

In the surging darkness, there is only a small desk lamp on the table, emitting orange light like the setting sun.

The black shadow pressed heavily to the edge of the table again, opened the locked drawer, took out the notebook from it, and turned to a new page.

The black shadow took out the paper sandwiched between this page and shook it open. On the front of the yellowed paper, it read: "Kitchen Diary"

Kitchen Log:

The 8th voyage April X, 1976

Staple food

蔬菜

meat

……

Tableware disinfection and records

Sanitation staff: Lin Xiaodao

Event: The staff who went to the captain's room to deliver meals found the captain dead

Turning to the back of this page of the diary, there is still a handwritten diary.

1976. 3, 31

Things got a little awkward.The captain found Miss Huo and insisted on taking Miss Huo to the captain's room to take care of her.Of course, it is not the kind of care of a room. The captain's cabin is a suite with a living room and a bedroom. The captain is going to give up his bedroom to Miss Huo, and he will sleep in the living room outside.

I think this is acceptable. After all, it is a separate bedroom, the door can be locked, and it is connected to the deck overlooking the sea. The conditions are better than the boxes in the hot engine room.

It's just that Lu Kun's face is always gloomy, and the sailors have great opinions.

well!It was also the captain's fault.If you take Miss Huo away, you will take Miss Huo away. Why do you tear up the skirts that the sailors made in a hurry and trample them under your feet?It is also said that the sailors are so numerous that it is hard to guarantee that there will be some wicked ones who will steal Miss Huo's luggage.

When Miss Huo said that she didn't lose anything, she said that someone would covet Miss Huo's beauty.As Miss Huo's ship owner, he has the responsibility to protect Miss Huo's safety.

He must have taken himself too seriously.This boat belongs to Boss Huo, not his!But he was indeed the biggest on board, and he had no choice but to do so.

In short, thanks to the captain's arrogance and cursing in full view, everyone on board the ship, including the seabirds that happened to fly by in the sky, knew that the beautiful Miss Huo was on board!

1976. 4, 4

It is said that Fangmin's mouth is stronger than Fangchuan's. It can be seen that people with high status cannot be unscrupulous all the time.This is the fifth day that Miss Huo was taken away by the captain.In the past five days, the dissatisfaction of the people not only did not subside, but intensified.

The reason is the captain's cabin.Although the captain's cabin is a suite, it has only one bathroom, which is located in the living room.In other words, whenever Miss Fanhuo needs to use the bathroom, she has to come out of the bedroom and enter the bathroom in the living room.

The walls on the boat are very thin...

In short, everyone couldn't stand the fact that Miss Huo's every move, and even any privacy, had to be exposed under the captain's nose. From the sailor to Lu Kun, they all tried their best to ask Jin Song to help visit Miss Huo.

Jinsong is the first mate on the ship, second only to the captain. The room he lives in is also adjacent to the captain's cabin. The most wonderful thing is that standing on Jinsong's deck, he can hear the voices of the neighbors, and he can also talk to the neighbors.

Jin Song didn't want to get involved in this matter at first, but there were too many people asking for it, and he himself was a little curious, so he finally agreed to everyone's request and contacted Miss Huo once.

During this contact, the gloom on Lu Kun's face was transmitted to Jin Song's face like an infectious disease.

As soon as I met him face to face, I felt anxious, feeling that something must happen today.

It happened.

Lu Kun suddenly asked me to go to the engine room. I wanted to go, but I was also worried about the things I would encounter after I went. Yi, even Lin Xiaodao in my kitchen is there, they are all waiting for me.

As soon as I arrived, Jin Song said frankly: "Lao Fang has mischievous thoughts about Miss Huo. Miss Huo cannot be allowed to stay in Lao Fang's room anymore. We plan to have a showdown with Lao Fang, take Miss Huo out, and put her in another room." safe place."

"We", which "we"?I really want to ask this question, but looking at the form, I already understand that the so-called "we" refers to everyone in the scene except me.

I was so flustered that I couldn't help myself, and said for a long time: "Old Fang... the captain is in his forties, could it be a misunderstanding?"

"I heard it with my own ears on the deck." Jin Song looked worried, "I said that the bedroom was used to accommodate Miss Huo, but Lao Fang entered the bedroom, pressed Miss Huo every step of the way, and sweared. I didn't expect him to be lustful." At this level of obsession, Boss Huo won't talk about how he treats us, but just say that Ms. Huo is younger than his daughter!"

"The thief shouts, "Stop the thief!" Someone in the water hand yelled angrily, "It's not us, it's him who has mischief against Miss Huo!"

Everyone's glances, my words, and every sentence are criticisms of the captain and sympathy and worries for Miss Huo.

I was worried and afraid for a while, and thought of Miss Huo's weakness and helplessness for a while. In the end, I didn't know what to do, so I agreed to the matter.

Today was late, and they set the time to confess to the captain for the next day.

1976. 4, 5

When I woke up, I regretted it again.

I think they can pick up Ms. Huo. After Ms. Huo comes out, she will be able to return home safely after the voyage is over, but the captain is still the captain. remember me.Miss Huo is gone, but I still have to work on this ship.

The matter soon came to the time when everyone headed to the captain's cabin collectively. Lin Xiaodao came to call me. I excused that the pig's feet were stewing on the pot and let him go first. I clearly saw the corner of Lin Xiaodao's mouth curled downward. Alas...but he didn't say anything, just turned and walked away.I couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, but also felt lost...

The time is very fast, about 10 minutes, it is not enough to taste the pig's trotters, there is already a lively noise outside, I stood in the kitchen and looked out, I saw a group of people laughing and laughing, everyone is so excited Happy, they collectively sang loudly, and their voices spread far and wide on the sea.

Miss Huo stood in the middle.

Blocked by the crowd, I couldn't see her face, only her long black hair.

That hair is beautiful, like satin, black and shiny.

Later, Lin Xiaodao came back, and I asked him about the situation. He laughed, obviously he hadn't recovered from the excitement before, so it turned out that not only those people I saw before, but even the deck master and the others went to look for the captain. , also followed, almost two-thirds of the people on board gathered in front of the captain's room, asking the captain to let Miss Huo go.

Not only was the captain forced to let Miss Huo go, Jin Song also made the decision to lock the captain in the room temporarily.

1976. 4, 8

For three days the captain was locked in his room.

In the past few days, Jinsong has been in charge of all matters on the ship, and I regretted it a little... At that time, I should have gone to the captain's room with Jinsong. Jin Song is the new captain!

Miss Huo finally had her own room and was able to move freely on the boat. It was obvious that she was very happy, but there was also a haze in her happiness.I have been guilty of not being able to help her before, so I chatted with her, wondering what kind of haze darkened her beautiful face.

Fat people are not easy to get women's love, but easy to get women's trust, especially fat chefs are easy to get trust, why?I don't know too well, maybe women can feel a little peace of mind from the smell of oily smoke that lingers on me all day long?

My image has an advantage, and I tried my best to tell a lot of jokes to amuse Ms. Huo. Ms. Huo has a really good personality, and she is not at all arrogant like an ordinary beautiful woman. She also collects her own jokes to exchange with me.

The joke was over. Finally, I asked Miss Huo what was bothering me recently. Miss Huo bit her lower lip and stammered...

Someone peeked at Miss Huo taking a shower and going to the toilet!

I immediately told Jinsong about it, Jinsong was very caring, turned around to find Lu Kun and the deck chief, and finally called other people for a meeting.

This time, unlike the captain's groundless accusation, Miss Huo said it herself. Everyone was neither suspicious nor angry. Instead, they were instantly outraged and wanted to find out the person who did such a despicable thing.

But Ms. Huo had never seen anyone peeking at her, and there was no way to start catching the molester. After everyone discussed, she took the initiative to propose not to act alone, but to pair up to prevent such things from the root cause.

This is what everyone meant, and Jin Song naturally nodded in agreement.

However, at dinner time that day, when the person who went to deliver meals to the captain opened the door together, he found:

The captain is dead!

Not only is the captain dead, but he is also dead in the secret room!

The door to the deck in the bedroom is locked, and the door to the outside world in the living room is also locked. In the locked room, the captain was killed!Who killed the captain and how?

Because the captain's cabin was always locked, the three people on board who were in charge of the key to the captain's cabin became the first suspects.

The strange thing is that these three people are with other people all day today, and they have no time and space to kill the captain.

So how did the captain die in the chamber?

Rumors arose on board...

Ghosts are killing people!

I, Chu Xingfa, promise that all the diaries on this page are written by myself, and I hereby explain.

Something is not right.

Meng Lingshan stood in the corner, fidgeting with a cigarette.The cigarette was bent and twisted in his palm, the wrapper was torn, and the shredded tobacco fell to the ground from between his fingers.

Since when did it go wrong?last night.When I was drinking last night, I obviously controlled the amount and drank very little, but I felt like I was drunk and dreaming.

When I woke up, I felt a headache like being drilled by an electric drill. This feeling has not disappeared, and there was another scream outside: "The boat is broken..."

Is the boat broken?

What's wrong, hit an iceberg?

Meng Lingshan remembered the classic plot of the Titanic for a moment, and thought with a smile: It doesn't matter if it hits, it's over once and for all.

But then, looking at the short sleeves on his body, he couldn't help scoffing in his heart: spring and summer are at the turn of the season, where is the iceberg hitting you.

Then I stepped out of the room, and only then did I realize that "the boat is broken" means that the boat was destroyed by someone.

Now, Mr. Liu also came to the central hall with his bodyguards, his face was as dark as the sky outside which was thundering and lightning, and was about to be windy and rainy.

But at this time, Mr. Liu's expression was not good anymore. The big event of the ship being destroyed shocked everyone's hearts and made them discuss a lot.

The staff on board were running around the ship, and all kinds of bad news came back:

The captain's cabin was completely destroyed.

Cameras and monitoring rooms were damaged.

Radio and satellite phones are not available.

The combination lock on the door below deck was also broken!

Mr. Liu sitting in the middle hall was motionless, like a heavy old man.He was thinking, who on earth dared to break ground on Tai Sui's head after eating the bear's heart and leopard's courage?

Meng Lingshan speculated and analyzed the current situation:

The damage to the captain's cabin means that the ship has completely lost its ability to sail; the damage to the monitoring probe and equipment blinded more than half of Mr. Liu's "eyes", and the radio and satellite phones were unusable, making Mr. Liu's "ears" go away. Not following in the footsteps of the eyes, of course, also means that Mr. Liu cannot directly ask for help from the outside world.

This luxurious palace on the sea seems to have really become an isolated island.

But what's the purpose of damaging that door below the deck?

Is it a matter of convenience, simply causing damage?Or do you not want Mr. Liu to have too many armed forces?Meng Lingshan stood in the corner, his body motionless for a long time, his eyes resting for a moment, and he had caught everyone in the scene.

Many people went down.

Boss, woman, security guard, waiter, doctor.

It can be said that [-]% of the people on board are below deck at the moment, participating in the "game", including Ji Xun.

"What's going on? The women are gone. Those of us who don't participate in the game don't even deserve women?" The eight bosses standing on the scene complained loudly.

Mr. Liu with two personal bodyguards frowned, but he didn't speak.At this time, when the "game" was introduced last night, the three masked bosses who stayed beside Mr. Liu also came down with their own personal bodyguards.

Just at this time, another crew member rushed into the nave, bringing the latest news:

"Mr. Liu, the lifeboats hanging on the sidestring are gone!"

Mr. Liu suddenly raised his eyebrows.

Meng Lingshan also caught the truth about the destruction at the same time——

The disappearance of the lifeboat means that someone escaped in the lifeboat.

This makes sense. The purpose of destroying the power of the big ship, cutting off the communication channels with the outside world, isolating Mr. Liu's manpower, and taking away all the lifeboats is to prevent Mr. Liu from interrogating and chasing them.

So who will escape?

The woman and the crew on board.Meng negative mountain came to a conclusion.On this ship, only women wanted to escape. They persuaded one or a few employees to do the damage, and then escaped with lifeboats!

Meng Lingshan thought about it, and found that Mr. Liu's brows were also stretched.Mr. Liu relaxed. Of course, the enemy hidden in the dark is the most terrifying enemy, because human imagination is best at adding oil and vinegar, and it will give the unknown a lot of fantasy. Once the enemy is exposed to the sun, when the eyes clearly see He, he becomes a simple trouble, nothing more than the difference of size.

For Mr. Liu, the current enemies, although causing many problems, they are just a small trouble like lice.

Meng Lingshan suddenly glanced at the group of masked bosses.

None of the bosses looked at him.

But the line of sight he felt just now was not an illusion. When he was watching the ship secretly, some of the bosses were also watching him secretly.

Why?Did he show any flaws?

Mr. Liu spoke in a very gentle voice: "Don't worry, everyone, there was indeed a small accident on board, but we can solve it."

"How to solve it?" Some of the bosses were dissatisfied, "Now I can't communicate with the outside world!"

"This is because someone set up signal jammers on the ship. As long as they are found, the communication will be restored. My staff will deal with this matter as soon as possible."

"There are only seven bodyguards left here. It's too embarrassing for them to find the whole ship." Another boss seemed to be mocking.

"There are still people." Mr. Liu smiled and looked at the three bosses with bodyguards.

This time on board, because it was Mazu's birthday and there was a "game", all the bosses did not bring personal bodyguards, except for the three beside Mr. Liu.

The three bosses also understood what Mr. Liu meant, and waved their hands, indicating that the bodyguards who followed them would meet with Mr. Liu's people. In this way, the bodyguards became ten people.

Ten people is still very small compared to the normal situation.

However, with the upper and lower decks isolated and unable to communicate with the outside world, Mr. Liu could not conjure up more people.

Meng Lingshan kept an extra eye on these three bosses. From last night to now, all indications show that these three bosses who are about the same age as Mr. Liu are members of Mr. Liu's organization. Even if their status is not as good as that of Mr. Liu, It can't go anywhere.

Of these three people, one was fat, the other had liver-colored complexion, and the other had no distinctive features, except that there were more age spots on his face and hands.

"Today, please stay in the room as much as possible during the day. I think we will be able to produce some results after checking until night at the latest." Mr. Liu said, "If these bodyguards knock on your door at that time, please cooperate as much as possible." .Find the signal jammer as soon as possible, and this place will return to normal sooner.”

"What the hell, the women are gone, and you can't even watch TV. You're not here to relax, you're going to jail."

The eight bosses complained in front of Mr. Liu.

After all, something went wrong on the ship, so Mr. Liu had no choice but to pretend he didn't hear it. The eight bosses couldn't do anything about it. At this time, they had to rely on Mr. Liu's people to restore the ship to normal, so they had no choice but to return to their rooms cursing. inside.

After the boss left, Mr. Liu summoned all the crew members.

Including myself, there are eight crew members on the scene, plus ten bodyguards, Mr. Liu, three other bosses, and the eight bosses who just left. There are a total of 30 people staying on the deck now.

Bodyguards were dispatched to search for jammers, and their crew was asked to stay in the room.

Meng Lingshan followed the crew and walked two steps to the residence, found an excuse, and left.He circled the boat and came below deck.The deck they boarded on was the aft deck, and this one was the bow deck.

Walking down the stairs on the deck, and walking about half a floor away, Meng Lingshan saw the entrance of the "game", a space like a hallway, and there were some people-high people standing directly opposite the gate. Statues, there are cameras in the corners of the ceiling, and of course the cameras are no longer working.

Meng Lingshan took a rough look around and focused on the gate.

An alloy door twice as large as the one displayed in the banquet hall yesterday appeared before the eyes, the color of gold under the dark deck, a dark green flashed from time to time.The fingerprint lock and combination lock on it were all badly damaged, and the keyhole was blocked. Once the opening method of this kind of door was destroyed, it would absolutely be impossible to break it with ordinary axes, saws, and guns.

If he wants to open the door, unless Mr. Liu finds a jammer, restores smooth communication, and finds professional personnel and props from outside.

Ji Xun is inside... There shouldn't be any safety issues... It's just a pity that when the ship's performance is paralyzed and the ship's defenses are like a sieve, if Ji Xun is outside, the two of them can work together, and there are too many things that can be done up...

Meng Lingshan, who was still in deep thought, was suddenly startled.

His ears didn't hear any sound, but his spiritual sense gave him a warning.Without thinking too much, he dodged into the tall statue next to him.

In about tens of seconds, a person walked in.

Wearing a suit and a silver mask on his face, he came to the gate and looked at it silently.

who is he?What are you doing here?

Meng Lingshan thought, he was peeking out from the edge of the statue, looking at the height and shape of this man...Compared to a normal boss, his figure is too well maintained, without any deformation and looseness of the pile of wine and meat Due to the relaxation of exercise, his height is quite eye-catching...

Looking at it, the figure and height of the person in front of him matched that of a person he knew. A ridiculous thought flashed through Meng Lingshan's mind:

Could this person be Huo Ranyin?

But he immediately laughed:

Even if Ji Xun revealed the ship, even if Huo Ranyin knew about the ship, how would Huo Ranyin get on the ship?

The reason why Mr. Liu's ship can exist safely and safely for a long time is because Mr. Liu's review of the guests and employees on board is extremely strict.The reason why Ji Xun was able to board the ship smoothly was because he had won the trust of Mr. Liu through Chen Jiashu's affairs, and he had mastered a small boat and the route to the big ship.Even though it took so much effort to get to this position, the route at that time was not fully known from the beginning, but Mr. Liu sent him a heading every once in a while, and he arranged for Ji in a diving suit to go forward. Asked to go to the location in advance to wait for boarding, and then replaced the original boss, and then succeeded in fooling around.

In this case, what does Huo Ranyin rely on to successfully board the ship?

The man didn't stay in front of the gate for long, and quickly turned around and left.

After the other party left, Meng Lingshan stayed inside for a few more minutes. After making sure that he would not be killed, he came out from behind the statue and returned to the room.

It is not difficult for a team of ten bodyguards to go all over the ship, but it seems to be a difficult task to search every corner of the ship.Therefore, two hours after the search began, Meng Lingshan and other crew members were called out to join the search team.

That's good.

Meng Lingshan could walk around every corner of the ship openly and aboveboard.

Leaving aside the space under the main deck, the space on the main deck has a total of 3.5 floors, and the highest 0.5 floor is Mr. Liu's site, and outsiders are not allowed to go up.And the place where their dinner party was held yesterday was the nave of the ship, which runs through the 1-3 floors of the entire ship. The crystal lights suspended in it, from the ceiling of the third floor, all the way down from the first floor.

Around the nave, there are spiral stairs, and the transparent sightseeing elevator is in the center of the two stairs.

On the left side of the nave on the first floor, in the passage they came in, there are kitchens, freezers, security inspection items storage areas, and monitoring rooms scattered. The passage leading from the nave to this passage has been locked.

The right side of the nave on the first floor is divided into gambling area, staff lounge and captain's room.

On the left side of the nave on the second floor, there are restaurants, bars, and cafes with an open-air swimming pool, and the cafe surrounds the open-air swimming pool on the deck.The dining room can go directly down to the kitchen on the first floor.On the right side of the nave on the second floor, there is the owner's guest room. Behind the owner's room is the "Game Sightseeing Hall". When they climbed all the way to the second floor, they watched the ecstatic gesture of the woman who escaped successfully and climbed to find the lifeboat through a thin piece of glass.

After the "Game Sightseeing Hall", there is the cockpit, which is above the captain's cabin and can be directly descended to the captain's cabin through a separate staircase.

On the third floor of the hull, the nave is still divided into left and right. The left side is the residence of the three bosses with bodyguards. This is their fixed room, and there is a private deck outside them; Multi-function hall, indoor golf, gym, spa room, and the location of the presidential suite on the ship. In addition to the presidential suite, there is also a sightseeing deck.

Meng Lingshan and other staff on the ship followed the security guards around the first and second floors, and checked for more than an hour, but they still couldn't find the jammer.For three and a half hours, nothing came of it.

Now only the presidential suite on the third floor and the room of the internal boss have not been inspected, and the room of Mr. Liu on the highest floor has not been inspected.

Everyone didn't think that the jammer would be hidden in these places, but it still needs to be checked.

It's really well hidden.Meng Lingshan secretly agreed.

They could only go up to the third floor. In the presidential suite on the third floor, there were still two bosses. One of them was the man Meng Lingshan saw below the deck. The door was also allowed to be searched by the bodyguards. Naturally, the bodyguards found nothing.

After leaving the presidential suite, they went to the left direction of the third floor, which was the residence of the internal bosses. This time, the three bodyguards of the internal bosses led the way.

There are a total of six rooms in this place, five of which are living suites for the boss, and one room is a Buddhist hall and a private treatment room.

They knocked on the first door on the right. The boss inside the door was surnamed Wu, the boss with a face like a pig's liver. They went in and searched, but found nothing.

They then went to knock on Boss Wu's neighbor, the second door on the right, the boss opened the door, this is a boss with age spots on his face and hands, his surname is Jiang, went in and searched, but nothing happened.

At this time, everyone went to knock on the third boss, which is the last boss' residence on the opposite side of the corridor, but this time, the boss didn't open the door.

Taking advantage of this gap, Meng Lingshan thought to himself: There are five rooms here, but only three bosses came. Are there other two bosses who didn't come on board this time?

"Why haven't you come to see the door?" For about ten minutes, there was still no sound inside, and finally there was doubt. The bodyguard brought by the boss raised his voice, "Boss Lin, are you inside?"

There was still no answer, so the bodyguard took out the room card and went to clean the door.

The room card was swiped, but the door was not opened, and the room was locked from the inside, which meant that the boss must be inside.

Everyone looked back and forth hesitantly, and someone went up to invite Mr. Liu.

Mr. Liu came down quickly, not only Mr. Liu, but also the two owners of the presidential suite next door, who seemed to have heard the episode here, and came here at about the same time.

After these people came, everyone knocked on Boss Lin's door in front of Mr. Liu.

Still no response.

Mr. Liu glanced at the bodyguard, who picked up the prepared ax and began to hack the door.

Once, twice, after about ten minutes of hard hacking, the wooden door squeaked and opened.

Inside the door is the suite.

There was no one in the living room of the suite, and the door was tightly closed. When I knocked on the door again, there was still no answer. The door inside was only closed without a lock. The bodyguard who smashed the door with an ax took the lead and opened the door of the master bedroom. .

As soon as the door was opened, a very strong smell rushed out. This smell was very familiar, but everyone saw Boss Lin before they could identify the money, so they didn't care about the smell anymore.

Boss Lin was facing away from the crowd, bowing to the statue of Mazu next to the bed, and beside him, the door leading to the deck was also locked.Everyone arrived in the room, but he still hasn't moved. Even if he prostrates too piously and doesn't bother to pay attention to everyone, it's too much.

Mr. Liu was slightly displeased, and called out, "Old Lin."

Boss Lin did not respond.

Everyone stepped forward, came to Boss Lin's side, and took a look at his face.

A scream came out of his mouth.

I saw Boss Lin kneeling on the ground, holding his hands empty, with a red and bloody strip in his palm, which was the tongue of a man who had been cut off!Looking at his face again, Boss Lin still wears half of the silver mask, his mouth not covered by the mask is wide open, dried blood is scribbled on his chin and mouth, and there are purple and black traces all the way to the throat. , It's more like a narrow passage to hell!

Boss Lin has long since passed away.

The last gesture he left in the world is like holding his own tongue in honor of Mazu!

The author has something to say: 8k, two chapters in one, okay?

Jinjiang can't send pictures, the hull structure diagram is on Big Eye Boy, friends who don't have Big Eye Boy can look at the following simple structure combined with the information in the article to understand:

Floor 3.5: Residence of Mr. Liu

3rd Floor: Private Deck, Five Internal Boss Residences, Buddha Hall, Physiotherapy Room, Nave (Tea Room and Open Leisure Area), Multifunctional Room, Golf Room, Gym, Spa Room, 20 Presidential Suites, Suite Viewing Deck

2nd floor: deck (coffee, swimming pool), bar, dance hall, Chinese restaurant, western restaurant, central hall (tea room and open leisure area), 60 common boss suites, medical room, game sightseeing area, driving cab

1st floor: Embarkation deck, freezer room, kitchen, security check/item storage room, monitoring, nave, gambling area, staff rest area, security rest area, chief mate's room, chief engineer's room, captain's room, front deck

-1st floor: engine room, women's quarters/game world

-2F: mortuary, freezer, security/cleaning/various support offices