sincerity of lies

Cold Storage Log

The 8th voyage March 1976, 4

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Cold storage manager: Yu Hai

Event: Cao Hang was hit on the head by a wine bottle and died, and Fu Ge was poisoned to death.

This piece of paper, which carries two lives, is not much different from the previous paper. It is still yellow and thin, and it is not easy to hold it in the hand.But they are not completely different, at least on this piece of paper, if you smell it carefully, there still seems to be a faint scent of sandalwood.

1976. 4, 13

There is blood at the door of the cold storage, it is really scary!

Ever since the captain's body was put into my cold storage, this territory that belongs to me is like bad luck, and it's uncomfortable everywhere. If I had known that I would not have offered to let the captain's body in... ...But if I don't offer it, won't the captain's body be put in?well!

I think the captain has a spirit in heaven, and he will not make things difficult for me. I am the one who provided him with a residence behind him.

We don't know who killed the captain, but the captain himself should know who killed himself.

Holding the prayer beads my wife gave me, I couldn't help spinning them, praying for Mazu's blessing in my heart.

I was not such a pious person, and I was not happy when my wife put the incense beads into my suitcase, but who would have thought that this trip would be so horrible.

Yes, horror.

The captain is dead.The chief mate and driver had just disappeared, and now their topic had fallen on Fu Ge and Lin Xiaodao.On weekdays, fights are of course a big deal, but in front of the two missing people, it inevitably pales in comparison.

But Feng Silong also has his own reasons:

We searched the entire ship, but Jin Song and Qian Zhenyi couldn't find them, and there was nothing they could do.But about Lin Xiaodao, we can still take care of it.Now Lin Xiaodao was locked in the room by the management, but Fu Ge was hanging outside Lin Xiaodao's door, laughing and flirting with Lin Xiaodao from time to time. If he didn't deal with the two people's affairs, there might be problems.

Of course, of course... Although one of these two things is big and the other is small, but there is no way to deal with big things, so we can only do small things. I, Buddha, is merciful and can understand.

I fiddled with the Buddhist beads and clearly agreed with Long Ge's words. Liu Translator looked at me with a half-smile.

He obviously thought of something, but he just laughed.I remembered that when he first saw the bloodstains, his tone of emphasizing the disappearance of the first officer and the driver was like a hook, hesitantly hooking you to listen to him, but there was no follow-up.

That's right, this time when the two were found missing, he was the one who proposed to search the entire ship. He was very active at the beginning, just like when the captain was found dead.But after searching the whole ship... no, after entering the first mate's room and then coming out, he became a little dumb, as if he suddenly lost energy and became perfunctory.

What was he thinking about?What did he see that led to a 180° change in his attitude towards this matter?

Well, I'm not the roundworm in his stomach, how do I know?

But there is a saying - there is nothing that cannot be said to others - the things that cannot be said to others must be things that the Buddha cannot live with right now.

Ah... Speaking of this, I have actually thought about it in my heart. I think many people have thought about it: Is it possible that among the chief mate and the driver assistant, someone got a lottery to throw away the body?But it doesn't make sense, throwing away the corpse is throwing away the corpse, how come two good living people are also thrown away with the corpse?

Thinking about this is a headache, I have no patience to think about it, and the Buddha will not force me to think about it.

Although they are on the same ship, they are big people who can't speak a few words.

It is said that no matter how big the boat is, it is only this big.But the gap between people... not in terms of physical distance.

Let's think about Lin Xiaodao and Fu Ge, this is at least something that can be seen and touched.

Brother Long is indeed justified.

Brother Long and the management staff mentioned the matter of Fu Ge and Lin Xiaodao.

Now the management side is the second deputy in charge.The captain died, and the first mate disappeared. The Buddha watched, and finally it was the turn of the second mate.The second officer was lukewarm about this, he really had nothing to be passionate about, Lin Xiaodao on our sailor's side was locked in the room, and Fu Ge on their side had nothing to do and was flustered.

However, Brother Long's tone was tough, and he must resolve this matter.Translator Liu also chimed in.

The second officer and the others are a little puzzled by Liu Translator's attitude. In fact, I don't quite understand it. After all, when he first boarded the ship, Liu Translator has been following the management team. I don't know when... Maybe it was after the captain's death... he Suddenly, he got closer to Brother Long.It’s about making friends. Although there are many ways to make friends, when your two friends are not getting along, you can only choose one and alienate the other.

The Buddha wanted to mediate for them.

But the Buddha can't get rid of those who don't believe in it!

I counted the prayer beads and felt a little nervous. Brother Long has become more and more tough recently. This is the first time he has been tough in front of the management. Of course, it is also my first time.But I believe in Brother Long, the sailors, and I also believe in Brother Long.

It was obvious that people in management were unhappy.But they backed down in front of Brother Long, and Fu Ge appeared. He had been hiding in the management, but now he couldn't hide.Lin Xiaodao also appeared, and he was released from the room.

"Everyone knows the reason why I beat him. He haunted Miss Huo's door in the middle of the night. Is this something a man should do? He's plotting something wrong!" As soon as he appeared on the scene, Lin Xiaodao couldn't wait to speak.He looked, eager and rude, like a dirty angry bull.

Not that he wanted to be so rude.

He knew, and all sailors knew, that if you don't speak at the beginning, you will never have the chance to speak again.Those cultured people in management can talk too much than these rude guys who don't know a few words.

However, the Buddha said - all living beings are equal.

"That's right." Unexpectedly, Fu Ge didn't refute, he didn't bother to refute, and he directly admitted Lin Xiaodao's accusation, "There is only one woman on this boat, and that is Miss Huo. I don't need to repeat Miss Huo's beauty, I like Miss Huo, I adore Miss Huo, I want to get close to Miss Huo, am I the only one who has this idea? Don't everyone here have the same idea as me? "

At this moment, the cafeteria fell into dead silence.

Perhaps what is terrible is not the noise just now, but the dead silence at this moment.

Fu Ge peeled off people's skin and held out their naked hearts.His arrogance and directness are beyond the imagination of Lin Xiaodao and the sailors.

Sin, sin, the beautiful Miss Huo has entered the hearts of everyone like a dream, making these men completely different from the past.It's a sin to be beautiful.

"What are you talking about, you bastard!" Lin Xiaodao rushed forward, his face flushed with blood. He was sad, not sad. He did the same thing as Fu Ge, but because of his different status, he was completely different. result.It's sad, as a man, he dare not admit a man's love for a woman.

This kind of great sadness made him break free from the shackles of his former identity. In front of the management, he punched Fu Ge two or three times in succession!Fu Ge is not Lin Xiaodao's opponent at all. In fact, how could the management be the opponent of the strong sailors?

"What are you bastards doing!" A voice came out of the oblique stab, and the third tube wheel rushed out with the wine bottle in hand.

The third tube wheel is a relative of the third officer, and belongs to the small follower of the management group.

The small follower of the management can be an official, and the third officer is that official.For example, when Tang Seng obtained the scriptures, the monkeys, pigs, and horses around him all had formal identities.

He rushed out—moving very quickly—overtook Fu Ge, and threw the wine bottle in his hand at Lin Xiaodao, without holding back at all!Lin Xiaodao was agile, and dodged the wine bottle with his short body.But the wine bottle slammed into the head of Cao Hang who was next to Lin Xiaodao.

The glass flew wildly, water splashed everywhere, and the tips of the pure white flowers sucked out scarlet blood.

Cao Hang fell to the ground without saying a word.Blood oozed from the top of his skull and flowed across his face wet with alcohol.

I shivered, and almost couldn't grasp the Buddhist beads in my hand.

"Amitabha!" I said loudly, "He is dead!"

"Murderer!" Hearing my voice, Brother Long suddenly pointed at the third wheel.

At this time, the sailors also woke up from the shock, and the crowd was in an uproar, but the troubled sailors rushed to Cao Hang and found out:

"Not dead, not dead, still breathing - stop the bleeding!"

Ugh……

"What are you arguing about? What are you arguing about? You are not dead, why are you making a fuss?" The management immediately clamored loudly as if grabbing a handle, "What did you say that someone died, lied about the military situation, and had evil intentions, trying to provoke everyone's disputes? ?"

Buddha forgives sins!

"I panicked for a moment!" I justified, "I was hit by a wine bottle and fell down like this. Everyone is worried about his life, right?"

"Is now the time to talk about this? Hand over the murderer!" Brother Long said angrily.

Only then did the sailors realize that the third engineer had quickly hid in the management team.

They too shouted.

But, people in management -- disagree.

"People are not dead yet, so it's too early to talk about a murderer! The most important thing now is to treat people as soon as possible. If the murderer is not a murderer, will the third tube wheel fly away from this ship with wings? First Put the three-tube wheel in the room and watch, others, quickly move Cao Hang back and apply medicine for treatment, don’t beat him to death with the wine bottle, you will delay him to death!"

The second officer made a decisive decision, took the third tube wheel away, locked him in the room, and was watched by the management.

The rest of you took Cao Hang back to the room and took care of Cao Hang.

The atmosphere was very tense, with clouds rolling over everyone's faces, like the air pressure before a heavy rain, so low that people couldn't take a deep breath.

Brother Long bit his lip and sat aside, while Translator Liu whispered beside him.

I looked at Cao Hang.

Cao Hang's face was pale and he didn't move. If it wasn't for the slight heaving of his chest, he would have been dead.

I took out the prayer beads and randomly recited some scriptures I remembered to Cao Hang.

Everyone gathered around me, listened to my scriptures, and prayed for Cao Hang under my leadership.

I understand the power of Buddha.

The Buddha is merciful, and the Buddha will save him.

1976. 4, 14

Buddha failed to save Cao Hang.

Cao Hang died.

People are dead - they can't just die like this!

The Buddha has a compassionate heart, but also has a wrathful Vajra!

Brother Long led the sailors to go to Sanguanlun to settle accounts.But when I got to the room of the third tube wheel, I saw that all the management people had come and blocked the door to prevent people from entering.

"What does that mean?" Brother Long asked with a frown.

"This is what I want to ask you." The second officer said, "What do you mean by such a large group? What do you want to do? Do you want to make trouble?"

"Cao Hang is dead."

"Ah..." The second officer let out a forced sigh.

"Killing to pay for life, debt to pay back money, it's only right and proper." Brother Long spoke righteously.

"You can't say that," Fu Ge said angrily, "the two had a fight on the street and went home separately. Seven or eight days later, one of them died suddenly. Is it really the fault of the person who fought with him?"

"Why not blame?" Sailor choked.

"Hmph," Fu Ge snorted, "Who knows if he has some kind of disease, or if his family has done something wrong!"

"What do you mean?!" The sailors were furious.

Fu Ge's meaning couldn't be more clear.

He was saying that either Cao Hang himself was sick, or we did something wrong to Cao Hang. In short, it was not their fault!

I hold on to the prayer beads, it's really unreasonable, the Buddha has a spirit, now it's time to split the thunder, and smash this lying lunatic into coke!

"Okay, okay, don't make trouble." The second officer said displeased, "Fuge, don't say a few words. You all, don't be too anxious. Anyway, Cao Hang didn't die on the spot. According to me Look, it’s too early to say who is the murderer, isn’t it? First of all, we are not the police, so we cannot convict anyone; secondly, we are not doctors, so we cannot judge who died and how.”

The sailors certainly did not agree with this talk.

The management made it clear that they wanted to procrastinate. This is not a matter of making trouble today and going to the police station tomorrow, but a matter of a half-time voyage for a year. When the passion fades away, no one will make any more troubles, and this matter will pass vaguely! '.

They wanted to force their way into the door of the third tube wheel, but the management still stood firmly in front of the door.

"boom--"

A shot went off.

The only shotgun on board made a sound.

Everyone was stupefied.

Buddha... Buddha is not as good as a shotgun.

1976. 4, 15

The three-tube wheel is firmly watched and protected in the room.

Fu Ge was also locked in the room. The management said, "Go back to the room to reflect on your misbehavior", but all the sailors knew that during the fight at night before, Lin Xiaodao was locked up, but Fu Ge was not locked up; During the public trial, Cao Hang fell to the ground, but Fu Ge was still not imprisoned; now that he is suddenly imprisoned, it is nothing more than another layer of protection for Fu Ge.

From Brother Long down, everyone, every sailor, has a rigid face.

I'm afraid they don't even want to see the management again.

But they still have to clean the decks, tidy up the rooms, do the laundry for the people in management...

Today, another sailor was scolded.

Because the clothes are not washed.

Cao Hang entered my cold storage.

Every day when I go in and out of the cold storage, I have to hold on to the beads and chant Amitabha.

Amitabha, Amitabha.

I fantasized about the Buddha to replace Cao Hang's pale, blood-stained face.

Occasionally, I also fantasize about Miss Huo, when I am alone, in the dark night when everyone has fallen asleep.

Cao Hang's face is a sin, and Miss Huo's face is also a sin.

Sometimes, the sins that the Buddha cannot cover up can be covered up with sins.

1976. 4, 16

Fu Ge died.

He was poisoned in the room.

I, Yu Hai, promise that the diary on this page is written by myself, and I hereby explain it.

Ji Xun looked at the corpse in front of him.

The corpse was a little scary, kneeling on the mortuary bed, with a black mouth that could go straight to the underworld, and the two hands stretched forward, like two dead branches that had completely lost their moisture, with a tongue on it.

He stared at Ji Xun like this, and passed his tongue to Ji Xun.

However, the tongue is of course not to be handed to Ji Xun, but to Mazu.

Ji Xun grabbed Ah Tang's finger, pressed it on the function key of the phone, unlocked the black screen phone with his fingerprint again, swipe the phone, and continued to watch the photos of the death scene.The big gift bag in the ventilation duct is really a big gift bag, not only a fully loaded gun, but also a clear photo of the crime scene, and a universal room card. It can be said that the news and props that should be added to Ji Xun are all helpful. Ji Xun added everything.

Two scenes, two dead people, one corpse, a little blood left on the deck...

Ji Xun gritted his teeth.

He took the mobile phone to light up the light, and carefully looked at the strangle marks on Boss Lin's neck.

If you look carefully, there is a fixed rhombic pattern on the bruises, it is not very obvious, and it is easy to miss.

Ji Xun recalled the cloth, ties and other things that can be used as ropes in the guest room. It seems that there is no such pattern, it is more like some kind of braided rope.

But this width, about 0.4-0.5cm braided rope, he just secretly took pictures of some ropes in the kitchen, freezer, and aisle with his mobile phone, but he couldn't see a similar pattern.

Finally, he turned his attention to the wire. This width is the closest to the wire, and with the pattern, the closest and easiest to obtain is the data cable for charging the mobile phone.

This is a little strange.

When boarding the ship, all the bosses will have their mobile phones confiscated, and the mobile phones are gone, and it is even less likely that someone will carry the data line.The data cable will only be left on the ship, in the hands of those who need to use the mobile phone - such as bodyguards.

"Hmm..." Suddenly a slight groan sounded in the quiet morgue.

Ji Xun woke up from his thoughts and found that Ah Tang who was lying beside him opened his eyes in a daze.

"Are you awake?" He greeted Ah Tang, then squeezed the other's chin, and poured a whole glass of water with sleeping pills into Ah Tang's mouth.

The person who was not fully awake took three gulps in a row, and Ji Xun covered his mouth and nose with a handkerchief before he had time to make a second reaction. Only a short while later, the person who had just awakened passed out again.

"Although it's a bit rough... But I believe that you don't want to fall into the sea, right?"

Ji Xun talked to himself, and then sneezed suddenly, covering his mouth with his elbow, being very careful not to let the droplets splash around and cause pollution.

The near-zero temperature in the morgue can keep the corpse fresh, but it is a severe challenge to the human body.He wrapped himself in clothes that were too thin compared to the temperature, picked up Ah Tang, and walked outside.

Although the big gift bag was given a lot, it was not without flaws—at least the gift bag itself was a bit too heavy.

When going out, he bumped into the notebook hanging by the door.

It was a log book, a book that recorded the major events that happened on the ship, and Ji Xun scanned it when he came in.There is only one record on this:

2016. 4, 28

Boss Lin's body entered the morgue.

After eating the self-heating rice, the bosses were relatively silent in the Chinese restaurant.Everyone didn't seem to want to talk much, and the cloud of death hung over everyone's head, making everyone fall into a state of depression.

During this period of time, the bodyguards with guns still wanted to go out to have a look again, but some people disagreed, so the bodyguards could not move and could only stay in the restaurant blankly.

The silence lasted for about half an afternoon. The short boss finally cheered up and asked everyone to discuss what to do next. The people in the restaurant said something to you, and I said something to each other. A collective action plan:

Go to the rooms on each floor together, and get the necessary personal items for each person, including toiletries, quilts, all unopened food in the room, personal medicines, etc.Let's have dinner together in the restaurant tonight.

Not a bad plan of action, clumsy but perfectly safe.

If the murderer is a ghost, then everyone acts together, and the ghost has no chance of attacking; if the murderer is not a ghost, then everyone acts together and eats fast food, and the murderer has no chance of attacking.

They start on the third floor.

Everyone acted collectively, marching to each boss' residence. When they arrived at the room, the bodyguards with guns entered the door first, looked inside and outside, and after confirming that there were no ghosts hidden inside, the boss entered again and took his own s things.

While waiting for Boss Jiang and Wu to get their things, Huo Ranyin walked into the open physiotherapy room and looked at the medicine cabinet. Every bottle of medicine in the medicine cabinet was neatly placed, looking like a regular.

This morning, when he woke up, he felt that the state of last night was not right, and he went to the physical therapy room to see the medicine.

Now when he looked at the medicines again, no matter the order or angle of placement, there was no difference from what he saw in the morning, they were clean.

So clean.

When Huo Ranyin came up in the morning, he sprinkled a little dust on the corner of a bottle of eszopiclone sleeping pills.

Now the gray is gone.

The ghost has been here and touched the bottle of medicine.

——Very, very detailed, so detailed that after wiping off that little bit of dust, it left nothing behind.

Why did the ghost touch the bottle of medicine?

——A Tang, the missing bodyguard.The ghost did not throw the bodyguard into the sea, but fed the bodyguard with sleeping pills and hid in a place.Surprisingly soft-hearted.

Huo Ranyin ticked the corner of his mouth:

Ghost, caught your first tail...

"What are you doing?" said the man next to him.

"Take a book and read." Meng Lingshan pulled out from the bookcase steadily.He pulls out a volume of Baudelaire's poems, The Flowers of Evil.

Here are the four corners of the spiral staircase, the open rest area, where the bosses drink tea and chat on weekdays. There must be a bit of book fragrance in the tea room.Therefore, in addition to the teahouse, there are also some open bookshelves, on which are various magazines and books.There are many types of magazines, including finance, medicine, and automobiles; as for books, most of them are classics and poetry anthologies.

"Are you still in the mood to read?" the man muttered, smelling like oil, he was the cook on the boat.

"If you have something to do, you won't think about it." Meng Lingshan said, and suggested, "Would you like to get a copy too?"

The cook hesitated for a moment, and took a car magazine from the shelf.

They followed the main force, went up to the third floor, then to the second floor, and finally went to the staff dormitory on the first floor, and took their personal belongings from the dormitory. Meng Lingshan put the book in the room.He folded two pages, one was 228 and the other was 304.

Everyone went back to the Chinese restaurant.

The smooth and smooth operation without any side effects dissipated a little the shadow of death that weighed heavily on everyone's hearts.There was a lively atmosphere in the restaurant, and the bosses began to arrange for boiling water and instant noodles.

In fact, you can also eat self-heating rice, but I only ate self-heating rice at noon, and I really don’t want to eat the same thing again. For safety, it is impossible to cook, so I chose instant noodles, at least when the instant noodles took the first bite. Still very fragrant.

The kettle for boiling water was taken at noon. In order to prevent someone from poisoning, several pots of water were boiled inside and out and poured out directly.The water is all in cans, and the bosses open each bottle and pour it into the kettle by themselves.

Pour a bottle of 1ml mineral water from your own room into the pot, boil it, then pour it into the instant noodle bowl, pour out the water, and then give the empty pot to the boss behind.Make your own food, do it yourself from beginning to end, and don't use others' hands.

The crew didn't make it so easy, and asked the chef to boil 2 liters of water at a time, and then poured them one by one into the bowls of the people who tore apart the bowls of instant noodles.If it is not enough, continue to burn.

Huo Ranyin was not in a hurry to eat.Mr. Liu next to him didn't eat either.

Boss Wu tore up a bag of potato chips and ate them absent-mindedly. After soaking the instant noodles, he put them aside and didn't move for a while.

Boss Carrot took two bites, and looked at Abang, who was sitting next to Boss Liu, eating and playing a small game on his mobile phone, and finally coughed heavily and muttered in a low voice.

Outside the window, the sky had already darkened, and the outside looked completely dark, and their place really began to look like the only bright island in the world as far as the eye could see.

After a whimpering sound, the bosses who finished the instant noodles first put the noodle bowls on the table.According to the past rules, it's time for a cleaner to go up and clean up these things.

But nobody moved.

The bosses didn't bother to find fault, and sat in a daze one by one.

Suddenly, there was a bang.

Everyone looked in the direction of the sound, and saw Boss Jiang grabbing the clothes on his chest and falling to the ground together with the chair.The person sitting next to him tried to pull him, but—

"He, what happened to him!"