Chapter 2 Fish Stealing Thieves ()

"In order to solve the historical mystery of the late Qing Dynasty, starting from 2003, leaders and experts from CCTV, Qing Xiling Cultural Relics Management Office, China Academy of Atomic Energy Sciences, Beijing Public Security Bureau Forensic Inspection and Appraisal Center and other units formed a special research team on the "Cause of Emperor Guangxu's Death". The experts took five years to start with Emperor Guangxu's arsenic, using a series of modern professional and technical means such as "neutron activation", "x-ray fluorescence analysis", and "atomic fluorescence luminosity". After scientific calculations, Guangxu's hair segments and clothes contained highly toxic arsenic trioxide, namely arsenic, and the total amount of arsenic that was contaminated with part of the clothes and hair was as high as about 200 mg. Experts speculated from this that Guangxu might die of arsenic poisoning..."

"Arsenic poisoning?" As soon as Xie Lin entered the door, he saw a newspaper on the ground. He turned on the fluorescent light in the room and glanced at it casually, and found that there were advertisements such as weight loss drugs or health products on the newspaper. Only this news report about the death of Guangxu slightly aroused Xie Lin's interest.

But when Xie Lin saw the article at the end, he found that the article took advantage of the topic and began to promote some kind of detoxification tea, saying that the things we eat on weekdays are becoming more and more unhygienic and healthy, such as melamine and gutter oil. If everyone could drink a cup of this detoxification tea every day, they could excrete the toxins in the body. The article also used the mouth of an expert to tease him that Emperor Guangxu might have chronic poison. If he had also drunk this detoxification tea at that time, maybe the arsenic in his body could be excreted and he would not have died so early.

"Is this OK?" Xie Lin couldn't help but laugh and sighed, and he was so talented that the author of this article was so talented that he could even speak the advertisement so 'connotation' and 'deep'.

He threw the newspaper into the trash can beside the bed, put down his backpack, and walked to the balcony.

The balcony is located indoors, so the so-called balcony is actually just a large glass window. On the left side of the window, there is a small square table, and there is a telephone and a glass fish tank on the table.

There were still a few goldfish in the glass tank. After Xie Lin counted carefully, he exclaimed, showing an unexpected look on his face.

When the summer vacation was just over, because only Xie Lin stayed at school in the class, he sometimes felt bored when he returned to the dormitory. On a whim, he ran to the flower and bird market next to the school and bought more than a dozen small goldfish at a price of one dollar, and then kept them in the dormitory. He originally wanted to be cheap anyway, and he didn't feel sorry for his death, so he didn't bother to take care of him except changing water and feeding.

However, these goldfish are quite good-looking. Although they are not good-looking, they look listless all day and don’t eat much. However, two of these goldfish died in more than a month, and the other goldfish have grown up slightly. They were only the size of fingernails, but now they are mostly half the size of a thumb.

But for some reason, the goldfish he raised have been in trouble in the past week. To be more precise, these goldfish have disappeared inexplicably, and even the bones are not left behind. And there are not many or fewer every day, and there will always be one goldfish missing, as if it has disappeared out of thin air for a week. Now there are only three small goldfish left in the fish tank.

Logically speaking, if the goldfish died of illness, it would be impossible for even the body to disappear. So Xie Lin suspected that there would be no cats hiding in the dormitory and stole the fish when he was not there. So he searched it carefully in the dormitory, but found nothing.

Logically speaking, even if a cat enters the dormitory, it is unlikely that the fish in the water will be eaten. Moreover, after discovering that the goldfish is missing inexplicably, every time when going out, Xie Lin will deliberately close the doors and windows tightly, so even mosquitoes will not fly in during the day, let alone cats.

But every night when Xie Lin returns to the dormitory, he will find that there will definitely be one less goldfish in the fish tank.

This made Xie Lin puzzled and helpless.

But today, Xie Lin originally thought that one goldfish would definitely be missing, but when he looked at it, he found that there were still three goldfish in the fish tank, and there were no goldfish missing like the previous few days.

It was strange! Xie Lin murmured, stayed there for a few seconds, then shook his head, turned around and entered the bathroom on the right, and started taking a shower.

It is the hottest season of the year, especially in the south. August is midsummer and it is still early before autumn. Although it is already past ten o'clock in the evening, the dormitory and even outside are still hot. It is a good time to walk from the library to the dormitory. Xie Lin has been sweating profusely and doesn't care about why there are no goldfish missing today. He just wants to take a shower and cool himself down.

After washing his hair, Xie Lin was about to make some soap on his body. A swelling sound suddenly sounded from the toilet behind him, and it sounded like boiling water in a pot rolling.

And this strange sound kept ringing.

Puff, puff! Puff, puff! Puff... Xie Lin didn't look back, and his movements accelerated a lot. He smeared the soap on his body a few times, and then immediately turned on the faucet and rinsed it up.

At this time, a strange stinking floated out of the toilet, as if the entire bathroom had suddenly turned into a sewer.

Xie Lin whispered and swearing, not caring that there were soap bubbles on his feet had not been washed away, so he ran out of the bathroom as if he ran away, closed the bathroom door tightly, then patted his chest and breathed out a long time.

The flush toilet in Schelling's dormitory is different from the seat-type toilet used in the family, but is a squat pit. In recent days, the water under the squat pit has often suddenly churned, like boiling water, making a swelling sound, and bubbles are constantly coming out, like a fountain.

And at this time, there will be a stinking smell coming out of the squat pit, like the rotten odor of a dead mouse, or like the smell of rotten eggs. In short, it smells extremely unpleasant, as if the water from the sewer is flowing back.

The first few times, Xie Lin was not prepared for a while, and was so nauseous that he was so angry that he was so angry that he couldn't relieve himself for a long time.

But Xie Lin lives on the sixth floor, which is the top floor of this dormitory building. Logically speaking, even if the pipes are blocked, the water from the sewer cannot flow back here. Moreover, when the water in the squat pit was churning, Xie Lin also suppressed his disgust and looked at the squat pit and found that the water churning in the squat pit was still very clear and not sewage, so the smell was very strange.

Xie Lin also went to the school logistics staff, but when the other party heard that the toilet was not blocked, he suggested that he buy some toilet liquid and flush the toilet in time after the toilet, so he sent him back.

Now, Xie Lin is a little used to it. Whenever he hears this slamming sound, he will immediately close the toilet door and stay away from the toilet.

Then Xie Lin wiped his hair dry, put on a simple pair of shorts, then left the dormitory, and came to the balcony at the end of the corridor, and the wind blew.

There are probably no more than one hand living on the entire sixth floor. Now it is almost time to turn off the lights, so the entire floor seems extremely quiet and no one comes to disturb Xie Lin.

There was no wind on the balcony, it was also very stuffy, the sky was dark, and dark clouds were gathering. The weather forecast said that there would be a heavy rain in the middle of the night, which is probably the last calm before the heavy rain.

Shelin stood silently for a while, and waited until eleven o'clock, when the school turned off the lights, and then walked back.

But as soon as he walked to the door of the dormitory, he suddenly stopped.

Puff, puff... The sound of boiling water in the toilet has not stopped yet!

Shelin couldn't help but wonder that the toilet would usually return to normal in three or five minutes a few days ago, but now Shelin has been standing outside for half an hour. Logically speaking, the sound should have stopped.

However, although the thumping sound did not stop, and the water in the squat pit was still churning, the stench had dissipated and the air had returned to normal. Although it was impossible for boys' dormitory to smell well, Schelling usually cleaned diligently and there was no unpleasant smell in the dormitory.

But after a little hesitation, Xie Lin still did not rush into the dormitory. The water in the squatting pit was churning. Maybe at some point the odor would come out again. She was still scared of the stench and didn't want to smell it too much.

After waiting for another five or six minutes, the sound of the whistle in the toilet still did not stop. Xie Lin lost his patience and walked in.

But as soon as he turned around and closed the door, the sound of the whistle in the toilet suddenly stopped, and the room suddenly became extremely quiet.

But then, a strange sound suddenly sounded in the toilet, breaking the silence in the room.

Wow, wow...it's like someone is washing his face or his feet in the toilet.

Wow, wow... Although the sound is not loud, it seems particularly clear in this quiet night.

Even though Xie Lin was bold, he couldn't help but his hair stood up all over his body. The originally stuffy room seemed to suddenly become cold, which made him feel an inexplicable chill.

"Who?" Xie Lin couldn't help asking.

As soon as Xie Lin made a sound, the rustling sound suddenly stopped. In less than two seconds, the sound rang again.

Wow, wow, wow! wow... the sound became more urgent and louder.

It was like someone was stirring the water in the washbasin quickly.

A thief has entered?

But just now, Xie Lin didn't notice whether anyone had entered his dormitory at the end of the corridor.

After being stunned, Xie Lin held his breath and reached out to pick up the broom beside the door. However, as soon as he picked up the broom, he put it down again, picked up the chair closest to him with his back hand, and then quietly walked towards the toilet.

If you really get into the thief, just a broom is not enough.

But at this moment, the sound of water suddenly stopped and the room immediately returned to silence.

Bang!

In less than a second, a crisp sound suddenly sounded in the toilet, just like the sound of a slap in the face.

Slap!

Two more sounds, it seemed that someone had finally washed his face and was patting the moisture on his face.

Xie Lin couldn't help but stop. The room became extremely quiet. He tried his best to hold his breath and could only hear his rapid heartbeat.

Papa! Papa! Papa! Papa!

The sound of slapping my face suddenly became anxious and became much closer to the toilet door. It seemed that something was about to come out of the toilet.

Xie Lin took a breath, lowered his waist slightly, stretched his body into a bow shape, and accumulated strength on his feet, and quietly raised the chair he was holding tightly with his right hand.

Slap!

A dark shadow suddenly jumped out of the bathroom!

Xie Lin trembled all over and couldn't help but feel shocked, and raised the chair in his hand to be smashed out.

But immediately afterwards, he was stunned.

The black shadow jumped out of the bathroom was not big, almost the size of an adult fist.

It was just that the dormitory was pitch black, and Schelling could not see its specific appearance. Even if Schelling hadn't been highly focused, it would be difficult to find it.

The black shadow's body was round, vaguely like a black ball, and like a fat black mouse.

However, this thing didn't seem to notice Xie Lin, and he jumped towards the balcony.

Papa! Papa!

Every time it jumped, it would make two bangs, as if its whole body was tightly pressed to the ground.

Xie Lin was also a little curious when he was surprised. However, he did not rush to act, but stood there quietly to see what this little thing was going to do.

Soon, the black shadow jumped to the balcony, slowly climbed up the railing, then climbed along the railing to the small square table close to the balcony, and finally stopped beside the small fish tank.

Could this mouse be here to steal fish, is it? Xie Lin couldn't help but be curious, quietly put down the chair in his hand and watched the movement of the black shadow.

Now seeing the black shadow parked by the fish tank, he couldn't help but wonder whether the goldfishes that were missing in the bathtub were all eaten by this little thing.

However, he was also curious about how this thing was used to eat the goldfish. Could this little thing still jump into the fish tank to catch fish?

So Shelin also resisted the impulse and watched patiently.

However, the black shadow did not jump into the fish tank for a long time, but jumped around the fish tank and turned around, as if he was dancing.

Shelin found it a little funny. Is this little thing playing with goldfish? Didn’t the fish that were missing before be eaten by this thing?

After a while, when she saw the black shadow still jumping around, Xie Lin gradually lost his patience. He quietly picked up a book on the table, rolled it into a cylinder, and prepared to go up and hit the thing.

But at this moment, with a thud, a goldfish suddenly jumped out of the fish tank and jumped towards the black shadow.

The black shadow immediately stopped jumping, raised his head and opened his mouth wide.

In the blink of an eye, the goldfish automatically fell into its mouth.

Xie Lin was stunned and was stunned there.

The black shadow jumped down from the table, jumped to the bathroom, and made a rhythmic sound when its body fell to the floor.

"Go to die!" Xie Lin moved his body and rushed over quickly, and slapped the book in his hand at the thing.

Although the behavior of this thing is very strange and even interesting, when she saw that this thing was about to escape, Xie Lin didn't care about the importance of it.

But the black shadow, who had been jumping around and seemed slow to move, suddenly shook his figure, quickly dodged the book that Xie Lin smashed, and went into the bathroom.
To be continued...