Chapter 122: Either the Police or the Murderer
Seeing the driver ask, Liu Haoyu said calmly.
“I want to go to Longdong Village on Panwang Mountain…”
Before Liu Haoyu could finish, the driver immediately slammed on the brakes, and the huge inertia caused Liu Haoyu’s body in the back seat to lean forward.
In the dark night, the beige taxi stood on the roadside, not knowing whether to go or stop.
As for the driver’s expression, it was even more embarrassing.
Perhaps he thought he misheard, so he asked again.
“Handsome boy… let me ask again, where are you going?”
“Longdong Village on Panwang Mountain, I have some things to do there, how much will it cost?”
After receiving the answer again, the driver’s expression became even more unnatural.
“That… handsome boy, why don’t you change cars, my wife is about to give birth… I have to rush home now!”
Liu Haoyu naturally didn’t believe the driver’s nonsense. He could see from the rearview mirror that the driver’s face was a little ashen.
“How about one hundred yuan?”
“Handsome boy, it’s not a matter of money,” the driver turned his head and said a little dejectedly, “Someone died there, you know?”
“It’s not a strange thing for someone to die.”
Seeing that Liu Haoyu was not afraid of death, the driver gritted his teeth and said.
“No, brother, do you know? It’s normal for people to die, but the way they die is not normal! That place must be haunted, otherwise how could drowned people stab someone to death?”
The driver’s expression was a little flustered, and Liu Haoyu smiled and said.
“Master, you are so old, why do you still believe this? The police announcement is out, another person killed a couple, understand? Where are the ghosts in this world?”
“Really?”
The driver was somewhat skeptical of Li Haoyu’s words. He took out his mobile phone, but no matter how he searched, he couldn’t find any notice from the police.
This is a bit strange…
Wait a moment?
The driver suddenly thought of something terrifying.
If the police haven’t announced it, why does this man know?
Why does everyone think it’s haunted, and he dares to conclude that it was a person who killed someone?
Going to such a place in the middle of the night, and it seems like he knows something, in this situation, if he’s not a police officer, he must be… the murderer.
And obviously, this man’s temperament and dress clearly do not resemble a police officer.
After thinking about this, a few drops of cold sweat appeared on the driver’s forehead.
Indeed, looking carefully, this man is strong and powerful, but his spirit is very strange, with dark circles under his eyes, looking like a gloomy zombie.
He was also carrying a backpack, which was bulging, and he didn’t know what was inside.
But it is certain that the bag is very large, and it is not a problem to put a murder weapon inside…
“Master, are you going or not? If you don’t go…”
Saying that, Liu Haoyu was about to take out his mobile phone from the backpack, but as soon as the driver saw him about to take out the bag, his face turned pale.
He nodded repeatedly and said without daring to neglect.
“Go, go! I’ll take you there!”
So, he stepped on the gas, and before Liu Haoyu could react, the taxi flew away.
Liu Haoyu wanted to use the excuse of reporting refusing to carry passengers to threaten the other party, but the driver’s move confused him.
He was even a little strange why the driver’s attitude changed so quickly.
Sitting in the back seat, Liu Haoyu saw from the rearview mirror that the driver’s face was a little pale, and his forehead was constantly sweating, so he asked.
“Can I pay in cash?”
“No, no, no, I’m not taking money, not taking money, hahaha, it just happens that I’m going to Panwang Mountain, so I’ll give you a ride, hahaha… haha…”
The driver’s words became more and more guilty. Although it was only for a moment, he clearly saw in the man’s backpack… the handle of a metal rod!
Even if he couldn’t see what this metal rod was, it was definitely not a good thing!
Liu Haoyu saw the driver who was sweating profusely and was even more confused.
He wasn’t possessed, why was he so panicked.
“Master, you’ve been sweating, are you hot?”
“Not hot, not hot, it’s very cool tonight.”
Can it not be cool? The driver felt a cold sweat down his back, afraid that the strong man behind him would take out a bloody machete or axe from his backpack.
Liu Haoyu always felt that the driver had misunderstood something, but he couldn’t say why.
Perhaps it was too boring on the road, and the bumpy road made it impossible for Liu Haoyu to rest with his eyes closed, so he shifted his gaze to the driver.
And when his gaze landed on the driver’s seat, the driver couldn’t help but tremble.
“Is… is there anything wrong? Handsome boy?”
“Master, you’re going back to Panwang Mountain so late at night, you should be a local, right? Do you know where Panwang Temple is?”
“…”
After hearing this, the driver’s face became even paler, and he gripped the steering wheel tightly.
His gaze had to look in the rearview mirror three times every five seconds, for fear that the man behind him would make any move.
Did he dare to say where Panwang Temple was?
Dare he?!
Someone had just died there!
“Master?”
Seeing Liu Haoyu continue to question him, the driver gave an awkward smile.
“I… I know…”
At this moment, the driver’s palms were soaked with sweat, and the feeling of holding the steering wheel was a bit slippery.
Liu Haoyu then said again.
“Just drop me off there later, I want to pray to the Bodhisattva.”
Hearing this, the driver’s scalp tingled even more.
As a taxi driver, he was very familiar with some rumors and gossip in Jiangliu City.
So, he naturally knew a little about the rumors about Panwang Temple.
There was no Bodhisattva there at all!
A long time ago, someone discovered that the Bodhisattva statue in the temple contained a skeleton inside. This matter caused a great stir. The police later moved the Buddha statue to investigate, and Panwang Temple was abandoned because of it.
At this late hour, who was he going to worship?
Worship ghosts?
The driver’s body trembled slightly, fear spread through his heart, and he stared fixedly ahead, not daring to reply, nor daring to look back.
Liu Haoyu looked at the driver’s uneasy appearance and said comfortingly.
“Master, drive slower, you haven’t said anything all this time, you must be quite tired, it’s okay, there’s no rush.”
“This… not tired, not tired.”
The driver said with a shiver, and then ignored Liu Haoyu.
Seeing that the driver had no intention of speaking, Liu Haoyu could only lean back in the back seat to make himself more comfortable.
This bumpy road, like a roller coaster, almost made him, who doesn’t get carsick, dizzy.
He originally wanted to relieve his discomfort by chatting with the driver, talking idly.
But unfortunately, for some reason, the driver had no desire to communicate at all.
Perhaps he was really tired, after all, for these taxi drivers, they were on the move all day long, and now they had to drive on such a bad road at night, which was indeed uncomfortable.
However, Liu Haoyu also had to find something to do, otherwise, he would be bored and dizzy. Helpless, he took out a stack of joss paper from his backpack and began to count it.
Although he didn’t have much RMB on him, he had plenty of joss paper, so counting joss paper was also a way to enjoy the pleasure of counting money like a rich man?
It was just that when the driver saw Liu Haoyu take out a stack of joss paper and count it one by one, he started sweating profusely.
