Chapter 239 (1/2)
On the wall on which the bed depends, there are many faint marks, all of which are the same thing Four parallel vertical lines, plus one diagonal line drawn on these four lines.
It's usually a sign used by detainees to count days. If it's Chinese, it's possible to engrave the word ”Zheng”. However, on the wall in front of it, all the marks are drawn in four vertical and one oblique directions.
”Well There are not less than six people who have engraved marks on the wall... ” The blind eye is walking upstream of those traces, reading in the mouth.
It's not difficult to draw this conclusion. Although it's just a carving line, everyone's carving depth, length and angle are different. Moreover, in order to avoid confusion with other people's marks, each person's marks are separated from other people's marks by a certain distance.
”If you want to leave a mark on such a stone wall, you can't do it with your fingernails. You have to have tools.” He knelt down on the bed, close to the wall, touched and felt the traces with his palm: ”these people use the same thing...” He looked around the room again: ”and that thing is not in this room at the moment...” An answer appeared in his mind in a second: ”is it cutlery...”
He carefully scanned the walls, ceiling and floor of the whole room All the nicks are on the wall next to the bed, and none of the other places... ”
”Suppose they can only get the tableware when they eat, and they must return the tableware and the plate together after eating, otherwise they will be punished in some way.” ”Then, the time to carve these traces is their dining time...” Feng unconsciously analyzed He also turned his eyes to the marks: ”because he sat on the bed to eat, so after eating, did he carve beside...”
”No!” The supposition was denied immediately.
He quickly came to the iron door, first looked out through the upper iron window. The corridor outside the door is covered with wooden floors and stone walls on both sides. The height of the ceiling is slightly higher than that in this room. At the corner between the wall and the ceiling, there is a fluorescent tube in every section. Look out of the cell. There is nothing worthy of attention within the visible range, and the place 20 meters away is dark and indistinct.
After a cursory look for a few seconds, Feng immediately went to the ground to observe the rectangular opening under the iron door. He almost pasted his face on it, smelled the smell with his nose, touched the edge of the opening with his hand, and licked his fingers Just satisfied to stand up.
”The upper and lower edges of the feeding mouth have been stained with food, indicating that someone is actually using this mouth to deliver food.” His eyes were again on the corner furthest away from him, ”and the pail for excretion was placed in the corner on the other side of the room...” He went back to the bed. ”The prisoner's range of activities clearly covers the whole room You can go to the door to get food, and you can go to the corner on the other side for convenience. If the marks are made of cutlery, they can be engraved on any wall. ”
”Then Suppose there is no such thing as tableware... ” Feng unconsciously stood up again, stood in the middle of the room, put out a sign action of Shinichi Kudo, holding his elbow in one hand and chin in the other.
He looked at the door as if his eyes were repeating the past. In the picture of brain mending, there is only one bread in the mouth. And a plastic plate with soup.
”Well It's more likely that there's no cutlery. ” Feng unconsciously turned his eyes to the marks on the wall: ”well, what are these engraved with? And it has to be engraved on this wall... ”
The answer is right in front of us.
A flash of light in the brain also brings a smile to the corner of the mouth. He stepped forward and lifted up the sheet and saw what he was looking for.
This bed is a whole. No part can be separated. All four legs were welded to the ground. The bed bracket is completely made of iron, and the bed plate is not a board, but a metal spring wrapped together.
But in these springs. There are several broken ones. Although these metal springs can't be completely pulled away from the bed plate, they can lead the broken end and bend it to the wall for marking.
”No wonder the scores are all on the wall beside the bed, and they are all below a certain height. Because of the pull on the other end of those spring strips, they can't write stably either. They just have to carve a straight line It took five minutes to seal it and speculated about the origin of the score. For him, the process of observing the environment, collecting information, reasoning and solving problems is simply a pleasure Let him forget the hidden pain in his body.
”There are no windows in this room. You can't see the sunrise and sunset. The people who are locked here have to judge for a few days It has to rely on the senses, the biological clock, and the number of times people outside give themselves food as evidence. ” ”And it's not easy to find the tool to carve the mark...” He thought: ”well It seems that there are far more than six people in this room. But among the many prisoners, there are only six or seven. They are calm in mind, clear in thinking and have not given up on survival. ”