撒哈拉的沙粒

尘埃落定

不久,小魏召集大家开会。大家茫然地看着小魏,不知这个外来人要干什么。

小魏给邦德发了一个做好准备的暗号,因为等他把事情真相说出后,凶手很有可能会反抗。接下来,小魏对大家公布了自己分析的结果:瘸腿沃伦是凶手之一,他还有一个帮凶。斯通的尸体是有人故意扔到车上的,这个人就是隆德尔。

此话一出,隆德尔相当愕然。就在他要从地上跃起质问小魏时,邦德和马克飞身扑了过去,隆德尔还没有反应过来,已经被他们压在身下了。

“你说邦德没有时间作案,那么我离得更远,哪有时间?”隆德尔大声喊道。

原来,小魏分析说是隆德尔把斯通的尸体扔到自己车上,然后钻到了卡车底下。这时他和邦德两人都下了车,可是注意力完全集中在了斯通的尸体上面,没有人会注意身后的卡车,隆德尔趁机爬到卡车的另一面,那面正好停着瘸腿沃伦的车。沃伦是他的同伙不会举报他,这时他便若无其事地转到卡车前,出现在众人面前。小魏还记得当时大家到达现场的顺序,隆德尔是第一个,瘸腿沃伦第二,马克第三,四眼祖弗和教授最后。如果不是隆德尔,那他出现时一定会看到真正的凶手从车底往回爬,但他并没有提出这一点。

瘸腿沃伦也参与其中,这是铁一般的事实,他在斯通死亡时间上说谎就证明了这点。沃伦腿摔断了,他要完成犯罪必须依靠同伙的帮助,而且这个同伙必须熟悉沙漠环境并且会开车,因为在计划成功后要离开沙漠必须有向导,而且沃伦腿摔断了不能开车,没有汽车想把这么重的金像带走是不可能的,而符合向导和司机这两重身份的整个队伍中只有隆德尔。

听到这里,隆德尔反倒笑了。他抓住了小魏的弱点,因为这一切只是推断,并没有什么实际证据。小魏胸有成竹地对隆德尔说,教授就是证据,并让教授不要再演戏了。

“你凭什么怀疑我?”教授将帽子扔到地上,一脸气愤地说道。

小魏说,他刚才去说服邦德的路上突然想到了一个问题。如果隆德尔两次夜晚出去作案,教授和他同在一辆车上,不可能不知道。瘸腿沃伦死前偷偷在身下写了一个“g”字,这是在指出凶手是谁。斯通身上的是小写字母“g”,指向是“gold”,就是金像,那是凶手的杰作。瘸腿沃伦身下的“g”是大写,不是指“gold”,而是“gaston”的“g”,因为人名开头必定是大写,不可能是小写。他是想告诉我们,策划这一切的是教授,gaston就是加斯顿教授的名字。

“警方可以慢慢调查取证,至于能否给你们定罪,与我无关。”小魏耸了耸肩。

这是实情,认定他们有罪的实际证据并不多,大部分都是小魏的推断,但这些已经不重要了,找出嫌疑人,确保剩下的行程安全就可以了。

小魏和四眼祖弗、邦德、马克商量了一下,决定精简车辆。邦德依旧开那辆装满补给的卡车,小魏开自己的车,马克带着四眼祖弗和被捆绑的教授、隆德尔一辆车,邦德让他去开“撒哈拉的沙粒”。听到这个名字,小魏感到有些惊奇,邦德伸手指了指载有金像的那辆越野车。

“‘撒哈拉的沙粒’是一辆车!”小魏惊叹道。

“车上贴的标语就是这个意思,我们这支考古队就叫‘撒哈拉的沙粒’,寓意虽然平凡,但汇集起来雄伟异常。”邦德解释道。

原来是这样,小魏明白了,他遇到的那个奄奄一息的“谢顶男”临死之前就是想告诉他有关考古队的事情,因此说了“撒哈拉的沙粒”。

“你们队里有人失踪吗?”小魏问道。

“是少了一个人,教授说去送资料了。”邦德回答道。

小魏暗想,谢顶男肯定是发现教授起了贪念,却在逃跑途中遇难了。自己说出此人已死的消息,无意间给教授吃了一颗定心丸。

命运

车队重新出发不久,意外发生了。

走在前面的“撒哈拉的沙粒”在绕过一个沙丘后,突然陷入流沙中。车就像要被沙子吞没一样,后轮很快完全陷入沙中,并且下沉速度很快,不一会儿,后车门就淹没了一大半。车内几个人见势不妙,拼命挣扎着要往车外跑,可是他们越挣扎,汽车下陷速度越快。

流沙使得那车几乎快竖立起来了。小魏和邦德连忙停车救人,邦德拿出一根绳子拴在小魏的腰上,另一头绑在自己腰上。小魏拿了一把铁锹跳上“撒哈拉的沙粒”车头,将前挡风玻璃打碎,先把四眼祖弗拉了出来,马克比较胖,又卡在驾驶位上,费了很大劲才爬出来。

这时沙子已经过了前车门的位置,如果不及时将里面的人救出来他们就要被活埋了,加上车上拉着很重的金像。下沉的趋势还在加快。小魏见隆德尔手脚都捆着根本使不上力,于是转而去拉只捆着手的教授,一开始教授把手伸给了小魏,可是不知怎么又缩了回去。

小魏着急地喊道:“快把手给我,不然来不及了!”

教授抬头看了看眼前这个揭穿了自己计划的陌生人,脸上露出坦然的神情。这可能是自己最好的结局了,这样他也将永远拥有这尊金像了。

沙子从破碎的前风挡不断涌入车内。

看着不断下沉的“撒哈拉的沙粒”,小魏心里有一种莫名的伤感:这可能就是天意吧,金像又消失了,它通过这种方式延续了它的传说。

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