Chapter 1900
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"Swish, swish!"
As the sound of weeds rubbing against each other came continuously, several light beams lit up in front of Gu Chen's eyes.
Lu Weiwei, Police Officer Wang, Yuan Shasha, Ding Liang, Huang Zunlong, and some other civil auxiliary policemen rushed from the rear in batches and surrounded Gu Chen.
"Junior Brother Gu, are you alright?" Seeing that Gu Chen's body was covered with weeds, Lu Weiwei suddenly wanted to say a few words of concern.
"It's okay, I was attacked by that guy here just now, and I fought for a long time, but I still lost him." Gu Chen was also a little frustrated.
Obviously he has blocked the opponent's escape route, and he can unite with his colleagues to surround the man in black.
But at a critical moment, the man in black suddenly disappeared.
"Is the man in black still in the grass?" Police Officer Wang asked quickly.
"Should still be there? After all, I have blocked his way, but when he found out that you came to support him, he immediately burrowed into the bushes and disappeared." Gu Chen said.
Officer Wang nodded happily, and said, "It's okay, as long as the person is still in the grass, he will definitely not be able to escape. There are many of us, let him make dumplings."
"Senior Brother Wang." Seeing that Police Officer Wang was full of confidence, Gu Chen also reminded: "This guy has a murder weapon on him, so everyone should be careful."
"Understood." Police Officer Wang nodded silently, and then said to the people behind him: "Everyone is in a team of two, don't stay alone, form a team freely, and each group is a cooperative unit to support each other."
As soon as the voice fell, several search units were quickly formed on the scene.
Then Police Officer Wang looked at Gu Chen again and asked, "Where did the man in black disappear from?"
"Here." Gu Chen pointed sideways.
"Search!" Officer Wang didn't hesitate, and with a wave of his hand, several bright flashlights suddenly shone over.
All the police officers formed a search formation, armed with bright flashlights and mechanical batons, and slowly searched in the direction where the man in black disappeared.
"Swish, swish!"
All of a sudden, various movements in the entire secret passage came and went.
Lights were intertwined in the entire weed pile, and everyone formed a column formation like an overwhelming mountain, and began to trample down the weeds, searching all the way.
However, when Lu Weiwei searched for a place, Gu Chen suddenly heard a faint movement, so he immediately grabbed Lu Weiwei's arm: "Senior Sister Lu."
"What's the matter?" Lu Weiwei was stunned, and seeing Gu Chen's serious eyes, she immediately followed Gu Chen's gaze and made a vigilant movement.
Afterwards, Lu Weiwei reminded Police Officer Wang and Yuan Shasha's team beside her: "Old Wang, there is a situation."
"Attention everyone." Officer Wang received a reply and immediately reminded everyone: "Everyone move closer to me."
"Swish, swish!"
There was another burst of weeds rubbing and moving one after another, and everyone formed an arc, surrounding the suspicious place.
Afterwards, everyone shone the bright flashlights in their hands.
The area ahead was suddenly extremely dazzling.
"Meow!"
At this moment, there was a sudden meow from a suspicious place, and everyone was stunned.
Soon, a kitten got out from the weeds. Seeing that everyone was shining a bright flashlight on itself, it backed away in fright, and immediately ran away.
"It turned out to be a little wild cat?"
As soon as Lu Weiwei finished speaking, two more little wild cats came out from the weed pile, and then three more came out.
The six little wild cats were like frightened cats, running desperately in fright, and soon disappeared among the weeds.
"This may be a cat's nest, we disturbed their sleep." Officer Wang said.
But Gu Chen interrupted: "Don't worry, it can be seen from the escape routes of these little wild cats that they are all heading in one direction."
"Brother Gu means...is that their escape route?" Yuan Shasha also asked curiously.
Gu Chen nodded slightly: "Maybe these cats are the real owners here, they may know where to leave here, follow them, maybe you will find something."
"Then what are you waiting for, hurry up." Ding Liang couldn't wait any longer.
Afterwards, according to Gu Chen's suggestion, everyone began to carefully search for the wild cat in the direction of evacuation.
I don't know how long the weeds have been winding around, but suddenly found that the night owls disappeared.
"Hiding again?" Lu Weiwei looked around and felt that she saw a little wild cat that was alone just now. After a while, the little wild cat disappeared.
"Maybe it's nearby?" Gu Chen held a strong flashlight and irradiated the surrounding environment at will.
At this moment, everyone stopped in their tracks, and Lu Weiwei simply squatted down and meowed like a cat around her:
"Meow meow meow!"
Lu Weiwei barked three times in a row, and soon, there was a response from wild cats nearby.
A little wild cat responded in a childish voice, thinking it was his solitary companion, poked its head out of the grass to observe secretly, and saw Lu Weiwei in front of him really staring at him, and suddenly "whoosh", frightened again Drill to the grass.
"Haha, it turned out to be here, I found it." Lu Weiwei was quite proud, and immediately took Gu Chen with her, and began to look for the group in the grass.
Gu Chen quickened his pace and walked ahead, and was also ready to be arrested at any time.
However, when everyone arrived at the spot where the wild cat was discovered just now, they found that there was a fence ahead, but there seemed to be a cat hole under the fence.
Gu Chen looked up and looked around, and casually shone the bright flashlight on a big tree not far away, and couldn't help but sigh:
"We made a detour and returned to where we started."
"What?" Huang Zunlong didn't understand, so he rushed to Gu Chen's side and continued to ask, "Gu Chen, what's going on?"
"Look at that!" Gu Chen pointed to the crooked-neck tree in front of him, and said, "Just now we set off from near that crooked-neck tree, and searched along there, but ended up wandering around in the weeds. A big bend."
"Following the kitten's footsteps, we came here all the way. This is a big bend, and we are back to the previous place."
"That's right, when we set off just now, I found this crooked-neck tree." Yuan Shasha also came to Gu Chen with a flashlight, and shined on the crooked-neck tree twice.
Officer Wang said: "Could it be that the man in black escaped from here?"
"It's possible." Gu Chen adjusted his breathing, and reminded him, "I was near here just now, and I suddenly lost the movement of the man in black, as if in an instant."
"If the man in black is still in the weeds, then he must have escaped through some other passage."
"It makes sense." Lu Weiwei nodded silently, staring straight at the place where the little wild cat left just now, and said, "Could it be... there is another passage here? Could it be this cat cave?"
"Go and have a look." Officer Wang walked over first, squatted down, and irradiated the hole just now.
After a pause for a few seconds, he stood up and said with a serious face: "It seems that everyone's guess is correct, the man in black escaped from here."
"I'll just say, why did it suddenly disappear?" With Police Officer Wang's affirmation, Gu Chen led everyone to the entrance of the cave just now.
Everyone took three steps, five cuts and two cuts, and pushed aside the weeds in front of us.
Only then did I realize that the entrance of the cave was much larger than imagined.
Since the front is the wall of the chemical plant, and the underground soil has already been excavated into a U-shaped channel.
So even a fat man can get through the hole.
Gu Chen didn't hesitate, and was the first to get out of the hole.
Lu Weiwei was the second, followed by Police Officer Wang and Yuan Shasha.
When everyone came outside the entrance of the cave, they realized that they were near the same railroad track as last time.
But at this moment, there are all kinds of broken weeds around, obviously someone has been here.
"The plant crease is new." Lu Weiwei reminded.
"It seems that the man in black really escaped from this place." Gu Chen thought for a while, and then said, "I guess we won't be able to catch up. Immediately call other colleagues and ask them to go to Wangjiang Hotel to find Hu Ming."
"If Hu Ming is in the hotel, then it's fine. If Hu Ming is not in the hotel, then stay at the door of the hotel room until he comes back."
"Understood." Lu Weiwei understood Gu Chen's meaning, so she immediately took out her mobile phone, contacted the patrol colleagues in the sub-bureau, and rushed to Wangjiang Hotel as quickly as possible.
After some phone conversations, Gu Chen led everyone to search along the way, and then led them back to the old building just now.
At this moment, the old lady's house is still open, but the location of the balcony has been cordoned off.
Gu Chen put on the mask headgear, gloves and footmuffs, and then brought Lu Weiwei, Police Officer Wang and Yuan Shasha into the room together.
The lights were on, and the items in the room seemed to be neatly arranged, and there were no traces of fighting.
After Gu Chen took a few quick glances in the living room, he came to the room where the old lady lived.
Police Officer Wang immediately came to Gu Chen's side to remind him: "Before I entered the house, I saw a black figure rushing out from here. The two of us met head-on, but this guy ran away."
"Later, you asked me to go back and check on the situation of the old lady, and I discovered that a nylon rope was wrapped around the old lady's neck, and the strangle marks were very obvious."
"It's obvious that the man in black is going to strangle the old lady with a nylon rope, but just happened to meet us patrolling here, so he panicked all of a sudden, not sure if the old lady was suffocated to death, so he left in a hurry."
"What's the old lady's situation now?" Gu Chen turned his head and asked.
Police officer Wang shook his head: "It's not clear yet, anyway, when I went into the room to check, the old lady's face turned pale, she was unconscious and had no breath."
"I was in a panic at that time, and kept giving first aid to the old lady, and even gave her artificial respiration..."
As soon as the words fell, Officer Wang suddenly felt that the atmosphere was not right.
Everyone at the scene looked at him with stunned eyes. Police Officer Wang immediately became anxious and quickly explained:
"This... isn't this because the old lady is dying. The situation was urgent, so I didn't have time to think about it, so I had to give her artificial respiration."
"Cough cough." Hearing Officer Wang's remarks, Lu Weiwei hurriedly coughed tactically to resolve the embarrassment:
"It's understandable, Old Wang, you're doing the right thing."
"Pfft!" Yuan Shasha couldn't help holding back her laughter when she heard this.
Seeing Police Officer Wang staring at her, Yuan Shasha immediately waved her hand and explained: "No, Senior Brother Wang, I'm not laughing at you, I...I just thought those little wild cats were cute, really."
"I believe you are a ghost." Officer Wang knew that these people would laugh at him, so he couldn't help but complain.
But Gu Chen hurriedly said again: "Then what happened after Senior Brother Wang gave the old lady artificial respiration last night?"
"After that? Afterwards, I felt that the old lady should be saved, so I quickly contacted 120 and waited for everyone's support in the room."
"After that, the 120 ambulance arrived. The old lady was carried into an ambulance and sent to the hospital for emergency rescue. I have asked Ji Zhe to follow her to protect her. If there is any situation, Ji Zhe will call me immediately."
After a pause, Officer Wang said again: "Ji Zhe hasn't called yet, which means he's still being rescued."
"Later, I saw that the person had been sent away, so I took Lu Weiwei and the others to meet you."
"En." Hearing Officer Wang's words, Gu Chen also nodded silently, and said involuntarily:
"It seems that we came in time and did not let the man in black succeed."
"Then who is this man in black?" Yuan Shasha asked.
Gu Chen shook his head: "It's not clear yet, but if the man in black is going to murder the old lady, it must be the old lady who knows some secrets about him."
"And judging from our contact with this old lady, she also explained to us that that night, she saw Wan Xiaomin send Hu Ming away by taking a taxi, then turned back, and that's all."
"But these clues are enough to rule out Hu Ming's suspicion, so..."
"So, is this old lady giving false testimony to Hu Ming? Then Hu Ming came to kill people tonight?" Lu Weiwei said with a look of surprise.
Gu Chen nodded silently: "If there is no other reason, then I think the man in black tonight may be Hu Ming."
"But hasn't Hu Ming stayed at Wangjiang Hotel all the time? Isn't Senior Brother He watching in the surveillance?" Yuan Shasha also expressed curiosity.
"He Junchao is a big idiot, he has lost him." Police officer Wang heard Yuan Shasha's words, and said without hesitation:
"He Junchao can lose track of everyone, this He Junchao is really an idiot."
"Perhaps it's not the fault of Senior Brother He." Gu Chen calmly thought for a few seconds before saying, "Perhaps Hu Ming sneaked out of Wangjiang Hotel through another exit, and then came here to commit crimes."
"From the situation where I fought against the man in black, it can be seen that this guy is a practitioner."
"Moreover, the man in black is very familiar with the nearby passages, and he is obviously a person who is good at finding another way."
"It can be seen that this guy is a very cunning character, and it is difficult to capture him with ordinary surveillance."
"That's right." Lu Weiwei nodded silently, and said with a sigh: "This guy doesn't seem simple, we have to go to Wangjiang Hotel to check immediately."
"No matter how fast the man in black escapes, it is impossible for our colleagues to arrive at the Wangjiang Hotel as fast as our colleagues. We just wait here for the call."
Everyone here expresses their opinions. On the other side, Huang Zunlong walked in wearing protective equipment and said:
"Gu Chen, I took a look at the door lock on the balcony. The man in black used a cutting tool to cut a small hole in the glass on the balcony, and then reached out to see that the window socket opened and entered."
"Because there is no protective net here on the first floor, the man in black broke in through the window."
"It seems that this guy has bought cutting tools." After thinking for a while, Gu Chen said again: "Everyone check the room, take pictures and collect evidence. There is no problem. We have to go back to Wangjiang Hotel."
As soon as Gu Chen finished speaking, Lu Weiwei's cell phone rang, and it was policeman Wu Xiaofeng who called.
"Senior Sister Lu."
"Xiaofeng, what's the situation with you? Is Hu Ming at the Wangjiang Hotel?"
"Not here." Wu Xiaofeng's answer was very positive, and then he said: "We rushed to Wangjiang Hotel, and according to your wishes, we went directly to Hu Ming's room and knocked on the door."
"But no matter how we knocked on the door, there was no movement in the house, so we called the hotel staff and opened the door with the room card, only to find that the room was locked."
"Unlocked? Was it caught by the chains in the house, right?" Lu Weiwei asked in confirmation.
"That's right." Wu Xiaofeng replied affirmatively, and then said:
"Because the room was locked, we couldn't get in at all, but immediately it seemed that there was no one at all."
"So in a hurry, I thought this guy might have gone out through the window, so I went to the top floor of the hotel again, and observed from the perspective of the top floor, I found that the room where Hu Ming lived was actually a building away from the Wangjiang Hotel. The platform is very close, only two floors away.”
"And we found that from Hu Ming's window, there was a rope extending to that platform."
"So, we came to this small platform from other fire exits, and then climbed to Hu Ming's room along the rope."
"And then?" Lu Weiwei asked again.
"Then I found out that the window was ajar. Since it was dark night, the rope was lowered from the window, which is difficult for ordinary people to detect with the naked eye."
"I'm in Hu Ming's room now, and Hu Ming hasn't returned yet."
"It seems that our guess is right." After receiving Wu Xiaofeng's explanation, Lu Weiwei breathed a sigh of relief, and said, "Thank you for your hard work. You stay here now, waiting for Hu Ming to come back."
"As soon as he comes back, detain him immediately, and we will go there now."
"Okay, then I'll wait for you at Wangjiang Hotel."
After a few brief exchanges between the two parties, they both hung up the phone.
Lu Weiwei put down the phone, and then said to Gu Chen and the others: "You are right, the man in black is Hu Ming."
"He didn't go out through the main entrance, but climbed from the window to a structural platform below through a rope, and then left through the fire exit of the platform."
"Great." Upon receiving this reply, Gu Chen was overjoyed: "If it can be confirmed that the man in black is Hu Ming, then he won't be able to escape at all."
"When I was fighting with him, his body must have been scratched by the weeds, and when he passed the ruins area, he ran too hastily, fell down a few times, and his palms should also be injured."
"Whether it's him or not, it will be clear when he is caught and examined for injuries."
"Understood, what about us now?" Lu Weiwei asked.
"Go to Wangjiang Hotel." Gu Chen said.
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midnight 2 O clock.
Wangjiang Hotel.
Everyone waited in Hu Ming's room for a long time, but there was no sign of Hu Ming.
And not only the Wangjiang Hotel, but also several nearby roads are guarded in plainclothes.
It can be said that as soon as Hu Ming appears, everyone can surround him from all directions and arrest him on the spot.
However, when everyone had waited until two o'clock in the morning, there was still no trace of Hu Ming.
In Hu Ming's hotel room, Gu Chen has been lying on the window, looking at the ropes around him in a daze, and also waiting for the news of Hu Ming's arrest, but there is no such thing.
He looked down at his watch again, and the time was displayed as 2:10 in the morning.
Gu Chen stood up, turned his head to look at the crowd and said, "It seems that this Hu Ming knew that he was doomed this time, so he slipped away."
"Don't worry, I can't run away." Officer Wang opened the police water bottle he carried with him, took a sip of water, and then said:
"I have asked He Junchao, a big idiot, to use all the surveillance in the surrounding area where Hu Ming escaped."
"As long as there are traces of the man in black in this area, you can contact your colleagues who are patrolling nearby to arrest him."
Hearing Officer Wang's remarks, Gu Chen also nodded slightly, expressing his satisfaction.
At this moment, a call came to Lu Weiwei's cell phone again. Lu Weiwei picked up the cell phone and asked, "What's the matter? Ah? Really? Okay, I see."
After hanging up the phone, Lu Weiwei immediately reported to Gu Chenhui: "Junior Brother Gu, you guessed right, this foreign girl Zhuang Ke who had an affair with Lu Yuan did indeed smoke white noodles, and the test results can be confirmed."
"It seems that this Lu Yuan also needs to be tested. Staying with this kind of woman will inevitably be affected."
Gu Chen thought for a while, then said, "By the way, where is Lu Yuan now?"
"It's still in our Furong branch." Officer Wang said.
"Then let's go back to the sub-bureau and interrogate Lu Yuan again to see what secrets there are between Hu Ming and him, or Wan Xiaomin."
"That's fine." Hearing what Gu Chen said, Officer Wang also nodded in agreement: "There are too many secrets among these people. If you don't have a good trial, these people really won't open their mouths."
While speaking, everyone walked out of the starting room one after another.
When Gu Chen came to the door, he also told Wu Xiaofeng and another auxiliary policeman to continue to wait in the room.
And he took other personnel and returned directly to the Furong branch.
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2:45 am.
Interrogation Room No. 1 of the Furong Sub-bureau.
At this moment, Lu Yuan was already exhausted. Facing Gu Chen and the others, he yawned from time to time with a listless look, quite similar to Zhuang Accept's appearance during the interrogation.
Although it was almost 3 o'clock in the morning, it was the most exhausting time of the day, but Lu Yuan's haggard face still made Gu Chen suspicious.
"Officer Gu." Lu Yuan yawned, looked at the time reminder aside, and said involuntarily, "It's almost 3 o'clock in the morning now."
"Even if you have something to ask, can you do it tomorrow? I'm really sleepy now, can you let me go to sleep for a while?"
"Zhuang Ke, we have taken her for a blood test, and the test results show that Zhuang Ke has been smoking white noodles." After the words fell, Gu Chen looked up at Lu Yuan in front of him, and said again:
"Do you understand what I mean?"
"Is...really?" Lu Yuan panicked when he heard that the police had conducted a blood test on Zhuang Ke.
Lu Weiwei said again: "Zhuang Ke's appearance at that time was exactly the same as yours now, and he was so haggard."
"But Officer Lu, it's almost 3 o'clock in the morning, I...I'm really sleepy, I'm not the same as her."
"Is it the same? Come with us to test it later and it will be clear." Officer Wang said unceremoniously.
Seemingly guilty, Lu Yuan nodded and admitted after a few seconds of contemplation:
"That's right, during the days when I was with Zhuang Ke, I knew that she had this bad habit, so I also got some of it. If you have any questions, just ask."
Lu Yuan felt that there was nothing left to love, and that his life had turned into a mess overnight.
Gu Chen and his colleagues looked at each other, and then said: "We will continue to investigate this matter, but you have to answer us now, what secret is there between Wan Xiaomin and Hu Ming?"
"You... what do you mean?" Hearing Gu Chen's words, Lu Yuan slowly raised his head and asked curiously.
"Nothing interesting." Gu Chen shook his head and continued, "We suspect that the person who kidnapped Wan Xiaomin may be Hu Ming."
"And now, we also have some conclusive evidence, but Hu Ming has now escaped our police surveillance, and his whereabouts are unknown."
"What did you say? You have evidence that Hu Ming kidnapped my wife? Hu Ming is still missing?"
Hearing what Gu Chen said, Lu Yuan froze on the spot.
It seems that all this is much more complicated than I imagined.
Seeing that Lu Yuan was still there, Police Officer Wang couldn't help but patted the table, reminding him, "Lu Yuan, what are we asking you? What secrets do you have between Hu Ming and Wan Xiaomin that you haven't told us about?" ?”
"I... I don't know either." Lu Yuan shook his head, as if he didn't want to mention it.
Lu Weiwei continued to ask: "Then Hu Ming really hasn't been to Jiangnan City since he was in high school and moved his family back to Shanghai?"
"This……"
Looking up at Lu Weiwei, Lu Yuan fell into deep thought.
It was also after thinking over and over again that he was not sure: "I don't know, maybe...he Hu Ming has been to Jiangnan City? Maybe he met Wan Xiaomin in private? But..."
"But what?" Lu Weiwei asked again.
Lu Yuan shook his head: "I don't know. In fact, Wan Xiaomin has been hiding many things from me. I am clear about this."
"It's just that I never wanted to tell the truth, so I pretended not to know."
After a pause, Lu Yuan also took a deep breath, and then said again: "So, in order to make Wan Xiaomin feel at ease, I took over a pet shop in Sanyuan Lane and handed it over to Wan Xiaomin to manage hamsters. Let Wan Xiaomin take it easy."
"It seems that there is something wrong with the relationship between your husband and wife?" Officer Wang also said something.
And Lu Yuan didn't shy away from it, and said with a wry smile: "Actually, I know Wan Xiaomin very well. Before she got married, she dated many people. At that time, I was just a little girl beside her."
"But after I got married, I realized that I was also an asshole. Xiao Min might not know about Zhuang Ke's matter."
"Understood." While taking notes, Gu Chen raised his head and asked again: "I just want to know, has Hu Ming been to Jiangnan City since he moved back to Shanghai?"
"But...maybe?" Lu Yuan hesitated.
Yuan Shasha was a little speechless: "What is possible? If you have it, you have it, if you don't, you don't. Don't you know?"
"I really don't know." Lu Yuan sighed faintly, and said helplessly:
"Just a few months ago, I suddenly discovered that Xiao Min has become mysterious, and from time to time he would look at the previous group photos of everyone in a daze."
"At first, I thought she was being nostalgic, and I didn't take it seriously, but sometimes I heard her say in my ears, how great it would be if I could go back to the past, it feels weird."
"I didn't feel anything at the time, I just felt that Wan Xiaomin was nervous, but now that so many things have happened, I feel more and more that maybe Xiaomin's nervousness during that time may have something to do with Hu Ming?"
"After all, Hu Ming's departure at the beginning made everyone feel bad. Hu Ming, who was supposed to be in constant contact, gradually lost contact with everyone."
"But if it wasn't for Hu Ming's sudden appearance, Xiao Min might not have become so sentimental."
"So, all this is your guesswork?" Gu Chen asked.
"You can put it that way." Lu Yuan didn't shy away from it, but said bluntly:
"Based on my intuition, I feel that they may have met or contacted two months ago."
"It's unlikely." As soon as Lu Yuan finished speaking, Gu Chen shook his head and denied, "If Hu Ming and Wan Xiaomin had contacted or met each other two months ago, why did they meet that night? At that time, do we still need to pass Ah Zhe?"
"Besides, Hu Ming doesn't seem to know about Wan Xiaomin's marriage at all, and he doesn't even know that Wan Xiaomin's husband is you, Lu Yuan."
"Okay." Hearing Gu Chen's explanation, Lu Yuan also nodded silently: "Maybe I'm thinking too much, but no matter what, Xiao Min has no financial interests involved, so why did Hu Ming kidnap Xiao Min?" ?”
After thinking for a while, Lu Yuan said again: "Could it be related to Ah Zhe? I heard that Xu Ping, Ah Zhe's partner, mentioned it some time ago. It seems that there is something wrong with their business."
"But what is it specifically? He didn't say, and I didn't ask too much, but I feel that the situation should be bad."
"Then what else?" Gu Chen asked again.
"Other than that? I really don't know what else is unusual." Lu Yuan held his head in his hands, also looking frustrated.
Lu Weiwei sighed and asked, "Have you always had a bad relationship with Xiao Min? Did your understanding of her during this period of time only stay at the abnormal time two months ago?"
"No." Lu Yuan shook his head and said with a face of shame:
"Isn't it Zhuang Ke's matter that made me burnt out, so I didn't pay too much attention to Xiao Min's situation."
"It wasn't until Xiao Min's disappearance that I was confused and didn't know how to find her."
"However, if Lu Yuan is the person who kidnapped Xiao Min, I really can't figure it out. Why did Lu Yuan do this?"
After the whole interrogation, everyone has been busy until 3 am and 20 minutes.
During the interrogation of Lu Yuan, no one made much progress.
But it can be seen from Lu Yuan's words that Wan Xiaomin from two months ago seems to be nostalgic.
From this point, it is not difficult to see that it must be someone's appearance that affected Wan Xiaomin's emotions.
But is that person Hu Ming? Gu Chen is still not good at judging.
Since it was already late at night, everyone was also exhausted.
So after Gu Chen communicated and coordinated with the police officers squatting near the Wangjiang Hotel, he asked the others to go back and rest.
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The next morning, it was raining lightly.
The entire Jiangnan City was shrouded in a muggy atmosphere.
Since the fight with the man in black last night, no one has found any trace of Hu Ming.
Therefore, everyone can guess with their toes that the disappearing man in black is Hu Ming.
Moreover, it proved that Hu Ming left the family area of Chengxi Chemical Plant alone, and Wan Xiaomin continued to return to the family area after taking a taxi. The old lady, the key figure, is now also facing life-threatening.
So the old lady became a key figure.
If the old lady lied, then Hu Ming is the biggest suspect.
Before this, Gu Chen also doubted his own judgment, but after everyone rescued the old lady last night, Gu Chen realized that there may be many unknown secrets in it.
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At 9 a.m., the IUC ward of the People's Hospital.
When the white-haired old lady who escaped death slowly opened her eyes, she found a group of policemen sitting beside her.
Everyone is communicating about things, and no one seems to notice themselves.
The old lady closed her eyes with heavy eyelids, and when she opened her eyes again, there was no one around her.
Due to being too exhausted, the old lady closed her eyes to rest again, feeling that all this was an illusion.
When the old lady opened her eyes for the third time, she found that Lu Weiwei was resting with her chin in her hands, squinting her eyes and yawning from time to time.
The old lady knew Lu Weiwei, so tentatively, she stretched out her right hand and touched Lu Weiwei's arm.
Lu Weiwei's body trembled, recovering from the nap just now.
Seeing that the old lady lying on the hospital bed had opened her eyes, she immediately grinned, and hurried forward to ask: "Old lady, can you hear me? Can you hear me blinking twice?"
When the old lady heard the words, she obeyed and blinked at Lu Weiwei twice.
At this moment, Lu Weiwei was so happy that she immediately ran aside, pulled Gu Chen over, pointed at the old lady and said, "Look, Junior Brother Gu, she's awake."
In an instant, not only Gu Chen, but also Yuan Shasha and Police Officer Wang came over.
The four surrounded the old lady, and they were all calling for the old lady who was awake.
"Old lady, are you okay? Can you talk?" Gu Chen leaned closer to the old lady's ear and asked.
The old lady took two heavy breaths, and said slowly with difficulty: "I... Where am I?"
"The ICU ward of the hospital." Yuan Shasha quickly replied.
"I...I...Am I dead?" The old lady asked again weakly.
Lu Weiwei grinned: "How can it be? You walked through the gate of hell once, and you're fine now."
"That... that guy, he wants to kill me."
As soon as Lu Weiwei finished speaking, the old lady became a little anxious, and her speech became hasty.
Lu Weiwei quickly patted her head soothingly, and said comfortingly: "It's okay, that guy can't hurt you anymore, but for now, we still have a few questions to ask you, can you cooperate with us?" a record?"
When the old lady heard Lu Weiwei's speech, she also hesitated for a few seconds before she said: "You... If you want to ask anything, just... Just ask."
"Very good." Seeing that the old lady was still cooperative, Lu Weiwei immediately turned on the law enforcement recorder, pointed the camera at the old lady, then took out the notebook and asked, "Who was the person who hurt you last night?"
"It's...it's him." The old lady fell into recollection.
"It's Hu Ming?" Gu Chen asked.
"Ahem, that's right." The old lady coughed twice, and hurriedly said, "That's him. He wants to kill me. He doesn't keep his promise."
Seeing the old lady's reaction so excited, Gu Chen and Lu Weiwei looked at each other, feeling similar to what everyone had guessed before.
And Police Officer Wang hurried over and asked, "Why doesn't he keep his word? Or, did you reach some kind of deal?"
"Yes." A teardrop flowed from the corner of the old lady's eyes, and her face was also full of horror.
"What is it?" Officer Wang asked.
The old lady waited for a few seconds before she said: "Because that day, when you asked me about Wan Xiaomin's disappearance, I lied to you. Actually... In fact, Wan Xiaomin's disappearance was not what I said at all."
Seeing that the old lady began to confess, Gu Chen also frowned, and continued to ask: "What kind of situation was that? When it happened, were you drying your clothes on the balcony?"
"No." The old lady shook her head in denial, and then said:
"I was walking near the family area of Chengxi Chemical Factory, because I needed to go out for a walk and exercise every night."
"After all, I'm an old bone, and I usually need to exercise, but that night, when I passed by a place, I heard a faint movement from the other side of the iron fence."
"What is it?" Seeing that the old lady still had a lot of information, Gu Chen hurriedly asked her.
"I didn't know at first." The old lady took a deep breath, and then said:
"Later, out of curiosity, I sneaked through the iron fence and climbed to the other side of the ruins to see the situation."
"As a result, I saw a black shadow standing among the ruins, seeming to be carrying something?"
"I thought it was someone from outside to steal things. After all, this place is being demolished. There are still some useful things inside the demolished buildings."
"So, people from outside often come in to move things, collect all kinds of useful things and sell them."
"But later, there were more and more people, and the management was afraid of danger, so they refused to enter."
Taking a deep breath, the old lady said again: "So there is no way, these people can't come in during the day because someone is watching."
"That's why many people choose to come here at night to steal things, tidy up some useful things inside the dilapidated buildings, and carry them out secretly."
Listening to the old lady's eloquent narration, Lu Weiwei recorded all this in detail, raised her head and asked, "Then what? What did you see that night?"
"That night? That night I found that there was a black shadow carrying something on his body, which seemed to be a person." The old lady said in horror.
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"Swish, swish!"
As the sound of weeds rubbing against each other came continuously, several light beams lit up in front of Gu Chen's eyes.
Lu Weiwei, Police Officer Wang, Yuan Shasha, Ding Liang, Huang Zunlong, and some other civil auxiliary policemen rushed from the rear in batches and surrounded Gu Chen.
"Junior Brother Gu, are you alright?" Seeing that Gu Chen's body was covered with weeds, Lu Weiwei suddenly wanted to say a few words of concern.
"It's okay, I was attacked by that guy here just now, and I fought for a long time, but I still lost him." Gu Chen was also a little frustrated.
Obviously he has blocked the opponent's escape route, and he can unite with his colleagues to surround the man in black.
But at a critical moment, the man in black suddenly disappeared.
"Is the man in black still in the grass?" Police Officer Wang asked quickly.
"Should still be there? After all, I have blocked his way, but when he found out that you came to support him, he immediately burrowed into the bushes and disappeared." Gu Chen said.
Officer Wang nodded happily, and said, "It's okay, as long as the person is still in the grass, he will definitely not be able to escape. There are many of us, let him make dumplings."
"Senior Brother Wang." Seeing that Police Officer Wang was full of confidence, Gu Chen also reminded: "This guy has a murder weapon on him, so everyone should be careful."
"Understood." Police Officer Wang nodded silently, and then said to the people behind him: "Everyone is in a team of two, don't stay alone, form a team freely, and each group is a cooperative unit to support each other."
As soon as the voice fell, several search units were quickly formed on the scene.
Then Police Officer Wang looked at Gu Chen again and asked, "Where did the man in black disappear from?"
"Here." Gu Chen pointed sideways.
"Search!" Officer Wang didn't hesitate, and with a wave of his hand, several bright flashlights suddenly shone over.
All the police officers formed a search formation, armed with bright flashlights and mechanical batons, and slowly searched in the direction where the man in black disappeared.
"Swish, swish!"
All of a sudden, various movements in the entire secret passage came and went.
Lights were intertwined in the entire weed pile, and everyone formed a column formation like an overwhelming mountain, and began to trample down the weeds, searching all the way.
However, when Lu Weiwei searched for a place, Gu Chen suddenly heard a faint movement, so he immediately grabbed Lu Weiwei's arm: "Senior Sister Lu."
"What's the matter?" Lu Weiwei was stunned, and seeing Gu Chen's serious eyes, she immediately followed Gu Chen's gaze and made a vigilant movement.
Afterwards, Lu Weiwei reminded Police Officer Wang and Yuan Shasha's team beside her: "Old Wang, there is a situation."
"Attention everyone." Officer Wang received a reply and immediately reminded everyone: "Everyone move closer to me."
"Swish, swish!"
There was another burst of weeds rubbing and moving one after another, and everyone formed an arc, surrounding the suspicious place.
Afterwards, everyone shone the bright flashlights in their hands.
The area ahead was suddenly extremely dazzling.
"Meow!"
At this moment, there was a sudden meow from a suspicious place, and everyone was stunned.
Soon, a kitten got out from the weeds. Seeing that everyone was shining a bright flashlight on itself, it backed away in fright, and immediately ran away.
"It turned out to be a little wild cat?"
As soon as Lu Weiwei finished speaking, two more little wild cats came out from the weed pile, and then three more came out.
The six little wild cats were like frightened cats, running desperately in fright, and soon disappeared among the weeds.
"This may be a cat's nest, we disturbed their sleep." Officer Wang said.
But Gu Chen interrupted: "Don't worry, it can be seen from the escape routes of these little wild cats that they are all heading in one direction."
"Brother Gu means...is that their escape route?" Yuan Shasha also asked curiously.
Gu Chen nodded slightly: "Maybe these cats are the real owners here, they may know where to leave here, follow them, maybe you will find something."
"Then what are you waiting for, hurry up." Ding Liang couldn't wait any longer.
Afterwards, according to Gu Chen's suggestion, everyone began to carefully search for the wild cat in the direction of evacuation.
I don't know how long the weeds have been winding around, but suddenly found that the night owls disappeared.
"Hiding again?" Lu Weiwei looked around and felt that she saw a little wild cat that was alone just now. After a while, the little wild cat disappeared.
"Maybe it's nearby?" Gu Chen held a strong flashlight and irradiated the surrounding environment at will.
At this moment, everyone stopped in their tracks, and Lu Weiwei simply squatted down and meowed like a cat around her:
"Meow meow meow!"
Lu Weiwei barked three times in a row, and soon, there was a response from wild cats nearby.
A little wild cat responded in a childish voice, thinking it was his solitary companion, poked its head out of the grass to observe secretly, and saw Lu Weiwei in front of him really staring at him, and suddenly "whoosh", frightened again Drill to the grass.
"Haha, it turned out to be here, I found it." Lu Weiwei was quite proud, and immediately took Gu Chen with her, and began to look for the group in the grass.
Gu Chen quickened his pace and walked ahead, and was also ready to be arrested at any time.
However, when everyone arrived at the spot where the wild cat was discovered just now, they found that there was a fence ahead, but there seemed to be a cat hole under the fence.
Gu Chen looked up and looked around, and casually shone the bright flashlight on a big tree not far away, and couldn't help but sigh:
"We made a detour and returned to where we started."
"What?" Huang Zunlong didn't understand, so he rushed to Gu Chen's side and continued to ask, "Gu Chen, what's going on?"
"Look at that!" Gu Chen pointed to the crooked-neck tree in front of him, and said, "Just now we set off from near that crooked-neck tree, and searched along there, but ended up wandering around in the weeds. A big bend."
"Following the kitten's footsteps, we came here all the way. This is a big bend, and we are back to the previous place."
"That's right, when we set off just now, I found this crooked-neck tree." Yuan Shasha also came to Gu Chen with a flashlight, and shined on the crooked-neck tree twice.
Officer Wang said: "Could it be that the man in black escaped from here?"
"It's possible." Gu Chen adjusted his breathing, and reminded him, "I was near here just now, and I suddenly lost the movement of the man in black, as if in an instant."
"If the man in black is still in the weeds, then he must have escaped through some other passage."
"It makes sense." Lu Weiwei nodded silently, staring straight at the place where the little wild cat left just now, and said, "Could it be... there is another passage here? Could it be this cat cave?"
"Go and have a look." Officer Wang walked over first, squatted down, and irradiated the hole just now.
After a pause for a few seconds, he stood up and said with a serious face: "It seems that everyone's guess is correct, the man in black escaped from here."
"I'll just say, why did it suddenly disappear?" With Police Officer Wang's affirmation, Gu Chen led everyone to the entrance of the cave just now.
Everyone took three steps, five cuts and two cuts, and pushed aside the weeds in front of us.
Only then did I realize that the entrance of the cave was much larger than imagined.
Since the front is the wall of the chemical plant, and the underground soil has already been excavated into a U-shaped channel.
So even a fat man can get through the hole.
Gu Chen didn't hesitate, and was the first to get out of the hole.
Lu Weiwei was the second, followed by Police Officer Wang and Yuan Shasha.
When everyone came outside the entrance of the cave, they realized that they were near the same railroad track as last time.
But at this moment, there are all kinds of broken weeds around, obviously someone has been here.
"The plant crease is new." Lu Weiwei reminded.
"It seems that the man in black really escaped from this place." Gu Chen thought for a while, and then said, "I guess we won't be able to catch up. Immediately call other colleagues and ask them to go to Wangjiang Hotel to find Hu Ming."
"If Hu Ming is in the hotel, then it's fine. If Hu Ming is not in the hotel, then stay at the door of the hotel room until he comes back."
"Understood." Lu Weiwei understood Gu Chen's meaning, so she immediately took out her mobile phone, contacted the patrol colleagues in the sub-bureau, and rushed to Wangjiang Hotel as quickly as possible.
After some phone conversations, Gu Chen led everyone to search along the way, and then led them back to the old building just now.
At this moment, the old lady's house is still open, but the location of the balcony has been cordoned off.
Gu Chen put on the mask headgear, gloves and footmuffs, and then brought Lu Weiwei, Police Officer Wang and Yuan Shasha into the room together.
The lights were on, and the items in the room seemed to be neatly arranged, and there were no traces of fighting.
After Gu Chen took a few quick glances in the living room, he came to the room where the old lady lived.
Police Officer Wang immediately came to Gu Chen's side to remind him: "Before I entered the house, I saw a black figure rushing out from here. The two of us met head-on, but this guy ran away."
"Later, you asked me to go back and check on the situation of the old lady, and I discovered that a nylon rope was wrapped around the old lady's neck, and the strangle marks were very obvious."
"It's obvious that the man in black is going to strangle the old lady with a nylon rope, but just happened to meet us patrolling here, so he panicked all of a sudden, not sure if the old lady was suffocated to death, so he left in a hurry."
"What's the old lady's situation now?" Gu Chen turned his head and asked.
Police officer Wang shook his head: "It's not clear yet, anyway, when I went into the room to check, the old lady's face turned pale, she was unconscious and had no breath."
"I was in a panic at that time, and kept giving first aid to the old lady, and even gave her artificial respiration..."
As soon as the words fell, Officer Wang suddenly felt that the atmosphere was not right.
Everyone at the scene looked at him with stunned eyes. Police Officer Wang immediately became anxious and quickly explained:
"This... isn't this because the old lady is dying. The situation was urgent, so I didn't have time to think about it, so I had to give her artificial respiration."
"Cough cough." Hearing Officer Wang's remarks, Lu Weiwei hurriedly coughed tactically to resolve the embarrassment:
"It's understandable, Old Wang, you're doing the right thing."
"Pfft!" Yuan Shasha couldn't help holding back her laughter when she heard this.
Seeing Police Officer Wang staring at her, Yuan Shasha immediately waved her hand and explained: "No, Senior Brother Wang, I'm not laughing at you, I...I just thought those little wild cats were cute, really."
"I believe you are a ghost." Officer Wang knew that these people would laugh at him, so he couldn't help but complain.
But Gu Chen hurriedly said again: "Then what happened after Senior Brother Wang gave the old lady artificial respiration last night?"
"After that? Afterwards, I felt that the old lady should be saved, so I quickly contacted 120 and waited for everyone's support in the room."
"After that, the 120 ambulance arrived. The old lady was carried into an ambulance and sent to the hospital for emergency rescue. I have asked Ji Zhe to follow her to protect her. If there is any situation, Ji Zhe will call me immediately."
After a pause, Officer Wang said again: "Ji Zhe hasn't called yet, which means he's still being rescued."
"Later, I saw that the person had been sent away, so I took Lu Weiwei and the others to meet you."
"En." Hearing Officer Wang's words, Gu Chen also nodded silently, and said involuntarily:
"It seems that we came in time and did not let the man in black succeed."
"Then who is this man in black?" Yuan Shasha asked.
Gu Chen shook his head: "It's not clear yet, but if the man in black is going to murder the old lady, it must be the old lady who knows some secrets about him."
"And judging from our contact with this old lady, she also explained to us that that night, she saw Wan Xiaomin send Hu Ming away by taking a taxi, then turned back, and that's all."
"But these clues are enough to rule out Hu Ming's suspicion, so..."
"So, is this old lady giving false testimony to Hu Ming? Then Hu Ming came to kill people tonight?" Lu Weiwei said with a look of surprise.
Gu Chen nodded silently: "If there is no other reason, then I think the man in black tonight may be Hu Ming."
"But hasn't Hu Ming stayed at Wangjiang Hotel all the time? Isn't Senior Brother He watching in the surveillance?" Yuan Shasha also expressed curiosity.
"He Junchao is a big idiot, he has lost him." Police officer Wang heard Yuan Shasha's words, and said without hesitation:
"He Junchao can lose track of everyone, this He Junchao is really an idiot."
"Perhaps it's not the fault of Senior Brother He." Gu Chen calmly thought for a few seconds before saying, "Perhaps Hu Ming sneaked out of Wangjiang Hotel through another exit, and then came here to commit crimes."
"From the situation where I fought against the man in black, it can be seen that this guy is a practitioner."
"Moreover, the man in black is very familiar with the nearby passages, and he is obviously a person who is good at finding another way."
"It can be seen that this guy is a very cunning character, and it is difficult to capture him with ordinary surveillance."
"That's right." Lu Weiwei nodded silently, and said with a sigh: "This guy doesn't seem simple, we have to go to Wangjiang Hotel to check immediately."
"No matter how fast the man in black escapes, it is impossible for our colleagues to arrive at the Wangjiang Hotel as fast as our colleagues. We just wait here for the call."
Everyone here expresses their opinions. On the other side, Huang Zunlong walked in wearing protective equipment and said:
"Gu Chen, I took a look at the door lock on the balcony. The man in black used a cutting tool to cut a small hole in the glass on the balcony, and then reached out to see that the window socket opened and entered."
"Because there is no protective net here on the first floor, the man in black broke in through the window."
"It seems that this guy has bought cutting tools." After thinking for a while, Gu Chen said again: "Everyone check the room, take pictures and collect evidence. There is no problem. We have to go back to Wangjiang Hotel."
As soon as Gu Chen finished speaking, Lu Weiwei's cell phone rang, and it was policeman Wu Xiaofeng who called.
"Senior Sister Lu."
"Xiaofeng, what's the situation with you? Is Hu Ming at the Wangjiang Hotel?"
"Not here." Wu Xiaofeng's answer was very positive, and then he said: "We rushed to Wangjiang Hotel, and according to your wishes, we went directly to Hu Ming's room and knocked on the door."
"But no matter how we knocked on the door, there was no movement in the house, so we called the hotel staff and opened the door with the room card, only to find that the room was locked."
"Unlocked? Was it caught by the chains in the house, right?" Lu Weiwei asked in confirmation.
"That's right." Wu Xiaofeng replied affirmatively, and then said:
"Because the room was locked, we couldn't get in at all, but immediately it seemed that there was no one at all."
"So in a hurry, I thought this guy might have gone out through the window, so I went to the top floor of the hotel again, and observed from the perspective of the top floor, I found that the room where Hu Ming lived was actually a building away from the Wangjiang Hotel. The platform is very close, only two floors away.”
"And we found that from Hu Ming's window, there was a rope extending to that platform."
"So, we came to this small platform from other fire exits, and then climbed to Hu Ming's room along the rope."
"And then?" Lu Weiwei asked again.
"Then I found out that the window was ajar. Since it was dark night, the rope was lowered from the window, which is difficult for ordinary people to detect with the naked eye."
"I'm in Hu Ming's room now, and Hu Ming hasn't returned yet."
"It seems that our guess is right." After receiving Wu Xiaofeng's explanation, Lu Weiwei breathed a sigh of relief, and said, "Thank you for your hard work. You stay here now, waiting for Hu Ming to come back."
"As soon as he comes back, detain him immediately, and we will go there now."
"Okay, then I'll wait for you at Wangjiang Hotel."
After a few brief exchanges between the two parties, they both hung up the phone.
Lu Weiwei put down the phone, and then said to Gu Chen and the others: "You are right, the man in black is Hu Ming."
"He didn't go out through the main entrance, but climbed from the window to a structural platform below through a rope, and then left through the fire exit of the platform."
"Great." Upon receiving this reply, Gu Chen was overjoyed: "If it can be confirmed that the man in black is Hu Ming, then he won't be able to escape at all."
"When I was fighting with him, his body must have been scratched by the weeds, and when he passed the ruins area, he ran too hastily, fell down a few times, and his palms should also be injured."
"Whether it's him or not, it will be clear when he is caught and examined for injuries."
"Understood, what about us now?" Lu Weiwei asked.
"Go to Wangjiang Hotel." Gu Chen said.
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midnight 2 O clock.
Wangjiang Hotel.
Everyone waited in Hu Ming's room for a long time, but there was no sign of Hu Ming.
And not only the Wangjiang Hotel, but also several nearby roads are guarded in plainclothes.
It can be said that as soon as Hu Ming appears, everyone can surround him from all directions and arrest him on the spot.
However, when everyone had waited until two o'clock in the morning, there was still no trace of Hu Ming.
In Hu Ming's hotel room, Gu Chen has been lying on the window, looking at the ropes around him in a daze, and also waiting for the news of Hu Ming's arrest, but there is no such thing.
He looked down at his watch again, and the time was displayed as 2:10 in the morning.
Gu Chen stood up, turned his head to look at the crowd and said, "It seems that this Hu Ming knew that he was doomed this time, so he slipped away."
"Don't worry, I can't run away." Officer Wang opened the police water bottle he carried with him, took a sip of water, and then said:
"I have asked He Junchao, a big idiot, to use all the surveillance in the surrounding area where Hu Ming escaped."
"As long as there are traces of the man in black in this area, you can contact your colleagues who are patrolling nearby to arrest him."
Hearing Officer Wang's remarks, Gu Chen also nodded slightly, expressing his satisfaction.
At this moment, a call came to Lu Weiwei's cell phone again. Lu Weiwei picked up the cell phone and asked, "What's the matter? Ah? Really? Okay, I see."
After hanging up the phone, Lu Weiwei immediately reported to Gu Chenhui: "Junior Brother Gu, you guessed right, this foreign girl Zhuang Ke who had an affair with Lu Yuan did indeed smoke white noodles, and the test results can be confirmed."
"It seems that this Lu Yuan also needs to be tested. Staying with this kind of woman will inevitably be affected."
Gu Chen thought for a while, then said, "By the way, where is Lu Yuan now?"
"It's still in our Furong branch." Officer Wang said.
"Then let's go back to the sub-bureau and interrogate Lu Yuan again to see what secrets there are between Hu Ming and him, or Wan Xiaomin."
"That's fine." Hearing what Gu Chen said, Officer Wang also nodded in agreement: "There are too many secrets among these people. If you don't have a good trial, these people really won't open their mouths."
While speaking, everyone walked out of the starting room one after another.
When Gu Chen came to the door, he also told Wu Xiaofeng and another auxiliary policeman to continue to wait in the room.
And he took other personnel and returned directly to the Furong branch.
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2:45 am.
Interrogation Room No. 1 of the Furong Sub-bureau.
At this moment, Lu Yuan was already exhausted. Facing Gu Chen and the others, he yawned from time to time with a listless look, quite similar to Zhuang Accept's appearance during the interrogation.
Although it was almost 3 o'clock in the morning, it was the most exhausting time of the day, but Lu Yuan's haggard face still made Gu Chen suspicious.
"Officer Gu." Lu Yuan yawned, looked at the time reminder aside, and said involuntarily, "It's almost 3 o'clock in the morning now."
"Even if you have something to ask, can you do it tomorrow? I'm really sleepy now, can you let me go to sleep for a while?"
"Zhuang Ke, we have taken her for a blood test, and the test results show that Zhuang Ke has been smoking white noodles." After the words fell, Gu Chen looked up at Lu Yuan in front of him, and said again:
"Do you understand what I mean?"
"Is...really?" Lu Yuan panicked when he heard that the police had conducted a blood test on Zhuang Ke.
Lu Weiwei said again: "Zhuang Ke's appearance at that time was exactly the same as yours now, and he was so haggard."
"But Officer Lu, it's almost 3 o'clock in the morning, I...I'm really sleepy, I'm not the same as her."
"Is it the same? Come with us to test it later and it will be clear." Officer Wang said unceremoniously.
Seemingly guilty, Lu Yuan nodded and admitted after a few seconds of contemplation:
"That's right, during the days when I was with Zhuang Ke, I knew that she had this bad habit, so I also got some of it. If you have any questions, just ask."
Lu Yuan felt that there was nothing left to love, and that his life had turned into a mess overnight.
Gu Chen and his colleagues looked at each other, and then said: "We will continue to investigate this matter, but you have to answer us now, what secret is there between Wan Xiaomin and Hu Ming?"
"You... what do you mean?" Hearing Gu Chen's words, Lu Yuan slowly raised his head and asked curiously.
"Nothing interesting." Gu Chen shook his head and continued, "We suspect that the person who kidnapped Wan Xiaomin may be Hu Ming."
"And now, we also have some conclusive evidence, but Hu Ming has now escaped our police surveillance, and his whereabouts are unknown."
"What did you say? You have evidence that Hu Ming kidnapped my wife? Hu Ming is still missing?"
Hearing what Gu Chen said, Lu Yuan froze on the spot.
It seems that all this is much more complicated than I imagined.
Seeing that Lu Yuan was still there, Police Officer Wang couldn't help but patted the table, reminding him, "Lu Yuan, what are we asking you? What secrets do you have between Hu Ming and Wan Xiaomin that you haven't told us about?" ?”
"I... I don't know either." Lu Yuan shook his head, as if he didn't want to mention it.
Lu Weiwei continued to ask: "Then Hu Ming really hasn't been to Jiangnan City since he was in high school and moved his family back to Shanghai?"
"This……"
Looking up at Lu Weiwei, Lu Yuan fell into deep thought.
It was also after thinking over and over again that he was not sure: "I don't know, maybe...he Hu Ming has been to Jiangnan City? Maybe he met Wan Xiaomin in private? But..."
"But what?" Lu Weiwei asked again.
Lu Yuan shook his head: "I don't know. In fact, Wan Xiaomin has been hiding many things from me. I am clear about this."
"It's just that I never wanted to tell the truth, so I pretended not to know."
After a pause, Lu Yuan also took a deep breath, and then said again: "So, in order to make Wan Xiaomin feel at ease, I took over a pet shop in Sanyuan Lane and handed it over to Wan Xiaomin to manage hamsters. Let Wan Xiaomin take it easy."
"It seems that there is something wrong with the relationship between your husband and wife?" Officer Wang also said something.
And Lu Yuan didn't shy away from it, and said with a wry smile: "Actually, I know Wan Xiaomin very well. Before she got married, she dated many people. At that time, I was just a little girl beside her."
"But after I got married, I realized that I was also an asshole. Xiao Min might not know about Zhuang Ke's matter."
"Understood." While taking notes, Gu Chen raised his head and asked again: "I just want to know, has Hu Ming been to Jiangnan City since he moved back to Shanghai?"
"But...maybe?" Lu Yuan hesitated.
Yuan Shasha was a little speechless: "What is possible? If you have it, you have it, if you don't, you don't. Don't you know?"
"I really don't know." Lu Yuan sighed faintly, and said helplessly:
"Just a few months ago, I suddenly discovered that Xiao Min has become mysterious, and from time to time he would look at the previous group photos of everyone in a daze."
"At first, I thought she was being nostalgic, and I didn't take it seriously, but sometimes I heard her say in my ears, how great it would be if I could go back to the past, it feels weird."
"I didn't feel anything at the time, I just felt that Wan Xiaomin was nervous, but now that so many things have happened, I feel more and more that maybe Xiaomin's nervousness during that time may have something to do with Hu Ming?"
"After all, Hu Ming's departure at the beginning made everyone feel bad. Hu Ming, who was supposed to be in constant contact, gradually lost contact with everyone."
"But if it wasn't for Hu Ming's sudden appearance, Xiao Min might not have become so sentimental."
"So, all this is your guesswork?" Gu Chen asked.
"You can put it that way." Lu Yuan didn't shy away from it, but said bluntly:
"Based on my intuition, I feel that they may have met or contacted two months ago."
"It's unlikely." As soon as Lu Yuan finished speaking, Gu Chen shook his head and denied, "If Hu Ming and Wan Xiaomin had contacted or met each other two months ago, why did they meet that night? At that time, do we still need to pass Ah Zhe?"
"Besides, Hu Ming doesn't seem to know about Wan Xiaomin's marriage at all, and he doesn't even know that Wan Xiaomin's husband is you, Lu Yuan."
"Okay." Hearing Gu Chen's explanation, Lu Yuan also nodded silently: "Maybe I'm thinking too much, but no matter what, Xiao Min has no financial interests involved, so why did Hu Ming kidnap Xiao Min?" ?”
After thinking for a while, Lu Yuan said again: "Could it be related to Ah Zhe? I heard that Xu Ping, Ah Zhe's partner, mentioned it some time ago. It seems that there is something wrong with their business."
"But what is it specifically? He didn't say, and I didn't ask too much, but I feel that the situation should be bad."
"Then what else?" Gu Chen asked again.
"Other than that? I really don't know what else is unusual." Lu Yuan held his head in his hands, also looking frustrated.
Lu Weiwei sighed and asked, "Have you always had a bad relationship with Xiao Min? Did your understanding of her during this period of time only stay at the abnormal time two months ago?"
"No." Lu Yuan shook his head and said with a face of shame:
"Isn't it Zhuang Ke's matter that made me burnt out, so I didn't pay too much attention to Xiao Min's situation."
"It wasn't until Xiao Min's disappearance that I was confused and didn't know how to find her."
"However, if Lu Yuan is the person who kidnapped Xiao Min, I really can't figure it out. Why did Lu Yuan do this?"
After the whole interrogation, everyone has been busy until 3 am and 20 minutes.
During the interrogation of Lu Yuan, no one made much progress.
But it can be seen from Lu Yuan's words that Wan Xiaomin from two months ago seems to be nostalgic.
From this point, it is not difficult to see that it must be someone's appearance that affected Wan Xiaomin's emotions.
But is that person Hu Ming? Gu Chen is still not good at judging.
Since it was already late at night, everyone was also exhausted.
So after Gu Chen communicated and coordinated with the police officers squatting near the Wangjiang Hotel, he asked the others to go back and rest.
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The next morning, it was raining lightly.
The entire Jiangnan City was shrouded in a muggy atmosphere.
Since the fight with the man in black last night, no one has found any trace of Hu Ming.
Therefore, everyone can guess with their toes that the disappearing man in black is Hu Ming.
Moreover, it proved that Hu Ming left the family area of Chengxi Chemical Plant alone, and Wan Xiaomin continued to return to the family area after taking a taxi. The old lady, the key figure, is now also facing life-threatening.
So the old lady became a key figure.
If the old lady lied, then Hu Ming is the biggest suspect.
Before this, Gu Chen also doubted his own judgment, but after everyone rescued the old lady last night, Gu Chen realized that there may be many unknown secrets in it.
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At 9 a.m., the IUC ward of the People's Hospital.
When the white-haired old lady who escaped death slowly opened her eyes, she found a group of policemen sitting beside her.
Everyone is communicating about things, and no one seems to notice themselves.
The old lady closed her eyes with heavy eyelids, and when she opened her eyes again, there was no one around her.
Due to being too exhausted, the old lady closed her eyes to rest again, feeling that all this was an illusion.
When the old lady opened her eyes for the third time, she found that Lu Weiwei was resting with her chin in her hands, squinting her eyes and yawning from time to time.
The old lady knew Lu Weiwei, so tentatively, she stretched out her right hand and touched Lu Weiwei's arm.
Lu Weiwei's body trembled, recovering from the nap just now.
Seeing that the old lady lying on the hospital bed had opened her eyes, she immediately grinned, and hurried forward to ask: "Old lady, can you hear me? Can you hear me blinking twice?"
When the old lady heard the words, she obeyed and blinked at Lu Weiwei twice.
At this moment, Lu Weiwei was so happy that she immediately ran aside, pulled Gu Chen over, pointed at the old lady and said, "Look, Junior Brother Gu, she's awake."
In an instant, not only Gu Chen, but also Yuan Shasha and Police Officer Wang came over.
The four surrounded the old lady, and they were all calling for the old lady who was awake.
"Old lady, are you okay? Can you talk?" Gu Chen leaned closer to the old lady's ear and asked.
The old lady took two heavy breaths, and said slowly with difficulty: "I... Where am I?"
"The ICU ward of the hospital." Yuan Shasha quickly replied.
"I...I...Am I dead?" The old lady asked again weakly.
Lu Weiwei grinned: "How can it be? You walked through the gate of hell once, and you're fine now."
"That... that guy, he wants to kill me."
As soon as Lu Weiwei finished speaking, the old lady became a little anxious, and her speech became hasty.
Lu Weiwei quickly patted her head soothingly, and said comfortingly: "It's okay, that guy can't hurt you anymore, but for now, we still have a few questions to ask you, can you cooperate with us?" a record?"
When the old lady heard Lu Weiwei's speech, she also hesitated for a few seconds before she said: "You... If you want to ask anything, just... Just ask."
"Very good." Seeing that the old lady was still cooperative, Lu Weiwei immediately turned on the law enforcement recorder, pointed the camera at the old lady, then took out the notebook and asked, "Who was the person who hurt you last night?"
"It's...it's him." The old lady fell into recollection.
"It's Hu Ming?" Gu Chen asked.
"Ahem, that's right." The old lady coughed twice, and hurriedly said, "That's him. He wants to kill me. He doesn't keep his promise."
Seeing the old lady's reaction so excited, Gu Chen and Lu Weiwei looked at each other, feeling similar to what everyone had guessed before.
And Police Officer Wang hurried over and asked, "Why doesn't he keep his word? Or, did you reach some kind of deal?"
"Yes." A teardrop flowed from the corner of the old lady's eyes, and her face was also full of horror.
"What is it?" Officer Wang asked.
The old lady waited for a few seconds before she said: "Because that day, when you asked me about Wan Xiaomin's disappearance, I lied to you. Actually... In fact, Wan Xiaomin's disappearance was not what I said at all."
Seeing that the old lady began to confess, Gu Chen also frowned, and continued to ask: "What kind of situation was that? When it happened, were you drying your clothes on the balcony?"
"No." The old lady shook her head in denial, and then said:
"I was walking near the family area of Chengxi Chemical Factory, because I needed to go out for a walk and exercise every night."
"After all, I'm an old bone, and I usually need to exercise, but that night, when I passed by a place, I heard a faint movement from the other side of the iron fence."
"What is it?" Seeing that the old lady still had a lot of information, Gu Chen hurriedly asked her.
"I didn't know at first." The old lady took a deep breath, and then said:
"Later, out of curiosity, I sneaked through the iron fence and climbed to the other side of the ruins to see the situation."
"As a result, I saw a black shadow standing among the ruins, seeming to be carrying something?"
"I thought it was someone from outside to steal things. After all, this place is being demolished. There are still some useful things inside the demolished buildings."
"So, people from outside often come in to move things, collect all kinds of useful things and sell them."
"But later, there were more and more people, and the management was afraid of danger, so they refused to enter."
Taking a deep breath, the old lady said again: "So there is no way, these people can't come in during the day because someone is watching."
"That's why many people choose to come here at night to steal things, tidy up some useful things inside the dilapidated buildings, and carry them out secretly."
Listening to the old lady's eloquent narration, Lu Weiwei recorded all this in detail, raised her head and asked, "Then what? What did you see that night?"
"That night? That night I found that there was a black shadow carrying something on his body, which seemed to be a person." The old lady said in horror.
...
"Swish, swish!" As the sound of weeds rubbing against each other came continuously, several light beams lit up in front of Gu Chen's eyes. Lu Weiwei, Police Officer Wang, Yuan Shasha, Ding Liang, Huang Zunlong, and some other civil auxiliary policemen rushed from the rear in batches and surrounded Gu Chen. "Junior Brother Gu, are you alright?" Seeing that Gu Chen's body was covered with weeds, Lu Weiwei suddenly wanted to say a few words of concern. "It's okay, I was attacked by that guy here just now, and I fought for a long time, but I still lost him." Gu Chen was also a little frustrated. Obviously he has blocked the opponent's escape route, and he can unite with his colleagues to surround the man in black. But at a critical moment, the man in black suddenly disappeared. "Is the man in black still in the grass?" Police Officer Wang asked quickly. "Should still be there? After all, I have blocked his way, but when he found out that you came to support him, he immediately burrowed into the bushes and disappeared." Gu Chen said. Officer Wang nodded happily, and said, "It's okay, as long as the person is still in the grass, he will definitely not be able to escape. There are many of us, let him make dumplings." "Senior Brother Wang." Seeing that Police Officer Wang was full of confidence, Gu Chen also reminded: "This guy has a murder weapon on him, so everyone should be careful." "Understood." Police Officer Wang nodded silently, and then said to the people behind him: "Everyone is in a team of two, don't stay alone, form a team freely, and each group is a cooperative unit to support each other." As soon as the voice fell, several search units were quickly formed on the scene. Then Police Officer Wang looked at Gu Chen again and asked, "Where did the man in black disappear from?" "Here." Gu Chen pointed sideways. "Search!" Officer Wang didn't hesitate, and with a wave of his hand, several bright flashlights suddenly shone over. All the police officers formed a search formation, armed with bright flashlights and mechanical batons, and slowly searched in the direction where the man in black disappeared. "Swish, swish!" All of a sudden, various movements in the entire secret passage came and went. Lights were intertwined in the entire weed pile, and everyone formed a column formation like an overwhelming mountain, and began to trample down the weeds, searching all the way. However, when Lu Weiwei searched for a place, Gu Chen suddenly heard a faint movement, so he immediately grabbed Lu Weiwei's arm: "Senior Sister Lu." "What's the matter?" Lu Weiwei was stunned, and seeing Gu Chen's serious eyes, she immediately followed Gu Chen's gaze and made a vigilant movement. Afterwards, Lu Weiwei reminded Police Officer Wang and Yuan Shasha's team beside her: "Old Wang, there is a situation." "Attention everyone." Officer Wang received a reply and immediately reminded everyone: "Everyone move closer to me." "Swish, swish!" There was another burst of weeds rubbing and moving one after another, and everyone formed an arc, surrounding the suspicious place. Afterwards, everyone shone the bright flashlights in their hands. The area ahead was suddenly extremely dazzling. "Meow!" At this moment, there was a sudden meow from a suspicious place, and everyone was stunned. Soon, a kitten got out from the weeds. Seeing that everyone was shining a bright flashlight on itself, it backed away in fright, and immediately ran away. "It turned out to be a little wild cat?" As soon as Lu Weiwei finished speaking, two more little wild cats came out from the weed pile, and then three more came out. The six little wild cats were like frightened cats, running desperately in fright, and soon disappeared among the weeds. "This may be a cat's nest, we disturbed their sleep." Officer Wang said. But Gu Chen interrupted: "Don't worry, it can be seen from the escape routes of these little wild cats that they are all heading in one direction." "Brother Gu means...is that their escape route?" Yuan Shasha also asked curiously. Gu Chen nodded slightly: "Maybe these cats are the real owners here, they may know where to leave here, follow them, maybe you will find something." "Then what are you waiting for, hurry up." Ding Liang couldn't wait any longer. Afterwards, according to Gu Chen's suggestion, everyone began to carefully search for the wild cat in the direction of evacuation. I don't know how long the weeds have been winding around, but suddenly found that the night owls disappeared. "Hiding again?" Lu Weiwei looked around and felt that she saw a little wild cat that was alone just now. After a while, the little wild cat disappeared. "Maybe it's nearby?" Gu Chen held a strong flashlight and irradiated the surrounding environment at will. At this moment, everyone stopped in their tracks, and Lu Weiwei simply squatted down and meowed like a cat around her: "Meow meow meow!" Lu Weiwei barked three times in a row, and soon, there was a response from wild cats nearby. A little wild cat responded in a childish voice, thinking it was his solitary companion, poked its head out of the grass to observe secretly, and saw Lu Weiwei in front of him really staring at him, and suddenly "whoosh", frightened again Drill to the grass. "Haha, it turned out to be here, I found it." Lu Weiwei was quite proud, and immediately took Gu Chen with her, and began to look for the group in the grass. Gu Chen quickened his pace and walked ahead, and was also ready to be arrested at any time. However, when everyone arrived at the spot where the wild cat was discovered just now, they found that there was a fence ahead, but there seemed to be a cat hole under the fence. Gu Chen looked up and looked around, and casually shone the bright flashlight on a big tree not far away, and couldn't help but sigh: "We made a detour and returned to where we started." "What?" Huang Zunlong didn't understand, so he rushed to Gu Chen's side and continued to ask, "Gu Chen, what's going on?" "Look at that!" Gu Chen pointed to the crooked-neck tree in front of him, and said, "Just now we set off from near that crooked-neck tree, and searched along there, but ended up wandering around in the weeds. A big bend." "Following the kitten's footsteps, we came here all the way. This is a big bend, and we are back to the previous place." "That's right, when we set off just now, I found this crooked-neck tree." Yuan Shasha also came to Gu Chen with a flashlight, and shined on the crooked-neck tree twice. Officer Wang said: "Could it be that the man in black escaped from here?" "It's possible." Gu Chen adjusted his breathing, and reminded him, "I was near here just now, and I suddenly lost the movement of the man in black, as if in an instant." "If the man in black is still in the weeds, then he must have escaped through some other passage." "It makes sense." Lu Weiwei nodded silently, staring straight at the place where the little wild cat left just now, and said, "Could it be... there is another passage here? Could it be this cat cave?" "Go and have a look." Officer Wang walked over first, squatted down, and irradiated the hole just now. After a pause for a few seconds, he stood up and said with a serious face: "It seems that everyone's guess is correct, the man in black escaped from here." "I'll just say, why did it suddenly disappear?" With Police Officer Wang's affirmation, Gu Chen led everyone to the entrance of the cave just now. Everyone took three steps, five cuts and two cuts, and pushed aside the weeds in front of us. Only then did I realize that the entrance of the cave was much larger than imagined. Since the front is the wall of the chemical plant, and the underground soil has already been excavated into a U-shaped channel. So even a fat man can get through the hole. Gu Chen didn't hesitate, and was the first to get out of the hole. Lu Weiwei was the second, followed by Police Officer Wang and Yuan Shasha. When everyone came outside the entrance of the cave, they realized that they were near the same railroad track as last time. But at this moment, there are all kinds of broken weeds around, obviously someone has been here. "The plant crease is new." Lu Weiwei reminded. "It seems that the man in black really escaped from this place." Gu Chen thought for a while, and then said, "I guess we won't be able to catch up. Immediately call other colleagues and ask them to go to Wangjiang Hotel to find Hu Ming." "If Hu Ming is in the hotel, then it's fine. If Hu Ming is not in the hotel, then stay at the door of the hotel room until he comes back." "Understood." Lu Weiwei understood Gu Chen's meaning, so she immediately took out her mobile phone, contacted the patrol colleagues in the sub-bureau, and rushed to Wangjiang Hotel as quickly as possible. After some phone conversations, Gu Chen led everyone to search along the way, and then led them back to the old building just now. At this moment, the old lady's house is still open, but the location of the balcony has been cordoned off. Gu Chen put on the mask headgear, gloves and footmuffs, and then brought Lu Weiwei, Police Officer Wang and Yuan Shasha into the room together. The lights were on, and the items in the room seemed to be neatly arranged, and there were no traces of fighting. After Gu Chen took a few quick glances in the living room, he came to the room where the old lady lived. Police Officer Wang immediately came to Gu Chen's side to remind him: "Before I entered the house, I saw a black figure rushing out from here. The two of us met head-on, but this guy ran away." "Later, you asked me to go back and check on the situation of the old lady, and I discovered that a nylon rope was wrapped around the old lady's neck, and the strangle marks were very obvious." "It's obvious that the man in black is going to strangle the old lady with a nylon rope, but just happened to meet us patrolling here, so he panicked all of a sudden, not sure if the old lady was suffocated to death, so he left in a hurry." "What's the old lady's situation now?" Gu Chen turned his head and asked. Police officer Wang shook his head: "It's not clear yet, anyway, when I went into the room to check, the old lady's face turned pale, she was unconscious and had no breath." "I was in a panic at that time, and kept giving first aid to the old lady, and even gave her artificial respiration..." As soon as the words fell, Officer Wang suddenly felt that the atmosphere was not right. Everyone at the scene looked at him with stunned eyes. Police Officer Wang immediately became anxious and quickly explained: "This... isn't this because the old lady is dying. The situation was urgent, so I didn't have time to think about it, so I had to give her artificial respiration." "Cough cough." Hearing Officer Wang's remarks, Lu Weiwei hurriedly coughed tactically to resolve the embarrassment: "It's understandable, Old Wang, you're doing the right thing." "Pfft!" Yuan Shasha couldn't help holding back her laughter when she heard this. Seeing Police Officer Wang staring at her, Yuan Shasha immediately waved her hand and explained: "No, Senior Brother Wang, I'm not laughing at you, I...I just thought those little wild cats were cute, really." "I believe you are a ghost." Officer Wang knew that these people would laugh at him, so he couldn't help but complain. But Gu Chen hurriedly said again: "Then what happened after Senior Brother Wang gave the old lady artificial respiration last night?" "After that? Afterwards, I felt that the old lady should be saved, so I quickly contacted 120 and waited for everyone's support in the room." "After that, the 120 ambulance arrived. The old lady was carried into an ambulance and sent to the hospital for emergency rescue. I have asked Ji Zhe to follow her to protect her. If there is any situation, Ji Zhe will call me immediately." After a pause, Officer Wang said again: "Ji Zhe hasn't called yet, which means he's still being rescued." "Later, I saw that the person had been sent away, so I took Lu Weiwei and the others to meet you." "En." Hearing Officer Wang's words, Gu Chen also nodded silently, and said involuntarily: "It seems that we came in time and did not let the man in black succeed." "Then who is this man in black?" Yuan Shasha asked. Gu Chen shook his head: "It's not clear yet, but if the man in black is going to murder the old lady, it must be the old lady who knows some secrets about him." "And judging from our contact with this old lady, she also explained to us that that night, she saw Wan Xiaomin send Hu Ming away by taking a taxi, then turned back, and that's all." "But these clues are enough to rule out Hu Ming's suspicion, so..." "So, is this old lady giving false testimony to Hu Ming? Then Hu Ming came to kill people tonight?" Lu Weiwei said with a look of surprise. Gu Chen nodded silently: "If there is no other reason, then I think the man in black tonight may be Hu Ming." "But hasn't Hu Ming stayed at Wangjiang Hotel all the time? Isn't Senior Brother He watching in the surveillance?" Yuan Shasha also expressed curiosity. "He Junchao is a big idiot, he has lost him." Police officer Wang heard Yuan Shasha's words, and said without hesitation: "He Junchao can lose track of everyone, this He Junchao is really an idiot." "Perhaps it's not the fault of Senior Brother He." Gu Chen calmly thought for a few seconds before saying, "Perhaps Hu Ming sneaked out of Wangjiang Hotel through another exit, and then came here to commit crimes." "From the situation where I fought against the man in black, it can be seen that this guy is a practitioner." "Moreover, the man in black is very familiar with the nearby passages, and he is obviously a person who is good at finding another way." "It can be seen that this guy is a very cunning character, and it is difficult to capture him with ordinary surveillance." "That's right." Lu Weiwei nodded silently, and said with a sigh: "This guy doesn't seem simple, we have to go to Wangjiang Hotel to check immediately." "No matter how fast the man in black escapes, it is impossible for our colleagues to arrive at the Wangjiang Hotel as fast as our colleagues. We just wait here for the call." Everyone here expresses their opinions. On the other side, Huang Zunlong walked in wearing protective equipment and said: "Gu Chen, I took a look at the door lock on the balcony. The man in black used a cutting tool to cut a small hole in the glass on the balcony, and then reached out to see that the window socket opened and entered." "Because there is no protective net here on the first floor, the man in black broke in through the window." "It seems that this guy has bought cutting tools." After thinking for a while, Gu Chen said again: "Everyone check the room, take pictures and collect evidence. There is no problem. We have to go back to Wangjiang Hotel." As soon as Gu Chen finished speaking, Lu Weiwei's cell phone rang, and it was policeman Wu Xiaofeng who called. "Senior Sister Lu." "Xiaofeng, what's the situation with you? Is Hu Ming at the Wangjiang Hotel?" "Not here." Wu Xiaofeng's answer was very positive, and then he said: "We rushed to Wangjiang Hotel, and according to your wishes, we went directly to Hu Ming's room and knocked on the door." "But no matter how we knocked on the door, there was no movement in the house, so we called the hotel staff and opened the door with the room card, only to find that the room was locked." "Unlocked? Was it caught by the chains in the house, right?" Lu Weiwei asked in confirmation. "That's right." Wu Xiaofeng replied affirmatively, and then said: "Because the room was locked, we couldn't get in at all, but immediately it seemed that there was no one at all." "So in a hurry, I thought this guy might have gone out through the window, so I went to the top floor of the hotel again, and observed from the perspective of the top floor, I found that the room where Hu Ming lived was actually a building away from the Wangjiang Hotel. The platform is very close, only two floors away. "And we found that from Hu Ming's window, there was a rope extending to that platform." "So, we came to this small platform from other fire exits, and then climbed to Hu Ming's room along the rope." "And then?" Lu Weiwei asked again. "Then I found out that the window was ajar. Since it was dark night, the rope was lowered from the window, which is difficult for ordinary people to detect with the naked eye." "I'm in Hu Ming's room now, and Hu Ming hasn't returned yet." "It seems that our guess is right." After receiving Wu Xiaofeng's explanation, Lu Weiwei breathed a sigh of relief, and said, "Thank you for your hard work. You stay here now, waiting for Hu Ming to come back." "As soon as he comes back, detain him immediately, and we will go there now." "Okay, then I'll wait for you at Wangjiang Hotel." After a few brief exchanges between the two parties, they both hung up the phone. Lu Weiwei put down the phone, and then said to Gu Chen and the others: "You are right, the man in black is Hu Ming." "He didn't go out through the main entrance, but climbed from the window to a structural platform below through a rope, and then left through the fire exit of the platform." "Great." Upon receiving this reply, Gu Chen was overjoyed: "If it can be confirmed that the man in black is Hu Ming, then he won't be able to escape at all." "When I was fighting with him, his body must have been scratched by the weeds, and when he passed the ruins area, he ran too hastily, fell down a few times, and his palms should also be injured." "Whether it's him or not, it will be clear when he is caught and examined for injuries." "Understood, what about us now?" Lu Weiwei asked. "Go to Wangjiang Hotel." Gu Chen said. ... ... midnight 2 O clock. Wangjiang Hotel. Everyone waited in Hu Ming's room for a long time, but there was no sign of Hu Ming. And not only the Wangjiang Hotel, but also several nearby roads are guarded in plainclothes. It can be said that as soon as Hu Ming appears, everyone can surround him from all directions and arrest him on the spot. However, when everyone had waited until two o'clock in the morning, there was still no trace of Hu Ming. In Hu Ming's hotel room, Gu Chen has been lying on the window, looking at the ropes around him in a daze, and also waiting for the news of Hu Ming's arrest, but there is no such thing. He looked down at his watch again, and the time was displayed as 2:10 in the morning. Gu Chen stood up, turned his head to look at the crowd and said, "It seems that this Hu Ming knew that he was doomed this time, so he slipped away." "Don't worry, I can't run away." Officer Wang opened the police water bottle he carried with him, took a sip of water, and then said: "I have asked He Junchao, a big idiot, to use all the surveillance in the surrounding area where Hu Ming escaped." "As long as there are traces of the man in black in this area, you can contact your colleagues who are patrolling nearby to arrest him." Hearing Officer Wang's remarks, Gu Chen also nodded slightly, expressing his satisfaction. At this moment, a call came to Lu Weiwei's cell phone again. Lu Weiwei picked up the cell phone and asked, "What's the matter? Ah? Really? Okay, I see." After hanging up the phone, Lu Weiwei immediately reported to Gu Chenhui: "Junior Brother Gu, you guessed right, this foreign girl Zhuang Ke who had an affair with Lu Yuan did indeed smoke white noodles, and the test results can be confirmed." "It seems that this Lu Yuan also needs to be tested. Staying with this kind of woman will inevitably be affected." Gu Chen thought for a while, then said, "By the way, where is Lu Yuan now?" "It's still in our Furong branch." Officer Wang said. "Then let's go back to the sub-bureau and interrogate Lu Yuan again to see what secrets there are between Hu Ming and him, or Wan Xiaomin." "That's fine." Hearing what Gu Chen said, Officer Wang also nodded in agreement: "There are too many secrets among these people. If you don't have a good trial, these people really won't open their mouths." While speaking, everyone walked out of the starting room one after another. When Gu Chen came to the door, he also told Wu Xiaofeng and another auxiliary policeman to continue to wait in the room. And he took other personnel and returned directly to the Furong branch. ... ... 2:45 am. Interrogation Room No. 1 of the Furong Sub-bureau. At this moment, Lu Yuan was already exhausted. Facing Gu Chen and the others, he yawned from time to time with a listless look, quite similar to Zhuang Accept's appearance during the interrogation. Although it was almost 3 o'clock in the morning, it was the most exhausting time of the day, but Lu Yuan's haggard face still made Gu Chen suspicious. "Officer Gu." Lu Yuan yawned, looked at the time reminder aside, and said involuntarily, "It's almost 3 o'clock in the morning now." "Even if you have something to ask, can you do it tomorrow? I'm really sleepy now, can you let me go to sleep for a while?" "Zhuang Ke, we have taken her for a blood test, and the test results show that Zhuang Ke has been smoking white noodles." After the words fell, Gu Chen looked up at Lu Yuan in front of him, and said again: "Do you understand what I mean?" "Is...really?" Lu Yuan panicked when he heard that the police had conducted a blood test on Zhuang Ke. Lu Weiwei said again: "Zhuang Ke's appearance at that time was exactly the same as yours now, and he was so haggard." "But Officer Lu, it's almost 3 o'clock in the morning, I...I'm really sleepy, I'm not the same as her." "Is it the same? Come with us to test it later and it will be clear." Officer Wang said unceremoniously. Seemingly guilty, Lu Yuan nodded and admitted after a few seconds of contemplation: "That's right, during the days when I was with Zhuang Ke, I knew that she had this bad habit, so I also got some of it. If you have any questions, just ask." Lu Yuan felt that there was nothing left to love, and that his life had turned into a mess overnight. Gu Chen and his colleagues looked at each other, and then said: "We will continue to investigate this matter, but you have to answer us now, what secret is there between Wan Xiaomin and Hu Ming?" "You... what do you mean?" Hearing Gu Chen's words, Lu Yuan slowly raised his head and asked curiously. "Nothing interesting." Gu Chen shook his head and continued, "We suspect that the person who kidnapped Wan Xiaomin may be Hu Ming." "And now, we also have some conclusive evidence, but Hu Ming has now escaped our police surveillance, and his whereabouts are unknown." "What did you say? You have evidence that Hu Ming kidnapped my wife? Hu Ming is still missing?" Hearing what Gu Chen said, Lu Yuan froze on the spot. It seems that all this is much more complicated than I imagined. Seeing that Lu Yuan was still there, Police Officer Wang couldn't help but patted the table, reminding him, "Lu Yuan, what are we asking you? What secrets do you have between Hu Ming and Wan Xiaomin that you haven't told us about?" ? "I... I don't know either." Lu Yuan shook his head, as if he didn't want to mention it. Lu Weiwei continued to ask: "Then Hu Ming really hasn't been to Jiangnan City since he was in high school and moved his family back to Shanghai?" "This" Looking up at Lu Weiwei, Lu Yuan fell into deep thought. It was also after thinking over and over again that he was not sure: "I don't know, maybe...he Hu Ming has been to Jiangnan City? Maybe he met Wan Xiaomin in private? But..." "But what?" Lu Weiwei asked again. Lu Yuan shook his head: "I don't know. In fact, Wan Xiaomin has been hiding many things from me. I am clear about this." "It's just that I never wanted to tell the truth, so I pretended not to know." After a pause, Lu Yuan also took a deep breath, and then said again: "So, in order to make Wan Xiaomin feel at ease, I took over a pet shop in Sanyuan Lane and handed it over to Wan Xiaomin to manage hamsters. Let Wan Xiaomin take it easy." "It seems that there is something wrong with the relationship between your husband and wife?" Officer Wang also said something. And Lu Yuan didn't shy away from it, and said with a wry smile: "Actually, I know Wan Xiaomin very well. Before she got married, she dated many people. At that time, I was just a little girl beside her." "But after I got married, I realized that I was also an asshole. Xiao Min might not know about Zhuang Ke's matter." "Understood." While taking notes, Gu Chen raised his head and asked again: "I just want to know, has Hu Ming been to Jiangnan City since he moved back to Shanghai?" "But...maybe?" Lu Yuan hesitated. Yuan Shasha was a little speechless: "What is possible? If you have it, you have it, if you don't, you don't. Don't you know?" "I really don't know." Lu Yuan sighed faintly, and said helplessly: "Just a few months ago, I suddenly discovered that Xiao Min has become mysterious, and from time to time he would look at the previous group photos of everyone in a daze." "At first, I thought she was being nostalgic, and I didn't take it seriously, but sometimes I heard her say in my ears, how great it would be if I could go back to the past, it feels weird." "I didn't feel anything at the time, I just felt that Wan Xiaomin was nervous, but now that so many things have happened, I feel more and more that maybe Xiaomin's nervousness during that time may have something to do with Hu Ming?" "After all, Hu Ming's departure at the beginning made everyone feel bad. Hu Ming, who was supposed to be in constant contact, gradually lost contact with everyone." "But if it wasn't for Hu Ming's sudden appearance, Xiao Min might not have become so sentimental." "So, all this is your guesswork?" Gu Chen asked. "You can put it that way." Lu Yuan didn't shy away from it, but said bluntly: "Based on my intuition, I feel that they may have met or contacted two months ago." "It's unlikely." As soon as Lu Yuan finished speaking, Gu Chen shook his head and denied, "If Hu Ming and Wan Xiaomin had contacted or met each other two months ago, why did they meet that night? At that time, do we still need to pass Ah Zhe?" "Besides, Hu Ming doesn't seem to know about Wan Xiaomin's marriage at all, and he doesn't even know that Wan Xiaomin's husband is you, Lu Yuan." "Okay." Hearing Gu Chen's explanation, Lu Yuan also nodded silently: "Maybe I'm thinking too much, but no matter what, Xiao Min has no financial interests involved, so why did Hu Ming kidnap Xiao Min?" ? After thinking for a while, Lu Yuan said again: "Could it be related to Ah Zhe? I heard that Xu Ping, Ah Zhe's partner, mentioned it some time ago. It seems that there is something wrong with their business." "But what is it specifically? He didn't say, and I didn't ask too much, but I feel that the situation should be bad." "Then what else?" Gu Chen asked again. "Other than that? I really don't know what else is unusual." Lu Yuan held his head in his hands, also looking frustrated. Lu Weiwei sighed and asked, "Have you always had a bad relationship with Xiao Min? Did your understanding of her during this period of time only stay at the abnormal time two months ago?" "No." Lu Yuan shook his head and said with a face of shame: "Isn't it Zhuang Ke's matter that made me burnt out, so I didn't pay too much attention to Xiao Min's situation." "It wasn't until Xiao Min's disappearance that I was confused and didn't know how to find her." "However, if Lu Yuan is the person who kidnapped Xiao Min, I really can't figure it out. Why did Lu Yuan do this?" After the whole interrogation, everyone has been busy until 3 am and 20 minutes. During the interrogation of Lu Yuan, no one made much progress. But it can be seen from Lu Yuan's words that Wan Xiaomin from two months ago seems to be nostalgic. From this point, it is not difficult to see that it must be someone's appearance that affected Wan Xiaomin's emotions. But is that person Hu Ming? Gu Chen is still not good at judging. Since it was already late at night, everyone was also exhausted. So after Gu Chen communicated and coordinated with the police officers squatting near the Wangjiang Hotel, he asked the others to go back and rest. ... ... The next morning, it was raining lightly. The entire Jiangnan City was shrouded in a muggy atmosphere. Since the fight with the man in black last night, no one has found any trace of Hu Ming. Therefore, everyone can guess with their toes that the disappearing man in black is Hu Ming. Moreover, it proved that Hu Ming left the family area of Chengxi Chemical Plant alone, and Wan Xiaomin continued to return to the family area after taking a taxi. The old lady, the key figure, is now also facing life-threatening. So the old lady became a key figure. If the old lady lied, then Hu Ming is the biggest suspect. Before this, Gu Chen also doubted his own judgment, but after everyone rescued the old lady last night, Gu Chen realized that there may be many unknown secrets in it. ... ... At 9 a.m., the IUC ward of the People's Hospital. When the white-haired old lady who escaped death slowly opened her eyes, she found a group of policemen sitting beside her. Everyone is communicating about things, and no one seems to notice themselves. The old lady closed her eyes with heavy eyelids, and when she opened her eyes again, there was no one around her. Due to being too exhausted, the old lady closed her eyes to rest again, feeling that all this was an illusion. When the old lady opened her eyes for the third time, she found that Lu Weiwei was resting with her chin in her hands, squinting her eyes and yawning from time to time. The old lady knew Lu Weiwei, so tentatively, she stretched out her right hand and touched Lu Weiwei's arm. Lu Weiwei's body trembled, recovering from the nap just now. Seeing that the old lady lying on the hospital bed had opened her eyes, she immediately grinned, and hurried forward to ask: "Old lady, can you hear me? Can you hear me blinking twice?" When the old lady heard the words, she obeyed and blinked at Lu Weiwei twice. At this moment, Lu Weiwei was so happy that she immediately ran aside, pulled Gu Chen over, pointed at the old lady and said, "Look, Junior Brother Gu, she's awake." In an instant, not only Gu Chen, but also Yuan Shasha and Police Officer Wang came over. The four surrounded the old lady, and they were all calling for the old lady who was awake. "Old lady, are you okay? Can you talk?" Gu Chen leaned closer to the old lady's ear and asked. The old lady took two heavy breaths, and said slowly with difficulty: "I... Where am I?" "The ICU ward of the hospital." Yuan Shasha quickly replied. "I...I...Am I dead?" The old lady asked again weakly. Lu Weiwei grinned: "How can it be? You walked through the gate of hell once, and you're fine now." "That... that guy, he wants to kill me." As soon as Lu Weiwei finished speaking, the old lady became a little anxious, and her speech became hasty. Lu Weiwei quickly patted her head soothingly, and said comfortingly: "It's okay, that guy can't hurt you anymore, but for now, we still have a few questions to ask you, can you cooperate with us?" a record?" When the old lady heard Lu Weiwei's speech, she also hesitated for a few seconds before she said: "You... If you want to ask anything, just... Just ask." "Very good." Seeing that the old lady was still cooperative, Lu Weiwei immediately turned on the law enforcement recorder, pointed the camera at the old lady, then took out the notebook and asked, "Who was the person who hurt you last night?" "It's...it's him." The old lady fell into recollection. "It's Hu Ming?" Gu Chen asked. "Ahem, that's right." The old lady coughed twice, and hurriedly said, "That's him. He wants to kill me. He doesn't keep his promise." Seeing the old lady's reaction so excited, Gu Chen and Lu Weiwei looked at each other, feeling similar to what everyone had guessed before. And Police Officer Wang hurried over and asked, "Why doesn't he keep his word? Or, did you reach some kind of deal?" "Yes." A teardrop flowed from the corner of the old lady's eyes, and her face was also full of horror. "What is it?" Officer Wang asked. The old lady waited for a few seconds before she said: "Because that day, when you asked me about Wan Xiaomin's disappearance, I lied to you. Actually... In fact, Wan Xiaomin's disappearance was not what I said at all." Seeing that the old lady began to confess, Gu Chen also frowned, and continued to ask: "What kind of situation was that? When it happened, were you drying your clothes on the balcony?" "No." The old lady shook her head in denial, and then said: "I was walking near the family area of Chengxi Chemical Factory, because I needed to go out for a walk and exercise every night." "After all, I'm an old bone, and I usually need to exercise, but that night, when I passed by a place, I heard a faint movement from the other side of the iron fence." "What is it?" Seeing that the old lady still had a lot of information, Gu Chen hurriedly asked her. "I didn't know at first." The old lady took a deep breath, and then said: "Later, out of curiosity, I sneaked through the iron fence and climbed to the other side of the ruins to see the situation." "As a result, I saw a black shadow standing among the ruins, seeming to be carrying something?" "I thought it was someone from outside to steal things. After all, this place is being demolished. There are still some useful things inside the demolished buildings." "So, people from outside often come in to move things, collect all kinds of useful things and sell them." "But later, there were more and more people, and the management was afraid of danger, so they refused to enter." Taking a deep breath, the old lady said again: "So there is no way, these people can't come in during the day because someone is watching." "That's why many people choose to come here at night to steal things, tidy up some useful things inside the dilapidated buildings, and carry them out secretly." Listening to the old lady's eloquent narration, Lu Weiwei recorded all this in detail, raised her head and asked, "Then what? What did you see that night?" "That night? That night I found that there was a black shadow carrying something on his body, which seemed to be a person." The old lady said in horror. ...
