Chapter 2032
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Hearing what Master Liu said, Gu Chen's heart tightened, feeling that it was exactly the same as what he had guessed.
Wang Xinyu and Wang Jiayao really had an intersection a few years ago, and the two met once at the top of Xiushan Mountain.
Thinking of this, Gu Chen hurriedly asked: "Master Liu, do you still remember what they said when they came to the top of the mountain a few years ago?"
"Is there anyone else besides the two of them?"
"this……"
It seems that the age limit is too long, or Master Liu has a bad memory.
After pondering for a long time, Master Liu still shook his head and denied, "I'm really not sure about this, after all, it happened a few years ago."
"However, I remember that they were definitely not just two people, but a group of people."
"A group of people?" Upon hearing these words, Gu Chen's eyes lit up, and he was even more certain that Wang Xinyu knew Wang Jiayao by no means the only one in Jiangnan City.
When thinking of a group of people, and perhaps other helpers, Gu Chen hurriedly urged Master Liu, saying:
"Can you think about it again, what did they do on the top of the mountain?"
"By the way, have they ever come to your store to buy products? Or have they explained anything to you?"
The reason why Gu Chen asked this is because Wang Xinyu's blood letter only has four short words.
The so-called "top of the beautiful mountain", obviously, the answer to the mystery lies on the mountain.
But since Gu Chen was allowed to come to the top of the mountain, there must be clues left behind.
And on the top of the mountain, for now, there are only two middle-aged nuns and Master Liu living there.
And Master Zhao didn't know the situation outside at all, and he rarely communicated with tourists outside.
Therefore, in her mouth, it seems that there are very few things that can be asked.
On the contrary, Master Liu is different. At least, Master Liu can tell that Wang Xinyu and Wang Jiayao have been to the top of the mountain.
Obviously, Wang Xinyu and Wang Jiayao must have crossed paths with Master Liu.
What Gu Chen needs to do now is to give Master Liu enough time to think.
Unable to bear Gu Chen's request, Master Liu crossed his arms and walked back and forth in the room.
After a while, he seemed to think of something? So he replied cautiously: "I remember, the few of them seemed to be discussing things in the gazebo on the top of the mountain."
"I remember that there must have been four or five people. These two people were among the two photos you showed me."
"How many men and women do they have?" Gu Chen wanted to know more details, so he asked one more question.
Master Liu was thoughtful: "It seems that there is only this one woman, and the others are all men."
"Also, I remember this woman, she seems to have come to my canteen to buy something, and she seems to have asked for a pack of cigarettes."
"But you also know that our place is a forest park, and smoking is prohibited, so there are no cigarettes for sale in my canteen."
"Then, they seem to have bought a few bottles of water, and finally ordered some snacks, and sat in the gazebo outside, eating, drinking, and discussing things."
"Then were there many people on this mountain at that time?" Gu Chen asked again while recording.
"Not much." Master Liu shook his head, and said involuntarily:
"If there were a lot of people, I definitely wouldn't have had so many impressions. I remember that they were the only ones sitting in the gazebo and eating."…
"I was bored, so after locking the door of the commissary, I also came to listen to their chat near the gazebo."
It seems that under the guidance of Gu Chen, Master Liu began to gradually recover some memories of that year, and said slowly:
"I remember that they seemed to be discussing business, cooperation or something, but there were conflicts, so they quarreled."
After thinking for a while, Master Liu said again: "By the way, that woman, a very strong person, seems to have a tough attitude. I stood by the side at that time, and I thought it was quite funny."
"Then did they explain anything to you?" Gu Chen felt that it was impossible for Master Liu to have no contact with these people.
Otherwise, what is the purpose of Wang Xinyu guiding everyone up the mountain?
Master Liu also frowned, and after thinking for a while, he asked again: "Oh, yes, they seem to have asked, is there any activity when we are on the mountain?"
"Activities? On this mountain?" Gu Chen seemed to feel more and more that he was getting closer to the truth.
So with a sincere tone, he continued to ask: "Master Liu, do you usually hold activities on this mountain?"
"Yes." Master Liu nodded silently, and said earnestly:
"Don't look at the top of our Xiushan Mountain. There are usually not many tourists, but every year there will be a mountaineering competition on the top of our mountain."
"Mountain climbing competition?" Gu Chen heard the words, and suddenly felt that there seemed to be some impressions in his mind, or he had heard of it somewhere, but he was not familiar with it.
So he asked Master Liu again, "What exactly are you doing?"
"It's a mountain climbing competition." Sitting cross-legged opposite Gu Chen, Master Liu said thoughtfully:
"I remember that on the day of the competition, we will temporarily set up a small stage on the top of the mountain, and some leaders will bring their teams to gather at the foot of the mountain."
"Then after the ceremony is over, there will be referees who will fire the starting gun, and all the contestants will start sprinting up the mountain according to the designated route."
"The first person to reach the top of the mountain is the champion. The champion seems to have a lot of bonuses, as well as various other spiritual civilization awards."
"Generally speaking, this is a national fitness activity, sponsored by the Jiangnan Sports Bureau."
"Later, due to the continuous expansion of the development scale, many teams from other places will also come to participate in the competition every year on the competition day, and then there are various sponsors and so on."
Listening to Master Liu's remarks, Gu Chen hesitated for a few seconds, and then asked: "But, I haven't heard much about it in recent years."
"Haha, that's for sure." Seeing that Gu Chen also had doubts, Master Liu also explained the reason:
"Because a few years ago, it was held by a certain leader of the Sports Bureau. At that time, the leader of the Sports Bureau had a lot of influence and had just come to Jiangnan City to work."
"So, I also want to make some achievements, bring some national fitness activities to Jiangnan City, expand and publicize Jiangnan City."
"After all, you also know that our Jiangnan City is a pilot city for sports consumption in the country, and national fitness activities must be indispensable."
"Therefore, in the first two years, the national fitness activities on Mount Xiushan were held with great vigor."
"Besides, many enterprises and government agencies are very generous and will send corresponding teams to participate."…
"At that time, there were corporate teams, agency teams, citizen teams, and some scattered free individual contestants."
"In those two years, the event held was booming."
"Then what happened later? Why did it become tepid later?" Gu Chen was also curious.
"It's not because of the change of leader." Master Liu shook his head helplessly, and said with a sigh:
"As soon as the leadership is changed, the focus will be different. The newly appointed sports bureau leader puts more experience in promoting the basketball league."
"So, in the past few years, the Jiangnan City Basketball League has been held in a hurry."
"As for this national fitness activity on Mount Xiushan, I don't pay much attention to it. Although it is held every year, the scale is not as good as every year."
"Sponsors have also become lackluster since there isn't a lot going on."
"In the end, many corporate teams and agency teams didn't participate at all. Only some private mountaineering hobby teams and some scattered mountaineering citizens will come to participate, and the scale should be within a hundred people."
"After all, the sponsors are not stupid. Since the Jiangnan City Basketball League is in full swing, the leaders also attach great importance to it, so they spend the sponsorship money on the basketball league."
"Yes." After listening to Master Liu's explanation, Gu Chen also recorded all these, and asked again:
"Then when will this year's Mount Xiushan event be held?"
"This year?" Master Liu thought briefly, and quickly replied, "This year's mountaineering event will be in three days."
"Three days later?" Hearing this time, Gu Chen seemed to understand something?
If it is said that there does not seem to be much direct connection between Wang Xinyu and Master Liu, then the content of the blood book that Wang Xinyu reminded herself is "the top of Xiushan".
Perhaps it refers to the national fitness activity of Climbing Xiushan three days later.
Thinking of this, Gu Chen suddenly felt terrified.
It can be seen that Wang Xinyu has prepared many steps in silence.
He even guessed that he would guess the flaw.
Although Gu Chen himself is very clear, counting from the time he got the envelope from the man on duty at the science and technology museum, Wang Xinyu calculated for himself that he would definitely find the Jiangnan Science and Technology Museum in the next few days.
It can be seen that Wang Xinyu believes that his strength is enough to find the answer to the mystery in the next few days.
But he figured out the riddle ahead of time, and even rushed to the top of Xiushan overnight.
As for the national fitness activity of Climbing Xiushan three days later, it may be that Wang Xinyu calculated the time when he came to Xiushan.
So, at that time, will Wang Xinyu be among these mountain-climbing citizens and come to the mountain together?
Thinking of this, Gu Chen frowned, and asked Master Liu: "Then do you still remember that they were talking about other things besides mountaineering activities?"
"Uh, I don't really remember." Master Liu shook his head and said truthfully:
"I didn't lie to you, Officer Gu. I will tell you everything I know, but it's very difficult for me to remember what happened a few years ago."
"However, I do remember that they were discussing the mountain climbing activities, but what exactly? Then I don't know." …
"Thank you." It felt like Master Liu was trying his best, and Gu Chen didn't want to make things difficult for others.
So in the house, after briefly discussing some other issues with Master Liu, Gu Chen also prepared to go down the mountain quickly.
Afterwards, Master Liu sent Gu Chen to the steps down the mountain, and illuminated it with a flashlight until Gu Chen disappeared at the corner of the mountain.
However, just as Gu Chen walked around a corner, he found a light coming from down the mountain.
Gu Chen immediately shone his own flashlight on it.
"Junior Brother Gu, is that you?" Seeing such a strong flashlight, Lu Weiwei couldn't help but yelled.
"It's me." Gu Chen saw that it was his team who came here, and thought that the speed was fast enough.
I had already investigated all the problems on the mountain, and the team members came here.
To be honest, Gu Chen had too high expectations for the climbing speed of the team members.
The higher the expectations, the greater the disappointment.
After meeting with everyone, Gu Chen also looked curious, and quickly asked, "How did you get here?"
"Damn, it's not Lao Wang." Lu Weiwei hurriedly threw the blame, and said involuntarily: "Old Wang's slow speed is really not flattering."
"Can this be my fault?" Seeing that Lu Weiwei made a good move, Police Officer Wang immediately retorted:
"Who always says there, hey, I can't do it, I have to rest? I have only walked for a while, and you have to rest. Now blame me?"
"Old Wang, don't talk about me, everyone is right." When Lu Weiwei heard this, she immediately wanted to turn back.
Seeing this, Yuan Shasha smiled wryly, and quickly explained to Gu Chen:
"Senior Brother Gu, in fact, we are too good at climbing the mountain, and the steep slope here is too steep. We are in this distance, and we have wasted too much time."
"It's okay, let's go directly down the mountain now." Gu Chen didn't mean to blame everyone.
Thinking that if he knew this earlier, he might as well let everyone stay at the foot of the mountain and wait for him.
When Lu Weiwei heard this, she immediately asked Gu Chen, "Gu... Brother Gu, did we cause you trouble?"
"No." Gu Chen shook his head in denial, and continued to explain:
"I have done everything that should be done, and now we can go down the mountain."
"It's done?" Hearing Gu Chen's words, Police Officer Wang immediately asked, "Hey Gu Chen, what does 'Top of Xiushan' mean? What exactly is Wang Xinyu trying to tell us?"
Gu Chen chuckled, and couldn't help but say: "The top of Xiushan should refer to a mountaineering competition held on the top of Xiushan three days later."
"And Wang Xinyu probably also thinks that we will guess the hidden acrostic puzzle in the Jiangnan Science and Technology Museum within a few days."
"So, she hid the answer three days later, which is the mountain climbing competition."
"Presumably, she also guessed that on that day, I will come to the top of Xiushan Mountain and participate in that climbing competition."
"At that time, she will definitely appear in other forms."
"Is there such a thing?" Just as Gu Chen finished speaking, Lu Weiwei also felt incredible.
Yuan Shasha was also dumbfounded and said, "Senior Brother Gu, where did you know all this?"
"Master Liu, the watchman on duty at the TV tower, told me that he and Bai Xiaolan are colleagues and know each other."...
"Besides, he told me that a few years ago, Wang Xinyu, Wang Jiayao, and several other men once got together here in the gazebo on the top of the mountain, and even had a dispute."
"And in the end, they seem to have mentioned a competition, which may be the mountaineering event held three days later."
"I now suspect that they may just want to use the time of mountaineering activities to do some special deals."
Gu Chen also led everyone to drive down the mountain. While driving, he shared with everyone what he saw and heard at the top of the mountain.
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11:11 p.m.
Everyone who simply had supper returned to the criminal investigation team of the Furong branch.
In the office, He Junchao ate instant noodles and asked everyone:
"So, after three days, Wang Xinyu will appear on the top of Xiushan Mountain?"
"It's not absolute." Gu Chen crossed his arms and thoughtfully said, "Although this is the only event that will be held on the top of Xiushan Mountain recently."
"Although this coincides with Wang Xinyu's estimate that we guessed the first poem in the Science and Technology Museum, but will Wang Xinyu appear? I can't guarantee it."
"Then you have to take active action." Police Officer Wang rubbed his sore legs and complained:
"If you ask me, Wang Xinyu is not an easy woman. She can play us around and even kill someone."
"It's enough to see that she is a ruthless character, and what more terrifying things will happen next? I won't be surprised."
"Because, only if you are perverted enough, you will keep tossing."
"Come on, old Wang, I now think that this Wang Xinyu may not be a bad person, she is just protecting herself."
Lu Weiwei seemed to become clear-headed after going up and down the mountain.
When Police Officer Wang heard this, he immediately snorted and complained, "Lu Weiwei, why did you change so quickly? That's not what you said before you went up the mountain."
"One moment and another moment." After Lu Weiwei distributed the yogurt in the drawer to everyone, she inserted the straw and began to enjoy it.
With doubts in his heart, he said thoughtfully: "Now I feel even more that Wang Xinyu may not have much to do with Wang Jiayao's death."
"And this related person may be one of the members Wang Xinyu gathered on Xiushan back then."
"Senior Sister Lu, keep talking." Yuan Shasha sucked on the yogurt Lu Weiwei gave her, also curious.
Lu Weiwei snorted and said in thought:
"In fact, the reason is very simple. The focus of our previous investigations was on Wang Xinyu, from Wang Xinyu to Wang Jiayao, and even Wang Jiayao's ex-wife, neighbors and friends."
"It seems that it is possible for Wang Jiayao to help Wang Xinyu and provide food for Wang Xinyu."
"However, this is only because the two have known each other before, but think about it, Wang Jiayao knows Wang Xinyu, but will other people also know Wang Xinyu?"
"Like..."
"It's like the members who gathered with Wang Xinyu on the top of Xiushan Mountain a few years ago."
Before Lu Weiwei could finish speaking here, Gu Chen replied ahead of time.
Lu Weiwei snapped her fingers: "That's right, that's what I meant."…
"Think about it, Wang Xinyu is a native of other provinces, so she probably doesn't know much about Jiangnan City."
"Moreover, this time she came here specially from other provinces. In my opinion, she may have come here to complete a certain agreement with these people."
Seeing that everyone was looking at her, Lu Weiwei also looked around and continued:
"People like them may often gather at the top of Xiushan Mountain, and among the people who attended the gathering at the top of Xiushan Mountain, there may be that rotting corpse, that is, the deceased whose identity we cannot determine."
"There is also... Zhao Xiaohu who disappeared inexplicably in the Binjiang freight yard, these are all possible."
"That's right." Listening to what Lu Weiwei said, it happened to be what she wanted to say.
Gu Chen nodded in agreement, and added: "It is indeed possible that we investigated the wrong direction before."
Standing up, Gu Chen came to the whiteboard in the office, wiped off the written words with a rag, picked up the oil-based pen, and continued to write.
He also introduced, "Wang Xinyu, Wang Jiayao, Zhao Xiaohu, and this unidentified person."
After writing down these people, Gu Chen circled Zhao Xiaohu and the unknown corpse with a pen, and said:
"From the current point of view, Zhao Xiaohu's disappearance and the unnamed corpse may be closely related to Wang Xinyu and Wang Jiayao."
"However, from Gao Chuanfeng's forensic team, we have come to the conclusion that it is a rotting corpse, not the missing Zhao Xiaohu, because the height is completely different."
"This can invisibly designate four suspects for us."
"But now..."
In the middle of speaking, Gu Chen circled Wang Jiayao's name with a pen, and then marked it with a big cross.
"Wang Jiayao is dead now, plus the unnamed corpse who has died long ago, these two people have been ruled out, then..."
Looking at everyone, Gu Chen asked again: "Then, do you think there is any necessary connection between Wang Xinyu and Zhao Xiaohu?"
"I know." As soon as Gu Chen finished speaking, Lu Weiwei immediately raised her hand and said in response:
"The missing Zhao Xiaohu may have lived well all along, and Wang Jiayao's death may have been caused by Zhao Xiaohu."
"You know, Zhao Xiaohu has a criminal record of murder. Although it was manslaughter, it also caused the death of others."
"People who have experienced this kind of experience must be different from ordinary people in terms of psychological quality."
"Moreover, Zhao Xiaohu left his hometown and came to Jiangnan City because he was excluded."
After a pause, Lu Weiwei tried hard to calm down, and then said:
"That is to say, Zhao Xiaohu, his psychology may be a little distorted, and Wang Xinyu, as Zhao Xiaohu's fellow countryman, must also know Zhao Xiaohu."
"And now I am very suspicious that the nameless corpse may have been given by him, Zhao Xiaohu."
"Zhao Xiaohu first killed the victim in the abandoned warehouse, and then escaped by himself, running all night."
"But because Wang Xinyu knew all this, but Wang Xinyu probably hid it all and didn't call the police."
"That's right." Hearing what Lu Weiwei said, Yuan Shasha couldn't help but said: ...
"What's more, Wang Jiayao may also know the truth of the matter. Perhaps, when Zhao Xiaohu killed the victim, Wang Xinyu and Wang Jiayao were there to witness everything."
"However, both Wang Xinyu and Wang Jiayao chose to hide the truth of the matter and kept silent."
"But later, perhaps because Wang Xinyu found out with conscience, he felt a little sorry, so he began to send us a blood letter to the police, telling us where the corpse was buried in a cryptic way."
"En." Listening to what Yuan Shasha and Lu Weiwei said, Police Officer Wang also nodded silently, and couldn't help but say:
"Based on that, it really seems like that. This Zhao Xiaohu, maybe because he knew about Wang Xinyu and Wang Jiayao, wanted to tell the police what happened back then."
"So, Zhao Xiaohu started to panic. He started to be afraid, afraid that what happened to him back then would be revealed, and that our police would find out about his concealed identity."
"Because of this, Zhao Xiaohu chose to act first. In other words, Zhao Xiaohu had warned Wang Xinyu in advance, but Wang Xinyu didn't stop, and he wanted to inform the police about it."
"Therefore, Wang Xinyu, who was afraid of Zhao Xiaohu's revenge, did not dare to be blatant."
"Or, she had some scruples, so she wrote a letter to inform you of Gu Chen."
"But because I was afraid that you, Gu Chen, would feel that this was a prank, so I didn't go to the No. 2 warehouse in Binjiang Freight Yard."
"So, Wang Xinyu came up with another trick, which is to write a letter with blood, to make us pay attention to it, and then dig out the rotting corpse that has been buried for several years."
Taking a deep breath, Police Officer Wang tried his best to calm down, and then said slowly:
"In this way, Wang Xinyu will be exposed to danger. She may know that she will be killed by Zhao Xiaohu at any time, so after reporting to our police, she hastily left and moved overnight."
"Afterwards, I hid under the rainbow pier, because it was Wang Jiayao's territory, and Wang Jiayao protected her and even provided her with foster care."
"That's right." Gu Chen was also very satisfied after listening to everyone expressing their opinions.
It seems that everyone's observations are highly consistent with his own, so Gu Chen continued to add:
"Furthermore, this Wang Xinyu was very cautious when she moved her residence. Before leaving the police station, she not only left us the acrostic puzzle for the police, but also asked us to contact her at the top of Xiushan Mountain."
"I also chose to get off the car near the city bureau, which must have the meaning of deterring the other party."
"Perhaps Wang Xinyu is doing everything step by step, thinking that everything is going on according to his own ideas, but something went wrong at a critical moment."
"She, Wang Xinyu, didn't expect, maybe she guessed, that Zhao Xiaohu might find herself soon."
"So Wang Xinyu stayed under the Rainbow Bridge for a few days before leaving quickly."
"But Wang Jiayao seems to be miserable. Although he hanged himself, it may be because of psychological depression."
"But there are prerequisites for depression."
"Yes." As soon as Gu Chen finished speaking, Lu Weiwei answered immediately:
"Depression has a prerequisite, and I have visited Wang Jiayao's neighbors and his psychiatrist with Junior Brother Gu, so we can conclude."…
"Wang Jiayao may have experienced some terrible things back then, which led to an emotional breakdown, and a shadow has been cast on his mind ever since."
"It is precisely because of something that happened back then that caused great psychological trauma to Wang Jiayao, which made Wang Jiayao suffer from nightmares in the past few years."
"And this nightmare may be that Zhao Xiaohu killed the victim back then, or that the victim's death was also more or less related to Wang Jiayao and even Wang Xinyu."
"It's just that everyone kept it secret in order to keep the secret, but Wang Jiayao is under tremendous psychological pressure, and Wang Xinyu may not be the same?"
"So, the two of them decided to report the matter to the police, but after Wang Xinyu reported it, she chose to hide it to protect herself."
"But because Wang Jiayao couldn't bear the huge pressure, after the body was found by our police, maybe he chose to hang himself."
Here Lu Weiwei's voice fell, and the scene suddenly became quiet. Throughout the office, everyone looked at each other in deep thought.
Obviously, Lu Weiwei's remarks echoed everyone's expectations.
Seeing that Gu Chen remained silent, Lu Weiwei hurriedly asked, "Junior Brother Gu, do you think the same as me?"
"That's right." Gu Chen lay back on the seat, folded his hands on his chest, and said thoughtfully:
"The things Senior Sister Lu said just now are exactly the same as what I imagined."
"I am also very suspicious now. The reason why Wang Xinyu kept providing us with clues but refused to show up may be because Wang Xinyu's current life safety is threatened."
"And this threat may come from..."
After the words fell, Gu Chen stood up again, walked to the whiteboard, circled Zhao Xiaohu with an oil-based pen, and reminded:
"Maybe it came from Zhao Xiaohu."
"call!"
Seeing that the investigation ideas gradually became clear, everyone present breathed a sigh of relief.
After eating the instant noodles, He Junchao couldn't help giving a thumbs up and said, "As expected of Gu Chen, the problem will gradually become clearer."
"At present, no matter what we want to find Wang Xinyu, we also need to protect Wang Xinyu, and even track down Zhao Xiaohu."
"It seems that the summit of Xiushan three days later may be the time when Wang Xinyu will tell us the truth."
"But I have always had a question. Why didn't she, Wang Xinyu, tell us the truth directly? Instead, she wanted to trick us?"
"Maybe she has something to hide?" Lu Weiwei said.
Gu Chen also echoed, "Maybe Wang Xinyu's secrets are hard to explain in just one or two sentences, and she needs to share them with us at a suitable time and place."
After a pause, Gu Chen said again:
"However, it seems that she has some scruples in not telling the question at the police station, but what is this scruple? It will only be known after three days."
After thinking about it, Gu Chen looked around and said:
"However, we can't sit in the police station and wait. Even if Wang Xinyu uses acrostics to guide us step by step, and we will meet on the top of Xiushan in three days, we need to take action as soon as possible."
"First of all, Wang Xinyu may have carefully planned the time. It is not difficult to see from the envelope I got from the man on duty at the Science and Technology Museum."…
"Wang Xinyu seems to know my ability quite well. She expected that I would discover the secret of this acrostic within three days."
"It's just a pity that I knew it in advance, so the three days she arranged actually gave us time to guess the acrostic."
"And the next three days will be Wang Xinyu's most dangerous three days, because if she doesn't manage well, she may end up as a corpse just like Wang Jiayao."
"Yes." Hearing what Gu Chen said, Yuan Shasha hurriedly reminded:
"In the past three days, the murderer will not sit still. He will definitely try his best to find Wang Xinyu, and then kill him to silence him."
"Only after Wang Xinyu dies, maybe no one will know the secret of that year."
"As for the nameless corpse, it will be difficult to know his identity in the future."
Hearing what Yuan Shasha said, everyone present couldn't help but feel a little bit in their hearts.
Obviously, this is also the consensus of everyone.
Gu Chen put the oil-based pen in the bracket on the whiteboard, walked among the crowd, and reminded:
"So for these three days, our task is also very clear. Now that we know, Wang Xinyu may show up on the top of Xiushan Mountain in three days."
"She may think that meeting us on the top of Xiushan Mountain is one of the safest ways."
"However, we have to beware of the cunning of the murderer."
"The current murderer, in my opinion, is more like a ghost. He may be lurking in any corner, waiting for an opportunity."
"Then what should we do?" He Junchao asked.
"Good question, what should we do?" Gu Chen turned his head to look at He Junchao, and reminded by shaking his right index finger:
"We should focus on observing the murderer's movements. Since we identified the murderer as Zhao Xiaohu, who has been missing for several years, we should investigate Zhao Xiaohu."
"But..." Yuan Shasha hesitated for a few seconds, but stopped talking.
Gu Chen asked: "Xiao Yuan, if you have anything to say, you may as well just say it."
"Yes." Yuan Shasha nodded silently, raised her head, and expressed her thoughts one by one:
"This is how I think, since Zhao Xiaohu has been missing for several years, and no one has been able to find him in the past few years."
"Then how did this Zhao Xiaohu live in the past few years? If he really killed the person in the No. 2 warehouse of Binjiang Freight Yard, then he killed and absconded."
"For Zhao Xiaohu, who has already accidentally killed someone and spent a long time in prison, he obviously doesn't want to go to prison again, so he will definitely hide his name."
"like……"
Turning her head to look at everyone, Yuan Shasha said again: "Just like he works in the Binjiang freight yard, using a fake name and a fake identity."
"Then, Zhao Xiaohu will definitely use another false identity now to continue to survive."
"Moreover, Zhao Xiaohu must be lurking in Jiangnan City, and has always been in Jiangnan City."
"This is easy to handle." Police Officer Wang raised Erlang's legs and said involuntarily:
"Zhao Xiaohu's physical characteristics are easy to distinguish. He is tall and big, and his goals are obvious."
"Perhaps, he, Zhao Xiaohu, will still pretend, even change his appearance, even in order to change his previous appearance, he may change from a thin person to a fat person, but his height cannot be changed."…
"As long as we focus on those big guys these days, we will always meet dead mice."
"I agree with Senior Brother Wang's opinion." After Police Officer Wang's voice fell, Gu Chen also echoed:
"On the one hand, we should focus on investigating Wang Xinyu's whereabouts, and on the other hand, we must also focus on investigating Zhao Xiaohu's whereabouts."
After thinking for a while, Gu Chen said again: "Senior Brother He, how about you investigate Wang Xinyu's routes before, and use the surveillance to check again to see if there is anyone who matches Zhao Xiaohu's appearance?"
"Because I think this way, if Wang Xinyu is threatened with death, the murderer will inevitably appear in the places Wang Xinyu has been to or passed by."
"In this way, the murderer's footprint may be left within the monitoring range."
"Although we can't find Wang Xinyu, if we are lucky, we might be able to find Zhao Xiaohu."
"Well, it seems to make sense." He Junchao nodded after hearing what Gu Chen said:
"Okay, then I will work harder, sort out the previous monitoring data, and try my luck."
He Junchao can't say whether there is such a possibility now, but at least this is a method of investigation.
Soon, He Junchao's keyboard began to crackle.
And everyone left their seats at the same time and gathered around He Junchao.
When it comes to monitoring and investigation, He Junchao is a good hand. All kinds of information quickly flashed before his eyes, and He Junchao instantly entered the investigation mode.
Ten minutes later, He Junchao had already recorded many similar suspects in his pen.
Mainly record the time and place.
And such records, with the continuous expansion of monitoring content, the number of investigations has gradually increased.
Lu Weiwei rubbed her sore legs and sighed, "Go ahead, I have to rest, otherwise I won't be able to walk tomorrow."
Seeing Yuan Shasha, Lu Weiwei also reminded her, "Xiao Yuan, you should also rest quickly, and Lao Wang, Junior Brother Gu."
"Understood." Officer Wang wanted to rest a long time ago.
It's just that the case has entered a critical stage, and Police Officer Wang is not easy to be lazy.
Now that Lu Weiwei is taking the lead, we still need to wait for the investigation results from He Junchao's side. Police Officer Wang simply said a few words, went to the corner, pulled out his folding bed, and immediately turned on the corpse mode.
But Gu Chen was not tired at all.
With the blessing of energy drinks, I don't feel tired when going up and down the mountain.
So he continued to stay by He Junchao's side, helping He Junchao to check for omissions and fill in vacancies.
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Time soon came to the morning.
At this moment, He Junchao's small notebook also densely recorded a lot.
These are all people found in the surveillance. They are similar to Zhao Xiaohu's body type, and they all have faces that are not to be underestimated, or people whose facial features are not obvious.
Although Gu Chen has master-level observation skills, he has a blind spot for monitoring facial features, and he can't do anything about it.
After all, Zhao Xiaohu has been missing for several years, is he fat or thin now? Has there been a drastic change in facial features? These are all unfamiliar to Gu Chen.
If we say that for the suspects he has come into contact with, Gu Chen can of course judge the real identity of the suspects through the suspect's physical movements, including walking posture and other characteristics.
But Zhao Xiaohu is different, he has never met Zhao Xiaohu, so he has no idea about Zhao Xiaohu's current characteristics.
It will be much more difficult to investigate.
Fortunately, there are many suspects in the current record book.
The next step is to investigate the suspects one by one.
"How?" Gu Chen asked He Junchao beside him.
He Junchao also breathed a sigh of relief, stretched his waist and complained: "It's almost there, these people will check again to see if there are similar people reappearing in the places Wang Xinyu passed by."
"Then Senior Brother He has worked hard." Gu Chen said.
"What's the matter, but tonight, the task may not be completed." He Junchao was already prepared to stay up all night.
For this reason, He Junchao brought out all the energy drinks he had kept privately.
It also reminded Gu Chen: "Gu Chen, you go to rest first, as soon as there is a result from my side, I will notify you as soon as possible."
"Okay." Gu Chen also knew that he went up and down the mountain and tossed and tossed all day.
Lu Weiwei, Police Officer Wang and Yuan Shasha couldn't bear it any longer. If they were still energetic, He Junchao would become suspicious instead.
So in order to dispel He Junchao's suspicion, Gu Chen also pretended to yawn.
So he came to his desk, lay down on the table and pretended to rest.
While Gu Chen just squinted his eyes, He Junchao on the other side reminded him, "Gu Chen, I seem to have found a sneaky guy."
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Hearing what Master Liu said, Gu Chen's heart tightened, feeling that it was exactly the same as what he had guessed.
Wang Xinyu and Wang Jiayao really had an intersection a few years ago, and the two met once at the top of Xiushan Mountain.
Thinking of this, Gu Chen hurriedly asked: "Master Liu, do you still remember what they said when they came to the top of the mountain a few years ago?"
"Is there anyone else besides the two of them?"
"this……"
It seems that the age limit is too long, or Master Liu has a bad memory.
After pondering for a long time, Master Liu still shook his head and denied, "I'm really not sure about this, after all, it happened a few years ago."
"However, I remember that they were definitely not just two people, but a group of people."
"A group of people?" Upon hearing these words, Gu Chen's eyes lit up, and he was even more certain that Wang Xinyu knew Wang Jiayao by no means the only one in Jiangnan City.
When thinking of a group of people, and perhaps other helpers, Gu Chen hurriedly urged Master Liu, saying:
"Can you think about it again, what did they do on the top of the mountain?"
"By the way, have they ever come to your store to buy products? Or have they explained anything to you?"
The reason why Gu Chen asked this is because Wang Xinyu's blood letter only has four short words.
The so-called "top of the beautiful mountain", obviously, the answer to the mystery lies on the mountain.
But since Gu Chen was allowed to come to the top of the mountain, there must be clues left behind.
And on the top of the mountain, for now, there are only two middle-aged nuns and Master Liu living there.
And Master Zhao didn't know the situation outside at all, and he rarely communicated with tourists outside.
Therefore, in her mouth, it seems that there are very few things that can be asked.
On the contrary, Master Liu is different. At least, Master Liu can tell that Wang Xinyu and Wang Jiayao have been to the top of the mountain.
Obviously, Wang Xinyu and Wang Jiayao must have crossed paths with Master Liu.
What Gu Chen needs to do now is to give Master Liu enough time to think.
Unable to bear Gu Chen's request, Master Liu crossed his arms and walked back and forth in the room.
After a while, he seemed to think of something? So he replied cautiously: "I remember, the few of them seemed to be discussing things in the gazebo on the top of the mountain."
"I remember that there must have been four or five people. These two people were among the two photos you showed me."
"How many men and women do they have?" Gu Chen wanted to know more details, so he asked one more question.
Master Liu was thoughtful: "It seems that there is only this one woman, and the others are all men."
"Also, I remember this woman, she seems to have come to my canteen to buy something, and she seems to have asked for a pack of cigarettes."
"But you also know that our place is a forest park, and smoking is prohibited, so there are no cigarettes for sale in my canteen."
"Then, they seem to have bought a few bottles of water, and finally ordered some snacks, and sat in the gazebo outside, eating, drinking, and discussing things."
"Then were there many people on this mountain at that time?" Gu Chen asked again while recording.
"Not much." Master Liu shook his head, and said involuntarily:
"If there were a lot of people, I definitely wouldn't have had so many impressions. I remember that they were the only ones sitting in the gazebo and eating."…
"I was bored, so after locking the door of the commissary, I also came to listen to their chat near the gazebo."
It seems that under the guidance of Gu Chen, Master Liu began to gradually recover some memories of that year, and said slowly:
"I remember that they seemed to be discussing business, cooperation or something, but there were conflicts, so they quarreled."
After thinking for a while, Master Liu said again: "By the way, that woman, a very strong person, seems to have a tough attitude. I stood by the side at that time, and I thought it was quite funny."
"Then did they explain anything to you?" Gu Chen felt that it was impossible for Master Liu to have no contact with these people.
Otherwise, what is the purpose of Wang Xinyu guiding everyone up the mountain?
Master Liu also frowned, and after thinking for a while, he asked again: "Oh, yes, they seem to have asked, is there any activity when we are on the mountain?"
"Activities? On this mountain?" Gu Chen seemed to feel more and more that he was getting closer to the truth.
So with a sincere tone, he continued to ask: "Master Liu, do you usually hold activities on this mountain?"
"Yes." Master Liu nodded silently, and said earnestly:
"Don't look at the top of our Xiushan Mountain. There are usually not many tourists, but every year there will be a mountaineering competition on the top of our mountain."
"Mountain climbing competition?" Gu Chen heard the words, and suddenly felt that there seemed to be some impressions in his mind, or he had heard of it somewhere, but he was not familiar with it.
So he asked Master Liu again, "What exactly are you doing?"
"It's a mountain climbing competition." Sitting cross-legged opposite Gu Chen, Master Liu said thoughtfully:
"I remember that on the day of the competition, we will temporarily set up a small stage on the top of the mountain, and some leaders will bring their teams to gather at the foot of the mountain."
"Then after the ceremony is over, there will be referees who will fire the starting gun, and all the contestants will start sprinting up the mountain according to the designated route."
"The first person to reach the top of the mountain is the champion. The champion seems to have a lot of bonuses, as well as various other spiritual civilization awards."
"Generally speaking, this is a national fitness activity, sponsored by the Jiangnan Sports Bureau."
"Later, due to the continuous expansion of the development scale, many teams from other places will also come to participate in the competition every year on the competition day, and then there are various sponsors and so on."
Listening to Master Liu's remarks, Gu Chen hesitated for a few seconds, and then asked: "But, I haven't heard much about it in recent years."
"Haha, that's for sure." Seeing that Gu Chen also had doubts, Master Liu also explained the reason:
"Because a few years ago, it was held by a certain leader of the Sports Bureau. At that time, the leader of the Sports Bureau had a lot of influence and had just come to Jiangnan City to work."
"So, I also want to make some achievements, bring some national fitness activities to Jiangnan City, expand and publicize Jiangnan City."
"After all, you also know that our Jiangnan City is a pilot city for sports consumption in the country, and national fitness activities must be indispensable."
"Therefore, in the first two years, the national fitness activities on Mount Xiushan were held with great vigor."
"Besides, many enterprises and government agencies are very generous and will send corresponding teams to participate."…
"At that time, there were corporate teams, agency teams, citizen teams, and some scattered free individual contestants."
"In those two years, the event held was booming."
"Then what happened later? Why did it become tepid later?" Gu Chen was also curious.
"It's not because of the change of leader." Master Liu shook his head helplessly, and said with a sigh:
"As soon as the leadership is changed, the focus will be different. The newly appointed sports bureau leader puts more experience in promoting the basketball league."
"So, in the past few years, the Jiangnan City Basketball League has been held in a hurry."
"As for this national fitness activity on Mount Xiushan, I don't pay much attention to it. Although it is held every year, the scale is not as good as every year."
"Sponsors have also become lackluster since there isn't a lot going on."
"In the end, many corporate teams and agency teams didn't participate at all. Only some private mountaineering hobby teams and some scattered mountaineering citizens will come to participate, and the scale should be within a hundred people."
"After all, the sponsors are not stupid. Since the Jiangnan City Basketball League is in full swing, the leaders also attach great importance to it, so they spend the sponsorship money on the basketball league."
"Yes." After listening to Master Liu's explanation, Gu Chen also recorded all these, and asked again:
"Then when will this year's Mount Xiushan event be held?"
"This year?" Master Liu thought briefly, and quickly replied, "This year's mountaineering event will be in three days."
"Three days later?" Hearing this time, Gu Chen seemed to understand something?
If it is said that there does not seem to be much direct connection between Wang Xinyu and Master Liu, then the content of the blood book that Wang Xinyu reminded herself is "the top of Xiushan".
Perhaps it refers to the national fitness activity of Climbing Xiushan three days later.
Thinking of this, Gu Chen suddenly felt terrified.
It can be seen that Wang Xinyu has prepared many steps in silence.
He even guessed that he would guess the flaw.
Although Gu Chen himself is very clear, counting from the time he got the envelope from the man on duty at the science and technology museum, Wang Xinyu calculated for himself that he would definitely find the Jiangnan Science and Technology Museum in the next few days.
It can be seen that Wang Xinyu believes that his strength is enough to find the answer to the mystery in the next few days.
But he figured out the riddle ahead of time, and even rushed to the top of Xiushan overnight.
As for the national fitness activity of Climbing Xiushan three days later, it may be that Wang Xinyu calculated the time when he came to Xiushan.
So, at that time, will Wang Xinyu be among these mountain-climbing citizens and come to the mountain together?
Thinking of this, Gu Chen frowned, and asked Master Liu: "Then do you still remember that they were talking about other things besides mountaineering activities?"
"Uh, I don't really remember." Master Liu shook his head and said truthfully:
"I didn't lie to you, Officer Gu. I will tell you everything I know, but it's very difficult for me to remember what happened a few years ago."
"However, I do remember that they were discussing the mountain climbing activities, but what exactly? Then I don't know." …
"Thank you." It felt like Master Liu was trying his best, and Gu Chen didn't want to make things difficult for others.
So in the house, after briefly discussing some other issues with Master Liu, Gu Chen also prepared to go down the mountain quickly.
Afterwards, Master Liu sent Gu Chen to the steps down the mountain, and illuminated it with a flashlight until Gu Chen disappeared at the corner of the mountain.
However, just as Gu Chen walked around a corner, he found a light coming from down the mountain.
Gu Chen immediately shone his own flashlight on it.
"Junior Brother Gu, is that you?" Seeing such a strong flashlight, Lu Weiwei couldn't help but yelled.
"It's me." Gu Chen saw that it was his team who came here, and thought that the speed was fast enough.
I had already investigated all the problems on the mountain, and the team members came here.
To be honest, Gu Chen had too high expectations for the climbing speed of the team members.
The higher the expectations, the greater the disappointment.
After meeting with everyone, Gu Chen also looked curious, and quickly asked, "How did you get here?"
"Damn, it's not Lao Wang." Lu Weiwei hurriedly threw the blame, and said involuntarily: "Old Wang's slow speed is really not flattering."
"Can this be my fault?" Seeing that Lu Weiwei made a good move, Police Officer Wang immediately retorted:
"Who always says there, hey, I can't do it, I have to rest? I have only walked for a while, and you have to rest. Now blame me?"
"Old Wang, don't talk about me, everyone is right." When Lu Weiwei heard this, she immediately wanted to turn back.
Seeing this, Yuan Shasha smiled wryly, and quickly explained to Gu Chen:
"Senior Brother Gu, in fact, we are too good at climbing the mountain, and the steep slope here is too steep. We are in this distance, and we have wasted too much time."
"It's okay, let's go directly down the mountain now." Gu Chen didn't mean to blame everyone.
Thinking that if he knew this earlier, he might as well let everyone stay at the foot of the mountain and wait for him.
When Lu Weiwei heard this, she immediately asked Gu Chen, "Gu... Brother Gu, did we cause you trouble?"
"No." Gu Chen shook his head in denial, and continued to explain:
"I have done everything that should be done, and now we can go down the mountain."
"It's done?" Hearing Gu Chen's words, Police Officer Wang immediately asked, "Hey Gu Chen, what does 'Top of Xiushan' mean? What exactly is Wang Xinyu trying to tell us?"
Gu Chen chuckled, and couldn't help but say: "The top of Xiushan should refer to a mountaineering competition held on the top of Xiushan three days later."
"And Wang Xinyu probably also thinks that we will guess the hidden acrostic puzzle in the Jiangnan Science and Technology Museum within a few days."
"So, she hid the answer three days later, which is the mountain climbing competition."
"Presumably, she also guessed that on that day, I will come to the top of Xiushan Mountain and participate in that climbing competition."
"At that time, she will definitely appear in other forms."
"Is there such a thing?" Just as Gu Chen finished speaking, Lu Weiwei also felt incredible.
Yuan Shasha was also dumbfounded and said, "Senior Brother Gu, where did you know all this?"
"Master Liu, the watchman on duty at the TV tower, told me that he and Bai Xiaolan are colleagues and know each other."...
"Besides, he told me that a few years ago, Wang Xinyu, Wang Jiayao, and several other men once got together here in the gazebo on the top of the mountain, and even had a dispute."
"And in the end, they seem to have mentioned a competition, which may be the mountaineering event held three days later."
"I now suspect that they may just want to use the time of mountaineering activities to do some special deals."
Gu Chen also led everyone to drive down the mountain. While driving, he shared with everyone what he saw and heard at the top of the mountain.
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11:11 p.m.
Everyone who simply had supper returned to the criminal investigation team of the Furong branch.
In the office, He Junchao ate instant noodles and asked everyone:
"So, after three days, Wang Xinyu will appear on the top of Xiushan Mountain?"
"It's not absolute." Gu Chen crossed his arms and thoughtfully said, "Although this is the only event that will be held on the top of Xiushan Mountain recently."
"Although this coincides with Wang Xinyu's estimate that we guessed the first poem in the Science and Technology Museum, but will Wang Xinyu appear? I can't guarantee it."
"Then you have to take active action." Police Officer Wang rubbed his sore legs and complained:
"If you ask me, Wang Xinyu is not an easy woman. She can play us around and even kill someone."
"It's enough to see that she is a ruthless character, and what more terrifying things will happen next? I won't be surprised."
"Because, only if you are perverted enough, you will keep tossing."
"Come on, old Wang, I now think that this Wang Xinyu may not be a bad person, she is just protecting herself."
Lu Weiwei seemed to become clear-headed after going up and down the mountain.
When Police Officer Wang heard this, he immediately snorted and complained, "Lu Weiwei, why did you change so quickly? That's not what you said before you went up the mountain."
"One moment and another moment." After Lu Weiwei distributed the yogurt in the drawer to everyone, she inserted the straw and began to enjoy it.
With doubts in his heart, he said thoughtfully: "Now I feel even more that Wang Xinyu may not have much to do with Wang Jiayao's death."
"And this related person may be one of the members Wang Xinyu gathered on Xiushan back then."
"Senior Sister Lu, keep talking." Yuan Shasha sucked on the yogurt Lu Weiwei gave her, also curious.
Lu Weiwei snorted and said in thought:
"In fact, the reason is very simple. The focus of our previous investigations was on Wang Xinyu, from Wang Xinyu to Wang Jiayao, and even Wang Jiayao's ex-wife, neighbors and friends."
"It seems that it is possible for Wang Jiayao to help Wang Xinyu and provide food for Wang Xinyu."
"However, this is only because the two have known each other before, but think about it, Wang Jiayao knows Wang Xinyu, but will other people also know Wang Xinyu?"
"Like..."
"It's like the members who gathered with Wang Xinyu on the top of Xiushan Mountain a few years ago."
Before Lu Weiwei could finish speaking here, Gu Chen replied ahead of time.
Lu Weiwei snapped her fingers: "That's right, that's what I meant."…
"Think about it, Wang Xinyu is a native of other provinces, so she probably doesn't know much about Jiangnan City."
"Moreover, this time she came here specially from other provinces. In my opinion, she may have come here to complete a certain agreement with these people."
Seeing that everyone was looking at her, Lu Weiwei also looked around and continued:
"People like them may often gather at the top of Xiushan Mountain, and among the people who attended the gathering at the top of Xiushan Mountain, there may be that rotting corpse, that is, the deceased whose identity we cannot determine."
"There is also... Zhao Xiaohu who disappeared inexplicably in the Binjiang freight yard, these are all possible."
"That's right." Listening to what Lu Weiwei said, it happened to be what she wanted to say.
Gu Chen nodded in agreement, and added: "It is indeed possible that we investigated the wrong direction before."
Standing up, Gu Chen came to the whiteboard in the office, wiped off the written words with a rag, picked up the oil-based pen, and continued to write.
He also introduced, "Wang Xinyu, Wang Jiayao, Zhao Xiaohu, and this unidentified person."
After writing down these people, Gu Chen circled Zhao Xiaohu and the unknown corpse with a pen, and said:
"From the current point of view, Zhao Xiaohu's disappearance and the unnamed corpse may be closely related to Wang Xinyu and Wang Jiayao."
"However, from Gao Chuanfeng's forensic team, we have come to the conclusion that it is a rotting corpse, not the missing Zhao Xiaohu, because the height is completely different."
"This can invisibly designate four suspects for us."
"But now..."
In the middle of speaking, Gu Chen circled Wang Jiayao's name with a pen, and then marked it with a big cross.
"Wang Jiayao is dead now, plus the unnamed corpse who has died long ago, these two people have been ruled out, then..."
Looking at everyone, Gu Chen asked again: "Then, do you think there is any necessary connection between Wang Xinyu and Zhao Xiaohu?"
"I know." As soon as Gu Chen finished speaking, Lu Weiwei immediately raised her hand and said in response:
"The missing Zhao Xiaohu may have lived well all along, and Wang Jiayao's death may have been caused by Zhao Xiaohu."
"You know, Zhao Xiaohu has a criminal record of murder. Although it was manslaughter, it also caused the death of others."
"People who have experienced this kind of experience must be different from ordinary people in terms of psychological quality."
"Moreover, Zhao Xiaohu left his hometown and came to Jiangnan City because he was excluded."
After a pause, Lu Weiwei tried hard to calm down, and then said:
"That is to say, Zhao Xiaohu, his psychology may be a little distorted, and Wang Xinyu, as Zhao Xiaohu's fellow countryman, must also know Zhao Xiaohu."
"And now I am very suspicious that the nameless corpse may have been given by him, Zhao Xiaohu."
"Zhao Xiaohu first killed the victim in the abandoned warehouse, and then escaped by himself, running all night."
"But because Wang Xinyu knew all this, but Wang Xinyu probably hid it all and didn't call the police."
"That's right." Hearing what Lu Weiwei said, Yuan Shasha couldn't help but said: ...
"What's more, Wang Jiayao may also know the truth of the matter. Perhaps, when Zhao Xiaohu killed the victim, Wang Xinyu and Wang Jiayao were there to witness everything."
"However, both Wang Xinyu and Wang Jiayao chose to hide the truth of the matter and kept silent."
"But later, perhaps because Wang Xinyu found out with conscience, he felt a little sorry, so he began to send us a blood letter to the police, telling us where the corpse was buried in a cryptic way."
"En." Listening to what Yuan Shasha and Lu Weiwei said, Police Officer Wang also nodded silently, and couldn't help but say:
"Based on that, it really seems like that. This Zhao Xiaohu, maybe because he knew about Wang Xinyu and Wang Jiayao, wanted to tell the police what happened back then."
"So, Zhao Xiaohu started to panic. He started to be afraid, afraid that what happened to him back then would be revealed, and that our police would find out about his concealed identity."
"Because of this, Zhao Xiaohu chose to act first. In other words, Zhao Xiaohu had warned Wang Xinyu in advance, but Wang Xinyu didn't stop, and he wanted to inform the police about it."
"Therefore, Wang Xinyu, who was afraid of Zhao Xiaohu's revenge, did not dare to be blatant."
"Or, she had some scruples, so she wrote a letter to inform you of Gu Chen."
"But because I was afraid that you, Gu Chen, would feel that this was a prank, so I didn't go to the No. 2 warehouse in Binjiang Freight Yard."
"So, Wang Xinyu came up with another trick, which is to write a letter with blood, to make us pay attention to it, and then dig out the rotting corpse that has been buried for several years."
Taking a deep breath, Police Officer Wang tried his best to calm down, and then said slowly:
"In this way, Wang Xinyu will be exposed to danger. She may know that she will be killed by Zhao Xiaohu at any time, so after reporting to our police, she hastily left and moved overnight."
"Afterwards, I hid under the rainbow pier, because it was Wang Jiayao's territory, and Wang Jiayao protected her and even provided her with foster care."
"That's right." Gu Chen was also very satisfied after listening to everyone expressing their opinions.
It seems that everyone's observations are highly consistent with his own, so Gu Chen continued to add:
"Furthermore, this Wang Xinyu was very cautious when she moved her residence. Before leaving the police station, she not only left us the acrostic puzzle for the police, but also asked us to contact her at the top of Xiushan Mountain."
"I also chose to get off the car near the city bureau, which must have the meaning of deterring the other party."
"Perhaps Wang Xinyu is doing everything step by step, thinking that everything is going on according to his own ideas, but something went wrong at a critical moment."
"She, Wang Xinyu, didn't expect, maybe she guessed, that Zhao Xiaohu might find herself soon."
"So Wang Xinyu stayed under the Rainbow Bridge for a few days before leaving quickly."
"But Wang Jiayao seems to be miserable. Although he hanged himself, it may be because of psychological depression."
"But there are prerequisites for depression."
"Yes." As soon as Gu Chen finished speaking, Lu Weiwei answered immediately:
"Depression has a prerequisite, and I have visited Wang Jiayao's neighbors and his psychiatrist with Junior Brother Gu, so we can conclude."…
"Wang Jiayao may have experienced some terrible things back then, which led to an emotional breakdown, and a shadow has been cast on his mind ever since."
"It is precisely because of something that happened back then that caused great psychological trauma to Wang Jiayao, which made Wang Jiayao suffer from nightmares in the past few years."
"And this nightmare may be that Zhao Xiaohu killed the victim back then, or that the victim's death was also more or less related to Wang Jiayao and even Wang Xinyu."
"It's just that everyone kept it secret in order to keep the secret, but Wang Jiayao is under tremendous psychological pressure, and Wang Xinyu may not be the same?"
"So, the two of them decided to report the matter to the police, but after Wang Xinyu reported it, she chose to hide it to protect herself."
"But because Wang Jiayao couldn't bear the huge pressure, after the body was found by our police, maybe he chose to hang himself."
Here Lu Weiwei's voice fell, and the scene suddenly became quiet. Throughout the office, everyone looked at each other in deep thought.
Obviously, Lu Weiwei's remarks echoed everyone's expectations.
Seeing that Gu Chen remained silent, Lu Weiwei hurriedly asked, "Junior Brother Gu, do you think the same as me?"
"That's right." Gu Chen lay back on the seat, folded his hands on his chest, and said thoughtfully:
"The things Senior Sister Lu said just now are exactly the same as what I imagined."
"I am also very suspicious now. The reason why Wang Xinyu kept providing us with clues but refused to show up may be because Wang Xinyu's current life safety is threatened."
"And this threat may come from..."
After the words fell, Gu Chen stood up again, walked to the whiteboard, circled Zhao Xiaohu with an oil-based pen, and reminded:
"Maybe it came from Zhao Xiaohu."
"call!"
Seeing that the investigation ideas gradually became clear, everyone present breathed a sigh of relief.
After eating the instant noodles, He Junchao couldn't help giving a thumbs up and said, "As expected of Gu Chen, the problem will gradually become clearer."
"At present, no matter what we want to find Wang Xinyu, we also need to protect Wang Xinyu, and even track down Zhao Xiaohu."
"It seems that the summit of Xiushan three days later may be the time when Wang Xinyu will tell us the truth."
"But I have always had a question. Why didn't she, Wang Xinyu, tell us the truth directly? Instead, she wanted to trick us?"
"Maybe she has something to hide?" Lu Weiwei said.
Gu Chen also echoed, "Maybe Wang Xinyu's secrets are hard to explain in just one or two sentences, and she needs to share them with us at a suitable time and place."
After a pause, Gu Chen said again:
"However, it seems that she has some scruples in not telling the question at the police station, but what is this scruple? It will only be known after three days."
After thinking about it, Gu Chen looked around and said:
"However, we can't sit in the police station and wait. Even if Wang Xinyu uses acrostics to guide us step by step, and we will meet on the top of Xiushan in three days, we need to take action as soon as possible."
"First of all, Wang Xinyu may have carefully planned the time. It is not difficult to see from the envelope I got from the man on duty at the Science and Technology Museum."…
"Wang Xinyu seems to know my ability quite well. She expected that I would discover the secret of this acrostic within three days."
"It's just a pity that I knew it in advance, so the three days she arranged actually gave us time to guess the acrostic."
"And the next three days will be Wang Xinyu's most dangerous three days, because if she doesn't manage well, she may end up as a corpse just like Wang Jiayao."
"Yes." Hearing what Gu Chen said, Yuan Shasha hurriedly reminded:
"In the past three days, the murderer will not sit still. He will definitely try his best to find Wang Xinyu, and then kill him to silence him."
"Only after Wang Xinyu dies, maybe no one will know the secret of that year."
"As for the nameless corpse, it will be difficult to know his identity in the future."
Hearing what Yuan Shasha said, everyone present couldn't help but feel a little bit in their hearts.
Obviously, this is also the consensus of everyone.
Gu Chen put the oil-based pen in the bracket on the whiteboard, walked among the crowd, and reminded:
"So for these three days, our task is also very clear. Now that we know, Wang Xinyu may show up on the top of Xiushan Mountain in three days."
"She may think that meeting us on the top of Xiushan Mountain is one of the safest ways."
"However, we have to beware of the cunning of the murderer."
"The current murderer, in my opinion, is more like a ghost. He may be lurking in any corner, waiting for an opportunity."
"Then what should we do?" He Junchao asked.
"Good question, what should we do?" Gu Chen turned his head to look at He Junchao, and reminded by shaking his right index finger:
"We should focus on observing the murderer's movements. Since we identified the murderer as Zhao Xiaohu, who has been missing for several years, we should investigate Zhao Xiaohu."
"But..." Yuan Shasha hesitated for a few seconds, but stopped talking.
Gu Chen asked: "Xiao Yuan, if you have anything to say, you may as well just say it."
"Yes." Yuan Shasha nodded silently, raised her head, and expressed her thoughts one by one:
"This is how I think, since Zhao Xiaohu has been missing for several years, and no one has been able to find him in the past few years."
"Then how did this Zhao Xiaohu live in the past few years? If he really killed the person in the No. 2 warehouse of Binjiang Freight Yard, then he killed and absconded."
"For Zhao Xiaohu, who has already accidentally killed someone and spent a long time in prison, he obviously doesn't want to go to prison again, so he will definitely hide his name."
"like……"
Turning her head to look at everyone, Yuan Shasha said again: "Just like he works in the Binjiang freight yard, using a fake name and a fake identity."
"Then, Zhao Xiaohu will definitely use another false identity now to continue to survive."
"Moreover, Zhao Xiaohu must be lurking in Jiangnan City, and has always been in Jiangnan City."
"This is easy to handle." Police Officer Wang raised Erlang's legs and said involuntarily:
"Zhao Xiaohu's physical characteristics are easy to distinguish. He is tall and big, and his goals are obvious."
"Perhaps, he, Zhao Xiaohu, will still pretend, even change his appearance, even in order to change his previous appearance, he may change from a thin person to a fat person, but his height cannot be changed."…
"As long as we focus on those big guys these days, we will always meet dead mice."
"I agree with Senior Brother Wang's opinion." After Police Officer Wang's voice fell, Gu Chen also echoed:
"On the one hand, we should focus on investigating Wang Xinyu's whereabouts, and on the other hand, we must also focus on investigating Zhao Xiaohu's whereabouts."
After thinking for a while, Gu Chen said again: "Senior Brother He, how about you investigate Wang Xinyu's routes before, and use the surveillance to check again to see if there is anyone who matches Zhao Xiaohu's appearance?"
"Because I think this way, if Wang Xinyu is threatened with death, the murderer will inevitably appear in the places Wang Xinyu has been to or passed by."
"In this way, the murderer's footprint may be left within the monitoring range."
"Although we can't find Wang Xinyu, if we are lucky, we might be able to find Zhao Xiaohu."
"Well, it seems to make sense." He Junchao nodded after hearing what Gu Chen said:
"Okay, then I will work harder, sort out the previous monitoring data, and try my luck."
He Junchao can't say whether there is such a possibility now, but at least this is a method of investigation.
Soon, He Junchao's keyboard began to crackle.
And everyone left their seats at the same time and gathered around He Junchao.
When it comes to monitoring and investigation, He Junchao is a good hand. All kinds of information quickly flashed before his eyes, and He Junchao instantly entered the investigation mode.
Ten minutes later, He Junchao had already recorded many similar suspects in his pen.
Mainly record the time and place.
And such records, with the continuous expansion of monitoring content, the number of investigations has gradually increased.
Lu Weiwei rubbed her sore legs and sighed, "Go ahead, I have to rest, otherwise I won't be able to walk tomorrow."
Seeing Yuan Shasha, Lu Weiwei also reminded her, "Xiao Yuan, you should also rest quickly, and Lao Wang, Junior Brother Gu."
"Understood." Officer Wang wanted to rest a long time ago.
It's just that the case has entered a critical stage, and Police Officer Wang is not easy to be lazy.
Now that Lu Weiwei is taking the lead, we still need to wait for the investigation results from He Junchao's side. Police Officer Wang simply said a few words, went to the corner, pulled out his folding bed, and immediately turned on the corpse mode.
But Gu Chen was not tired at all.
With the blessing of energy drinks, I don't feel tired when going up and down the mountain.
So he continued to stay by He Junchao's side, helping He Junchao to check for omissions and fill in vacancies.
...
...
Time soon came to the morning.
At this moment, He Junchao's small notebook also densely recorded a lot.
These are all people found in the surveillance. They are similar to Zhao Xiaohu's body type, and they all have faces that are not to be underestimated, or people whose facial features are not obvious.
Although Gu Chen has master-level observation skills, he has a blind spot for monitoring facial features, and he can't do anything about it.
After all, Zhao Xiaohu has been missing for several years, is he fat or thin now? Has there been a drastic change in facial features? These are all unfamiliar to Gu Chen.
If we say that for the suspects he has come into contact with, Gu Chen can of course judge the real identity of the suspects through the suspect's physical movements, including walking posture and other characteristics.
But Zhao Xiaohu is different, he has never met Zhao Xiaohu, so he has no idea about Zhao Xiaohu's current characteristics.
It will be much more difficult to investigate.
Fortunately, there are many suspects in the current record book.
The next step is to investigate the suspects one by one.
"How?" Gu Chen asked He Junchao beside him.
He Junchao also breathed a sigh of relief, stretched his waist and complained: "It's almost there, these people will check again to see if there are similar people reappearing in the places Wang Xinyu passed by."
"Then Senior Brother He has worked hard." Gu Chen said.
"What's the matter, but tonight, the task may not be completed." He Junchao was already prepared to stay up all night.
For this reason, He Junchao brought out all the energy drinks he had kept privately.
It also reminded Gu Chen: "Gu Chen, you go to rest first, as soon as there is a result from my side, I will notify you as soon as possible."
"Okay." Gu Chen also knew that he went up and down the mountain and tossed and tossed all day.
Lu Weiwei, Police Officer Wang and Yuan Shasha couldn't bear it any longer. If they were still energetic, He Junchao would become suspicious instead.
So in order to dispel He Junchao's suspicion, Gu Chen also pretended to yawn.
So he came to his desk, lay down on the table and pretended to rest.
While Gu Chen just squinted his eyes, He Junchao on the other side reminded him, "Gu Chen, I seem to have found a sneaky guy."
...
Hearing what Master Liu said, Gu Chen's heart tightened, feeling that it was exactly the same as what he had guessed. Wang Xinyu and Wang Jiayao really had an intersection a few years ago, and the two met once at the top of Xiushan Mountain. Thinking of this, Gu Chen hurriedly asked: "Master Liu, do you still remember what they said when they came to the top of the mountain a few years ago?" "Is there anyone else besides the two of them?" "this" It seems that the age limit is too long, or Master Liu has a bad memory. After pondering for a long time, Master Liu still shook his head and denied, "I'm really not sure about this, after all, it happened a few years ago." "However, I remember that they were definitely not just two people, but a group of people." "A group of people?" Upon hearing these words, Gu Chen's eyes lit up, and he was even more certain that Wang Xinyu knew Wang Jiayao by no means the only one in Jiangnan City. When thinking of a group of people, and perhaps other helpers, Gu Chen hurriedly urged Master Liu, saying: "Can you think about it again, what did they do on the top of the mountain?" "By the way, have they ever come to your store to buy products? Or have they explained anything to you?" The reason why Gu Chen asked this is because Wang Xinyu's blood letter only has four short words. The so-called "top of the beautiful mountain", obviously, the answer to the mystery lies on the mountain. But since Gu Chen was allowed to come to the top of the mountain, there must be clues left behind. And on the top of the mountain, for now, there are only two middle-aged nuns and Master Liu living there. And Master Zhao didn't know the situation outside at all, and he rarely communicated with tourists outside. Therefore, in her mouth, it seems that there are very few things that can be asked. On the contrary, Master Liu is different. At least, Master Liu can tell that Wang Xinyu and Wang Jiayao have been to the top of the mountain. Obviously, Wang Xinyu and Wang Jiayao must have crossed paths with Master Liu. What Gu Chen needs to do now is to give Master Liu enough time to think. Unable to bear Gu Chen's request, Master Liu crossed his arms and walked back and forth in the room. After a while, he seemed to think of something? So he replied cautiously: "I remember, the few of them seemed to be discussing things in the gazebo on the top of the mountain." "I remember that there must have been four or five people. These two people were among the two photos you showed me." "How many men and women do they have?" Gu Chen wanted to know more details, so he asked one more question. Master Liu was thoughtful: "It seems that there is only this one woman, and the others are all men." "Also, I remember this woman, she seems to have come to my canteen to buy something, and she seems to have asked for a pack of cigarettes." "But you also know that our place is a forest park, and smoking is prohibited, so there are no cigarettes for sale in my canteen." "Then, they seem to have bought a few bottles of water, and finally ordered some snacks, and sat in the gazebo outside, eating, drinking, and discussing things." "Then were there many people on this mountain at that time?" Gu Chen asked again while recording. "Not much." Master Liu shook his head, and said involuntarily: "If there were a lot of people, I definitely wouldn't have had so many impressions. I remember that they were the only ones sitting in the gazebo and eating." "I was bored, so after locking the door of the commissary, I also came to listen to their chat near the gazebo." It seems that under the guidance of Gu Chen, Master Liu began to gradually recover some memories of that year, and said slowly: "I remember that they seemed to be discussing business, cooperation or something, but there were conflicts, so they quarreled." After thinking for a while, Master Liu said again: "By the way, that woman, a very strong person, seems to have a tough attitude. I stood by the side at that time, and I thought it was quite funny." "Then did they explain anything to you?" Gu Chen felt that it was impossible for Master Liu to have no contact with these people. Otherwise, what is the purpose of Wang Xinyu guiding everyone up the mountain? Master Liu also frowned, and after thinking for a while, he asked again: "Oh, yes, they seem to have asked, is there any activity when we are on the mountain?" "Activities? On this mountain?" Gu Chen seemed to feel more and more that he was getting closer to the truth. So with a sincere tone, he continued to ask: "Master Liu, do you usually hold activities on this mountain?" "Yes." Master Liu nodded silently, and said earnestly: "Don't look at the top of our Xiushan Mountain. There are usually not many tourists, but every year there will be a mountaineering competition on the top of our mountain." "Mountain climbing competition?" Gu Chen heard the words, and suddenly felt that there seemed to be some impressions in his mind, or he had heard of it somewhere, but he was not familiar with it. So he asked Master Liu again, "What exactly are you doing?" "It's a mountain climbing competition." Sitting cross-legged opposite Gu Chen, Master Liu said thoughtfully: "I remember that on the day of the competition, we will temporarily set up a small stage on the top of the mountain, and some leaders will bring their teams to gather at the foot of the mountain." "Then after the ceremony is over, there will be referees who will fire the starting gun, and all the contestants will start sprinting up the mountain according to the designated route." "The first person to reach the top of the mountain is the champion. The champion seems to have a lot of bonuses, as well as various other spiritual civilization awards." "Generally speaking, this is a national fitness activity, sponsored by the Jiangnan Sports Bureau." "Later, due to the continuous expansion of the development scale, many teams from other places will also come to participate in the competition every year on the competition day, and then there are various sponsors and so on." Listening to Master Liu's remarks, Gu Chen hesitated for a few seconds, and then asked: "But, I haven't heard much about it in recent years." "Haha, that's for sure." Seeing that Gu Chen also had doubts, Master Liu also explained the reason: "Because a few years ago, it was held by a certain leader of the Sports Bureau. At that time, the leader of the Sports Bureau had a lot of influence and had just come to Jiangnan City to work." "So, I also want to make some achievements, bring some national fitness activities to Jiangnan City, expand and publicize Jiangnan City." "After all, you also know that our Jiangnan City is a pilot city for sports consumption in the country, and national fitness activities must be indispensable." "Therefore, in the first two years, the national fitness activities on Mount Xiushan were held with great vigor." "Besides, many enterprises and government agencies are very generous and will send corresponding teams to participate." "At that time, there were corporate teams, agency teams, citizen teams, and some scattered free individual contestants." "In those two years, the event held was booming." "Then what happened later? Why did it become tepid later?" Gu Chen was also curious. "It's not because of the change of leader." Master Liu shook his head helplessly, and said with a sigh: "As soon as the leadership is changed, the focus will be different. The newly appointed sports bureau leader puts more experience in promoting the basketball league." "So, in the past few years, the Jiangnan City Basketball League has been held in a hurry." "As for this national fitness activity on Mount Xiushan, I don't pay much attention to it. Although it is held every year, the scale is not as good as every year." "Sponsors have also become lackluster since there isn't a lot going on." "In the end, many corporate teams and agency teams didn't participate at all. Only some private mountaineering hobby teams and some scattered mountaineering citizens will come to participate, and the scale should be within a hundred people." "After all, the sponsors are not stupid. Since the Jiangnan City Basketball League is in full swing, the leaders also attach great importance to it, so they spend the sponsorship money on the basketball league." "Yes." After listening to Master Liu's explanation, Gu Chen also recorded all these, and asked again: "Then when will this year's Mount Xiushan event be held?" "This year?" Master Liu thought briefly, and quickly replied, "This year's mountaineering event will be in three days." "Three days later?" Hearing this time, Gu Chen seemed to understand something? If it is said that there does not seem to be much direct connection between Wang Xinyu and Master Liu, then the content of the blood book that Wang Xinyu reminded herself is "the top of Xiushan". Perhaps it refers to the national fitness activity of Climbing Xiushan three days later. Thinking of this, Gu Chen suddenly felt terrified. It can be seen that Wang Xinyu has prepared many steps in silence. He even guessed that he would guess the flaw. Although Gu Chen himself is very clear, counting from the time he got the envelope from the man on duty at the science and technology museum, Wang Xinyu calculated for himself that he would definitely find the Jiangnan Science and Technology Museum in the next few days. It can be seen that Wang Xinyu believes that his strength is enough to find the answer to the mystery in the next few days. But he figured out the riddle ahead of time, and even rushed to the top of Xiushan overnight. As for the national fitness activity of Climbing Xiushan three days later, it may be that Wang Xinyu calculated the time when he came to Xiushan. So, at that time, will Wang Xinyu be among these mountain-climbing citizens and come to the mountain together? Thinking of this, Gu Chen frowned, and asked Master Liu: "Then do you still remember that they were talking about other things besides mountaineering activities?" "Uh, I don't really remember." Master Liu shook his head and said truthfully: "I didn't lie to you, Officer Gu. I will tell you everything I know, but it's very difficult for me to remember what happened a few years ago." "However, I do remember that they were discussing the mountain climbing activities, but what exactly? Then I don't know." "Thank you." It felt like Master Liu was trying his best, and Gu Chen didn't want to make things difficult for others. So in the house, after briefly discussing some other issues with Master Liu, Gu Chen also prepared to go down the mountain quickly. Afterwards, Master Liu sent Gu Chen to the steps down the mountain, and illuminated it with a flashlight until Gu Chen disappeared at the corner of the mountain. However, just as Gu Chen walked around a corner, he found a light coming from down the mountain. Gu Chen immediately shone his own flashlight on it. "Junior Brother Gu, is that you?" Seeing such a strong flashlight, Lu Weiwei couldn't help but yelled. "It's me." Gu Chen saw that it was his team who came here, and thought that the speed was fast enough. I had already investigated all the problems on the mountain, and the team members came here. To be honest, Gu Chen had too high expectations for the climbing speed of the team members. The higher the expectations, the greater the disappointment. After meeting with everyone, Gu Chen also looked curious, and quickly asked, "How did you get here?" "Damn, it's not Lao Wang." Lu Weiwei hurriedly threw the blame, and said involuntarily: "Old Wang's slow speed is really not flattering." "Can this be my fault?" Seeing that Lu Weiwei made a good move, Police Officer Wang immediately retorted: "Who always says there, hey, I can't do it, I have to rest? I have only walked for a while, and you have to rest. Now blame me?" "Old Wang, don't talk about me, everyone is right." When Lu Weiwei heard this, she immediately wanted to turn back. Seeing this, Yuan Shasha smiled wryly, and quickly explained to Gu Chen: "Senior Brother Gu, in fact, we are too good at climbing the mountain, and the steep slope here is too steep. We are in this distance, and we have wasted too much time." "It's okay, let's go directly down the mountain now." Gu Chen didn't mean to blame everyone. Thinking that if he knew this earlier, he might as well let everyone stay at the foot of the mountain and wait for him. When Lu Weiwei heard this, she immediately asked Gu Chen, "Gu... Brother Gu, did we cause you trouble?" "No." Gu Chen shook his head in denial, and continued to explain: "I have done everything that should be done, and now we can go down the mountain." "It's done?" Hearing Gu Chen's words, Police Officer Wang immediately asked, "Hey Gu Chen, what does 'Top of Xiushan' mean? What exactly is Wang Xinyu trying to tell us?" Gu Chen chuckled, and couldn't help but say: "The top of Xiushan should refer to a mountaineering competition held on the top of Xiushan three days later." "And Wang Xinyu probably also thinks that we will guess the hidden acrostic puzzle in the Jiangnan Science and Technology Museum within a few days." "So, she hid the answer three days later, which is the mountain climbing competition." "Presumably, she also guessed that on that day, I will come to the top of Xiushan Mountain and participate in that climbing competition." "At that time, she will definitely appear in other forms." "Is there such a thing?" Just as Gu Chen finished speaking, Lu Weiwei also felt incredible. Yuan Shasha was also dumbfounded and said, "Senior Brother Gu, where did you know all this?" "Master Liu, the watchman on duty at the TV tower, told me that he and Bai Xiaolan are colleagues and know each other."... "Besides, he told me that a few years ago, Wang Xinyu, Wang Jiayao, and several other men once got together here in the gazebo on the top of the mountain, and even had a dispute." "And in the end, they seem to have mentioned a competition, which may be the mountaineering event held three days later." "I now suspect that they may just want to use the time of mountaineering activities to do some special deals." Gu Chen also led everyone to drive down the mountain. While driving, he shared with everyone what he saw and heard at the top of the mountain. ... ... 11:11 p.m. Everyone who simply had supper returned to the criminal investigation team of the Furong branch. In the office, He Junchao ate instant noodles and asked everyone: "So, after three days, Wang Xinyu will appear on the top of Xiushan Mountain?" "It's not absolute." Gu Chen crossed his arms and thoughtfully said, "Although this is the only event that will be held on the top of Xiushan Mountain recently." "Although this coincides with Wang Xinyu's estimate that we guessed the first poem in the Science and Technology Museum, but will Wang Xinyu appear? I can't guarantee it." "Then you have to take active action." Police Officer Wang rubbed his sore legs and complained: "If you ask me, Wang Xinyu is not an easy woman. She can play us around and even kill someone." "It's enough to see that she is a ruthless character, and what more terrifying things will happen next? I won't be surprised." "Because, only if you are perverted enough, you will keep tossing." "Come on, old Wang, I now think that this Wang Xinyu may not be a bad person, she is just protecting herself." Lu Weiwei seemed to become clear-headed after going up and down the mountain. When Police Officer Wang heard this, he immediately snorted and complained, "Lu Weiwei, why did you change so quickly? That's not what you said before you went up the mountain." "One moment and another moment." After Lu Weiwei distributed the yogurt in the drawer to everyone, she inserted the straw and began to enjoy it. With doubts in his heart, he said thoughtfully: "Now I feel even more that Wang Xinyu may not have much to do with Wang Jiayao's death." "And this related person may be one of the members Wang Xinyu gathered on Xiushan back then." "Senior Sister Lu, keep talking." Yuan Shasha sucked on the yogurt Lu Weiwei gave her, also curious. Lu Weiwei snorted and said in thought: "In fact, the reason is very simple. The focus of our previous investigations was on Wang Xinyu, from Wang Xinyu to Wang Jiayao, and even Wang Jiayao's ex-wife, neighbors and friends." "It seems that it is possible for Wang Jiayao to help Wang Xinyu and provide food for Wang Xinyu." "However, this is only because the two have known each other before, but think about it, Wang Jiayao knows Wang Xinyu, but will other people also know Wang Xinyu?" "Like..." "It's like the members who gathered with Wang Xinyu on the top of Xiushan Mountain a few years ago." Before Lu Weiwei could finish speaking here, Gu Chen replied ahead of time. Lu Weiwei snapped her fingers: "That's right, that's what I meant." "Think about it, Wang Xinyu is a native of other provinces, so she probably doesn't know much about Jiangnan City." "Moreover, this time she came here specially from other provinces. In my opinion, she may have come here to complete a certain agreement with these people." Seeing that everyone was looking at her, Lu Weiwei also looked around and continued: "People like them may often gather at the top of Xiushan Mountain, and among the people who attended the gathering at the top of Xiushan Mountain, there may be that rotting corpse, that is, the deceased whose identity we cannot determine." "There is also... Zhao Xiaohu who disappeared inexplicably in the Binjiang freight yard, these are all possible." "That's right." Listening to what Lu Weiwei said, it happened to be what she wanted to say. Gu Chen nodded in agreement, and added: "It is indeed possible that we investigated the wrong direction before." Standing up, Gu Chen came to the whiteboard in the office, wiped off the written words with a rag, picked up the oil-based pen, and continued to write. He also introduced, "Wang Xinyu, Wang Jiayao, Zhao Xiaohu, and this unidentified person." After writing down these people, Gu Chen circled Zhao Xiaohu and the unknown corpse with a pen, and said: "From the current point of view, Zhao Xiaohu's disappearance and the unnamed corpse may be closely related to Wang Xinyu and Wang Jiayao." "However, from Gao Chuanfeng's forensic team, we have come to the conclusion that it is a rotting corpse, not the missing Zhao Xiaohu, because the height is completely different." "This can invisibly designate four suspects for us." "But now..." In the middle of speaking, Gu Chen circled Wang Jiayao's name with a pen, and then marked it with a big cross. "Wang Jiayao is dead now, plus the unnamed corpse who has died long ago, these two people have been ruled out, then..." Looking at everyone, Gu Chen asked again: "Then, do you think there is any necessary connection between Wang Xinyu and Zhao Xiaohu?" "I know." As soon as Gu Chen finished speaking, Lu Weiwei immediately raised her hand and said in response: "The missing Zhao Xiaohu may have lived well all along, and Wang Jiayao's death may have been caused by Zhao Xiaohu." "You know, Zhao Xiaohu has a criminal record of murder. Although it was manslaughter, it also caused the death of others." "People who have experienced this kind of experience must be different from ordinary people in terms of psychological quality." "Moreover, Zhao Xiaohu left his hometown and came to Jiangnan City because he was excluded." After a pause, Lu Weiwei tried hard to calm down, and then said: "That is to say, Zhao Xiaohu, his psychology may be a little distorted, and Wang Xinyu, as Zhao Xiaohu's fellow countryman, must also know Zhao Xiaohu." "And now I am very suspicious that the nameless corpse may have been given by him, Zhao Xiaohu." "Zhao Xiaohu first killed the victim in the abandoned warehouse, and then escaped by himself, running all night." "But because Wang Xinyu knew all this, but Wang Xinyu probably hid it all and didn't call the police." "That's right." Hearing what Lu Weiwei said, Yuan Shasha couldn't help but said: ... "What's more, Wang Jiayao may also know the truth of the matter. Perhaps, when Zhao Xiaohu killed the victim, Wang Xinyu and Wang Jiayao were there to witness everything." "However, both Wang Xinyu and Wang Jiayao chose to hide the truth of the matter and kept silent." "But later, perhaps because Wang Xinyu found out with conscience, he felt a little sorry, so he began to send us a blood letter to the police, telling us where the corpse was buried in a cryptic way." "En." Listening to what Yuan Shasha and Lu Weiwei said, Police Officer Wang also nodded silently, and couldn't help but say: "Based on that, it really seems like that. This Zhao Xiaohu, maybe because he knew about Wang Xinyu and Wang Jiayao, wanted to tell the police what happened back then." "So, Zhao Xiaohu started to panic. He started to be afraid, afraid that what happened to him back then would be revealed, and that our police would find out about his concealed identity." "Because of this, Zhao Xiaohu chose to act first. In other words, Zhao Xiaohu had warned Wang Xinyu in advance, but Wang Xinyu didn't stop, and he wanted to inform the police about it." "Therefore, Wang Xinyu, who was afraid of Zhao Xiaohu's revenge, did not dare to be blatant." "Or, she had some scruples, so she wrote a letter to inform you of Gu Chen." "But because I was afraid that you, Gu Chen, would feel that this was a prank, so I didn't go to the No. 2 warehouse in Binjiang Freight Yard." "So, Wang Xinyu came up with another trick, which is to write a letter with blood, to make us pay attention to it, and then dig out the rotting corpse that has been buried for several years." Taking a deep breath, Police Officer Wang tried his best to calm down, and then said slowly: "In this way, Wang Xinyu will be exposed to danger. She may know that she will be killed by Zhao Xiaohu at any time, so after reporting to our police, she hastily left and moved overnight." "Afterwards, I hid under the rainbow pier, because it was Wang Jiayao's territory, and Wang Jiayao protected her and even provided her with foster care." "That's right." Gu Chen was also very satisfied after listening to everyone expressing their opinions. It seems that everyone's observations are highly consistent with his own, so Gu Chen continued to add: "Furthermore, this Wang Xinyu was very cautious when she moved her residence. Before leaving the police station, she not only left us the acrostic puzzle for the police, but also asked us to contact her at the top of Xiushan Mountain." "I also chose to get off the car near the city bureau, which must have the meaning of deterring the other party." "Perhaps Wang Xinyu is doing everything step by step, thinking that everything is going on according to his own ideas, but something went wrong at a critical moment." "She, Wang Xinyu, didn't expect, maybe she guessed, that Zhao Xiaohu might find herself soon." "So Wang Xinyu stayed under the Rainbow Bridge for a few days before leaving quickly." "But Wang Jiayao seems to be miserable. Although he hanged himself, it may be because of psychological depression." "But there are prerequisites for depression." "Yes." As soon as Gu Chen finished speaking, Lu Weiwei answered immediately: "Depression has a prerequisite, and I have visited Wang Jiayao's neighbors and his psychiatrist with Junior Brother Gu, so we can conclude." "Wang Jiayao may have experienced some terrible things back then, which led to an emotional breakdown, and a shadow has been cast on his mind ever since." "It is precisely because of something that happened back then that caused great psychological trauma to Wang Jiayao, which made Wang Jiayao suffer from nightmares in the past few years." "And this nightmare may be that Zhao Xiaohu killed the victim back then, or that the victim's death was also more or less related to Wang Jiayao and even Wang Xinyu." "It's just that everyone kept it secret in order to keep the secret, but Wang Jiayao is under tremendous psychological pressure, and Wang Xinyu may not be the same?" "So, the two of them decided to report the matter to the police, but after Wang Xinyu reported it, she chose to hide it to protect herself." "But because Wang Jiayao couldn't bear the huge pressure, after the body was found by our police, maybe he chose to hang himself." Here Lu Weiwei's voice fell, and the scene suddenly became quiet. Throughout the office, everyone looked at each other in deep thought. Obviously, Lu Weiwei's remarks echoed everyone's expectations. Seeing that Gu Chen remained silent, Lu Weiwei hurriedly asked, "Junior Brother Gu, do you think the same as me?" "That's right." Gu Chen lay back on the seat, folded his hands on his chest, and said thoughtfully: "The things Senior Sister Lu said just now are exactly the same as what I imagined." "I am also very suspicious now. The reason why Wang Xinyu kept providing us with clues but refused to show up may be because Wang Xinyu's current life safety is threatened." "And this threat may come from..." After the words fell, Gu Chen stood up again, walked to the whiteboard, circled Zhao Xiaohu with an oil-based pen, and reminded: "Maybe it came from Zhao Xiaohu." "call!" Seeing that the investigation ideas gradually became clear, everyone present breathed a sigh of relief. After eating the instant noodles, He Junchao couldn't help giving a thumbs up and said, "As expected of Gu Chen, the problem will gradually become clearer." "At present, no matter what we want to find Wang Xinyu, we also need to protect Wang Xinyu, and even track down Zhao Xiaohu." "It seems that the summit of Xiushan three days later may be the time when Wang Xinyu will tell us the truth." "But I have always had a question. Why didn't she, Wang Xinyu, tell us the truth directly? Instead, she wanted to trick us?" "Maybe she has something to hide?" Lu Weiwei said. Gu Chen also echoed, "Maybe Wang Xinyu's secrets are hard to explain in just one or two sentences, and she needs to share them with us at a suitable time and place." After a pause, Gu Chen said again: "However, it seems that she has some scruples in not telling the question at the police station, but what is this scruple? It will only be known after three days." After thinking about it, Gu Chen looked around and said: "However, we can't sit in the police station and wait. Even if Wang Xinyu uses acrostics to guide us step by step, and we will meet on the top of Xiushan in three days, we need to take action as soon as possible." "First of all, Wang Xinyu may have carefully planned the time. It is not difficult to see from the envelope I got from the man on duty at the Science and Technology Museum." "Wang Xinyu seems to know my ability quite well. She expected that I would discover the secret of this acrostic within three days." "It's just a pity that I knew it in advance, so the three days she arranged actually gave us time to guess the acrostic." "And the next three days will be Wang Xinyu's most dangerous three days, because if she doesn't manage well, she may end up as a corpse just like Wang Jiayao." "Yes." Hearing what Gu Chen said, Yuan Shasha hurriedly reminded: "In the past three days, the murderer will not sit still. He will definitely try his best to find Wang Xinyu, and then kill him to silence him." "Only after Wang Xinyu dies, maybe no one will know the secret of that year." "As for the nameless corpse, it will be difficult to know his identity in the future." Hearing what Yuan Shasha said, everyone present couldn't help but feel a little bit in their hearts. Obviously, this is also the consensus of everyone. Gu Chen put the oil-based pen in the bracket on the whiteboard, walked among the crowd, and reminded: "So for these three days, our task is also very clear. Now that we know, Wang Xinyu may show up on the top of Xiushan Mountain in three days." "She may think that meeting us on the top of Xiushan Mountain is one of the safest ways." "However, we have to beware of the cunning of the murderer." "The current murderer, in my opinion, is more like a ghost. He may be lurking in any corner, waiting for an opportunity." "Then what should we do?" He Junchao asked. "Good question, what should we do?" Gu Chen turned his head to look at He Junchao, and reminded by shaking his right index finger: "We should focus on observing the murderer's movements. Since we identified the murderer as Zhao Xiaohu, who has been missing for several years, we should investigate Zhao Xiaohu." "But..." Yuan Shasha hesitated for a few seconds, but stopped talking. Gu Chen asked: "Xiao Yuan, if you have anything to say, you may as well just say it." "Yes." Yuan Shasha nodded silently, raised her head, and expressed her thoughts one by one: "This is how I think, since Zhao Xiaohu has been missing for several years, and no one has been able to find him in the past few years." "Then how did this Zhao Xiaohu live in the past few years? If he really killed the person in the No. 2 warehouse of Binjiang Freight Yard, then he killed and absconded." "For Zhao Xiaohu, who has already accidentally killed someone and spent a long time in prison, he obviously doesn't want to go to prison again, so he will definitely hide his name." "like" Turning her head to look at everyone, Yuan Shasha said again: "Just like he works in the Binjiang freight yard, using a fake name and a fake identity." "Then, Zhao Xiaohu will definitely use another false identity now to continue to survive." "Moreover, Zhao Xiaohu must be lurking in Jiangnan City, and has always been in Jiangnan City." "This is easy to handle." Police Officer Wang raised Erlang's legs and said involuntarily: "Zhao Xiaohu's physical characteristics are easy to distinguish. He is tall and big, and his goals are obvious." "Perhaps, he, Zhao Xiaohu, will still pretend, even change his appearance, even in order to change his previous appearance, he may change from a thin person to a fat person, but his height cannot be changed." "As long as we focus on those big guys these days, we will always meet dead mice." "I agree with Senior Brother Wang's opinion." After Police Officer Wang's voice fell, Gu Chen also echoed: "On the one hand, we should focus on investigating Wang Xinyu's whereabouts, and on the other hand, we must also focus on investigating Zhao Xiaohu's whereabouts." After thinking for a while, Gu Chen said again: "Senior Brother He, how about you investigate Wang Xinyu's routes before, and use the surveillance to check again to see if there is anyone who matches Zhao Xiaohu's appearance?" "Because I think this way, if Wang Xinyu is threatened with death, the murderer will inevitably appear in the places Wang Xinyu has been to or passed by." "In this way, the murderer's footprint may be left within the monitoring range." "Although we can't find Wang Xinyu, if we are lucky, we might be able to find Zhao Xiaohu." "Well, it seems to make sense." He Junchao nodded after hearing what Gu Chen said: "Okay, then I will work harder, sort out the previous monitoring data, and try my luck." He Junchao can't say whether there is such a possibility now, but at least this is a method of investigation. Soon, He Junchao's keyboard began to crackle. And everyone left their seats at the same time and gathered around He Junchao. When it comes to monitoring and investigation, He Junchao is a good hand. All kinds of information quickly flashed before his eyes, and He Junchao instantly entered the investigation mode. Ten minutes later, He Junchao had already recorded many similar suspects in his pen. Mainly record the time and place. And such records, with the continuous expansion of monitoring content, the number of investigations has gradually increased. Lu Weiwei rubbed her sore legs and sighed, "Go ahead, I have to rest, otherwise I won't be able to walk tomorrow." Seeing Yuan Shasha, Lu Weiwei also reminded her, "Xiao Yuan, you should also rest quickly, and Lao Wang, Junior Brother Gu." "Understood." Officer Wang wanted to rest a long time ago. It's just that the case has entered a critical stage, and Police Officer Wang is not easy to be lazy. Now that Lu Weiwei is taking the lead, we still need to wait for the investigation results from He Junchao's side. Police Officer Wang simply said a few words, went to the corner, pulled out his folding bed, and immediately turned on the corpse mode. But Gu Chen was not tired at all. With the blessing of energy drinks, I don't feel tired when going up and down the mountain. So he continued to stay by He Junchao's side, helping He Junchao to check for omissions and fill in vacancies. ... ... Time soon came to the morning. At this moment, He Junchao's small notebook also densely recorded a lot. These are all people found in the surveillance. They are similar to Zhao Xiaohu's body type, and they all have faces that are not to be underestimated, or people whose facial features are not obvious. Although Gu Chen has master-level observation skills, he has a blind spot for monitoring facial features, and he can't do anything about it. After all, Zhao Xiaohu has been missing for several years, is he fat or thin now? Has there been a drastic change in facial features? These are all unfamiliar to Gu Chen. If we say that for the suspects he has come into contact with, Gu Chen can of course judge the real identity of the suspects through the suspect's physical movements, including walking posture and other characteristics. But Zhao Xiaohu is different, he has never met Zhao Xiaohu, so he has no idea about Zhao Xiaohu's current characteristics. It will be much more difficult to investigate. Fortunately, there are many suspects in the current record book. The next step is to investigate the suspects one by one. "How?" Gu Chen asked He Junchao beside him. He Junchao also breathed a sigh of relief, stretched his waist and complained: "It's almost there, these people will check again to see if there are similar people reappearing in the places Wang Xinyu passed by." "Then Senior Brother He has worked hard." Gu Chen said. "What's the matter, but tonight, the task may not be completed." He Junchao was already prepared to stay up all night. For this reason, He Junchao brought out all the energy drinks he had kept privately. It also reminded Gu Chen: "Gu Chen, you go to rest first, as soon as there is a result from my side, I will notify you as soon as possible." "Okay." Gu Chen also knew that he went up and down the mountain and tossed and tossed all day. Lu Weiwei, Police Officer Wang and Yuan Shasha couldn't bear it any longer. If they were still energetic, He Junchao would become suspicious instead. So in order to dispel He Junchao's suspicion, Gu Chen also pretended to yawn. So he came to his desk, lay down on the table and pretended to rest. While Gu Chen just squinted his eyes, He Junchao on the other side reminded him, "Gu Chen, I seem to have found a sneaky guy." ...
