Chapter 8 Fishy Smell

Xia Mufan picked up the police walkie-talkie and called Chief Wei.

"Captain Wei, I have a new discovery. I wonder if it can be considered a clue."

Wei Yong said in a deep voice: "You say."

"I found a puddle of water where the white van was parked and smelled a persistent fishy odor."

Wei Yong was silent for a breath: "What is your judgment?"

"I suspect this van delivered fish, maybe a fishmonger."

Wei Yong responded quickly: "Local car?"

Xia Mushige nodded: "Yes!"

Wei Yong said, "Yu Jing just sent back a message that someone saw a white pickup truck leaving Anning Road at a very fast speed, heading east along Chenguang Avenue, in the opposite direction of the long-distance bus station and the railway station. It obviously had no intention of leaving Hui City by car or train, and might be planning to return to its home base first."

Xia Mushige followed up accurately: "Is there a fishing ground in the east?"

Wei Yong reacted immediately, with a hint of excitement in his voice: "Dongyang Lake Fishery! I will contact the Dongyang Lake Police Station immediately."

If Xia Mufan's judgment is correct, fishmongers must have a source of supply, and Dongyang Lake Fishery is worth checking out.

Xia Mufan asked: "Wei Suo, then my brother and I should go over and take a look?"

Hui City is neither big nor small. Dongyang Lake Fishery is located at the end of Chenguang Avenue and is located in the far suburbs of the city. If you go via Anning Road, the journey will probably take more than twenty minutes.

Wei Yong said, "No, it's not safe at night. Don't act on your own. Just stay on the side of the road and wait. I've already contacted the Municipal Bureau. Yue Yuan is leading the team here. You and Sun Xianbing get in his car and go to the fishing ground together."

The kidnapping of a child in the jurisdiction alerted the serious crime team?

Xia Mufan didn't ask any more questions, just replied "Yes!", then called Sun Xianbing, and the two of them waited together.

In the distance, car lights were coming towards us.

There are two cars in total.

Although there was no sirens, Sun Xianbing jumped up immediately when he saw the familiar jeep in the lead, looking around excitedly: "Here they come!"

Yue Yuan leaned his head out of the car window and waved at them.

Xia Mufan ran over quickly, stopped and saluted: "Team Leader Yue!"

After Yue Yuan asked them to get in the car, he turned around and looked Xia Mufan up and down. "Xia, you have a really good nose. Lao Wei said that you smelled a strong fishy smell from the white van, so you guessed it was in the fishing ground? In addition to the one on Anning Road, the Municipal Bureau has been connected to four cases of missing children this year. They were all chubby boys aged two or three, and all involved this white van. We are investigating the cases together and our serious crime team is in charge. This time, I hope the clues you provided are useful and can catch these human traffickers."

The Municipal Public Security Bureau is currently busy with cases of missing children.

Including Xiaobao who went missing today, four children have gone missing this year.

It always happened at night, on a busy street. When there were many people around and the adults were distracted, the fat woman quietly took the child away, got into a white pickup truck parked on the side of the road, and left quickly.

The other party moved very quickly, and in the darkness of the night, his face was blurred. No one saw the trafficker's appearance, and no one noticed the license plate number. The white pickup truck is a common domestic pickup truck that is used to deliver goods to vegetable markets, shopping malls, and supermarkets.

The Municipal Bureau dispatched numerous police forces and set up important traffic checkpoints, but the white van was never found and there was no trace of the missing children.

As soon as Wei Yong reported the situation today, the Municipal Bureau attached great importance to it. After the serious crime team got the clue of the fishing ground, Yue Yuan personally led the team to Dongyang Lake.

After figuring out the whole cause and effect, Xia Mufan sat up straight and fell into deep thought.

All the missing children are chubby, two or three-year-old boys. Is it because this type of children are easier to sell?

Judging from feedback from all parties, the Wenxiu girl who asked Grandma Yang for directions was not a member of the human traffickers. It was just a coincidence that distracted Grandma Yang.

There are only two people in the gang, one fat and one thin, one male and one female. They drove a white pickup truck. Are they a couple?

Gong Weiguo, who was sitting in the back row, was a little skeptical of Xia Mufan: "Can your nose be sharper than a police dog? We used to search the scene with police dogs, but we didn't find anything. Don't talk nonsense just to get credit."

Gong Weiguo has been hearing his team leader mention Xia Mufan these days, saying that she is brave and resourceful, and a good candidate for a criminal police officer. It's a pity that she is a woman, otherwise she would definitely be transferred to the serious crime team. After hearing such words so many times, Gong Weiguo felt a little sour.

Sun Xianbing immediately defended Xia Mufan: "Xiao Xia never lies. If she said there was a fishy smell, then there must be a fishy smell. Besides, we are here to find the child as soon as possible, not to gain merit."

Although he had always wanted to make great contributions, this time when a child in his jurisdiction went missing and he saw the worried parents, Sun Xianbing was also very anxious. He only wanted to find the children as soon as possible and never thought about whether he could make any contributions or not.

Xia Mufan had been sensitive to people's emotions since he was a child. He noticed Gong Weiguo's deliberate provocation and glanced at him: "You can judge a gentleman by your own standards!"

Gong Weiguo gnashed his teeth at the mockery in her tone. He was about to argue, but was stopped by Yue Yuan's words: "If you can't speak, don't speak."

After successfully shutting his men up, Yue Yuan looked at Xia Mufan and said, "Tell me, what else have you discovered?"

The scene where Xia Mufan interrogated Huang Zhiqiang left a deep impression on Yue Yuan. Yue Yuan was willing to give her more chances to see how far she could go.

Xia Mufan answered seriously, "The pickup truck was parked on the side of the road. There was water stains and a fishy smell, which seemed to have been spilled from the fish tank. Considering that the other party was heading east, Wei speculated that the other party's hiding place might be in the Dongyang Lake Fishery."

Yue Yuan turned his head to look at the driver: "Shaoqi, what do you think?"

“Paying attention to details and not taking credit for yourself is great.” The driver’s voice was very low, like the sound of cello strings, which gave an indescribable sense of comfort to the ears.

Xia Mufan looked in the direction of the voice and blinked: "Forensic Doctor Gu?"

"Yeah." Gu Shaoqi responded, looking straight ahead without turning his head.

Sun Xianbing also noticed that the person driving the car was Gu Shaoqi, and suddenly became nervous: "Is there a murder case?"

No way? In a missing child case, how could the great forensic pathologist Gu Shaoqi be called in to take action?

Yue Yuan turned around and explained, "Today, our team had a dinner party, and we were called to go out on a police call. Only Forensic Doctor Gu and my apprentice Xiao Zhou were left at the table without drinking, so we had to ask the two forensic doctors to drive for us."

Xia Mufan was sitting by the window on the right, and when he looked to the left he just happened to see Gu Shaoqi's profile. From the brow bone all the way down, it looks like undulating mountains, with a high nose bridge, long eyelashes, and a beautiful jaw, as beautiful as a painting. Even the usually rough-looking Xia Mufan had to admit that the forensic doctor Gu in front of him was really good-looking.

The key point is that forensic doctor Gu has real skills and is not just a piece of cake.

Sun Xianbing exclaimed, "So that's how it is? I was really shocked when I saw Forensic Doctor Gu driving!"

Xia Mushige added: "It is a bit scary."

Gu Shaoqi adjusted his posture and looked at the rearview mirror. Xia Mufan's oval face looked full of vitality, and his eyes and eyebrows seemed to be glowing. Gu Shaoqi had heard Yue Yuan mention this Xiao Xia several times. He was very brave and dared to confront the murderer directly when he saw him.

Does she find forensics scary? Gu Shaoqi shook his head, with a hint of smile in his eyes.

Yue Yuan was successfully amused.

When he smiled, the dimples appeared on his face again, reducing his former majesty by three points.

Yue Yuan tried hard to hide his smile and straightened his expression: "The situation you reported today is very important. The fishery is under the management of Luoxia Village. I will let the people from Dongyang Lake Police Station go ahead and find a few leaders of the village committee to understand the situation."

Yue Yuan turned around and glanced at Xia Mufan and Sun Xianbing: "Once we are at the place, we must follow orders. Can you do it?"

Xia Mufan and Sun Xianbing looked at each other and answered at the same time: "Yes!"

Twenty minutes later, we arrived at the fishing ground.

The sky has completely darkened.

There are stars twinkling in the black velvet night sky.

The gate of the fishing ground was closed, and the village in the distance was dotted with lights.

The rippling water vapor on the lake surface hits you in the face, it is so vast.

The wind smelled of fish.

Standing in the darkness, looking at the vast and lonely scene before him, Sun Xianbing was at a loss: "How do I find this?"

It was dark and I couldn't even see the road clearly. Judging from the distribution of lights, the farmhouses in the village are very scattered, with each one about ten or twenty meters apart. Where can we find the white truck?

Yue Yuan met with the people from Dongyang Lake Police Station and questioned the village committee leaders they brought with them.

"How many families are there in the village? What do they do for a living? Has anyone bought a white pickup truck? Has anything unusual happened recently? Has anyone got a new child?"

After a series of questions, the village committee director answered them all.

Luoxia Village is located around Dongyang Lake, with farmhouses along the winding lakeshore. It is divided into ten village bays, each with about thirty to forty households. In addition to the collectively run fisheries, almost every household has a fish pond, and the fish raised by the villagers of Luoxia Village are always available in major vegetable markets and supermarkets in the city.

Therefore, almost every village here has people who buy delivery vehicles.

A white pickup truck, very ordinary.

As for whether any family has extra children? The village committee director said he didn't know. Every family in the countryside has children, and children playing happily can be seen everywhere in the fields and by the lakes, but the village committee leaders don't pay any attention to them at all.

Yue Yuan frowned.

Is the information provided by Xia Mufan accurate?

Are the human traffickers hiding here?

It’s pitch dark here, how can I find it?

Xia Mushi looked around.

Lights were on in the distant village.

This place is just like the countryside where I grew up, with farmlands, farmhouses, pig pens, chicken coops, and a rural atmosphere.

Xia Mufan narrowed his eyes slightly, pricked up his ears and listened to the voices of the animals.

In this lonely and empty field and lake, countless sounds gathered in my ears.

Flutter...

Birds flew overhead.

[Another car is coming.] 】

[The lights in the village committee are on.] 】

【It's really a restless night tonight.】 】

[Sister Hua went out to steal dolls again.] 】

Woof! Woof! Woof woof!

Dogs barked.

[Crybaby, so annoying.] 】

[Do you seem to smell the scent of a stranger? 】

[Hurry up and take the stolen doll away, someone is coming! 】

Hearing this, Xia Mufan opened his eyes.

Pointing in the direction where the barking sound came from, Xia Mufan asked the village committee leader: "Which village is that?"

The village committee director looked in the direction of her finger and said, "Oh, that's Qiujiawanzi. There are thirty-six households. Every household has a dog and a fish pond."

Qiujiawanzi?

Thinking of Qiu San mentioned by the little bird, Xia Mufan thought that it should refer to Qiu San.

That's right!

The driver should be from Qiujiawanzi.

Xia Mufan looked at Yue Yuan and said, "Team Leader Yue, shall we start our investigation from Qiujiawanzi?"

Before Yue Yuan could speak, Gong Weiguo was already amused by her: "You are really interesting. Why, do you want to command our serious crime team to do something?"

Yue Yuan was not angry, and there was even some encouragement in his eyes: "Tell me your reasons."

reason?

Because I heard birds singing and dogs barking, they said someone in Qiujiawanzi stole a doll.

Can you say that? It must not be possible.