At this moment, Hu Xing suddenly put down the documents, frowned and said, "You really guessed wrong, Captain Su. I just checked, and the most recent case happened the day before yesterday."

This was the closest I've ever come to catching a criminal; I almost caught him, but he managed to escape in the end.

However, after reviewing the events, I realized the problem wasn't with the criminals, but rather with the militia members.

Su He and the others were surprised to hear this, and quickly flipped to the most recent case to read.

After reading it, everyone fell silent.

"This... the militia captain, in order to protect privacy, actually knew that this village was the most likely to be chosen by the criminals, but he didn't notify the villagers?"

Su He sighed, "I checked, and the local militia captain is a retired soldier. They should value privacy more, and he also notified the village officials in advance."

Hu Xing still frowned and said, "Then their schedule is unreasonable. They only go to the village entrance to guard after dark. Everyone knows that the police have been cracking down hard recently. Who would wait until dark to go out? Isn't this obviously telling others that they have something going on?"

This guy must have gone there during the day and didn't act until nightfall. So when the criminals finally moved in, these people were still lying in ambush at the village entrance... wait... are they arresting the criminals or just standing guard for them?

"Don't talk nonsense." Su He glared at him.

"They probably didn't expect the prisoners to be so cunning, and these people have jobs during the day, so they can't keep watch all the time."

Hu Xing curled his lip, "But they ran over immediately after hearing the victim's voice. There were dozens of them! They clearly saw the criminal, but they still let him get away!"

Su He frowned upon hearing this. "I also find this strange. According to the records, the victim screamed as soon as the man left, so he shouldn't have gone far. It's impossible that so many people couldn't even catch him."

"Who knows? That's why I said it might be a problem with the militia. I saw it written here that they saw traces of the prisoner several times, but the locations were completely different. Unless he can fly, it's impossible for him to move so quickly!"

"Could it be that it was too dark and I saw it wrong?" Qi Yang wondered.

Su He nodded, "That's possible. There were a lot of people that night, not just the militia members, but also the villagers who heard the noise. There were people everywhere late at night, so maybe they were mistaken."

Others thought it was indeed a possibility.

"So what do we do now?"

Su He thought for a moment, "Let's go check on the family involved in the last case and see if they have any clues."

"good."

Afterwards, the group went to Tiangang Village on the outskirts of Beijing.

Because it was during working hours, there weren't many people in the village, mostly women who were working. Su He and the others first went to find the village officials, and then were taken to the victim's home.

However, the victim was so frightened that she had taken her child back to her parents' home, so no one was home and the door was locked. They didn't go in, but just looked around the yard.

The houses here are all detached and not very close to each other, so the space seems very large.

In addition to the main gate, there was a vegetable garden in the front yard of this courtyard, while there were two stacks of straw in the back yard.

There are forests and mountains not far away.

The militia initially thought the people had run into the mountains, so they focused their search on the mountains and forests behind the area.

However, after looking at the backyard, Su He said, "I think I know why they didn't catch anyone back then."

The others followed her gaze and instantly understood.