Chapter 80 Old House
We set out from the Criminal Investigation Brigade, arrived at Guiling Mountain and then left, staying for only half an hour.
What efficiency! amazing.
Yue Yuan is a veteran criminal policeman who knows very well that the most time-consuming thing is dealing with people.
Finding witnesses, asking for relevant details, and repeatedly confirming the authenticity are all tedious and meticulous.
In the case of Lu Pingping, the serious crime squad and the special police team spent twelve hours at the bus station yesterday, from nine in the morning to nine in the evening.
It took more than two hours just to find the security guard on duty yesterday afternoon.
However, Xia Mushige's communication with animals is efficient and concise.
Animals don't know how to lie. They just say what they think without having to bother to distinguish between truth and falsehood.
They have very low requirements and will be very happy if given a handful of millet.
Most importantly, birds can fly and see a wider world than humans.
If you encounter sensible wild cats or dogs, you can also get more information from their perspective.
Yue Yuan's heart was burning with passion, and the look in his eyes when he looked at Xia Mufan became extremely warm.
When he heard Xia Mufan say to go to the next stop, Yue Yuan immediately responded, "Okay!"
At the second stop, I still didn't get any news.
The third stop, nothing.
As the sun gradually rose, beads of sweat appeared on Xia Mufan's forehead, his hair stuck to his cheeks, and there was a hint of anxiety in his eyes.
Yue Yuan consoled him, "We have quickly eliminated three areas. It's very efficient."
Gu Shaoqi picked up the intercom in the car and contacted Yu Jing's group: "Where are you? How is the progress?"
Gong Weiguo's voice came from the intercom: "Report, we just came out of Guiling Police Station. We met with the community police and screened the list of prisoners they provided. No trace of the suspect was found. None of the police here have seen the suspect, nor have they received any reports from the public that a strange girl has been abused in the area."
Gu Shaoqi asked: "Where are you going now?"
Gong Weiguo said: "Prepare to go to Wangjiawan Police Station."
After finishing the conversation, Gu Shaoqi looked at Xia Mufan and said, "Don't worry, we are two steps ahead of Gong Weiguo and the others."
Xia Mufan pursed his lips and said, "I'm worried that Lu Pingping will suffer."
Gu Shaoqi sat in the co-pilot seat and turned to look at Xia Mufan: "Xiao Xia, do you know why doctors dare not get too close to their patients?"
Xia Mushige: "Why?"
Gu Shaoqi said gently: "Investing too much emotion can easily affect judgment, which is not good for treatment." He has studied medicine for many years, and his teachers have reminded him that doctors are exposed to too much birth, aging, illness and death every day. If they allow sympathy to run rampant, it will not only be detrimental to their own health, but also to treatment.
Xia Mufan seemed to be thinking about something.
Yue Yuan said: "Shao Qi is right. As criminal police, we should not invest too much emotion in the victims. Otherwise, your emotional instability will affect the case."
Xia Mushige nodded: "You need to remove yourself from your emotions and make a calm judgment, right?"
Yue Yuan was generous with his praise: "That's right! You have good understanding."
Now the more Yue Yuan looks at Xia Mufan, the better he gets. He is simply extremely outstanding. No matter what she said or what she wanted to do, he would support her without hesitation.
Yue Yuan felt that he should be secretly happy that such a person with special talents could stay in Hui City and work as an ordinary criminal policeman.
The police car drove forward in silence.
Few people come to the forest road, and few cars pass by. The sunlight filters through the gaps between the trees, and the only sound you can hear is the friction of tires on the ground.
Xia Muchan rolled down the car window and let the mountain breeze blow past.
Several voices suddenly came into my ears.
[What a pity! Another one is going to die.] 】
[You bastard, why doesn’t the thunder strike him to death! 】
[This little girl in red has a good temper...]
Xia Mufan's heart trembled, and he shouted, "Stop the car!"
Yue Yuan hurriedly stepped on the brakes.
The three people in the car all fell forward due to inertia.
Without waiting for Yue Yuan to ask, Xia Mufan quickly opened the car door, jumped out, and whistled again in the direction where the sound came from.
She has been dealing with animals since she was a child, and she knows best which animals are sensitive to which frequency bands of sound.
The whistle was so loud that it startled countless flying birds in an instant.
Yue Yuan and Gu Shaoqi were already familiar with Xia Mufan's whistle, and they immediately stood on her left and right, looking around vigilantly, guarding against anyone accidentally breaking in.
There was no one on this section of the road.
The morning sun was getting brighter. Xia Mufan squinted his eyes, walked to the clearing in the woods, and scattered a handful of millet.
The golden millet attracted omnivorous birds, and with Xia Muchan's whistle calling them, more than a dozen birds flew over in a short while.
Xia Mufan's voice was extremely clear: "Who said just now that the little girl in red has a good temper?"
Two crows raised their heads, flapped their wings flutteringly, and flew in front of her.
[It’s us.] 】
[Are you looking for her?] 】
The crows could understand what Xia Mufan said, and were excited that she could hear their chat clearly, so they chirped excitedly.
[The old house at the foot of the slope is usually empty.] 】
[The little girl in flowery clothes was very vicious. She cursed when her hands were tied and grabbed when they were untied. She was killed by him and screamed miserably. There was blood all over the floor. It was terrifying. 】
[The day before yesterday, a little girl in red clothes was dragged here, crying and calling him brother, and he cooked for her. 】
The crow was very smart. With just a few words, Xia Mufan was sure that the "he" in the old house at the bottom of the slope was the suspect, the little girl in red clothes was Lu Pingping, and the little girl in flowery clothes was the female corpse in the woven bag.
Xia Mufan took out two pieces of dried meat and handed them to Wu Ya: "Where is the old house at the bottom of the slope?"
Crows are omnivorous birds. In addition to wheat, sorghum, corn, mung beans, and peanuts, they also eat meat and fruit. When they smell the meat, they flap their wings with joy and take it into their mouths in one bite.
With food as a reward, the crow happily flew into the air, landed on a branch, and waited for Xia Mufan to catch up.
[I'll take you there.] 】
[But be careful, he has a knife and a slingshot, and he is very fierce. 】
[We didn’t dare fly over there.] 】
Xia Mufan looked at Yue Yuan and lowered his voice: "Captain Yue, we found it!"
Yue Yuan's eyes shone: "Where is it?"
Xia Mushi looked at the two crows perched on the branches and said, "Just follow them."
Yue Yuan hesitated for a moment: "Drive?"
Xia Mufan shook his head: "We have no control over the crows' flight path. We can only follow them through the forest."
Yue Yuan immediately returned to the car, picked up the intercom and began to give orders: "North of the city, the suspect's traces have been found in the Dahualing forest area, send special police reinforcements immediately."
After making the current location clear and leaving the car where it was, Yue Yuan took out the pistol from his waist and said, "Let's go!"
Xia Mufan and Gu Shaoqi also held their pistols in their hands and followed the two crows through the woods.
Dahualing Forest Area is the largest forest farm in Hui City, with undulating mountains and rich vegetation. The trees are very old, each one towering into the clouds, with dense branches that completely block out the sky.
The forest is deep and densely covered with bushes and thorns.
Two crows were flying happily overhead, but Xia Mufan, Yue Yuan, and Gu Shaoqi were walking slowly, crouching when they came across dense bushes and being even more careful when they came across grassy slopes, otherwise they would roll down if they were not careful.
However, Xia Mufan's heart was burning with passion.
Even though her feet were slippery with mud and moss, even though her arms were covered with countless tiny wounds from thorns, and even though she was already sweating profusely, she still did not stop for a moment and ran as fast as she could with her back hunched.
After searching for so long, there is finally news.
More importantly, Lu Pingping is still alive!
Hurry up, hurry up, we must find her before the murderer makes tomato and egg noodles!
At first, Yue Yuan would look up from time to time to see where the crow flew to, but later he couldn't care less and could only quicken his pace and follow closely behind Xia Mufan.
This girl follows so fast!
Gu Shaoqi studied medicine for seven years, but he was always a weak scholar. He started physical training only after entering the public security system, but his physical fitness was still a little worse than Yue Yuan and Xia Mufan. He slipped just now, and if Xia Mufan hadn't been quick to pull him up, he would have rolled to the bottom of the slope.
Seeing Xia Mufan running forward with determination in his eyes and pursed lips, a burst of strength burst out from Gu Shaoqi's body. He gripped the gun tightly and quickly followed.
The crows were flying in the woods, stopping and starting, waiting for Xia Mufan and the others.
[It’s almost there, it’s almost there.] 】
[See that black roof over there? Right there. 】
[I’ll go take a look first.] 】
A crow with a touch of snow-white lace on its wings flew near the house, quietly approached from behind, slowly hopped to the front of the house, stopped under the beam and looked into the house.
[The door was closed and there was no movement in the room.] 】
[I don’t know where the person has gone.] 】
[The car is not there either. He may have gone out. I'll go look for him. 】
Hearing the crow's reconnaissance intelligence, Xia Mufan exerted force on his feet and suddenly increased his speed. He ran over like a mountain elk.
Yue Yuan didn't know what was going on, and hurried to catch up, warning in a low voice as he ran: "Xiao Xia, be careful."
Xia Mufan responded without even turning his head: "It's the old house in front. He's not in the house, hurry up and save him!"
Yue Yuan was still calm after all, and did not dare to completely believe what the crow said.
He glanced at the old house which was still 50 meters away, observed the surroundings, pointed at the path in front of the house and said to Gu Shaoqi: "Shaoqi, you stay here and give the alarm if you find any trace of the suspect. If he dares to run, shoot immediately."
Gu Shaoqi knew that his expertise was useless at this time. All he could do was to follow orders and try his best to cooperate: "Yes!"
Without thinking too much, Gu Shaoqi rolled down the slope, and his iron-gray shirt was immediately covered with mud and green moss.
Upon closer inspection, these mosses are actually golden mosses.
This old house is at the bottom of a slope covered with large golden moss.
When he thought of the large golden mosses between the nails of the corpse and at the bottom of the bag that contained the corpse, Gu Shaoqi felt a surge of anger in his heart.
The murderer hid here and dragged the girl's body across the slope, acting recklessly and arrogantly to the extreme!
He must be caught!
His criminal behavior must be stopped!
This anger made Gu Shaoqi feel no pain in his body. After rolling to the bottom of the slope, he quickly stood up and hid in a remote place behind the house, staring at a road in front of the house that was almost covered with weeds.
Xia Mufan has arrived in front of the old house.
This is a red brick and green tile house that is several decades old. It may have been the residence of a forest ranger in the past, but it was later abandoned.
A corridor connects the two dormitories, with the kitchen and toilet at the western end.
The door of the room was locked and it was quiet inside, without any sound.
Where are the people?
Where did you go?
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