Chapter 74
The autumn weather is crisp and the forests are full of colors. The sun shines generously on this deep mountain in Guizhou Province. Looking around, everywhere is lush and green, quiet and empty.
Several police cars were parked beside the narrow mountain road. Chen Pu and several people from the second team were standing on the side of the road.
A team leader of the Guizhou Provincial Criminal Police Team came over and shook hands with Chen Pu, saying, "Thank you for your help in the future. I will bring my people back as soon as the case in the city is finished. I have also filed a report, and the higher-ups will soon dispatch a group of armed police to assist you."
Chen Pu nodded, patted the other person on the shoulder, and said, "Old Qin, hurry up, or we will definitely catch him, and you can only follow behind and applaud."
Several people on the other side laughed.
Although the two parties had never met each other before Luo Long's case. But after these ten days or so, everyone has become familiar with each other. Chen Pu is a smart and decisive person. He has both independent ideas and skills. The second team he leads is also very hardworking. The police officers in Guizhou Province have long been on friendly terms with him.
Yesterday, a major case occurred in the capital city of Guizhou Province, involving leaders of relevant departments and having extremely bad consequences. Half of the core members, including Team Leader Qin, were urgently transferred back to solve the case first. The heavy responsibility of hunting down Luo Long and Shang Ren can only be temporarily placed on the shoulders of the Xiangcheng police. Although the other party retained half of the staff and promised to transfer armed police to take over, the armed police are not criminal police after all. They can carry out surprise attacks, but they are far from being good at criminal investigations. Moreover, the criminal police in Xiangcheng are not as familiar with Guizhou Province as the locals, and many of the accents in the mountainous areas are incomprehensible, which makes their work difficult.
But now we have no choice but to go ahead with it.
After Team Leader Qin left, their search team, which was originally composed of police from two provinces, was commanded by Chen Pu. With the four people from the second team and the two criminal police officers left behind by Guizhou Province, there were only six people left. Maybe we can add a few more armed police later. The other four people in Team 2, led by Fang Kai, were assigned to another small team.
After several Guizhou Provincial police cars drove away, Chen Pu waved his hand and everyone continued today's pursuit.
This work lasted from dawn till sunset.
At present, the police encirclement has been narrowed to the scope of five or six nearby mountains. It can be said that at this moment, there are police officers on every mountain. However, the mountainous area was too large and the forest was too deep, so the personnel had to disperse, working in groups of two, responding to each other with whistles, and the search circle continued to expand.
Chen Pu and Zhou Yang formed a new partnership, and soon they realized that the mountain in front of them was different from before. In the past, sometimes they would walk in the mountains for a whole day without seeing a single person. But today, in just an hour or two, I met two people coming down the mountain, both backpackers.
Chen Pu and Zhou Yangxin opened the map and studied it for a while, then called the police officers from Guizhou Province to confirm, only to find out that although there were no villages in this mountainous area, behind this mountain, there was a waterfall of moderate size hanging on the hillside of another mountain. Below the hanging waterfall is a tributary of the Jinlang River, which is famous for its fast and steep flow. The solitary peak, the waterfall and the rushing river are magnificent. However, the scenic spot is not developed, there is no road, the road is long and difficult to travel, and not many people know about it. But occasionally there are still tourists who hike into the mountains to climb and sightsee.
This is both good news and bad news for the police.
The good news is that there are people living here, which means that if Luo Long Shangren really passes through this route, the possibility of being witnessed increases; the bad news is that if the two men become greedy again and rob passers-by, or even do something more dangerous, it will be troublesome.
Chen Pu ordered to speed up the search.
Around dusk they made an important discovery. On the narrow mountain road leading to the top of the mountain, there is a "travel station" that has been closed for several years. It is actually a wooden house with several wooden benches outside for tourists to rest. It was learned that ten years ago when tourism was popular, the local township government wanted to develop a tourist attraction, so they built several "post stations" on the mountain, but the plan was soon shelved due to funding problems and failed. These "stations" are abandoned here, with their doors and windows closed, and rotten and moldy.
The small "post station" in front of Chen Pu and his friends is located next to a small dirt road halfway up the mountain. There are dense forests on both sides and a stream passing by, which will converge into the Jinlang River.
The door of the "post station" was chopped open by a knife, leaving a hideous big hole, and wood pieces and sawdust scattered all over the floor. There were several empty cardboard boxes inside, and five or six empty instant noodle bags with the seasoning packets still inside uneaten. There were several empty mineral water bottles, each with residual water stains still inside. There were at least twenty sausage packagings thrown on the ground.
Chen Pu immediately reported the discovery to his superiors and requested forensic personnel to come.
"Here!" Zhou Yangxin shouted on the muddy ground beside the stream, "It's them!"
Chen Pu ran over and saw Zhou Yangxin picking up a gold ring and putting it into the evidence bag. Both of them recognized the ring. It was one of the lost evidences from the family that was robbed by Luo Longshangren.
Chen Pu looked around again and saw a circle of messy footprints on the muddy ground. It seemed that the two men came to the stream to wash, and one of them accidentally dropped the gold ring from his pocket without noticing.
From the trace evidence at the scene, it is unclear when the two people left. It could have been a few days ago, or maybe half an hour ago. The mountainous area is humid, and the water stains left in the mineral water may not dry up for several days.
Chen Pu looked at the map and observed the surrounding terrain - there was only a small dirt road in front of him that could go up and down the mountain. There are dense forests on both sides of the stream and the mountain road, and there are no ready-made roads. But since the two men had already obtained sufficient supplies, there was no need to rob in the short term. If they did not continue to climb the mountain, but instead crossed the mountain horizontally, they could hide in the more remote mountains nearby and hide for a while.
Chen Pu asked everyone to disperse and climb up the hillsides on both sides of the stream to continue exploring.
As it turned out, Chen Pu's prediction was very accurate.
They soon found new footprints in the mud on a high place. Because it hadn't rained in the past two days and there were trees to provide shade, the footprints were well preserved.
But these footprints were different from what they expected.
Because they not only found Luolong Shangren's footprints, but also found two other new sets of footprints.
Chen Pu could tell at a glance that these new footprints, in terms of length and shape, looked more like those left by a woman. My feet are narrow and thin, one is size 37 and the other is size 38. And they must have been carrying heavy objects, so their footprints were deeper.
Their footprints stayed there for a while, and then they followed Luo Long and Shang Ren, crossing horizontally along the steeper and more dangerous ridge.
From the location where the footprints stopped, one could clearly see the entire situation around the post station in the valley.
While others were still confused and puzzled, Zhou Yangxin shuddered and felt his hair stand on end. Chen Pu saw what was going on at a glance.
"Chase! We want to catch four people, not two!" Chen Pu immediately gave the order, and six criminal police officers, like agile cheetahs, began a new round of pursuit in the twilight. They all realized that they were getting closer and closer to the prey they had been tracking for half a month.
But in this deadly manhunt, who is the prey and who is the hunter?
The mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind.
While climbing and jumping on the ridge, Chen Pu put on his headphones and called Ding Guoqiang: "Master, the two female killers have joined forces. They are probably ahead of us, chasing Luo Long and Shang Ren."
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Li Qingyao led a team of people to a magnificent office building located in the most prosperous area of the city center - the Huading Group Headquarters Building.
At the same time, Xia Yongze and another team were entering the villa of Xie Xinrui, the only daughter of the chairman of Huading Group (now confirmed to be an adopted daughter), located in Yanghu Bay, to search for evidence and collect DNA.
Last night, after Li Qingyao learned that Liu Tingmei was taken away by a wealthy businessman named Xie from Hong Kong who claimed her as his daughter, she quickly remembered the Hong Kong entrepreneur Xie Rongcheng whom she and Chen Pu had visited when they were investigating the Luo Hongmin case. At that time, his daughter Xie Xinrui, whose English name is Luna, received them.
New stamens, new stamens. Luna, the moon, pure white and bright. What an interesting name.
Perhaps because they only met briefly that day, or perhaps because Xie Xinrui's makeup was too heavy at the time, when Li Qingyao recalled her face now, his memory was actually vague and he had no idea what she looked like. But she was sure that Xie Xinrui looked like a completely different person from Liu Tingmei back then. She must have been exercising regularly, because her figure was plump, well-proportioned, even strong. Moreover, she has gorgeous makeup, luxurious clothes and an imposing aura. No wonder she has a reputation for being arrogant and domineering.
In contrast, Liu Tingmei, whether in photos or in everyone's impression, is thin, pale, innocent, clean and silent. So even though Xie Xinrui's eyebrows and eyes, which are densely covered by makeup, are somewhat similar to Liu Tingmei, you probably wouldn't associate two completely different women together.
Last night, the police also got confirmation from the nightclub owner Jin Sheng - although he did not know that Liu Tingmei had followed Xie Rongcheng, he confirmed that the person who came to the nightclub during that period of time was indeed Huading boss Xie Rongcheng.
The list of Hei Lifeng vehicles that Team Three Captain Fang Hao had investigated earlier happened to include a transport vehicle from the Huading Real Estate branch. At the time, the driver denied that anyone had boarded the vehicle. But after another emergency interrogation and pressure from the police last night, the driver finally admitted that Xie Xinrui, the then president of the group, got into his car after the incident and gave him a reward. Xie Xinrui told him that she was going hiking to Heili Peak alone and didn't want to drive, so she took his car. Afterwards, the police launched an investigation. Xie Xinrui called again and said that she was too lazy to deal with the police and asked him to keep it confidential, so he did as he was told.
Now, the most crucial thing is to get Xie Xinrui's DNA and compare it with the female DNA found in the bloodstains in the cabin. At the same time, confirm whether Xie Xinrui is Liu Tingmei of that year.
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A vice president of Huading Group rushed over and frowned when he saw the police's posture, saying, "I am now the acting president of the group. Ms. Xie took a vacation a month ago. It was her private trip. We don't know where she went."
Li Qingyao showed him the operational permit she had just obtained this morning, and the vice president had no choice but to let her enter Xie Xinrui's office to collect fingerprints and DNA.
While the forensic personnel were busy, Li Qingyao asked Xie Xinrui's secretary: "I want to meet Mr. Xie Rongcheng, is it convenient for him?"
The secretary said, "Excuse me, I want to ask Mr. Xie's secretary. He is not in the company."
"Where is he?"
"Mr. Xie has been living in a nursing home in Jiangcheng for two years."
Soon, the secretary hung up the phone and said with some surprise: "Director Xie is willing to see you. Here is the address."
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