"Shushasha!" The owner of the hot strip factory sat on the steps beside him, and wrote down the specific situation of the dealer very carefully.
Of course, in the current situation, it is understandable for Gu Chen not to believe him.
On the one hand, the behavior of the owner of the hot strip factory is not in line with normal logic.
The explanation he gave now was that there was a problem with the payment at the dealership in Haidong City, and there was an urgent need to get back the spicy stick products that had been sold before, otherwise he would lose both goods and money.
This is a way to stop losses in time.
But if the owner of the hot strip factory does something under his nose, then he must make him pay the corresponding price.
"Comrade police." Just as Gu Chen was thinking, the owner of the hot strip factory had already handed him the written contact information and said:
"These are the list of dealers that I resend after returning the goods from Haidong City."
"Thank you." Gu Chen held it in his hand and looked at it carefully.
It can be said that the owner of the hot strip factory does not have many customers for the second delivery. There are only three, and two are in Jiangnan City, and one is in a brother city next door to Jiangnan City.
However, with the clues provided by the owner of the hot strip factory, Gu Chen felt that it would not be difficult to find out the direction of the supply.
So Gu Chen asked the owner of the hot strip factory again: "Is the list of these shipments still with you?"
"Yes." The owner of the hot strip factory said.
"Sort out the list." Gu Chen said.
"But." The boss of the hot strip factory frowned, and said helplessly, "But the list is in our factory."
"It's okay." Gu Chen guessed that he would say this, glanced at Ji Zhe beside him, and said:
"Ji Zhe, together with Wu Xiaofeng, go back to his spicy stick factory with this boss, and find out the list of the second delivery for me."
"In addition, the number of spicy sticks delivered in the previous few shipments must be checked against the list quantity of the second shipment and the inventory in the factory."
"Understood." Hearing Gu Chen's words, Ji Zhe understood Gu Chen's intentions.
The quantity returned from Haidong City is equal to the quantity shipped by the boss of the hot strip factory plus the quantity in stock.
If the Latiao Factory did not produce other goods during this period, then it is easy to calculate these quantities.
If the Latiao Factory continues to produce Latiao these days, then, by adding a production quantity, the specific quantity can also be checked.
Escorted by Wu Xiaofeng and Ji Zhe, the owner of the hot strip factory was taken away from the scene again.
At this moment, the police dogs are still in the truck, searching for all kinds of spicy noodles, but so far, they have not found anything.
So Zhang Da walked up to Gu Chen, and asked weakly: "Comrade police, look, this search has no results, but our freight station will continue to operate later, look..."
Gu Chen understood what he meant, so he said: "Except for these four vehicles and these goods, which need to be supervised temporarily, we will not affect the normal operation of your freight station."
"Oh! That's fine." After getting Gu Chen's satisfactory answer, Zhang Da then asked again: "Then I... can I go to work?"
"Please." Gu Chen did not discover Zhang Da's illegal behavior during this search, so he could only temporarily let Zhang Da handle work matters.
It didn't take long for many freight station workers who had been investigated to return.
But the four vans were still parked on the side of the platform.
Gu Chen brought Lu Weiwei and Officer Wang to the search site together.
The third-level superintendent, who was leading the police dog, was still concentrating on searching each cardboard box one by one.
But now there is still nothing to gain, so the third-level superintendent has also become impatient.
Seeing that Gu Chen was already standing behind him, the third-level superintendent quickly turned around and greeted Gu Chen: "Gu Bureau."
"How's the situation?" Gu Chen hurriedly asked him.
"Not very good." The third-level superintendent shook his head, also looking helpless: "We searched here for a long time, but the police dogs didn't find any suspicious substances."
"Is this police dog reliable? These are spicy sticks, and dogs may be affected by these scents." Officer Wang is also worried that police dogs are easily paralyzed by food, so he also wants to remind him.
But the third-level superintendent said with confidence: "Don't worry, my police dog is the best in Jiangnan City. I fully believe that my comrades can resist the temptation."
"However, if there is no suspicious substance in these spicy sticks, then no matter how carefully we search, it will be useless."
"This has to be done slowly, there is no rush." Lu Weiwei knew that there was nothing to gain now, so she could only give a few words of comfort temporarily.
Afterwards, Gu Chen and the others left the search site and came to a cool place.
The platform site of the freight station is still surrounded by police officers, and the focus is on inspection.
Lu Weiwei crossed her arms, leaned against a wall, and said dejectedly, "Junior Brother Gu, I feel, did we really make a mistake this time?"
"How?" Gu Chen asked her calmly.
Lu Weiwei turned sideways directly, and said as a metaphor: "Look, the spicy strips from Haidong City are all returned products, and they are sent from different warehouses."
"If the results of the investigation by Officer Xiaoxuan are consistent with what the owner of the spicy stick factory said, it means that he did not deceive us."
"Also, look at Zhang Da and the others, they don't seem to be in a panic."
"Just now, our police dogs searched there, and I paid more attention to the change of Zhang Da's expression."
"It is reasonable to say that if Zhang Da has a ghost in his heart, then he will definitely take a peek over there from time to time, but he didn't do so, which is very suspicious."
"But what if they have a strong heart?" Police Officer Wang said.
Lu Weiwei shook her head: "It's not impossible, but I always have a bad feeling that our investigation direction is wrong?"
"Are you doubting Gu Chen's judgment?" Officer Wang continued to ask.
Lu Weiwei immediately retorted emotionally: "I didn't, it's just that everything that happened now feels normal."
"Senior Sister Lu's idea is not wrong." Hearing Lu Weiwei's analysis, Gu Chen crossed his arms and walked back and forth in front of the crowd, and said slowly:
"But have you ever thought about it? The more normal things look, there may be some deliberate traces behind them."
"You mean?" Officer Wang seemed to have guessed something?
Lu Weiwei also hurriedly said: "Junior Brother Gu, what you mean is, maybe these guys are deliberately acting for us?"
"They may have known how we would act from the very beginning, and then deliberately exposed some suspicious problems to attract our attention."
"However, they used these suspicious places to operate in normal ways."
Speaking of this, Lu Weiwei raised her head and said, "For example, these trucks that are frequently delivered from Haidong City to Jiangnan City these days may have had problems before."
"However, recently they discovered that our police's investigation is a bit intensive, so they deliberately let the normal spicy noodles be sent to the freight station so that our police can inspect them."
"However, they clearly know that there is nothing wrong with these goods, but in order to avoid arousing the suspicion of our police, they still want to deliberately stage a bitter scene for us?"
After the voice fell, the scene suddenly became quiet.
Before Gu Chen could speak, Police Officer Wang agreed and said, "Don't talk about it, it's very likely that this is the case."
"Those people are as cunning as foxes now."
After a pause, Officer Wang said again: "Do you still remember? Just before, we investigated Zhou Xiaotong's whereabouts and came to the dense forest behind."
"But what was the result? Someone was following us all the way, and removed all the marks we made along the way, creating various obstacles for us."
"And when we investigated based on the clues that Zhuang Qiang's apprentice, He Xu, was most likely the suspect who followed us, the alibi of He Xu appeared soon."
"They said that He Xu had been staying at the gate of the owner of the spicy strip factory, but just before that, the monitoring at the gate of the spicy strip factory was intentionally damaged."
"It seems that all of this happened by such a coincidence, but in fact there is only one purpose, which is to destroy the evidence of He Xu's alibi."
After a pause, trying to calm down, Officer Wang said in a bad mood:
"No matter how you look at it, it's all these people who are doing tricks. As long as we can't find evidence that He Xu followed us, and we can't prove that He Xu didn't wait at the door of the boss of the spicy strip factory."
"Then all of this seems very reasonable."
Glancing at the colleagues on the other side of the platform who were still checking, Police Officer Wang turned his head and said, "For example, in this inspection, everything seems normal. This seems to be very similar to their usual methods."
"Their characteristic seems to be that they can predict which step we will take next. This is like, they all know which card you will play next, so how can you play with them?"
"Yes." Faced with Police Officer Wang's analysis, Gu Chen also nodded in response:
"These situations that Senior Brother Wang said really need our attention. These people are different from other groups that we have cracked cases before."
"They seem to be more difficult to deal with. Moreover, they are committing crimes in groups. There must be other problems here."
With a light sigh, Gu Chen also calmly said: "Now let's see if Officer Xiaoxuan will bring us some breakthrough clues."
"If there is no problem with this batch of goods, or if there is no problem with the spicy strips that were returned to the freight station in Jiangnan City, then the dealer in Haidong City needs to focus on investigation."
"If the final result is that my business has incurred huge debts because of real estate speculation, I have no choice but to be unable to settle the payments of these food suppliers."
"Then, they may be well-planned, but there is one thing we need to be aware of."
"Which point?" Listening to Gu Chen's careful analysis, Lu Weiwei also asked curiously.
Gu Chen replied: "That is, in a short period of time, it is necessary to make these clues seamless, I don't think it may be."
"Because Zhou Xiaotong's disappearance happened in the past few days, and they may not be sure. Zhou Xiaotong's disappearance will bring out so many hidden dangers."
"And our further investigation is the factor that forced them to use this trick to cover up clues, so..."
"So what Junior Brother Gu means is that no matter how powerful they are, they will still be full of loopholes due to the rush of time."
"Although the clues revealed to us are likely to be what they want us to see."
"But in fact, maybe they just want to use these false clues to divide our attention and cover up other evidence?"
"Yeah." Hearing Lu Weiwei's words, Gu Chen also nodded silently: "That's almost what it means, but for now, I feel that Haidong City needs to make more efforts."
"Otherwise, it will be difficult to make a major breakthrough relying on our investigation alone. After all, the clues have been covered up by others one step ahead."
"You want to find a flaw in other people's game rules, it's very difficult, at least it's very difficult now."
Hearing Gu Chen's remarks, Lu Weiwei also sighed softly, and mumbled: "I hope Officer Xiaoxuan can be more helpful and help us find that dealer."
As soon as Lu Weiwei finished speaking, Police Officer Xiaoxuan's call suddenly rang to Gu Chen's cell phone.
Without further ado, Gu Chen swiped the answer button: "Officer Xiaoxuan."
"Gu Ju, my colleague has already gone to help investigate the matter you arranged for us, but unfortunately, we are currently unable to contact the dealer you provided."
"What did you say? Can't be contacted?" Hearing Officer Xiaoxuan's complaint, Gu Chen hurriedly said again:
"Didn't I provide you with the dealer's phone number, the location of his stall, and the location of the warehouse?"
"He has so many stalls and warehouses, so he should have a lot of employees."
"If that's the case, ask the staff below, and they should be able to find him."
"No, you're wrong." As soon as Gu Chen finished speaking, Police Officer Xiaoxuan complained:
"Unfortunately, we did send people one by one to investigate and find people according to the address you provided."
"As a result, all the stalls were closed, and the warehouses were also closed."
"According to the dictation of nearby residents, we found the warehouse where the shipment was made yesterday."
"But after investigation, I found out that that batch of goods, that is, the goods in those four trucks, was the last batch of goods in this warehouse."
"So?" Hearing this, Gu Chen already had an ominous premonition.
Police officer Xiaoxuan didn't hide anything, and said straight to the point: "So, the result of our investigation here is that the dealer named Hu Peng has long since disappeared."
"I couldn't get through the phone. My colleagues also contacted some of Hu Peng's staff through some channels."
"According to their account, they communicated with Hu Peng on the phone yesterday about the shipment, but they couldn't get in touch today."
"Then what?" Gu Chen walked back and forth in front of Lu Weiwei and Police Officer Wang, already aware of the seriousness of the situation.
Gu Chen feels that Hu Peng's disappearance may not be short-lived, but a method used by these people to cover up the truth.
So Gu Chen hurriedly asked again: "Can you capture the specific whereabouts of Hu Peng through your surveillance technology?"
"Of course it is possible." Feeling that Gu Chen's request was not too much, but Police Officer Xiaoxuan still said truthfully:
"Our technical investigators are already looking for Hu Peng's whereabouts, but there is still no clue."
"So, according to Officer Xiaoxuan's analysis, what do you think is going on in this situation?" Gu Chen also handed over the right of analysis to Officer Xiaoxuan.
Police officer Xiaoxuan on the other end of the phone paused for a few seconds before replying cautiously:
"Gu Ju, according to my experience, I feel that this dealer, Hu Peng, has probably run away."
"Because according to the clues you provided, our colleagues here have also conducted corresponding investigations."
"It turns out that this Hu Peng was indeed in the wholesale business of non-staple food before, but he was also speculating in real estate. In the past few years, there has indeed been a shortage of funds."
"But now, we don't know about Hu Peng's sudden disappearance, but please rest assured that we will definitely send more people to try to find this Hu Peng."
"I think it's hard for you to find Hu Peng anymore." Police officer Xiaoxuan spoke politely, but Gu Chen directly poured cold water on her.
"Ah?" Officer Xiaoxuan on the other end of the phone was stunned, but she didn't react, so she hurriedly asked Gu Chen:
"Gu Ju, you mean?"
"They will not give you another chance to find this Hu Peng, because this Hu Peng is the key to the clue."
"If the clues provided by the suspects on our side are lies, then as long as you find your dealer named Hu Peng in Haidong City, all the answers can be solved."
"Whether they are lying or not, the key point lies in this Hu Peng, but now, Hu Peng has mysteriously disappeared at a critical moment."
When Gu Chen said this, he also took a deep breath.
This seemed to be a familiar smell again, exactly the same as when everyone was chasing He Xu before.
At every critical moment, due to some factors, the investigation cannot be carried out.
Last time, the monitoring at the gate of the hot strip factory was deliberately sabotaged by unknown persons. This time, it was the strange disappearance of Hu Peng, a non-staple food distributor in Haidong City.
It seems reasonable, but in fact, there are obvious traces of man-made operations.
When Gu Chen analyzed with Lu Weiwei and Police Officer Wang just now, he had already mentioned the urgency of this gang.
Because of the investigation team led by Gu Chen, the investigation is progressing rapidly, which may cause the gang to mess up in covering up clues.
At this time, it is necessary to release some smoke bombs to divert the attention of the police.
Then cover up some key clues, because as long as these key clues no longer exist, the police cannot verify whether the situation stated by these people is true.
In essence, this is a means of destroying evidence, but every time Gu Chen's team investigates key clues, they are forced to stop watching it suddenly.
Gu Chen has reason to believe that what he is facing now will be unprecedented difficulties.
And behind the seemingly coincidental innocence of these people, there seem to be some ulterior secrets hidden.
Sighing lightly, Gu Chen tried his best to calm himself down, and then solemnly communicated with Police Officer Xiaoxuan on the phone:
"Officer Xiaoxuan, I hope you Haidong City police will find a way to find the dealer Hu Peng at all costs."
"Whether this case can be solved, maybe Hu Peng is the only one."
"I understand." Police officer Xiaoxuan on the other end of the phone seemed to hear Gu Chen's concerns from the phone, and she also knew that she had a heavy responsibility on the other end.
So after a brief silence for a few seconds, Officer Xiaoxuan said again:
"Gu Chen, please don't worry, no matter what the price is, our Haidong police will definitely find a way to help you find Hu Peng."
"Well, if you find Hu Peng, please contact me as soon as possible. I am here, and thank you on behalf of our Jiangnan City Police."
Gu Chen also said polite words over and over again, because now there are requests from the Haidong City Police, especially Police Officer Xiaoxuan.
Before, I went to the Haidong City Police Force to communicate with Haidong City, and sorted out some cross-city criminal cases with Haidong City again, and found that everything went so smoothly.
But now, Gu Chen feels that he has encountered a big trouble, and this gang may have established a mysterious network between Haidong City and Jiangnan City.
If it wasn't for Zhou Xiaotong's mysterious disappearance this time, Gu Chen might never have met such a formidable opponent.
It can be seen that the other party can predict his own prediction, and can use teamwork to create all kinds of coincidences with all the clues that are beneficial to the police investigation.
After Gu Chen hung up Officer Xiaoxuan's call, he subconsciously glanced at Zhang Da's workplace.
It feels like I have encountered a stubble this time.
Gu Chen sighed faintly, and said helplessly: "If we follow the cautious attitude of these people, I guess, Wu Xiaofeng and Ji Zhe, taking the owner of the hot strip factory to check the bill and quantity, should not have too much trouble. Gain a lot."
"Because if these people have played the clue game with our police from the very beginning, then we will not have the slightest advantage."
"Because what you see is what they want you to see. Everything we do now may be a trap carefully arranged by them, just waiting for us to drill into it."
"If that's the case, then they won't leave any mistakes, and Wu Xiaofeng and Ji Zhe shouldn't gain anything."
As soon as Gu Chen finished speaking, Wu Xiaofeng called.
Gu Chen had no choice but to pick up the phone again and press the answer button.
"Senior Brother Gu, we have already done an investigation at the Latiao Factory and found that there is no problem with the bill and quantity here."
"Understood, if there are no other clues, you can withdraw first." After Gu Chen got the result he had guessed a long time ago, he also asked Wu Xiaofeng and Ji Zhe to come back immediately.
Wu Xiaofeng immediately asked again: "Then the owner of the hot strip factory?"
"Let him go." Gu Chen said.
"Understood, then we will come back immediately."
After the voice fell, Wu Xiaofeng hung up the phone.
On the side, Lu Weiwei and Police Officer Wang looked at each other, and at the same time looked at Gu Chen.
Lu Weiwei also took a step forward and asked, "So, there is no problem with the hot strip factory?"
"Well, we still need to investigate now, the distributors of the second delivery of the hot strip factory boss, to see if the situation is true, after the address is confirmed, immediately contact Brother He and Xiao Yuan, let them focus on tracking."
"In addition, arrange for the police to investigate and verify the two dealers in our Jiangnan City area."
"As for the dealer in another brother city, Senior Brother Wang should contact his counterparts there and ask them to send someone over there immediately to check."
"Leave this to me." After listening to Gu Chen's explanation, Police Officer Wang immediately took out his mobile phone, and began to contact his acquaintances in the police force in the brother cities according to the second delivery target that the owner of the hot strip factory had explained before.
And Lu Weiwei also took out her mobile phone and started to keep in touch with He Junchao and Yuan Shasha in the office, asking them to send people to the other two dealerships in Jiangnan City for verification.
It seems that everything has become complicated and multi-party linkage is required to complete the task.
And here, the third-level police superintendent led a police dog to search for a long time, and then brought his comrade-in-arms police dog to Gu Chen to report: "Gu Bureau."
"How is it?" Gu Chen turned to ask him.
"It has been carefully checked twice, and there is no problem." The third-level superintendent said helplessly.
"That's fine." Gu Chen also knew that this would be the result, so he patted the third-level superintendent on the shoulder, and said comfortingly, "Thank you for your hard work, why didn't your senior brother Mu Liang see it?"
"Oh, brother Mu Liang took Pippi, the husky that demolished the office of your criminal investigation team, to other brother cities for exchanges." The third-level superintendent said.
Hearing the words of the third-level police superintendent, Lu Weiwei's eyes lit up immediately: "Take Pippi and go to a brother city for exchanges?"
"That's right." The third-level superintendent nodded fiercely.
"But why did he bring Pippi there?" Lu Weiwei also couldn't understand, after all, stable performance is the most important thing in communication.
Although Pippi, a husky police dog, is powerful, he sometimes has convulsions, and there are too many unstable factors, but Mu Liang took Pippi away, which surprised Lu Weiwei.
But Police Officer Wang at the side smiled and reminded, "Lu Weiwei, do you still understand this?"
"Yeah, I don't understand." Lu Weiwei also said frankly.
Police officer Wang shook his head and explained: "You don't know about this. The police dogs in brother cities communicate with each other. It's hard to tell the difference between our police dogs when the situation is not too different."
"But if Mu Liang brings a husky police dog to communicate, it will definitely be the most beautiful pup in the audience."
After a pause, Police Officer Wang said again: "Think about it, huskies can be trained as police dogs. With this one thing alone, Mu Liang can beat those colleagues by a few blocks. Is this the truth?"
"Yes." As soon as Police Officer Wang finished speaking, the third-level superintendent also echoed:
"This is what Brother Mu Liang meant. I feel that if we want to bring glory to the police dog training center in Jiangnan City, we must pick a police dog with special characteristics."
"Although Pippi is a husky, he is very smart, especially under the guidance of senior brother Mu Liang, and now they cooperate with each other quite tacitly."
"Senior Brother Mu Liang, I just want to create a contrast, come up with a surprise, and say it's for communication, but in fact, it's also a kind of show off."
When he said the word "show off" at the end, the corners of the third-level superintendent's mouth rose slightly, and he also had a proud face.
Lu Weiwei couldn't help laughing and said: "I really can't tell, Mu Liang has learned a lot now, but Mu Liang really has this ability."
"Pippi also relied on his own ability to become a well-organized dog and even demolished the police office."
"This glorious record alone is enough for Mu Liang to talk about and brag about with his colleagues in those brother cities."
Several people chatted and laughed for a while, and the tense atmosphere just now became much more relaxed.
But after all, they came to search with police dogs, but found nothing. The third-level superintendent also shrugged and said helplessly:
"It didn't help me coming here. If there's nothing else, I'll take my police dog back first. If Director Gu needs it, just call me. I don't think Senior Brother Mu Liang will come back these days."
"Okay." Gu Chen shook hands with the third-level superintendent in thanks, said some polite words, and watched the third-level superintendent drive away from the scene with his police dog.
At this moment, other police officers also came to Gu Chen's side one after another.
Everyone looked at each other, and turned their disappointed eyes to Gu Chen.
"Gu Ju, what should we do next?" one of the second-level superintendents asked.
"Get down, go into the mountain with me, and search for Zhou Xiaotong's whereabouts." Of course, Gu Chen called everyone over, and it was not just as simple as checking the trucks.
More importantly, use more police force and take advantage of the good sight during the day to go to the dense forest behind.
After all, in the dense forest last time, I found an empty mineral water bottle with Zhou Xiaotong's fingerprints. This time, Gu Chen hopes to find Zhou Xiaotong directly.
So under Gu Chen's arrangement, all the police officers began to leave the freight station one after another, and followed Gu Chen's car all the way to the Xinxin Hotel.
After parking the car, Gu Chen led everyone into the forest together.
...
...
The search was still going on. This time, Gu Chen asked Lu Weiwei and Police Officer Wang to lead the team at the front, while he walked in the middle, observing the surrounding situation all the time.
And in a location with a signal, the phone communicates with Yuan Shasha.
"Brother Gu, I have already arranged the personnel. The people sent out have already investigated two distribution points in Jiangnan City."
"Then what's the result?" Gu Chen slowed down and walked in the queue.
"The result is that those dealers replied that they had indeed received the batch of spicy noodles returned from Haidong City, and the quantity was also comparable." Yuan Shasha said on the phone.
Gu Chen sighed softly, this was also within his expectations, and it was Gu Chen who asked Yuan Shasha again: "Then what did these two dealers say?"
"What else can I say." Yuan Shasha on the phone sighed softly, and said helplessly:
"They originally wanted some spicy strips from the owner of the spicy strip factory. It just so happened that the goods were returned from Haidong City, and the owner of the spicy strip factory also explained the situation to the two dealers."
"The two food distributors in Jiangnan City are also happy to accept this batch of goods."
"So in the past few days, the returned goods from Haidong City have been taken away by them."
"Oh, of course, there is also a dealer in a brother city. Basically, the returned goods are divided equally among the three of them."
"Did the people sent out notice that these dealers spoke strangely? Is that the kind of answer that seems to be reciting a text?" Gu Chen said.
Yuan Shasha understood what Gu Chen meant, and said again: "Brother Gu means, are the two local dealers in Jiangnan City suspected of colluding with each other?"
"Don't worry, Senior Brother Gu, the people sent to investigate are all old colleagues. According to their introduction, the dealers' answers don't seem to be very deliberate."
"Okay, I got it." After receiving Yuan Shasha's affirmative reply, Gu Chen sighed lightly, and then said again:
"Xiao Yuan, you stay in the office, assist Brother He, and wait for the next step from our side."
"Understood." After receiving Gu Chen's instruction, Yuan Shasha also said with concern:
"Then Senior Brother Gu, you guys should be more careful when you are out on duty."
"Will do."
The two exchanged a few words of concern for each other, and both hung up the phone.
At this moment, when Gu Chen raised his head, he realized that the search team in front had already taken a short rest in an open space.
Lu Weiwei was also holding a police water bottle, drinking hot water. Seeing Gu Chen looking at her, she handed her police water bottle to Gu Chen:
"Junior Brother Gu, can you drink some water too?"
"Thank you." Gu Chen took the kettle, drank a couple of gulps, and handed the kettle back to Lu Weiwei, before saying:
"We have traveled this road before."
"Of course, there are still marks on the road that we made." Lu Weiwei stepped aside and pointed to the mark on the branch of a big tree with a police dagger.
Gu Chen looked around, then looked at the time, and then reminded: "If you go further in, the mobile phone signal may not be stable, everyone remember to divide into groups."
"Be sure to keep a reasonable interval between the groups, you must be able to see each other, and you must not be left behind in the dense forest."
"clear!"
As soon as Gu Chen finished speaking, everyone responded in unison.
Afterwards, Gu Chen walked through the resting crowd and walked in the front row.
Seeing this, the rest of the police officers immediately stood up and continued to follow behind Gu Chen.
Thanks to the previous experience of entering the mountain for the first time, Gu Chen has a good idea of the road ahead this time.
In addition, there are fixed marks along the way, so it is impossible to get lost.
After a quick search, everyone has come to the valley where Gu Chen stayed before, which is the place where Gu Chen found the empty mineral water bottle.
At this moment, the surrounding trees still cover the light.
Moreover, it is located in a valley, so the light is very poor, even in the daytime, it looks a bit eerie.
Some police officers even took out police flashlights for lighting.
"This is where you found the mineral water bottle last time." Officer Wang walked up to Gu Chen and pointed to an area in front of him.
Gu Chen nodded silently, and did not respond, but let everyone follow behind him, and he returned to the area where he appeared last time.
Gu Chen's eyes were bright, and he began to look around.
Since the search was at night last time, the line of sight was poor, but this time with daylight, Gu Chen could still observe the surrounding situation well.
Under the big tree where he saw the mineral water bottle last time, Gu Chen walked around several of the big trees and observed carefully, and found that the branch of one of the big trees obviously showed signs of being broken artificially.
Seeing this, Gu Chen's mind was in a trance for a while, as if the scene of that dark night appeared in his sight again.
When I was in this area and was about to leave, I felt that there was a figure nearby.
However, due to the dense fog at that time, which blocked his vision, Gu Chen didn't know whether what he saw was an illusion created by the wind blowing on the treetops? Or the fear of the fog?
And... Is it the movement left by the mysterious person who followed everyone?
Due to the sudden incident and the extremely complicated environment at the scene, Gu Chen couldn't make a judgment for a while, so he hurried back with everyone.
But now, Gu Chen came to that area again, only to find that the top of a big tree not far away had obvious signs of being broken.
Seeing that Gu Chen has been staring at a certain prescription position, he examines it carefully.
Lu Weiwei also came to the place where Gu Chen was side by side, followed Gu Chen with her eyes, saw the broken mark, and couldn't help but feel a little bit in her heart:
"The branches here have been broken by others, and although they were broken, they were not completely broken, and they were still connected."
"It looks like..." In the middle of speaking, Lu Weiwei subconsciously glanced at Gu Chen's direction.
"Senior Sister Lu, just say whatever you want." Gu Chen knew that Lu Weiwei wanted to express her own opinion.
So Lu Weiwei nodded silently, and also expressed her own opinion:
"I feel that this broken branch is more like someone met something, held it as the last straw, and then accidentally broke it under the force."
"En." As soon as Lu Weiwei finished speaking, Police Officer Wang also walked over from behind the two of them, circled around the broken mark half a circle, and looked at the nearby vegetation marks, and then said slowly:
"That's right, this broken branch, it seems, was indeed inadvertently grabbed and pulled, leading to this passage."
"In my opinion, there may have been a fierce dispute here before, someone was dragged away, and at the last moment, that person grabbed the branch fiercely."
After the words fell, Police Officer Wang pointed to the other end of the branch, and then said:
"Look, the leaves on the section of the broken branch were also stripped off, indicating that the person wanted to grab the last straw."
"But due to some other dragging factors, the person's body continued to move backwards."
"Thus, the branch that I grabbed was dragged mercilessly, and finally the leaves on the branch were pulled off by the man."
"And the branch also broke at the last moment."
After finishing the words, Officer Wang subconsciously glanced at his feet, then squatted down, and began to search through weeds.
After a while, Police Officer Wang picked up a few dead leaves on the ground, lit them up in front of everyone and said:
"See? These are the leaves that fell from the branches. My analysis is correct."
"I didn't say that what you said was incorrect? That's what I meant too." Lu Weiwei agreed with Officer Wang's opinion, turned to look at Gu Chen, and asked:
"Brother Gu, what do you think?"
"Well, it is indeed as Senior Brother Wang said." Gu Chen also nodded in agreement, and then said:
"It is conceivable that there seemed to be a fight here at the time, and I was also in this area and picked up a mineral water bottle with Zhou Xiaotong's fingerprints on it."
"This shows that Zhou Xiaotong was here before, but she may have fought or argued with someone while she was here."
"In the end, she was dragged and dragged away, and at the last moment, she took this tree branch as the last straw."
With a faint sigh, Gu Chen also shook his head helplessly: "It's a pity that this last straw can't help her survive the catastrophe."
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