Chapter 2246

Xu Youzhi told all the questions that everyone needs at present. According to Xu Youzhi's experience, it is basically impossible to reach the opponent's area quickly.
However, if the other party has not set off, or if the two are not found, then the gap in time may be narrowed.
Gu Chen didn't hesitate at all, and urged directly: "We set off immediately, and we must catch up with him."
The two quickly reached a tacit understanding. Since it was early in the morning, Gu Chen hoped that the other party was still asleep.
The downhill road is extremely steep, with a slope generally at 70 degrees.
The gravel all over the ground may slip down to the bottom of the mountain if you are not careful.
Therefore, Gu Chen and Xu Youzhi needed to use trekking poles to walk down the mountain cautiously.
After half an hour, the two had arrived at the opposite side of the mountain. Seeing that the front line of sight was blocked, it was also difficult to see the area where the other party was currently located. Gu Chen even put aside Xu Youzhi, and started sprinting towards the hillside with his own physical advantage.
Just when Gu Chen was flipping through a steep slope, the figure in front of him had already appeared in front of his eyes.
This person was less than 20 meters away from Gu Chen, probably in a deep sleep, so he didn't notice anyone sneaking up to him.
Gu Chen didn't rush up, but paused briefly on the steep slope, and then saw the way up the mountain clearly.
After a while, Gu Chen pumped up his energy and began to sprint towards the hillside.
At this time, the movement of the falling rocks also made the person on the mountainside discover the clue.
But when the man reacted, Gu Chen had already rushed to the man with a quick sprint.
The two looked at each other, and were immediately stunned on the spot.
Gu Chen was also very surprised, the man in front of him was not the Hu Peng he was looking for at all.
And that middle-aged man was also in a daze at the moment, and after a long time, he asked Gu Chen weakly: "You... who are you?"
"I'm a policeman, who are you?" Gu Chen hurriedly asked him.
The man frowned immediately, and replied with some vigilance: "I... I am just an ordinary mountaineering enthusiast."
"Mountain climbing enthusiasts?" Gu Chen took a few steps forward and observed the man for a week.
At this moment, the man is half body huddled in the sleeping bag, and he still hasn't woken up from his sleep.
Beside the man is a large mountaineering bag, with two trekking poles thrown on one side.
A lot of food and water were scattered around the man.
Gu Chen looked the man's face up and down, and asked the man, "What's your name?"
"Zou... Zou Xu," the man said.
"Why are you here alone?" Gu Chen asked again.
At this time, Zou Xu was obviously wary of Gu Chen, and hurriedly asked: "Hey, I said, are you a policeman? Are you trying to scare me?"
Just as Zou Xu finished speaking, Gu Chen directly took out his police ID and showed it in front of Zou Xu.
Zou Xu was stunned, then blinked and said, "Are you a policeman from Jiangnan City? But, this is the mountain range where Haidong City and Haibei City meet. Why did you come here?"
"I'm handling cases across regions, so can you answer my question now?" Gu Chen didn't talk nonsense to Zou Xu.
The most important thing now is to find out Zou Xu's true identity.
Why did Zou Xu appear alone in this wilderness? Is it simply survival in the wilderness? Gu Chen felt very suspicious.
Seeing Gu Chen's identity, Zou Xu didn't seem to have too many questions, so he quickly nodded in agreement: "Yes, if you have any questions, just ask."
"Are you a native of Haidong City?" Gu Chen asked.
"That's right, I'm a local." Zou Xu said.
"What do you do?" Gu Chen asked again.
Zou Xu hesitated for a few seconds before slowly saying, "I work in a packaging factory."
"Then why, you are the only one here this time?" Gu Chen asked again.
"Because I like it." Zou Xu's answer was still perfunctory.
Gu Chen didn't follow him, and said directly: "We are investigating a case, and you are here alone, have you seen other people passing by this road?"
"Other people?" After hesitating for a few seconds, Zou Xu shook his head: "I didn't see it, besides you and me, are there other people here?"
After thinking about it, Zou Xu asked Gu Chen again: "By the way, you police investigate the case, and you still go to this kind of wilderness?"
"Besides, you're still a policeman in Jiangnan City, so it's kind of interesting. By the way, where's your companion?"
"Here it is." Just as Zou Xu's words fell, Xu Youzhi, who was so tired and out of breath, climbed up from the foot of the mountain with his trekking pole.
Seeing the two of them, Xu Youzhi also plopped and sat cross-legged on the ground: "I came here with him."
"Old Xu?" Seeing this, Zou Xu was also stunned.
And Xu Youzhi looked up, and was also stunned on the spot: "Aren't you that who? Is that Zou Xu from the packaging factory right?"
"That's right, you are the old Xu who collects scraps, and you often come to our factory to buy scraps." Zou Xu seemed to know Xu Youzhi, so when he saw Xu Youzhi, his nervous expression relaxed a lot.
Seeing that the two were old acquaintances, Gu Chen asked Xu Youzhi, "Are you two familiar?"
"It's not very familiar, but I know him. This is from a packaging factory in our Hushan Town. Anyway, I often meet him."
After the words fell, Xu Youzhi asked Zou Xu again: "Oh, by the way, why did you come here?"
"Isn't this a holiday in the factory, and I want to come here to exercise, climb mountains or something." Zou Xu also replied directly.
Xu Youzhi frowned immediately, and quickly glanced in Gu Chen's direction.
Seeing that Gu Chen was silent, Xu Youzhi hurriedly asked Zou Xu, "By the way, Zou Xu, do you usually like to go hiking?"
"Yes." Zou Xu nodded.
"Then have you ever seen a man passing by this road?" Xu Youzhi asked again.
Zou Xu shook his head and said with a puzzled expression, "Why do you all ask this question? Are you here to find that man?"
"That's right." Xu Youzhi didn't want to go around with Zou Xu, so he nodded in agreement:
"We came here this time to find a man. He also crossed this road and was going to the other side of Haibei City."
"Then I haven't seen it." As soon as Xu Youzhi finished speaking, Zou Xu shook his head and directly denied these claims.
Xu Youzhi was a little embarrassed, and subconsciously looked at Gu Chen again.
Gu Chen also continued to ask: "Could it be that you haven't met anyone on this journey?"
"No." Zou Xu shook his head: "I'm the only one on this journey."
"Then you threw all the rubbish along the way?" Gu Chen asked again.
At this time, Zou Xu was stunned for a moment, and after thinking for a few seconds, he said slowly:
"Trash along the way? I didn't pay much attention."
"Why didn't you pay much attention? Along the way, we found rubbish along the way, in obvious locations." Seeing that Zou Xu didn't know the specific situation, Xu Youzhi hurriedly reminded him.
But Zou Xu said indifferently: "I said, Lao Xu, I just came here for hiking, and I didn't come here to pick up garbage. Of course, I wouldn't pay attention to the garbage along the way."
After a pause, Zou Xu looked at his luggage, and then said: "Look, I will put all the things I have eaten and used into the garbage bags I carry with me."
"When I go hiking, I never throw rubbish in the mountains. Whoever throws it is an idiot. I still have this awareness."
Seeing that Zou Xu's words were impeccable, Gu Chen continued to check Zou Xu's luggage, and then asked again: "Can I have a look at your luggage?"
"Uh..." Although he was a bit reluctant, Zou Xu still reluctantly said, "Just watch it if you want."
"Thank you." With Zou Xu's consent, Gu Chen thanked him, then hurried to the backpack and began to look through Zou Xu's backpack.
It was only then that Gu Chen discovered that Zou Xu's backpack was full of supplies for one person, and he did not see any other suspicious items.
Even Gu Chen wanted to verify whether the garbage left on the road was caused by Zou Xu? Also specially checked every detail in the backpack.
Including specific food aspects, however, no similar items were found.
But when Gu Chen was about to classify the items in his backpack and return them to Zou Xu, some blood on the trekking pole immediately aroused Gu Chen's vigilance.
Gu Chen threw the backpack aside, walked to the trekking pole, pointed to the blood on the trekking pole and asked:
"What's with the alpenstock?"
"Ah?" Zou Xu, who hadn't reacted, was taken aback for a moment, and then subconsciously looked at Gu Chen.
Then, according to Gu Chen's gaze, he looked at his trekking pole.
"Oh, this is a few mice I met on the road. You know, I'm the only one walking in this wilderness."
"However, the food I bring can easily attract the attention of other small animals."
"No, because I went to sleep at night, I took apart some food and put it aside, and then attracted the attention of a few mice."
"These rats tried to steal my food, and then I used my trekking poles to drive the rats away."
After a pause, Zou Xu moved closer, and then said again: "Hey! Even I didn't realize that there was still blood on the trekking pole."
"Then where did these mice go?" Gu Chen didn't want to believe Zou Xu's one-sided words.
Zou Xu chuckled: "Where did the mouse go? How would I know? It must have run away after being injured. Does anyone know where it went?"
Seeing that Gu Chen was still staring at the bloody trekking pole, Xu Youzhi seemed to understand what Gu Chen meant, so he took a closer look and prepared to pick up the trekking pole with his hand.
But at this moment, Gu Chen immediately reached out his hand to stop it: "Don't touch it."
"I just want to see it." Xu Youzhi also hurriedly explained.
But Gu Chen still pushed Xu Youzhi's arm away, then took out a tissue, and wiped the bloody part of the trekking pole directly.
The blood was soon stained on the white paper towels, and then, Gu Chen put the paper towels into a transparent evidence collection bag, and numbered and took pictures.
The operation process was very professional, and Xu Youzhi and Zou Xu were dumbfounded.
Of course, Gu Chen didn't believe Zou Xu's one-sided words, because this place is in the wilderness and there are few people walking.
But now, with Zou Xu suddenly appearing, Gu Chen feels a little weird.
Because according to the normal situation, Hu Peng secretly ran to Hushan Town in order to avoid the gang's pursuit, and wanted to escape Haidong City through the road into the mountain from Hushan Town.
But this is just as Gu Chen guessed, if Hu Peng's whereabouts have been grasped by that gang, then Hu Peng may be in danger.
In particular, Gu Chen still had a skeptical attitude towards Xu Youzhi.
After all, it was Xu Youzhi's "masterpiece" to destroy the monitoring system at the entrance of the supermarket in Hushan Town.
Gu Chen also imagined that if Xu Youzhi was with that group, then destroying the camera device might be a way to cover himself.
But if Xu Youzhi was a member of that gang, then he should have informed that gang about Hu Peng's appearance in Hushan Town soon.
But once this mysterious gang suddenly sent other people to secretly follow Hu Peng into the mountain, and secretly deal with Hu Peng in a deserted area.
Then, in this mountain, it is undoubtedly the best place to do it.
Now, blood stains appeared on Zou Xu's trekking pole, which had to arouse Gu Chen's vigilance.
Therefore, Gu Chen was going to collect a blood sample, and after going back, he asked the police in Haidong City to help him test it.
If it is confirmed that it is animal blood, it is okay to say.
But if it is confirmed that it is human blood, then this matter will be a big problem.
Thinking of this, Gu Chen suddenly realized that if Xu Youzhi was one of that group of people, then he was desperate to find Hu Peng, maybe he wanted to kill Hu Peng.
And this man named Zou Xu met Xu Youzhi again, and Gu Chen suspected that the two were actually in the same group.
Perhaps the orders the two received were to get rid of Hu Peng in the mountains. Therefore, when the two meet now, perhaps they are just putting on a good show for themselves.
With this idea in mind, Gu Chen suddenly kept enough vigilance towards the two of them, and did not turn his back to them.
You must know that in the wilderness, anything can happen. If you turn your back to the enemy, it is very likely that what will be left behind will be your own corpse.
But at this moment, the eyes of Xu Youzhi and Zou Xu seemed to be extremely complicated.
While looking at Gu Chen, he would keep dodging.
And when the two look at each other, they seem to look away intentionally or unintentionally.
This complicated eye contact made Gu Chen vigilant.
After finishing the blood sampling work, Gu Chen glanced at Zou Xu, and said again: "How could you think of a person running to this remote mountain?"
"If you want to exercise, the most important thing is that mountain climbing can consume a lot of physical strength. Look at my figure, I am fat enough. I have to lose weight."
"No, just right, I am also a mountaineering enthusiast, and besides Hushan Town, there is this big mountain."
"I usually work, work overtime, and work hard, and I don't have a chance to breathe."
"It's just right, I have to go out for a walk while I'm on vacation? So, it's the best choice to come here for a hike."
"Then when did you start hiking into the forest?" Gu Chen asked again.
Zou Xu thought for a while, and quickly said, "Yesterday, I went up the mountain yesterday."
"But your supplies are eaten very quickly." Gu Chen actually noticed that Zou Xu's food consumption was huge.
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