Mystery Pursuit

The fresh morning light sprinkles on the earth, a thin layer of mist rises from the water surface, the weeds on the shore are covered with dew, and the people whose shoes are wetted by the dew on the grass have no time to care about dry or wet, they are staring at the calf in the fishing net Dumbfounded.

Yu Ye squeezed his eyebrows, looked away from the fishing net, took out his mobile phone and called Tang Xiaoran first, telling him to come over from the city bureau as soon as possible, and then said to the policeman behind him: "Put the corpse first, and wait for the forensic doctor to arrive."

Everyone slowly regained their senses from the shock. At first glance, this calf belonged to a child. Among the three missing persons, only Su Xin was a child. So far, the possibility of Su Xin surviving is almost zero.

After Yu Ye reported the situation to Bureau Zhang, he contacted the local police to search the mountain again.

Cheng Xiaolu made notes for Zhang Xing.

Wu Yuzhou and the others took the lead in searching the mountains first.

The Criminal Investigation Team is busy.

There is a farmland at the foot of Qiuyang Mountain. It is the summer when corn grows. The green corn stalks are as high as a person, and the rows are neat and orderly. Being in it is like walking into a green maze.

Every year when digging the land, the villagers like to dig out more of their fields. Over time, the road between the fields has become narrower and narrower. The road that was originally more than one meter wide has now been squeezed to less than half a meter. Width.

Wu Yuzhou, Lin Jie, Wu Fei, and Xiao Liu can only pass through in a vertical row. This road and this field are the only way to the Qiuyang Mountain.

The distance between the corn stalks is very small. When the wind blows, the leaves rustle. Liu, who is the shortest, walks at the end. Looking to the left, there is an endless field of corn stalks. Looking to the right, the same is endless. He casually said: "This place is quite scary to come alone, and it's really hard to find anyone who wants to hide in it secretly."

It was said that Wu Yuzhou slowed down, looked around, and vaguely saw a touch of red in the distance, and he bent down to drill into the cornfield, pushing aside the corn leaves blocking the way with his hands, and walked in.

"Where are you going?" Lin Jie yelled as he ran into the field with him.

In the depths of the cornfield, Wu Yuzhou stopped in front of a corn stalk with a red kid's T-shirt hanging on it. He took a step forward, trying to take off the clothes, but kicked something with his foot. Looking down, he instantly Taking a deep breath, Su Xin's head was in front of her toes.

Lin Jie ran over, and seeing Wu Yuzhou squatting down calmly, putting on gloves, and holding his head in his hands, he yelled "Fuck!"

"I'll send this back first, pack it up, and hand it over to Tang Xiaoran later. You continue to search around, there should be some body parts." Wu Yuzhou said.

Zuozhuang Town is small in size, an ordinary town with no characteristics. Xiao Liu has worked here for five years, and all the cases he has handled are small and sneaky. Shaking, he grabbed Wu Yuzhou's arm, "I...can I go back with you?"

Wu Yuzhou nodded, and then took Xiao Liu back to the fish pond.

Seeing the head confirmed that Su Xin had been killed, Yu Ye immediately called to communicate with Zhang Chun, and the Jingchuan police made an official response as soon as they got the news of the missing person.

As a large number of police officers and media poured into Qiuyang Mountain, the villagers also noticed the abnormality, and they all ran to the fish pond to join in the fun. The fish pond, which was still quiet just now, was full of people's voices.

The divers salvaged the fish pond again, and found nothing at the bottom of the fish pond except for Zhang Xing's calf.

When Wu Yuzhou returned to the cornfield again, Lin Jie and Wu Fei found an arm, Wu Fei went back to deliver the body, Lin Jie followed Wu Yuzhou to continue searching, and the two of them walked out of the cornfield and walked to the hidden place. Among them, the watermelon field is the melon field of Huang Haidong's family. The last time they searched the mountain, they had been there, and it was also the place where Ding Yueke disappeared.

The melon house was a small brick room with curtains drawn on the windows. The people inside were still awake. Lin Jie was very thirsty, so he knocked on the door. After a while, the door opened from the inside with a "click". Standing at the door wearing a vest and pajama pants, he said angrily, "What's the matter?"

"Master, do you have any water in your room? Give me a drink." Lin Jie had never dealt with Huang Haidong before, and he didn't understand the old man's temper. He thought he disturbed Huang Haidong's sleep, but he felt a little embarrassed.

"Beng" the door was closed, and there was a voice from inside, "There is no water."

The villagers were more cooperative with the police, and they were very enthusiastic. It was the first time for Lin Jie to be shut down. He pointed at the closed door and looked at Wu Yuzhou in disbelief.

Wu Yuzhou ignored him, and said towards the room: "We found Su Xin."

As soon as the words were finished, the door opened immediately. Huang Haidong took a step outside, in front of Wu Yuzhou, and left the door open for Lin Jie to go in to drink water. He asked eagerly, "Where is he?"

"Sorry, she was killed. Did you hear the sound last night? Or saw someone? This is very important to find the murderer."

There was a wave of fluctuation on Huang Haidong's expressionless face. He gave Wu Yuzhou a vicious look, and spat on the ground, "Waste, a bunch of waste." After speaking, he put on his slippers and ran to the fish pond.

Wu Yuzhou entered the melon house, which was small in size and simply furnished, with a bed, a bucket of water, and a chair.

Lin Jie walked over to Wu Yuzhou after drinking the water, "The old man has been sleeping here all night, didn't he hear anything?"

Wu Yuzhou couldn't answer Lin Jie's question. Huang Haidong was very anxious about Su Xin's affairs, and was even dissatisfied with the police because of it, but watching melons at night would definitely not sleep too hard. Look, the murderer is throwing the body outside, didn't he hear anything?

Dogs were barking outside the house. Wu Yuzhou and Lin Jie went out and joined the search team. The police turned Qiuyang Mountain upside down again and found eight corpse parts, two legs and two thighs. , two arms, head and chest.

Yu Ye and Cheng Xiaolu were at the pond dealing with the media for a while, comforting the family members of the victim, and were very busy. When the search was over and all the bodies were transported away, the two of them had a moment of free time when they returned to the police station. They only drank saliva. Soon a new round of meetings will be entered.

Some media took a picture of Grandma Su Xin crying heartbroken and posted it on the Internet, which aroused heated discussions among netizens. Most netizens were upset by the murderer's cruel methods, but a small number of people pointed the finger at the police , thinking that if the police are not efficient, Su Xin can be saved if they are quicker.

Zhang Chun looked at the phone for a while, sighed twice, and turned off the screen. There were always some people pointing through the screen before they knew the real situation. He searched nonstop for several nights, but no one wanted to see such a result. Some things were not up to the police to decide. After thinking about it, he still didn't tell Yu Ye about these things.

Even if Zhang Chun didn't say anything, Yu Ye knew that there was a lot of attention on this matter on the Internet. After all, there were two young people in the group who liked to surf the Internet. Wu Fei often told everyone about the comments on the Internet, and Yu Ye didn't care about these voices. , There is no time to consider other people's comments and speculations, the most important thing right now is to find the murderer as soon as possible.

The conference room was so quiet that Lin Jie, who thought the missing person was not in Qiuyang Mountain, was also silent. Su Xin's body was found in Qiuyang Mountain, which indicated that the murderer was still active in Qiuyang Mountain last night. It's under my feet, but I can't catch it.

Tang Xiaoran opened the door and came in, breaking the silence, "I did a preliminary autopsy. I have spliced ​​together the limbs and torso of the deceased, but the internal organs and lower abdomen are missing. The chest cavity was washed very clean with water. The time of death was about 24 hours. There are irregular scars on the inner thighs, and they have been beaten or abused during their lifetime.

The internal organs and lower abdomen are missing, so there are only so many that can be seen at present. A detailed report will be released in a few days. Missing, this is currently not sure, just my suspicion. "

Cheng Xiaolu covered her mouth, and then slowly released it after a while, "Su Xin is only seven years old, this is too crazy."

Wu Fei: "24 hours means that Su Xin was still alive yesterday. We also have a high possibility of this person. We only met yesterday. Li Zhiguo was in the interrogation room last night. There was no time to kill and throw the body. The suspicion can be ruled out. According to the previously locked Among the suspects, there are no cleared suspects, only Huang Haidong's family is left, and Huang Haidong was still living at the foot of Qiuyang Mountain last night."

Yu Ye thought of Huang Haidong's shock and heartache when he saw Su Xin's body by the fish pond today. Although he didn't lay down and cry like Su Xin's grandma, his red eyes and speechless expression showed that he I really like the kid Su Xin. If he was the murderer, he probably wouldn't be able to act so realistically, but sleeping at the bottom of the mountain all night, he is indeed very suspicious. "Xiaolu, find the picture of the place where the body was dumped, and I'll take a look."

The left calf is in Zhang Xing's fish pond.

The head and left arm are in the cornfield below the mountain.

The chest was buried under a tree halfway up the mountain, and the police dogs smelled it.

The right arm is in a patch of weeds halfway up the mountain.

The thighs on both sides are in the grave under the mountain.

The right calf is at the mountain temple.

The place where the body was dumped was at the top of the mountain, and the rest were at the foot of the mountain. The murderer didn't put the body parts on the top of the mountain, maybe he was out of strength or in a hurry.

If he was weak, the murderer was likely to be weak, disabled, or old. Thinking of this, Huang Haidong's suspicion was aggravated.

Secondly, there needs to be a hidden place for the murderer to hide and dismember the corpse. Looking at Qiuyang Mountain, there are only three houses. The mountain temple on the mountainside is very small, more than one meter high, and there is only a statue of the land father-in-law inside. , People have to bend down and climb in if they want to go in, such a small place can't be a place for dismemberment.

Excluding this place, the Huang family's melon house and Zhang Xing's house remained, Yu Ye quickly came up with the next work plan, "Lin Jie took people to visit the village again, and asked if anyone had seen the villagers who went up the mountain last night.

Wu Fei called the technical team to follow me to Huang Haidong's Gua House and Zhang Xing's house for inspection. If the body was dismembered in these two places, there would be blood stains. "

Early the next morning, everyone went out to work according to the arranged plan. When Wu Yuzhou and Yu Ye walked to the gate of the police station, an old lady in ragged clothes who walked tremblingly grabbed them, "Hello, I want to come from Jingchuan City." police."

Yu Ye supported the old man, "What's the matter? I'm the policeman from Jingchuan."

The old man trembled even more, "You, you are?"

"Yes, tell me directly if there is anything."

"I'll report the case."

As soon as the words fell, Yu Ye and Wu Yuzhou looked at each other at the same time, and their hearts skipped a beat. Someone is missing?Yu Ye postponed his work plan and invited the old man into the office to talk.

The old lady was from Liujia Village. When she heard that there was a wave of police officers coming from the city to investigate the embarrassing incident, she rushed to find her, hoping that the police could help her find her daughter.

The daughter’s name is Liu Mei. Fifteen years ago, villagers liked to go to Qiuyang Mountain to pick wild vegetables in summer. 15 years ago, Liu Mei and a girl from a neighbor’s family went to the mountain to pick wild vegetables. The two went up the mountain together, and walked apart during the process of picking vegetables up.

When the girl next door had picked enough food, she wanted to find Liu Mei to go home, only to find that she was gone. She yelled Liu Mei's name and no one answered, so she ran home quickly and told Liu Mei's family the news.

The Liu family immediately ran to Qiuyang Mountain and searched everywhere. After searching for a long time, they couldn't find Zhongying. Liu Mei just disappeared out of thin air. Fifteen years later, Liu Mei is still missing.

According to the old lady, not only did one person who stayed in the United States disappear in those two years, but also a little girl who came to visit relatives from other places, and the new wife who just came back from Xiangyang Village also disappeared.

At that time, there were rumors in the village that there were man-eating beasts on the mountain, saying that the missing girl was eaten by wild beasts. The police never found any clues.

The mountain was ashamed, and the villagers were panic-stricken. The village chief saw that this was not an option, so he built a mountain temple on the mountainside.

After the mountain temple was built, there has been another incident of missing girls. Everyone believed in the saying that there are ghosts in the mountains. The family members reported to the police 15 years ago, and the police also searched the mountain, but there was no news. The family members could only wait silently. Wait for 15 years.

When the old lady talked about her sadness, she couldn't help wiping her tears. She hoped to find out the whereabouts of her daughter before she passed away.

Yu Ye comforted the old man and promised to help her find it as much as possible. After the old man left, Yu Ye let out a long sigh and turned to Wu Yuzhou, "What do you think?"

Wu Yuzhou understood what he meant and said, "Do you think the same person did it 15 years ago and now?"

"The modus operandi is indeed very similar, but there is one thing I can't understand. Qiuyang Mountain is not so big, how can people disappear out of thin air? Where is the murderer hiding people? I have never figured out this point. The way to the village will definitely be seen by people, we searched Ruozang Mountain and Qiuyang Mountain several times, but we found no one."

Wu Yuzhou didn't even think about this, he rested his hand on the table and rested his palm on his forehead, Yu Ye thought he was having a headache again, so he hurried up and said, "Don't think about it, we'll find some clues if we check again."

Wu Yuzhou withdrew his hand and raised his head, "I don't have a headache. If the person who took Liu Mei 15 years ago is the same person who took Su Xin now, then this person should be quite old."

"Based on the current situation, Huang Haidong is very suspicious. He is single. There is a house at the foot of the mountain. That house is an isolated existence. No one will disturb it at night. It is a good place to kill and dismember the body. Let's go, let's go to the house first. one look."

Yu Ye and Wu Yuzhou led a technical team to Zhang Xing and Huang's melon houses to detect blood stains. The technical investigators were busy in the two rooms all morning, but found nothing. No blood was found in the two houses, and there were no traces of large-scale washing.

Since the murderer is near Qiuyang Mountain, it is very likely that he appeared in the crowd of onlookers yesterday. Wu Yuzhou turned on his mobile phone and found the video and photos taken by the media yesterday. I saw Huang Yongtao's figure.

A young man with pale skin, dark circles under his eyes, and a slightly sickly appearance stood in the first row of the crowd, staring at the body bag thoughtfully. The empty trouser leg under his leg became plump at this moment, as Huang Yongqiang said, The prosthetic works very well, and when you put on the pants, you can't see the mutilation at all.

Huang Yongqiang once said that his younger brother seldom goes out and likes to play games at home. Why did such an otaku come to the scene of the crime?If you were sad about Su Xin, or wanted to comfort sister Su Xin, why didn't you come forward?Standing in the crowd watching.

Fifteen years ago, Huang Yongtao was five years old, so he could not have the ability to kill. If the case 15 years ago and this case were committed by the same person, then the murderer could not be Huang Yongtao, but now there are no clues and evidence that the two cases were committed by the same person , Wu Yuzhou decided to separate the two cases first, so as not to let the old case interfere with his thinking, he decided to go to Huang's house again.

Wu Yuzhou raised his head and looked around, but he couldn't find Yu Ye. After asking someone else, he found out that Yu Ye was on the other side of Huang's melon house. He passed through a dense corn field, and he saw Yu Ye's back from a distance. He was looking up. Qiuyang Mountain.

The mountain is tall and the forest is dense. Yu Ye stands in front of the mountain, thin and small, but his back is straight, like a knife, trying to dig out the secret of this mountain.

Wu Yuzhou walked over quietly and stood beside him to watch together.

Yu Ye caught a glimpse of the person beside him and said, "Maybe my direction is wrong, there is no blood in it."

The voice was calm, but Wu Yuzhou could hear a bit of disappointment, "Maybe the place where the body was dismembered is not here."

"I want to find Ding Yueke and Xu Min who are alive, and stop being cold corpses." Green represents hope, but when Yu Ye saw the green in front of him, he felt cold.

When encountering a strange case, it is normal for you to occasionally lose track of your clues during the game with the murderer. As the case progresses and clues increase, this small emotion will gradually weaken. Going to Huang Haidong's house again, among the suspects locked up earlier, this one is the only one left unsuspected."

When the case was mentioned, Yu Ye's little disappointment disappeared, "Huang Haidong's son and daughter-in-law disappeared for more than ten years, and his daughter-in-law committed suicide more than ten years ago. This is too coincidental. Could it be related to Liu Mei's disappearance?"

"The victims who disappeared 15 years ago were all women, and Huang Haidong's son was a man. Could it be that he imprisoned and killed his own son?"

"Tell Huang Yongqiang to go to the city bureau to collect a DNA, and compare it with those who have been missing in the library in recent years, to see if we can find information about Huang Yongqiang's parents.

If there is no news, the husband and wife have not contacted their son for 15 years, I think the possibility of surviving is unlikely. "

"When they go out to work, they should have fellow workers. If they can find the former workers of Huang Yongqiang's parents, maybe they can find some clues."

"Wait until you arrive at Huang's house and ask carefully."

Farm work is not too busy in summer, the grandparents of the Huang family are all at home, Huang Haidong still smokes and weaves baskets, Huang Yongqiang gnaws corn and watches TV, and the person who receives the police is still Huang Yongqiang.

Yu Ye told Huang Yongqiang about collecting DNA.

Huang Yongqiang was very happy and even thanked Yu Ye a few times.

When asked if his parents had a fellow worker who went out to work together, Huang Yongqiang was young at the time and didn't know about his parents, so he asked his grandfather to answer.

Huang Haidong stopped the action of weaving the baskets, and knocked the cigarette pot down hard on the ground, the soot in the copper pot scattered on the ground, then he stretched the cigarette pot to the cigarette pocket on his waist, filled it with cigarettes, and lit up to smoke again. He didn't look up from the beginning to the end, obviously not wanting to answer the police's questions.

He didn't say anything, so Yu Ye had no choice but to go over and ask again.

"I don't know." Huang Haidong's voice was cold, he lowered his head, his face covered with fine lines remained expressionless.

"Can you tell me the reason why your wife committed suicide that year?"

Only then did Huang Haitao raise his eyelids, cast a disgusted look at Yu Ye, and dropped the half-woven basket in his hand, "Don't go looking for someone, it's useless to ask these questions every day." After speaking, he flicked his sleeves and went out.

Huang Yongqiang smiled awkwardly: "My grandfather has such a temper, don't be angry, Su Xin's death hit him hard, the old man didn't eat his meal last night."

Yu Ye was used to Huang Haidong's attitude, so he didn't feel relieved, "Do any relatives know about your parents?"

Huang Haidong shook his head.

While listening to them, Wu Yuzhou glanced at the bedroom on the west side. There was no one in front of the computer, and asked, "Where's your brother?"

Huang Yongqiang also looked into the bedroom, only to realize that his brother was not in the house, "He should be feeding the fish in the yard."

Wu Yuzhou looked out the window, the front yard was not big, and he didn't see anyone at a glance.

Huang Yongqiang added: "The fish tank is in the backyard, I'll take you there."

The fish tank on the west wall of the backyard is more than one meter long and contains dozens of goldfish. Huang Yongtao sat in front of the fish tank, whistling and watching the fish, but he didn't notice anyone coming behind him.

Suddenly the brisk whistle stopped, he reached into the fish tank, grabbed a goldfish at random, took it out, held it in his hand for a while, then slammed it onto the mud, the goldfish rolled and struggled, and after a while, it stopped moving .

Huang Yongtao stared at the motionless goldfish, with a smile on his lips, the brisk whistle sounded again, he turned around, raised his hand and reached into the fish tank again.