Mystery Pursuit

It snowed last night and the road was slippery. Wu Yuzhou drove very slowly, and said in a calm tone, "I saw the exact same picture on the wall of Uncle Wu's house."

Yu Ye half-lyed on the chair, and when he heard this sentence, he jumped up from the co-pilot, and asked with wide eyes, "Exactly the same picture? Wu Weiguo?"

"Don't get excited. It's not surprising that he likes to study the "Book of Changes" and there are gossip pictures in his family. Some famous museums also post them. A picture can't explain anything."

Yu Ye calmed down and thought about it, "Even if it's a coincidence, we can't miss it. Let's meet him in the afternoon."

Wu Yuzhou has been busy investigating the case recently, and hasn't contacted Zhang Miao for some days. I don't know how Zhang Linlin is doing?When he mentioned this, he remembered that last time he promised Zhang Miao to help check Wu Jingzhu's whereabouts, but he forgot when he got busy, and immediately called Du Huasheng after parking the car, asking him to check Wu Jingzhu in the south.

Entering the house Zhou Qilu is still awake, the smell of rice is wafting from the kitchen, Wu Yuzhou and Yu Ye walked in and saw that Maodou was making breakfast on a small bench, the fire was burning under the pan, and the eggs were making a sizzling sound, Wu Yuzhou was afraid that he would burn , hurriedly carried him to the living room, and said sternly: "I'm hungry, go to the breakfast shop downstairs, there is money in the drawer, next time you are not allowed to cook alone, do you hear me?"

Maodou lowered his head and said softly, "Yes."

Yu Ye rolled the fried egg with one hand, and accidentally saw the plate on the counter. There was a small piece of steak on the plate, with blueberries and green vegetables on the edge. The blank area next to the steak seemed to be for fried eggs. Yu Ye Put the fried eggs on the plate and take them out, put the edamame in front of them and say, "It's really good to eat."

Maodou hung his head and said nothing.

Yu Ye patted his head, "Go and eat, it will get cold later."

Maodou raised his head, "Brother Yu, eat, I'm not hungry right now."

"I don't have the habit of eating steak for breakfast." Yu Ye looked at Wu Yuzhou, "What do you want to eat in the morning?"

Wu Yuzhou didn't pay much attention to food, "You decide."

After a while, breakfast burgers were delivered from the takeaway, and the three of them ate the exquisite breakfast. After the meal, Yu Ye went to sleep in the bedroom, and Wu Yuzhou stayed in the living room to wait for Zhou Qilu to wake up. He leaned on the sofa and fell asleep without knowing it. After nine o'clock, Zhou Qilu was fully dressed and ready to go out. He rubbed his eyes, sat up straight and asked, "Where are you going?"

"I'll go to Uncle Wu's house to play with Jingyi." Zhou Qilu was already beautiful, but with makeup on, she was even more charming. She frowned, "Brother, take a good rest, I'm leaving first."

"Wait a minute." Wu Yuzhou called to stop her, "Tell Jingyi to go in the afternoon, and I will go there then, and stay at home in the morning. I have something to do with you."

Zhou Qilu put down her bag and sat next to her brother, "Have you found the murderer who killed your parents?"

"Not yet, it's something else."

"Oh...something about 'school'?"

Wu Yuzhou took out photos of Liang Qing and Zhang Hao, "Have you seen these two?"

Zhou Qilu took the photo and looked at it, "I haven't seen it, I only know the person who was arrested with me."

"Do you know how many people are in this 'school'?"

Zhou Qilu shook her head, "Someone came out to kill someone recently?"

"Well, six people have already died. If I guess correctly, another twelve people will be killed in the future. We must find the controller as soon as possible to avoid the tragedy. You are an important clue at present."

"How do you know there are twelve more people who will die?" Zhou Qilu asked.

"I found the law of their killing."

"What's the rule?" Zhou Qilu looked at Wu Yuzhou curiously.

"Kill people according to the directions and hexagrams on the gossip map. The reason for the murder is still unclear. Do you still remember where the first time you came to the abandoned school?"

What happened more than ten years ago, Zhou Qilu's memory was a little fuzzy, and she thought for a while before she said: "There is a stone tablet next to the drill platform, and it seems to say Beining Village Primary School."

Wu Yuzhou wrote down the name of the school, "What other places do you remember?"

"I have stayed in caves, ruined temples, and some rooms I don't know where they are. When we moved places, he used black cloth to cover our eyes. Except for the school, I saw the stone tablet and knew the name. I couldn't name the other places. .”

"Is there anything nearby that stands out in your memory?"

"No."

"Apart from Chai Huan and the others, do you still have contact with other people in the class?"

"No contact, brother, I don't want to recall the past, I know what I said last time... It is very difficult for you to find that person, we have been trained by him for more than ten years and have not seen each other. Where can I find it based on my imagination?"

"Try it to know the result. How tall is he? Fat or thin? What is his approximate age when he hears the voice?"

Zhou Qilu was stunned, her eyes fell to the ground, and she spoke slowly after thinking for a long time: "Around 1 meters, I'm not afraid of not being thin, and my voice is much louder than mine. I can't tell the exact age."

"Exposed hands? Arms or legs, birthmarks or tattoos?"

"No."

"Hands are rough and calloused, or are they smooth and delicate?"

"No calluses." Zhou Qilu fell into memories, her eyes gradually dimmed, "Brother, I'm tired and want to go in and have a rest."

Wu Yuzhou knew that he touched his sister's wound, but he couldn't do anything about it, so he nodded and let her go in to rest.

Maodou sat on the carpet and read the picture book without interrupting or looking up, as if he didn't hear the two chatting, Zhou Qilu passed by him, looked up at Wu Yuzhou, "Are you going to let him go to school?"

"Well, otherwise, I'm afraid I won't be able to keep up with the first grade next year."

"I can teach you that knowledge in kindergarten. Let me teach Maodou. Anyway, I am idle at home."

Adults can teach preschool knowledge, and going to kindergarten to learn knowledge is just a convenience. On the other hand, in order to let children adapt to group life and learn to communicate with their peers, Wu Yuzhou did not immediately agree.

Zhou Qilu saw her brother's hesitation, and her face quickly turned cold, "Don't believe me? Think I'm uneducated?"

Wu Yuzhou raised his head, "Lulu, you think too much."

Zhou Qilu sneered, "If nothing happened at home back then, I would be a college student like Wu Jingyi now, is it my fault?" The more she talked, the more excited she became, she roared with red eyes: "Zhou Qizheng, you have no right to look down on me. "

The bedroom door slammed shut with a bang.

Wu Yuzhou's legs froze when he stepped out, and the little girl's emotions were elusive, but after all, it was his lack of attention to his words that caused his sister's discomfort. He sighed and sat back on the sofa.

Maodou read him with a book in his hand, sat down after a while, and whispered, "Brother Zhou, I want to go to school."

"But sister Lulu wants to teach you at home, maybe she is too lonely and doesn't want to be at home alone."

Maodou's eyes quickly dimmed, and she sat back on the carpet, continuing to read with her back to Wu Yuzhou.

An hour later, Wu Yuzhou and Zhou Qilu almost calmed down, and were about to knock on the door to apologize, but never expected her to come out, "Brother, I shouldn't have yelled at you just now, I'm sorry."

Wu Yuzhou seldom had contact with women, so he couldn't understand this tornado-like emotion, "Brother didn't think carefully, so you can teach me if you want."

Zhou Qilu smiled, "Thank you bro, I'll cook."

Yu Ye woke up and saw that the steak plate on the dining table was empty, and asked casually, "Little Maodou, how about my fried eggs?"

Maodou: "I don't know, sister Lulu ate that morning, you ask her."

"My cooking skills are the same for everyone." Yu Ye glanced at the kitchen, where Zhou Qilu was busy wearing an apron.

For lunch, he ate very little edamame, basically didn't touch the rice in the bowl, and only took a few mouthfuls of vegetables, "I'm full, let's go to sleep for a while."

Children have the habit of taking a nap, and the few people didn't care about it and let him go.

Arriving at Wu Wei's country in the afternoon, Yu Ye saw a picture of gossip framed on the wall, "Ms. Wu, do you have research on gossip?"

Wu Weiguo smiled politely, "It can't be called research, it's a small hobby, just like a person who likes people to drink, smoke, play mahjong, it's just a small hobby to have nothing to do."

Yu Ye smiled back, "Those are not as high-end as you."

"Hobbies don't distinguish between high and low..."

While chatting, Wu Weiguo's cell phone rang, he picked it up and said a few words, after hanging up, Wu Weiguo's wife came over and asked, "Uncle's call?"

"Well, let's go early tomorrow."

"We can't go back empty-handed. I'll go to the supermarket to buy some gifts and take them tomorrow."

"Okay." After communicating with his wife, Wu Weiguo explained: "Uncle said he misses me, and he is going to take Jingyi and the others back to his hometown tomorrow."

Yu Ye asked casually, "Mr. Wu is not from Jingchuan City?"

"I lived in the countryside when I was young, and I lived in the same village as Xiaozheng's father. Our three families used to be neighbors. We were all boys and were about the same age. We mixed together when we were three or five years old. We went up mountains and down rivers to climb trees every day... Sometimes we got into trouble and angered our parents. Beaten, although our generation did not have electronic products, but children are fuller and happier than children today."

When Wu Yuzhou went back to his grandmother's house when he was a child, he met Wu Weiguo's parents, but he didn't remember that he had an uncle. "Why don't I remember that Mr. Wu has an uncle."

Like all elderly people, Wu Weiguo loves to talk about the past, "My grandparents are poor and have no money to marry their two sons. My father married into my grandma's house and then went to Beigu Village. My grandparents and uncle live in In Beining Village, they didn’t come to my house very often, and you didn’t go back to the countryside often when you were young, so I haven’t seen them.”

When Wu Yuzhou heard the word Beining Village, he hardly heard the words that followed. The school Zhou Qilu mentioned was called Beining Village Primary School. Is this a coincidence?He suppressed his doubts and chatted with Wu Weiguo calmly.

This time, Yu Ye saw Wu Weiguo's gossip map with his own eyes, but found nothing else. On the way back to the Municipal Bureau, the two were silent until Wu Yuzhou's phone rang. Yu Ye pressed the speakerphone and handed it to Wu Yuzhou's mouth.

Zhang Miao raised her voice and said straight to the point: "Zhang Linlin and I checked according to the method you said, and it turns out that Zhang Linlin is not the only one. Besides her, there are two other girls in our class who have been raped by Uncle Wu. Students from other classes, We can't get the list of students, so we can't continue to check."

"I'll figure it out. The other two girls, can you tell me about the process?"

"It's similar to Zhang Linlin's situation. It's the same way of coaxing and intimidating first, then invading in the name of love, and finally abandoning it."

"Okay, I see. I'm driving now, so it's inconvenient to talk. Wait for my call."

Yu Ye hung up the phone and asked, "What are you and Zhang Miao looking for?"

"These days are too busy, I haven't had time to tell you yet, Wu Weiguo has a LT habit, and some of his elementary school classmates were raped by him."

Yu Ye was stunned holding the phone, and said after a long time, "Did Lulu say how old she was when she was forced to take pictures?"

Wu Yuzhou braked and stopped on the side of the road, "Do you suspect that the person who kidnapped the child also has LT addiction?"

Yu Ye raised his eyes and looked at him, "If you want to manipulate others to kill, you don't have to be raised from an early age. You can see that members of cults or dark webs are basically adults, and Lulu once said that they grow up to ten years old. At what age will she be released back into the society? Take Chai Huan as an example. When she returned to the Chai family to recognize her relatives, she probably had just been released by the school. She and Feng Zhide left the Chai family and wandered around to make a living. Killing, during this period, four or five years have been vacant. If the "school" is only for cultivating killers, why should they not let them kill for four or five years? I think the people who abducted | cheated children back then had their original purpose Not to train them to kill, but to—”

If Yu Ye's deduction is true, those abducted children were undoubtedly raped when they were young. Wu Yuzhou's heart ached when he thought of this, and he kicked the accelerator to drive out.

Yu Ye grabbed the handrail, "Where are you going? Slow down."

"It may take two or three years from arrest to execution, so those who did not commit suicide are still alive? Which prison is He Yunting in?"

"Seeing that they have to follow the procedure, it is useless for us to rush over directly."

"No one knows when the murderer will commit the crime next time. Yu Ye, we don't have time to wait for the approval process. Can we call Du Huasheng?"

"Try it."

Seeing that He Yunting was going well than expected, he hadn't seen him for nearly a year, and He Yunting was thinner than before. Seeing Yu Ye and Wu Yuzhou, he didn't show any surprise, as if he had predicted that they would meet again, he smiled and said, "Long time no see."

Yu Ye went straight to the point, "We already know that you were forced to kill someone. If you actively cooperate, I will help you apply for a reduced sentence when the real murderer is caught."

"I killed the person with my own hands. How can I reduce the three lives? The death penalty becomes lifeless? It's better to die than to stay in this ghost place for the rest of my life."

Wu Yuzhou: "You don't hate him?"

He Yunting stared at Wu Yuzhou and smiled suddenly, "I don't hate him, because someone is more hateful than him."

Yu Ye: "Accomplices? Don't worry, as long as we can catch one, we will catch them all, no matter who they are, they will not be punished as they should be."

Yu Ye and Wu Yuzhou couldn't figure out He Yunting's smile with an unknown meaning. After repeated persuasion for a long time, He Yunting always had an expression of distrust, sarcasm, and something they couldn't read.

Waste of time is not an option, Yu Ye dragged Wu Yuzhou away, got into the car and Wu Yuzhou didn't say a word, cigarettes one after another, Yu Ye stepped forward to snatch the cigarettes and put them out, "Stop smoking, I can't find any clues from here , let’s think of another way.”

"Lulu often goes to Wu Wei's country to play at the scene, and treats him like a real uncle. If that person is really him, being treated like a close relative... Lulu will go crazy if she knows the truth...I..."

Yu Ye leaned over and hugged Wu Yuzhou, "We won't tell Lulu, and we will try our best to protect her."

"Fish, she will know sooner or later, I can only pray like a fool now, that person is not Wu Weiguo, I hope he is a stranger who has never met." Wu Yuzhou broke away from Yu Ye violently after speaking, "Beining Village, let's go, let's go to Beining Village."

"Where are you going?" Yu Ye was sleeping in the morning, so he didn't hear Wu Yuzhou's brother and sister chatting.

"Lulu said that the first place she took after she was cheated away was Beining Village Primary School, and Wu Weiguo's grandparents and uncles are all in Beining Village. I don't believe there are so many coincidences."

Yu Ye was silent for a while, and didn't care about Wu Yuzhou's crazy speed. When he drove out of the urban area, there were more than half of the cars on the road, and he said, "You and Lulu treat him like his uncle. If he can treat Lulu What will happen to your daughter if you do such a thing?"

Wu Yuzhou's chest was so tight that he was about to suffocate. Could it be related to Wu Jingzhu's not going home for many years?He hardly slept last night, and thinking about so many things continuously, he started to have a headache again, "Take the medicine."

Yu Ye didn't dare to throw away the leftover medicine from the last time. He kept it in his pocket for the past few days.

Wu Yuzhou turned on the music and forced himself to stop thinking. The old school more than ten years ago has now become dilapidated and dilapidated. There is a sign on the wall saying "please do not approach the dilapidated building". There was nothing in the house, and I looked around and found nothing.

Just as I was about to go to the village committee to find out the situation, I heard someone shouting at the school gate: "Who are you? Can't you see the dilapidated house written on it?"

Yu Ye took out his ID and stepped forward to explain.

The old man said dubiously, "I've never heard of anyone dying in this house."

Yu Ye: "Let's investigate a ten-year-old case."

"More than ten years ago, I never heard of any dead people here."

Wu Yuzhou: "Do you know who was in charge of the school about 13 years ago?"

The old man recalled: "When the school was not yellow, old Wutou and his wife looked at the school here. Later, the school was merged into the town with fewer students, and the school was vacant. The village did not deal with it and let them live. The couple lived here until their deaths."

"What's his full name?"

"Wu Youli, do you know him?"

"He has two sons? The eldest son is Wu Lai?"

"Yes, the eldest son married into another village when he was young."

"His eldest son is my relative."

"Wu Youli's youngest son still lives in the village. You can go directly to his house instead of wandering around. The school might collapse someday." The old man said and left.

Yu Ye looked around. The school was some distance away from the village, and the location was very remote. There were no people living in the surrounding area. "He brought the child here because he probably liked the surrounding environment."

All the clues pointed to Wu Weiguo, and the hope in Wu Yuzhou's heart was completely shattered. He said weakly, "Go back and find new evidence."

On the way, Zhang Miao called again, "I'm befriending a few sisters tonight, and I accidentally discovered something important. Where are you? Come to my store."

"I'm not in the urban area right now, so you can tell me on the phone first."

"Tonight I accompanied Zhang Linlin and two other girls to dinner, drank some wine and talked about the past, Li Tiantian, do you remember? She said that once when Uncle Wu was dirty with her hands and feet, someone saw her. Uncle Wu gave me a beating, and from the appearance she described, I feel like your father."