sincerity of lies

It was an unfamiliar number, but it was Ji Xun's familiar tone.

"At 7:[-] p.m., near the abandoned recycling station in Jingshan, a black Jetta.

I will trade to the other party a woman who was kidnapped this evening.

Find a way to save her by yourself, don't startle the snake.

Do not return. "

A photo was attached at the end of the text message. Ji Xun checked the time, it was 6:50 p.m.

Good guy, it takes more than 40 minutes to go to Jingshan Mountain, unless it is an instant teleportation gate, you can't fly there.

The person who sent the text message knew it was Meng Lingshan without thinking, but why did he kidnap someone, why did he say not to startle the snake, everything was vague, like a riddler.

Ji Xun really wanted to call back and ask, but he was afraid that "don't call back" meant that there was someone else by his side.

"Look for the Qin City police." Huo Ranyin calmly made a judgment.

"Definitely go to the police. Now even if you don't want to go to the police, you don't have that condition." Ji Xun rubbed his temples with his fingers, "but what kind of words should we use to talk to them?"

The so-called speaking technique is the subtext of the reason why Meng Lingshan contacted Ji Xun—he didn't want to expose himself.

"These injuries are just an excuse." Huo Ranyin pointed at his back, "But just because we helped him this time, doesn't mean that he can do whatever he asks us to do. Ji Xun, what exactly does he want to do?"

"I don't know." Ji Xun said.

Huo Ranyin didn't speak.

"I really don't know. Whether it's because he doesn't want to get me involved, or because he doesn't trust me deep down, he won't tell me the specifics." Ji Xun sighed and shook his phone again, "Stop talking about that , let’s solve the immediate problems first.”

The two had no choice. They were supposed to go to the taxi at the high-speed rail station, but turned around and went straight to the police station.

The matchmaking between colleagues was faster than before, and Huo Ranyin and Ji Xun's injuries, Zhao Wu, the captain of the Qin City Criminal Investigation Team, who wanted to thank them, heard the ambiguous kidnapping He still attached great importance to the description of the case, and immediately retrieved the information from the police station.

Zhao Wu, the criminal investigation captain of Qin City, is a man in his [-]s and [-]s. He has a scar under his eyes and his head is shaved very short. A rogue brawny man with a blood unicorn licking blood.

However, regardless of his appearance, in fact, his mind is more delicate than hair, and I don't know how many criminals with high IQ, just because of his face, they think that he is just a brave and foolish person who was careless for a while. He was easily apprehended and brought to justice.

Many animals in nature have mimicry, and Zhao Wu's mimicry is probably that vicious skin that doesn't look too smart.

To the surprise of Ji Xun and Huo Ranyin, just half an hour ago, the family members of the victim had already reported the case. They are now taking notes at the nearest police station and have been urging the police station to open a case for investigation.

Zhao Wu: "The family members said that he was supposed to pick up the victim at six o'clock, but he didn't expect to see her after waiting 15 minutes longer than usual, and he couldn't get through the phone, so he reported the case."

"Report the crime within 15 minutes?" Ji Xun frowned, "Is the reaction a bit extreme?"

"Having been a policeman for a long time, you can see everything. This is not too extreme. At most, it is a waste of police force. But the victim's situation is special, and it is normal for the family members to have this kind of reaction... Let's talk about the specifics later."

Zhao Wu touched the scar under his eyes thoughtfully, and took them to adjust the surveillance.

The family members of the victims monitored the location of the incident, and asked people from the sub-bureau to check. What Ji Xun and the others wanted to see now was Jingshan given by Meng Lingshan.

Outside Jingshan is a highway leading directly to other provinces, and there is a national highway next to it, so the traffic is very convenient.

Although this abandoned recycling bin occupies a large area and there are no cameras inside, as long as there are nearby roads that can drive small cars, it is not very difficult to find a car with certain markers.

While the technicians were busy, Ji Xun and Huo Ranyin asked for a high-definition satellite map.

Huo Ranyin: "If you want to avoid surveillance, you can use a motorcycle to walk along these trails."

"Motorcycles are used within Qinshi, which are flexible and flexible, but if you want to send people out of Qinshi, the people who meet you must use a car that can travel long distances."

Huo Ranyin shook his head: "Look, there are highways and national highways next to Jingshan Mountain. But it's not far from Jingshan Mountain. If you walk on the motorcycle for another half an hour to an hour from the trail, you will arrive at scattered rural areas, which are even more open. , and safer. Why is the transaction location chosen so easy to check and monitor?”

"If he picked the location and wanted us to find it easily, that would make sense."

He, namely Meng Lingshan.Meng Lingshan had to kidnap for some reason, but he didn't want the kidnapping to be successful, so he left a monitoring hole for the police to investigate. This logic is as logical as that text message.

Huo Ran didn't respond. Unlike Ji Xun, he had a long-term friendship with Meng Lingshan, so even if he was rescued once by the other party, he still habitually remained vigilant and suspicious.

"Found it!" About half an hour later, the technicians finally found the black Jetta in more than [-] complicated surveillance videos.

At 7:18, a camera located near the northeast entrance of the abandoned recycling station captured it. Instead of heading for the expressway or the national highway immediately, it turned back and drove towards the nearby gas station, a small residential and commercial area.Because of this reverse selection, the technicians repeatedly compared several similar models and finally confirmed that it was the suspect vehicle.

At 7:25, the vehicle entered a monitoring blind spot.

At 7:40, the vehicle drove out of the monitoring blind spot. At this time, it had changed a license plate number and drove straight to the national highway, and it is still heading south.

This time, Ji Xun also frowned like Huo Ranyin, and he asked, "What's the matter with this monitoring blind spot? There are sidewalks on the map here, how could it be a blind spot?"

The technician checked it out and replied seriously: "Just last night, two nearby cameras failed, because it is located in the suburbs, and the maintenance personnel have not had time to go."

"It's a little strange." Ji Xun murmured, "The suspect was able to accurately drive into the camera failure area. There is no doubt that the camera was damaged by the suspect or the suspect's accomplice. It was broken yesterday and it appeared today. It is accurate. It is impossible for the city government to repair and replace the damaged camera in just one night... It took all this extra effort to break the camera just to change the license plate? Obviously changing the car or doing some cover-up on the body paint to monitor blind spots, It’s easier to think about and implement.”

What Ji Xun said was doubtful, and the rest of the room was silent for a while, thinking about it.

At this time, the technician who had been holding back for a long time said something: "It is also possible that the criminals just didn't expect that most criminals are actually very low-educated. tricky..."

Ji Xun and Huo Ranyin did not speak.

Zhao Wu glared at his subordinates impatiently, and cursed: "Use your brain, and you have spent so much effort to break the monitoring, which proves that you have your own set of plans in advance. The purpose is definitely not just to change the license plate. Where is the license plate? Can’t change in a remote alley? There must be something in this monitoring blind spot. It’s better to divide into two ways, chasing the car all the way, and going to the monitoring blind spot to have a look.”

"Is there a map there?" Huo Ranyin asked.

"Of course there is."

The map of the monitoring blind area was presented. The area included in the two damaged monitoring systems is a normal street. Although the suburbs are not so prosperous, there is still a certain amount of traffic. There are more than a dozen store fronts on both sides. , There is even a small hotel with a small scale, and there are some parking spaces between the storefront and the street or alleys caused by inconsistent planning.

In short, it's not a simple thing that you can see that something is wrong as soon as you arrive at the scene. If you really send someone over, I'm afraid you need to investigate carefully and consult from store to store.

There is nothing wrong with Zhao Wu's handling.

In Ning City, Huo Ranyin must have handled this matter in the same way.

But Ji Xun always had a vague uneasiness in his heart... The phrase "Don't startle the snake" in Meng Lingshan's text message flashed before his eyes from time to time.

Is it because of my relationship with Meng Lingshan that I am too partial to Meng Lingshan?

If Meng Lingshan had malicious intentions, he didn't need to save Huo Ranyin and himself 20 days ago; as for deliberately luring the police to go there, it doesn't make sense, the suburbs are not remote, the pedestrians are densely populated, and the traffic is well-connected, so it is not easy to prepare and act.

Since Meng Lingshan didn't have any malicious intentions, and all the information he gave could be matched, then why does this surveillance blind spot look so weird, how does it look like a tempting net bag, luring people in to find out... ...?

"Ji Xun." Huo Ranyin called him.

Ji Xun looked up, only to see that the Qin City police had been very efficiently ready, just waiting to set off.

"Why don't you two wait for the news here?" Zhao Wu looked at their injuries thoughtfully, "I will lead the team myself, and I promise not to lose the chain. If there is any situation, I will communicate with you in real time."

There were only four parties involved in this kidnapping case.

Qin City police, he, Huo Ranyin, the kidnapper, Meng Lingshan.

Assuming his perception is correct, and the area that lost surveillance is indeed like a trap with bait, then the trap should not be used to catch the Wangqin City police, not to catch him and Huo Ranyin, but to catch...Meng Lingshan!

Meng Lingshan was under suspicion!

The suburbs of Qinshi are very different from the urban area.

For example, the name of this Qinyuan road is different from the roads in the urban area. The roads in the urban area are called Tianqin and Aiqin, but here, we can only use "far" and "far". Words explain everything.

Because it is far away, many things gradually do not have to be followed, such as small stalls and hawkers can be placed casually, such as vehicles can be parked randomly.

Zhao Wu's car parked diagonally on the concrete floor in front of a food stall, and no one told them not to block the front door or park better.

They got out of the car, asked the boss for three servings of noodles, sat near the door and waited, then Ji Xun told Zhao Wu to go buy some food by himself.

If it was a trap, Ji Xun walked all the way, thinking slowly, there must be someone following him here, and once the police come here to investigate one by one, it can prove that Meng Lingshan tipped the news.

Because the family members reported the case from the location where the incident occurred, it would take a lot of effort to find Jingshan like that. It is impossible to locate here precisely in about an hour like them.

This stalker has never been here before, and he just came today.

He has to pick a place where he can stay for a long time. The hotel is not suitable, and the boss will urge him.The window seats of cafes and convenience stores are nice, but there are no cafes here, and convenience stores are empty right now.

Well, except for these, the ones with a good view are the small stalls and hawkers.

There are four stalls on the street, one selling fried skewers, one selling baked sweet potatoes, one selling fruit, and the last one selling popcorn.

Ji Xun went straight to the young man who sold the fruit. There were oranges in the two poles, which were quite full, and there were not many sold.

"How much is a catty of oranges?"

The man was quite enthusiastic: "It's 15 yuan a catty, do you want to try it? It's very sweet."

"You can plant it yourself?"

"Ah... yes, it's near here."

"Over there? I saw an orange orchard before." Ji Xun said casually and picked up the orange in his hand, his eyes flicked over the little white label left on the orange at the bottom.

"Yep."

"That's all, pack it up for me, WeChat or Alipay?"

"Oops, I only take cash."

Ji Xun flirted with him, paid the money without saying anything.

He went back to the noodle shop, put the oranges among the three of them, and said, "There's something wrong with that fruit seller. It's obviously a wholesale fruit, and there are still some labels in it that haven't been torn clean, but they say they are grown by themselves. Let me point to any place." , He also agreed, and has been looking at the hotel opposite. I think, maybe the victim didn't leave Qinshi at all, but was placed here by them taking advantage of the blind spot of surveillance."

He paused, and expressed his guess:

"Since they are not targeting the victim, the victim may be able to go back on their own."

But at this time, Zhao Wu, who had always respected them, spoke up.

"What if?"

If the police force is used, there is a high probability that the victim will be searched, but it will expose Meng Lingshan; if the police force is not used, who will be responsible if something happens to the victim?Who has a conscience?