Special Case Investigation Team VI

Half an hour later, You Duo said, "I found it."

He had seen the "Animal Planet" logo on surveillance, but he only saw part of it at the time.

The sign he saw was painted on a van, which was mostly blocked by trees, so he couldn't see the whole sign, only a few animal paw prints that made up the sign, so although it felt familiar , but not impressed.

Cheng Jin and others walked behind You Duo to watch the surveillance,

In the video, the outline of a van is exposed behind the dense trees. From the gaps between the branches and leaves, it can be seen that there are some colorful animal paw prints printed on the body, which are part of the "Animal Planet" logo.

The time of the video is [-]:[-] p.m. on a Saturday evening. A man—whose figure should be male—gets out of the car and walks away. The trees cover his figure, making it impossible to see his appearance.

At 06:30, the man returned to the car, opened the tailgate, took something from the car, and carried it away.

Cheng Jin narrowed his eyes: "Is he carrying a suitcase? One or two?"

"Two boxes, one in each hand." You Duo said while reversing the progress bar of the video, replaying the surveillance footage of the man taking things from the car.

Through the gap between the trees, you can see that the things the other party took out of the car are indeed like boxes. He took them twice. Both boxes are dark green, one big and one small. They blend into the green of the trees, very Ugly.

At seven o'clock, the man came back to the car again, opened the tailgate, moved a heavy object into the car—it seemed to be a green box, and then left again.

At [-]:[-], the man reappeared, opened the tailgate again, and moved another heavy object onto the car—it seemed to be another green box, much larger than the previous one.

I went back and forth twice, and put the two boxes I had taken out back into the car.

"It's a bit weird." Xia Licheng said.

"Did other surveillance cameras capture this person?" Cheng Jin asked.

You Duo: "No, I have been looking for the box in the surveillance, but I haven't seen it."

"Well, go to this—Animal Rescue, eh? Go here and see."

But Cheng Jin didn't go in person, neither did Xia Licheng, but sent two criminal policemen to go out with You Duo and Han Bin.

"I hope there will be something to gain this time." In the driving car, Xiao An said so.

They had previously confirmed two clues.

The first clue was that a netizen said that she had seen Xiaokang on a certain road near her home. She took them there to have a look, and the dog that seemed to be Xiaokang was no longer there.

Another clue is that the other party said that a person he knew who often rescued stray dogs rescued a dog that looked like Xiaokang, but after looking at it in the past, it was not Xiaokang.

"Animal Planet Rescue Center." Bu Huan, who was driving, looked at the big painted words on the wall of the building diagonally opposite, "This is it, right?"

Xiao An leaned over to the window: "It should be."

Ye Lai said: "It's not easy to come here." The rescue center is located in the suburbs, quite far from the city.

"It's not that rent is cheap in the suburbs." Bu Huan said, "A rescue center like theirs needs to raise animals, which will take up a relatively large area, and raising too many animals in the city may disturb the people."

"Well, yes." Ye Lai's eyes suddenly moved, looking at a driveway on the side of the road, "Hey, that license plate—isn't that car from the Bureau?"

"Which one? Oh, I saw it, it seems to be it. Who is coming?" Bu Huan was shocked, "Did we find the right one this time?"

Parked the car, followed the signposts, turned into a small road, walked forward for a few meters, and there was a door with the signboard of "Animal Planet" in front of it. The door was half open, and there were several people talking inside.

"Little Youyou." Bu Huan called out.

You Duo turned his head, some thoughts flashed through his mind quickly, and he came to a conclusion: "Here is the dog you are looking for?"

"What about you? What are you doing here?" Ye Lai asked.

Xiao An ran directly to the counter to see what You Duo and Han Bin were doing.

You Duo said: "We are checking who has been to Lilin Park last Saturday."

The girl at the counter said: "It should be Brother Yan, I remember Brother Yan rescued a big dog from Lilin Park, but I don't remember when it was."

Han Bin asked, "Is he there?"

"Let me ask." The girl picked up the phone and contacted the brother Yan she was talking about.

There are two doors for their rescue. This is the front door, and there is a back door on the back side of the yard. If someone comes back through the back door, the front door will not know.

"Yes, I'll take you there." The girl got up, and suddenly she remembered Xiao An and the others who came from behind, and she looked at them, "Are you...?"

"We're looking for Pipika," Huo Yuan said.

A netizen named Pipika sent him a private message saying that there is a dog in their rescue center who looks a bit like Xiaokang.

"Oh! Are you Qingcai Diary?" The girl smiled, "I am Pipika. You look so young, are you still in high school?"

Huo Yuan didn't know how to answer the conversation, he was no longer studying...

Xiao An continued with a smile: "Sister Pickup, you don't look too old, are you still studying?"

Pipika's smile deepened: "I have graduated long ago. Hey, you all come with me, brother Yan and the dog are behind."

The backyard is divided into three areas by fences and barbed wire. One area is a place where people can pass, and the other two areas are closed for cats and dogs. At the end of the two areas, there are several bungalows, which are dormitories for cats and dogs.

Through the window of the cattery, a man could be seen shoveling the cat's excrement, and Pipika shouted: "Brother Yan!"

The man got up and turned around. He was about 20 years old, his complexion was a healthy wheat color, and there were some scars on his face and bare arms.

He waved his hand this way: "Wait a minute!" Then he continued to shovel shit.

Han Bin asked Pipika: "How did he get hurt?"

You Duo also looked at Pipika.

"Brother Yan said that someone was looking for faults, and the other party struck first."

"Did you get injured last Saturday?" You Duo asked.

"I don't remember, but it happened to be the day when the big dog was rescued."

Huo Yuan walked to the kennel, he looked into the house through the fence.

Xiao An followed: "Did you see Xiao Kang?"

Huo Yuan: "There's nothing outside, I don't know if it's locked in a cage inside."

At this time, there was an excited and aggrieved dog barking in the kennel: "Wow, woof..."

"It seems to be well-off," Huo Yuan became excited, "Well-off?!"

"Let me take you in for a recognition." Pipika walked over and said.

She opened the fence gate and looked at everyone. There were too many people. She said, "The others wait outside for a while?"

"No problem." Bu Huan said with a smile.

Pipika and Huo Yuan walked through the "kennel" into the kennel, and several free-moving dogs trotted beside them. Pipika closed the fence door of the kennel to keep them out.

There were more than a dozen cages in the kennel, and in one of the big cages, a big dog with many scars and bald hair was whining, pressing its face on the cage and looking out.

Huo Yuan ran forward, bent down and stretched his fingers into the cage to caress the dog's unshaven head: "Xiaokang, great, I finally found you..."

The big dog kept licking his fingers.

"Is this dog his?" A male voice came from behind.

Pipika turned around: "Brother Yan, it should look like this. I saw someone looking for a dog on the Internet, and thought that the dog you rescued looked a bit like his dog, so I contacted him."

"Thank you for saving Xiaokang, we are really very, very grateful to you." Huo Yuan in front of the dog cage turned his head and thanked Brother Yan repeatedly.

Brother Yan looked at his smile, and also smiled: "You're welcome."

Later, Xiaokang was released from the cage, and Huo Yuan took him to join the others.

Han Bin looked at Brother Yan at the back, stepped forward and asked, "Did you rescue this dog from Lilin Park last Saturday?"

Brother Yan asked back, "Who are you?"

"Police." Han Bin took out his ID.

Brother Yan was silent for a moment, then said, "Well, I was rescued from Lilin Park last Saturday."

"Did you get into a fight with someone in the park?"

"Yes, that person was beating that dog at that time," Brother Yan looked at Xiaokang at Huo Yuan's feet, "At that time, the dog's mouth and legs were tied up, and the person kicked it like a sandbag, and kicked it. It vomited blood."

Huo Yuan couldn't bear it, he knelt down and hugged the big dog. He had seen Jiang Xingrong kick stray dogs for no reason when he was in his hometown before, but at that time it was just a kick, and he didn't go out of his way to catch the dog and beat him to death... ...I didn't expect the other party to become so horrible and hateful now.

Brother Yan said: "I wanted to stop him from abusing the dog, so we started fighting."

"Please follow us back to the Public Security Bureau to assist in the investigation."

"Why?" Brother Yan was puzzled, "Can't you finish asking your questions now?"

"Because the guy you fought with is missing, and you might be the last to see him."

In Tu County next door, Lao Quan and his colleagues went to the mine with the local police to find Lao Peng's friends.

"Old Tian! Come here!" The leader of the mine led the policemen to the warehouse and shouted at an old worker who was ordering goods.

"Here we come." The old worker was over 60 years old, with a humble smile.

"You know Peng Weimao, right? He came to see you last month, right?" Lao Quan asked.

Lao Tian took some time to confirm with Lao Quan whether the person he mentioned was the one he thought of, and then said: "Yes, he passed by here and came to see me."

He talked about the situation at that time. It was roughly that Lao Peng was ill and felt that life was impermanent. He thought of his former friends and wanted to see everyone again while there was still time. He happened to pass by Tu County, so he came to the mine to see he.

"Has he ever bought explosives from you?" Lao Quan asked.

"……No!"

"Really? It's against the law to obstruct the police."

"..." Lao Tian said, "I didn't sell him any explosives, and he didn't mention anything about explosives to me, but the day after he left, I found a box of explosives missing from the warehouse."

Changzhou Public Security Bureau.

After Xia Licheng answered Lao Quan's call, he told Cheng Jin about the matter.

"A box of explosives is 30 kilograms. It is not easy to steal such a large box from under the noses of others. I think this old Tian must have lied. Most likely he sold the explosives to Lao Peng, but he wanted to avoid legal responsibility, so he pretended to be himself. I don’t know anything, saying that the other party stole it.”

Cheng Jindao: "Before, He Mingzheng also said that his detonator was stolen."

At present, it seems that what He Mingzheng said may be the truth.

"..." Xia Licheng thought for a while, "So, Lao Peng stole the detonator from He Mingzheng, and the explosives from an old friend in Tu County. The old guy is good at stealing."

"Bring Lao Peng back to the bureau." Cheng Jin said, "By the way, search his house to see if we can find any leftover materials for making bombs."

"it is good!"