Zhongjiang Traffic Police Detachment Traffic Monitoring and Command Center.
You Jianming and Su Le stared closely at the huge screen made up of many small screens in front of them.
While the two were waiting for technicians to retrieve the surveillance video, Director You told Su Le that after checking the vehicle registration information, Zhang Guifu purchased a Wuling Hongguang micro-facer that had just been launched in 2010, with the license plate number "Jiang a- 2g309”.
"Look, this is the intersection of Hong Kong Avenue to the west of the pedestrian street. This van with license plate number Jiang A-2G309 passed the traffic light from south to north at 10:08 pm on June 15, 2020." The technician removed a small piece in the middle. The screen was enlarged for Su Le and others to see.
Su Le and Director You looked at each other, and Director You said doubtfully:
"It's so late, where is he going?"
"The vehicle has been driving north along Hong Kong Avenue. This is the surveillance video of the vehicle passing through Chongqing Road, Shenyang Road, Wuzhou Road and Beijing Road in sequence." The technicians retrieved the surveillance video of the van passing through each intersection. From the time From the looks of it, the car never stopped and drove along Hong Kong Avenue towards the river.
"The vehicle drove all the way to Jiangyou Road, and at 10:48 pm on June 1, 2020, it turned right onto Jiangyou Road." The technician continued to retrieve the video, and through the current intelligent license plate number recognition system, It is very convenient to track the driving trajectory of the vehicle.
"There are very few pedestrians and vehicles on Jiangyou Road at night. Where is Zhang Guifu going?" Su Le said to himself while looking at the light flashing on the screen.
"The vehicle lost track after passing the intersection of Shengli Road on Jiangyou Road. The time was 10:53 pm on June 15."
"If the vehicle continues to drive, after passing the Shengli Road intersection, it should pass the Huaqing Road intersection in 3 minutes," Su Le said.
"Yes, the speed of the vehicle at the time was 60 kilometers per hour. According to common sense, this should be the case. However, we did not find this vehicle in the surveillance video at the Huaqing Road intersection."
"That means the car went somewhere between Shengli Road and Huaqing Road that night." Director You glanced at Su Le and said.
"Well, that section of road is 3 kilometers long." Su Le nodded.
"Oh, by the way. Can you check again to see if this car appears again in the future?" Su Le asked.
"It can be checked." The technician said with a confused look on his face:
"But this takes time. We don't know when this car will appear again, so the video data that needs to be checked is very large and it will take some time to complete."
"Yes. When we first started investigating, I asked them to directly check the video of the west intersection of the pedestrian street that night, because judging from the location of the Hongqu Dumpling House, Zhang Guifu would most likely park his car in the parking lot at the west entrance. From this When leaving the parking lot, you must pass through the intersection of Hong Kong Avenue." Director You added.
"It doesn't matter if it takes longer. Please, if the vehicle doesn't come out again, then our search range will be much smaller." Su Le said to the technician with a smile.
"Okay, don't worry, this is not difficult, it just takes some time. I will inform you as soon as there is news." the technician replied.
When we came out of the traffic police detachment, it was almost dark. Su Le told director You Jianming that he would go to the area where Zhang Guifu's vehicle disappeared and have a look.
"Go back to the institute first. After dinner, I will ask Xiao Li to go with you." Director You had no objection to Su Le's going.
"Well, after the director said this, I'm really feeling a little hungry." Su Le touched his deflated belly and said with a smile.
"Oh, by the way, what does Team He want from you today?" Director You suddenly asked as he was about to get on the bus.
"Oh, nothing happened." Su Le didn't want to tell the director, He Xiaohui, about the person he introduced to him.
"Are you okay? I called you specifically to call you if you're okay?" You Jianming asked puzzledly, taking off his right leg that he had just stepped into the car.
"Yes... yes..., hey, don't ask." Su Le's face turned slightly red.
"I'm probably introducing someone to you, brat!" Director You said with a wicked smile.
Seeing this, Su Le stopped staying, got into his car and ran away.
After finishing their packed lunches at the institute, Su Le and Xiao Li drove on the road. When they arrived at the intersection of Shengli Road on Jiangyou Road, it was already completely dark. The street lights on both sides of the road were far apart, and the trees on both sides of the road obscured
With most of the lights on, the road looked very dim. It was still more than 2 hours before Zhang Guifu passed the intersection, but the number of vehicles on the road had significantly reduced.
Xiao Li drove along Jiangyou Road from the Shengli intersection. He controlled the speed. Su Le slowly observed the situation on both sides of the road. The left side of the road was full of green belts, and the left side of the green belts was the high river embankment.
, there is no road built on this section of the river embankment, so it is impossible for vehicles to go up. On the right side of the road are factories and warehouses connected to each other. The two of them drove back and forth on this section of the road twice, counting the factories and warehouses on the right side of the road.
There can be more than twenty warehouses. Some courtyards have lights on, while others are completely dark. Su Le decided to go to these courtyards to inquire to see if he could get information about Zhang Guifu or the vehicle.
The first one is a large-scale factory. The interior of the factory is brightly lit, and the roar of machines comes from the factory building and can be heard clearly at the gate. The long electric retractable door is closed tightly, and there is an elegant door next to it.
The guard room. Xiao Li parked his car at the gate of the factory, and a uniformed security guard immediately walked out of the guard room.
"Excuse me, what can I do for you?" The guard looked a little nervous when he saw a police car parked at the gate, so he quickly asked politely.
Xiao Li walked forward and showed his ID to the guard. Su Le looked at the security guard and said:
"Are you also on duty at this time on the 15th?"
The security guard frowned and thought for a moment before replying:
"The day before yesterday, I was at work."
"Then have you seen this car?" Su Le held his cell phone in front of the security guard and asked him to look at the photo of Zhang Guifu's car, which he had taken at the traffic police detachment.
"There should be no vans. There are basically no vehicles coming in or out of our company at night, and if there are, they are large trucks. We have registered all vehicles coming in and out. If you don't believe me, you can check the records."
"Okay then, let's take a look at the records."
Su Le walked into the guard room with the security guard and saw a record book on the table. The record book contained the registration of vehicles and outsiders entering the factory. These records were filled with rich content, including names, places of origin, reasons and contact information.
All are complete.
Su Le carefully checked the factory entry records for more than ten days, but found no trace of Zhang Guifu. After reading, Su Le took out his mobile phone and took pictures of the records page by page.
In this way, Su Le and Xiao Li checked each house along Jiangyou Road, and two hours had passed before they knew it. The intersection of Huaqing Road was ahead of them, and the only one left that had not yet been checked was the one in front.
The yard looked like a warehouse from the outside. The two iron-plate welded doors were closed tightly and it was dark inside. Su Le and Xiao Li stopped the car and looked in through the crack in the middle door.
I found a faint light coming from a small house not far from the gate.
Su Le knocked gently on the door, and the iron door made a clanging sound, which was particularly loud in the dark night.
After waiting for a while, there was no movement inside the door. Su Le knocked several more times and asked loudly:
"anyone there?"
After a long time, there was still no movement inside, and no one could be seen moving in the hut through the crack in the door. Xiao Li became anxious, raised his fist and hammered the door hard several times, and shouted loudly:
"Open the door! Open the door! We are the police!"
This is when Su Le saw a figure flashing on the window of the hut, and then the door of the hut opened with a "squeak". An elderly man slowly walked over with a flashlight.
The old man walked to the door and did not open the door. Instead, he shined a flashlight on Su Le and Xiao Li through the crack in the door. Seeing that both of them were wearing police uniforms, the old man seemed to be slightly relieved.
"Uncle, don't be afraid, we are the police." Su Le took out his ID and put it in front of the uncle's flashlight.
"What's the matter? It's late at night." The uncle didn't mean to open the door, and it was obvious that he was not particularly relieved about the two of them.
"We would like to know if a van came to your place the night before yesterday?"
"There are no cars." The uncle replied calmly.
"Look, it's this car. Do you have any impression?" Su Le took out the photos on his mobile phone and showed them to the uncle.
"I think I've seen this kind of car before." Seeing that the two people outside didn't look like bad guys, the uncle stopped shining the flashlight on them.
"Have you seen this car? Uncle." Su Le asked eagerly.
"I don't know if it's this car. Some fishermen on the river embankment drive this kind of car." The uncle said disapprovingly.
"Fishing? Are you saying there is someone driving a car like this to fish nearby?" Su Le asked.
"Fishermen drive all kinds of cars. I seem to have seen people driving this kind of car to fish."
"Where are you fishing?" Su Le asked.
"This section of the embankment is not accessible by car, but there is a forest more than 500 meters west from here. Fishing people like to park their cars in the woods." The uncle paused and added:
"But there shouldn't be many people fishing this season."
Su Le and Xiao Li turned around and went back, and there was indeed a forest on the roadside. There was a very narrow dirt road in the middle of the forest, which should have been left during construction. The forest was very dense, and it was difficult to find the entrance to the path without looking carefully.
Su Le asked Xiao Li to park the car on the side of the road, and the two of them got out of the car and walked along the path inward. The dirt road curved inward and became wider as they went inward. The density of planting in the woods was obvious.
It is not as dense as the outside. I must have limited funds at the beginning, so I just greened the part along the road and saved the places that are not visible inside.
Su Le and the others did not bring a strong flashlight, so they could only rely on the flashlight that came with their mobile phones. The weak light source of the mobile phone could only illuminate a few meters in front of them, and they walked deeper into the woods step by step.
After walking about three hundred meters in the woods, the sharp-eyed Xiao Li suddenly shouted excitedly.