Xu Youzhi explained all the issues that everyone needs at present. According to Xu Youzhi's experience, it is basically impossible to reach the opponent's area quickly.
However, if the other party has not set off, or in other words, the two of them are not discovered, then the gap in time may be narrowed.
Gu Chen didn't hesitate at all and urged directly: "Let's set out immediately. We must catch up with him."
The two quickly reached a tacit understanding. Since it was early in the morning, Gu Chen hoped that the other party was still asleep.
The road downhill is extremely steep, with a gradient of generally 70 degrees.
There are gravels all over the ground, and if you are not careful, they may slide to the bottom of the mountain.
Therefore, Gu Chen and Xu Youzhi needed to use hiking poles to carefully walk down the mountain.
In half an hour, the two of them had arrived at the opposite mountainside. Seeing that the line of sight ahead was blocked, it was difficult to clearly see the area where the other party was currently located. Gu Chen even left Xu Youzhi aside and took advantage of his physical strength to start sprinting towards the hillside.
Just when Gu Chen was browsing a steep slope, the figure in front of him had already appeared in front of him.
This person was less than 20 meters away from Gu Chen. He was probably in a deep sleep, so he didn't notice anyone approaching him secretly.
Gu Chen did not rush up, but paused briefly on the steep slope, and then saw the road up the mountain clearly.
After a while, Gu Chen gathered his strength and started sprinting towards the hillside.
At this time, the movement of falling rocks also gave the man on the mountainside a clue.
But when the man reacted, Gu Chen had already sprinted directly to the man.
The two looked at each other and were stunned on the spot.
Gu Chen was also very surprised. The man in front of him was not the Hu Peng he was looking for at all.
The middle-aged man was also in a daze for a long time before he weakly asked Gu Chen: "You...who are you?"
"I'm a policeman, who are you?" Gu Chen also asked him quickly.
The man suddenly frowned and replied with some vigilance: "I...I am just an ordinary mountain climbing enthusiast."
"Mountain enthusiast?" Gu Chen took a few steps forward and walked around the man to observe.
At this moment, the man was half-crouched in his sleeping bag, still not awake from his sleep.
Next to the man was a large hiking bag, and two hiking poles were thrown to one side.
Lots of food and water were scattered around the man.
Gu Chen looked up and down the man's face and asked the man: "What's your name?"
"Zou...Zou Xu." the man said.
"Why are you here alone?" Gu Chen asked again.
At this time, Zou Xu was obviously wary of Gu Chen and quickly asked: "Hey, are you a policeman? Are you trying to bluff me?"
Just as Zou Xu finished speaking, Gu Chen took out his police ID card and showed it in front of Zou Xu.
Zou Xu was stunned and blinked: "Are you a policeman from Jiangnan City? But this is the mountain range where Haidong City and Haibei City meet. Why did you come here?"
"I'm handling a case across regions, so can you answer my questions now?" Gu Chen didn't talk nonsense to Zou Xu.
The most important thing now is to find out Zou Xu's true identity.
Why would Zou Xu appear alone in such a wilderness? Is he simply trying to survive in the wilderness? Gu Chen felt very suspicious.
Zou Xu saw that Gu Chen's identity didn't seem to have many problems, so he quickly nodded and agreed: "Okay, if you have anything to ask, just ask."
"Are you a local from Haidong City?" Gu Chen asked.
"Yes, I am a local." Zou Xu said.
"What do you do for a living?" Gu Chen asked again.
Zou Xu hesitated for a few seconds, then slowly said: "Work in a packaging factory."
"Then why are you the only one here this time?" Gu Chen asked again.
"Because I like it." Zou Xu's answer was still perfunctory.
Gu Chen didn't follow him and said directly: "We are investigating a case. You are here alone. Have you seen anyone else passing by this road?"
"Others?" After hesitating for a few seconds, Zou Xu shook his head: "I didn't see it. Apart from you and me, is there anyone else here?"
After thinking for a while, Zou Xu asked Gu Chen again: "By the way, you, the police, are investigating a case, and you still go to such a wilderness?"
"Besides, you are still a police officer in Jiangnan City, which is somewhat interesting. By the way, where are your companions?"
"Here he is." Just as Zou Xu finished his words, Xu Youzhi, who was panting from exhaustion, climbed up from the foot of the mountain with his hiking pole.
Seeing the two of them, Xu Youzhi also plopped down and sat cross-legged on the ground: "I came here with him."
"Old Xu?" Zou Xu also had a dumbfounded expression when he saw this.
Xu Youzhi looked up and was stunned on the spot: "Who are you not? That Zou Xu from the packaging factory, right?"
"Yes, you are the old Xu who collects scraps. You often come to our factory to buy scraps." Zou Xu seemed to know Xu Youzhi, so when he saw Xu Youzhi, his nervous expression relaxed a lot.
Gu Chen saw that the two were old acquaintances, so he asked Xu Youzhi: "Are you familiar with each other?"
"I can't say I'm very familiar with him, but I know him. He's from a packaging factory in our Hushan Town. Anyway, I often run into him."
After the words fell, Xu Youzhi asked Zou Xu again: "Oh, by the way, why did you come here?"
"Isn't this a holiday at the factory? I thought I would come here to exercise and go hiking or something." Zou Xu also replied directly.
Xu Youzhi suddenly frowned and quickly glanced in Gu Chen's direction.
Seeing that Gu Chen was silent, Xu Youzhi quickly asked Zou Xu: "By the way, Zou Xu, do you usually like to hike outdoors?"
"Yes." Zou Xu nodded.
"Then have you ever seen a man passing by this road?" Xu Youzhi asked again.
Zou Xu shook his head and said with a puzzled look on his face: "Why do you all ask this question? Are you here to find that man?"
"That's right." Xu Youzhi didn't want to beat around the bush with Zou Xu, so he nodded directly and agreed:
"We came here this time just to find a man. He also crossed this road and was going to the other side of Haibei City."
"Then I haven't seen it." As soon as Xu Youzhi finished speaking, Zou Xu shook his head and directly denied these claims.
Xu Youzhi was suddenly embarrassed and looked at Gu Chen subconsciously again.
Gu Chen also continued to ask: "Could it be that you haven't seen anyone along the way?"
"No." Zou Xu shook his head: "I am the only one on this journey."
"Then are all the rubbish along the way left by you?" Gu Chen asked again.
At this time, Zou Xu was stunned for a moment, then he thought briefly for a few seconds and said slowly:
"Trash along the way? I didn't pay much attention to it."
"Why didn't you pay more attention? Along the way, we found garbage along the way, in obvious locations." Seeing that Zou Xu didn't know the specific situation, Xu Youzhi quickly reminded him.
But Zou Xu said indifferently: "Speaking of Lao Xu, I'm just here to hike and climb mountains. I'm not here to pick up garbage. Of course I won't pay attention to the garbage along the way."
After a pause, Zou Xu looked at his luggage, and then said: "Look, everything I have eaten and used will be put into the garbage bag I carry with me."
"When I go hiking and mountain climbing, I never throw rubbish in the mountains. Anyone who throws rubbish is a fool. I still have this awareness."
Seeing that Zou Xu's words were impeccable, Gu Chen continued to check Zou Xu's luggage, and then asked: "Can I take a look at your luggage?"
"Uh..." Although he was a little reluctant, Zou Xu still reluctantly said: "You can watch it if you want."
"Thank you." After receiving Zou Xu's agreement, Gu Chen thanked him, then hurriedly walked to his backpack and began to look through Zou Xu's backpack.
Only then did Gu Chen realize that Zou Xu's backpack was filled with supplies for one person, and no other suspicious items were seen.
In order to verify whether the garbage left on the road was caused by Zou Xu, Gu Chen even checked every detail in the backpack.
Including specific food, however, no similar items were found.
But just when Gu Chen was about to classify the items in his backpack and return them to Zou Xu, some blood stains on the hiking poles immediately aroused Gu Chen's alert.
Gu Chen threw his backpack aside, walked to the trekking pole, pointed to the blood stains on the trekking pole and asked:
“What’s up with the trekking poles?”
"Ah?" Zou Xu, who didn't react, was stunned for a moment, and then subconsciously looked at Gu Chen.
Then according to Gu Chen's gaze prompts, he looked at his hiking pole.
"Oh, I met a few mice on the road. As you know, I'm the only one walking in this wilderness."
"However, the food I brought can easily attract the attention of other small animals."
"No, because when I went to bed at night, I took apart some food and put it aside, and then it attracted the attention of a few mice."
"These rats tried to steal my food, and then I used my hiking pole to beat them away."
After a pause, Zou Xu came closer, and then said: "Hey! Even I didn't notice that there were still blood stains on the hiking pole."
"Then where did these mice go?" Gu Chen didn't want to believe Zou Xu's words.
Zou Xu chuckled: "Where did the mouse go? How do I know? It must have run away after being injured? Who knows where it went?"
Seeing that Gu Chen was still staring at the bloody hiking pole, Xu Youzhi seemed to understand what Gu Chen meant, so he took a closer look and prepared to pick up the hiking pole with his hands.
But at this moment, Gu Chen immediately stretched out his hand to stop: "Don't touch."
"I just want to take a look." Xu Youzhi quickly explained.
But Gu Chen still pushed Xu Youzhi's arm away, then took out a paper towel and wiped the bloody part of the hiking pole directly.
The blood was quickly stained on the white tissue. Afterwards, Gu Chen put the tissue into a transparent evidence collection bag and numbered it and took pictures.
The operation process was very professional, and Xu Youzhi and Zou Xu were stunned.
Of course, Gu Chen didn't believe Zou Xu's words, because this place was in the wilderness and there were few people walking around.
But now, when Zou Xu suddenly appeared, Gu Chen felt a little strange.
Because according to normal circumstances, Hu Peng secretly ran to Hushan Town to avoid being tracked by the gang, and wanted to escape Haidong City through the mountain road in Hushan Town.
But this is just as Gu Chen guessed. If Hu Peng's whereabouts have been grasped by that gang, then Hu Peng may be in danger.
In particular, Gu Chen actually still had doubts about Xu Youzhi.
After all, destroying the surveillance camera at the entrance supermarket of Hushan Town was his "masterpiece" by Xu Youzhi.
Gu Chen also imagined that if Xu Youzhi was with that group of people, then destroying the camera device might be a way to protect himself.
But if Xu Youzhi is a member of that group, then he should soon inform the group about Hu Peng's appearance in Hushan Town.
But once this mysterious gang suddenly sent other people to secretly follow Hu Peng into the mountains, and secretly killed Hu Peng in an uninhabited area.
Then, this mountain is undoubtedly the best place to do it.
Now, blood stains appeared on Zou Xu's hiking pole, which had to arouse Gu Chen's vigilance.
Therefore, Gu Chen prepared to collect blood samples and ask the police in Haidong City to help test them after he returned.
If it's confirmed to be animal blood stains, then that's okay.
But if it is determined to be human blood, then this matter will be a big problem.
Thinking of this, Gu Chen suddenly realized that if Xu Youzhi was one of that group of people, then he was eager to find Hu Peng, and perhaps wanted to kill Hu Peng.
And this man named Zou Xu was acquainted with Xu Youzhi. Gu Chen suspected that the two of them were actually in the same group.
Perhaps the orders they received were to get rid of Hu Peng in the mountains. Therefore, when the two met now, they might just be putting on a good show for themselves.
With this idea, Gu Chen suddenly remained alert enough to both of them and did not turn his back towards them.
You must know that in the wilderness, anything can happen. If you turn your back to the enemy, it is very likely that what will be left behind will be your own body.
At this moment, the looks in the eyes of Xu Youzhi and Zou Xu seemed to be extremely complicated.
While looking at Gu Chen, he would also keep dodging.
And when the two people look at each other, they seem to be looking away intentionally or unintentionally.
This complex eye contact kept Gu Chen on guard.
After completing the blood sampling work, Gu Chen glanced at Zou Xu and then said: "How could you think of coming to this deep mountain alone?"
"I want to exercise. The important thing is that climbing can consume a lot of energy. Look at my figure, I am quite fat. I need to lose weight."
"No, it just so happens that I am also a hiking enthusiast, and next to Hushan Town is this big mountain."
"I work normally, work overtime, and work so hard that I don't even have a chance to breathe."
"It just so happens that I have to go out for a walk during the holiday. So, going here for a hike is the best choice."
"Then when did you start hiking into the forest?" Gu Chen asked again.
Zou Xu thought for a while and said quickly: "Yesterday, I went up the mountain yesterday."
"But you eat your supplies very quickly." Gu Chen had actually noticed Zou Xu's huge food consumption.
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