In the room, everyone fell into silence after hearing Hu Wenqiang's remarks.
How could Huang Zhigang, a thoughtful man with extremely strong anti-reconnaissance capabilities, be so forgetful?
It feels incredible to think about it, but it actually happened, leaving everyone present not knowing what to say for a moment?
When he saw everyone looking at him with doubtful eyes, Hu Wenqiang tried his best to defend himself:
"It's true. I didn't lie to you. Moreover, this is not the first time that this kind of thing has happened. It happens intermittently."
"But." Just when Hu Wenqiang finished speaking, Gu Chen also interrupted:
"But Hu Wenqiang, have you ever thought about it? What if this was Huang Zhigang deliberately acting for you?"
"No...it can't be right?" After hearing what Gu Chen said, Hu Wenqiang suddenly fell into confusion.
Lu Weiwei on the side quickly said: "How is it impossible? Huang Zhigang has been able to avoid police investigation for decades and has been safe and sound. Isn't it because of his anti-reconnaissance ability and his ability to deceive?"
"People like Huang Zhigang know the importance of disguising themselves well and deliberately put on a show in front of you to make you believe that he is old and a little forgetful. Isn't this normal?"
"No, no, no." Just when Lu Weiwei finished speaking, Hu Wenqiang directly objected and said:
"I know that you are very wary of Huang Zhigang. I always feel that his anti-reconnaissance capabilities are very strong."
"Of course, you have been monitored by him since you left the high-speed rail station. I admit that sometimes Huang Zhigang does have some tricks, but after all, I have known him for so many years."
"Is he forgetful? Is he pretending? I know best, because many times, this is his unconscious behavior."
"He didn't even realize it at all. From this point of view, I am 100% sure that this was not pretending, nor was it acting."
"Because he had some forgetfulness before, I found that he would subconsciously draw some special symbols to remind himself."
"For example, one time I was walking with him late at night, and he seemed to remember something he hadn't finished, and then he dug in his pocket."
"Later I discovered that he had taken out a piece of paper, so I took a closer look and found that it was a particle drawn by him. I was confused on the spot and quickly asked him, what on earth is this?"
"He said there is no rice at home and he will go to the village supermarket to buy some rice later."
"Drawing a particle represents rice?" Yuan Shasha blinked and said in disbelief:
"Then why doesn't he just write rice on the paper? Isn't it more convenient? Or, he hasn't read any books? He can't even write? Could he be illiterate? But he can't, right?"
"No, no, he is not illiterate. He knows how to read and has gone to elementary school." Just as Yuan Shasha finished speaking, Hu Wenqiang quickly explained:
"I also felt very strange at the time, so I asked him, why do you need to use this method to replace words? Isn't it better to write directly?"
"But he said that it is so convenient that he can immediately remember what he wants to do when he sees this symbol or image?"
"I said, isn't this unnecessary? But he said no, it has been his habit for many years. Anyway, I don't know what to say? It just feels like he has a secret in his heart, but he is unwilling to share it with others."
"Because in the whole village, there aren't many people who seem to have a particularly good relationship with him."
Patting his chest, Hu Wenqiang also continued: "I am one, otherwise he would not have found me and asked me to help pick up the box."
"Okay." Seeing that Hu Wenqiang had already said everything, it would be very disrespectful if he said anything more.
After all, sometimes, what Huang Zhigang's closest people say can more or less have certain reference value.
After all, you have to admit that when Huang Zhigang concealed his identity, it was difficult for others to detect anything unusual about Huang Zhigang.
But now, Huang Zhigang's identity as a murderer was exposed, and Hu Wenqiang began to realize that the old turtledove around him seemed very different.
So all the previous habits seemed to become weird.
Therefore, the information provided by Hu Wenqiang at this moment still has a certain reference value, more or less.
Officer Wang said: "That is to say, sometimes he does cover up the text with symbols. In fact, he just wants to be wary of you, afraid that you will see it?"
"It can be understood this way." After listening to Officer Wang's explanation, Hu Wenqiang nodded silently and said involuntarily:
"Huang Zhigang, before, I just felt that I was cautious in everything I did."
"But now it seems that he did this for a reason. If he wrote down all the things he didn't quite remember on paper, or wrote them in other notebooks in words."
"Once he is discovered by us, wouldn't he be doomed? So I feel that he probably wants to use a symbol or pattern that he can understand to cover up and replace the text."
"In this way, only he can understand what these things mean? Others cannot figure it out at all."
After a pause, Hu Wenqiang looked at the people around him and then said again:
"So, by doing this, doesn't it just explain why he wrote so many patterns and symbols on the box?"
"It makes sense." Listening to Hu Wenqiang's analysis, Lu Weiwei nodded silently and couldn't help but say:
"It seems that Huang Zhigang is really a bit forgetful. So do we need to translate the symbols written on the wall? Maybe we can find a pattern?"
"Take pictures." Gu Chen kept listening to everyone's explanations, and finally used his mobile phone to take pictures of the symbols on the wall.
To be honest, these symbols and totems are quite distorted and look quite awkward.
As Hu Wenqiang explained before, when Huang Zhigang went to buy rice, he would use particles to represent it. Ordinary people would not be able to guess it just by looking at those symbols and totems.
Gu Chen looked at the symbols in front of him and found it difficult to decipher them for a while, so he thought that he might as well wait until he got back and take a closer look.
The most important thing now is to find some clues left by Huang Zhigang.
"Let's take another look to see if there is anything missing?" Gu Chen said.
Everyone nodded silently and continued to search every corner of the room.
Because Huang Zhigang kept the room too clean, and Huang Zhigang's belongings were very few.
Therefore, during the sorting process, the search was quickly ended. Afterwards, Gu Chen led everyone to continuously check other rooms, and even searched the entire old wooden house from top to bottom, but there was still nothing.
Harvest more.
After going downstairs, everyone came to the living room on the first floor. Everyone was a little discouraged.
Lu Weiwei also shook her head helplessly and muttered: "It seems that Huang Zhigang only took away the clothes for this season and even left his winter clothes here, which shows that he came prepared this time."
"I feel like it's time to review the surveillance near high-speed rail stations these days to see if we can find any clues."
"Qiancheng is already following up on this work at the same time," Officer Wang said.
Then, everyone looked at Gu Chen again, and Gu Chen said calmly: "Let's do this, Senior Brother Wang, you and Xiao Yuan go back first."
"What about you and Lu Weiwei?"
"Senior Sister Lu and I will stay here, and of course Hu Wenqiang will stay here too," Gu Chen said.
"Understood." Officer Wang, who knew what Gu Chen meant, stopped caring about it and winked directly at Yuan Shasha.
Everyone immediately began to act according to the previous deployment.
After Gu Chen took some necessary supplies from the car, he watched Officer Wang drive away.
At this moment, Hu Wenqiang was also looking at Gu Chen in confusion.
Because Gu Chen did not put handcuffs on himself, and even gave himself enough freedom from the beginning to now.
But all this made Hu Wenqiang feel guilty, and he weakly asked Gu Chen: "Officer Gu, aren't you afraid that I will run away?"
"Where can you run?" Gu Chen asked him.
Hu Wenqiang was immediately dumbfounded, thinking about it, it made the same sense.
However, he was not clear about Gu Chen's next action plan, so he quickly asked Gu Chen for advice: "Officer Gu, what is that? What do you need me to do? Just tell me."
"We need you to help us and clarify the topographic map here." Gu Chen did not speak. The person who spoke was Lu Weiwei beside Gu Chen.
Hu Wenqiang still didn't quite understand, so he asked again: "What do you mean?"
"You have lived here since you were a child, so you should be most familiar with your village, right?" Gu Chen asked.
"Yes." Hu Wenqiang did not deny it, but said truthfully: "There are a total of 280 households in our village. I know every road and every corner of the village very well."
"That's best." Seeing that Hu Wenqiang had said so and the atmosphere had reached this point, Gu Chen quickly said: "Tell me, if Huang Zhigang returns to the village, where will he go?"
Seeing that Hu Wenqiang was unmoved, Gu Chen added: "To put it simply, if Huang Zhigang doesn't go home, where will he hide?"
"This..." Hu Wenqiang hesitated for a few seconds, looking very embarrassed.
Lu Weiwei also took out a printed three-dimensional map of the entire village angrily, then spread it flat on the table and said:
"You can mark all these locations for me now, and then take us there for a walk to familiarize ourselves with the environment."
"What a... big night? Now?" Upon hearing this request, Hu Wenqiang was dumbfounded.
Lu Weiwei raised her chin: "What else?"
"Okay." Seeing that there was no hope of evasion, and now that he was guilty of meritorious service, Hu Wenqiang could only nod his head and agreed: "I listen to you."
"Here." Gu Chen gave him a pen.
Hu Wenqiang immediately began to mark on the map with the help of dim lights.
A few minutes later, Hu Wenqiang marked a total of 10 locations. Finally, he put down his pen and explained:
"If I were Huang Zhigang, I would definitely go to these places, because these places are relatively private and can observe the situation of the entire village."
"It seems that you understand what I mean." Seeing that Hu Wenqiang was smarter and quickly understood what he meant, Gu Chen nodded and continued: "Now, follow the marked location and take us to the third place.
A location, which is the parking lot near the entrance of the village."
"Okay." Hu Wenqiang said nothing at this moment. He immediately took the map and led Gu Chen and Lu Weiwei to the location marked by him.
Because the entire village is surrounded by mountains and surrounded by big trees.
Therefore, Gu Chen couldn't tell which place had the best view from the three-dimensional map. It had to be local Hu Wenqiang.
"This is the road to the parking lot." Hu Wenqiang wiped the sweat from his forehead, pointed to one of the sentry boxes and said:
"This is the pavilion, where we usually rest, and the location is determined based on the angle of sight."
"As long as you walk to the pavilion, you can see the whole view of our village, and the view is the best."
Turning to look in another direction, Hu Wenqiang said again: "This is a small parking lot in our village."
"Because the open space here is limited, this parking lot only has a small space. During holidays, there will be more people coming here for self-driving tours."
"However, we will not let them in because it will easily cause traffic jams."
"Then what do you usually do?" Lu Weiwei asked.
"We usually arrange traffic police on duty from the intersection. Anyone who drives here for tourism is not allowed to drive in."
"The vehicles park on the side of the road, and then all take the shuttle bus from our side."
"The shuttle bus ends at our parking lot, and then..."
Turning around, Hu Wenqiang pointed to a direction and said: "Then, go down this way. The slope below can lead to the bridge at the entrance of our village."
"After crossing the bridge, keep walking along the road along the river, and you can reach where we were just now, which is Huang Zhigang's house."
"I know this." Seeing that Hu Wenqiang explained the route clearly, Gu Chen knew that this was an excellent viewing angle, but Gu Chen also reminded him:
"But Hu Wenqiang, what I want you to simulate now is Huang Zhigang's escape method. Do you think he will be waiting to be discovered by us on this only way into the village?"
"No." Facing Gu Chen's question, Hu Wenqiang shook his head and denied it.
Lu Weiwei also said angrily: "Then why are you talking so much?"
"Didn't you say that you need me to mark all suspicious locations? This is the first one, but I didn't say that Huang Zhigang would appear here? I'm just telling you that this is an observation point."
"I got it." Gu Chen didn't want to chatter to Hu Wenqiang now, so he quickly said: "Take us to the next location, which is here." Gu Chen clasped his fingers at the next marked location.
Hu Wenqiang took a deep breath and continued to lead everyone towards a certain direction while introducing:
"This place actually goes downhill. Go down from the parking lot here. Then don't cross the bridge and go straight up here."
While talking, everyone was already walking towards the mountain road.
There are some simple buildings around, which don't seem to be houses, but areas for storing sundries.
Seeing that Gu Chen had been observing the buildings on both sides, Hu Wenqiang quickly explained:
"These places are the warehouses of our village. We usually need to transport any supplies, because as you know, the roads in our village are relatively narrow and have a steep slope."
"Ordinary vehicles can't get in at all, so ordinary medium-sized trucks will pull the goods to the warehouse here, and then unload the materials here. The village will have specialized personnel to manage the storage of these materials."
"Similarly, if materials from the village need to be transported out, they will be transported here."
Seeing that Lu Weiwei wanted to speak, Hu Wenqiang quickly said: "I know, you may want to ask, could this be Huang Zhigang's hiding place? It's impossible, because in this weather, the warehouse is very stuffy."
"If you stay inside, you will definitely not be able to bear it, so don't worry about this place. I will take you directly to the next location."
Hearing what Hu Wenqiang said, Gu Chen didn't care too much.
Because according to the current weather conditions, as Hu Wenqiang said, it will be difficult for Huang Zhigang to survive.
So everyone did not walk across the bridge, but climbed up another mountain road at the end of the bridge.
Hu Wenqiang led the way and said slowly: "Huang Zhigang has taken me through this place many times since I was a child. He likes to go up the mountain from here and pick some mushrooms."
"Moreover, he seems to be very knowledgeable about the mushrooms here and knows which ones can be eaten and which ones cannot be eaten."
"Therefore, every time I take it up the mountain, I can come back with a full meal. If I can't finish it, I can sell it to others and make some small money."
"But does a person like Huang Zhigang seem to be short of money?" Since she knew that Huang Zhigang still had a lot of gold buried in his hands, Lu Weiwei also had her own unique insights into how Huang Zhigang viewed money.
But Hu Wenqiang was unmoved and said: "I said Officer Lu, this is not a question of money. Huang Zhigang doesn't seem to be short of money. I can see that."
"But picking mushrooms is also a kind of fun, isn't it?"
"That's right." Seeing that Hu Wenqiang had his own opinion, Lu Weiwei didn't know what to say, so she just raised her hand and continued:
"Keep taking us up."
"Follow me." Hu Wenqiang turned around and climbed up the mountain.
Since the roads here have certain stone steps, it is not difficult to walk, but the roads are too narrow.
When they climbed to a dilapidated house, Lu Weiwei asked hurriedly: "Is this the second location marked?"
"No, this place was originally a family, but this family has all moved to the city, so this old house has never been lived in. Our second destination is just above, and there is an old house over there.
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While talking, Hu Wenqiang continued to lead everyone up.
She didn’t know how long she had been climbing before Lu Weiwei discovered that the prototype of a building vaguely appeared in front of her.
Hu Wenqiang stepped forward, pushed the wooden door open, then stepped aside and said: "Officer Gu, Officer Lu, look."
"This seems to be an empty house?" Gu Chen stood at the door and sniffed, feeling that there was a lot of dust inside. It was obvious that it was a building that had been unoccupied for a long time.
Hu Wenqiang also quickly explained: "There used to be a family in this place, but this family died in an accident, so the house has always been empty, and no one has taken care of it until now."
"In addition, the location is not particularly good, so no one comes to take over. Anyway, it's usually fine and no one would come here."
"That's why Huang Zhigang took me to the mountains to pick mushrooms."
After listening to Hu Wenqiang's words, Gu Chen also opened the door and walked in.
At this moment, Gu Chen discovered that a window in front of the living room seemed to have an excellent perspective.
As long as you stand in front of the window, you seem to be able to see the entire village.
But just when Hu Wenqiang was about to step forward, Gu Chen grabbed him.
"What...what happened? You can see the whole village from here..."
Before Hu Wenqiang finished speaking, Gu Chen nodded silently and then illuminated an area with light.
When Lu Weiwei saw this, she immediately stepped forward to check the situation. Then she suddenly realized and said quickly:
"It's footprints. There are new footprints here, which means someone has been here recently."
"What? Has anyone been here?" Hearing what Lu Weiwei said, Hu Wenqiang was stunned on the spot, and then looked at Gu Chen.
Gu Chen just looked around.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Since the power here has long been cut off, it is extremely dark at night.
Fortunately, everyone has a strong flashlight, and any strong flashlight can illuminate the entire living room.
Gu Chen also reminded: "This place has been uninhabited for a long time, and the dust on the ground is very thick, but these footprints are the latest, indicating that someone has indeed been here recently."
After finishing his words, Gu Chen shined the flashlight light on the bedside.
Then, the light source is illuminated at the window position.
Seeing this, Lu Weiwei quickly said: "There seems to be a fingerprint at the window, and the fingerprint wiped away some of the dust."
"It should be Huang Zhigang." As soon as Lu Weiwei finished speaking, Gu Chen said with certainty:
"Sure enough, it's as I guessed. This Huang Zhigang may have been here a long time ago."
"How could this happen?" Hearing what Gu Chen said, Hu Wenqiang on the side suddenly shuddered.
It seems that this old turtle dove is indeed different from what I imagined.
Because it was a counter-reconnaissance police operation, Hu Wenqiang was made to look stupid on the spot.
I just felt like I was acting like a fool in front of this old turtle dove.
Gu Chen asked Lu Weiwei and Hu Wenqiang to stand still and not move, while he walked along the side of the new footprints to the window to observe the perspective here.
Soon, Gu Chen also discovered that the entire village could indeed be seen clearly from this angle, and he could even see Huang Zhigang's old wooden house clearly.
"The angle is good." Gu Chen looked around and asked curiously: "By the way, can supplies be stored in this place?"
"Uh, this... I don't know." Hu Wenqiang felt that Gu Chen was making things difficult for him, so he really didn't know.
But Gu Chen was not idle either. Since the location of the footprints and handprints were very obvious, it was easy to tell that only one person had been here.
Gu Chen could also tell from the footprints on the ground that from the pace, he looked like an old man walking.
Since Gu Chen is quite accomplished in trace science, he can understand the situation here at a glance.
So Gu Chen asked Hu Wenqiang and Lu Weiwei to leave the room, and he began to search other corners of the room.
Since no one lives here all year round, and many broken furniture are stacked randomly, it brings some trouble to Gu Chen's search.
But at the same time, this also facilitated Gu Chen's search.
Because there is dust everywhere here, any trace of human friction can be seen.
In addition to this new footprint, it was only from the door to the window, so Gu Chen concluded that Huang Zhigang might have been here or stored supplies here, but the supplies could not be placed in the room.
So Gu Chen came to the gate and started searching everywhere.
We even walked to the side of the house, which is on a cliff, and started to inspect it from some tricky angles.
Lu Weiwei looked frightened and reminded Gu Chen: "Junior brother Gu, be careful. There is a cliff outside. You are lying on the edge like this. What if you fall?"
Just when Lu Weiwei finished speaking, Gu Chen quickly raised his head and found something in his hand.
Hu Wenqiang's eyes lit up and he said in disbelief: "Officer Gu, what are you doing with this bag? What's in it?"
"Living supplies." Gu Chen said.
"Living supplies?" Hu Wenqiang seemed to have not yet reacted to the situation. A few seconds later, when he saw Gu Chen lifting a snakeskin bag in front of him, he said:
"Could it be that this is Huang Zhigang's storage location?"
"This is just the first area to store supplies. See what he has prepared for himself?" Gu Chen opened the snakeskin bag directly as he spoke.
Then, with the help of Lu Weiwei's lighting, he put on white gloves and began to take out supplies from the snakeskin bag.
When Lu Weiwei took a look, she also smiled and said: "The supplies prepared for myself are quite rich, right? There are rice pudding, small beer, and appetizing peanuts."
"I really can't tell that Huang Zhigang really knows how to enjoy it."
Having said this, Lu Weiwei looked at Gu Chen again and said with admiration:
"Junior Brother Gu, I really have you. This Huang Zhigang, as you imagined, will prepare some daily necessities for himself in many places."
"It seems that the possibility of him lurking in the city is very small. After all, there are surveillance cameras everywhere and there are many police searches."
"In addition, hiding places in the urban area are very limited, so staying in the urban area will definitely be difficult for Huang Zhigang."
After a pause, looking at the various supplies in front of her, Lu Weiwei said again: "But hiding here is different."
"There are many hidden spaces here, and it is the area that Huang Zhigang is most familiar with."
"He can hide wherever he thinks he can hide someone, then eat and hide quietly."
"This is not necessarily the place where he plans to live." As soon as Lu Weiwei finished speaking, Gu Chen interrupted directly and said:
"However, this is the hiding place he prepared. There should be many places like this around. We must find them one by one now."
