"Where is this cat going? Is this its den?" Lu Weiwei asked curiously as she watched the white cat in front of her move away from her according to Gu Chen's gaze.
Gu Chen frowned and said softly: "This white cat may live somewhere in the village, but it must have other places to live."
"What we are looking for now is the source of the blood on its thigh."
"Okay." Lu Weiwei still doesn't know why this perfectly white wild cat is covered in bloodstains.
But the most important thing right now is to find traces of Zhang Quan, so any suspicious clue here is worth investigating.
Since Officer Wang and Yuan Shasha were watching from the other side of the village, Gu Chen didn't need to worry too much.
So Gu Chen decided to take Lu Weiwei towards the mountains and forests.
Since this place is close to the mountains, the jungle is overgrown with weeds and it is very inconvenient to walk.
But wild cats don't have to worry about size and can walk freely among these weeds.
Therefore, it didn't take long for Gu Chen and Lu Weiwei to lose the direction of the white cat.
"Junior Brother Gu, I think we have lost track." Lu Weiwei stood there and looked back. She was already some distance away from the village.
Seeing that if he walked further in, he might get lost in the forest, so Lu Weiwei quickly reminded Gu Chen.
Gu Chen looked around and couldn't see the direction of the white cat due to his blocked vision.
But Gu Chen had a master's level of observation, and soon he could vaguely smell a rotten smell through his sensitive sense of smell.
"Junior Brother Gu." Seeing Gu Chen sniffing non-stop, Lu Weiwei asked him out of curiosity:
"What do you smell?"
"The smell of rot." Gu Chen thought for a moment, then continued to add: "There is also the smell of blood."
"The taste of blood?" After hearing what Gu Chen said, Lu Weiwei's eyes lit up and she quickly said:
"Could it be that this is the blood that stained the white wildcat red? Could it be that Zhou... huh!"
Before Lu Weiwei finished speaking, Gu Chen suddenly covered her lips.
Afterwards, Gu Chen quickly lowered Lu Weiwei's body and squatted in the grass to observe secretly.
Seeing this, Lu Weiwei seemed to understand what Gu Chen meant. There might be some movement around her.
So Lu Weiwei quickly followed the guidance of Gu Chen's eyes and began to observe the situation ahead.
Not long after, I heard the cry of a wild cat, but the wild cat just meowed a few times and then walked directly into the distance.
Seeing that there was no other movement around, Gu Chen let go of Lu Weiwei's mouth.
Lu Weiwei also leaned into Gu Chen's ear and whispered, "Are there any wild animals around?"
"Probably not." Gu Chen was not very sure and could only analyze and say:
"Logically speaking, this place also belongs to the Jiangnan Lake Scenic Area. However, I heard from people before that some nationally protected birds are found in this mountain forest from time to time."
"But no one has ever heard of a large beast like that."
"If it's not a ferocious beast, then what on earth died there? Otherwise, how could the wild cat be contaminated with these things?" Lu Weiwei didn't quite understand.
But an ominous premonition has already come to mind.
Gu Chen took a deep breath, pulled out the mechanical baton from his waist, slowly stood up straight, and groped forward.
Seeing this, Lu Weiwei could only draw out her mechanical baton and follow closely behind Gu Chen to provide protection for Gu Chen's rear.
The two of them moved forward slowly, and soon Gu Chen stopped.
Because Lu Weiwei was staring at Gu Chen's back and flanks, she didn't see Gu Chen's movements clearly, so her body directly hit Gu Chen's back.
"Shush!" Gu Chen did not remind Lu Weiwei, but Lu Weiwei made a shushing movement with her right index finger deep inside her body.
When he saw Gu Chen standing there blankly, staring straight ahead.
Only then did Lu Weiwei realize that there seemed to be no threat around her, so she stood up slowly and poked her head out from the side of Gu Chen's body.
"this……"
When Lu Weiwei saw this scene in front of her, her whole heart couldn't help but tremble.
A pair of human legs were exposed among a pile of weeds.
Obviously, this person was deliberately hidden here by the weeds.
Seeing this scene, Lu Weiwei hurriedly walked to the position next to Gu Chen, and soon smelled a bloody and rotten smell.
"It turns out that the blood on the white cat's thigh was stained from here?" Lu Weiwei said weakly, not sure.
Gu Chen didn't say anything, but he seemed to have an answer in his heart.
Gu Chen took two steps forward and used the mechanical baton in his hand to push away the weeds above.
The image of Zhang Quan lying there soon appeared in front of the two of them.
"Is it...is it Zhang Quan?" Seeing this scene, Lu Weiwei also exclaimed.
It feels like Zhang Quan, whom everyone has been searching for, died in the woods behind the uninhabited village.
This surprised Lu Weiwei, and she quickly took two steps forward to confirm the identity of the deceased.
"That's right, it's Zhang Quan. How could he die here?"
"Take photos of the scene first." Gu Chen took a deep breath and reminded him.
"Oh." Lu Weiwei reacted, quickly took out her mobile phone, and began to take pictures of the body from various angles.
Gu Chen, on the other hand, took out his mobile phone and dialed Officer Wang's phone number directly.
After a while, the call was connected, and Gu Chen said bluntly: "Brother Wang, we have found Zhang Quan, it's just a corpse. We are currently at the back of the uninhabited village."
"I will send you a specific location. Well, that's it."
After the words fell, Gu Chen hung up the phone directly.
Lu Weiwei also took photos of the scene from various angles.
At this moment, Gu Chen began to conduct a detailed inspection based on the situation around Zhang Quan.
Soon Gu Chen discovered that there was a place ahead, and the weeds on both sides seemed to have been squeezed.
Gu Chen pointed to the area ahead and said, "This is where the murderer came to Zhang Quan's death."
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Upon seeing this, Lu Weiwei quickly took photos of the walking route using Zhang Quan’s corpse as the subject.
Gu Chen squatted in front of Zhang Quan's body, put on gloves and a mask, and began to conduct an on-site inspection of Zhang Quan's body.
After some operations, Gu Chen took a step back, stood up, and expressed his opinion:
"There are not many abnormal objects in the gaps between Zhang Quan's fingers, and there are no traces of fighting."
"But the fatal part of Zhang Quan's death was his neck. Someone cut his neck open with a sharp knife and he died of excessive blood loss."
"Besides, maybe Zhang Quan himself knows this person." As soon as Gu Chen finished speaking, Lu Weiwei also made her own judgment based on the situation at the scene:
"Junior Brother Gu, look, Zhang Quan's state of death does not look like there were signs of a fight, but this knife was almost fatal."
"Judging from the knife edge, the opponent should be standing directly in front of Zhang Quan, and directly cut Zhang Quan's throat while Zhang Quan was not paying attention."
"That's right." Seeing that Lu Weiwei had clearly seen the core of the problem, Gu Chen could only agree:
"This murderer may be someone Zhang Quan knew, and judging from the state of Zhang Quan's body, the time of death should be the night before yesterday."
"Moreover, the two were communicating face to face, and Zhang Quan was attacked without any precautions."
"Who is so cruel? Is it because he wants to kill people and silence them?" Seeing the scene in front of her, Lu Weiwei couldn't help but complain:
"Could it be that Shangguan Wu? This guy doesn't look like a good guy at first glance. He has always been at odds with Hu Zhe, who plays in the band."
"Perhaps he was the one who had Hu Zhe killed, but he felt that he was getting into trouble, so he asked Zhang Quan to go out and hide."
"But I was afraid that Zhang Quan would reveal the secret, so I just didn't do anything and killed Zhang Quan directly."
Looking up at Gu Chen, Lu Weiwei said again: "What do you think, Junior Brother Gu?"
"It's hard to say now." Gu Chen shook his head and denied it, and then said:
"If the murderer is Shangguan Wu, what about the other person? According to the driver of the garbage truck, when we met on Wutong Road, there were obviously two people."
"This shows that if one of them is Zhang Quan, then the other must be his accomplice."
"Gu Chen." While Gu Chen was analyzing the case, Officer Wang and Yuan Shasha also traced the location based on the address sent by Gu Chen.
The two people quickly arrived at the scene and looked at Zhang Quan's body in front of them.
Officer Wang frowned and looked horrified: "Why is this Zhang Quan dead? I wanted to catch him here, but it was too late."
"Did Zhang Quan's accomplices do it? Didn't the garbage truck driver say that two people appeared at that time, one stopped him and asked him to keep his distance from the garbage truck, while the other went to rummage through the garbage truck."
Yuan Shasha also expressed her opinion.
Gu Chen nodded silently and analyzed: "From the current point of view, Zhang Quan's death time was the night before yesterday."
"Moreover, Zhang Quan was scratched on the front of his neck by a sharp blade, resulting in excessive blood loss and death."
"Being able to communicate with Zhang Quan at close range and kill him by surprise can only be accomplished by acquaintances around Zhang Quan."
After a pause, Gu Chen continued: "Moreover, Zhang Quan often collects debts for others and often gets into group fights with others."
"So, his skills should be pretty good, but even so, I couldn't find any traces of a fight on Zhang Quan's body."
"That's strange." Officer Wang crossed his arms and waved his right index finger and said:
"Maybe it was Zhang Quan's accomplice who did it. After all, it was just two people searching the garbage truck on Wutong Road."
"Now we have only found Zhang Quan's body. It is very likely that a conflict broke out between the two people, and in the end Zhang Quan was killed by the other party without defense."
"And that person just escaped. Before escaping, he covered Zhang Quan's body with some weeds. He didn't even have time to dig a hole."
After hearing Officer Wang's words, Lu Weiwei nodded silently and couldn't help but say:
"That only shows that the murderer committed the crime randomly and did not prepare the tools in advance."
"So this kind of murder is highly likely to be random, and 80% of it was done by that accomplice."
"Don't draw conclusions so early yet." Gu Chen interrupted everyone's thinking and pointed at Zhang Quan's body and said:
"From Zhang Quan's body, we can indeed easily see some problems."
"But now, we are not sure that Zhang Quan was among those rummaging through the garbage truck on Wutong Road that day?"
"The garbage truck driver also said that he did not see the man's face clearly. Both of them wore caps and masks to hide themselves very well."
"So, what exactly is going on here? We still need to bring Zhang Quan's body back to the Technical Section of the Municipal Bureau for further body examination to find out."
After the words fell, Gu Chen also took a deep breath and felt a sense of frustration welling up in his heart.
It's obviously just one step away, but it's still a step too late.
Lu Weiwei also said angrily: "If we hadn't found a white wild cat with blood on its thigh, we might not have discovered this place at all."
"Moreover, it feels too casual to dispose of Zhang Quan's body so simply. Isn't the other party afraid that the body will be discovered?"
"Afraid, of course." As soon as Lu Weiwei finished speaking, Gu Chen also said calmly:
"Of course the murderer wanted to hide the body, but the murderer may not have been prepared, or the murderer may have been instructed by someone else."
After hearing Gu Chen's analysis, everyone's eyes once again focused on Gu Chen.
Gu Chen didn't hide it, and directly expressed his analysis one by one.
"The red-haired man Zhang Quan may be the murderer of Hu Zhe. Based on the on-site surveillance analysis, we can determine this with a high probability."
"And the red-haired man Zhang Quan is Shangguan Wu's right-hand man. Shangguan Wu and Hu Zhe have a deep hatred."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "But between Zhang Quan and Hu Zhe, there is not that much grudge. At most, they are venting their anger on Shangguan Wu."
"So, based on the known clues, the first possibility is that Zhang Quan was ordered by Shangguan Wu to secretly kill Hu Zhe."
"Then throw Vujicic's body into the trash can on Binjiang Road."
"Then it will be recycled by garbage truck, and on Wutong Road, together with my companions, we will transport the body away for disposal."
"After completing the mission, Zhang Quan may have received an order from Shangguan Wu to go out and hide. Zhang Quan naturally thought of this secret base and came here."
After a pause, Gu Chen looked at everyone and continued his analysis:
"Subsequently, another accomplice, after receiving a phone call from his boss Shangguan Wu, deliberately led Zhang Quan to the dense forest in the back mountain, and then unexpectedly killed Zhang Quan here."
"But because the incident happened suddenly and it was a temporary task, the murderer had no time to bury Zhang Quan's body and could only cover it up with some weeds."
"However, he might come back to dispose of the body."
"There is a high probability that we will not come again." Officer Wang shook his head and said truthfully:
"If we hadn't investigated Zhang Quan, maybe the murderer would have come over to cover up the body."
"But now that Shangguan Wu knows that we are investigating Zhang Quan's whereabouts, they will not let the murderer take this risk."
"Senior Brother Wang is right." After listening to Officer Wang's analysis, Gu Chen continued:
"There is another possibility that the murderer is not the accomplice, but someone else."
"After Zhang Quan and his accomplice disposed of Hu Zhe's body, the accomplice may have been hiding in another area."
"Because Zhang Quan is relatively familiar with this area, he came here to avoid the limelight for a while."
"But this location happened to be known to some people, so the news finally reached the murderer."
"The murderer came over and killed Zhang Quan who was hiding here, but because he came in a hurry and had no digging tools, he had to cover it up with weeds."
"That's simple." Listening to Gu Chen's analysis, Yuan Shasha on the side also said quickly:
"We can infer the time the murderer stayed here and the time he left based on Zhang Quan's death time."
"Then, we can circle this time range and ask Senior Brother He to investigate the monitoring of nearby roads."
After a pause, Yuan Shasha added: "I remember that there was surveillance on the road where we came, right at the intersection."
"That's right." After hearing what Yuan Shasha said, Officer Wang quickly reminded: "We can bring out the surveillance camera to investigate."
"Look at the area around the time of Zhang Quan's death. What vehicles came in and out?"
"If the time of entry and the time of departure happen to be close to Zhang Quan's death time, then we can investigate this vehicle carefully."
"This is the only way." After listening to everyone's various analyses, Gu Chen also agreed in principle.
Taking a deep breath, Gu Chen then said: "Senior Sister Lu, inform Gao Chuanfeng from the Technical Section of the Municipal Bureau and ask him to come and take the body back."
"Understood." Upon hearing this, Lu Weiwei immediately took out her mobile phone and contacted Gao Chuanfeng.
Gu Chen looked at Officer Wang again and said, "Brother Wang, do you still remember the man No. 10 in white that we met before we came here?"
"Of course I remember, what? You want to take him back to the police station for questioning?" Officer Wang obviously guessed what Gu Chen meant.
Gu Chen nodded silently: "This person knows this place, but few people know about this place."
"I want to use him to find the group of people who know this place, and then find all these people, bring them back to the police station, and question them one by one."
"If the murderer of Zhang Quan is very familiar with Zhang Quan, he must also know this location."
"We use people who know this location to conduct investigations. There is a high probability that we can narrow down the scope of the investigation."
"That's right." After hearing what Gu Chen said, Officer Wang nodded and confirmed:
"I will go back to the vehicle and get the contact information of the man No. 10 in white."
After thinking about it, Officer Wang added: "In this way, after we return, we will immediately control this guy, then escort him, and bring back all the remaining people who know the location for investigation."
"Okay." After listening to Officer Wang's analysis, Gu Chen also decisively agreed.
Now Zhang Quan's death has made it clear to Gu Chen that there may be a bigger conspiracy hidden behind it.
Because in Gu Chen's view, Hu Zhe had to be eliminated by this group of people just because he knew certain secrets.
Gu Chen had reason to believe that this group of people committed crimes as a group, with a clear division of labor and a vested interest.
Zhang Quan is also one of them, but Zhang Quan is another trouble.
Therefore, it is natural that he was killed. Obviously, the murderer did not want too many people to know the truth.
Once Hu Zhe died and Zhang Quan was also killed, fewer and fewer people knew the secret of this matter.
Thinking of this, Gu Chen also took a breath and felt extremely frightened after thinking about it.
An hour later, Gao Chuanfeng led the city bureau's technical department team to the scene of Zhang Quan's death.
After on-site body examination, Zhang Quan's body was put into a body bag and taken away by two forensic assistants.
Looking at Gu Chen who was standing aside, Gao Chuanfeng also walked over and said, "This guy's throat was cut with a knife. Moreover, judging from his sword skills, this murderer should be a master of knives."
"A master of swordsmanship?" Gu Chen, who crossed his arms and crossed his chest after being reminded by Gao Chuanfeng, suddenly had his eyes lit up.
And Gao Chuanfeng also continued: "Yes, Gu Chen, haven't you seen it yet? This guy Zhang Quan was killed with a knife."
"This man's knife skills were very sharp, and he almost cut open his throat with one knife."
"From the perspective of wounds, this person's movements are very sharp. If we are face to face, then the reaction speed of the other party will be slower."
"In other words, the moment the opponent takes action, Zhang Quan is completely capable of conditioned reflexes."
"That's right." After listening to the analysis of forensic doctor Gao Chuanfeng, Gu Chen seemed to have an idea and hurriedly said:
"A person like Zhang Quan is very skilled and often gets into group fights."
"The reaction speed should be several times that of ordinary people. Even when facing the most familiar person, when you take out a knife and slit his throat, you will make a habitual dodge action."
"This is a conditioned reflex accumulated over many years, but the wound on Zhang Quan's neck is very sharp."
"Except for the fatal wound, there were no other knife marks, indicating that the murderer only used one knife, and the skill of this knife was quite impressive."
"Not bad." Seeing that he just said it casually, Gu Chen already understood the mystery.
Forensic doctor Gao Chuanfeng couldn't help but give a thumbs up and said with admiration: "Gu Chen, you are really good at it. You immediately saw the key to the problem."
"It's you who reminded me." Gu Chen was not greedy for credit and said humbly:
"We have found similar wounds in the past with several knife marks."
"And the technique is quite rough, so the deceased's wounds will not be as smooth as Zhang Quan's."
"As for Zhang Quan, it's more like standing on the same spot, face to face with the murderer, and being directly injured by the other party with lightning speed."
"It would be impossible to complete such an operation without several years of knife skills."
"That's right." It felt like there was no need to remind him, Gu Chen had already guessed the key to the problem.
So after Gao Chuanfeng ordered his assistant to drag the body away, he also approached Gu Chen and said:
"Gu Chen, I'll go over first. You should know what to do next."
"Understood." Gu Chen nodded slightly and couldn't help but said:
"Next, the suspect we are looking for must be a master with a knife. This skill may be related to his profession."
"And I already had someone in mind."
Hearing what Gu Chen said, Lu Weiwei also blurted out: "That's the man No. 10 in white. That guy is a chef. The chef's knife skills should be quite good."
"That's right." After hearing what Gu Chen and Lu Weiwei said, Yuan Shasha also agreed: "That guy is a master of swordsmanship, and his professional swordsmanship should be good."
"Then do I still need him now? Take him to look for other suspicious persons who know this location?" Officer Wang also asked casually.
Gu Chen shook his fingers and affirmed: "Of course, anyone who knows this location needs to take it back for review."
"In addition, we don't need to alert the enemy. We should stay calm enough and slowly find out the activities of the man No. 10 in white in recent days."
"Look at the time when Zhang Quan's incident happened. Has this guy been here? However, don't let him know too much about our intentions."
"Of course." Understanding what Gu Chen meant, Officer Wang also had the answer in his mind.
After Gao Chuanfeng completed the finishing work, he looked back at Gu Chen and said, "Gu Chen, are you leaving?"
"Come on, come on. You can transport the body back to the Technical Section of the Municipal Bureau first, and use instruments to test it to see if there are any missing clues."
"We won't go back with you."
"Okay." After hearing what Gu Chen said, Gao Chuanfeng said nothing more and directly ordered his assistant to transport the body down the mountain and drag it away.
Returning to the foot of the mountain, Gu Chen had no intention of leaving rashly, but continued to stand where he was, observing his surroundings carefully.
Seeing this, Lu Weiwei hurriedly came to Gu Chen's side and asked, "Junior Brother Gu, is there anything I missed?"
Gu Chen did not speak, but squatted down and picked up a stone on the ground.
Seeing this, Lu Weiwei reminded her: "Aren't these the same stones as the ones in the yard of the last old house? They are used to pave the road."
"That's right." Gu Chen stood up and glanced at the yard where everyone found the white wild cat before, and couldn't help but said:
"Zhang Quan and the murderer actually walked around this house and then came down from the direction we went down the mountain just now."
"You can see the signs of the collapse of plants on both sides."
"Then you want to..." As if she guessed Gu Chen's intention, Lu Weiwei paused briefly for a few seconds, and then said again:
"Do you want to take some of these stones and the surrounding weeds back to make samples?"
"Yeah." Gu Chen nodded silently and said honestly: "Although I don't know if this can help us? But what I want to say is, try your luck."
After finishing his words, Gu Chen raised his right leg and looked at the sole of his white sneakers.
Then, he plucked the stones off the soles with his hands and said, "The stones paved here should be made from local materials, and the mineral content must be different from other places."
"And the plants here also have their own characteristics. I just want to try my luck and bet whether there will be such stones on the soles of the murderer's shoes?"
"Smart." Seeing what Gu Chen said, Lu Weiwei suddenly realized:
"In this way, it can also provide us with another possibility."
"That is, if the soles of the other person's shoes are mixed with stones from this place, and the minerals are the same, you can actually quickly determine whether he has been here."
"We can bring back some of the stones here for sample analysis, as well as the surrounding plants. Anyway, we'll just try our luck."
"Yeah." Seeing that Lu Weiwei understood what she meant, Gu Chen also smiled slightly.
Then, the two began to take out a small evidence collection bag, put some surrounding stones into it, and then went back to collect some plant pollen along the way.
When Gu Chen and Lu Weiwei returned to the front of the vehicle with the samples, Officer Wang and Yuan Shasha had been waiting there for a long time.
Seeing that Gu Chen and Lu Weiwei were late, Yuan Shasha also asked curiously: "Brother Gu, Senior Sister Lu, why are you so slow? Did you find something else?"
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "Took some samples." Lu Weiwei took the samples extracted by herself and Gu Chen in her hands, instantly surprising Yuan Shasha.
Yuan Shasha was also stunned and said: "Why did you two pack so many stones and plant samples? And pollen?"
As soon as she finished speaking, Yuan Shasha understood something again. She immediately grinned and suddenly realized:
"I understand, you are going to take samples of the surrounding plants as a reference."
"Yes, I now have serious doubts about the man No. 10 in white."
"If we can do testing through some of the things stained on his shoes, pants and clothes."
"If it matches the samples we extracted, then I think he must be the murderer."
After a pause, Lu Weiwei enjoyed it for a few seconds, then waved her hand and said, "Of course, this is just a guess made by me and Junior Brother Gu. The main thing is to try our luck."
"I know, leave this to me." Seeing that Lu Weiwei had explained the situation so clearly, Yuan Shasha naturally understood it too.
In previous cases, Gu Chen had used the unique plants at the location of the incident to identify the murderer.
Therefore, Yuan Shasha also knows the importance of these samples.
Immediately took the pollen, plant and stone samples packed in small transparent evidence bags from Lu Weiwei.
Then, take out the plastic basket from the trunk and put everything in it.
After everyone got in the car, Officer Wang, who was sitting in the driver's seat, confirmed with everyone and said, "Now, is it right for us to go find the man No. 10 in white?"
"Yes, let's go to the stadium first." Gu Chen said.
"Okay." Officer Wang didn't hesitate, immediately started the vehicle and drove quickly towards the stadium.
When everyone arrived at the stadium, it seemed that the people playing football had been replaced by another group of people.
Even the audience sitting on the sidelines changed a lot, but Gu Chen still spotted the woman wearing denim overalls staying there at a glance.
Because the sky was getting darker, lights were turned on around the stadium. Gu Chen walked up to the woman wearing denim overalls and said hello:
"Hello, do you still remember me?"
"You are...oh, you came to the stadium to look for someone, just the guy on the motorcycle, right?"
The woman obviously knew Gu Chen's handsome face.
Gu Chen smiled slightly and nodded and admitted: "Yes, I came here to see him."
"That man has already left, and he doesn't seem to be very good at playing football." The woman added.
