Gu Chen walked back and forth in front of everyone, seeming to be in anxiety.
First of all, Gu Chen didn't know what the purpose of Yanzi's return to Hemu Village was. But it was certain that she was not just here to relax.
Secondly, what might the people in the village know? But because at that time, Lao Mumu had been teaching and educating people at the central primary school in the town, and rarely returned to Hemu Village.
Therefore, Lao Momu didn't know anything about what happened in Hemu Village back then.
In addition, there is a certain gap between Lao Mu and the villagers. Therefore, the villagers rarely tell him the truth, and it is even more difficult for him to know the truth clearly.
"According to your opinion, do the people in the village know Yanzi's life experience?"
"I must know something." After hearing what Gu Chen said, Lao Mumu also replied definitely:
"But the people in the village didn't say anything, because Yanzi and I have a teacher-student relationship, and I took special care of Yanzi when we were in school."
"So Yanzi has special trust in me and wants to know something about his biological parents through me."
With a heavy sigh, Lao Mumu added: "But you also know that I can't tell her. I can only tell her some of the situations I guessed."
"Now we have to go together, it's not fun to go alone." Officer Wang Lu Qiang blurted out directly.
"It doesn't make sense." After listening to Lu Weiwei's explanation, Deng You in the front row nodded and denied after observing the scene for a few times before stopping:
"No." Deng You and Deng Youyu said. The bald young man immediately gave up his position and said:
"How many people are there?" After hearing what he said, Lao Mumu stood firm and said hurriedly:
"That's right." Gu Chen completely agreed with Wen Yan's view, and also said with some reason:
That should be regarded as an open space second only to the parking lot at the entrance of the village.
"It's bad." The old village chief Lu Qiang said, and Gu Chen also said anxiously:
"Haha, how did you know that?" Seeing Deng You ask such a question, the old being also said with a wry smile.
"Bad, I got it." In response to his wife, the old village chief turned to look at Xiaojia and explained:
"It's nothing, it's just a big waterfall." said the old village chief.
"But, do the old people outside the village wear those kind of hiking shoes? You see, the bad young people and old people outside the village all wear cotton shoes."
"This doesn't mean that the last time they saw you two was on the road down the mountain, right?"
Officer Wang was stunned and asked curiously: "What must it be?"
"Who have you been looking for outside the village? Oh my, that one is really cool. Anyway, we just want to chat with acquaintances when we meet them?"
"So, Yanzi and I have always had a bad relationship, especially knowing that Yanzi is a child adopted by an old woman in your Hemu Village, and she also takes good care of you."
"Yeah." After listening to the village chief's explanation, he nodded silently and then said:
At this moment, Wen Yan pointed to one of the areas and said:
"Not to mention, the footprints are really small, and they are actually the footprints of a man."
Then, he took Xiaojia back to the house.
"But we have already told the village chief and Lao Mumu that Da Yuan and Yan Zi are the two older people, and the last time the village chief's wife saw them was not after dawn."
Those are all mountain spring water.
"What Senior Brother Lu said is wrong. Maybe it was only one woman who came down the mountain, or maybe there were not many people."
As we go further down, Xiaojia obviously feels that the mountain road becomes smoother, especially the angle ends and becomes less steep.
"Yes." Deng You nodded silently and reported his family background: "You are from the Tai City Public Security Bureau, and those few are from the Jiangnan City Public Security Bureau. The time you came here..."
"Moreover, you borrowed cleaning tools from people outside your village and went back to clean a room outside your old house. You will stay outside your old house in the evening."
"That road was built by you Hemu Village villagers. Although it is a bit more luxurious, it is enough for going down the mountain."
"Your wife said that the last time he saw you was when we were cooking dinner in the evening. You seemed to be walking down the mountain."
Deng Youze snapped his fingers and said, "That's wrong. Now you go to the foot of the mountain. So there must be several people going back together, and they are walking together."
"Haha, how did you know?" There were too few questions, so the old village chief smiled bitterly and waved his hand.
"Going down the mountain?" After listening to the old village chief's introduction, he glanced in the direction of the door and pointed at the location down the mountain and asked me curiously:
"It's for sure."
"Bad."
Lao Mu shook his head and said with some reason: "You have a solution. Just tell them everything you know about the situation."
"From there to the waterfall on the top of the mountain, there is only a flat mountain road that can't be reached."
"Others, how do you communicate with me?"
"It's bad." Seeing that the situation explained by the old village chief was basically consistent with what Xiaojia learned, he nodded silently and continued to ask:
"With Da Yuan's skill, it is more than enough to deal with an adult woman, but there are definitely few people, so that is another matter."
"Deng You, it seems that the creases on those plants should be from Dayuan and Yanzi..."
"After all, the village chief's wife said she saw the two of them walking down the mountain after daylight."
"Don't talk about the useful ones." Lu Qiang and Gu Chen said, and Lu Weiwei quickly retorted:
"Where have you been to?" As soon as the old village chief finished speaking, more questions came one after another.
"But, there are clearly young people outside the village, all of them old people. Where did that footprint come from?"
Pointing to his own house, the old village chief continued to explain:
On one side of the open space, there is no old wooden house. Compared with other wooden houses, that old wooden house looks stingy.
The bad thing is that the old lady I met, and the current old wood, all provided some information to Xiaojia.
At this moment, Officer Wang also walked down from the crowd, took the lead and squatted down, observing the broken vegetation.
After saying that, the old village chief suddenly asked in a low voice to the room at the side door: "Old woman, was the last time he saw Yanzi and your friend at dawn?"
"How long?" After thinking briefly for a few seconds, the old village chief also gave his own explanation:
"Not yet. We haven't been anywhere yet? When was the last time they saw you?"
In the middle of the small hall, there was the same fire-making tool that Xiaojia saw at the old lady's house later, something similar to a small iron pot, placed under a square wooden frame.
The old village chief continued to shake his head: "You are being vague about that, because Yan Zi was always mysterious before he came back. It is difficult to see you. I should go around the surrounding area."
"It's bad." Deng You nodded slightly and said with a worried look on his face:
"In case that person is beneficial to Dayuan and Yanzi, I feel that the two of them are quite safe in the deep mountains and forests."
"Come here, Yanzi has not returned to the village again before attending your grandma's funeral, because your only relative is also here."
Lao Mumu was stunned and shook his head: "I don't know about this. After all, although Yanzi is familiar with me, it's only because I taught Yanzi."
"Senior Brother Lu, why does it sound more and more like tomb robbing? However, there is only a large waterfall at the foot of the mountain, and is there anything else?"
"Where did he see you going?" the old village chief asked again.
"Eh?" After hearing what Yan said, Lu Weiwei suddenly felt enlightened and said quickly:
At the very least, there are many people living outside the village, and among those people, there are always one or two who have seen where Yanzi and Yuan Shasha went last time.
"I'm just being polite, and I hope they can find Yanzi and Yuan Shasha soon." Lao Mumu said lightly.
"What if this is a person?" Deng You put forward a new hypothesis.
"What do you mean..." Halfway through the words, after hearing this, he turned to look at Officer Wang and everyone, and quickly explained:
Crossing his chest with his hands and holding his chin, Gu Chen continued to analyze:
But from the moment I heard the words and walked back to Hemu Village, I felt that Hemu Village was strange and elusive.
"Yes." Seeing this, Gu Chen also smiled and said, "You should know?"
After thinking for a while, Lao Mumu added: "You may tell this friend what you are thinking, and it is not their contemporaneous Yuan Shasha."
Several of Deng's people dared to delay and immediately walked slowly down the hillside.
Thinking of that, after hearing this, he decided to set off immediately to find this waterfall.
"Bad." Upon hearing this, the old village chief nodded repeatedly.
Facing Wen Yan’s series of questions, the village chief also scratched his head and said thoughtfully:
"Bad." Knowing that those who came that time were police officers, the bald man was very cooperative.
"Think of the worst in everything." Officer Wang walked among the crowd and reminded:
But after thinking about it for eight more days, he heard this and asked the old village chief: "But old village chief, why do you wait until daylight to go down the mountain?"
"Anyway, you only know that there is no big waterfall at the foot of the mountain, so what else is there for me?"
When I was young, I heard the sound of footsteps.
"That's what he says." Faced with Lu Weiwei's doubts, Gu Chen also smiled bitterly and continued:
"Break it." Seeing that Lao Mumo had no request in that regard, he readily agreed after hearing this:
"Besides, you feel that with the physiques of the elderly people outside the village, it is completely necessary for us to climb down the mountain."
"I'm sure the two of them just went for a walk at the foot of the mountain and went home right away. That's not bad."
"Among those 9 people, perhaps no one has seen Yanzi and Dayuan."
"They see that the houses outside your house are relatively old and of relatively low quality."
So after hearing this, he quickly asked: "How long does it take to walk from there to see the waterfall at the foot of the mountain?"
"It turns out that the traces were left by the old people outside the village. It is very unlikely that they were left by Yanzi and Yuan Shasha."
But thinking about the abnormal behavior of outsiders, Deng You still felt that there was no need to ask vague questions from outsiders.
"Can I tell you about the situation of Yanzi and Yuan Shasha?" Wen Yan said.
"But their village is surrounded by trees and forests. Are they going to those places?" Officer Wang asked again.
"There are no obvious traces of being trampled on the vegetation in that place."
"Yes." Hearing this, he nodded and explained, "You are your colleague."
"Can you guys have a chat?" Lu Weiwei said.
"At that time, Yanzi was abandoned at the entrance of the village. The old woman who picked you up and took you home came and passed away. She died probably... one or four years later."
The old village chief was stunned: "Where have you been? Um...that you are really familiar with, maybe...just been around the village, right?"
"What? No one else has ever gone down there outside the mountain?" After hearing what Yan said, Lu Weiwei quickly went down to check the situation.
"Perhaps there are other young people who haven't arrived there yet, but they haven't been discovered by anyone outside the village."
"Yes." The village chief shook his head, glanced at the side room, and explained: "Your wife is in bad health and got up late, so he is still sleeping in the room."
Everyone at the place was stunned, thinking that Yanzi and Dayuan must not have had their intentions on the way to the foot of the mountain.
"The village chief's house lives right next to the central square outside the village. It's not all the way to the back. It's a large open space. This is not your village square. The village chief lives outside here."
After the old man finished speaking, he coughed twice, and then hit his front and back with his fist.
"No, thank you." Lao Mumu thanked him and waved his hands to the others who heard this, indicating that they could not leave.
Lu Weiwei frowned slightly and looked at Wen Yan.
The old village chief smiled bitterly and said hastily: "That may be true. Your Hemu Village is located in the hinterland of Centenary Peak, and is a primitive village on the outermost side of Centenary Peak."
"It's bad, will it disturb you?" Lu Weiwei said.
"Including you, the difference is small. The population outside the village now totals 12 people, all of whom are middle-aged and elderly people."
"Why are you here? Why did Swallow come back that time?" Officer Wang asked me curiously.
Seeing Lao Mumu pointing back and explaining to everyone, Lu Weiwei also thanked him and said, "Thank you now."
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "But I heard that you came back that time just because you were tired from work and wanted to go home and relax, so you brought your friends over.
"
But just when they were about to turn around and leave after hearing this, they were suddenly stopped by Lao Mumu: "Wait a minute."
Hearing this, he also knew that even at his age, the old man was still messing around.
"Yuan Shasha?" The village chief, who was stunned for a moment but reacted slowly, also asked curiously:
"It's not an old man from outside the village." As he spoke, the old village chief also opened the cold water bottle, poured a few glasses of cold water for everyone, and continued:
There are no publicity boards or sports equipment around the open space. It should be the village list interactive center.
After a while of communication, Xiaojia continued walking down the mountain.
…
Only then did I realize that there were many plants in the jungle that had not covered the mountain road. Going back, I needed to push those plants aside.
Every time Xiaojia takes a step, he seems to feel like he is carrying something heavy.
After listening to Wen Yan's analysis, everyone looked at each other, feeling that it didn't make sense.
The village chief shook his head: "You should show up now, because you have fewer things to do and have many opportunities to chat with Yanzi."
"Wait a moment." It sounded like they were coming from outside the city, and everyone immediately heard a response from inside the house.
From retreating to Hemu Village, to the village chief's house, to the waterfall at the foot of the mountain, Deng Youxiao probably had no muddy impression in his mind.
"Yes." Officer Wang also agreed with his old classmate's point of view and said to Deng You justifiedly:
"In addition to him, you have also met an old couple, which is equivalent to nine people who have not met them."
As long as we find the last place where the two went missing, there may be no hope of finding them.
"No..." Now that he was on the stage, Lao Mumu raised his head in deep thought, then slowly raised his head again and warned:
Village chief Deng You also smiled and said: "How could that be?"
"Old village chief, is there nothing at the bottom of the mountain?"
"But where do the swallows go? You are also very vague."
"Maybe the older generation in Hemu Village hates burying some valuable things outside their homes under the mountain."
"But they have retained a lot of later architectural styles. Moreover, your beautiful mountains and clear waters outside. Although the scenery outside is better than that of these commercial scenic spots, the scenery outside is all pure and natural."
"Now we have to talk about everything. That Hemu Village is a swallow that has only returned home after one year, not your friend Dayuan."
"Lao Mu?" Because she knew Lao Mu's situation, Lu Weiwei still had to pretend to know:
"Vegetation creases?" After Lu Qiang heard what he said, Lu Weiwei immediately looked around the road. Sure enough, Lu Weiwei discovered that on the left side of Wen Yan, there were no traces of plants that had been trampled obviously.
"Have you seen this before?" Deng You continued to confirm.
"Like you old bones, go to the foot of the mountain and walk to the waterfall. It will probably take 40 minutes."
"It seems that the people who retreated to the foot of the mountain are not only Yanzi and Yuan Shasha, but also other women."
"It's bad." Seeing that the situation was getting darker, he could only act according to the plan after hearing this.
"Swallow actually hasn't been back for a long time, because you are an orphan who was picked up and adopted by an old man outside your village."
"Who is that old log?"
But what I heard at this moment was normal and calm. After repeatedly observing the traces on the ground for a long time, I said hurriedly:
After thinking about it, Officer Wang quickly asked, "Where does the head of Hemu Village live?"
A wooden chair was immediately brought and sat among the people.
"Anyway, I heard from your wife that before Yanzi came back with your friend, he took the initiative to find Lao Mu, oh, not the old principal."
"You are a young man." As soon as the words were spoken, the old village chief waved his hand and explained:
There is not much wood ash in the middle of the iron pot, and there are only a few pieces of burnt charcoal in the middle.
"It seems that the current situation is too optimistic. Others have come to Hemu Village."
"What happened next? Did Yanzi tell you where he was going?" Lu Weiwei asked quickly.
"As for how they find Yanzi? That's their business. Even at your age, you can help them a little."
Usually if there are one or two people outside the village, the whole village has to take action. At least go to the surrounding mountains to see if the two people are not lost outside the mountains or something?
As the bald man opened the door, the young man walked out of the house.
Wen Yan and several people walked behind. At this moment, the door was closed. Wen Yan also tried to knock on the door.
"What about the rest of this?" Gu Chen also continued to ask.
"However, Yanzi once studied at the Central University, and I also taught Yanzi. I can be regarded as Yanzi's teacher."
At this moment, Xiaojia felt less alert.
"After all, when you return to the village, you come here to find memories and experience your childhood, right?"
"Apart from this?" The old village chief was stunned for a moment, and then he thought about it and said, "Aside from this, is there nothing wrong with bad images?"
"But if you have something hidden in your heart, I will tell you easily."
At most it shows that this large waterfall is not far from Hemu Village.
"You are observing the folds of vegetation under the mountain road." Wen Yan said.
"Yes, remember, you guys seemed to have been looking for old wood outside the village."
In the room, a reply came slowly from an old lady with a local dialect accent.
But based on those alone, Deng Youmu was still able to find seven people.
They were still waiting for Officer Wang to finish speaking, but he suddenly interrupted.
Then, we parted ways at the door.
"Promise him to keep your secret."
"You remember, your wife saw the bad thing, right? Your wife was getting ready to go home to cook at that time, um, yes, the bad thing was probably when it was getting daylight, right?"
"Oh." After hearing this, he quickly asked me: "How many people live outside the village now?"
Seeing that what the old village chief said didn't make sense, he nodded slightly and asked, "Where was the last time they saw Yanzi and Yuan Shasha?"
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "No, thank you." Listening to the old village chief's meaningful explanation, Deng You also vaguely vague about the specific structure.
"The last time I saw you two?" It felt like Deng You had posed another little problem for himself. The old village chief thought for a moment and said hastily:
"What about here? What did we say to that old wood before here?"
"You doubt Da Yuan's strength. Once you encounter him, Da Yuan's skills are more than enough to deal with an adult woman."
As the wooden door was opened, a bald man wearing a military uniform looked at everyone with a curious look on his face and said:
Seeing this, the old village chief quickly put on his slippers and followed Xiaojia to the door.
But Deng You, who was walking in the last row of the team, suddenly stopped, which made everyone no longer confused.
"The big rivers outside you are all mountain spring water, water flowing up from the mountains."
"I know." Lu Weiwei and Lu Qiang also said with a smile: "You guys set off now."
After hearing this, he accepted my statement and said hastily: "That's wrong. Judging from the traces of broken plants, the time may indeed have happened a few days later."
"Moreover, when the two of them were going to the top of the mountain, they had to take the only way."
Because I heard that I also found a lot of water flowing up from the mountain on the side of the road in Hemu Village.
The village chief nodded silently: "But is that true? Yanzi himself said that to you outsiders."
"Is it about Yanzi?" The bald man continued to wait for Deng You to finish speaking.
"I've seen him before." The old village chief continued to tell the truth.
"Village chief, why don't you take a seat and let's have a nice chat?" Hearing this, he looked at the bald man and said casually.
With a faint sigh, he heard the words and said: "With that kind of weather, how could the elderly people outside the village climb to that kind of place?"
"Who is it?" I also heard a response from inside the house. No one knocked on the door and called.
"Looking at the way the plant was broken, it must have been a few days later, right?" Officer Wang finished speaking and subconsciously looked at Wen Yan beside him.
After all, no one familiar to me has appeared outside the mountain. Those are things that Xiaojia did not expect in the future.
"As for your pretending to be sick, I asked them to reveal it. You were just dealing with outsiders in the village."
"You are just vague about the rest. After all, your wife and people outside the village have never seen you two before."
"Perhaps people are going up the mountain that passed through that time period?"
"12 people?" After listening to what Lao Mu said, Officer Wang also thought about it and said hurriedly:
"It means that some of those people did not tell the truth, or we also know how that person appeared? Maybe he passed through Hemu Village quietly and came to the road going down the mountain." Wen Wen
Word after word.
"Tuk tuk tuk, is no one at home? Tuk tuk tuk, is no one at home?"
Following Lao Mumu's prompt, Xiaojia walked along the mountain road and found that there was no open space behind.
But Deng You smiled teasingly: "Is it true or not? After all, Hemu Village is built in the hinterland of Centennial Peak, so it won't be a waste of youth time."
Gu Chen quickly said: "Is that the village chief's home over there? You guys are from outside the city."
"What's wrong?" Hearing this, he stopped and turned to ask me.
Turning to look at Xiaojia, he heard this and asked: "Ask them, they usually come to that kind of place and want to go down the mountain. How many of them in particular are going?"
"Are all people outside their village vague?" Officer Wang asked again.
"Are they from outside the city?"
"Yes." The old village chief nodded.
"But since Dayuan and Yanzi both go to the foot of the mountain together, why can they form a team?"
"So, before you came back, who did you look for outside the village?"
"Because originally, your Hemu Village was not outside the mountain valley. There were no villages further down."
"That old man will be the president of the town's central university in the future. He mostly stays outside the village."
"Is there no treasure outside the mountain?" Officer Wang stopped thinking.
"Yes, you were going to make dinner and I met you on the road."
Wen Yan took Lu Weiwei, Officer Wang and Gu Chen and continued walking through the remaining low-lying houses in Hemu Village towards the mountain road behind them.
The small family sat in the middle and suddenly felt a wave of warmth.
Then, the bald man also used tongs to find a few pieces of new charcoal from the sack on one side.
"Old village chief, please go back to your house first. I'll leave the rest to you. You go and have a look outside the mountain."
Lu Weiwei looked right and left, and asked curiously: "Village Chief, are you the only one outside your home?"
"Furthermore, judging from the size of the marks, they should be a pair of shoes around size 44, and they look like hiking boots with no obvious sole texture."
"After all, home is right there. Wear cotton shoes to keep warm when you go out. It must be you. If you also know how to wear those kind of hiking shoes, right? It's quite troublesome."
Looking up at the people behind him, the old village chief added: "It must be those people. You estimate, 30 minutes will be enough."
"Yanzi has hated playing on the bed since he was a child, so I guess you want to experience what it's like to be an adult."
"It's hot inside, please come back and sit down."
Due to tight time and heavy tasks, they dared to delay after hearing this and immediately prepared to leave for the village chief's house.
"How's it going? Brother Wang?" Seeing this, Gu Chen in front of him quickly asked.
Holding out a finger, the old village chief continued to explain: "There is only one road. If they follow that road, they will see it if they keep walking back."
"First of all, it's dangerous. Secondly, why are we climbing down? Do you have anything to do?"
"Maybe I want to stay away from home for a few days, and then relax before going back to work? That's probably not the case."
Lu Weiwei took a step back and said: "Junior Brother Gu, it is really like that. Then, Dayuan and Yanzi may have to face a threat."
"This is bad." Seeing this, Lu Weiwei immediately turned on the law enforcement recorder, and everyone in the family returned to work.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "Don't say anything now, pay attention to the surrounding situation. After all, there are not many people at the bottom of the mountain? You are coming up."
"Don't they have anything to ask?" Seeing Wenyan standing there thinking about the problem, Lao Mumu also asked casually.
But the road down the mountain didn't seem too far, because it was very close to the top of the mountain, and it seemed that it took a long time to find this waterfall.
"Is this the boy who went back to the outside of the village with Yanzi?"
"But now that we have found both of them, do you still have a way to ask them?" When Gu Chen heard that, he also looked helpless.
But now that Yanzi and Yuan Shasha are missing, people outside the village are acting like something is wrong, which makes Wen Yan feel very strange.
"If you knew, Director Liu from the town also came here yesterday, then you would know that Yanzi has not left Hemu Village, and his luggage is still there."
"No, thank you." After learning about the situation, he also thanked the old village chief after hearing this.
"Especially, the fog outside the mountain is very heavy, and the vegetation has blocked the mountain road. You have to be careful when walking."
"So there is no feeling that the dragon has seen its head and tail. People outside the village often meet you and will chat with you for a few words."
Everyone bowed their backs and walked down bit by bit.
"It's bad." Seeing this situation, the village chief introduced him and said:
Lu Weiwei hurriedly came to follow Wen Yan, and asked me curiously: "Junior Brother Gu, what's wrong?"
Then use some sawdust to light the fire and put new charcoal underneath.
"In addition, there is thick frost under the vegetation now, which makes it difficult to walk on the ground and makes your feet slippery."
"It's vague, but it seems like he walked down the mountain." The old lady's response still came from the room.
"You just carefully examined the footprints around the plant, and you found that the person who can wear that shoe size is at least an adult woman."
Turning to look at Xiaojia, Lu Weiwei continued to explain: "They all saw it today. Although the sun has not risen yet, there are many people outside the village getting up."
"Did you tell them that?" Deng Youye asked curiously after hearing the village chief's explanation.
So he quickly stood up, shook hands with the old village chief and exchanged greetings: "So, you guys go to the bottom of the mountain now and have a look. Do you know how many forks there are outside the mountain?"
"I'm afraid that the two of them will retreat from the mountain rashly without any equipment, and it will be late, so there will be no safety."
"Pretending to be sick can't avoid some interruptions."
