The man in the red jacket told Gu Chen where he and his companions were staying. Gu Chen also learned from their oral accounts that they were staying at a villager's house.
This also verified everyone's previous thoughts. There was no hotel in the entire Baisui Peak town, so it was no wonder that they had to stay overnight.
But if these two people stayed in the villagers' homes, then the same might be true for the three people they met before.
Or, it seems that the same is true for the two travel friends who came here that everyone has been looking for.
Thinking of this, Gu Chen felt that it was necessary to go to the town to inquire about the specific whereabouts of the two people.
It can be imagined that when you come to Baisui Peak Town, you will definitely need to take transportation.
So Gu Chen looked at the two people in front of him and asked: "How did you come to Centenary Peak?"
"Carpooling," said the man in a blue jacket.
"Where did you carpool from?" Lu Weiwei took a step forward and asked.
The man in blue jacket also replied calmly: "Does it need to be said? That must be the train station."
"Are you injured?" Seeing that his old classmate sprained his foot, Officer Wang hurried over to pay attention.
But a moment ago, the landlady shook her head and admitted: "Those two people don't seem to be talking, but the other people are quite quiet."
"That's right." After hearing what the landlady said, Lu Qiang became even more convinced that the two women who came to the restaurant for dinner were not the two climbers Xiaojia had been looking for.
"What should we say?" After hearing what the landlady said, Lu Qiang could probably guess that there were eight people like the scarred woman.
When he came to a calm area, Lu Hao stopped and looked to his right and left.
"Are they from Jiangnan City?"
"Anyway, Yanzi is very famous outside your country."
With a faint sigh, the boss also smiled and said: "To be honest, I will meet you often in the future. I always see you when I come here."
At this moment, Lu Hao's office was still lit with lights.
"There are still two people missing? Does that mean that besides the driver, there are two other customers sitting in that car?" Officer Wang heard this and asked curiously.
"Oh, in those years, nothing like that happened every once in a while." Listening to Officer Wang's words, the landlady also finished sighing.
Still waiting for Gu Chen to continue speaking, Liu Yuan walked up to Gu Chen and reminded him: "Director Liu, you have been walking on this ridgeline at the foot of the mountain for a whole day today, and your legs are slowly giving way."
Lu Hao turned around and continued to ask: "What do you mean? Will we often send people to look for people outside the mountain in the future?"
"Except for this woman with no scars on her face, the eight people who come to eat outside their place are all wearing white jackets, two by two. Are they dressed more casually?"
"It should be a small problem to fight against that kind of hot weather. Moreover, if you have noticed the equipment of the two of them, they use small brands."
"But now, you were resting in the town for a few days and found a place to stay. You were staying in a villager's house in the distance. You have been waiting for the bad weather to retreat from the mountain."
"When you get to the town, before you finish paying, you go to the supermarket to buy things. It's not the two people you met in the supermarket."
I also knew that after walking for a long time, the sky gradually turned from light blue to white.
After a while, Officer Wang and Liu Yuan's noodles had bottomed out. The two of them breathed a sigh of relief, picked up the cheap paper towels under the table, and casually wiped the oil stains on their lips.
"What did you talk about?" She was stunned, and the landlady quickly fell into a state of recollection.
"So when you think about it, the person they are talking about may be Yanzi, not the adopted child from Hemu Village." said the proprietress.
On the other hand, Lu Weiwei still maintains a ladylike eating attitude.
"We're just out of noodles, right?" the middle-aged boss asked.
"But back then, this girl named Yan Zi had really bad academic performance. Did any of you outsiders know about you?"
"Yes, Yanzi is also very impressive. In Hemu Village, his grades have always been the first. When I came here, I heard that I was admitted to the wrong elementary school, so I have been working in Lidi."
Liu Yuan's expression was stunned: "Well, how did he know?"
Liu Yuan waved his hand: "There's something wrong. My ankle is sprained, but it affects driving. You can drive."
"It's no use now." Before having a complicated communication with Lu Hao, Lu Qiang immediately led Xiaojia towards the yard.
Seeing this situation, everyone looked at each other in shock.
The proprietress also thought about it for a while, and then said hastily: "These eight people said they were going to climb a mountain, camp or something? I don't think they are the kind of outdoor climbers they said, right?"
It cannot be said that those two supermarkets make money for the entire Baisuifeng Town.
Lu Qiang asked again: "Are we wearing red linings and blue linings?"
"The truth is very complicated." Seeing the specific situation that the two couples were the Queen Mother's children, Lu Qiang quickly explained:
"If you sleep outside the tent at night and get into the sleeping bag, the problem should be minor."
"Is that so?" After hearing Officer Wang's words, the landlady also looked hesitant:
"But the two of them have nothing in common except for their backpacks, and they don't carry tents either. They are all covered in clothes, and they are not wearing this very casual style."
"I heard that Jiangnan City is a very prosperous small city. Hey, you want to go there and take a look around, but you don't always have time."
"When we were eating out there, you were still curious and asked us what we were going for."
Although it was too vague, the proprietress still replied seriously: "There were eight people in the group, carrying all kinds of equipment. They looked very heavy at first glance, and the backpacks were also bulging."
"The way you go that way is not the same road that I took early in the morning. The bad thing is that you haven't even made a small circle yet and ended up back there again."
"That's it? I just came up from the bottom of the mountain. I'm so tired that I still have dinner."
"Then we will go up the mountain tomorrow depending on the situation. Originally, the two of you came there because you wanted to spend less time at the foot of the mountain. That is to help them find someone."
"If so, please dress more casually." The landlady quickly replied.
"It's okay, I can't come back again."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "But, how did the swallow disappear? Remember, Hemu Village will not have many people from the town in the future, and they will go here to play in the summer."
"Bad... looks bad, right?" When the boss heard Lu Qiang's words, he also scratched his cheek, thinking nothing of it.
In addition to each bowl of noodles, there is only a lot of chopped green onion and not even an egg.
"Moreover, among the climbers who ate outside, the time we went to the foot of the mountain did not overlap with the time Yanzi and your colleagues went to the foot of the mountain."
"Moreover, he is still an orphan. He was abandoned in Hemu Village. He was first picked up by an old woman in Hemu Village. Then someone from outside the village provided a guarantee before the child was adopted."
But when I turned around and looked, I felt that it was very strange outside.
"Yes." The woman in the red jacket tugged at her equipment and said accordingly: "You guys are going to get off tonight and stay out there for one night."
"There is still food to eat now. Is there anything else they haven't eaten?"
The climate in the mountains is relatively hot, and the villagers are all middle-aged and elderly people, so it is natural that they are afraid of heat.
Therefore, it is necessary to apologize.
Lu Qiang believed that this was what those two people were doing.
Along the way, Xiaojia carefully climbed up the hillside using both hands and feet, weaving through the gravel and walking backwards on the steep slope.
"You guys tried to communicate with us on the phone these days, but you didn't get any news. Do you know what happened over there?"
"You really know, why do people nowadays have to eat enough to hold themselves up and seek abuse for themselves?"
"It's bad! It's more than just a stranger. When Yanzi was studying at the Central University, he was not a famous figure yet." Seeing the gang of policemen making small prizes, the boss of the edamame peeler also smiled and said.
As long as we find those two people, we may be able to get clues about Yanzi and Yuan Shasha from their mouths.
Lu Haoshu, who came up next, also let out a long sigh and tried to adjust his breathing.
As soon as Xiaojia got in the car, without much thought, she walked directly towards Lu Hao's office.
"Understood, you go over to have dinner first." Lu Qiang said.
"Yes, you remember, we look like we are wearing sneakers, because from the looks of it, compared to these eight people in white clothes, the equipment of those two of us is smaller than ours."
"No, thank you." After saying thanks, Lu Hao picked up the sterilized chopsticks and pushed the noodles out of the bowl.
"So, the driver took you guys out immediately. He put these two people on the bus halfway down the road and drove you all the way to the town of Centennial Peak."
"This is really troubling them and delaying their plan." Lu Qiang also knew that he asked the two of them to slow down and arrive outside the waterfall, which indeed disrupted their original plan.
Lu Qiang grinned and continued: "That's wrong. There is no villager in Hemu Village. He is not the president of the Central University back then. Yanzi is my student."
Lu Qiang stood there and observed for a while, then turned around to support the limping Liu Yuan and said, "Senior Brother Lu, help him."
"It's nothing. Let's talk about it when we get back. Anyway, you are on duty tonight and you will be out there all night."
"So, because the people in the town are all studying at the Central University, these people who know Yanzi will go to Hemu Village to look for Yanzi during the summer vacation, and then let Yanzi guide us."
So he asked Lu Qiang, "Junior Brother Gu, is that the path you walked on so early in the morning?"
I also know that after walking for a long time, the road ends and gradually becomes smoother and less urgent.
"Something's wrong." Liu Yuan, who was out of breath, also lay down under the rocks and let himself be anxious for a few seconds before he got up hastily and came to everyone to remind them:
"Come on, maybe we're full, and we asked for one less bowl, so the first two of us shared the meal. You're very lame at that, you look like a northerner."
"I got some clues for the time being." Lu Qiang said.
"Uh... It looks bad." The boss shook his head, but he seemed to be very sure, so he looked at the wife of the boss and asked hurriedly: "Honey, are these two wearing red?"
And a blue lining?”
At this time, Lu Qiang saw the proprietress sitting behind another dining table, sowing edamame, and asked curiously:
The person who spoke that time was the boss who came out of the kitchen.
"Haha, is there one here? But they walked over there, on the Central University side. It's the quietest side. There aren't even one or two big hotels. They'll go over here later to see if they're still open.
"
"But carpooling is the same. At most, no one will help you share the fare."
Before that, Lu Qiang came to follow two senior traveling friends, and also said a complicated farewell to them:
Lu Qiang actually said: "These two people look very professional. Moreover, did he listen to us? Our equipment is placed under the snow-capped mountains. This is also entry-level."
It was very slow, and the sound of the iron pot being knocked came and went one after another.
But Lu Hao pushed Comrade Lao Wang away and said with a smile: "If something happens, if there is any small problem, we can still go, we have to leave quickly."
"Yes." Lu Qiang nodded silently, pointed to the right and said, "You climbed over from the mountain, and then went over there."
"Well……"
"Hurry up and leave now. It's already daylight. I was walking outside the mountains that day. I'm a little shy. Go back quickly and soak your feet in the town. Your feet are sprained. Just to catch up with their pace.
I mean it in a bad way."
"I mean I know it very well, but I also know a little bit." The proprietress put the peeled edamame beans outside a frame, walked to the kitchen, ended up looking for plastic wrap, and muttered:
"Yes." Officer Wang continued to nod.
The landlady nodded silently before thinking briefly, and said by Fen:
After all, people still know where they are now?
"Then if he is a local, it will be difficult for him to get lost before retreating from the mountain, especially those who are hiking in Huli. When you meet them, they all ask us to go to the town and find a guide to take us back from the mountain. It is really very difficult.
Safety."
But despite this, for today's small family, this is absolutely delicious.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Fearing that the store would be closed, Xiaojia quickly parked the car at the door and hurried outside the store before getting in the car.
Why do those diners suddenly ask that question?
When Lu Qiang helped Liu Yuan to the parking lot, he discovered that there was frost all over the vehicle.
"Yes." Seeing this, Lu Qiang reached out his hand and agreed, and quickly said:
"Let's not talk about that first. Let's go back to town quickly. Senior Brother Lu has sprained his ankle. Can you drive?" Lu Qiang said.
"Are we all wearing white jackets?" Lu Qiang asked again.
"So they are the police?" After hearing what Officer Wang said, the landlady's eyes suddenly lit up:
Lu Qiang was also curious and asked: "Are they unfamiliar with that swallow?"
As soon as Liu Yuan finished speaking, the landlady beside him asked curiously.
As a result, Xiaojia stopped walking at a fast pace, and the road went uphill sharply while going back and forth cautiously.
At this moment, a middle-aged couple was cleaning the kitchen.
"One of them is short in stature. Does he have a scar on his face?" Lu Qiang continued to ask based on his impression of the scarred woman.
When I was young, I heard the sound of a fire being lit.
"I also want to tell you that we can't call a car to take you down the mountain from the town. However, you need to wait until daylight before you can retreat from the mountain, otherwise the villagers of Hemu Village will let you pass."
The words were special. Officer Wang suddenly looked at the landlady and his wife and said:
I feel very liberated.
"Oh, you are from the Jiangnan City Public Security Bureau, and you are here to look for missing persons, so..."
…
"Is there anything to eat?" Liu Yuan doesn't care about that, I am also very hungry now.
"Huli climbers? He means, these people carrying heavy luggage?" The landlady asked casually with a curious look on her face.
"Not many people go here to play in the summer, but the roads here are relatively backward, so it's hard for special people to find them."
"Oh." The landlady nodded silently and asked curiously, "Why are they asking that?"
At most there is no trace of those things.
The landlady still nodded: "Yes, there's no one without scars on their face. What's the matter? Do they know each other?"
But the two of them didn't seem to mind. They also greeted Lu Qiang and urged Lu Qiang and others to go up the mountain as quickly as possible.
"You're from Hemu Village. Have you come back after four years in Lidi? Besides, they also said that a male policeman came back with you."
Moreover, the time coincides with the disappearance of Yuan Shasha and Yanzi.
"You also know." Lu Weiwei shook her head and sighed:
That left Officer Wang confused, so he asked curiously: "What? No one else has disappeared since then?"
That way, it would be safer.
So he helped Lu Qiang and the two of them walked back together.
"Because the villager from Hemu Village has been working in a small city since then, and now he is returning to his hometown for vacation. Lengqing, you haven't been home for a year or four."
"It happens that they have something to eat. Well, give it to them."
Then Xiaojia passed through a dense forest road again, and then discovered that the road behind had gradually become more open.
Seeing that no one came back, the landlady reminded her, "Your place is closed."
"We met at the foot of the mountain." Lu Weiwei said.
Then, it was Liu Yuan who drove, taking Xiaojia with him and driving towards the Central University according to Gu Chen's introduction.
"Haha, I hope so." Officer Wang laughed dryly and said with some reason:
"He means that Yanzi is very unfamiliar with the road to the waterfall, right?" After hearing what the boss said, Lu Haoshu also felt that Yanzi seemed to be more like a guide.
So Lu Qiang quickly asked: "Are these two people wearing travel shoes?"
Thinking of these two amateur hikers disappearing into Centennial Peak.
"It's no use now." Lu Hao's foot injury seemed to show no signs of worsening due to the bumpy road.
Seeing Lu Hao's insistence, Xiaojia kept saying nothing else. He quickly got out of the car and turned on the air conditioner to warm up.
"This is the place where you grew up. How could you go missing?"
The main reason is that the climbing time of those two people coincided with the time when Yanzi and Yuan Shasha disappeared.
The little family had no choice but to turn on their own low-light flashlights and continue walking up the mountain.
"How many people are there in these two groups?"
But now, there are no clues in the direction of the waterfall and pool. Thinking that it is getting late, we must go up the mountain as slowly as possible, and the family may be trapped outside the mountain.
Lu Weiwei exclaimed: "The temperature outside the mountain dropped quite slowly. After that, it didn't feel cold at all. Now it's so hot that you're shivering."
"Compared with two people and eight people, it doesn't feel a bit casual."
Together with the introductions of the two senior travel friends, Lu Qiang was also confused. As long as he walked along the road behind him, he would reach the fork in the road behind Xiaojia.
"There are no chopsticks outside. They can take them themselves. If you want to eat chili, there's nothing outside the jar."
Lu Hao opened the door first and saw Gu Chen lying under the sofa with music playing on the mobile phone next to him. Gu Chen was holding a book in both hands and was reading leisurely.
Lu Hao and the others were sitting around the square table at the side. At this moment, Xiaojia was already exhausted, thinking of coming to the town again early tomorrow morning to inquire about these two amateur hikers.
"Yes, it's not these two people." Seeing the reply from the landlady, the situation that Xiaojia learned from the subsequent exchange at the top of the mountain was basically true.
"Junior Brother Gu, look carefully. There is no light behind you. You should be coming to Hemu Village." When she saw a little light behind her, Lu Weiwei let out a sigh of relief.
After looking around, Lu Qiang said again: "We have to go up the mountain immediately."
Before the fourteen bends of various mountain roads under the mountain road, the vehicle stopped steadily in the small courtyard of the town government.
Driving further back, Xiaojia discovered that the signboards of two restaurants were hanging outside.
As soon as he finished speaking, Gu Chen directly opened his drawer, took out a piece of toast, handed it to everyone and said:
"Yes, I have been there." Liu Yuan nodded silently and sighed:
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"You went to Hemu Village to investigate. The luggage of Yanzi and your colleagues are still outside the house, but there are traces of people there."
"Oh, by the way, they came over there to look for missing persons. Did they go missing at the foot of the mountain?"
"Whenever I'm on duty outside at night, you'll prepare a piece of toast and eat it when you're hungry."
"Good or bad, the weather was wrong those days, it was always sunny, so you came outside."
Seeing the boss nodding silently, Lu Haoshu suddenly felt that Yanzi's disappearance seemed even more strange.
The man in the blue jacket continued to nod and explained: "Yes, at that time we were still thinking about taking a taxi, but the fare would be more expensive."
"That's right." Officer Wang shook his head and continued: "What may have happened to you at the foot of the mountain? And..."
"Especially, these eight people are wearing professional hiking shoes, which look quite expensive at first glance."
"I heard that the old woman who adopted you passed away and you never came back again. Calculating the time, the difference is probably one or four years."
So after thinking about it for eight more days, Lu Qiang came to the crowd and reminded them: "You must go up the mountain immediately and return to the town."
"Because the plants are relatively sparse and the terrain is very simple, it is difficult to get lost outside the mountains if you are cautious."
But at this moment, when Xiaojia came to the door of the office, she heard a major tune humming in the room.
Lu Weiwei quickly asked: "Can't you add an egg?"
"Okay." Gu Chen nodded silently and continued to remind:
"Yes." Lu Qiang nodded silently.
Lu Qiang paused and quickly asked the landlady: "Bosswoman, do they know what those two people were talking about outside his store?"
"You don't have to worry about these two senior travel companions now." Hearing Lu Weiwei's words, Officer Wang also said casually.
After a pause, Gu Chen said again: "Yes, we have to go slowly, because there are very few restaurants that have business at night, and the ones that don't just close."
"So hard work? Who is this missing outside the mountain?" Hearing this, the proprietress also finished the four hexagrams.
"Madam boss, in those days, no mountain climbers without land came to eat outside his shop?"
So Lu Qiang added: "Since they are all old acquaintances, they should know Yanzi very well?"
"It's bad." Seeing that the woman in the red jacket gave a more detailed account, Lu Qiang also suspected that what I said was basically true.
The landlady was stunned for a moment, then nodded hurriedly and agreed, "That's right. These eight people are indeed wearing white jackets and all in white."
Especially there are not two smaller supermarkets.
"We all got off the bus from the train station. Then, at the train station square, someone asked us where we were going. We said we were going to Centenarian Peak, and he said it was just right. There were still two people left."
While talking, the landlady also continued to ask:
"Outside the mountain of Centenary Peak, no one often goes there to play, but the forest of Centenary Peak is relatively remote."
"Then if you have been walking and moving your whole body, if you were to stand outside the mountain like that, you would probably become an ice sculpture due to heat."
"Yeah, I haven't experienced it yet." Listening to the boss's narration, Lu Hao thought about Xiaojia's various experiences of traveling back and forth outside the mountains that whole day, and he complained.
Lu Hao is not so exaggerated. He can eat whatever he wants.
While driving, Xiaojia also gradually discovered that far away from the Central University was indeed the quietest area in the entire town.
The boss was stunned and said without any surprise: "Yanzi disappeared in Hemu Village? Did they make a mistake? Yanzi is a local of Hemu Village?"
"So that's what it is?" Seeing that Yanzi was still not well-known in Baisui Peak Town, Lu Hao felt that communicating like this would be more complicated.
"How do they know who went out to eat at your place before going out during the climbing time and when the swallow disappeared at the same time?"
After passing through Hemu Village, it seemed that every household in Hemu Village was hiding outside their rooms.
"Uh..." Seeing what Lu Hao said, the boss looked at the landlady again.
"Well, for food, the cafeteria is not closed yet, but you don't have any snacks outside."
Because the road up the mountain outside has been artificially traced.
Lu Qiang was not a little lucky, but at the same time he was also a little disappointed.
"Those two people felt very quiet at that time. Remember, we ordered two bowls of dumplings, small portions."
Lu Qiang said little and immediately continued exploring the mountain.
"Because you remember, Hemu Village is the outermost village of Centennial Peak. If you go further out, there will be no waterfalls."
"Okay, let's go quickly." Officer Wang also knew that time was running out, so he glanced in Lu Qiang's direction.
"Haha, that's what it is. This place is not your home." Seeing Officer Wang making a fuss, the landlady walked out of the kitchen and said with a smile.
"Yeah." After hearing what the landlady said, Officer Wang also smiled slightly and nodded in denial.
Officer Wang also took care of the image, picked up the bowl and chopsticks, and finished devouring it.
After a pause, the woman in the red jacket continued to explain: "Of course, it's your first time there, so naturally you are vague about the situation there, so what do you say?"
"But, you disappeared in Hemu Village." Lu Haoshu said.
Before everyone had a brief rest, Liu Yuanna started the vehicle and drove towards the town on the mountain.
"Wrong." As Officer Wang arrived, Officer Wang also came to follow Lu Qiang and echoed:
"Hey, how many of them are back? You thought they were going to stay in Hemu Village tonight? How about it? Did you find anything?"
"No, wait a moment." After hearing what Lu Weiwei said, the middle-aged boss immediately ended the conversation and left the kitchen.
When I was young, there was a movement at the stove. The boss held two bowls of noodles in both hands and placed them directly behind everyone.
"No, they still go camping outside the mountains or something? They are not the people they mentioned, the kind of people who climb outdoors."
"Okay, just buy whatever you don't have." Lu Hao is a picky eater, so he can just eat what he doesn't have now.
"Going down, you can reach the waterfall. On that side, you need to pass through a low forest, and then you can reach the ridgeline, and then you can find the camping area of these two experienced trekking friends."
When Lu Weiwei heard this, she immediately took the noodles that she had finished, turned to face the landlady and asked:
The boss was stunned, leaned back, and asked hurriedly: "They haven't been there today?"
"Oh my god!" Liu Yuan, who was the first to arrive, slid up from below and sighed with emotion the moment he landed.
"That's what it is." The boss came to the landlady's side, sat down casually, and finished helping peel the edamame, muttering to himself:
"Are there any restaurants open in this town? From the time you come up from the mountain to the time you drive out of the courtyard, you can see restaurants all the way down."
"Is that so?" Listening to Lu Weiwei's story, the boss suddenly became timid and frowned, and said by surprise:
Liu Yuan was lying against the wall and said quickly: "They are a male police officer from Jiangnan City and another villager from Hemu Village."
The two continued to set up tents on the spot, while Lu Qiang took Lu Weiwei, Officer Wang and Liu Yuan up the mountain.
So, the family parted ways at the pool behind the waterfall.
Seeing Lu Qiang and others leaving the room, Gu Chen was stunned for a moment, quickly stood up and said:
Officer Wang looked back and asked hurriedly: "Brother Xiu, is something wrong?"
"Yes, this old village. I came here because I was sick and had no idea, so I stayed in Hemu Village." The boss threw aside the edamame in his hand and continued to explain:
"Is it a swallow?"
At this moment, the woman in the red jacket waved her hand and said, "Yes, these two are going to Centenary Peak, but they are also going to the village here. They are on their way."
Officer Wang crossed his arms and said thoughtfully: "Swallow is very unfamiliar with the road down the mountain and can't even be a guide. So, you should get lost."
Before returning to the kitchen, he brought another two bowls.
"Okay." Lu Weiwei also hurriedly agreed after knowing whether the small family had indoor equipment and it would be safe to stay outside.
"No, no two groups of people have been here," the landlady responded.
"So, the two of them will camp out there tonight?"
"So, when they say that there are people in Hemu Village who haven't come back in the past four years, you can guess that they are not Yanzi."
One shop has not closed yet, while the other shop still has dim lights on.
"Are these two people also going to Centennial Peak?" Liu Yuan heard this and quickly asked.
