Fatigue seemed to have taken over his whole body. At this moment, the man in the blue jacket was still panting when he spoke, and he seemed to be exhausted.
The man in the red jacket is in no better condition. At this moment, he can only stand under a big tree, seemingly without even the last bit of strength to support his body.
Gu Chen was chasing after him, which greatly consumed the physical strength of the two of them.
Even though the two of them had the support of grasping nails, they were still defeated by Gu Chen's legs.
"Comrade police." Seeing that Gu Chen was still hesitating, the man in red jacket couldn't help but said:
"Every word we say here is true. I'm not lying to you. We are being hunted all the time."
"Then why are these people chasing you?" As soon as the man in the red jacket finished speaking, Gu Chen asked him casually.
This question left the man in red jacket stunned on the spot, not knowing how to answer for a long time.
Gu Chen glanced at the man in blue jacket and said, "Say."
"This...how did I know this?" It felt like Gu Chen felt aggrieved when he asked such a question. The man in blue jacket also choked with sobs at this moment and said:
"We have been wandering around in the woods all day and night. We don't know how many wrong roads we have taken, and we don't know where to go?"
All I know is that with our many years of outdoor experience, if we can’t go out, we should go to lower ground.
"As long as we keep walking towards Sanxia, no matter where we go, we will be able to get out sooner or later."
"That's right." As soon as the man in the blue jacket finished speaking, the man in the red jacket beside him quickly echoed:
"Based on our experience, we originally planned to look for water sources, such as rivers and streams."
"As long as you follow the river down, you will be able to get out."
Looking left and right, the man in the red jacket suddenly looked frustrated again: "But in this situation, let alone looking for water, with this heavy snow, I can't even tell the difference between south, south and north."
"And the power of the mobile phone has also been exhausted. The two of us are really..."
After saying this, the man in the red jacket choked up, but his tears couldn't stop flowing out.
Seeing that both of them were exhausted at the moment, they still walked around in the dense forest of Centennial Peak all day long.
Thinking that the two of them might not have eaten yet, Gu Chen simply stopped talking to them.
Anyway, the large army would catch up later, so Gu Chen found his backpack, opened the zipper, found some compressed biscuits, and walked directly to the man in the red jacket.
Help him tear off the outer packaging of the compressed biscuit and put it in his mouth.
"Didn't you go all day and night without eating? Eat something first." Gu Chen said.
"But..." The man in the red jacket who was biting the compressed biscuit also turned to look at his handcuffs and motioned to Gu Chen to help him untie them.
But Gu Chen refused: "We will confirm what you two said later, but now we must aggrieve you."
"Why?" The man in the red jacket, who was biting a compressed biscuit and speaking slurred words, immediately stopped and retorted vigorously:
"We didn't commit any crime."
"You two almost killed me just now." Gu Chen also had something to say.
The man in the red jacket suddenly looked dumbfounded, but he was still biting the compressed biscuit in his mouth and was speechless.
The man in a blue jacket on the side also said angrily: "But, we thought you were the people who were chasing us, and this was all just a misunderstanding."
"Since it is a misunderstanding, you should be patient for a while. After our people come over, we will naturally give you the next arrangements."
"However, on the night we separated, an old man in Hemu Village was attacked and almost killed."
With a sigh, Gu Chen added: "So, while the situation is still unclear, you may also be the target of suspicion."
"What? Someone attacked people in the village?" When the man in blue jacket heard what Gu Chen said, he was stunned and said:
"This must not have been done by us? We were still being chased everywhere that night."
"It's empty talk. I will explain it to you when the investigation results come out, but for now, you have to cooperate with us." Gu Chen didn't talk nonsense to him and stated the principle straightforwardly.
"Damn!" The man in the blue jacket heard this, and he lost his temper and complained loudly. He was about to scold Gu Chen, but Gu Chen stuffed his mouth with compressed biscuits.
"Aren't you hungry? Eat something." Gu Chen said.
"But how are you going to let us eat this?" The man in the blue jacket bit the compressed biscuit with his whole body, and his words were slurred.
Gu Chen smiled slightly and continued: "You can eat this compressed biscuit without using your hands. I have already given it to you, so you can make up your own mind."
After the words fell, Gu Chen began to pack his backpack.
The man in the blue jacket, after looking at each other with his companion, seemed to feel that it was useless to say more at this moment. After all, Gu Chen did not believe it and had doubts.
Therefore, in line with the principle of a good man not taking advantage of the situation, the two of them ate the compressed biscuits in their mouths bit by bit without using their hands.
At this moment, Gu Chen also used his master-level observation skills and noticed a movement not far away.
Looking in the direction of the sound source, I could only see some faint lights, faintly visible.
Gu Chen knew that a large army was on its way to support.
So Gu Chen finally let go of his worries. After all, he came here just to track these two people.
Now that these two people have been subdued by him, Gu Chen feels that further investigation is needed as to whether what they said is true.
But it was right to take these two people back to the police station.
"Junior Brother Gu? Is it Junior Brother Gu?" I don't know how long it took, but a light shone in the distance, and then Gu Chen heard Lu Weiwei's call.
"Sister Lu, it's me."
Gu Chen took the flashlight and shined it twice in Lu Weiwei's direction.
"Junior Brother Lu, are you okay?" Hearing that it was Gu Chen who was responding to her, Lu Weiwei also said a few words to the people around her, so they quickly walked towards Gu Chen's direction.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! When she saw Gu Chen, Lu Weiwei looked Gu Chen up and down, frowned slightly, and asked Gu Chen: "Junior brother Gu, have you started fighting with them?"
"It moved a little bit." Gu Chenyun said calmly.
"Did you move a little?" Lu Weiwei frowned slightly, pulling on Gu Chen's clothes and asked:
"Are you moving a little? Look at you, all over your body, what are you doing? Didn't I tell you to hold them back first and not make a move?"
After finishing her words, Lu Weiwei was puzzled when she saw that Gu Chen's whole body was covered with dirt. She quickly looked to the left and right and asked, "Where are those two guys?"
"Here." Officer Wang pointed at the two people not far away and said.
Next to Officer Wang, several police officers with better physical strength immediately controlled the two men.
When Lu Weiwei saw this, she quickly walked up to the man in the red jacket. After looking up and down for a few times, she said in a bad mood:
"Aren't you the one, the senior travel buddy? Are we meeting again?"
"So it's you? Female police officer." When he saw Lu Weiwei, the man in the red jacket also looked happy.
Lu Weiwei's eyes widened: "Don't smile playfully at me. Let me ask you, why did you attack my Junior Brother Gu?"
"I……"
"Why did you attack him?" Lu Weiwei could not suppress her inner anger at this moment, so she raised her voice and continued to shout angrily.
This startled the man in the red jacket, and he shrank back with an aggrieved look on his face, looking at Gu Chen.
When Gu Chen saw this, he quickly explained: "It's all a misunderstanding."
"Misunderstanding?" After hearing Gu Chen's words, Lu Weiwei's beautiful eyes widened even more, pointing at Gu Chen's whole body, and said angrily:
"Junior Brother Gu, look at you. You are doing this to them, and it's called a misunderstanding? What do these people want to do? Murder?"
"No, no." Listening to Lu Weiwei accusing the two of murder, the man in the blue jacket suddenly became frightened and apologized quickly:
"I'm sorry, we were careless. We didn't even think of harming this comrade, the police officer."
"Did we mistakenly think that he was here to hunt us down?"
"Chasing you?" Officer Wang was originally curious as to why these people had trouble with Gu Chen.
Even from the dirt on Gu Chen and these two people's bodies, it is not difficult to tell that these three people had a fight not long ago.
Of course, the end result was that these two people were subdued by Gu Chen.
But from the various traces at the scene, Officer Wang could also tell that there had been a fierce fight here.
So Officer Wang quickly walked up to Gu Chen and asked Gu Chen: "Gu Chen, are you injured?"
"No." Gu Chen raised his hands and continued:
"It's just a scratch on my arm, it's not a big deal."
"Are you scratched?" After hearing what Gu Chen said, Lu Weiwei glared at the man in the red jacket and reached out to give him a blow on the head.
When the man in the red jacket saw this, he was so frightened that he squinted his eyes and dodged.
But Lu Weiwei's move was obviously a warning and a deterrent, and she also said angrily to the man in the red jacket:
"You're a really vicious guy."
"It's unjust." I feel like I can't explain it at all now.
After all, the dirt all over Gu Chen's body can explain everything.
There was a fight here, it was two against one, and both of them were defeated one by one.
However, if she doesn't explain clearly, it feels like this policewoman is about to go berserk and won't let herself go at all.
The man in the red jacket realized at this moment that this handsome policeman was a bit untouchable.
Not only is this handsome policeman particularly good at fighting, but the key is that with such a violent beauty beside him, he has to show off his beauty every minute.
Thinking about it, I am quite unlucky.
When he saw both of them looking at him with pleading eyes, Gu Chen also reminded him:
"These two people were at the waterfall camp before. They said they were attacked at night and that the gang wanted to take their lives."
"That's why they ran all the way into the forest and lost their way in the forest."
"We didn't even dare to stop in the village we passed before, and we didn't dare to go in. When they saw our lights, they thought it was the group of people who were chasing them."
With a faint sigh, Gu Chen continued to explain: "Anyway, these two people look exhausted. Give them something to eat."
"Is this really the case?" Listening to Gu Chen's story, Lu Weiwei still had doubts.
Gu Chen nodded slightly and continued to explain: "For now, this is what they said. What are the details? We need further investigation."
"But now, give them some food and help them treat their wounds."
"Hey, where are you injured?" After hearing what Gu Chen said, Officer Wang also kicked the man in red jacket who was leaning against the big tree.
The man in the red jacket also had a distressed look on his face and said: "My whole body is sore everywhere, and my skin is scratched in many places. The most important thing is that my abdomen hurts."
"Abdominal pain?" Lu Weiwei also looked curious after hearing what the man in the red jacket said.
The man in the red jacket quickly echoed: "Yes, he was kicked by this police officer."
"The force of his side kick was so strong that my whole body flew out and fell heavily to the ground. My stomach still hurts to this day."
"That's because you killed me, otherwise I wouldn't have used fighting skills to fight with you." As soon as the man in the red jacket finished speaking, Gu Chen quickly explained.
But this time Lu Weiwei heard it again. Lu Weiwei frowned slightly and stared at the man in the red jacket with murderous eyes.
The man in the red jacket immediately became frightened, and he shrank back in fear, and quickly explained: "Isn't this all a misunderstanding? It's all a misunderstanding, it's all a misunderstanding."
At this moment, the men in red jackets were timid and seemed to have lost the confidence they had when they met before.
Gu Chen saw that both of them had tired expressions, so he took out the keys, walked up to them, and unlocked the handcuffs for them.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! When watching the two people staring at him with incredible eyes, Gu Chen also reminded:
"I'm just taking off the handcuffs for you temporarily, allowing you to stretch your muscles and add some food and water."
"But you still have to put on handcuffs later. After all, we haven't investigated your matter clearly yet, so we have to aggrieve you for the time being."
"Okay." At this moment, the man in the red jacket lost his temper and said weakly:
"I'll do whatever you say. I'm cold and hungry right now, and I don't have the strength to escape."
Glancing at his companion, the man in red jacket suddenly said:
"It's a good thing we met you. If we had met those who are chasing us, we would really be dead."
As he spoke, his handcuffs were removed.
The man in the red jacket subconsciously moved the joints of his hands, and immediately took some food and water from a police officer.
The man in the red jacket nodded silently to several people, thanked them, and immediately sat on a tree trunk broken by heavy snow, wolfing down the food.
The same goes for the man in the blue jacket.
The two of them were like reincarnations of starving ghosts at this moment, as if they had really been hungry all day and all night.
Lu Weiwei walked up to Gu Chen, looked at the two people who were devouring their food, and asked Gu Chen in a low voice:
"Junior Brother Gu, do you think they are telling the truth or lies?"
"Half each." Gu Chen folded his arms and whispered back.
"Okay, I understand." After getting the result from Gu Chen, Lu Weiwei immediately knew how to keep an eye on the two of them.
The current situation of these two people is still unclear and they need to be taken back for investigation, so Gu Chen will not let down his guard.
At this time, Officer Wang also walked over from another direction and explained to Gu Chen:
"Gu Chen, if you go further from here, you can walk out of this mountain. Then, there may be several small villages outside."
"I think we have to continue walking on a mountain road tonight to a village outside to see if we can stay there?"
"Okay." Gu Chen had already studied the surrounding terrain maps. The uninhabited village seemed to be a surprise to everyone. After all, there were only a few old wooden houses, and they were not even the size of a village.
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Gu Chen once went to the border of Yunnan Province to handle cases, and he also knew that some border residents actually had two families.
Because it is located deep in the mountains, sometimes families live on the top of the mountain here, but the crops are on the other side of the mountain.
It takes a long time to walk from home to the hilltop opposite.
When farming is busy, villagers will choose to live in areas where crops grow, and there are usually some simple houses there.
Basically, it's somewhat similar to that hidden village.
Therefore, Gu Chen guessed that maybe the same was true in that hidden village.
But so far, the old lady in the hidden village has been controlled by the police. After dawn, the police will try their best to bring the old lady out.
Gu Chen's team was in a bit of a bad situation. Because many people were exhausted earlier, there were always people left behind along the way.
Fortunately, Gu Chen found an open space and kept waiting for everyone.
After waiting for about 40 minutes, everyone was gradually gathered.
After counting the number of people, Gu Chen also said seriously: "I know everyone is very tired now, but the environment we are currently in is not very good. It is outdoors or in a mountainous forest."
"The temperature here is low, and the key is it's snowing."
With a faint sigh, Gu Chen continued to explain: "So, we can't stay here for a long time and must leave here as soon as possible."
"Everyone, take a rest. We will set off immediately. Then we may need to walk on the mountain road for more than an hour. There will be a village where we will stay overnight. Do you understand?"
"clear!"
Seeing what Gu Chen said, everyone echoed in unison.
Although many of these people are exhausted.
But in this snowy mountain forest, whether you are resting or walking, you will suffer.
Instead of doing this, it is better to continue to suffer, then find a village to rest and have a good sleep.
With Gu Chen's encouragement like looking at plum blossoms to quench thirst, everyone suddenly came back to life with full health, and everyone began to support each other and follow behind Gu Chen.
As the pioneer, Gu Chen has always been at the front of the team.
Lu Weiwei quickened her pace out of curiosity. After catching up with Gu Chen, she also curiously asked Gu Chen: "Junior brother Gu, how do you know it will take more than an hour? I feel like the journey is still very long?"
"Otherwise, with our current physical abilities, we can probably only crawl over there." Gu Chen responded.
Hearing Gu Chen's words, Lu Weiwei's expression was stunned, and then she suddenly realized: "So that's it? I understand, there really is your Junior Brother Gu."
"Senior Brother Wang taught me." As soon as Lu Weiwei finished speaking, Gu Chen also grinned at Officer Wang.
"What did Lao Wang teach you?" Lu Weiwei glanced at Officer Wang and saw Officer Wang next to her smiling mischievously. Lu Weiwei also said angrily:
"Old Wang always comes up with some bad ideas, but this one is not bad. At least everyone believes it."
After the words fell, the team once again shuttled on the trails deep in the mountains.
An hour passed.
Two hours have passed.
Just as the third hour was approaching, a trainee police officer who had fallen countless times couldn't hold back any longer and quickly asked Gu Chen in the front row:
"Gu Bureau, didn't you say you'd be here in more than an hour? Why now... now..."
After hesitating for a moment, the trainee police officer then said: "It's been three hours now, right? Why haven't you arrived yet?"
"Yeah, why haven't you arrived yet? Didn't you say you can get there in an hour?"
Someone in the team complained again.
Seeing this, Gu Chen also walked ahead while replying to everyone's remarks:
"I said more than an hour, that's a normal walking speed."
"But now, it's dark, the roads are slippery, and it's still snowing heavily, so of course it will slow down. Calculating this, we are almost there."
"Okay, is this okay?" Listening to Gu Chen's explanation, the trainee police officer wanted to complain like crazy, but it was because of Gu Chen's previous words that the trainee police officer persisted until now.
Seeing that Gu Chen said he was almost there, he had to work hard and continue to follow.
About thirty minutes passed, and by this time Gu Chen had clearly discovered that there was an open area ahead.
Especially the vegetation in front seems to be decreasing.
Gu Chen stopped and quickly used a strong flashlight to shine on the area ahead.
Not long after, the corners of Gu Chen's mouth raised slightly, and he breathed a sigh of relief and said: "We are here, and there is a village in front of us. Let's hurry up and try to stay in the village so that everyone can have a good rest."
"Wow!"
"finally reached."
"I might really die from exhaustion if I don't wait until now."
"Fortunately, I'm walking at night, so I don't feel much about the distance, so I just follow the large group. But, why do I feel like this road will never be completed?"
…
When hearing the result, everyone in the team started to complain.
However, everyone knows that there is only the last bit of journey left. If you bite the bullet, you may not have to suffer the cold in this mountain forest.
Everyone immediately quickened their pace and followed Gu Chen to the village square.
As soon as everyone arrived, everyone quickly came to the entrance of the village ancestral hall.
Everyone no longer cared about their image and just lay around the ancestral hall, feeling that they no longer had any strength.
"Senior Brother Wang." Gu Chen found Officer Wang and reminded him, "We need to contact the villagers here immediately to see if we can free up a few rooms so that everyone can have a rest."
"Understood, I'll take care of this." Officer Wang said.
"Let Senior Sister Lu go with you, Senior Sister Lu is more approachable." Gu Chen reminded.
"Okay." Seeing Gu Chen speak, Officer Wang glanced at Lu Weiwei and complained, "Why are you still standing here? Come with me quickly, everyone is still waiting to rest."
"I know." Seeing Officer Wang being verbose, Lu Weiwei couldn't help but complain.
Then he followed Officer Wang and went to the villagers for help.
Not long after, there was a knock on the door in the village, followed by another round of exchanges.
I don’t know how long it took, but several elderly villagers wearing coats came to the door of the ancestral hall.
Seeing the police officers lying around in confusion, everyone's heart skipped a beat.
"Hey, kids, don't lie down on the ground. The ground is cold. We have spare rooms here. You can come with us quickly."
An old lady couldn't see everyone working so hard, so she quickly explained to everyone.
Another old man also quickly agreed: "Yes, I am the only one living in our house now, and many rooms are empty. My children will not come back until the Chinese New Year, so you can stay here first."
"My family is the same."
"Go to my house."
The four older villagers were also whispering to each other.
At this moment, Lu Weiwei walked out of the crowd and quickly reported to Gu Chen:
"Junior Brother Gu, these villagers have some spare houses. Please hurry up and let everyone go over and take a rest."
"There's nothing you can do about taking a hot bath, but it's okay to have a good night's sleep."
"Okay, I've got Senior Sister Lao Lu." Gu Chen turned to look at the villagers and continued, "I've got you all."
With the assistance of Officer Wang and Lu Weiwei, everyone immediately walked towards the homes of four villagers.
Gu Chen took the two travel companions to a small room.
"You two, stay here tonight."
"But." The man in the red jacket raised the handcuffs: "But, we have to open this, right?"
"You should pay attention to one night." Gu Chen also knew that this was inconvenient, but for now, he still had to stay vigilant about the two of them.
Knowing that Gu Chen also had his own principles, the two of them finally understood Gu Chen's leadership along the way.
So the two looked at each other and made corresponding compromises.
Later, after simply soaking his feet in hot water, he slept on a wooden window.
Gu Chen, on the other hand, cuffed one of the two's hands together.
Then, he used two long wooden benches, put wooden boards in between, and immediately turned them into a simple wooden bed.
Gu Chen slept at the door, guarding the two of them.
…
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A night of exhaustion caused many people to fall asleep.
At eight o'clock in the morning, many people have not yet woken up from their sleep.
And when Lu Weiwei walked out of the room and came to the kitchen to help the old man work and prepare breakfast, the old lady was also curious and asked Lu Weiwei:
"Female police officer, how far did you walk last night?"
"I don't know how far we have walked." Lu Weiwei shook her head and said involuntarily:
"Just remember, we were on our way all the time. Anyway, we didn't arrive at your village until four in the morning."
"Oh, then you only slept for four hours, so go back and get some sleep." The old lady felt sorry for this beautiful girl Lu Weiwei. She felt that walking to four o'clock in the morning in the busy forest of the university was also a hardship for her.
Lu Weiwei grinned and said involuntarily: "I'm fine. Let me help you with the work. Breakfast for everyone is a big project."
"No, I'll ask the villagers to come over and help. I'll call you when it's ready. It may take some time."
After thinking for a while, the old lady said again: "I'll call you around 8:40. You go back and sleep for a while."
"Okay." Unable to resist the old lady's hospitality, Lu Weiwei had no choice but to compromise.
In fact, Lu Weiwei didn't want to get up early at all. She was just in a panic because she was holding back her urine, so she went out to look for the toilet, and ended up in the kitchen by mistake.
I saw the old lady preparing breakfast for everyone, so I came over to be polite.
Now that the old lady asked him to go back and rest, he was eager to do so.
So Lu Weiwei smiled at the old lady and said, "By the way, aunt, where is your toilet?"
"Where's the toilet?" The old lady put down the spoon, pointed to the door and said, "Over there, that's the toilet."
"Okay, thank you, aunt." After thanking her, Lu Weiwei immediately slipped away.
After solving her physical problems, Lu Weiwei walked out of the toilet and saw Gu Chen already standing in the yard.
Lu Weiwei looked curious and quickly walked to Gu Chen and said hello: "Good morning, Junior Brother Gu."
"Good morning, Senior Sister Lu, did you sleep well last night?" Gu Chen turned to look at Lu Weiwei and asked with concern.
Lu Weiwei grinned and continued: "Last night, I fell asleep and slept soundly."
"That's good, why don't you go get some sleep?" In fact, Gu Chen just heard the conversation between Lu Weiwei and the old man.
Lu Weiwei grinned: "Actually, it doesn't matter if you don't sleep. Four hours of sleep is enough."
After a pause, Lu Weiwei quickly asked: "By the way, Junior Brother Gu, you slept with those two people yesterday. Did they do anything?"
"Haha." After hearing what Lu Weiwei said, Gu Chen also shook his head and smiled:
"They were all handcuffed, so it was inconvenient to do anything they wanted to do. Last night, the two of them slept soundly and snored all night long."
"Is that so?" After listening to Gu Chen's explanation, Lu Weiwei burst out laughing and said:
"It seems that these two people are really exhausted. If things are really as they said, then these two people have really suffered a lot."
"It is still necessary to verify the identities of these two people. After they return, they will be interrogated to see if they are related to those who are chasing them."
"In addition, Xiao Yuan and Yan Zi have not been found yet, but we can learn about each other's situation through those who are chasing them."
"Perhaps Xiao Yuan and Yan Zi are in their hands now."
"Yes." After hearing what Gu Chen said, Lu Weiwei suddenly felt sad again: "I still don't know what's going on with Xiao Yuan?"
"It's such a cold day, what if she catches a cold?"
"Usually everyone is laughing and joking in the office, which is quite lively. Now that Xiao Yuan is not here, I'm really not used to it."
"Xiao Yuan will be back." Seeing that Lu Weiwei was in a low mood, Gu Chen quickly patted her on the shoulder and comforted her.
At this moment, the old lady came to the door to pour water and saw Gu Chen and Lu Weiwei next to each other.
Gu Chen also noticed the old lady, so he quickly asked: "By the way, old man, I have something to ask you."
