Although it is still unclear what role Liu Yuan played in this situation? But it is undeniable that the fibers in the gaps between the deceased's nails seem to have become a key breakthrough in the investigation.
Everyone expressed their ideas to each other, communicated candidly, and quickly reached a consensus.
"Let's do this." Gu Chen hesitated for a few seconds and then said slowly: "Brother Wang, you and Brother Lu Qiang, take the body down the mountain."
"On the one hand, take this body for autopsy. On the other hand, Senior Brother Wang, you and Senior Brother Lu should pay special attention to this Liu Yuan."
"After you come down from the mountain, the focus of your work will be to monitor Liu Yuan."
"Don't let go of Liu Yuan's every move, especially investigate privately. Where has he been recently? Who has he been in contact with?"
"In addition, is he related to the person who was riding a motorcycle to deliver supplies? We should also focus on these."
After a pause, Gu Chen continued to add: "Also, Liu Xiangmei should be sent to the town today. You must interrogate Liu Xiangmei and find out her specific situation."
"And who is she working for behind the scenes? We need to find out these things. After all, it is not easy to stay alone in such an isolated place for such a long time. There must be some interests behind it.
"
"Understood." After hearing what Gu Chen said, Officer Wang nodded silently and couldn't help but said: "Regarding Liu Xiangmei's situation, we will focus on following up."
"So, investigation work on the mountain."
"Leave it to me, Senior Sister Lu, and Senior Brother Lu Qiang's colleagues," Gu Chen said.
Lu Qiang nodded silently: "Okay, I will explain it and let everyone help you investigate."
"In addition, the fire rescue team is also here. They have professional search and rescue tools and can assist you in finding the other two people."
"Very good." Seeing Lu Qiang say this, Gu Chen felt relieved. At least this solved his manpower problem.
"Then Gu Ju, do you have any other plans next?" Lu Qiang thought about the chaos in Hemu Village, so he curiously asked Gu Chen's next move.
Gu Chen said straightforwardly: "The next step is to continue investigating the whereabouts of the other two travel companions."
"Only by finding all these people can we know what happened, especially now that one of the three travel companions has been strangled to death."
"Then the other two, if they have had contact with these murderers, they may be able to provide some useful clues."
"But Junior Brother Gu." As soon as Gu Chen finished speaking, Lu Weiwei on the side also sighed and said:
"I'm afraid that something bad will happen to these people. After all, according to the two travel friends we rescued, these people are not simple."
"It feels like there are always hidden mysteries in the mountains of Hemu Village."
"The disappearance of Xiao Yuan and Yan Zi may have something to do with this."
With a faint sigh, Lu Weiwei added: "And the most terrible thing is that the entanglement between the old wood and Yanzi's mother seems to be related to this matter."
"I think it is necessary to investigate the situation of Yanzi's mother."
"Is it necessary?" As soon as Lu Weiwei finished speaking, Officer Wang on the side asked curiously.
Lu Weiwei argued with reason: "Any clues about Yanzi's disappearance need to be investigated. Wasn't Yanzi's father, this old wood, also discovered during our investigation?"
"Today's Hemu Village looks like a big iron pot. There are many situations inside that we cannot control."
"However, these gangs appeared intensively in this area, and murders occurred, including some attempted crimes."
"This fully shows that these murderers are very threatening to us, especially to Xiao Yuan and Yanzi, and may not be a good thing at all."
"Okay." Feeling that what Lu Weiwei said was not unreasonable, Officer Wang waved his hand and agreed: "Okay, I'll do as you say."
"But the most important thing at the moment is to interrogate these arrested persons."
Turning to look in the direction of Gu Chen, Officer Wang also continued: "Gu Chen, you can just go and investigate. Regarding Lao Mumu's side, Liu Xiangmei's side, the two outdoor travelers, and Liu Yuan who needs to be investigated,
There is also the issue of this corpse, I will solve it."
"Okay, then we have Senior Brother Lao Wang and Senior Brother Lu Qiang. We will keep in touch at any time if there is any situation." Gu Chen also agreed.
After everyone briefly communicated at the scene, the body of the deceased was packed in a body bag and carried into the car together. Officer Wang and Lu Qiang took the body down the mountain.
On the other side, due to Lu Qiang's instructions, all the remaining police officers must help Gu Chen find the remaining two missing travel companions.
The fire rescue team leader also came to Gu Chen at this moment: "Gu Bureau, you also know the investigation status of our side."
"I went around and around the ridgeline and found only this body."
"As for the remaining two missing persons, it may be difficult to find them."
"If you have any difficulties, you have to find them." As soon as the fire brigade leader finished speaking, Gu Chen also expressed his opinion:
"The deceased was strangled from behind with a rope. At present, it is very likely that a gang committed the crime."
"Especially the two travelers we found who pitched tents at the waterfall. They were once hunted down by a group of people."
"However, the deceased was obviously stationed on a flat ground on the ridgeline with two other people."
"But, he was killed."
Speaking of this, Gu Chen also had a sad face. Of course, on the one hand, Gu Chen was really sad.
On the other hand, it shows one's helplessness to everyone and conveys a pessimistic mood.
Although Gu Chen has temporarily identified the suspect as Liu Yuan.
After all, the fibers of Liu Yuan's clothes matched those found in the gaps between the deceased's nails.
Although it still needs to be investigated, Gu Chen is still clear about the confidentiality that should be kept.
The fire brigade leader sighed. Although he was tired, the current situation was indeed developing in a worse direction.
The fire brigade leader does not want the tragedy to happen again, especially this kind of rescue operation. He has participated in it many times. It is nothing more than going into the mountain to find people, and it is nothing more than hard work.
Therefore, when faced with Gu Chen's request to patrol the mountain again, the fire leader did not complain at all and said slowly: "I think everyone has almost rested."
"We have no problem. We can leave at any time. Just set the time."
"Okay." Seeing that the fire brigade leader had said so, Gu Chen quickly reminded him, "Everyone, please check your equipment."
"Then, put all the materials needed for shoelaces into the backpack. I will give everyone 10 minutes."
"Whether you are going to the toilet or loading supplies, everyone will gather here in 10 minutes, do you understand?"
"Understood!" Upon hearing this, everyone echoed in unison and quickly dispersed.
Originally, everyone still had some opinions about this young director from out of town.
The most important thing is that Gu Chen is very young, so many people have doubts about Gu Chen's leadership.
However, after Gu Chen led the team, the display of strength along the way had already made the police officers who followed Gu Chen sincerely admire him.
This guy has amazing physical strength, especially in terms of leadership, which is rare and mature.
What's even more terrible is that when faced with the fight between two desperadoes, Gu Chen was able to defeat the two desperadoes one-on-one and successfully subdued them.
From this point of view, the police officers present at the time were not dissatisfied.
This completely exceeded the arrest conditions of the superior police force of four to one. Although the police officers on the mountain did not follow Gu Chen's team, the police officers resting at the foot of the mountain had already reported all the situations they encountered that night.
, various exchanges with colleagues.
Now everyone's eyes changed when they looked at Gu Chen. They felt that this gentle and handsome young man could be so sharp in fighting?
In the police force, everyone often relies on their strength to speak. It is obvious that Gu Chen has conquered everyone with his own strength.
Gu Chen, the fire brigade leader, Lu Weiwei, several other firefighters, and some police officers sat in an open space in Hemu Village, discussing the next work arrangements.
On the other side, many police officers who left also returned to the team one after another.
Ten minutes later, everyone in the entire clearing filled their backpacks and came around Gu Chen one after another.
"Junior Brother Gu, it's almost time. I think everyone has arrived. Is it time to set off?" Lu Weiwei also looked at the time on her phone and reminded Gu Chen.
"Yes." Gu Chen nodded slightly, immediately stood up from a wooden stake, came to the crowd and said:
"gather!"
Following Gu Chen's order, the Tai City police and fire rescue team members immediately began to gather in front of Gu Chen and return to the team.
The fire brigade leader came to his team and reminded him: "The current situation is not very optimistic. Ever since we discovered the body last night, the team from Gu Bureau also found traces of the murderer's activities."
"Moreover, according to the two travel companions found by Gu Bureau's team, a murderer was chasing them all the way. So, where is the murderer? Is he still in the mountains? We need to go into the mountains to confirm this."
Looking around, the fire brigade leader continued: "But I hope that everyone can come back safely."
After a pause, the fire brigade leader looked at Gu Chen and said, "Gu Bureau, do you have anything to say?"
"Let's go." Gu Chen didn't hesitate. He felt that it was time to mobilize. The fire brigade leader had already said it, so he didn't need to repeat it again.
So the word "Let's go" caught everyone off guard.
But thinking that the order had been issued, everyone could only turn around and start walking towards the road up the mountain.
Gu Chen was still walking at the front of the team, scouting the way for everyone.
Lu Weiwei, as usual, followed Gu Chen closely, and the fire brigade leader also tried his best to keep up with Gu Chen.
Most of the police officers here are Lu Qiang's colleagues, and most of them are young police officers.
Therefore, according to Lu Qiang's request, everyone obeyed Gu Chen's command and assisted the fire brigade leader in his work.
So in terms of leadership, everyone mainly looks to Gu Chen for command. After all, Gu Chen can now act as a guide in this mountain forest.
The fire brigade leader accompanying Gu Chen seemed a little embarrassed. Although he was cooperating, he had to listen to Gu Chen in everything.
Because it had snowed heavily, the snow in the mountains was very deep. When everyone walked on the mountain road, the heavy snow basically covered their feet, making every step very difficult.
So before setting off, Gu Chen borrowed some firewood from the kitchen of the villagers in Hemu Village.
The firewood is mainly made of wooden sticks, which are mainly used as hiking poles to prevent feet from slipping.
Especially on steep mountain roads, if you are not careful, you will slide down the mountain and you will not be able to brake at all.
It is precisely because many people fell down on the mountain road last night, so everyone is extra careful during today's walk.
"Everyone, follow up, enter the mountain early, go back early, and pay special attention to the surrounding conditions. It is a snowy day now. When we come down from the ridgeline, the heavy snow will seal the footprints again."
"Once you find new footprints, remember to report it. Does everyone understand?"
"clear!"
Under Gu Chen's reminder, everyone agreed one after another.
Afterwards, Gu Chen began to quicken his pace, using the wooden stick in his hand as a hiking pole, and continued to climb up the mountain road.
Based on the path he had taken before, Gu Chen came to the waterfall flatland again.
At this moment, the footprints left by everyone before were also covered by heavy snow.
The two outdoor tents that were set up were already buried under the heavy snow, and only some of the fabric color of the tents was exposed from the angle measurement position.
"Crunch!" Gu Chen stepped on the white snow and came to the tent. He carefully checked the inside of the tent and then continued walking up the mountain.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Since there are no new footprints here, Gu Chen does not need to waste time here.
What Gu Chen has to do now is to use every possible means to find the man with the scar on his face and his other companion.
Ask about the situation of the deceased. Only in this way can the mystery of the murderer be solved.
"Junior brother Gu." Seeing Gu Chen walking faster and faster, Lu Weiwei, who couldn't keep up with Gu Chen's pace, was also out of breath and couldn't help but call out.
"Sister Lu, are you okay?" Gu Chen turned around and asked.
"Okay, okay, but...but, you have to let me slow down." Lu Weiwei gasped for air, holding on to the rock beside her, and couldn't help complaining.
At this moment, more and more police officers and rescue team members came down the mountain to the waterfall area.
Everyone leaned against nearby rocks for a short rest.
Because the mountain roads here are so slippery, everyone needs to expend a lot of energy.
After this back and forth, everyone felt out of breath and needed to catch their breath and rest.
Seeing this, Gu Chen could only stop and went to the open area again, saying: "Everyone will take a brief rest here before setting off again."
After the words fell, Gu Chen took the initiative to walk to the fire brigade leader and began to communicate with the brigade leader.
A member of the fire brigade leaned against the rock and asked Lu Weiwei breathlessly:
"What's that? Comrade, your director is a stamina freak. He worked hard last night and subdued two guys who attacked him. Today he still has such strong stamina to climb mountains. What does this guy eat every day?"
Seeing the members of the fire rescue team complaining about Gu Chen, Lu Weiwei, who was panting from exhaustion, couldn't help but laugh out loud:
"Are you tired? Can't you keep up with your physical strength? Are you firefighters?"
"Ouch! Stop talking." At this time, another member of the fire rescue team gasped heavily and couldn't help but complain:
"Although we maintain high-intensity training every day, it is still quite rare to go through such a hard work."
Looking around, the fire brigade member also pointed at the surrounding members and said:
"You see, we are all the same. We are all very tired. Even our captain is so tired that he can't even speak without breathing."
Hearing what the fire brigade members said, Lu Weiwei quickly looked at the fire brigade leader who was communicating with Gu Chen.
Indeed, at this moment, the fire brigade leader's body was rising and falling as he spoke, and he was obviously breathing heavily.
But when he looked at Gu Chen next to him, his tone was calm and not panting at all. It seemed that this high-intensity mountain climbing had no impact on him at all.
It's no wonder that these firefighters were confused and thought that the young chief's physical strength was somewhat terrifying.
Lu Weiwei, who saw all this, felt secretly happy and couldn't help but say:
"Junior Brother Gu's physical strength is unique in the Jiangnan City Police Force. You should not compete with him. I'm afraid you will feel inferior."
"I already feel very inferior." After hearing what Lu Weiwei said, the firefighter also said shamelessly:
"I can see that Director Gu is a skilled practitioner. How deep of skill do you need to achieve such an achievement?"
After thinking for a while, the firefighter flicked his finger: "Let me guess, Director Gu, you must insist on various kinds of exercise every day, right? For example, morning jogging and night jogging?"
"No, no, no." Seeing that the firefighter's words were getting more and more outrageous, Lu Weiwei quickly waved her hands and denied:
"My junior brother Gu is very busy at work every day. He is basically busy working. During his off hours, he doesn't exercise. He only goes to the library to read at most, and that's all."
"What? With a physique like this, you don't need to exercise every day?" Hearing Lu Weiwei's somewhat self-esteem-hurting words, the firefighter said in disbelief.
Another member of the fire brigade also looked at Gu Chen with a confused look on his face: "This guy might be a monster."
"Has everyone had a rest?" While everyone was chatting, Gu Chen's communication with the fire brigade seemed to have ended.
Gu Chen came to everyone again and mobilized: "From now on, everyone continues to walk up the mountain and pay attention to the ice under your feet."
Looking down at his watch, Gu Chen continued: "Let's go now."
After the words fell, Gu Chen took the branch in his hand and continued walking towards the mountain.
Everyone looked at each other and felt that this mountain climbing was indeed quite cruel.
So everyone turned their attention to the fire brigade.
At this moment, the fire brigade leader also looked helpless.
Everyone is also a leader, especially the fire brigade leader, who is older than Gu Chen.
Logically speaking, everyone's actions must be coordinated and coordinated, and you must have some leadership skills.
But now, I simply can't keep up with Gu Chen physically.
In other words, it is not difficult to tell from the breathless conversation I had with Gu Chen just now that Gu Chen was not breathless at all.
With such terrifying physical strength, the fire brigade leader believed that compared with Gu Chen, day by day, he was completely incomparable.
Now he is conquered by Gu Chen's strength. Facing Gu Chen's orders, he has no temper at all.
Seeing everyone looking at him with tired eyes, the fire brigade leader waved his hand angrily: "Follow... keep up."
"Crunch, crunch."
Everyone stepped on the thick snow again and started walking towards the mountains.
As we climbed to the top of the mountain, everyone began to lie down in the snow. We felt that our physical strength was approaching the limit and we needed to lie down in the snow to return to the snow.
But when everyone looked again, Gu Chen had already arrived on a big rock, standing on top of the rock, watching the situation in the distance.
Lu Weiwei held the wooden stick and moved little by little to Gu Chen's side. She also asked out of curiosity: "Gu...Junior brother Gu, you...did you see anything?"
"There is still nothing in the distance, not even a single footprint." Gu Chen shook his head, a little disappointed.
After all, when I was looking for the two missing travel companions last night, I didn't have any clues at first.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! But after all, the two people were found in the end.
But now, Gu Chen is a little helpless. After all, footprints are the focus of everyone's search. Now that there are no footprints, it is actually quite difficult to find someone.
This is also what worries Gu Chen.
Lu Weiwei smiled and said: "Nothing? Since they found the body on the ridgeline, it means that these people are active nearby."
"If those two people are still alive, they might be hiding somewhere, waiting for rescue."
"Impossible, absolutely impossible." As soon as Lu Weiwei finished speaking, the leader of the fire brigade on the side appeared in Lu Weiwei's field of vision with a wooden stick, and couldn't help but say:
"We searched all the way yesterday before we found this body. If others were hiding around, then we also searched separately yesterday."
"We almost searched around the place where the body was found. If the other two were hiding around, then with so many lights, they should be able to find us."
After a pause, the fire brigade leader also helplessly spread his hands: "But it's a pity that they didn't, and we didn't find them, so we were forced to go down the mountain."
"Okay." Seeing how passive the fire brigade leader was, Lu Weiwei could guess how much useless work this team did last night.
Gu Chen said slowly: "Actually, it's nothing. Our investigation on the mountain this time is actually to fix the leaks."
"Look around to see if there are any missing clues. If there are, maybe we can follow these clues and find out the whereabouts of other people."
"Okay." Seeing Gu Chen's confidence, the fire brigade leader could only give a thumbs up and complimented him:
"I hope we can find these people earlier, as you said, but everyone needs to rest."
I looked back not far away, and saw everyone lying scattered in the snow.
High-intensity running and climbing has left many people physically exhausted.
Gu Chen didn't force anything, he just explained based on his method last night:
"Still the same as before, if you are strong enough, continue to walk forward with me. If you are not strong enough, you can stay and rest for a while, and then form a team behind to follow us."
"Okay." Seeing that Gu Chen had said this, the fire brigade leader could only pretend to be strong because of his face, and took the initiative to join the first echelon and said:
"I'll go search ahead with you. Let the remaining people form a team voluntarily."
Soon, based on Gu Chen's suggestion, the team was divided into two groups. Gu Chen chose to join Lu Weiwei and the fire brigade leader, along with some physically stronger rescue team members and police officers, to form the first echelon and continue to clear the way ahead.
The police officers and firefighters who lacked physical strength formed a second echelon and were responsible for keeping up with the leading troops based on their footprints.
In this way, everyone walked and walked, and the sky gradually became darker.
Since everyone was walking on the ridgeline, the sun set late, and it was not until the sky gradually became a little dark that everyone took out their strong flashlights and started lighting their way forward.
The fire brigade leader looked at it and turned around to remind: "Everyone save electricity. Two or three people share a flashlight and use it in turns to survive the night."
After the words fell, many people in the team began to turn off the lights again.
When the fire brigade leader turned to look at Gu Chen again, Gu Chen had stopped and stood there looking straight ahead.
The fire brigade leader was stunned, quickly jogged a few steps, came to Gu Chen, and asked:
"Gu Bureau, did you find the footprints?"
"No footprints were found. We have arrived at the place we are going to come to." Gu Chen pointed to an open space ahead and said slowly:
"Perhaps this is where you found the body last night?"
"Really?" After hearing Gu Chen's words, the fire brigade leader immediately took two steps forward, stared straight ahead, shined his flashlight twice, and then said slowly:
"It seems to be right here. Last night, we vaguely saw those tents over there."
As he spoke, the fire leader continued to shine a bright flashlight in front of him, reminding him:
"Look, the tent is still there, right over there."
"I saw it." When Gu Chen saw this, he didn't say too much nonsense and continued walking forward.
The fire brigade leader quickly followed Gu Chen and continued to explain:
"The place where we found the body yesterday was right around the tent. The body fell outside the tent at that time. The wind and snow blew and the whole body was stiff."
While talking, everyone had already arrived at the tent on the top of the mountain.
Gu Chen quickly began to inspect the tent, while the fire brigade leader followed Gu Chen and kept introducing:
"When we found the tents yesterday, all the tents were closed, but no one was inside."
"We also searched the surrounding area, but we didn't find anyone."
"Since it's night, the visibility isn't very good, so..."
"Understood." Listening to the fire brigade leader's explanation, Gu Chen nodded silently and continued to check the condition of the tent.
It can be said that many supplies are no longer in the tent.
Gu Chen turned to look at the fire brigade leader and asked, "Have all the supplies in the tent been brought down the mountain?"
"Yes." The fire brigade leader nodded silently and said involuntarily: "That Lu Qiang said that these are evidence and need to be taken down for testing."
"But the tent is more troublesome, and everyone has to continue searching, so I stayed here."
"But everything in the tent has been taken away."
"Okay, I got it." After roughly understanding the situation at the scene, Gu Chen looked around again.
But this time, Gu Chen was not prepared to leave immediately, but was prepared to conduct a detailed inspection of the surroundings.
So, Gu Chen first pointed the bright flashlight at the other side of the ridgeline.
Because there is a road going down the mountain on the other side, but because this area is full of dense woods, to go down the mountain, you need to go around a long distance and go down along the ridgeline.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! On the other side of the ridgeline is an alpine meadow. The terrain is relatively open and the view is quite good.
So Gu Chen first checked from the alpine meadow side of the ridgeline and shined a bright flashlight on it.
Then, start checking one by one from left to right.
When conducting investigations in a place like this, you can only rely on flashlight light.
Fortunately, police high-light flashlights and fire-rescue high-light flashlights are relatively powerful, so when illuminated, the entire area is clear.
Unfortunately, as far as everyone can see, there are no traces of footprints.
After confirming it a dozen times, Gu Chen came to the other side of the ridgeline again.
At this time, there were dense woods below the ridgeline.
However, due to the relatively high angle difference here, it is almost impossible for people to get down.
You need to follow the ridgeline down.
But Gu Chen did not choose to continue walking down the ridgeline. Instead, he chose to stop at the edge of the cliff on the ridgeline and shine a bright flashlight into the woods.
At this moment, a strong wind suddenly blew at the top of the mountain, and everyone immediately put on their woolen hats to keep out the cold.
The strong wind made everyone shiver, and even everyone would gather together to keep each other warm.
After Gu Chen observed at the edge of the cliff for a while, he directly turned around, bit the bright flashlight in his mouth, and then crawled backwards, preparing to climb from the edge of the cliff to the foot of the mountain.
Seeing this scene, Lu Weiwei was frightened and said, "Junior Brother Gu, what are you doing?"
"Gu Chen did not respond to Lu Weiwei because he had a bright flashlight in his mouth. It was not until Gu Chen climbed down the first steep cliff that he took the bright flashlight in his hand and explained to Lu Weiwei above:
"I want to take a look at the woods below. Since everyone found the body in the camp here, if the other two were also killed nearby, then I think there is a high probability that they will appear here."
"But there is no road here at all and it is very dangerous." Lu Weiwei said anxiously.
"It's not dangerous, it's just a small gap." As soon as Lu Weiwei finished speaking, Gu Chen responded.
Lu Weiwei couldn't help but replied to Gu Chen:
"Then be careful, especially down there. It's dark. I'll give you some light."
As soon as the words fell, Lu Weiwei immediately asked others to come over, and together they used strong flashlights to shine down to provide lighting for Gu Chen.
Gu Chen also quickly arrived at his stopping point, walked to one of the big trees, and started to shine lights on the surrounding area.
