261, I was deceived by his simple and honest appearance [seeking monthly ticket]
When he saw others carrying Professor Wang out of the car and sending him to his residence, Gu Chen opened the car door and sat in the driver's passenger seat.
"Can you tell me now, where did you park your car and what suspicious vehicles and passers-by did you encounter?" Gu Chen took out his notebook and prepared to record it in detail.
"This... if you say it does, then it really does." The taxi driver briefly recalled it and said, "It was at an intersection in Haitang Town. I was waiting for the traffic light, and then I heard the sound of something breaking.
"
"A broken sound?" Gu Chen suddenly raised his head and asked him: "What is that specifically? Can you explain it in detail?"
"It seems like the glass is broken, right?" The taxi driver hesitated for a moment and said uncertainly: "I thought it was a broken window at first, but when I looked back, I found that it wasn't."
"But what does this have to do with the suspicious vehicle and person you mentioned?" Gu Chen didn't understand what the driver meant.
"Because there was a black motorcycle waiting side by side with me at the traffic light, and it was very close to me. I thought the motorcycle had hit my car, so I took a few more glances," the driver recalled.
"Can you remember the appearance of the motorcycle driver?" Gu Chen asked again.
"Well..." the taxi driver scratched his head and recalled carefully: "He was wearing a helmet at the time, so I couldn't see his face clearly. I can't see the rest clearly."
"What were the passengers doing at that time?"
"Passenger? He seems to be on the phone. Yes, he is on the phone. He seems to be chatting with someone about work."
Glancing at the back seat, the taxi driver added: "Except for stopping and waiting at the intersection, there were no suspicious vehicles approaching at other times. And I'm not familiar with the road here, but I know the general direction because I heard it before.
Someone told me about the uninhabited village, so I followed the navigation guide and drove all the way here, and then... and then this happened."
Gu Chen did not continue to ask questions, but quickly looked back at the back row.
At the footstep, a few pieces of broken glass caught Gu Chen's attention.
Gu Chen opened the door and hurried to the back seat of the vehicle. As he had judged, there was some ultra-thin glass remaining on the floor mats.
Gu Chen put on his gloves and held one of the frosted glass fragments in his hand.
"Gu Chen, have you discovered anything?" Qi Tian hurried over.
"This, this again." Gu Chen frowned and showed Qi Tian the fragments of frosted glass: "Do you still remember the broken glass in Master Xiao's room?"
"Is this the glass you took to the Technical Section of the Municipal Bureau for inspection?" Qi Tian asked.
"That's right, and this one is exactly the same as the fragment in Master Xiao's room." After Gu Chen finished speaking, he quickly looked at the rear window.
The windows are not sealed, but leave enough space at both ends.
"It must have been the motorcyclist who took advantage of Professor Wang's break on the phone to throw a bottle containing a special gas into the rear compartment. The bottle was damaged and the gas leaked, causing Professor Wang to inhale the unknown gas and cause
The current coma."
"The driver?"
Qi Tian was a little in disbelief. As soon as the conversation started, Gu Chen interrupted again: "The driver only stopped briefly while waiting for the traffic light, and the gas was backwards after driving, so the driver will not be affected."
"What do you mean?" Qi Tian asked quickly.
"If we find the motorcyclist, we might be able to find the real murderer." Gu Chen finally got some useful clues at this moment.
But after thinking about it, he added: "Professor Li and Professor Peng are the only ones left now. We must take more precautions at night."
"That's right, if this happens, I'll call Lao Tan later and the three of us will discuss it in the long term." Qi Tian also felt that danger seemed to be nearby.
One after another, strange events have happened to the previous six-person team. First, someone fell into a strange coma. I am afraid that the next target will be Professor Li or Professor Peng?
"Police...comrade police, what about me?" The taxi driver was a little confused.
He couldn't understand the conversation between Gu Chen and Qi Tian at all, but he felt that the two seemed to be communicating about something important, but now that he was being held here, he felt uneasy.
"Register your ID card information..."
Gu Chen took out the writing pen again and recorded the taxi driver's personal information.
After letting the taxi driver go, Qi Tian asked in confusion: "Do you really believe that this guy is telling the truth?"
"Whether it's true or not, I'll find out if I call up the surveillance camera." Gu Chen said calmly.
In his opinion, he was getting closer and closer to the real murderer.
Although the murderer succeeded in killing Professor Wang, it also indirectly helped the police eliminate important targets.
At present, Professor Li and Professor Peng seem to be increasingly suspicious.
Although both of them returned to the base before the taxi arrived at the uninhabited village, the taxi driver was not familiar with the road conditions and naturally the speed would not be very fast.
This indirectly gives the motorcycle driver the opportunity to return to the uninhabited village in advance.
But when we looked at the scene, we saw that there were seven or eight black motorcycles alone, not including those leaving.
At this time, Professor Li also walked to Gu Chen with emotion and asked: "Officer Gu, what did the taxi driver say?"
"He's just a taxi driver. He doesn't know anything." Gu Chen smiled and did not tell Professor Li directly.
"How is that possible? Since Professor Wang is riding in his car, if something goes wrong in his car, the taxi driver will definitely investigate it carefully. How can you just let him go?"
"Professor Li, I understand your feelings very well now. The core members of the scientific expedition team have problems one by one. Our police are more uncomfortable with this than you."
Gu Chen first comforted him, and then said: "However, from all aspects, the taxi driver has no possibility of committing a crime, because Professor Wang's ride is random. Of course, we will also investigate and collect evidence in this regard."
, to prove the judgment made by our police.”
"Officer Gu, I'm not questioning you, but these situations are happening one by one. Now not only am I unable to control them, but even the people under my command are beginning to have objections."
"After all, you know that before, Master Wang's assistant Ah Fu spread curse rumors in the scientific expedition team, and everyone didn't believe it. But now that there is such a commotion, everyone believes it. Ah Fu is now packing things. He
I have to go to the hospital with Professor Wang tomorrow."
"Afu is leaving?" Gu Chen suddenly felt quite surprised.
"Yes, after what happened, Ah Fu will definitely not stay here. He has already decided to leave tomorrow." Professor Li also sighed helplessly, feeling that he had no one available for him.
"By the way, assistant Xiao Zhang, Xiao He and Master Xiao, how are they doing in the hospital? Have you checked out?" Qi Tian also asked quickly.
Professor Li waved his hand and said frustratedly: "The doctor has also examined the conditions of the three people and concluded that the three people suffered from typical narcolepsy, but the cause cannot be investigated."
"Narcolepsy?" Gu Chen and Qi Tian said in shock at the same time.
"Yes, that's what the doctors at the hospital explained. This is also a headache for them. They can only say that they will observe it for a few more days and see."
"Will that be life-threatening?" Gu Chen asked again.
"This..." Professor Li hesitated and said, "Maybe not for the time being. The hospital has conducted a physical examination on them and found that there are no major physical problems. The hospital is also actively holding meetings to study."
"It will get better, don't worry." Qi Tian patted Professor Li's arm and comforted him.
Night falls quietly.
People at the archaeological base walked to their tents and old houses one after another.
Gu Chen, Qi Tian and Officer Tan formed a three-person night patrol team to monitor the surrounding situation.
At 8 o'clock in the evening, when the three of them walked to Ah Fu's residence, he was squatting alone at the door, looking at the ground with a blue face.
In the scientific expedition team before, Ah Fu was the best at spreading rumors, and his various theories about gods and ghosts scared everyone into confusion.
During this time, he stayed outside alone and did not enter the house. He just looked at the ground quietly, like a frightened animal.
Gu Chen took out his flashlight and took a photo in front of Ah Fu, then walked up and asked, "Ah Fu, why don't you go to bed?"
"Sleep?" Ah Fu's expression was stunned, and he looked at Gu Chen and said, "No... I don't dare, I don't dare to sleep."
Qi Tian snorted twice and said: "Are you an owl or a bat? Are you not going to sleep at night? Aren't you leaving here tomorrow? Go back and have a good sleep so that you will be energetic tomorrow."
"That's right, we're patrolling here at night. You'd better go inside and rest, and leave here by car with Professor Wang tomorrow." Officer Tan couldn't help but interrupt.
Ah Fu looked at the few people with weak eyes and said: "Dear police officers, if there are still many procedures that have not been handed over, I would not want to stay here for a moment. I have been to many archaeological sites, but there is nothing like Haitang."
It’s so scary to live in an uninhabited village.”
After looking around, Ah Fu patted his butt and stood up. He leaned close to Gu Chen and whispered, "To be honest, I'm going to tell you something very scary."
Gu Chen frowned and looked at Qi Tian and Officer Tan in a funny way.
"What terrible things can happen to you? Tell me about it?" Qi Tian asked him impatiently.
"Don't believe it." Ah Fu got in front of a few people and told them like a storyteller: "By the way, this kind of bizarre incident may only happen to a small number of people, like Xiao Zhang, Xiao He, and Master Xiao before.
, and now Professor Wang, these are the first group of people to come here. I am afraid that Professor Li, Professor Peng, and I will be the next group, and then others..."
When he saw the three police officers looking at him blankly, Ah Fu slapped his thigh and said, "Don't believe it, it's true. I've been observing this pattern for a long time. Maybe the three of us will be next."
Gu Chen was also surprised. Previously, he could only identify the six people who came here first, but Ah Fu counted himself among them.
He now feels extremely panicked and dare not go into the house to sleep.
"Then you are going to stay like this until dawn?" Gu Chen asked again.
Ah Fu said: "Isn't it? That's really what I think."
"Ah Fu." At this time, Professor Li came over wearing his coat.
"It's Professor Li, you haven't slept either?" Gu Chen asked.
"I can't sleep." Professor Li shook his head and said, "I discussed it with Professor Peng and decided to let me sleep with Ah Fu. I was afraid that this kid would not sleep at night and disturb the order of the archaeological base. After all, in the archaeological site
The security personnel on duty at the pit have to go to work, and Ah Fu wandering around here at night does not comply with the regulations and standards of our scientific expedition team."
"Professor Li, let's not sleep anymore, right? It feels weird." Ah Fu hesitated, but his tired posture made it difficult for him to continue.
"Don't worry, nothing will happen tonight. Don't cause trouble for the police."
"Afu, listen to Professor Li."
"Yes, with our police here, don't be afraid."
"You should be more courageous. How can you do archeology with this kind of courage?"
With everyone's persuasion, Ah Fu finally reached an agreement with Professor Li and lived in Professor Li's house to spend his last day at the archaeological base.
Soon, the entire uninhabited village archaeological base became quiet again.
One o'clock, two o'clock, three o'clock in the morning.
Time passes minute by minute.
The cold air in the mountains was relatively humid, but Gu Chen, Qi Tian and Officer Tan were each wearing a military coat and were on duty with their eyes open.
Due to the critical situation tonight, the police concentrated the residences of Professor Peng and Professor Li near the square, and the three took turns working on and off duty to protect the peace of several people.
Except for Ah Fu and Professor Li who live together, Professor Peng lives alone in an old house.
For safety reasons, several people even arranged themselves in bedrooms without windows.
Four o'clock in the morning.
Everyone suddenly heard the sound of breaking glass coming from Professor Peng's bedroom.
Qi Tian, who was on the verge of dozing off, and Officer Tan, who was resting, were awakened.
"What's going on?" Qi Tian quickly asked Gu Chen, who was in good spirits.
"It seems like there was a noise coming from Professor Peng's room." Gu Chen suddenly stood up and said, "No, there's something going on."
"Then what are you waiting for? Come over and take a look?" Qi Tian quickly took out the shrinking baton, held it in his hand and flicked it hard.
Gu Chen and Officer Tan also threw out their batons at the same time, and the three of them immediately ran away looking for the sound.
Professor Peng's room was locked, so Gu Chen had no choice but to keep knocking, but there was still no movement in the room.
Gu Chen had no choice but to take a few steps back, kicked back hard with his toes, and suddenly kicked the door open.
When they arrived at Professor Peng's bedroom, the room was filled with this strange smell, and the three of them quickly covered their mouths and noses.
At this time, Professor Peng was sleeping peacefully on the bed, in a semi-conscious state, and there were some broken glass fragments on the ground.
"It's that guy again, but how did that guy get in?" Qi Tian covered his mouth and nose tightly and said with difficulty.
"Let's exit the bedroom first," Officer Tan suggested.
Gu Chen nodded, lifted Professor Peng on the bed onto his shoulders, and rushed out as hard as he could.
Qi Tian quickly closed the bedroom door to prevent the suspicious gas from leaking out.
After a lot of tossing, a few people finally came to take him out of the house.
Putting down the semi-conscious Professor Peng, Gu Chen rushed into the house again and checked the windows inside.
It can be said that in the old house where Professor Peng lives, all the windows are sealed with rusty steel bars, and there is no other way in or out except the door.
"How could this happen? How did the other party do it?" Gu Chen frowned, feeling that the situation was more complicated than he imagined.
Professor Peng was originally arranged to live in a bedroom without windows to prevent suspects from committing crimes outside the window.
But now the broken glass appears in the bedroom. Could it be that... the real perpetrator is Professor Peng himself?
"Gu Chen, pay attention to safety." Seeing that Gu Chen was still in the house, Qi Tian quickly covered his mouth with a soaked towel and trotted to Gu Chen's side: "Have you found anything new? How did the perpetrator get in?
of?"
"I don't know." Gu Chen was about to say that he was also checking, but suddenly he discovered that the old and damaged chimney in the kitchen of the old house could also lead to the outside world.
Thinking of this, Gu Chen quickly walked over.
Unlike the dark environment many years ago, the damaged chimney is now covered with vines and is not inaccessible.
"Senior Brother Qi, come and see." Gu Chen quickly waved to Qi Tian.
Qi Tian bowed down, looked up at the damaged chimney, and suddenly said in shock: "When...when will there be a rope?"
"The suspect probably escaped from here. Be careful not to lose the footprints on the ground." Gu Chen quickly reminded from the side.
But suddenly he was stunned, and thought of Professor Li and Ah Fu again, and said quickly: "No, we have to protect Professor Li and Ah Fu quickly."
"You are right." Officer Tan also had this intention.
Several people were going to the residences of Professor Li and Ah Fu to check the situation to avoid any accidents.
But at this moment, there was a sound of starting vehicles not far away, and a black off-road vehicle suddenly rushed out of the base and drove towards the outskirts of the uninhabited village.
After hearing the news, Officers Gu Chen, Qi Tian and Tan chased him desperately, but were unable to stop him at important passes in several uninhabited villages.
"Get in the car and chase." Seeing that he couldn't catch up with the off-road vehicle, Qi Tian had to stop Gu Chen and Officer Tan and prepared to drive to continue the chase.
And at this moment, a dark shadow was slowly running towards him from a short distance away.
Gu Chen turned on the flashlight light and saw Professor Li running over with a disgraced face. He said in a panic: "It's not good, it's not good, it's Ah Fu, it's Ah Fu who did it."
"Professor Li, please don't worry." Gu Chen quickly supported the panting Professor Li and asked, "What's going on? What's Afu?"
"Yes... it was Ah Fu who did it. He stole the gemstones and cultural relics that were unearthed a while ago." Professor Li was also very anxious and panted: "He... he stole the scientific expedition team's car. I was just here."
When I chased him, he almost knocked me into a ditch."
"Is it Ah Fu?" Qitian was completely confused.
Ah Fu, who had been spreading rumors in the scientific expedition team all day long, turned out to be the culprit. This made Qi Tian shout that he had been deceived, wondering why he had taken him so lightly at that time.
"Isn't this guy hiding too much? I was almost deceived by his honest appearance." Officer Tan was furious when he thought of this.
I thought to myself that no wonder this guy kept clamoring to leave here. Unexpectedly, he wanted to find a way out for himself after stealing cultural relics. This shows how sinister this guy is.
However, at this time, only Gu Chen was keeping calm and letting his emotions calm down to their best state.
