It was impossible to see anything in the wilderness at night. Gu Chen and the others could only rely on the bright flashlights in their hands to search the surroundings.
But there are vast wastelands here, and it is obviously unrealistic to find people in these wastelands.
But if it's one minute late, the driver's life may be seriously injured.
Of course Gu Chen didn't want this to happen.
However, it is not difficult to see from the ruthless attacks by those men on Zhang He that they wanted to teach Zhang He a lesson.
Moreover, the person behind this kind of thing is very generous in his actions, which shows that this person has other purposes.
But now, even the driver has disappeared.
Gu Chen took out his mobile phone and dialed He Junchao's number again.
Not long after, the call was connected, and Gu Chen got straight to the point: "Brother He, help me verify the identity of this driver. If there are any problems, report to me immediately."
"No problem, leave it to me." Upon receiving Gu Chen's request, He Junchao immediately began to investigate.
Gu Chen, on the other hand, continued to rely on the traces on the ground and began to walk towards the wasteland.
Gu Chen has master-level observation skills, and the other party has left traces. As long as the traces remain, Gu Chen can use the stupidest method to find the person.
"Follow me." Gu Chen reminded.
Everyone immediately took off their equipment, threw out their police equipment and batons, and began to surround Gu Chen to cover him.
Gu Chen, on the other hand, carefully checked the traces on the ground.
Since the soil here is relatively soft, the footprints are still easy to distinguish.
But as Gu Chen kept searching in the deserted grassland, he suddenly had an ominous premonition.
Standing in one of the open spaces, Gu Chen suddenly heard the sound of running water.
"It's a river." Gu Chen said.
Officer Wang quickly replied: "There is indeed a river around here."
"No, there's still the smell of blood." Gu Chen said again.
Officer Wang was stunned for a moment and quickly began to distinguish carefully.
At the same time, Lu Weiwei was the first to answer: "Yes, I have also smelled the smell of blood, and it seems that there is wind blowing nearby, and judging by the direction of the wind, it should be..."
"Two o'clock direction by the river." Gu Chen and Lu Weiwei said in unison.
At this time, Officer Wang and Yuan Shasha, based on the judgment of Gu Chen and Lu Weiwei, quickly locked their eyes on the two o'clock direction of the river.
Gu Chen immediately started to speed up the search. Since the footprints were traceable and the direction had been identified, Gu Chen could move towards the target area very quickly.
After a while, everyone finally arrived at the riverside based on the footprints.
Yuan Shasha also pointed to one of the objects and exclaimed: "There is something wrong, over there."
Following Yuan Shasha's prompt, everyone looked towards the river.
At this moment, everyone was horrified to discover that there was a body lying beside the river.
Moreover, this corpse seemed to be somewhat unrecognizable.
The smell of blood became stronger and stronger, and everyone's expressions became more and more serious.
When Officer Wang walked up to the corpse, he couldn't help but cover his mouth and nose and immediately stepped back.
Afterwards, there was also a burst of retching.
"Old Wang." Just as Lu Weiwei was about to step forward, Officer Wang immediately reached out and stopped her: "Don't come over, don't come over yet."
When everyone heard this, they immediately stopped.
Officer Wang also felt that his body had gradually recovered after retching for a while, and then he hurriedly walked to the crowd.
"The head of the corpse seems to have exploded, so you must be mentally prepared when you go there." Officer Wang's expression was solemn.
After Gu Chen, Lu Weiwei and Yuan Shasha looked at each other, they nodded silently, tried to adjust their breathing, and then started to walk over with a strong flashlight.
Everyone came to the corpse and shined bright flashlights on it. They found that the head of the corpse seemed to have been smashed.
At this moment, the blood and brain matter burst to the ground.
Moreover, the body was lying half-way by the river, and the state of death was very miserable.
"Who did this? So cruel?" Lu Weiwei couldn't stand it anymore. She felt that if she looked at it one more time, she would feel sick to her stomach.
Although we have seen many corpses, such tragic corpses are indeed very rare.
It can be seen that the murderer's viciousness has completely exceeded everyone's imagination.
Gu Chen took a few steps forward and began to carefully observe the deceased's clothes and figure.
After repeated comparisons, Gu Chen said with certainty: "The deceased is not Zhang He."
"Is it the driver?" Yuan Shasha said.
Gu Chen nodded silently: "Judging from the current clothes, he does look very similar to that driver."
"It seems we are still a step too late." Officer Wang couldn't help but said with regret.
Gu Chen also continued: "Call for support. In addition, continue to look for other clues to see if there are any bodies nearby."
"Okay, I'll call for support." Lu Weiwei said.
Officer Wang quickly said: "I'll look for clues."
Everyone immediately started to take action.
Gu Chen began to look for new clues based on the traces at the scene, but in the end Gu Chen concluded that the murderer might have crossed the river, interrupting the clues.
"There seems to be no boat on the lake. In other words, the murderer left by boat." Gu Chen said.
"You can ask nearby residents, they may know the situation." Yuan Shasha said.
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As time passed, the support called by Gu Chen and others also arrived one after another. Ding Liang and Huang Zunlong's team were the first to arrive and immediately began to cordon off the surrounding area.
After the forensic doctor Gao Chuanfeng's team arrived, they immediately began taking photos of the scene to collect evidence.
Gu Chen, on the other hand, contacted the local village chief and asked him to come over quickly and cooperate with the investigation.
At this moment, the originally desolate wasteland immediately became lively.
Various police lights flashed on the roadside.
When a bald village chief parked his car on the side of the road and saw the battle, he was frightened.
I quickly stumbled to the police cordon.
"Are you the village chief?" Gu Chen looked at the bald man and asked.
"Yes, I am the village chief." The bald village chief paused and immediately asked: "Comrade police, you informed me that a murder occurred here. What is the situation?"
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "Someone was smashed to death by the river, their brains were smashed out, and their heads were smashed beyond recognition." Lu Weiwei said.
"No way?" After hearing this result, the bald village chief felt a little bit in his heart. He felt that this was terrible. After all, this happened within the scope of his village.
Gu Chen walked up to him and asked, "Is there a boat docked here by your river?"
"Yes." Faced with Gu Chen's question, the bald village chief immediately responded:
"We do have a ship docked on the shore here."
"Now that the boat is missing, it was probably rowed away by the murderer. So, I want to know where the boat should be now?"
"Ah?" It felt like this question came too suddenly, and the bald village chief seemed unable to answer for a while. He quickly thought about it for a few seconds and said:
"Wait a minute. This boat belongs to Xu Gui from our village. He usually fishes in the river. Let me ask him."
"What's the use of asking him? Is it possible that he can install a positioning device on the boat?" Officer Wang also said jokingly.
Lu Weiwei also continued: "I want to know now where the ship is most likely to be? It's business to send someone to find the ship quickly."
"Okay, okay." After listening to Lu Weiwei's suggestion, the village chief immediately responded:
"I'll send someone to find the ship right now."
The scene became busy again, and at this moment, Ding Liang had already given the result: "There is no need to look for the ship. We used drone reconnaissance and found out where the ship is?"
"Currently, drones are still searching for suspicious persons nearby."
"Where?" Gu Chen asked.
"It seems a bit far from here in the lower reaches of the river," Ding Liang said.
"You have to find it no matter how far you go, let's go downstream now." Gu Chen said.
Later, after arranging on-site tasks, Gu Chen drove and led everyone to search downstream.
Ding Liang controls the drone and uses the screen to observe the specific location:
"Go further, just on the other side of the river. Yes, there is a suspension bridge nearby. Our vehicles cannot drive across it, but we can walk on the suspension bridge."
With Ding Liang's constant corrections, Gu Chen finally found the suspension bridge.
After parking the vehicle on the side of the road, everyone immediately started walking across the suspension bridge to the other side of the river.
At this moment, Gu Chen discovered a terrible situation, because the boat was not fixed to the shore, so the boat was still drifting downstream according to the direction of the river.
"Damn it." Gu Chen frowned, feeling a little overwhelmed by this sudden situation.
So several people immediately started to fix the drifting boat on the shore.
This was an old wooden boat, usually used for fishing. Gu Chen carefully observed the fixed oars on the boat and found that the fingerprints on the wooden oars had long been wiped off.
In particular, several locations on the paddle's handle were almost wiped clean.
"The murderer was so cunning, he even wiped off his fingerprints." Gu Chen took a breath, feeling that the murderer was not only brutal but also very professional.
Don't give the police a chance to investigate.
Moreover, after committing the crime, the murderer chose to leave by boat. Obviously, he wanted to leave traces on land, which was interrupted because of the river.
In this way, the police will not be able to trace the traces, and the river is the best way to block it.
"The murderer may not have landed here. There is a high probability that he left from upstream."
"Because it takes time for the boat to keep drifting down the river, even though the boat is close to the shore, and the current of the river here is not very fast."
"So it will take a long time for the boat to drift downstream." Lu Weiwei analyzed.
Officer Wang also continued to add: "Also, the murderer seems to have planned it a long time ago. The driver, on the surface, is the murderer trying to scare people into silence, but now I still believe in Gu Chen's previous judgment."
"You mean, the driver also has a very close relationship with these two people?" Gu Chen asked.
"Yes." Officer Wang shook his right index finger and affirmed: "That's it."
"I feel that this driver must have something to do with these two people."
"Besides, I took Zhang He here tonight from the hospital. I feel that the driver also took the job on purpose."
"Zhang He may have asked the driver to go with him. He and the driver may be old acquaintances, but the driver may not know that he will be killed tonight."
After saying this, Officer Wang also said angrily: "It seems that this driver is also quite miserable. There should be a high probability of being silenced."
"What about the murderer?" Lu Weiwei asked.
"It is very likely that it was the mastermind who sent someone to teach Zhang He a lesson, and Zhang He and the two of them did it together."
After a pause, Officer Wang continued: "I really don't know how this driver, who is so good, got involved. Or is this just a random change?"
"Zhang He, there's a problem." As soon as Officer Wang finished speaking, Gu Chen also said casually.
Officer Wang also replied calmly: "I didn't feel it before, but now I feel it very strongly."
Walking back and forth in front of everyone, Officer Wang also crossed his arms and analyzed:
"First of all, the mastermind behind the scenes spent a lot of money to send people to attack Zhang He, but he stopped at the request and asked to be admitted to the hospital but spared his life."
"It can be seen that this Zhang He may have offended him somewhere before, so the mastermind behind the scenes is looking for an opportunity to take revenge on Zhang He."
"And." Before anyone could interrupt, Officer Wang immediately continued to explain:
"Based on the information provided by the three people, the man behind the scenes is most likely injured. In theory, the injury should be caused by Zhang He."
"Otherwise, why did the man behind the scenes spend a lot of money to teach Zhang He a lesson? But he didn't kill him."
"Because this injury was caused by Zhang He, but the man behind the scenes seems to have something to cooperate with Zhang He."
"But this driver may also be someone Zhang He and the mastermind behind the scenes know."
"However, this person may have offended both of them, so he was brutally killed."
Having said this, Officer Wang also took a deep breath and said in a bad mood:
"However, the person's brains were knocked out, which shows that the other party was really ruthless and did not even think about leaving a way for the driver to survive."
"So, how did this driver offend these two people?"
Glancing in the direction of Gu Chen, Officer Wang added: "Even Gu Chen said that this driver has a problem, and now it seems that there is really a problem."
"All this still has to wait for Senior Brother He's investigation. I asked him to investigate this driver. I think there should be results soon."
While everyone was discussing, Gu Chen's cell phone suddenly rang.
When everyone saw this, they immediately gathered around and saw that the caller on Gu Chen's mobile phone was He Junchao.
Lu Weiwei immediately complained: "Say Cao Cao, Cao Cao will be here."
"Hurry up and see if Senior Brother He has found the true identity of this driver." Yuan Shasha on the side also couldn't wait.
Officer Wang also urged: "Gu Chen, answer the phone quickly and see what's going on."
