After all, this seemed to be a long journey. Walking along the railway track, Officer Wang felt a little crazy.
Gu Chen asked Officer Wang in return: "Brother Wang, do you have any better ideas?"
"Well……"
Officer Wang was stunned for a second, and immediately lost his temper. He could only agree reluctantly: "Okay, I'll just listen to your opinion and we'll walk over."
Gu Chen walked up to several elderly people and learned about the general direction of the railway tracks in detail.
Based on the descriptions of these old people, Lu Weiwei roughly marked all the places that the railway would pass through, and quickly completed the puzzle of the route.
After all the preparations were completed, Gu Chen asked Yuan Shasha to go to a nearby store to purchase some food and water for consumption on the road.
After completing the preparations, Gu Chen led everyone and started walking along the old station.
The railways are all narrow gauge and look quite old, and there are old houses on both sides of the tracks.
The walls of many houses are covered with vegetation.
But there are some houses that seem to still have people living there.
"I really don't understand. If the murderer is really Zhang Li, then why did Zhang He bring Zhang He to this mining area? What do they want to do? Or are they deliberately playing tricks on us?" Officer Wang was a little annoyed now.
Because the initiative in the investigation is not on your side, this means that the other party will lead you by the nose.
But Gu Chen didn't have much thought and just replied calmly: "Whether it's a trap or not, the fact that this badge appears there means that Zhang He wants to provide us with clues."
"But if this clue is really provided by Zhang He, but we are not very sure about it, then the final result will be to let Zhang He down."
"Then if we want to get any more clues from Zhang He, I guess it's unlikely."
"That's right. Regardless of whether it's true or not, at least it's a clue that needs to be verified." Lu Weiwei also supported Gu Chen.
Yuan Shasha also smiled and said: "I think there are many people involved, including the former driver and the current driver."
"Everyone has seen the tragic situation of the deceased. It can be seen that the murderer hated that person deeply."
"This shows that there must be many unknown secrets between them."
"Zhang He and Zhang Li have never dealt with each other, but Zhang He did not kill Zhang He and sent someone to teach Zhang He a lesson."
"It's obvious that Zhang He doesn't want Zhang He's life yet, or in other words, the grudge between the two people is far from reaching that level."
After a pause, Yuan Shasha added: "Imagine that Zhang Li is the apprentice adopted by Grandpa Zhang He. Even if this apprentice hates the master, there is no reason to be at odds with Zhang He."
"Anyone with a bit of humanity would not do this. Moreover, so far, it seems that Zhang He has been taken with him and has no intention of embarrassing Zhang He. This is very illustrative of the problem."
With a faint sigh, Yuan Shasha added: "The most confusing thing now is whether the murderer is Zhang Li?"
"Obviously all the clues and conditions point to tension, but we don't have any clues to prove it."
"When we find them, everything will come to light," Lu Weiwei said.
Everyone continued to discuss and walk along the old narrow track in the mining area.
After walking for who knows how long, everyone finally saw the first site in the forest.
The houses in this old railway station look dilapidated, and there are still some old mining locomotives and some coal-pulling carriages parked on the tracks.
"Junior Brother Gu, this is a fork in the road. According to the old people, when the train arrives here, it usually needs to change the locomotive. From forward to backward, that means going in the opposite direction, that is, that way."
When Lu Weiwei finished speaking, she also pointed to the other end of the herringbone railway track.
Gu Chen nodded silently: "Yes, we are heading in that direction to the mining area, but we need to check this train station."
"Then what are you waiting for? Check quickly." Officer Wang looked at everyone and reminded:
"Attention everyone, we should divide into the same groups as before. Everyone pays attention to safety. Search around the train station and be more careful. Do you understand?"
"clear!"
Also under Officer Wang's order, everyone immediately divided into groups to start the search.
The main thing is to check the footprints here.
Since the mining station here has been abandoned for a long time, few people usually come here.
But if Zhang He and Zhang Li had really been here, their footprints would definitely be left here.
So everyone began to focus on the underground location and around some houses.
When everyone returned to the rendezvous point, none of the groups noticed anything unusual.
"Didn't you find anything?" Officer Wang asked eagerly.
"Report, no. We have checked all around, and there is no sign that anyone has been here."
"So are we."
…
As everyone reported one after another, Officer Wang also sighed, a little disappointed, so he continued to wave his hands and said: "Let's go."
Everyone did not stop and continued walking towards the other end of the pedestrian railway track.
This time, everyone passed through many cedar forests and finally arrived at the second station after climbing for a while.
At this station, you need to continue walking in a herringbone pattern on the rails to climb the steep slope parallel to the mountain.
So everyone directly crossed the herringbone railway track, climbed down from the railway track to the slope, and then climbed to the herringbone railway track at the other end.
There is a building here, but it has long been dilapidated. The door lock on the door is also rusty, and there are no traces of anyone coming here.
There are also many weeds growing around, making it look very desolate.
On the contrary, both sides of the railway track are covered with many small yellow flowers.
"Keep walking." Gu Chen reminded.
Everyone immediately formed a formation. This time, no one knew how long they had walked. They only remembered that they had been walking through the woods. After climbing a certain height, they found a steep slope.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Gu Chen sent a team to search on the hillside. The team waited on the high ground for a long time before returning to report.
"Gu Bureau, not far ahead, there seems to be a building complex. It's quite large. It feels like a small town."
"Yes, that is the living area closest to the mine." After hearing the young police officer's report, Lu Weiwei immediately unfolded the hand-drawn terrain map and hurriedly explained to Gu Chen:
"According to what the old people said before, this is the living area near the Jiaxiang mine."
"This is also the flattest place. There are many buildings inside, such as auditoriums, cinemas and the like."
"There are also canteens, workshops, dormitories, expert buildings, and squares. Anyway, the supporting facilities and buildings that should be there seem to be all there."
"It's just that now, it seems to have been abandoned."
"Go and take a look." Listening to Lu Weiwei's explanation, Gu Chen became more convinced that this kind of place should be the area where Zhang He and Zhang Li were hiding.
Although it was unclear what the two of them were doing here? But through this badge, Gu Chen still felt that Zhang Li had his own considerations when he came here.
And Zhang He seems to have been coerced to come here.
The abandoned mining area here gave Gu Chen a mysterious feeling.
"Let's go, keep up." Seeing that everyone seemed a little tired from walking, Officer Wang encouraged them.
When everyone dragged their tired bodies and saw a stone arch across the railway track, everyone stopped.
Gu Chen, on the other hand, took a few steps forward, walked out of the railway track, and came to a rock on the side of the road to look at the situation ahead.
Then he turned around and told everyone: "On the left side of the railroad tracks is the living area. We should be very close to the mine. Everyone, work harder and keep walking."
"Ouch!"
"worn out."
"Why are the rails so long?"
"Do we still need to lay railroad tracks if they are not long? Stop complaining and leave quickly."
…
Everyone also started to follow Gu Chen while complaining.
When everyone came to the stone arch gate, they discovered that it was actually a platform with two old locomotives parked and some passenger cars.
On one side of the platform, there is a stone step that leads directly to the living area below.
Gu Chen led everyone down and found that there were large dormitory buildings and some expert buildings.
It is not difficult to tell from the sign of the building that this is a residence for Lao Maozi experts.
Back then, Lao Maozi provided a lot of support for our construction, including sending many experts to teach you step by step how to mine.
And walk a little further to the left, and you can see a movie theater here.
The entrance style of the cinema is full of a sense of age.
There are also some dormitory buildings ahead.
Going to the right side of the steps, there will be a downhill section. In front of the building on the section, there is a blackboard.
Although the chalk writing on it is very blurry, it is still easy to see that it was a daily report of life in the mining area at that time, and it would be updated every day.
Then keep walking along the downhill section and you will come to a square.
It is surrounded by buildings. On the left side of the entrance is a huge machine repair workshop, and on the right side is a large stage, which is usually used for leaders' speeches or artistic performances.
The square is where workers gather.
On the other side of the stage is a row of buildings, which looks like an area for storing supplies.
Opposite the stage is the mining area's large canteen, a building similar to a large factory.
Above the entrance of the cafeteria, there is a huge and eye-catching red five-pointed star.
Although the color of the red five-pointed star has faded a lot, the sense of age is still there.
Many police officers were shocked when they saw such a building.
"When I come to a place like this, I feel like I've traveled through time."
"Yeah, it feels like time has gone back decades."
"Wow, it's a shame that period movies aren't filmed here."
"Yes, although this place has been abandoned, the buildings are still very well preserved."
"Judging from these buildings, the living area in this mining area must have been very lively."
"Isn't that right? In those days, everyone had a strong sense of collective honor, and those who could come to work in the mining area were all capable people."
…
While everyone was discussing, Gu Chen was observing the situation around him.
Since this is the closest place to the mine, it was also the living and office area for the miners back then.
So the building area here is very large and there are many buildings.
At first glance, you can see a huge community.
However, due to the closure of the mining area, the lively scene here has long ceased to exist.
All that remains are these old buildings.
"Everyone, please be quiet." After observing for a long time, Gu Chen called out.
The scene that was noisy just now suddenly became quiet.
Gu Chen also came to the crowd and reminded: "There are many buildings here, and the murderer is probably hiding in this area."
"Although we have many people, it still takes a lot of time to search these places."
Looking up at the sky, Gu Chen said again: "There is not much time until dark now. Everyone must rush to check everything here before dark."
After a pause, Gu Chen continued: "From now on, everyone will search separately according to the previous grouping."
Turning around and looking in the direction of the dormitory area, Gu Chen said: "Start from the dormitory area and look for them one by one."
"After the dormitory area search is over, there is the expert building, office building, cinema, then the canteen, the warehouse..."
Gu Chen arranged the search steps in an orderly manner, and everyone quickly dispersed after listening carefully.
Gu Chen came to the square, looked around, and continued to wait for news from everyone.
Since other teams had been dispatched, Gu Chen looked at Lu Weiwei, Officer Wang and Yuan Shasha and said, "Let's go to the cafeteria and have a look."
"Okay." Lu Weiwei readily agreed, and soon followed Gu Chen and started walking to the cafeteria.
The door to the cafeteria is not locked, and the door can be pushed open by removing the iron bolt.
As the door creaked open, Gu Chen discovered that there were some brand new supplies stored inside.
And the inside of the canteen seems to have been cleaned.
"Someone has been here recently," Officer Wang said casually.
Yuan Shasha on the side also added: "Didn't those old people say that? The cultural tourism company of the Yuan Group once sent people to inspect here and wanted to build a mining park here."
"So, in the living area here, people have been here to carry supplies before, and they may have been prepared for the inspection team to use."
"I just store these things in the cafeteria temporarily."
"That's right." After listening to Yuan Shasha's explanation, Officer Wang nodded silently and couldn't help but say:
"When people come here for inspections, it is estimated that these former expert buildings will need to be cleaned up and used as temporary residences for these inspection people, right?"
Pointing to the materials in front of him, Officer Wang couldn't help but said: "Quietly, there are even folding beds and Simmons mattresses. They must be used by these inspection people."
With a faint sigh, Officer Wang added: "It seems that this place will really start to become lively again soon."
