Dozens of minutes later, under the guidance of Officer Wang, I had entered the deep mountain we were looking for.
When we parked at the foot of the mountain, we happened to meet a farmer living nearby. After seeing the police uniforms on Officer Wang and I, the farmer immediately came up to us and said to us: "Ah? Two comrades,
Have you received a report from Weijiacun?"
Officer Wang and I looked at each other, and the latter said back to the farmer: "What report? Who reported it?"
"Ah? Didn't you receive a report? Then why are you here?" The farmer muttered, and then explained to us.
This middle-aged man dressed as a farmer is surnamed Wei and nicknamed Lao San. The old Wei he mentioned before is his neighbor in the village. Both of them are villagers in a place called Weijia Village near this deep mountain.
The reason why this third Wei appears here is to find the whereabouts of Old Wei. This Old Wei is a hunter in the Wei family village. He often comes to this deep mountain to hunt on weekdays. Sometimes, he even goes to the mountain to hunt.
Stay in the mountains for a month.
But almost two months ago, after this old Wei went hunting in the mountains, he never came back and never appeared again. Because Old Wei was a widower and his parents had died long ago, no one noticed it for a while.
.It wasn’t until recently that the village committee in the village had to do something and needed help from Lao Wei. Only then did he realize that he hadn’t been home for a long time, and a thick layer of ash had piled up inside his home.
Ever since, Wei Laosan was sent by the people in the village to go to the mountains to find the whereabouts of Lao Wei.
Wei Laosan explained to us: "There is a small wooden house in this mountain. It is said that it was left by the predecessors. After Lao Wei found it before, he renovated it. He used to live there when he hunted in the mountain.
, I just want to go to that cabin to have a look this time."
Hearing this, an idea suddenly occurred in my mind, and I quickly asked him: "Have you been to that cabin?"
"I've been there...I've been there." Wei Laosan looked at me with some confusion.
I asked him again: "Is there a creek near that cabin?"
Wei Laosan nodded again and said, "Yes, there is a small river right next to the cabin."
My heart suddenly skipped a beat. After listening to Wei Laosan's words, I had a strong hunch that the place we were looking for was probably the cabin that Wei Laosan had mentioned. So, without hesitation, I immediately let him go.
Wei Laosan was leading the way for us.
The mountain road is not difficult to walk because the mountains here are not very rugged, but because the woods in the mountains are too dense, our progress is not fast.
Halfway through, Wei Laosan, who was leading the way, suddenly stopped. I walked over and took a look, and found that Wei Laosan's eyes had been fixed on a low shrub not far in front, and he came closer.
, only to discover that there were some dark red blood stains on the leaves of this shrub.
Officer Wang picked off a leaf, put it to the tip of his nose, smelled it, raised his head and said to me: "Comrade Lin, it's blood."
"Blood?"
Before I could say anything, Wei Laosan screamed in fear. He took a step back and said to us: "You two, is this the blood of Lao Wei?"
I shook my head and said, "Impossible. Old Wei disappeared two months ago. From what I can see, this blood probably hasn't been here for more than half a day, right?"
Officer Wang also nodded in agreement, and then asked me what to do next? Should I move on or go back to find someone to identify the blood stain?
I thought about it and decided that it would be better to move on. Although there was blood here, there was no evidence to prove that it was human blood. Everything could only be solved after finding the cabin.
After continuing to walk for a while, I suddenly heard the sound of running water. Wei Laosan, who was leading the way, had a happy face. He turned around and said "here we are" and rushed over first.
I screamed in my heart, if this was really Du Ling's hiding place, and Du Ling was in that cabin, wouldn't Wei Laosan's actions just alert the enemy? So I hurriedly chased him with Officer Wang.
.
After walking through the woods, I saw a slightly dilapidated cabin in front of me, and on the edge of the cabin, I also saw an extremely clear stream.
Just looking at the appearance of this wooden house, it is somewhat similar to the Du Ling's small wooden house I heard from San Pang.
At this time, Wei Laosan had already rushed to the cabin and called at the door: "Old Wei, Lao Wei, are you in there?"
As soon as Wei Laosan finished speaking, Officer Wang and I rushed forward and threw him to the ground, covering his mouth at the same time.
I whispered in his ear, "Don't move!", then I drew my pistol and pointed it at the door of the cabin. At the same time, I raised my ears and listened carefully to what was going on in the house.
However, after a while, no one in the house responded to Wei Laosan's call just now, and no movement was heard from inside. It seemed that there was no one in the cabin.
Seeing this, I asked Officer Wang to let go of his hand, and then winked at him. The latter also had a gun in his hand, stood at the door of the wooden house, and gently reached out and pushed the door open.
Officer Wang used very little force, but the wooden door opened all of a sudden. Officer Wang quietly popped half of his head at the door, looked inside for a while, then made a safety gesture to us and walked in.
I repeatedly told Wei Laosan not to move for a while, and then I took him in with me.
There were no lights in the wooden house, so we could only get a rough look inside through the light coming from the door. It can be seen that this house seems to have not been lived in for a long time, and it is full of dust and choking substances.
Musty smell.
Officer Wang said to me: "Comrade Lin, there seems to be no one here."
Wei Laosan looked puzzled: "It's impossible. Lao Wei never came back after he went up the mountain. If he wasn't here, could he still be eaten by animals on the mountain? There aren't even wild wolves here, at most
They are just wild boars, how could something happen to Old Wei?"
I didn't answer them, but walked around the house, and I found a working oil lamp in the corner of the house.
After lighting the oil lamp, the room became a little brighter than before. Under the light of this oil lamp, some things that had not been discovered before were gradually exposed to us.
I found that although the cabin was full of dust, there was not much dust in one place, or even none at all.
This place is a floor in the wooden house near a nearby creek. I walked on this wooden floor and found that something was wrong with my footsteps. I bent down and touched the ground a few times, and it turned out that
I dug a wrench out of the floor.
I reached out and grabbed the wrench and pulled it hard. The wooden floor where the wrench was connected was pulled up by me, revealing a step leading downwards.
It turns out that there is a basement underneath this small wooden house.
After seeing that there was another layer of space below, Wei Laosan was so surprised that he was speechless: "Strange, I have never heard Lao Wei talk about this thing."
I replied: "This may not have been done by Lao Wei, but by the previous owner of this place."
"Previous owner?"
I stood on the edge of the steps and found that the basement below seemed to be dug very deep. Standing on the edge of the steps, I couldn't see what was going on below. However, even so, I could smell a strong smell of blood underneath.
Slowly floated out from inside.
Smelling this smell, my uneasiness became more intense. It seemed that this was really the place I was looking for.
For safety reasons, I asked Wei Laosan and Officer Wang to stay up there together, while I held the oil lamp and walked down the steps step by step.
Walking on the steps, with the oil lamp in my hand, I saw what seemed to be a table in the basement near the steps, and a naked figure seemed to be lying on the table.
The light on the steps was too weak, so I couldn't see clearly, so I had to walk down step by step. When I completely stepped on the basement floor with one foot, I could clearly see what the naked figure was.
It turned out to be a corpse! The corpse's chest had been opened and exposed to the air. The chest was empty, except for the flesh and blood that had shrunk with thirst.
I looked at the face of the deceased again. He was a middle-aged man who looked to be in his forties, with dark and rough skin. Although Mr. Wei was still upstairs, I could already conclude that this person was probably Mr. Wei above.