Yu Hanjiang drove to the Qingshui Town Criminal Police Detachment.
At 23:40 in the evening, the office was brightly lit, and Team Liu and the others were working overtime to investigate the vehicles that drove out of the garage of Jinxiu Villa. Seeing Yu Hanjiang walk into the office, the young detective stood up quickly and said, "Captain Yu is here!"
Yu Hanjiang nodded, strode to the monitoring screen, and asked, "Have any suspicious vehicles been found?"
"After 4 o'clock this afternoon, there were a total of 84 vehicles leaving the underground garage of Jinxiu Villa, 71 of which were the owners' cars of the community and 13 were temporary vehicles. The owner's cars are easier to find. I have called the property management in turn.
After confirmation, no doubts were found; 10 of the 13 temporary vehicles found their owners through the Traffic Management Bureau, but for 3 of them, the owners could not be contacted..." Team Liu frowned and pointed at the monitoring screen.
, "Moreover, these three vehicles also disappeared from the surveillance."
"Show me." Yu Hanjiang took the information and glanced at it. He leaned over and held the mouse to quickly rewind the surveillance video.
The three cars Team Liu targeted were all private cars, with different colors: black, white, and red. They left the Jinxiu Villa community at 16:45, 17:10, and 17:30 respectively, and were monitored at the door.
Records were left in it.
But the strange thing is that after driving around the town, these three cars disappeared from the surveillance network.
Yu Hanjiang pressed the mouse to pause. On the screen was the location where the black car last appeared. In a residential area to the west of Qingshui Town, the cameras there were broken. On the other screen, the white car last appeared on the east side of Qingshui Town. The red car was last seen on the east side of Qingshui Town.
The car disappeared to the south.
The three cars drove in different directions and drove into the surveillance blind spot in perfect agreement.
Yu Hanjiang said decisively, "They did it on purpose."
Captain Liu was stunned for a moment, stroking his chin thoughtfully, "Captain Yu means that they deliberately drove to different sections of road at different times in order to confuse the police and prevent us from determining the specific direction of their departure?"
"Well, the operation is divided into three routes to make the investigation more difficult. These people's anti-investigation capabilities are very professional." Yu Hanjiang zoomed in on the surveillance screen and carefully looked at the tire marks of the three vehicles. He repeatedly switched the screen, and several people standing behind him
The young detective was dazzled.
"Roads are being built around the town, so the road conditions in some sections are not very good, and there are no surveillance cameras." Captain Liu hurriedly explained when he saw Yu Hanjiang freeze the scene on a sandy road.
"It's a red car." Yu Hanjiang straightened up, pointed at the tire marks on the screen and said, "Vehicles with different loads will leave different tire marks when passing through the dirt road. This red car should be full of people, and the marks
It was significantly deeper than the other two cars. If I guess correctly, the kidnapped person was sitting in the back seat of the car."
"..." Team Liu slapped his forehead, "Yes, you can see the tire marks more clearly on the dirt road with bad road conditions. They were so sparse and sparse, but they allowed us to lock the car that took the hostages!"
"What's the situation around Qingshui Town?" Yu Hanjiang whispered, "Give me a detailed map."
"Oh, okay!" Team Liu found a map and handed it to Yu Hanjiang.
Yu Hanjiang picked up the pen and quickly drew three red crosses on the map. "The places where the three cars disappeared were in the east, west and south of the town. The red car with the hostages finally disappeared in the south. The two cars were black and white.
, it should be driven indiscriminately to mislead the police. The red car is the key." Yu Hanjiang raised his head with sharp eyes, "There is no surveillance installed at all in this area?"
"Yes." Team Liu nodded vigorously, "The surrounding areas of Qingshui Town have not yet been developed. There are more than a dozen villages close to each other in the east, north and south directions. Although the economic conditions are not good, the natural environment is beautiful. The city has already
According to the document, we plan to develop the area into a tourist area.”
"How many villages are there in the south?"
"Six." Captain Liu gave a general introduction to each village.
In the urban-rural fringe, there are no wide roads, only country roads paved with gravel. There are several branch roads in the south of the town, leading to six different villages, and the villages are far apart. There is no surveillance, and that car
Where the car went, no one knows.
Yu Hanjiang lowered his head and glanced at his watch - 23:55, 5 minutes away from 24:00 in the morning.
The information that could be obtained through surveillance was limited. He could only infer that Xiao Lou and others were taken to the south, and he could no longer waste time. Thinking of this, Yu Hanjiang immediately turned around and said, "I'll go find that car."
"Do we need to send reinforcements?"
"No need." The dispatch of a large number of police officers would alert the other party and lead to a dispute. Yu Hanjiang did not dare to take this risk. He waved his hands and said, "Thank you for your hard work. Captain Liu, if you find anything, please contact me immediately."
Yu Hanjiang turned around and left the detachment, drove his black private car, stepped on the accelerator, and the car suddenly shot out towards the south of Qingshui Town like an arrow from the string.
In the middle of the night, there were not many pedestrians in the town. Yu Hanjiang sullenly drove to the highest speed, and in a blink of an eye he came to the location where the red car disappeared from the surveillance. The road conditions here were very poor, and he saw the last person on the roadside flashing infrared light.
Camera. Further ahead is a country road with no street lights or surveillance.
The dark country road is like a beast with its mouth wide open, almost ready to devour people.
Yu Hanjiang stopped the car at the intersection and opened the map.
The headlights showed that there was a three-way intersection ahead. Go left for 10 kilometers and you will see a T-shaped intersection, leading to two villages. Go right and walk 10 kilometers forward and you will also encounter a T-shaped intersection, leading to four different villages.
.
In other words, the branch road leads to six villages, and Xiao Lou may have been taken to any village. Even if he drove at the highest speed, it would take 30 minutes to reach the nearest village, and the total time needed to check one by one would be
It's 180 minutes.
It's simply too late.
Once he finds the wrong village, it is likely to delay the best rescue opportunity, causing Xiao Lou and the other three to be brutally killed.
This is not a maze where you can return to the same place if you make a mistake, but a life and death choice question.
He simply cannot afford the price of making the wrong choice.
Of the six paths, which one is the right one?
The car disappeared from this area around six o'clock in the afternoon. At that time, it was the rush hour for get off work. Many villagers from various villages went to work in small towns. Therefore, there was an endless stream of vehicles on the road. The tire tracks were very messy and could not be seen at all. Tire marks left by a clear red car.
The clue is broken again.
Yu Hanjiang returned to the car with a sullen face. His phone just lit up and received a message, "We have arrived at Xishan Cemetery."
It was sent by Shao Qingge.
Yu Hanjiang replied "Pay attention to safety."
Shao Qingge: "You too. When twelve o'clock comes, we will contact each other carefully."
After saying that, he deleted the chat history completely, carried a box of ransom money, and came to the location designated by the other party with several teammates.
Xishan Cemetery, row 18, tenth tombstone from the left.
In the early morning, not a single figure could be seen in the dark cemetery. The willow trees next to the cemetery swayed in the wind. Under the dim moonlight, the shadows of the trees on the ground with their claws and fangs were dancing, like evil spirits dancing.
Going to the cemetery in the middle of the night is already scary, not to mention that they have no idea who is secretly watching them.
Shao Qingge turned on the flashlight, led his teammates to the tombstone quickly, and put down the box full of cash.
He used the light of his flashlight to shine on the tombstone, only to find that there was a printed piece of A4 paper stuck on the cold tombstone: "Put down the box, leave the cemetery, go down the mountain and turn left."
Shao Qingge frowned, took out his mobile phone and sent a message: "We agreed to pay the money with one hand and the people with the other. Where is my friend?"
The other party said, "Follow the instructions, otherwise, you will only see their corpses."
Shao Qingge had no choice but to put down a box of gold coins and led his teammates out of the cemetery.
At 24:00 in the morning, all card skills were refreshed. No one noticed that in the darkness, a figure suddenly appeared and disappeared suddenly - Shao Qingge summoned Qin Guan.
At the same time, Shao Qingge's voice sounded in Yu Hanjiang's mind, and a telepathic channel was established.
"We have been under surveillance. There should be hidden cameras near the cemetery. Judging from the other party's reaction, Xiao Liu pretended to be you and asked Little Red Riding Hood to follow behind him, which did not arouse their suspicion for the time being. The ransom has been placed in front of the designated tombstone, and the other party asked
After we left the cemetery, we drove to the left." Shao Qingge quickly told Yu Hanjiang about the situation in the cemetery.
"Go left?" Yu Hanjiang took out the map and looked at it. Mr. Shao's current location is at Xishan Cemetery. After going down the mountain, go left. It is a country road. If you continue along that road... you will arrive at the south side of Qingshui Town.
The fork in the road.
"Follow their instructions." Yu Hanjiang whispered in his mind, "They may lead you to the place where Xiao Lou and the other three are imprisoned, and then kill everyone together."
"Okay, keep in touch." Shao Qingge led his teammates down the mountain, started the car, and turned to the small road on the left.
At the same time, in the dark secret room.
Xiao Lou and Lao Mo were chatting about the case when the contact suddenly broke off.
The two of them were both awake and chatting in their minds. The iron door on Lao Mo's side had not been opened, which ruled out the possibility that he was suddenly knocked unconscious. If they lost contact with each other, it could only be - 24 in the morning.
Point, card skills are refreshed.
Telepathy can only be maintained for 24 hours, and the target can be changed after refreshing the skill every morning.
The time now is exactly 24 o'clock.
Xiao Lou took a deep breath and shouted out the door, "Is there anyone there?"
There is no sound outside.
Most of the cards in his card pack, such as Li Qingzhao, Tao Yuanming, etc., need to be held in his hands before they can be activated and summoned. At this time, his hands were tightly tied and he could not use these cards.
There are two card skills that are exceptions - Qin Guan's telepathy and Xiao Yu's passive protection.
Because "Telepathy" establishes a spiritual channel, this skill can also be controlled by the mind. Xiao Yu's protection of his brother is a passive trigger. Once someone takes a knife to kill Xiao Lou, Xiao Yu will immediately come out to help his brother.
However, so far, Xiao Yu has not come out, which proves that Xiao Lou is not in an extremely dangerous environment.
There was no one outside, so Xiao Lou took a deep breath and immediately used his spirit to send out the skill signal of "Taking a Clear Heart".
Yu Hanjiang received the signal.
Mr. Shao has just connected, so another Qin Guan card can only come from Xiao Lou!
Yu Hanjiang's heart skipped a beat and he hurriedly answered the call.
A familiar voice sounded in my mind, "Hanjiang, are you there?"
The man's voice was as gentle as in his memory, but it revealed a little anxiety. A hint of ecstasy suddenly rose in Yu Hanjiang's heart. He suppressed his excitement and whispered, "I'm here! How are you, Xiao Lou? Are you injured?"
?!"
Hearing his concerned voice, Xiao Lou felt warm in his heart and said hurriedly, "I'm fine, I just don't know where we are being held. How is the situation over there? We haven't been arrested, right?"
"No." Yu Hanjiang quickly explained, "They used your mobile phone to send a message asking Mr. Shao to bring the ransom. Currently, Mr. Shao, Qu Wanyue, Long Sen, and Liu Qiao are on their way to pay the ransom. I'm looking for you at the intersection south of Qingshui Town.
you."
Time was running out, and the two had no time to greet each other carefully. Yu Hanjiang decisively put the topic at the most critical point: "Xiao Lou, can you describe the surrounding environment as much as possible?"
"Concrete floor, closed secret room, iron door. There were three people on the other side, two men and one woman. The two boys called the leader 'Brother Rong'. He is probably the Brother Rong we are looking for." Xiao Lou closed his eyes,
Feeling the surroundings carefully. Although he could not see anything, because of the loss of vision, his hearing and smell became particularly keen. "Just now when the three people came to make sure I was awake, I smelled a strange smell.
The smell, fresh and cold, should be... plum blossoms."
Xiao Lou was not sure what the smell was at first, but after thinking about it carefully, he realized that the elegant fragrance was obviously floral, and when it appeared on a man's body, it was not like perfume, but more like a natural floral scent. For example, the other party came from a piece of
The scent of passing flowers.
There are not many flowers blooming in February. Xiao Lou carefully searched his knowledge base and determined that this was the cold fragrance of plum blossoms.
"Plum blossoms?" Yu Hanjiang hurriedly picked up the map. He had just marked it based on Captain Liu's description. There are six villages near Qingshui Town, one of which is called "Qinghe Village", where a large number of plum blossoms are planted.
The city is also planning to use "plum blossom" as the theme to turn this place into an eco-tourism resort.
At this time, early spring is approaching and it is the season of plum blossoms blooming.
If those people had passed through a large forest of plum blossoms, they would naturally be contaminated by the scent of plum blossoms and brought them to Xiao Lou. The scent of plum blossoms was not strong, but rather light and cold. Fortunately, Xiao Lou was keenly aware of it.
arrive.
"Protect yourself, I will come to rescue you right away." Yu Hanjiang folded the map and stuffed it into his pocket, threw the car on the spot, activated the Qinggong card, and rushed towards Qinghe Village!