Chapter 14 Discovery
December 10 at 9:00 am.
Four police cars rushed into Anchang Town roaring and stopped beside the town government. More than a dozen policemen jumped out of the car and stood in front of the town government.
Gao Fei got out of the car, and Mayor Liu, who had been waiting for a long time, and Director Song of the Ganshui County Police Department, had already come up.
"Director Gao, I didn't expect you to come in person," Liu Zhen rubbed his hands, looking very moved: "You really attach great importance to our Anchang Town. When you come, I believe that the missing case will be effective soon."
Director Song made a statement next to him: "Our Ganshui County Police Department has always been very careful in the public security work of all townships in the jurisdiction, especially after the rat avoidance order was announced, it attaches great importance to cases near mountainous townships. Today, even if the High Bureau does not come, we must investigate the missing cases to the bottom of the truth."
Gao Fei smiled slightly, nodded at Director Song, turned to Liu Zhen and said, "Liu Zhen, let's talk about the missing child. Look, there are so many people here, just waiting for you to introduce the case."
Mayor Liu nodded hurriedly, and introduced Gao Fei and others to the town government office. After serving tea and cigarettes, he began to introduce the missing case.
"Shortly after you called the High Bureau yesterday, at about 11 o'clock, Director Song brought people to our town. That night, Director Song visited the town from house to house. By this morning, he finally got some new clues. Oh, Director Song, you will introduce the following situation."
Director Song nodded and said, "Wang Xiaoshan came out of the town hotel at 4 pm. At about 4:20, a kid named Li Jun - also from Anchang Town, met Wang Xiaoshan on the street south of the town. Wang Xiaoshan was very excited at that time and asked Li Jun to catch mice with a few bills in his hand. Li Jun asked the place, and Wang Xiaoshan said that there were many mouse holes in Ant Mountain in the south of the town and wanted to catch mice. Li Jun thought Ant Mountain was too far away, so he didn't go. Later, no one saw Wang Xiaoshan again. We analyzed that Wang Xiaoshan was probably missing near Ant Mountain."
"Where is Ant Mountain?" Gao Fei asked.
"It is about 1,000 meters south of the town. It is very remote and has a relatively complex terrain." Liu Zhen replied.
"Can it be that the rat group encountered?" Gao Fei looked solemn. Could it be that the rat group that had no news had already run to the edge of the mountainous area?
"It shouldn't be." Liu Zhen analyzed: "There are villages within a few kilometers of the ants. If it is a group of rats, there should be news from these villages, but now there is no news about the group of rats in nearby villages."
Gao Fei pondered for a moment and suddenly asked, "How far is the road leading to Biyun County in the south of the town from Ant Mountain?"
"Just next to Ant Mountain."
Could it be that? Gao Fei felt aroused in his heart and asked, "By the way, Liu Zhen, the Thais who bought mice left Anchang Town yesterday afternoon, should have taken this path."
"Yes," Liu Zhen was stunned: "Does Gao Director think that Wang Xiaoshan's disappearance is related to the Thais, right?"
Gao Fei waved his hand and asked again: "You said yesterday that they left in a hurry. What's going on?"
"Oh, that's it," Liu Zhen thought for a while and said, "When they came to the town, they said they had to stay for 3 days, but they left the second day. At that time, the people in the town asked them to wait because some people had already caught mice and came back soon. They drove away without waiting."
Gao Fei pondered for a moment, turned to ask Director Song: "Old Song, what about your opinion?"
Director Song said: "I personally recommend searching at Ant Mountain to see if you have found any."
Gao Fei nodded: "Okay. Let's go to Ant Mountain now."
Ant Mountain is actually a weed slope, and the hillside is very smooth and not steep. The slope is overgrown with weeds, rugged rocks, and very desolate.
Gao Fei and others set out from the town government and walked for 20 minutes before they arrived at Ant Mountain. When they set off, Bureau Song proposed to drive over, but Gao Fei refused.
When he arrived at the foot of Ant Mountain, Gao Fei directed the Municipal Criminal Police Brigade and the police officers from the Ganshui County Police Department - about 30 people, to search on the hillside.
There is no road on the hillside, and the crazy-growing weeds cover the hillside tightly. The weeds have turned yellow. Small thorns more than half a meter tall mixed in the weeds make it difficult to walk. The thorns carry countless barbs, and they leave many small grains that cannot be named on their clothes.
"Be careful," Liu Zhen, who accompanied Gao Fei to Ant Mountain, reminded: "There are many holes on the ground covered by these weeds, and you will sprain your ankle if you accidentally."
"Liu Zhen is very familiar with the terrain here." Gao Fei smiled.
Mayor Liu laughed: "Actually, I have been here once. This place is too remote and few people in the town come here."
"This place is not too far from the town, and it is still close to the road. Why is no one coming here?" Gao Fei was a little puzzled.
"The straight line distance from the town is not far from the town, but have you noticed that the highway has turned a corner when you reach Ant Mountain. No matter how high you stand in the town, you can't see the Ant Mountain. There have been several vicious cases of rape and robbery here before, so most people rarely come here." Mayor Liu explained.
Gao Fei looked at the terrain around the road in the direction of Liu Zhen's finger, and a thoughtful expression appeared on his face.
"Will Wang Xiaoshan meet a bad guy here?" Director Song asked.
"I have thought about this possibility," Mayor Liu stopped and said, "But I can't imagine what a villain can do to rob a poor child in a town."
"So, is it possible that Wang Xiaoshan happened to encounter something shameful about the villain? So..." Director Song proposed another possibility.
Mayor Liu smiled bitterly: "Director Song, since the rat escape order was announced, few people have walked around in various villages. Moreover, in such a remote country, who are evil people come here to do something shameful?"
"That's strange," Director Song murmured: "A living person disappeared out of thin air?"
Mayor Liu hesitated for a moment and said, "I heard from the old man in the town that Ant Mountain was a chasm many years ago."
Director Song's body was shocked, but Gao Fei smiled: "Does Liu Zhen want to tell us that Wang Xiaoshan was captured by an evil ghost?"
Everyone around laughed, Mayor Liu blushed, and said in a naughty way: "I... am not introducing the situation?"
Everyone was talking when Gao Fei's walkie-talkie suddenly rang.
"Director Gao, we found a child's body. I don't know if it was Wang Xiaoshan." A policeman reported to Gao Fei on the walkie-talkie.
"Where?" Gao Fei asked quickly.
"Next to a yellow tree about 200 meters away from the highway."
"Let's come here." Gao Fei waved his hand.
There is a weed-covered earth pit next to the yellow tree, and the child's body is lying in the earth pit. Some weeds are sprinkled on the body. Now the weeds have been cleaned up. Police officers from the Technical Department of the two municipal bureaus are squatting beside the earth pit to conduct preliminary identification of the body.
"It's Wang Xiaoshan." Liu Zhen looked a little nervous.
Gao Fei nodded and asked the police officer who was identified: "How long has it been dead?"
"We found several corpse spots on the back of the limbs of the corpse. The corpse spots have entered the spreading period. Based on this point, the death time has exceeded 12 hours." An identified police officer replied.
Gao Fei looked at his watch and the time was 10:40. He quickly calculated in his heart that Wang Xiaoshan disappeared after 4 pm yesterday. If Wang Xiaoshan died for more than 12 hours, then Wang Xiaoshan's death should be at the stage of 4 pm yesterday - 10:40 pm.
"What is the cause of death? Have you found out?" Gao Fei asked again.
"It was found out that someone broke his neck and caused death."
Gao Fei's heart moved.
"I also find it strange that such murder methods are rarely seen in general murder cases," the police officer frowned: "The more common murder methods are to hit the head with a blunt weapon, or stab the vital points with a sharp weapon, and twist the neck to cause death. If it is not a person with special training, it is difficult for ordinary people to do it."
"People with special training? Haven't you heard of such people nearby?" Liu Zhen murmured, but his body trembled when he raised his head. Gao Fei's face had become gloomy.
"What's wrong? Director Gao." Mayor Liu asked carefully.
Gao Fei said slowly: "Yesterday Liu Xiao told me that among the people who came to Anchang Town to buy rats, three of them were professional soldiers!"
Liu Zhen was shocked: "What Gao Ju meant is that Wang Xiaoshan was killed by those Thais?"
Gao Fei didn't answer the conversation, but only ordered the police officer who was identified: "You check the road below the mountain immediately to see if there were any cars stopping within 24 hours."
Several policemen immediately rushed to the highway.
Gao Fei thought about it and asked Mayor Liu again: "Liu Zhen, it didn't rain here yesterday."
"No, these two days have been sunny."
"Oh." Gao Fei let out a sigh, but stared at Director Song again: "Fortunately I didn't drive here, otherwise..."
Gao Fei didn't finish his words, and Director Song immediately felt a layer of sweat on his back.
Chapter completed!