Chapter 15: The Misty

The traces of the car parked were about 10 meters on the right side of the bend of the highway. Gao Fei stood at this position and looked at the place where Wang Xiaoshan's body was found. The distance between the two places was about 100 meters.

The police officer who identified the police reported to Gao Fei: "This road is a dirt road, and the tire traces are very obvious. If the car has stayed in a short period of time, the tire marks will be deeper and the rolling soil will be fresher. Both traces meet the above characteristics, and we also found a leaked engine oil in one of the two places. It is certain that a car has stayed here within 24 hours. From the analysis of the size and pattern of the tires, both cars are advanced off-road vehicles."

Gao Fei turned around and asked Liu Zhen: "Those Thais drive two Mitsubishi Off-Roads."

"Yes, yes." Liu Zhen nodded hurriedly.

"Did other off-road vehicles come to your town yesterday?"

"No." Liu Zhen replied with certainty: "We have seen one of the high-end things like off-road vehicles in our town a year. Yesterday, there were absolutely no other off-road vehicles except Thais who came to our town."

"Then can we conclude that the Thais have stayed here?" Gao Fei looked at Director Song and Liu Zhen for consultation.

Director Song nodded: "This is the only reasonable explanation for the two traces."

Liu Zhen looked puzzled: "The Thais left so quickly yesterday, why did they stay here after leaving the town? This is very abnormal."

"Is it because I saw Wang Xiaoshan?" Director Song said in a deep thought: "So Thai people stopped the car?"

"If this was the case at that time," Gao Fei asked, "Then, why should Wang Xiaoshan, a child, let the Thais stop the car?"

"Wang Xiaoshan came to Ant Mountain to catch mice..." Director Song raised his eyebrows: "Can he stop the car of the Thai people when he saw it coming, so he stopped the car and asked to buy the mice, so the Thai people stopped the car?"

"This possibility is not great," Gao Fei shook his head: "Liu Town just now introduced to us that the Thais left Anchang Town in a hurry, and even the rats of other villagers could not wait to be purchased. So, will they stop to acquire Wang Xiaoshan's rats after they leave the town? This is illogical."

"Director Gao is right." Liu Zhen nodded in agreement: "Those Thais were indeed the rats from other villagers who couldn't wait to acquire them and left in a hurry."

"That's strange." Director Song frowned: "Why did the Thais stop the car just 1,000 meters away from Anchang Town?"

Gao Fei said slowly: "What's even more strange is that Wang Xiaoshan's body was found at a location where they parked only more than 100 meters!"

"If we assume that the Thais are the murderer of Wang Xiaoshan, then what is the motive for the Thais to kill a child like Wang Xiaoshan?" Director Song raised a very sharp question.

"This..." Gao Fei pondered.

Director Song frowned and paced back and forth on the road: "First, Wang Xiaoshan has no grudges and no enemies with the Thais, so he can basically eliminate the possibility of revenge; Second, the Thais are generous and only buy rats for tens of thousands of yuan in Anchang Town. Wang Xiaoshan, a 9-year-old child, cannot have any huge amount of money to make the Thais murderous intent, so the possibility of committing money can also be ruled out. In addition to these two reasons, what other reasons are enough to make these Thais who left Anchang Town hurriedly stop the car and kill a 9-year-old child?"

Gao Fei's body was shocked and he grabbed Director Song's shoulder: "Wait, Director Song, repeat the last sentence you just said."

"What did I say in the last sentence?" Director Song was shocked, thought for a while, and said, "It seems that he was saying 'What other reason is enough to make the Thais who hurriedly leave Anchang Town specially stop the car and kill a 9-year-old child?"

"'Stop the car specifically', this sentence is intriguing." Gao Fei murmured.

"What Director Gao means-" Director Song looked at Gao Fei in confusion.

Gao Fei said slowly: "You were right just now. Thais 'stopped the car specifically' for some reason. We have analyzed just now that the reason for parking has nothing to do with Wang Xiaoshan. If we find the reason for parking, this case will likely be able to make breakthrough progress."

"The reason for parking?" Director Song looked around and said, "What can the reason why the Thais parked their cars specially in this wilderness?"

Gao Fei asked the police officer who was identified: "Did you find other suspicious traces nearby?"

"We have carefully checked the area near the parking lot just now, and no suspicious signs have been found." The police officer shook his head.

Gao Fei frowned and thought for a while, then squatted down and carefully observed the surrounding ground.

This is a bumpy road. Apart from the soil and some small stones on the road, it can be seen that few people walk around this road, so there is not even some common domestic waste on the roadside, such as waste paper, plastic bags, and plastic bottles.

Gao Fei followed the highway and searched for about 10 meters from the parking position, but found nothing. Just as he was helpless to stand up, suddenly, a few small black particles jumped into his sight. These small particles were too small, and if he didn't look carefully, it would be easy to be ignored as mud and stone particles.

"Give me the tweezers." Gao Fei hooked his right hand, and the police officer who was identified next to him quickly handed a pair of tweezers to Gao Fei.

Gao Fei carefully clamped these small black particles with tweezers and put them in a plastic bag. Director Song and Liu Zhen next to him also looked over.

Liu Zhen smiled as soon as he saw it: "Gao, this is rat shit."

"Yes, it's rat shit." Director Song also saw it clearly.

"I know this is rat shit," Gao Feiyangyang said lightly: "What I wonder is why there is rat shit on the left side of the road?"

Liu Zhen pointed to Ant Mountain next to him: "Gaoju, there are some mice on this mountain, and it is normal for mice to occasionally run to the road."

"Is that so? Then look at the terrain around it." Gao Fei pointed to the highway: "This road is built on the hillside. On the right side of the highway is Ant Mountain and on the left is a steep slope. You see, the mice cannot go down with such a steep slope. Now the problem arises - if these rats are left by the mice on the mountain running to the left side of the road, then why would the mice run to the left side of the road?"

Liu Zhen was stunned.

Director Song pondered for a moment and said, "Can it be that some passing vehicles throw away food on the left side of the road? The mice on the mountain ran over for food?"

Gao Fei shook his head: "I thought about this possibility just now, but, you see, the ground around the mouse shit is very clean and there is no trace of food residue, so this possibility can be eliminated."

"It's something strange." Director Song frowned again.

"Since I met Professor Lin Yusen, I have also mastered some knowledge of mice. Rats are very cautious animals. They usually only follow the route they are most familiar with, and they usually don't go to strange places. The mice are extremely myopic and cannot see clearly if they are a little farther away. Based on these situations, we can conclude that these rat shits cannot be left by mice on the Ant Mountain." Gao Fei said.

"It's not the mice on the ants, so what kind of mice left these rat shit?" Liu Zhen asked in confusion.

"Did Liu Zhen forget that there are more than 100 acquired mice in the Thai car?" Gao Fei said meaningfully.

"But those mice are loaded in the car," Liu Zhen frowned: "Are they moving the mice out of the car here again?"

Gao Fei pondered silently.

"It's such a confusing case." Director Song sighed: "The Thais who hurriedly left Anchang Town here for no reason were the first suspicion. Then the mouse shit appeared on the left side of the road. The second suspicion was the discovery of Wang Xiaoshan's body was only 100 meters away from the Thais. The reason for Wang Xiaoshan's killing and the special method of death were the fourth suspicion... We cannot explain all these suspicion at present. It is rare for me, an old policeman who has been working in criminal investigation for decades."

"If we analyze the Thais who forged passports, then there will be more suspicious points," Gao Fei paused and emphasized his tone: "First, why do they forged their passports? What is their real identity? Second, why do they have to buy rats with a lot of money? What is their real purpose? Third, why should they hire professional soldiers to escort rats? Will there be someone else to rob rats? Fourth, they originally planned to stay in Anchang Town for 3 days, why did they leave in a hurry the next day? What happened on the next day that made them change their plans? As far as I know, the next day, Liu Xiao, a reporter from Zhongjiang Evening News, and Zhang Fang from the Ganshui County Police Department, had a brief contact with them. So, is it because they found that reporters and police were paying attention to them and changing their plans and leaving in a hurry? So many suspicious points are so foggy."

"Director Gao, your questions come one by one, and my head is almost dizzy." Liu Zhen smiled bitterly.

"The analysis of Gao's director is very reasonable," Song looked at Gao Fei with a consultative look: "Then, what should we do next?"

"Now all suspicious points point to these Thais who forged their passports," Gao Fei waved his hand decisively: "Immediately issue an emergency investigation notice to the surrounding counties and township police stations, and once the traces of these people are found, they will be arrested immediately!"

"Yes!" Director Song agreed very much: "When you catch these people, all the problems will be revealed."
Chapter completed!