"Isn't it a water tower?" Zhao Yu opened the picture on his phone, reopened the screenshot of the water tower in the video of Wei Qiqi's murder, and watched it carefully.
"It's true..." Cui Lizhu came over and said, "I heard my father say that the purpose of building water towers in the past was because tap water was not yet popular, and residents needed to solve the problem of drinking water, so they had to build water towers.
"It is used to extract groundwater and store water..."
"So," Zhao Yu nodded, "water towers are generally built in areas where humans gather, where the population is densely distributed and where it is difficult to obtain water!"
“But the Dayue Bay area is densely covered with water systems,” Cui Lizhu said. “There is no need to build a water tower at all! People can easily get water by just going to the river. Moreover, this is not a densely populated place!
"It's impossible for Yun Duo'er to choose a densely populated place to attack, so we must have made a mistake..."
"The building in the video is really blurry. It flashed past the video. It was far away and it was still in the dark night..." Zhao Yu pointed at the picture on his mobile phone and said, "If it's not a water tower, then... it can still be a water tower. What?"
"Do you even need to ask?" Cui Lizhu said without hesitation, "If it's not a water tower, it can only be a lighthouse! Although Xijiang Province is not close to the sea, it is the place with the most densely populated rivers and lakes in my country, and has developed shipping. Things in the video , it is most likely a lighthouse that indicates the direction for ships!”
"That is to say..." Zhao Yu said, "There is a river where Yun Duo'er killed Wei Qiqi? Or... a lake?"
"To be honest," Cui Lizhu said with a frown, "If we can't identify which lighthouse this is, then our actual search scope has not been reduced much!
"Take Beicang for example. There are hundreds of lakes, large and small. How do you find them?"
"There should be... a chance, right?" Zhao Yu pondered, "Regardless of rivers or lakes, the lighthouse must be built very close to the dock! We only need to search the past waterway dock, can we find it?"
"Yes..." Cui Lizhu nodded, "The number of lighthouses is much less than that of water towers, right? We are checking one by one. Are we afraid that we won't be able to find out?"
"right!"
Zhao Yu looked at the invisible tracker in his mind and found that it had already expired.
After all, the quantity of this prop is limited. If you can narrow down the search area and then use a tracker to find it, you may get twice the result with half the effort.
So, Zhao Yu immediately ordered Cui Lizhu to go back home and search again tomorrow.
Unexpectedly, something depressing happened. The battery car's power was exhausted. The two had no choice but to contact the local police. By the time they returned to the Xijiang Provincial Hall from the wilderness, it was almost dawn.
…
The next morning, Zhao Yu and Cui Lizhu drank a bowl of hot tea, and then they felt their bodies became slightly warmer.
Last night, the two of them were tired and cold, but they suffered a lot.
"Something's not right!" At this time, Miao Ying, who had also not slept all night, suddenly came to the two of them, handed a piece of information to Zhao Yu, and said, "Last night, we investigated the distribution of information in Beicang. Information about all lighthouses in the city, but...
"Look..." Miao Ying pointed to the report on the last page of the document and said, "Whether it is height or shape, they are all very different from the buildings in the video!"
"oh?"
Zhao Yu read the report carefully. Indeed, the river lighthouses in Xijiang Province are generally more than 10 meters, which is much higher than the buildings in the video.
Moreover, most lighthouses are cylindrical in shape, straight up and down, which is obviously different from the buildings in the video.
“Local experts told us,” Miao Ying said, “Although Xijiang Province is densely populated with water systems, there are not many places where lighthouses are used due to the inheritance of boating people from generation to generation.
"It is only used in a few open channels near Poyang Lake, so..." Miao Ying said solemnly, "The possibility of it being a lighthouse is very small!
"Judging from the appearance, the probability of it being a water tower is still very high!"
"In this case..." Zhao Yu frowned and guessed, "Will this happen? That thing is actually a water tower. The water tower was originally built in a human gathering place.
"But later, due to geographical reasons, that human gathering place disappeared, and the water tower was also abandoned
"Look..." Zhao Yu pointed at the picture and said, "Although you can only see an outline, but... it seems that it is very old... maybe the water tower was built before liberation?"
"Hmm..." Miao Ying thought for a while and said, "In this case, we need to find some historical experts to investigate in detail! Look around Beicang to see if there are any abandoned human gathering places or large factories. …”
"Huh? Wait!" Suddenly, Cui Lizhu stood up, grabbed Zhao Yu's mobile phone, then pointed to the photo on it and said, "This thing... this thing, can't be that or something?"
"Huh? Which one? What?" Zhao Yu narrowed his eyes.
"Didn't you just say that it looks like it was before liberation?" Cui Lizhu said, "Do you think this thing could be a turret!?"
"What!?" Zhao Yu and Miao Ying were shocked at the same time, and Zhao Yu blurted out, "Guntower?"
"Yes, Xijiang Province is an old revolutionary area..." Cui Lizhu said, "It's not strange to have a blockhouse, right? Do you know? When I was in Nanjiang, my father was hunted down and he took me to live in a blockhouse. !”
"This..." Zhao Yu glanced at Miao Ying, feeling a little surprised.
"I think it's very possible!" Cui Lizhu said, "If you take a closer look at the shape of this thing, does it look like a large grenade? Aren't all artillery towers like this?"
"It's really..." Zhao Yu weighed it and said, "Because it looks so similar to a water tower, so after we took a first look at it, we all thought it was a water tower! But in fact..."
"Oh... if it's a turret..." Miao Ying said, "It'll be easy to find! There are specialized research organizations both private and official. I'll contact them right now..."
After saying that, Miao Ying couldn't wait to leave the office.
"Wow..." Cui Lizhu said excitedly, "Boss, if I guess it right, will I have made a great contribution again?"
"Is it too early to be happy? You haven't even written the horoscope yet!" Zhao Yu sighed, "If we find the turret, we also need to find Wei Qiqi's bones; if we find Wei Qiqi's bones, we also need to find evidence of Yun Duo'er. Our future is still very bright. It’s so slim!”
"Well..." Cui Lizhu clasped her hands and prayed, "Wei Qiqi, you can do your best! We promise you that we will do our best to find you, but we also hope that you can bring us a surprise! Let's kill you together. Bring your murderer to justice and avenge you... "
Seeing Cui Lizhu's pious face, Zhao Yu wanted to say a few more words, but suddenly a new message came on his phone.
This time, the information came from Ran Tao in the capital.
Ran Tao told Zhao Yu that he had followed Zhao Yu's instructions and went to the High School Affiliated to Tsinghua University with Wu Xiumin to inquire about Li Xinghong, the son of Li Feifan and his wife.
Zhao Yu believes that although Li Xinghong is still a 15-year-old middle school student, they must not ignore this crucial party.
Therefore, he asked Ran Tao and Wu Xiumin to go to Li Xinghong's school to conduct detailed inquiries.
However, the results of this inquiry were not ideal.
Li Xinghong has been attending boarding school since the fourth grade of elementary school, and his holidays are often occupied by many training classes. He only goes home during holidays or special days. The time he spends with Li Feifan and his wife is not special. long.
The child has confirmed that his parents' relationship has broken down, and both parties are just maintaining the family in a routine to make outsiders think that their family is harmonious.
As for other situations, the child knows nothing about it.
Li Xinghong said that he had never seen any video recorder used by his mother or noticed anything special about Yun Duoer.
Therefore, Li Xinghong did not provide any important clues for this case...
Unexpectedly, just after Zhao Yu finished reading the message Ran Tao sent him, Miao Ying called:
"Hey, team leader," Miao Ying said excitedly, "come to the technical room now! The building in the video may really be a turret, maybe... We already know where Wei Qiqi is buried... "
(End of chapter)