Although they spent a lot of energy in the office last night, Zhao Yu and Miao Ying returned to the office early the next morning and began to preside over a new day's investigation work.
At first, Miao Ying was confident in her speculation, but at 10 noon, when the Zhangze City Police Department sent the report information, she was still disappointed.
"Why?" Miao Ying looked at the information and asked, "I wanted the report information about Tuoshan, but they gave me a lot of search and rescue records? What kind of joke is this?"
"Well, that's it, Sister Miao." Zeng Ke quickly explained, "Although Luolong County is called a county, it is just a small mountain village. Except for handling some civil disputes, the local police station basically does not have any formal cases, let alone with Camel Mountain has something to do with it.
“Later, after the forest ranger station was established, all matters related to Tuoshan were handed over to the forest ranger station.
"So, they found the search and rescue records of the forest ranger station. In the past, there were often some lost travelers who needed search and rescue teams to go into the mountains to find them.
"It's just that most of the rescued travelers were rescued, and there were no major casualties. Because of this, the forest ranger station has been rated as an advanced unit many times!"
"It's actually like this!" Miao Ying threw the information on the table in disappointment and asked Zeng Ke, "In what year was the forest ranger station established? Before that?"
"The forest ranger station was founded in 2010," Zeng Ke replied. "Before that, it was managed by the Xixia Provincial Forestry Bureau. However, the Forestry Bureau could not manage such a large virgin forest at all, and it did not have any information related to the case."
"Alas!" Miao Ying sighed in disappointment and felt a little headache.
However, Zhao Yu had already expected this result. He picked up the search and rescue information from the forest ranger station and looked at it for a few times, and then said to Zeng Ke:
"Xiao Zeng, please notify the Zhangze Police Station and ask them to send more manpower to visit the villages and towns near Tuoshan and ask the local residents if any major incidents have happened before!
"Such as murder and arson...
"Since they are all mountain villages and small towns, the local people should be more sensitive to such a big event."
"Oh!" Zeng Ke agreed casually, "You mean, the Shuijing case is related to a certain major event? So... what about the time?"
"What time will this take?" Zhao Yu said, "The earliest deceased died five years ago, so any major events from five years ago and beyond may be related to the murderer's motive!"
"Oh... oh..." Zeng Ke nodded, "I'll go check it out..."
While talking, Zeng Ke wanted to take away the search and rescue record, but Zhao Yu slapped it down and said, "Don't move, I'd better take a closer look before talking!"
After saying that, he opened the search and rescue information again and read it carefully.
This information was first sent as an electronic file by the forest ranger station and then printed out by a printer. Although it contained the search and rescue records of the forest ranger station, there were very detailed records of each search and rescue, even the photos of the rescued persons. have.
Um…
Seeing the photos of the rescued people, Zhao Yu suddenly thought of something.
Seeing Zhao Yu in a daze, Miao Ying quickly came over and checked the information with him.
"Hmm... what if... um..." Zhao Yu carefully looked through the information, pointed to the information of those rescued and murmured, "Do you think it would be... the deceased in the Shuijing case... um... um... "
"You mean..." Miao Ying's eyes lit up and she immediately understood what Zhao Yu meant, "Is it possible that the deceased or the murderer in the Shuijing case will appear in this record
"Have they ever been rescued because they were lost?"
"I can only say... is it possible?"
Thinking of such a possibility, the two of them immediately calmed down and began to check the information page by page.
After searching for a full hour, the two of them didn't even bother to eat lunch. After checking all the information of the rescued people, they shook their heads regretfully.
"No..." Miao Ying said disappointedly, "This may be the wrong path! Maybe there are other reasons for the Shuijing case..."
"But..." Zhao Yu pointed at the information and said, "Even if there is no victim in it, it doesn't necessarily mean that there is no murderer? So..."
"Oh!" Miao Ying nodded, "We have to check everyone's identity information!"
"Yes," Zhao Yu also nodded, "Once the suspicious person is found, we will obtain his fingerprints and compare them with the fingerprints on the well bricks!"
"Okay!" Miao Ying took the information, "Then leave this to me!"
After saying that, Miao Ying took away the information and went to check the identities one by one.
Um…
Zhao Yu frowned, his mind always stuck on one thought. For some reason, when he was checking the information just now, he always felt like there was some clue somewhere...
But... what are the specific clues
In fact, when Miao Ying mentioned that everything was related to the strange well last night, Zhao Yu had already thought of something.
And what he was thinking of was exactly what he said before, the detail that he ignored.
However, because he later shifted his attention to reporting the crime, he never thought about it in depth.
Now combined with the search and rescue record, it seemed to remind him of it again.
Weird well…
Four bodies buried alive…
Inaccessible remote mountains and old forests…
What is that detail that has been ignored
etc…
In an instant, Zhao Yu concentrated his thoughts and finally caught the idea.
Could it be that...could it be that...the key to the water well case...isn't in the most eye-catching place? But...but...
After thinking of this idea, Zhao Yu hurried to Miao Ying's desk and snatched back the search and rescue record as if robbing him.
"Hey, what's wrong with you?" Miao Ying was confused and stood up quickly.
However, Zhao Yu said nothing, but quickly opened the search and rescue records and fixed his eyes on a certain photo.
That photo was a rescue photo taken after the search and rescue team found the lost person in the forest. In the photo, you can see the still panic expression of the lost person and the joy of the search and rescue team members as they completed their mission.
"No?" Miao Ying guessed, "You don't think this case has something to do with the search and rescue team, do you?"
"No!" Zhao Yu casually opened another photo of a similar type, then pointed at the photo and said, "Look, the trees in this primitive forest... why are they so tall? They are all towering trees!"
"You..." Miao Ying didn't understand what Zhao Yu meant at all.
"I said..." Zhao Yu recalled, "Why did I always feel that something was wrong as early as when we went to the crime scene!
"It turns out the problem... lies in these trees!"
"Tree?" Miao Ying raised her eyebrows, "There's something wrong with the tree, not the human?"
"Yes!" Zhao Yu pointed at the photo and said, "These trees are too tall. Only now do I understand that the strange thing about the well case is not only the well, but also the place where the well is located!"
"Where is the well?" Miao Ying asked seriously, "Zhao Yu, can you make it clearer?"
"I called Wang Can on the hillside over the well," Zhao Yu pointed to his forehead, "The sun could shine on me at that time, which shows that the trees there were not lush.
"But when we got off the plane and headed to the well, there were towering trees on both sides, and we couldn't see the sun at all!
"Now, do you understand?"
(End of chapter)