Everyone present was about to celebrate when they suddenly discovered that the drawings I had obtained were also fake. The word "unbelievable" was written on everyone's face. Even Li Hua, who should have been secretly happy, was so shocked that he was speechless!
Of course, I was the person who suffered the most. Although there are still some doubts in this case, catching Taimu and getting the drawings was already the perfect ending. Who would have thought that not only Li Hua was deceived, but also me!
Bai Qi stood there in a daze for a long time before he immediately took out his phone and walked out while saying something like "emergency alert" to the person on the other end of the phone. It seemed that the full blockade of Dengfeng City was about to be restarted.
At this moment, I felt my brain was in a mess, as if everyone present was laughing at me, and I was so ashamed that I wished I could find a hole in the ground to crawl into and die!
Regardless of the concealment or the chronological order, Taimu's fake death was definitely their ultimate means to transport the drawings out of Dengfeng City. If I had not discovered the clues left by Tang Qingfeng in time, I'm afraid they would have escaped successfully. But who would have thought that the two escape incidents were just a cover. So what was their ultimate means to transport the drawings away
After just a few seconds, I felt my head hurting violently again. I squatted on the ground in agony, tearing my hair hard with both hands, only to relieve the pain a little.
"Ji Wen, don't panic. Things may not be as bad as we thought. There may still be room for recovery!" Lin Yingxue, who was standing by, saw me like this and immediately realized that I must have a headache again. She squatted down and massaged my head while comforting me.
I laughed bitterly at myself and said, "If this isn't bad, then what is bad? The clues our two teams investigated were all set up by the other side, and now the two people who left with the fake blueprints are dead. There is no direction left for us to investigate. We don't even know whether the third person has left with the blueprints. What else can we do?"
As soon as I finished speaking, I heard the sound of wood hitting the ground in front of me. I looked up and saw Li Hua walking towards me.
At this moment, I was just like Li Hua, a complete loser. I even felt that I was more pitiful than him. No one could understand the feeling of suddenly falling from the highest point into the deepest valley.
Originally, I thought Li Hua would come over and make sarcastic remarks to me, and Lin Yingxue also looked at Li Hua vigilantly, fearing that Li Hua would say something to provoke me, but I never expected that Li Hua did not mock me as I imagined.
"Things have come to this point. The most urgent thing is to figure out what is going on. Let's put aside our grudges for the time being and sort out the things at hand! After all, this blueprint belongs to our country, and we must not let it be taken away so easily!"
I looked up at Li Hua. His eyes were extremely sincere at this moment, and his attitude of speaking was also very genuine, a complete change of his previous arrogant demeanor. It seemed that he also understood that things had reached a critical moment. Bai Longfei, Lin Yingxue, as well as Pan An and Ding Yang were all standing in front of me, looking at me encouragingly. This feeling of support gradually warmed my already cold heart.
I knew this was not the time to be cowardly. I tidied up my messed-up hair, stood up and said to Ding Yang, "Help me find a map of Dengfeng City. The more detailed the better!"
Ding Yang nodded immediately, turned around and ran out of the room to find the map. We sat around the table where the researchers had just checked the blueprints. I spoke first, "From what I understand, there is still one person among this group of criminals who has not surfaced yet, and this criminal is very likely the leader of this group of people. If the two directions we investigated before were wrong, then this leader must be the one who left with the blueprints!"
As I said this, I frowned and said, "But now I can't tell whether the leader who left with the blueprints is still in Dengfeng City. Will he take advantage of the chaos, or leave when we find the fake blueprints and everyone lets down their guard?"
I told him the news and doubts I knew, and Li Hua nodded and said, "I really don't know the exact number of people on the other side. If the clues you have are correct, then this last person is a very difficult character to deal with! Because when I was investigating the checkpoint before, I secretly got a glimpse of this person's methods!"
When Li Hua was investigating before, he once told Bai Qi that he had found some secret codes used by the criminals to communicate, and gave these codes to Lu Feng to decipher. In fact, he did not say how much effort it took to find these codes, because the codes were made very secret by the criminals. During the past few days of investigation, Li Hua spent most of his time looking for clues to the codes. He went to many places before he completely understood the codes. It is conceivable how cunning the criminal leader behind the scenes is.
"It seems that both of us are following false clues. The gang leader is very cautious and careful. He actually used his subordinates as bait to test our police deployment and response. Moreover, these two subordinates were very careful, but they still delivered fake blueprints. It seems that if he is not 100% sure, the gang leader will not easily leave with the blueprints. So I think there is more than a 70% chance that the gang leader will stay in Dengfeng City and make final preparations for his escape!"
After Li Hua finished speaking, I secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Regardless of whether Li Hua's analysis was correct or not, it at least boosted our morale. I continued, "It is also possible that the gang leader has not yet figured out how to escape. He is just using his two men as cannon fodder to analyze our police's arrangements and work out a perfect escape plan. I am just a little worried."
"worry about what?"
I thought carefully about what had happened during this period and said, "I'm worried that we have fallen into the trap of the gang leader from the beginning. Every step we take, even the time it takes to find his men, has been calculated by the gang leader. Whether it's the previous feint to the east and the current cover-up, I feel like I'm being led by the nose. I don't know if this worry is unnecessary."
Whenever I think of the weird look Taimu gave me before he committed suicide, I feel as if his eyes were mocking me, as if I could see the final outcome of the case from his eyes.
Li Hua sighed and said, "It's not impossible. Let's not talk about that for now. Let's analyze it as you said just now. If the gang leader really just used two of his men as cannon fodder to find a way out of the city, then he should have the answer by now, and he is likely to leave in a short time. Now we must formulate the final direction of the investigation, and we can only go all out, there is no second choice!"
While Li Hua was talking, Ding Yang came running back with a map, and spread it out on the table. I pointed at the map and said, "If we have been led by the criminal leader, or he is still working on an escape plan, then everything that happened before will be directly related to his escape route and method. Let's mark the places where the previous events happened and see if we can find anything."
As I spoke, I picked up a red pen and marked a few places on the map. I said, "The place where Uncle Tang died is in the easternmost part of Dengfeng City. At that time, your analysis was that they were planning to make a feint to the east and attack the west, so that our police force would be concentrated in the east, and then find a way to break through from the west. However, not long after, someone in the west was indeed preparing to break through by force, but you caught him in the act. In other words, the gang leader already knew both the east and west directions."
"But Taimu chose the route to the imperial capital in the north. It seemed to be a cover-up, but in fact it was also a test. In other words, the checkpoints in the east, west, and north have all been tested. We just don't know which direction the gang leader will choose to leave in the end."
Pan An said in confusion: "Need I say more? It must be the south! The south is the only direction he hasn't tried. He must want to escape from the south while our attention is focused on other directions."
I shook my head and said, "No, he has gone to so much trouble to explore these three directions, he will definitely choose to find a route to escape in these three directions. After all, the leader of the gang is a very cautious person. He will definitely not choose the south easily without investigating it!"
Li Hua understood what I meant and nodded, saying, "Ji Wen is right. The gang leader can only choose one of these three directions. But how can we judge now which direction the gang leader will choose to escape?"
I stared at the map, constantly calculating in my mind what had happened before, as well as what I had seen and heard, and finally said, "I think we can rule out the checkpoint in the direction of the imperial capital in the north, because the imperial capital must be a key protected location, and the risk of going there is too great. Even if he can successfully leave Dengfeng City, he may not be able to leave the imperial capital alive, so I think there is an 80% chance that the gang leader will not choose this route. As for the remaining two directions, east and west, I don't know how to judge. Either we act separately now, or we take a gamble, choose one of the two, and bet on the 50% chance of choosing the right place!"
Time was running out, so I could only make such a seemingly hasty decision. Li Hua seemed to agree with my approach. When he was about to say something, a police officer suddenly came in and said in a panic, "Oh no! A large number of outsiders suddenly poured into the checkpoint in the west of the city. They were stopped by the police at the checkpoint and had a fierce dispute with the police. The scene is in complete chaos! Commander Bai has already rushed over. Do you want to go over?"
Upon hearing this news, Li Hua and I both brightened up, looked at each other and said, "It seems the answer is clear!"