When Xiao Mengqi woke up, it was already daylight. She was woken up from the cold. When she woke up, the fire in front of her eyes had been extinguished, and only the red and extinguished charcoal remained. She suddenly remembered where she was, and sat down suddenly. When she got up, the coat covering her body slipped off, she picked up the cotton police uniform, and recognized it, it was Yu Zui.
He must have covered it quietly when she fell asleep. Thinking of this, she unnaturally felt a warm feeling in her heart. She stood up, rested from the night's fatigue, washed her face, and then she I found a problem. Why are these three people gone, and I don’t know when they left.
I must have gone to collect firewood and breakfast, I took out my phone to check the time, oops, it was already past seven in the morning, I calculated in my mind, it has been more than 50 hours since the discovery of the case, and I was browsing the movements of the task force , There are still a few dispatch orders. Judging from the orders, the task force will tend to be conservative in the search around Xiuwu Town, which means that it is likely to change the direction of the hunt.
Holding the mobile phone, dressed neatly, picked up the grass that was stained on the body, combed the messy hair, and hurried out. Langang Village is not big, and there are not many early risers on the third day of the new year. She asked a few villagers, and someone actually pointed her to the direction, which is on the slope behind the village.
That's right, a stranger might not be able to escape the eyes of the villagers, at least the villagers would look at her with a strange look, that's right, it's Chinese New Year, and a girl runs around everywhere.
Regardless of her own image, Xiao Mengqi searched for it one step at a time, and crossed a frozen river. On the slope behind the river, she could vaguely see what Yu Zui was doing, crawling on the sheepfold, driven by curiosity. Then, she quickened her pace and ran up.
A pen of sheep, big sheep, raised by an old man, wearing dirty blue cloth clothes, not much cleaner than sheep, even after the snow, the whole pen is full of foul smell, but Yu Zui can see He relished it. Originally, the countryman was not going to pay attention to him at all, but he couldn't hold back after being watched, and asked impatiently: "What are you looking at? Can you find a wife here?"
"Oh, uncle, you are so humorous." Yu Zui leaned against the wooden railing, took out a cigarette, and waved. Xi asked, "Uncle, how many sheep do you have?"
"More than three hundred." The old man said, looking at Yu Zui suspiciously, if he wasn't wearing a police uniform, he would most likely be regarded as a sheep thief.
"Sell it?" Yu Zui asked.
"Sell it, what are you doing if you don't sell it?" The old man was taken aback, a smile appeared on his face, and he asked expectantly, "How many do you want?"
"All of them." Yu Zui said lightly, and the local tyrant said.
"What?" The old man shivered, shook his hands, burned himself with the cigarette pot, and slapped him in a hurry. After being stunned, he smiled and said with a smile: "The wind in the mountain is so strong, so I'm not afraid to flash my tongue. Knowing how I am How much is a pen of sheep?"
"Hehe, I haven't seen the world, so it's not like I haven't seen sheep... In a word, if you want to sell it to me, rush to Xiuwu Town for me, and pay the cash." Yu Zui said.
"Xiuwu Town, dozens of miles away? What are you going to do when I go? Cut it, bragging, you don't look like a businessman." The old man didn't believe it.
"What do you think I look like?" Yu Zui asked.
"Police." The old man said.
Yu Zui looked at his police uniform, gave a thumbs up and said, "The old man is really discerning. Then do you think the police are going to lie to your sheep?"
Seemingly not, the old man was stunned for a moment, and said in disbelief, "Then what do you want the police to do with sheep?"
It's not the police's business, it's either slaughter or killing, Yu Zui smiled and said, "Did you hear about the arrest of murderers in the past two days?"
"Well, I know, it's from martial arts." The old man said.
"Do you know how many police officers have come?" Yu Zui asked.
"How do I know that?" The old man was confused.
"Five thousand people... Do you know? How much does five thousand people have to eat? Dozens of pigs a day. It's cold and cold. Pork is not as good as mutton. Our leader sent us to buy sheep and rushed to Wulin , Cash is settled now...Don't talk about you, there are still thousands of people coming today, around Xiuwu Town, let alone sheep, all radishes, Chinese cabbage, and yam eggs have been bought up, and thousands of people will eat it. That cauldron... took more than fifty mouthfuls, all of which were ten loads of water." Yu Zui danced and danced, and when he saw Xiao Mengqi with his fingers, he just stuttered and continued to tell the big lie.
It's over, the demand is so strong, the poor shepherd must be fooled, Xiao Mengqi was about to tell the truth, Yu Zui gave her a look, she dared not say anything.
Turning around, he spread his hands and asked, "Should we go or not? It's a good price for a land of more than ten kilometers, or how much will it cost if it loses weight just because of the snow?"
"This... But, but..." The old man was about to move, blinking his goat eyes, looking at Yu Zui, who said, "The snow top is ten centimeters thicker, so I can walk."
"I can walk... I know I can, but..." The old man still didn't believe it.
"I understand." Yu Zui took the wallet, counted the thick pile, and handed it over: "The travel expenses, it's a deposit, if you can't sell it, you can't sell it all... you can't even sell it for a good price , this one thousand and five is yours, it's free."
Hiss... Although the one thousand and five is not much, but it is really a lot of free money, the old man dipped in his saliva, counted and counted, and twisted one by one, looking at the police uniform on Yu Zui, and such a majestic Appearance, gave an answer without any suspense:
"Success! It's agreed, this money is considered travel expenses, not sheep money."
"Okay, get ready, we'll be on the road at eight o'clock." Yu Zui waved his hand, lit a cigarette, turned around and dragged Xiao Mengqi away, and after walking a long way, Xiao Mengqi gritted his teeth and said, "What are you doing? I have nothing to do, coax someone to raise her." Playing with sheep."
"Shanren has his own tricks, what a fart you know." Yu Zui said proudly.
"What did you say?" Xiao Mengqi became angry when she heard the swearing.
"Oh, it's better not to talk, it's awkward to talk to you educated people." Yu Zui frowned, and simply shut up.
He walked forward, Xiao Mengqi chased after him, and asked after him. Yu Zui was too lazy to tell her, and it would be okay if he didn't tell her. Get ready to take off your clothes."
Saying that she really went in, Xiao Mengqi was so angry that she grabbed a ball of snow and threw it over the partition wall. Hearing the ouch from inside, she turned around and ran away with a smile.
After running away, I don't know the answer. After a while, Yu Zui, Bayong, and Gou Shengyang all came back, all excited. Xiao Mengqi asked, and was about to speak with a big mouth, but was stopped by Yu Zui's eyes in an instant. As soon as he stopped, he said proudly: "What did you say? What did you say? This is a psychological analysis expert of the Provincial Criminal Investigation Corps... Speak it out Don't be afraid that people will laugh at you."
It was obvious that the two of them were a little tricky, so Bayong and Gou Shengyang fell silent. But Xiao Mengqi can also see that these two people are full of confidence now, it must be Yu Zui who has poured some ecstasy soup, but she is too embarrassed to ask, and she tries her best to hide her curiosity, but the more she hides, the more curious she becomes, until she tidies up. , went out, and waited at the entrance of the village, the curiosity was still getting stronger and stronger.
Hey... Drive... A loud sheep whip, with the whips in the air, amidst the crisp sound, flocks of sheep crowded out from the village road like a tide, and occasionally followed by a few sheepdogs barking, the flock of sheep Wherever he passed, the dense hoof prints gave Xiao Mengqi an epiphany, and she turned her head to look at Yu Zui in astonishment.
Stepping over like this is more effective than pulling the skirmish line once, and there are almost no leaks.
"Oh, is this your thousands of teams?" Xiao Mengqi asked with a smile. Looking at Gou Shengyang and Bayong, they must have spent thousands of deposits to deceive the flock of sheep.
"There are four groups in this village, more than 1,200 heads. There is no more practical team than this one... Quack, don't look at me with such adoring eyes, I will be very proud." Yu Zui said with awe.
"Cut, whether you can find it or not is another matter." Xiao Mengqi dismissed it.
"The satellites can't scan it, and the red line can't search and rescue it. If you're not dead, you must be in a hole in the ground and you didn't run away." Yu Zui said, emphasizing: "As long as you remove this layer of snow, you will definitely find out what happened. .”
"Didn't you say you were murdered and buried yesterday?" Xiao Mengqi asked back.
"Did I say it?" Yu Zui was stunned by the question, and he denied it flatly. When the sheep came up, they all smiled and moved away from the topic. Yu Zui warned with his eyes, Xiao Mengqi confronted him tit for tat, it seemed that his eyes were not good, Yu Zui threatened in a low voice: "From now on, you are not allowed to speak, you dare to reveal your secrets..."
"Who are you scaring? Am I showing off?" Xiao Mengqi definitely did not show weakness.
Yu Zui looked at the dirty flock of sheep and threatened: "The three of us will run away if we reveal the truth, and you will be handed over to the sheep herder."
Gou Shengyang and Bayong smiled, and Xiao Mengqi was so angry that he raised his leg and kicked, but Yu Zui, who had been prepared for a long time, slipped away and slipped away.
Resentment is resentment, but thousands of sheep are really nothing more than a hunting team. I was worried about the sheep running on the road, but when I started walking, I realized that this sheep, except for walking on flat roads, went anywhere. Twice on the haystack, two nibbles on the grass, and a group of grass seeds left over from the winter must be coaxed up to fight for it. Wherever the road passes, the white snow turns into mottled black. The hoofprints even brought up the soil.
Under the densely packed hoof prints, the number of Yu Zui people following behind could be seen at a glance. Anyway, the three admired the thousands of teams organized by Captain Yu.
It is easy for Yu Zui to be overwhelmed by being so admired all the time, waving the sheep stick, following behind the flock, listening to the sheep bleating and the dogs barking, alas, why is there always pride in his chest
When he was full of pride, he sang loudly:
"I think back then, when Lao Tzu's team just opened, there were only a dozen people in total, with seven or eight guns. I was dizzy when I was chased by the imperial army..."
This Mrs. Ah Qing sang sonorously and powerfully, laughing loudly with her big mouth and picking at something wrong: "Captain, where did we come from, and where did we get the gun."
"Oh, I was wrong." Yu Zui changed his tone because of the situation:
"I think back then, when Lao Tzu's team just opened, there were only three or five dogs and a thousand sheep. Running in the snow made me dizzy..."
Xiao Mengqi was amused by this idiot's appearance. When Yu Zui looked back, she turned her face away again. Unexpectedly, this sweet smile touched Yu Zui's heartstrings. Captain Yu said proudly Roaring: "Fortunately, there is still a big beauty..."
Xiao Mengqi smiled, proudly, Yu Zui dragged on the second half of the sentence: "She is my mother-in-law."
Xiao Mengqi got short, rolled up the snow, and threw it at Yu Zui, but he couldn't hit the quick-sighted Captain Yu, he laughed and got involved with the three shepherds.
This peculiar team walked and walked, slowly advancing along the two sides of the secondary road, but the effect was amazing, at least it made a mess of the white snow, and it was absolutely impossible for the Tibetans...
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"Zhoujiashan, on the Shishugou line, is close to the national highway. It is 40 kilometers away from here. According to traffic monitoring, there are 52 vehicles leaving the country on New Year's Eve, including 19 large vehicles. We are investigating the whereabouts of the trucks."
"From Xiaoniuzhan Village to Xiuwu Town, the line of National Highway 207, the local police will mobilize the militia and some people in the villages along the way, and the fourth investigation will start today, but according to our opinion, it is unlikely. During the season of visiting friends, the extermination case is so widely spread that if a stranger appears, it is impossible for the villagers not to meet him, unless he is hiding in the mountains."
"Will you go from the closed highway? Although there are no cars that day, after the road is closed, you can walk to the highway from any point."
Jie Bing, Li Hang, Zhao Angchuan, and Xiong Jianfei talked about their own judgments and discoveries respectively. They rested all night and did not set off this morning. Director Xu took the field officer Captain Yin from the special police team to the serious crime team to ask advice. The serious crime team must be in the case to land. After more than 50 hours of investigation and investigation failed, the central task of searching and pursuing in depth has to be completed by them.
Expressing their own opinions, Shao Wange glanced at Xu Pingqiu, who walked closest and understood the most clearly. When he saw Captain Xu's frowning expression, it was time for him to do nothing. After reporting for a long time, Xu Pingqiu came to his senses and said straight He said: "Nan Fei, what do you think? You special police officers in the field have worked hard."
"Insufficient manpower, the weather conditions are too restrictive, and the area is so wide that it's not enough to pull our entire team up. We can only wait for the snow to melt, otherwise we won't be able to hunt them down," Yin Nanfei said.
"Tsk, that's right, where is he hiding? Did he really leave the country? This is a matter of our police force allocation. Let's discuss it. How likely do you think he is to leave the country?" It is absolutely impossible to leave the country, but you can't find it everywhere; if you say you have left the country, it means that the entire previous work is wrong. More than fifty hours were wasted in vain.
But who dares to answer such a question? It's either one or the other, and if the truth comes out in the future, which is exactly the opposite of what you judged, it will be a joke. The police officers of the serious crime team looked at each other, and no one dared to fire this cannon in front of the chief.
"It is now 8:30, and it should have been about fifty-five hours since we fled. We are in the urban area, and in the suburbs north of Xiuwu Town, we have mobilized a total of more than 4,000 police officers. I didn’t add the investigation police force of the sub-bureaus and police stations... I don’t remember a few times such a large number of police officers were used. My experience is that often the truth lies where we ignore it. I will give you half an hour. , give me a relatively certain direction.”
Xu Pingqiu said, knowing that he was there, I am afraid that these police officers and captains would not dare to speak freely, so he got up, called Shao Wange and Yin Nanfei, and the three left, looking for another office to discuss.
For half an hour, I really couldn't do much. All the team leaders present were the team leaders. The instructor Li Jie was in charge of internal affairs, and he couldn't help with the investigation. The ice lists records one by one, from roads to villages, from villages to mountains, satellite coverage plus infrared search and rescue, which is thinner than carpets, such a large-scale search has never been organized, and it has never been like this. Not even a single trace was found.
"Underground... we can't search underground." Li Hang said while patting the table.
"I've also thought about this possibility." Jie Bing frowned and said, "But think about it again, everyone, if you flee in a hurry and can't see the way clearly, would you consciously find an underground facility to hide? Machine wells, water wells, vegetables Cellars, fruit cellars, the area of 50 kilometers, I am afraid that such facilities are not recorded in detail."
"It's mainly because of the snow. If there was no snow, maybe we would have found it earlier." Zhao Angchuan said worriedly.
"Then let's vote with a show of hands now, agreeing to the show of hands that have fled abroad." Jie Bing said.
Only Xiong Jianfei was really hopeless, he raised his hand hesitantly, he was not sure, and put it down again, when someone asked him why he was so unsteady, Brother Xiong said with a bitter face: "I really don't know, I'm so scared , When I closed my eyes yesterday, I felt like I was lying in the snow."
Everyone laughed, and Jie Bing said again: "Those who agree that he still has not escaped from Taiyuan, please raise your hand."
He was the first to raise his hand, followed by Li Hang, Zhao Angchuan, and several team leaders all raised their hands. At this time, Xiong Jianfei raised his hand again uncertainly, causing everyone to laugh.
The conclusion came out, and it is still inclined: the murderer did not escape from Taiyuan.
At 9 o'clock, from Xiuwu Town to all townships and villages, all the local police were mobilized, and residents of all villages were mobilized to search in the local underground facilities, including wells, cellars, cave dwellings, and even manure pits, cattle, sheep and pig pens. . Xu Pingqiu agreed with this suggestion, and sent all the police force he could mobilize to Xiuwu Town.
At ten o'clock, Xiong Jianfei's team, who had just arrived in Xiuwu Town, noticed the noise in the town, surrounding a family's vegetable cellar, thinking that something had happened, and when they separated from the crowd and went forward, they were caught by an old lady who wanted to call the police , why nirvana, the mother-in-law shouted and cursed:
"Ah, I'm so pissed off, who the hell stole two bags of potatoes from me, and didn't find anything unless I checked the vegetable cellar... You have to take care of the police."
It was so easy to get away, no one could be found, no one cared about potatoes, and went to various villages along the road to direct the search. Until noon, they still found nothing. Everyone’s patience was almost at the limit. It was heard that whether it was the captain or the captain, they all seemed to be yelling and cursing...
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It was a quarter to noon, and the thousands of sheep also found nothing. Compared with the increasingly cheerful expressions of the three shepherds, the longer they walked, the longer their faces stretched. They were panting all the way. Confidence in the idea, slowly began to drain.
After crossing the Luwei River is the Longji Beach, half of the distance has gone, Yu Zui caught up with those shepherds panting, although they are not young, but they are really walking, even the big guys can't catch up. Panting, he came up and said, "Uncle, take a break, take a break... Come, let me give you a bottle of wine, try it."
The shepherd is not polite, he sat down, took a sip, Yu Zui yelled for Xiexiu on the other side of the road, when he turned around, the old man was already smoking a pipe, puffing his dry lips, Yu Zui smoked, he was pinched behind his ears as usual, Yu Zui thought Asked, but the old man asked first: "Young man, we need cash... We can't be like the village cadres, eat a sheep for a day, and get back the money for a year."
"That's that... Don't worry, as long as you find it, don't talk about sheep..."
"What are you looking for?"
"No, no, I mean, as long as you arrive early, the money will be given to you."
Yu Zui was in a mess, took a breath, looked at the open river valley like Longjitan, looked at the flocks of sheep gnawing on the weeds, this place was not a suitable hiding place as he imagined, sat next to the shepherd and asked: " Uncle, tell me how many there are in this area... Let me ask this way, let's talk about it, where would the murderer hide? There are no roads, no villages, no mountains... "
"Oh..." The shepherd raised his head and said wisely: "Have you gone to the city? There is food and drink, which is much better than the countryside. If you run to this place, you must not starve to death, or freeze to death if you don't starve."
"That's right, it's time to go to the city." Yu Zui said with a smile, a very dejected smile, his own people can't understand, don't expect the shepherd to understand, when he just got up, the shepherd complained: "...these kill a thousand knives, you should beat them Caught and shot... I lost a sheep last year, and whoever steals it should be shot."
"Lost a sheep? You lose so many dogs." Yu Zui asked casually.
"This is from several houses. I usually only have a dog... It's weird, but I lost one when I put it back." The old man was full of resentment. A sheep is all money.
"Where did you lose it?" Yu Zui asked casually.
"I don't go up the mountain in winter, so where else can I put it? I put it on the side of the road, and it didn't come out of Longji Beach. It's only a few miles away." The old man pouted, Yu Zui smiled, and when he laughed, he suddenly smiled Congealed, with an almost terrified expression, he turned around and asked, "Where did you say it was? Isn't this the Longji Beach?"
"Ah, it's in this area." The shepherd said.
"My god damn it, I can't just be here." Yu Zui was dumbfounded, looking at the flat valley, he wouldn't believe it even if he was killed, it might be in this kind of place. But if it is in this place, it will deceive everyone's eyes.
The terrain is very flat, without even any ups and downs. After the river dries up, there is a piece of sandy land, only a small orchard, which is still in the young forest stage. Other than that, it is all flat land of the river valley that has been washed clean.
As if deliberately teasing him, something happened when he least believed it. A dog barked loudly. When he turned his head, he saw a flock of sheep by the edge of the orchard. A shepherd shouted: " Yang Laosan, what happened to your sheep... ah, it fell."
A struggling sheep flashed in sight. Yu Zui, Xiao Mengqi, Gou Shengyang, and Bayong all ran towards here like crazy. The fastest one was Yang Laosan who lost the sheep. It is a well mouth that is bigger than a washbasin. I don’t know how many years it has been deserted. The well mouth is full of weeds, and a greedy sheep accidentally entered it.
"Oh, my sheep... think of a way." Yang Laosan was in a hurry, and he leaned towards the mouth of the well, but unexpectedly a voice came from the mouth of the well: "Help, help me... help."
"Ah?" Yang Laosan rolled back in fright, and said in horror: "This sheep fell into it, why can it speak human language?"
Speaking of which, the four policemen had rushed to the mouth of the well, and when the weak voice of help came, all of them stared wide-eyed and showed joy. If there were people in this place, there would probably be no one else, but Yu Zui was the calmest, and let out a sound Shouting inside: "We are sheep herders in Langang Village, who are you?"
"Give me something to eat... Is there any dry food." The people below said.
When Yu Zui heard this, he stretched out his hand, hurry up, is there anything to eat? Bayong hurriedly took out two buns from breakfast, and Yu Zui took them in his hand and shouted, "I have something to eat, which village are you from?"
"From Wulin Village... please call the police, my name is Ge Baolong, I'm killing people... I'm dying... help me..."
What the hell, it fell here, less than twenty meters away from the footprints of the search team.
Yu Zui smiled brightly, threw the bun down, and the four of them crawled all over in slush, but now they were ecstatic, Bayong and Gou Shengyang hugged and beat each other. Turning around, the two hugged Yu Zui excitedly, one of them kissed, ouch, that was called intimacy, Yu Zui looked at Xiao Mengqi, she had already clenched her fists excitedly, now Yu Zui was really happy, and asked: " Trust me now?"
"Well, Xin, you're so attractive, you're so handsome." Xiao Mengqi gave an encouraging gesture and punched her.
"Come on, let's celebrate." Yu Zui took advantage of the opportunity to give her a hug, and kissed her. The first kiss, Xiao Mengqi, blushed, and beat Yu Zui with embarrassment, but Yu Zui was so complacent that he dragged her to celebrate again, but unexpectedly Xiao Mengqi's complexion changed, pointing behind her, Gou Shengyang also called out in a low voice: Captain.
Turning around in surprise, ah, I forgot about the three shepherds. The three of them probably understood. They all glared, raised their whips, and barked at the shepherd dogs. Swish, swish, a few big dogs lay beside them, tongues lolling, Waiting for the master's order.
"Ah, I see, you lied to us, not for sheep, but for someone."
"You little dolls, aren't you cheating?"
"If you don't buy the sheep today, we will never end with you. Whoever tricks us into running these ten miles."
The young one of the three shepherds glared angrily, and the old one was so angry that his beard straightened up. Bayong just wanted to go crazy and scare a few words, but unexpectedly, the shepherd dog would bark and attack when it encountered hostility. Staggering back together, he refused to accept it, grabbed the stick, and flew up. Xiao Mengqi held her mobile phone and wanted to notify urgently.
At this time, Yu Zui stretched out his hand, grabbed Big Mouth with one hand, held Xiao Mengqi down with the other hand, rolled up his sleeves, and walked towards the shepherd...