"This is a group photo of your survey team?" asked Gu Chen as he picked up the group photo at the head of the bed.

Zhao Kai glanced at it and said, "That's right, this is a photo of my group when I first joined the company, and some of them are no longer there." ”

Drinking the small wine in his hand, Zhao Kai suddenly felt a little sad: "Maybe some people will never see each other again after leaving, our session, I have stayed here the longest, most of them have changed careers, and there are few who have persevered." ”

"That's right. Putting down the photo in his hand, Gu Chen turned around and looked out the door.

At this moment, after the rain had passed, the sky was clear, and after looking down at the time, Gu Chen said again: "It's almost time to go." ”

"Hurry to leave so soon?" Zhao Kai stood up, trying to keep Gu Chen and said, "Comrade policeman, do you want to sit down anymore?" ”

"No, thank you. Gu Chen nodded slightly, and then helped photographer Wu Jun pick up the equipment and prepare to return.

Everyone said goodbye to Zhao Kai at the door of the mobile board room.

To be honest, looking at Zhao Kai alone with a wine bottle, leaning against the door and looking lonely, everyone knew that staying in this environment would really make people collapse.

2G signals come and go, not to mention others.

However, Gu Chen also saw Zhao Kai's bedside, there were a few thick books, which should be used to pass the boring time.

Seeing that you are about to reach the foot of the mountain, you can give up hiking and get on the long-lost vehicle.

At this time, Gu Chen found a familiar figure walking briskly in his direction.

When he saw Gu Chen, the man's expression was stunned, and then he nodded and greeted Gu Chen: "Comrade policeman." ”

"Eh, aren't you Zhao Kai's colleague?" Lu Weiwei beside Gu Chen recognized the person who was the colleague who was in the same room with Zhao Kai just now.

The man was the younger of the two colleagues.

The young man nodded slightly: "That's right, I forgot something, I want to go back and get it, what's the matter? You guys just leave? Don't you rest there for a while?"

"I still have to work. Wu Jun, the photographer on the side, smiled: "If I don't want to work, I would like to stay here and camp, this place has beautiful mountains and rivers, and I feel that it is a good place to travel." ”

"Haha, then come often, there is a lot of mountain spring water here, it is very sweet, and there is a natural fish pond not far from our station, you can go there to fish or something. ”

Hearing the man's words, Gu Chen smiled and said, "Then according to what you say, Zhao Kai won't be too boring over there." ”

"Well, that's what to say. The young man scratched the back of his head and said with a light smile: "Anyway, the food and drink are good, the air is fresh, except that there is no way to play with the mobile phone, it is basically quite good, otherwise those villagers would not have wanted to go down the mountain for so many years, just because it is a treasure land of feng shui." ”

"Well, I don't want to move if I want to. Officer Wang agreed.

The young man nodded silently, and then said, "Then I'll go over first, my colleague is still waiting for me to bring something." ”

"Alright, there you go. Gu Chen nodded slightly.

After a few words of ridicule on the trail, several people went their separate ways.

On the way back to the city, Officer Wang drove, Lu Weiwei and Yuan Shasha played with their mobile phones, and Gu Chen closed his eyes and passed the boring time.

Bai Xiaolan and photographer Wu Jun parted from everyone at a fork in the road and headed for Jiangnan TV.

And Gu Chen's team is going to return to the Furong Branch.

Seeing that Gu Chen on the co-pilot was silent, Officer Wang couldn't help but smile and said: "Gu Chen, this time there is really you, I originally thought that those villagers were very difficult to deal with, but I didn't expect you to persuade them in a few sentences, which is much more reliable than those who do things." ”

"It's nothing. Gu Chen closed his eyes and said with a light smile: "Actually, put down your body and communicate with them well, many things are not so complicated. ”

"It's just that the previous working group, relying on the documents on it, has a bit of a bullying flavor, and it feels like it is not here to communicate, but to issue an ultimatum directly. ”

"In this case, how can you communicate well with the people who have lived here for generations?"

"That's right. Lu Weiwei couldn't help but interject: "I feel that there is really no reliable one in this group of people doing things now, if it weren't for your Senior Brother Gu, I guess I don't know when this matter will be settled." ”

"Therefore, it is recognized that Senior Brother Gu is efficient, otherwise Sister Xiaolan will not always designate Senior Brother Gu to follow, I feel that I have more contact with excellent people, and many things will be more efficient, and I will become better, right, Senior Brother Wang?" Yuan Shasha suddenly looked at Officer Wang.

Officer Wang said with a smile while driving: "I see some chicken soup on the Internet saying that you must contact those excellent people so that you can be motivated, which seems to make a lot of sense." ”

"But then I found out that it wasn't, because the more I came into contact with good people, the more I felt like a waste. ”

"Huh?" Yuan Shasha suddenly froze for a moment, and asked weakly, "Senior Brother Wang, what do you mean by this?"

"It affects the mood very much, right?" Officer Wang glanced at Yuan Shasha behind him, and couldn't help but say: "So, I still like to play with my sand sculpture friends around me, and I'm still happy." ”

"So Lao Wang is also a sand sculpture. Lu Weiwei laughed there.

If the three groups hadn't been led by Gu Chen, they might have all followed Lao Wang and become salted fish.

Now that Gu Chen is with him, at least everyone feels that there is a safe harbor, and whether the sand sculpture is not sand sculpture does not affect everyone's mood.

"I don't know if you have any friends like this around you. Officer Wang looked at everyone in the rearview mirror of the car, and couldn't help but say: "When you first met him, he was gentle and polite." ”

"But after he gets acquainted with you, you will find out that I don't know which spiritual hospital it was released from. ”

"Some people say that true friends are when you are together, even if you don't speak, you don't feel embarrassed. ”

"Well, but I don't think that's all, I think real friends are when you're together or when you go out together, without having to think about it. ”

As soon as Officer Wang's words fell, Lu Weiwei and Yuan Shasha set their eyes on Gu Chen.

"So, you're the one who doesn't have to go out with a brain?" asked Lou.

Officer Wang sneered: "With Gu Chen by his side, is there a difference between bringing a brain or not? The strongest brain is here, and I feel that our brains are added together, even a fraction of others." ”

"Senior Brother Wang exalted me too much. Gu Chen, who was sitting in the co-pilot with his eyes closed, opened his eyes slightly, and said with a light smile: "Everyone of us here is indispensable, I hope that when I am not there, you can also take the lead." ”

"This is Senior Brother Gu. Yuan Shasha in the back row couldn't help but pat Gu Chen's ass: "With Senior Brother Gu here, I will feel very secure." ”

"Although I didn't give much help, but by Senior Brother Gu's side, I would have a kind of confidence that I was also indispensable, hehe. ”

"Haha, that's the truth. Lu Weiwei was also amused.

Everyone returned to the city with a smile and drove quickly in the direction of the Seremban branch.

However, just as the vehicle drove into a traffic light intersection, Gu Chen's mobile phone suddenly rang.

When I picked up the phone, it was He Junchao's call.

"What's wrong, Senior Brother He?" Gu Chen opened the answer button and asked him.

"Gu Chen, are you on the way back?" He Junchao asked.

Gu Chen smiled lightly and said, "That's right, it's almost time to get to the substation." ”

"Then you might have to make a round trip. He Junchao said.

Gu Chen frowned slightly......

From the words in He Junchao's mouth, it seemed that something had happened to the place he had visited, so he hurriedly asked again: "Senior Brother He, you have something to say." ”

"Let me tell you this, there was a murder near the place you just visited, and someone was killed, and I thought you should be nearby, and I want you to go over and find out what happened. ”

"Where have we been?" do you mean the village on the top of the mountain?" Gu Chen asked.

"No, it's an exploration team station on the mountainside. He Junchao said.

Gu Chen's expression suddenly froze......

The exploration team is stationed, isn't this where Zhao Kai lives?

I was fine when I left before, how could there be a murder all of a sudden?

Gu Chen's expression was a little hesitant, and then he hurriedly said to Officer Wang: "Senior Brother Wang, let's not go back to the Furong Branch, and go directly to the exploration team's station." ”

"Now?" asked Officer Wang.

"Yes, right now. Gu Chen said.

"Okay!" Officer Wang did not hesitate, directly turned on the siren, and in the case of a red light, after confirming that it did not affect the surrounding vehicles, he made a decisive U-turn and drove quickly in the direction from which he came.

When the police car came to the foot of the mountain, the middle-aged trader who had rented mules for everyone before hurriedly came out and asked, "Comrade policeman, are you going to the exploration team?"

"You know that too?" Gu Chen asked him.

"Isn't that right, I heard that there was an accident at the exploration team, and I guess you have to come back not long after you left. ”

"What's going on there?" asked Gu Chen.

The vendor scratched the back of his head, and couldn't help but say: "I heard the exploration team member who went up the mountain say that my colleague had an accident, and I don't know the specifics, anyway, I feel that the matter is a bit big." ”

"Thank you. Gu Chen knew that he couldn't get much news from the mule rental vendor, so he took everyone and hurriedly hurried up the mountain.

Unlike the first time when we went up the mountain with shooting equipment, this time everyone traveled lightly, only carrying a few toolboxes, and traveled lightly.

Rushing to the previous mountainside, Gu Chen found from afar that there were already some villagers watching near the mobile board house of the exploration team.

Gu Chen didn't care too much, and trotted over directly.

At this moment, the middle-aged man of the exploration team who left before was leaning against the door of the mobile board room, and his expression was also quite depressed.

"Let's go. Gu Chen directly squeezed through the crowd and came to the man: "Why are you back again?"

"Police...... Comrade policeman?" also found that the person who came was a policeman, so the middle-aged man stood up straight and hurriedly greeted Gu Chen.

"What's your situation?" asked Lu Weiwei on the side.

"My two colleagues...... Only...... The same colleague who left with me died and was stoned to death by another colleague. ”

Speaking of this, the middle-aged man's eyes were also full of incredulity.

Gu Chen couldn't help but be stunned and asked, "You mean...... You two colleagues kill each other?"

"For the specific situation, you ask Zhao Kai. The middle-aged man glanced inside the room behind him.

Gu Chen did not hesitate, and directly led everyone into the house.

At this moment, a man with a head covered in blood was lying in the house, and Gu Chen recognized him, he was the explorer he met at the intersection of Gu Chen's descent from the mountain.

At this moment, Zhao Kai was sitting on the ground, looking at everyone blankly, as if waiting for everyone's final verdict.

Gu Chen put on white gloves and hurriedly stepped forward to test the corpse.

After completing several operations, Gu Chen finally determined that the man had no signs of life.

And judging from the shattered skull, it was obvious that he died on the spot as a result of the heavy blow, and the blood stained almost the entire ground.

But Gu Chen found that the blood stains extended to the outside of the door, and he hesitated for a moment before asking Zhao Kai, "Didn't you kill your colleague in the house?"

"I ......" Zhao Kai just wanted to speak, but he stopped talking.

"When I asked you, I just answered, did you kill your colleague outside?" Gu Chen asked again.

"Comrade policeman, I ...... I was wronged, I didn't want to kill him, he wanted to kill me first, I ...... I'm just fighting back, I'm just defending. ”

Zhao Kai suddenly woke up from the sluggish state just now, and the whole person began to look excited.

"Just in defense?" Lu Weiwei on the side hesitated for a moment, pointed to the corpse on the ground and said, "Aren't you a colleague with him? Where did such a big hatred come from? You actually smashed people like this? Are you still in legitimate defense?"

"I ...... I. Zhao Kai couldn't speak nervously.

"Speak slowly and make things clear between you. Officer Wang also reminded that he felt that the current Zhao Kai was a little out of state at all.

"I ......" Zhao Kai calmed down, and then said: "After you left, I was bored alone, so I went to the pond to fish, but when I was staring at the buoy on the water, I heard the call of my colleague Wang Ke in my ears. ”

"That's when I found out that he had come to ask me for the keys, saying that he had left something in the mobile board house. ”

"Wait a minute. Gu Chen suddenly interrupted Zhao Kai and asked, "Did you call in advance to inform you about your colleague Wang Ke's return?"

"I didn't ...... No, he didn't call, he just appeared on the hillside out of nowhere, and I felt very sudden. ”

"After all, he had already left the station, and suddenly turned back, feeling that this guy was about to make a name for himself. ”

"What's going on?" Listening to Zhao Kai's words, Gu Chen seemed to be able to hear that the relationship between the two did not seem to be as friendly as that of colleagues.

On the contrary, Gu Chen felt from Zhao Kai's tone that the two did not deal with each other.

The middle-aged prospector at the door walked into the house, and then explained to Gu Chen: "Comrade policeman, in fact, the two of them have never had a good relationship. ”

"If it weren't for me at the station, these two would have fought a long time ago, just to give me face. ”

"And the reason why I transferred away this time and took Wang Ke away is because the two can't get along with each other at all, if I don't take Wang Ke away, I have to take Zhao Kai away, anyway, the two of them have to go alone. ”

"How can this be?" Officer Wang also became more and more confused the more he listened, feeling that everyone didn't see any clues just now, but how do you feel now, there are so many gaps between the work of these people?

"Maybe you don't believe it. The middle-aged explorer looked at Wang Ke's corpse on the ground, and said helplessly: "Anyway, Wang Ke is dead, so I have something to say." ”

"Actually, I don't like Wang Ke very much, he likes intrigue, and he is a relative of the leader, and he is usually intertwined in the unit, and he is extremely disrespectful to the master. ”

"Originally, during the Chinese New Year this year, it was Wang Ke's turn to be on duty, but this guy was stunned by the relationship between relatives, transferred the shift to Zhao Kai, and asked Zhao Kai to help him on duty. ”

And in terms of the quota for regularization, it was supposed to be reserved for Zhao Kai, who was more outstanding in all aspects of work, but this guy's relative was the leader, and the final quota for regularization also fell to Wang Ke, who usually does not work. ”

"So what?" asked Gu Chen.

"So...... So this is how the feud between the two was formed. The middle-aged explorer took a long breath, and said helplessly: "I originally thought that this matter would pass like this, after all, Zhao Kai is naturally very honest." ”

"But honest people are used to being bullied, and there are times when they break out, so not long ago, Zhao Kai reported Wang Ke and his relatives in his real name, so Wang Ke was sent here to explore, and his relatives were also investigated and held accountable by the above because of this abuse of power. ”

glanced at Zhao Kai, who was staring blankly and trembling in his body, and the middle-aged prospector was also a calf protector and said: "But after all, Zhao Kai is about to leave, and the leaders above can't save face, so they have to send the two of them here together." ”

Only by completing the work here, Zhao Kai can theoretically not have to pay liquidated damages, so Zhao Kai agreed. ”

"It's just that I didn't expect that I had left with Wang Ke, but Wang Ke turned back halfway, if I had thought that there would be such a thing, I would definitely not let him go back alone. ”

"This Wang Ke, we have also met on the road before, and he is the only one who goes back. Gu Chen said.

The middle-aged prospector nodded silently: "That's right, I was just troublesome at the time, after all, I had already gone down the mountain, and I was still carrying so much luggage in my hand, you said that if you went back with him to get the missing things, how tiring would it be?"

"So I stayed at the bottom of the mountain to look at the luggage, and asked Wang Ke to go up the mountain to get the missing things, but I didn't expect this to happen, alas, I was too careless. ”

After listening to the middle-aged explorer's story, Gu Chen probably knew what the situation was.

Co-authored met Wang Ke who went up the mountain at that time, just to find Zhao Kai to commit murder.

After all, at that time, only Zhao Kai was there.

But Gu Chen didn't understand, even if there was a personal grudge, and Zhao Kai was about to leave his job, everyone might not see each other again in the future.

But in this case, why did Wang Ke take a risk?

If it were him, he would definitely not do this, and it is obvious that Wang Ke made a very wrong decision at that time.

Glancing at Zhao Kai behind him, Gu Chen asked him, "So, you found him by the fish pond at that time, and the two of you fought?"

"Nope. Zhao Kai shook his head and said, "When I saw this guy at the time, the whole person was also puzzled. ”

"After all, this guy didn't have a good relationship with me, he had already gone down the mountain and was going to return to the company by car, but he came back at this time, I felt that things were not so simple, thinking that he should come back to take revenge on me and solve the problem of personal vendetta with me. ”

"So what? how did he do it?" asked Yuan Shasha.

Zhao Kai said frustratedly: "I thought he was going to come to trouble me, but he didn't, he seemed to be much more polite than before." ”

"I asked him by the fishpond why he came back, and he said he had forgotten something important and asked me to give him the key. ”

"So you gave it?" asked Gu Chen.

Zhao Kai nodded silently: "Of course, after all, he came to get something, so I simply returned to the mobile board room with him and opened the door with the key." ”

And indeed, he did have something falling, and he found a string of pendants in the gap under the bed. ”

"I know that pendant, I heard that it was given to him by his girlfriend, so it is very precious. ”

"I didn't say anything at the time, and asked him to leave quickly with his things, in fact, I didn't want to see this person, I felt that this should be the last time we would see each other. ”

But this time, Wang Ke changed his normal behavior and began to take the initiative to apologize to me, which made me very incomprehensible. ”

Glancing at Gu Chen in front of him, Zhao Kai said again: "I know what virtues he has, but when he suddenly apologizes to me, I feel tired." ”

"But we have been working together in this mountain forest for a long time before, and I actually don't hate him for a long time, and he and his relatives have also received the punishment they deserve, and the two of us are clear. ”

Gu Chen shook his head when he heard this: "But the grievances between you, since they are clear, how could he Wang Ke die in your hands?"

"This ......" Zhao Kai sobbed and said lightly: "Actually, I believe in others too much, thinking that this guy has changed his ways and really come to reconcile with me." ”

"So I didn't take any precautions, and let him leave quickly with his things, after all, Brother Zhong was still waiting for him. ”

Zhao Kai said here, glancing at the middle-aged prospector at the door.

"Then didn't he leave?" Gu Chen asked.

Zhao Kai nodded: "Yes, he said that Brother Zhong was talking to his friends over there, he was not in a hurry, and he had time, so he followed me to the pond." ”

"After all, I was fishing here before, and he bothered me, so when I returned to the place where I used to fish, he apologized to me and said that he wanted to talk to me, and he felt that he was also depressed in the company, and he was a little envious of me for changing jobs. ”

Glancing at everyone, Zhao Kai said again: "But his envy is right, without the backer of the leader's relatives, what is he doing, it feels like a burden." ”

"If Brother Zhong hadn't been willing to take him to mix his salary, maybe this guy would have been fired a long time ago. ”

"So when I was fishing, I felt a kind of sympathy for this guy, I felt that he had changed, he had learned to admit his mistakes, and he had turned his enemies into enemies, but in fact, I was the one who was wrong, and I almost fell for his tricks. ”

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