Chu Tianqi and Lei Peng got into the car and continued to the third destination. After walking more than ten kilometers of gravel roads, I began to reach the country road, which became more and more difficult to walk, and the rain became heavier and heavier. Chu Tianqi's mood was also the same as this weather, getting worse and worse, he had a premonition that the training might be too late, and it seemed that he could only call to ask for leave.

At half past six, I finally arrived at my destination, Qiliang Village. Just like its name, the whole village is a large earthen beam, a total of twenty or so households, all scattered on one earthen beam after another. The two "cheetahs" had to stop at the bottom of the big beam, and everyone put on raincoats and walked up. It is not so much to walk, but to climb, the dirt road with a large slope, under the baptism of rain, is very difficult to walk, everyone has to use both hands and feet, difficult to move forward.

The people here didn't have any house numbers at all, so they had to ask people, and after turning four beams, they finally arrived at Xiao Jinzhu's house that they were looking for. Came to the door, stopped, under Lei Peng's order, everyone scattered, Lei Peng walked towards the main gate with a criminal policeman, Chu Tianqi followed behind them, observing as he walked.

The so-called gate is just a frame nailed with four wooden sticks, and then some branches are tied to it, which is at best a wooden fence. The courtyard wall is only one meter high, it is made of dry stones, and there is a layer of mud pasted on it, and there are already three gaps in the courtyard wall, and adults can walk directly into it as soon as they raise their legs. There are two rooms in the house, the outer wall is white and yellow mud, many places are bare* exposed stone tips, tufts of weeds and moss grow on the blue tiles of the roof, and the doors and windows are black.

When the three of them came to the courtyard and were walking forward, the hidden door opened, and an old lady, who was blind, came out and stood in front of them. She was wearing a blue jacket with patches of various colors on it, and the stitches were particularly rough in workmanship, so she should have mended them herself. The cloth shoes on the feet are tied with hemp rope, which should prevent the shoes from falling, and the mottled dirt on the upper of the shoes is almost impossible to see.

The back of her hand was black, I don't know how long it hadn't been washed, the blue veins on her forearm were wrapped in a layer of dry skin outside, and a wooden stick in her hand was slippery, which seemed to be because she was constantly on crutches. Her face was barely muscular, with folds of dry skin piled up on it, and through her shriveled eye sockets, she could see a "stagnant water" in a slit. ”

The old lady "looked" sideways, poked the ground with the wooden stick in her hand, and said in a hoarse voice: "What are you doing here? Jin Zhu is not at home, don't come to him, he has lost all the money to you, and there is nothing left at home." ”

The three of them glanced at each other, Lei Peng nodded to the criminal policeman, and the criminal policeman said to the old lady: "Auntie, we are not asking him for money, we are his friends." ”

"Friends? That's what several groups of people have said. The old lady seems to have seen too many of Xiao Jinzhu's "friends." ”

At the moment when the criminal police and the old lady were talking, Lei Peng and Chu Tianqi walked lightly towards the door of the house, although they thought that their steps were very light, but the old lady listened to it and said, "Go, go, it's okay to take a look, there's nothing in it." ”

The two of them entered the house, and there was almost nothing in the house except a large pot and half a water tank, which was a bit extravagant to describe the four walls of the house, because there was not much mud on the black wall, revealing the straw curtain inside. The clump of colorful stuff in the pot gives off an unpleasant odor that is disgusting. When I entered the inner room, there was only a small piece of kang mat on the fire, and there was a pile of rotten cotton wool on it.

On a low table against the wall, there was a shiny thing that stood out, and Chu Tianqi saw it at a glance, it was a photo frame with a photo. Because it may be because of frequent stroking, the edges of the frame are already smooth, and the glass on it is shiny and shiny. There are two photographs pressed under the glass, one large and one small. The very small one-inch black-and-white photograph shows a small child, and the other color photograph is seven inches, but a thin man, whose most characteristic is a purple birthmark on the left side of his face, and a tuft of black hair on it.

Chu Tianqi nodded at Lei Peng, Lei Peng took out the camera he was carrying, took a few photos, and the two of them left the room.

Lei Peng said to the old lady: "Auntie, let's go first, don't look for your son." Then he nodded at the criminal police, and the criminal police understood, and the three of them turned around and left.

Chu Tianqi had already taken a step, collected his body, took out a hundred yuan from his body, walked back, stuffed the money into the old lady's hand, and said, "This is what your son asked you to give you." ”

Seeing Chu Tianqi doing this, Lei Peng also took out a hundred yuan from his body and walked over.

The old lady stroking the money in her hand with a dry palm, and a smile appeared on her face: "It's the first time someone has done this." At this point, she suddenly paused and said to herself, "No, he didn't say it when he left in the morning." ”

When the three of them heard this, they were all in one place. Lei Peng stuffed the money in front of the old lady: "Auntie, this one is too, what did you just say." ”

The old lady's body trembled: "I, I didn't say anything." ”

Lei Peng and Chu Tianqi glanced at each other, quickly walked out of the hospital, and faced a criminal policeman who walked over: "Captain, there is a situation." ”

Listening to the report of the criminal police, Lei Peng came to the corner of the east wall, and there were vague footprints on the ground, which should be the footprints of this morning. The footprints stretched into the distance, and when they were linked to what the old lady said later, there were ** These footprints were left by Xiao Jinzhu.

Lei Peng arranged for two criminal policemen to continue to guard the outside of the small courtyard, and he, Chu Tianqi and the other five criminal policemen began to search along the footprints, which stopped abruptly at the bottom of the hillside. Because further along, there are mountains and rocks, and there are no footprints in sight.

The mountain is not very high, and in the distance it looks bare and full of stones, and only when you get closer will you see that there are some scattered shrubs on the mountain, but the clusters are very small.

Several criminal policemen looked at Lei Peng, not only waiting for his orders, but also lacking confidence in this search. Lei Peng saw it in his eyes, and he understood that they were skeptical of Chu Tianqi's information and his own judgment. So, Lei Peng took out his camera, covered it with a raincoat, and said, "Look." Everyone gathered around and saw the photos taken by Lei Peng.

"Let me tell you, Assistant Chu has confirmed that this person is the person he has seen twice, and there is no doubt that he must be a suspect. In addition, just now, when we came out of the courtyard, the old lady said 'when he left in the morning', so it can be judged that Xiao Jinzhu may be nearby. ”

Everyone was full of energy all of a sudden, grinding their fists and eager to try. Lei Peng divided the labor among everyone and talked about some precautions, especially to pay attention to the murder weapon in the suspect's hand, once the situation is out of control, call immediately. There were six people in total, in a group of two, divided into three groups, Chu Tianqi and Lei Peng.

The rocks are very slippery, so everyone walks up with their hands and feet. After all, they are all criminal policemen, these are compulsory items, only Chu Tianqi is not a policeman, but his skills are much stronger than everyone present.

Crawling and crawling, Chu Tianqi felt a cramping pain in his stomach, he knew that it was an old problem again, after drinking beer before, if it was blown by the cool breeze, it would be like this. Since last night I drank beer with Gao Qiang, I was tossed by Lei Peng, and I went in and out of the building. Therefore it is not just a cold, but a mixture of wind and rain.

"Lei Peng, you go first, I'll follow later. Chu Tianqi whispered to Lei Peng, "I'll make it easier." ”

Lei Peng saw Chu Tianqi holding his stomach and asked with concern, "Are you okay?"

"It's an old problem, it's okay when it's convenient, and I'll call you if there's any situation. Chu Tian raised the police walkie-talkie in his hand.

Lei Peng agreed, took out a pair of handcuffs from his waist and gave them to Chu Tianqi, and then crawled forward. Chu Tianqi hung the handcuffs on his waist and began to look for a place, there were stones everywhere, and he couldn't find them in several places. At this time, he found a small tree, just over 20 meters on the right, and he slowly climbed over.

When you come to the front to take a closer look, it is really more suitable, the arbor can cover the body, so as not to be seen by people under the mountain or from a distance, and at the same time, it is relatively flat and can stand on its feet. No longer hesitate, hurry up and be convenient, the things in the stomach are solved little by little, the pain symptoms gradually subside, and it will be fine after a while.

Chu Tianqi lifted his pants, and just as he lowered his head to tie his belt, he inadvertently glanced at the side, and his eyes lit up: footprints. Because the footprints are covered by slanted branches, and the branches are thick leaves, and the rain falls through the branches and leaves, so the footprints are very clear.

Fastening his belt, Chu Tianqi squatted down and took a closer look. By observation, he was sure that the footprints here were from the same person as those outside the courtyard, because the footprints in both places were very large, at least forty-five yards, and there were very few such large feet.

Chu Tianqi looked in the direction of Lei Peng, he was already far away from himself, and besides, he was not completely sure now, so let's see for myself. He didn't call Lei Peng, he searched along the footprints.

One moment it was rocks, another time it was land, and the footprints were intermittent, and some of the footprints were already very blurry after being rained, and they could not be seen without careful identification. After about twenty minutes or so, the footprints were interrupted, and they were all rocks, and they were already very close to the top of the mountain. Chu Tianqi squatted down and carefully observed the direction in which the footprints were going, he made a visual inspection, and vaguely saw a narrow slit in the height.

Chu Tianqi slowly crawled upward, the gap became bigger and bigger, and the distance was getting closer and closer, he was a little nervous and excited in his heart, it was the first time for him to participate in such an operation. At this time, Lei Peng's call came from the earphone, he glanced ahead, and did not reply.

The narrow gap had turned into a cave more than half a person high, and Chu Tianqi hid behind a large rock, carefully observing. Because of the exercises, his eyesight is very good, and he saw that some weeds had fallen on the ground below the cave, and there was a cigarette case next to it, and he concluded that the suspect was ahead.

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