An hour after Song Zheming's body was discovered, Guo Guangwei took Chen Guitian, Xia Wei and others to the Zhenyu lead-zinc mine in person, set up an on-site command center in the lead-zinc mine department, and arranged the deployment of search and rescue work.

According to Guo Guangwei's deployment, the search force was divided into three parts: In the first part, Luo Xiong commanded the police and the villagers who helped the scene to carry out an all-round carpet search of the south of Jigong Ridge, focusing on the karst caves, ditches, thorn bushes, and gaps under the rocks on the hillside, and paying attention to checking whether there were blood stains and footprints.

In the second part, Xia Wei commanded the criminal investigation technicians to carry out a meticulous and serious on-site investigation of the first scene of Song Zheming's death, that is, the grass south of the ventilation shaft, and demanded that no details and suspicious clues be missed;

The third part was commanded by Chen Guitian, leading a group of criminal investigation technicians and policemen to drive to the place where the murderer abandoned Song Zheming's car, and searched and investigated the area within two kilometers of the vicinity, ruling out the possibility that the murderer threw the body by car!

Just after the deployment was completed, Guo Guangwei received another call from Xu Lizhong, anxiously asking him how the search was progressing? Is there any whereabouts of Ye Ming?

This is the ninth call Xu Lizhong has made since more than 11 o'clock last night. Guo Guangwei knows very well: he made these calls on behalf of Secretary Lu, that is to say, from last night to now, Secretary Lu and Xu Lizhong have been like himself, they have not closed their eyes all night, and they have spoken on the phone almost every hour. However, Guo Guangwei could only tell him in a heavy tone every time: There is no news of Ye Ming for the time being.

He knows very well: Ye Ming's life and death are now the most concerning, anxious, and worrisome issue for Secretary Lu, just like Ye Ming's mood when he was hunted down and killed in Kongling County three years ago. It was at that time that he guessed the true relationship between Secretary Lu and Ye Ming, so he paid special attention to anything related to Ye Ming. Therefore, as soon as he heard the news of Ye Ming's disappearance last night, he couldn't care about his identity as the secretary of the Political and Legal Committee of the Provincial Party Committee, and immediately decided to rush to Beishan County to direct the search and rescue work on the spot, looking forward to making another contribution to Secretary Lu and repaying him for his knowledge and recommendation......

It's just that, judging from the current situation, this search and rescue is likely to be a tragic ending, and it is also likely to deal a heavy blow to Secretary Lu - this makes him both sad and helpless, but he doesn't want to tell Secretary Lu about this tragic ending that is very likely to happen too early.

Therefore, when Xu Lizhong's phone call was connected, he said in a relaxed tone as much as possible: "Director Xu, our search and rescue work has made some progress at present: an hour ago, we have found Song Zheming's body. He had been shot and his body dumped in a cave. However, at present, we have not found Ye Ming, nor have we found evidence or clues that can prove that he was killed-"

When Xu Lizhong heard that Song Zheming's body had been found and had been shot, he was so shocked that he let out a "ahhhhh Is it an ordinary underworld member or a professional killer? ”

Guo Guangwei was silent for a moment, sighed and said, "Director Xu, according to our criminal investigation technicians, the murderer of Song Zheming should be a professional killer. Because Song Zheming was killed with one shot, and this shot hit him in the back of the head, it proves that the gunman's marksmanship is very accurate and professional, and at the same time, according to the muzzle analysis of Song Zheming's head, he was sniped by a powerful sniper rifle, which is also the characteristic of a professional killer, so——"

Xu Lizhong had already understood the meaning of his words, interrupted him again, and begged in a choked voice: "Secretary Guo, please find a way to save Ye Ming!" I believe that he is still alive, I have this premonition: last night, I stayed by the chief's side, and for a while I took a nap, and suddenly heard Ye Ming shouting 'Brother Xu' in a daze, and asked me to save him, the voice sounded like it sounded in my ears, very real, very helpless, and woke me up all of a sudden...... At that time, I felt a heartache in my heart, and if I hadn't had to be with the chief, I would have rushed over overnight last night...... Secretary Guo, you must save Ye Ming, he should still be alive-"

Speaking of this, he could no longer control his sadness, and suddenly cried on the phone, and hung up the phone with a "snap......

Guo Guangwei also felt a sour nose, holding the mobile phone that made a "beep" busy sound, standing in front of the simple wooden table of the headquarters in a daze, and only after a long time did he walk out of the headquarters with heavy steps, and looked up at the southern slope of the Jigong Mountains opposite - at this moment, there were people searching the mountains everywhere, and from time to time birds such as pheasants and turtledoves were startled from the bushes, spreading their wings and flying everywhere in panic......

At around four o'clock in the afternoon, Xia Wei suddenly ran into the headquarters from outside and reported to Guo Guangwei: The criminal investigation technicians found several blood stains hidden under the gravel and mud at the mouth of the abandoned ventilation shaft in the lead-zinc mine.

At the same time, the technicians also found that the wellhead of the ventilation shaft had been blown up in the last two days, and the composition of the explosives had been detected in the gravel and soil that had buried the hole. According to the analysis of professional and technical personnel, it was not civilian explosives that blew up the hole, but the remnants of military bombs after they exploded. Later, they questioned the local villagers and learned that the ventilation shaft was fine the day before yesterday and had not been blown up.

From this, they came to two conclusions: first, Ye Ming had been injured before his disappearance, but it was impossible to speculate on the specific location of the injury and whether the injury was serious; Second, the wellhead of the ventilation shaft was blown up after Ye Ming was injured and disappeared, and it was probably used to hide and bury Ye Ming's body-

When Guo Guangwei heard this, his heart ached, and he yelled at Xia Wei with red eyes: "Who said that this cave is used to hide Ye Ming's body?" If Ye Ming really sacrificed, would they have wasted so much effort to blow up the entrance of the cave and hide his remains? You continue to look for me, dig that hole for me, and dig three feet into the ground to find Ye Ming's whereabouts! ”

Xia Wei looked at Guo Guangwei, who was out of control, with complicated eyes, and after he calmed down his anger a little, he said cautiously: "Secretary Guo, please calm down, we all want to find Secretary Ye as soon as possible, and it is Secretary Ye who is alive and well." However, the reality is cruel. According to the estimation of the forensic investigation technicians who investigated the scene, the wellhead of the ventilation shaft was blown down by at least several tens of meters, and if the hole of the collapse was to be cleaned up, it would be a very huge project, not only to mobilize powerful drilling equipment, but also even if the equipment was complete, it would not be possible to complete the project in ten days and half a month. The most important thing is: we can't be sure whether Secretary Ye is in the cave or not, whether he is still alive. If you use so much manpower, material and financial resources to open this hole, if you don't find anyone, the loss will be huge! ”