Yu Qian and Bai Tianqing left the hot pot restaurant after eating.

"Uncle Yu, are we going to investigate the disappearance?" Bai Tianqing asked with a yawn

"Don't rush yet, I'll study it. Now that the task force of the provincial department has intervened, I think it may not be good for us to act rashly now. Yu Qian sighed and said, "You might as well wait and talk." ”

"By the way, don't you still have to check on those two workers?" Bai Tianqing suddenly remembered something, and hurriedly asked, "What about the two workers who worked in the Mayuan Printing Factory before?" ”

"I asked an acquaintance from the household registration police to check, because the results should be available soon. You go home and sleep in a while, remember not to cut off contact with Meng Fusheng, this is currently our exclusive advantage, and there can be no problems. ”

"Uncle Yu, don't worry, I know this." Bai Tianqing nodded and made a gesture that you can rest assured.

Yu Qian parked the car in front of Bai Tianqing's apartment, watched Bai Tianqing drag his heavy steps upstairs, and drove to the outside of the city with one foot on the accelerator. He is different from Bai Tianqing, he can't just go home directly, at least go to the bureau to arrange today's work.

When I arrived at the brigade office, I rummaged through the papers piled on the desk, and unexpectedly found that there was no urgent case. Previously, all the police forces were transferred to the two cases of Ma Wen and Li Yaozhan, and there would have been a backlog of affairs. Unexpectedly, it was not as much as he imagined, maybe it was just after the New Year, and it was a leisure time.

After calling Lao Mei over and explaining a few words, Yu Qian couldn't wait to return to his office and plugged the USB flash drive that Chi Haifeng gave him into the computer. For this case, he also looked at it that day, but he didn't have much time at that time, and he didn't read it in too much detail. Chi Haifeng is a careful and careful person, since he feels that there are many unusual things in this case, it will definitely not be empty.

There are a total of four folders in the USB flash drive, the first of which is a photo of the file, which can be seen to be taken by Chi Haifeng with his mobile phone one by one. At this point, he seriously violated discipline, and Yu Qian's heart was touched. He flipped through it roughly and found that the content was basically what Chi Haifeng told him in the morning, and he withdrew from this folder and planned to take a good look at it later.

The second folder is the report and record of the analysis meeting of the Second Brigade on this case, and the Second Brigade has held three meetings on this case in the past three days, which shows that Chi Haifeng attaches great importance to this case. The third folder is the follow-up investigation report of the second team, which is very detailed, including the relevant physical evidence and the records of many villagers. These are all things that Yu Qian usually reads, and they are written clearly in the format of official documents.

And the last folder aroused Yu Qian's curiosity, normally the content in the first three folders basically covered all the information of the case, why is there another folder? Yu Qian slid the mouse and clicked on this mysterious folder.

This folder is also full of photos, but the style of painting has changed abruptly, and it is no longer the official documents that were organized before that can be directly archived, but a large amount of handwritten content and rough and scattered threads. Of course, these Yu Qian are also very familiar with them, they are all the transcripts of the front-line criminal police's visits, and the simple drafts used in the deduction records during the meeting. Yu Qian not only recognized Chi Haifeng's handwriting from it, but also a large number of different handwritings. Unexpectedly, Chi Haifeng also collected these primary investigation materials in great detail for himself, but he was very in line with his style.

However, looking at it, Yuqian's god (qíng) became serious, and he also understood why Chi Haifeng wanted to take pictures and record these things.

In general, not all investigation records are archived. The official case report only records valid and important information, and if all the investigative activities of each criminal police officer are recorded, there is no energy to organize and store so much information in the first place, and secondly, there is no need for that.

For example, in Yu Qian's previous case analysis meetings (qíng), of course, there was also the possibility that Xiao Feng, who was on duty in the coffee shop, was the murderer. At the same time, if there is a criminal police who have investigated Xiao Feng's shopping records or criminal records before, they will not be filed in Li Yaozhan's file.

In this fourth folder, it's the stuff that's been knocked out. But Yu Qian took a closer look and found that these documents selected by Chi Haifeng were obviously not stuffed in casually, Chi Haifeng made a careful selection and summary, and even wrote a handwritten decent analysis report at the end, which aroused Yu Qian's strong interest. He couldn't understand why the second team wasted so much energy on what they had done investigating, but it didn't include it in the official report.

Yu Qian lit a cigarette, zoomed in on the photos, and looked at them one by one. Most of the criminal police officers write very sloppily when they work, and they initially stay at the level that they can barely understand, which makes him very difficult to watch. Although he knew that there was an induction and summary made by Chi Haifeng in the end, he still wanted to take a look for himself first. Compared with those sorted out official articles, Yu Qian is more interested in these, not to mention that he was singled out by Chi Haifeng, and there must be something wrong with it.

However, looking at it, Yu Qian couldn't help but change his face, hurriedly got up (shēn) and walked to the door, locked the office door from the inside with his backhand, and ran to the window to tighten the curtains. Finally, I sat down in front of the computer and flipped through all the documents from the beginning.

After carefully reading the official file in front of him, Yu Qian had a detailed understanding of the whole case, and directly skipped the folder of the meeting minutes in the back and opened the fourth folder. Yu Qian felt a huge drum rumbling in his bore, and he understood why the records had not been written in the official report, which he desperately needed.

In response to police inquiries, more than one villager mentioned: "These six people may have been summoned by the gods. ”

Although it was also mentioned in the previous file that there seems to be a rudimentary cult organization in the two villages, it has not been taken into account because of the lack of tangible evidence and relevant materials. In rural areas, where the education penetration rate is still relatively low, the elderly are indeed more interested in discussing some ghostly things (qíng). However, these surveys are different, and the people who mention the cult are not all old people, but also many middle-aged people and even young people, which is very strange.

In the villagers' descriptions, the deities of this sect are far from what they are in traditional Chinese mythology, and even less in the form of the major religions that are common in China. It seems to be a monotheistic religion, but there is no bridge to create and save the world. From the descriptions of the interviewees, it can be felt that there is a strong utilitarianism (xìng), and the so-called gods in their mouths can not only be easily communicated by the priests through rituals, but also are unusually generous, and do not hesitate to spread the gospel to believers.

And this God's way of spreading the gospel is also very special, it is to give believers the ability to surpass mortals.

This religion, which sounds very much like the qigong scams that spread all over the country in the sixties and seventies, is also influential today (rì) in remote villages. It's just that Yu Qian didn't expect that there would be a market in a village near the city, and the reason why he was able to get the unanimous approval of men, women and children was because many villagers saw the priests performing miracles in the sect with their own eyes.

In view of the fact that the sect did not enforce (xìng) propaganda and money, nor did it do anything illegal, many criminal police officers classified the sect described by the villagers as a folk juggling group that performed under the guise of religion. And the summoning of the gods is even more nonsense.

Judging from the investigation records, whether there is anyone in the two villages who really secretly believes in this sect, the villagers also have different opinions. Some think there are but very few, some think that there are not many, and even the six missing people are loyal believers, and of course some people say that it is simply everyone's imagination.

The villagers who claimed to have seen the sect's performances were also vague and vague, mostly said they had seen it. It is impossible to say any specific deeds and precise times, and even more so, the content is contradictory and not worthy of detailed scrutiny. This is also the fundamental reason why the view of cults was finally eliminated.

If someone else sees these chaotic records, they may also be skipped as invalid information, but two points in these information can deeply touch the nerves of a few people, Yu Qian is one, and it happens that Chi Haifeng is also one of them.

Although the villagers' descriptions of the information about the sect are very scattered and illogical, there are two points that are either not mentioned, but the tone of what is said is surprisingly consistent.

"I don't know who the organizer of this sect is, but there is a bald head in a black coat in the sect who seems to be the organizer."

You must know that in the city of S and its surroundings, there are quite few months of the year when you can wear a coat, and you can leave such a uniform impression because of the fact that the dress is out of season to the extreme, so it will leave a deep impression on those who have seen it.

And when investigating Yu Yao's case ten years ago, Chi Haifeng naturally made a lot of efforts, and of course he also knew about the sect that Yu Qian's wife Yun Ran had joined. At that time, they tried their best to investigate, but in the end, they only found one piece of information - the top of the sect had a bald head who always wore a black coat.

What Chi Haifeng didn't know was that this mysterious man in black did not only appear in the Yu Yao case. These (rì) almost run through the clues of Yu Qian's every investigation, the Ma Wen case, and the Li Yaozhan case. He was like a treacherous black cloud, quietly walking through the sky of every tragedy, leaving behind countless incomprehensible mysteries, and disappeared without a trace in the follow-up investigation.

Almost the moment he saw the adjectives "black coat" and "bald head", Yu Qian jumped up as if he had been struck by lightning. He also didn't understand why he had to get up (shēn) and lock the door and cover the window. He subconsciously felt an indescribable fear and trembling. It was as if this treacherous man in black would pass through the barriers of time and space and spy on him.

"It's you again, it's still you, it's always you!"

Yu Qian's heart was turbulent, and he understood the reason why Chi Haifeng sorted out these records separately. Although there is no evidence that the man in black is the leader of the group, there is no evidence that the man in black has any direct or indirect connection to the disappearance of the six villagers. Even, he couldn't find any evidence that could prove that Mutona, his wife Yun Ran, Li Yaozhan, Xiao Feng in the coffee shop, and the man in black in the mouth of the villagers were the same person.

But there was a voice in Yu Qian's heart that kept roaring: "They are alone! They're just one person! They must be alone! ”

The law does not stipulate that you cannot wear an overcoat if the temperature exceeds 20 degrees, and he cannot insist that a person is involved in these cases just because he wears a black coat with a shaved head. The reason why Yu Qian made such a judgment was completely from an inexplicable intuition in his heart.

It's like a sudden throbbing when you want to stick a stick into a round hole in the wall.

Although you can't find a reason or need to insert this stick into a hole in the wall, when you hand this stick into your hand, you will not hesitate to insert it into it, forming a contradictory but reasonable odd second scene.

Yu Qian rubbed his tired eyes and quickly copied all the files to his hard drive. He decided to get a good night's sleep and recuperate, and then look through the pile of records in a full state.

After watching the copied progress bar slowly come to an end, Yu Qian stared at the screen and said viciously

"Great, it seems that our fate is not over yet!"