Two hundred and sixty. A light that guides the suffering forward
The suburbs of Mingli City.
Mingli is the third largest coastal city next to Guoan and Anming, but it is close to the downstream location, so its reputation is not as big as the previous two cities.
"The air here is really good! It is really worthy of being a civilized and healthy city for ten consecutive years! ”
"Young man! If you come here for the first time, we not only have good air here, but also the fruits and vegetables here are also grown by ourselves, pure natural and pollution-free green food! ”
On the country road, a tricycle drove slowly on the road, and in the car, it was Xiao Qi who was wearing a casual outfit.
"Huh! Uncle, do you know a person named Uncle Gu? He lives in this village! ”
"I don't remember! I don't remember! I don't know how many years have passed in this village, I have lived to be in my forties, almost fifty years old, and I have never heard of this person you are talking about! ”
"Uncle! Not dead, alive! Xiao Qi hurriedly explained. I was a relative of his, and I came to see him! But it seems like a big change here, and I'm a little lost! ”
"It's okay to get lost! Just give me a name and I'll take you there! ”
"He seems to live in Rock Village, is there still this place here?"
"Rock Village... Rock Village..."The uncle who drove the car mused. "Oh! You should be talking about Pingshi Village! It's become an attraction, and rich people live there! ”
"Really? Take me there! ”
Xiao Qi was very happy, he still remembered that when he was a child more than ten years ago, he came here to do a mission, at that time there was nothing here, only some trees and weeds, but he didn't expect it to become like this now.
And Uncle Gu is also when he met, when he was on a mission, he happened to meet Uncle Gu being chased by a group of people, he just kindly helped, but he didn't expect to meet a cow.
"Alas! I still remember that Uncle Gu's big mansion was really magnificent, and I almost didn't scare me silly at first sight! ”
Xiao Qi was sent to the entrance of a village, and there was a dilapidated stone tablet at the entrance of the village, with three big characters written on it, Pingshi Village.
"How do I feel like I've been cheated?" Xiao Qi frowned and looked around the village. "Why is this place so deserted?"
The village was surrounded by weeds, the houses inside were dilapidated, and the only thing that was clean was the asphalt road that entered the village, but it must have been paved recently, and the asphalt on it had not yet dried.
Xiao Qi slowly walked into the village, which seemed to be a deserted village, and there was no movement at all, which made him more and more suspicious that he was in a black car.
"Huh! Welcome to Pingshi Village, young man! ”
At this moment, an old and strong voice came from behind him, and he hurriedly turned his head, only to find an old man standing behind him.
"Grandpa? Scared the hell out of me... I thought it was..."
"Young man, look at your face, you're not a local, are you? What are you doing in Pingshi Village? ”
"I'm here to find someone!" Xiao Qi didn't hide his thoughts, after all, it was important to find someone to do something. "Was this Pingshi Village called Panshi Village before? And is there a person named Uncle Gu here, where did he go? ”
"This is indeed Panshi Village," the old man leaned on his crutches and began to walk towards the village. But this is already a deserted village, and after more than ten years, all the people in the village have left, and I am the only one left..."
"This village is deserted?"
Xiao Qi was shocked, more than ten years ago this place was still very prosperous, although it was not like the high-rise buildings in the city, red bricks and green tiles, but it was also full of people, why did it suddenly become like this?
"Yes! Let me think about it, it's almost ten years..."The old man shook his head. "I'm old, my memory is not very good, I forgot if there is a person surnamed Gu here, I think young man, you better go outside and ask..."
After saying that, the old man wanted to leave here, but Xiao Qi still had some questions to ask him.
"Since this is Panshi Village, do you know a big mansion old man? The courtyard wall is very high, about three or four meters long! ”
"Yes, yes, but there are several, and I don't know which one you're talking about?" The old man stopped to look at Xiao Qi, then shook his head. "Alas! Forget it, seeing that you are in such a hurry, I'll take you to see it! I'll be fine if I'm left alone anyway..."
"Good! Thank you! ”
Xiao Qi followed the old man and walked into the village.
There was indeed no one here, only the old man, and the houses on both sides of the road were in tatters, and some even had their roofs falling.
"Old man, you just said that this place has been abandoned for ten years, so why do you need to build a new road?"
"The government wants to make this a resort, and they approached me and asked me for my opinion, although they came, but I think they just came to inform me, after all, I am not the owner of this land..."
Xiao Qi nodded, now some places are indeed like this, in order to make money, some abandoned places will be turned into resorts, make a wave of money, and then improve the lives of the locals by the way.
But there are no such things here, they don't have to spend any money at all, they can make money without loss, just a little transformation.
The two walked all the way inside until they came to a small river, surrounded by straight pine and locust trees.
"This is it... There are four or five big houses on the other side of the river, so if you want to go, go yourself.
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Remember to leave before dark, otherwise there won't be a room for you to live in..."
"Hmmm! Got it! ”
After the old man finished speaking, he turned around and left here, leaving Xiao Qi alone standing here, looking at the tall mansions in the distance, not knowing what to say.
"No wonder I didn't see it just now, it turned out to be blocked by the trees around here!"
When he came here as a child, there were still no trees, and there were only a few of them, not as dense as they are now.
He quickly crossed the creek and came to the front of the large mansions.
There are four houses, of different sizes, but not much different, every few meters in each other, and the surrounding walls are three or four meters high.
"There's moss on the walls... It seems that there is really no one living here, could it be that Uncle Gu is really not here? ”
He really hasn't seen Uncle Gu for a long time, since he saved his life when he was a child, and after seeing him once, he hasn't seen him again, but he just left a phone number as a contact information and a way to repay him.
But now the phone can't get through, and I don't know if it's because he's asking too much, or if he wants to pay the bill, anyway, he must find him now, or his mission won't be able to continue.
"These houses are pretty much the same, it looks like I'm going to have to try them one by one..."
Xiao Qi shook his head, although it was a waste of time, but it was very likely that Uncle Gu was hiding here, and he couldn't let go of any clues now.
He went to the largest mansion first, and his memories of childhood were already very vague, he only remembered that there was a pavilion in the house, where he often chatted and played chess with Uncle Gu.
"It doesn't seem like it's... Not even a promenade..."
Xiao Qi quickly looked at all four houses, but he couldn't find the house in his head.
Uncle Gu also seemed to have disappeared.
It was getting dark, and Xiao Qi didn't choose to stay here any longer, after all, after walking here for a day, he really didn't find Uncle Gu's shadow, and he didn't even see a figure.
Before leaving, he called Uncle Gu again, but no one answered the phone, so he had to give up and leave here quickly.
But as soon as he walked out of the village, a phone call came.
"Uncle Gu?" Xiao Qi hurriedly answered the phone. "Uncle Gu! You've finally called me back! I really have something urgent, this time it's not a private job, it's the police looking for me to do something! ”
"I see... The police have already looked for me...", sighed on the other end of the phone. "I have prepared the submarine for you, and it is placed under the dock in Mingli City, there is a red flag there, you can see it when you go!"
"Got it..."
When the phone hung up, Xiao Qi was very happy, but Uncle Gu was not so excited.
"Officer, is that okay? Can you put my blue and white porcelain down? ”
In one room, an old pedant with flowing white hair and glasses was sitting at a desk, while across from him stood a young girl.
"Less nonsense! Don't think I don't know where you got all this stuff! "This female police officer is Meng Yao, she accurately found Uncle Gu's current location through the positioning system, he has never left Mingli City, but he does not live on the ground, but underground." I'm telling you! I don't blame you for what you did, but if I find out in the future, I'll let you go to the bureau for a few years in prison! ”
Uncle Gu nodded frequently, and saw Meng Yao gently put down the blue and white porcelain in his hand, and then breathed a sigh of relief.
"Officer, don't worry, I've already stopped doing it, haven't you seen it? I've gone back to the mountains and forests! ”
"I don't have the time to talk to you old man, I'm leaving!"
Meng Yao turned around and left here, it was actually quite difficult for her to find this place, because she had been monitoring Xiao Qi's phone, and after hearing the name of this Gu uncle, she immediately thought that she seemed to have seen this name on the black web.
She went up to check it, and sure enough, there was this name, and it was a VIP, and it was hung on many dark web websites.
And this person, specializing in the profession, is to resell cultural relics, judging from his transaction records, he has at least earned tens of millions of dollars in this business.
According to this name, as well as the data left above, Meng Yao followed the vine and found his current address, Mingli City.
But she searched the satellites for a long time, as well as his recent phone records, but could not find the exact location of the man, until he noticed that the man's account had suddenly been overpaid.
It is a ticket from Mingli City to a foreign country, and the address written on it is Pingshi Village.
So she immediately came to Pingshi Village, found the village chief who managed the nearby village, and learned that there was indeed such a person, but he had not appeared for a long time.
But he didn't leave Pingshi Village, which means that he must be hiding in a place that no one else knows.
Through the village chief, Meng Yao found the house where Uncle Gu was before, his big mansion had already been bought by someone else, and what he lived in now was a very ordinary cabin.
But Meng Yao saw a secret door in the corner of the wooden house at a glance, and there was a protruding wooden board on the ground, and if she pried it open, a secret door would appear.
After entering, it was a staircase that went all the way down, and the more she walked in, the brighter it became, and when she reached the end, she found Uncle Gu sitting at the table, holding a magnifying glass on the table and not knowing what he was looking at.
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Then I found out about the scene just now.
"Hey! Lao Liu, the matter has been done, and I will return to the bureau if there is nothing to do? ”
"Don't go back yet... There's one more thing you need to do! ”
"Anything else?" Meng Yao frowned. "What else?"
"Haven't I checked the dark web before? I've found several ports on the blacklight above, can you contact the developers of the website and talk to them about the situation here? ”
"Got it..."
Hanging up Liu Wu's phone, Meng Yao got into the car out of the village.
She had actually been investigating on the dark web before, but she couldn't contact the developers of the dark web, they seemed to be secretly protected, and, most importantly, there was more than one development on the dark web, so many websites, and every website would have one, so she couldn't find them one by one, right?
Meng Yao rubbed her temples, this workload is really a bit big, but this matter is not in a hurry, she still has to do some other things now.
"Master, help me get to the dock, I'm going back to Guo'an City."
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At this time, in the archives of Guoan City.
Liu Wu rubbed his somewhat sore eyes, and bothered his waist again, he had been sitting here for two days, if it weren't for trying to find some clues from these damn files, he wouldn't have been sitting here for so long.
However, he did not find nothing, at least he knew that there was no case like this in the previous five years.
"Disappearances, kidnappings, mass killings..."Liu Wu moved his chair back a bit, then lit a cigarette and held it in his mouth. These are the characteristics of a person with a black light when he commits a crime. But there were only a few very small numbers missing, and most of them have been recovered, and there is no resemblance at all..."
"Could it be that there is something wrong with my direction? Are they criminal organizations that have only emerged in recent years? ”
"However, judging from their background, as well as their huge contacts and funds, this cannot be a criminal organization that appeared out of thin air, and it will take at least five years or more to form such an organization with a high degree of criminal knowledge and strict discipline."
Thinking about the problem in this almost closed archive room, he felt that his head was going to explode, so he had to go outside to take a breather first, rest and rest before thinking about it.
It's been a month since the Black Light Game incident, and all the criminal gangs have been arrested, except for the mastermind No. 6, so this case can't be considered completely closed.
No matter how much the director urges, he can only say that he will complete the task as soon as possible, but he doesn't know how long this deadline will be extended.
"Team Liu is good!"
"Team Liu is good!"
Walking out of the archives, other colleagues in the bureau are also busy working, but if there are no major cases, their daily work becomes to solve some civil disputes for the police station.
Liu Wu came out of the archives. All the way down to the first floor, you can hear all kinds of noisy noises in the police station all the way, basically some trivial things.
Walking out of the police station, the air outside was not bad, and the breeze gusted out, which suddenly made Liu Wu's state much better.
However, the sorrow did not walk away from his face, and if this case was not removed, he would simply have trouble sleeping.
At this moment, his mobile phone suddenly rang, and he hurriedly pressed the answer button.
"What? Lao Li, call me suddenly, did you find anything? ”
"Of course! And it's a big discovery! I'll be in the bureau soon, and we'll talk about it later! ”
The phone was hung up, and Liu Wu also came to his senses at this time, which is undoubtedly an exciting good news.
Li Wenjun was sent to investigate the staff of the Black Light Mansion who had been captured, as well as the men in black, if there was any progress, then he must have pried something out of their mouths.
Liu Wu sat in the office and waited anxiously, and finally, it was Li Wenjun who pushed the door and entered.
"Lao Li! You're here, but I'm in a hurry! If you find something, tell us about it! ”
"Let me drink my saliva first!" Li Wenjun picked up the teacup on the table and drank it all. "Ahh It's comfortable..."
"Say it! What did you find? ”
"Don't worry, didn't I interrogate those staff members and the men in black? They're very tight-mouthed..."
"Those staff really don't know anything, they are outsourced from other places with high salaries, and they don't know much about this black light company, but they came here because they gave a lot of money!"
Those men in black were even more hard-mouthed, and kept saying that we will be punished, and the black light will come to punish us! I'm so..."
Seeing that Liu Wu didn't react, Li Wenjun also smiled awkwardly. Hurriedly waved his hand.
"Hey, hey! Lao Liu, I'm kidding you, how can this be important news? Li Wenjun paused and then said softly.
"When I questioned a man in black, I found a hole in their testimony!"
"Vulnerability?" Liu Wu frowned. "What do you mean? Their confessions don't match? ”
"It's not... On the contrary, their confessions are particularly uniform, and they are exactly the same!! Li Wenjun took out a small clip from his backpack. Here are the confessions of the three men in black that I recorded, and their descriptions of the black light boss are all in one sentence, that is..."
"The light that guides the afflicted forward..."
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