Chapter 34: Providence

After being stunned for a moment, Huo Yan quickly took out her mobile phone and called the nanny of Xie Ju's family. After confirming that Gu Song's speculation was basically reliable, he said to Zhao Hongshan: "Sister Hua said, Concubine Ye likes kittens very much, and when she sees stray cats on the roadside or in the community, she always likes to tease them, and sometimes feeds them." I think this afternoon, Concubine Ye should have been attracted by the stray cats near the fish stall. ”

"Even if that's the case, we can't find the murderer who captured Concubine Ye." Zhao Hongshan was not very interested in this discovery, and Huo Yan reminded him: "But the kitten led Concubine Ye to a relatively remote location, and Concubine Ye was probably captured by the murderer there." ”

"Oh......" Zhao Hongshan showed a suddenly realized expression, "But the cat just ran so fast, I may not be able to catch up, but Concubine Xiao Ye can catch up with it?" ”

"It doesn't matter if you catch up with it or not, the important thing is that it lured Concubine Xiao Ye away from Sister Hua's side, so as to create an opportunity for the murderer to attack."

"Then the question is, where did that cat lead Concubine Ye?"

"Well...... this"

The two were discussing when Huo Yan's mobile phone suddenly rang. She picked up the phone and said "Hey", Gu Song hurriedly said: "I have found an important clue here, you and Team Zhao should come over quickly." ”

"Where are you now?"

"Look at the location I sent you." Gu Song hung up the phone.

"He found it so quickly?" Zhao Hongshan looked at Huo Yan in surprise, a little incredulous.

Huo Yan smiled and said, "For him, nothing is impossible. It's a waste of such a good talent not to be a policeman. ”

"Don't worry, he'll be back sooner or later." Zhao Hongshan did not doubt this, "That guy was born to be the material for the police to catch bad guys, and no one likes and is more suitable for this profession than him." ”

The location is located on the southeast side of Wumenqiao Market, where there is a bicycle shed that has been abandoned for many years, and several bicycles that have long been rusted and scrapped are parked in a haphazard manner, looking desolate and dilapidated. Nowadays, with the development of shared bicycles, few people go out on this kind of private bicycle.

This dilapidated corner is obviously less visited than the hustle and bustle of the farmer's market, but it's certainly a great place to shelter from the wind and rain for stray critters.

Gu Song chased the orange wild cat all the way to the unsuccessful foraging and was brought here unconsciously. In a corner of the bicycle shed, three little milk cats lying on top of a worn paper shell, snuggling up to each other, making people feel sorry and distressed, while the female cat, who was still breastfeeding, squatted beside the little milk cat, guarding her children.

It turned out to be their home, a home abandoned by the world but full of warmth and love.

Gu Song found half a fresh footprint on the edge of the paper shell, judging by the size, it should have been left by a child, and the possibility that Concubine Ye had been here was not ruled out. Looking at the desolation and seclusion of the surroundings, the possibility of the murderer committing the crime here cannot be ruled out. The question is, what means did the murderer use to take Concubine Ye away? Where did his transport stop at that time?

"You can do it, you can find this place." Zhao Hongshan saw the hope of solving the case, and his heart was encouraged, and his frowning brows finally relaxed. "This black light is blinding, you can catch up with this wild cat, I really convince you!" He said and gave Gu Song a thumbs up. "However, Concubine Ye is not as fast as you, how could she be brought here by a cat?"

"Actually, this cat is not afraid of people, it was just surprised by us just now. After all, it often forages for food in crowded markets, and it has long been strange to humans. Maybe when Concubine Ye saw it during the day, it just slipped here gracefully. Team Zhao, I see that the ground conditions here are good, so hurry up and call the people from the technical team to come over to investigate, maybe you can find the murderer's footprints. ”

"Alas, it's a pity that there is no monitoring in this area of the market, and the murderer really knows how to pick a place to commit crimes!"

After a while, the people of the criminal police team cordoned off the scene here, focusing on the various traces left on the ground. In fact, after Concubine Ye disappeared, they visited the market and searched everywhere for Concubine Ye's whereabouts, but no one expected that Concubine Ye was captured by the murderer because of a cat.

In order not to scare away the poor kittens, and at the same time ensure that the on-site investigation work is not affected, the police who handled the case borrowed a large pet box from the pet store and put the mother cat and three cubs in it.

A few kittens crouched innocently in the box, nervously and curiously observing their surroundings. They may have witnessed a terrible crime and seen the murderer, but they can't speak and tell the police what the truth is. However, Gu Song had a very wonderful feeling that the orange cat appeared in front of them at the right time and led them to this place, perhaps it was the arrangement of heaven's will.

Through on-site investigation, the technical team found a number of fresh footprints in the bicycle shed, and after eliminating the disturbing footprints, a group of children's footprints and a group of adult men's footprints remained.

Through measurement and calculation, it can be judged that the child's height is about 120 centimeters, his weight is about 22 kilograms, his age is 5 to 7 years old, and he walks with the characteristics of the outer eight characters, which is basically consistent with the characteristics of the missing child Concubine Ye. In order to verify whether this conclusion is correct, the police also need to collect more information, such as the style of shoes that Concubine Ye wore when she disappeared, as well as her usual walking habits, etc., for further analysis and comparison.

The adult male, the suspect in this case, is about 170 centimeters tall, around 40 years old, and has a thinner physique, most likely with lap legs. Judging from the pattern of the sole, this person was wearing a pair of low-cost mille-feuille shoes with rough craftsmanship and low price, and the sole was seriously worn, so it is speculated that this person was living in poverty and may be engaged in low-income manual labor.

Through the investigation, the technical team found a very strange thing: the child and the suspect had been in close contact with the cat kennel in the corner of the bicycle shed, but the suspect did not forcibly take the child away near the cat kennel, because then there would be no footprints on the ground when the child walked away, but only her footprints when she walked into the bicycle shed.

However, the technical team found a string of "companion shoe prints" of children and adults on the ground, that is, the shoe prints of two people appeared in a straight line at the same time, which indicates that the two people left the bicycle shed side by side. In other words, it is possible that Concubine Xiao Ye voluntarily followed the suspect (the suspect's use of weapons, intimidation and other violent threats is a different matter).

In the case of the previous case, what kind of deception did the suspect use? And how did the well-educated Concubine Ye get fooled?