"Hmph, you still have a little conscience, and you know that you feel sorry for me." Ai Ling, Long rolled her eyes, turned on her phone, and said, "Actually, that Huangliang County is not the one you wrote to me before, it was written like this." ”

She typed three words on her phone, and I frowned when I saw it.

"The 'ring' of 'surrounding', the 'good' of 'conscience', this is the real 'Huanliang County', I asked a relative of my family, and he told me that it was actually just a homonym, you all heard it wrong before, in fact, it should be 'Huanliang County'."

I blinked my eyes and said in surprise, "You really have a lot of relatives, and you know everything from all over the world, but thank you very much for providing me with these clues." ”

Ai Ling, Long snorted proudly, and talked seriously about Huanliang County.

Huanliang County is the most remote place in a provincial capital quite far from here, it is close to a large primeval forest, and it is particularly far away from the urban area, so the place next to the primeval forest is very closed, the economy is naturally very depressed, and the traffic is also very inconvenient.

His relatives lived there for a short time many years ago, and as far as he recalls, there was nothing special about it except that it was very isolated, but because it was next to the primeval forest, it naturally gave it a primitive and mysterious color.

I silently pondered whether there was a connection between Huanliang County and the place in the dream, and whether they were the same place.

"May I meet your relatives? There are some things I want to talk to him about in person. ”

Ai Ling, Long nodded very happily, "Of course, I told him in advance when I chatted with him before, it is very likely that you will go to him to talk about more specific things, then I will help you ask him out after work." ”

"That's great, thank you."

Ai Linglong glared, pointed to my nose and smiled evilly, "If you really want to thank me, then be my boyfriend, okay?" ”

When I heard this, I was immediately frightened, but I still said cheekily, "I don't think you will do such a difficult thing for a strong man, how about I invite you to dinner and watch a movie another day?" ”

"That's pretty much it." Ai Ling, Long threw me an aries, and finally stopped mentioning the difficult condition.

Ai Ling, Long is really resolute, and after getting off work in the afternoon, she arranged a dinner for me to meet her relatives.

I met that relative and chatted for a while, only to find out that in fact, he was not Ai Ling, Long's real relative, it was a friend of her relative's neighbor, in short, the relationship was 108,000 miles away.

But I'm really grateful to her for helping me find these clues.

The relative, who is in his 40s, said that he was assigned to the Forestry Bureau there to be in charge of forest fire prevention and other work, and after a few years he was transferred to the city, and his memories of the five years he lived there are very simple.

It was indeed a very boring place, because the economy was backward and very closed, so the work there was completely like a machine, and there was no other color of life.

I asked this relative if there was a landmark archway in Huanliang County.

The neighbor's eyes lit up, "Yes, there is a memorial arch there, and it is relatively large, and generally there must be a memorial arch marked with the name of the place in the more backward places, just like our toll station, and only then do passers-by know which position they are currently in." ”

My heart moved, this is in line with Wang Haitang's dream, the first time she dreamed was that her parents stood in front of the archway and said such things to her.

"So is the word 'Huanliang County' written on the archway?"

"Just two words, there is no 'county' of 'county'." The relative recalled seriously, "I still have a former colleague over there, how about I help you get in touch and ask him to take a few photos for you?" ”

I was excited, "Thank you so much, please ask him to help take a few more shots, shoot in different places, is it okay?" ”

The neighbor nodded, and we chatted for a while, and I became more and more sure that this Huanliang County was the place where Wang Haitang appeared in his dream, probably because his parents verbally expressed it in the dream, so we listened to it according to the homophony, so I couldn't find the so-called Huanliang County on the map for so long.

After eating, I sent Ai Ling, Long's relatives, me and Ai Ling, Long stood on the side of the road and talked.

"Thank you so much for providing me with such an important clue, and now I'm waiting for your relatives to send me a photo, and things should have a rough idea." I said gratefully.

Under the neon lights, Ai Ling, Long smiled sweetly, looking very simple, she is indeed a very good girl, but unfortunately it is not the type I like.

"I told you a long time ago, don't think that I can't do things if I'm stupid all day long, if I want to do things well, then I will definitely do my best."

"Of course, I've never questioned your abilities."

"Don't say thank you here, just invite us to dinner when it's done." Ai Ling, Long squeezed her eyes, and I nodded happily in agreement.

I sent Ai Ling and Long home, and turned back to the hotel to tell Zhao Heizi about the new progress.

"It's really ridiculous to call it Huanliang County, because there is such a thing as homophony, but we should have thought at the time that this is likely to be the difference in homophony."

We did think about it when we analyzed it before, but because we couldn't find a clue, there was no way to continue the investigation.

It takes time to capture photos, so we can start doing something else in the meantime.

After I went back, I didn't tell Wang Haitang the results of this investigation, I was worried that if I had an empty joy like last time, it would affect her mood, and she was already very fragile now, like a crumbling kite.

Ai Ling, Long's relatives are also very neat, it should be said that they are very attentive, and it only took one day to send me photos taken by his colleagues in Huanliang County.

More than 20 photos, basically taken in the streets and alleys of Huanliang County, the photo of the very conspicuous archway is also among them.

I scrutinized the photos with a magnifying glass, trying to find clues inside.

In the end, I decided to take out the photo with the archway and ask Wang Haitang to debate whether it was consistent with her dream.

But after thinking about it, don't do it first, wait until you sort out more clues and clues and then look for her, and now suddenly take out a photo for her to identify, it is estimated that she will start thinking cranky again.

Xue Xiaxia has been very busy with cases in the past few days, and she has not come over for psychological counseling, so Xue Xiaxia also called us and explained to us separately.

A day later, in the afternoon, I was in the hotel talking to a collaborator, and my phone rang just after the conversation.

As soon as I saw that it was Luo Fei, who I hadn't seen for a long time, I was immediately excited and excited, "Captain Luo, is there a clue?" ”

The other party smiled heartily, "There is really a clue, just a few hours ago, a female skeleton was found on a mountain in Linxian County, we are now doing a missing person investigation, if no one can be found to claim the body, then this seems to be Wang Haitang's mother." ”

Luo Fei explained that because the mountain is not far from the city where they work, it is very likely that this is the skeleton of Wang Haitang's mother, and the preliminary forensic examination results show that the corpse died for more than a year, which is also very consistent with the time of her disappearance.

"Otherwise, after all, it is a big project to do an investigation. I'll collect some of Wang Haitang's DNA materials first, such as hair or something, and let you do DNA comparison? This should make it easier to determine the identity of the skeleton. ”

"Hey, it's still you who are smart, and you saved a lot of time at once, okay, then, you take her hair and ask Zhu Chen to arrange for a colleague to express or bring it directly, it's safer."

"Okay, I'll go back and get ready as soon as possible, and then I'll call you." Putting down my phone, I folded my arms against the back of my seat, closed my eyes and pondered.

How should I open my mouth to tell Wang Haitang, otherwise it would be abrupt to let someone cut off a strand of hair without explaining the reason.

Forget it, just tell her directly that there is an unidentified skeleton that needs to be identified, and she should be able to understand it in her heart.

I left the office and found Wang Haitang who was working.

She looked very anxious, "Cousin, is something wrong?" ”

I shook my head and said lightly, "No, just now my friend Luo Fei, the captain of the criminal police, called and said that a female skeleton was found on the mountain in their county, and no one has come to think that they are still investigating the missing person, so I want to cut off some of your hair and bring it over to do DNA comparison with that skeleton to determine whether her identity is related to your mother." ”

Wang Haitang was so surprised that she couldn't close her mouth, and after a few seconds, her body began to tremble slightly.

Seeing her state like this, my heart was suddenly entangled, "Begonia, listen to me, this is just a preliminary comparison, we are also in order to determine the identity of the skeleton as soon as possible, don't think nonsense." ”

Wang Haitang's tears rolled out at once, and I felt even more uncomfortable when I saw it.

"Don't cry, be calm, we've already said before, no matter what the result is, you have to face it bravely."

I hurriedly took out a tissue and handed it to her, but she didn't answer, covered her face and cried bitterly.

I immediately became overwhelmed and could only stand by and silently accompany her.

It took a long time for her to stop crying, "Cousin, why don't I go with you, I want to see my mother's bones with my own eyes, after so many years, even if I can't see her last time, to see her bones, it will make me feel better." ”

"No, no, it's not determined that it has anything to do with your mother at all, it's just suspicious." I hurriedly argued.

"Even if it's not my mother's bones, isn't my mother dead?"