There was little progress in the half-day investigation of several members of the team.

It has been some time since the TV station posted a missing person notice, but no one has called the police to provide clues.

The simulated portraits distributed through the police stations in the various jurisdictions have not received any feedback.

Linghu Yunfei and Xiao Luhan's investigation in Xicheng District also found nothing.

For a while, the case seemed to have encountered a bottleneck, the comrades were at a loss, and the morale of the Condor Brigade was a little low.

Linghu Yunfei even visited nine cigarette hotels on several streets.

These nine cigarette shops are scattered on five streets, all of which lead to Hongwu Street, through which you can walk to Mengrongtang.

Of the nine cigarette shops, seven are privately opened, and two are counters in the mall.

The number one smoked a Zhonghua brand soft-shell cigarette.

Judging from the situation reported by Master Ran, No. 1 is addicted to smoking, so it is possible for him to buy cigarettes in these nine tobacco hotels.

If you can determine which cigarette shop you bought the cigarettes from, you can determine where he lives, and then determine the scope of an investigation.

Sadly, none of the owners and salespeople of the nine cigarette shops had ever seen the number one on the mock portrait.

This can only say one thing: Number One is very cautious.

In addition to Mengeitang, he minimizes contact with some people, even when massaged, back rubbing, pedicure, and does not talk to the masters, and for the sake of insurance, he may also go far away to buy cigarettes.

As for why No. 1 went to Mengrong Hall every day to take a bath, it is still a difficult mystery to solve.

Ling Hu Yunfei went to investigate Duan Chunsheng's disappearance, Ma Jianping, Lin Di, and Lu Qian were monitoring Teng Jianye and Shui Ruzhang, and Xiang Daimo was transferred to investigate Rao at a glance, and only Xiao Luhan was left in the investigation in Xicheng District.

But Xiao Luhan was not impatient or discouraged. He knew that he was not alone, and the comrades of the police stations in various districts of Xicheng District and the aunts of the neighborhood committees were also working hard to cooperate with the Public Security Bureau to carry out the investigation work.

Director Bao was also very helpful, and he decided to expand the scope of the investigation, and the investigation on October 7 was limited to the jurisdiction of the three police stations around Mengrongtang.

In the entire Xicheng District, there are seven police stations.

In addition to the three police stations investigated, there are four police stations.

On October 8, Director Bao decided to send three people to assist Xiao Luhan in his investigation.

The three comrades are Qiu Yizhong, Huang Yan, and Chai Tingdong.

After the four of them divided the work, the two cars drove in two directions.

Xiao Luhan and Huang Yan went to the two most remote police stations in Xicheng District.

Qiu Yizhong and Chai Tingdong went to the two police stations in the south.

Xiao Luhan's car drove north for about twenty minutes and stopped in front of the Yanzishan Police Station.

Huang Yan got out of the car.

The car continued to move forward, and Xiao Luhan wanted to go to the westernmost Yudai Town Police Station.

The reception of Xiao Luhan was Director Ji, who had just assisted Zhao Zimeng and Ling Huyunfei in investigating Duan Chunsheng's disappearance.

With the help of the director of the neighborhood committee and a group of enthusiastic old ladies, the two of them visited more than a dozen streets and old communities, and visited the hotels in the jurisdiction one by one, but they found nothing.

It takes at least forty minutes to walk from Yudai Town to Mengrongtang on Hongwu Street, so it is indeed unlikely that No. 1 will live in Yudai Town.

When the four of them returned to the Xicheng District Public Security Bureau, the word "disappointed" was written on everyone's face.

At noon, Director Bao and the four of them had lunch in the canteen of the substation.

Everyone talked about the case while eating.

"Number One must have lived in a residential area or a hotel, but we've gone through it like a sieve, is this guy going to be invisible? Yan Guo still left traces, why didn't this person leave a trace! Chai Tingdong said.

"Yes, we've been to all the neighborhood committees and places where we might stay. The aunts of the neighborhood committee are very sharp-eyed, and if this person used to live in a residential area, they will definitely be able to mobilize the masses to recognize him. "Huangyan Road.

"Is there any other hiding place for One besides the residential area?" Director Bao said.

"No. 1 has lived here for nearly half a year, smoking Chinese brand cigarettes every day, should we go through all the cigarette hotels in Xicheng District?" Qiu Yizhong said.

"Now, that's all we have to do is do that." Chai Tingdong said, "He smokes at least one pack of cigarettes a day, three cigarettes a month, and when he is addicted to cigarettes, he has to buy them." But in my opinion, this guy is very cunning, he will only go to the middle of nowhere to buy cigarettes. ”

"Director Bao, is there anyone on Swallow Mountain?" Xiao Luhan suddenly said coldly.

"Xiao Xiao, how did you come up with Swallow Mountain?" Director Bao was a little puzzled.

"When we went and came back, we passed by Swallow Mountain, which is a scenic area?"

This is obviously Xiao Luhan's professional sixth sense at work.

"Swallow Mountain is not a scenic area, there is a small hill, there are no people there, there is only one Taoist temple." Director Bao said.

Xiao Luhan's mind suddenly flashed with inspiration: "Director Bao, how far is Yanzi Mountain to Mengrong Hall?" ”

"Swallow Mountain is just north of Hongwu Street, to Mengrong Hall, walk for about half an hour."

Huang Yan also heard what Xiao Luhan meant: "Director Bao, there are two roads from Yanzi Mountain to Mengrong Hall. Take Yanzi Mountain Road first, then go up Hongwu Street, and finally go to Mengrongtang, you are talking about this shortcut. "He's familiar with the area.

"What about the other way?" Director Bao asked.

"Take the west side of the Rouge River, pass through Swallow Lane, cross Wufu Road, pass through General Lane, enter Hongwu Street, and walk for half a minute to Mengrong Hall."

Director Bao woke up like a dream, he looked at Xiao Luhan and said: "Yes, we did ignore Swallow Mountain, after eating, I will accompany you to Swallow Mountain." ”

"I don't think it's possible that this person has lived there, the mountain is so small, there is only one broken Taoist temple, he will hide there?" Huang Yan disagreed.

"We're going to run all over Xicheng District, and it's not bad for this place, let's go to Swallow Mountain to see if we're going to slip our legs, but we're going to work hard for you again." Xiao Luhan said jokingly.

"Xiao Xiao, you're an outsider, aren't you? It's our job to help you solve your case. We'd rather run a thousand wrong places than let go of this one place. Director Huang said.

"Huang Yan, you and we go to Swallow Mountain, Qiu Yizhong, you and Chai Tingdong continue to try our luck at the Smoke Hotel."

So, everyone sped up their meals.

After the meal, Director Bao, Xiao Luhan and Huang Yan walked out of the door first.

The location of the Xicheng District Public Security Bureau is on the Qilin Street in the south of Hongwu Street, and it only takes about ten minutes to walk to Hongwu Street.

The three of them walked to Hongwu Street.

In about fifteen minutes, the three of them came to the intersection of Hongwu Street and Yanzishan Road.

Standing at the intersection, you can see an abrupt, reddish peak, and you can faintly see the high raised eaves.

Director Bao said that Yanzi Mountain is not high, the altitude is only more than 200 meters, in Xicheng District, there are three mountains, Yanzi Mountain is the smallest and most inconspicuous mountain.

Huang Yan walked across the sidewalk, pointed to the east, and turned right onto Hongwu Street.

After walking for two minutes, Xiao Luhan recognized the direction, because Xiao Luhan had been to Mengrongtang before, and he had also eaten noodles with Zhao Zimeng, Ling Hu Yunfei, and Xiang Daimo in a noodle restaurant on Hongwu Street.

When Xiao Luhan saw the beef restaurant and the mutton restaurant under the guise of it, Huang Yan turned left and entered a deep alley.

Director Bao and Xiao Luhan looked up and saw an iron sign with white letters on a blue background. The iron sign reads "General Lane".

Xiao Luhan stood at the entrance of the alley and looked eastward, the beef noodle restaurant and the mutton noodle restaurant were only fifty or sixty meters away from the alley, which means that the alley was only one hundred and fifty or sixty meters away from Mengrong Hall.

The three of them walked down the alley.

Even though it's daytime, the alley is dark and terrifying.

The alley is very narrow, only allowing one person to walk normally, and if you meet someone coming head-on, one party must stick to the wall sideways and give way before the other party can walk over.

God seemed to deliberately verify this, and the three of them walked dozens of meters away, and a woman holding a child came over.

Director Bao walked a few steps closely, and there was a courtyard gate in front of him, and the courtyard gate was recessed forty or fifty centimeters, and the three people stood in the depression, waiting for the woman to walk over, and then continued to walk forward.

The alley is not only narrow, but the walls on both sides are also frighteningly high, and when you look up, there is only a glimmer of sky.

Walking from Hongwu Street, Xiao Luhan felt that Hongwu Street is a historic street, in addition to the road paved with modern asphalt, the buildings on both sides of the road are all antique.

Moneido is a bathhouse with a history of more than 100 years.

The alleys are not only narrow and deep, but also very long.

Although the alley is very long, there are only three houses in the alley, and the doors of the three houses are all open on the left-hand side of the alley.

On the right-hand side, there is not a single door.

The three of them walked for a few minutes, and there was another street at the entrance of the north alley.

Director Bao said that this street is called Wufu Road.

Across the street, diagonally opposite is a relatively wide alley, the name of the alley is Swallow Alley.

Before entering the alley, Xiao Luhan looked at the east and west sides of the two alleys.

This Swallow Lane is probably named after Swallow Mountain.

After walking more than 300 meters, the three of them walked out of the alley.

At the exit of the alley is a five-arch stone bridge, under which a river crosses.

To the north of the stone arch bridge is Swallow Mountain, a road that is not too wide turns left and extends northwest along the southern and western foothills of the mountain, and a small road extends northeast along the eastern foot of the mountain.

Bicycles, motorcycles, and tricycles can be used on the main road. The path is only accessible to people.

The path winds along the riverbank.

"This path can lead to that Taoist temple." Huang Yan pointed to the path.

Director Bao said that this river is called the Rouge River.

The three of them continued to walk along the riverside path, walking more than 500 meters, and Xiao Luhan found that the Rouge River was walking close to the foot of Swallow Mountain.

It is overgrown with weeds and deep forests.

After walking for five or six minutes, none of the three people saw a single figure.

Xiao Luhan thought to himself, if No. 1 had lived in that temple, he would choose the road under his feet to go to Mengrong Hall to take a bath, except for the deep alleys along the way, it was the riverside path that was avoided, and it was unlikely that he would meet anyone.

Still Huang Yan's eyes were sharp, and he saw a figure: "Look, there is a fisherman in front." ”