This private room is about 10 square meters, with a square table and eight chairs around it.

Drinking and eating in the private room not only reduces the number of contacts with the boss and waiter - except for serving food, the boss and waiter will not enter the private room casually, and avoid meeting acquaintances.

It's a relatively secluded space.

The murderer's choice to drink in this private room was well underway.

"Is the door closed when they drink?" Zhao Zimeng asked.

"The door is closed." The second fat man said.

"Do you have any contact with them?"

"No, the guests go to the private room to drink because they don't want others to disturb them, and the guests don't call, I won't go in. Xiao Cui, come here. ”

A waitress ran out of the room and walked over.

"Xiaocui, these public security comrades ask you something. Last night, it was Xiaocui who greeted the three guests. You can ask her. ”

Zhao Zimeng moved a chair and asked Xiaocui to sit down.

Xiao Cui sat sideways in the chair, looking a little restrained.

"Little girl, don't be afraid, whatever I ask, you can say anything, whatever you think, just say anything? Good no good? Zhao Zimeng smiled and reassured.

Xiao Cui nodded slightly.

"In addition to this person, the other two, do you remember what they looked like?" Zhao Zimeng pointed to Duan Chunsheng's photo and said, "For example, their hairstyles and facial features, or any outstanding features." ”

"The tall guy has short hair, a middle part, and a long face. The fat man's hair was a little long and he had a round face. Their facial features are not scarred or numb, and their faces are clean. I can't say anything else. ”

"Little girl, which fat man are you talking about?" Zhao Zimeng said.

"Xiao Cui is talking about the half-grown old man, the one with a little gray hair." The second fat man interjected.

The information provided by Xiaocui and the second fat man did not describe the characteristic things of the two people.

It's no wonder: under normal circumstances, the boss and waiter don't particularly care about the customer's appearance, unless the customer has unusual characteristics, and they are not criminal investigators and are not good at grasping the essentials.

If the business in the restaurant is particularly good, the waiter's attention will be distracted, not to mention that the three people are in a private room.

"I didn't delay much in the private room, put the dishes away, and I came out." Xiaocui added.

"Do you hear what they say? How do you observe the relationship between these three people? Linghu Yunfei said.

"When I brought the food in, they didn't say anything. Before and after, I only went in twice, and they didn't order many hot dishes, once to serve the food, and once to check out. ”

"They asked you to settle the bill?"

"Yes, he gave me the money, and I went to Batai to settle the account."

"Who told you to settle the bill?"

"It's tall."

"How long have they been drinking?"

"Let's drink from about six o'clock to after eight o'clock."

"How much did they drink?"

"They brought their own wine, they brought two bottles of wine, and in the end there was still half a bottle left, and the fat man took half a bottle in his pants pocket."

"Is the person in the photo drunk?"

"That's right! How do you know that? Xiao Cui was surprised by Zhao Zimeng's judgment.

"Comrade Public Security, you are right, in the end, it was the tall and thin man and the fat man who walked out of the hotel with this person on his back." The second fat man said.

Zhao Zimeng's sixth sense flared up again, he felt very bad, Duan Chunsheng must have had an accident.

The murderer saw the missing person notices for No. 1 and No. 2 from the noon news of Jingxi TV, so he intercepted Duan Chunsheng on his way to work, asked him to drink at the Second Fat Hotel, drunk him, and then ......

Zhao Zimeng didn't dare to think about it.

"They helped him into the car?" Zhao Zimeng continued to ask.

"I don't know about this, when they left, a few more guests came, I originally wanted to help, but the fat man said no. I beckoned the guests to go. Xiao Cui said.

"By the way, did these people smoke during the meal?" Zhao Zimeng suddenly remembered the cigarette butts at the scene of the No. 117 crime.

"Smoke it."

"Did you see what brand of cigarettes it was?"

"I only care about serving food, I don't care about cigarettes."

The investigation can only end here, and it is obvious that the second fat man and Xiaocui have not been able to provide any substantive clues.

According to the information they provided, Ma Jianping was unable to draw the portrait.

At the beginning, Zhao Zimeng thought that if Ma Jianping was asked to depict the appearance of the two people according to the description, it would be beneficial to solve the case, but it turned out that this idea was a bit naïve.

Fortunately, the comrades found Duan Chunsheng's last place to stay. That's not a bad clue.

Did the two mysterious men invite Duan Chunsheng to drink with the intention of getting him drunk and then killing him?

According to the observations of Zhao Zimeng and Ling Hu Yunfei, this possibility is very high.

According to Che's sister-in-law, her husband, Duan Chunsheng, usually goes home after work and rarely drinks outside unless he has an acquaintance at a banquet.

As for Gui Qingguan's description, Duan Chunsheng and the tall and thin man should know each other.

The owner and employees of the Second Fat Man Hotel said that the half-old man had booked a private room in their hotel in advance, so it can be seen that the two people should have planned in advance to invite Duan Chunsheng to drink.

Another point, why did these two people choose to invite Duan Chunsheng to drink at the Er Fat Hotel?

The location of the Second Fat Hotel is very special, this hotel is at the end of Hualong Road. Opposite is a briquette factory, and to the west is a deserted path leading to Yinniu Lake and the Yinniu Lake Reservoir.

The half-grown old man in the mouth of the second fat man parked the car outside the gate of the briquette factory in advance, is it convenient to do things?

If this assumption is true, then the half-old man first set up a private room, and the thin and tall man went to intercept Duan Chunsheng on his way off work, then drunk him, and finally took Duan Chunsheng somewhere in a car and made him disappear without a trace.

After eating and paying, Zhao Zimeng and Ling Hu Yunfei drove to the Yinniu Lake Reservoir.

The sensitivity of his profession guided Zhao Zimeng.

According to his observation of the terrain in this area, in Yudai Town, if you want to make a person disappear, the Yinniu Lake Reservoir seems to be the most ideal place.

The Yinniu Lake Reservoir is located in a remote area and is the most ideal place to dump corpses.

Before leaving, Zhao Zimeng made a phone call to Director Ji of the Yudai Town Police Station.

About five minutes later, Director Ji came in a car.

Zhao Zimeng wanted to ask Director Ji for help, and the two of them got into Director Ji's car.

As soon as Director Ji started the car, the second fat man suddenly rushed out of the hotel, waving his hand and shouting loudly: "Wait a minute—please wait a minute." ”

Zhao Zimeng opened the car door and jumped out of the car.

The second fat man rushed over, followed by a chef, who was cooking in the room just now, wearing a chef's hat and a white apron.

"Comrade Public Security, Lao Wang has something to tell you. Lao Wang, you say it yourself. The fat man panted.

"Our boss just told me that the three of them were drinking in the private room last night, and I remembered something." Chef Lao Wang said.

"Master Wang, please speak."

"Last night, at about eight o'clock, I went to the public toilet across the road to go to Xiaojie, and when I came back, I saw the two people walking out of the hotel with the person you were looking for, so I took a second look."

In the direction of Master Wang's finger, there is indeed a public toilet.

"What do you see?" Zhao Zimeng was very anxious.

"I saw them help the drunk guy into the van and put two bikes in the car."

"In what direction did their car go?"

Master Wang pointed in the direction of Yinniu Lake: "Follow that trail in the direction of Yinniu Lake." ”

"Thank you." Zhao Zimeng waved his hand and hurriedly got into the car.

The car drove towards the Yinniu Lake Reservoir.

Zhao Zimeng's judgment just now was correct.

Director Ji said that the Yinniu Lake Reservoir is the largest reservoir in western Beijing, it is about six kilometers long from east to west and about four kilometers wide from north to south, and its source is at the southern foot of Yinniu Mountain.

It is very difficult to find a corpse in such a large reservoir.

In about 20 minutes, the car drove up the South Lake Embankment.

Linghu Yunfei looked at his watch, and the time was 4:45.

The car stops at the T-junction.

"Captain Zhao, are we going west or east?" Director Ji said.

"Going into the mountains, is it closer?" Zhao Zimeng responded.

"Then go east." Director Ji turned right onto the lake embankment.

After the car got on the embankment, the vision instantly widened.

The inside of the embankment is made of stone and cement, the outer side of the embankment is a shelterbelt, and the road is about 2.5 meters wide.

On the slope of the reservoir are many anglers sitting and standing.

"This point, why are there so many people fishing!" Linghu Yunfei said.

"Yes, there are so many people every day, many people come to occupy seats before dawn, and there are not many people now, and when spring comes, there are the most people. At that time, the fish were easy to catch, but in the autumn they were not easy to catch. "Director Ji is very familiar with the situation in his jurisdiction.

"It's not good to fish, and there are so many people?"

"It's not easy to catch fish, but as long as you catch big guys, it depends on everyone's luck. Most people are idle and bored, and it doesn't matter if they catch it or not. ”

After the car had traveled a few hundred meters, the embankment turned left and headed north.

Director Ji said: At the end of the North Lake Embankment is Yinniu Mountain, the source of Yinniu Lake.

Zhao Zimeng's analysis: If Duan Chunsheng was really killed, the murderer must have visited Mengniu Lake before throwing the body, and it would be much more convenient to have a car if he took a turn on the lake embankment.

Where there are often people fishing, the murderer will not throw the corpse.

In addition to the corpse, there is also Duan Chunsheng's bicycle, and the fish hook is most afraid of the corpse and the bicycle. Therefore, the murderer will definitely choose a place where it is not easy to take the bait.

When the car was about two roads away, there was a sudden noise in front of it.

Director Ji slowed down the car.

After the car had traveled more than 200 meters, it was only in the car that it understood why there was a noise.

A man caught a big fish, the rod had been bent into a bow, but the fish had not yet shown its head.

The angler sits on the cement stone slope, because the slope is too steep, the foot is unstable, and the strength of the fish is very strong.

The fisherman's expression was hideous, and he held the fishing rod tightly in his arms, releasing the fishing line for a while and reaping the fishing line for a while.

There were a lot of people standing on both sides and behind this person, and there were a few people on the side to give specific guidance, and everyone was gossiping, which made the anglers at a loss for a while.

From time to time, people on both sides of the lake ran this way.