Chapter 275: Desperate Pursuit
Although there is sun, the temperature is very low. Ai Chunguang found a long bamboo pole to dry clothes, and used the wire to twist three hooks on the rod head. He poked the pole into the well and stirred it slowly, and soon he felt something? After some effort, he salvaged some textile scraps – burned. Upon closer inspection, Chunguang confirmed that it was the burning residue of the car seat wrap. After taking pictures and extracting them, Ai Da called Wu Suo to help find a pump and ladder to prepare to drain the well - go down to the well for exploration. Little by little, he began to dig through the ash heap next to the well, twisting out the suspicious residue with tweezers.
"Aida, the off-road vehicle survey is complete. I see that the seat wraps in the car are all new - they should have been decorated not long ago. A slip was found in the storage box: the 'Endurance Mill' car decoration store issued the time of January 8 this year, and the project was car interior decoration. I see that this store is going to be visited..."Inspector Yu squatted down as he spoke: there were other detectives there, and he did not call Chunguang "senior", but called him a senior, in order to show respect and avoid intimacy. When he saw the residue of the incineration, he judged that the old seat wrap was most likely burned. He immediately felt a sense of loss in his heart: he had hoped to go to the "Endurance Mill" to replace the old decorations, but now there was no hope......
"You suggested it well, the decorator shop must go. Hurry up and arrange—" The big man did not look up and said: "Let Inspector Que and Tong Shijia go, ask the whole process of changing the interior decoration of the car, and ask the shopkeeper to identify 'Yuan Sitian'." "Okay, I'll go." Inspector Yu got up and went to find Que Yi, Xiaotong?
It happened that Wu Tianfang came over with a portable water pump, and when he heard the conversation between the two, he said, "I'll go with Tong Shijia." I don't understand the 'technology' here, so I can't help - I'm in a hurry. "Wu is out, that's the best." Ai Chunguang stood up and said: There is still a lot of work to be done on the site, such as cleaning the bottom of the well, sieving the ashes, etc., which does require manpower, and the role left by Que Haotian is greater; And "visiting" is Wu Tianfang's forte, and he doesn't have to worry about sending someone to run a second trip.
The "Endurance Mill" car decoration shop is located in the suburban junction. A row of four façade rooms, three with roller shutters open, and one with plastic curtains—presumably offices. There are a large number of confetti after firecrackers are set off in front of the door: it is a local custom to set off firecrackers on the fifth day of the first lunar month to "welcome the God of Wealth", and businessmen attach great importance to it. The shopkeeper was a young man of medium height and slightly fat, and when he saw Director Wu and Xiaotong open the curtain and enter the store, he quickly got up and greeted him with a smile on his face. When he knew the identity and intention of the guest, Boss Yang was very enthusiastic and recalled seriously——
At about two o'clock in the afternoon of January 8, a semi-new SUV pulled up in front of his shop, and a white, lean young man got out of the car. Guests are requested to wrap the seats in the car and cover them with stepping mats. He opened the door and looked: the inside of the car was wet - rinsed and clean. He thought it would take time to remove the original decorations, only to find that the seats were bare and the floor of the carriage was bare—it had been emptied. As he worked, he accosted guests. The guests speak very little, it is a foreign accent, and the decoration of the car is because of "refurbishment for the New Year, and the picture is auspicious". He tried to sell non-skid tires, but it didn't work. After loading, the guest pays and drives away.
The reason why he was very impressed was because the old car was redecorated in the store, and most of the old decorations and mats were there, and it not only took time to dismantle them, but also to wash the car. Business is very busy during the month, and saving time is "making money". He was very happy at the time: if the car owner was like this guest, he would have to do a lot of ticket business!
Wu asked the shopkeeper to identify Yuan Sitian's photo? Boss Yang quickly recognized the "diligent guest" from a pile of photos, and asked curiously: "Why are you looking for me to ask these things?" I guess he must have carried something 'unclean' on his car?". Wu Tianfang did not answer the shopkeeper directly, but only told him not to think about it and "keep it secret". Tong Shijia said in his heart: "This person is a 'fine code' (clever ghost), no wonder he can open a store!" It's just that the little white ape is too cunning and cleans up the old things in the car, otherwise Boss Yang will definitely find something at that time..."
Liu Zongwei took Ni Yutong and Xiaodong to carry out video tracking, taking Yuan Sitian's rented house as the origin, searching for the nearest video probe along the road, and watching them carefully one by one: At 9:57 on January 7, the off-road vehicle of the little white ape passed through the gate of the Management Committee of the Development Zone and drove west... At 10:15, the off-road vehicle passed through the intersection of Bagua Mall and continued to drive west, but the co-driver did not sit down; At 10:29, the car drove east through the Bagua Mall intersection again, and the co-driver was still empty... At 10:46, the car appeared in the probe at the entrance of the management committee of the development zone, and it was driving east. After that, until 7 o'clock on the night of the 7th, Inspector Liu and others did not find any trace of the off-road vehicle.
According to Liu Guanglan's confession of transporting the body on the night of the 7th, Liu Zongwei marked two routes on the map: a high-speed and a national highway. The vehicle goes out of Tongxi County and drives to Qishan County, Jiangbei, one of which must be chosen. The video of the high-speed toll station shows that before 12 o'clock that night, there was no Yuan Sitian's off-road vehicle on the highway. Liu Zongwei did not give up, and continued to watch the toll station video until 8 o'clock in the morning of the 8th, but still did not find Yuan Che. Ni Yutong suggested that the national highway should be chased along instead. In front of a must-pass bayonet video in Nanyi County, the three of them watched it for a long time, until "12 o'clock on the 8th", and still found nothing.
Inspector Liu returned to the car, frowned and closed his eyes and thought, "What is the reason?" It doesn't make sense! Did you miss it... Could it be that the 'ghost' widow is still lying......" "Detective Liu, I have an idea: I was chasing the northwest direction before—no; Could Yuan Sitian not drive in this direction, but go in the northeast direction, and go around to his hometown through the territory of Suxi Province? Yutong said softly. A word to wake up the dreamer! "That's right, you're still a video detective! It's my preconceived notions. Let's turn back and chase east-" Liu Zongwei approvingly: he was so meritorious that he took it for granted that Yuan Sitian would choose the "best" route and ignore the other paths. "No, I still have to learn more from my seniors. I just don't think this way is going to work, try it in a different direction? If the car is not found, it can only prove that Liu Guanglan is not telling the truth. Ni Yutong said humbly with a red face. The afterlife is terrible, the afterlife is terrible! Zong Wei sighed as he drove in the direction of the little white ape's rented house.
The car chase team passed through Jianshan Town, rushed to the security checkpoint on the border of Jiangnan Province and Suxi Province, retrieved the video materials from 5 p.m. on January 7 to the sky was still bright, and continued to watch it "at night". The hard work paid off, and finally discovered: at 20:44, the off-road vehicle of the little white ape drove into Susi Province through the bayonet! The group continued along the main road in search of video spots......
At about 4 o'clock in the afternoon, Liu Zongwei was surprised to realize that Yuan Sitian did not drive to his hometown Qishan County at all, but drove in the direction of "Eagle Mountain"!
Inspector Lau drove past the site of the last car accident and explained the accident process and tragic circumstances to the brothers accompanying him. Xiao Dong came to a sentence "If you don't die in a big disaster, you will have a blessing"! Ni Yutong, who is familiar with the facts of the case, solemnly guessed: "Detective Liu, did the little white ape bury the body on the 'Eagle Mountain'?" He deceived Liu Guanglan into not being familiar with the road, and at night, he coaxed her? "I came with Cheng Da and Ai Da yesterday, and this is the third trip! Maybe the 'truth' is in Eagle Mountain-" Zong Wei said quietly: "Before the case is solved, anything is possible!" The key is to have 'evidence'! This was the mantra of the "Silver Fox" back then, and he was deeply influenced and now uses it at his fingertips - without any sense of disobedience.
However, the off-road vehicle did not drive into the Eagle Mountain Stone Archway and followed the main road into the mountain......