The smell of gunpowder that was about to explode was instantly filled with the sky over Jiangcheng, which was mixed with the smell of fireworks and firecrackers for the New Year, becoming more and more intense!

The report of the TV station, the panic of the masses, and the sacrifice of the old criminal police, even the Kyoto side was alarmed, Shi Jinnan personally called, asking Jiang Cheng to arrest the leopard and the group as soon as possible, and give an explanation to the soul of the deceased in the sky, no more innocent people can be victimized, as long as it is needed, whether it is important people or equipment, Kyoto will spare no effort to support!

This New Year, everyone didn't go home, they all held back their strength to catch the leopard in the next second, there was a mess in the criminal police team, everyone was tired, their clothes were wrinkled, the men's faces were full of stubble, and the women's hair was messy, in the words of Zhang Ju, "Look at you like this, and some people believe that you are migrant workers who are looking for jobs!" ”

After Chinese New Year's Eve, all surveillance and personnel lost track of leopards, and the abandoned large box of goods was parked alone on the side of a deserted road.

The whole night passed, and everyone's eyes were red, and they were anxious, but there was nothing they could do.

"Alright, let's all go home! All go home! Get a good night's sleep and come back! Seeing such a scene early in the morning, Zhang Ju, who couldn't stand it, gave a death order, asking the three teams to go back to rest first, and then change to the second team when they were rested.

A rare shift break, Qin Fei was upset, coming out of the police station, the cold air in the morning gradually calmed his mood, there were not many pedestrians on the road, and occasionally he could hear the sound of firecrackers from a distance.

When Qin Fei saw the bubble tea shop that hadn't opened yet, he unconsciously wanted to go to Zhou Yi's house to have a look, and he didn't know how the two of them were doing?

When he came to Zhou Yi's house, he found that the door was locked in his house, and the old man next door knew Qin Fei, "Yo! Brother Xiaoyi is here, happy New Year! They've been gone for days, didn't they tell you? ”

Qin Fei was surprised and shook his head, "Happy New Year!" I just came back from a business trip a few days ago, thinking that I would come over to see it after the Chinese New Year, do you know where they went? ”

"Yo, I really don't know this, I guess I should go back to my hometown, I got up early a few days ago, and found that the door of Lao Zhoutou and their house was locked, and I thought that this old man was really, and he didn't say a word when he left, and there was no one to find someone to drink with him during the New Year!"

Qin Fei was a little worried in his heart, he didn't know what was going on with Zhou Yi and the old man, so he hurriedly said a few polite words to his neighbors, took out the phone and called Zhou Yi, but found that Zhou Yi's mobile phone had been turned off, so he wanted to see if Fei Fei could go to the milk tea shop.

Fei Fei originally wanted to take a few days off for the New Year, but found that there were a lot of people who came out to play during the New Year, so she discussed it with Xiao Ran, and was idle at home anyway, so the two decided to continue the business.

When Qin Fei came over, Fei Fei just opened the door, saw Qin Fei coming in, and hurriedly greeted him, "Team Qin, Happy New Year!" ”

"Happy New Year, too! What about Zhou Yi? Qin Fei asked bluntly

"Huh? Didn't Brother Zhou tell you? He took his grandfather back to his hometown, and he had been gone for several days. ”

"Did he tell you where his hometown was?"

"No," Fei Fei shook her head, "the store was too busy at the time, so he said let us arrange the business and rest time by ourselves and left, without having time to ask." ”

"Did you call him?" Qin Fei asked again.

"I've beaten it!" Fei Fei immediately said, "I was going to buy goods before the New Year, and I wanted to prepare more for the New Year, so I called him, but it turned out that he was not in the service area." ”

Qin Fei's brows furrowed, and Fei Fei continued: "Is there still a place that is not in the service area now?" What a remote place it must be! Didn't you call Brother Zhou? ”

"Shut down." Qin Fei sighed.

There was no news of Zhou Yi here in Fei Fei, Qin Fei had to go home, he ate and lived in the criminal police team these days, and he wanted to go back and take a good shower and change clothes.

Now I only know that Zhou Yi is going back to his hometown, there shouldn't be any problems, and the old man's body is estimated to not last long, and it is very likely that they will go back to their hometown for the sake of the old man's death.

At the end of the year, airports, train stations, temple fairs and other places where people gather, there will be many armed special services to help manage public security, traffic and other problems.

This year, as in previous years, there are also a lot of patrol officers in the subway station, and there are special services from time to time leading police dogs to walk around, the people have long been accustomed to it, every year, but occasionally some people will see so many patrol police, at most they will nag, this year's police seem to be more than in previous years! I didn't care much about it.

Jiangcheng has deployed a lot of additional police forces this year, firstly to maintain order, and secondly, to capture the leopard group quietly.

Qin Fei partnered with Lu Ming, turning around to suspicious places from time to time, he always couldn't let go of the alley where he met Zhao Jun and the lame man, and he always felt that he had missed something.

On the fifth day of the first month, it was Qin Fei and Lu Ming's turn to cooperate with the street patrol, and the two of them went to the dark alley.

This alley was almost turned over by the police, but nothing was found, Zhao Jun and the cripple disappeared in front of everyone as if they had walked into the gate of time and space.

When he walked to the corner where he encountered Zhao Jun and the cripple at that time, Qin Fei observed carefully, although he had been here many times, he always felt that he had overlooked something!

The last memories of that day are a little vague, but the only memories that remain are very profound.

Qin Fei sat down at the place where he fell that day, and asked Lu Ming to look around to see if there was any place to hide people, Lu Ming looked around and pointed to the upper right corner behind him, "That's it." ”

Qin Fei and Lu Ming switched directions, asked Lu Ming to sit in that place, and then looked at the place Lu Ming pointed out.

That place was the corner between two houses, one high and one low, with a wall on the outside, and if there was a man squatting there at night, it would not be easily noticed.

Further on, all the way to the end of the depths of the alley, it was dead, and a wall lay horizontally.

Qin Fei looked back again and asked Lu Ming, "Where is behind the wall?" ”

Lu Ming immediately replied: "It's that clubhouse." ”

"Didn't the basement of the clubhouse say that a secret door was found?"

"Yes, the leopards should have slipped from there."

"What about exports? Where is it? ”

"Our people went out through the secret door, and the exit was a small grocery store in the night market in front, and the owner of the grocery store was the outermost horse boy of the Leopard Group." Lu Ming scratched his head, not understanding why Qin Fei would ask about these things that he had known for a long time.

Qin Fei's heart was spinning quickly, guessing various possibilities, Lu Ming didn't bother him when he saw Qin Fei thinking, and just waited on the side.

Suddenly, the phone on Qin Fei's body rang, and Qin Fei took it out and saw that it was Zhou Quan.

Because the goal of capturing the leopard and others was clear, Zhou Quan was not needed for the time being, so Zhou Quan concentrated on studying the previous serial murder case, and went back to Kyoto for the New Year a few days ago.

"Quan'er!" Qin Fei answered the phone.

"Brother Xiaofei, I'm back!" Zhou Quan's voice sounded happy, "This time I will come back and give you a surprise!" ”

Qin Fei couldn't help but wonder if there was a clue to the case, but now the most important thing is to catch the leopard gang, if these people are not caught for a day, everyone's hearts will not be able to let go, but Zhou Quan's return did make Qin Fei's mind flash.

"Quan'er, I remember you told me that you majored in traces in addition to criminal psychology?"

"yes, that's a minor, what's wrong?"

"Who's on the team now?"

"Daqing and Sister Huahua are here."

"You immediately ask Daqing to take you to the alley where we met Zhao Jun and the lame man last time, be quick!"

Zhou Quan didn't delay, put down the phone and said to Daqing, and within twenty minutes, the two appeared in front of Qin Fei.

"Quan'er," Qin Fei said, "we had a meeting with Zhao Jun's lame man here, and in the end they ran in that direction, can you see how they escaped from this dead end?" ”

Zhou Quan didn't talk nonsense, he heard Daqing talk about it on the way, and when he heard Qin Fei say it at this time, he immediately started to check from the place where Qin Fei and Zhao Jun fought.

A few people watched from the side, Zhou Quan sat down to the place where Qin Fei was lying for a while, and then came out to check around, asking some questions from time to time, and asked Qin Fei to simulate it again along the distance he was chasing at that time, and then he walked down the alley, stopping from time to time to check the surrounding walls and ground.

Lu Ming and Daqing followed behind in a daze, they also went over to see the places Zhou Quan had seen, but they couldn't see anything, Qin Fei paid attention to Zhou Quan's every move, and found that the place where Zhou Quan looked seemed to have traces, but he couldn't figure out what it was.

It wasn't until Zhou Quan walked back and forth in the alley two or three times that Zhou Quan pointed to a family and said, "Have you searched this house?" ”

After receiving an affirmative answer, Zhou Quan lowered his head and thought for a while, "Team Qin, can we search again?" ”

Qin Fei asked, "What?" Suspicious here? ”

Zhou Quan pointed to both ends of the alley and said: "According to what you said, one of them may be injured, if I am a suspect, in order to be able to escape as soon as possible, I can't bother to go around the bend with you, or climb over such a high wall to leave, the environment here is complicated, there are only some traces where you fight, but further inside, the other traces can't be seen, if you look at the time when they run until you lose their traces, that is, less than a minute, you can leave calmly in such a short time, If it were me, I would definitely leave an inconspicuous place here that would allow me to get out of my body. Zhou Quan pointed to the door of a house and said: "The last place you saw them disappear is only the closest place here, combined with their previous style of crime, I conclude that the place where they finally disappeared is where their retreat is, I think we need to go in and have a look." ”

Qin Fei nodded, turned around and glanced at Lu Ming, who immediately took out the phone and applied for a report.

Everyone waited for about ten minutes, Lu Ming's phone rang, and Qin Fei nodded, "Agreed, Huahua will come over with the search warrant and the people from the police station immediately." ”

"How long?"

"Half an hour."

Qin Fei glanced at his watch, "Go out and eat something first, this place can't disappear like them." ”

On the street of the night market outside, although there are no stalls during the day, there are many snack bars, and I found a shop at random, and a few people asked for a few bowls of noodles, while listening to the people around them chatting, while waiting for them to bloom.