When Captain Garlic relayed the herdsman's words, an indescribable expression appeared on his face.

It was an expression of guilt and remorse, and when he learned about it later, he must have hated why he hadn't been able to investigate so much more in the first place, and why he had to make a judgment so hastily.

Because this sentence at least proves that the two people, one tall and one short, have other partners, and there is more than one partner.

This fundamentally overturned the judgment of Wen Mushan and his wife that they killed people and oversold goods.

However, in that era, due to the backwardness of criminal investigation technology and the imperfection of procedures, many unjust, false and wrongful cases were also caused.

"Later, I asked the herdsman why he didn't tell the police about it when he reported the crime, and guess what he said?"

"How?"

"He said that he said it when he called the police."

"Then how can you ignore this sentence?"

"Alas, because the superiors issued a reward notice at that time, collecting clues from the West Night Archaeological Team, and the police who made the record were so meritorious that they actually ignored this sentence, how to describe it like Wen Mushan, how to sort out the record and report it.

"And the task force was too busy with work at that time, and it didn't have time to go to the valley on foot to ask the parties concerned, so one sentence made a big mistake!"

"And then?"

"Later, no later. The policeman who made the transcript was punished, but the superiors still felt that the evidence was insufficient to allow the case to be retried - I was already retired, and I couldn't speak a lot.

"In the autumn of the year I learned about this, I also went to the Yarkand River valley during the same solar term. With my tent on my back, I hiked into the mountains towards the abandoned pasture.

"From the Yarkand River through the valley mouth of the Kunlun Mountains, the road up the mountain is rugged and the slopes are steep, I stayed on the mountain for a night, and did not reach the pasture until four o'clock in the afternoon the next day.

"The ranch is abandoned, but the hut is still there. I stood in front of the hut and looked down the hill and finally understood why only two people had come up in the first place. ”

"Is it because the road is difficult to walk?"

"That's right. Because there is only one sheep intestine trail in the upper pasture, and the snow-capped mountains there are very high, and after the snow melts, it flows down the hillside, so the trail is particularly difficult to walk, and ordinary people cannot climb up without training and physical strength.

"So now it is clearer that there must have been more than two people who were on the road along the valley at that time, and it was only because of their good physical strength that they were sent to eat—how simple it was, it was all complicated by ourselves."

Looking at Captain Garlic's appearance, I also felt a little emotional. Criminal investigation seems to be very routine, but in fact, it pays attention to details everywhere, and sometimes a misdirection will change direction, thus leading to a preconceived wrong judgment.

However, Hua Yan's words changed this dull atmosphere.

"Even if those two people have accomplices, it can't be determined that they are not Wen Mushan's sons, right? Don't forget, it's not just Wen Mushan and his wife who are missing from the archaeological team - what if they want to leave Yecheng together and sneak across the border? ”

Captain Garlic was stunned: "Teacher Shen, do you mean that the entire archaeological team, except for the dead Wang Tuda, everyone else ran away with Wen Mushan?" ”

"Can't you?" Hua Yan asked rhetorically.

"Hahaha," Captain Garlic suddenly laughed, "Mr. Shen, although this case is still in the clouds, one thing is actually very clear, that is, in the later days, the relationship between Wen Mushan, Fei Tang, and the migrant workers has been very delicate and tense.

"It is not an exaggeration to say that they are in a state of 'hostility', even to the point of collapse at the touch of a button. Therefore, Wen Mushan will never cooperate with the employees of Yatur Village. ”

I suddenly remembered that when I first found Wang Tuda's autopsy, I had found a swallowed "distress letter" in his stomach, and the content of the distress letter was that Wen Mushan wanted to treat them badly, imprison and torture them.

Although this is a one-sided statement of the migrant workers, it is indeed real evidence.

I then asked Captain Garlic about the distress letter, and he nodded, but said, "There are other clues besides that letter." ”

"Other clues? What's going on here? ”

Captain Garlic refilled the tea for us, then shook his head and said with a smile: "For the case, what the criminal investigators know about the case is often the tip of the iceberg of the information that the criminal investigators have. In fact, in the heart of the desert at that time, although we did not find any missing persons, we did find a private diary. ”

"Whose diary? Could it be Wen Mushan's? "I couldn't help but get excited.

Captain Garlic shook his head: "It's his wife's diary." ”

"Shu Yun?"

"Yes!"

"Is there anything in the diary?"

"This, because Shu Yun is also one of the suspects in the case, and he has not yet been brought to justice, so the specific content is still confidential for the time being. Still, I can tell you about the diary. ”

……

It turned out that in the late autumn of twenty-three years ago, when Shu Yun came to the village of Kalaya Tur alone, and then followed Fei Tang, who had come to fetch supplies, into the desert and came to the camp, she found that there was a strange atmosphere here.

Shu Yun is a teacher, so he has always maintained the habit of keeping a diary.

According to what she recorded in her diary, the archaeological team's camp was not actually located near the site, but was some distance away from the site, requiring a camel ride or a car to commute to and from the site.

This event itself is somewhat unusual, and most field archaeologists choose to set up camp near the site for the convenience of their work.

However, Shu Yun also wrote in his diary that Wen Mushan is quite picky about details. Although he did not explain to his wife the reason for doing so, it is understandable that if he is afraid that the hired workers will accidentally destroy or steal the antiquities, he will choose a place far away.

Another strange thing is that Lao Wen and Fei Tang always go out in the middle of the night.

Before Shu Yun came, Wen Mushan and Fei Tang lived in the same tent. After Shu Yun came, Fei Tang took the initiative to move out in order to take care of the couple.

But in the second half of the night, Shu Yun found that her husband would get up quietly and sneak out of the tent.

On one occasion, she heard her husband talking to Fei Tang outside the tent, and the two of them had low voices, as if they were discussing something.

Finally one day, during dinner at night, Shu Yun couldn't help but ask her husband.

"Do you have anything important to do when you go out in the middle of the night?"

She thought that her husband would prevaricate, but she didn't expect Wen Mushan to answer very crisply.

"Alas, I didn't want you to know, for fear that you would worry, and I thought you were sleeping soundly when I changed shifts."

Shu Yun sighed and said: "When I came to you, it was because I had nightmares for many days in a row, and the quality of sleep was very poor, so you don't need to disturb me, and I am easy to wake up - let's talk about it, what are you doing in the middle of the night?" If there are difficulties, let's share them together. ”