Chapter Twenty-Seven: The Inner Ghost
I saw the text message and was stunned, what does this mean?
Director Zhang has been under too much pressure recently, and his emotions are very unstable, looking at everyone like a murderer, and he actually suspects his own people?
The boat was walking very slowly, and Director Zhang was alone outside the cabin with a camera, and the flashlight in his hand kept shooting in all directions, really trying to lure the river demon out.
The three of us were on full alert, and Li Yong even put on a life jacket, which was the kind of inflatable vest with a lot of buoyancy, and after falling into the water, his head would float on the surface of the water, and I had never used these things.
After more than an hour, the river was calm, the giant python did not appear, I kept staring at Li Yong, nothing unusual.
At this time, the boat was already close to the cave we had been to before, and Director Zhang stared at the waterhole branching out on the left, and said, "Let's go to the shore over there and rest." ”
Li Yong said, "Director, what are you going to do over there?" ”
I don't want to go over either, and I feel uneasy when I think of the last time we encountered the ghosts.
Director Zhang said, "Go over and take a look, what if you find anything?" ”
I said, "But the ghost ......."
"Afraid of what?" Director Zhang said, "The river demons have all been seen, and they are still afraid of ghosts!" ”
I remember that Director Zhang was scared last time and peed his pants, he was not afraid of the impossible, but in order to find clues, Director Zhang seemed to be out of the way.
The boat began to move slowly in the direction of the waterhole, and I saw Li Yong take out his mobile phone and walk to the side, who was messaging him.
I quietly walked behind Li Yong and saw that the recipient was a number, a 5.
Li Yong quickly typed in the message, his arm blocking my view, and I craned my neck to see the content of the message.
"Who!"
Li Yong turned his head suddenly, and when he saw me, he was startled, and hurriedly put away his mobile phone, "Ning Que, what are you doing sneaky?" Do you know that people are scared to death! ”
I said, "I'm going to get my life jacket and get out of the way!" ”
I pushed Li Yong aside, pretended to take a life-saving vest from the box next to me and put it on.
I walked out of the cabin, came to the bow of the boat, and whispered to Director Zhang what had just happened.
Director Zhang immediately made a phone call to wake up the technician in the bureau and asked him to inquire who Li Yong had sent the message to, and the matter should be kept secret.
In less than five minutes, the technician took screenshots of Li Yong's call records and messages in the last three months and sent them to Director Zhang's WeChat.
Director Zhang checked one by one, there is no abnormality in the call records, most of the text messages are messy advertisements, and now people send messages, all of them use WeChat, and rarely use text messages.
There was only one suspicious text message, which was sent a few minutes ago, and the recipient's number, the number of the contact was 5, which turned out to be ...... Lee Kui's number!
The message is only a few letters, WXCQL.
Why did Li Yong send a message to Li Kui? What do these letters mean? Is it a message?
Director Zhang scolded in an angry manner, "Damn! ”
Director Zhang and I stayed away from the cabin and came to the bow of the ship, and I asked in a low voice, "Brother Zhang, when did you start to suspect Li Yong?" ”
Director Zhang whispered, "It's been twelve years, the case has not been solved, there are no clues, the previous directors have suspected that there is an inner ghost in the bureau, and there has been no answer, I don't know who the inner ghost is." ”
"I've only been here for a few months, and I only have a superficial understanding of the personnel in the bureau, and I've been looking for this ghost."
"Originally, I wouldn't have doubted Li Yong, but tonight, when I heard you guys quarreling just now, I began to doubt Li Yong."
"Oh?" I'm a little puzzled, I argued with Li Yong before, is there anything abnormal?
Director Zhang explained: "First of all, when the giant python appeared, Li Yong lost the rope in his hand, was stunned, and was at a loss. Knowing that you are in the water, isn't it trying to harm you by dropping the rope? ”
"After we entered the cabin, Li Yong started the boat, but he couldn't find the key, this boat belongs to Li Kui, you also live by the river, you said, the boat is going to be suspended, who to talk to, will you pull out the key?"
"I said before that I wanted to find Li Kui and draw out the river demon, Li Yong objected, you and Wan Jiali were analyzing, Li Yong has always been against it, and he didn't analyze anything, Li Yong is such a smart and brave person, tonight, his performance is extremely abnormal."
"Now add the text message sent by Li Yong to Li Kui, and all this adds up, and it can be concluded that Li Yong has a problem."
I frowned, I don't know Li Yong, Director Zhang's analysis is clear, the previous things can be ignored, just based on this text message, Li Yong is suspicious.
I said, "Since Li Yong is a special police officer, why is he at the police station in the town?" Shouldn't I be transferred to a city or have a higher position? ”
Director Zhang said, "This is the problem, Li Yong is a native of Shandong, after graduating from the police academy, he was originally assigned to Shandong, but he insisted on coming to Shanghai, saying that Shanghai is a big city, but he came to our town and has been working here for more than ten years." ”
"The above wanted to transfer him away many times, but he was unwilling, saying that if the case in Shangnancun was not solved, he would not leave."
I said, "Well...... What to do now? A text message, the evidence is insufficient, right? ”
Director Zhang sighed, "If Li Yong really has a problem, he has been hiding in the police station for twelve years without being discovered by anyone, and his methods are extremely powerful. ”
"Let's stay put, don't startle the snake, and find more clues before we can uncover the answer."
The boat soon came to shore, and the cold wind was blowing, so we turned on our flashlights and walked along the shore of the waterhole, approaching the cave.
"There are footprints over here!" Suddenly, Wan Jiali on the right shouted.
There are many places on the shore that are gravel, sand and dirt mixed with the ground, we came to Wanjiali's side, on the ground, there is a row of footprints, the ground next to it is wet, apparently someone came up from the river, leaving footprints.
"Look here." Wan Jiali said, "There is a shallow pit in the ground here, which was formed by the buttocks sitting down, and the ground next to it is very wet, indicating that someone came ashore from here and sat here to rest for a while."
Wan Jiali's analysis is completely correct, someone has come ashore from here.
Wan Jiali said, "Judging from the footprints, the shoes worn by this person are size forty-three, and he is a man, with a height of between one meter seventy-three and one meter seventy-eight, these footprints are all new, and this person has not been ashore for a long time!" ”
"Chase!" Director Zhang ran forward along the footprints, and we followed closely.
After walking a few steps, Director Zhang suddenly stopped, and under the light of the flashlight, he found a cigarette butt.
Director Zhang picked up the cigarette butt, and I exclaimed, "Li Qunyan, is it Li Kui?" ”
Li Kui is very enthusiastic, the last time he went to Li Kui's house, he smoked when he saw us, it was Li Qunyan, we met on the boat before, it was also Li Qunyan, it was completely consistent.
Wan Jiali's eyes lit up, "Li Kui's height is about 1.75 meters, plus Li Qunyan, the people who come ashore are nine times out of ten Li Kui, but ......"
"I don't understand, this is the upper reaches of the river, even if Li Kui doesn't have an accident, he should go downstream before he can get to the port, how can he go upstream?"
Li Yong said: "Let's find someone quickly!" ”
After walking more than 100 meters, the footprints suddenly returned to the direction of the river bank on the right, and the footprints disappeared by the waterhole more than three meters high.
Wan Jiali squatted next to the footprints, carefully examined, pointed to the first pair of footprints on the shore, and said, "Look at these footprints, they are very deep, when people are diving, their feet will be forced, they are left after diving, and people have jumped into the water again." ”
Li Yong said, "Does this still need to be analyzed? The footprints are gone here, a dive, of course. ”
We searched around for more than ten minutes, but we couldn't find any traces.
I was puzzled and asked, "Tell me, why did Li Kui come here?" The direction of the starting footprints is not this side, it seems to be going somewhere else, why do you suddenly want to dive? ”
Director Zhang's face was solemn, "Li Kui is avoiding us, perhaps, Li Kui would not have been able to dive, someone informed him, Li Kui knew that we were coming to him, so he dived and left." ”
Wan Jiali said, "But...... There's no reason for Li Kui to avoid us. ”
Director Zhang's gaze suddenly fell on Li Yong.
There was a hint of panic in Li Yong's eyes, and Director Zhang said coldly: "Li Yong, did you send a message to Li Kui?" ”
Didn't Director Zhang say that he would not move and not startle the snakes?
"What? Send message? Li Yong was stunned, "Director, what do you mean by that?" ”
"Still pretending to be garlic?" Director Zhang stretched out his hand, "Take out your phone." ”
Li Yong looked very angry, "Director, what do you mean?" ”
Director Zhang stepped forward and shouted, "Just now before we docked, you sent a message to Li Kui, I already know it, do you still want to quibble?" ”
Li Yong's face turned pale, and he said, "Director Zhang, are you suspicious of me?" ”
Director Zhang said, "I'm not suspicious of you, what I'm saying is the truth, and the content of the information is a few English letters!" ”
Li Yong's expression was ugly, "That's right, I sent a message to Li Kui, director, how do you know?" Are you investigating me? ”
Li Yong actually admitted it, and Director Zhang's eyes lit up, "I have long suspected that you have a problem, since you admit it, you can explain it well." ”
"Hehe......" Li Yong had a wry smile on his face, "I understand, Ning Que was sneaking behind me before, and it turned out to be spying on me." ”
"Director, are you too much to suspect me!"
"Excessive?" Director Zhang shouted, "You lost the rope to save Ning Que before, hid the key to the ship, and sent a message to Li Kui!" ”
"Li Ergou's body disappeared before, I suspect that you did it too!"
"Speak, tell everything!"
Wan Jiali didn't know, was stunned, and said, "Director, isn't it...... Is there some misunderstanding? ”
"No misunderstanding!" Director Zhang suddenly pulled out his gun and pointed it at Li Yong's head, "Explain everything clearly, are you with Li Kui, you are the murderer!" ”
"Who else is the murderer, you give me all the explanations!"