After driving for more than half an hour for more than ten miles, I finally arrived at the dam area of the Valley of the Dead Man Reservoir, which is actually not very big, but the dam is very high, and it seems that this reservoir must be very deep.

"Arrived?" Xiao Ke woke up as if he had set an alarm clock, "It's much more comfortable, this sleep is really worth a thousand dollars." ”

Xiao Ke didn't hear the conversation in the car just now, and he didn't see Brother Murong just now raising his hands to kill his relatives in righteousness. He seemed to be in much better spirits, as if nothing had happened, Brother Murong and I both looked at him fixedly, this is a psychological tactic, Xiao Ke is likely to panic under our gaze, and say the real purpose of his trip to bring us here.

"Let's go, I'll take you to see it." Unexpectedly, Xiao Ke didn't even look at us, opened the car door and stepped out of the car.

Brother Murong and I looked at each other for a moment, grimacing, thinking to myself that this guy has bad water in his stomach.

We got out of the car and walked along the dam, chatting as we went, and I looked towards the center of the reservoir, and there was a small island in the center, and if it weren't for the reservoir, this little island might be a big mountain. Next to the island is a calm lake, and the sunlight reflects off the surface of the lake, which makes my eyes ache.

I remembered the migrant village, so I asked Xiao Ke, "Where did the people in the migrant village live?" ”

Xiao Ke smiled weirdly: "Well, it's the bottom of that small island, and now it's all submerged under the water." ”

I suddenly felt that the island stood silently there, like a landmark that would never disappear, recording everything on the water, reminding people at any time that the immigrants who lived under it were once inhabited, and if the years went back, perhaps only this island could be traced back to the story of the immigrants. Suddenly remembering the nonsense of the police just now, I seemed to feel that this island was like a tombstone, engraved with the names of people who disappeared inexplicably.

Brother Murong saw Xiao Ke staring at the island and didn't speak for a long time, so he grabbed his shoulder, shook it and said, "Xiao Ke, you better be honest, what are you dragging us here for?" ”

Xiao Ke looked at Brother Murong suspiciously, he stopped talking, he turned his head to look at me, I gave him a positive look, and pointed to the policeman in the car, he knew that his affairs had been leaked, so he said: "Murong, I still can't escape your poisonous eyes, I have been cheated by you when I was in college." ”

"Today I was cheated by you, classmate!" Brother Murong pretended to be very angry.

"Murong, I can't hold on to such a big case, it's pressed tightly." Xiao Ke looked very aggrieved.

"You've already said it, what are we? Brother of the upper bunk. "Brother Murong used to live in the same dormitory as Xiao Ke when he was in college.

Xiao Ke was silent for a while and said: "Isn't it really unspeakable, you see that you haven't slept well all night, and you finally managed to get a Wuping, so why is it embarrassing to drag you into the water again." ”

"Forensic Doctor Xiao, can you introduce the situation in detail, I still don't understand, what exactly to do next?" When I saw that they were entangled, I interrupted them.

Xiao Ke found a lawn and beckoned us to sit down, he pointed to the small island in the distance and said: "Wu Ping, I have admitted to killing Qi Meng and her husband Duan Yu, Qi Meng is the only single seedling left in their family, his grandparents, parents disappeared collectively the night before the reservoir was impounded, Qi Meng was working outside, and when she came back, the reservoir was already impounded, and the entire village of the Valley of the Dead had been submerged. ”

It seems that what the policeman said was originally the case, and what did his grandmother say, it seems that he deceived me as a little girl.

Xiao Ke took a hard puff of his cigarette and continued: "Because of Wu Ping's confession, it reminds us of this disappearance case three years ago. ”

"That is to say, now I suspect that this disappearance case may also be Wu Ping's doing?" I have long suspected this matter, Wu Ping killed Qi Meng, and Qi Meng's family disappeared inexplicably three years ago, which has to remind me of whether this will be a related tragedy, which coincides with Xiao Ke's fears.

Xiao Ke extinguished the cigarette butt on a stone and said, "Yes, that's what it means now, and the next step is to dig up this disappearance case again." ”

I was amazed at their determination, although the small county town has insufficient police force and technical ability, they are inseparable from the criminals, and they dig a case to the end, this spirit has to be admired.

I thought about it for a while, and said very embarrassed: "Forensic Doctor Xiao, this disappearance case is not something that can be handled just by saying it, you have been looking at it for several years, if you want a corpse or not, if you want a scene without a scene, what are you going to do?" ”

"What to do? There you guys! Shaw laughed.

"You're not kidding, we're going back tomorrow, and there are a lot of cases in the unit." I think, this unclear case, if you stay here, you don't know that you can go back in the Year of the Monkey, besides, Brother Murong is in the way of his classmates, it will definitely be inconvenient to resign, it is better for me to be a villain.

Brother Murong said unhurriedly: "Su San, Xiao Ke, I think we should stay, this is a rare opportunity to learn, we don't have this kind of case in the big city, just practice your hands." ”

Since Brother Murong agreed, I also said, "Forensic Doctor Xiao, Director Murong wants to stay, then I will also learn a little." ”

Xiao Ke was overjoyed: "Murong, it seems that our brother is still reliable." ”

Brother Murong sighed: "Xiao Ke, your case is really troublesome, I think I have to let you go here with half my life." ”

When I saw Brother Murong say this, I immediately realized what he meant: "Brother Murong, do you mean to go down to the reservoir to find the corpse?" ”

"The body must be found, otherwise it will not be easy." Brother Murong's attitude was very firm, "In a missing case, if there is no body, how can you determine that it is a homicide?" ”

I think so, but this case is not other cases, and many other resources can be called upon to find the body in other cases, but the difficulty of finding the body under this 30-meter-deep reservoir can be imagined, and it can be said that it is simply impossible.

But as Brother Murong said, without a corpse, this disappearance case can only be a disappearance case, you can't say that there are no corpses, just insist on saying that it is a homicide case, what if it is really as the folk rumors, the family ran to the deep mountains and old forests? Of course, this possibility is about zero, but the body has not been found, and many unexpected situations cannot be considered.

Wu Ping now confessed to killing Qi Meng, but did not explain the motive for the killing, there seems to be some ulterior reason for this, if there is no big breakthrough in the interrogation, then this is a mystery after all.

Qi Meng's family disappeared mysteriously, which has to make people suspect that it is related to the case of Wu Ping killing Qi Meng. If Wu Ping killed Qi Meng's family three years ago, now he has another chance to kill Qi Meng? Qi Meng's husband Duan Yu also accompanied the funeral by the way?

I was thinking about these questions, if there is no evidence of the disappearance case, and Wu Ping does not explain the motive for the crime, then this case is estimated to end here, there is no hope to expand the results of the battle, Brother Murong is right, you can't solve the problem without going into the water.

"Do you have divers?" I asked tentatively.

"We found a few divers, but as soon as we heard that they were going into the water to find the corpses, they didn't say anything, and no one wanted to go down." Xiao Ke shook his head.

I remembered the last time I went down to the ancient well to fish for corpses, and no one went down to an ancient well, let alone such a large reservoir.

Brother Murong said: "This reservoir is not a simple search for corpses, it is an underwater on-site investigation, not an ordinary diver can replace, this kind of thing is only for us to go down by ourselves, Xiao Ke, have you trained diving here?" ”

"I've trained some superficial skills, I don't know if I'm competent, if you go into the water, I will definitely accompany you." Xiao Ke said this as if he were looking at death as if he were at home.

I remembered that I participated in diving with Brother Murong last year, and the trainees of the Forensic Institute got a collective medal that time, and I naturally got good results, and the underwater target search was very successful.

"I'll go into the water with you, too." I looked at the distant island, and I felt a sense of excitement in my heart.

Xiao Ke was startled when he heard my statement: "You? Forensic doctor Su, are you crazy? ”

I looked at Xiao Ke's distrustful expression, and I was a little angry: "Can't I? ”

Only Brother Murong knows that what I decided can't be changed no matter what, he said: "Xiao Ke, Su Sanxing, she can dive, I'm still afraid that you can't?" ”

Xiao Ke had nothing to say this time, he sighed: "Alas, it's better for you to be in a big city, all of them are elite soldiers." ”

On the way back, I asked the driver, "What do you do?" ”

The policeman held the steering wheel and said with a grin: "Didn't guess? Ran errands for Captain Xiao, the new forensic doctor who enlisted in the army last year. ”

I was angry and said angrily: "You guys are too dark, this kind of thing is also engaged in Mission Impossible?" So, your grandma? ”

The police finally laughed: "My grandma? I didn't have a grandmother when I was a child. ”

I slapped him from behind, and he shook his body, and the car shook violently, and he shouted in shock: "You be quiet, it's dangerous, it's okay, you have to believe it." ”

The jeep was going back and forth in the ravines and ravines again, and it was also magical to say, as soon as Xiao Ke got into the car, he swayed and snored, and we didn't wake him up with all the fuss.

I don't have the heart to look at the beautiful scenery outside the window anymore, it turns out that all this is just Xiao Kekeng's illusory and beautiful background, otherwise Brother Murong and I should have been waiting at the airport at this time to prepare to go home.

"Brother Murong, when do you see when you go into the water?" I pushed Brother Murong's arm.

Brother Murong looked solemn, he hesitated for a moment and said, "Tomorrow." ”