Chapter 216: The Coffin
Xu Yi must have left City B, for whatever reason, it can be seen from Xu Yi's letter that she is far away from me, therefore, she will not stay in City B. I want to try my luck in Xu Yi's hometown, whether Xu Yi will be on the opposite side of me or not, I want to see her again.
Xu Yi may have left City B in a private car in the end, because it was easier to avoid police searches. So far, Wen Ning has not found any record of Xu Yi's departure at the airport or station, nor has she found anyone suspected of her on surveillance cameras. If Xu Yi really wants to go to her hometown, even if she sets off as soon as she leaves the police academy and drives to her hometown without sleep, she will not be there until tomorrow night at the earliest.
So I decided to fly directly, and if Xu Yi went to her hometown, I could guarantee to arrive before her.
Jiang Jun nodded and said that he hoped to find Xu Yi.
Later, I told Jiang Jun about tonight's incident, and I asked Jiang Jun if it was possible for him to accurately find the person hiding in the grass on a dark and rainy night, and he didn't shoot a person with too many aiming movements. Jiang Jun thought for a moment and replied that if he had already found someone in the grass, it would not be very difficult to hit that person.
People with good marksmanship are better than ordinary people in terms of eyesight, hearing, and even perception.
Jiang Jun also asked me if I knew who the mysterious man was, and I shook my head.
I told Jiang Jun to go to bed early, I still have some things to deal with before leaving City B.
It rained all night, and I couldn't fall asleep as I lay in bed, my head full of the figure of a mysterious man, what his purpose was. It was clearly that he was involved in the Woman in Red serial case and pulled me into the whirlpool of the case, but tonight he advised me not to investigate the case.
If I don't check, Xu Yi will come back to me soon, what exactly does this sentence mean.
Listening to the sound of the rain, it was dawn.
I changed my clothes, washed up in a hurry, and walked out of the room. There were several places on my chest that were red and swollen, scars from the fight with the mysterious man. Jiang Jun had also woken up, and his mother made noodles for the two of us, and during the meal, his mother didn't say a word, and she was not very happy.
After packing our luggage, Jiang Jun and I set off, and my mother sent us to the door and asked us to come back early. Before leaving, I carefully explained to my mother and asked her not to go out of the police academy, but my mother beat her waist and said that she was old and didn't want to go out.
When I arrived at the security room, I explained to the security guards again, because Xu Yi ran away, they didn't fulfill my request, so I felt sorry not to go, and they assured me that even if I died this time, I would not let my mother leave the police academy. I left them my contact details so that I could be informed.
Jiang Jun and I went to the police station again, and when we saw Jiang Jun and I carrying luggage, Wen Ning asked us in surprise where we were going. I didn't tell Wen Ning that I was going to investigate the case, I only said that I wanted to go to Xu Yi's hometown to find Xu Yi. Wen Ning nodded and didn't say anything.
Wen Ning told me that he had asked the identification center to examine the bloodstains, and that by the time I arrived, the police had not received a report of the murder. He filed the results of the bloodstain identification and compared them if there was a murder.
Wen Ning still handed over Li Liren to the procuratorate for prosecution, but the pressure of public opinion was too great, and Xu Tong had no way to delay the case, after all, the police did not have direct evidence to prove that Li Liren was instigated or committed the crime with others. I shook my head helplessly, because of society, I couldn't stop it.
It is estimated that it will not be long before I hear the news that Li Liren was sentenced to death in the first instance, and Li Liren has no intention of appealing.
I asked Wen Ning to beware of You Lu for me, Wen Ning readily agreed, speaking of You Lu, Wen Ning also felt that this person was very strange. Xu Tong was also in the police station, Wen Ning asked me if I wanted to meet Xu Tong, I shook my head and refused, I had nothing to communicate with Xu Tong.
He was clear that he didn't want me to continue investigating. I only hoped that the appearance of the mysterious man and the strange man in red would attract the attention of my superiors, so I patted Wen Ning on the shoulder and left the police station.
After handling everything, Jiang Jun and I went to the airport to complete the formalities, and it was 10 o'clock in the morning when we waited for the flight, and it was expected that in the evening, we would be able to go to the province where Xu Yi's hometown was located, and then take the car to the town of Xu Yi's hometown, and it would not be dark yet. I looked at my watch, the weirdo in red and the mysterious man seemed to have always been aware of my actions, I was in the light, they were in the dark, presumably the news that I was leaving City B, they already knew.
In the evening, the plane stopped at the destination airport on time, and Jiang Jun and I did not hesitate to charter a car and go to Xu Yi's hometown. The door to Xu's house was locked, and we asked the neighbors, who said they had not seen Xui come back.
Jiang Jun and I went up the mountain with our luggage again, and if Xu Yi came back, we would definitely go to worship her parents. The weather in the town was nice, the autumn sun was shining, the mountains were full of fallen leaves, and soon, we came to the grave of Xu Yi's parents. More than two months ago, Jiang Jun and I cleared the weeds in front of the grave, so the front of the grave is quite clean.
I saw at a glance the two bouquets of flowers in front of Xu Yi's parents' graves, one of which had withered, while the other was still fresh. I strode over to the grave and picked up the two bouquets of flowers. Again, the last time I came to worship with Xu Yi, we also saw a lot of flower wrappers and withered petals in front of the grave.
In the more than two months since we left, people have come to pay homage to Xu Yi's parents.
"Could it be that Xu Yi has already returned?" Jiang Jun frowned.
I shook my head: "It should be the same person who sent the flowers, and they were all bought from the only flower shop in town, as you can see from the wrapping paper." If it is different people, it is impossible to buy the same kind of flowers for a long time. "Xu Yi has been with me for the past two months, so naturally it is impossible to come and deliver flowers.
According to the time calculation, it is unlikely that she will arrive here before us, unless Xu Yi leaves City B and takes a plane from the airport in another province. But in this way, Xu Yi's travel record is easy for me to check, Xu Yi is very smart, she will not expose her whereabouts like this.
We waited in the mountains until evening, it was cold on the mountains, there was no one. In the end, the general and I both gave up, and we walked slowly down the hill, and we passed the flower shop, and it was getting late, and the old woman who sold flowers was closing the stall. She was moving slowly, and I called her.
The old man turned his head and asked what flowers we wanted. She was very old, gray-haired, we had only met once, and it was impossible for her to remember us. I shook the flowers in my hand and asked her if anyone had come to her to buy them in the past two days. The old man took the flower and thought carefully, but she didn't think about it for a long time.
The old man said that she only cares about making money, and will not remember the faces of customers.
In desperation, we had to leave the flower shop. The night was thick, the yellowed moonlight sprinkled on the bluestone path in the town, there was no one in the town anymore, we lingered in front of Xu Yi's house for a long time, Jiang Jun asked what to do, I thought about it, asked Jiang Jun if he was tired, Jiang Jun shook his head, he said that he also wanted to find Xu Yi, so he suggested that we wait another night.
We sat in front of Xu Yi's house and chatted all night. When I told Jiang Jun about my college days with Xu Yi, he opened his mouth and closed his mouth to talk about Wang Xin. Later, we all felt very uncomfortable, we stopped talking, and more and more cigarette butts piled up in front of our feet.
At noon the next day, Jiang Jun and I both stood up, I looked at my watch, if Xu Yi really wanted to come back, she should have arrived at this point. I gave up, maybe Xu Yi thought that I might go back to my hometown to find her, so she wasn't ready to come back.
Reluctantly, I glanced at the door, which was locked with chains, and was about to leave when a small detail caught my attention. Under the gate, there were a few cigarette butts, I approached and picked them up, the cigarette butts were relatively new, they should have been left a few days ago.
"Maybe the night walkers just found a random place to smoke, just like us." Jiang Jun explained.
I pondered for a long time, and looked down into the crack in the door, and it was so dark that I could not see anything if it were not for the light on the innermost windowsill.
Inside the house, there is a maroon wooden work, which looks like the bottom of a coffin......