CHAPTER XXI

When Ouyang Yunxi sent Sima Wanyan to the Mingda Hotel, it was nearly 19:00, and the sun had set below the horizon at this time, and the night began to gradually envelop the entire city.

In the past few days, for the sake of Sima Yuanying's case, she has been investigating and collecting evidence and visiting relevant people, working overtime is a common thing, and her schedule has been completely disrupted, and even the menstrual period that should have arrived the day before yesterday still does not have the slightest intention of coming to this day.

Ouyang Yunxi looked at the dark night sky through the car window, and was about to go home to rest, when she received a call from Dong Chenghai informing her to hurry back to the bureau after sending Sima Wanyan off, and a case analysis meeting would be held tonight. Ouyang Yunxi complained that she had to work overtime, and could only drive back to the police station helplessly.

When Ouyang Yunxi returned to the police station, everyone was in the conference room, and the case analysis meeting was about to start. She went straight to the conference room and sat down on the empty seat next to Kobayashi at the oval conference table.

"It has been almost 10 days since the July 19 Yellowstone Beach murder, and although the work we have carried out in the past 10 days has not been stagnant, no substantial progress has been made, and even the identity of the deceased has not yet been conclusive. Sun Ju was very angry, and of course the leaders of the bureau were even more angry. Dong Chenghai said with a serious face as he looked at his colleagues sitting around the oval conference table, paused and continued: "Therefore, I have temporarily decided to hold a case analysis meeting tonight, the main purpose of which is to summarize and review our work in the past 10 days, and once again determine the direction of the next step of the investigation. Now, each group reports on the progress of their investigations. Xu Feng and Wang Lei: How is your investigation of missing persons in and around Linhai City? ”

"According to the investigation data we obtained from the Brother Police Station, since July 1, there are 6 missing people in Binhai New Area, including 5 children and 1 elderly; 3 missing persons and 3 children in Changrou District; 0 missing persons in Gucheng District; 7 missing persons, 5 children, 1 elderly person, 1 young man in Huaibei District; 11 missing people and 11 children in North County; 8 missing people, 4 children and 4 elderly people in Guixi County; 1 missing person and 1 child in Luzhou County; 7 missing people, 4 children and 3 elderly people in Wangbei County; 9 missing persons, 5 children, 3 elderly people, and 1 young man in Qinfa County; 8 missing persons, 5 children, 2 elderly people, and 1 woman in Taihu County; A total of 60 people have gone missing since July 1, including 43 children, 14 elderly people, 2 young men and 1 woman. Among them, 53 people were accidentally lost and recovered, and the remaining 7 people included 5 children, 1 elderly person and 1 young man. Judging from the registration of the brother police station, the seven people reported the case before July 15. Wang Lei took the prepared documents and read out the data recorded on the documents one by one.

"So this clue is broken?" Dong Chenghai asked.

"That's pretty much the way to say at the moment."

"Li Song, Shen Qiang, how are you investigating?" Dong Chenghai turned to Li Song and Shen Qiang and asked.

Li Song glanced at Shen Qiang, Shen Qiang nodded and said: "After a large number of visits and investigations to Binhai New Area and its surrounding districts and counties, combined with the relevant surveillance video, it has been determined that the man who temporarily appeared at the south gate of Mingchuan University is called "Huzi", who lives in Linjiabao, a suburb of Gucheng District, has poor economic conditions, and is a bachelor. Li Song and I have been to his house, and the door is closed, not like someone is at home. A woman passed by Huzi's house when we knocked on the door, looked at us for a while and said, 'No need to knock, Huzi is out, he is the only one in his house.' ’”

"You mean that the deceased found on Yellowstone Beach could also be the one named Huzi? He disappeared on the afternoon of July 18 after the surveillance probe appeared at the south gate of Myeongcheon University and the marine supply store? Dong Chenghai asked.

"I don't think it's very likely that the deceased found on the beach in Yellowstone was Huzi, according to the lady, Huzi was 'going out of the distance', and in Linjiabao, 'going out of the distance' means going abroad to North Korea, to put it bluntly, it is smuggling to North Korea. Moreover, the woman also said that Huzi went with the people of Lin Jiabao, and in addition to Huzi, there was also a couple who went with him. ”

"Is there a way to reach them?"

"At the moment, no, the couple did not have a son, only a widowed old mother, who had neither a mobile phone nor a telephone, and no phone number of his son and daughter-in-law. According to the old mother, the son and daughter-in-law had called his neighbor's house on the afternoon of July 19 after leaving home for North Korea on 18 July and told his mother that they had arrived in North Korea. We call back the number on the caller ID and it says we can't get through. ”

"What else did you say on the phone?"

"It's just a common word in the average family. In addition to telling the old mother that he was going to North Korea, he talked about life over there and blessed the old mother a few words, which was nothing more than taking care of himself or something. He did not leave contact information, nor did he say where or what he was doing in North Korea, nor did he mention Huzi. ”

"So it's still not certain whether Huzi went to North Korea or not."

"I personally think that Huzi will be more likely to go to North Korea, according to the time when the couple called home should be the time when they first arrived in North Korea, if Huzi was killed on the road, they could not not know, and if they knew, they would definitely be in a state of panic psychologically, according to common sense, a person in a panicked state of mind when they arrive at the destination generally do not immediately call home. Moreover, according to the old mother's recollection and the neighbor's account, the couple did not have anything unusual during the phone call. Shen Qiang said his opinions and reasoning seriously.

"Then put aside the question of whether the body on the beach in Huangshi is a tiger or not, but you and Li Qiang still have to continue to follow up, and the next time the couple calls back, they must ask if Huzi is in North Korea and if anything happened on their way to North Korea."

"I'm afraid that their cooperation will not be very positive, after all, they are smuggled out." Li Song said worriedly.

"It depends on how you do your job, we are criminal police, and we are not in charge of smuggling." Dong Chenghai said politely.

"Yunxi, you just sent Sima Wanyan, did you find any clues from her?" Dong Chenghai looked at Ouyang Yunxi, who had not spoken.

"Nothing to be found. Sima Yuanying and Sima Wanyan studied philosophy and law, and they were both high-achieving students, but Sima Wanyan was obviously much more normal than Sima Yuanying. Although Sima Wanyan is not talkative, but it is by no means a lack of words, according to Sima Wanyan, their brother and sister have a good relationship, Sima Yuanying The two of them often discussed study problems on the phone a month before the incident, and she did not find anything abnormal. Ouyang Yunxi said while playing with the pen while looking at Dong Chenghai.

"What did she do in Sima Yuanying's house?"

"Most of the time she stays in Sima Yuanying's bedroom and reads, it seems that she is no stranger to Sima Yuanying's dormitory, and she is not surprised by the things in the house."

"This is normal, they are brother and sister, Sima Wanyan must have an understanding of Sima Yuanying's hobbies and living habits, and Sima Yuanying may have had a video with Sima Wanyan in that room and introduced the layout of the house to her, not to mention that both of them love to read. Attention is normal in the book. Dong Chenghai analyzed.

"But there was one thing that surprised me." After a while, Ouyang Yunxi suddenly said.

"What's the matter?" Dong Chenghai hurriedly asked.

"Before leaving, that is, when Sima Wanyan came out of Sima Yuanying's bedroom, she took a book, the title of the book seemed to be "The Theories of Natural Rights", and asked me if I could take that book with me, I asked her why, and she said that Sima Yuan had introduced the book to her many times, and the two of them had communicated many times. Moreover, there is a letter written by Sima Yuanying to Sima Wanyan in that book. ”

"Sima Yuanying's letter to Sima Wanyan? This is a bit strange, normally their brother and sister often contact by phone, even if they don't use the phone, there is WeChat, email or something, there is no reason to write a letter. Dong Chenghai was suspicious.

"I think so too, so I felt very strange when Sima Wanyan said that there was a letter. However, Sima Wanyan took the initiative to show me the letter, and I didn't find anything unusual after reading it. Ouyang Yunxi continued.

"What did you say in the letter?"

"I don't understand."

"Can't understand?" Dong Chenghai looked at her in surprise.

"Well, I can't understand if I don't have enough IQ." Ouyang Yunxi shrugged helplessly, and then said: "What the letter says are legal or philosophical issues such as rights, materialism, and human reason. It should be Sima Yuanying who wrote down his experience and views on these issues for Sima Wanyan's reference. As for why he used such an ancient way, I don't know, but I thought about it later, Sima Yuanying is such a strange person, compared to his other alternative living habits, it is not worth making a fuss about using letters as contact information. ”

Dong Chenghai didn't speak again, but sat down and thought quietly for a while. The entire conference room fell silent.

"Now, let me summarize the clues that we have so far."

After a while, Dong Chenghai looked at the national flag ornaments on the oval conference table and began to sum up......