I am a super cop

In the office, Liu Yuan was startled when he saw Gu Chen suddenly mentioning the abandoned baby, and then quickly explained:

"Yes, I only found out when I went to the village to inquire about the situation. It turned out that the woman who returned to the village with Yuan Shasha was an abandoned baby."

"I was met by an old lady who lives alone in the village by the ancient well at the entrance of the village. I even asked Mayor Ma about this."

"Moreover, our Mayor Ma also said that he knows about this matter, and that the old lady is the legally adopted woman."

"Later, it was almost seven years ago, right? It might have been seven or eight years ago, which year specifically? People in the village can't remember clearly."

"The old man passed away, and the woman went back to the village to see him off for the last time, and never returned to the village again."

After saying this, Liu Yuan also sighed, and then said slowly:

"Is this why? The people in the village are a little unfamiliar with that woman because she rarely comes back."

"Moreover, the old lady also lives alone and is relatively withdrawn. She doesn't communicate much with the people in these villages."

"So, over time, people in the village didn't know their family very well, and they didn't talk to them much."

"That's why you said these two people were missing, but people in the village don't know much about their whereabouts."

"So that's it?" After listening to Liu Yuan's explanation, Gu Chen nodded silently and said:

"But if that's the case, then people in the village should have seen the two of them. After all, the village is only a small place. I believe that these villagers will not fail to communicate with the two of them."

"Moreover, my colleague knows very well that she likes to communicate with people. When she comes to Hemu Village, she should take the initiative to chat with these villagers."

"Yes, my colleague Yuan Shasha has this kind of personality." After Gu Chen finished speaking, Lu Weiwei quickly added.

Liu Yuan smiled slightly and nodded silently. He picked up the thermos cup on the table, unscrewed the cap, took a sip of water into the steaming thermos cup and said:

"I can understand your feelings. After all, I just went over to inquire about it. The people in the village didn't make it clear about the specific situation."

"I don't know how to investigate cases, so the questions I ask may not be that comprehensive."

With a faint sigh, Liu Yuan said again: "As for the specific situation? This will be clear when we go to Hemu Village at dawn tomorrow and ask. What do you think?"

"Okay, that's all." As soon as Liu Yuan finished speaking, Lu Qiang nodded silently.

Then, Lu Qiang looked in the direction of Officer Wang and said, "Brother Wang, why don't you stay in the town tonight. If anything happens, recharge your batteries and solve it tomorrow."

"Okay, I'll listen to you." Seeing what Lu Qiang said, Officer Wang could only nod in agreement.

Then, Lu Qiang glanced at Liu Yuan and said with a smile: "What about that? I just don't know if there is a place to stay in this town?"

"Hey, in such a small town like ours, where can we find a place to stay? You can just live in our staff dormitory. There are plenty of rooms anyway."

"Quilts and stuff? We have a lot of duty rooms here. It's not a problem to make a few rooms for you."

After the words fell, Liu Yuan also approached the crowd and said: "Moreover, our Mayor Ma also specifically told us that we here will fully cooperate with your work."

"So, leave the accommodation to me, and I can make arrangements for you now."

"Then I'll trouble you, Director Liu." Gu Chen said.

"No trouble, no trouble." Liu Yuan stood up and smiled at everyone and said:

"Usually our place is deserted, and we rarely see vehicles coming. Occasionally, a few people come, and it's quite lively."

Walking to the lobby of the office, Liu Yuan turned around and asked again: "Oh, by the way, have you brought all your things?"

"Take it with you. It's in the car." Officer Wang said.

"Okay, get your luggage first, and then I'll take you to the dormitory. The dormitory is in a courtyard behind the office building."

"Okay." After hearing what Liu Yuan said, everyone went directly to the door.

Lu Qiang opened the trunk of the vehicle, and everyone went to get their luggage one by one.

Then, they followed Liu Yuan, bypassing the three-story office building in front of them, and went directly to a two-story building behind the yard.

Liu Yuan took everyone up to the second floor, along the corridor, and all the way to the end.

Later, Liu Yuan took out the key he carried with him and opened one of the rooms.

He turned on the switch with his hand, led everyone inside, and introduced:

"Generally, we will set aside some rooms and provide accommodation for people who come to us from outside to do business."

"After all, there are no hotels in our town of Baisui Peak, and the population is not large. People who come to do business will basically stay here."

Listening to Liu Yuan's introduction, Lu Weiwei also looked around the room.

This is a small room with two standard beds, a writing desk, a wooden chair, and a wardrobe.

Going further inside is a restroom.

It looks like the structure of an old dormitory.

"This house is a bit old. After all, it was seen decades ago. However, after being repainted, it is still quite clean."

Opening the closet, Liu Yuan took two quilts from the closet and spread them directly on the two beds. He also explained:

"The quilt may have been covered by someone before, but it has been dried and clean. You can make do with it."

"Thank you, it's fine." Officer Wang helped spread the quilt, pressed the bed with his hand, and said jokingly: "This bed is not bad."

"Haha, we all have this kind of wooden windows here, and my dormitory also has this kind of bed. It's okay to live in."

"Well, it's really good." Lu Qiang stepped forward and spread out another quilt.

Liu Yuan glanced at Gu Chen and Lu Weiwei and smiled teasingly:

"Captain Wang and Officer Lu are old classmates. Living in this room can catch up with old times. I wonder if Director Gu and Captain Lu..."

Seeing that Gu Chen and Lu Weiwei didn't respond, Liu Yuan changed his explanation: "That is, do you two live in one room or two rooms?"

"Two rooms." Gu Chen said casually.

"Okay." Understanding what Gu Chen meant, Liu Yuan also grinned: "I think you two are a good match, but I don't know if you two..."

"Oh, Director Liu, you are really a gossip." Seeing Liu Yuan teasing the two of them, Lu Qiang quickly interrupted.

"Understood, understood." Liu Yuan grinned and said quickly: "Just in time, there are several rooms, I will prepare them for you."

"Thank you." Seeing Liu Yuan go over to make arrangements, when Gu Chen and Lu Weiwei walked out of the room, Gu Chen also said to Officer Wang and Lu Qiang in the room:

"Senior Brother Wang, Senior Brother Lu, you have worked hard today. You should rest early. We will set off early tomorrow morning."

"Okay, then you should rest early." Lu Qiang also agreed.

After everyone exchanged a few words, they went to their respective rooms.

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The next morning, six o'clock in the morning.

Before dawn, Gu Chen had already gotten up, sent a message to the temporary work group, and went to the bathroom to wash up.

After completing the operation, Gu Chen picked up his phone and took a look. Lu Weiwei had replied, but Officer Wang made no movement.

So Gu Chen opened the door and was about to go to the next room. When he woke up Officer Wang, a cold mountain air suddenly hit him.

Gu Chen suddenly felt a chill.

At this moment, the door of the room next to Gu Chen was also opened, and Lu Weiwei had also walked out of the room and greeted Gu Chen: "Good morning, Junior Brother Gu."

"Morning, Senior Sister Lu. I think Senior Brother Wang and Senior Brother Lu haven't gotten up yet, so I'm going to call them."

"I'll go." Lu Weiwei walked directly to the door of Officer Wang's dormitory room and knocked on the door three times:

"Tuk tuk tuk! Lao Wang, get up."

"I know, I'm just getting dressed." Officer Wang muttered listlessly in the room.

Lu Weiwei turned to look at Gu Chen and said jokingly: "It feels like there shouldn't be much food for breakfast in the town of Centennial Peak. Fortunately, I brought some bread with me to eat on the road."

"Yes." After hearing Lu Weiwei's words, Gu Chen also nodded slowly: "We will solve the breakfast problem on the way and leave early for Hemu Village."

Since the temperature outside was low, the two came to Lu Weiwei's room together, and Lu Weiwei also selflessly shared her French bread.

Not long after, Officer Wang and Lu Qiang also walked out of the room.

Both of them had messy hairstyles and looked like they hadn't slept well.

"Old Wang, here, Brother Lu, here." Seeing the two of them coming to the door, Lu Weiwei shared the French buns and reminded her:

"Eat this on the road, we should set off now."

"Now?" Listening to Lu Weiwei's words, Lu Qiang felt a little broken inside. I feel like these people are really fast and resolute in doing things.

I feel like I don’t want to waste any time.

Officer Wang also comforted him and said: "Brother Qiang, time is tight and the task is heavy. We should leave Hemu Village as soon as possible."

"To be honest, I am also very worried about the safety of my colleagues now. You said, if these two people get lost in the deep mountains and old forests, it will definitely be very dangerous if they stay here for the past few days."

"Especially during this period, the lowest temperatures are generally below freezing."

After finishing his words, Officer Wang also pointed to the lawn outside and said:

"Look, the lawn has already been frosted. I'm really worried now. How will two girls survive if they get lost in the mountains?"

"I hope this is not the case, right?" Lu Qiang also sighed.

But in fact, everyone knew in their hearts that in this case, if the two of them were really lost in the mountains or trapped somewhere, it would be really fatal.

Although Yuan Shasha has received professional training and has certain wild survival skills.

But if the conditions are bad, all the skills will not be able to withstand the cold weather.

"Let's go." Lu Qiang tore open the package of French buns, put one of the buns into his mouth, and immediately went downstairs to start the vehicle.

When the others saw this, they didn't sit idle and got directly into Lu Qiang's car.

Since the entire Centennial Peak was shrouded in fog, Lu Qiang needed to turn on the fog lights to move forward reluctantly.

On this road, vehicles travel at extremely slow speeds. On the one hand, visibility is low, and on the other hand, the road is narrow.

Fortunately, it was early in the morning, and there were basically no cars passing by on the mountain roads.

I don’t know how long it took, but when everyone was slowly moving forward in the fog, they discovered that a warm light began to gradually light up in the fog ahead.

The sun finally penetrated the fog.

Lu Weiwei breathed a sigh of relief and couldn't help but complain: "Senior Brother Lu, your Taishi area is really mountainous."

"Isn't that right?" Lu Qiang, who was driving, also smiled slightly and explained: "On the urban side, the area is relatively flat, while other places are full of mountain roads with ups and downs."

"Especially the surrounding towns, which are all scattered in the mountains. Like the Baisui Peak Town where we came, that town felt like there were only a few people there."

"But, Baisui Peak Town controls many surrounding villages, and these natural villages are scattered throughout the hinterland of Baisui Peak."

"So, it's quite difficult to manage, and the population here is not concentrated, so it's difficult to form a market."

With a faint sigh, Lu Qiang said helplessly:

"So you have also seen that there are very few shops in Baisui Peak Town. Most people will move away from here and go to the urban area for development."

"Most of the people who stayed are middle-aged and elderly people. As for the town government of Baisui Peak, there are not many people. There are only a few people serving these scattered villages."

"As for Hemu Village, Liu Yuan and I have known each other before. It is the most remote location, deep in the hinterland of Centennial Peak."

While talking, Lu Qiang drove through a village again.

Lu Qiang pointed to the village on the right and couldn't help but said: "Look, the buildings in this village relatively close to the town are scattered."

"Some are here and some are there. They are all built along the highway. There is open space, and some mountainous land needs to be dug to have a foundation for building a house."

"So the villages here don't have a large population. Especially according to Liu Yuan, the houses in Hemu Village are basically old structures and there are very few new houses."

"Because young people have gone away and few will come back, this village may actually disappear after the elderly people left behind die."

"Don't those old people live with their children in the city?" Lu Weiwei said.

"Harmful!" Lu Qiang sighed and said with a smile: "You have to know that these old people nowadays are all natives and have very strong persistence."

"Even if they stayed in the city when they were young, when they get old, they all want to return to their hometown to spend their old age."

"So, in these villages near Centennial Peak, many elderly people have moved back from the city, and some of them have always stayed in the village."

While talking, everyone continued walking through some buildings.

Especially these buildings are built against mountains and roads.

It can be said that here, everyone can truly appreciate what it means to have an inch of land at a premium.

As the sun rises, the sunlight penetrates the fog and shines on the mountain path.

His vision gradually became clearer, and Lu Qiang's driving speed continued to increase.

I don’t know how long I drove, but the vehicle finally stopped on a flat area.

Officer Wang, who was sitting in the passenger seat, rolled down the window, turned to look at the road sign on the right, and then said aloud: "Hemu Village?"

Turning to look at everyone, Officer Wang also reminded: "It seems that we have arrived at Hemu Village."

"Is this here?" Lu Weiwei lowered the car window, stuck her head out, looked forward, and said with a puzzled look on her face:

"But why does it feel like the front door is just a forest? There isn't even a house?"

"Haha, there is still some distance from Hemu Village. However, this is the end of the road. Going further in, it may be difficult for vehicles to turn around."

"Director Liu Yuanliu told me that when you see this road sign, you should turn your car around here, then hear it on the other side of the road, and then walk over."

"Okay." After learning the specific situation, Lu Weiwei didn't say anything else?

So Lu Qiang turned around on the spot.

Since there is an open area on one side of the road sign, the road is filled with gravel.

It can be seen that this is a temporary parking lot in the village.

Since land is inherently valuable deep in the mountains, there is not much excess area.

There is a parking space for a U-turn, which is pretty good.

After parking the car, everyone got out of the car one by one and started walking towards the fog.

Since this is deep in a dense forest, there is still a lot of fog in the mountains.

In addition, there are many ancient trees, which cover the surrounding sky.

Therefore, it is difficult for sunlight to reach here through the gaps between big trees.

The entire area, and the road in front of it, seemed to need to go through a tunnel composed of these big trees.

Gu Chen took out his bright flashlight and illuminated the road ahead.

Everyone looked at each other and walked in side by side.

Not long after, when everyone passed through the tunnel made of big trees, they discovered the first building.

This building is a brick and wood structure, and it seems to be very old from the outside.

Walking further inside, it seems that all the buildings have a sense of age.

"Look, there is an ancient well here. It should be the place where the old lady met the woman, right? I remember it is the ancient well at the entrance of the village."

Lu Weiwei also came to an ancient well to remind everyone.

Lu Qiang also nodded silently, took a step forward and said, "It should be here."

Looking around, Lu Qiang added: "It seems that this ancient well is the only one at the entrance of the village."

"Why do you feel like this place is so mysterious?" Officer Wang kept looking around and couldn't help but joke.

Gu Chen came to Officer Wang, pointed to the building in front of him and said, "Brother Wang, look, the buildings here seem to be quite special, especially the patterns on the buildings."

"Pattern?" Gu Chen didn't say anything, and Officer Wang really didn't pay attention. So based on Gu Chen's prompt, Officer Wang quickly took two steps forward and squinted his eyes.

Only then did I discover that the old buildings here seemed to have some strange patterns in their angular positions.

After squinting, Officer Wang also scratched the back of his head and couldn't help but said: "What are these? Is it some kind of symbol here?"

Turning to look at Lu Qiang beside him, Officer Wang asked him curiously: "Brother Qiang, come here and explain, what is this?"

...(End of chapter)