I am a super cop

Seeing that the kitchen was already filled with dust, everyone subconsciously covered their mouths and noses and waved their hands to disperse it.

After a while, everyone discovered that there was a simple staircase under the square template, leading directly to the bottom of the kitchen.

"What's this? Is it really authentic?" Seeing this scene, Lu Weiwei was also surprised.

You know, everyone had never seen such a structure in the old lady's house before.

But this old house is a bit unexpected.

Gu Chen looked back at Officer Wang and Lu Weiwei, and asked: "Brother Wang, Senior Sister Lu, when you were checking other houses, was there such a cellar where the kitchen was?"

"No."

The two said almost in unison.

Lu Weiwei quickly added: "Of the rooms I inspected, the kitchen was the focus of inspection, and there was no such cellar at all."

"Same for me." After Lu Weiwei finished speaking, Officer Wang quickly echoed:

"The old houses I inspected, whether they were occupied or not, basically did not have this kind of wooden board covering."

Glancing at the cellar entrance in front of him, Officer Wang added, "Perhaps, only the kitchen of this house has been redeveloped to store items?"

"Who knows? Go in and have a look." Lu Weiwei couldn't wait.

Gu Chen looked around and asked Officer Wang quickly: "Brother Wang, do you have a lighter with you?"

"Yes." As soon as Gu Chen finished speaking, Officer Wang took out a pack of smoked cigarettes and a lighter from his body.

Lu Weiwei took Comrade Lao Wang's lighter and threw the cigarette back to him, muttering in her mouth: "Smoke less."

"I got it." Officer Wang didn't say anything harsh and quickly urged, "Hurry up, leave this to Gu Chen."

Lu Weiwei didn't say anything more and handed the lighter directly to Gu Chen: "Junior Brother Gu, here it is."

Gu Chen lit the lighter, then placed it at the entrance of the cave and observed secretly.

It seems that the lighter's flame can maintain its normal state.

Only then did Gu Chen extend his bright flashlight downwards and shine it.

"Oh my god." After a moment, Gu Chen exclaimed.

Lu Weiwei quickly urged: "Junior Brother Gu, what did you find?"

"It feels like a maze inside," Gu Chen said.

"Maze?" Lu Weiwei was very curious. She also squatted down, put her hands on the ground, and tried to stretch her head towards the entrance of the hole.

Gu Chen smiled and said: "Senior Sister Lu, there is no need for this. There is enough oxygen inside. You follow me."

"Okay." Seeing that Gu Chen had said so, Lu Weiwei no longer hesitated.

Then, several people followed Gu Chen and slowly walked down the simple stairs with their hands outstretched.

Gu Chen held a lit lighter in his left hand and a strong flashlight in his right hand, and slowly came to the bottom of the cellar.

However, the gloomy atmosphere here makes people feel a chill in their bones.

Gu Chen used the strong flashlight and kept changing various directions. Only then did he realize that the cellar was very large and filled with many old items.

"Why does this look like a grocery store?" Officer Wang, who came down last, also held an old object, looked at it carefully, and then threw it aside.

Lu Weiwei also came to an old piece of furniture and couldn't help but said: "This seems to be a grocery room. Why is there everything? Look at this, isn't this just a stool?"

"And this, this should be a spoon for cooking, right? And this, this... what is this?"

Looking at the strange object in her hand, Lu Weiwei was also very curious.

"Maybe it's a tool." Gu Chen just glanced at it casually and said casually.

Several people came to the central area and found that the area here was indeed beyond everyone's imagination.

Since everyone came here based on the traces, Gu Chen immediately started to judge what was going on here based on the direction of the traces when he came down.

However, when Gu Chen walked around an old wooden furniture, he discovered that the marks under his feet began to become messy.

Aiming the strong flashlight forward, and taking a closer look, an old man was lying there motionless, seemingly unconscious.

"There is someone." Gu Chen reminded.

Lu Weiwei on the side was shocked before she could react.

Officer Wang quickly came to Gu Chen's side and used the strong flashlight in his hand to shine on the area ahead.

After a moment, Officer Wang said in surprise: "Isn't this... the missing old wood? Is it the old principal?"

"It's him." At this moment, Lu Weiwei also reacted. The bright flashlight in her hand kept shining on the old man in front of her, and she couldn't help but say:

"It's the old principal. When we saw him yesterday, he was wearing these clothes. He...why is he here?"

"Go over and take a look." Gu Chen also felt that something seemed a little strange.

Although Gu Chen had already had a premonition that something unexpected might have happened to the old principal.

And those baggage may simply be a cover-up, a means of behavior used to confuse one's own judgment.

But Gu Chen finally believed in his own judgment and found this place based on subtle clues.

But the scene in front of him made Gu Chen take a breath.

The old principal's head was bleeding and he seemed to have been lying here for a long time.

Especially the blood in the head has already solidified.

Gu Chen quickly checked the old principal's breathing, and his whole body began to freeze.

Seeing Gu Chen's delay in responding, Lu Weiwei quickly asked, "Junior brother Gu, how are you?"

"He's still breathing, but it's very weak. The old principal still has breath." After Gu Chen finished speaking, he quickly put the old principal down.

Then, he quickly took off his coat, covered the old principal, and hugged the old principal directly.

Seeing this, Lu Weiwei subconsciously took pictures of the scene, and then followed Gu Chen and began to walk towards Helpless.

Officer Wang reminded: "You go up first, I'll be here, and then I'll check and see if I can find any suspicious clues."

"Then I'll ask Senior Brother Wang." Gu Chen looked back at Officer Wang and continued to walk towards the exit with the old principal in his arms.

While walking along the simple stairs to the kitchen step by step, Lu Weiwei quickly took off her coat and laid it on the ground.

Gu Chen put the old principal on Lu Weiwei's coat and began to conduct a basic inspection on the old principal.

After finishing the work, Gu Chen immediately looked at Lu Weiwei: "Sister Lu, please notify the ambulance immediately. Hurry."

"Okay." Lu Weiwei didn't care too much anymore. She took out her mobile phone and started to contact the ambulance.

After Gu Chen briefly checked the old principal's injuries, he picked up the old principal again and said to Lu Weiwei:

"There are some first aid kits in the car. We must send the old principal down the mountain immediately, otherwise his life will be in danger."

"Okay, let's get out quickly." Lu Weiwei took a breath, feeling that this place was also a place of right and wrong.

So he assisted Gu Chen and walked to the door together.

Since the old village chief and two other villagers were not allowed to enter the old house without wearing protective equipment, they could only stand at the door and wait.

But when Zhongzhan discovered that Gu Chen came to everyone with the injured old village chief in his arms, everyone was stunned on the spot.

"What's going on here?" The old village chief was stunned when he saw this.

The middle-aged man was also full of astonishment: "Why...why is this old wood here? Why is he injured? Is he...is he dead?"

"We can't die for the time being. We have to send him down the mountain for first aid. We still have some first aid kits in the car. We need to clean the wounds now," Gu Chen said.

"Then... then hurry up." The old village chief didn't care too much at this moment. He directly made way for a passage and assisted Gu Chen to walk outside together.

At this moment, Lu Qiang, who was still doing inspections outside, and another old man from the village were preparing to join Gu Chen and others after completing various searches.

But unexpectedly, he discovered that Gu Chen was holding the injured old village chief and running towards him quickly.

When Lu Qiang saw this, he was also surprised and said: "Gu Ju, what's going on? Lao Mumu..."

"He's injured. Rescue people first. I've already called the ambulance. Don't you still have a first aid kit in your car? Hurry." Gu Chen didn't talk too much and ran while holding the old principal in his arms.

"Understood." Lu Qiang could only agree, and quickly followed Gu Chen to the parking space.

Opening the trunk of the vehicle, Lu Qiang quickly took out the first aid kit he had stored in the car.

Gu Chen, with Lu Weiwei's cooperation, skillfully cleaned Lao Mu's wound with iodophor, and then used a medical bandage to bandage Lao Mu's wound.

After completing all the operations, Gu Chen reminded Lu Qiang: "The situation is urgent now. We must send the old principal down the mountain immediately. The ambulance will drive to the town. When the time comes, he will be sent to the central hospital for treatment."

"Understood, leave this to me." Lu Qiang understood what Gu Chen meant, so he reminded the old village chief beside him: "Old village chief, send someone to go with me."

"Okay." After hearing what Lu Qiang said, the old village chief glanced at the middle-aged man and reminded him, "Go with the police comrades and take good care of the old man."

"Understood." Upon hearing this, the middle-aged man immediately jumped into the car and held the old wood in place.

Lu Qiang jumped into the car and prepared to drive.

But just when Lu Qiang started the vehicle and was about to send people down the mountain, Gu Chen suddenly came to him, leaned into Lu Qiang's ear and whispered:

"Send it to the town. You go with the ambulance yourself. Always take care of the old principal and don't let suspicious people get close to him."

"I understand, don't worry about this." Hearing Gu Chen's explanation, Lu Qiang also nodded silently and prepared to drive away.

But Gu Chen held his arm again, and Gu Chen continued to whisper in Lu Qiang’s ear:

"This man from the village will wait until he reaches the town so that he doesn't have to follow him."

"How do you say that?" Lu Qiang glanced in the rearview mirror and saw the middle-aged man taking care of Lao Mumu in the back seat, and Lu Qiang was also curious.

Gu Chen continued to remind: "I suspect that this matter is related to the villagers, but at present, it is not clear who it is."

"So, you have to be careful about the people in the village, no matter who they are? Don't let the people in the village get too close to the old principal."

Lu Qiang, who was stunned for a moment before reacting, quickly nodded and confirmed: "Don't worry, I will know what to do when we get to the town."

"Be careful along the way." Gu Chen reminded again.

"Understood." Lu Qiang nodded silently and continued to agree: "Leave this matter to me."

"Okay, call me anytime then." Gu Chen said.

After repeated communication with Gu Chen, Lu Qiang started the vehicle and drove down the mountain.

Watching the vehicle slowly leaving, the old village chief and two other village elders approached Gu Chen and asked about the specific reason:

"Comrade police, what is going on? Why is this old wooden man in that old house?"

"We'll talk about this later." Gu Chen breathed a sigh of relief and continued:

"You guys follow me."

"Okay." After hearing Gu Chen's words, everyone stared with big eyes. They could only follow Gu Chen and Lu Weiwei towards the old house where the old wood was found.

Everyone came to the doorway to the backyard of the old house and stopped. Gu Chen asked a few people to wait here for a while, and then he went to the kitchen to meet Officer Wang.

Lu Weiwei stayed at the door and looked at everyone.

"Senior Brother Wang." Gu Chen shined a strong flashlight down into the cellar a few times.

"Here he is." Hearing this, Gu Chen called him from the exit, and Officer Wang quickly walked out.

"Have you found anything?" Gu Chen asked.

"There are some." Officer Wang said.

"Okay, I'll come down." Gu Chen didn't care too much at the moment. He once again took the bright flashlight and walked down the simple stairs down to the cellar to meet Officer Wang.

"How's it going?" Gu Chen asked quickly as soon as he met Officer Wang.

"This seems to be a utility room, but after observing the traces here, I found that the old wood was probably carried here after being beaten."

"Because..." Looking down at the traces on the ground, Officer Wang said again:

"Because, I found that there are no extra footprints on the ground."

"Only where we found the old wood, there were some drag marks, so there were no obvious signs of a fight."

"Where are the footprints?" Gu Chen asked again.

"We collected some, but the other party seems to be very cunning." While speaking, Officer Wang brought the trace photos he had taken to Gu Chen and said:

"Look, the other party seems to have something on their feet. These are the footprints when we came in. These are the other party's footprints. There are at least two people."

"Moreover, the other party has something on their feet. In this way, we can't see the style of the other party's shoes according to the picture."

"It seems that this group of people is not simple." After hearing Officer Wang's analysis, Gu Chen suddenly realized that this group of people was not as simple as he thought. Especially when it comes to dealing with the marks under your feet.

Since the cellar here seems to have not been used for a long time, there will be a lot of dust inside.

In this way, as long as you come in, you will definitely leave some traces.

But the other party seemed to be aware of this, and therefore made sufficient preparations to cover up the traces.

Taking a deep breath, Gu Chen also continued: "In other words, it was two people who carried the old principal here?"

"Yeah." After hearing Gu Chen's words, Officer Wang nodded silently.

"Have you found any other footprints?" Gu Chen continued to ask.

Officer Wang shook his head and replied: "No, there are only two footprints here, not even the old wooden footprints."

"Obviously, this old piece of wood was brought here after being knocked unconscious, and..."

Halfway through his words, Officer Wang turned around and looked in a certain direction, then waved to Gu Chen, indicating that Gu Chen should follow him.

The two came to a corner, and Officer Wang also pointed to the ground and reminded:

"You see, the dust here is very thick, so the footprints are very obvious."

"We all wear professional protective footwear, so the traces of our walks here are relatively uniform."

"But the other party seemed to use a simple plastic bag or something like that to cover his feet."

"So, although the footprints are very blurry, the depth can still be seen."

After finishing his words, Officer Wang squatted down, pointed at one of the footprints and said, "The depth of this footprint is similar to ours."

"But look at this again."

Following Officer Wang's prompt, Gu Chen also blurted out: "The depth of this footprint is different."

"Yes." Officer Wang nodded silently and said involuntarily:

"This footprint is about the same depth as the one you left behind when you left the cellar with the old wood in your arms."

"This shows that the old wood was carried in by two people."

"Okay." After hearing Officer Wang's words, Gu Chen nodded silently and said involuntarily:

"Perhaps the old principal was attacked by someone and got here."

"There may still be some minor traces on the other party's clothes on the body. This needs to be paid attention to by Senior Brother Lu."

"Besides, we must protect the old principal. He may be the most sober person in this village."

"Huh?" Hearing what Gu Chen said, Officer Wang frowned and asked Gu Chen: "Gu Chen, what do you mean by that?"

"Haven't you seen it yet?" Gu Chen turned to look at Officer Wang.

Officer Wang frowned and thought for a moment, but still shook his head and asked, "I don't know, Gu Chen, please tell me quickly."

"Okay." Seeing that Officer Wang didn't understand what he meant, Gu Chen didn't hide it and replied directly:

"I feel that the old principal may know some things in the village. The reason why he pretends to be stupid is not what he said, but because he has nothing to say to the villagers, so he just pretends to be stupid."

"Then what is he actually doing?" After hearing what Gu Chen said, Officer Wang asked again.

Gu Chen also sighed and continued: "I suspect that he should know some secrets of the people in the village, but in order to protect himself, he pretended that he was sick and had some brain problems."

"In this way, the other party may relax their guard against the old principal, and the old principal can also protect himself."

"But the premise is that the old principal must keep silent about what he knows. Maybe it is for this reason that he puts himself in danger."

"Is that so?" After carefully listening to Gu Chen's analysis, Officer Wang thought again and again and nodded in agreement:

"Well, the situation you mentioned may indeed be possible."

"This village has always given me a rather mysterious feeling, but there are only a dozen people staying in this village."

"After all, they are all old men and women, but what can they think?"

"Who knows?" Gu Chen shook his head and continued to express his opinion:

"Anyway, I feel that Yanzi's return this time may not be that simple."

"She may be here to investigate something."

"As for Xiao Yuan, perhaps he got on a boat with her by mistake and was targeted. His whereabouts are unknown."

Taking a deep breath, Gu Chen continued: "The old principal who lost contact has been found, but we don't have any news about Xiao Yuan and Yan Zi."

"So, we can't take it lightly. There may be more than one secret cellar like this. We should find more places like this. Maybe Xiao Yuan and Yan Zi are locked up in such a place."

"Yes, people can't disappear for no reason. They must be locked up somewhere." Officer Wang seemed to agree with Gu Chen's statement, so he added:

"Don't talk about this yet, you have to go up quickly and ask the village chief and others about the situation."

"Yes." After hearing Officer Wang's words, Gu Chen simply replied, and the two quickly walked out of the cellar and arrived at the entrance to the backyard.

At this moment, the old village chief and two other old men were also gathered together, talking non-stop like ants on a hot pot.

Lu Weiwei stood aside and quietly observed the other party.

Seeing Gu Chen and Officer Wang coming out, Lu Weiwei also hurriedly came to the two of them:

"How about it?"

"The old village chief was knocked unconscious and carried to the cellar and imprisoned. Moreover, there were two people who entered the cellar. Their feet should have been covered with plastic bags or something like that. The footprints were not very clear."

Officer Wang analyzed the traces he found in the cellar and shared them with Lu Weiwei.

"Two people?" Lu Weiwei looked dumbfounded and said in disbelief:

"It seems that this village is not simple."

"Let's not talk about this for now." Gu Chen sighed softly, walked directly to the old village chief and others, and asked:

"Old village chief, do you know about this cellar?"

"I know." Seeing Gu Chen ask, the old village chief nodded silently and quickly stepped forward and said:

"We know that this cellar is used by this family to store sundries."

"However, this family has moved away from Hemu Village many years ago and lives outside. But we know about the cellar."

"Yes." As soon as the old village chief finished speaking, the old man beside him quickly agreed:

"I helped when this family dug the cellar."

"I have also contributed." Another old man also echoed.

"Very good." After hearing what several people said, Gu Chen asked again:

"How many secret cellars like this do you have in your village?"

"How many more are there?" When several people heard this, they also looked at each other.

Then, the old village chief walked out from among the people, shook his head and replied: "No, the buildings in Hemu Village are basically this kind of old houses."

"But this family is the only one with a cellar. Other villagers build a utility room in the backyard. It is mainly for convenience and saves money."

Glancing in the direction of the kitchen, the old village chief continued to explain: "They are the only ones who have a cellar like this."

"Because the hostess of this family is from the north. It is said that their village has the habit of storing vegetables in cellars in winter."

"Then, on a whim, I suggested digging a cellar."

"But do people in the south have this habit? But the hostess asked, so everyone could only lend a hand and help build a cellar."

"Normally, in this winter, if we have any vegetables that need to be stored at home, we would actually borrow his cellar, that's all."

"Yes, everyone dug the cellar, and everyone will also borrow theirs." At this moment, another old villager replied.

Gu Chen nodded silently and couldn't help but said: "That means there is only this cellar in the village and there are no other cellars, right?"

"Yes." After hearing what Gu Chen said, the three of them nodded in agreement.

"So, who is using this cellar recently? In other words, who has been to this old house recently?"

"Uh……"

As soon as Gu Chen said these words, the three people who were chattering just now became speechless in an instant.

Lu Weiwei took a look and quickly asked: "What's wrong? Do you know?"

"No... I don't know." An old man shook his head and said in denial:

"Since this family moved away, they rarely come back, so we no longer use this family's cellar."

"So, who do you think is using it recently? Sorry, no one seems to be using it."

"Has no one been here before?" Officer Wang continued to ask.

The old man still shook his head: "No, no one usually goes into these empty houses, so they are basically abandoned."

"Unless the owner comes back, there may be a big cleaning. At this time, the villagers will come together to help, and then everyone will get together to chat, eat and so on."

"Okay." Seeing what the old man said, Officer Wang knew that these people would not explain.

At least tell me, whoever has been close to this place recently is undoubtedly the person who kidnapped Lao Mu.

Gu Chen and the others could also see that the villagers at this moment seemed to be in a state of war, fearing that they would be implicated.

After walking back and forth twice, Gu Chen stopped his eyes on the old village chief. He also walked up to the old village chief and said seriously:

"Old village, you know best the situation in the village. Tell me, who has the old principal had trouble with recently?"

"This... really doesn't happen." Seeing that Gu Chen could ask such a question, the old village chief immediately denied it and said:

"Although this old woodhead used to be the principal of a primary school in the town, and after his retirement, he had nothing to talk about with the villagers, but everyone usually lowers his head and doesn't look up to meet him."

"Besides, he has some problems here." While speaking, the old village chief also pointed to his head, and then said:

"Everyone who sees him usually just jokes with him and occasionally exchanges a few words with him."

"Sometimes he can hear me and will reply with a few simple words, and sometimes he can't hear anything. Talking to him feels like you are chatting with the air."

"Anyway, Lao Mumu can't have any conflicts with anyone, because everyone can't even say a few words to him, so how can they become enemies?"

"Okay." Seeing that the old village chief was confident, Gu Chen added, "I now suspect that the person who kidnapped the old principal is from your village."

"From our village?" Seeing Gu Chen say this, the three people in front of them suddenly became nervous.

Everyone looked at each other, and their eyes seemed to become strange.

An old man stepped forward and said: "Comrade police, how could it be possible that he is from our village? You can't talk nonsense?"

"We just have reasonable suspicion." Seeing what the old man said, Lu Weiwei, who was standing next to Gu Chen, also took a step forward and said:

"Because the only people in your village who know about this cellar are you."

"Killed the old wood, moved him to this place to hide, and even covered the entrance with firewood."

With a slight frown on her eyebrows, Lu Weiwei walked back and forth in front of everyone and continued: "Obviously, the other party just doesn't want us to know about this place."

"Furthermore, according to our previous investigation, it was a gang of two people who brought the old wood to the cellar to commit the crime."

When everyone heard this, their eyes began to become panicked, and Lu Weiwei continued to explain:

"Of course, it may be one-sided to say that two people committed the crime in a gang, because other people may not have gone down to the cellar, but they may also have participated."

"But in Hemu Village, there are only a dozen or so people staying here, but at least two of them participated in the attack on Lao Mu."

With a heavy sigh, Lu Weiwei also pretended to be embarrassed and said: "This is a bit difficult to handle. It is said that it was done by someone from your village, but who can do such a thing?"

The three people frowned and looked at each other, seeming to be suspicious of each other.

So Lu Weiwei walked among a few people, suddenly turned around, pointed at the old village chief and said, "Is that you?"

"Ah?" When Lu Weiwei suddenly pointed his finger, the old village chief shrank back in fright and quickly denied:

"Comrade policewoman, you...don't talk nonsense? I am the village chief, how could I do such a thing?"

"That's not you? Who could it be?" Upon hearing this, Lu Weiwei immediately turned her attention to another old man, then stretched out her finger, pointed at the old man and said, "Is it you?"

"Ouch!" The old man, who was frightened by Lu Weiwei's finger, quickly waved his hands and denied:

"It's not me. How could it be me? I wouldn't do such a thing at all."

"Not you either?" Knowing that the old man would say that, Lu Weiwei immediately looked at the last old man again.

Before Lu Weiwei even raised her finger, the old man panicked and said, "Little girl, don't look at me like that, I didn't do anything."

"Not you? Not you either? Not you even more?" Lu Weiwei pointed at the three people in front of her, sighed quietly, and said thoughtfully:

"None of the three of you are, that means, maybe it's the other remaining villagers?"

"Ouch!" Feeling that this problem was very complicated now, the old village chief had no idea. He quickly stepped forward and said kindly to Gu Chen and others:

"Comrade police, we don't know anything right now, so don't make random guesses. Although this matter is very suspicious, the malicious intent is not necessarily done by people in our village. It's possible, it's possible..."

After thinking about it, what did the old village chief suddenly think of? So he quickly added:

"Maybe it was done by those who secretly hiked up the mountain? They are so sneaky, and it seems that they are not just hiking."

...(End of chapter)