Detective Files II

Chapter 97
"Why are you going?" Tian Mi rejected Lu Xiangdong without even thinking about it: "It's freezing cold, it's not like going on an outing, and it's not like Qiao Qiong used to stay indoors and look around. Don't make any more trouble."

Lu Xiangdong remained silent, and did not respond to Tian Mi's words.

"Look at what you little girl said!" Niu Fufu recovered a little from the nervousness just now, and he was free to fight for Lu Xiangdong: "This young man is tall and big, how can you say that?" That’s useless! You look so delicate, don’t you also become a criminal police officer!”

"I don't like to hear that! What's wrong with me? No matter how small a tiger is, I'm still a tiger! No matter how small I am, I'm still a specially trained criminal policeman." The field is still not strong, but it is a bit more deterrent than usual. At least Niu Fu saw her like this, so I am embarrassed to say anything.

The two followed Niu Fufu, followed the small dirt road in the field around and around, and walked for nearly 10 minutes before arriving at the "little river ditch" that Niu Fufu called.

This river called "Xiaohegou" is indeed not that big. It is only more than two meters wide when measured from one end of the river bank to the other end of the river bank. Even a petite girl like Tian Mi can easily cross the river. In the past, due to years of water erosion on both sides of the river bank, a natural river channel more than half a meter deep was formed, and the small earth dams on both sides were full of withered plant roots.

Because it was a cold winter, the surface of the small river was covered with a layer of ice, and snow fell on the ice, like a gray-white cover, completely sealing the river below.

"How many people are there by the river?" Tian Mi looked around for a while, but didn't see anyone moving around. The snow on the ground was relatively deep, and there were no obvious human footprints near the river. About three days ago, there was heavy snowfall in the area of ​​City C. , the snowfall reached [-] to [-] millimeters, enough to cover all traces, that is to say, few people in the village should have come across the river these days.

Niu Fufu stepped across a slippery ice surface carefully, and replied: "In summer, there are still quite a lot of people on this riverside. Basically, those women in the village come to wash clothes. Occasionally, someone else Children come here to catch fish and loaches, but not many people come here in winter, because the river is frozen and very cold, so they can’t wash clothes. Oh, by the way, don’t underestimate this river, in summer In the years when there is a lot of rain, the water can cover the river bank! In the past, there were children who came to play and fish in the water in summer, but when it caught up with the rain, the water level in the upper reaches suddenly rose, and they were almost washed away!"

Tian Mi listened to Niu Fufu's introduction, and walked along the river bank to see if there were any traces. Lu Xiangdong checked in the opposite direction. When they came to the river just now, they found that although there was no one However, there are many paw prints of small animals in the snow, most of which should be mice or the like judging from their size.

Niu Fu has always insisted that although sunspots would go out to let the wind out from time to time, they never ran around and their range of activities was very regular. Therefore, Tian Mi firmly believed that, in terms of the range of activities of those sunspots mentioned by Niu Fu, if killing people If you want to throw the corpse, then this deserted riverside is definitely an excellent place.

"Tian Mi!"

After walking for a while, Tian Mi heard Lu Xiangdong calling her name from a distance, stopped and turned her head, saw Lu Xiangdong waving at her at a position more than 20 meters away from her in the gray twilight, turned around and ran over quickly, Niu Fufu saw this He even ran and hurriedly followed.

"Did you find anything?" Tian Mi asked as she walked forward.

Lu Xiangdong nodded at her, stretched out his hand and pointed in front of him, and saw vaguely messy animal paw prints on the river bank, the size of which was just right for Heizi's paw.

"Look at this paw print, it should be our family's sunspot!" Niu Fufu also stretched his head to have a look.

"Then let's look for it along the way!" Tian Mi said while bending over to look at the dog paw prints on the ground. It has become a bit strenuous and difficult to see the paw prints on the ground by a barren river.

Following the messy paw prints, the three of them walked upstream along the river. After a full 300 meters, some small clods of soil began to appear near Heizi's paw prints. The sporadic spots gradually increased until the three of them saw a small pit in front of them.

"Is that piece of cloth dug out from here by Heizi?" Niu Fufu stopped and stood there, pointing to the small dirt pit a few meters away, with a somewhat timid tone, as if he was afraid of the deep hole there. It is the place where the bloody clothes are found, and besides the bloody clothes, there will be some scary things in the pit.

"Maybe, but you have to take a look first to be sure." Tian Mi looked at Niu Fufu's face, and she understood quite well: "If you are afraid, just stand here and wait."

Of course Niu Fu was so happy, he nodded quickly.

The small earth pit is particularly eye-catching on the white ground. There are scattered soil bumps around the pit mouth, and there are some withered and yellow roots of plants.

Tian Mi and Lu Xiangdong walked up to them, squatted down and inspected carefully, and found that there was still a small piece of cloth left on the wall of the small pit, which was the same color as the one that Heizi brought home. clothing.

"It's here!" Tian Mi just stretched out her hand when Lu Xiangdong grabbed her.

"I'm coming," he said.

"You're not wearing gloves."

"Give me your gloves." Lu Xiangdong didn't ask in his tone, as if giving an order forcefully: "Just wait aside, I'll call you if I find out."

Tian Mi wanted to refuse, but met his firm gaze, swallowed the words again, took off the gloves from her hands and handed them to Lu Xiangdong, saying in her heart that thanks to the fact that her gloves were issued by the unit, they are so wide, otherwise Even if the poisonous tongue man wanted to be a hero, he had no chance.

It's not that Tian Mi doesn't understand Lu Xiangdong's intentions in doing this, but she just feels a little unaccustomed to it. Comparing a guy who is always as cold and hard as a frozen octopus, suddenly showing a gentleman's demeanor of pity and pity, this is probably rarer than the red rain in the sky. Well.

But right now is not the time to lament about this matter, Tian Mi's mind quickly ran away from distracting thoughts, holding her breath and watching Lu Xiangdong's every movement.

Soon, Lu Xiangdong took out a piece of rag from the pit, shook the dirt on it, raised his head and said to Tian Mi: "Only this one, it's incomplete."

"Nothing else?"

Lu Xiangdong shook his head: "I saw that this dress was dismantled and buried separately."

"If that's the case," Tian Mi hesitated for a moment, then looked back at Niu Fufu who was standing not far away with an uneasy expression on his face, and said in a low voice, "If there is really a murder case, wouldn't it be very dangerous for the murderer to abandon the body? Maybe it’s by dismembering the corpses and burying them separately?”

"Judging from the fate of this bloody coat, the possibility you mentioned does exist, and the probability is not small." Lu Xiangdong affirmed Tian Mi's speculation, and then changed the topic, and there was a turning point: "However, I I don't think it will be buried as you said."

"Why?" Tian Mi was puzzled.

Lu Xiangdong pointed to the earth pit under his feet: "You will know if you try it. It is winter, the sky is freezing, and the ground is covered with frozen soil, which is very hard. If you disassemble the corpse and dig the pit one by one to bury it, it will take a lot of energy. , It also takes time, so the chances of being discovered will become very high.”

"What you said makes sense, but here lies the problem now," Tian Mi frowned distressedly: "We found an incomplete bloody garment, whether it was stained with human blood or not, it will be handed over to the forensic doctor for examination soon There will be an answer, but even if it is human blood, if no body is found, there is no way to prove that it is related to the murder case. But now Li Weiming is missing, no one is alive, no one is dead, and he happened to have such a shirt and it was not found in the left luggage , the Li family's parents have been chasing after the results, but now we can't come up with any conclusions!"

"Although it has yet to be proven, I think Li Weiming's fate may be more than good." Lu Xiangdong did not appear as troubled as Tian Mi: "Generally speaking, a person has been missing for nearly a week without contacting anyone, and there is not enough information on him. Funds are used to survive, and the family has not received any extortion calls from kidnappers, unless the missing person is a young woman, and there may be factors of trafficking, if it is an adult male, the possibility of being killed is [-]%.”

"Although I don't want this to happen, what you said is very reasonable. The question now is where is this possible corpse!"

Lu Xiangdong stood up without saying anything, frowning slightly and looking at the gray distance, thoughtful.

"Village Chief Niu," after a while, he greeted Niu Fu: "Whose family does this land belong to?"

Niu Fu waved his hand: "It doesn't belong to anyone else. Isn't it near the river? It's just such a narrow and long strip. It will be washed away by the water when it catches a flood in summer, so no one wants it. It’s just been deserted.”

"How many lands of this type are there in the village?"

"Not much! You don't know our place! It's rough and rough, and there aren't many fields suitable for growing things, so as long as you can use it, you basically use it."

Lu Xiangdong nodded silently, thought for a while, and suddenly thought of something, raised his legs and walked towards the river. Tian Mi didn't know what he wanted to do, but he could tell that he must have thought of something important, so he didn't Asking, followed him closely.

"Here!" Lu Xiangdong walked back about 100 meters, stopped on the bank of the river, and pointed to the river.

Tian Mi looked in the direction he pointed, and there was a place on the ice of the river where the snow had been scraped away, and there were messy dog ​​paw prints beside it.

"I saw this just now, but I didn't pay attention to it." Lu Xiangdong bent down, stretched out his hand to brush away the remaining snow on the ice surface by the river, looked carefully for a while, then raised his head and said to Tian Mi, "There may be corpses here!"

(End of this chapter)