I, the outlaw, was caught again

Chapter 256: Flower fields above, hell below! [Three-in-one monthly ticket request! ]

The flowers are so bright, the fragrance is so fresh, and the roots are so straight.
Just like the figure of a gorgeous girl, roasted human flesh is charred and fragrant, and as straight as white bones.

The fertile black soil is watered with fertilizer made of blood and flesh.

Maybe the dead person who was used as fertilizer is still in the field, with his mouth open and hands stretched out, hoping someone can rescue him.

But unfortunately, what touched his hand was not the savior who was pulled up, but the roots of the plant that greedily absorbed nutrients.

“This is one of the two flower and grass wholesale markets in Jiangsan City!”

"Six Continents Province, including the four surrounding provinces, has a good cooperative relationship with this wholesale market. Many customers have become regular partners, and countless flower farmers are their supply channels."

“Although it is not ranked first in the whole country, it is considered a relatively large market in the Six Continents Province.”

After a long while, the police car stopped in front of a large building. Li Sheng opened the door and got out of the car. Looking at the market in front of him that looked like a warehouse, he spoke slowly.

Wang Chao got out of the car, stuck his head out curiously and looked around.

What is the flower and plant wholesale market like?

Divided into two areas.

One is wholesale, the other is retail.

The latter is like a seafood market or a vegetable market, with a shed and stepped racks underneath, which are filled with various potted plants.

"What the hell is this?"

Wang Chao squatted in front of a pot of succulents, looking at these novel flowers. He felt very curious and showed a strong interest on his face.

"Mucculent." The stall owner glanced at Wang Chao and began to explain.

"Succulents?"

Wang Chao was stunned for a moment, then he paid the money with interest and bought the succulents.

"This thing has strong vitality. It's an indoor flower, so it doesn't need much sunlight. Two or three times a week. Hmm?"

The stall owner was a young girl, probably an entrepreneur, with a pretty face, delicate features, and two ponytails.

At this moment, the little girl's face was full of surprise. As she watched Wang Chao stuffing succulent meat into his mouth, two question marks popped up in her mind.

“Isn’t this meat?”

“Succulent is the name!”

"Ah, I thought it was edible like sunflowers and osmanthus flowers. It looks like a melon seed." Wang Chao immediately lost interest.

The little girl was furious.

For a flower grower, this is like touching the reverse scale.

"I'll give you the money, but I won't sell you out!"

The girl stuffed the money back and then took the flowers back.

"Aren't you forcing me to buy this?" Wang Chao was very dissatisfied.

Mr. Xu ignored the two.

He looked elsewhere.

Another area of ​​the wholesale market is the real 'flower wholesale', where the stalls and the floor are filled with all kinds of bouquets.

People gathered in groups of three or four, arguing about something. Some of them were carrying waist bags on their backs, and it seemed that they were bargaining.

"Where is the person in charge?" Li Sheng frowned.

"Wait a minute, he will come to us himself."

Xu Sheng was not in a hurry, he looked around.

He and his group came here wearing police uniforms and sirens blaring. He didn't believe that the security guard didn't inform them, and he didn't believe that the manager of such a large wholesale center would be blind!
Instead of actively looking for it, it is better to stay put and make the other party panic, so that they are more likely to cooperate with the next action.

Thinking of this, Xu Sheng turned his head and looked around.

Outside, these flowers are sold by the stem or by the flower, but here, since it is not retail, they are calculated by tens of thousands.

Mr. Xu lowered his head and glanced at the piled up cardboard boxes.

There was a bunch of bright red roses in the cardboard box, roughly dozens of them.

They cost a few dollars each outside, and ten dollars each on Valentine's Day. Here, they only cost fifty cents each, and even less if you buy more!
On the other side, Wang Chao was still reasoning with the stall owner.

The flower and plant market sells not only flowers, but also trees, succulents, potted plants, and decorative trees.

Speaking of succulents, the 'tulip economic bubble' was recreated in modern times.

There was a time when there was a type of succulent plant that was very beautiful but also rare, so the price of this type of succulent plant was hyped up to hundreds of thousands of yuan per pot. Later.
Just like tulips, a bubble economy is ultimately a bubble economy. In a short period of time, the price of a pot of tulips dropped rapidly from hundreds to thousands. Both buyers and speculators lost a lot of money and went from being bosses to being employees.

Just as Xu was wondering whether there were any parts of the deceased in the wholesale market,
A group of people suddenly rushed towards Xu Sheng.

"Officer, what's going on?"

A pot-bellied man ran up to Xu Sheng, panting, and asked cautiously.

Just as Xu Sheng guessed, the person in charge of the wholesale market came forward.

"Who are the people in charge of connecting with flower growers?"

Xu Sheng stood up and stopped looking at the flowers. He turned his head and looked at the man.

"There are some things that require your cooperation, please don't ask too many questions."

Hearing this, the person in charge who was about to ask something swallowed his words, showed hesitation on his face, and then said:

"Wait a minute, officer!"

After saying this, he led his people to the side, whispered something to one person, and then said something to another person.

The two called different people.

Xu Sheng didn't bother to care whether he was the boss who was notified or not. He winked at Li Sheng, who understood and began to visit and investigate the surrounding stalls.

After a long time, several new faces came hurriedly.

"Manager Zhang, what's wrong?"

The several contacts, both men and women, of different ages, had puzzled expressions on their faces. When they ran closer and saw the police, the puzzlement in their eyes became even stronger.

"I have a total of 14 distributors. If you have any questions, you can go and ask them."

Manager Zhang, who was carrying a big belly, looked at Mr. Xu and said, then turned to several channel dealers.

"You guys cooperate well!"

Mr. Xu didn't waste any time and went straight to the point.

"Check your men, have any personnel disappeared recently!?"

There are many marketing models in wholesale markets. At present, the marketing of this wholesale market is similar to that of the fruit market.

First find a "contact person", and let these contacts find "fruit farmers", then purchase the inventory at a unified price, and then take orders in the market, and then the "contact person" will be responsible for connecting the two parties.

The flower market is similar, except that the fruit farmers are replaced by flower farmers.

After all, a small flower field is about the size of a few greenhouses.

but.
The large flower field directly covers a small hill. If all the goods are moved to the market, the factory will probably be overwhelmed. At the same time, they will rot if they cannot be sold in a short period of time, and the family will lose everything.

Therefore, it is necessary for them to maintain good communication with the 'contact'.

but
"I have no casualties here."

"Neither do I."

"I just contacted them, and none of my 17 flower farmers have disappeared."

"nothing?"

Xu Shen frowned.

"nothing."

Everyone looked at each other in bewilderment.

"The Internet has developed rapidly recently, and highways have connected regions. There are orders across four or five provinces. Everyone is trying hard to expand the flower fields. How could they disappear during this period of time?"

A channel dealer spoke cautiously.

"I've only heard of clearing land for new flower fields, but I haven't heard of any other flower farmers."

"We are also people who earn commissions, and it is even more impossible for us to let the flower farmers disappear. We have to give gifts to each other during the Chinese New Year."

Channel dealers make money by taking commissions, and the premise of the commissions is that they have as many flower growers as possible.

Usually, orders must also be considered.

However, with the rapid development of the times and the improvement of living conditions, the demand for "decorations" has also increased. Coupled with the convenience of the Internet, the market base has expanded three or four times, and is still rising sharply!

In short supply!

These four words can fully describe the current market!

so.
Flower farmers disappearing?

If you disappear at this critical moment, it will never be your turn to eat shit in the future!
but
"Then let me put it another way."

Xu Sheng nodded, glanced at everyone, and then said:

“What about the channel partners?”

“Have any channel partners disappeared?”

Channel dealers disappeared! ?

In an instant, everyone was shocked and looked at each other.

"Fourteen channel partners? There are only thirteen standing in front of me."

"Where is the fourteenth?"

There are only thirteen people in front of me.

But Manager Zhang said there were fourteen!
Hearing this, Manager Zhang was also stunned. He looked back at his surroundings with a frown.

"Where's Xiao Liu?"

"Where is Xiao Liu?"

"Has any of you seen him in the past few days?"

"I don't know, Manager. You know, we run around all the time. If we hadn't received an order yesterday for Children's Day, we wouldn't be here now."

"I haven't seen Xiao Liu for a long time."

Several channel dealers shook their heads and spoke.

Like the sales staff, they are rarely seen in the factory. They are out every day, inspecting flower fields in various parts of the Six Continents Province, or looking for new flower fields.

Xu Sheng didn't intend to waste time with them and spoke directly.

"Captain Li, bring us the other team's files!"

Without hesitation, Li Sheng nodded.

During this period, he also listened to the channel dealers around him introduce who Xiao Liu was. Combined with the files transferred by the office staff, he had a general understanding of this person in his mind.

Xiao Liu, whose original name is Liu Zhuang, is in his early forties and has worked in the flower and plant market for several years.

He is a male, and his personality is not very likable, but he has many large flower growers who are closely connected with him, so Manager Zhang also pampers him and his colleagues dare not speak out.

The other man had a wife and a mistress and a concubine. His wife knew about it, but he gave money to the mother and son, so she didn't say anything.

The last time I met him was from my colleague.
"Two months ago?"

Xu Sheng narrowed his eyes.

"Yes, two months ago, in April, some flowers were already in bloom, so we needed to find flower farmers in advance. It's not just him, our distributors all do the same."

Several colleagues nodded and said.

"I couldn't get in touch with the company either, but this happens all the time. Many flower fields are on barren hills, so it's normal to have no signal."

"We had filed it before, but we were too busy and forgot about it."

They are responsible for checking the quality of the products from the flower fields, negotiating prices, and finding buyers. They also have to be on site during the picking process.

The schedule is fully booked and there is no time to stay in the market!

“Confronted with the victim”

Xu Sheng narrowed his eyes, and recalled the rotten eyeball entangled by the roots of the tulip in his mind.

The eyeball was pulled out along with the flower by the child, just like burning plastic, and there was probably a thread pulled out of the eyeball and eye socket.

The optic nerve was pulled apart, the mud of confusion was drooping, or perhaps it had already rotted away, leaving only mud.

"Who knows who he was looking for the last time he went out?"

Li Sheng couldn't help but spoke quickly, with a look of urgency between his brows.

Haven't seen you for almost two months.
How will this corpse rot?
What other clues can be found?
No, not rotten.
It would be lucky if I wasn’t eaten by wild dogs!

The golden detection period is seventy-two hours after death.

That's 1,400 hours.
"Give me the list of his flower growers!"

Without hesitation, Xu Sheng thought for a moment and immediately spoke.

There were tulips, roses and other things at the crime scene, and the other party seemed to have found a flower farmer before leaving, so the place of death was most likely a flower field.

There is a 90% chance that the flower growers and the flower fields are his subordinates!

Of course, it could also be a new flower grower, the probability is still very high
“Well, we don’t know about that.”

Several people shook their heads.

They are just like salesmen, they keep their people very secretive and don't even give out their phone numbers.
I’m afraid the other party will snatch it away!

This is also the reason why Manager Zhang tolerates Liu Zhuang. Firing him would be equivalent to losing the resources of his subordinates!
The same applies to sales staff in small and medium-sized companies. Customers only recognize them. Once the sales staff is fired, it is equivalent to losing a large number of stable orders!

But that's it.
How can they find out where this flower farm is!? There are flower farms of all sizes in Jiangsan City, including those greenhouses the same size as fruits and vegetables, and there are hundreds of flower farmers!

This is still a conservative estimate.

If we include the girl who had the dispute with Wang Chao, who grows and sells her own food, and does not need a lot of farmland, then the number is...
Thousands possible!

Among these thousands of people, only one is the place where the dead are.
where! ?
In an instant, all the police fell silent.

"child!"

"Is there any orphanage around any flower field in Jiangsan City?!"

Suddenly, Xu Sheng recalled a clue and suddenly asked.

Hearing this, Li Sheng reacted instantly.

"Correct!"

"That kid sneaked out to pick the flowers and sell them. There's a high probability that there's a school or welfare home around that flower field!"

They had previously tried to find clues on the child, but unfortunately found none.

After all, they had no way of being sure whether the other party was going to someone else's back garden or an ordinary flower field.

But now we include Liuzhuang.
Including this, we have distributors of many large flower growers!

That would completely rule out the options of back gardens or small flower farmers, and we could then filter based on the information of children and welfare homes!
"Well, of course it's also possible to send the children to work in the flower fields."

Xu Sheng calmed down and thought for a moment before saying:
"But even if it's a part-time job, the distance won't be too far. Are there any flower fields in the suburbs of Jiangsan City that have welfare homes around them?!"

Mr. Xu said this before.

The welfare home is a very dark place, which is the so-called orphanage. Even in later times, the phenomenon of bullying or hunger is very common there.

Not to mention now, the deans are just like farmers, treating these children as equipment for rent.

Like cotton fields, tea fields, flower farms, places where even kids can work
In order to save costs, the bosses in these places may find the directors of welfare homes at low prices and hire children to work as helpers at low prices.

However, the distance generally cannot be too far, otherwise transportation will be a problem.

Besides, it's too far away and there's no way to come back. It would be bad if the superiors came to conduct a surprise inspection.

Therefore, handmade products, or simply opening a factory in the welfare home, is their main way to make money.

"Orphanage. I know there's an orphanage somewhere."

Suddenly, before the channel dealer could speak, a female voice sounded behind him.

Xu Sheng paused, then looked back.

I saw the girl who was selling succulents before looking at a few people.

"Yes, there is a flower field around, about five or six kilometers away. The flower field is quite large, covering half of the barren mountain."

Hearing her voice, everyone paused.

这 是
What an unexpected surprise!
"You know? Where!?"

Finally hearing the good news, Xu Sheng breathed a sigh of relief and asked quickly.

Hearing this, the girl was about to turn around and look at Chaozi, but unexpectedly, Chaozi had predicted her behavior.

"sorry!"

"It's my fault. I shouldn't have eaten this delicate flower!"

"I am guilty, it's my fault, I am a glutton!"

Almost in an instant, Wang Chao took back what he had said to the other party and his face became serious.

"Beautiful lady, could you tell Brother Xu where this address is?"

The girl choked and stared blankly at Wang Chao in front of her.

She really wanted the other party to apologize to her, and then talk about it, but the other party
So skilled! ?
And predicted it in advance!

She felt like there was something stuck in her throat. It took her a long while to swallow it down and she spoke in a muffled voice.

"The Xinli Orphanage in the suburbs is a private orphanage that was built a few years ago. There are quite a few children there."

"I've been there before when I participated in charity activities, so I have some impression of it."

The girl spoke up, clearly she had done a good deed and helped the police.

The man in front of me apologized, why?
Why don’t you feel happy?!
"How far is it from here?" Wang Chao asked.

"It depends on the situation. If you can take the bus, it will take less than an hour."

"If you don't know how to take the bus, you have to walk ten kilometers."

The girl thought about it and asked.

"Xinli Welfare Home? A private welfare home." Li Sheng nodded.

That’s right, welfare organizations like welfare homes are also private in nature!
When talking about private, most people think of hospitals, such as private hospitals, which are relatively profitable.

What’s so good about private welfare homes?
It was established by a caring entrepreneur or some entrepreneur!
"The time, distance, location, and corresponding conditions are all met"

A gleam of light flashed in Li Sheng's eyes, and he turned to look at Xu Sheng.

"Go and see!"

Xu Sheng spoke decisively, and just as he was about to leave, he paused.

"what's your name?"

He looked at the woman behind him.

"Cheng Min."

Cheng Min spoke up.

"Well, please keep your phone accessible at all times, and..."

"Could you please cooperate with the police for a while?"

"We need to know some information about Xinli Welfare Home!"

When the police arrived, they probably saw information about the welfare home that was just what the other party wanted them to see, and it was not the truth.

“Okay, but I have to close the stall first.”

Cheng Min looked at the flowers behind her, pursed her lips and said.

"I've bought them all!" Wang Chao said, taking out a wad of money.

“I don’t sell food.”

Cheng Min spoke tactfully, which made Wang Chao angry and embarrassed.

In the end, she didn't sell anything, and the police and Manager Zhang and others helped her close the stall quickly.

In particular, the furious Wang Chao turned his anger into the black slaves on the plantation, and within just five minutes, he had almost collected all of them.

"Superboy, you're keeping up."

Mr. Xu said something into the intercom.

The next second, he and Cheng Min, Li Sheng, Manager Zhang and a colleague who was familiar with Liu Zhuang, ran towards the target location.

Wang Chao lowered his head and looked at the tricycle under his butt.

This is the car that Cheng Min uses to set up his stall.

He can't even get a seat in a police car now, and can only ride an electric tricycle.
Wang Chao was furious.

He twisted the accelerator sharply.

The tricycle is moving slowly
Mr. Xu from Xinli Welfare Home was not in a hurry to check.

He first went to the flower field five kilometers away from the welfare home.

There is a barren mountain in the suburbs of Jiangsan City, but the mountain is not big and an ordinary person can reach the top in fifteen minutes.

There is a temple on the top of the mountain, but it is in ruins.

However, in stark contrast to the dilapidated temple, the foot of the barren mountain was reclaimed and later turned into a flower field.

The flowers in the flower field are beautiful, there are thousands of them in bright colors, yellow, red, white and pink, they sway in unison when the spring breeze blows.

"Police dog, the police dog is coming!"

A loud shout was heard, and the policemen grasped their shovels and followed the police dogs.

The area here is very large, and Xu Sheng's half police dog alone cannot search it all in a short time.

So the only police dog of the Criminal Investigation Brigade of District 6 is useful!

Everyone searched for a long time.

until
"Woof woof woof!!!"

The barking of police dogs was heard.

Wang Chao quickly translated, "It says there's a problem here!"

After these words were spoken, the policemen took shovels and dug at the place where the police dog was crawling, digging out handfuls of soil.

It didn't take long.
"Found it, found it!"

"We found someone!"

"Come and see, is this Liu Zhuang?"

Noisy noises were heard and the police rushed over to check.

I saw a person lying in the hole.
A corpse dissolving, flesh and soil merging like the corpse of phlegm in your throat!

The body could not be seen clearly as it was covered with soil. The flesh was like jelly or melted plastic. Only a few bones were still strong, but it was also full of decay.

but
"Why do you have two eyes!?"

Suddenly, Xu Sheng spoke. He squatted down, his face solemn, and stretched out a brush to brush the dirt off the eyes of the corpse.

The corpse's two eyeballs were rotten, and although they were so rotten that the shape of the eyeballs could not be seen, in the final analysis, they were still.
exist!

Any questions?

In the police station, the roots of the tulip in the forensic room are wrapped around an eyeball.
What is this!?

“This is not Liuzhuang!”

Xu Sheng suddenly opened his mouth, staring at the corpse beneath him that had become fertilizer.

"Or rather, this is not the body we found!"

If it's not that one, then this case is
Serial killings! ?

"Keep digging, don't stop!"

Li Sheng's heart sank, and he also took a shovel and started digging in the large flower field.

Including Xu Sheng, everyone was busy.

It didn't take long.
"Boss, I have a situation!"

"There are bodies here, a man and a woman!"

"Captain Li, here is a body that was preliminarily estimated to have died half a month ago!"

"Boss, I have a problem too!!!"

"."

late at night.

Xu Sheng was squatting beside the flower field, next to him was Li Sheng, who had red eyes and was smoking a cigarette between two fingers, trembling as he did so.

I saw that there were still dozens of policemen digging in the flower field in front of me.

The originally beautiful scenery was suddenly surrounded by black pits, which was very abrupt.

What is even more outrageous is the corpse in the pit.

One afternoon.
"Thirteen bodies!"

Li Sheng's voice was a little hoarse, his eyes were bloodshot, and he stared at the flower field.

He paused, looking at the police who suddenly gathered in the distance, silent.

"fourteen."

fourteen
Fourteen in total!
Xu Sheng looked at the flower field in front of him. Looking at this beautiful field of flowers in full bloom and filled with fragrance, his fingertips felt a little cold.

When they turned over the soil, they saw fertilizer and dead bodies.
Countless corpses!

The corpse was penetrated by the roots of the flowers, which took root in the flesh and absorbed nutrients from the human body!

The rhizome follows the eye socket and inserts into the head, wrapping the rotten brain along the walnut-like lines.
"Whoo~"

The night wind blew past countless branches of flowers on the hillside. They swayed like a hand raised from the ground, with five fingers spread out, swaying slowly.
"There is a situation!"

After a long time, there was another voice.

"fifteen."

Xu Sheng was silent, gazing at the dark foot of the mountain in front of him.

This is the 'gardener from hell'.

Above is a flower field.

Below is.
hell!

"murderer."

"What on earth do you want to do!?"

(End of this chapter)