Following Xu Mingzhi in were two men and one woman.
One of the men walked in front with Xu Mingzhi. He looked about forty years old, had dark skin, and was holding a cigarette. When I walked in, I put my cigarette into the trash can at the door.
The man and woman following behind were much younger, especially the woman, who was probably in her early twenties. She had a neat short haircut and was wearing a pair of military green short-sleeves and a pair of overalls of the same color underneath. , heroic and eye-catching.
"Come on, let me introduce you." Xu Mingzhi walked up to Yu Guang, glanced at him, then turned to introduce to the other three people: "Yu Guang, my friend, I asked him to come over to assist in the investigation." For some reason, Xu Mingzhi lied about Yu Guang's identity. In this case, Yu Guang will naturally not cause trouble.
He smiled and shook hands with the three of them.
The leader's surname was Liu, so Xu Mingzhi said he could just call him Captain Liu.
Another younger man named Qu Jiang. That young woman's name is He Li.
She smiled at him as he shook hands with her out of the corner of his eye. Under the dim light of the hotel bar, those slightly narrow red phoenix eyes were shining brightly, blooming with an exciting light like stars. From the corner of my eye, I couldn't help but feel my heart heat up, and I was actually a little distracted.
Probably because his eyes were too focused, He Li felt a little uncomfortable. After coughing slightly, he withdrew his hand.
From the corner of his eye, he realized he had lost his composure and was a little embarrassed. Fortunately, the other two people were chatting with Lao Wang and did not notice this detail.
After greetings, Xu Mingzhi led everyone upstairs again.
Xu Mingzhi had already asked someone to open a room here. After the five people entered the house, all the relaxed expressions they had on the way there disappeared.
Captain Liu, who came from Pinghai City, spoke first: "Xiao Li, first take out the photo and show it to Captain Xu."
Hearing this, He Li immediately took out a few photos from his backpack and handed them to Xu Mingzhi. The latter took it and took a look, then handed it to Yu Guang and said, "Look to see if it's Zhou Mu."
From the corner of his eye, he glanced at Xu Mingzhi in surprise, then raised his hand to take it. The photo showed a boy who looked to be only sixteen or seventeen years old. He had a shaved head and injuries on his face. His eyes were full of anger as he looked at the camera.
This should be a photo from six or seven years ago. Compared with now, there are still big changes, but you can still tell that it is the same person.
He handed the photo back to Xu Mingzhi and said, "It should be him."
Xu Mingzhi also nodded: "That should be correct." After saying that, he returned the photo to He Li, and then said to Captain Liu: "Tell me about it."
Team Liu nodded and then gestured towards He Li.
He Li understood, took out another stack of information, and placed them all on the table in front of Xu Mingzhi and Yu Guang.
"Eight years ago, we cracked a huge case of drug D. At that time, we discovered that the criminal team was not only selling drug D, but also dealing with a human trafficking gang. They would take over the victims who couldn't get rid of them from the traffickers, and then Some developed into their own people, and some were used for D-product experiments, smuggling D-products, etc. This Zhou Mu was abducted and then transferred to them. When we found out, this kid was with more than a dozen other people. Locked in a basement, their bodies were covered with pinholes from drug testing. Less than half of these people successfully detoxified and survived. However, even if they survived, these people basically could not live a normal life again. , one is completely paralyzed, one is delirious, and several others also have varying degrees of organ damage, and basically have to rely on drugs for the rest of their lives. Zhou Mu is the luckiest one, with the lowest D content in his body , coupled with his youth and good health, he basically had no sequelae. After staying in a drug rehabilitation center for a year and successfully detoxifying, we found his family based on the information he told himself and sent him back. Oh, By the way, he is from Zhihong City, Southern Province, and was abducted in 1999."
1999...
Yu Guang calculated in his mind that according to Zhou Mu's age, he should have been 8 years old in 1999. It was actually relatively rare in that era for an 8-year-old boy to be abducted. At that time, when human traffickers abducted male children, they basically would not choose such an old age. Firstly, children at this age are no longer easy to control, and secondly, children at this age can already remember many things, which is not conducive to integrating with a new family.
Therefore, Yu Guang felt that Zhou Mu's age might be fake.
However, Zhou Mu was trafficked, so it was normal for him to fake his age.
However, Zhou Mu appeared in the human trafficking case that Xu Mingzhi and his team uncovered ten years ago. Why did he appear in Pinghai City again eight years ago and was used for drug testing?
Out of the corner of his eye, he looked at Xu Mingzhi in confusion.
In Futian Village at that time, although Xu Mingzhi mentioned the case ten years ago to him, he did not go into details. Seeing Yu Guang's confused look at this moment, Xu Mingzhi hesitated for a moment and then explained: "In that case ten years ago, only some people were arrested, and many others escaped in the chaos. Zhou Mu The name was asked from the mouths of other rescued victims. At that time, he should have been taken away by others. "
After saying that, he looked at Captain Liu again and said, "You brought this Zhou Mu out specifically, didn't you just want to say this?"
Team Liu replied: "I haven't finished talking yet, don't worry."
After finishing speaking, He Li found three pieces of case information from the pile of documents, pushed them in front of Xu Mingzhi, and motioned for him to take a look first.
Xu Mingzhi picked it up and took a look. They were all missing persons cases, but they happened in different provinces and cities, and they were all very far apart.
"These cases are all disappearance cases from eight or nine years ago. Take a closer look. Are the experiences of these girls before they disappeared similar to the experiences of this little girl this time?"
At Captain Liu's reminder, Xu Mingzhi picked up these case materials and looked at them carefully. Indeed, the little girls in these missing cases were hanging out with friends before they disappeared, and they kept text messages with their families at first. After waiting for contact, I started to lose contact after more than ten hours. And more than ten hours are enough for the traffickers to take people out of the province. By this time, even if the parents react and report the crime, it is already too late.
This process is very similar to the process of Liu Liu's disappearance.
At this time, Captain Liu added: "One of the missing girls in these three cases died in the den we destroyed eight years ago. The other two have never been found. I estimate the possibility of survival. Not high either.”
Xu Mingzhi frowned, stared at the three documents in front of him, pursed his lips and said nothing.
He Li added: "Before coming here, we contacted the people who were responsible for investigating these three cases. One of them found such a photo and gave it to us. Take a look and see if the person in it is Zhou Mu. ." As she said that, she pulled out another photo from the pile of information and placed it in front of Yu Guang and Xu Mingzhi.
Xu Mingzhi took a look and handed it to Yu Guang.
He took it out of the corner of his eye, glanced at it, and frowned. This photo is very blurry. It is indeed a case from eight or nine years ago. The camera technology at that time was not as high as it is now, and it was not as high-definition. Moreover, the time in this photo is at night. Although there are street lights, it still makes the already poor clarity even blurrier.
Because of his work, Yu Guang had put a lot of effort into recognizing people. But a photo from eight or nine years ago was not clear enough, so it was still very difficult for him to judge whether it was Zhou Mu or not. He asked He Li for the photo of Zhou Mu eight years ago. After comparing it for a while, he nodded and said, "It should be Zhou Mu."
With his nod, Team Liu said: "If this is Zhou Mu, then some of my guesses may become facts." As he said that, he suddenly sighed.
It turned out that when they solved the D-class case, he had doubts about Zhou Mu. At that time, they rescued a total of fourteen people in that basement. Except for Zhou Mu, the other thirteen people were all women. After these people were sent to the hospital, the hospital detected that the concentration of D in the blood of the thirteen girls was very high. Only Zhou Mu, although it was not low, it was definitely a relatively safe concentration.
For this reason, Captain Liu also investigated Zhou Mu, but found nothing related to Zhou Mu in that den, and no one among those arrested by them mentioned Zhou Mu. In addition, Zhou Mu was only sixteen or seventeen years old at the time, and he was injured when he was rescued, so Captain Liu finally chose to put aside his doubts.
Unexpectedly, three years ago, one of the girls they rescued got married and invited Team Liu and others to attend the wedding. After the wedding, Team Liu chatted with the bride for a few words and mentioned what happened that year. Team Liu suddenly thought of Zhou Mu and asked casually. But the bride said that every time they tried poison, they never saw Zhou Mu. Moreover, Zhou Mu was imprisoned in the basement just before they were rescued. However, before being imprisoned, Zhou Mu was beaten outside the door. Although they did not see it with their own eyes, they all heard Zhou Mu's screams.
A beating that was not witnessed by one's own eyes does not prove anything. The bride's words caused the doubts that had been put aside five years ago to resurface in Team Liu's mind.
After Captain Liu went back, he dug out the files from that year, but he couldn't find any clues after flipping through them. He also asked the colleagues who were responsible for watching outside the den, and they all said they had no impression of Zhou Mu. However, so many years have passed, and even if these people met back then, they might not be able to remember it. However, Captain Liu was worried. He also contacted the police in surrounding cities and learned that the name Zhou Mu had not appeared in the cases in recent years, so he finally put Zhou Mu aside.
Until yesterday.
After Xu Mingzhi asked his friends in Xiyong to help find out that the decked van finally entered the mountainous area, he considered that the traffickers were probably just entering Pinghai City through the mountainous area, so he contacted Captain Liu and the others, thinking that Let them help carry out control and investigation in Pinghai.
As soon as the case information was distributed, Team Liu saw the name Zhou Mu and smoked three cigarettes in a row without saying a word. After that, he quickly asked his men to check all the missing persons case information that they had found. Finally, these three pieces of information were found.
These three cases all occurred before they cracked the D drug case that year. After that, there were no similar missing persons cases in Hexi Province. This timeline also coincides with the time when Zhou Mu was sent away.
Now, after Yu Guang's confirmation, Team Liu can basically conclude that these three cases are most likely related to Zhou Mu.
After saying this, Captain Liu lowered his head and lit another cigarette. After taking a puff, he murmured in a low voice: "What I released back then was not a victim, it was a devil!"
