After Zhang Liangcheng walked away, Director Yuan came over and said, "Did you do it on purpose?"
"How is that possible?" Xu Mingzhi denied.
But Director Yuan looked at his playful expression and obviously didn't believe it.
Xu Mingzhi didn't explain much.
The work here is basically over, there is no need to keep it any longer. After calling Xiao Wu and the others for a few instructions, he left the forest, got in the car, and prepared to pick up He Yu in the village.
Unexpectedly, as soon as the car started, Xu Mingzhi received a call from the bureau. It was from the surveillance station that there was news.
"Captain Xu, I saw Yu Guang on the surveillance camera." The other party's voice on the phone was a little hesitant. Yu Guang's previous deeds in Xiyong have already spread throughout the city bureau, and many people admire him very much. So was the young police officer on the other end of the phone, so after seeing Yu Guang on the surveillance camera, he immediately called Xu Mingzhi.
Xu Mingzhi thought of the Yu Guang he met on the road before, and after a moment of silence, he said: "You can see it when you see it. There is nothing to make a fuss about."
But the other party said: "The surveillance shows that Yu Guang entered the vicinity of the crime scene on a tricycle at noon yesterday and did not leave until about eight o'clock last night."
The other party didn't say it explicitly, but the implication was obvious.
Xu Mingzhi's face darkened.
"Where are the others? Except for Yu Guang, was there no one else who passed near the crime scene within 72 hours? Especially those driving motorcycles or tricycles and carrying things." He asked in a solemn voice.
"Now we can only check within 24 hours." The other party replied.
"Then continue the investigation. Within 72 hours, we will find everyone who passes near the crime scene." Unknowingly, Xu Mingzhi's voice became much more stern. The young man on the other end of the phone sensed Xu Mingzhi's displeasure and did not dare to say anything more. He hung up the phone and continued working.
In the car, Xu Mingzhi was holding his cell phone, a little irritated. What's going on with this peripheral vision? How come it's always connected to murders? This was the case with the Jin Jiaojiao case, and it is like this now!
He didn't think that Yu Guang would kill someone, but if Yu Guang appeared near the crime scene at this time, there would be an indispensable investigation.
After lighting a cigarette, taking two puffs, and adjusting his mood, Xu Mingzhi dialed Yu Guang's cell phone. Unexpectedly, the phone rang for a long time and Yu Guang never answered it.
This made Xu Mingzhi, who had just adjusted his mood, couldn't help but become agitated again.
What is this peripheral vision doing! Xu Mingzhi cursed secretly and called again, but still no one answered.
Go to hell! Xu Mingzhi couldn't help but swore, threw away his phone, and decided not to care about Yu Guang anymore.
However, Xu Mingzhi relented not long after the car had driven out. He stopped the car, thought about it, and sent a text message to Yu Guang: I have something important to see you. If you see the text message, call me back.
The text message was sent, but until Xu Mingzhi picked up He Yu and started to rush to the city, he still hadn't received a call from Yu Guang.
In fact, this was not Yu Guang's intention, but that he lost his cell phone.
He didn't know when he lost his cell phone. He found out that it was gone when he came out of the mountainous area and wanted to call a taxi near the entrance of Chaicun. Without a mobile phone, it would be impossible to hail a car. He could only take a bus instead, but there was no direct bus from Chaicun to Qingshan Town. He backed up the bus twice and struggled for more than two hours before finally returning to Qingshan Town. It was already two o'clock in the afternoon. .
There is a mobile phone store in the town, but the only existing phones in the store are senior phones. If you want others, you have to make a reservation, which takes at least two or three days.
Yu Guang couldn't afford to wait, and he had been in Qingshan Town for a long time, so he simply went home to tidy up, and then got on the last bus from the town back to the city.
It’s more than seventy kilometers, and it takes two hours to sit on the bus. By the time Yu Guang returned to the city, it was already dark and the business office had already finished get off work. It was impossible to make up a mobile phone number, but he could buy a mobile phone first.
Therefore, Xu Mingzhi waited for a whole day but failed to receive a call from Yu Guang.
Early the next morning, just after eight o'clock, Xu Mingzhi was still in the city bureau office. Suddenly He Yu ran in and said excitedly: "Xiao Wu from the Qingshan Town Police Station was in the ditch next to the rural road outside the crime scene. They picked up a mobile phone. They suspected that the mobile phone might be related to this case, so they asked us if we wanted to send it over."
Xu Mingzhi felt excited after hearing this. Although the mobile phone was found near the crime scene, due to the murderer's caution, the possibility of leaving the mobile phone behind is very small. However, no matter how small the possibility is, it is still possible. Coincidentally, he also wanted to go to the scene again, so he stood up and said: "I happened to be going to the scene, so they don't need to send it away. I will just bring it back then."
When He Yu heard that he was going to the scene, he also wanted to go with him, and quickly said: "Are you going now? Then I'll drive."
Xu Mingzhi got up to pack his things and said while packing: "You should keep an eye on the surveillance here and investigate quickly. If you have any news, call me immediately." As he said that, he suddenly stopped and after thinking for a moment, he changed his mind. He said: "Forget it, don't worry about the surveillance for now. There is no clue about the identity of the deceased yet. Go find Director Yuan and see if he has any clues. If there are any, please notify me in time."
"Can't we just let Xiaomei do this? I still want to go to the scene with you." He Yu was a little reluctant to stay in the bureau.
Xu Mingzhi glared at him and said, "Then you go to the scene and I stay in the bureau, how about that?"
After what he said, He Yu had no choice but to stop thinking and stayed reluctantly.
Xu Mingzhi hurried out and when he arrived at Miaoshan Village, Xiao Wu was already waiting. When I saw his car approaching, I immediately greeted him.
As soon as he got out of the car, Xiao Wu handed over the mobile phone in the evidence bag.
After Xu Mingzhi took it and took a closer look, his heart suddenly sank.
However, Xiao Wu was still there, and Xu Mingzhi didn't dare to look strange. He pressed his finger on the HOME button on his phone and found that the power had been turned off. So, after putting it away expressionlessly, he asked Xiao Wu: "Where did you pick up the mobile phone?"
"It's over there." Xiao Wu said as he led Xu Mingzhi to the place where he picked up the phone.
The location where Xiao Wu picked up the mobile phone was where Xu Mingzhi and the others turned from the rural road to the fork in the road yesterday and were still further ahead. Not far, about a hundred meters.
"Right here." Xiao Wu said, pointing to the ditch beside the road.
There is no water at all in the ditch, which is full of weeds. If a mobile phone falls in, it will not be found without searching carefully.
Xu Mingzhi glanced at Xiao Wu in surprise and said, "How come you guys thought of searching this country road?"
Xiao Wu scratched his head in embarrassment and said, "Just in case there are clues. Anyway, a blind cat kills a mouse, so let's take a look!"
When Xu Mingzhi heard this, he hummed with unknown meaning, and then asked: "Any other discoveries?"
Xiao Wu shook his head and said no, but as soon as he finished speaking, he immediately said: "The night before yesterday, at about seven or eight o'clock, a villager passed by and found a man sneaking around here, and he didn't pay much attention at the time. , after something happened later, the more he thought about it, the more wrong he felt, so he came here specifically to tell us about it this morning."
"Has he seen that person's appearance?" Xu Mingzhi asked following the words.
Xiao Wu replied: "He is said to be a tall and thin young man, and he seems to be wearing a pair of glasses. However, there are no street lights on this rural road, and it is very dark. He cannot see very clearly, so he is not very sure."
When Xu Mingzhi listened to his description, he first thought of Yu Guang. He was tall and thin, wearing glasses, wasn't it him? Moreover, the colleague who checked the surveillance yesterday also said that Yu Guang passed by this place around eight o'clock, and the time was right. Coupled with the mobile phone in his hand now, this is really a coincidence!
