The area of Huangli Village is not small. The village is surrounded by mountains on three sides, and various buildings are scattered in the valley. It is separated from Miaoshan Village by a not-too-high Miaoshan Mountain.
There are two large-scale factories in the village, as well as a five-star resort hotel. In addition, there are more than ten homestays, large and small, and various parent-child camps. These have resulted in a large and rapid population flow in Huangli Village. Although the village often conducts statistics, it is difficult to ensure that there are no omissions. Many times, if a person disappears suddenly, no one will pay attention to it unless someone comes looking for it.
Out of the corner of his eye, he walked around the foot of Miao Mountain to Huangli Village. His target was the vacant houses. These houses are scattered in various corners at the bottom of the col and are not easy to find.
In some places, because not many people go there, even the roads are overgrown with grass.
After walking around for a while, Yu Guang went to the Huangli Village Committee.
Today is not a weekend, and there are many staff in the village committee office. As soon as the peripheral vision passed, everyone's attention was attracted. A young girl came up to me and asked with a smile: "Excuse me, what can I do?"
After glancing at everyone in the office with his peripheral vision, he smiled at the little girl and said, "I want to rent a house in your village."
Huangli Village is a gathering place for B&Bs, and it is not uncommon for people to inquire about renting a house. Upon hearing this, the little girl immediately skillfully led Yu Guang to sit down in the office, and then began to ask Yu Guang some basic information, such as his name and the purpose of renting the house.
After answering some questions from the corner of his eye, he said to the little girl: "I have just walked around the village and looked at two places, which I think are pretty good. One is on the side of the bamboo factory to the east. Behind the metasequoia forest that goes up from the paddy field. It seems that no one lives in that house anymore, right?"
The little girl was probably not very familiar with the situation in the village. After hearing what Yu Guang said, she was a little confused, so she called another middle-aged man in the office to come over and said: "Uncle Lin, there is a bamboo factory next to the east side. Someone?"
The middle-aged man glanced at Yu Guang after hearing this, and then said to the little girl: "There is a house that originally belonged to Wang Falin's family. What's wrong? Do you want to rent it?" The last sentence was obviously meant for Yu Guang.
Yu Guang nodded and said: "I have this idea."
The middle-aged man pondered for a moment and said, "Wang Falin and his family have moved to the city now. If you are sure you want to rent, I will give them a call and you can make an appointment to talk."
"It's not a hurry. I also looked at a place on the hillside behind the hotel. There is a bungalow courtyard there. I went to check it out before, but no one lives there anymore, right?" Yu Guang asked again.
When the middle-aged man heard this, he frowned slightly. After thinking for a while, he turned to the little girl and asked, "A young man came to rent a house in the last two months. Is this where he rented?"
When Yu Guang heard this, his heart suddenly moved.
The little girl lowered her head to look for the record book and replied: "Let me take a look." As she said that, she took out the red-covered notepad, opened it and looked for it, then raised her head and said to her peripheral vision: "That house has two It was rented out a month ago.”
"Do you want to stay in a B&B too?" Yu Guang asked pretending to be casual.
The little girl smiled and said: "I don't know about this." Then she asked Yu Guang: "Do you want to rent the house next to the factory? If so, I will give you a contact person."
"Let me think about it again." After Yu Guang said this, he stood up and left.
After leaving the village committee, he went straight to the hillside behind the hotel.
There was no human habitation around the bungalow courtyard. The straight-line distance to the nearest hotel was more than a hundred meters, and there were still patches of bamboo and woods. Such an environment is perfect for killing people and dismembering their bodies.
In addition, the house was rented two months ago, and Xu Mingzhi's forensic doctor concluded that the time of death was within a month, which is consistent with the time.
The most critical point is that the location of the house is very close to the burial site in a straight line.
The house is located in the innermost part of the mountain col, halfway up the hillside of Miao Mountain. As long as you cross Miaoshan Mountain, you will reach the scope of Miaoshan Village. Pass through the north of Miaoshan Village and walk for about ten minutes to reach the deserted forest.
Although it is not easy to move around at night with a frozen corpse, in the quiet countryside at night, the most important thing is time.
Half an hour later, out of the corner of my eye, I returned to the hillside where the small courtyard was located. Through a bamboo forest, you can vaguely see the courtyard wall.
He stood there, hesitated for a while, and then called Lao Wang: "Where are you? Can you come over here?"
On the other end of the phone, Lao Wang was sweating and standing under the shade of a tree to rest. After hearing Yu Guang's words, he immediately said: "Conveniently, where are you?"
"I'll send you the location." After Yu Guang finished speaking, he hung up the phone, opened WeChat, added Lao Wang's WeChat, and sent him the location.
About half an hour later, the sound of a car appeared nearby.
He walked back out of the corner of his eye, and not far away, he saw Lao Wang's off-road vehicle, driving unsteadily on the dirt road that was barely big enough for a car to pass.
Lao Wang stopped the car after seeing it out of the corner of his eye.
"Did you find anything?" Lao Wang asked impatiently as soon as he got off the car.
This morning, he had cleared all the places he could walk to the east and north of Miaoshan Village. He found two vacant houses, but one of them didn't even have electricity, so it was obviously not suitable for hiding a body. Although the other area is electrified, there are many human traces inside. It is obvious that people often pass by, and it is also not suitable for hiding corpses. It was impossible for him not to be discouraged after working all morning but achieving nothing. So after receiving Yu Guang's call, he began to look forward to it.
Staring at Yu Guang at this moment, he very much hoped that Yu Guang could give him a definite answer.
Out of the corner of my eye, I could see the expectation in his eyes, but I still said cautiously: "If you find that we can't talk about it, go and have a look first."
Lao Wang was not disappointed with this answer.
"Don't drive up the car. The road up there is very small and the car may not be able to drive through it." Yu Guang said while thinking: This may be one of the reasons why the murderer chose to bury the body in the grave.
Although there are no people walking on this road, walking on the road carrying a corpse and walking in the mountains are completely different feelings.
Lao Wang moved the car back for a while, parked it, and followed Yu Guang up the road. After walking around the bamboo forest, I saw the small courtyard. The small courtyard is located on a hillside, with a bamboo forest in front, a tea garden on the side, and a small pool. It is quiet and elegant, and the scenery is very good.
The rusty gate of the small courtyard was locked. Although there were no furnishings in the small courtyard, there were no weeds. It had obviously been taken care of by someone before.
The door of the three-bay bungalow is locked and the windows are closed. From the angle of the door, you can't see what's going on inside the house.
Out of the corner of his eye, he looked back and pointed at the lock on the door, asking Lao Wang, "Can you open it?"
After taking a look, Lao Wang said: "It can be opened, but it's not suitable."
Looking at him out of the corner of his eye, he said nothing.
When Lao Wang saw this, he didn't understand what Yu Guang meant, so he said: "This wall is not high. You can just climb over it without opening the lock."
Out of the corner of his eye, he shook his left hand, which had not yet had its plaster removed, and said, "It's inconvenient."
"Then I'll go in and you can look out for me outside." Lao Wang said.
This was exactly what Yu Guang wanted.
