Li Yin and Xiao Wang broke into the door, only to find that the door was only closed and not bolted inside.
Sure enough, as Li Yin expected, something happened and there was no one inside.
The two searched around the house, but still no one was there.
He returned to the house again, checked it out, and found that the things inside were intact and had not been damaged. It seemed that he was unlikely to be taken away. Moreover, he was an old man living alone, why were they arresting him?
However, Li Yin discovered a problem. The fire inside had been out for a long time, and the tattered quilt was also cold, as if he hadn't slept on it last night.
Preliminary judgment is that the old man left on his own, but the reason is unknown and there is no reason!
As we have said, the old man has no relatives or friends, so where will he go?
"Director, is he going out to play, or going to the market?" Xiao Wang looked at Li Yin and put forward his own opinion.
"I hope so." Li Yin said, "There seems to be only one explanation, because this place is far away from the market, and you have to get up early to go to the market. However, his legs and feet are inconvenient, and it seems that he left last night .”
Xiao Wang listened, nodded and said, "What the director said is true, but where will he go?"
"Look again." Li Yin said, hanging up the meat that he had just placed on the ground to prevent it from being eaten by wild animals. There was no reason to take back what had been taken.
They arrived at the ditch first, but didn't see the old man. They searched in the forest for a long time, but still found nothing. The old man seemed to have disappeared out of thin air.
Until noon, Li Yin decided to go to Huangli Village first and find other people to find out who the old man was and whether it matched what he said last night.
After leaving the forest and returning to the car, Xiao Li was waiting impatiently. When I saw Li Yin and Xiao Wang coming back, I was about to ask what happened. They went to deliver some meat to an old man's house, but why did they take so long to come back.
Li Yin has asked him to drive and go to the village office first.
Half an hour later, the three of them appeared in a relatively flat place, like a nest.
That's where the village hall is.
But no one.
Fortunately, there wasn't even a gate, so we drove inside.
Li Yin asked Xiao Wang to find the relevant person in charge. When he went out to inquire, a villager asked that they were from the police station and said enthusiastically: "You wait, I will call the village chief for you."
Li Yin said that Xiao Li drove him there, but the man said, "No need, his house is on the mountain above, and the car can't drive up anyway, so he will call him soon."
When nothing happened, Li Yin found an old woman at the door of the village office and asked about the situation.
The person didn't know, saying that she had never been to the forest, so she didn't know there was an old man living alone there.
Li Yin asked a few more questions and said that according to Li Yin's description, no one would live there.
When asked if a native leopard had reappeared here, people looked at each other in confusion. A man in his forties said, "It's true. I went into the mountains to collect firewood a few days ago and heard its cry."
Li Yin felt that something was strange. It was impossible for this thing to still appear here, let alone howling like a wolf, so he asked the man: "Are you sure it's a wolf? Have you seen it before? Is it a dog?"
"No, I recognize the barking of dogs, and I heard the howling of wolves when I was a child. They are exactly the same."
"So, you didn't see it in person a few days ago, but just heard the cry?" Li Yin looked at him as he didn't look like he was lying, and couldn't help but feel suspicious.
"I didn't see it. I heard the sound was too scary, so I didn't dare to stay any longer. Moreover, after I came back, I told the situation and everyone didn't dare to go there again. After all, that guy was so cruel that there was no need to fight with him. It fights hard.”
At this time, the village chief jogged down from the mountain.
Li Yin asked about the situation and said that he did not know that there was such an old man.
Li Yin nodded and asked the village chief to accompany him to take a look. After all, he was familiar with the road and might be able to check further into the depths of the forest.
The village chief looked embarrassed and said that the place had not been peaceful recently and there were wolves. He was too timid to go and there were elderly people at home to take care of.
Moreover, his son will get married soon, and he is still waiting to have a grandson to share the happiness of family. It's really not worth risking your life now.
Li Yin's face turned cold when he heard this, and he said in a deep voice: "As the parent official here, you can't just think about yourself. Let me ask you, in your territory, if a human life occurs, if you have a guilty conscience, is it considered dereliction of duty? Yes? Yes. Oh, how do you know that there are wolves where the old man is?"
"You're talking about finding the old man, instead of going directly here into the depths of the forest?" The village chief looked at Li Yin, as if he suddenly realized something.
Li Yin nodded and said: "Is there no problem with this? Besides, even if there is a wolf, with us accompanying us, will it still eat you?"
"Yes, yes, that's right, I almost forgot, these three are policemen, people with guns. I'm going to go with you. By the way, Xiao Gao, go tell your aunt and tell me that I will bring two A policeman went to the forest to find someone, so she doesn't have to worry." The village chief was busy changing his face. Of course he knew that now was not the time for him to play tricks. The three people in front of him could have asked him to go in the name of assisting the investigation. Take a walk around the place.
The group got back on the 212 and returned to the original place. Xiao Li was still guarding the car. Li Yin and Xiao Wang took the village chief to find someone in the forest.
The village chief had never been in a car like this before, and he looked a little excited, but in fact, he felt a little uneasy inside.
Li Yin could tell, but he didn't say anything, he just smiled lightly.
When he arrived at the old man's place, Li Yin asked, "Has the village chief never been here before?"
"No, although this is the boundary of Huangli Village, it is relatively close to Haizi Village. To be honest, I don't know that there is an old man living alone here, and I don't know his name." The village chief said innocently, "This is also my dereliction of duty. You see, I don't even know what difficulties the people usually have."
"Understood. Elderly people living alone are often the easiest to be ignored." As he spoke, Li Yin suddenly changed the subject, "But you should know what this place is called, right?"
"This is called Cold Wind Gap. I know this is the only way to go to the fish market. It's right where we parked. In winter, the north wind blows so hard that people can't open their eyes. Fortunately, the mountains have been closed for forestation in recent years. The pine trees have grown up, blocking a lot of wind and sand. Even so, it is still very cold in winter, and the roads will still freeze, making it impossible for cars to get on," the village chief said seriously.
Li Yin glanced at him and thought to himself, this village chief is an old man, and he ignored everything. He only said that he was passing by on the market and had never gone deep into the forest. Naturally, he said that he did not know the way inside.
Thinking of this, he nodded and said, "Okay, let's go in and look for him together. I hope this old man just went out for a walk and is back now."
