when the moon whispers

Chapter 456: Accomplice - Wrist (Part )

Six accomplices in the case
Ninety-three Wrists (Part 2)
"What?! Why are there still... hiding corpses?"

Xiao Letian's shout scared Deputy Chief Cao, who was climbing up the hillside on his knees. He staggered and leaned over to pull at the weeds beside the narrow path. He stood in front of Jiang Mo in a mess, holding his hat and pulling his collar, and asked in a panic: "... Jiang'er, don't scare me. Why does it sound like there is a corpse hidden? Has this Song guy killed people in our area?"

"That's right. We did think about this earlier when we were investigating. When we were tracking down the suspect, we learned that Song Yike had taken Song Wanwan back from the hospital, but we didn't know exactly when Song Wanwan died or when she was cremated. That's why we've always suspected that Song Yike might have hidden her body after she died... But no matter whether it's a person or a corpse, it wouldn't be thrown out by heaven and earth... Otherwise, it's impossible that no one in the village would have come across any clues - I just called, is everything okay in Fangwai Village, Deputy Chief Cao?"

The responsibilities of the investigation are also divided into different groups. It's okay to help find people or things, but if there is a murder case reported throughout the province that happened in this village and has been hidden quietly for a long time, the police station from top to bottom will have to "squeak and squeak" to write. Jiang Mo heard that Deputy Chief Cao was trying to protect himself, so he raised his eyebrows without saying anything or blaming him. He made a few vague remarks and then raised his head with his hands on his hips, looking at the overhead wires and making a move: "Is there electricity in this mountain?"

"What could possibly happen? The case has been investigated to this point, and we know that this is not the time to help. I won't make a blatant mistake... My cousin who lives two miles away persuaded some cousin of my second son-in-law to scratch the switch, and he was imprisoned... Once the matter got out of hand, his family members were too lazy to care about him. He has land and pension, but no one cares about him. He is short of money, so he dares to accept any money. Now he comes to me. What was he thinking when he caused trouble..."

Deputy Chief Cao sighed, waved his hands twice and got back to the point: "Aren't we not far from the railway? Those were the earliest railway lines. Now they are all freight locomotives running on them. The wires on the mountain seem to have been pulled down decades ago when there was a lot of work going on. Now we have cut off a few lines that carry electricity into the mountain to prevent fires in the mountain..."

"You think there was a private connection in this mountain? But where are they going? There's not even a place to live on this mountain..." Deputy Chief Cao pondered for a while with his eyebrows downcast, followed Jiang Mo's sight from the top of the mountain to the old power distribution station at the foot of the mountain, and poked his head halfway up the mountain with a hoarse voice. He waved slightly in the direction of the red armbands of the village committee who were helping to watch the second cordon, and yelled twice at the top of his voice: "Sister Yang, is there any place in this mountain where people can hide and connect electricity? When was the last time the power distribution box on our village committee was inspected?"

Sister Yang didn't hear clearly at first because the wind was blowing against her back. She stretched her neck and held the cordon, squinting at Deputy Chief Cao. She waited for the police comrade who had almost climbed to the top of the hill to wave her off, then she slowly climbed a few steps and listened to Deputy Chief Cao's retelling. She raised her hand to block out the sound: "The last time the distribution box was overhauled was half a year ago. I haven't heard of any problems with the electricity in the village or town!"

Sister Yang just shouted and then held her breath in the wind. She stood where she was and didn't move up the mountain anymore. "There's no place for people to hide on the top of the mountain. There have been wolves and earthen graves for decades. Who would have the time to hide on this broken mountain? It's not the kind of deep mountains and old forests. There are only so many trees. It's better to hide at the foot of the mountain than to build a shed or a house. I heard from the older generation that during the war, many air-raid shelters were dug in the ravines and bumps. You can hide anywhere..."

"The foot of the mountain?"

Deputy Chief Cao was stunned at first, then he turned around and suddenly realized something and slapped his thigh. He called Jiang Mo and Xiao Letian, who had been searching the entire mountain to no avail, and started walking down the mountain: "When we enter the mountain, we'll start searching from the halfway point where Officer Chen was injured. Officer Chen was dragged away, and the path we chose was a side road that was more frequently used around the mountain... There was a stream nearby, and there were police dogs squatting at the foot of the mountain. Who would have thought that they would be able to get out of this dark place? Jiang'er, I'll go down and take the others around to take a look. You guys should search this small hill thoroughly..." Before Deputy Chief Cao could finish his words, the intercoms hung on the waists of the search personnel on the mountain made two crackling sounds at the same time. Jiang Mo seemed to hear someone swearing in Chinese in the mountain breeze. He raised his hand and rubbed his fingertips that were stiffened by the cold wind. He took out the cell phone that had been vibrating in his pocket for a long time, turned on the external speaker and answered the call.

"Hey, Lao Gu."

"Go and have a look online."

There was a lot of noise and chaos on the other end of the phone. Gu Xing's voice was not loud, but Geng Zhi, who was not sure how far away he was, had to put aside his scholarly dignity for some reason and followed Gu Xing, cursing. Judging from the intermittent noises due to the poor signal, he was probably arguing with the media.

"Go online? The signal is so-so on the mountain. Wait a minute, Master..." Jiang Mo blinked, a little puzzled. She turned her head to look at Xiao Letian, who was staring at the trainer and the police dog. She raised her chin to signal him to take out his phone and come closer. "Did Yuan Lanyin secretly post a clarification post to save her life? Or did Song Yike call again--"

Jiang Mo paused, raised his eyelids and looked at Xiao Letian who was holding up his phone and looking around for a perfect signal. The two rhetorical questions in his mouth were choked when he saw the purple-red hot search terms on Xiao Letian's phone screen. He suddenly raised his arm and pulled Xiao Letian's wrist to his eyes, staring at the video that was still loading in circles on the screen, with three wrinkles between his brows.

"Tu Siyao?"

The video, which had been deleted, reposted, and compressed several times, was vaguely covered with a layer of fog that was similar to mosaics. Tu Siyao was tied to a familiar chair with tears on her face and curled up in a corner of the room. The clothes hanger beside her was shaking constantly due to her struggling movements. The person outside the camera did not speak at first, and the sound of panting heavily hit the camera microphone. After listening to Tu Siyao's faint sobs, he was silent for more than half a minute, and then whispered softly in a familiar voice.

"Captain Gu, Officer Jiang, you don't have much time left to reveal the truth of that year. In ten minutes, I want to see Song Zhiwen apologize to my sister live and clarify the slander and rumors on the Internet... If I still can't see anything online in ten minutes, I will cut Tu Siyao's wrist and let her bleed to see how long you can hold on to her life."

Due to work and health reasons, I will be working on another day~
"Awakening the bright moon one day, it shines on me full of ice and snow, and the mighty rivers flow."