You're supposed to be a security officer, what case are you solving?

Chapter 422 Searching for the Corpse!

After crossing two mountains, it was already three o'clock in the afternoon. The group then circled around to the back of the mountain to the north.

Chen Pingwa is a countryman with good stamina. He climbed the mountain for several hours without even breaking a sweat. In addition, he also used a machete to dig up some winter bamboo shoots and wild yams, which he put into his basket.

Yao Weihua was physically weak and was almost out of breath, needing to rest every now and then. Maozi, on the other hand, came from the countryside and was very familiar with the mountain paths, walking steadily and smoothly.

Cai Ting, a former athlete, didn't even catch her breath.

Because Yao Weihua was incompetent, the task of getting information out of her was handed over to Cai Ting. Chen Pingwa, a country boy, had never seen a city girl who was full of lies.

Cai Ting had him completely bewildered. He even told her how many people were in his family, how many pigs he raised, and which hen in the chicken coop laid the most eggs.

In 90, Zhu Gui, because of his contract to contract the Panying Coal Mine, gathered a group of thugs and engaged in a fight with Chenjia Village, resulting in bloodshed. The cause and effect of the incident were all clarified.

Zhu Gui's murder is most likely unrelated to this incident.

Once this aspect of the investigation was ruled out, it proved that what Bai Ying said was most likely true.

Yang Jinwen wasn't foolish enough to act recklessly. Without solid evidence, he couldn't take down Wu Mingyu and the people behind him.

Even with a complete chain of evidence, it's not guaranteed that he can be brought to justice; it depends on what those in power are thinking.

Cai Ting followed behind Chen Pingwa and asked, "Brother Chen, have you been to the villa that Zhu Gui built behind the Panying Coal Mine?"

"I came here before Zhu Gui took over the Panying Coal Mine. I came with the villagers to mine coal."

It's terrifying, especially during blasting. People can die if you're not careful. There was a brave guy in our village who was almost buried alive while burying the detonators.

At that time, the village used the pretense of quarrying stones to build houses. You see, the houses in our village are the best in the surrounding villages. A lot of stones were transported back to build houses.

Since then, few people from our village have come here. Even when we go into the mountains to dig for medicinal herbs or pick mushrooms, the thugs from the coal mine will chase us away; they have guns.

Yang Jinwen interjected, "Do you know why Zhu Gui built a villa here?"

"He built it for himself to live in, but I heard that Zhu Gui often leads people to hunt in the back mountains. There are a lot of wild boars and pheasants in this area."

When I went into the mountains, I sometimes heard gunshots, which was quite frightening.

"Have the villagers of Chenjia Village never gone into the mountains to hunt?"

"Speaking of this reminds me of something."

Chen Pingwa scratched the back of his head: "It seems to have been the year before last. My fifth uncle and a few others went into the mountains. It was late at night. They were going into the mountains to hunt rabbits. They circled around to the back of the Panying Coal Mine and then heard a woman crying."

My fifth uncle and the others thought it was haunted, and they were so scared they ran home. From then on, everyone said there was something wrong with the back mountain of Panying Coal Mine.

Yang Jinwen and Cai Ting exchanged a glance, and the latter asked, "The year before last? 97?"

"Yes."

"Which month?"

"July 1997, during the summer."

Yang Jinwen asked, "Are you sure it's this time?"

"That's right, I remember it very clearly. My fifth uncle was a very good shot. That night, they didn't manage to shoot a single rabbit."

Yang Jinwen pondered what Bai Ying had said: a girl jumped from the third floor of Zhu Gui's villa on August 13, 1995.

This is precisely why Yang Jinwen couldn't swallow his anger, and it was the biggest reason he insisted on investigating.

Now, Chen Pingwa says that in July 1997, his fifth uncle heard a woman crying in the back mountain and thought it was a ghost.

So, both of these events occurred during the summer vacation.

Without a doubt, Zhu Gui used this place specifically for Wu Mingyu's entertainment!
Just imagining what was going to happen sent chills down Yang Jinwen's spine.

Yao Weihua, Maozi, and Cai Ting also felt a tightness in their chests.

After walking a few more steps, Chen Pingwa stopped and pointed to the hill in front of him, saying, "See that bamboo grove? Zhu Gui's house is up there."

Yang Jinwen nodded: "Okay, you wait here, we'll go up and take a look."

“There are people inside; they will beat you up.”

"It's alright, we're from the county, they won't dare do anything to us."

Chen Pingwa frowned. That's not what they said before. Wasn't it because they were afraid of being beaten that they asked me to lead the way?
Yao Weihua patted him on the shoulder and handed him half a pack of cigarettes: "Wait for us to come down."

"it is good."

Chen Pingwa took the cigarette and looked at the four city people who were heading towards the top of the hill.

As you approach the hilltop, there are stone steps leading upwards. The steps are well-maintained; otherwise, the weeds on both sides would have covered them long ago.

Yang Jinwen looked down towards the mountainside, but Chen Pingwa could no longer see them, so he pulled out his pistol.

Seeing this, Yao Weihua, Cai Ting, and Maozi also drew their guns.

On the way here, Yang Jinwen had already explained the situation to them.

The people they're looking to arrest are two of Zhu Gui's henchmen.

According to Bai Ying's information, one was named Dou Junhao and the other was named Lu Yong. In particular, Lu Yong was a notorious bandit from the Northwest who had committed crimes in his earlier years.

On the night of August 13, 1995, when Bai Ying left the villa, she saw the two men bringing a girl who had been drugged to the villa. A few minutes later, the girl jumped from the third floor, and her fate was unknown.

Once these two are apprehended, their confessions will allow us to uncover the crimes committed by Zhu Gui, Cao Xuan, and Wu Mingyu.

At this moment, the setting sun shines on the back mountain, and the houses on the mountaintop are hidden behind a grove of pine trees, appearing indistinct and shadowy.

Yang Jinwen, holding his gun in one hand, instructed, "Old Yao and Sister Cai are in one group. Cat, stay with me. Don't let your guard down! Don't kill anyone; leave them alive!"

Yao Weihua glanced at him and thought to himself, I'm not as ruthless as you.

Cat has been through quite a few cases, but holding a gun in his hand still makes him a little nervous.

"Check the handcuffs."

The four men lifted their clothes, fiddled with the handcuffs around their waists, and when they couldn't make a sound, they gave up.

"Let's go!" Yang Jinwen gave the order. The four of them crouched low and followed the steps to the back wall of the courtyard.

Yao Weihua gave a wink and led Cai Ting around the right side of the wall. In front of Yang Jinwen and Maozi was a double iron gate, which was locked from the inside with a gentle push.

The white-painted wall is over three meters high and not easy to climb over.

So, Yang Jinwen took the cat and went around to the left, intending to go around to the front yard.

This villa is not very big. The tallest building is a three-story building in the courtyard, while the rest are single-story buildings. It is surrounded by walls on all sides, so you can't see inside.

As they approached the front yard, the cat pricked up its ears, unable to hear any sounds coming from inside.

After thinking for a moment, Yang Jinwen simply stood up straight, leaned against the wall, walked through a cluster of withered banana trees, and swaggered towards the front yard.

Cat followed five meters behind him, trying to use the surrounding trees to cover himself, and kept his pistol raised at all times in case of any unexpected events.

Yang Jinwen saw that the front gate was closed.

The courtyard in front of us is large and has a cement floor. From here, you can overlook the Panying Coal Mine located halfway up the mountain.

Yang Jinwen suddenly heard footsteps, turned his head and saw Yao Weihua and Cai Ting coming out from the right.

He raised his finger to his lips, then leaned to the side, approached the door, and gently pushed it open with his free hand.

The door wasn't locked. Yang Jinwen pushed it open a crack and looked inside. There was a small courtyard. To the left was a flower bed connected to a corridor, and to the right, in the direction Yang Jinwen and Maozi had come from, was a driveway.

Yang Jinwen pushed the door open and slipped inside, followed closely by Yao Weihua, Cai Ting, and Maozi.
The four people were divided into two groups and stepped forward from the left and right sides.

Strangely, there was no one in the front yard at all!

The backyard is a three-story building, a square building with an open-air first floor and an open-air kitchen next to it.

Yang Jinwen looked around the kitchen and saw that the stove was very clean, obviously someone had cleaned it.

But the courtyard was eerily quiet.

"Go upstairs," Yang Jinwen instructed.

Yao Weihua led Cai Ting up the stairs to the second floor.

The cat stood downstairs and looked up at the windows upstairs. The windows were open, and one of them had a broken hole.

If no one is home, why is the window open?

Cat quickly caught up with Cai Ting and reminded her.

Just as Yang Jinwen was about to take a step, he saw a shovel lying next to the stove. The shovel was covered in fresh mud.

Just as he was wondering what was going on, the cat ran down from upstairs.

"Team Leader Yang."

Yang Jinwen turned around, and Maozi said, "There's no one on the second or third floor. There's blood on the second floor, and drag marks on the stairs."

"Take me to see it."

Yang Jinwen followed the cat and indeed saw congealed black bloodstains on the stairs, with the bloodstains running all the way down.

Yang Jinwen and Maozi carefully avoided the bloodstains and went upstairs.

The second floor was luxuriously furnished, no different from a hotel in the city, but next to the sofa by the window on the second floor, there was a large pool of brown blood on the wooden floor.

At this moment, Yao Weihua and Cai Ting came down from the third floor and said, "Captain Yang, there is indeed no one in this courtyard."

Yang Jinwen nodded, squatted down with his right leg, bent his left leg, placed the gun on his right knee, and looked around along the bloodstains.

"Here, here are bullet casings." Cat pointed to a bronze-colored object next to the coffee table.

"Captain Yang, there's blood on the sofa," Cai Ting called out.

Yao Weihua pointed to the window behind the sofa: "The glass is broken. There must have been a gunshot here."

Cai Ting frowned: "Who has been here?"

Yao Weihua shook his head: "You saw the blood in the stairwell too. I'm afraid the person is already dead."

"Who died? Dou Junhao, or Lu Yong?"

Yao Weihua shook his head: "I don't know. Was it the gunman from Case 105 who came here, or did the man surnamed Wu hire someone to kill and silence them?"

Yang Jinwen stood up and said to Yao Weihua, "Old Yao, you and Sister Cai search upstairs, try not to disturb the scene. Brother Cat, come with me."

The cat asked, "Where are we going?"

"Find the body."

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