I am a super cop

Officer Wang stepped forward and reminded Gu Chen: "I confirmed with He Junchao before coming here that there is indeed surveillance on this road."

"Especially, this abandoned chemical plant, the further you go, the less people there are. Moreover, the current houses in the family area are also in dilapidated condition, and few people live there anymore."

"As for the residents in the family area of ​​the chemical plant, most of the residents have already moved to other places, and the remaining ones should be some elderly people."

"That means the latest surveillance is in the family area?" Gu Chen said.

Officer Wang nodded sharply: "It's where we came just now. There is surveillance at that intersection."

"In addition, there will be some surveillance in the family area, but not much."

"Then if we want to find the mysterious man, we should be able to catch him on this road, right?" Lu Weiwei said.

Officer Wang shook his right index finger: "I can't guarantee this, but we can try our luck."

"Sometimes you have to admit that luck is so amazing sometimes."

"Then what are you waiting for?" After Yuan Shasha shined a strong flashlight for a few times, she also reminded everyone: "Let's go to the family area quickly."

"In addition, you can ask Senior Brother He to quickly check the surveillance near the family area during the recent period to see if there are any suspicious people passing by here."

"Because the other party actually thought of letting Zeng Huaqiang come here to conduct transactions, he must have visited the location in advance, or in other words, the other party is quite familiar with this location."

"Yes." After listening to Yuan Shasha's explanation, Gu Chen also looked at Lu Weiwei and said, "Senior Sister Lu, inform Senior Brother He and ask him to help me find this mysterious person."

"Okay." Seeing that Gu Chen said so, Lu Weiwei could only nod in agreement.

So Gu Chen said again: "In addition, we should go to the family area to conduct an on-site investigation to see if there are any other doubts about this place."

"Well, I listen to you. Let's go wherever you say?" Faced with Gu Chen's thinking, everyone had no objection.

Later, everyone drove to the family area of ​​the chemical plant with Zeng Huaqiang.

Since the family areas of the former chemical plant were right next to each other, it didn't take long to drive from the abandoned chemical plant.

There is a tree-lined road in the middle and an abandoned makeshift bus stop next to it.

This temporary bus stop was where employees in this area used to go to the urban dealerships to take free buses.

Due to the good profits at the beginning, the chemical factory here has its own shuttle bus, and many employees' children go to certain elementary schools in the city.

Taking the free bus here has become a memory for a generation.

But now, the efficiency of the chemical plant is no longer as good as it used to be. It has also been reformed into a joint-stock system, and many business departments have been abolished.

The main business has also changed from chemical paints to today's new materials.

The decline of old enterprises is a foregone conclusion.

Many employees who came from other places to support the construction of chemical plants also chose to return to their places of origin.

Therefore, this area began to become deserted.

The temporary bus platform has now become a microcosm of the memory of an era, and the platform has long been wrapped in various plants, looking very desolate.

"Although there are five buildings in this family area, they don't seem to be inhabited by anyone, right?" As she shuttled on the tree-lined road, Lu Weiwei also saw the dim scene of the buildings in the family area through the car window. .

It stands to reason that the more people staying, the more lights there will be.

But now it seems that only some sporadic lights are still on.

"Maybe most of them have moved away," Officer Wang said casually.

Yuan Shasha looked at Zeng Huaqiang beside her and asked, "Zeng Huaqiang, do you usually come here?"

"No." Faced with Yuan Shasha's question, Zeng Huaqiang quickly shook his head and denied:
"It's because I received this mission that time that I came here. Otherwise, I really don't know this place."

"Besides, I had never been here before, and it was the man who told me how to get here."

"Then how did you get here?" Gu Chen, who was driving, asked.

"I came here on a battery car." Zeng Huaqiang replied quickly.

While everyone was talking, Gu Chen had already driven to the intersection of the family area.

It can be said that when driving towards this abandoned chemical plant from the front, on the left, that is, in the direction going downhill, is a small community formed by five family buildings.

If you drive right and up, you will reach the chemical plant area that has been demolished.

Gu Chen chose to park the car at the intersection. After getting off the car, he looked in the direction of Lu Weiwei.

Lu Weiwei quickly replied: "He Junchao has already said it, and he is already investigating."

"Very good." After receiving the reply, Gu Chen didn't think much and walked directly towards the first row of buildings in the family area.

There is usually a small courtyard on the first floor here, and there are very few lights on.

At the entrance, Gu Chen found a "commissary" sign hanging at the door of a family's yard.

Looking at this community, the population is not large. This canteen must be a supply store for daily necessities here, and perhaps also a designated location for everyone to receive express delivery.

"Go over and take a look." Gu Chen pointed at the sign of the canteen and said.

Everyone didn't think much and walked directly in with Gu Chen.

When he arrived at the door of the courtyard, the door was ajar. Gu Chen just pushed it gently and heard a slight grinding noise from the iron door.

It's not very harsh, but the movement is a bit loud.

Gu Chen looked inside and saw flowers and plants planted on both sides of the yard.

In the middle is a road paved with stone bricks, which continues to the balcony of the owner's house.

What's interesting is that the residents on this floor transformed the balcony into a sales window.

Except for a large door, the balcony is completely enclosed, leaving only a window that has been transformed into a canteen for selling goods.

This makes people know that it is a canteen at a glance.

At this moment, the solar street light at the door was still dimly lit, but the surroundings were extremely quiet.

Gu Chen stepped forward and knocked on the window of the canteen several times.

"Tuk tuk tuk! Is anyone there?"

"coming."

As soon as Gu Chen knocked on the window, there was a response from the uncle in the room.

Gu Chen took a step back and waited for the window to open.

Not long after, a light lit up on the balcony, and a white-haired old man walked out of the house and looked out through what looked like a dining window in a cafeteria.

"Hello, we are from the Furong branch. I would like to find out something from you. Isn't it convenient?"

While talking, Gu Chen took out his ID and explained the situation to the uncle.

The uncle said nothing and looked away directly.

But soon, the uncle opened the door, walked down the steps, and came to Gu Chen and others.

"Hello, uncle." Gu Chen quickly greeted the white-haired old man.

"What do you want to know from me?" The uncle's face was expressionless, as if the arrival of Gu Chen's team disturbed him.

Gu Chen also smiled slightly and said quickly: "That's right, we are currently investigating a case. Someone once did some mysterious transactions in that abandoned chemical factory."

"So, we tracked it all the way here, thinking we could find out the specific situation from the locals and see if anyone knows about this?"

After the words fell, the white-haired old man was stunned, so he asked Gu Chen again: "You mean, there is someone doing deals at the chemical plant?"

"Yeah." Gu Chen nodded silently.

"You want to know who is doing the trading?" the white-haired old man asked again.

"Yeah." Gu Chen continued to nod.

"Then how can I know?" I originally thought the uncle knew something? As a result, the uncle directly denied it.

Lu Weiwei hurriedly stepped forward and said: "Uncle, do you know, have any strangers come here in your community recently? Especially at this time, it is late at night."

"Well, let me think about it." After hearing what Lu Weiwei said, the white-haired old man immediately began to think about it.

After a while, the white-haired old man also said slowly: "We usually have very few people coming here, but whenever there are pedestrians and vehicles passing by, I can hear them clearly at home."

"Especially at night. Just now, did you drive to the ruins of the chemical plant?"

"Yes, we did go there just now, and now we are back here." Upon seeing this, Officer Wang quickly agreed.

"Yeah." After hearing Officer Wang's words, the white-haired old man nodded silently and continued:

"It's late at night, but I can hear any movement clearly."

"After all, even though this place is relatively remote, I can clearly hear pedestrians walking outside at night."

"That's good." What should he know when he sees the white-haired old man? Yuan Shasha quickly asked:

"Uncle, have you heard anyone heading towards the ruins of the chemical plant recently?"

"Have."

Everyone here thought that the white-haired old man still had to think about it, but who would have thought that the white-haired old man actually blurted it out.

Everyone looked at each other and were overjoyed.

So, Gu Chen glanced at Zeng Huaqiang, and Zeng Huaqiang took the initiative to come forward and communicate with the white-haired old man:
"Uncle, I came here a few days ago, and I went to the ruins of the chemical plant. I want to know if anyone has been here before me..."

According to Gu Chen's request, when will Zeng Huaqiang come here? And calculated the approximate time, communicated with the white-haired old man, hoping to get the results.

As soon as Zeng Huaqiang finished speaking, the white-haired man nodded and said:
"On the day you mentioned, indeed, before you came, I heard something moving nearby."

"What's going on?" Zeng Huaqiang asked quickly.

"Someone rode a battery car and got here before you." The white-haired old man said.

Zeng Huaqiang frowned and couldn't help but said: "I also came here on a battery car. You mean, someone has been here on a battery car before me?"

"Yes, didn't you say that you were riding a scooter in the direction of the ruins of the chemical plant?" the uncle said.

"Yes, I just rode a battery car to the ruins of the chemical plant, and then returned the same way." After listening to the uncle's story, Zeng Huaqiang quickly admitted.

"That's it." Seeing this situation, the uncle also said slowly:

"Before you, I heard a battery car coming here."

"However, the battery car did not drive to the direction of the ruins above, but parked somewhere in our family area."

"Because that night, I heard a noise. It was someone riding a battery scooter braking."

"Furthermore, listening to the noise, this person is not familiar with the environment around the family area. He would step on the brakes and start the vehicle from time to time."

"Anyway, from the noise, I knew they weren't from here, but I didn't care about it. I wasn't here to buy anything anyway, so I didn't care about it."

Sighing softly, the white-haired old man continued: "But, now that I hear what you are saying, I feel that this person should want to go to that ruins."

"He must have wanted to park the battery car within the family area, hide it, and then walk there."

"Because, if you walk along our family area and keep going inside, you will come to the gate of the abandoned chemical plant."

"The family area is downstairs, but you just have to go up the stairs and you'll reach the main door."

"So that's it? No wonder I just saw a downhill section over there, which looks a bit like steps." Gu Chen had just noticed the steps near the gate.

Just because I wanted to find the location of the surveillance, I took the road at the gate.

The uncle grinned and continued to explain: "Anyway, I heard some noise."

"Besides, the movement behind was probably more than an hour ahead of schedule."

"Moreover, there were two such strange movements."

"That's right, twice." After hearing what the uncle said, Gu Chen nodded fiercely.

After all, it was Yang Jie who stole the eagle totem button from the store for the first time, and Zeng Huaqiang took it away from the designated trash can and brought it to the abandoned chemical factory.

The second time, Zeng Huaqiang took away the button of the eagle totem, and then sent the items to the designated trash can, and then Yang Jie took it away and returned it to the store.

In this way, exactly twice, it also verified the uncle's words.

Seeing that Gu Chen was so sure, the uncle also said slowly: "So, the first person who came over on a scooter and the last one to leave should be the person you are looking for, right?" "Maybe it's him. "Hearing what the uncle said, Gu Chen nodded silently and couldn't help but say:
"If the other party knew about Zeng Huaqiang's situation, he must have come here in advance and hid somewhere to observe secretly."

"Then, this person will definitely get here early."

After a pause, Gu Chen asked the uncle again:

"Uncle, does this person come here more than an hour early every time?"

"Absolutely." The uncle crossed his arms and said thoughtfully:

"Anyway, I heard the noise. The battery car was parked near the family area, and then I could hear some footsteps, heading towards the door of the factory."

"Then when did this person leave?" Lu Weiwei asked quickly.

The uncle thought briefly for a few seconds, and then continued: "If I remember correctly, this person left relatively late. Usually, this person left on a battery car long after the person in front left on his bicycle."

"How long was the interval?" Yuan Shasha quickly asked.

The uncle frowned and said slowly: "About... about an hour."

"So long?" After hearing what the uncle said, Yuan Shasha looked at Gu Chen.

Gu Chen nodded silently: "If this person doesn't want to be discovered, or in other words, doesn't want to be noticed by Zeng Huaqiang, then he must maintain a certain degree of vigilance."

"An hour's interval may be a relatively safe time."

After a pause, Gu Chen asked the uncle again: "Uncle, have you seen the model of that battery car?"

"I don't know about that." Facing Gu Chen's question, the uncle asked for his head directly.

Seeing that everyone was a little disappointed, the uncle continued to add:
"But one thing I know very well is that the brakes on this battery car don't seem to be very flexible."

"The brakes are not very flexible?" Lu Weiwei's eyes lit up after hearing what the uncle said, and she quickly asked:

"Uncle, did you hear it?"

"Yes." The uncle nodded silently and said involuntarily:
"In our family area, there are relatively few residents, so it is particularly quiet at night. I can often hear some movements outside. Over time, I can also hear some clues from these movements."

"For example, who is quarreling? Who is driving what kind of car back?"

"Because each item makes different noises, over time, you can judge it by the sound."

Taking a deep breath, the uncle also looked at Gu Chen and explained:

"If it's a car in our community, whether it's a car, a battery car, a motorcycle, etc., I'll know who it belongs to as soon as I hear the noise."

"But the person you are looking for, as soon as I hear the movement of the battery car, I will know that he is definitely not from our community."

"Moreover, the brakes of the electric bicycle are very problematic. If you ride too fast, you won't be able to stop it in one or two strokes."

"It feels like it should be a very old battery car, at least that's what I feel."

"Okay, thank you very much." Gu Chen was overjoyed to see that the uncle could judge so many things through his hearing.

But at the same time, Gu Chen continued to ask the uncle:
"Uncle, can you tell how many times this person has been here?"

"This one……"

After hesitating for a moment, the uncle seemed to be in trouble.

Gu Chen quickly stepped forward and continued to explain:

"If we say that the two times you heard it at night, there were two battery cars."

"Then, if this person is not from your place, then he is a foreign vehicle. But how did the other party know about this place? He must have come here in advance. Do you still remember whether there have been any strangers recently? Have you ever been here?"

"Uh." After hearing what Gu Chen said, the uncle frowned and said slowly:
"If you say that, I need to think about it carefully."

"It doesn't matter. Think carefully and see if any strangers have come here recently?" Officer Wang didn't want to be too eager for quick success, he just wanted to let the uncle have a good memory.

But this put the uncle in a bit of trouble.

After a long time, the uncle said slowly:
"I do remember that a young man seemed to have been here some time ago."

"Young man?" Seeing that the uncle seems to know something? So Gu Chen quickly guided him and said:
"You go on."

"Yeah." The uncle nodded silently and said thoughtfully:
"I remember that some time ago, a young man came here and saw the sign of my canteen, so he came in and bought a bottle of water from me."

"Is this young man a local?" Lu Weiwei asked quickly.

The uncle shook his head: "She's probably not a local, not from our neighborhood, and judging from the accent, it doesn't seem like she's from the Jiangnan City area."

"That means he's from out of town?" Officer Wang asked.

"Yeah." The uncle nodded silently and said thoughtfully:
"Judging from the accent, it sounds like he came from out of town. The young man is not very old. He looks like a college student who has just graduated."

"Anyway, he has a childish look on his face, but he is very good at talking. After just chatting with me for a few words, I can feel that this guy is very good at talking."

"Is that so?" Lu Weiwei suddenly became interested after hearing what the uncle said.

It seems that this is different from everyone's previous guesses about the mysterious man.

Based on Hu Xueli's introduction and the integration of various clues, everyone found out that the other party may be a middle-aged man, at least a middle-aged man with a deep city.

But now, everyone is tracing here bit by bit based on clues, but the final result is that the other party is a young man.

This directly subverts everyone's understanding.

Of course, is this young man that the uncle is talking about the mysterious person who came to visit? At the moment, it's not very clear.

So Gu Chen asked him confirmingly: "Uncle, have you asked him what he is doing here?"

"Yes." The uncle put his hands in his pockets and said thoughtfully:

"I remember that he bought a bottle of water at that time. I saw that he was a strange face, so I asked him out of curiosity, what was he doing here?"

"Then how did he answer?" Gu Chen asked.

"He seemed to say that he came here to find friends, right? That's what he said at the time."

The uncle held his chin in thought and continued to explain: "I asked him at that time, who was he looking for? He said a classmate."

"I said, there is no one I don't know who lives here, so I asked him more, but this young man didn't seem to want to reveal anything, so he just said that I might know him, and then he hurriedly left after paying the money. .”

"I thought at the time, maybe he was a friend of our residents here? I didn't think much about it."

"After all, our community is usually relatively deserted, and most of the people living here are middle-aged and elderly people."

"Only during the Chinese New Year period will many people's children come back here with their children."

"At that time, this place was the busiest."

"Okay." Seeing that the uncle didn't get much information from the other party, Gu Chen could only give up.

At this moment, a gust of cool wind blew, and everyone could not help but shrink their necks.

Seeing that he was wasting too much time, Gu Chen quickly said: "Uncle, bring us five bottles of water."

"Okay." Seeing that Gu Chen and others wanted to buy something, the uncle quickly turned around and entered the house.

Not long after, the uncle came to the door holding 5 bottles of mineral water.

After Gu Chen scanned the QR code to pay, he said goodbye to the uncle and led everyone back to the vehicle.

Everyone who returned to the car felt the warmth again. Zeng Huaqiang, who was sitting in the back seat, also quickly asked Gu Chen: "Officer Gu, do you think that mysterious man is really a young man?"

"You are a young man, don't you know?" Gu Chen looked at Zeng Huaqiang in the mirror through the rearview mirror in the car.

Zeng Huaqiang was stunned for a moment, and then said slowly: "That said, I seem to have an impression."

"That's right, I borrowed fire from that person in the Magic City before. Although that person wrapped himself tightly, from the sound of his voice, he sounded like he was a young man."

"We just chatted casually for a few words. Anyway, that person seemed to be very familiar with me."

Scratching his cheek, Zeng Huaqiang continued: "I was just hanging out on the construction site every day. After all, I was doing some simple work."

"So, I didn't think too much about it. After listening to his suggestion, I wanted to try my luck here in Jiangnan City. I felt that if there was such a good project, it would be possible to come here."

With a sigh, Zeng Huaqiang continued to explain:
"Later, since I took over this inn, it feels pretty good. At least it makes more money than I did in Magic City, so I trust him."

"Young man?" Officer Wang, who was sitting next to Zeng Huaqiang, also unscrewed the bottle cap, drank the mineral water in his hand, and said thoughtfully:

"A young man could be involved in so many things?"

"Moreover, in order to get the button of this eagle totem, I went to a lot of trouble. It feels not easy."

"Isn't it?" As soon as Officer Wang finished speaking, Lu Weiwei, the co-pilot in the front seat, also said quickly:

"Moreover, the remuneration given to people like them is quite high, ranging from ten thousand to twenty thousand. It feels like there is no shortage of money at all."

"If there is nothing special about the button of the eagle totem, then why spend so much money and energy to get it?"

After the words fell, Lu Weiwei turned her eyes to Zeng Huaqiang again and asked:
"By the way, Zeng Huaqiang, how much do you know about the buttons of this eagle totem?"

"I don't understand anything?" He felt that this question was a bit difficult for him. Zeng Huaqiang, who was sitting in the back seat of the vehicle, felt very depressed and quickly explained:
"To be honest, I am also very interested in this person's identity, especially when I got the button with the eagle totem. I feel like, how much is this thing worth?"

"Do I need that guy to pay me so much to do things?"

With a faint sigh, Zeng Huaqiang continued to explain: "To be honest, I had doubts at the time. After taking the button of the eagle totem back to the room, I checked it specifically."

"Then did you find anything?" Yuan Shasha asked him.

Zeng Huaqiang smiled bitterly and shook his head helplessly: "What can I find? Just feel that the buttons of this eagle totem are relatively fine in workmanship. It should be a very good work of art, right?"

"Anyway, I'm just a layman. I can't understand something that's too elegant, and I can't see what its value is."

"But one thing I know very well is that this thing should be priceless to that person."

"In my hands, it may not be of much value, but in that person's hands, it might be."

With a sigh, Zeng Huaqiang also said with a melancholy look on his face: "Now that I think about it, I feel that the things I have experienced are quite interesting."

After thinking for a moment, Zeng Huaqiang quickly looked at Gu Chen and the others and asked, "What is that? Comrade police, I am just doing things for others. What is involved in this? I don't know anything?"

"I just want to make a little money and earn some money for running errands, that's all."

"We'll talk about this later." Gu Chen, who started the vehicle, also continued to explain:
"If it is involved in a major crime, you are indirectly helping the suspect to commit criminal activities."

"What's more, the button of the eagle totem itself was stolen from someone else's store."

"But didn't he give it back in the end?" Hearing what Gu Chen said, Zeng Huaqiang's heart skipped a beat and he quickly explained.

Lu Weiwei, who was sitting in the passenger seat, also snorted coldly and explained:

"It's like if you go to someone's store and steal something, when you steal it out, it's already an act of theft."

"You can't say that nothing will happen if I go back, right?"

"I...I know, but I don't know. Did someone steal this thing? I don't know." Faced with Lu Weiwei's remarks, Zeng Huaqiang also defended himself in various ways.

When Officer Wang heard this, he also smiled and said: "Zeng Huaqiang, don't you know there is something wrong with this thing?"

"I don't know." Faced with Officer Wang's question, Zeng Huaqiang shook his head like a rattle.

Officer Wang grinned directly: "You don't know? When someone pays you so much, you should know very well how dangerous this thing is?"

"Otherwise, why would others choose such a remote ruins of a chemical plant to trade with you?"

"Moreover, the remuneration given to you is also ridiculously high. The secret location and the high remuneration. Add these elements together, huh, I don't believe it. Don't you know the secret behind this?"

"Okay." Seeing that he didn't have many secrets in front of these policemen.

In other words, it was difficult for the other party to be convinced by his own statements. Zeng Huaqiang sighed heavily and said helplessly:

"I admit that when I got these benefits, I had doubts, but I also thought about it. This is a relatively finely crafted handicraft, not a contraband? It's not even a cultural relic."

With a heavy sigh, Zeng Huaqiang continued to explain: "My idea at the time was very simple. As long as this thing is not contraband, then it's okay if I help people run errands and deliver goods?"

"As for why the other party chose this secret location? This is not something I should care about. I just do my own thing."

Looking up at Gu Chen who was driving, Zeng Huaqiang said again: "Comrade police, I really never thought that I was committing a crime."

"We'll talk about this later." Gu Chen didn't want to argue with Zeng Huaqiang about this issue in the car, because He Junchao's call had already been placed on his mobile phone.

... (end of this chapter)