I am a super cop

Thinking of Hemu Village, Gu Chen actually had many doubts before, including all aspects of Hemu Village.

Especially the subtle relationship between Lao Momo and the villagers. Logically speaking, everyone is from the same village, even though there is a huge cultural gap between Lao Momo and the villagers.

But it was impossible to pretend to be dumb just to avoid talking to the villagers.

This is the first doubt.

Of course, there is another doubt. There seems to be some gap between the villagers and this old wood.

This is tantamount to drawing a clear line between the small remaining population in the village and the old wood.

But according to Gu Chen's opinion, Lao Mumu, as the former principal of the town's central primary school, should be quite popular among the villagers. But now that he is like this, it is difficult for Gu Chen to understand all aspects of it.

But now Lao Mumu is missing, and these luggage suddenly appear in Lao Mumo's home.

It seems to be telling myself that the luggage was brought by the old wood. As for where the old wood went? This does not seem to be an issue for the villagers to consider.

"Maybe these luggages are not necessarily brought by Lao Mumu." After Gu Chen pondered for a moment, he finally expressed what he was thinking.

Lu Weiwei took a step forward and said, "I also think there is something fishy about this matter. I'm not stupid. He should know what he should do?"

"Isn't it unnecessary to take Xiao Yuan and Yan Zi's luggage to their old house?"

"That's only one possibility." As soon as Lu Weiwei finished speaking, Officer Wang stepped forward and said:

"That is, someone deliberately placed these luggage in Lao Mu's home, and then led us to believe that this was Lao Mu's doing."

"But now, the old wood has disappeared, so we can't judge. Isn't this the result the other party wants us to see?"

"Harmful!" Listening to what Officer Wang said, Lu Qiang couldn't help but scratch the back of his head and said angrily: "How could this happen?"

"This village is getting more and more confusing."

Turning to look in the direction of Gu Chen, Lu Qiang quickly asked: "Officer Gu, what do you think is going on in this matter? Where is Lao Mumu?"

"I guess I'm still in the village." Gu Chen said.

"Still in the village? You mean, Old Wood was taken away and imprisoned somewhere in the village?" Lu Qiang seemed to have this awareness.

Gu Chen nodded silently and said involuntarily:

"Yes, it seems unrealistic to be able to take people away at night, or in other words, take them away from Hemu Village."

"But there are many vacant old houses in Hemu Village. These old houses can completely hide people."

"So what Junior Brother Gu means is that the old wood might be locked up in an old house somewhere?" Lu Weiwei said.

"Yes." Gu Chen nodded silently and couldn't help but said: "So, we must now search all the vacant houses in the village to see where the old principal is?"

"This is a big project." Officer Wang put his chin in his hands and thought, looking towards the door, and couldn't help but said: "We need the village chief's help."

"Maybe the village chief also has a problem?" Lu Weiwei whispered.

Lu Qiang on the side said slowly: "Whether the village chief has any problems or not, we can let them lead the way. We just need to line up someone to follow, so that we can be divided into different groups."

"And the village chief should be able to call a few people to help."

"It makes sense." After listening to Lu Qiang's explanation, Gu Chen agreed and said:

"Ask them to send out as many people as they can. We will send one person from each group to follow. The key point is that our people will be responsible for inspection, and the people in their village will be responsible for leading the way."

"Well, that's okay." Seeing that Gu Chen had said so, Officer Wang didn't have much opinion.

As soon as everyone gathered together, they immediately arrived at the door.

Later, Officer Wang also communicated everyone's thoughts with the village chief.

The village chief was a little panicked at the moment, especially when Officer Wang said that Lao Mumu might have been kidnapped, his heart skipped a beat.

"Comrade police, have you made any mistake? Lao Mu was kidnapped? Why did you kidnap him?"

"We don't know this yet, but judging from the situation in the room, the old wood may have been taken away."

"And the person who took away Lao Mu may be the person who kidnapped Yanzi and Xiao Yuan. Therefore, we must search Hemu Village inside and outside."

"But……"

"Village chief." The old village chief seemed to want to refute again, but Lu Qiang interrupted directly:

"Just listen to them. There is a lot of suspicion in Hemu Village now, especially since people are missing one after another."

"Harm! Okay then." Seeing that Lu Qiang had said this, the old village chief could only sigh and said slowly:

"The village is full of middle-aged and elderly people. I can only find three gentlemen for you, okay?"

"Okay." Gu Chen quickly agreed.

……

……

After that, everyone still stayed where they were and waited quietly.

The old village chief went from house to house calling people out.

Not long after, the old village chief led a middle-aged man and two old men directly to the crowd.

The old village chief also said meaningfully: "There are only a dozen or so people in the village. I have found all the people I can find for you."

"Thank you, everyone." Upon seeing this, Gu Chen walked directly to everyone and communicated with them:

"It's really a bit embarrassing to ask everyone to come over and help so early in the morning, but the situation is urgent and we can only do this."

Looking back at his colleagues, Gu Chen said again:

"Next, we will be divided into four groups. We will form a team with our people and the villagers of Hemu Village. You will lead the way and we will cooperate with the search. Do you understand?"

Gu Chen also briefly discussed with everyone about the grouping.

A middle-aged man looked around and sighed helplessly: "But, comrade policeman, that old idiot, could he have gone out for a walk by himself and not come back? Isn't this the first time he has done this?"

"Yes." As soon as the middle-aged man finished speaking, another old man also complained:

"That old guy usually gets up early. If he's not at home this early in the morning, he must have gone out for a walk."

"Not really." Seeing that the others were talking more and more enthusiastically, Gu Chen quickly interrupted and said:

"We checked the old principal's bedroom. In his bedroom, the bedding was neatly folded."

"And judging from the situation at the scene, it is very likely that he did not sleep in the bedroom last night, so we suspect that he may have encountered some accident."

Looking back at the living room of Lao Mumu's old house, Gu Chen said again:

"Also, Yanzi and Xiaoyuan's luggage appeared inexplicably at the old principal's home."

"But the old principal seems to have not returned to the bedroom to rest all night. Isn't this suspicious?"

Hearing what Gu Chen said, although everyone was unhappy in every way, they had nothing to say at the moment.

The middle-aged man said angrily: "Then what do you want to do? We listen to you."

"Let me team up with you." As soon as the middle-aged man finished speaking, Gu Chen took the initiative to ask to team up with the middle-aged man.

The middle-aged man's expression was blank, and he quickly turned to look at the other people.

Gu Chen continued: "Everyone quickly divide into groups. We will immediately start searching every house in Hemu Village."

"Does it also include the house we live in?" another old man said.

Gu Chen nodded silently: "I said, it's every house in Hemu Village."

After hearing Gu Chen's words, everyone seemed to have lost their temper.

It felt like this group of police officers seemed to be quite difficult to maintain, but finding someone was important, so we didn't care too much.

So, everyone was divided into four groups according to the previous arrangement.

Gu Chen and the middle-aged man started searching directly from the innermost part of Hemu Village.

While walking up the mountain with the middle-aged man, Gu Chen also had a casual conversation with the middle-aged man:

"By the way, you can go up the mountain here, right?"

"Yes." Hearing this, the middle-aged man nodded silently and took the initiative to explain:

"Going over there, there is a trail that leads to a waterfall on the mountain."

"Because the scenery is beautiful, many people often pass by here."

"But because these people always leave all kinds of garbage in the mountains, some people even light fires for picnics at the waterfall, which seriously affects forest fire safety."

With a faint sigh, the middle-aged man continued: "So, we have already issued rules here, that is, outsiders are not allowed to go up the mountain. As long as we go to the mountain or to the waterfall, we will not allow entry. "

"But now, there are two teams camping in this mountain." As soon as the middle-aged man finished speaking, Gu Chen added directly.

The middle-aged man's expression was stunned: "What did you say? There are two camping teams in this mountain? You didn't lie to me, did you?"

"How could I lie to you?" Seeing that the middle-aged man didn't believe it, Gu Chen briefly told the middle-aged man about the situation where he and his colleagues walked backwards in the mountains yesterday.

When the middle-aged man heard this, he was stunned:

"At this time, there are so many outdoor hikers going up the mountain? Oh my, I really didn't expect it."

"In the past, when we saw someone trying to go up the mountain, we would stop them and then persuade them to return."

"But how did these people get up the mountain? Why don't we know anything about the situation here?"

"I'm sure you don't understand." Seeing that the middle-aged man was a little confused, Gu Chen quickly explained:

"These people actually wait until after dark. Some of them go up the mountain early in the morning before you get up."

"Anyway, they all sneaked up the mountain to avoid the crowds in Hemu Village."

"Is that so?" After hearing what Gu Chen said, the middle-aged man immediately understood the whole story and said in a bad mood:

"Harm! We have already done a good enough job, but if we sneak up the mountain, there is nothing we can do."

"After all, you can't always guard the intersection, right?"

"That's right, I don't blame you." After hearing what the middle-aged man said, Gu Chen nodded silently.

When he was about to reach the last old house in Hemu Village, Gu Chen quickly asked the middle-aged man again:

"By the way, what do you think of Lao Mumu?"

"Old wood?" Turning to look at Gu Chen, the middle-aged man quickly replied:

"Old Mumu is actually quite aloof. To be honest, people in the village don't like him very much."

"Why? Just because you are noble?" Gu Chen said.

"Yes." The middle-aged man nodded silently and said involuntarily:

"Didn't he once be the principal of the town's central primary school? Therefore, he especially likes to preach and always talks to you in an educational tone."

"But you also know that in our village, many old people are rough and don't study much, so there will be a bit of a generation gap when communicating with them."

"Moreover, he likes to talk to you in the tone of a principal, which makes everyone feel that he is pretending. After all, he is no longer the principal. Do you think this is true?"

"Okay." Seeing that the reason why Lao Mumu is not favored by the villagers is entirely due to the problems he inherited from when he was the principal, that is, he is too aloof and even a little out of touch with the masses.

Of course, Gu Chen could have guessed these before, so Gu Chen said again: "Then I heard that this old woodhead started to have some mental problems after he fell ill. Is this the case?"

"Absolutely." The middle-aged man nodded silently and said involuntarily:

"Anyway, there is an event in the village. It is a traditional festival in our village."

"That night, the village was quite lively. Because the customs were different from other villages, many surrounding villagers came to join in the fun."

"But that night, someone discovered that this old wood fell one by one in the woods. He seemed to have fainted."

"When our villagers found out, they immediately sent a car to take him to the hospital."

"But when he woke up, his mind suddenly became a little unclear. Later, he even became a little dementia. He couldn't hear you when you spoke to him."

"Even though I heard it, I don't know how to communicate with you."

Arriving in front of the last old wooden house, the middle-aged man and Gu Chen stopped and said slowly:

"Anyway, his family later came from other places and took him to a good hospital in the city or province for examination. Anyway, the doctor couldn't feel what was wrong with him."

"The final diagnosis seems to be some Alzheimer's disease, right?"

"Then what happened when he fainted in the woods?" Gu Chen asked again.

"Harmful!" the middle-aged man sighed, and said in retrospect: "It seems to be saying that you are too tired, right?"

"After all, this person used to be the principal of a primary school, and he spent a lot of energy worrying about it every day."

"So, my health has not been good, I was a little weak, and I fainted on the ground. It may have been caused by fatigue. Anyway, that's what the doctor said, but is it specific? We don't know."

"But since then, this old piece of wood has really become a piece of wood. It's hard to explain to people. Later, he stopped talking to us at all."

"Okay." Knowing that Lao Mumu was still in this situation, Gu Chen felt quite sorry.

However, through my communication with Lao Momu yesterday, I learned that Lao Momo's condition was actually all fake.

Perhaps at that time, Lao Momu had also felt the indifference of the people in the village, so he, who was relatively noble, chose to pretend to be crazy and act stupid in order to reduce meaningless communication with the villagers.

But this way, Qingjing became much quieter, but there was no one to talk to him.

For ordinary people, it is very painful when no one talks to you every day.

So Gu Chen always suspected Lao Mumu's real motive for pretending to be stupid? It always feels like this is not the case.

"This is the house of a family in our village. After this family moved away, they have not returned for a long time."

Walking forward, the middle-aged man picked up the door lock, showed it to Gu Chen and said, "Look, this door lock is already rusty."

When Gu Chen came to the door, he first checked the door lock.

Sure enough, as the middle-aged man stated, the door lock was already rusty.

Moreover, the dust around is also very thick.

Just now, the middle-aged man wiped off some dust on the door lock with just a touch of his hand.

Gu Chen knew immediately that the door was not open, so he quickly said, "Go to the back door and have a look." "Okay, I'll listen to you." Seeing that Gu Chen was going to the back door, the middle-aged man also took the initiative to lead the way.

But when Gu Chen came to the entrance of the yard at the back, he discovered that the inside of the yard was already covered with vines.

The plants engulfed the entire yard, and some plants even began to extend directly along the old house.

Many parts of the old house are wrapped by some withered vines.

Gu Chen picked up the key to the back door, which was still rusty.

The dust is also very thick, and a fingerprint can appear when you touch it with your hand.

"It seems that no one has been here." Gu Chen put down the door lock, walked directly to the window, and checked all the windows according to the inspection rules in the front row.

After making sure that all the windows were locked, Gu Chen gave up and reminded the middle-aged man beside him: "Let's go to the next house."

In this way, Gu Chen, led by the middle-aged man, began to search along the houses on the edge of Hemu Village towards the central area.

But when Gu Chen and Lu Weiwei's team met, Lu Weiwei had nothing to gain.

"Junior Brother Gu." When she came to Gu Chen, Lu Weiwei also sighed and said, "No one has ever lived in the old houses here, and the door locks are all rusty."

"Same here." Gu Chen replied, sighing helplessly.

So Lu Weiwei quickly asked: "Could it be that this old idiot is not in the village at all?"

"Maybe." Gu Chen nodded silently and couldn't help but said: "I mean, he might be hiding somewhere in Hemu Village, but it's not necessarily true."

"We can only make a final conclusion after we search all the houses here."

Turning to look around, Gu Chen asked Lu Weiwei: "By the way, Senior Sister Lu, has the house over there been inspected?"

"Ah?" After hearing Gu Chen's words, Lu Weiwei turned around and shook her head in denial: "No, I inspected all the way from here, but this house hasn't been inspected yet."

"Then let's go and take a look." Gu Chen said.

"Yes." Lu Weiwei nodded silently, and then said to the middle-aged man and village chief behind her:

"Let's go over and take a look."

"Okay." The old village chief seemed unhappy, but Lu Weiwei and Gu Chen were going, and there was nothing he could do to stop her.

He could only follow Gu Chen and Lu Weiwei honestly together with the middle-aged men in the village.

Not long after, everyone arrived at the door.

Since the old houses here all have a unified structure, although there are some differences in the appearance of the buildings, the structures are very similar.

Just like what he had checked before, Gu Chen followed the procedure and checked the door lock first.

The door lock here is still rusty and covered with dust.

Gu Chen just took the door lock in his hand and looked at it, then let go and put it down, and came to the window.

Gu Chen first checked the position of the window gap to make sure there was no thick dust and no friction.

Gu Chen even pulled the window with his hand to make sure that the windows were all locked from the inside, and then greeted everyone:

"Let's go and take a look behind."

"Comrade police, how long have you been checking for?" After hearing Gu Chen's words, the old village chief also looked unhappy.

It seemed that he had been doing this kind of seemingly unnecessary work all morning, which made the old village chief quite complaining.

The middle-aged man on the side quickly came over to help and said, "Yes, so many houses have been inspected this early in the morning. How could Lao Mumu be locked up in the village?"

"Just go and take a look and you'll find out." Gu Chen would not stop searching just because of the villagers' complaints.

As far as I am concerned, I am only one old piece of wood away from finding clues.

So everyone walked around the front row of the house and came to the backyard.

Like other houses, there is a fenced backyard at the back of the old house.

But because this place has been abandoned for a long time, many withered and yellow vines have wrapped the fence.

But when Gu Chen walked to the door, he found that some of the plants at the entrance of the yard seemed to have signs of being trampled on.

Just when Lu Weiwei was about to move forward, Gu Chen stopped Lu Weiwei and said, "Wait a minute."

"What's wrong, Junior Brother Gu?" Lu Weiwei looked at Gu Chen with a confused look, and then followed Gu Chen's gaze to the ground.

Seeing traces of plants being trampled, Lu Weiwei quickly took out her mobile phone, took pictures of the situation, and muttered:

"Someone has been here before."

"Yes." Gu Chen looked around and nodded to confirm.

After seeing what Gu Chen and Lu Weiwei were doing, the old village chief and the middle-aged man looked at each other and hurried to the two of them.

"What's wrong?" The old village chief looked confused.

"Someone has been here recently." Gu Chen pointed to the fallen weeds with his toes and continued:

"You see, there are obvious traces of trampling here, and the plants were trampled down. However, judging from the situation at the scene, the time when the plants were trampled should not be too long. I estimate that it was last night."

"Last night?" After hearing what Gu Chen said, the old village chief was also stunned.

The middle-aged man on the side also hurriedly stepped forward and said: "Could it be that someone really came here last night? Then, the door lock..."

Having said this, the middle-aged man quickly looked towards the door subconsciously.

Gu Chen didn't care too much and could only remind everyone to go around the folded position, enter from the side, and arrive at the gate of the backyard.

However, at this moment, the sharp-eyed Gu Chen discovered at a glance that the lock position of the back door seemed to have been touched by someone.

It seems dust is the best evidence.

"How could this happen? This door lock has signs of being tampered with."

While talking, Gu Chen had already arrived at the door.

At this moment, Gu Chen discovered that the door lock was new.

Lu Weiwei, who was the second to arrive, was stunned when she saw this scene: "How could this happen? Aren't the door locks of the vacant old houses here all rusty?"

"Why? Why is the door lock of this old house new?"

"This..." The middle-aged man in the back row subconsciously glanced at the old village chief and said with a puzzled look on his face:

"We don't know this, and we don't know who locked it?"

While talking, the middle-aged man asked the old village chief:

"Eh? Old village chief, do you know?"

"How do I know?" After hearing what the middle-aged man said, the old village chief shrank back, as if to draw a clear line from this question.

Gu Chen put on his white gloves and subconsciously pulled on the new door lock.

Seeing that the new door lock was very strong, Gu Chen took off his gloves and contacted Officer Wang on his mobile phone.

Not long after, the call was answered, and Gu Chen quickly asked: "Senior Brother Wang, how is your investigation going?"

"We are still investigating, but there is no trace of old wood here." Officer Wang said.

"Okay, are the tool pliers over there?" Gu Chen asked again.

"Near me, I'm searching near Yanzi's old house." Officer Wang said.

"Okay, hurry up and bring the tool pliers and come to my place. I'm at the innermost part of Hemu Village, at the junction with the work area designated by Senior Sister Lu." Gu Chen said.

There was silence on the other end of the phone for a few seconds, and then Officer Wang asked curiously: "What? Did you find anything?"

"I found a new lock, and the weeds in the backyard of this vacant old house clearly showed signs of being trampled on, and they were recently." Gu Chen said.

"Okay, I understand. I'll come right over with the tool pliers. You guys wait for me there."

Officer Wang learned about the situation and immediately hung up the phone.

Afterwards, everyone circled back to the front row and waited quietly.

After a while, in the fog, the figure of a man holding tool pliers gradually became clear.

Officer Wang came to Gu Chen, handed over the tool pliers and said, "Here's the thing."

Gu Chen picked up the pliers and led everyone to the back of the house without saying a word.

Everyone came to the back door together, and Gu Chen used pliers to easily cut off the new door lock.

As soon as the door lock hit the ground, Officer Wang gently pushed open the back door.

Then there was a rotten smell in the house. The smell was quite unpleasant, but no movement was seen.

"Is there anyone? Is anyone there?" Lu Weiwei did not enter the house immediately, but stood at the door and called inside.

It can be said that in this dim environment, it is an old house.

In addition, it was already surrounded by weeds and looked very strange.

Even the gaps between the floor tiles in the old house have grown moss.

This kind of tranquility gives people a sense of awe.

"The door is locked, how could there be someone inside?" Looking at Lu Weiwei's coquettish operation, the middle-aged man said with a smile.

Lu Weiwei rolled her eyes at him and quickly explained: "What if someone is kidnapped here?" "

Gu Chen didn't think too much about it. After putting on his ankle boots, he was the first to walk into the house.

Suddenly, a strong smell of rotting wood hit his face.

Gu Chen subconsciously looked around, then checked the position in front of him.

Because it is an old house, the floor at the entrance is paved with blue bricks, while the inside of the house is made of cement.

But despite this, the dust on the ground can still explain everything. Gu Chen, who is obsessed with details, squatted down and quickly discovered the fishiness.

"Someone has been here before, and there are obvious footprints on the ground."

"Yes." Following Gu Chen's gaze guidance, Lu Weiwei also echoed:

"There are plants and all kinds of weeds outside, and the weather is cold, so there will be a certain amount of humidity."

"And if someone had been here last night, then there would have been some dew from the plants under their feet, and the ground inside the room would have been relatively dry."

"Especially because it has been unoccupied for a long time, there is a lot of dust inside the house."

"But once a person walks in from the outside, it becomes inevitable that the soles of his feet covered with plant water droplets will leave obvious footprints when they step on the dry and dusty cement floor."

"Haha, there are indeed footprints." Seeing this scene, Officer Wang was overjoyed.

So, Gu Chen followed the position of the footprints and walked all the way inside.

Not long after, Gu Chen arrived at the kitchen.

Because the room is relatively dark and the doors and windows are closed, it gives people an eerie atmosphere.

But fortunately, Gu Chen turned on the strong flashlight, and in an instant, the whole room was filled with light.

Gu Chen found it a little messy based on the footprints inside, but he quickly tracked the location of the kitchen.

Most of the old kitchens in Hemu Village have a brick stove.

On the stove, there is usually a large iron pot.

There were some dry firewood piled around. When Gu Chen and the others first came to Hemu Village, they had a rest by the fire at the old lady's house, so they were familiar with these situations.

But now, since the kitchen has long been unused, it looks empty, with all kinds of debris scattered around.

"Junior Brother Gu, look quickly." While Gu Chen was observing the surrounding environment, Lu Weiwei pointed to another area on the stove and reminded.

Gu Chen walked around the stove and came to the other side. Following Lu Weiwei's prompts, he found that the footprints were very messy at this location.

But when the footprints reached here, they turned back directly.

Officer Wang stepped forward to take a look and said in confusion: "It's strange, why do the footprints end here?"

"It's not the end, there's something else going on here." Gu Chen seemed to see the problem.

Before Lu Weiwei and Officer Wang could recover from their previous questions, Gu Chen had already used both hands to move away a pair of dry firewood piled next to the stove.

Since the dry firewood here is all bundled with hemp rope, it is all in bundles.

When Gu Chen moved all the firewood away, Lu Weiwei and Officer Wang discovered that there seemed to be an entrance to the cellar at the very end of the pile of firewood.

The cellar entrance is a square wooden board.

"What's going on? Is there a cellar here?" Seeing this scene, Lu Weiwei was stunned.

Officer Wang shined a strong flashlight on it and reminded, "See if there is a lock on it?"

"There is an iron buckle." Gu Chen squatted down and directly pulled away the iron bolt fastened to the square wooden board, and then lifted the wooden board upwards.

All kinds of dust were suddenly scattered throughout the kitchen.

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