disappearing gold

Chapter 57 Suspected footprints of Fan
  The master and apprentice walked through the dense wall-like inner layer of the jungle and returned to the villa area. At this time, it was past lunch time and the whole villa was empty.

It seems that Xiao Li hasn't arrived yet, and the Qingcheng City Criminal Police Station is far away from here.

Lao Sun's stomach habitually secreted gastric acid. The acid suddenly stirred her stomach and caused severe pain. She couldn't help but cover her stomach.

Zhu Lan noticed something unusual and asked urgently: "Master, what's wrong with you?"

"It's okay, it's an old problem." Old Sun waved his hand, looking indifferent.

"Why haven't you recovered yet? Did you not take any medicine?"

Master's condition is not serious and he has had gastric ulcer for several years.

"I forgot to check again after eating, so I just eat intermittently!" Lao Sun explained.

But there is a more important reason. Lao Sun is too busy at work and is used to eating fast food during the investigation. He has no time to take care of his body and stomach.

Zhu Lan suggested, "Master, let's go down the mountain now. Isn't there instant noodles in the car?"

"Okay, let's work later."

The two of them walked down the mountain together and returned to the car. There was hot water in the car, so the two of them brewed instant noodles in the instant noodle box. After a while, the water boiled, the instant noodles became soft, and the aroma came out. The master and the apprentice began to feast on the food, making a sound of eating.

After eating and drinking, they rushed to the villa again.

Zhu Lan asked her master curiously: "Master, is there really gold under the cement?"

"Who knows? Maybe there is, maybe not."

"Why?" Zhu Lan planned to get to the bottom of it.

Lao Sun shook his head slightly. After eating instant noodles, his stomach seemed to feel better. There was an obvious feeling that his stomach was filled with foreign matter.

"Maybe the murderer took it away. Don't forget that there was a gold nugget at the murder scene where Huang Min died." She reminded.

Lao Sun decided to dig out the cement pile in the utility room first, picked up a hoe and started digging. Zhu Lan used a shovel to dig hard at the cement pile. Hardening cement requires a lot of effort.

Time after time, it took half an hour to dig through the seemingly inconspicuous pile of cement.

Fortunately, the hard cement did not damage the cutting edges of the farm tools, otherwise there would be no way to explain.

They finally dug it up and removed it.

However, it looked like there was nothing on the floor after the cement was removed. Lao Sun cleared away the remaining cement, exposing the cement floor. But there was nothing special about it. "Isn't the thing under there?" she murmured.

"Maybe it's on the other side. Let's wait until we finish digging that side before we make plans." Zhu Lan said.

But to dig out the cement pile next to the spiral staircase, we have to wait for Xiao Li to extract the footprints before we can start.

Time passed minute by minute, and finally it came to evening. Xiao Li rushed over against the setting sun, covered in dust.

"If you don't come, we will all leave." Zhu Lan teased.

Xiao Li's eyes widened, "Hey! I gave you a big white goose. Is this how you repay me?"

Zhu Lan rolled her eyes, "Your big white goose is much cuter than you."

Xiao Li and Lao Sun laughed.

"Captain Sun, where are the suspicious footprints?" Xiao Li asked.

Lao Sun pointed to the cement behind the hall and spiral staircase, near the door of the utility room, "Here, and here."

"By the way, we just walked along the corner of the wall. The footprints under the wall are mine and master's." Zhu Lan added.

Xiao Li nodded and looked at the hall, "There are quite a few footprints!" He first took photos of the footprints on the ground, and then tried to extract the footprints through plaster modeling. Since the footprints are large and messy, he needs time to test. If one method doesn't work, another extraction method must be used.

In short, Xiao Li was very busy at work this evening. Lao Sun and Lao Sun Zhulan have been accompanying him at the scene.

Two days later, Xiao Li finally found two pairs of complete footprints, one pair was longer and the other was shorter.

Comparing it with the footprints of the deceased, there was no match. Therefore, no one knows who the two pairs of footprints belong to.

Lao Sun thought of the police officers searching the mountain, and told the chief to compare the footprints of the police officers sent to reinforce the search that day.

The director said: "Are you stupid? Wouldn't it be great to find the police officers who searched Song Hui's villa?"

"That's it, but who knows who the police officer who searched this villa is?" Lao Sun said.

"I'll take care of this while you continue to investigate the case." The director stroked the few remaining hairs.

Lao Sun walked out of the director's office.

Yes, she was going to find Xiao Feng to ask about the monitoring and investigation situation.

But Xiao Feng had a bitter look, "Captain Sun, I didn't see Song Xiaofan at all, but there are a lot of people with similar stature to him."

He rubbed his hands, looking embarrassed.

After a pause, he continued, "Do you think Song Xiaofan put on makeup and dressed up as a woman? Don't you see that there are many men disguising themselves as women in short videos nowadays? It's easy for any good-looking man to dress up as a woman."

Lao Sun pressed his eyebrows and said, "Such a heavy taste? But it's not impossible. After all, it's impossible for a living person to spread his wings and escape, right?"

Xiao Feng couldn't help but feel happy when he got Team Sun's understanding. One sentence was enough to offset the hard work he had put in for many days to investigate and monitor.

"You continue to investigate." Lao Sun ordered.

On the third day, two uniformed police officers came to the police station. As soon as they entered, they went straight to Lao Sun's office.

"Who are you?" Lao Sun asked.

"Police officers searching the mountain." The two said in unison.

"Okay, come with me." Lao Sun took them to Xiao Li's place.

When Xiao Li saw this, he immediately compared their footprints. It turned out that one of the tall police officers had left complete footprints at the scene. He is 175cm tall, slightly chubby, and wears size 43 shoes. The sole patterns left at the scene are exactly what he wears today.

"What a coincidence, you are wearing the same pair of shoes today."

"The director specifically ordered it."

Based on another pair of complete footprints, it can be inferred that this person is tall, about 75 years old, and weighs about kilograms. People who move around all year round are those who often go out and about. The shoe pattern is in a diamond pattern. After some investigation, I found out that these shoes can be bought everywhere on the street. This discovery is not particularly unique and cannot be identified.

After seeing off the two police officers, he said: "Could the footprints be those of the murderer?
  "It's possible to apply these data to Song Xiaofan." Lao Sun said.

Xiao Li slapped his head and shouted, "Hey, there is a match."

"You still need to personally measure Song Xiaofan's footprints to be sure." Lao Sun said.

However, she thought about the connection between the two murder scenes. Why was there no trace of the deceased or the murderer found in Lingfeng Mountain?

If the murderer was really one person, how could he cross a large block and kill two people?

What happened on the night of March 3, and what was the chase between the three people? What is their escape route?
  Lao Sun decided to return to the villa that Song Hui had purchased. Now that Xiao Li had extracted the footprints, she was not afraid of destroying the cement pile.

So, is there gold hidden under the cement pile, or is there other more important physical evidence hidden?
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