Zhou Tong Detective Series

Chapter 47 Zhou Tong Detective Series III: Paper Burner (6)
Zhou Tong stood in the primeval jungle with a miniature tape recorder, a little dumbfounded, he had no idea who was going to play such a trick, and what was the purpose?Is it just to scare yourself?impossible!Or do you want to tell me something?Zhou Tong turned his attention to the tape recorder again, and couldn't help studying it over and over again.

This kind of miniature tape recorder is not common. The tape used is almost half the size of the usual tape, and there is no trademark on the tape recorder, so it is impossible to tell where it was produced.However, the operation of the tape recorder is very simple, and it is not much different from the usual tape recorder.

Zhou Tong took out the tape from the tape recorder.

The tape is also specially made without any logo on it.Zhou Tong couldn't help wondering, this kind of equipment is more like something only used by secret agents in the movies of the 60s and [-]s. How could it appear in this deep mountain?He habitually turned the tape over, then inserted it into the tape recorder again, and pressed the play button.

Something unexpected happened.

A voice completely unfamiliar to Zhou Tong came from the tape recorder.

"Go north, turn right when you see Fangshi, go straight ahead, turn right again when you see Fangshi." The voice has been processed, and it sounds quite stiff, but what he said seems to be pointing the way for Zhou Tong.

Holding the tape recorder, Zhou Tong was a little hesitant for a while, wondering if he should do what the tape said, where the other party was going to take him, or if this was a trap at all.

But after thinking for a while, Zhou Tong still took a step towards the north. Now, for him, there was no choice.

However, it is not easy to keep moving in one direction in the jungle.In order not to let himself go wrong, Zhou Tong kept using various methods to determine the direction, such as the orientation of plants. As a result, his walking speed was much slower, and he walked for about an hour before he saw what was said in the recording. the square stone.

To say it is a square stone is indeed an appropriate description. The length and width of the stone are about one meter, and it is square and pressed on a pile of weeds.

Zhou Tong pushed with all his strength, but Fang Shi didn't move.What surprised him even more was that the surface of the stone was as smooth as a mirror, which had obviously been polished. It was certain that such a stone was absolutely impossible to form naturally.

But Fang Shi couldn't find any other problems besides looking weird, so Zhou Tong waved his hands helplessly and gave up continuing to study.According to the recording, turn to the right of Fangshi and continue on.

This time, after walking for about ten minutes, he saw the second square stone. Zhou Tong didn't waste any more time, and followed the instructions in the recording, turning right and moving forward.

In this way, Zhou Tong kept looking for the square stone, and then circled a huge circle in the jungle. When he found the seventh square stone, he found that on the right side of the stone, there was a dense bush and forest.

"Bastard, there is no way to go here!" Panting, Zhou Tong looked at the dense forest and shrubs on the right side of Fang Shi, and couldn't help cursing.

But scolding, he still had to find a way to get through this dense forest.

Searching around, Zhou Tong finally picked up a branch as thick as an arm, which can be used to fend off bushes.He gritted his teeth, lifted the branch, and plunged into the dense forest.

Yan Yongjie and Jin Dan stood beside the grave, neither of them said a word for a long time.

"Did you have an autopsy at that time?" Yan Yongjie asked suddenly.

Jin Dan shook his head and said: "No, after I became a policeman, I checked the information about this case in the file room, and there was no autopsy report in it."

"Ridiculous! This is three lives, how can you be so hasty!" Yan Yongjie said angrily.

Jin Dan heard the words and stood aside without making a sound.

"Who was the policeman who handled this case?" Yan Yongjie looked at Jin Dan and asked.

Just as Jin Dan was about to speak, there was a sound of footsteps and bushes breaking from the woods.

Yan Yongjie immediately stepped forward and covered his mouth.

Yan Yongjie's smooth and white hands were pressed against Jin Dan's lips faintly, and a faint fragrance penetrated into his nostrils.Jin Dan's handsome face immediately turned rosy, and his heartbeat became more rapid, but he hoped that this moment would become eternal.

However, Yan Yongjie flew out like lightning in a moment, reached into the jungle with one hand, and lifted it forcefully.

With a scream, a person was caught by Yan Yongjie.

"Yan Yongjie!"

"Zhou...Zhou Tong!"

The person in Yan Yongjie's hand was the blood-stained, disheveled and unkempt Zhou Tong.

Due to the great shock, Yan Yongjie almost forgot to let go of Zhou Tong's neck. Zhou Tong's face was flushed red, and he was almost out of breath.

"Yan Yongjie!" Jin Dan on the side immediately stepped forward and patted Yan Yongjie on the shoulder.

Only then did Yan Yongjie come back to her senses, and hastily let go of her hand.

"Cough...cough...you...you want my life!" Zhou Tong let out a sigh of relief.

Unexpectedly, Yan Yongjie's eyes were red at this time, and there was even a trace of tears faintly.

Zhou Tong, who wanted to continue venting his grievances at first, immediately calmed down when he saw Yan Yongjie's expression.

Yan Yongjie turned around in a hurry, wiped away her tears, and tried her best to restore her icy appearance.

"Yong Jie, miss me?" Zhou Tong completely forgot how embarrassed she was just now, straightened her waist, and held Yan Yongjie's hand recklessly.

Yan Yongjie was so amused by Zhou Tong's appearance that she couldn't help but want to laugh, but when she thought of Jin Dan by her side, her face flushed immediately, and then she threw away Zhou Tong's hand without thinking, and then kicked him on the ass.

"Do you want to court death again?"

Jin Dan looked dumbfounded from the sidelines, but he was smart after all. Listening to their conversation, and then looking at their respective expressions, he already guessed that this guy who appeared suddenly must be Yan Yongjie's missing friend, but he didn't expect that he would so young.

"Hello, my name is Jin Dan, you must be Zhou Tong, right?" Jin Dan extended his hand friendly.

Zhou Tong had already seen Jin Dan wearing a police uniform, but because he suddenly saw Yan Yongjie just now, he also forgot about it for a while.

"Sorry, sorry." Zhou Tong held Jin Dan's hand like an old friend and apologized repeatedly.

"Okay, it's close, where have you been this week?" Yan Yongjie asked sharply.

"One week?" Zhou Tong's mind buzzed immediately, and what the Miao youth said echoed in his ears again.

"It was Chen Xiang who knocked you out, that happened more than a week ago... It was the heart-wrenching Gu, she used the heart-breaking Gu on you..."

"Zhou Tong, what's wrong with you?" Seeing Zhou Tong's dull expression, Yan Yongjie's heart tightened.

But Zhou Tong didn't seem to hear Yan Yongjie's words, turned his head in a daze, looked at the mysterious jungle behind him, and muttered: "Mindlessness Gu, is there really a heartbreaker Gu?"

Section 8 Arrest
Beijing Tiantan Hospital, located in the southwest of Tiantan Park, is the leading hospital in China for cranial nerve research.In a courtyard deep in the hospital, that is, in the ward of the Institute of Neurology, Zhou Tong is lying quietly on a hospital bed, surrounded by various sophisticated instruments and electronic equipment, as well as several top domestic experts. Brain specialists stood aside.

Yan Yongjie stood outside the ward, watching everything inside nervously through the transparent window on the door.

Zhou Tong amnesia?No, it's not completely amnesia. He just forgot what happened in the jungle for a week. If he didn't know that Zhou Tong would never lie about this matter, I'm afraid no one would believe it. what he said.But now it is useless to just believe in yourself.

Thinking of this, Yan Yongjie turned her head and glanced at the three police officers behind her.Their faces were full of impatience. If the special criminal investigation team hadn't come forward, the three of them would have rushed in to arrest people.

Yan Yongjie turned her head again and sighed softly.She never expected that on the second day after finding Zhou Tong, the local police found a female corpse in the jungle. Zhou Tong's footprints were all on the corpse, the scene of the crime, and even the rope that strangled the woman. , Fingerprints and Hair.All the evidence at the scene proved that Zhou Tong was the murderer.When the police asked Zhou Tong about this matter, Zhou Tong's answer turned out to be three words - "I don't remember", other than that, he didn't say anything.The police immediately applied for an arrest warrant to arrest people.

Yan Yongjie would never believe that Zhou Tong killed someone, but Zhou Tong's explanation to her was much more detailed, but the general meaning was still the same, that is, he had no memory of what happened during the week in the jungle. When she woke up, she saw Chen Xiang being hung on a tree, dead for a long time.In order to prevent the police from arresting people, Yan Yongjie had to report the whole incident to Sun Yaoming, the leader of the special criminal investigation team.Although Sun Yaoming also believed that Zhou Tong was innocent, but the murder case involved and the local police had such strong evidence, he could not intervene. The only thing he could do was to arrange for Zhou Tong to have a detailed brain examination first.

But now, the results of the examination are especially important. If it can be proved that Zhou Tong has indeed lost his memory, then there is still room for maneuver in the case. Otherwise, all the evidence will be against Zhou Tong, and he will definitely be found guilty in court.

But right now there are still things that give Yan Yongjie a headache. One is Zhou Tong's mother, Song Xin, who is also her former teacher, hastily rushed back from abroad when she knew something happened to her son; Knowing that Zhou Tong was missing, he also flew over from Southern University.Calculating the time, the two of them will arrive at the hospital in a short time, and if the police want to arrest them, they don't know what will happen.When Yan Yongjie thought of being caught in the middle, her forehead couldn't stop sweating...

While Yan Yongjie was in a trance, the examination by several medical experts was over, and they left the ward.

"Officer Yan." Wang Huiren, the leader of the expert team, opened the door of the ward, saw Yan Yongjie who was in a daze, and called out.

Yan Yongjie immediately came back to her senses, seeing that Wang Huiren had brought a group of experts out, her heart tightened, and she asked, "Professor Wang, how is the situation?"

Wang Huiren shook his head, and said with certainty: "We have conducted a detailed examination of his brain and found no problems, and frankly speaking, we have never encountered a situation like his amnesia...but the brain The organization is very complex, and even today, the medical community has very limited understanding of brain organization, so there's really not much we can do about it."

Yan Yongjie was stunned immediately when she heard the words. She almost didn't listen carefully to what Wang Huiren said later. Now that Zhou Tong's amnesia can't be proven medically, Zhou Tong's words can only be regarded as lies.

The three police officers behind Yan Yongjie only smiled slightly. They were not surprised by the result of such an examination. No one would believe that someone lost only seven days of memory. In their opinion, Zhou Tong's "lie" was too stupid .

However, those "lies" that often seem silly are the truth.

The three police officers who came from afar moved their bodies, and the leather shoes under their feet hit the smooth floor of the hospital, making a crisp sound.

"Please wait patiently for a while longer." Yan Yongjie said politely, but her tone was unquestionable, more like an order.

The three police officers looked at each other, and finally took back their steps.

Yan Yongjie walked into the ward, then locked the door, and then came to Zhou Tong's bedside.

Seeing Yan Yongjie coming in, Zhou Tong immediately showed her a sweet smile.

"These experts should have learned nothing."

Yan Yongjie nodded and said, "Thank you for being able to laugh, now you are really a murder suspect."

Zhou Tong pulled out all kinds of coils pasted on his forehead, and said with a wry smile: "This time I went to the ancient city of Fenghuang, it was really bad, and I lost my army after accompanying my wife. Not only did Ai Chen not find it, but I became a murder suspect. , but luckily it’s not all fruitless.”

"Apart from the inexplicable loss of seven days' memory, what else have you gained?" Yan Yongjie thought that this was just Zhou Tong's stubbornness for the sake of face.

Zhou Tong had already sat up from the bed at this time. Hearing what Yan Yongjie said, he still smiled cheekily and said, "At least I found out that someone has indeed seen Ai Chen, which shows that our previous deduction is not wrong. The place where Ai Chen disappeared is near the ancient city of Fenghuang."

"I think we have gained more questions!" Yan Yongjie frowned, and continued: "I'm afraid there are some things you don't know yet."

"Oh, what's the matter?"

"About Ai Chen."

So Yan Yongjie told Zhou Tong what Jin Dan told her.

Zhou Tong obviously didn't expect such a weird thing, his originally smiling face also became stiff.

"Have you checked Ai Chen's life experience?" Zhou Tong finally asked.

Yan Yongjie knew that Zhou Tong would ask this question a long time ago, so she said flatly: "After checking, Ai Chen's current parents are not her biological parents, they adopted her back from the orphanage."

"Have you checked the orphanage?" Zhou Tong hurriedly asked.

"It's not because of you, otherwise I would have gone early, how would I have time now!" Yan Yongjie said with some complaints and worries.

Zhou Tong thought about it too, held Yan Yongjie's hand a little embarrassedly, and said ambiguously: "It's really hard work, my little beauty!"

Yan Yongjie was inadvertently caught by Zhou Tong's hand, her face was flushed, and she quickly shook off Zhou Tong's "salty pig hands".

Zhou Tong succeeded in the sneak attack, but he didn't dare to push forward. He suppressed his smile and said seriously: "I have something strange here, I'm afraid you will have to check it out."

After speaking, Zhou Tong took out the miniature tape recorder that led him out of the jungle from his pocket.

"This is..." Yan Yongjie did not expect Zhou Tong to have such an antique.

"Micro tape recorder." Zhou Tong pressed the play button.

A somewhat blunt recording came out, "Go north, turn right when you see Fang Shi, go straight ahead, turn right again when you see Fang Shi.".

"The original sound of this recording has been processed." Yan Yongjie said with certainty.

Zhou Tong also nodded in agreement, then he took out the tape, turned it over, and put it back.

This time, Ai Chen's mournful and mournful cry came clearly: "Zhou... Tong..."

Yan Yongjie felt numb all over when she heard such a cry.

"Without this tape recorder, I'm afraid I'm still trapped in the jungle." Zhou Tong said with a sigh.

"The person who left the tape recorder for you doesn't seem to have any malicious intentions, but if he just wanted to save you from the jungle, why did he leave Ai Chen's voice on the other side of the tape?" Yan Yongjie was puzzled.

"This is a puzzle. Judging from the current situation, it's probably up to you to figure it out." Zhou Tong gloated and shoved the miniature tape recorder into Yan Yongjie's hand, and then asked: "There is one more thing, As soon as we returned to Phoenix, the police found Chen Xiang's body, this is too coincidental, how did the police find it?"

"When Jin Dan and I entered the mountain, the police received an anonymous report letter, which contained a simple map that marked the location of Chen Xiang's accident. I only found out about it after the fact." Yan Yongjie was thinking Just wondered, after he found Zhou Tong, he also knew about Chen Xiang, but Zhou Tong himself could not find out where the accident happened.As a result, the three had no choice but to return to the ancient city of Fenghuang to seek assistance from the local police. However, as soon as they arrived in the ancient city, Zhou Tong faced the dilemma of being arrested.

"It seems that the murderer has already made arrangements. He is going to send me to prison!" Zhou Tong was itching his teeth with hatred at this time, but there was nothing he could do for a while.

Yan Yongjie just wanted to comfort Zhou Tong, but there was a knock on the door of the ward.

Zhou Tong and Yan Yongjie looked up together, and there were two faces crowded on the window outside the door, and these two faces were really familiar faces to them.

"Mom!"

"Li Ying!"

Zhou Tong and Yan Yongjie exclaimed respectively.

"She...why did they come together?" Zhou Tong asked with her head widened as she watched Yan Yongjie open her mouth.

(End of this chapter)