Although they had spent a lot of energy in the office the night before, Zhao Yu and Miao Ying went back to the office early the next morning to preside over the investigation.
At first, Miao Ying was full of confidence in her speculation, but at noon, when the Zhang Ze City Police Department sent over the report, she was disappointed.
"Why?" Miao Ying looked at the information and asked, "I asked for the report about Tuoshan, but they gave me a lot of search and rescue records? Are you kidding me? "
"Well, it's like this, Sis Miao," Zeng Ke explained. "Although Luolong County is called a county, it's just a small mountain village. Besides handling some civil disputes, the local police station basically doesn't have any formal cases, let alone cases that are related to Tuoshan."
He then added, "Later, after the establishment of the forest protection station, all matters related to Tuoshan were handed over to the forest protection station.
So, they found the search and rescue records of the forest protection station. In the past, there were often some lost backpackers that needed the search and rescue team to go into the mountain to look for them.
However, the backpackers that were searched and rescued were basically all rescued, so there were no major casualties. Because of this, the forest protection station has been rated as an advanced unit many times! "
"I didn't know that!" Miao Ying threw the information on the table in disappointment and asked Zeng Ke, "When was the forest protection station established? What happened before that? "
"The forest protection station was established in 2010," Zeng Ke answered. "Before that, it was managed by the Xixia Provincial Forestry Bureau. But, the Forestry Bureau couldn't manage such a large virgin forest, so there was no information related to the case."
"Sigh!" Miao Ying sighed disappointedly and felt a headache coming on.
However, Zhao Yu had expected such an outcome. He picked up the search and rescue information from the forest protection station and looked at it. He then said to Zeng Ke,
He then said to Zeng Ke, "Zeng, inform the Zhangze City Police Station and ask them to send more people to visit the villages and towns near Tuoshan. Ask the local residents if there were any major incidents in the past!
For example, murder and arson … "
"Since it's a small mountain village, the locals should be more sensitive to such major incidents."
"Oh!" Zeng Ke agreed casually. "You mean, the well case is related to a major incident? Then … What time? "
"What time would that take?" Zhao Yu said. "The earliest victim died five years ago, so as long as it's something that happened five years ago, it could be related to the murderer's motive!"
"Oh … Oh, oh …" Zeng Ke nodded. "I'll check it out right away …"
As he spoke, Zeng Ke wanted to take the search and rescue record with him, but Zhao Yu pressed him down and said, "Don't move. I'd better take a closer look at it first!"
After saying that, he flipped through the search and rescue information again and read it carefully.
This information was first sent by the forest protection station in an electronic file, then printed out by a printer. Although it was only the records of the forest protection station's search and rescue, there were very detailed records of each search and rescue. There were even photos of the rescued.
Hmm …
Looking at the photos of the rescued people, Zhao Yu suddenly thought of something.
Miao Ying saw that Zhao Yu was in a daze and quickly came over to look at the information with him.
"Hmm … If … Hmm …" Zhao Yu looked through the information carefully, then pointed to the information of the rescued victims and murmured, "Do you think … The victims of the well case … Hmm … Hmm …"
"You mean …" Miao Ying's eyes lit up, as she suddenly understood what Zhao Yu meant. "The victims or murderers of the well case might appear in this record?
"Did they get rescued because they were lost?"
"I can only say that it's possible, right?"
Thinking of such a possibility, the two of them immediately calmed down and began to look through the information page by page.
After looking for a whole hour, the two of them didn't even have time to eat lunch. After looking through all the information of the rescued victims, they shook their heads regretfully.
"No …" Miao Ying said disappointedly. "This may be the wrong way! Maybe there are other reasons for the well case … "
"But …" Zhao Yu didn't give up and pointed to the information. "Even if there are no victims, it doesn't mean that there are no murderers. So … "
"Oh!" Miao Ying nodded. "We have to check everyone's identity information!"
"Yes," Zhao Yu nodded. "Once we find a suspicious person, we can get his fingerprints and compare them to the fingerprints on the bricks in the well!"
"Okay!" Miao Ying took the information and said, "Then, leave this to me!"
After that, Miao Ying took the information and went to check the identities of the people one by one.
Mm …
Zhao Yu furrowed his eyebrows, his mind lingering on one thought. He didn't know why, but when he looked through the information just now, he felt that there was some kind of clue …
But … What kind of clue?
Actually, last night, when Miao Ying mentioned that everything was related to the strange well, Zhao Yu had already thought of something.
And what he thought of was what he had said before, the detail that he had overlooked.
But then, because his attention had shifted to reporting the case, he hadn't thought about it further.
Now, combined with the search and rescue records, he seemed to recall something.
The strange well …
Four bodies that were buried alive …
Deep in the mountains and ancient forests where few people tread …
What was the detail that he had overlooked all this time?
Wait …
Suddenly, Zhao Yu focused his thoughts and finally grasped the idea.
Could it be … Could it be … The key to the well case … Was not in the most eye-catching place? It was … It was …
Thinking of this, Zhao Yu quickly ran to Miao Ying's desk and snatched the Search and Rescue record book as if he was robbing it.
"Hey, what's wrong with you?" Miao Ying was confused and quickly got up.
However, Zhao Yu didn't say anything, but quickly flipped through the search and rescue records and stared at a photo.
The photo was taken after the search and rescue team found the lost person in the forest. In the photo, one could see the panicked expression of the lost person, as well as the joy of the search and rescue team for completing the task.
"No way?" Miao Ying guessed. "You can't be thinking that this case has something to do with the search and rescue team, right?"
"No!" Zhao Yu casually flipped to another similar photo, then pointed at it and said, "Look, the trees in this primeval forest … Why are they so tall? They are all towering trees! "
"You …" Miao Ying didn't understand what Zhao Yu meant.
"I mean …" Zhao Yu recalled and said, "Why did I feel that something was wrong when we went to the crime scene?
"It turns out that the problem lies in the trees!"
"Trees?" Miao Ying raised her eyebrows. "There's something wrong with the trees, not the people?"
"Yes!" Zhao Yu pointed to the photo and said, "These trees are too tall. Only now do I understand that the strange part of the well case is not only the well, but also the place where the well is located!"
"Where the well is located?" Miao Ying asked seriously. "Zhao Yu, can you be more specific?"
"I called Officer Wang from the hillside near the well," Zhao Yu said, pointing to his forehead. "The sunlight was shining on me at that time, which means that the trees there are not lush.
But, when we got off the plane, on the way to the well, there were towering trees on both sides, and we couldn't see the sun at all!
"Do you understand now?"
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