Tang Su said okay, hung up the phone, closed the trunk lid, and went back to the car to start driving.
On the roadside three kilometers north of Tang Su, there was a small tree pit. There were several big trees that were so big that people could hug them. Yang Xiang was hiding behind one of the big trees, observing the situation on the road.
As for the taxi she was in and the driver, they had already followed her instructions and hid three kilometers away as the third monitoring point. In order to persuade the driver to help, Yang Xiang promised him another 5,000 yuan. There was naturally a reason for setting up these three monitoring points, and there was no lack of helplessness and bitterness.
Just over two minutes after Tang Su hung up the phone, the Ford off-road vehicle had already sped over.
Yang Xiang saw clearly and hurriedly called the driver to remind him, "The Ford Sharp has already driven past me. Watch carefully. It will reach you in about two minutes. If it overtakes you and continues to drive forward, call me immediately."
Although the driver did not understand what she meant, he obediently did not ask and only did as she said. He stared at the two-way two-lane rural road about ten meters ahead with his eyes wide open.
He was now at the edge of a small village, and the taxi he was driving had reversed into an alley facing west. The alley was not very wide, just enough to accommodate a car. There were residential houses on both sides, so the alley was completely covered by the houses. If the car was hidden in the alley, unless someone stood at the entrance of the alley, it would be very difficult to find it. The entrance of the alley happened to be on the side of the road, so he could see everything on the road without missing anything.
But something strange happened. He stared for a long time, almost five minutes, but he did not see a single car drive past, let alone the Ford off-road vehicle. According to Yang Xiang, the off-road vehicle should arrive at his location in about two minutes, but it did not appear now. What was going on? Could it be that some unforeseen event had happened?
The driver was a little confused. He subconsciously picked up his phone and called Yang Xiang to ask, "Hello, why isn't the car here yet?"
Yang Xiang had already been picked up by Tang Su. Hearing this, she was very surprised and said, "It's not there? How could this be? We're almost at your place. Why hasn't their car arrived yet? I watched as the off-road vehicle drove past. It was so fast that it probably wouldn't take more than two minutes to reach your place. You didn't see it, did you? "
The driver hurriedly tried to prove that he hadn't messed up. "From the moment you called me until now, not a single car has driven from the south, let alone that off-road vehicle."
Yang Xiang thought for a moment, then chuckled and said, "Okay, I got it."
Tang Su, who was driving attentively, asked, "What's wrong? That off-road vehicle was gone? We didn't catch up? "
Yang Xiang explained with a smile, "It's indeed gone, but it doesn't mean that we didn't catch up. The country road we're on is a relatively straight north-south road. The other party drove all the way north, and the taxi driver was waiting three kilometers north of me. However, I saw the other party's car pass by, but he didn't. Isn't it very simple? The other party's car is in this three-kilometer long road. Either the other party drove past me and stopped not far away, or they drove into a fork in the road. The first possibility can be ruled out because we didn't see the car stop by the side of the road all the way here. They should have driven into a fork in the road. This is also why I arranged for you to stop and monitor every three kilometers. I want to use this to determine the approximate location of the other party's destination. "
Tang Su was confused and asked in puzzlement, "How can we determine the other party's destination?"
Yang Xiang said, "You still don't understand? I set up three fixed sentry posts with the three of us. Each sentry post monitors a three-kilometer section of road. By observing the other party's car with the naked eye, we can determine the approximate location of the other party's destination. Take the current situation for a specific analysis. The other party disappeared on the three-kilometer road between me and the taxi driver, which means that the other party's destination is in this three-kilometer north-south section. Otherwise, they will continue to go north and be discovered by the taxi driver, or turn back south, but then they will be hit by you and me. "
To put it bluntly, Yang Xiang's method was very simple. It was to design three "fish cages" in the north-south direction, with an average length of three kilometers, connected head to tail. With this road as the river, the fish to be caught was the Ford Sharp. The top and bottom of these three fish cages were respectively the position where the other party first stopped the car, and the positions where Tang Su, Yang Xiang, and the taxi driver were respectively. The three-kilometer distance between the two was considered a fish cage. If this big fish did not swim in or swim out from the northernmost end, it would be fine. As long as it swam in and did not come out, it was already considered to be in the cage. It was very simple for Yang Xiang to find them and catch them. It was nothing more than catching fish in a cage. It was as easy as flipping his hand.
Of course, Yang Xiang's strategy also had a flaw. That was, the other party did not stay within the nine-kilometer range controlled by the three fish cages. Instead, he escaped from the north and continued to go north. Then, the three fish cages she designed would be useless. However, if that really happened, Yang Xiang would also get a warning from the taxi driver at the first time. Then, she would order the taxi driver to chase after the other party at the cost of being discovered to confirm the other party's final destination. Fortunately, this situation did not happen. The value of the fish cages designed by Yang Xiang was reflected.
Having said that, before Yang Xiang thought of this strategy, she also thought about it. The other party had been running on the road before, and then suddenly went off the road and came to this remote rural road. It must be not far from the destination that they chose in advance. In addition, there was almost no other reason to explain the other party's behavior.
Perhaps some friends would say that the reason why the other party wanted to take the rural road was that they deliberately wanted to get rid of the tail behind them, which was Yang Xiang's group of three people and two cars. But in fact, Gangzi and the other two people only found out that Tang Su's Mercedes-Benz had been following them after they went off the road.
Therefore, after Yang Xiang was discovered by the other party and had to continue to go north, she decided to take a gamble. She bet that the hiding place chosen by the other party was within ten kilometers of the provincial road. This distance should also be the maximum range that the other party could accept in order to ensure the convenience of transportation. If it was further, it would be too far away from the provincial road that extended in all directions. The other party would think that it was too far and would not accept it psychologically. Considering this, Yang Xiang arranged for herself, Tang Su, and the taxi driver to set up three three-kilometer sections (fish cages). The result was also pleasing. The big fish swam into the northernmost and last fish cage.
Tang Su finally understood a little. He praised Yang Xiang's exquisite arrangement in his heart and asked, "Even if it's three kilometers, it's still a long way. It's almost boundless in both the east and west directions of the road. It's also a very large area. How can we find the other party's off-road vehicle?"
Yang Xiang said, "It's very simple. While investigating, you can also infer and analyze. Investigating is to investigate where the other party may park and hide the car. Infer and analyze is to analyze where the other party is most likely to park. The other party took Li Rui to this secluded village in the middle of nowhere. Their purpose is to force him to hand over the video and kill him. This requires that the place where they do it must be hidden and not be noticed or even discovered by outsiders. So we can infer that the other party's destination must be a place far away from the gathering place of the crowd. In this way, we can eliminate villages, markets, hotels, and roadside houses and farmhouses … "
When Tang Su heard this, she interjected and asked, "You seem to have eliminated all the places?"
Yang Xiang said, "No, I just eliminated the most disturbing existence. But we can't just eliminate them. We also have to consider where the other party may go. First of all, it must be indoors, not outdoors. It's too easy to be exposed outdoors. Second, it must be an extremely hidden place. Even if it's not inaccessible, it must be a place where people rarely go or even pay attention to. In the village, where can meet these conditions? "
Tang Su blurted out, "An abandoned orchard with a small house to look after the garden. An abandoned brick kiln can barely be regarded as an indoor. An abandoned grain depot with many warehouses and houses that can hide people …"
What Tang Su said was also her childhood experience. She was not a Shanghai native, but came from a city in the north. When she was a child, she lived in the suburbs of the city, which was similar to the urban-rural junction. So she had such an experience. And people like Tang Su, who lived in the urban and rural areas in the 1980s, also had memories or contact with the above three places. Especially the last place, the grain depot. In the era of collective ownership, almost every town and township in the country had a grain depot. After the reform, most of the grain depots in the towns and villages were abandoned. They became inhabited by mice, sparrows, rabbits, and foxes, and also became a playground for naughty children.
Yang Xiang nodded with satisfaction and said, "In fact, there are all kinds of abandoned factories, and even coffin houses … Anyway, it's more or less these places. We can definitely find the other party. Well, let's not talk about it anymore. Let's go and send the taxi driver away first. Then I'll personally drive to every possible area between me and him. "
After these words, they had already driven to the location of the taxi. Yang Xiang asked Tang Su for 5,000 yuan to give to the driver as a reward for his hard work. Tang Su did not bring her wallet. The two women discussed for a while. In the end, Tang Su came forward to deal with the taxi driver. She gave him a phone number and asked him to call tomorrow to get the money.
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