These words directly opened a window in Li Rui's mind. He shouted in surprise, "Yes, why didn't I think of this possibility? Ceng Baohua kept saying that there was such a garbage factory, but we couldn't find it in reality. Isn't the answer obvious? The so-called 'garbage factory' is not a garbage factory at all. Oh, this is a big discovery. Let's quickly tell the task force and let them send people to investigate the factories where garbage trucks go in and out. "
Xu Da turned to communicate with Yi Lian. After a while, he said, "Yi Lian said that the task force has already thought of this possibility and is organizing people to start the investigation. However, this work will take a long time because the scope involved is a bit big."
Li Rui asked, "Since we are here, we can't just stay in the hotel and wait for the good news from the task force. We have to do something."
Xu Da said, "Of course, I have already discussed with Yi Lian. We can't help much in looking for the factory that looks like a garbage factory. Why don't we participate in the first action team of the first plan, which is to go to the banks of the Astor River and look for traces of Ceng Baohua that day? We can also bring Ceng Baohua along. Maybe she will think of something in the process of searching and provide new clues. "
Li Rui said excitedly, "Then what are we waiting for? Let's go quickly."
Xu Da and Yi Lian exchanged a few words. Yi Lian nodded and turned to walk to the door. Xu Da, Li Rui and Yang Xiang also followed.
It was almost four o 'clock. Even in the middle of summer, there were only three hours before the sky turned dark. Excluding the time spent on the road, the four of them had less than three hours to search. It could be said that the task was heavy, the time was short, and the pressure was high. What was more frightening was that if they didn't find anything in the next three hours, it would usher in the dark. Obviously, it was impossible to search in the dark. They could only hope to find the task force of the factory. In that case, the success rate would be greatly reduced.
Li Ruixin was burning with anxiety. On the way to pick up Ceng Baohua, he racked his brains to think about how to find the traces left by Ceng Baohua in the forest as soon as possible.
Xu Da was also very anxious. Even without Li Rui's urging, he was also thinking about the shortcut.
The headquarters of the task force was located in the Philadelphia Police Station, and Ceng Baohua was now waiting for the final result of the rescue operation of Gao Zixuan at the Philadelphia Police Station. He would answer any questions raised by the task force at any time. After Yi Lian arrived, she asked Xu Da and the other two to stay in the car while she went to the building. Through her two CIA colleagues in the task force, she asked the task force leader for Zeng Baohua. After bringing her back to the car, she hurriedly rushed to the location where Zeng Baohua had fallen into the water.
After Zeng Baohua met with Li Rui and Yang Xiang, who were pretending to be Zixuan's godson and cousin, she apologized to them with tears in her eyes. She said that she didn't protect Zixuan well, and at the same time, left her behind at the most dangerous time. She said that she was too disloyal.
Li Rui wasn't in the mood to talk nonsense with her. He asked, "Now is not the time to cry. There's no point in saying these things. Can you think about it carefully? From the time you escaped into the forest until you fell into the water, did you leave any traces that were easy to find? Did you see any landmarks? For example, dead trees, strange stones, etc.? This afternoon is our last chance. If we still can't find the place you escaped from that looks like a garbage factory by nightfall, then we have no hope of rescuing Zixuan. "
Zeng Baohua wiped her tears and said, "I have already told the task force everything I can think of. If you ask me to think about it again, I really can't think of anything else."
Li Rui said, "I understand, but I still want to ask you to try and think about it more. What you told the task force might be what you remember the most, but in fact, you must have unconsciously overlooked some things. Think about it again. "
Zeng Baohua frowned and thought about it seriously for a while. Suddenly, she raised her eyebrows and said, "When I fell into the water, I didn't see the river surface. I stepped on air, which means that the river was very low and the river channel was very narrow. The place where I fell was very high … But you don't know, half of the Astor River is like this. I once took a helicopter with the task force's detectives to the place where Yang Qingqing saved me. We traveled more than twenty miles and saw almost a hundred of these rivers, but we couldn't tell which one was where I fell into the water."
When Li Rui heard this, he and Xu Da looked at each other. Both of them frowned.
As for Yang Xiang, who was sitting in the front passenger seat, she didn't say a word. Her role in this rescue mission was more like a female warrior. She existed as Xu Da's fighter and comrade because she was outstanding in martial arts, but her intelligence was a little … Well, it wasn't that it wasn't high, but compared to Li Rui and Xu Da's analytical skills, she was much worse. She understood this point, so she basically didn't participate in thinking and left it to the two of them.
In less than thirty minutes, they arrived at the furthest point (relative to Yang Qingqing's house) where Zeng Baohua fell into the water. This area was full of dense forest, and only a country road led to this place. If Yi Lian, who was driving, hadn't been here before, she wouldn't have been able to find this place so easily.
The five of them got out of the car and walked down the asphalt road. They entered the forest and walked dozens of meters to the Astor River. The Astor River was a branch of the Delaware River that flowed through Philadelphia. It flowed from the southeast to the northwest. Because the river channel was narrow, the flow was especially fast.
The five of them stood by the river and looked at the river that was only five or six meters wide. They couldn't see the bottom and felt a chill in their hearts. With such a fast flow, it was all thanks to Zeng Baohua's good swimming skills. If it was a rookie, he or she would have drowned in minutes.
Since it was a river, there were naturally two banks, one on each side. Both sides were endless primeval forests. So, which side did Zeng Baohua pass through and fall into the water? This question wasn't difficult to answer. According to Zeng Baohua's impression of the position of the sun when she passed through the forest, as well as the time at that time, she came from the south bank of the river. So, in order to find any traces she might have left in the forest, they only needed to search the forest on the south bank of the river.
Li Rui looked around and found that the forest was indeed full of withered branches and leaves. There were very few places where the soil was exposed. On this kind of ground, even a strong man like himself wouldn't leave many footprints, let alone a small woman who was around fifty pounds. It seemed that they couldn't find Zeng Baohua's path by looking for footprints.
Xu Da suddenly thought of something and blurted out, "Didn't the search team use police dogs?" After saying that, she realized that this question didn't mean anything to Li Rui, Yang Xiang, and Zeng Baohua, so she asked Helene again in English.
Helene replied, "As far as I know, the search team rejected this method from the beginning because Zeng Baohua first fell into the water and was washed away by the river and covered up her original scent. Then, she wore Yang Qingqing's clothes and had the scent of Yang Qingqing's perfume on her body. At this time, if they tried to use police dogs to find her original scent, they would make the mistake of carving a boat to find a sword. (Beautiful) "
Xu Da was silent. Seeing Li Rui looking over curiously, she told him Helene's explanation.
Li Rui didn't dwell on this point and turned to ask Zeng Baohua, "Other than the footprints, think again. Is there anything else left in the forest or by the river? For example, when you were running, did you pick up a branch to use as a crutch? Or did a piece of your clothes get caught on the branch? "
Zeng Baohua looked at him apologetically, using his eyes to show that he couldn't help him in this aspect.
Li Rui sighed and walked downstream along the river. After walking dozens of steps, he suddenly felt that the soil on the shore was soft, as if it was going to collapse. He was so scared that he rushed to the left and luckily escaped the tragedy of losing his footing and falling into the river. When he steadied himself and looked back, he saw that the piece of soil that formed the bank had collapsed and fallen into the river. However, there was half a footprint left in the crack. Seeing that half a footprint, he suddenly thought of something.
Helene, Xu Da, and the other two saw that he almost fell into the water and hurried over to take a look.
Helene said with concern, "Be careful. (Beautiful) "
Xu Da said, "Are you okay? The bank is not solid. Don't walk on it. That's how Mary fell into the river that day. "
"I'm fine!"
Li Rui shouted excitedly and turned to Zeng Baohua. He asked excitedly, "Mary, think carefully. When you fell into the river that day, did you step on air and fall into the river? Or was it like me? Did you step on the bank first and then the bank couldn't bear your weight and collapsed, causing you to fall into the water?"
Zeng Baohua thought for a while and said, "I stepped on air and fell into the river …"
When Li Rui heard this, the joy on his face froze. However, Zeng Baohua quickly said, "Why are you asking this?"
Li Rui looked disappointed and said, "I was just thinking that if you were like me and stepped on the bank and caused the bank to collapse, then you would have left footprints on the bank. Even if you didn't leave footprints, you would have left an obvious gap in the bank. Then, it would have been much easier for us to find you. Unfortunately, you didn't …"
After Zeng Baohua understood what he meant, he tried to recall again. Suddenly, he thought of something and said excitedly, "I suddenly remembered that before I fell into the water, I saw a patch of Green Fence Bamboo. Green Fence Bamboo grows in the United States, but it's very rare. I was wondering how there could be Green Fence Bamboo growing in such a deep forest when I stepped on air and fell into the water. After I fell into the water, I couldn't remember this until now. Now that you're asking about the details of what happened, I finally remembered that there was such a patch of Green Fence Bamboo in the depths of my memory."
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