Chapter 254 Discovery

Chapter 255 Discovery

Woof.

Woof woof woof.

West Mountain of Fangjin Township.

In the mountains, patches of lights dispelled the darkness, and the noisy voices of people and dogs barking spread several miles away.

Da Zhuang stood on the roadside in high spirits. Even though his hind legs were trembling slightly due to motion sickness, his dog face was firm.

Looking down from his position, the voices of police dogs were everywhere in the valley, on the top of the mountain, and all around.

The police dogs that arrived earlier had already entered into intense work.

Da Zhuang stuck out his tongue a little excitedly. Since graduating from the police dog school, Da Zhuang has not seen so many police dogs.

At the same time, Li Li was also a little excited and whispered to her colleagues: "I'm so excited. I haven't seen so many police dogs since I graduated from the police dog school."

"Is there no pet market in Ningtai?" The colleagues around him responded casually to comfort their police dogs.

Li Li curled her lips and said, "Those guys who don't work are nothing but dogs."

Da Zhuang curled his lips as well and nodded.

"Comrades!" Xu Taining's voice came through the loudspeaker.

There were whispers in the queue saying "Stand at attention" and "At ease"...

Li Li did as she was told, and the police dogs calmed down after a slight commotion.

Xu Taining barely paused before continuing:

"It's getting late, so I'll just say a few words. Liu Jinghui, Zhang Yu and Jiao Peng have been missing for ten days."

"They are our colleagues, our comrades-in-arms, and members of the people. They are the backbone of their families, the father of a 9-year-old boy, the son of a 68-year-old retired female teacher, and the newlywed husband who has returned from seven years of border defense. Bringing them home is our responsibility and our promise to them."

"Everyone, our efforts over the past few days, every minute and every second we have fought for, are to give the three people a little more hope of survival. I know everyone is very tired. Some comrades have worked for 30 or 40 hours in a row without sleeping, but at this time, I hope everyone can hold on a little longer and give Liu Jinghui, Zhang Yu, and Jiao Peng a little more hope of survival..."

"Now, all teams, set off as planned, and report any problems in a timely manner."

Xu Taining watched the teams set off in an orderly manner, and the four new police dogs also spread out in all directions as planned. Xu Taining himself was a little unsteady.

This is the fourth wave of search teams today, but the third wave with a large number of police dogs.

The first two waves of people mainly relied on human search, which was the maximum force that Xu Taining could mobilize and a bet he made.

If he was lucky and found the person in one go, it would be easy and the mission would be completed.

But when luck failed, the pressure came back to Xu Taining.

He still trusted Jiang Yuan very much and basically adopted Jiang Yuan's suggestions. Therefore, the police dogs deployed from all over the province started working based on multiple olfactory sources.

But only those who have used police dogs know how unstable the actual state of police dogs is.

High temperature, disease, psychological factors, environmental factors, etc. will prevent police dogs from entering the best working state.

And the olfactory source is more affected by the environment.

The reality is that with the arrival of the first batch of police dogs, the performance of the dogs is not satisfactory.

"Did the suspect confess?" Xu Taining turned around and asked his subordinates again.

"No." The subordinates answered very straightforwardly.

"What did Lao Zhou say?"

"Zhou said it was difficult, and he didn't say anything else."

Xu Taining said "yeah" a little disappointedly, and had nothing to say.

The suspect was determined not to speak, and the interrogation experts could not break his psychological defense for a while. Xu Taining had no good way to think except waiting.

In the past, under Sanmu, maybe something could be obtained, but in the current environment, the bigger the case, the less people dare to do so.

This is a case that will be taken all the way to the High Court. If the suspect says in the collegial panel, "I was interrogated for more than ten hours in custody" or "I couldn't drink water or go to the toilet during the interrogation", all public officials on the line will be examined countless times.

And in order to survive, in order to escape the death penalty, no criminal suspect will excuse the police or prosecutors.

Some people may say that he has no evidence.

But in terms of the chain of evidence required for the death penalty, the broken camera is absolutely untestable. Even if we examine this issue with a dark vision, the suspect has no evidence, and the interrogator has no enemies?

"Then now..." The subordinate looked at Xu Taining tentatively, wondering if he had any further instructions.

Xu Taining shook his head slightly and said, "Wait. Next, it depends on everyone's performance, and whether Lao Liu is tough."

All the clues have been exhausted. A team of thousands of people and complicated logistics have switched to Xishan in Fangjin Township, and even dogs in the province have been transferred by Xu Taining.

At this point, Xu Taining felt that he had no tricks.

As he said, next, it depends on everyone's performance and Lao Liu's own life.

"I'll take a nap. Call me when it's dawn." Xu Taining looked at the sky and went back to the command car to sleep.

It's less than two hours before dawn. By then, as the vision gets better and the temperature rises, there may be new discoveries or new changes.

Xu Taining had only slept for about four hours in the past two days. He could no longer hold on. He entered the command vehicle, sat down, laid down the seat, and fell asleep unconscious.

Compared with the young people in the criminal police team, Xu Taining was much older.

…

At the Xishan service point of the power supply station, the on-site investigators and trace examiners who were collecting evidence had all withdrawn.

Police dogs and police officers were scattered around, measuring the land inch by inch with their feet.

Bodies, traces, vehicles or any evidence were all needed by everyone.

But outside the service point, these things were like foam in the sea water. They seemed to be there, but disappeared without a trace.

With the help of several investigation lights, Jiang Yuan only found some insignificant evidence. Looking back at the police dogs, they were either spinning in place or running back and forth.

Including the meritorious dog Heizi, he was lying at the feet of the trainer, walking a few steps and stopping.

Police dogs search for targets based on the smell source. The most critical step is to have a starting point breakthrough. If it can't break through, it will have nowhere to track.

No matter how many police dogs there are, it's useless if there's no breakthrough.

Li Li looked at the surrounding police dogs at this time, especially Heizi, who seemed to be in vain. She gritted her teeth and simply took Dazhuang all the way to the nearby mine.

She had read the briefing and knew that the cliff and the mine were the most likely places for Liu Chu and others to fall.

The smell source assigned to Dazhuang was the suspect Fu Guangyun. It was said that if he followed the road, he might be able to smell his scent, but maybe Fu Guangyun hadn't been here for too long, or everyone had found the wrong place. In short, the police dogs didn't respond.

Li Li knew that Dazhuang's business ability was not as good as Heizi, so she simply went into the mountains.

Compared with meritorious dogs like Heizi, Dazhuang's advantage is good physical strength and high obedience. Several small gentle slopes that Li Li couldn't climb up, Dazhuang easily reached without hesitation.

So, when he arrived at an exposed old mine slope, Dazhuang suddenly began to sniff repeatedly.

This is a sign of "going online", and Li Li's nerves are immediately tense.

The vegetation on both sides of the road is dense, which may interfere with the police dog's sense of smell. On this side of the mine slope, because the soil is damaged, only some grass is growing, and it is estimated that there is less cover.

Da Zhuang lowered his head and searched in circles for a while, raised his head, and decisively ran to the left.

Li Li let go of Da Zhuang's leash and chased after him quickly.

Da Zhuang ran all the way to the bottom of the mine slope, and then sniffed wildly at a small grass.

Li Li looked over and saw that the grass had obvious signs of being pulled out.

Looking around again, there was a mine cave just in front, and in front of the grass, there was a half-person-high stone blocking the view.

Li Li held Da Zhuang, and then tried to half-kneel a little behind the grass, raised her head, and just observed the situation in the mine cave.

After walking a few steps forward, you can see a lot of rubble piled up at the door, but there is no grass above it. It is too desolate.

Li Li has also participated in many major cases. At this time, she picked up the walkie-talkie and reported without thinking: "I found a mine with signs of collapse. Request support..."

After getting a response and reporting the specific location, Li Li tried to get closer to the mine and shouted loudly: "Director Liu, Liu Jinghui!"

"Director Liu!"

"Liu Jinghui!"

Li Li shouted repeatedly, listened carefully, and did not get a response. She stood up with a little disappointment.

At this time, a rhythmic knocking sound suddenly came from the mine.

Dong, Dong, Dong...

It was the sound of metal knocking on metal. It didn't sound very real, but there was definitely someone knocking.

Li Li's palm clenched Da Zhuang's neck nervously.

"Found it!" Li Li pinched Zhuang's skin a little unbelievably.

Da Zhuang looked back at Li Li and found that she was in a state of emotional explosion, so he turned back silently and shrugged the skin and flesh on his neck.

The skin on the dog's neck is thick and the flesh is loose, so it's not worth barking about.