Chapter 98: A Good Place for Murder

Wu Longshan Mountain.

The mountain is high, the mountain is big, and the area is vast.

Getting off the highway from Liyuan City, without entering the city, and circling the city for dozens of kilometers, you can see the massive Wu Longshan Mountain lying on the horizon, stretching endlessly.

In fact, it is indeed endless. The broad Wu Longshan Mountain spans multiple cities, prefectures, and even provincial borders. The central part is even more of a primitive forest structure, with a large area designated as a nature reserve.

Instead, the main peak of Wu Longshan Mountain is a 5A-level scenic spot in Liyuan City, with temples built on the summit, resorts built at the foot of the mountain, and farmhouses near the suburbs.

And most of the human activity area stops here.

Liu Jinghui drove the dilapidated Great Wall Cannon straight to a village at the foot of the mountain, and then parked the car in the courtyard of a farmhouse.

Jiang Yuan felt dizzy from the ride, and the more he went, the more he felt Liu Jinghui was unreliable.

It was just that it was already evening, and he felt like he couldn't leave even if he wanted to.

The farmhouse Liu Jinghui chose was still in a remote corner of the village. Once it got dark, it was truly like a chessboard, the moon like a hook, pillowing the galaxy to enter dreams, listening to the frogs from all directions. Looking around, wherever the light reached, there were red bricks and green tiles, fresh and pleasant. Looking far away, it was pitch black like ink, and even if the walls were hung with dead people, you couldn't see them.

There were no other guests in the farmhouse. The boss and the boss's wife waited to arrange a room for each of them and then went back to rest.

"Sleep first. If there's anything, we'll talk tomorrow." Liu Jinghui had been driving for a year and was so sleepy he couldn't even open his eyes.

Jiang Yuan only had time to ask in a low voice: "Did you bring a gun?"

"Didn't bring it; even if I did, it wouldn't be useful." Liu Jinghui took something out from behind and handed it to Jiang Yuan, saying: "Take it for self-defense."

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"This... a sprayer? Why didn't you give me an anti-wolf spray?" Jiang Yuan took the thing Liu Jinghui gave him, looked at it, and almost laughed. It was a small black canister with "Tear Gas Sprayer" written on it, which was exactly a police sprayer.

"Anti-wolf spray has to be bought by yourself. This power is okay." Liu Jinghui showed his own sprayer to Jiang Yuan and said: "Tomorrow when we enter the mountain, our small police pistols, what use can they have? Police batons and telescopic batons can't be used either; this is the only useful one. If you meet a bear, spray it in the face; it might even be useful."

"The bear is already in front of my face, and I take out a canister of chili water; I really am..." Jiang Yuan sighed, waved his hand tiredly, and went back to his room to sleep.

It had already reached this point; there was no need to argue about weapons anymore.

The next day.

Just as the sky was getting bright, the sound of a rooster crowing woke Jiang Yuan up.

Jiang Yuan dressed neatly and went out to look. In the morning light, a large rooster with a red crown and colorful feathers stood on the red brick roof of the chicken coop, proudly crowing at the sky: "Dog brother, dog brother..."

The farmhouse boss also got up and stood in the courtyard, boxing towards the direction of the rising sun.

Jiang Yuan looked at the boss, looked at the chicken, and said: "Can the rooster be eaten?"

The boss slowly retracted his fist, hesitated for a few seconds, and said: "It's raised to be eaten, but this chicken is more than two years old, too big, you two can't finish it..."

"Just it. Let's eat together." Jiang Yuan didn't even ask the price, gestured, and said: "Do it now; we won't be able to leave in a while."

"Alright, I'll call my wife to burn fire and water." The boss said while walking, deliberately took a detour, reached the chicken coop, deliberately didn't look at the direction of the big rooster, reached out, and grabbed the wings of the rooster that was rushing to take off.

The big rooster kicked wildly in a hurry. The boss held his hands together and muttered: "Little chicken, little chicken, don't blame me; you are a dish for a farmer..."

By the time Liu Jinghui got up, the chicken meat was already stewed.

"Oh, eating chicken for breakfast. A bit tough." Liu Jinghui, who had woken up, smelled the aroma of the stewed chicken, and his mood was also quite good.

Jiang Yuan sat at the small table, looking at the pot of stewed chicken as if no one else was there, as if he hadn't heard Liu Jinghui's words.

The boss looked at Jiang Yuan carefully, only feeling that he was full of killing intent, and then whispered to Liu Jinghui: "This is the rooster that crowed this morning. Your friend saw it when he got up, so he asked me to kill it and make it."

Liu Jinghui was stunned when he heard this, and suddenly understood the boss's mood a little.

After the meal, the two sorted out a little, and waited for two guides to arrive before starting to enter the mountain.

Seeing locals opening the way in front and someone helping to carry luggage, Jiang Yuan felt a little more relaxed. While walking, he said: "I thought when the provincial bureau came out, they would call the local county bureau, at least a police station or something. Is it really investigating by ourselves?"

"The Wu Longshan wild man case has been launched three times." Liu Jinghui said while walking: "Last time, it was I who launched it. More than 20 people entered the mountain, the efficiency was very low, and irreversible damage was done to the scene. In addition, outside the mountain is the police station, and inside the mountain is the forest police, which is also quite complex."

Jiang Yuan didn't speak. He had just been to the provincial bureau and knew that it was rare for the provincial bureau to send a single person out for a case. Most of the time, if the provincial bureau wanted to show concern, they would send about two police officers to the local area, just like Liu Jinghui and the others did last time with the Tan Yong case. When necessary, they could directly take over the local criminal police team.

Liu Jinghui found Jiang Yuan this time, saying it was two people, but from the perspective of the provincial bureau, it was equivalent to him going out to handle the case independently.

Liu Jinghui had such a delicate mind that with a glance, he knew Jiang Yuan's thoughts, so he said: "This case is famous because both the deceased and the discoverer have a certain social influence. The deceased was a columnist, pen name Li Sanqiu, specializing in writing about life in the deep mountains, adventure, and seclusion."

Seeing that Jiang Yuan didn't know, Liu Jinghui continued: "The backpacker who discovered his body is a... should be called a camping intermediary, or a shop for outdoor equipment in Changyang City. Because he often organized outdoor activities, formed and participated in many groups, after accidentally discovering the body, he used the name 'Wu Longshan Wild Man' to post many posts and photos, attracting a certain amount of attention nationwide."

"In this way, there will be bored people coming to see it specifically." Jiang Yuan immediately thought that the situation at the scene was probably not good.

"Yes." Liu Jinghui sighed: "Originally in the wild, the preservation conditions for the body and the scene were very poor. After being watched by people, when doing the second scene and the third scene, the conditions were even worse. It just so happened that the first scene was done by the local police station, and the work was very rough..."

Jiang Yuan twitched the corner of his mouth inexplicably and said frankly: "I thought you didn't care about evidence."

"Reasoning also needs a foundation." Liu Jinghui could guess Jiang Yuan's evaluation of him, and didn't care, continuing: "In short, after the incident fermented, it attracted the attention of the provincial bureau. Later, they dispatched and organized a relatively capable team, and finally confirmed that the deceased's identity was Li Sanqiu, which had nothing to do with wild men. But by this time, backpackers and those wild man fans no longer believed the announcement. Instead, it attracted the attention of Li Sanqiu's readers and cultural media."

Jiang Yuan walked with difficulty on the path that could only accommodate one person, panting and saying: "So, you are hoping I can find something?"

"Fingerprints are best." Liu Jinghui smiled and said: "I know you are also very good at scene investigation. You once solved a homicide case through re-investigation. If you can re-investigate and find any clues, that's also good. As a second best, see if there are any trace evidence that can be used."

"Hmm... then when we get to the place, let's try it." Jiang Yuan agreed. What Liu Jinghui mentioned were all skills he was currently good at. Honestly, Jiang Yuan didn't dislike using these skills to solve cases.

Liu Jinghui also nodded and stopped talking to save energy.

At an altitude of 200 meters from the village, they went deep into the pure deep mountains and old forests. Here, the trees were tall and dense, with vines intertwined, and deep grass or other unknown plants tried to fill all the remaining space. The only small path was also mostly submerged, making the guide have to wave a firewood knife to open the mountain.

Mosquitoes, snakes, insects, and other small things that humans don't like were everywhere, and soon people became immune to them.

Even if the road conditions were so difficult, the location where several people walked still couldn't be called a primitive forest. This was a secondary forest that had grown back after being logged decades ago. This could be seen from the obvious dominant tree species around.

Jiang Yuan observed while thinking silently.

Crime scene investigation in the wild is completely different from crime scene investigation in the city. In the city, blood is spilled, and ten years later, scene analysis can still easily measure it. But in the wild, as long as it takes ten days or half a month, the bloodstains will disappear cleanly.

Earthworms, ants, microorganisms, all kinds of guys familiar or unfamiliar to humans will drill out, shout "Boss is generous," and turn around and leave.

By the same token, technologies like DNA are hard to find a place to use here. A blob of sperm sprayed on the ground won't be preserved longer than the shelf life. It is only the traditional "stupid thief's special" like cigarette butts and needles that have a little value.

And the bodies that are super difficult to handle in the city can't be preserved for too long in the wild. Wild boars, bears, and microorganisms can easily eat the body cleanly. The act of burying is actually conducive to body preservation in the wild.

It can be said that here, if a person is lost, they are lost. Whether they can be found back depends entirely on luck.

Even whether the body can be discovered depends on luck. Just like this Wu Longshan wild man case, if it weren't for a backpacker who happened to go up the mountain, happened to go deep into Li Sanqiu's place of seclusion, and happened to choose to rest there for two days, it would be very difficult to discover the body.

Thinking of this, Jiang Yuan couldn't help but look at Liu Jinghui in front. This guy probably has similar suspicions, and maybe he even wants to find more bodies.

Just like a tiger easily eats a person, it will list people on the menu and try to eat more people; a shark easily eats a person, it will list people on the menu and try to eat more people; if a person easily kills a person and is not punished, they will also list people on the list and no longer have taboos.

Wu Longshan Mountain is truly a good place for murder. ===== CHAPTER 99 =====