Chapter 274 Locking the First Scene

In March, there was still some frost in the farmland of Liancheng, and some shady places that were not exposed to the sun still had white snow left.

A group of people set out from the door of Qiao Shanhe's villa and walked along the ridges of the fields.

"Captain Chen, if Qiao Shouhe is going home along this way, he is most likely walking on the ridges of the fields."

Wang Gang led the team in the front, and Chen Yan followed behind.

Chen Yan agreed with Wang Gang's judgment.

Five years ago, Qiao Shouhe disappeared in the early morning of May 4.

In Liancheng in May, the crops had grown very tall.

It is unlikely that Qiao Shouhe would cross the cropland directly, but should walk along the ridges at the edge of the plot.

This way, the resistance to walking will be much smaller, and it is not easy to leave traces.

Seven minutes later, the group walked to the side of several greenhouses.

"Officer Wang, Captain Chen..."

Zhang Songlin just came out of the greenhouse, and Chen Yan, Wang Gang and others were at the back of the greenhouse.

Across a wall, Zhang Songlin greeted: "Village Chief Qiao is here too..."

"Runsheng," Zhang Songlin hurriedly shouted into the greenhouse: "Pick some cucumbers."

"It's Old Zhang..."

Qiao Shanhe waved his hand: "Don't bother, I have something to do with the two police officers."

"You guys do your own things."

Wang Gang also waved his hand: "It's okay, we just came here for a walk."

Chen Yan looked at Zhang Songlin, then at the wall, and said nothing.

Everyone continued to move forward.

"Village Chief Qiao," after a moment, Chen Yan looked at Qiao Shanhe: "Are all the greenhouses in this area owned by Old Zhang?"

Qiao Shanhe shook his head: "There are several, but Old Zhang's greenhouses are more, three."

Oh...

Chen Yan nodded and continued to move forward.

Walking through the greenhouse planting area, a shrubbery came into view.

"When were these trees planted?"

"Ten years ago," Qiao Shanhe pointed to the grove and said with some emotion: "I organized the villagers to plant this shrub forest ten years ago."

"At that time, this land was a muddy land. No one planted crops or built greenhouses, so they planted trees."

Ten years...

Chen Yan murmured to himself: "Does anyone take care of this forest?"

Qiao Shanhe shook his head: "After planting, it depends on the weather and no one needs to take care of it."

"And because it is a muddy land, there is plenty of rain and no need to water it."

"Does anyone fertilize it?"

Ah?

Qiao Shanhe was stunned: "Planting trees... How can you fertilize them? Generally, they grow naturally."

"Naturally grow..."

Chen Yan looked at the shrub forest again.

This forest is relatively large.

According to Qiao Shanhe, the reason why the shrub forest was planted back then was that this low-lying land was prone to waterlogging after rain in summer.

So generally, tree species that are not resistant to waterlogging are not easy to survive.

Only these shrub forests are water-loving and waterlogging-resistant, and they are easy to survive after being planted.

Of course, there are also disadvantages, that is, the trees do not grow tall.

Visually, the tallest is only more than one meter.

And there are only so many trees, so a few trees seem taller.

As for the other trees, they are less than one meter high.

The crowd continued to set off, passing through the shrubbery, and there was another ridge.

After walking for three minutes, Qiao Shanhe pointed to a road opposite: "Go up that road, and Shouhe's house is opposite."

Although Qiao Shouhe's house is not as impressive as Qiao Shanhe's villa, it is also very impressive.

There are also two big stone lions at the door.

The vermilion door was closed and locked.

When he came to the front of the gate, Chen Yan looked at Zhao Dongfeng: "Zhao Dongfeng, you hid behind the stone lions and waited for Qiao Shouhe to come back?"

Zhao Dongfeng nodded and pointed to the stone lion on the right side of the gate: "It's this stone lion."

"I waited all night, but I didn't see Qiao Shouhe come back."

Along the way, all the terrain appeared in Chen Yan's mind.

Assume that Zhao Dongfeng did not lie, and Qiao Shanhe did not lie either.

Then, the place where Qiao Shouhe disappeared last should be near this ridge.

Or, it was on the road that Chen Yan and others walked.

And on this road, what happened to Qiao Shouhe that eventually led to his death?

From the analysis of the broken arm, it is preliminarily determined that Qiao Shouhe died about ten days ago.

The broken arm was found on May 14th.

That means Qiao Shouhe died on May 4th.

Of course, the specific time cannot be determined.

But combined with the situation of Qiao Shouhe's disappearance, Qiao Shouhe is likely to have died on this road.

So, where did his body go?

You know, Zhang Songlin and his son only caught half an arm in the pond.

At that time, Zhang Yunhu drained the entire pond and plugged all the ponds within ten kilometers nearby, but found nothing.

So...

Was Qiao Shouhe's body buried on the road he took home?

This possibility, at present, should be the greatest.

But even so, where was the body buried?

Although it only takes 15 minutes to cross the ridge from Qiao Shanhe's home to Qiao Shouhe's home.

But in this time, the distance covered is one kilometer.

With such a large area, it is possible that the murderer buried him anywhere.

Moreover, five years have passed, and the flesh and blood tissues have long rotted. Now there should be only a pile of bones underground.

In this case, even if Chen Yan activates the olfactory gene lock, it will be useless.

There is another point that makes Chen Yan a little alert.

That is Zhang Songlin who just appeared.

Chen Yan really didn't know that there would be Zhang Songlin's greenhouse on the ridge that Qiao Shouhe crossed that year.

And Zhang Songlin was the one who reported the broken arm.

Is this a coincidence?

If it is, it seems too coincidental.

If not...

Then all this... is interesting.

However, if it was really Zhang Songlin who killed Qiao Shouhe.

What was their motive for committing the crime?

For money?

Not likely.

The reason why Qiao Shouhe went home that night was to pack up and get money.

So, he must not have had much money on him at the time.

For hatred?

Not likely.

Zhang Songlin's family conditions did not allow for a feud with Qiao Shouhe.

...

However, no matter what the reason, the probability that Qiao Shouhe disappeared on this ridge is very high.

"Let's go!"

Thinking of this, Chen Yan turned around and walked back to the ridge again: "Let's walk this road again."

On the ridge, Chen Yan was wondering, what was Qiao Shouhe's mentality at the time?

Qiao Shouhe, who drank half a catty of white wine, must be quite excited.

After the car accident, he must be nervous.

Especially after Fang Xiaohu told him about the video, Qiao Shouhe must be very scared.

Five years ago, Qiao Shouhe was just 25 years old. When such a thing happened, his first backbone must be Qiao Shanhe.

Therefore, Qiao Shouhe will definitely listen to Qiao Shanhe's words.

Escape into the ridge, go straight to your home, pack up your things, and rush to the airport immediately!

Go out, enter the ridge, pass by the greenhouse, and pass through the bushes...

But what happened that made Qiao Shouhe not walk out of the bushes?

Standing on the ridge, Chen Yan looked around.

If I were the murderer, where would I bury Qiao Shouhe?

Under the ridge?

No, the traces are too heavy, and the ridge may be damaged during spring planting and autumn harvest...

In the greenhouse... It's not okay either.

Planting in the greenhouse requires turning over every year.

And damaging the greenhouse makes it easier to be discovered.

Swish!

Chen Yan's eyes finally turned to the shrubbery.

Here!

Along the way, only here is the best place to bury the body.

The shrubbery, with thick rotten leaves, is the best cover.

Moreover, this place is prone to water accumulation in summer and snow accumulation in winter, and these shrubs have no economic value.

They will definitely not be cut down.

Buried here, no one will find it for many years.

But...

Such a large shrubbery, where should I bury it?

Boom!

A picture flashed through Chen Yan's mind like lightning.

"Follow me!"

Chen Yan seemed to have caught some key clues.

He led everyone and ran towards the shrubbery.

Wang Gang looked up and saw that the location here was probably in the northeast corner of the shrubbery.

Whether it was the road in front of Qiao Shouhe's house or the greenhouse in the field, it was the farthest distance.

In addition, this was also the place where those relatively tall shrubs grew.

Looking at Chen Yan who was circling around a few shrubs, Wang Gang was a little puzzled: "Captain Chen, is there anything wrong here?"