Chapter 238: Every Detail Counts

Chapter 239: Every detail

Jiang Yuan and his companions arrived early and found a small restaurant. They found a dirty table and were able to spread out their tea cups, drink tea and enjoy the air conditioning while waiting for the dispatch from the front.

From his position, Xu Taining's white shirt was particularly conspicuous a few hundred meters away.

And the number of vehicles on both sides of the road has never been less.

Most of the vehicles and police officers who came to reinforce would wait for a few dozen minutes at most before they would be assigned tasks, take a map, or find a guide on the spot, and go to their destination.

But because more and more vehicles, police officers and local personnel came, the road was inevitably congested.

The people who came later parked by the roadside, so there were no tables to sit on. They simply sat on the ground on both sides of the road, or found a place like the truck bed of a pickup truck, chatting while browsing their phones.

The merchants in Zifeng Town soon showed a business sensitivity that was not inferior to that of first-tier cities.

Everyone carried out tables, chairs, benches, wooden stools, wooden strips, anything that looked like something that could be sat on, and sold their own products.

The police officers who came along were also hungry, so they filled their stomachs with instant noodles, bread or spicy strips on the spot until the chefs and owners of various restaurants became excited.

At the same time, support from the Mining Bureau and the geological team also poured in.

Although Zifeng Mountain is a big mountain, it is different from Wulong Mountain. It is a purely familiar land.

Both the geological team and the coal miners have decades of experience in measuring the surroundings with their feet. Farmers, workers, etc. who have lived here all year round also know a lot about Zifeng Mountain.

This is still the present when the coal mine is declining. If it were put in the 1980s and 1990s when the coal mine was the most prosperous, there would be no uninhabited places within a hundred miles of Zifeng Town.

Tens of thousands of people live and work here, walking between the top and the foot of the mountain day and night, producing here during the week and relaxing here on weekends.

The most difficult mountainous area to climb is where two large coal mines and a small coal mine are located.

The halfway point is the busiest area of ​​the coal mine. This is where the ore washing plant and coal yard are located. Transport vehicles from many nearby provinces gather here and transport goods day and night.

At night, the lights of the trucks waiting for coal are like a dragon of light, coiling between the bare mountains, and illuminating the main peak of Zifeng Mountain as if it were a Ding Ding into a pearl.

It will not stop even until New Year's Eve.

The coal here will give warmth to countless people.

Zifeng Town at the southern foot of the mountain, where everyone is, is a coal machine factory, machinery factory, repair factory, transport brigade, agricultural machinery factory, fertilizer factory and other small industrial factories, as well as the mining bureau, hospital, school and government seat.

The family quarters of coal mines are also mostly concentrated here, with special shopping malls, vegetable markets, cinemas and other commercial departments, supporting the lives of tens of thousands of people.

The less busy northern foot of Zifeng Mountain is not empty either. Due to historical reasons, there are a large number of small coal mines there. Most of them are organized by townships and are township enterprises that were established in a primitive way. Some small coal mines are affiliated with production teams or communes.

The workers of the small coal mines on the northern foot are mainly local farmers. Transportation relies on mules and horses, and excavation relies on pickaxes. The environment is harsh, and production and relationships are more complicated.

The main search direction now is the No. 1 well in the high mountains on the southern foot. Its full name is the No. 1 well of Zifeng Mining Bureau. It sounds like a mine, but it is actually a coal mine.

The No. 1 well is the coal mine with the longest mining time and the best mining conditions in Zifeng Mountain. Before the resources were exhausted, the coal mine had more than 3,000 employees, and there were thousands of people actually working.

With so many people, using the advanced machinery that state-owned enterprises could purchase at that time, and continuing to mine for decades, you can imagine the complexity of the tunnel.

If you really want to check all the inclined shafts, the manpower and material resources consumed are beyond the support of the provincial department.

However, unless Liu Jinghui got carried away, he would not have entered these abandoned mines. The situation there was unpredictable, and it was like risking his life to investigate.

Xu Taining's goal was not to save one person and risk hundreds of people being buried alive.

Therefore, his arrangements were concentrated at various intersections, cave entrances, mountain villages, ditches, temples and other places.

His trouble was that he was not sure of Liu Jinghui's goal and direction, so he could not just investigate Well No. 1, but also arranged a lot of people to search Well No. 2, Tuanjie Coal Mine, Miaogou Coal Mine, and even the small coal mines on the northern slope.

The advantage was that the coal mines in Zifeng Mountain had all stopped production, and the roads that were once bustling and busy had returned to the mountains and forests. Experienced policemen or prospectors could easily find traces of people and horses passing by.

Liu Jinghui brought two other police officers, a total of three people, and I don't think he would deliberately disappear.

On the other hand, this is another pressure. Now that so many people have gone up the mountain, if they can't find Liu Jinghui's trace, it will be difficult to find him later.

However, Xu Taining must be very good at this level of on-site search.

Jiang Yuan, Huang Qiangmin and others waited for almost three hours before their names were finally called.

When they got close to Xu Taining, they waited for more than ten minutes before they came to Xu Taining.

The first-level senior police sergeant in a white shirt looked a little tired at this time, his square face slightly collapsed, and his lips even showed signs of chapped.

Jiang Yuan thought of it all at once, he must not dare to drink water. So as not to waste time going to the toilet.

If it were any other leader, the normal search operation would probably be arranged in the form of a meeting and assigned to different middle-level cadres.

Xu Taining, however, personally arranged everything in detail.

This would naturally be much more tiring.

"Jiang Yuan." Xu Taining did not know Huang Qiangmin, so he just waved and asked, "Who is your captain?"

"Director Xu, I am Huang Qiangmin, the captain of the Ningtai County Criminal Police Brigade." Huang Qiangmin took the initiative to greet him. He was about the same age as Xu Taining, but his status was much lower.

Xu Taining smiled and said, "Yes, the captain came in person. Thank you for your hard work. Well, how many people are there in total?"

"There should be 28 people, and there are 28 people." Huang Qiangmin stepped forward and answered very formally.

He led the second squadron this time. The first and second squadrons of Ningtai County used to have endless cases every day. In the past two months, there have been fewer cases, and the team's laxity has greatly increased.

For Huang Qiangmin, this trip out to support is also an opportunity to exercise.

"Yes, a platoon has come. You also brought a police dog, right?"

"Yes." Huang Qiangmin also called Heizi from Longli County over, because the provincial department had a unified dispatch task, so the dog time was saved this time.

Xu Taining looked at Jiang Yuan again and said, "I remember that Jiang Yuan's on-site investigation ability is quite good."

"Yes." This time it was Jiang Yuan who answered, without any extra humble words.

"You start the search from the location of Sanqing Temple. There are also local people's activities here, and the situation is more complicated..." Xu Taining made a few more arrangements and signaled Jiang Yuan and others to start work.

Huang Qiangmin agreed, took Jiang Yuan and the dog to the pickup truck, and started driving according to the signs on the roadside.

The road signs on both sides of the road were rearranged by Xu Taining today.

There are not many forks in the mountain. As long as the road signs are clear, you can find them without a guide, which is convenient for everyone.

However, ordinary search personnel can't think of such details.

Most commanders are just anxious and angry. Good organizational skills are not possessed by everyone. There are even fewer excellent ones.

Sanqing Temple is actually on the side peak.

The car has to drive to the middle of the mountain, then take a fork in the road, go down the mountain to Miaogou, and then climb up.

Miaogou is also a huge ravine. In the past, a whole village lived there, but they all moved to Zifeng Town to develop the coal mine.

On one side of Miaogou is the main peak of Zifeng Mountain, and on the other side is the side peak where Sanqing Temple is located.

The height of the side peak is not low, and the latitude is much smaller. If the coal mine had not been discovered, this place could have been developed as a tourist attraction.

Now there is no potential for development. Standing at Sanqing Temple and looking down, it is all open-pit coal mines that have been dug out. Although backfilling has been done now, it still looks like a thousand holes.

"I thought we would be assigned an important job." Li Li took Dazhuang out of the car, and Dazhuang's feet were shaking.

The winding mountain road is a nightmare for car passengers. Now it seems that it is probably the hell difficulty for car dogs.

"This temple seems to be still maintained, which is also an important work." Huang Qiangmin corrected Li Li's point of view and said, "We don't have anything special."

"We don't have it, but Jiang Yuan has it. And we also brought a police dog." Li Li emphasized: "Don't look at the dog's face, look at the river's face."

Jiang Yuan didn't know whether Li Li was praising him or insulting him.

However, it gets dark early in the mountains. Now looking at Li Li, you can't see her face clearly, but you can see her figure clearly. Jiang Yuan's tone is very calm: "Let's look at the scene first."

"Da Zhuang may need to rest for a while." Li Li hugged Da Zhuang to her chest distressedly. People who are carsick will feel very uncomfortable, let alone dogs.

Jiang Yuan nodded and began to unload the power supply from the car, inspecting lights and other items.

Half of these were just begged back with the Great Wall Cannon. Things like mobile large power supplies were originally equipped in Ningtai County, but they are old, not only the battery capacity is low, but the performance in all aspects cannot keep up with the requirements.

Exploration lights are used to illuminate, but the power of such items is getting bigger and bigger. Needless to say, the bigger the power, the better it is.

After a while, Liu Wenkai, the captain of the second squadron, arrived at the scene with his men.

They were all riding in the old cars of the second squadron, the main ones were a Skoda, an Iveco, and two Wuling Hongguang.

The old road of the coal mine was already full of potholes, and several cars had a very difficult time going. One team member also imitated Da Zhuang and vomited when he went up the mountain.

"Go farther and vomit, don't destroy the scene." Huang Qiangmin shouted first, then sighed: "So air conditioning is also a combat power. Having a good car is also helpful for us to protect the scene."

Squadron leader Liu Wenkai looked at the wild scenery around him and agreed: "A good car has too many uses. When I was young, I also brought my girlfriend to such a mountain. At that time, I didn't have money to rent a room, so I wanted to do something on the mountain. As a result, I borrowed an A-class car, and my girlfriend's legs were long... Hey..."

Huang Qiangmin glanced at him and said slowly: "I'm talking about the Great Wall Cannon."

Liu Wenkai said with a grin: "I'm also talking about the cannon."

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Wang Zhong took a survey box out of the Iveco, came to Jiang Yuan, and skillfully played the auxiliary, and asked: "What are we looking for?"

"I don't know, let's take a look at the footprints first."

"Footprints... what to look at?" There are quite a few footprints around. Some are loose soil in the corridors and rooms, some are wet mud in the yard, and some are made of incense ash.

There are very few people coming to the Sanqing Temple here. The temple keeper has also moved to the town. He only comes up every now and then to collect the merit box, burn some incense, burn some yellow paper, and clean up.

In this way, the footprints in the temple were formed in the last few days.

Jiang Yuan looked at it and said, "Let's first look at how most of the footprints were formed. The route they took and the way they moved. See if there are any special or exceptional ones."

After a pause, Jiang Yuan said, "It would be even better if we can directly find traces of fighting or bloodstains."

"I understand." Wang Zhong felt that he had learned a lot again, and he raised the exploration light with satisfaction to illuminate Jiang Yuan.

The two walked back and forth several times, and Jiang Yuan remained silent.

What he said just now was simple, but it was not so easy to actually operate.

There were not many footprints left, and the clarity was not high, and the behavior pattern had to be judged. It's not impossible, but in terms of the difficulty coefficient, this is very high, and it is actually more suitable for blood footprints.

Among all the footprints at the crime scene, the bloody footprints are always the most valuable.

On the other hand, they are not sure what state Liu Jinghui is in now.

According to simple reasoning, Liu Jinghui is actually more likely to come to Sanqing Temple. After all, it is the commanding height of the side peak. As long as he comes to the side peak, he is likely to come here.

And Liu Jinghui has been in Zifengshan Coal Mine for such a long time, it can be said that it is normal for him to come to the side peak to take a look.

In addition to the special nature of the temple, there are temple priests coming and going from time to time, and maybe he can see something and know something.

However, if Liu Jinghui simply goes in to take a look, or even burns incense like an ordinary pilgrim, Jiang Yuan’s current method of looking at footprints will not be able to see it.

He is equivalent to assuming that Liu Jinghui is in Sanqing Temple, conducting activities similar to exploration or investigation.

More importantly, Liu Jinghui may have never been here.

This is the way to cast a net-like search. Unless you happen to meet him, otherwise, no matter how many skills Jiang Yuan has, he can’t play it.

The criminal police officers of the second squadron spontaneously dispersed, searching around the Sanqing Temple.

At about the same time, Dazhuang also woke up from continuous motion sickness.

Li Li took out a black leather shoe from the evidence bag, let Dazhuang sniff the inside and sole of the shoe, and then let it go to find the source of the smell.

Huang Qiangmin also shifted his attention.

When searching a large area, even Jiang Yuan probably couldn't be compared with Dazhuang.

Dazhuang lowered his head to look for the source of the smell, and kept wandering around, and finally returned to the black leather shoes, then left and came back.

This was a sign that the police dog had not made a breakthrough. Li Li changed several places in succession, but failed.

Li Li and Dazhuang continued to try.

Huang Qiangmin turned his attention back to Jiang Yuan, as if he had never lost confidence in him.