Chapter Fifteen Pursuit

  I looked at Ah Feng in confusion, wondering if he was still sleepy? But Lu Yu Feng looked very calm and made eye contact with me and Pan Zi, indicating that we should listen to him.

  Wang Tong saw that we didn't stop him, and hastily put on his clothes. We two were afraid of something unexpected happening at night, so we slept with our clothes on, and didn't need to hurry like Wang Tong.

  I took advantage of the opportunity to pull Lu Yifeng into the living room and asked him what he was really thinking.

  Lu Yifeng asked me back, "Xiaobai, do you think the murderer in this virus case is clever?"

  I thought for a moment and nodded. Hei Zi, Xi Gui and Dao Ke, none of them were ordinary people, yet they all got killed by the murderer. That stone house was full of mechanisms, if the murderer wasn't clever, it would be impossible to have such a "masterpiece".

  Lu Yifeng sighed and said, "Since that's the case, he must have killed the wrong person tonight and will definitely be suspicious. From his threatening phone call to us, we can see that this is a proud person who thinks he has been fooled. He won't leave the scene of the crime so easily with a grudge in his heart. Let's take Wang Tong with us to take a look and maybe he'll show up, perhaps we'll gain something."

  I understand Ah Feng's meaning now, but in that case, we're also not very good at this, no doubt using Wang Tong as bait.

  Wang Tong had no idea what Ah Feng was thinking, and in just a few minutes he got dressed and urged us to hurry downstairs.

  We were still driving that black sedan, rushing to the processing plant. On the way, Ah Feng made a phone call, but because Wang Tong was present, he only spoke in cryptic language, talking about eating bread and rice.

  I guess he was talking to Yu Jinghang, telling him his thoughts and letting the police make preparations too.

  When we arrived at the scene, the fire in the duty room had been extinguished, and it was not deserted here. Looking around, there were people everywhere.

  The police arrived in two police cars, including Yu Ganghang, as well as an ambulance and a fire truck. I noticed that next to the ambulance was a stretcher with a person covered with a white sheet.

  This must be Wang Tong's buddy, who became a scapegoat for him.

  Wang Tong wasn't afraid of seeing a corpse either. He, a big and tall man, cried and ran towards the white cloth, surrounded by our people, and I didn't worry that he would get into trouble, so I let him go.

  The two of us met with Yu Jinghang, but after we walked up to him, the kid subconsciously took two steps back, trying to keep his distance from us.

  I understand what he means, he must know that we have a virus on us, but the problem is that it's not contagious, why is he bothering us like this?

  Lu Yifeng didn't beat around the bush and directly asked about the matter at hand, "What have you found out now?"

  "The door and window of the duty room had signs of being pried open and smashed, it's likely that someone tried to force their way in, but the anti-theft doors and windows prevented them from succeeding. The perpetrator then used kerosene to set the house on fire. The police arrived as soon as they received the report, but it was too late."

  It can be imagined that at that time, Wang and his brothers made a series of struggles, although they did not let the murderer in, but ultimately could not escape the disaster.

  Yu Jinghang pointed at the surrounding houses and said to Lu Yifeng, "I also sent someone to search nearby, in your words, it's just a matter of luck."

  It so happened that just as he finished speaking, two shots rang out from a nearby flat-roofed house.

  It was late at night, the sound of gunfire was very clear, making my heart beat faster. No need for anyone to emphasize anything, we all know that the culprit didn't run away and was found by the police.

  Yu Gang was a bit anxious and also slightly excited. He pulled his throat and found two subordinates nearby, and they rushed to the direction of Ping's house together.

  I also want to go and take a look, and the guns have already been fired, the criminals may be shot dead. I called out to Ah Feng and Panzi. But Ah Feng had a different idea, he instead beckoned us to hurry up and get in the car.

  I was taken aback and didn't understand, thinking what's the point of getting in the car? The alleys of Pingfang Hutong are very narrow, it's too much trouble to drive in. But I still listened to A Feng's words, and we quickly got into the black sedan. Lu Yu Feng even started the car, turned on the headlights and adjusted the brightness to maximum, shining directly at those bungalows.

  After hesitating for half a minute, a black motorcycle rushed out of an alley, the owner stepped on the gas and sped away into the distance.

  I must say I admire Lu Yifeng, he was afraid that the murderer would not be killed, so he made preparations and waited for the murderer to escape. If we had followed Yu Qianghang's example earlier and stupidly entered the alley, the murderer would have escaped easily by now.

  The black sedan was ready early on, and as soon as the killer's motorcycle escaped, Lu Yifeng also started his car and chased after it desperately.

  We should be faster than motorcycles, but the problem is that these are all dirt roads, especially bumpy. If we drive fast in a car, it's easy to skid and flip over.

  We were one car and one motorcycle, and in the end we barely managed to tie, and the distance between our two groups was always maintained at around ten meters.

  Lu Yifeng took advantage of the empty space to press a button on the dashboard, and I sat in the passenger seat, watching clearly. The button flashed immediately.

  We both have GPS belts on our bodies, which send signals every minute. This button must also be a tracker, but with a higher transmission frequency. Lu Yifeng is sending signals to the police, so they can quickly catch up with us.

  The motorcycle driver, wearing a helmet that obscured his face, looked anxious and kept glancing back. When he found he couldn't shake us off no matter what, he resorted to a trick.

  He's really good at driving, suddenly pressed the brake for a moment, and then quickly accelerated again.

  This way, the distance between us has shortened a lot, I think it's within five meters now. I'm still wondering what this motorcycle driver is thinking.

  But before anyone could answer, the motorcyclist told me the answer with his actions. He pulled out a bottle and threw it at us from behind. At such close range, the bottle hit our car's front cover and shattered with a loud crash.

  The bottle was full of water, splashing all over the windshield. Lu Yifeng steadied his nerves, not making any sudden turns on the steering wheel, maintaining speed, and only quickly sweeping with the wipers.

  I was in the car and smelled a strong smell of gasoline. I realized that it wasn't water, but rather that damned gasoline.

  The motorcycle owner saw that we were caught, and immediately took out a Zippo. We all panicked, he was going to throw the Zippo onto the car cover again, and our car would have been set on fire right away.

  Lu Yifeng hastily stepped on the brake, but the car was going too fast. The whole sedan suddenly skidded sideways. Neither Panzi nor I were doing well, especially me, who almost crashed into the windshield.

  The motorcycle owner saw no chance of losing his Zippo and didn't care about us, put away the lighter and continued to escape at full speed.

  To be honest, both of us were furious, and Lu Yu Feng even slapped the steering wheel twice to vent his anger. However, he didn't give up; after calming down, he made a U-turn and continued the chase.

  In just a short while, the motorcycle driver had escaped far away and was almost becoming a black dot. We could only look at him from afar on one hand, and identify the tire marks on the road to follow his trail on the other.

  I also occasionally looked at the in-car navigation, and after walking for a while, I found that we were heading to a very familiar place.

  It was just the village where the doctor treated the woman, but the woman's home was in the east of the village, and this time we rushed to the west.

  I said it was bad in my heart what feeling, the heart says this case we spent a lot of effort to chase for a long time, don't let it be dark under the lamp, and the murderer is actually from this village.

  Lu Yufeng also saw through it, he called Yu Jinghang to urge the police to hurry up and send two groups of people over, one group rushed to the east end of the village, and the other followed us to the west end of the village, to block both ends.

  But just as we were about to arrive at the village, after climbing a slope, something unexpected happened.

  The road is very narrow, just a two-lane road. There's someone lying across the middle of the road, and with him blocking it like this, we can't get past.

  We were all on our guard, thinking that this person wouldn't be the murderer, or was in cahoots with the murderer and playing some trick.

  Lu Yifeng took a flashlight and after warning us to be careful, got off the car together.

  When I came before this man, I found that he was also an acquaintance, the foolish old man in the village. He was shabby and tattered, with a big hole torn in his clothes, and by the roadside grass, there was also a bicycle with a broken front wheel.

  The silly old men also knew we came, he raised his head and took a look, then suddenly cried out, saying that the ghost was not good, and in the middle of the night, a motorcycle hit him.

  If he hadn't mentioned that weird thing, I would have almost forgotten about it. I remember the villagers saying that the weird thing wasn't something that guarded the orchard and was hungry enough to eat wolves? Moreover, on that day when we were investigating in the village, everyone said they had never seen a weird thing before. So we didn't take this matter seriously.

  The silly old men said so, which also caught Lu Yifeng's attention. He gestured to me and Panzi to help together, and we helped the silly old men up. He even asked ahead of time, "Old brother, you said that Jiao Jiao bumped into you, but what is Jiao Jiao after all? Who is it?"

  Those silly guys are illogical, they don't answer directly, and instead start whining about something else, saying that he recently learned to ride a bike, and with great difficulty sneaked out the family's bicycle at night for a spin, but got caught.

  I'm anxious to hear it, but what can I do? Finally, Lu Yifeng called us over and told us to help the silly old men into the car first.

  The sedan's back seat was very comfortable, and the silly old men sat up without complaining of pain anymore. They hummed a few tunes in satisfaction, and after chatting with us for a while, he finally said something useful.

  He told us that Guai was not living in the village, sometimes hiding in the orchard, and sometimes going to the old house outside the village.

  I didn't understand what the old house was, but Lu Yifeng understood and explained it to me. He said that in the past, the rural areas around Mus town were all independent households, far away from each other. Later, in order to keep warm, they all moved together. The old houses that the foolish elders talked about should be those abandoned old houses.

  I checked the navigation again, and it also showed that the old house was on the west side of the village. I figured it out, no need to say more, the cunning criminal must have taken the old house as a temporary residence, he escaped this time, but unfortunately, we met the stupid grandpas, and he should be caught now.