Chapter 1868

Seeing that Gu Chen was suddenly nervous, Police Officer Wang saw all this after making the phone call, and rushed to Gu Chen's side to ask:

"Gu Chen, what's wrong with you? Why are you so nervous?" Officer Wang asked.

"I don't know if it was my misjudgment?" Gu Chen didn't make it clear, but after thinking for a few seconds, Gu Chen quickly pulled Officer Wang out of the crowd and came to a corner, and then turned on the map of his mobile phone. came out, and whispered:

"Senior Brother Wang, there is something strange about this place."

"Yes, there is something strange. After all, Zhang Muzhi drowned here, but he is a good swimmer, so there must be something strange." Officer Wang also echoed.

But Gu Chen shook his head and continued to remind: "The water area where Zhang Muzhi's accident happened is here."

In order to be more intuitive, Gu Chen directly pointed to the approximate area, and then said:

"I followed the man suspected of Xu Yang at night, and he was staying on the shore of this water area at that time, which is here."

After the words fell, Gu Chen quickly pointed out the map coordinates.

Officer Wang stared blankly, and also looked puzzled: "So...so, you suspect that Zhang Muzhi's death is related to this mysterious person?"

"It's not clear at the moment." Gu Chen shook his head, but didn't say anything dead, and continued to explain:

"But during the tracking at night, this mysterious man was sneaky, which really made people suspicious."

"Besides, I was almost spotted by him on the lawn near the lake shore."

"Fortunately, at the last moment, another person came from another direction. The two of them exchanged secret words with flashlights, and this person left slowly."

"Otherwise, I might have come face to face with this man, who was only about 10 meters away at the time."

"Oh?" Hearing Gu Chen's words, Police Officer Wang frowned.

He just heard what Gu Chen said before, but Police Officer Wang didn't take it seriously, he just felt that what Gu Chen said was a bit weird.

But now it seems that the suspicious person that Gu Chen found at night seems to be inseparable from Zhang Muzhi.

After all, who ran to that wasteland on the other side at night?

When it comes to fishing, this is the perfect place.

"Gu Chen, are you sure that the suspicious place you found at night is the shore at the other end?" Officer Wang confirmed again and again.

Gu Chen also nodded silently, and replied very positively: "I am 100% sure of this, because I have observed the map, and the terrain over there just happens to have a corner, and the shape is a bit like a triangle."

"In addition, there is a pond near the other end, which is here, and the location is already very obvious."

"And along this side of the pond, you can come to the side of the parking road..."

Listening to Gu Chen's eloquence, Police Officer Wang suddenly felt terrified.

You know, the probability of a good swimmer drowning suddenly is quite small.

Otherwise, the other members of the Shadow Club would not have reacted so violently.

Turning his head to look at Zhang Muzhi's body lying on the shore, Police Officer Wang fell into deep thought.

At this moment, Lu Weiwei and Yuan Shasha were still maintaining order at the scene, waiting for support.

Officer Wang frowned, patted Gu Chen on the shoulder, and reminded him in a low voice: "Gu Chen, please don't say anything about this matter."

"In case there is something strange about Zhang Muzhi's death, or in other words, someone framed him, if we say that, it's easy to startle the snake."

"I understand, secretly investigate." Gu Chen is also very clear about what Police Officer Wang means.

Officer Wang nodded silently, and then asked Gu Chen again: "Then do you think, if Zhang Muzhi's drowning was framed by someone, who is the most likely murderer?"

Officer Wang's words seemed to touch Gu Chen's heart.

Gu Chen pondered for a moment, then murmured: "Many murderers are very quiet, even unassuming, and they are usually quite likable."

"If the murderer wants to kill Zhang Muzhi, then under the cover of so many people, they may come to the scene to confirm whether Zhang Muzhi is dead."

"You...you mean, the murderer might be at the scene?" After being reminded by Gu Chen, Officer Wang hurriedly looked around subconsciously, focusing on checking the people around Zhang Muzhi.

Gu Chen reminded, "Zhang Muzhi is from the Shadow Club in Hangzhou. He doesn't seem to have any acquaintances in our Jiangnan City."

"So I think that the person who killed Zhang Muzhi may be among these players."

"After all, I heard from Zhao Bo before that the players in this circle are actually very introverted."

"And these people have more or less contradictions with each other. Of course, we don't know these, and we don't know what contradictions exist between them?"

"But if you want to say who is the most likely murderer, then I think the scope of the search should be narrowed to the circle of these players."

"Zhao Bo and Xu Yang?" According to Gu Chen's thinking, these two people immediately popped up in Officer Wang's mind.

But soon, Police Officer Wang vetoed himself: "No, no, many people on the shore saw that these two people were swimming on the left side, and there was a light shining on them, so they could see clearly."

"It's impossible for them to swim to the right area to kill Zhang Muzhi under the eyes of everyone."

"One reason is that there may be a lot of movement. Once Zhang Muzhi is attacked, he will definitely call for help, and everyone on the shore can hear it."

"What's more, if Zhao Bo and Xu Yang want to kill Zhang Muzhi in the past, needless to say, the people on the shore can clearly see the two people's activities."

"That's right." Hearing Officer Wang's words, Gu Chen also nodded slightly, echoing:

"So, if Xu Yang and Zhao Bo's words are not lying, and there are many witnesses on the shore, then these two people can be completely ruled out."

Turning his head to look at the dark lake, Gu Chen couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "But if it wasn't for these two people, why would Zhang Muzhi, a good swimmer, suddenly drown in the lake?"

"Or is Zhang Muzhi suffering from a sudden illness? Or is it due to some other reason?"

"If not, what would it be?"

With these questions in mind, Gu Chen also fell into entanglement.

Seeing that Lu Weiwei and Yuan Shasha were struggling to maintain order at the scene, Gu Chen hurriedly reminded, "Senior Brother Wang, let's go protect the scene first and wait for support."

"Understood." Officer Wang nodded slightly, and then followed Gu Chen back to the scene of the incident.

The crowd at the scene, under the urging of the police, gradually began to retreat to the rear.

Only a lot of professional pilots remained in place, but they could only keep a relative distance from Zhang Muzhi's body.

Many club pilots gathered together and whispered. It seemed that this kind of thing happened, and everyone was caught off guard.

Gu Chen took out the notebook he was carrying with him, went directly to the group of professional pilots, and asked, "Which one of you was around while Zhang Mu was swimming in the water?"

Hearing Gu Chen's remarks, everyone couldn't help but look at each other.

After a while, a member of the Hangzhou Shadow team said: "We were all near the shore at that time."

"Some are watching fishing, and some are swimming directly in the water."

"That is to say, you were the closest to Zhang Muzhi at that time, right?" Gu Chen asked again.

Everyone still looked at each other face to face, and after repeated thinking, they nodded slightly.

"Very good." Gu Chen was quite satisfied, and continued to ask: "The area where Zhang Muzhi was swimming at that time, did any of you notice any abnormal movements in that water area?"

"this……"

After thinking about it, a professional pilot from the Skull Club said slowly, "Officer Gu, when Zhang Mu got into the water, I was sitting on the shore watching these villagers fishing."

"As for the direction Zhang Muzhi was swimming in, I took a few extra glances because I was focusing on fishing, but I could also hear some movement nearby."

"I can tell you responsibly that at that time, apart from these people swimming on the shore, there was not much movement on the lake in the distance."

"Is there even no movement of Zhang Muzhi struggling on the water?" Lu Weiwei asked curiously.

The members of the Skull Club nodded silently: "That's right, if someone is struggling on the lake, the movement will definitely be louder."

"It was relatively quiet at the time, and there were no noisy vehicles around. Compared with the rural land here, it is very quiet."

"Even if Zhang Muzhi was shouting for help to the shore at that time, we would have noticed it immediately, but... from the beginning to the end, we didn't hear any movement, Zhang Muzhi swam repeatedly, and then suddenly disappeared. not see."

"Swimming, swimming...and then disappearing suddenly?" Lu Weiwei couldn't help but shudder when she heard such an explanation.

I feel that this statement is too weird, it seems that Zhang Muzhi's drowning death was not simple.

Thinking about it, Lu Weiwei asked a local villager: "Old man, are there any unknown creatures in the waters near you?"

"Uh... this." When asked by Lu Weiwei, the older villager's heart skipped a beat, and he said in thought:

"I have lived by the lake for most of my life, and I have never heard of any strange creatures in the lake?"

"Let's talk about fish. We often fish on the shore, and we occasionally catch a few giant fish."

"Giant fish? How big is it?" Yuan Shasha immediately became interested when she heard this.

The old man thought for a moment, then opened his hands and gestured: "Probably... about this long, and about this wide."

The old man of the village gave a general gesture, but this description also surprised everyone.

"Such a big fish? It must weigh dozens of catties, right?"

"It looks like such a big fish can swallow those small pets in one bite."

"Is it so exaggerated? There are such creatures in this lake? Could it be some kind of water monster? A drowning ghost or something?"

Everyone was rambling, and the more they talked, the more evil they became.

Liu Jingru was also so frightened that her hairs stood on end, she hurriedly asked the old villager weakly: "Master, by the way, has anyone here ever drowned?"

"Yes, of course." Hearing what Liu Jingru said, the old villager also said truthfully:

"We have lived here since we were young. Anyway, we just know that there have been more than a dozen people who drowned in this lake for decades."

"So much?" When Liu Jingru heard it, her heart skipped a beat, and she said again:

"Have all these people been caught later?"

"That's for sure. After death, people will float on the water, so under normal circumstances, we won't let children who are not able to swim into the water."

"Even if you want to teach them to swim, you have to do it in shallow water and under the supervision of adults."

The old man talked endlessly, but the professional pilots on the side were terrified.

One of the shadow club pilots said: "Is there really a drowning ghost? Or is there some kind of unknown creature in this lake?"

"I remember that our captain's water skills are quite good, but he just disappeared into the lake without making a sound. This... doesn't everyone find it strange?"

"Isn't it?" Hearing what this player said, another Shadow Club member also said:

"Our captain's water quality is really nothing to say, but after the incident happened, we didn't even notice it at all, huh? Do you think the captain just dived into the bottom of the lake like this?"

"If so, could it be that the feet were entangled by the nearby algae?" Another team member said.

When a white-haired villager heard this, he immediately waved his hand and denied it: "No, no, there are no strange creatures in the lake area near the shore."

"In the dry season in previous years, the lakes in our area would dry up, but there would be no such entangled algae, absolutely none."

"That's right." Just as the white-haired villager finished speaking, another tall and thin old man echoed:

"You have to say that the algae in the middle of the Jiangnan Lake may have such pests, but there will never be such plants in the shore area. We have lived here for most of our lives, and we must know."

"How could that person die like this without any reaction?"

"That's right, did our captain get dragged into the water?"

...

As soon as the villagers finished speaking, other pilots of the Shadow Club started arguing with these villagers.

But Gu Chen seemed to be awakened suddenly, but he still hesitated.

"That's right, as a good swimmer, Zhang Muzhi shouldn't have just drowned quietly."

"Moreover, judging from the characteristics of Zhang Muzhi's death, he did die from drowning, and there will not be much difference in this point."

"But what if Zhang Muzhi's water quality is very good, but he just drowned in such a quiet situation without any movement? This is obviously not in line with reality."

"Even if he was choked by the lake water, but as a good swimmer, his body movements can keep him in shape. How could he sink into the lake without a sound, causing drowning casualties?"

Taking a deep breath, Gu Chen continued to wonder: "Could it be that someone really dragged Zhang Muzhi into the water?"

"But if Zhang Muzhi was dragged into the water, then the other party must also have a super strong ability to hold his breath."

"Pull Zhang Mu into the water, and that Zhang Muzhi will definitely fight with each other underwater."

"But under the same conditions, it doesn't make sense to say that only Zhang Muzhi drowned, but the other party didn't."

Thinking of this, Gu Chen turned his head to look at the lake.

At this time, the surface of the lake was still as quiet as ever, with a slight breeze blowing at night, the surface of the lake was only rippling with microwaves.

Swimming under such conditions, it seems that as long as the technique is not bad, drowning will not occur.

But just now Gu Chen did think of a possibility from the discussions among members of the Shadow Club.

That is, Zhang Muzhi might indeed have been dragged into the water, and due to the sudden incident, Zhang Muzhi had no time to take a breath, which disrupted his breathing rhythm.

In addition, it was night, and the surface of the changed lake was originally pitch black, and Zhang Muzhi was dragged into the dark lake water, perhaps because he was too nervous for a while, which made him unable to resist, and was drowned by the other party underwater.

But to do this, it seems difficult for ordinary people to do it. The key lies in breathing underwater.

"Breath?" Gu Chen had just thought about this, but suddenly had a bold idea.

"Yes, why didn't I think of it before?"

"Junior Brother Gu, what did you think of?" Seeing Gu Chen's eyes brighten, Lu Weiwei seemed to have discovered something?

Gu Chen pulled Lu Weiwei aside and whispered, "Senior Sister Lu, do you think this is possible?"

"That is, someone wearing diving equipment attacked Zhang Muzhi underwater, dragged the unsuspecting Zhang Muzhi into the water, and took advantage of the diving equipment on his body to drown Zhang Muzhi in the lake?"

"Dive...diving equipment?" Hearing Gu Chen's words, Lu Weiwei suddenly felt that Gu Chen was indeed Gu Chen, and this brain hole was too strange?

But Lu Weiwei didn't know that on the way to send Liu Jingru home, Gu Chen had followed a mysterious man who looked quite similar to Xu Yang, all the way to this water area.

If these conditions were in place, Lu Weiwei might still be able to believe that this would happen.

Although Lu Weiwei was puzzled, Gu Chen believed in his own judgment.

If it was a coincidence that the mysterious person I followed at night disappeared near this water area, the drowning of Zhang Muzhi seemed to be an accidental event.

But if the two mysterious people are contacted, Gu Chen has reason to believe that there may be some possibility.

But to realize this possibility, it must be guaranteed that Zhang Muzhi will come to swim in this water area.

"But, who can guarantee that Zhang Muzhi will definitely go into the water?" Gu Chen asked himself, and after a while, he cast his eyes on the other pilots of the Hangzhou Shadow Club, and quickly asked:

"Does your captain Zhang Muzhi like swimming?"

"like."

Seemingly without thinking, the other three pilots almost spoke in unison.

"How much do you like it?" Gu Chen asked again.

The high-nosed flying hand quickly answered, "How should I put it? Anyway, our captain Zhang Muzhi grew up by the lake since he was a child, so whenever he sees the lake, he has an urge to go swimming."

"That's right." As soon as the player with the high nose bridge finished speaking, another member of the Shadow Club quickly interjected:

"Before we organized an outdoor group building, we ended up camping by a reservoir."

"When our captain saw the reservoir, without saying a word, he took off his pants and jumped into the reservoir, letting us do coolies there."

"That is to say, your captain, Zhang Muzhi, has a special preference for swimming? Whenever you see this kind of lake water, you will choose to swim in it, right?"

He was confused by Gu Chen's words.

Although everyone didn't know what the purpose of Gu Chen's questioning was? But after looking at each other, they still nodded in unison, confirming Gu Chen's method.

"It seems that I guessed it right. There may really be a 'water ghost' in this lake." Seeing this situation, Gu Chen also suddenly felt that his previous verification seemed to be correct.

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