Corpse Retriever.

Chapter 97

When the little boy cried and said the name "Grandma Yu", Tan Yunlong's ears immediately pricked up.

He had just mentioned this "Granny Yu" to his son in the morning, and his son called him in the morning to say that the body of the missing person Tang Qiuying had been found.

At the same time, he asked me to bring the file about "Granny Yu", saying that he had just visited the dormitory on the same floor and heard a classmate who was sleeping in and calling "Granny Yu" in his sleep.

So he suspected that his classmate, whose name was Lin Shuyou, might have been abducted to Fujian by human traffickers.

Tan Yunlong certainly didn't believe such nonsense, but he knew that his son dared to talk nonsense so confidently in front of him, he must be taking advantage of the power of others.

Since it is Xiaoyuan who wants the file, I will definitely give it to him.

Sure enough, the clues connected.

Tan Yunlong has become somewhat accustomed to this.

However, after hearing that the little boy named Yongyong excitedly changed his name to "Beibei", Tan Yunlong felt relieved.

Under current conditions, it is not only difficult to search for abducted children, but it is also not easy to find the biological relatives of rescued abducted children.

Human traffickers often like to kidnap very young children and then immediately transfer them by long-distance bus or train.

Experienced human trafficking gangs often do not operate within cities or provinces, but rather use the "east, south, west, north" as their areas for abduction and sale.

Children are young and cannot remember things, so they will quickly forget their past. Parents’ records of their children’s appearance, habits and other characteristics may become outdated within half a year or a year.

What’s even more hateful is that some human traffickers will deliberately conceal the facts of their crimes even after being caught.

Tan Yunlong had seen many haggard parents who had been searching for their children for years with their baby photos and toys.

He is also a father and can understand that kind of sadness and grief.

If Yongyong, oh no, if Beibei could recall some details and locate the province or city, it would be a great help in finding his biological relatives.

Tan Yunlong kept looking at the boy through the rearview mirror, hoping that the boy could find a way.

"Uncle Tan, Beibei is hungry. Let's stop ahead and buy some snacks."

"Xiaoyuan, how long will it take to buy it?"

"Wait until I call you to get in the car."

Tan Yunlong pulled over at the intersection ahead and got out of the car. A police car and motorcycle passed by. Tan Yunlong waved to them to let them go first, and then he pointed to the convenience store next to him.

My colleagues went back to the bureau first.

Tan Yunlong moved a little further away from the police car, stood under a telephone pole, took out a cigarette and lit it. Although he looked around, his attention never left the police car.

As the suspect arrester, with abducted children in the car, he should have gone back to the police station to go through the formalities as soon as possible and not wasted too much time. However, when he got off the car, he did not urge Li Zhuiyuan or even remind him to hurry.

Because he knew that the police station was noisy and it would be difficult to provide Xiaoyuan and Beibei with some space alone without being disturbed.

That’s good, it seems Xiaoyuan has a solution.

Tan Yunlong bit the cigarette and looked into the police car again. Through the window, he saw Li Zhuiyuan sitting in the back seat holding a talisman and sticking it on Beibei's forehead.

The cigarette butt in his mouth shook and the ash fell on his body.

Tan Yunlong quickly patted his hands and then looked away.

Inside the police car, Beibei, who had a heart-clearing talisman attached to her, stopped crying.

The Qingxin Talisman is originally used to stick on living people. Its function is to drive away the evil spirits from their bodies. Even if there are no evil spirits on the body, sticking it on can have a calming effect on the mind.

Beibei really stopped crying. He wiped his tears and looked quietly at his brother in front of him.

Li Zhuiyuan placed the pen in front of him, motioned him to stare at the pen in his hand, and then guided Beibei into his hypnotic rhythm step by step.

Li Zhuiyuan has not systematically studied psychological knowledge or hypnosis, but he has been studied on psychological issues and has been hypnotized many times.

Although I was unable to cure my illness, I did achieve the goal of "long illness leads to becoming a doctor."

Beibei's eyelids gradually closed, and the "Q&A" session led by Li Zhuiyuan began.

Li Zhuiyuan did not ask about "Grandma Yu" first, because this memory would have a strong stimulation on the little boy and cause hypnosis to fail, so Li Zhuiyuan first asked about the life of the "young father and mother" deep in the little boy's memory.

The little boy is not mature yet in all aspects, including language and concepts. You have to disrupt your established thinking and cognition, accept the "description" he provides, and then integrate and translate these descriptions.

Fortunately, these were not difficult for Li Zhuiyuan, not because he was still young, but because the Feng Shui books he read were often countless times more abstract and obscure than the descriptions of the world for children.

Tan Yunlong ran out of cigarettes, so he walked into the store and bought some drinks, snacks and two packs of cigarettes. With two children, one big and one small, staying in the police car, he was not really worried about any safety issues.

When he came out after buying the things, he saw Beibei sitting in the car crying. After Li Zhuiyuan met his gaze, he waved to him.

Tan Yunlong opened the car door and returned to the car. While handing snacks and drinks to the back, he asked:
"How's it going, Xiaoyuan?"

Li Zhuiyuan showed him the paper in his hand, which contained many strange descriptions and some phonetic symbols.

Based on his intuition, Tan Yunlong judged that it should be the remnant of Beibei's memory of his real hometown.

"Xiaoyuan, can you..."

"Uncle Tan, I've sorted it out for you."

"Okay, thank you for your hard work, Xiaoyuan. Are those phonetic symbols dialect words?"

"Yeah, but I don't know where."

“It’s okay, you can ask that.

Haha, if this dialect is from Jiangsu or Nantong, it would be easier to determine the location.

In many places, half of a province or even the entire province speaks the same dialect. Even if there are some minor differences, they are basically the same. In Nantong alone, there are four or five dialects, and they cannot understand each other. "

"Well, when I participated in the city's Mathematical Olympiad, the teachers from various schools spoke Mandarin when they chatted with each other."

The teachers are not promoting civility and setting new trends, but are simply chatting in their own dialects, which is like talking at cross purposes.

Li Zhuiyuan opened a can of drink and handed it to Beibei.

Beibei held the drink while sobbing. After taking two sips, she cried and laughed at the same time.

Li Zhuiyuan couldn't help but sigh: Children are still easy to coax.

He also made similar facial expressions and movements when he was a child, but he paid more attention to details and rhythm.

Other parents would think it was normal and cute, but only Li Lan would keep dragging herself to a mental hospital.

Tan Yunlong drives seriously.

Li Zhuiyuan silently turned the page. Written on the back were Beibei's memories of Grandma Yu.

"There are people flying in the sky. A lot of people are flying."

"Fireman, fireman, fireman."

"It's gone. It's gone."

"The seven dwarfs."

"Plasticine."

Some of these descriptions are too unbelievable.

Li Zhuiyuan knew that he couldn’t solve the puzzle in an overly complicated and meticulous way, but instead he should find a feeling.

But this feeling is not easy to find.

Let’s put it aside for now. Li Zhuiyuan turned the paper over to the other side and sorted out Beibei’s memories of his hometown.

After sorting it out, Li Zhuiyuan copied the information onto another piece of paper and handed it to Tan Yunlong who was driving.

"So fast?"

"Ah."

Tan Yunlong scanned the information above and said, "Hiss...Is it somewhere in Shanxi? I'm not sure. Let's wait until the bureau asks them to verify it."

When the car drove into the police station, a police officer came over and asked, "Brother Tan, why did you come back just now? They are waiting for you over there."

"I got a tire patched on the way."

Tan Yunlong led Li Zhuiyuan and Beibei out of the car.

Beibei was picked up by the policewoman. He followed the policewoman, holding the drink and looking back at his brother, but the brother turned around and didn't even look at him.

"Xiaoyuan, wait for me here for a while. After I finish my work, I will go back to school with you to have a midnight snack with Binbin. I will hurry up."

"Okay, Uncle Tan."

Tan Yunlong was worried, so he waved to a young police officer in front of him and said, "Xiao Zhou, this is my nephew, please take care of him."

"Okay, Brother Tan." Xiao Zhou walked up to Li Zhuiyuan and said, "Come on, little brother, follow me to the lounge."

Li Zhuiyuan followed him.

He originally thought that the lounge would be a relatively quiet place where he could think carefully.

Who would have thought that after pushing the door open and being brought in, he found that there were more than a dozen children here. Some of the younger ones were sitting on the floor playing with toys, and some who were about the same age as Li Zhuiyuan and some who were older than him were all finding tables and chairs to do their homework.

So, this is a makeshift daycare center inside the police station where parents wait for their kids to get home from get off work?

I was actually arranged here.

At this time, the children, both big and small, who were doing their homework or playing with toys, all looked up and looked at the new face curiously.

"Come here, little brother. I'll get you something to eat."

"No, Officer Zhou, I'm not hungry."

"So what grade are you in? Can I get you some books?"

Li Zhuiyuan smiled and did not answer.

There was an empty seat on one side of the desk. A thirteen or fourteen-year-old girl was sitting there. Li Zhuiyuan sat down in the empty seat.

"Officer Zhou, I'm fine now, you can go ahead and do your work."

"Oh, okay, Tiantian, you take care of the new brother."

"Ah."

The girl responded perfunctorily, then used the hand holding the pen to tuck the hair around her ear and continued to concentrate on her homework.

Although there are many children here, they are generally very quiet. Even the few children who are playing with toys are playing quietly and talking to each other in a low voice.

Li Zhuiyuan simply continued to study the "Beibei Code" here.

After a while, the girl named Tiantian turned her head and looked at the boy next to her. After this look, she couldn't help but continue looking.

Both men and women have an instinctive liking for beautiful things.

Just like when Li Zhuiyuan first met A'li, in fact, he is now also considered "A'li" in the eyes of others.

After all, the clothes he was wearing were tailor-made by Liu Yumei herself, and his hairstyle was also cut by Aunt Liu.

Just as she was about to ask who the boy was from, she saw him turn his head and look at a few children who were playing with toys on the ground.

Then the boy closed his eyes again, picked up the pen, and began to write quickly on the paper.

There are people flying in the sky - tied to ropes or standing on racks, circling overhead.

Fireman - breathing fire.

Disappeared, gone - magic, a comeback.

The Seven Dwarfs – Actors with dwarfism.

Plasticine - cartilage kung fu performance?

This is... an acrobatic troupe!
In other words, Beibei was abducted when he was watching acrobatics with his family.

Moreover, the high frequency and repetitive appearance of such descriptions in Beibei's memory meant that he had seen such performances more than once and that he must have been in the circus for some time.

Therefore, there is reason to suspect that Grandma Yu is hiding in an acrobatic troupe.

The characteristic of an acrobatic troupe is that they tour around the country, performing one or two shows in one place. If there are not many audiences and the revenue is not high, they will immediately move to the next place.

It was very convenient for Granny Yu to use this identity as a cover to traffic in children.

Beibei remembered being beaten, scolded and threatened by Grandma Yu, and recognized Grandma Yu's standard appearance, which means two possibilities:

One is that the Grandma Yu worshipped in the acrobatic troupe is the real body. Children are prone to seeing some special things, and he was influenced by Grandma Yu.

Second, there is a person in the circus who is a worshiper of Grandma Yu. While worshipping her, he is also imitating her...

No, considering that the river water is pushing it towards him, there must be the influence of Grandma Yu's real body.

Then the second possibility has to be changed to, that the worshipper may not be imitating, but rather being possessed or assimilated by it.

But now the problem arises. There is no telling how many acrobatic troupes there are running around the country. How can we be sure which one is the one that Grandma Yu is with?
At this time, the door was pushed open and Tan Yunlong walked in. He looked at so many children here and had a look of surprise on his face.

Why was Xiaoyuan arranged to live in the children’s nest?

In his opinion, it would be less out of place for his son Binbin to stay here than Xiaoyuan.

Li Zhuiyuan left his seat and walked towards Tan Yunlong. The two left here together and walked along the corridor.

"Xiao Yuan, I didn't know Xiao Zhou would arrange you here."

"It's okay Uncle Tan, help me figure out some things here."

It was also through the perspective of a child that he found that feeling, corresponding to the acrobatic troupe.

The two of them came to the outside at the end of the corridor. Occasionally, when someone passed by and saw the old and the young, they would never have thought that they were actually discussing the case.

"Wang Chaonan admitted to killing Tang Qiuying and burying her body, but he refused to admit to trafficking the child and insisted that 'Yongyong' was his biological son.

As for his wife, she must have some mental problems, and I suspect that Wang Chaonan was the one who bought the child. She didn’t know who the trafficker was or who he was in contact with. "

Li Zhuiyuan: "If I had known earlier, I shouldn't have sent Wang Chaonan to the police station so early."

"Ahem..." Tan Yunlong couldn't help coughing twice and changed the subject, "Xiaoyuan, I've asked my colleagues to investigate and verify the information you gave me, and have also notified the comrades in those areas. We will fax Beibei's name, photo and some details later. Oh, by the way, our colleagues checked the child and found a birthmark on his back, which will help him find his biological parents better."

At this time, a police officer ran over and said, "Brother Tan, a fellow villager of Wang Chaonan just came to the police station to explain the situation. He said that Wang Chaonan asked him last night if he wanted a son. If he wanted a son, he should prepare the money first. The day after tomorrow, he will be taken to Tong'an Town to buy a son."

"Did that person say who the contact person was?" "He didn't know. He only contacted Wang Chaonan. He learned that Wang Chaonan was arrested for murder, so he was scared and ran over to explain the situation in order to distance himself from the matter."

"Have you notified the police station over there?"

"I have notified them, but you may not know, Brother Tan, that there is an industrial park in Tongan Town, where there are many permanent residents. Without a clear target, even if all our police forces are deployed, they may not be enough. Moreover, even if the human traffickers are there, they will not dare to trade with us after seeing our posture."

Tan Yunlong gritted his teeth and said, "We still have to pry open Wang Chaonan's mouth, this beast."

"Uncle Tan, you can continue the interrogation. I will go back to school first."

"Hmm?" Tan Yunlong looked at the boy, hesitated for a moment, and said, "Okay, I'll take you to the police station to get a taxi first."

"it is good."

"Brother Tan, let me drive the child there. Which boarding school is it?"

"Do you have your own car?"

"I...I can ride a bicycle, hehe."

"No need, go take a statement from that person first."

"Okay, Brother Tan."

Tan Yunlong and Li Zhuiyuan walked to the door of the police station.

"Xiaoyuan, did you find anything?"

"Yes."

Wang Chaonan said yesterday that he would take his fellow villagers to buy his son the day after tomorrow, which means the day after tomorrow is the transaction time.

No matter how large the population of Tongan Town is, it is still very easy to find an acrobatic troupe that needs to build a large tent on an open space, if there really is one.

Calculating the time, it has been about half a year since Beibei was abducted. This period of time is enough for an acrobatic troupe to go out and then return to Jinling to perform.

"Xiaoyuan, do you have nothing else to say?"

"Uncle Tan, I won't hide it from you. I need to investigate and confirm it myself first. After confirming it, I will call the police."

Tan Yunlong pursed his lips and said, "Uncle can go with you to investigate."

Li Zhuiyuan smiled and shook his head.

"Then at least let Binbin go with you."

"Of course."

Tan Yunlong hailed a taxi, told the name of the school, and paid the fare in advance.

After the car drove away, Tan Yunlong looked at the back of the car and sighed.

Sitting in the car, Li Zhuiyuan looked at the street scene outside the window. He did not tell Tan Yunlong directly about the Acrobatic Troupe because he did not want the police to alert the enemy.

Admittedly, he believed in the ability of the police uncle, but Granny Yu was not alone.

My advantage now is that I took the initiative to choose the topic, and I also "detected" the other party's existence in advance.

In other words, you have the opportunity to take the first step.

This is a big advantage and also the significance of self-selected questions.

If Grandma Yu was scared and ran away from the circus, it would mean that I would lose sight of her.

Since the river water pushed her towards him, she would come to him no matter what, and the two of them were destined to be each other's calamity.

Therefore, if one loses the other party's location, it means that one will have to be prepared for the other party's sudden appearance at any time in the next period of time.

After returning to school and walking into the dormitory, Li Zhuiyuan pushed open the door of Lu Yi's dormitory first.

Lu Yi was in the store, and Tan Wenbin and Lin Shuyou were in the dormitory.

"Brother Xiaoyuan, where have you been?"

"I went out with your father."

"Oh, no wonder you didn't take me with you."

"Brother Binbin, are you feeling better now?"

"It was very cold at noon, but now it's fine. Red sausage is really good for replenishing qi and blood."

"That's good. Come out with me and discuss this. Something unscrupulous is going to happen the day after tomorrow. We must stop it at all costs."

Tan Wenbin was stunned at first. After all, when did Brother Xiaoyuan like to use so many adjectives when speaking?

But then, Binbin understood and immediately changed his tone to a compassionate one and said:

"That's what we should do, for the sake of justice, at all costs."

"Yeah." Li Zhuiyuan turned and left the dormitory.

Lin Shuyou reached out and grabbed Tan Wenbin's hand, and asked anxiously, "What's going to happen?"

"Ahyou, this has nothing to do with you. It's our responsibility as corpse retrievers."

"Isn't that the chief officer's responsibility?"

"You're still injured."

"My injury is almost healed. If you didn't want me to continue asking for leave from the instructor, I would have gone back to participate in military training long ago."

"Ahyou..."

"Brother, wait until Brother Xiaoyuan tells you, then tell me secretly."

Tan Wenbin pretended to be embarrassed and nodded: "Okay, okay."

Li Zhuiyuan waited in the corridor for Tan Wenbin to come out. Instead of returning to their dormitory, the two went downstairs.

"Brother Xiaoyuan, Ah You has taken care of it."

"Well, I may have found Grandma Yu. The day after tomorrow, Tongan Town, Acrobatic Troupe."

"Then Runsheng, Yin Meng and the others may not be able to catch up. Phew, it's a good thing that you, Xiaoyuan, saved Ah You's life. This gave him the opportunity to defend justice and gain infinite glory again."

Then, Tan Wenbin lowered his voice:
"Otherwise, I will be the only one left by your side, and I will be useless."

Li Zhuiyuan suddenly stopped and frowned, with a painful expression on his face.

Tan Wenbin was startled and asked hurriedly, "Brother Xiaoyuan, what's wrong with you?"

"Binbin, don't say such things in front of me again."

"Yes, I understand. I will never be negative in front of you again. I was wrong. I was wrong."

Li Zhuiyuan shook his head: "No."

"what?"

"It makes me feel very uncomfortable to comfort you from the bottom of my heart."

Upon hearing this, Tan Wenbin was stunned.

"I don't want to deceive you into being happy and let you die for me like I did to Lin Shuyou just now."

"Brother Xiaoyuan...I understand. I really understand."

Li Zhuiyuan continued to walk forward.

Behind him, Tan Wenbin's whole face was full of smiles. Then he leaned back, put his hands on his hips, and followed with a swaying step.

Li Zhuiyuan originally wanted to come and see Runsheng and Yin Meng with a little hope.

As a result, when I arrived, I saw Runsheng lying on the ground, breathing out more than breathing in, with red grooves all over his body, which showed that his skin and flesh were all torn.

Uncle Qin was standing there with his fists clenched.

Runsheng, who still had sixteen coffin nails left in his body, was already unable to move and was in pain. In this state, he was beaten up by Uncle Qin.

It seems that Uncle Qin's teaching intensity is far from reaching its peak.

He also knew that this was his only chance to teach, so he was making the most of his time and would stop at nothing.

Uncle Qin: "Runsheng, eat one more bowl of dinner. Before you go to bed tonight, I will break your skin and flesh again."

Runsheng: "Okay..."

Uncle Qin looked at the boy who walked in and said, "Xiaoyuan, I'm loosening up Runsheng's skin."

"I see, Uncle Qin, thank you for your hard work."

It is estimated that during these days of special training, Runsheng will be in a state similar to being on the verge of death. So even if the special training is stopped now and Runsheng is only given one day to recover, he will have to be carried on a stretcher to the circus the day after tomorrow.

"Xiaoyuan...you're here..." Aunt Liu stood at the door, one hand on the door frame and the other hand covering her forehead, "What do you want to eat tonight...I'll make it for you..."

Aunt Liu not only had a hoarse voice, but also looked seriously ill with a fever.

There is no need to go back to the old building to check on Yin Meng's condition. Even if she is still alive now, she might as well be dead.

"Aunt Liu, you don't have to cook. Go to the restaurant and pack up some food."

"The old lady... doesn't like to eat... food outside..."

"It's okay, I'll go pack it, the old lady won't blame me."

"Okay... you're right..."

"Aunt Liu, go and have a rest."

Li Zhuiyuan glanced at Tan Wenbin, then walked out with him.

When we arrived at Lao Sichuan, it was lunchtime and business was booming.

Tan Wenbin went in and greeted the boss in the kitchen, asking him to cut in line and make their food first so that he could take the food away.

The boss nodded in agreement and said that it was hot on the first floor, so he asked them to find an empty private room upstairs to use an electric fan. He would call them down to pick up the food after it was ready and packed.

It's summer, and the main dish here is grilled fish, all cooked over charcoal, so it's really hot.

Li Zhuiyuan and Tan Wenbin went up to the second floor, found an empty private room, turned on the ceiling fan, and sat inside to enjoy the breeze.

"Brother Xiaoyuan, would you like to drink something, soy milk?"

"it is good."

"Wait, I'll get it for you."

After Tan Wenbin got his drink, he walked in. When he opened the bottle cap, an old man's angry voice suddenly came from the next room:

"Shi Yuqing, are you crazy?"

The three words "Shi Yuqing" were growled out, but soon, the old man deliberately lowered his voice for the rest of the words.

However, the private room had poor soundproofing, and Li Zhuiyuan's hearing was extremely sensitive, so he still heard it clearly.

"I think Runsheng needs more supplements. Should I ask the boss for more..."

Li Zhuiyuan raised his hand.

Tan Wenbin shut up immediately.

Li Zhuiyuan remembered the name "Shi Yuqing". When he was walking along the river that day, there happened to be a strong thunderstorm, and the lightning damaged all the electrical appliances in the family compound.

After the rain, the old professor next door's wife pointed to the sky and cursed, saying that God was blind and broke her own color TV but did not kill Shi Yuqing.

From the gossips of the neighbor next door, I learned that Shi Yuqing was a student of the old professor when he was young and is now divorced.

It seems that the old professor's wife's intuition was right. Her husband did have a special relationship with this former female student, otherwise the two of them would not be alone in a private room in the hotel knowing that there would be gossip.

In the following conversation, both of them lowered their voices, and Li Zhuiyuan had to lean towards the wall to hear clearly.

"I'm not crazy. I've divorced for you, but why haven't you divorced yet?"

"I can't help it. You know how powerful my tigress is."

"You're lying. She's just a village woman. No matter how powerful she is, what can she do? I know you don't want your children to disown you, right?"

"No, there isn't."

"Don't forget that I also gave birth to a son for you, although he was awarded to my ex-husband after the divorce.

But as long as you marry me, I will fight him for custody and get our son back."

"Yuqing..."

"Tell me when you are going to get a divorce. I don't have the patience to wait any longer. If you keep delaying, I will make public the fact that you slept with me when I was in school. Let outsiders see what kind of person you, a highly respected old professor and former vice president, are."

"Yuqing, don't be impulsive. Besides, this kind of thing is consensual, who can tell for sure?"

"Oh, you want to blame me?"

"No, how could it be?"

"It's easy for you to blame me, but what about others? This matter was widely circulated in school a while ago, and the police came one after another."

"I don't know what you're talking about."

"You don't understand. It's okay. I can remind you."

"Yuqing, I warn you not to talk nonsense."

"I'm talking nonsense, what are you afraid of?"

"I...I'm not afraid."

"Are you afraid that your precious Qiu Minmin will crawl out of the underworld to take your life?"

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I'm asking for monthly tickets again. My dear friends, please try harder and help me stay at the top of the monthly ticket list for another day.

(End of this chapter)