Chapter 2

Wardrobe maze

In the deceased's room, the police removed the wardrobe, lifted up a floor tiles, and found a hole.

Is this mysterious cave dug by man or formed naturally? Are there any monsters living in the nest below?

Everyone looked at each other and was at a loss. Hualong said, "Get out of here."

When encountering danger, Hualong was always the first to rush forward. He asked for a flashlight and shone it into the hole. The hole was narrow and not too deep. Some concave points were dug on the wall of the hole that were easy to climb. Hualong used his hands and feet together, and went down into the hole, and found a horizontal tunnel at the bottom. Hualong walked forward with his waist. The tunnel was cold and humid, emitting a rotten smell. Hualong thought, if this tunnel was dug by the murderer, the project volume would be too large.

There was a sound behind it. It turned out that Bao Zhan and Su Mei were worried about Hualong's safety and also came down from the cave. After walking for a while, there was a rusty iron fence in front of him, which had been destroyed. After passing through the fence, he reached the end of the tunnel. At the end, there was a downward iron ladder embedded in the soil layer, which was also rusty. Go down the ladder and finally reached the bottom. It was pitch black around. Hualong looked around with a flashlight, and the three of them were shocked!

Su Mei said: "Where is this place?"

Bao Zhan said: "It looks like the inside of a cemetery, and it is a bit like a subway tunnel or a mine cave."

Hualong said: "None of them, you don't believe it when you say it. If I guess correctly, this is... an underground airport."

There is a post on Tianya Community Entertainment Gossip Forum with the title "Are there any very low-key people around everyone, but they are actually very awesome?"

Lu Qiqi has a classmate named Xiaowenzi. Xiaowenzi wrote about Lu Qiqi’s father in this post.

Dad Lu used to work in the architectural design institute and rode a broken bicycle all day long. He was low-key, dressed very simply, and wore glasses. He was a typical middle-aged intellectual. One year, the developer wanted to demolish their house. First, a group of excavators came. Dad Lu swore to defend his home to the death, stop the excavator, and prevented the inch of land. The developer also called a group of people driving police cars, intending to take compulsory measures to detain Dad Lu.

A policeman persuaded: "Old man, your old house is an illegal building and should have been demolished long ago."

Dad Lu was fearless and said, "How powerful do you have? Do you know what is under the house?"

The policeman said: "What?"

Dad Lu said: "State secret."

The police said: "What state secret?"

Dad Lu said: "Your police rank is too low and you are not qualified to know. Article 52 of the National Defense Law stipulates: 'Citizens and organizations should abide by confidentiality regulations and must not disclose state secrets on national defense."

The developer thought that Dad Lu was a mysterious person and was about to demolish it, Dad Lu called a group of people driving military vehicles. The fully armed soldiers surrounded the police and the developer. Everyone was shocked. Such a gentle and kind bridge engineer actually had a military background.

Dad Lu has a secret identity and serves as a technical consultant to the city’s civil defense engineering command.

China's civil defense projects are military facilities and have great strategic and combat readiness.

Because it is a peaceful and prosperous era, it is far from the war, and the civil defense projects under the urban ground are not well known. Once the war comes, civil defense projects must be able to effectively resist various attacks, including nuclear weapons and secondary urban disasters. The civil defense projects in Chuncheng have been built since the War of Resistance Against Japan. In the 1970s, ** instructed to "dig deep holes and accumulate grain", every city in China

The city was actively preparing for war and dug many air raid shelters and tunnels, thus forming a large area of ​​underground buildings. At that time, the length of the axle dug in the country exceeded that of the Great Wall, and the excavated earth and stone exceeded the total amount of earth and stone in the Great Wall!

The hole under Lu Qiqi's wardrobe is a hidden communication hole for the city's civil defense project.

Hualong, Bao Zhan, and Su Mei and the other two were standing in a huge underground tunnel.

To be precise, they were standing on the runway of the underground airport.

The underground airport is part of the civil defense project, mainly used to hide aircraft during wartime and preserve the air force's counterattack capabilities.

Hualong has worked as a soldier and has some knowledge of civil defense projects and underground military facilities. Bao Zhan and Su Mei felt unbelievable after hearing Hualong's explanation. There was an underground airport under the wardrobe of the deceased Lu Qiqi's house. Three people checked for a while with flashlights. The underground airport was disrepaired and collapsed and accumulated water. Several tunnels were connected to the tunnel, which was like a maze.

Hualong and the other two returned to the ground and explained the situation to Professor Liang. Captain Gao convened elite soldiers and strong generals to hold a meeting at the Public Security Bureau.

Captain Gao took out a map and hung it on the wall of the conference room. This is the floor plan of the Chuncheng Civil Defense Project, but it was drawn in 1990. In recent years, with the urban planning and expansion, the combination of civil defense project combat readiness and commerce, without destroying the overall structure, the underground space was fully utilized. Part of the civil defense project has been transformed into shopping malls, parking lots, warehouses, hotels, etc.

Professor Liang said: "Who can enter the civil defense area under the wardrobe of the deceased Lu Qiqi's house?"

The staff of the Civil Defense Office said: "That area was not developed for commercial use and is usually closed. We will assist the police in carefully searching the entrances and exits."

Bao Zhan said: "Who can enter and exit the civil defense project? This is very important."

Professor Liang said: "The civil defense project under the deceased's wardrobe has existed for a long time, but it is not known to everyone. The murderer not only knows this, but also knows that Lu Qiqi's house has gold bars. The murderer must have some relationship with the deceased's family."

Bao Zhan said: "Who can explain how the hole in the ground under the wardrobe was dug?"

Captain Gao said: "After consulting professionals, they believed that the cave in the deceased Lu Qiqi's house was dug from bottom to top. Because it was a hidden communication hole before, the murderer did not take much effort."

Su Mei said: "It's simply incredible. The murderer dug an authentic tunnel to the deceased's house, and then killed people and robbed money."

Hualong said: "It's so hard to dig the tunnel. Just pretend to be a courier and just cheat the door open."

Bao Zhan said: "If it is for money, then killing may not be the intention. The murderer may just want to steal at first."

Captain Gao said: "The burglary can easily escalate into robbery, and robbery can easily lead to murder. There are too many such cases."

Professor Liang said: "Let's analyze the crime process."

Captain Gao said: "There is a suspicious point in this case. The wardrobe is very heavy and requires several people to be lifted. The nails at the bottom of the wardrobe are also intact and there are no signs of prying open. How did the murderer enter the deceased's home? If he crawled out of the hole in the ground, there is a wardrobe above, and the murderer still can't get in."

Bao Zhan said: "It's very simple, anyone can do this."

Captain Gao said: "How can you enter your home without destroying the wardrobe?"

Bao Zhan said: "The murderer removed the floor tiles from below, used some tool to pry open the wooden board at the bottom of the wardrobe, and hid in the wardrobe, waiting for an opportunity to commit the crime. I guess the murderer has been doing more than once.

Do it. When Lu Mama returned home, Lu Qiqi was already dead. If the anti-theft chain at home was hung, Lu Mama could not enter the house even if she had the key. This means that the murderer killed someone and robbed money, and finally walked out of the door in a swagger. Before leaving, in order to cover up the scene, the murderer covered the hole and re-nailed the wooden strips at the bottom of the wardrobe with nails. This is also the reason why we saw that the wardrobe was not damaged but the murderer could enter the house."

Su Mei said: "I agree with Xiaobao's opinion. After the murderer killed someone, he nailed the wooden board at the bottom of the wardrobe, put the body into the wardrobe, and used a data cable to hang the deceased's neck."

Hualong said: "Some murderers even cover the deceased with quilts after killing people, or cover their faces with mud. In fact, this is a sign of fear of sin."

Professor Liang emphasized that there is no trick to solve the case. The police should not think about what they have done, but think about what else they can do. Then, Professor Liang arranged the task at the meeting.

Captain Gao is responsible for investigating the deceased's family background and interpersonal relationships to see if he committed a crime for an acquaintance and determine the direction of the investigation.

Su Mei and the forensic doctor went to the funeral home together to verify the autopsy report again, so as to be accurate. There was no left of the murderer's fingerprint at the scene, but the autopsy can be used to determine the weapon used by the murderer.

Bao Zhan’s focus is to investigate major gold shops and silver buildings in Chuncheng. The murderer will inevitably sell the stolen goods after he grabs the gold bars.

Hualong and professionals conducted a detailed survey of the civil defense project under Lu Qiqi's home, and they had to survey the latest map, patrol every tunnel and branch line, and find the entrance and exit of the murderer to enter the civil defense project.

The ground is full of traffic and noisy, but the underground civil defense projects are rarely visited and dark and quiet.

Hualong, two police officers and staff from the Civil Defense Office conducted a search. They were wearing flashlights and walking in the wet and cold tunnel. The height of the tunnel was enough to hide the plane. However, due to disrepair, some places had collapsed and some branches could only move forward with their waists. The underground world was full of garbage, bacteria and small animals, but they were well connected. The uncontrollable factors of the inner environment, coupled with ecological pollution, made people uneasy and increased anxiety.

A section of tunnel was blocked due to collapse. Hualong and others took a detour. The ground was sinking due to the years of water accumulation, forming a deep pit. When everyone went down into the pit, they smelled a cold smell. They vaguely saw a pile of white stones. As they got closer, the pile of "stones" suddenly moved. Everyone looked at it with a flashlight and couldn't help but feel creepy. This giant was a white python! It was five or six meters long, crawling there, holding its head up and spitting its core.

Everyone was frightened when they saw the snake. They ran back alone. The snake bit his leg suddenly. The man screamed in pain. The snake retracted and still raised its head.

Hualong stood in front and signaled everyone not to act rashly. He threw a stone to scare the snake away. The snake attacked again and bit Hualong's arm with a quick movement. Hualong had no time to dodge. In desperation, he stretched the flashlight forward and was stuck in the snake's mouth. He then turned over and rolled to the side, took out his gun, and fired a few shots at the snake's head.

A policeman said: "It's scary, what a big python. It must have swallowed some large animal. It ate a sheep?"

The staff of the Civil Defense Office said: "There are only rats and cockroaches underground. Where do large animals come from?"

Hualong said: "Is it possible that this snake swallowed a person?"
Chapter completed!