South to North: A Prison Guard at the Beginning

Soon, Yuan Mu brought the child's father to the field near the railway at the entrance of the village. The child's body had been lifted out of the pit and covered with a white cloth.

When the child's father saw the body, his eyes were dull and he staggered over. He knelt down in front of the child and slowly lifted the white cloth with trembling hands.

Yuan Mu and others turned their heads away reluctantly. Although they were police officers, they were also human beings. As human beings, they would have emotions. The child's death was too tragic.

When the man saw the child's face was wrapped, he was stunned and turned to look at Yuan Mu.

"Comrade, the child's face is no longer visible. You should identify him through other parts, such as clothing or other parts of his body."

"What do you mean? His face?" My father's shaking hands and trembling voice made me feel uncomfortable.

"It's like this, the child's face was hit by a blunt object and is unrecognizable. You'd better not look at it." Yuan Mu shook his head.

I don’t know what the child’s father was thinking. He continued to lift the white cloth. When he saw the familiar clothes on the child, the man’s tears instantly flowed down.

He quickly rolled up the child's sleeves and saw a very obvious scar on it. The father knew that this was undoubtedly his child. The scar was caused by being burned by the stove when the child was five years old.

"Ah!!! Son!!!" A shrill scream came from the father's mouth.

Yuan Mu's eyes were slightly red. He turned his back and waved to Mingyu.

Mingyu's eyes were also slightly red. Seeing Yuan Mu's gesture, he took two people and walked forward to pull the man away. Now it was confirmed that the child was his.

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The scene turned and came to the criminal police team's meeting room, where the captains of each team, Captain Jiang, the instructor, the deputy captain, and the deputy instructor were sitting, a total of eight people.

Captain Jiang sat at the top position and looked at the people below with a very serious expression.

"This matter has been reported to my superiors, who are very angry. This matter is too abominable. A 15-year-old child was brutally murdered, and the means used were even more cruel!"

"My superiors have ordered our team to solve the case as quickly as possible, find the murderer who killed the child, and bring him to justice. Now I declare that the October 10 Major Murder Case Team has been established!"

"I will be the team leader, and Comrade Yuan Mu will be the deputy team leader, responsible for fully solving this case!"

"Yuan Mu!"

"Here!" Yuan Mu immediately stood up and stood at attention.

“Are you confident that this case can be solved in a short time?”

"Yes! I promise to complete the task!" Yuan Mu answered loudly.

"Okay! Sit down, let's discuss now which aspect we should start with to solve the case!" Captain Jiang nodded and motioned Yuan Mu to sit down, then looked at everyone and said.

"Captain Jiang, I have an idea!" Yuan Mu said.

"Go on." Captain Jiang nodded.

"I have personally investigated the scene and have also met with the victim's family. Now I think there are several clues."

"First, according to the forensic autopsy report, the victim Han Guang had been dead for two days. According to the victim's father, Han Guang disappeared two days ago. In other words, Han Guang was killed shortly after he left home that day."

"Second, I observed the deep pit where the body was buried. It was two meters wide and more than three meters deep. So I guess there must be more than one murderer who killed Han Guang, because digging such a large pit is not an easy task."

"Third, we can first investigate and visit Han Guang's school, talk to his classmates, teachers, and principal to learn about Han Guang's situation and see if he has any grudges against anyone."

"Fourth, visit Huangguang Village and find out where Han Guang went that day, who he went with, and how many people there were."

After listening to Yuan Mu's analysis, everyone nodded.

"Well, I think Comrade Yuan Mu's analysis makes sense. Let's do as you say." Captain Jiang saw that no one had any other opinions, so he nodded.

"Yes!"

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Yuan Mu led his team members to start working. The order Yuan Mu issued was that no one could think of rest until the case was solved.

Six people were assigned to go to Huangguang Village to investigate house by house, while Yuan Mu took Mingyu to the Railway Middle School.

Through visiting the victim Han Guang's classmate Yuan Mu, we learned that Han Guang was a very honest child, usually quiet, and good at studying. It's just that he was too honest and was often bullied.

When asked, the teacher said he didn't know that Han Guang was bullied. The same thing happened when asked the school principal.

Finally, Yuan Mu shifted his target to the three students who usually bullied Han Guang. These three people were named Li Hao, Sun Jun, and Yang Wu.

But what was strange was that these three students did not go to school today. When they asked the teacher, they found out that these three students had all asked for leave, so Yuan Mu brought Mingyu to Huangguang Village.

"Brother Mu! I've found out clearly that Han Guang went out with three students two days ago. Those three students were Han Guang's classmates, but they were not in the same class." A police officer in the team came to Yuan Mu and reported to him.

"Are those three students called Li Hao, Sun Jun and Yang Wu?" Yuan Mu asked with a frown.

"Yes, these three students."

"Have you been to their house?"

"We have been there, but the adults in their family refused our visit because they were afraid of scaring the children."

"Let's go! Take me to Li Hao's house first!" Yuan Mu immediately walked towards the village.

Soon, the group arrived in front of a yard. Yuan Mu gestured, and Mingyu stepped forward and knocked on the door.

Soon, the gate of the yard was opened, and a woman in her forties appeared at the door.

"Hello, comrade. I'm from the Criminal Police Team of the Railway Public Security Branch. My name is Yuan Mu. I'm here today to look for your child. Please cooperate with our investigation." Yuan Mu looked at the woman and said.

Yuan Mu had been staring at the woman's expression. Sure enough, when she heard that Yuan Mu was from the criminal police team, her expression immediately became panicked.

"Well, no, what if there are so many of you and your children get scared? No!" The woman kept shaking her head.

"Comrade! Please cooperate with our police in investigating the case!" Yuan Mu said with a cold face.

Yuan Mu now has some ideas. As long as he can gather these three children together, he will definitely be able to find useful clues.

"No, our child is not at home!" The woman said and was about to close the door.

Mingyu and the police officer next to him pressed the door directly, and Yuan Mu went straight into the yard.

"Hey! Even if you are police officers, you can't just enter our house!" The woman hurriedly stopped Yuan Mu and others.

"Call Li Hao out!"

"I told you, the child is not at home!"

"Then where did you go?" Yuan Mu looked at her and asked.

The woman's eyes rolled and she spoke.

"He went to his grandma's house!"