Chapter 152 Rescue Team
Wei Guoliang's voice came out, and both Chi Xia and Zhao Jianguo heard it.
Zhao Jianguo pointed at his phone and said silently, "Let him talk."
Luo Xun nodded: "What did you find out?"
"Five years ago, a rescue accident occurred in Yuji. A group of hikers came to Yuji for an adventure without reporting in advance. As they were unfamiliar with the terrain, they were trapped in the mountains. At that time, a group of villagers in Yuji spontaneously organized a rescue team, and it was this rescue team that carried out the rescue operations."
" Who died in this rescue operation?" Luo Xun asked.
He grasped the key point so quickly that Zhao Jianguo looked at the young captain again.
"Captain, the one who died is the captain of the rescue team."
Wei Guoliang said: "Everyone was rescued, but only the captain died. This incident was quite popular on the Internet at the time. I am checking and will send you the relevant information later."
"I'll tell you the rest."
Zhao Jianguo's expression changed several times, and he finally understood the reason of this case.
He said, "Five years ago, Guoliang hadn't come to the police station yet, so the investigation was not detailed. This matter... I know a little more than him."
Luo Xun nodded: "Xiao Wei, you continue to investigate what happened five years ago. Try to find out more about the captain's social relationships and family situation. Wait for us to come back."
Xiao Wei agreed, then hesitantly asked, "Captain Luo, you just asked the people in the institute to come over for support. Did something happen at the theater again?"
"We found the fourth dead person."
Luo Xun said: "So you'd better find a list of the hikers at that time. I suspect that these dead are the ones who were trapped at that time."
Xiao Wei suddenly felt that he had a long way to go, so he agreed to Luo Xun's request without hesitation and hung up the phone quickly.
When he hung up the phone, Chi Xia said, "There's nothing to check here. Let's go out first."
Three people left the theater first.
The light outside was not as bright as when they arrived, and it was already setting.
So there is a large shady area in front of the theater, and the theater is shrouded in shadow, which does look a bit scary at first glance.
Heizi obediently moved a stone and was dozing off against a tree. When he saw Chi Xia coming out, he jumped up excitedly: "Brother Xun, Officer Chi, can we leave now?"
"It's still early, go to sleep." Luo Xun shouted.
Heizi sighed and leaned back.
Zhao Jianguo felt like smoking and took out a cigarette box and handed it to Luo Xun: "Captain Luo, want one?"
Luo Xun picked up the phone, and out of the corner of his eye he saw Chi Xia leaning forward and then retreating, gnashing his teeth as he did so.
He lit a cigarette and switched positions with Zhao Jianguo to ensure that the smell of cigarettes would not reach her. "Chief Zhao, what exactly happened to this rescue operation five years ago?"
As Luo Xun spoke, he stretched out his arm towards Chi Xia.
Chi Xia lowered his head and held a pineapple-flavored lollipop in his hand.
She immediately became happy, the corners of her eyes slightly raised, she took the candy, peeled it and put it in her mouth, and only then did she feel a little more balanced.
After watching the interaction between the young couple, Zhao Jianguo calmly withdrew his gaze: "I didn't think much about it at first, but now that you guys are talking about five years ago, I have some idea. Guoliang just talked about the cause of the incident, so I'll continue what he said."
The three of them found a place to sit down in tacit understanding.
"You probably don't know that although Yubin County is a tourist destination, compared with other towns, Yuji is the least developed. This is because Yuji has several large mountains and the mountain roads are steep and dangerous, making development very difficult."
"But this is precisely what attracts those hikers to come here for adventure," said Luo Xun.
"Yes, I don't know since when this place has become what they call a niche adventure site. The most famous one is Dead Man Mountain. The reason why the place is called this name is also passed down by the older generation . It is said that no one who went there came back."
"Isn't this the Dead Man Mountain that those hikers went to back then?" Chi Xia asked.
"Um……"
Zhao Jianguo exhaled a puff of smoke and said, "I was studying abroad when the accident happened. I only found out about the details later."
He sighed, "This group of people are all from other places. They stayed at a local farmhouse. When they were chatting, they heard about the Dead Man Mountain from the owner of the farmhouse. They immediately decided to give up the less difficult hills and choose to go to the Dead Man Mountain."
Chi Xia said with sarcasm: "As expected, I'm trapped inside."
"The owner of the farmhouse was worried because they hadn't returned yet, so he came to the police station. But as you know, they are all adults in their twenties and thirties. What if they went somewhere else to play? We searched the whole town but couldn't find them, so we organized a rescue team."
"How many people are there in this rescue team?" Luo Xun asked.
"Eight."
Zhao Jianguo said: "It's not really a formal rescue team. Most of them are children from the town. They have been running barefoot in the mountains since they were young. The leader is Zhao Shengqian, who is a good guy..."
"Zhao Shengqian...is he the only person who died in that rescue operation?" Chi Xia asked.
Zhao Jianguo couldn't help but pat his thigh and took a deep puff of cigarette: "More than that, this kid went to save someone and lost his life, and even his reputation!"
"Saving people is a good thing."
Luo Xun crushed the cigarette butt: "Besides, everyone was rescued at that time, and the ones who died were members of the rescue team. How could they sacrifice their reputation?"
Zhao Jianguo sighed sadly: "Yes, it's obviously a good thing!"
He continued, "There were quite a lot of people on that expedition, about a dozen or so. Most of the people in the front were found early, but the remaining few were a bit difficult to rescue. I heard that some people felt that there was no need for rescue, but Sheng Wazi didn't believe it. He left the team and went to find other people, saying that he had to find the people back."
"If I'm not mistaken, the people Zhao Shengqian found at that time were the four victims this time."
Chi Xia took a wooden stick and scratched on the ground, writing Zhao Shengqian's name: "Zhao Suo, did Zhao Shengqian die on the mountain?"
"Um."
Zhao Jianguo said: "At that time, the other team members escorted the people they found back, and Sheng Wazi went alone with food and water to look for these people. After that, another three days passed. After three days, the remaining people came down, but Sheng Wazi... Sheng Wazi did not make it out."
Chi Xia looked thoughtful, no one knew what he was thinking, his eyes fixed on the three words "Zhao Shengqian" that he had written.
"You just said that your reputation was also lost. What's going on?" Luo Xun asked.
A gust of wind blew the smoke into Zhao Jianguo's mouth. He coughed heavily a few times. "Some people who were rescued wanted to thank them, so they recorded a video. Someone also asked a reporter to come over. But when the reporter came to interview, the people behind them were just coming down the mountain. That's when everyone knew Sheng Wazi was gone."
Chi Xia looked over and said, "So it was originally just a thank-you interview between the rescue team and the trapped hikers, but suddenly these people came down, and the rescue team leader died. For the reporters, this has attracted more topics than a simple thank-you interview for the rescue."
"yes……"
Zhao Jianguo's face was filled with sadness. "So, when the reporter interviewed them, they told the reporter that Sheng Wazi had found them a long time ago, but he lacked professional skills and misjudged the road conditions, so they stayed in the mountains for a longer day. In the end, they found their own way down."
"They came down by themselves? Then how did they know that Zhao Shengqian was dead?" Luo Xun asked puzzledly.
"They said that they had a dispute and took different roads from Sheng Wazi. When they came down, they saw Sheng Wazi's body."
Zhao Jianguo said: "I just came back from outside that day, and I checked the child's body... Now that I think about it... the way he died is too similar to the way these people died!"
"Except for the people who were rescued and Zhao Shengqian who died, no one knows the truth."
Chi Xia crushed the lollipop and stood up. Amid the sweet and sour taste of the fructose, her voice was cold: "Zhao Shengqian is dead. Whatever the living say, that's the truth."
“It’s not a professional rescue team, and there are a lot of insults online.”
Zhao Jianguo said: "Later, the team was forced to disband."
Chi Xia and Luo Xun were silent.
"Poor Sheng Wa."
Zhao Jianguo stood up and patted his pants. The setting sun covered the sky in the distance. "It was still a late spring cold snap. When he passed away, my wife was still pregnant..."
