South to North: A Prison Guard at the Beginning

Chapter 258 Clues Emerge

The two of them gradually went deeper into the reed marsh, taking one step deep and one step shallow, and before they knew it they had gone hundreds of meters deep.

"Master, what are you looking for?" Liu Jun behind him was worried from time to time, afraid that he would fall into the ditch.

"Look for any holes. Look carefully. This woven bag was probably dug out by the wild dog from somewhere in the reed marsh." Yuan Mu said without turning his head.

"Master, why are we looking for a hole? A woven bag is very common." Liu Jun was speechless.

Yuan Mu glared at Liu Jun with a death stare, which frightened him so much that he shrank his neck and started looking for him obediently.

After searching for a long time, Yuan Mu still couldn't find the origin of the woven bag. He guessed that the woven bag must have been buried and could not have been discarded casually. His sixth sense told him that this woven bag must be of great use.

"Master, no." Liu Jun looked extremely embarrassed at this moment, with mud all over his face and body.

"Let's go out first." Yuan Mu shook his head, and then the master and disciple walked out of the reed marsh with one step deep and one step shallow.

Standing in front of the reed marsh, looking at the vast expanse of reeds, Yuan Mu spoke lightly.

"Let's go back first!"

The two then returned to the Municipal Bureau and found Jiang Nan and others. They had a special meeting room in the Municipal Bureau.

"Director Jiang, I found a big clue." Yuan Mu spoke while holding a cigarette in the middle of a meeting room in the Municipal Bureau where ten members of the investigation team were sitting.

"What clues?" Jiang Nan asked quickly.

Yuan Mu winked at Liu Jun beside him, and he immediately understood and took out the wrapped woven bag.

"Director Jiang, Xiaojun and I found this woven bag next to the reed marsh where Roman died. A wild dog dragged it out of the reed marsh. I suspect this woven bag is related to the case." Yuan Mu said lightly.

Hearing this, everyone rolled their eyes. What kind of clue did they think it was? That's it? Isn't it normal for there to be some garbage in the reed marsh? Isn't it normal for a stray dog ​​to take something out of nowhere?

"Director Yuan, this isn't really a clue, is it?" Jiang Nan almost suffocated and wanted to curse, but he held back.

"Director Jiang, everyone, I know what you mean, but there are bloodstains on this woven bag. As to whether it is related to this case, we will know after a test to see if the bloodstains are the same as Roman's bloodstains!" Yuan Mu was not at all panicked. He looked around at everyone and then spoke.

Jiang Nan fell silent. Although he still didn't believe that the woven bag had anything to do with the case, as police officers, they had to doubt everything. Especially now that the case had reached a stalemate, they had to try any clues.

"Okay!" Jiang Nan nodded, then looked at a member of the investigation team.

“Xiao Li, go notify the city bureau’s laboratory to come and compare the bloodstains on the woven bag with Roman’s bloodstains.”

"Yes!" Xiao Li nodded and then walked out of the meeting room.

Soon, the people from the laboratory took the woven bag away for testing, and Director Zhao hurried over when he knew about it.

"Director Yuan, Director Jiang, is there any progress in the case?"

"We can't be sure now. We have to wait for the test results to come out." Yuan Mu shook his head.

Today's technology is backward, and the capabilities of the city bureau's laboratory department are limited. If it were in the future, the results would be available in just over ten minutes, but now it takes a whole day to wait.

The next morning, all the members of the investigation team and some people from the Municipal Bureau sat in the conference room, quietly waiting for the test results.

Yuan Mu had already expressed his guess yesterday, and the most anxious person was Director Zhao. He was really anxious. If the case could not be solved, he would be held responsible even if he was not dismissed. There was no other way, after all he was the top leader.

Originally, Director Zhao wanted to take people to the reed marsh to search for the hole that was dug up by the wild dog, but he was stopped by Yuan Mu. That day, he and Liu Jun were only two people, and the target was small. If Director Zhao went to look for it, he would have to mobilize a lot of people. If everything was as Yuan Mu guessed, it would be fine. If it was not right, wouldn't it be embarrassing?

"Knock knock knock!" Just then, there was a knock on the door.

"Come in!" Director Zhao said excitedly.

The door opened, and a police officer walked into the meeting room with an excited look on his face.

"What's going on? Tell me quickly!" Director Zhao said quickly.

"Director Zhao, the blood on the woven bag is Roman's!" The police officer announced the test results without hesitation.

"Bang!" Director Zhao slapped the table and stood up excitedly.

"Let me see!" As he said that, he snatched the test report from the police officer's hand.

"Director Yuan, Director Jiang, it really is Roman's blood!" Director Zhao excitedly handed the report to Yuan Mu and Jiang Nan.

Yuan Mu and Jiang Nan took the report and took a look at it. Jiang Nan was very excited, but Yuan Mu was okay. In fact, he had already guessed this before, and now it was just confirmed.

"Director Zhao, I suggest that the Municipal Bureau dispatch police forces to the reed marsh to search for the hole where the woven bag was buried." Yuan Mu looked at Director Zhao and said.

"Okay, I'll dispatch police forces immediately!" Director Zhao agreed immediately and then hurried out of the meeting room.

Now they have strong suspicion that this reed marsh was not Roman's first death scene, but that the body was transported in a woven bag and finally dumped here. The murderer was quite courageous and actually buried the woven bag containing the body near the reed marsh. If it weren't for the appearance of wild dogs, they might still be kept in the dark.

Of course, all of this is not the most important thing. The most important thing is the quality of the woven bag. It is new, which provides them with a direction for investigation.

The top priority now is to find this pit and see if there are other valuable clues inside, such as Roman’s clothes. Although there are most likely none, we cannot give up any possible clues.

"Director Jiang, how about this? We split into two teams. You take people to investigate the scene, and I will take people to find the source of this woven bag. What do you think?" Yuan Mu handed Jiang Nan a cigarette.

"Okay, sure." Jiang Nan took the cigarette and nodded.

Jiang Nan was the leader when they first came, but as the case continued, Yuan Mu became more and more important, especially with this clue. Now the investigation team has been leaning towards Yuan Mu.

The investigation team was divided into two. Yuan Mu took four people and several police officers from the Municipal Bureau to investigate the source of the woven bags. Jiang Nan took the remaining four people and followed Director Zhao and others to the reed marsh.

Fortunately, this is an era when all kinds of business are not well developed. If it were in later times, these woven bags would be sold everywhere, but it is different now. There are only a few places selling these woven bags.