Everyone looked at Gu Chen with wide eyes and small eyes, wondering if Gu Chen was joking?

Although Gu Chen could swim, the shipwreck just now still scared everyone so much that Lu Weiwei almost jumped in to save him.

"You said you were boating on the lake well, but why did the boat sink?" Roommate Ding Liang quickly checked Gu Chen's body. After making sure that he was not injured, he couldn't help but complain.

After Officer Wang helped Gu Chen up, he also asked: "What were you talking to yourself just now? What do you know? What do you know?"

"I know why Liu Biao sank to the bottom of the lake that day, and why we couldn't see the boat on the lake." Gu Chen also took a deep breath and wiped away the water stains on his face.

In Gu Chen's opinion, the observations and experiences he had just stayed on the boat were enough to support his previous judgment.

But when Gu Chen said this, everyone didn't quite understand.

Especially I don't understand why the boat suddenly sank.

So Huang Zunlong asked: "Gu Chen, what do you mean, is there really something wrong with this boat?"

"No problem, will I sink?" Gu Chen asked Huang Zunlong.

Huang Zunlong snapped his fingers and said, "I understand, this ship has been tampered with, right?"

Gu Chen flicked his finger on Huang Zunlong's forehead: "You are smart, this ship has indeed been tampered with."

As soon as he finished speaking, everyone at the scene looked at each other.

Lu Weiwei quickly ran to the shore and said to the sunken ship in the lake: "Could it be that when Liu Biao rowed a boat to the lake, it was because there was something wrong with the boat that he fell into the water?"

Gu Chen nodded slightly.

"Then...he still can't swim?" Lu Weiwei glanced at Xiaogang.

Xiaogang was stunned for a moment, then nodded and admitted: "No...that's right, Liu Biao does not know how to swim."

Gu Chen took off his shirt, wrung out the water, and then said: "I paid attention to every detail of the boat and found that there was an artificial loophole in the bottom of the boat."

"But the design is very clever. The hole is covered by a wooden board, and the hole is blocked with some soil, hay and rags."

"That's why, I had no problem paddling in the lake before, but over time, the loopholes began to show up, eventually causing the boat to sink."

"Gu Chen." Officer Wang frowned and said seriously: "Then according to your opinion, this is completely murder? Someone deliberately dug a hole in the boat, so that Liu Biao died in the lake and eventually became an aquatic animal.

food?"

Gu Chen nodded slightly and did not deny it.

Gu Chen had made similar speculations before, but he had been suffering from lack of evidence to support them.

But just now he personally experienced boating on the lake, and this allowed Gu Chen to find the source of the problem.

According to Xiaogang's previous remarks, the two boats have not been used for a long time, which means that the probability of use is extremely low.

But just like this, if Liu Biao was allowed to board the ship in a hurry, no matter which ship Liu Biao got on, he would eventually die in the middle of the lake.

As for those who knew that Liu Biao did not know the nature of water and knew that Liu Biao was planning to escape in those days, Xiaogang was undoubtedly highly suspicious.

But Gu Chen did not expose it right away, and just suggested: "Now the boat has sunk to the bottom of the lake, but fortunately it sank on the shore, so it is not difficult to salvage it."

Looking back at Ding Liang and Huang Zunlong, Gu Chen said again: "How about we find some people, get some tools, and fish out this small boat together?"

"No problem." Ding Liang glanced at Xiaogang and urged: "I say Xiaogang, don't just stand there stupidly. Hurry up and find someone to come over and bring some strong rope."

"Oh, no... no problem, I'll call someone." Xiaogang seemed to be at a loss, and under Ding Liang's urging, he quickly led everyone towards the new pier.

Not long after, Xiaogang rushed to the scene with several staff from Yangtian Lake Hotel.

I also brought some rope tools...

Everyone arranged the tools in a row, and a staff member responsible for the search and rescue on the water of Yangtian Lake said: "The location where the boat sank is not very deep. I will fix the underwater boat and we will pull it up together later."

"No problem, thank you for your hard work, master." Officer Wang stepped forward and patted the staff member on the shoulder.

Soon, the staff responsible for water search and rescue took off their coats and shoes, wearing only a pair of underpants, and jumped into the water with a "plop" while carrying the assembled tools.

The head of the rope has an iron hook, which is used to fix the position of the hull.

The staff acted skillfully and quickly hooked the rope to the iron hook on the bow.

After making sure it was stable, he dived out of the water, touched the water stains on his face, waved to everyone on the shore and said, "That's enough, pull up."

"One two...three! One two...three..."

It was also with everyone chanting in unison, including the police and the staff of the Yangtian Lake Hotel, that they worked together to drag the boat up.

Since the front end of the old pier is a marble staircase deep into the water, boarding is generally a vertical structure on both sides.

The place where Gu Chen's shipwreck was located is on the edge of a staircase, so even if it sank to the bottom of the lake, everyone standing on the shore can clearly see it.

So everyone dragged the hooked rope towards the stepped direction of the pier.

Due to the buoyancy of the lake, it is not difficult to tow the boat to the dock.

After dragging it onto the stepped marble, everyone worked together to drag the boat directly to the shore.

"Huh." Gu Chen took a deep breath, then stretched out his hand and said, "Okay, just put it here."

"Oh my god, it's too heavy."

"My waist, isn't it too tiring?"

"I didn't expect that a ship that doesn't look big could be so heavy?"

"If there weren't so many of us, we might not be able to drag it ashore."

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Many staff members are rubbing their muscles and bones, and some of them are tired.

Gu Chen also expressed his gratitude to everyone: "Thank you for your help just now. I am here to thank you all."

"It's okay." A staff member of the Yangtian Lake Hotel waved his hand, but asked Gu Chen: "But I said, why do you police want to salvage this boat? It is a broken boat in the first place, and no one usually uses it."

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "That's right." Another staff member complained: "You are going to the lake, wouldn't it be better to come directly to the new pier? Aren't those speedboats delicious?

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"That's not what I meant." Seeing that everyone didn't understand, Gu Chen explained directly: "The reason why I want to experience this ship is because I think of myself as Liu Biao thinking about the problem."

"Think of yourself as Liu Biao?" When everyone heard this, they didn't know why.

Gu Chen walked up to the crowd and explained in detail: "I have tried this boat. If used normally, it is very stable and has high safety performance."

"Even ordinary people, who don't know how to swim, can operate it easily. There is no chance of falling into the water due to improper operation, because they are rowing while seated."

"But it's strange that Liu Biao sank to the bottom of the lake under such circumstances, and the wrecked boat has not been found yet."

Seeing the serious expressions on everyone's faces, Gu Chen added: "Usually in this situation, the boat must have sunk to the bottom of the lake, just like what I did just now."

"It didn't sink immediately, but it needed to be paddled for a distance, and then the soil, hay and rags that blocked the hole gradually disintegrated, and finally sank to the bottom of the lake."

"Is there a loophole?" Lu Weiwei had never heard Gu Chen mention it before, but when Gu Chen said this just now, Lu Weiwei was the first to rush to the boat and began to use her retractable baton to inspect the boat at the scene.

But this check didn't matter. Lu Weiwei was surprised to find that in addition to the loophole location that Gu Chen mentioned just now, Lu Weiwei also discovered several other hidden loopholes.

Use the baton to smash down hard, and you will soon find that the soil, hay and rags blocking the holes will soon be smashed to pieces.

"It's shocking." Lu Weiwei couldn't help sighing, staring at the staff of the Yangtian Lake Hotel in front of her and said: "Look at these boats of yours, isn't this dangerous? How can a boat like this be used?"

"But...but this is not our fault." A tall and thin staff member felt aggrieved and couldn't help but said: "These two ships are technically just backup ships."

"And when we usually go to the middle of the lake, we use the speedboat on the new pier. Who would use this kind of boat?"

"That's right." Another fat staff member retorted: "Even if it is a spare, there is no reason for us to destroy it? There is no reason to cut so many holes in the bottom of the ship. It feels like it must be man-made. Who is so wicked?"

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Seeing that the staff were all thinking in vain, Gu Chen walked directly to Lu Weiwei, took the baton from her hand, moved the mud residue from several holes in the bottom of the boat, and then confirmed and said: "I checked, there are 4 in total.

A loophole."

"It can be said that the murderer took great pains to 'surprise' Liu Biao, and even the traces of the cave entrance are new. This shows that the murderer must not have been prepared for long in advance."

Glancing at Xiaogang who was a little nervous, Gu Chen turned to the others and asked, "Do any of you know that Liu Biao doesn't know how to use water?"

Everyone looked at each other and shook their heads slightly.

Later, a tall and thin staff member took the initiative to step forward and said: "Comrade police, we really don't know whether Liu Biao can swim, but we usually go to Yangtian Lake to swim in our free time, but we have never seen Liu Biao swim.

Biao went into the water."

"So?" Gu Chen asked.

"So I feel that Liu Biao is a landlubber. No one here knows whether he can swim or not," said the tall and thin employee.

Gu Chen shook his head and smiled: "Yes, there is indeed someone here who knows that Liu Biao does not know the nature of water, and that person is Liu Biao's fellow countryman... Xiaogang."

"Xiao Gang?" After hearing Gu Chen's words, everyone turned their attention to Xiao Gang.

Xiaogang was also frightened and stepped back. He smiled bitterly and said: "I...I do know that Liu Biao doesn't know the nature of water. We are fellow villagers. Isn't it normal to know?"

"Of course." Gu Chen patted Xiaogang's shoulder to tell him not to be too nervous, and then asked: "You are the one who knows that Liu Biao wears shoes when sleeping. It can be seen that Liu Biao at that time already knew that someone would come to him.

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"Then I'm confused. Since you know that Liu Biao did this to escape from certain people, he would definitely break the window and escape when he encountered danger, and he would definitely choose to go boating at the old pier."
To be continued...