Chapter 297 Hidden Bloodstains

The yard that Zhao Yiyi rented as a B&B has been abandoned for a long time. The owner is a local Han nationality. When he came to open the door, he couldn't help sighing, "I lost him and couldn't find him. The neighbors nearby said he had been killed." , which made it impossible for me to rent out this compound anymore. I didn’t move the house where Zhao lived together, and all the valuables in the other houses were taken out and sold. The police station took away the computer’s hard drive, but the computer was never sold. Go out, it’s still in the house.”

Cen Lian didn't have high expectations for the completeness of the B&B's preservation, but he didn't expect that there would be an unexpected surprise.

The yard that had not been taken care of for a long time has grown grass half as tall as a man. Weeds climbed out from the gaps in the concrete floor and the corners of the wall, twisting into the shape of claws on the ground and walls. If anyone is older, If you come here in the middle of the night, just looking at these weeds will make you run away in fear.

The home that Zhao rented to open the B&B itself was a small courtyard. There were two small buildings in it, with three floors above and below, with three rooms on each floor. Excluding the floor used as the lobby, there were a total of fifteen rooms on five floors. The B&B is pretty decent, and there's nothing particularly weird about the decoration.

The backyard of the B&B is blocked by a large iron gate, and it can be seen that it was used for parking in the past.

The entire B&B is not large, nor is it a high-end residence. Cen Lian walked around Zhao Yiyi's room next to the lobby on the first floor and found that the room still retained traces of Zhao Yiyi's life before he left, although it had long been gone. Completely covered in dust.

Zhao Yiyi has been dead for more than a year, and the body has not been completely collected yet. Only more than 80% have been found. According to Qi Yan, the remaining parts may have completely disappeared after being eroded by long-term wind and rain in the Gobi Desert.

"I'm going to the backyard to take a look," Wu Qiushan said to Cen Lian directly after briefly observing Zhao Yiyi's room and went out, "There's nothing here."

Cen Lian also saw that this house had been inspected by the local police when Zhao Yiyi reported it missing. If they came back more than a year later, nothing would be found.

He remembered the information about Zhao Yiyi that he had seen before.

Judging from the time of death on the criminal record, he should have been thirty-four years old when he died. He had retired from the armed police force less than seven years ago. He was strong and had no enemies.

His family had been contacted during the DNA comparison. Surprisingly, he was not even from Long Province. His hometown was far away in Anhui Province, thousands of kilometers away from Yizhou City.

But his family didn’t know why he had to go to Illinois to open a B&B, and they didn’t even discover and call the police until he disappeared for several days.

These clues further confirmed Cen Lian's guess about Zhao Yiyi. He opened a B&B in Yizhou not necessarily to make money.

Yizhou City is not a popular tourist city in Xinjiang Province. Usually only people traveling by self-driving will stay here temporarily. In terms of making money, it is far inferior to areas where popular scenic spots are located.

Even when he opened a B&B in Yizhou City, Xinjiang Province had just recovered its vitality, and the overall tourism industry was not booming.

The combination of various problems made Cen Lian immediately call Yuan Chenxi.

"To contact Zhao Yiyi's army before he retired, it would be best to find his comrades who were close enough to him before and ask them if they know if Zhao Yiyi has any relatives or friends who have had trouble in Yizhou." This is what Cen Lian said based on all the clues so far. reasonable assumptions made.

I just don’t know if I can find evidence to verify his speculation.

"Cen Lian, come to the backyard." While Cen Lian was thinking, Wu Qiushan's voice came from the backyard.

When he arrived at the already somewhat messy backyard, he saw Wu Qiushan squatting in a very inconspicuous corner.

"There are bloodstains here." He heard Cen Lian's footsteps and said without looking back, "It's very old."