Under the strong light, a male body buried in the rubble was dug up. The corpse is covered with a sturdy transparent sealed bag. Under the high temperature and low humidity environment, the corpse has been completely relieved, and the abdomen is in a preliminary state of decay.
The sealed bag has not yet been opened, and the odor of corpse can be faintly smelled in the air. The detectives have long been accustomed to this smell, but they still frown instinctively. The most annoying thing about dealing with homicides in summer is the unavoidable corpse odor. The corpse odor is very sticky. Forensic doctors usually wipe their hands with coriander, folded ears, etc. repeatedly after an autopsy to eliminate the corpse odor. Strange smell persists.
The condition of the corpse in front of him is not too bad. If it is discovered ten days and a half later, the corpse forms a giant view in the high temperature and humidity, and even a "corpse explosion" occurs, then it can be smoked in a minute. .
A road outside the popular science playground is being closed for construction and can only be used in one way. The forensic doctor and some field workers are blocked on the road. Ming Shu arrived first, put on double-layer latex gloves and a three-layer mask, and squatted on the ground to check the body.
He is not a professional forensic doctor, but he has dealt with corpses of various shapes and shapes for many years and has already mastered the basic identification methods.
Fang Yuanhang stood aside with a black book, and was so smoked that he closed his eyes from time to time.
"The time of death was three days ago, that is, July 2. Go and adjust the surrounding surveillance—not only the public surveillance, but also the private cameras in the surrounding shops." Mingshu pressed his right finger on the corpse, and his eyes suddenly turned. Go to the corpse pit on the side.
The corpse pit was very shallow, with only a layer of sand less than ten centimeters covering the airtight bag, and large pieces of rubble were piled on the sand. This easily exposed corpse pit forms a strange sense of contradiction with the murderer's corpse throwing behavior - there is no monitoring here, and it will not be developed for at least the next three years. There is no doubt that it is an excellent place to hide corpses. It is too shallow, and it is not the most hidden place in the entire playground. Even if there is no accident of Zhang Sihao and Xu Linshan, as long as it rains heavily, or waits for the odor of the corpse to completely dissipate, the body will definitely be found.
Documents and communication equipment that could prove the identity of the deceased could not be found on or around the corpse, apparently handled by the murderer.
Obfuscating the identity of the deceased and throwing the corpse logically shows that the murderer wants to cover up the crime.
But this corpse pit, which was definitely found within half a month, showed that the murderer wanted to expose the crime.
Human behavior is driven by logic, and the logic of murderers is self-contradictory.
Mingshu withdrew his gaze and looked at the corpse again.
After a person dies, the appearance will change greatly, and many times even relatives will feel "unrecognizable". But this did not prevent him from making a preliminary judgment on the age of the deceased.
The victim was about 60 years old, slightly obese, 1.7 to 1.73 meters tall, and dressed in ordinary clothes. The low-quality dark gray trousers and striped T-shirts were all cheap models caught on the street.
The man had no sharp injuries all over his body, but he had fresher wounds on his arms and back. There were large bloodstains on his nose, nose, and chest. His neck was seriously injured, and the degree of distortion was very strange.
Mingshu supported his head and gently lifted it forward.
"The fatal injury is in the neck?" Fang Yuanhang asked.
"The cervical vertebra is broken." Mingshu stood up. At this moment, Xing Mu, the forensic doctor of the serious crime team, finally arrived.
One case was implicated in another case, and it was a bad urban corpse dumping case. As soon as the case was reported to the Criminal Investigation Bureau, Xiao Yuan decisively decided that the serious crime team would take over.
This is the intention of Ming forgiveness.
"Sorry, I'm late." Xing Mu is two years older than Mingshu. He is 1.8 meters tall. He is polite and polite. He is the backbone of forensic medicine in the city bureau. Xing Shuai's fault is that he is afraid of the leader, and he is afraid to the extent that he is dumbfounded.
When Mingshu was not promoted to the head of the serious crime team, Xing Mu often referred to himself as "your elder brother", "your father" and "your uncle", and he would tease him a few times at every turn, and remember to give him half of what he got. Picky eaters think the food in the cafeteria is not delicious, so they often hook him on the shoulder and invite him to the restaurant.
Everyone in the serious crime team could see that Xing Mu was in pain as much as his own brother.
But after the previous team leader Liang Zhao was promoted, Ming Shu took over Liang Zhao's position and became the youngest team leader since the establishment of the serious crime team. Xing Mu's attitude changed immediately. He didn't dare to tease, and he stopped inviting meals. The communication became more and more polite, and he always talked about "good leadership, hard work for the leader".
Mingshu knew that he was afraid of leaders, and he was born unable to get along with his superiors. He was good at academic research, simple, and even a little naive. He used to face Liang Zhao with this kind of virtue. He cares. However, after hearing things like "sorry" for a long time, I can't help but feel annoyed.
"Come and have a look." Mingshu threw the unused gloves and masks over, "The deceased should have died from the severe injuries to the neck. This kind of damage may be caused by bare hands and objects. But these two methods point to the suspect. People are completely different."
Xing Mu nodded, and immediately gave a precise answer after checking the corpse, "The deceased's cervical vertebrae were hit by a blunt force, and there were more than one blows. The specific blows require an autopsy to identify."
"Do a pharmacology and toxicology test." Mingshu took a few steps and turned around, "Look to see if the deceased has been poisoned."
Criminal Investigation Bureau, early morning.
The first round of autopsies has been completed, while pharmacological and toxicological tests and DNA comparisons are still in progress. Xing Mu hurriedly arrived with the autopsy report. Although his eyes were tired, there was a ray of light.
Ming Shu called Yi Fei, Xiao Man, Zhou Yuan and other key members to hold a case review meeting in the small conference room on the fifth floor.
"The deceased suffered from fatty liver and cardiovascular diseases, and the cause of death was a fracture of the cervical spine. He was hit a total of 12 times on the neck, and the wounds were distributed messily and the strength was uneven." Xing Mu used an infrared pen on the detailed photo Draw a circle, "From the perspective of life reactions, the murderer beat the victim at least once after the victim died."
Mingshu sat in the farthest position from the projection cloth, "Can you tell what the murder weapon is?"
"Yes." Xing Mu bowed his back and quickly painted, "The murder weapon has edges, it is a triangular prism, one side is 1.3 cm, the hardness is high, it should be steel."
Yi Fei stretched out his thumb and index finger, and compared them slightly in front of his eyes. "One side is 1.3 centimeters, so the whole is probably that thick."
"It's thinner than I thought." Xiao Man is the head of the trace examination department. He is young, but he has already helped Mingshu and Yi Fei to solve many suspicious cases. Fine. The finer the blow, the more difficult it is. If you can't subdue the opponent at once, it is likely to provoke a counterattack. Why didn't the murderer find a thicker and easier-to-operate steel?"
"Can't find it for a while?" Fang Yuan channeled.
"It's not like committing crimes with passion." Mingshu thought thoughtfully, "The murderer should have made adequate preparations."
Yi Fei turned his head back, puzzled, "Then why..."
"Perhaps for the murderer, this kind of weapon is the most suitable." Mingshu looked at Xing Mu and did not explain further, "Brother Xing, you continue to say."
He was called "brother" by his boss, Xing Mu was stunned for a moment, the temperature on his face soared, but fortunately, most of the lights in the small conference room were turned off, and he happened to be standing in the dark, only the cold light of the projector hit his face, no one was there It can be seen that his face is turning from white to red.
"The victim's death time was between 10:00 and 12:00 on July 2nd." Xing Mu said: "Although the results of the pharmacological and toxicological tests have not yet come out, I found alcohol and sleeping pills in his stomach contents. Element."
Fang Yuanhang stood up and leaned forward, "This means..."
"The murderer administered medicine to the victim, and only started killing when the victim was in a coma or lost his resistance." Mingshu rubbed his eyebrows, and said after a while, "The murderer may be a woman."
As soon as this inference came out, everyone immediately started a heated discussion.
At the beginning of the analysis of the case, it is not appropriate to point out the gender of the murderer, which is very likely to mislead subsequent investigations.
Yi Fei looked at Ming Shu with disapproval, "Ming team, this conclusion is too early. Not necessarily all women who use the medicine."
"This is just the first thought that came out of me under the known clues." Mingshu's tone was flat, as if he was just stating a less important thing.
Because the projector was on, the lights in the front near the curtain were all turned off, and only one light was on where Ming Shu sat. Outside the window was pitch-dark night, and inside the window was also a large area of gray, but his surroundings glowed like a peculiar light source.
"The victim was only 1.71 meters tall. He wasn't tall. Judging from his size and medical history, he shouldn't be considered agile and flexible. The murderer still needs to be drugged when he has a weapon." Mingshu said: " This is in line with the general characteristics of the murderer being a woman."
Xing Mu said: "I also tend to believe that the murderer is a woman. In most homicides, the violent perpetrators are more male, and many women choose to use poison for physical and psychological reasons."
"The murder weapon and the injury to the victim's cervical vertebrae are also one aspect." Mingshu stood up, frowning lightly - such an expression made him look serious and calm, with a sense of not being angry and arrogant, "The murder weapon is thin, But this 'thinness' is only for us. If the murderer is a woman, maybe she thinks this thickness is just right."
With that said, Mingshu curled the fingers of his right hand and made a gesture of holding a stick, "If the weapon is so thick, we can swing it freely, but for a woman, it may be too heavy, and it will get in the way."
Yi Fei thought for a while, "Twelve consecutive hits are either to vent their anger or to confirm the death of the victim. According to your analysis, the possibility that the murderer is a woman is indeed not low."
"But it doesn't rule out that the murderer is a thinner male." Mingshu didn't say anything to death, he controlled the rhythm of the discussion, and knocked his index finger on the table twice, "Are there any valuable traces extracted at the scene?"
Xiao Man sighed, "The site was severely damaged."
"It's all right." Ming Shu turned to Zhou Yuan, "You technical investigators have to work hard tonight to check the monitoring of each intersection outside the popular science playground, focusing on after 8 pm on July 2nd."
Zhou Yuan is in charge of video, image detection, and the Internet. She has a lot of tasks and a heavy burden. She usually doesn't speak much, she is quiet like a girl, and she looks delicate.
"Okay." He responded with a deep voice, then picked up the documents spread on the table, got up and walked towards the door.
Mingshu understood his character, did not stop him, and continued to preside over the meeting.
After that, Xing Mu added another piece of information that was almost missed - the injuries to the arm and back of the deceased were caused by a collision, and the deceased probably had a physical conflict with the murderer or someone else before he was killed.
Soon, news came from the DNA comparison that the victim's DNA information was not archived and the identity could not be confirmed.
"Then we can only investigate the missing persons one by one. The victim died on the night of July 2, and today is the 6th. It is likely that someone close to him has already reported the case." Ming Shu raised his eyebrows at Yi Fei, "First Determine the source of the corpse."
The serious crime team is very efficient in investigating cases. After Mingshu finished explaining, everyone returned to their posts and performed their own duties.
Mingshu stayed alone in the small conference room, checking the autopsy report in detail, and inadvertently frowned more and more tightly.
This is his habitual action, not because of distress, nor because the case is too complicated.
When assigning tasks to subordinates or reporting work to his superiors, his sharp eyebrows are often slightly frowned, which is just a combination of the natural upturn of the corners of his lips, which makes him appear stable and reliable. But when there is no one around, the folds between the brows will gradually deepen, and the more concentrated the thinking, the tighter the brows will be.
However, focus is focus, if someone approaches his "territory", he can still find it immediately.
The indistinct footsteps got closer, and finally stopped at the door of the small conference room. Ming Shu immediately looked away from the autopsy report and looked at the person who appeared by the door.
Xiao Yu'an was not wearing a police uniform. He was wearing a smoky gray shirt and trousers and leather shoes. The top of the shirt had two buttons open. The collar set off the sharp collarbone and the slender and powerful neck.
Most people in the Criminal Investigation Bureau said that Bureau Xiao is really not like a criminal police officer.
But Mingshu's view is just the opposite. The criminal policeman's character is inside and outside. Even if Xiao Yu'an wears such a dress that does not match the police, the powerful power released from his eyes and standing posture is still nerve-racking.
"Officer Xiao." Mingshu stood up and glanced at the paper bag in the other's hand.
Xiao Yuan's eyes were gentle, he stepped in, and put the paper bag on the table, "It's hard work."
"For me?" Mingshu opened the paper bag and asked knowingly.
Xiao Yuan smiled, "Is it embarrassing for you to add meals to the autopsy report?"
In the paper bag is a steamed milk cake the size of an adult's palm and a finger, the temperature is just right, and a cup of latte coffee, the ice cubes have not yet melted.
Mingshu took out both of them, his eyes turned upwards, "Thank you boss."
Xiao Yuan's voice was mellow, like a bass organ in his throat, "Boss?"
"Aren't you my boss now?" Mingshu held the steamed cake, his eyebrows were completely stretched, and his handsome face was closed, showing a somewhat unusual childishness.
That's why he's habitually frowning.
Because the facial features are exquisite, the corners of the eyes and lips are pleasing to the eye, the skin is pale, even if the face is expressionless, it looks smiling, looking young and friendly.
It is often a good thing to have a small face, but it is more important for a serious criminal police officer, especially the leader of a serious crime team, to be stable and mature.
I don't know when it started, probably after graduating and becoming a criminal policeman. He used a frown to hide his smile, pretending to be deep, and rarely opened his eyebrows completely.
But when facing Xiao Yu'an, it's another matter.
Outsiders don't know his relationship with Xiao Yu'an, and he doesn't plan to tell everyone that he and this new leader have known each other since childhood.
The Xiao family and the Ming family are both families with considerable backgrounds. From his recollection, he knew that there was a brother who was six years older than him next door.
There are many children in the Xiao family. Xiao Yuan has two sisters, a cousin of the same age, and countless other partners. There are not many children in the Ming family. He is the only child and has few cousins. He watches the Xiao family live all day long and wants to go and play with them, but he is embarrassed. He only dares to climb up the tree and imagine himself. He is the youngest son of the Xiao family.
It was Xiao Yu'an who extended his hand to him.
On that day, he climbed up the tree again, not wanting to step on a branch in the middle, whether he could go up or down, and was so anxious that he almost fell from the tree.
Xiao Yu'an looked at him under the tree, opened his hands, "slow down, I'll protect you."
The six-year-old gap is no longer noticeable in adulthood, but for young children it makes a world of difference.
He looked at Xiao Yu'an and then at himself, and suddenly he was no longer anxious or afraid.
The elder brother under the tree is so tall and looks like a giant - of course, Xiao Yuan corrected him later, it is impolite to see someone taller than himself and think that the other person is a giant.
He slid down carefully, and then threw himself into Xiao Yu'an's arms. Although Xiao Yu'an was much taller than him, his body was the frailty of a young man. After struggling to catch him, he took a few steps back before he could stabilize.
This episode became the most brilliant footnote of his youth. From then on, he no longer secretly watched the excitement of the Xiao family, but became a part of the Xiao family. Wherever Xiao Yu'an was, he followed wherever he was, wishing to move his bed to the Xiao's yard.
Xiao Yuan took him on a bike ride and taught him to read and write. The Xiao family has strict family education, and Xiao Yuan has been knowledgeable since childhood. But a child is a child in the end. Xiao Yuan was as perfect as a flawless jade in front of his parents, but he was much more cheerful and interesting when he played with him. Spring, summer, autumn and winter, the four seasons are reincarnated, good and bad, as long as the children like it, Xiao Yuan has taken him to play.
He sticks to Xiao Yu'an and relies on Xiao Yu'an much more than his parents who don't see each other a few times a year.
Later, when Xiao Yuan came of age, he was sent to study abroad by Xiao's parents. He was sad for a long time. He didn't want to eat or drink.
However, when Xiao Yuan came back, it was the following summer.
I haven't seen him for a year, my brother is taller than I remember.
He followed Xiao Yuan's footsteps, from junior high school to high school, and then to college, just like chasing Xiao Yuan's bicycle when he was a child. But because of this irreducible age difference, he could never stand on the same campus with Xiao Yuan.
When he was in elementary school, Xiao Yuan was already a middle school student, and when he finally entered junior high school, Xiao Yuan had already gone to Public Security University.
His parents didn't want him to become a policeman. As early as when he was in middle school, they paved the way for him in the future, but he insisted on chasing Xiao Yuan, making a scene with his family and becoming a policeman at the cost of almost severing ties .
In fact, if he had to talk about dreams, he didn't think much about putting on a police uniform back then.
At that time, Xiao Yuan disappeared inexplicably, and he was bound to perform a top-secret mission. He was frightened and had an idea - become a policeman and ride out the storm with Xiao Yuan in the future.
The family conflicts in those days have eased now, but it is precisely because he had no contact with his family in the years when he entered the Public Security University, and almost no one who knew him knew that he was from a powerful family, and only regarded him as an ordinary family.
It's good, at least you don't have to face the strange eyes of others.
The relationship with Xiao Yu'an was confirmed at the age of 23, and it was naturally what he pursued. From the beginning of the young man's heart, he became a criminal policeman.
He has stayed in Dongye City all these years, showing extraordinary criminal investigation talents, but Xiao Yuan has traveled around with the special action team to perform extremely high-level tasks. The two have always been together less often, and even in the past year he has been trained in the special operations team, but he has not been able to meet Xiao Yuan.
Unexpectedly, before he left the special action team, Xiao Yuan was directly transferred to Dongye City.
It means to settle down.
"What do you think about the case?" Xiao Yu'an asked warmly.
Mingshu came back to his senses and solved the steamed cake in a few bites, "Now there are many clues, and the source of the corpse has not yet been determined."
"Tell me where you are most confused."
Mingshu's Adam's apple rolled gently, "The murderer's behavior is a bit contradictory. The corpse pit is too shallow and it is easy to be discovered. TA wants to be discovered? What is the purpose of TA doing this? Also, I was thinking just now, Zhang Sihao's death Is it an accident? The two cases are nothing to look at separately, but together, they are too coincidental."
"Zhang Sihao and Xu Linshan have a simple social relationship, and Xu Linshan doesn't know the deceased." Xiao Yuan threw the steamed cake paper and the empty coffee cup into the paper bag, and took out two tissues and handed them to Mingshu, "But now the murderer of this case is using It's hard to come to a conclusion after seeing them. Let me give you an idea - is that rocky field an inaccessible place in the popular science playground?"
Mingshu folded his arms and pondered for a moment, "The rocky ground is under the track of the bicycle, the ground is uneven, and it is difficult to walk. It is summer, and it is hotter than the surrounding area... Yes, except for children who deliberately take risks, most people Shouldn't go there."
"So the traces of the suspects are actually very easy to preserve." Xiao Yu'an said: "But after the accident of Zhang Sihao and Xu Linshan, our police officers and a large number of onlookers have completely destroyed the traces."
Mingshu frowned again, placing his fingers on his chin, "Xiao Man and the others really didn't extract anything."
The small conference room was quiet for a moment, and when Ming Shu was about to frown deeper, he suddenly felt pressed by a familiar finger.
He raised his eyelids abruptly, and his voice, which had been tight just now, suddenly softened.
"… elder brother."
Xiao Yuan rubbed the center of his eyebrows, and finally separated his two fingers and pressed them on the eyebrow peaks.
He let out a sigh of relief, feeling the fatigue subside a lot.
"Don't be in a hurry." Xiao Yuan retracted his hand, "I'm also watching the case. If you have any ideas, come to me at any time."
Mingshu usually thinks so fast, but now he still remembers the comfortable feeling just now, and even his eyes are a little straight.
Xiao Yuan smiled and said, "I'll go first."
Mingshu hurriedly stretched out his hand, not grabbing anyone, just the paper bag.
The two of them each held half of the paper bag, which was no different from holding hands.
Mingshu leaned over, kissed Xiao Yuan's chin, and said with a clear throat, "Thank you boss for the supper."
The next day, the identity of the deceased surfaced. And suddenly news came from the Beicheng branch - Lu Kun, the suspect in the cafe murder case, suddenly claimed that he was bewitched and killed.