Chapter 52 Chapter 2 Golden Silkworm Gu

After a whole day of investigation, the mysterious woman who had appeared at the scene of the crime was finally found in a nightclub in the city—Liu Honghong, the lady sitting on the stage, and she was arrested on the spot. The interrogation room of the police station was filled with the strong smell of perfume from Liu Honghong's body, while she looked nonchalantly, sitting on a chair and looking around, urging the police guarding her when she could leave, from time to time, Of course, apart from the silent air, only the serious and cold expression of the policeman answered her. After a long time, Meng Shaohui came to the interrogation room. After he was seated, he was not in a hurry to ask questions, and stared at Liu Honghong for a few seconds with a serious expression.

Facing Meng Shaohui's blazing gaze, Liu Honghong suddenly felt a little nervous, and her sloppy attitude restrained a lot. She lowered her head to avoid Meng Shaohui's gaze that seemed to shoot right through her. "Raise your head!" Meng Shaohui obviously didn't want to dawdle with Liu Honghong, so he slapped the table. Liu Honghong was really taken aback by Meng Shaohui's sudden roar. She trembled all over, and quickly raised her head with a nervous expression on her face. "Where were you from 10 o'clock last night to 3 o'clock this morning?"

"I...I'm at home...sleeping at home," Liu Honghong replied nervously. "Are you sleeping at home, or are you going to kill someone?" Meng Shaohui had a serious expression, and his eyes were fixed on Liu Honghong all the time, which made Liu Honghong even more nervous, rubbing her hands on her skirt constantly. "I... I didn't kill anyone!" Liu Honghong said in panic. "Not killed? Liu Honghong, I don't have time to go around in circles with you. Who does Li Jian believe that I don't need to introduce in detail! He was found dead in his home early this morning. At the scene, we found traces of being swept over, and the scene You also left a large number of your fingerprints, and through the surveillance video of the elevator, it was discovered that you had been to Li Jian's house at 10:40 in the evening, and did not leave until 3:00 in the morning. A black plastic bag. As for the contents of the bag, we have also found it under your bed, and the items inside are exactly the same as those lost by Li Jian’s family.”

After listening to Meng Shaohui's words, Liu Honghong's face turned completely pale, the cold sweat from her body almost soaked her clothes, and the makeup on her face also became horrible under the "soaking" of sweat. "Officer, I didn't kill people, I didn't kill people, really, please believe me!" Liu Honghong begged bitterly. "If you want me to believe you, you must tell me exactly what happened last night, without missing any details." "I know I know." Liu Honghong wiped off the sweat from her face with her trembling hands. This wipe completely made her face look like the "painted face" in Peking Opera, but at this time she had already ignored those, she said timidly: "I received a call from Li Dong at 9:30 last night, and he asked me to go to his house to accompany him."

"He told you to go, so you went? Are you familiar?" "Familiar with him! Li Dong often goes to my nightclub, and every time he asks me to accompany him. He is very generous, so as long as he calls me, I will go." "Then what happened after you went to his house?" "I put on my makeup, and I went to the office. I can't remember exactly when I arrived. It was about half past ten. After that, we had sex, and then I went to sleep until the early hours of the morning. At that time, I was woken up by Li Dong tossing and turning. I asked him what was wrong. He said that his stomach hurt. I looked at the clock beside the bed and it showed that it was half past one. He said that he always had a stomachache for some reason. , Then I went to the study, saying that I put the medicine there. After a while, I heard the sound of something breaking in the study, so I ran to have a look, and saw Li Dong foaming at the mouth I kept twitching on the floor of the study room. I called him a few times, but he didn't respond. I was so scared that I ran back to the bedroom. I wanted to get out of there quickly, but after I got dressed and calmed down, Seeing Li Dong's bag on the bedside table, I thought that Li Dong is so rich, why don't you take the opportunity to get something before leaving, so I rummaged around, found some valuable things and took them away. I'm obsessed with ghosts, but I really didn't kill anyone! I beg you, you have to believe me!"

Liu Honghong begged pitifully, tears also fell down. Meng Shaohui had no doubts about Liu Honghong's confession. From the very beginning, he did not think Liu Honghong was the murderer. From the looks of it, it should have existed for a while, so Liu Honghong should not be the murderer, and with Liu Honghong's identity, even if he wanted to poison someone, it would be impossible for him to use such a complex biological poison.What's more, the relationship between her and Li Jian was nothing more than a transaction of money and sex, and there was no motive for murder at all. Of course, it does not rule out the possibility that she bought this poison from other places, but if this is the case, then what is her motive for the murder?And since she can kill people with such poison, why did she appear at the scene when Li Jian was poisoned?Is it to see if Li Jian is dead?But why did he leave a lot of evidence against him at the scene?Even if someone hires Liu Honghong to commit the murder, then the same reason, the evidence left by Liu Honghong at the scene, even if Liu Honghong is not the real murderer, then the police can follow the clues to find the real murderer. The murderer can use this strange biological poison to kill, no doubt it is If he wanted to cause trouble for the police's investigation, using Liu Honghong to commit the crime would undoubtedly be tantamount to exposing himself. Judging from the murderer's method of attack, he should not be so stupid.

That being the case, there is only one possibility for Liu Honghong to appear at the scene of the crime, that is, she is indeed not the murderer, her appearance is just a coincidence, but she is the only one who knows Li Jian's behavior at the time of the crime the most. "How long have you known Li Jian?" Meng Shaohui waited for Liu Honghong to calm down a little before continuing to ask. "Almost a year." "Based on what you know about Li Jian, has he had any grudges with anyone?" "I'm not too sure about the specifics, probably not! Besides being lustful, Director Li is quite a nice person, especially when he comes out to play, he's very generous. I've never heard of him having any enemies."

"Besides last night, when was the last time you saw Li Jian?" "It should be a week ago! After he went to a banquet, he called me to go to his house." "Is there anything special about Li Jian at that time?" "Well..." Liu Honghong lowered her head and thought for a moment, then said: "It happened seven days ago, and I don't remember it very well. I just remember that Director Li also had a stomachache that night. He said it might be The food at the banquet was not good, so I took some stomach medicine afterwards, and I really can’t think of other things.”

"Stomach pain again?" Meng Shaohui frowned and pondered. Li Jian had stomach pains before and after he was killed. Could this have something to do with poisoning? "Then do you know Li Jian's physical condition before this? Did you often have stomach pains?" Meng Shaohui continued to ask. "I'm not sure about that. After all, I'm not someone under Li Dong. How can I know his physical condition." The questioning of Liu Honghong did not yield valuable clues, but the suspicious point of "stomach pain" attracted Meng Shaohui's attention. Although forensic medicine has no conclusions on the organisms in the deceased's body for the time being, the preliminary judgment of the existence of organisms in the deceased's body has certain significance. Time, in terms of the number of living things, if the deceased did not experience any discomfort during their lifetime, it is basically impossible.

On the other hand, the investigators also had a general understanding of the information on the deceased Li Jian, but unfortunately they failed to find any suspicious clues. "Li Jian, 41 years old, master of biology, chairman and project director of Guanxing Biotechnology Co., Ltd., was busy with the launch of the company's new health products before he was killed." The investigator briefly introduced Li Jian's information. "Have you checked Li Jian's relationship?" Meng Shaohui asked. "Li Jian's interpersonal relationship is not complicated. Except for some friends who are also doing research, the rest are mostly business partners. According to these people and his company's employees, Li Jian is still a good person. The employees are also very nice, and I haven’t heard of any enmity with anyone.”

"What about the private life? The driver of the deceased mentioned that the deceased often went to nightclubs and would take the lady seated home for the night." "Well, Li Jian's private life is indeed very chaotic. It is understood that Li Jian is still single, but there is never a shortage of women around him. Whenever he appears in nightclubs, those slightly attractive women will surround him. Of course, the main The reason is that Li Jian is generous, but most of these women are trading with Li Jian for sex, and we have not found any valuable clues or suspicious persons for the time being." "41 years old, with a high degree of education, has his own company, and apart from his chaotic private life, his interpersonal relationship is not complicated. Who would want to kill him?" Facing the preliminary investigation, Meng Shaohui couldn't figure out the case for a while, and the murderer's method of attack puzzled him even more. "The murderer's method of attack is obviously not to rob money. If it is not robbery, then there are only love and vendetta. If vendetta, who has hatred against him? And what kind of hatred caused Want to commit murder? There is also love killing. Judging from the private life of the deceased, this possibility is the greatest, but what kind of person would have an emotional relationship with the deceased, and would use such a strange method to kill? " Meng Shaohui was confused by the questions that appeared. Although the murderer's attack method revealed the murderer's motive and gave the investigation a general direction, it was precisely because of this method of attack that the murderer completely avoided staying at the scene. any evidence, thus increasing the difficulty for the detection of the case. "Meng team, the forensic medical department has not yet made any obvious statement about the organisms in Li Jian's body. Is it possible that there is no murderer in the case itself, but pure food poisoning?" "Although the forensic doctor has no definite statement about the creatures in Li Jian's body, one thing is certain is that those creatures have mutated, and this kind of mutation is impossible to produce after entering the human body, that is to say, it should be due to human factors. It caused these creatures to enter the human body after mutation, from this point of view, the possibility of simple food poisoning is very small." Meng Shaohui said. "Li Jian's company produces health care products, and he himself participated in research and development projects. Could it be that he came into contact with this mutated creature in the process of researching a certain health care product, but he didn't notice it? " "If the mutated organisms in Li Jian's body are related to health care products, then this kind of health care products would be too scary. Once they enter the market, they will basically be comparable to biochemical weapons. Li Jian's company only researches and produces health care products. , How could it be possible to produce such a creature that is extremely dangerous to the human body?" Meng Shaohui continued after thinking for a moment, "According to Liu Honghong's account, Li Jian had symptoms of stomach pain seven days before and on the night of the murder. On the one hand, it is temporarily impossible to determine when Li Jian was poisoned, but based on the situation in the corpse, they initially judged that the unknown creature that caused the death of the deceased entered through the mouth. There are only a few methods of poisoning, food or injection, Follow this clue to find out the details of Li Jian's recent activities, and then check Li Jian's physical condition to see if we can find a breakthrough in the case from these aspects." Although Meng Shaohui arranged the next investigation work very carefully, he knew in his heart that the investigation work would not go smoothly. It is already very difficult to check a person's activities one day ago, let alone for seven days. The time is very vague, and it may even exceed seven days. As long as the forensic doctor has not given an accurate autopsy conclusion, then the number of days guessing when the unknown creature entered Li Jian's body may be infinitely extended . Meng Shaohui couldn't help but admire the murderer's clever mind. Using this method to commit the crime not only allowed him to stay away from the crime scene and not leave any evidence at the crime scene, but also prolong the murder time and increase the difficulty of the police investigation. Just when the investigation was deadlocked, the forensic doctor finally came to a basic conclusion on the biology in Li Jian's body, and Meng Shaohui rushed to the forensic doctor's office as soon as he knew the news. Four days had passed since the incident. "After we analyzed the organisms in the dead body, we concluded that those organisms were indeed silkworms, and their DNA arrangement was exactly the same as that of silkworms." The forensic doctor handed the report to Meng Shaohui and gave a brief explanation. Hearing this, Meng Shaohui asked in puzzlement: "But why do these silkworms enter the human body and cause fatal harm?" "That's why I came to you. Although these silkworms are different from ordinary silkworms. According to our inspection, we found that the silkworms in the deceased's body were genetically mutated due to human factors. The silkworms we usually know eat mulberry Leaves, grow up, spin silk and form cocoons, hatch moths, and then moths produce silkworm eggs, thus reproducing in a cycle, but the silkworms in the dead body are not like this, the largest silkworm you see in the dead body, we call it It is called the 'mother body', because we found that the rest of the small silkworms are reproduced through this mother body, and the mother body absorbs nutrients by swallowing food that enters the human body and the organs in the human body. After a certain period of time, it does not need to change. Adult moths can directly produce new eggs from their bodies, and then hatch into silkworms, and such a process only takes about seven days. This situation is absolutely impossible to be caused by mutations caused by natural factors, and it must be man-made factors." "It's just a silkworm. To be honest, the function of a silkworm is to weave silk. If it is artificial, it should be to increase the output of silk weaving. Who is so boring that the genes of silkworms become so terrible? And Was this behavior intentional or unintentional?" Faced with such an unexpected test result, Meng Shaohui felt an unprecedented sense of fear enveloped him, and the cold air generated by the fear traveled through every inch of his body. He vaguely felt that the murderer he encountered this time was by no means an ordinary person. . "Analysed from the professionalism of this gene mutation, it is most likely intentional." The forensic analyst said, "Team Meng, have you heard of such a thing as 'Gu'?" "insanity?" Meng Shaohui closed his eyes and searched for all the information related to this text in his mind: "I have heard of it, and I have seen it on TV. It seems to be a kind of folk witchcraft, which is specially used to curse people." "That's right, although it's a kind of superstition to play Gu, I have reservations about things like 'Gu'. I remember when I was in school, my teacher once said this so-called 'Gu' 'In fact, it exists, but it's not as magical as it is said in the film and television dramas." The forensic doctor said, "The meaning of this 'Gu' can be seen from the shape of the characters, it is to put the insects in a container, In some folk places, the method used to make Gu is to put some poisonous insects into the same vessel, let them kill each other and devour each other, and the most poisonous one left is the so-called 'Gu'." Hearing this, Meng Shaohui asked in surprise: "Could it be that you want to say that the deceased Li Jian died of a Gu?" "That's right, there are many types of Gu, each with its own characteristics, and through my research and analysis of the deceased's symptoms after death, it is very likely that the deceased was poisoned by a kind of Gu poison called 'Golden Silkworm Gu'. And this is also the most poisonous of Gu poisons. It is said that this kind of Gu has very strong vitality, invulnerable to water and fire, and invulnerable to swords and guns. Bleeding to death, the appearance of death is no different from being poisoned, and then these Gu insects that invade the human body will devour the human intestines and stomach like corpse insects." "It actually happened!" Meng Shaohui couldn't help but gasp at the results of the forensic examination. It was the first time he had encountered a murder case involving "Gu", a legendary witchcraft in many years. "Of course, this is a folk saying, and a lot of the content is exaggerated. In fact, according to our research on this creature, it does have the characteristics of the golden silkworm Gu, but it is not exaggerated to the extent that it is invulnerable to fire and water, and invulnerable to weapons and weapons. The point is that its epidermis can resist the erosion of human gastric acid, which is why it can survive in the human body. Furthermore, we found through research that the growth period of the largest Gu worm in the stomach of the deceased was only seven days The rest of the small Gu worms have a growth period of about two days, that is, they reproduce within a day or two before the death of the deceased. Because the mouths of this kind of Gu worms are relatively small, when they first start to devour human internal organs, they feel It won’t be obvious, at most it’s a bit painful, but it’s not fatal enough, but in a very short period of time, due to the huge number of reproduction, it naturally increases the speed of swallowing the internal organs, eventually leading to the death of the poisoned person.” "Is the murderer a wizard?" "Of course not. I believe in the existence of Gu, but it does not mean that I believe in the existence of witchcraft. Gu is actually a product formed after biological experiments, which has a certain scientific nature, but witchcraft is completely superstitious, without any According to the evidence, it is mostly because people spread rumors and became magical and mysterious." The forensic doctor explained, "I think the golden silkworm Gu in the deceased should be researched by someone, and this person must have a deep understanding of biology and genetics. There may even be more than one person.” "More than one person? If that's the case, then I don't understand. What is the purpose of these people researching such creatures? Is it just to kill people?" Meng Shaohui was puzzled. "The original intention should not be to kill people. This may be a semi-finished product after a failed biological experiment." "The semi-finished product after the experiment failed?" Meng Shaohui thought, "Could it be that someone used this failed semi-finished product to harm people?" "I don't rule out this possibility. All I can give you are the clues I found through the autopsy. As for whether the murderer is one person or several people, I can't do anything." "Thank you very much, at least this also pointed out the direction for our investigation." Meng Shaohui thanked. The forensic autopsy results can be said to have surprised all the investigators handling the case, but at the same time narrowed the scope of the investigation.The murderer used the method of voodoo to remotely control the murder, which not only did not leave any clues at the scene of the murder, but also formed a certain span of time, which created trouble for the police investigation. Of course, nothing is perfect, just as the murderer used this unimaginable murder method, but it exposed the clue that he understood biology and genetics. Meng Shaohui was skeptical about the investigation clues that emerged. Judging from the forensic research on golden silkworm Gu, the survival time of this creature in the human body is seven days. The murderer hopes to use this time to make the police's investigation more difficult. In order to better hide his whereabouts, it is not difficult to see that the murderer is very smart and knows how to conduct counter-investigation, but hasn't he thought that the method he uses has both advantages and disadvantages? First of all, the method of murder, although the murderer killed the deceased through mutated organisms, is still a method of poisoning. If it is poisoning, why are there so many kinds of poisonous substances that are not used, but why choose such a strange method?You must know that not everyone can easily use this kind of mutant creature.I believe that the study of this kind of golden silkworm Gu must have some special significance. If so, no matter it is a finished product or a semi-finished product, for the laboratory that studies it, the preservation is very strict, and it is not something that ordinary people can take casually. Yes, even if it is stolen, judging from the danger of the experimental product, the laboratory will definitely report the theft as soon as it discovers the theft, but in fact the police have never received a similar report, so only One possibility is that if the murderer who used the golden silkworm Gu to commit the crime was not a so-called wizard, then he must be an insider of a laboratory that studies this creature, which undoubtedly narrows the scope of the case investigation. Secondly, the motive of the murder. The murderer used poison to kill, which undoubtedly told the police that the motive of the murder was vendetta or love killing. Judging from the private life of the deceased, although the possibility of love killing is not ruled out, the possibility is relatively low. Because most of the women who had sex with the deceased were public relations ladies of nightclubs, they and the deceased were just a simple money transaction, and they did not have sufficient motives for the murder.In contrast, the possibility of vendetta is higher. As far as these two points are concerned, Meng Shaohui believes that if the murderer didn't think carefully before acting, then the murderer didn't care about the police's investigation of the golden silkworm Gu.Comparing the two, he felt that the latter was the most likely, and the murderer's plan should have been carefully considered, because even if the poison was poisoned, since the murderer could get a strange mutant creature like the Golden Silkworm Gu, he wanted to get it. It should be easy to use more common poisons, and it is easier to hide one's identity with ordinary poisons, but the fact is that the murderer used very strange methods, even ordinary people would never use or think of murder methods.The most important thing is that during the growth of silkworms in the human body, if the deceased finds out in advance, the murderer's overall plan may be completely ruined. The creature has a certain understanding, otherwise it is simply stolen and used to commit murder, and it will definitely not consider all possible situations. This also shows that the murderer should not be impulsive and reckless. If all kinds of speculations are true, then there is no doubt that the murderer has a high IQ mind, which is why Meng Shaohui feels great pressure.Fortunately, there are still some hidden breakthroughs in the case.