Chapter 7 Chapter Six: The Corpse Box in the Forest
There is a new gadget in this era: Weibo.
It is said that Weibo has far surpassed the influence of print media and radio and television. Naturally, I couldn't understand it at the time, because at that time I was still using a Nokia brick, no, a Nokia mobile phone.
Although I also applied for Weibo, I haven't logged in very often. When I'm not busy with work, I still like to sneak to the city forums in the provincial capital to look at gossip news or pictures of beautiful women.
I didn't like surfing the Internet before, until one time, when Corey's colleagues handled an injury appraisal review case, after the appraisal conclusion came out, a client surnamed Fang saw that the result was not good for him, so he kept petitioning.But the facts are always the facts, even if you petition again, you cannot distort the facts.After the Ms. Fang's repeated petitions failed, she began to search the Internet for information on the members of the Forensic Medicine Department.It's no coincidence that she saw my name at a glance. What's more, the woman in her forties who got into a fight with her was also surnamed Qin.
In this way, this Ms. Fang, who had never seen me before, had a lot of associations. Since this Qin Ming is the chief of the forensic department, he must be a little old man.So the next day, there was an additional post on the city forum in the provincial capital: Qin Ming, chief of the forensic department of the Public Security Bureau, jumped up and down to exonerate his cousin.The post was full of tears, saying that I was the cousin of that Qin, and in order to help her get rid of the crime, I made a fake identification and so on.
This is really lying down and getting shot.
There were quite a few people following this post, and I was very angry at first, so I hurriedly went to ask Master what to do, and Master laughed and said, "What should I do? Expulsion from the party and dismissal from public office."
This incident was also spread as a joke in the hall. I, a young man under thirty years old, became the "cousin" of a woman in her forties.Since then, I have another nickname of "cousin".
Master told me to ignore this kind of slander, but I was young and vigorous at that time, and I still silently paid attention to the replies at the back of the post.Not to mention, this post has been popular for a long time, and many netizens, regardless of whether it is true or not, scolded the post first.Fortunately, there are also some sensible followers who, after asking about what happened, found that this post was full of flaws, and judged that this post was purely a rumor.Replies like this always bring me some comfort.
After going back and forth, I became a frequent visitor to the forum.
Early this morning, when I opened the forum, I saw a very popular post.There are two photos in the post, both of the same girl. The first photo is not very clear, and the ratio of length and width is also weird. You can vaguely see a slender woman wearing a short skirt leaning against a toilet Go up, hands behind your back, head down.The next photo is a photo of a girl, she looks like an ordinary girl.The post stated that the girl was 22 years old and had just graduated from university, and disappeared for no reason. I hope netizens can provide some clues to find her.What caught people's eyes was the remuneration offered by the poster, which was a full one million.
Obediently, one million!Can I make a million in my lifetime?I couldn't help but count my poor salary.
Netizens are boring enough, none of the replies are serious, either they are commenting on the woman's breasts and thighs, and the white spots between the legs that seem to be gone; It means that the girls nowadays really have ideas, and they actually like to take pictures with the toilet.While watching the godlike reply, I grinned and grinned, until the phone rang suddenly, and I was shocked.
"Well, a phone call can make you pee, you must not be looking at something." Dabao slowly walked behind me, "Yo, this girl has beautiful legs!"
I saw Master's number on the caller ID, so I made a "shh" gesture and answered the call.
"Come to my office."
The master was sitting at the desk, staring at the computer thoughtfully, holding a paper roll made of documents in his hand, and tapping the edge of the desk rhythmically.
It's over, Master thinks, there must be nothing good.
I leaned over and took a quick glance, hey, on Master's computer screen...why is that picture of a beautiful toilet that I just saw?
"Huh? Master is also interested in this?"
Master glared at me: "It's a case."
"A case?" I was very surprised. "Is the story on the Internet credible? Besides, there are many possibilities of disappearance. It may not be a case, right?"
Master frowned and ignored me.
I had no choice but to smile: "Where did Master see this picture? You also went to the provincial capital forum?"
Master still stared at the computer screen: "No, I saw it on Weibo."
"You play Weibo?" I was taken aback, "You also play Weibo?"
Master didn't answer my question, and pointed to the computer screen with the paper tube in his hand, and said, "Look carefully at this picture. This is after I asked the audiovisual inspection department to perform blurred image processing this morning. It is much clearer than the original one. Now, can you see what's wrong?"
In the photo, the long-haired girl drooped her head, her bangs hung down on her forehead, and her eyebrows could not be seen clearly.Her hair was slightly curled, showing a faint yellow color.A tall nose bridge and lips painted with lip gloss are faintly visible in the hair.She was wearing a pink tight-fitting T-shirt and a short denim skirt on her lower body. Her figure looked exquisite.The girl was sitting on the floor of the bathroom, leaning against the toilet, stretching her long legs together, with her hands behind her back, unable to see clearly.
I frowned and took a closer look, the reclining girl, the toilet and the white floor tiles with unclear patterns... these are the things in the picture.
"This photo must have been cropped. There is too little information. The toilet is just an ordinary toilet." I scratched my head and said.
Master didn't speak.
I stared at the photo for a while, and suddenly remembered the comments from the netizens, and couldn't help but glance at the girl's skirt: "The netizens have really sharp eyes, and they really have gone away."
Master hit my head hard with a paper tube: "What are you doing? I'm not serious. Where are you looking?"
I touched my head, stuck out my tongue, looked at it for a while, and said frankly, "I don't know."
After a minute of silence, the master suddenly said, "She's dead."
"Dead?" I cried out in surprise.Just based on a photo, how did the master know that the girl was dead?
"I have several evidences," the master said while beating the edge of the table with a paper tube, "First, I can judge that the corpse has developed rigor."
Zombie can see it?I murmured to myself and continued to look at the photos, feeling like I had found some tricks.
"Look," the master said, "the girl's right shoulder blade is leaning against the toilet. In this posture, if the head is normally drooped, the chin should be naturally tilted to the right, but this girl's chin is to the left. Biased. So I suspect that when the girl died, her neck was in a position that was tilted to the left, so after the formation of rigor, this happened.”
I said nothing.
Knowing that I didn't believe it, Master continued, "The most important thing is the toes. When most people's calves rotate outward, the toes must point outward. But for this girl, her toes face each other inwards and are stretched downwards." Straight. Let me take a look at a posture in which the calf is turned outward and the toes are turned inward and relatively straight downward, don’t you feel awkward?”
I sat on the sofa beside me and made some gestures. It was really awkward, and I asked, "So?"
"So I think when she died, her face should be facing down, and her toes were pressed by the ground, forming an inward and downward posture. Why did the calf rotate outward? It was because of the pressure exerted on her body, so it appeared. The toes are not moving, but the calves are externally rotated." Master said, "Generally, even if girls like to take pictures with their toes facing each other, their calves are internally rotated, and they will never be externally rotated."
"According to what you said, the corpse remained in a dead posture until the rigor was formed, and then it was moved to the toilet. Then her body should also have rigor. How could the corpse be in a sitting position?"
"The formation of rigor is generally in a descending order, that is to say, the neck and jaw will first form rigor, and then slowly form downwards. From the perspective of joints, rigor is also formed at the small joints first, and then in the lower jaw. Formation at the large joints. Look at this girl, the mouth is not open, indicating that the jaw rigor has formed, and the toes are abnormal, indicating that the ankle rigor has also formed, and the hip joint is the largest joint, and the cadaver has not yet formed It is normal for the rigor to be rigor, or the formed rigor is relatively soft and easily damaged. So the murderer was able to move the corpse and put her into a sitting position, while the abnormal shape of the facet joints was not noticed by the murderer."
I nodded in agreement: "But it's still not enough to judge her death. What if this girl just likes to take pictures in this weird pose?"
The master shook his hand, and continued, "Why did I say rigor rigor first? It's a reverse reasoning. You see, if our analysis was correct, then the girl should be in a prone position when she died, with her body under pressure, right?"
I nod.
"Since it is in the prone position, the corpse spots should be formed on the lower part of the corpse, that is, the surface of the chest and abdomen, the neck, the cheeks and the front of the legs. Take a closer look, are there any corpse spots?" Master finished and adjusted The color contrast of the photo.
Sure enough, the details that were not found before became clear after the contrast was increased. The girl's right cheek and the front of the legs had obvious blush. This large area of blush can be observed from different angles. It cannot be If it is caused by lighting problems or damage, it should be the plaque.
I stared at the screen, doubtful: "I still have two questions, one is why the plaque is so shallow; the other is according to our previous analysis, if the small joint rigor has formed, the large joint rigor has not yet formed, that is to say , the girl was moved about four to five hours after her death, and at this time, the corpse spots should be transferred to the new lower part of the corpse, that is, the buttocks and the back of the legs."
The master shook his head and said, "That's not the case. Let me explain your two questions. First, the plaques are light red in the early stage of formation, and may become more serious in the later stage. It is true that it can be re-formed with the change of the position of the corpse within hours, but the principle of the plaque is that after death, the permeability of the blood vessels increases, and the red blood cells leak out of the blood vessels and deposit in the soft tissue at the bottom of the body, showing on the skin Color change. This is actually the same as the principle of an hourglass. After the body position changes, the red blood cells are slowly deposited to the other side like sand. Please note that they are slowly deposited to the other side.”
Hearing Master's explanation, I suddenly realized that if the murderer took pictures immediately after moving the dead, the corpse spots would not have had time to reshape, and would still be deposited in the original position.
"In addition, her knees are also abnormal, suspected to be bruises. You can see that the color of the bruises is different from the color of the surrounding blush, so it is more certain that the blush is a corpse spot. If there are bruises on the knees, it is also It just confirmed the inference that she was pressed in the prone position." Master added.
Corpse spots and rigor are the two evidences for confirming death. Since it is inferred that the girl has these two corpse phenomena at the same time, the girl has indeed been murdered.
"Besides that," the master slowly clicked the mouse, zoomed in on the picture, and said, "Look at the neck exposed after her chin is tilted sideways, what's there?"
I really admire my colleagues in blurry image processing, who can process such a blurry picture into such a clear effect.
What else could there be in the neck? .
"It turns out she was strangled to death." I shook my head regretfully.
"Did you also see this photo on the forum?" The master who had been busy with the drawing just now resumed the action of knocking on the edge of the table with a paper tube, which made me flustered.
"Yes, it said it was a missing person notice, and it also included a frontal photo of the girl." I said, "The most eye-catching thing is that the reward is as high as one million."
Master nodded: "It's also written on Weibo."
"Then you see, what's going on?" I asked, "If it was sent by the murderer, how could he have a girl's headshot? And why did he post it? Is it to show off that he killed someone or to confuse others? If it is The girl’s family members posted it, how could they have photos of the girl after she died? And why would they post a post to find someone after she died? What’s the purpose of the family members?”
Master looked at me with contempt: "I can't even guess this, are you my apprentice?"
Everyone should have guessed what was going on, but the arteries in my brain were probably blocked by excrement at that time, so I couldn't figure it out.
"You're finished," the master said, "you were called stupid by your cousin's enemies, right?"
Just as he was talking, Lin Tao walked into Master's office, raised his head and said, "Just now, Yaqing from the major case department and I went to the Internet Supervision Department to check. That girl is Mr. Zhao's daughter, Zhao Yumo."
"Let's go, I'm dead, I don't have any scruples anymore, go to Zhongda Company to have a look." Master finally threw away the paper tube in his hand, which made me, a person with "frequency phobia", breathe a sigh of relief.
Zhongda Company is a well-known real estate company in the provincial capital. When I walked into the company's gate, I was overwhelmed by the luxuriously decorated lobby and the domineering faces of the employees coming and going.Walking into Mr. Zhao's office all the way, I suddenly felt an eye-opening feeling.It can no longer be described as luxurious. There is clearly a small palace in front of you. A lot of gold is used exaggeratedly, which all reveals an aura of nouveau riche.
No wonder there is a reward of one million for the shot. What is a million for this kind of style?I also thought about my poor salary. Forensic medicine is obviously a high-paying profession abroad, but in fact we can only get a salary of 3,000 yuan a month.Three thousand yuan!Only half a square meter of houses can be bought outside the second ring road of the provincial capital.
Mr. Zhao, who is sitting on a large high-grade soft leather chair, is already waiting for us.Although he is only the vice president of this company, he has an unconcealable sadness on his face, but he still has a condescending aura with his chin raised.
"Mr. Zhao, we are from the Public Security Bureau, and we are now investigating the matter of your post looking for your daughter." Yaqing said straight to the point, "According to our investigation, it seems that you have not reported to any police station."
"What case to report? Is it useful to find your police?"
I froze for a moment, it was useless to find the police, should I go to the city management?
"It's not a question of whether you can find it or not," Yaqing said. "We suspect this is a case of kidnapping."
It dawned on me, yes, it should be kidnapping!This explains why the girl's parents have the photo of the toilet, because the kidnappers will definitely send the photo of the girl to her family, but without forensic knowledge, ordinary people will definitely not be able to tell that the girl was dead when the photo was taken.
"Yes, someone has indeed tied up my daughter." Mr. Zhao still looked arrogant, "But I don't trust your police, I can solve my daughter's matter myself."
"If you can solve it yourself, you don't need to ask for help online, right?" Master said.
That's right, after receiving the photos from the kidnappers, who would ask the netizens for help instead of the police?Isn't this a fantasy?
"I don't ask your police even if I ask for help online." Mr. Zhao's face was gloomy. "If the kidnappers know that I'm looking for the police, they will definitely tear up my ticket."
"Your daughter has passed away." The master looked at him and said suddenly.
Mr. Zhao's face didn't fluctuate too much, he didn't collapse as quickly as I thought, as if this result had been expected by him: "You guys, have you found her body?"
"The body has not been found yet," the master said, "but as a forensic doctor, from that photo, I deduce that your daughter is dead."
"What?" Mr. Zhao, who was still calm just now, suddenly changed his face, and slapped the table, shaking his hands in anger, "What are you talking about? Momo... When she took that photo, she was already... ...already dead? The bastard! The son of a bitch!"
We looked at each other.
The corners of Mr. Zhao's mouth trembled. He tried his best to restrain himself, but the tears in the corners of his eyes still couldn't stop flowing down.He took a deep breath, choked up a few times, and said intermittently: "Oh, my poor child... Three days ago, I received a call from Momo's mobile phone, it was about two or three in the morning At 1:00, I heard that it was not Momo’s voice on the phone, but a man’s. He said that Momo was in his hands, and asked me to give him half a million. I didn’t believe him at first, and asked him to send me a piece of Momo’s The photo, not long after, he sent that photo over. Unexpectedly... We originally agreed to pay the money with one hand and the person with the other. The appointment time was at twelve o'clock last night. Put it in the place he said, and then go home and wait for him to put Momo back. Wait, wait, wait, after the agreed time, we still haven’t waited for Momo. When we went to that place to look again, the money was gone. My heart skipped a beat at that time, but I still had a chance, so I posted that post on the Internet, thinking that maybe someone would recognize that place, maybe someone saw Mo Mo..."
Mr. Zhao covered his face, sank into his armchair, lost all his dignity and spirit, and wept uncontrollably.
We were all silent.This sad father, who obviously loved his daughter so much, missed the chance to catch the murderer because of his confusion.Although the kidnappers had already killed Zhao Yumo before calling for money, the best time to capture him was when the ransom was traded. Now that the kidnappers got the money, more than ten hours have passed since the transaction time, and they want to catch him again , it is very difficult.
The master pondered for a while, and said to Mr. Zhao, who was still choking with sobs: "Mr. Zhao, please express your condolences. Xiao Qin, let's go. Let the city bureau immediately file a case and set up a task force. This case must be solved!"
The task force is still smoky.
Faced with such a case, everyone's face is inevitably clouded, because they really don't know where to start.I don't know where the body is; the scene, I don't know where it is; because the report was late, even the cell phone of the deceased could not be located.
This task force is headed by Captain Qi of the Criminal Police Branch of the provincial department, and I organize the forensic work. This is another test that Master has given me.I was smoking like most of the task force, and my mind was still foggy.
"By the way, I have a question." I took out another cigarette, lit it, and asked, "Since there is a toilet on site, it means it is an indoor space. How did Zhao Yumo enter this space?"
"There are many possibilities," Captain Qi spread his fingers and counted them one by one. "Acquaintances seduce, hijack, drug, move indoors after death, the dead go to the wrong door... There are too many possibilities. At present, we are developing from two aspects. The work, one is to find the corpse and people who may have seen Zhao Yumo, and the other is to start with Zhao Yumo's acquaintances before his death."
I nodded. Based on the existing clues, if I don't check out acquaintances, what else can I check?As a forensic doctor, what can I say in a task force that has not found a body, except that I have nothing to say?
I waited anxiously for the body to appear.
Maybe it was my prayer that moved the heavens. At noon, the task force received a report that the body might have been found!
I was the most excited about the entire task force, because I had been free all morning.When the technician came downstairs with the survey box, I was already waiting in the survey car.
The body was actually less than two kilometers away from us.
Near the Public Security Bureau is the Provincial Electrician University.Now is the time when school is about to start, and the campus is full of students dragging their bags to report to the school.In the grove at the corner of the campus, there was a suitcase lying quietly, but with so many people carrying the suitcase, no one noticed its existence.Until noon, when a girl passed through the grove, she realized that no one had dragged the suitcase all morning. Out of curiosity, she called her boyfriend.While laughing at the suspicious girl, the boy stepped forward to unzip the suitcase. The zipper was very tight. He pulled it hard, but it only opened a little bit, but both of them couldn't help screaming. One sound.
From the gap where the suitcase was pulled open, a head of long hair came out... The usually quiet grove was crowded with students watching at this moment.When this kind of thing happened, there would definitely be rumors in the school, and it would inevitably be spread as a horrible ghost story.Only by solving the case as soon as possible can the pervasive fear be quelled.
I saw that the trace inspection department had already collected physical evidence near the suitcase, and I was not in a hurry to approach the scene. I took an investigator with my hands behind my back and went straight to the security room.
"Hello, I'm from the Public Security Bureau, and I'm in charge of the investigation of this case." I like the moment when I took out the police officer's certificate to show my identity, and the security guard immediately said in awe, "I need to check the surveillance video of your school now." .”
A suitcase that can hold a person is definitely a large and conspicuous suitcase, so the person carrying the suitcase must be easily noticed by others. In this case, he will definitely choose to throw it away when there are few people. corpse.
I was sitting in the security room, playing the videos from the three gates of the school at the same time at eight times the speed of last night.
I stared at the screen for an hour, and found that there were quite a lot of people entering and leaving the school gate last night.Because it is a freshman registration, there are many people and cars entering the school even from late night to early morning. There are also some with suitcases, but absolutely no one with a large suitcase.
I scratched my head, is the murderer really so bold as to dare to enter the school during the day?No, no, maybe he drove in.
"Your school allows outside cars to come in and out at will?" I asked, pointing to the surveillance video at night.
The security guard who stood behind me for a long time suddenly looked wary: "No. But these two days are freshmen's registration, there are many people, vehicles, and luggage. We are also making it easier for the freshmen, so we don't care about it."
It seems that the most suspicious is the vehicles entering and leaving the school.It's a pity that it was night, and the school's camera was of poor quality. When it was illuminated by the headlights, I couldn't see anything, only that it was a car.The possibility of finding a breakthrough in this case from the surveillance video is gone.
I asked the accompanying investigators to copy the surveillance video and go back to continue to observe, hoping to find something by chance.I raised my wrist to look at my watch, and felt that the time was almost up, so I walked towards the scene.
In this case, we still have to start with the corpse.
The box had been opened, and a girl with long hair curled up inside.
As a forensic doctor, I am used to seeing life and death in the world and the darkness of society, but I was still shocked when I saw this corpse.
When ordinary people look at a corpse, they only notice the overall appearance of the corpse. When a forensic doctor looks at a corpse, the first thing he sees is the damage to the corpse.Just like Master's judgment, there was a deep rope groove in the girl's neck.But unlike what you saw on TV, the strangled person had protruding eyeballs and sticking out his tongue, looking horrific. This girl really seemed to be asleep in a box, quiet and weak.Her hands were tied behind her back, her chin rested on her knees, and she was dressed exactly as in the online photos.Although there will be some differences between the face of a person after death and his life, but I who have studied portrait identification can tell at a glance that this is Zhao Yumo.
At this time, the rigors of the corpse had been relieved. With the help of forensic doctor Wang from the Municipal Bureau, we lifted the corpse out of the suitcase and laid it flat on the plastic sheet that had already been laid.When the corpse was being lifted, something fell from the corpse without knowing it.I poked my head and saw that there were grains of white stuff.
"What is this?" At some point, Dabao and Lin Tao had also arrived at the scene. Dabao put on his gloves, picked up a grain from the box, and said while examining it, "This is a maggot egg? Isn't it too big? And this The weather, not so..."
I gave Dabao a blank look and said, "Silly, this is obviously rice."
"Mi?" Dabao asked in surprise.
I pondered for a while and said, "The only possible explanation is that this box was originally used to hold rice, so there is still some leftover rice in the box..."
"Have you ever seen someone put rice in a suitcase?" Dabao took the grain of rice and took a closer look.
"No." I shook my head, "but besides this explanation, what other explanation can there be?"
"This matter seems familiar," Lin Tao also joined our discussion, "but I can't remember it for a while. It seems that there is something between rice and funeral."
As soon as Lin Tao came, the girls outside the security line began to look at him and whisper, their eyes were full of nympho, and people couldn't help but envy and hate.
"No matter what the legend is, you have to figure it out for us." I said to Lin Tao, and Lin Tao nodded.I checked the corpse briefly and said, "There's wind here, don't lose any physical evidence, take the corpse to the funeral home. Did you find anything just now?"
Lin Tao shook his head, a little helpless: "The ground conditions here are poor, and the suitcases are rough, so it is difficult to obtain physical evidence."
"That can only be found out from the source of the suitcase." Captain Qi said.
Following the orders of the detachment leader, we boarded the car to the dissection room and left the campus.
In the dissection room, Zhao Yumo was lying on the table with his hands behind his back.
"The clothes are neat and clean." Dabao and I took off Zhao Yumo's clothes one by one, and spread them out on an unfolded plastic sheet.I asked Dabao, "What does this mean?"
"One is that the possibility of being sexually assaulted is unlikely, and the other is that the crime scene should be indoors." Dabao paused, then continued, "She disappeared on August 21st and 22nd. It has been raining across the province for two days, and if she had been pinned to the ground outdoors, her clothes would have been stained."
I smiled and said: "It seems that you did your homework when I wasted time in the task force this morning. In fact, I always thought that she was killed indoors, otherwise it would be too troublesome to transport her back from the outside, the murderer There's absolutely no need to do that."
Zhao Yumo's body was lying quietly on the dissection table, and the spots on the spot were much clearer than those in the photos.Master's previous analysis was correct. Four or five hours after Zhao Yumo's death, the murderer placed the body next to the toilet, and never touched her again. It was not until forty-eight hours later that the plaque was stable and would not reshape. She packed it into the box.
"Well, Mr. Zhao received the photo at about three o'clock in the morning on the 22nd. According to this inference, Zhao Yumo should have died between ten and eleven o'clock in the evening on the 21st. On the night of the 23rd, The murderer put Zhao Yumo into the suitcase. On the morning of the 24th, the suitcase appeared on the campus." Dabao listened to my analysis while counting the time, "This schedule is really tight!"
On Zhao Yumo's neck, there was a cable groove that crossed at the back of the neck. When the skin of the neck was cut, it was found that the subcutaneous tissue and muscles under the cable groove had sheet bleeding. This is a life reaction.Coupled with the fracture of the thyroid cartilage, it can basically be concluded that she died of strangulation.
The following work is brutal, we have to cut this beautiful girl layer by layer.
We confirmed that she died of mechanical suffocation by checking the signs of visceral bruise and petrous temporal bone hemorrhage. We also found a hemorrhage in her waist, which was also expected because of her back pressure, which may be Someone sat on her, or maybe someone had a knee on her waist.Other than that, we haven't found any new clues, and the murderer's actions are too clean.
After inspecting Zhao Yumo's perineum, I don't know why the images of the deceased in the "Yuntai case" suddenly appeared in my mind.However, Zhao Yumo was not sexually assaulted, which should have nothing to do with the "Yuntai case".
The next step was to start stitching up the body as usual.When we sewed above the navel, the light flickered, and I seemed to see something, so I hurriedly said: "Dabao, look, there is something abnormal here!"
A red mark was faintly visible on Zhao Yumo's right chest and abdomen, extending all the way to her breast.
The imprint is so faint that it is almost illegible.I found an alcohol cotton ball and patiently wiped it repeatedly.
Alcohol can make some inconspicuous imprints appear. This red imprint gradually becomes clear, about 30 centimeters long. To be precise, this is not an imprint, but a "cross" imprint, just the horizontal one. One is shorter.
"This is an indentation." Dabao said, "The color is not clear, it should have been formed during the dying period."
"Actually, we should have thought that there was an indentation here." I said, "We deduced that the deceased died indoors, and the back was pressed in a prone position. As long as the house is not on the concrete floor, the traces on the floor should be printed. On her chest and abdomen. It's just that I didn't expect it to be so obvious."
After sewing up the body, I crouched next to the plastic sheet on the ground and re-checked Zhao Yumo's clothes one by one.
Intuition and luck made me discover the abnormality of Zhao Yumo's denim skirt.
There is a hidden pocket on the right back side of the denim skirt, which is hard to see if you don’t pay attention.The pocket was a bit bulging, so I opened the edge of the pocket with my fingers, and illuminated it with a strong light, and found some black traces inside.I couldn't wait to turn the pocket liner inside out.
"My cousin is mighty!" Dabao exclaimed in surprise, "These are the fingerprints of three fingers! However, this is not necessarily related to this case, is it?"
"Who's going to touch her obviously incapable pocket?" I said.
"That's not necessarily true. The fingerprint is black, and it should be stained with ink or something, indicating that this person's hands are dirty." Dabao said, "How could a girl with this identity have her pocket touched by such a dirty person? It can only be a thief."
I nodded. Dabao’s words did make sense: “Anyway, let’s send it to Lin Tao and let him keep the evidence. Maybe it will be useful in the future?”
Back in the task force, seeing everyone's expressions, you don't need to guess to know that the investigation is still at a deadlock.I introduced the autopsy, and apart from concluding that Zhao Yumo died on the 21st, was killed indoors, and died of suffocation, I couldn't provide any more clues.Discussion of the nature of the case ensued, and disagreements soon arose.
"If it's really a kidnapping case, then the murderer can take a photo of Zhao Yumo alive, or take a video, which is much less risky than taking pictures after killing her," said Captain Qi, "So I think the murderer's The main purpose is to kill people, the kidnapping is likely to be a disguise, of course, it is not a bad thing to get hundreds of thousands."
"I think the purpose of the kidnapper is money. Maybe he doesn't have much experience and ability to control Zhao Yumo, so he killed her on the spur of the moment. The reason why he helped Zhao Yumo to sit and take pictures is to pretend that she is still alive." I paused After a pause, "I found that someone flipped Zhao Yumo's skirt pocket. Of course, I'm not sure if it's related to this case, but if it's related, then it's money infringement."
"At least you can be sure that it was an acquaintance who committed the crime?" Captain Qi said, "It is usually an acquaintance who commits the crime so decisively. Besides, if it is not an acquaintance, why would Zhao Yumo go to someone else's house?"
"If the criminal is kidnapping for money, then it's not necessarily an acquaintance." I said, "Didn't you also speculate that it might be a deception?"
Captain Qi shook his head and said, "This Zhao Yumo is twenty-two years old, and it's a big night, so he can't be deceived that easily, right?"
"Girls nowadays are bold, and I really can't tell." I said.
"If they don't know each other, how would criminals know that her family has money?"
This question really made me hesitate, and I said: "I guess, it may be seen from the clothes. Zhao Yumo's top is from Chanel, and the skirt is from Dior. Maybe she still has some gold and silver jewelry on her body, but she was kidnapped Take it."
"You still understand these things." Dabao laughed.
"Lingdang prefers to drool over these brands." I said helplessly.
"It must be a kidnapper who knows the goods. Moreover, if he is well dressed, he may be a rich person, or he may be a mistress and a mistress." Captain Qi said, "If it is a mistress and mistress or something, it may not be possible. What kind of money is tied up?"
Seeing that the topic was about to go off track, the host investigator came back.
"After investigation, Zhao Yumo's boyfriend Huang Zhongyin was suspected of committing a major crime." The investigator said, "Someone saw Zhao Yumo arguing and arguing with Huang Zhongyin downstairs at his home at around five o'clock that afternoon."
"I just thought it was him!" Team Leader Qi said, "First of all, I thought it was an acquaintance, and the kidnapping was just a disguise; second, to transport such a big box into the school, and to avoid surveillance, I had to drive in, by the way , does Huang Zhongyin have a car?"
"Yes." The investigator said, "He is a white-collar worker of Zhongda Company."
"Summon him." Team Leader Qi said, "On the one hand, arrange a peripheral investigation, and on the other hand, go through the formalities and search his home."
Everyone responded and started to tidy up the notebooks on the table.I drooped my head, it seems that my deduction was wrong.
Huang Zhongyin's home is on the thirteenth floor. On the day we went, the elevator happened to be broken.Dabao and I looked at each other, and we had no choice but to enter the stairwell.When we arrived at Huang Zhongyin's house, all of us were so tired that we couldn't breathe.
After entering the door, I looked around, leaned on the wall, took a few breaths, and said, "Grandma, it's a waste of time to climb, and I have to go down again."
“下去？”大宝也还在喘着，“堂兄你抽风了啊？什么意思？怎么就白爬了？”
“你才抽风呢，”我说，“我们尸检的时候说什么来着？死者胸腹部有'十'字形印记，所以现场应该有十字交叉的地板砖。”
黄钟音的家里确实没有十字交叉的地板砖，客厅卧室都是木地板，交缝处是“H”形，就连卫生间厨房的地板砖都是菱形的。
“可是他家的卫生间地板真的是白色的，和照片上的一致啊。”大宝急了，“那个，说不定不是摁在地上呢？也可能是在某个有十字交叉的地方，比如，比如……”
我看大宝满屋找十字交叉形的平面，赶紧拉住他，走到卫生间，指着马桶说：“你看，关键是马桶不一样啊。”
照片中的马桶盖是塑胶制作的，没有光泽。而现场的马桶盖是用锃亮的塑料制作的，显然是有很大的区别。
大宝低头看看照片，又抬头看看马桶，叹了一口气，说：“堂兄，服了你了，连马桶都有研究。”
“不管凶手是不是他，至少现场不是这里，收队吧。”我正式宣布。
我们垂头丧气地回到专案组，发现专案组的侦查员同样也是无精打采的样子。
“小区监控显示，黄钟音当天确实一个人在家。”侦查员说，“他的嫌疑排除了。据他说，当天下午他和赵雨墨因为一些琐事发生了争吵，他开始想拉住赵雨墨的，但是赵雨墨脾气上来，硬是走了。这个黄钟音也是个脓包，自己躲家里哭了一夜。”
“那这个赵雨墨，性格怎么样？”我问。
“黄钟音说她就是典型的富家千金的性子，很高傲，喜欢欺负人，也喜欢炫耀。”侦查员说，“我们看了监控，也证实赵雨墨当天离开黄钟音的时候穿的就是现在这身衣服。”
案件再次陷入了僵局。
一天就这样过去了，案件仍然没有任何头绪，我的情绪也跌到了谷底。我没有心情回家休息，就打算去自己的办公室里加班，整理整理今年没有破的命案，为即将到来的一年一度的命案督导工作做准备。
经过林涛办公室的时候，发现灯亮着。
“一个人又寂寞难耐了？”我没敲门，进屋拍了拍林涛的肩膀。
林涛头都没回，正在一堆电脑文档中寻找着什么。
“那个米和殡仪的传说，我总记得好像在哪一起案子里看到过，”林涛一边搜索着一边跟我解释，“奇怪的是怎么都想不起来。反正也睡不着，就再来找找看呗。”
“我还以为你睡不着是因为想女人了。”我坐在林涛对面的椅子里，调侃着，“喂，你不会真的对男人有兴趣吧？别对我有非分之想哦。”
“去，去，我对你堂妹有兴趣也不会对你有兴趣。”林涛推开我搭在他肩膀上的手，目光依旧没有离开电脑屏幕，“等等，靠，终于让我找到了！”
真的有这样的先例？我也激动得跳了起来，再顾不上调侃他了：“什么情况？”
“看，这是三年前的一起案件。”林涛说，“湖东县的一个护林老头在自己的房子里被人杀害，尸体的周围就有很多米，当时我们都认为是死者和凶手搏斗过程中打翻了米缸。破案后，凶手交代米是他故意撒在尸体周围的。”
“为什么要撒米？”
“我当时也很好奇，后来才听说，他们当地有个风俗，准确地说，不是风俗，是封建迷信。他们相信，人死之后，把米撒在尸体周围，就能让灵魂无法出窍，这样鬼魂也就无法报复凶手了。”
“真是荒诞。”我笑着说，“不过我喜欢，请示专案组，转战湖东。”
第二天一早，作为先头部队，我和几位同事先去了八十公里外的湖东县，没想到的是，没过多久，专案组的其他人在齐支队长的带领下，浩浩荡荡地全部赶过来了。
“你们怎么都来了？”我惊讶地问，“押宝吗？万一是误判呢？”
“不会的，”齐支队长信心爆棚，“昨天我问了一下，赵雨墨不会开车，赵总也没有给她配车，如果她真的要来湖东，肯定要坐汽车站那种长途的士，就是凑三四个人包车的那种。这种富家女，是不可能坐火车或者大巴的。”
"and then?"
“经过对长途的士司机的调查，确证赵雨墨二十一日晚上六点半左右，自己一个人包了一辆车开往这里，说明赵雨墨的死亡地点很有可能就在这座县城。”
“的士司机有嫌疑吗？”我问。
“没有。”侦查员说，“这种的士有统一的公司管理。车内有监控装置，有GPS。因为赵雨墨要求司机送她去一个档次高一点儿的饭店，于是司机在将近晚上八点的时候把赵雨墨送到县城中心一个西餐厅的门口，然后司机就返回了，他还说当时下了很大的雨。”
“手机调查也没有进展。”齐支队长补充道，“赵雨墨的手机是于当晚七点十五分关机的，从车载监控上看，应该是没电了。在车上的时间，只有GPRS流量损耗，没有打电话。”
“GPRS流量损耗？”我哈哈一笑，“看来是上网聊天呢。我说呢，这个富家女怎么会和一个小县城有关系，现在看起来，很有可能是来见网友啊。”
“我们也是这样考虑的。刚和男友吵完架，想来这里寻个一夜情什么的，很符合。”齐支队长说，“目前网监部门正在努力，应该很快会发现线索。”
“现在的人见网友真是一点儿警惕心也没有，在微信上随便摇一摇都会约出去见面，”我说，“你根本不知道对方到底是什么人，一不小心……”
我的话被一阵急促的电话铃声打断。齐支队长接通了电话，紧锁的眉头逐渐舒展，看来是个好消息。
“赵雨墨有个网友，联系很久了。”齐支队长放下电话，说，“这个人，就在湖东。”
这个网友叫李威。他被带进湖东县公安局的时候，依旧是一脸迷茫。他也就只有二十岁左右，戴着眼镜，看上去老实巴交的样子。据说高中毕业之后就辍学打工了。
“你们抓我做什么？”李威茫然地说，“俺什么坏事都没有做过。”
“你是哪里人？”侦查员问。
“洋宫县人。”
“什么时候来湖东的？”
“半年前。”
李威一口的北方方言，我在一旁听着觉得越来越不对劲儿。如果是北方县城的人，来湖东县才半年的时间，那他就不应该对撒米困住灵魂的风俗这么了解。
“你认识赵雨墨吗？”侦查员问。
"do not know."
“老实交代，我们不会平白无故叫你来问一些你不认识的人的情况。”
“俺真不认识啊。”李威吓得不轻。
我提醒身旁的侦查员应该问网名。侦查员点点头，翻开卷宗找了一下，接着问道：“那你认识利……什么……利多卡因吧？”
利多卡因是一种麻醉药，看来赵雨墨认为自己是那种能迷住所有人的迷药。
“哦，她啊，认识，不过我们只是网友。”
“你见过她吗？”
“视频里见过。”
“你最近和她联系是什么时候？”
“三天前吧。”李威想了想，说。
用姜振宇老师的微反应理论来分析，李威这个思考的表情很自然，应该不是伪装的。
李威接着说：“那天她不知道发什么神经，突然说要见俺。俺没见过网友，有点儿害怕。而且那天晚上还在下雨，俺就说太远了，而且下雨不方便，改天再见。可是她说她已经在车上了，马上就到，让俺等她，而且问俺俺家在哪儿。”
“你告诉她了？”
“没有，俺是租的房子，连茅房都是公用的，不好意思让她来，就在考虑去哪里见她。可是这个时候，她突然下线了，俺以为她可能就是心情不好，说说罢了，就没再理会了。”
“她几点下线的？”
“七点多吧，俺记得好像是。”
我走出审讯室，虽然审讯还在继续，但是我已经相信他绝对不是凶手了。
公共厕所，那里会有马桶吗？回到宾馆，我又得知一个坏消息，赵雨墨下车地点的西餐厅没有监控，这个西餐厅生意非常火，所以服务员也记不起她的样子。总之，又一条线索断了。
我的情绪继续低落，下午也没有再去专案组。我去了也帮不了什么忙，如果有好消息他们一定会通知我，可现在又能有什么好消息呢？连皮箱的线索都已经断了，这种皮箱已经卖出去十几万个了，怎么查？
我躺在床上试图午睡一会儿，可大脑一片清醒。我在思考一个问题，为什么我初到现场的时候，脑海里会出现“云泰案”呢？两个案件明显是不一样的，一个有抛尸，一个并不抛尸；一个是在室外作案，另一个在室内。显然是不能串并的，我为什么会把这起案件和“云泰案”联系在一起？有什么共同点呢？……捆绑双手？对，捆绑双手！
“云泰案”的三个死者都是被捆绑住双手压在地上实施强奸的，而这个案件里，死者是被捆绑住双手压在地上勒死的。相通的地方，就是捆绑双手的绳结。
我从床上跳起来，从电脑里翻出照片，仔细观察几起案件的绳结打法，非常可惜，赵雨墨的案子里的绳结和“云泰案”并不一样。
但是我一点儿都不沮丧，因为曙光已经渐渐显现了出来：
赵雨墨的手腕上的绳结，看上去非常简洁，但也非常牢固，这应该是一个比较专业的绳结。而“云泰案”的三个死者，手腕上的绳结看起来非常烦琐，却不牢固，三人手上的绳结竟然一模一样。
我压抑着内心的喜悦，打开百度，搜索了“绳结”，满屏的信息扑面而来。
原来绳结也是一种文化，不同职业的人，在打绳结上有自己独有的习惯。
绳结的种类也很繁多，有水手打的绳结、木匠打的绳结、挑夫打的绳结、外科医生打的绳结……我一边看一边学习，甚至拆下鞋带来尝试，花了一下午的时间，终于熟悉了百度上介绍的十几种绳结的打法。
再回到案件的照片上，我豁然开朗，赵雨墨手上的绳结是一个典型的双套结，打法不难，但比较专业，通常是喜欢户外运动的人才会熟练掌握这种绳结的打法。我激动得在桌面上捶了一拳，又迫不及待地点开“云泰案”的照片进行比对。但幸运之神大概只眷顾了我一小会儿，“云泰案”的绳结没有这么明显的特征，不是专业的绳结，只能说是一个人打绳结的习惯。哪个专业人士会习惯打烦琐而不牢固的绳结呢？
但不管怎样，至少这个案子里，又一条新线索已经浮出了水面。我拿起电话，让侦查员调查李威打过的绳结，以及他是否习惯于户外运动。
第二天一早，当我走进专案组的时候，齐支队长一脸的喜气：“小秦呀，一个好消息，一个坏消息，你要先听哪个？”
我无语，一个快五十岁的人，有必要撒娇玩儿这个游戏吗？
“呃，坏消息吧。”
“李威被排除了，他都不知道什么是户外运动，绳结也对不上。”齐支队长说，“其他方面也排除了。”
“这个不算坏消息。”我说，“你没看我昨天下午都没来吗？我知道他肯定不是凶手。”
齐支队长的眼神里闪过一丝惊讶，接着说：“坏消息不是坏消息，但好消息绝对是个好消息。我们派出的外围搜索组，在校园里的一处角落，找到了死者的手机和疑似勒死死者的绳索。”
确实是个好消息，我惊喜得说不出话来。
“有……有照片吗？”我觉得自己都不会说话了。
“有啊，你看。”齐支队长移过他的笔记本电脑。
照片有两张，一张是一根绳索，上面满是油墨，这应该是一根绑砚台的绳索，为什么判断是绑砚台的？因为湖东是产砚大县。
另一张照片是一部iPhone手机（苹果电脑公司的一款智能手机），被水泡过，呈现的是没有开机的状态。
“手机坏了，”齐支队长说，“不过我们的技术部门有信心恢复它的资料。”
“我关注的不是手机。”我说，“之前，我们在赵雨墨的裙子口袋里发现了油墨指纹，当时以为是小偷偷东西呢，还在说为什么小偷不偷包，而去偷一个裙子上的暗口袋，这太不专业了。”
“我明白你的意思。”齐支队长说，“现在可以解释为什么会有油墨指纹了。因为凶手拿着沾满油墨的绳子杀人，然后又拿沾了油墨的手掏口袋。哈哈，有道理。现在我也赞同你关于案件性质的判断了，这可能就是一起绑架侵财案件。”
“有指纹，且知道凶手家的大概装潢情况，知道凶手家应该有砚台，知道凶手喜欢户外运动，这个案子不难破吧。”我扬着眉毛说。
“必破。”齐支队长的手机铃声再次响起，他看了一眼说，“不过，我希望有更快的捷径，这个电话可能就是给我们提供捷径的。”
确实是一个提供捷径的电话。技术部门恢复死者手机后，发现死者在晚上九点多的时候开了手机，并且拨打了一个号码：1808353286。当然，这不是一个正确的手机号码，自然拨不出去电话。但是随后也就没有再拨其他的号码，直到凶手拨通那个索财电话，然后发送了那张照片的彩信。
“现在问题就来了。”齐支队长说，“第一，为什么要拨这个错误的手机号码；第二，手机不是没电了吗？我的iPhone没电关机后是绝对开不开了。”
我笑着说：“第一，这根本就不是手机号码，而是QQ号。第二，她到了人家家里，为什么不能充电呢？”
“QQ号？”主办侦查员来了精神，“你怎么知道？”
“我猜的。”我说，“我有时会因为懒得开手机QQ而用这种方式记录别人的QQ号码。”
“快查！”齐支队长的音调很高，说明他心里很激动。
也就半个小时的时间，案件就侦破了。
这个QQ号属于一个叫程希的人。他二十一岁，是省电大的学生，也是出名的驴友。程希的父亲还是个忠实的砚迷。
不是他，还能是谁呢？
程希没有跑，警察到达省电大的时候，他正静静地坐在自习室里看小说。
他看上去高高瘦瘦的，皮肤雪白，发质乌黑，棱角分明。当我看到程希的时候，就觉得事情是那么顺理成章。只有一点想不明白，这样一个帅哥，也会为了钱杀人？程希没有抵赖，也没法抵赖，不然他沾满油墨的指纹怎么会落在一个素不相识的女子身上？他安安静静地承认了一切，把这个故事的最后一环给补上了。
程希的母亲早逝，父亲又经常不在身边。整个暑假，父亲都没有回家看过他一眼，只是给了他每个月一千五百元的生活费。这些钱，原本也足够他一个人生活、泡妞、户外运动和打游戏的，可内心依然觉得空虚的他，却不小心染上了一个恶习：赌博。
程希一开始就不想去那种俗不可耐的赌场，而是上网找了一个境外的赌球组织。没想到这一赌，他就输了二十万。two hundred thousand?就算他的家境还算殷实，程希也不敢向父亲开口。他找了高利贷付清了赌资，但紧接着还钱的期限又将临近，连本带利几十万，程希实在想不出什么办法了。
抢劫吗？除了抢银行，抢不了这么多钱。那么，只有绑架。
那一夜，下着极大的雨。
程希独自一人去西餐厅吃饭，刚到门口，就看见马路对面有个漂亮女孩下了出租车就冒雨跑了过来。女孩身上的香奈儿洋溢着一种让他心动的光芒。
他赶紧迎过去，为女孩儿撑起自己的伞。
这一顿是程希请客。雨夜邂逅帅哥，赵雨墨的晚餐吃得很愉快。文质彬彬、幽默风趣、穿着体面的程希很快就打动了她。她的眼神开始迷离，面前的这个男孩，怎么看也不像是个坏人。所以，当程希邀请她去家里坐坐的时候，赵雨墨没有犹豫。
进屋之后，赵雨墨拿出充电器，打开手机，记下了程希的QQ号。程希借口给她拿饮料出了客厅，其实是去找绑架她的工具。赵雨墨很美，但是身背巨债的他，没有一点儿性欲。
他的目的，只是钱。
和我们推断的一样，程希勒死了赵雨墨。
其实一开始程希只想把她勒晕。他也挺怜香惜玉，并不想看见她流血。当赵雨墨不再动弹以后，程希捆起了她的双手，把她丢在客厅，自己进了房间。
他开了电脑，目不转睛地看着直播的球赛。这两场球他也下了注，胜负关系到他的十万元。
但幸运依然没有光临，两场球结束，他又输掉了十万元。但他不怕，他有摇钱树。可是当他再去客厅时，却意外地发现，摇钱树居然死了。
拍完照片，发完勒索彩信，程希很害怕，于是逃到了一个网吧打了两天游戏，没敢回家，希望能够缓解自己紧张的情绪。可是尸体终究不能不处理，于是他以开学报到为名，向父亲的朋友借了车，又拿了家里最大的皮箱，壮着胆子把赵雨墨的尸体装好，又把尸体运去学校。对他来说，唯一的幸运在于那个晕了头的赵总居然没有报警，而是乖乖地把五十万送给了他，他的债务终于清了。
程希以为把尸体运到自己的学校就不会引来警察对自己的注意，而且警察也只会在省城调查，不会将注意力移到赵雨墨死时还在湖东的他。
可那一把米还是出卖了他。
当他即将拉上行李箱的拉链时，拉链卡紧了，他心里生出了一种无名的恐惧。他从厨房里抓了一把米，撒入皮箱中，希望能够困住赵雨墨的灵魂。行李箱拉上了。
“披着羊皮的狼，不是童话，而是寓言。”我感慨道，“不要相信任何陌生人，尤其是那些特别能让你相信的人。”
“嗯。”大宝点头，“以后我生个女儿的话，是得这样教育，过分的溺爱只会害了她。”
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