Chapter 484 (2/2)

”Describe them.” Peng Sijue instructed.

”A man and a woman. The woman was underneath and the man was on top. They were both soaked in water that's waist-deep… The color of the body indicates that they were poisoned. The smell inside is really heavy. You can smell it a bit even through the gas mask.”

”Be careful. Don't touch the water inside. Maintain ventilation and let the scent disperse first.”

Three hours later, the bodies were taken out and laid down on the rooftop. What was surprising was that one was Little Qin and the other was the suspect, Zhang Xiao, who the police had been looking for.

The poison in the water should be hydrogen cyanide, which was a highly toxic gas produced by the reaction between hydrochloric acid and cyanide. It would be fatal even if you inhaled a small mouthful. Although the structure of the water tank was sealed, Chen s.h.i.+ had just smelled a little from outside the water tank and still felt dizzy.

Peng Sijue was still worried. ”You're really fortunate. Do you want to go to the hospital for a checkup?”

Chen s.h.i.+ waved his hand. ”It's okay. If I was going to die, I would have already. This dose was at most like eating too many almonds. There shouldn't be a problem.”

The two examined the bodies. The signs of death between the two were very similar. They should have died at the same time. The time of death could also be guessed. It must have been around the evening of August 4th.

Little Qin's clothes were thin and both her hands and feet were tightly bound by nylon rope, which caused them to change color. The skin where she was bound had torn apart. It was a sight people couldn't bear to look at.

The police officer who discovered the body said that Little Qin was facing up at the bottom of the water tank while Zhang Xiao was pressed down on her sideways. His arm was pressed down by Little Qin's body. They seemed to have fallen in together.

When Zhang Xiao's body was turned over for inspection, there weren't any wounds on his back, and they couldn't determine whether he had been pushed.

Chen s.h.i.+ looked at the body and asked, ”Does Zhang Xiao smoke?”

Peng Sijue said, ”He might have. There were a lot of cigarette b.u.t.ts found at the corpse dismemberment scene downstairs. He should have smoked.”

Chen s.h.i.+ speculated, ”Then he shouldn't have a good sense of smell. The hydrogen cyanide has a slight bitter almond smell, but many people can't smell it. It's almost instantaneously fatal when inhaled. I think the murderer poured cyanide into the water tank in advance. Zhang Xiao intended to deal with Little Qin. However, when he opened the lid, he inhaled the deadly gas and fell down with Little Qin.”

Lin Dongxue said, ”But when we came, the water tank was locked.”

”Yes. Old Peng, is the diffusion rate of hydrogen cyanide fast?”

”This gas is lighter than air and diffuses relatively quickly.”

”How long does it take for it to completely diffuse?”

”We'd have to conduct an experiment.”

”It seems that the murderer locked the water tank before the cyanide completely diffused. They must have put on a gas mask and hid nearby... By the way, it's most likely that he also called Zhang Xiao to deal with Little Qin here. A fatal trap was laid out in advance. This person is Zhang Xiao's accomplice. He perfectly executed the killing of the donkey when the grinding was done. He killed Zhang Xiao without showing any traces and then transferred the money away.”

Lin Dongxue said, ”I suspect that the sewer was blocked by him on purpose. The purpose was to force Zhang Xiao to run away and lose his rationality.”

Chen s.h.i.+ nodded. ”This guy is really smart. If we didn't find the body in the water tank, we might still be looking for Zhang Xiao everywhere, thinking he had run away. Now that Zhang Xiao is dead, the lead is lost, but he's hidden in peace with the money.”

Xu Xiaodong said, ”Didn't the bank surveillance film the money withdrawals at the ATM?”

Lin Dongxue said, ”The footage didn't capture the face at all. It's too difficult to catch someone using that... Haii, after checking around, the last lead was lost as well. It's too vexing!”

1. It means to get rid of something once they cease to be useful.

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