C25 (1/2)
As the circumstances of the case were extremely bad, our group took a private plane and landed at Yongan International Airport at 4: 06 that afternoon.
The people accompanying them are me, Professor Liang, Huang An, Liao Mengfann and the unconscious Wei Shijie. Aunt Wang Xueqing did not participate in the investigation of the case because she was to receive an international mission.
As soon as we walked out of the airport, we saw Director Ding Xiangxuan of Yongan City Public Security Bureau anxiously waiting for us outside. When he saw us come out, he hurriedly ran in front of Elder Liang and said excitedly: ”Teacher Liang, I've really looked forward to seeing you guys. If you can come out, I have confidence!”
The Elder Liang patted Director Ding's shoulders and said, ”Little Ding, the burden on your shoulders is really heavy. You must hold on for me. Back then, you were the most outstanding student among my students.
”Sigh!” The Director Ding sighed and nodded, then said: ”The governor, mayor, and even the citizens have all called. If this case could not be solved, then the director would be finished. Today, when the teacher came, the student should have been the first to apologize, but the case is at hand. When it's over, I'll personally arrange wine to apologize to everyone! ”
When Director Ding talked, he specifically looked at us youngsters, afraid that we would feel uncomfortable. Elder Liang struck his shoulder and said: ”You little bastard, those behind me are all my subordinates, and also my children and students. Don't bother with those useless things. After the case is solved, you can just treat each of them to a bowl of Yongan's famous lotus seed soup. ”
”Ugh …” Director Ding retched and said, ”Teacher, don't talk about the lotus seed soup anymore, get on the carriage first!”
Elder Liang was very concerned about the progress of the case. The Director Ding said that the autopsy had been completed and the victim was a female. The Time of Death would only take around two days.
The deceased was between 45 and 50 years of age and had not been sexually assaulted before his death. The cause of death was strangulation and suffocation. The corpse's face and entire body was inlaid with densely packed lotus seeds. The state of death was extremely terrifying.
When I heard this, my scalp immediately went numb. I shouldn't have asked such a question, but I was very curious, so I asked: ”Director Ding, you said that the corpses were covered with lotus seeds, and that they were densely packed, but the body was softening, could it be that the culprit had frozen the corpse?”
”Little comrade, you're right!” Director Ding said, ”The murderer only rimmed the lotus seeds after the victim had completely frozen them. Moreover, we have extracted a large amount of 101 adhesive on top of every lotus seed. In other words, the culprit's mental state has already reached the extreme. He was afraid that the lotus seed would fall off the body's surface after the corpse thawed and softened, so he intentionally stuck it onto the body. ”
I was rather shocked and asked: ”Director Ding, have you counted the number of lotus seeds on the corpse?”
”No, too many!” The Director Ding said, ”Except for the special parts of the body that cannot be used, the rest of the body is filled with lotus seeds. The distance between each lotus seed is around one centimeter. From a visual estimation, there should be at least one thousand lotus seeds! ”
”One more thing!” Elder Liang interrupted and asked, ”How did the hole with the lotus seeds on the body form? Are there any results? ”
”Not yet.” Director Ding said, ”Our police force has limited manpower, and we don't have any experts in trace science that can get onto the stage. I'm so ashamed!”
”I'm fine!” The Professor Liang continued to say, ”We can roughly reach a conclusion from Little Ding's narration just now. That is, the culprit has to place more than 1000 lotus seeds on the surface of the corpse. Furthermore, the distance between each lotus seed is extremely good.
Everyone nodded, and the Professor Liang continued, ”The corpse Time of Death s lasted about two days. It can be said that during these two days, the killer completed four things: killing, freezing of corpses, gardening of lotus seeds, and throwing of corpses. At the same time, it will take at least four hours to completely freeze a corpse. If you leave the corpse aside, the time that the murderer has to spend in the stadium to throw away the corpse is actually not a lot of time for him to gather lotus seeds. ”
Professor Liang looked at the crowd and asked, ”Which one of you can do this?”
Everyone shook their heads and fell into deep thought. Liao Mengfann and I were sitting side by side, and I saw that she was thinking about something with one hand on her cheek. At this moment, I secretly pushed her shoulders and asked, ”Have you thought of something?”
Liao Mengfann said: ”I didn't think of the question Professor Liang asked!”
Puff! Hearing her say that, I almost jumped into her arms. Wasn't this woman too funny? ”So what are you thinking about?” I asked.
”The scene of the body being thrown out!” Liao Mengfann said to me in a low voice: ”Don't you think that this case is very interesting?”
She went on to say, ”What does it mean that the murderer, who usually throws the body, chooses the place of concealment, while the murderer does the opposite? The first was to declare war on the police and cause panic among the people. Second, that's what he wanted to do! Maybe it has a special meaning. ”
I opened the window and lit a cigarette. ”One more thing,” I said. I blew smoke out the window and said, ”If he wants to create panic, he could choose the square, the big crossroads, the park, the river, and so on. Why would the killer choose a stadium?”
Liao Mengfann thought for a moment, then said: ”Maybe the murderer wants to let a specific group of people see the dead?”
”Specific crowd?” It suddenly occurred to me that the stadium was having the opening ceremony of a big sports event, with reporters and city leaders doing live broadcasts, and that only the students were there.