"I begged him, I told him, I still have a wife, and two children, I can't go to jail, I'll give him back the money and let him let me go. The foreman choked up when he mentioned his family.

"He also has a family, and he also has children, so he relented and promised me that he would not tell anyone about it for the time being, and he would go to the supervisor to talk to him. ”

"So after that, he went to the supervisor, on the day he fell downstairs, right?" Xu Chengyan opened his lips coldly, his expression indifferent.

"Yes. The foreman nodded lightly and responded.

At this moment, Qiu Lan took out some photos taken during the autopsy of the deceased from her bag, which were all bruises and bruises, marks of beatings.

She put all the pictures on the table and showed them one by one in front of the foreman.

"So, you teamed up with the supervisor to beat the deceased in the office, and warned and threatened him, forcing him to commit suicide by jumping off the building, didn't you?" Qiu Lan raised her voice and asked sharply.

"No, no, no, it's not like that. When the foreman heard this, he immediately shook his head and flatly denied it, "I was not there that day, I was at the construction site, and many people saw me." ”

"I just told him to go to the supervisor, and the director said he would deal with it, but I really don't know what the injuries were, and I don't know why he committed suicide by jumping off a building, officer, you believe me, I really don't know. ”

The foreman eagerly denied it, because he knew that warning and threatening others, and using improper means to force others to jump off the building, was a much more serious crime than corruption by making false accounts.

"You believe me, really. He looked at the two people in front of him in a panicked look and kept shaking his head.

"Whether this matter is true or not, we will investigate, and in the office at the construction site before, you lied to us, and now we have to add one more charge of giving a false confession and obstructing justice. Xu Chengyan moved his eyebrows and spoke indifferently.

"Okay, let's get here today, Zhigao, take him to sign the formalities. He turned his head slightly, looked at his colleagues on the side, and commanded in a low voice.

After that, he went to the office with Qiu Lan.

"Come, Doctor Cho drink water. Xu Chengyan took a cup of warm boiled water from a disposable paper cup and put it in front of her.

"Thank you. Qiu Lan raised the corners of her mouth, revealing a sweet smile.

"Don't say thank you, I thank you if you want to thank you. Xu Chengyan took a glass of water from a thermos cup and sat down face to face with her, "If it weren't for you today, the foreman would definitely not say anything." ”

"It's not me, the schedule and salary were all obtained by lawyer Li, and I only got them from him before I came back to the police station. Qiu Lan took a sip of the water glass.

Suddenly, she raised her dark eyes, wrinkled her brows thoughtfully, and said in a low voice: "By the way, the foreman just now said that the deceased went to the supervisor because he knew about the corruption between him and the supervisor, and I was wondering if his death would have something to do with this matter?"

Hearing her words, Xu Chengyan couldn't help frowning.

In fact, after seeing the wage record and hearing the foreman's confession just now, he had such a conjecture.

Otherwise, the scars on his body from the beatings cannot be explained.

Moreover, according to Ms. Chen's statement, they also knew that the deceased was a very strong person in his heart, and if it were not for some irreversible extreme thing, he would definitely not commit suicide easily.

Xu Chengyan silently raised his head, looked at the person in front of him, and nodded slightly, "I think, I should go to the rooftop where the deceased fell to see if there are any other clues missing." ”

"Maybe this incident is really not a simple suicide case. He paused, his eyes wandering, "The deceased was severely beaten while talking to the supervisor, and then fell down the stairs. ”

"And now the foreman also said that the deceased knew about the supervisor's embezzlement, and I think the supervisor had a motive to kill, and that after the deceased fell from the building, he had plenty of time to clean up the traces of the scene. ”

Just as the two were discussing, there was a sudden knock on the office door, "Boss, the colleagues who went to the Qiu Group building to collect evidence are back, and they have something to look for you and Dr. Qiu." ”

In the laboratory of the forensic department, Qiu Lan and Xu Chengyan strode in, and it happened that Cao Fan, the senior chemist of the forensic department, was in front of the experimental table.

"Expert Cao, I heard that you have found evidence?" Xu Chengyan stood beside him and asked softly.

"Well, we went back to the Director's office, and based on the simulation provided by Dr. Cho, we found an item that resembled a scar. ”

After speaking, he took out a rubber massager from the evidence box next to him.

"Doctor Qiu, take a look. Cao Fan handed the things that were packed in the plastic bag to the person next to him, "This should be the most suspicious." ”

Taking the object, Qiu Lan furrowed her brows and observed it carefully, still recalling the scars on the deceased's corpse in her mind, and finally came to a conclusion.

"This is a massager, on the front, there are some small bulges, while the back is flat, and this one matches the subcutaneous wounds on the shoulder, waist and back of the deceased. ”

"Although the shape may be different on the surface, the shape will change because the human skin is not flat. ”

As soon as she finished speaking, she put down what she was holding, then rolled up her sleeve and used her two fingers to make a demonstration.

"You see, if you put the finger on the front or back of the arm, the indentation is relatively flat, but if it's on the side, the indentation changes significantly, and it takes on a different shape depending on the point of focus. ”

After a brief explanation, she put down her sleeves and picked up the massager on the table again, with a serious face, "Moreover, this massager is made of rubber, and he himself has a certain flexibility." ”

"So, in terms of material, strength and shape, it's all very consistent, just. Qiu Lan paused, frowned slightly, and a trace of doubt flashed in her eyes.

"The deceased's forearm had a long defensive wound, which was formed by the deceased subconsciously raising his hand to resist when he was hit, and it should not have been caused by this. ”

"Isn't this it?" Xu Chengyan frowned, puzzled, "What could it be?"

Qiu Lan closed her lips tightly and shook her head slightly, her eyes staying on the evidence in her hand.

Suddenly, as if she had discovered something, she turned the thing in her hand in one direction, holding one end of the massager in her hand and exposing the other end of her hand, "Now I can make it clear!"

A bright glint flashed in her eyes, "The handle of this massager matches the shape of the defensive scar on the forearm. ”

"That's fine, Dr. Qiu said before that those injuries have not yet surfaced, they were caused two hours before death, and the surveillance shows that he had already gone to the director's office at that time, and this thing was found in the director's office. ”

"The director is suspicious. Xu Chengyan's eyes sank, and his voice was cold.