"Anyway, Wang Xiaomei's colleagues, including all the customers she has contacted, must be checked, and if there is no clear clue, even if it is troublesome, it will have to be all over again. Li Fang said.

Xiao Ran nodded slightly, and was about to continue the search, when He Xiaoli's voice came from the walkie-talkie: "The crime scene was found, and the location was five degrees east of the dog killing scene, about 50 meters away." ”

"Go ahead, don't look for it. Xiao Ran put away the UV flashlight and leaned straight towards He Xiaoli's location.

The first scene is on the path into the forest, but further in.

Under the illumination of the strong light and purple light, there were faint traces of struggle on a piece of ground that had obviously been cleaned.

The technical team gathered and squatted on both sides of the path, patiently discerning the vandalism afterwards, and doing their best to restore the crime that had occurred here seven days earlier.

Lu Qin put a ruler on the side of several barely visible scratches, took a few steps back, marked what seemed to be a scratch mark, and finally discussed it with Cai Wang, Qin Yongan and others, and marked a mark that seemed to be a trace when the upper rubbed against the ground.

"The murderer did clean up, but due to the intensity of the action at the scene, it was not as thorough as other places, and the murderer seemed to be in a hurry at that time, so he could vaguely identify these traces. ”

With the sound of SLR photos, Lu Qin pointed to the traces in the three areas and explained: "Judging from the traces at the scene, the victim was face down, pressed by the murderer, and at the same time strangled by a rope.

At first, the rope should not have been tightened, after the victim was knocked down by the murderer, the first reaction was to use his hands to support the ground to get up, but the rope between the victim's neck suddenly tightened, and the victim's muscles spasmed under the pain and the hands and feet moved, leaving these scratches, as well as the scratches between the toes and the ground.

In order to prevent the victim from breaking free, the murderer knelt on the victim's back with one leg, and the other leg was about 30 degrees oblique to the ground, and he pedaled the ground diagonally to gain the power to suppress the victim. ”

"Although the ground that the murderer stepped on was already in a mess, we can still roughly judge that this is a man's footprints, but the specific data can only be given after going back and accurately calculating. ”

Lu Qin said, stretched out a small ziplock bag, took some soil from a ground that seemed to have some watermarks, and put it in: "After the victim was strangled to death, he became incontinent, and this should be the place where the deceased's urine was soaked." Forensic Doctor Qin, please go back and sit down for DNA comparison and implement the crime scene. ”

"Okay. Forensic Doctor Qin took the ziplock bag and put it away.

Further analysis of the crime scene continued, Xiao Ran didn't listen again, just looked at the trees above his head, frowned slightly, and continued to walk along the path under his feet.

Through Lu Qin's analysis of the crime scene, it can be seen that when Wang Xiaomei was killed, she was facing the ground and her head was facing south.

This means that Wang Xiaomei may have been walking out at that time, and the murderer also walked out with her, and then took advantage of her unpreparedness and strangled her with a rope.

Of course, there are two situations when going out: Wang Xiaomei knew the murderer and was not guarded; Wang Xiaomei did not know the murderer, but when the two bumped into each other, the murderer did not show bad intentions, and Wang Xiaomei did not find out that the murderer had done anything terrible, so she was not frightened and ran away as soon as possible.

However, it may also be that Wang Xiaomei ran out and the murderer chased after her from behind, but in the process, Wang Xiaomei may shout in the face of fear, thus attracting the attention of the people around her.

Therefore, it is less likely that Wang Xiaomei will run out and more likely to go.

Regardless of whether Wang Xiaomei and the murderer know each other for the time being, since Wang Xiaomei may have followed the murderer out of curiosity, what is the so-called matter of the murderer coming to this old forest?

Is it really as Li Fangfang speculated, just talking to Wang Xiaomei, and then killing people in anger?

Or is there a hidden motive for the murderer here, even if Wang Xiaomei just followed in curiously and didn't bump into him, he would kill Wang Xiaomei?

Seeing Xiao Ran walking away with a flashlight, He Xiaoli stabbed Li Fangfang, pointed her chin at Xiao Ran, and motioned for Li Fangfang to follow.

Li Fang let go of his mind, and hurriedly followed Xiao Ran, and finally at the end of the path, he saw Xiao Ran holding a big tree that was more than one hug thick, looking up and not knowing what he was thinking.

"What's going on, what are you looking at?" Li Fangfang looked up, but saw nothing but bare branches and the dark night sky.

Xiao Ran patted the thick trunk of the tree and made a dull sound: "We walked all the way from the Mingxi community, why was only a small path stepped out of the old forest of Cangyuan Xinshe?"

Li Fang was stunned for a moment, he really hadn't thought about this question, "yes, why is there a path in the old forest here?"

Xiao Ran didn't explain, "Do you know what kind of tree this is?"

"The soapberry tree, it is said that this wood can drive away evil spirits and kill ghosts, and the fruit can be used for beauty and cosmetics, so it will take at least a hundred years for such a thick tree......

Speaking of this, Li Fangfang suddenly realized: "You mean, this road was stepped on by nearby residents when they came to pick up soap nuts?—— but is this related to the case?"

"It doesn't matter. ”

Xiao Ran shone the flashlight on the ground around the root of the tree, squinted and walked around the big tree twice, and finally squatted down on the back of the big tree: "You step back, can you see me?"

Hearing this, Li Fangfang hurriedly took a few steps back, "I can't see the hair, this tree is too thick, you see that these small trees around it can't grow!"

"That's what it should be. ”

Xiao Ran handed the flashlight to Li Fangfang, took out two disposable gloves and put them on, and carefully brushed away the thick dead leaves next to the roots.

"What's this? Tell me clearly?" Li Fangfang said puzzled.

"There were no traces of trampling on both sides of the path at the first scene, so when Wang Xiaomei followed in, the murderer may have been in this position, so that Wang Xiaomei did not see what the murderer was doing. ”

Xiao Ran swept away all the dead leaves next to the roots of the tree, and sure enough, a small piece of smashed soil was revealed.

"It's ...... So at that time, the murderer was burying something here, and then Wang Xiaomei bumped into it, although he didn't see what the murderer was doing, but the murderer still decided to kill Wang Xiaomei?" Li Fangfang finally roughly understood Xiao Ran's thoughts.

Xiao Ran held his breath and concentrated, took out the dagger, carefully dug up the soil in front of him, and dug down about seven or eight centimeters, revealing a bit of white and yellow substance.

Li Fangfang leaned down, held a flashlight, and nervously watched Xiao Ran slowly remove the dirt from the material, but when the dirt was cleared for a small half, Li Fangfang already understood what it was.

"Face...... Cheeky!"

Xiao Ran swept away the soil particles on the skin little by little, this skin was already damp, but it did not swell and white, so it can be roughly inferred that this skin was deliberately dehumidified before it was buried.

This dough is not very large, and the mouth, nose, eyes and surrounding areas are neatly cut, and the thin layer is like a work of art.

Xiao Ran squinted his eyes and looked up at the stout soapberry tree in silence.

What is the purpose of burying a human face under a tree that can exorcise demons and kill demons?