Early the next morning, the first thing Song Chi did when he arrived at the newspaper office was to look through today's "Law and Ethics Daily".

On the third page of the newspaper, there was a report of a murder and dismemberment of the body. The place of the incident is in an abandoned wooden factory in the suburbs. A fire broke out in a storage room on the west side in the middle of the night, and the fire department immediately rushed to the scene to rescue after receiving the fire alarm. Unexpectedly, several pieces of burned bones were found in the house, and after forensic identification, these bones belonged to the same person.

Due to the pile of combustibles such as wood at the site of the incident, almost all of the scene was burned. After the police investigation, it was found that there was a white gold ring and a necklace at the scene, which were intact in the fire. In addition, a small piece of denim was found that was not completely burned, and it was preliminarily determined that it was most likely the relic of the deceased.

Just when the police were at a loss to determine the identity of the deceased, a woman surnamed Pan reported to the police that her husband was missing. The police gave her the white gold ring and necklace for identification, which she recognized at a glance as something that her husband was wearing. Ms. Pan also said that her husband was wearing a pair of blue jeans before he disappeared.

As a result, the police preliminarily determined that the deceased's name was Bao Yuedong, who was 36 years old and about 176 cm tall.

Through extensive visits to the vicinity of the lumber mill, the police did not find any valuable clues. Because the incident happened late at night and the location was an abandoned lumber mill, there were few people around, and there were no eyewitnesses.

Seeing this, Song Chi had a more comprehensive understanding of this case. Judging from the remnants at the scene and the disappearance of family members, the deceased should be Bao Yuedong. But I called his mobile phone number and didn't hear the last words he said before he died.

It seems that the person who was burned to death was not Bao Yuedong. Between the evidence at the scene and his mobile phone, Song Chi believes in the latter.

Evidence can be faked, but mobile phones can't.

What really scared Song Chi was that if the person who died was not Bao Yuedong, then whose skeleton was it? And where is the real Bao Yuedong at the moment?

"Xiao Zhou, I'm here so early today." Uncle Seven walked into the office and saw Song Chi, who was reading the newspaper intently.

Song Chi put down the newspaper in his hand and replied politely: "Morning, Uncle Seven, it's quite empty on the subway today." ”

The first thing Uncle Seven does when he goes to work is to find a teacup to make a cup of tea, but he often forgets where to put the teacup lid, and sometimes when he looks for it, it takes several minutes. "Huh? Where's my teacup? "This time, Uncle Seven found the lid of the teacup, but the teacup was missing.

Hearing this, Song Chi took a teacup from He Lao's desk. "Uncle Seven, you are forgetful, your teacup is on Teacher He's table."

"Oh, I remembered, I had a word with He Lao after work yesterday, but I didn't expect to put the teacup on his table." After speaking, Uncle Seven shook his head and took his teacup from Song Chi's hand.

Song Chi saw Uncle Seven take out a big bag of medicine and various colorful capsules, so he asked, "Is your cough better?" ”

Uncle Seven shook his head and responded, "It's an old problem, and I cough every day...... I don't know how long I'll be able to hold up this old bone. ”

"You're old, you can't afford to come out to work, and how good it is to enjoy Qingfu at home." Song Chi said.

The seventh uncle replied: "Our generation, you don't understand. I can't be idle at home, and if I don't do something at hand, I'm uncomfortable. Don't worry about me, life and death are up to heaven, I've already seen through it. ”

Some people just can't be idle, and they are willing to be old scalpers. Uncle Seven can drink tea and take medicine at the same time, and he can also be comfortable. "This medicine was brought back from the United States by my son, and it was imported. Their president, Barack Obama, has a cough or something, and he takes this medicine. After speaking, Uncle Seven looked proud.

When Song Chi heard this, the corners of his mouth smiled.

At this time, reporter Zhao Tianyu walked in and asked, "Hasn't He come yet?" Song Chi responded: "He had something at home in the morning and took half a day off." ”

"Hmm!" Zhao Tianyu was about to leave the proofreading room, when Song Chi suddenly remembered something, so he stopped him. "In today's newspaper, did you write the manuscript of the dismemberment and incineration?"

Zhao Tianyu replied: "Yes, I finally caught a big piece of news, and I decided to spend some more time, dig up some information, and do an in-depth special report." ”

Since the manuscript was written by Zhao Tianyu, he must know more about this matter.

Song Chi hurriedly asked, "Has the identity of the deceased been confirmed?" Did the police lock down the scope of the murderer? ”

"The deceased is that Bao Yuedong, who used to work in a bank. Speaking of him, it's actually quite pitiful. His son has suffered from leukemia since he was a child, and in the past few years, he has spent millions on chemotherapy, exchange transfusion, bone marrow transplant and other surgeries. He owes a lot of money outside, and the police suspect that the killer may be one of his creditors. Zhao Tianyu recalled.

In this way, Bao Yuedong borrowed so much money to see his son. It's also difficult for him to be a big man, raising money for his son's illness. But now, he is dead, only orphans and widows are left, and their family's life is even more miserable.

However, Bao Yuedong is clearly not dead? Was this a mistake or a big conspiracy?

"Even if a creditor kills someone, it can't be so serious as dismemberment, right? Did the police reveal whether the burning timber factory was the first scene of the crime? Song Chi asked again.

Zhao Tianyu thought for a while and said: "The point of splitting the corpse is indeed contrary to common sense. I heard from the detective who investigated the case that the timber factory should not have been the first crime scene. It is very likely that the murderer killed Bao Yuedong first, then divided the body into pieces and put it in a timber factory, and finally lit a fire in order to destroy the body. But the rings and necklaces worn by the deceased, which were not melted by the fire, also gave the police clues about the deceased. ”

Hearing Zhao Tianyu say this, Song Chi's heart became even more suspicious. If the murderer was his creditor, why didn't the murderer take the ring and necklace from the deceased?

And there is another point, killing and dismembering the body is generally not an impulsive killing. The dismemberment of the body requires cutting tools, shipping bags or boxes, the choice of a place to dump the body, etc., and the murderer must have been carefully planned.

As for a fire in a timber factory, which burned everything, what truth did the murderer want to cover up?

Layers of mysteries lingered in Song Chi's mind. Since the deceased is not Bao Yuedong, many things have become complicated.

Who is responsible for this tragedy?

Suddenly, Song Chi thought of what Zhang Yulin said last night. Bao Yuedong was very anxious and borrowed 5,000 yuan from her, and many colleagues also lent him a lot of money. Why did Bao Yuedong do this?

Thinking of this, Song Chi immediately dialed Zhang Yulin's phone. "Zhang Yulin, I want to ask you something. Do you remember the scene when Bao Yuedong asked you to borrow money that day? ”