Chapter 215: Peachwood Sword
The floor was lifted open by Stehl, and he wiped his sweat and carefully squatted on the ground to clean it with his tools, and soon saw a dagger stained with black blood.
"This is the evidence, the murder weapon that killed Cranston, be careful...... Mr. Stehl, there's Rob Santona's fingerprints on it, do a test, and I think you'll find a satisfactory answer. And follow me...... There, dig up ...... too" Zhen Fan walked out with Stehl, and on the lawn in the backyard, he pointed to another place.
"Okay!" Stehl stood up and beckoned to a policeman not far away, "Come here, save this, send it for identification immediately, I want to get the results as soon as possible." β
"Yes, sir!" The policeman carefully took the plastic bag containing the dagger and trotted away.
"Dig it up too?" Stehl wiped the sweat from his head.
"Yes, dig it up."
Stehl shrugged his shoulders and laughed self-deprecatingly, "It seems that today is really ...... I became a construction worker. β
"Dig a little more!" Zhen Fan commanded Stehl, "Yes, yes, very good, I have to say that you are a good construction worker, by the way, stop and look at the dirt here." What do you see? β
"See what?" Stehl looked under the open turf, and it was clear that there was nothing, "Dirt? Yes, I only saw dirt. β
"Don't you think the dirt here is different?" Zhen Fan looked at him patiently, "Look at the color of this soil, and this range." And the turf you just dug up. β
"Okay, I'll see. The dirt here is black and has a burnt smell, which is ...... Where he set the fire. It was here that Mr. Cranston and Ms. Susan were burned by him. Stehl didn't get excited, and smiled smugly at Zhen Fan.
"Clever!" Zhen Fan snapped his fingers with a smile, "And ...... The lawn here has signs of being newly covered and growing a little greener than in other places, indicating that it was transplanted later. But after all, they are newly transplanted, so they are different, and that's it! β
"The devil is in the details!" Stehl smiled. "It doesn't look like I'm a good cop."
"But...... You're a good sir! β
"Ha-" Stehl laughed, "you're right. β
"And in the basement, he must still have a gasoline drum hidden. If you look for a few neighbors in the neighborhood, they must have found something, and there will be witnesses to such a big fire outside. Or a neighbor or a nearby camera. Alright, Mr. Stehl, my figure is done. β
Zhen Fan said, clapped his hands, and said to Stehl: "Is Linna reinstated?" For an agent like her, she is a qualified police officer! β
"She will, she will be reinstated, as long as the conclusion is out!" Stehl said. looked at Zhen Fan, "Weishenme, don't you think about it...... Is it possible to join the CBI again? Even if it's a working consultant, you can do it. β
"Can you offer me a million-dollar annual salary?" Zhen Fan looked at him and smiled.
"What?" Stehl was stunned. looked at Zhen Fan in surprise, "An annual salary of one million dollars?" God, if the CBI had been able to do that and pay his employees such a high salary, I think our department would have gone bankrupt a long time ago. β
"That's right, my annual income as a doctor is at least a million dollars." Zhen Fan smiled, patted Sterl on the shoulder, turned around and left.
"It's hilarious!" At this time, a CBI agent standing next to him smiled: "This guy is really crazy, but I like him, and he really has a hand in handling cases." β
"Are you idle?" Stehl looked at the agent.
"No......" the agent was stunned for a moment.
"Take a sample, fill this place, damn it, there's probably a lot of evidence here that hasn't been dug up, man, this task is up to you, before it gets dark, turn over all the lawns here, and call me if you find new evidence!" Stehl said and walked away.
"Sir......" the agent stammered, "is it going to be all the lawns here...... Okay, okay, I'll just do it, this damn lawn! β
The hapless talker, the talkative fellow, finally found a person to vent his anger on. Thinking of this poor creature made Stehl's heart feel much more comfortable.
Zhen Fan came out of Santona's house, and he didn't have the joy he felt after the case was solved.
Before the truth of the case was finally released, the CBI simulated the entire case. After selling his vineyards, Cranston prepares to travel to Arizona. Police searched his room for a train ticket.
But his wealth is still coveted by Santona, so he plots with Susan to kidnap him from the road. At Santona's home, Cranston was tortured and beaten, but he didn't let Santona succeed. In a fit of rage, Santona prepares to kill Cranston.
The idea was opposed by Susan, and a conflict ensued. When Cranston tried to run, he was stabbed to death by Santona who grabbed the fruit knife on the table.
"You're a madman!" Susan was a little frightened to see Santona kill Cranston, and at the same time felt a lot of guilt for Cranston, she only wanted to scare him.
"But he's dead, what else?" After Santona killed someone, he also became irritable, "What are you still doing in a daze?" Why don't you get him away and wait for the police to come to your door? β
"Police?" Susan came to her senses, turned around and ran, "I didn't kill anyone, you killed you, I don't want to go crazy with you, I'm leaving, Rob!" β
"zhanzhu, zhanzhu, Susan, don't run! Damn, don't run. β
"Ahh
"You...... Kill me? Susan's hands trembled, trying to get Santona.
"You forced me, you forced me, and I don't want to, Susan, I'm sorry!" Santona slowly walked up to Susan, then reached out with his left hand, wrapped his arms around Susan's neck, and poked her right hand forward vigorously.
"Poof!" "Poof!" "Poof!"
The blade kept piercing into Susan's body, her abdomen, her chest......
"You forced me!" Santona muttered as Susan's bloody body slipped off of him, and he tried to wrap his arms around her waist again, but Susan's body became so heavy that one hand couldn't hold it at all.
Two bodies were placed on the lawn, Santona sprinkled gasoline on them, and then lit them, looking at the charred corpses, Santona wanted to laugh, but couldn't, sat silently, and waited for the fire to be extinguished, the two bodies were already charred and unrecognizable.
Back in the house, Santona even made a dinner, ate it silently, then cleaned the house, buried the dagger under the floor, and then he transported the body to Zhen Fan's basement to try to set the blame.
The whole process of the case was described by Linna to Zhen Fan. Lina called Zhen Fan on the day the case was closed and told the whole process.
"That's it?" Zhen Fan looked at Linna and shook his head with a smile.
"Yes, that's it, that's what the official message is." Lina also smiled, she knew that there were still many things that could not be answered, the two bodies of Weishenme would appear in the basement of Zhen Fan's vineyard, and Weishenme Santona would lose control of her emotions and expose herself during routine questioning.
Of course, this is no longer important to the police.
"Okay, but congratulations on your reinstatement!" Zhen Fan said to Linna, "No matter what, this is something to celebrate." β
"Xiexie, if it weren't for you......" Lina is now full of gratitude to Zhen Fan, the previous-for-tat emotions are gone, and her impression of Zhen Fan has taken a big turn.
After talking to Linna on the phone, Zhen Fan suddenly laughed, the potential pharaoh used this to test himself, if he didn't give him a deep impression, he was afraid that he would gain an inch.
Thinking of this, Zhen Fan also felt that there was no need to hide anything from those people anymore.
When she came home from work at the clinic, Zhen Fan said goodbye to Anne and hid in the house alone, even refusing Claire to come over to play, which surprised Anne, she knew that Zhen Fan had never been like this, so she was also worried about him.
"Zhenβ" Anne knocked on the door and called Zhen Fan's name.
The door opened, and Zhen Fan appeared at the door.
"What?" This time, Zhen Fan did not let Anne into the house as usual, but stood at the door and talked to Anne.
"Nothing...... Just a little worried, you ...... You okay? Anne asked tentatively.
"It's okay, I'm just a little tired and want to rest early!" Zhen Fan looked at Annie apologetically, "I'm sorry, Annie, help me talk to Claire, I know that today's refusal may have hurt her heart." β
"You know she won't." Anne smiled, "She just told me that Uncle Zhen must have something very important and didn't even let me come over...... It seems that I am indeed inferior to Claire, and she even knows you better than I do. β
"Don't worry, tomorrow...... Tomorrow will be fine! Zhen Fan nodded at Anne, "Zaijian, Anne!" β
"Okay...... Zaijian, Zhen, if you need anything, just call me, or shout at me outside the house, I'll be next to me, and I'll not go back! Anne nodded softly, and then hesitated to leave.
Zhen Fan looked at Anne's back and couldn't help but smile bitterly. He closed the door slightly, and then walked into his study, and from a dark compartment in the wall of the study, he took out a rectangular wooden box, which had a thin layer of dust on it. He gently raised his hand, wiped the ash layer away, and opened the box.
Inside the box lay a sword, a very quaint peachwood sword. (To be continued......)