Chapter 37: Floating Corpses in the River
The sun is rising, and it's a new day. Bai Yulou was lying on his bed in a large shape, with his hands and feet tied to the four corners of the bed.
There was the sound of the key opening the door outside the door, and after a while, Liu Rushuang came in with breakfast, "Baibai, I'll buy you breakfast." ”
Bai Yulou opened his eyes, and two large black circles hung on his eyes.
Liu Rushuang walked to the bed and glanced at Bai Yulou happily, "Fortunately, I came up with the method of tying you to the bed at night, otherwise I wouldn't sleep at ease, I'm always afraid that you will commit suicide in the middle of the night." ”
Bai Yulou yawned tiredly.
"How's it going?"
"How do you sleep like this? It's good not to be tired to death. Bai Yulou complained in a low voice.
Liu Rushuang didn't hear it, and reached out to put the snack to Bai Yulou's mouth, "Let's eat breakfast." ”
"I don't want to eat it right now." Bai Yulou tilted his head to the side as he spoke.
Liu Rushuang couldn't help but say, and directly stuffed the dim sum into Bai Yulou's mouth, "It's okay not to eat, eat more." ”
Bai Yulou's brows were furrowed, and there were words of suffering.
After a while, Liu Rushuang stuffed all the snacks into Bai Yulou's mouth, Bai Yulou puffed out his cheeks, wanted to speak but couldn't speak, and wanted to move his body and his hands and feet were tied, which was very uncomfortable.
"What's wrong with you?" Liu Rushuang sensed the clues.
Bai Yulou opened his mouth and barely squeezed out a word, "Regret ......"
"You're still repentant, aren't you?"
Bai Yulou shook his head, a little anxious, and said vaguely: "Beautiful ......"
"Praise me for my beauty, don't you?" Liu Rushuang was a little embarrassed when she said.
Bai Yulou shook his head again, Liu Rushuang glared angrily, and Bai Yulou nodded hurriedly.
Bai Yulou tried hard to chew the dim sum in his mouth, but because there were too many dim sums, he couldn't swallow it at all, he was anxious, his eyes widened, and he shouted at the top of his voice, "...... mouth"
"What's wrong with the mouth?" Liu Rushuang is unknown.
Bai Yulou was choked and began to roll his eyes.
"In vain, you, what's wrong with you?" Liu Rushuang was scared and hurriedly helped Bai Yulou untie the rope.
Bai Yulou got up in a panic, spit out the snack in his mouth, and shouted: "Water!" ”
"Oh, so you just asked for water, I'll go get it for you."
Liu Rushuang hurriedly picked up the water cup from the table and handed it to Bai Yulou, who took a sip of water, slowly relieved it, and breathed a sigh of relief.
Suddenly, Bai Yulou realized that he was still a "patient" who was bent on death in Liu Rushuang's eyes, and hurriedly poured out the little water left in the cup, "Sister Shuang, why are you giving me water to drink, why don't you let me choke to death!" ”
Liu Rushuang thought that Bai Yulou's ** illness of seeking death and life had been committed again, and she was embarrassed.
Suddenly, a cockroach crawled onto the snack that Bai Yulou had just spit on the ground.
"Cockroaches!" Liu Rushuang screamed in fright.
"Where, where?" Bai Yulou stretched out his orchid finger and screamed, inadvertently recovering his sissy nature.
Liu Rushuang pointed at the cockroach, "It's there!" ”
Bai Yulou was so frightened that he rushed behind Liu Rushuang.
Liu Rushuang gritted her teeth, and stepped forward with the courage to step on the dead cockroach.
Bai Yulou couldn't stop patting his chest and sharpened his throat, "I'm scared to death, I'm scared to death!" ”
Liu Rushuang looked at Bai Yulou's reaction, and secretly doubted, since Bai Bai was hypnotized, he has been immersed in remorse and self-blame, and rarely has a sissy behavior, unless he has recovered.
The morning light shone in through the dormitory window, and Lu Hehuan and Ying Xi were lying under the bed in the dormitory, sleeping soundly.
Suddenly, there was a knock on the door, and the two were immediately awakened.
"Who, who?" Ying Xi panicked.
"It's me, bald." The voice of a bald police officer was heard outside the door.
Ying Xi chuckled in his heart and shouted, "It's over!" ”
"You won't oversleep again, will you?" Lu Hehuan looked at Ying Xi with an earthy face.
In the middle of the night, the two of them got up suddenly, but their heads hit the bottom of the bed, and they crawled out from under the bed in embarrassment.
Lu Hehuan scratched his messy hair, and raised his voice to ask the bald head outside the door, "What time is it?" ”
"Seven twenty in the morning."
As soon as the bald voice fell, Lu Hehuan and Ying Xi's hanging hearts finally landed, and the two of them breathed a long sigh of relief.
Lu Hehuan tidied up his clothes and shouted at the bald head outside the door, "Come in." ”
The bald head pushed the door in, and saw Lu Hehuan and Ying Xi disheveled, their hair was messy, and there were traces of potion on their swollen faces.
"Inspector Ying, He Huan, you ......" The bald head was taken aback.
Ying Xi cleared his throat, put his hands behind his back, and put on a majestic posture.
"We stopped a gang fight last night, and the wound on my face was left from fighting with the gang with Agent Land."
The bald head nodded adoringly.
Ying Xi smiled proudly, and then looked sideways at the bald head, "Why did you come to us so early?" ”
"Oh." The bald head remembered what was going on, and said, "The police station has just received a report from a citizen that a corpse was found in Suzhou Creek. ”
Lu Hehuan and Ying Xi glanced at each other and hurried to the scene of the crime.
The morning market has just opened, and people come and go on Xiafei Road. Liu Rushuang pulled Bai Yulou towards Suzhou Creek, Bai Yulou didn't want Liu Rushuang to stick to Yingxi, so he deliberately slowed down and followed behind.
Liu Rushuang was anxious, turned around and urged, "Baibai, hurry up, there are dead bodies by the Suzhou River, Brother Xi will definitely go." ”
Bai Yulou looked reluctant, and continued to take jade steps.
"Hurry up." Liu Rushuang said and strode forward.
Bai Yulou didn't know how to stop Liu Rushuang, so he was so anxious that he scratched his ears and cheeks, and suddenly, he caught a glimpse of the stall selling kitchen knives next to him. Bai Yulou frowned, thinking about it, he deliberately rushed to the stall, picked up a kitchen knife and put it on his neck, the stall owner was stunned by the sudden situation.
"I'm not alive, I'm going to pay for the widows' lives! Sister Shuang, I'm living so painfully......" Bai Yulou shouted at Liu Rushuang.
Liu Rushuang turned around and looked at Bai Yulou, and couldn't help but wonder, thinking that Bai Yulou was fine just now, this will be dead or alive again, it must be pretended.
Thinking of this, Liu Rushuang pretended to be sad and looked at Bai Yulou and did not step forward to stop her.
Seeing that Liu Rushuang was not dissuaded, Bai Yulou blinked, and shouted with insufficient confidence, "Sister Shuang, I, I'm going to cut off my neck!" ”
Liu Rushuang decided to try the truth or falsehood, she looked at Bai Yulou lightly, "Baibai, in fact, I have also thought about it, it is not a way to stop you from letting you die, if you really want to die, let it be up to you, don't worry, after you die, I will do your posthumous affairs!" ”
Bai Yulou was suddenly blindfolded, and he didn't put down the knife in his hand, nor did he hold it, and shouted with a crying voice: "Sister Shuang, this time it's really goodbye." ”
Liu Rushuang nodded, "You go." ”
The surrounding pedestrians followed suit.
"Are you going to die? I'm going to go home and cook, so I'm going to die. ”
"People who are going to die won't say so many words, they will wipe their necks with a single knife, and if you look like this, you won't die with your heart."
Bai Yulou was embarrassed, holding the kitchen knife hard, and roared at everyone present: "I'll die for you now!" ”
Bai Yulou held the knife and moved, but Liu Rushuang still didn't step forward to stop it.
Bai Yulou looked helplessly at the stall owner selling kitchen knives and reminded in a low voice, "Don't you care if I take your knife?" ”
Seeing that the lively stall owner came back to his senses and went to snatch the kitchen knife in Bai Yulou's hand, Bai Yulou pretended to struggle twice, and quickly returned the knife to the stall owner half-pushed and half-returned it to the stall owner.
"If you don't buy a knife, don't try to kill yourself with my knife!" The stall owner glared at Bai Yulou angrily.
Bai Yulou put on a posture of being loveless, and continued to shout to everyone, "You let me die, I don't want to live!" ”
Liu Rushuang was relieved, walked over, and took out some money to the stall owner, "Boss, I bought this knife, no need to look for it." ”
The stall owner took the money and happily took the kitchen knife to Liu Rushuang. Liu Rushuang directly put the kitchen knife in Bai Yulou's hand, with a resolute expression, "Baibai, this knife is the last gift I gave you at the end of your life, I don't feel good watching you live in pain, maybe for you, death is the real relief, do it." ”
"Frost, Sister Frost...... I ......" Bai Yulou held a kitchen knife, dumbfounded.
Liu Rushuang snorted coldly and asked disdainfully: "Why don't you do it?" ”
"I ......" Bai Yulou is difficult to ride a tiger.
"I actually pretended to be hypnotized to sympathize with me, so that I took care of you every day, hum!" Liu Rushuang's face changed, and she reprimanded Bai Yulou sharply.
"Sister Shuang, I don't dare anymore, you can spare me." Bai Yulou had a bitter face and kept pleading.
"Deduct half a year's salary!" Liu Rushuang said goodbye and left by herself.
Bai Yulou followed behind and cried: "Sister Shuang......"
The Suzhou Creek is sparkling under the scorching sun, the weeping willows on both sides of the bank flutter in the wind, like a fairy wearing green yarn, and the flat ground at the embankment is full of greenery, a vibrant scene.
Lu Hehuan and Ying Xi rushed to the Suzhou Creek, and when the two approached, they found a corpse in a suit and leather shoes, and the soles of their shoes were covered with mud lying by the river.
"Stand back, back off, don't spoil the scene." A police officer shouted at the crowd of onlookers.
The crowd of onlookers was isolated at a distance and began to gossip.
"It's a water ghost catching a stand-in, right?"
"This season, the river is very shallow, and you can't imagine that it can drown people."
Ying Xi walked up to one of the officers and asked, "What's going on?" ”
"At around 6 a.m., several nearby residents found a body floating ashore during their morning exercise and called the police." The officer replied.
Lu Hehuan and Ying Xi glanced at each other, walked to the corpse, and the two stared at the corpse in surprise, and shouted in unison: "Dabao!" ”
Bao Ying, who was conducting an autopsy, looked at the two of them when he heard the sound, nodded, and sighed sadly, "I didn't expect Sister Hao to die for Dabao, but Dabao didn't live well." ”
Lu Hehuan's mind couldn't help but flash the scene of Sister Hao and Dabao being sorry for each other, he looked at Dabao's corpse with a firm gaze, "For Sister Hao, I also want to find out this case and avenge Dabao!" ”
"What kind of grievance? It doesn't matter if it's murder or not. Ying Xi disagreed.
Lu Hehuan didn't care about it, and turned to look at Bao Ying, "Xiao Ying, what are the autopsy results?" ”
"The deceased was about 19 years old, there were no obvious external injuries on his body, and the preliminary judgment was that he died by drowning, and the time of death was about 8 o'clock last night."
Lu Hehuan nodded and surveyed the scene with Ying Xi.
Lu Hehuan saw that Dabao's shoes were covered with mud, and frowned secretly, and suddenly, he remembered that a big man had just said that the water level of Suzhou Creek was extremely shallow this season.
Lu Hehuan walked up to Dahan and asked respectfully, "You just said that this river is very shallow this season?" ”
Dahan nodded, "It's not the rainy season yet, so the water level is not deep." ”
Lu Hehuan nodded thoughtfully.
Ying Xi looked around, and suddenly found a rut mark by the river, he walked along the rut print, and found that the rut mark extended into the river.
Ying Xi stood by the river and scratched his head, looking at the police officer beside him, "Go to the river and see if there are any cars." ”
The police officer who maintained the scene immediately took off his police uniform and threw himself into the river to prepare for a swim, but found that the river was very shallow, and he stood up in embarrassment, and the water level was only knee-high. The officer walked forward slowly, patting the water as the water reached his chest.
Lu Hehuan looked at the police officer in the water, thoughtful.
The officer dived into the water, and in a moment, he surfaced and shouted at Yingxi: "It's a car!" ”
"The case is solved!" Ying Xi clapped his hands in realization.
Lu Hehuan looked at Ying Xi with a look of ignorance, "Broken?" ”
Ying Xi pointed to the rut mark and explained triumphantly, "This rut mark has been leading to the river, and the car was also found in the water, and Xiao Ying also confirmed that Dabao died by drowning through an autopsy, so the truth of the matter is that Dabao drove into the river and drowned, that is, this is an accidental case, not murder." ”
"This is definitely not an accident! The water level of this river is not deep, and although Dabao is a cripple, as long as he gets out of the car, he should be able to get out of trouble easily. Lu Hehuan immediately refuted.
The police officer climbed ashore, and Lu Hehuan noticed that there was no mud on the officer's shoes.
Lu Hehuan thought about it, walked quickly to the river, made desperate struggles, and then walked ashore to find that his feet were covered with mud. Lu Hehuan, who has always suffered from severe cleanliness, did not feel disgusted at all, but showed a smile.
Everyone looked at Lu Hehuan strangely.
"Lu Hehuan, what are you doing?" Ying Xi looked impatient.
Lu Hehuan explained as he walked towards Ying Xi, "I noticed just now that when you walk in the water normally, there will be no mud on your shoes......" He paused slightly and pointed to the mud on his shoes, "Only when you struggle hard, your shoes will be covered with mud." And Dabao's shoes were covered with mud, which indicates that someone held down Dabao and drowned, and then disguised it as an accident. ”
"Lu Hehuan, why do you have to go against me every time!" Ying Xi saw that Lu Hehuan thought that Dabao was killed by him, and he was angry and ashamed.
"I'm not against you, I'm just a detective to doubt all possibilities." Lu He Huan is righteous and strict.
"How do you solve the case if you doubt everything?"
"Doubt all clues and verify them one by one in order to find out the only truth. Inspector Ying, life is the most precious thing, no one has the right to take it away, as police officers, we have the responsibility to find out the truth for the dead life! ”
"Full of truth, according to your case-solving method, my position as a detective will be lost sooner or later!" should be overjoyed.
"But you can't make a hasty decision just for fear of losing your position, it's not fair to the deceased!"
"Okay, okay, you don't need to say it anymore, the Tao is different!" Ying Xi turned away stupidly.
At this time, Liu Rushuang and Bai Yulou rushed to the Suzhou Creek, and just saw Ying Xi leaving, Liu Rushuang chased Ying Xi and shouted, "Brother Xi......"
"Get out of here!" Ying Xi scolded Liu Rushuang without looking back.
Liu Rushuang pursed her lips aggrievedly and almost cried.
Bai Yulou on the side saw that Liu Rushuang was wronged, and strode over to comfort, "Sister Shuang, Ying Xi is too much, let's ignore him." ”
"Get out of here!" Liu Rushuang poured her anger on Bai Yulou.
Bai Yulou was silent for a moment.
Ying Xi walked towards the police officer's office angrily, and saw Ying Xi with a bald head, but he didn't see Lu Hehuan's figure, and he looked puzzled, "Inspector Ying, where is He Huan?" ”
"Dead!" They should be overjoyed and ruin, and speak evil words.
"What? Did He Huan die in the line of duty? The bald head mistook it for the real and was shocked.
Ying Xi glared at the bald head, didn't bother to pay attention to him, rushed directly back to the police officer's office, and slammed the door shut.
The bald head couldn't help but redden, "I didn't expect He Huan to die young." He sighed and walked away sadly.
Lu Hehuan came to Dabao's house in Huaihua Lane and found that the door of Dabao's house was locked, and there was an eye-catching word "Xi" pasted on the door.
When Lu Hehuan was about to return to the police station, Dabao's neighbor came back from grocery shopping and opened the door of his house.
Lu Hehuan strode over and nodded, "Hello." ”
The neighbor looked at Lu Hehuan and thought for a while, "It turned out to be Officer Lu." ”
Lu Hehuan nodded, and hurriedly asked, "You should have heard about Dabao, right?" ”
"Well, I heard that, but I think it's his own fault. Sister Hao did not hesitate to kill people for him and saved some money for him, but he didn't learn anything, and married a courtesan as his wife. The neighbor said with a look of regret.
"Who did Dabao marry?" Lu Hehuan asked.
"Li Yingying among the fireworks."
"How could he know the people in the fireworks room?" Lu Hehuan was a little puzzled.
The neighbor sighed, "After Dabao received the demolition compensation, he spent all day drinking and became a frequent visitor to the fireworks room, but he was fascinated by that Li Yingying, Li Yingying said that he would not pick the moon if he wanted the stars, it was simply obedient." A while ago, Li Yingying said that it was inconvenient to go out, so Dabao bought a car! ”
"Then what about Li Yingying's feelings for Dabao?" Lu Hehuan vaguely felt that Dabao's death was inseparable from Li Yingying.
The neighbor pouted disdainfully, "What feelings can the woman in the fireworks have, it's not just for money." ”
Lu Hehuan was thoughtful, "Do you know that Li Yingying was not at home at about eight o'clock last night?" ”
"No, she's in the barbershop."
"How do you know?"
"I passed by the barber shop at the corner of the street at eight o'clock yesterday, and saw Li Yingying sitting in it and perming her hair, hmph, if you marry this kind of woman, your family property will be ruined sooner or later."
"In which direction is that barbershop?" Lu Hehuan decided to go and check it out.
The neighbor pointed in one direction, "Keep walking, and turn right at the first street corner." ”
"Thank you."
Lu Hehuan walked in the direction pointed by his neighbor.