Chapter 52: Saliva spots
Lu Jinping smiled faintly, glanced at Luo Judicial next to him, and then said: "It doesn't matter to me, I can wait, but I'm afraid that Luo Judicial Law and they can't wait, because this case General Li is very urgent, and he has sent people to the yamen to urge him to handle it again and again, including Feng Tingshi, who is very anxious, and even Dali Temple and the Criminal Department have supervised and asked to solve the case as soon as possible. ”
Uncle and grandfather smiled, but did not answer.
Luo Justice next to him was in a hurry. Indeed, what Lu Jinping said was what he was most worried about, and he couldn't wait for this case to be solved today, so he said to his uncle and grandfather and Li Cunzheng: "Yes, what Lord Lu said is right, General Li is urging this case very urgently, and it really can't be delayed any longer." Besides, it is only to open the original robbery hole, not to dig up the entire grave. The robbery hole already exists, and it is convenient to open it to solve the case, and I believe that General Li will definitely agree to it when he knows it in the future. Or would it work? While we sent someone to report the matter to General Li, we dug up the thief hole and asked Lord Lu to go in and investigate it immediately, and then reseal it after we were done. If General Li has anything to blame, I will bear it, what do you think? ”
Li Cunzheng also persuaded his uncle: "Yes, Lord Lu and Luo Judicial are right, General Li asked you to take care of the ancestral grave of the Li family, but as a result, the grave of General Li's grandmother was stolen, and General Li is already angry. ”
This sentence came to the pain of my uncle. The last time General Li learned that his grandmother's grave had been stolen, and when he returned to the village, he did reprimand him severely. Although his uncle and grandfather were General Li's elders in terms of seniority, General Li did not give him face at all, which made him embarrassed. Thinking of General Li's annoyed look, he couldn't help but shudder, nodded and said, "Okay, since Luo Judicial has said so, then do what you do." It's just that it's best for the blind man to look at the hour again, when the hour is best to open, and when to close it again, he has to calculate. ”
Luo Judicial was a little unhappy: "When the tomb robbers dug up this tomb, they didn't invite the blind to come and see it. Now if we invite a blind man to come, he will say that it will take ten days and half a month to excavate, so will we still solve the case? Even if we don't say it for that long, we can't stand it for three or five days. Well, since you've decided to dig it, you don't have to ask him to come and see it. It's a big deal to ask him to come and see it again when it's re-closed. ”
When the uncle heard this, he also felt reasonable, and hurriedly laughed and said, "Then let's do it according to the will of the Luo Judiciary." ”
At that moment, the uncle's son and nephew immediately ran back and brought a hoe and shovel to dig the hole again. This cave is not very big, but you can climb into it while lying on your stomach.
The robbery hole is inclined downwards. Lu Jinping instructed Li Cunzheng to bring a torch, tie it to a long bamboo pole, and slowly send it into the robbery hole, observing that the flame was not extinguished, and the burning was also sufficient, it should be that after the robbery hole was opened, the tomb robbers had waited for a period of time to let the filth inside dissipate before entering, and the robbery cave was resealed for only a month, so the air was relatively fresh.
After Lu Jinping made sure that there was no danger inside, he wanted to go in person, Ye Qingqing hurriedly pulled him and said, "Sir, shall I go in?" ”
Lu Jinping said: "I'm looking for clues to solve the case, but not going on an adventure, I have to go in person." Don't worry, you'll bring me the box after I climb in first. ”
He tied a rope around his waist, and Ye Qingqing pulled them outside, and then held a torch in one hand and slowly climbed into it along the inclined thief hole.
He climbed slowly, as he wanted to see if there were any marks left on the robber's hole, but, unfortunately, he didn't find any suspicious marks.
After climbing some distance, we arrived at the burial chamber. Although the burial chamber is not very large, because of the darkness, the light of the torches cannot illuminate the entire burial chamber, but you can see a coffin in the middle of the burial chamber.
Lu Jinping slowly went down to the tomb, untied the rope, and then looked around with a torch, and found that the coffin lid of the coffin had been pried open and overturned, and the cover plate obviously showed signs of prying.
After he squatted down to see that there were no noticeable marks on the ground, he carefully walked to the coffin, did not touch the coffin, and looked inside, except for the two old and faded brocade quilts, there were no bones, and no other funeral items.
At this time, Ye Qingqing, who was outside the cemetery, tied the forensic investigation box with a rope and slid him in through the robbery hole. After Lu Jinping caught it, he untied the rope and took out the forensic investigation box from the green cloth package and put it on the ground.
Lu Jinping opened the forensic investigation box, took out fluorescence-enhanced protective glasses from it and put them on, then took out the miniature ultraviolet laser physical evidence detector and opened it, and the fluorescence was immediately sprinkled on the ground.
Lu Jinping looked through the fluorescence-enhanced protective glasses and soon found that there were several pale cyan fluorescences next to the coffin, indicating that there were likely saliva spots and other bodily fluids. Although it has dried up, when exposed to ultraviolet light and seen through fluorescence-enhancing glasses, it will show a pale cyan fluorescence that is different from the surrounding one, indicating the presence of body fluids. Lu Jinping looked closely and determined that it was likely to be saliva spots.
Blood group substances contained in human saliva and DNA from epithelial cells shed by the oral mucosa can be stored in saliva plaques for a long time. Therefore, DNA identification can be performed after the saliva plaque is extracted.
Lu Jinping was very excited, the reason why he suspected that there would be saliva spots and other human body fluids here, because he knew that in ancient times, they were basically burials, and the stench produced after the corpse decayed was difficult to dissipate in the closed coffin and burial chamber. As a result, he believed that the saliva spots on the ground were most likely left by tomb robbers.
He immediately took out a gauze soaked in a small amount of saline from the forensic examination box to wipe the saliva spots for examination.
He then searched for the lid of the coffin again, but this time he was disappointed because no fingerprints were found on the coffin, which was understandable. Because, tomb robbers want to pick clothes from the bones, or take the burial goods in the coffin, generally wear gloves, and will not directly touch the corpse with empty hands, which is a kind of self-protection of people's subconscious, because of the gloves, so there is no way to leave fingerprints on the coffin lid.
Subsequent observation of other places revealed no suspicious traces. The saliva spots found earlier have made him very happy, which may be the key to solving the case.
He first tied the survey box to the rope, pulled it a few times, Ye Qingqing pulled the survey box up, and then threw the rope in, he grabbed the rope and climbed out of the thief hole.
Luo Zheng immediately smiled and asked, "Did you find anything?" Sir. ”
Lu Jinping said: "It's not appropriate to reveal it to you now, I'll tell you when I have eyebrows." ”
Speaking of this, he turned to his uncle's son and nephew and said, "After digging the thief hole last time, who went into the thief hole to check it?" ”
The two said: "We all went in and found that Grandma Gao's bones and burial goods had been stolen. ”
Lu Jinping asked again: "After the two of you went in, did you spit on the ground?" ”
"Absolutely not!" Both said with certainty. And explained that although the tomb stinked a little, it was bearable. Because it's the grave of my grandmother, of course you can't spit on it.
This is common sense, because this grave mountain happens to be facing the wind. The wind is relatively strong. After the thief hole was opened, the coffin had been pried open, and the rotten gas inside had enough time to drift away from the thief hole, and the stench remaining in the thief hole quickly dissipated.