Sirens echoed through the mountains and forests, and several police cars shuttled along the road to Tiefeng Mountain. Because in an abandoned mine cave in Tiefeng Mountain, the villagers found a burned corpse.

The police car stopped on the side of the road, and Lao Lu and I, together with a group of criminal policemen, climbed about a kilometer of mountain road to the mountain under the leadership of the villagers who called the police, and finally saw a mine cave under a rock wall.

The front of the mine is overgrown with weeds, and it is clear that it has been abandoned for many years.

Lao Lu asked the villagers who reported the crime: "How did you find out that there were dead people in the cave?" ”

The villager is an old man with a wrinkled face who looks close to 60 years old. He looked at Lao Lu and said, "I open a Chinese medicine shop in the town, and my family has been practicing medicine for generations. As soon as dawn was going to the mountains to pick some herbs, and when I came to the mouth of the abandoned mine, I found a red woman's boot at the mouth of the mine. And I found that the weeds at the entrance of the mine had been trampled on, and it was clear that someone had entered the abandoned mine. Because of curiosity, I took out a flashlight and walked into the mine, but I didn't expect to see a burned corpse inside. After that, I went out of the cave and called the police. ”

When the villager recounted the reason for his report, I had already walked to the front of the mine, and I heard Lao Lu say behind me, "Let Ouyang take a look first." ”

Because it is spring and summer, the mountains are overgrown with weeds, but on the weeds in front of the mine, there is indeed a pair of red high-heeled boots.

These boots look very stylish, the boots have a gold trim pattern, the texture is also very soft leather, and the heel of this boot is 10 cm, in terms of workmanship, texture and brand, this boot is expensive.

Boots like this should only be available in regular shopping malls or stores. I'm thinking that if a woman wears such high-heeled boots, she should easily become the center of attention.

Then such a fashionable high-heeled boot, its owner must also be a fashionable and beautiful woman, and such a woman is very likely to live in the town. How could such a woman come to such a remote abandoned mine?

The first thing that came to my mind was being kidnapped.

Another point that made me think, the woman who wore the boots should understand that it is not an easy thing to take off the boots, so why is this boot lying in this hole? Did the criminals throw it here, or did the owner of the boot kick it off?

I took a closer look at the red heeled boots and saw that the zipper on the inside of the boot was open, and the metal zipper was so good that no matter how hard I struggled, it wouldn't be completely opened. And there are no scratches left by the struggle and rubbing against the ground outside the boots, so it is certain that the boots were taken off artificially.

Did the murderer or the owner of the boots take it off?

I'm more inclined to the owner of the boots. Because since the murderer kidnapped the victim to such a remote abandoned mine, the meaning is very clear, he wants to kill people and hide the body. If he was planning to hide the body, how could the murderer throw such an obvious red boot at the entrance of the cave?

So I deduced that the boot was deliberately forced off the foot by the victim when she had a premonition that something was about to happen to her, and kicked it down at the entrance of the hole, leaving people with clues to find her. Of course, it was these red boots that caused the villagers to find the body, which attracted the police and me.

Turning on my phone's flashlight, I walked into the mine, and on the floor of the mine, I saw many mutilated shoe prints.

I sorted these shoe prints together and found a total of 6 different shoe prints. I first ruled out the freshest sneaker prints, as they were clearly left by the villagers who reported the crime.

I then ruled out a single high-heeled shoe print, which was apparently left by the victim.

The remaining four pairs of shoe prints, there are three pairs of leather shoe prints and one pair of sneaker prints.

Of the four pairs, the sneaker has the largest shoe print, which I judge to be a size 43 shoe. Then this person should be more than 180 cm tall.

Two of the shoes were size 41 and one pair was size 40.

Coupled with the stress seen from the shoe prints, it is easy to infer that these four men are all men, and they are young men.

Continuing deeper into the mine, about 100 meters or so, I could already smell a scorching smell. Ten meters further, next to the rock wall of the mine, I saw a burned corpse.

My eyes first fell on the feet of the deceased, who was wearing a deformed boot on her left foot and no shoes on her right foot.

It is certain that the red boots outside are the dead man in front of him.

The extent of the deceased's incineration was not too severe, and I can probably tell that the deceased's death was 15 days ago. But because the burned clothes were glued to the corpse, it was difficult for me to tell what caused the death.

Around the corpse, the dirt on the ground showed obvious stray footprints, and it was clear that the deceased had resisted in this place. It's just that such a thin woman, how can she be worth 4 middle-aged men.

I measured the height of the corpse, it was only 153 cm, and you can imagine how frightened such a short woman was at that time when she was held hostage by this group of vicious gangsters.

I used my phone flashlight to look around the body, and on the ground, I found blood. This blood stain is dripping, and as a rule of thumb, the height of the drop is about 100 centimeters.

The height of the deceased was 153 cm, and the height of the blood droplets was 100 cm, although the deceased was wearing high heels, but she was only wearing one at the time, and she usually bent over and curled up after being injured, so I deduced that the blood droplets were dripping from the abdomen. Then the fatal wound of the deceased is most likely in the abdomen.

But I know that when you have an abdominal injury, it's never immediately fatal. It would be cruel to burn the deceased before it was completely dead.

But this kind of cruelty is real. I examined the dirt near the deceased's legs and hands, and there were obvious pedal marks and scratches, which were obvious signs of struggle. It is conceivable that the final cause of her death should be that she was devoured by the flames.

Next to the corpse, a charred satchel of a female corpse was found, which had been opened, and there was lipstick and eyebrow pencil inside, but no wallet or mobile phone was found. So this has a certain point, is this a robbery and murder?

I can't make a decision yet. I examined the body again, and I didn't find a phone on her either, so it's very likely that the deceased's phone had been taken by the killer.

Because the handbag had been opened, some bits and pieces fell out of it. One of the bills for mobile phone bills caught my attention.

Unfortunately, the bill was burned and mutilated, and the only information that could be seen was the balance and the payment amount, and the payment number and name were not left.

But fortunately, in the lower right corner of the payment form, there is an official seal, which is the official seal of the payment business hall. Then maybe in this business hall, the identity of the deceased can be found.

Keep looking at things that might prove the identity of the deceased. From her neck, a burnt and mutilated scarf was found, and I analyzed that if it was a family member or relatives and friends of the deceased, they should have seen such a scarf. Then the scarf, the red high-heeled boots at the entrance of the hole, and the mutilated handbag may be able to attract the attention of the deceased's family and identify the deceased.

Of course, the clues are not only that, in the right ear of the deceased, I found that the deceased was wearing an earring.

This is a bullet-shaped stud earring about three centimeters long, and to be able to wear this trend-setting stud earring shows that this woman is extremely fashionable. So could this woman be a woman who works in an entertainment venue?

And this bullet-style earring, that is even more unique, I estimate to find the source of the corpse, to find the true identity of the female corpse, with this very characteristic thing, it should not be difficult.

My investigation of the scene was almost over, at which point the medical examiner and the investigators entered to collect evidence and perform a detailed autopsy.

In the office of the criminal investigation team, Lao Lu handed me the autopsy report of the female corpse, and I carefully read the contents.

The female corpse suffered stab wounds in the abdomen, a total of six stabs, resulting in a certain degree of damage to the stomach and liver, but these six knives must not kill the deceased in a short time. The real cause of death of the deceased was death by suffocation. In other words, it was the incineration that caused the deceased to breathe poorly and eventually died.

The incinerated material was detected as gasoline.

The time of death of the deceased, as determined by the medical examiner, was 10 days ago. The age of the deceased was between 25 and 27 years old, and the deceased had a history of childbirth, so it can be inferred that the woman should have been married and had children.

After reading the autopsy report, I said to Lao Lu: "The primary purpose now is to find the true identity of the deceased, and only after the source of the body is found, can we carry out the next step." ”

Lao Lu said: "Well, this is inevitable. But I wondered, why did the murderer kill the dead in such a remote mine? ”

I lit a cigarette and said, "That's easy to explain. Of the four murderers, at least one was familiar with the environment. Then this person is likely to be someone near Tiefeng Mountain. ”

Lao Lu nodded, and asked again: "The red boots at the entrance of the mine make me feel puzzled, you said that the murderer got the victim to the depths of the mine to murder, of course, he hoped that others could not find the body." But why are there such noticeable red boots left at the entrance of the mine? ”

"I've thought about it for a long time, the boots were left by the victim to remind people that something unusual was going on inside the cave," I said. And the reason why the boots were not taken away by the murderer was because they committed the crime at night, and the vicious incident of murder and cremation made the criminals very nervous, so they did not find the boots outside the cave. I don't think they would have thought that much in that situation, even if they found the boots. The most important thing they think about is to get out of the crime scene as soon as possible. ”

Lao Lu looked at me and nodded.

I continued: "Lao Lu, you immediately issue a notice of assistance in the investigation, and the notice must indicate the red high boots, bullet earrings, the mutilated scarf and the handbag. I think the family of the deceased must have known that this woman was missing by now, and may have reported the case and are looking for her. Therefore, the family of the deceased is very likely to identify the deceased after seeing these items. ”

Lao Lu quickly posted a notice on the Internet and posted a notice on the city's major crossings, hoping that the public could reflect the situation as soon as possible.

At the same time as the dispatch of the Liaison Notice, we have also begun an investigation into the recent disappearances. Unfortunately, in the information on missing persons registered by the police, no match for the deceased was found. Therefore, our hopes are pinned on the investigation report.

Two days after the notice was issued, a young man in his twenties contacted the police, saying that the things he saw on the notice were supposed to belong to her sister.

I saw this young man in the office of the criminal investigation team.

He looked haggard, sven and shy, and should be in his early 20s.

He said to Lao Lu: "These studs are very similar to my sister's, because I bought the studs for this bullet in the boutique, and they were originally a pair." I bought one and wore it myself, and my sister thought it looked good and wanted to wear it. So I gave her the other stud earring. And the red boots, I often see her wearing. ”

As he spoke, he pulled out a bullet-headed stud from his pocket, which was identical to the one I found on the deceased.

I asked, "What's your name?" What's your sister's name? ”

The young man said, "My name is Wang Wenming, and my sister's name is Wang Wenfang. ”

I continued, "How tall is your sister?" ”

Wang Wenming thought for a while and said: "It's not high, it's a little over one meter five, about one meter five three." ”

I nodded slightly and said, "How old is she?" Married? Have you ever had a baby? ”

Wang Wenming said: "She is 26 years old this year, she is married and has a 4-year-old daughter. However, she is recently divorcing her brother-in-law. ”

Lao Lu and I glanced at each other, because we all knew that the information in Wang Wenming's mouth was very consistent with the deceased. And he now also provides an important piece of information, that is, this Wang Wenfang is divorcing her husband. If it is proved that the deceased is Wang Wenfang, will his death be related to her husband?

Therefore, the top priority is to prove that the deceased is not Wang Wenming's sister Wang Wenfang.

The way to prove it is to compare the DNA of the two to see if they are related by blood.

The results of the DNA comparison came out quickly, and it turned out that the two were related by blood, and the deceased was Wang Wenfang.

Now that the source of the body has been found, the police immediately launched an investigation into Wang Wenfang's social relations. Of course, the focus of the investigation is Wang Wenfang's husband, Luo Shengwu.

Luo Shengwu's home is in a community in Zhoujiaba, which is also the home of the deceased Wang Wenfang.

On the second floor of a residential building in the community, we knocked on Luo Shengwu's door.

When Luo Shengwu saw me and Lao Lu, there was no difference, but he said a little embarrassedly: "My brother-in-law said that the police would come to find out about Wen Fang's disappearance, but I didn't expect you to come at this time." I didn't have any good food to prepare, so I'll just order it when I come in. ”

It was noon, and Luo Shengwu was cooking lunch at home alone, and the lunch he made was very simple, a plate of shredded potatoes and meat and a bowl of vegetable soup, accompanied by rice.

Lao Lu and I politely declined and sat on the sofa at his house together.

It can be seen that the structure of this house is relatively old-fashioned, and it is only made of simple decoration, and the living room is not very large, it is a set of two bedrooms and a living room, and the area will not exceed 60 square meters.

However, the wall of the living room is hung with wedding photos of the couple and family photos of the couple with children, and the overall layout is still very warm. It shows that although the family's income is not high, it is still a happy family.

I had doubts in my heart, why did this seemingly happy family have a divorce conflict, and the hostess had already died tragically at this time.

Judging from Luo Shengwu's performance, he didn't know that Wang Wenfang had passed away at this time, and it seemed that his brother-in-law did not tell him about Wang Wenfang's death.

Luo Shengwu took off the black and white striped apron on his chest, casually put it on the armrest next to the sofa, and said, "Comrade policeman, do you have any news of Wenfang?" ”

There was a concern and a sense of unease in his eyes.

I didn't answer this question directly, but said, "Your wife has been missing for more than ten days, haven't you gone to look for her, haven't you called the police?" ”

Luo Shengwu was asked by me like this, and he paused for a moment, and his two hands squeezed together vigorously, and he stopped talking.

Lao Lu said in a majestic voice: "If you ask you, you will tell the truth, don't twist like a woman." ”

Luo Shengwu sighed and said: "Wen Fang and I have been divorced recently, she hasn't been home for more than a month, I can't even get through to her on the phone, she should have pulled me into the blacklist." ”

I said, "Why did she divorce you?" ”

Luo Shengwu looked at me, hesitated, and said slowly: "Wang Wenfang and I are high school classmates, and we got along well in high school, and our relationship has always been very good. After graduating from high school, Wenfang was not admitted to university. In order to be with her, although I was admitted to a junior college, I finally decided to give up my studies and step into social work with Wenfang. Because of this, I fell out with my family at the time. ”

I frowned and nodded slightly, the sturdy man in front of me who was less than 165 cm tall and had a mediocre appearance was still an infatuated species.

Luo Shengwu continued: "We were working together in a supermarket in Wanzhou at the time, and although it was hard work, the income was not high. But to be with our beloved, we are all happy and happy. We worked there for three years. When we reached the legal age for marriage, we registered our marriage. Because of the three years and my stable job, my family gradually understood me and paid for me to buy this house for me to get married. I felt that the good days between me and Wenfang were getting closer and closer. ”

I can hear that Luo Shengwu is about to tell some painful past.

"After getting married, we soon had a child, Wang Wenfang's health was not very good, for the sake of the child, she could only resign and recuperate at home. I work alone in a supermarket to support the family. Although it was hard work, I felt that men should be responsible, so I not only worked in a supermarket, but also applied for a job in a night market, often working until three or four in the morning before returning home. ”

Luo Shengwu shook his head as he spoke, and he continued: "Maybe it's because I'm busy with work and neglect to care for my wife, plus she's pregnant, so her temper is getting bigger and bigger. During pregnancy, we had a lot of fights and said a lot of hurtful things to each other. This may reflect the sorrow of poor couples. ”

I looked at Luo Shengwu intently, thinking that he could say what was in his heart, which showed that he had no psychological defense against us, and the possibility of him being a murderer was very small.

He continued: "After the child was born, Wen Fang, who was strong, immediately went out to find a job, and the child was almost brought up by my mother. At first, Wen Fang still went to work in a supermarket, but later felt that the salary in the supermarket was too low, so he resigned and applied for a job as a waiter in an entertainment venue. I've always thought those places weren't serious, and I wanted her to quit her job. But she didn't listen at all, and worked in the entertainment club for another three years. It's just that in the past three years, she has slowly changed from a knowledgeable and thrifty woman to a bewitching woman who spends money lavishly and loves fashion and dress. Half a year ago, she used all her savings and opened a small bar with a friend of hers before she took 20,000 yuan from me. Since then, she has almost just eaten and lived in bars, not caring about the family or the children at all. ”

Lao Lu and I both shook our heads when we heard this. I could see Luo Shengwu's eyes begin to moisten, as if he had found someone to talk to, he continued: "I went to the bar several times to find her, hoping that she would go home to live, but she just didn't listen, and refused on the grounds that the bar was going to be open until late at night and it was not safe to go home. I already knew at the time that she might be getting along with other men outside, and I even knelt down for her in the bar, hoping that she would change her mind thinking about the children and the family. But it was all in vain. She even filed for divorce on the spot. Since then, our relationship has reached zero point, and eventually my phone was blocked by her, so her disappearance, I didn't know about it at all. ”

He tilted his head, but tears still ran down his cheeks. He covered his face with his hands and hung his head again.

Lao Lu and I glanced at each other, and we may both feel the sadness and helplessness of this infatuated man in our hearts.

Lao Lu looked at me and didn't speak. From the look in his eyes, I knew he was asking me if this person was the murderer.

I shook my head, Lao Lu was stunned for a while, and nodded slowly.

I sat down next to Luo Shengwu, who was still covering his face, patted him on the shoulder and said, "Xiao Luo, listen to me, some people have lost it, and they must know how to let go." You are a person with children, and you must set an example in front of your child in the future and give her a home that is as happy and warm as possible. Because by her side, only you, the father, are the closest person to her. ”

Luo Shengwu slowly raised his head, removed his hands from his face, and said in a low voice: "Comrade policeman, is something wrong with Wen Fang?" ”

I sighed and told Luo Shengwu the fact that Wang Wenfang was killed.

Luo Shengwu's eyes suddenly became dull, and tears rolled out of his eyes.