Zheng Gao did not rush to leave, but uncovered the straw mat and searched the corpse again, trying to find the seal and other belongings that could indicate his identity. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 However, apart from a few local circulation coupons with a face value of ten yuan, Zheng Gao was unable to find anything of value.

"It doesn't look like it's a robbery. Huang Tongyang touched his chin and judged: "The gold ring on this hand is still there, if the robbers have no reason to let go of these things, it may really be an accident and drowned." ”

At this time, five or six more police officers from the police station came one after another, and Huang Tongyang sent someone to report to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, after all, nine out of ten of the drowned guys were non-naturalized foreigners, and they must notify the foreign affairs department according to the handling procedures. In addition, people were also sent to the Shengli Port Authority to inquire whether there were merchant ships from Western countries docking here in recent times.

The police station has handled several cases of accidental death of foreigners in Sanya before, so Huang Tongyang's command of his subordinates to carry out the work of verifying their identities is also orderly. However, the work of sending someone to inform him at the beginning was too late, and Huang Tongyang waited on the dock for almost an hour before he appeared.

Just when Huang Tongyang couldn't bear it anymore and was about to send someone to urge him again, he finally arrived, but he didn't come alone, but went to the dock with the superior inspection team. This so-called patrol group is mainly responsible for supervising the security work in Sanya, and every month it goes to the grassroots level to inspect the handling of cases, and its members, in addition to the Ministry of Justice, which leads the department, also arranges for personnel from the civil and security departments to join in according to the situation, so that they can coordinate in a timely manner when they encounter certain problems that the police cannot handle.

This time, on behalf of the Ministry of Justice, Senior Superintendent Fu Li, and the Ministry of Security's Commissioner Lin Nan came forward. Fu Li can be regarded as one of the fastest-rising stars among the young naturalized people, and he has climbed to an extremely high position at a young age, of course, this is also related to the fact that he was early in the dragon and has a close personal relationship with the high-level of Haihan. Lin Nan is also a senior member of the Ministry of Security and has rich experience in handling emergencies. Originally, the Ministry of Civil Affairs still had to send out a person, but he was temporarily sick and absent, so only the two of them led the way.

The first stop of the two people's patrol was to come to Shengli Port to see, but before they set off, someone came to the Ministry of Justice early in the morning to apply for work, and after the two asked, they learned that it was the Shengli Port Police Station that found a body suspected of drowning in the port, so they decided to come over together to see the situation.

After Huang Tongyang and the two of them saw the ceremony, he briefly described the situation he knew so far, and added his own judgment at the end: "...... This person still smelled of alcohol, and his belongings were not lost, so he thought he should have fallen into the water and drowned after drinking. After the identity is confirmed, the case will almost be closed. ”

When he uncovered the straw mat and examined the corpse, Fu Li and Lin Nan also began to observe the condition of the corpse. Lin Nan looked at it and suddenly asked thoughtlessly: "His identity, isn't it confirmed to ask his entourage?"

Huang Tongyang was stunned and said, "But when we found this corpse, we didn't find this person's entourage nearby...... How did Lord Lin know that he still has an entourage?"

Fu Li replied with a smile: "Let me explain it to Lord Lin, the black silk robe on this person is the finest Su silk, one can cost hundreds of yuan, and the cat's eye gems and rubies inlaid with the two rings on his hands are also worth a lot." As for the pair of calfskin boots on the feet, if I am not mistaken, they are special in-house contributions from the Tiandu boot workshop, which are not easy to buy on the market. His body is worth nearly a thousand, and the person who is willing to spend so much money to dress up has not much money on him, what does this mean?"

Huang Tongyang frowned and said: "Either this person is strong on the outside and strong in the middle, relying on his line to support his face, or ...... With an entourage with me, I don't need to pay out of my own pocket to buy things and pay for them?"

Fu Li nodded and said: "Looking at his appearance again, it should be a rich businessman from Persia, this kind of person is very particular about pomp when he goes out, and it is very common to bring a few entourages with him." But it is strange that the man drowned on the seashore and that there was no retinue of him nearby. ”

"Maybe it's just drunk and separated. Huang Tongyang tried to explain this situation, but regretted it after speaking, his explanation was too far-fetched. Although he was a little unconvinced, he had to admit that Lin Nan and Fu Li's eyes were much more poisonous than him, although he also noticed the dress on this person, but its origin and specific value were not as clear as these two people. And reasoning from what he saw, he couldn't compare to these two specially trained men.

Sure enough, Fu Li immediately retorted: "If it is separated, the entourage will definitely search for it in the vicinity repeatedly, and if it is not found overnight, it should also come to report to the official." And now that Victory Fort and you haven't received relevant news here, it means that he either didn't bring his entourage, or his entourage didn't report it, if it's the latter, then it's interesting. ”

Lin Nan turned his head to look at the north and said, "Did you send someone to the Landscape Avenue to inquire about the restaurant?"

Huang Tongyang said with a look of embarrassment: "The lowly man is limited, and he has sent a few people to a nearby hotel to check the place where this person is staying, but I didn't have time to check the place where this person drank last night." ”

Lin Nan nodded and said: "This is also true, it looks like he is drunk and drowning, and it is right to go directly to check the location to verify his identity." ”

During the conversation between the three of them, he had already completed the basic inspection, stood up and replied: "Inferred from the stiffness of the corpse and the corpse spots, it should have died before the time of today's child and after noon yesterday, but because the temperature of the corpse dropped relatively quickly when soaked in water, it would accelerate the formation of corpse stiffness, so a more accurate time of death may need to be inferred by autopsy and examination of the degree of digestion of food in the stomach." No obvious trauma has been found on the body, and the specific examination needs to be pulled back to the morgue for further examination. ”

In broad daylight, it is naturally inconvenient to strip the body on the dock and examine it slowly, and it seems that this is what he can do at present. Huang Tongyang remembered that he hurriedly settled the case and prepared to accept immigrants, so he asked: "Can the cause of death from drunken drowning be determined?"

The man frowned, hesitated for a moment before responding, "Cause of death...... It is not necessarily certain that it is drowning. ”

"Oh, what's the proof?" Fu Li immediately asked when he heard this.

"There are traces of drowning before death, such as the drowning person will swallow a large amount of drowning fluid because of the struggle, which will cause the lungs to swell significantly, and a large amount of white foam will be formed around the mouth and nose due to poor breathing, these two more obvious external symptoms are not seen on this corpse." In addition, there are a lot of aquatic plants and kelp floating on the shore of this pier, and this person has no aquatic plants on his hands, mouth and nose, and does not look like he has struggled after drowning. ”

"What do you mean...... Could this be a disguised drowning after death?" asked Huang Tongyang in disbelief. There had been a lot of people drowning in the vicinity in the past, and this was the first time he had heard of a possible homicide in the sea.

He responded: "I only make a judgment from the appearance of the corpse, if you want a clearer conclusion, you still need to autopsy the corpse." Whether it was drowned or not, you will know when you look at the internal organs. ”

Fu Li frowned and said: "If you want to dissect, the local morgue does not have the corresponding conditions, so you have to send it to the Shengli Port Central Hospital." ”

He nodded and said: "The work of dissection has always been the responsibility of Lord Yue and his students in the hospital, and I have been fortunate to assist a few times. ”

The "Lord Covenant" in his mouth is Johnson, Minister of Health of Haihan and President of Shengligang Central Hospital. There are only a few professional medical staff among the traversers, except for nurses like Zhao Xiaoruo and Wu Qiao, the only professional doctors are Johnson and Morgan. As the head of the military's sniper coach, Morgan Sr. has relatively little time in health care facilities, and only Johnson can have the time to catch this part of the work. In addition to his daily medical work, he also undertook most of the related teaching tasks, and even the training of the Ministry of Justice was arranged under him.

However, the autopsy of this corpse could not be carried out immediately, considering that his foreigner status was relatively special, after discussing with Lin Nan, Fu Li decided to spend a little time to confirm his specific identity, and it was best to find his family or companions, and then collect relevant evidence. After making a decision, they had the body transported to a nearby morgue for parking, and then returned to the police station with Huang Tongyang, ready to continue investigating the case.

The people sent by Huang Tongyang to the nearby hotels came back one after another, but they all found nothing, Fu Li decided to expand the scope of reconnaissance, because he knew that there were also many foreign merchants stationed in Sanya Port, and the wharf in the local port area was also divided into certain areas according to the needs of merchants from various countries. So Huang Tongyang issued an application for assistance in the investigation and asked people to send it to the police station in Sanya Port District.

In the afternoon of the same day, there was an echo from Sanya, and it was said that there was indeed a Persian merchant who had arrived in Hong Kong three days ago and had not returned all night last night, and that his subordinates had not noticed that something was wrong until noon today, when they found that the master had not been out of the room. The appearance and characteristics of the missing persons described by him are basically the same as the floating corpses found at the Shengli Harbor wharf, and the identities can be determined only by waiting for his subordinates to identify the corpses.

The man's subordinate said he went out without telling where he was going, and he didn't let anyone else follow. Huang Tongyang reported to Fu Li and Lin Nan: "Judging from what his subordinates said, this kind of behavior of acting alone is indeed somewhat inconsistent with his usual habits. ”

Lin Nan lowered his head and read the confession information just sent by the Sanya Port Police Station, shook his head slightly and said: "The confession of this police station is also unclear, where were his subordinates last night, and whether there is any evidence of alibi, and there is no mention of it above." ”

Fu Li responded: "It's okay, a few subordinates have already been sent over there to identify the corpses, and they will be brought here when they are finished, and we can also ask them in person." ”

Sure enough, after another hour or so, several crew members were taken to the Port Victory police station, and it turned out that the deceased was their employer, the Persian merchant Hassan. In order to prevent these people from colluding with each other, Fu Li, Lin Nan, and Huang Tongyang took them to a separate room for careful interrogation. However, two of the guys were Persians who could not speak Chinese, and because of the language barrier, the interrogation was very laborious.

After the cross-examination, the three men regrouped to aggregate the information they had.

The men claimed that Hassan had given them a holiday when he went out, so they all went to a tavern near the port area last night to drink, and did not return to the hotel until midnight. Fu Li spoke first: "These people testified to each other, and no one was absent and left during the drinking. In addition, they point out that the owner of the tavern can also serve as their witness. ”

Lin Nan continued: "If the people in the tavern can prove the time of their appearance, then the possibility that one or several of them returned to the hotel after drinking should not be established, from the hotel where Hassan and others stayed to the dock where we found the body, the distance is almost ten miles, and there is no transportation available at night, and there is also a checkpoint on the Yulin Peninsula, it is impossible for them to kill Hassan at Sanya Port and carry it to Shengli Port overnight to dump the body." ”

Huang Tongyang responded: "Then this is equivalent to clearing the suspicion of his subordinates?"

"Not necessarily. Fu Li's thinking was obviously much quicker, and he immediately shook his head and said, "If they start during the day, try to transport the corpse here, throw it into the sea while people are unprepared, and then return to Sanya Port at night to show up, it will also work in theory." To clear their name, an autopsy must first determine the approximate time and cause of Hassan's death. ”

I have to say that Johnson's work efficiency is still quite high, and before nightfall, he sent someone to deliver an autopsy report. Fu Li looked at it for a moment and sighed: "This is really not an accident, but a homicide!"

The autopsy report made it clear that there were no watery emphysema, internal foam, or drowning fluid in the respiratory tract and lungs of the corpse, and no foreign bodies such as aquatic plants were found in the mouth, stomach, and duodenum. However, there is obvious congestion in the internal organs, which is a manifestation of the contraction and discharge of blood from the spleen organs after the body is suffocated and hypoxic, which strengthens the oxygen-carrying capacity. Judging from the digestive matter in the stomach, the time of death should be between 6 p.m. and midnight, and the deceased must have eaten a sumptuous meal before dying, Johnson directly suggested starting the investigation from a nearby restaurant.

"The body had no obvious external injuries, and death by suffocation was not drowning. Fu Li summed up the autopsy report word for word: "This is a case of murder and dumping of corpses!" (To be continued.) )