Chapter 32: The Scars Beneath the Clothes

"According to the way I saw Su Qian that day, it can be determined that Su Qian died of the wound of the neck artery. But in that case, how can this strangulation mark be explained? ”

Zhuo Ran stared at the slash, and then at the strangulation mark. The skin near the strangulation marks is purple, due to blood clotting, and there are rope-like patterns on the skin. These are enough to prove that this Daole was caused shortly before Su Qian's death.

"Do you think it's possible that two people want to kill this Su Qian? The first person tried to strangle her, but he missed, did not strangle her completely, and only made the victim temporarily unconscious.

And when the second murderer arrived at the scene, he found Su Qian who was dying, so he brought him to your house for some purpose, and then killed him with a knife? ”

Zuo Qingfeng's speculation is very reasonable, but another problem arises.

"Then what was the purpose of the first person who wanted to kill Su Qian?"

Zhuo Ran asked Zuo Qingfeng, in fact, Zhuo Ran had already had some speculation in his heart through various clues, but this speculation was very illogical, and even a little impossible.

Zuo Qingfeng listened to Zhuo Ran's question, but he was very at a loss, speculating that the motive for the crime required many prerequisites, first of all, to confirm the identity of the murderer, and then whether there was some kind of contradiction between the murderer and the deceased. And now that you don't know anything, it's a bit embarrassing to try to guess the motive for the crime.

"Well, Brother Zhuo Ran, you're a little embarrassed for me, where do I start to speculate?"

At this moment, Zhuo Ran glanced at Su Liang on the side, and saw Su Liang leaning on the pillar, and he was also looking directly at Zhuo Ran's side. Obviously, even if the two of them talked quietly, they could still be heard in this lonely hall.

Zhuo Ran turned his head and motioned to Zuo Qingfeng not to continue the topic. If the answer to this question was really as Zhuo Ran had guessed, he couldn't believe what Su Liang's expression would be.

In ancient times, it was this brotherhood that was commendable. Su Qian and Su Liang are like this, and so are Wang Ran and Wang Zhuoran. Su Liang was already on the verge of collapse at the moment, and if he was stimulated again, Zhuo Ran didn't know what would happen.

"Let's record it first, and when we go back, we will compare the intelligence and clues and analyze it slowly."

Zuo Qingfeng also understood Zhuo Ran's meaning, glanced at Su Liang, and lowered his head to record these characteristic traces.

took out a piece of white cloth and covered the deceased's face, Zhuo Ran began to push the oil lamp down, pulled open Su Qian's sleeves with his hands, and untied his blouse, revealing his shoulders. Suddenly, several blackened bruises appeared on Su Qian's shoulders and other positions.

Zhuo Ran touched these scars with his hand, they were a little hard, and a thick layer of cuticle had actually formed, which was an old wound.

Zhuo Ran motioned to the officers and soldiers on the side, reversed Su Qian's body, and pulled his clothes down further, revealing his entire back, and his arms were also exposed. Suddenly, there was a shock.

Even the officers and soldiers holding oil lamps on the side shook their hands when they saw these terrible scars.

Because on Su Qian's back and wrists, there were bruises of all sizes, and there was hardly any intact skin. In some places, this large area of blood scabs has coagulated. In our experience, these were all caused by some kind of blunt force blow.

Zuo Qingfeng couldn't stand it anymore, after all, he was still a young criminal officer, and he didn't have much contact with corpses. And his father usually wouldn't let him see such a horrible corpse.

And Zhuo Ran has long been used to it, and the various corpses he has seen have seen more than a hundred. Touching these wounds with your hands, feeling their hardness and area, can tell a lot. However, even if it is Zhuo Ran's heart, he can't help but feel a little touched in his heart, and the person who started it is really too ruthless.

Zhuo Ran could even faintly hear the girl's desperate cries in his brain through the scars.

Due to the wearing of laundry gloves, the contact is still not clear enough, after all, the material is relatively hard, and it is very heavy, far less than the gloves applied.

There was no way, in order to better analyze these scars, Zhuo Ran took off the gloves directly, and he didn't care about the virus, and there was no other good way to do it under difficult conditions.

Since it had been more than 30 hours since the deceased died, his body had long since become stiff, and his muscles had softened. At this time, the touch of the body, except that there is no temperature, is the same as that of a living person.

The wounds and bruises were a little hard, with only a few lighter spots that were soft to the touch. This is a phenomenon of blood stiffness caused by the blood in the ruptured capillaries penetrating into the tissue fluid and coagulation. But Zhuo Ran is not confirming this at this moment, but the condition of the superficial skin of these bruises.

Generally, the fat or muscle tissue in the body suffers from blood stiffness, and the superficial dermis will slowly harden due to blood supply problems, although it will cause a large amount of skin keratinization, but it can also protect the tissues under the skin from secondary damage.

The formation of these keratins takes time, and the approximate time is the second to third day of bruising.

Based on this feature, the dehydrated state of the stratum corneum can determine the time of formation of these wounds. Zuo Qingfeng looked at Zhuo Ran touching Su Qian's body, his expression was a little embarrassed, and the traditional etiquette made him feel that Zhuo Ran was very immoral by doing this.

However, after he saw Zhuo Ran's serious face, it was not easy for him to complain.

"These wounds formed at a strange time, as far as a month ago, some as close as just formed, and many of them seem to overlap each other." Zhuo Ran frowned, in other words, this Su Qian had been abused for at least a month.

After listening to Zhuo Ran's narration, Zuo Qingfeng was also angry, although he didn't understand the principle. "What kind of person is this, he would bear to hurt such a weak woman, he deserves death!"

But speaking of this, Zuo Qingfeng had doubts in his heart. "Didn't you say that there were probably two murderers? So which one did these wounds do? ”

Zhuo Ran shook his head, the current clues could not allow him to make an inference, and it was difficult to say whether there were two murderers or not. You can only continue to dig deep slowly.

Putting on his clothes from his back, he turned the body over again. Then there's the question of nails.

Zhuo Ran spread out Su Qian's palm, but found that the nails had been trimmed, and the traces were erased. Zhuo Ran was not much disappointed at the moment. After all, this is ancient times, and there is very little physical evidence that can be extracted from fingernails. In modern times, this is a great deal of attention because a lot of key information can be found in things like nails and mouth. Things like dandruff, fabric fibers, and even dirt are all very important references.

Zuo Qingfeng recorded the traces that Zhuo Ran showed him, and observed the details of Zhuo Ran's autopsy. I can't help but compare my father's methods in my heart, obviously it is the defeat of my father, and Zhuo Ran is called professional here.

"Is it recorded?" Zhuo Ran asked Zuo Qingfeng.

Zhuo Ran asked this question, in fact, it was almost the autopsy, because he had promised Zuo Qingfeng that he would not damage his body, otherwise Zhuo Ran would definitely take out a knife and dig out the bones and internal organs under each scar for murder analysis.

Zuo Qingfeng nodded, but he remembered a key point in his heart.

"Didn't you say you wanted to confirm whether this Su Qian was pregnant? So, how do you get tested? ”。

Regarding this problem, Zhuo Ran also has a headache. If the corpse is not allowed to be autopsied, it is impossible to obtain key physical evidence such as the placenta.

However, Zhuo Ran thought of another way, but it would be a little troublesome at that time. That's the simplest test for HCG hormones.