When the sun just rose, many middle-aged and elderly people have gathered in the big square by the sea in Hongling Bay to exercise in the morning.

An old man who went into the sea to swim returned to the shore, got dressed and walked down the beach from west to east. This is his daily habit, swimming in the sea for half an hour, and after coming ashore, he must walk back and forth along the seashore in order to better move his muscles and bones. However, when he had just walked less than a dozen meters away, he ran to the shore with his hands open in horror and shouted at the people who were exercising in the morning.

Several middle-aged and elderly men and women ran over, and under the guidance of the old swimmer, they saw a female corpse gently undulating with the waves in the reef group not far ahead.

Less than three minutes after calling the police, the patrol arrived at the scene. Ten minutes later, Director Zhou Sen of the Honglingwan Police Station also rushed over with several police officers.

Director Zhou hurriedly commanded everyone to salvage the corpse, while frowning and muttering: "Why do you want to find a short sight for this good person?"

Zhou Sen has not been transferred to the Honglingwan Police Station for a short time, and he has heard that swimmers often drown here in the summer, and there are occasional short-sighted incidents. However, now that summer has not yet arrived, although the swimmer has never stopped exercising on the beach, it is the first time he has encountered such a corpse floating on the sea as today.

"How can Director Zhou conclude that this girl is looking for a short-sighted?"

As soon as Zhou Sen turned around, he saw that Luo Yang, the captain of the Criminal Investigation Brigade of the Sub-Bureau, was standing behind him, and he couldn't help but say in his heart, this kid belongs to a cat, and he came when he smelled fishy. But he said: "Team Luo, you can be fast, I just arrived here with the front foot, and you will come here with the back foot." You said she didn't drown in a bath, don't you see how she floated in the sea?"

Zhou Sen was right, the deceased was neatly dressed, and it was definitely not the costume of a swimmer who went to the sea.

"That's not necessarily, how did she die in the sea, we have to talk about it after the forensic examination." Luo Yang replied unceremoniously.

Zhou Sen's face was a little unbearable, Luo Yang said this to him in front of so many policemen, which made him unhappy, but he couldn't say anything more.

The body was quickly recovered, and forensic doctor Liu Ming immediately stepped forward to conduct an autopsy. Zhou Sen wanted his judgment to be confirmed, just like Luo Yang, his eyes did not leave his hand for a moment. Ten minutes later, Liu Ming stood up and beckoned several comrades from the technical section, "Let's go back to the bureau." ”

Luo Yang stepped forward and asked, "How is it?"

"It's not entirely certain yet. Judging from the autopsy just now, suicide is more likely, but homicide is not discharged. ”

When Zhou Sen heard this, a look of joy appeared on his face. He looked at Luo Yang with some pride, "It rained so heavily last night, except for her who couldn't think of it, who could push her into the sea?"

"According to Zhou's analysis, it is impossible for criminals to commit crimes in bad weather?"

"I didn't mean that."

Liu Ming smiled, "One thing can be determined, she must have drowned, not thrown into the sea after death." ”

"That's still suicide." Zhou Sen said again.

"It can't be said that whether he killed him or not will have to wait for the autopsy to be decided. Of course, if there is other physical evidence, it can also be determined. Now there are no major bruises on the deceased's body, such as broken bones or anything like that. This shows that the time when she fell into the water was when the sea was at full tide, if she did not go from the shallow water to the deep sea by herself, but took the cliff jump to the sea. According to the habit of normal suicide by throwing themselves into the sea, they generally choose to do so when the sea is at full tide. For in this way he would at least feel less fearful in his heart, even though he had the conviction to die. But when it really comes time to face death, he will still hesitate and be nervous. You see, the seaside in this area is full of reefs, so people who want to commit suicide by throwing themselves into the sea will choose to do so when the tide is full, not when the tide is dry. ”

"Then why didn't she go into the sea by herself from the shallow waters?" Zhou Sen was still a little unwilling.

"Because from the current post-mortem examination, the deceased has a large area of bruises on her body, which was caused by her throwing herself into the sea at full tide, indicating that the place where she fell into the water must have been at least 50 meters above sea level. There is a clear difference between the scars left by the collision of the reef and the bruises caused by the throwing into the sea. So, she couldn't have gone through the shallow water. ”

Luo Yang asked: "Then the time of her death should be after 8 o'clock last night?"

Luo Yang, a person who must read the newspaper every day, reads the tide rise and fall column, and he clearly remembered that the time when the sea was full last night was 8 o'clock.

"Yes, to be sure, it was between 8 and 10 o'clock last night."

Zhou Sen asked again: "Then why don't you rule out the possibility of him killing?" ”

"Yes, at the autopsy I found that the deceased had obvious tooth marks on his neck and chest. Judging from the depth of the tooth marks, she had acted or been violated before her death. There is a greater possibility of being violated, and it is completely a beastial attack that will bite people so hard, unless ......"

"Unless what?"

"Unless she's in a situation where she's completely deprived of personal freedom. Otherwise, no woman, even if she is an escort girl, will not tolerate a man biting her like that. ”

"Understood." This time it was Luo Yang's turn to get excited, "That is to say, the deceased was violated before his death. Then there are two possibilities for her death, one is that she was unbearable to be raped and committed suicide by throwing herself into the sea. The second is that she may have been thrown into the sea by the rapist. ”

"Yes, that's how it should be."

"Thank you, Forensic Doctor Liu, for the explanation." He turned to Zhou Sen and said, "The investigation of the source of the corpse will be carried out by Lao Zhou. ”

"Captain Luo, who didn't say it, we will arrange for someone to investigate the missing person immediately after returning to the station."

Zhou Sen raised his hand to Luo Yang and the others, and led his subordinates and the old man who was the first to find the female corpse back to the office.

……

Luo Yang's Mitsubishi jeep headed east along the seaside road, and at about two kilometers from Hongling Bay, he stopped. This is a place called Xianren Ridge, where although the terrain is steep, the scenery is very beautiful. All foreign tourists who come to Pingdao for sightseeing have no trip here. Even the citizens of this city, those young men and women who go to the marriage hall, take wedding photos here. The reason why Luo Yang brought the people of the criminal investigation team directly here was because on the seaside from Hongling Bay to Xianrenling, there were either deep grass and dense forests or steep slopes and deep ravines, and he believed that whether it was a person who committed suicide or wanted to take the life of others, he would not choose to be in such a place where he could not put his feet. The fairy ridge is different, although there are also cliffs and cliffs here, but in addition to the height of the cliff where Liu Ming said just now, there is a fairly open flat area on the side of the cliff top road, which is not only lush with vegetation, but also deep and dense forest. If the girl was indeed forcibly thrown into the sea, this is probably the best place to start.

Fang Bo was the first to jump out of the car, he looked at the surrounding terrain and shouted, "Boss, that beautiful girl fell into the sea from the Immortal Ridge?" ”

Luo Yang didn't answer, but Zhu Feng replied to him impatiently: "Hurry up and work, why is there so much nonsense?" ”

Fang Bo is a young criminal policeman who was assigned from the police academy only last year, and he is the youngest in the criminal investigation brigade, a lively and cute, handsome young man. As soon as he encounters a case, Luo Yang likes to take him with him. In addition to having some preference for him, the main thing is to train him. Because he looks very similar to Luo Yang, people in the bureau also call him Xiao Luoyang.

But today Luo Yang didn't bother to pay attention to him, like Zhu Feng, he was worried that this girl was killed by someone, after all, they had just gotten a little information about the "6.13" case.

The criminal policemen spread out in the shape of a fan in the Immortal Ridge, and soon Fang Bo shouted by the side of a bush: "Boss, come and see, there are traces of cars parked here, and traces of tree branches being scratched." ”

Luo Yang and Zhu Feng both rushed over. Behind a few tall and dense bushes, scraped branches showed new stubble, and a few car marks on the grass were sunk deep in muddy water. Luo Yang can clearly see passing cars when he looks at the road from the gap between the branches and leaves, but if there are cars parked here, he may not be able to see them from the outside, let alone on a stormy night. He leaned down again to take a closer look at his surroundings, and a few scattered footprints caught his attention. He beckoned to Zhu Feng, who was also bending down to check, "Team Zhu, come over with the camera." ”

He pointed to the footprints on the ground and said, "Look, these are the footprints that went in the direction of the cliff, and these are the footprints that returned." The footprints on the cliff head are deep, and the footprints on the back are shallow, which shows that the weight of his body is different. ”

He waved his hand to several other criminal policemen, "Follow this footprint to the cliff, look for me carefully, don't expose any small physical evidence." ”

Several criminal policemen went in the direction of the cliff, but Luo Yang stayed where he was and continued to check the scraped branches. Suddenly, his eyes lit up, and there was a small milky white patch of lacquer on a broken branch. The corners of his mouth curled up slightly mockingly, and he immediately pulled out a small plastic bag and put it up.

Soon, Fang Bo found new traces on the edge of the cliff. Luo Yang and Zhu Feng ran over together, and the branches and weeds here also had traces of being broken and overwhelmed.

Luo Yang looked down the cliff, which was about sixty or seventy meters above sea level. The moment he withdrew his gaze, he found a mass of tape and paper-like things hanging from the small tree branch more than ten meters away from the cliff head, and the corners of his mouth turned up again. After straightening up, he immediately instructed a criminal policeman: "Guo Dong, come to my car and bring the rope." ”

This is a young man who is a few years older than Fang Bo, with a simple appearance and a tall body.

Fang Bo said: "Boss, it's really yours, even the rope was brought." ”

Zhu Feng said: "His things are all kept in the car all year round. ”

Guo Dong quickly brought the rope. Luo Yang said excitedly while tying a rope to a tree with a thick bowl mouth: "If I am not wrong, it should be left by the perpetrator." ”

Everyone rushed Fang Bo to the bottom of the cliff, and soon, he waved his hand up at the bottom of the cliff. Everyone pulled him up again. As soon as he stood on his feet, he pulled out the mass of duct tape from his coat pocket.