The body was found by the river near the primary school in Huotan Village, Muqiao Township, by villagers grazing cattle in the morning.

The comrades at the police station had already set up a cordon around the corpse, and there were quite a few people standing outside watching the excitement. Director Huang Guiping and Deputy Director Liu Weimin are maintaining order at the scene.

"Forest Bureau ......," Huang Guiping continued after greeting, "The body was found around eight o'clock in the morning, and the scene was immediately protected when we arrived, but it was just ......."

"Go on."

"The upper body of the deceased was scorched."

Lin Wencong turned his face to look at Huang Guiping as he walked, "Then how do you know that the deceased is Li Chuang?" ”

"The clothes on the lower half of his body are basically intact, the pants and shoes of the deceased match what Li Chuang was wearing before his disappearance, and we found identification in his trouser pocket."

Enter the cordon and walk over to the corpse. After Liu Debao saw the upper half of the corpse, he couldn't help but vomit again, and he couldn't change this habit. It was the first time for Lu Qingqing to observe a corpse at such a close distance, and it was an unrecognizable corpse, and her heart instantly overflowed with horror and fear, and she clung to the corner of Wu Ping's clothes.

The medical examiner begins to do a preliminary autopsy.

The body lay on its back by the river. The upper body was charred by the fire and could not be recognized, and the part below the navel was submerged in the shallow water of the river beach. The right hand is curved and all charred; The left hand is scorched above the elbow and submerged in water below the elbow, which is relatively intact. Not far from the body was an oil drum, the lid opened and dumped on the ground. It's filled with gasoline.

"Have you moved the corpses?" Wu Ping asked Huang Guiping.

"No, everything remains the same."

"Director Huang, what do you think?" Lin Wencong asked Huang Guiping, he didn't ask Wu Ping because he knew that Wu Ping could see the reason at a glance.

"In my opinion, the deceased committed suicide. Gasoline was poured overhead, ignited and quickly caused a fire. Driven by the great pain caused by the burning, driven by the instinctive desire to survive, he ran into the river. So the upper body was burned, and the lower body was relatively intact. Huang Guiping replied.

"If that's the case, it should be the upper body in the water and the lower body on the shore." Lin Wencong's speculation is very reasonable, after the upper body is on fire, the person runs forward, and the position where he falls down should be his head in front and his feet in the back.

Huang Guiping nodded again and again, "What the Forestry Bureau analyzed was that I was wrong. ”

"Not necessarily. There are two possibilities, one is that the deceased slipped into his current position due to the moss growing on the rocks of the shallows during the chaotic running, and the upper body continued to burn until it is now, and the lower body was submerged in the water and the fire was extinguished. Wu Ping touched his chin and said, "But under normal circumstances, the human body filled with gasoline will burn quickly after being ignited, and people will only spin or roll or crawl in place under extreme pain and fear, and it is difficult for the deceased to consciously run to the river." ”

"And what do you mean?" Lin Wencong was very dissatisfied with Wu Ping's public denial of his inference.

"There is no rush to conclusions now."

After the forensic doctor completed the preliminary examination work, he reported to Lin Wencong, "The Forestry Bureau, the preliminary inference is that the time of death was between 1 and 3 o'clock in the morning, and the cause of death was burns. Fingerprints and body tissue samples of the deceased have been taken. ”

"Bao, can you start work?" Wu Ping asked Liu Debao, he was still throwing up.

Liu Debao found a bottle of water and took a sip, "You assign the task." He tried to keep his eyes from passing over the corpses lying by the river.

"Find out what's going on in the neighborhood." Wu Ping didn't say that Liu Debao knew what was included, and he instructed the criminal policeman Lu Fei, "You take someone to ask the people over there, and investigate the things that happened in the river and nearby villages yesterday afternoon and this morning, especially the suspicious people and things." "Lu Fei is more advanced in the police force than Liu Debao, he is more introverted, dull and does not like to talk, and his brain is not as lively as Liu Debao, but he is very solid.

"Martial team, what am I doing?" Lu Qingqing's voice was a little low, she hadn't completely recovered from the panic of seeing the corpse for the first time.

"You follow Po."

Wu Ping made proper arrangements, found a fast big stone in a farther place, and sat down to smoke. Now is his time to think, and he doesn't want to be disturbed.

Half an hour passed, and Liu Debao and Lu Qingqing's search work ended: there were no traces of a fight at the scene, and there was no physical evidence left by the suspects. To put it simply, no one else has entered the scene except for Li Chuang, the villagers who found his body, and the police.

Li Chuang set fire to himself.

"Are you sure there is nothing else?" Wu Ping listened to the report while smoking, and after listening, he continued to smoke, and a look of uneasiness flashed on his face, as if Liu Debao's search results were completely unexpected.

"No, we searched inch by inch, and we made sure there was none."

Wu Ping looked at Lu Qingqing, she was careful.

Lu Qingqing shook his head, "Martial team, I know what you're looking for, but there's really none." ”

"Hehe...... Wu Ping was stunned, he didn't believe that the little girl in front of him could guess his thoughts.

Now, we can only wait for the results of Lu Fei's investigation.

Soon, Lu Fei's questioning ended: the nearest household to the scene of the crime was about 800 meters to 1 kilometer away, the crime occurred in the middle of the night, the villagers were sleeping, and only one elderly villager got up to urinate at night. According to him, he seemed to have seen a moving fire from a distance, but his ears were not good, and he did not hear any sound, and he thought that his eyes were hazy. In the days leading up to the incident, as usual, nothing unusual had occurred, and when it came to strangers, no one else had been present except for the shaver and the tinker who went from house to house to search for accidents.

"I found this, though." Lu Fei's gloved hand was spread out, and it was a lighter.

Seeing the lighter, Wu Ping's eyes lit up, and he flicked the unfinished cigarette between his fingers, "How can it be in your hand?" ”

"When I asked the villager who found the body, I saw that he looked unusual, and when I pressed him, he confessed that he found a lighter next to the body, and when he saw that he was still angry, he put it in his pocket, and then he saw the body."

"Pack it carefully, it's key physical evidence. Back to the brigade. Wu Ping's emotions were high.

Liu Debao was puzzled, a lighter, even if the deceased used it to ignite it, so what, "Do you know that the martial arts team is looking for a lighter?" He asked Lu Qingqing.

"Hmm," Lu Qingqing nodded.

"Why?"

"You're so smart, you'll know if you think about it." Lu Qingqing kept up with Wu Ping's pace.

Liu Debao caught up, "The martial arts team often praises you in front of us, saying that your reasoning thinking is different from ours, and also saying that in time, you will become a new star in the police force, don't sell it, say it." Lu Fei also caught up and was next to Lu Qingqing.

In the team, Lu Qingqing has always been spoiled like a treasure, and not many people usually dare to approach her, let alone deliberately trap her. Her beautiful figure, tranquil smile, and soft and delicate voice are the dream objects of the entire brigade and even the single male police officers of the entire Public Security Bureau. However, she has been kept in a greenhouse by the captain, and criminal policemen like Liu Debao and Lu Fei, who often go out on missions, rarely have the opportunity to have such a long and close contact with her. Now, the opportunity has come, and no one will let it go easily.

Lu Qingqing smiled, "Okay, for your sake's sake." The reason is very simple: whether Li Chuang commits suicide or kills him, the fire must always be ignited......" She looked at Liu Debao and then at Lu Fei, and the two felt dizzy and nodded again and again. Lu Qingqing continued, "So, something that is not ignited is very abnormal. Now that the lighter is found, it can be basically deduced whether Li Chuang committed suicide or killed him. ”

"None?" Lu Fei scratched the back of his head.

"Leave some suspense for you, if you talk too much, the martial arts team will criticize me for being a showman." Lu Qingqing caught up with Wu Ping and no longer paid attention to the two.