Xu Ju nodded, and said thoughtfully: "In other words, Wu Qingguo's death will only be forty-eight hours at most, and we will go over to see where he lives in a while, and listen to what the forensic doctor has to say first." ”

The forensic doctor was already looking at the corpse when he questioned Xu Ju, and at this time he also turned back to us and said: "The deceased is a man, about 60 years old, with clear pinch marks on his neck, and the color is very dark. ”

We didn't pay attention to it, but when we heard the forensic doctor say this, we all hurriedly came over to take a closer look, and sure enough, there were pinch marks on the neck of the corpse, very deep ones, although they had been soaked in the well water for a while, they could still see very clearly.

"Judging from the fact that the palms of the corpse's hands were soaked and some were soft, and there were white wrinkles inside and outside, the time of death was generally more than 24 hours and less than 48 hours." The forensic doctor continued: "I tried it just now, but the well water is very cold, and the exact time is not sure for the time being. ”

Xu Ju nodded, and then asked, "What about the cause of death?" Did you drown or die of mechanical asphyxiation? ”

"Judging from the degree of swelling and floatation of the deceased's abdomen, it should have been a mechanical asphyxiation death, and there was not a lot of water choked into after death." The forensic doctor also looked around and said: "When we came in the morning, there were no traces of a struggle around, and I preliminarily speculated that this was not the scene of the crime, but should have been thrown into the well water after mechanical suffocation." ”

Leng Tong and I glanced at each other, and we both felt that the level of the forensic doctor in Pingshi was very good, and the analysis was also very reasonable, so we also thought so, so this should not be the first scene of the crime, someone threw the body in the well.

But I still feel that something is wrong, if I don't want to be discovered, I shouldn't throw the body here, and if I think about it, at least it would be better to bury it than here.

Thinking of this, I looked at the villagers and asked, "Which one is Chen Yumin who called the police?" ”

A man in his early thirties came out of the crowd and said, "I'm Chen Yumin." ”

I looked at Chen Yumin and asked, "Do you often draw water from this well?" ”

"We don't often draw water from this well, we also have a well down the mountain." Chen Yumin pointed to a piece of land not far from the right side as he spoke: "I just want to water the ground, and I came to fetch water by chance, and I usually don't water for ten days and half a month, because of the terrain, this well is dug very deep, and there is not much water." ”

"Oh!" I now understood that it wasn't surprising that people didn't come here very often to fetch water, so I nodded and said, "Okay, thank you." ”

Leng Tong also whispered at this time: "You mean you shouldn't throw corpses here, right?" ”

"Hmm!" I also whispered, "But it is reasonable to say that there are not often people here who fetch water, and once they are soaked for too long and become a giant, the pinch marks will not be visible, and they may think that they fell into the well by accident and died." ”

Leng Tong also nodded and said, "Well, it's very possible, but I didn't expect Chen Yumin to come to fetch water today, and he dropped the bucket into it and found the body in time." ”

Xu Ju also turned his head at this time and said, "Team Xing, let's go to the top of the slope together." ”

Team Xing agreed, took a few of us, followed Xu Ju, Gao Xiangyun, Li Jingqiang and others, went up the slope all the way, and called the daughter of the old Wu Tou to come to a house on the slope together.

This house is also good, brick and tile structure, but there are not too many things in it, it should not have moved the family over, the daughter of the old Wu Tou also said just now, that is, the father lives here alone, if it is not this season, he may go down the mountain to live.

The room is about fifty or sixty square meters, the door is open in the middle, and there is a window on the right side of the door, under which are some farm tools and a water tank.

There is a cabinet and a table on the right side, and in the cabinet are some dishes and chopsticks and other things, which can usually be gathered here, and there is a wooden chessboard on the table, and there are some wine bottles below, and it seems that the old man also often plays chess.

On the left side is a bed, with bedding on the bed, and a wall clock on the wall not far from the head of the bed, and near the bed are some beer bottles and liquor bottles, and it seems that the old man still drinks a lot.

There is no mess in the whole house, it looks very neat, even the bedding is not messy, maybe because there are not too many things, and it can't be seen that there has been a fight, it may not be the scene of the first crime.

Everyone walked around the house and didn't see anything suspicious.

Gao Xiangyun asked Lao Wutou's daughter at this time: "Where is your family's land?" ”

"It's the one in the back." Wu Qingguo's daughter cried and said: "I'll take you with me, I must solve the case and catch the murderer, my father died a miserable death!" ”

Gao Xiangyun nodded: "That's certain, take us to take a look, I suspect that someone went to steal your melon, and was found by your father, and in the process of tearing and beating, strangled your father and threw his body in the well." ”

Leng Tong and I glanced at each other, and both thought that what Gao Xiangyun said was very reasonable, and when I turned around to follow everyone out, Leng Tong suddenly grabbed me and pointed to the pile of beer bottles under Wu Qingguo's bed.

I followed my finger and saw that there seemed to be a chess piece behind the wine bottle, the kind of chess piece the size of a small apple, and it followed Leng Tong.

Leng Tong picked up the chess pieces behind the wine bottle, and it was still a red rook.

I couldn't help but say, "That's not reasonable, isn't it?" The chess player lost a rook, he should be looking for it, let's go over and take a look. ”

Leng Tong also nodded and walked to the table together.

At this time, Da Leizi also came in outside, and said with a smile: "I followed for a while, and found that the two of you didn't follow, so I came back, and sure enough, I'm still here, if you find anything, don't tell them, this high game has blown all the way, saying that his judgment is basically not wrong, someone must be stealing melons." ”

Leng Tong and I didn't pay attention to him, and looked carefully at the table with chess, in fact, I saw it when I came in just now, there were some peanuts and other things on it, and there were a few beer bottles and a liquor bottle under the table, everyone didn't care, and when I found a red car, the situation was different.

This is a game that has not been played long ago, with red on the right and black on the left, and the positions of the pieces are not out of order, except for one of Black's horses.

It can be seen that the situation of the red side is not very good, although it has not lost its children, it has also been completely suppressed.

Leng Tong looked at it and said: "If you look at the situation, the eldest son on both sides is there, the black side is two rooks, and it is impossible for the red side to fall off one rook, and it also falls over there, even if it can't be held, it should also fall on the right, don't you look for it in this case?" ”

"Could this be some urgency, go out?" I took it and said, "Then the game is not finished." ”

Leng Tong nodded, but didn't say anything, this situation is also possible, otherwise people who play chess would not be thrown away like this.

We were about to leave when I suddenly noticed a battery under the chair, it was a No. 5 battery, and I picked it up.

"This is the battery, where's the battery?" Leng Tong was about to leave, but when he saw this, he couldn't help but turn his head to look at the wall clock on the wall, which was the kind of quartz clock with a battery.

The two of us walked over in unison, glanced at the time on the wall clock, and then at the watch.

The wall clock is the kind of two watch hands, one is the hour hand, the other is the minute hand, there is no second hand, and it is impossible to see that it does not move, the wall clock is 10:55, and our watch is 10:40, and it is 15 minutes faster.

Leng Tong listened to it for a while, and then took a closer look at the wall clock, and then said: "Xiaoxiao, this wall clock is not leaving, and it has been wiped, is it because the battery has fallen?" ”

I took a closer look, it was the kind of wall clock with a plastic shell, it was indeed wiped, an old man lived here, it shouldn't be so clean, so he nodded and said: "I'll take it down and take a look, if the battery is not there, put it on and go, then there may be a problem." ”

I took off the wall clock, turned it over and looked, sure enough, there was no battery, I immediately put this No. 5 battery into it according to the positive and negative poles, listened to it, and the wall clock immediately began to move.

Leng Tong looked at the ground, there was no trace, and then said: "This wall clock should have fallen, because the glass is very small, it was not broken, and the battery was dropped, and then hung up, and I didn't pay attention to whether the wall clock could not go, what does this mean?" ”

I thought about it for a while and then said with some doubts: "There are no traces on the ground, is it a simple treatment?" Could it be that it was after a fight? ”

Leng Tong stared at the big eyes and said: "It's very possible, let's go to the table and take a look, there are still some things to eat, as well as beer and liquor, maybe it's because of chess?" Gun chess pieces? ”

I'm also dizzy, could it be that this Wu Qingguo was killed because he grabbed chess pieces? This is a bit bizarre and bizarre!

When we came again, we took a closer look at the chessboard on the table, and only one of the black horses was in an inaccurate position, and one of the red rooks was still falling there.

"Xiaoxiao, is this a horse to kick a car?" Leng Tong pointed to a position on the chessboard and said, "Red is gone, go grab the chess pieces?" ”

Da Leizi said in the back: "That's certain, if it's me, I won't do it, a big car, just kicked like this, won't it be lost?" ”

I also nodded and said, "It's also possible, you look at this bottle of liquor." ”

I picked up the bottle and drank only half of it, and there was only a small half of the bottle left, but there was only one cup on the table, on Black's side, and no cups on Red's side, but peanuts on both sides.

"What's the point of you two looking at this?" Da Leizi said in the back: "Isn't it normal to drink too much and grab chess pieces?" This man doesn't drink much, and he doesn't finish a bottle! ”

"You're not right!" Leng Tong thought about it and said: "If you want to say that you want to grab the chess pieces, it is also the red side that grabs it, not the side that drinks too much, and the wine glass is here." ”

I suddenly thought of something, and hurriedly said: "Tongtong, could it be that I killed someone by mistake because of grabbing the chess pieces, and I was afraid of leaving some traces, so I took away the wine glass?" ”

"It's very likely." Leng Tong nodded and said, "So this is the first scene of the murder?" ”

Da Leizi also glared and said, "You say that grabbing chess pieces kills people?" And then throw it into the well? ”

"Is it impossible?" I looked at Da Leizi and said, "Wu Qingguo is dead after all, there is still a chess piece over there, and the battery of the wall clock has also fallen off." ”