As soon as the door of the "Royal One" was pushed open, the women sitting on the sofas inside waiting for the night to come cast their eyes on it.

When they saw that there were two tall and good-looking young men who pushed the door in, they immediately became interested. It is rare for a guest to come over so early, and not only is it beautiful to look at, but the tall figure also makes these women full of expectations for the next service work.

Several of the women couldn't wait to stand up and greet Meng Jie and Wu Zhe, and their enthusiastic posture startled both of them.

"We're looking for Zhu Xi," Wu Zhe said, "Why aren't there any guests here in the afternoon?" ”

When the women saw that the person who came was looking for the owner of this shop, and knew that it was not the object of their business, their faces were a little regretful, "The nightlife only starts at night, of course you are not too early." ”

The woman who said this threw a few winks at Wu Zhe, as if she still wanted to fight for this business, her face was indeed relatively good, but Wu Zhe obviously had no interest in this kind of dusty woman.

He looked around, didn't see the shadow of Zhu Xi and the others, and asked again, "What about your boss?" ”

"Both bosses are upstairs, do you need to call them for you?"

"Just call Zhu Xi," Wu Zhe smiled "hehe".

"Why are you here?" Zhu Xi walked down the stairs, she just heard the staff of the store come up and say that there were two men downstairs looking for her, and she was wondering if it was Meng Jie and Wu Zhe, and when she came down, it was really them.

"Not welcome?" Wu Zhe deliberately teased, "You look a little weird today." ”

"Huh? How is it strange? Zhu Xi was stunned for a moment, subconsciously touched his cheek with his hand, and asked with a puzzled expression.

"It's weird, it's pretty." Wu Zhe laughed.

Only then did Zhu Xi realize that she had been teased by Wu Zhe, but she was praised by a man she had a good impression of, and her mood suddenly improved a lot.

Noticing that there was a little melancholy in Zhu Xi's smile, Wu Zhe quickly restrained his thoughts of joking and teasing her, and asked in a deep voice, "What happened?" ”

"Come on," Zhu Xi beckoned to the two of them, and said to the women downstairs, "You're busy with yours." ”

Meng Jie and Wu Zhe followed Zhu Xi upstairs, and the three of them entered a room similar to an office. At this time, there were already many people inside, and they were all familiar faces of the two of them.

"It's the two of you, I just wondered who would come to look for Xiaoxi," Zhu Shibin saw that the people Zhu Xi brought in were Meng Jie and Wu Zhe, so he said hello to them.

"Qibin, go mix two glasses and drink them," Zhu Shibin said and instructed the thin bartender.

"What's going on today?" Wu Zhe felt that the atmosphere was a little wrong, everyone was sitting in the office, although no one was smoking, but the air inside made people feel very dull.

"Brother Nan has just been here on the front foot," Zhu Shibin said, "Yingdong is dead." ”

"How?" Neither Meng Jie nor Wu Zhe reacted.

"Someone who died?" Wu Zhe asked.

"The identity of the deceased is not clear, the body was found in the afternoon, and it is only known that it is a prostitute," Zhu Xi took over his brother's words, "Brother Nan came here mainly to remind us to pay attention to safety, and pay more attention to the female service staff in the store." ”

"Fortunately, people are not here to die," Fu Kegang said, "The shop where the accident occurred is Baganzai's, the store has been sealed, and the owner and the guy should have been brought back to the team by Brother Nan for investigation."

"The fire at the city gate has affected the pond fish, there will definitely be a rectification in the next two days, it depends on when the notice will come down, and our business here will inevitably be affected." Zhu Shibin sighed, his face a little depressed.

Huang Qibin brought in the mixed wine and placed it in front of Meng Jie and Wu Zhe respectively.

"Thanks, brother," Wu Zhe patted his arm and asked him to sit next to him.

"Tell me what's going on?" Meng Jie didn't expect that not long after he came to Chongming, he would encounter a homigre.

"The shop where the accident happened is called 'Qingliangli', and the owner is from Bagan," Zhu Xi said what he had learned from Gu Annan earlier, "It is said that the deceased spent the night in the store last night, but the body was only found this afternoon." ”

"Is there a wound? Where is the wound? Wu Zhe asked.

"Brother Nan said that the wound is on the neck, and I don't know the specific situation," Zhu Xi shook his head.

Wu Zhe and Meng Jie glanced at each other, and there were many puzzled looks on their faces, but unfortunately the information that Zhu Xi could provide was very limited, and there were very few parts that could be used for analysis.

"Did Captain Gu tell you anything else?" Wu Zhe continued to ask.

"Brother Nan asked us to give the waitresses downstairs a holiday, and try to stop this business during this time." Zhu Xi said that his face was a little embarrassed, "I went down to discuss with them first, everyone is reluctant to go back to rest, I thought about it, after all, most of them have the pressure of life on them." ”

"In this way, then you must pay more attention to safety, Meng Jie and I will go to Captain Gu's now, understand the situation first, and then see if we can help anything," Wu Zhe thought about it and decided to go to Gu Annan immediately. Just now I heard Zhu Xi mention that the wound of the deceased was on the neck, which made him quite surprised.

Wu Zhe has been working in the courts since he retired from the field army, and he has been in contact with similar cases in the past, but almost all of the deceased were prostitutes, and the cause of death was nothing more than a dispute with the prostitute client over the issue of prostitution, which led to the intensification of the conflict. Now he had heard that the deceased was a prostitute, which rarely happened, and the wound on his neck was a big suspicion.

"The wound on the neck ......," Wu Zhe became more and more puzzled when he thought of this, and he couldn't help but be firm in his heart to go to Gu Annan to understand the situation.

"I have to go to Captain Gu to ask about the situation," Meng Jie also nodded, he was assigned to the Public Security Bureau after he was discharged from the army with Wu Zhe, and he was also very familiar with this kind of case, and the suspicions in it were also clear at a glance.

"Brother Fu, the safety here is up to you," Wu Zhelin told Fu Kegang as he went out, "If you need help with anything, go directly to the Dongtan International Conference Center to find us." ”

"Don't worry," Fu Kegang nodded.

The two walked out of the gate of "Royal One" and went straight to Gu Annan's security brigade station, where they happened to meet Gu Annan who was about to go out again.

"Captain Gu," Meng Jie shouted at him, "I heard that the Zhu Shibin brothers and sisters said that something happened to us in Yingdong?" ”

Meng Jie's words made Gu Anan stunned for a moment, he didn't expect that these two people came for the murder case. Gu Anan nodded, glanced around, lowered his voice and said to Meng Jie and Wu Zhe, "This is not the place to talk, let's go in and talk." ”

Meng Jie and Wu Zhe followed Gu Annan back to the office building of the security brigade, and the three of them came to a vacant room together, and Gu Anan waited for them to come in together, and then closed the door of the room.

The room was empty, except for a table in the middle. Meng Jie and Wu Zhe noticed that the platform was covered by a large white cloth, and judging from the protruding outline from above, it should be a corpse underneath.

"This is the dead?" Meng Jie asked.

Gu Annan nodded, "I won't ask about your identity in the Dongtan International Conference Center, but I can trust you two." Now I can't find any clue about this matter for a while, you have come just in time, and you can help me with the staff. ”

"Okay," Meng Jie and Wu Zhe came for this matter, and when they saw Gu Anan say this, they were naturally obliged.

Meng Jie opened the white cloth, revealing the deceased's pale face underneath.

"The time of death should have been more than twelve hours, this is the conclusion of a previous forensic examination. Look here," Gu Annan pointed to the neck of the corpse, "All the wounds of the deceased are concentrated on the neck, and there are no fractures or traces of trauma in other parts. The medical examiner has not been able to confirm what kind of equipment caused the wound for the time being, and I plan to consult a more professional person in Hengsha again. ”

Meng Jie leaned over and carefully examined the wound on the deceased's neck, a man in his forties, his appearance was very ordinary, and he was a little bald, and his cheeks were slightly fat. The thin wound appeared in the innermost part of the deceased's chin, a little above the Adam's apple.

The wound seemed to have been cut open by a sharp weapon, and the torn flesh on the neck turned outward, looking very hideous. There were also a lot of clotted blood scabs next to the wounds, and the deceased's clothes were also stained red with large blood stains.

Meng Jie noticed that the wound was thin and long, and it went directly around his neck, he narrowed his eyes and pondered for a moment, "Strangled?" But the rope can't be so deep. ”

"The forensic doctor said the same thing," Gu Annan nodded, "Look at this. ”

As he spoke, he pulled out a blue glove from the table where the body was placed, put it on, and then opened the wounds on the sides of the deceased's neck with his hands.

"Directly strangle the blood vessels of the great arteries!" After Meng Jie and Wu Zhe saw the details inside the wound clearly, they were both surprised.

"Well, that's why the forensic doctor can't identify the murder weapon," Gu Annan continued, "I have speculated that it is something like a thin rope before, such as nylon thread or thin steel wire, but I have found these things and tested them on my arm, unless I use a machine to strangle these ropes, I can't strangle the arteries on both sides of my neck with human physical strength." ”

Gu Annan rolled up his sleeves as he spoke, revealing several eye-catching strangulation marks on his arms.

Meng Jie and Wu Zhe both nodded, the two of them very much agreed with Gu Annan's inference, they had also learned the knowledge of human muscles, bones and blood vessels in the army before, and knew that in addition to the major arteries on both sides of the neck, there was also a layer of tough anterior neck muscles that played a protective role.

The blade of a knife can easily cut through the skin and these muscles, but an item such as string will never achieve this cut-like effect unless it is hard enough or pulls fast enough on the neck.

In the opinion of Meng Jie and Wu Zhe, the strength of human hands cannot create this speed, and it depends on hardness to cause this effect, and things like steel wires cannot meet the requirements.

"The tools that caused this cut-like wound must have been very thin," Mr. Wu said.

"Captain Gu, can you take a few photos of the wound for us to bring back? We have a very professional guy in our department, maybe he can provide some useful information. Meng Jie suddenly thought of Liu Jiajun.