The body was stiff, with a deep strangulation mark on its neck, it was well dressed, there were no signs of struggle, and there were no signs of a fight at the scene. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

"The time of death was between 1 a.m. and 1:30 a.m., and I don't think it was the scene of the first crime." Xu Tian observed the surroundings of the corpse and said.

"At that time, I should be sending Xiao Ai home, it's not far from the entrance of the village, if there is a murder, I can't ignore it." The old village chief said.

Officer Zhang on the side looked very nervous, because Officer Zhang should have just run back to the village in a panic at that time, and the old village chief and Xiao Ai could confirm it.

"Lao Zhang, you ran from this direction to the village at that time yesterday, and I still wondered, why did you leave the village in the middle of the night?"

"It's not me, it's not me who killed Xu Sanye, I did follow Xu Sanye last night, but I didn't kill him!"

"Who's that? Xiao Aike and I saw you running back to the village from this direction with our own eyes, and you still want to quibble? ”

Officer Zhang had no words to continue arguing, and all indications indicated that it was Officer Zhang who killed Xu Sanye.

Xu Tian observed the surroundings of Xu Sanye, there were a few small pebbles whose colors were very different from the bricks on the small bridge, Xu Tian took advantage of no one to pay attention, and secretly hid those small pebbles in his pocket.

"Old village chief, there are only indications that Officer Zhang may be the murderer, but there is no evidence, don't you think it's strange to see that Xu Sanye's waist is also tied with a rope?"

What does this mean? Isn't it the rope that strangled Xu Laosan? ”

"It doesn't look like it, the rope around Xu Sanye's waist is relatively thick, and if you look at the strangulation marks on Xu Sanye's neck, it seems to be strangled with several small rope-like objects, and the prisoner is very unprofessional, and there are a few shallow strangulation marks on Xu Sanye's chin."

"What do you want to say? Don't beat around the bush. ”

"I think Xu Sanye should have been killed by the murderer at that time, which is different from Xu Fugui's premeditated murder, did you see anyone else last night besides Officer Zhang? The distance to and from is counted. ”

The old village chief tilted his head and carefully recalled the situation of last night. "I remember seeing Lao Zhang shortly after I left the village, and when I was about to get to the store, I saw Huang Quan take two packs of instant noodles and go to the village...... I also passed by Xu Laoer's house, and I saw you guarding the spirit, and it was gone. ”

"The old village chief is still passing by me? I didn't feel it at all, was I sleepy? ”

"I didn't see it, it was pitch black, and I saw a back."

"Did you see Aunt Xu in the store?"

"Of course I saw it, yesterday Xiao Ai was her mother who asked her to find me."

"What must I do to find you so late? It's very unconscionable. ”

"Don't doubt the two of you, I'll tell you this in private, now hurry up and give your second master a funeral, it's not good after a while."

Xu Tian picked up his mobile phone and took dozens of photos of the scene, and then continued to walk up the hill with the back of the funeral procession.

Officer Zhang was silent all the way, and when he walked to the entrance of the mountain road, Xu Tian found that the road here was a little different from when he was a child.

There was a dense field of weeds at the entrance, and several large trees had been added, Xu Tian remembered that when he was a child, this was a straight mountain road entrance, but now he had to bypass those weeds, and from the outside, the entrance didn't look like he could enter at all.

"You followed Xu Sanye here yesterday?"

"Almost, but I'm a little far away, about 300 meters!"

"Are you sure it's Xu Sanye walking in front?"

"I'm pretty sure, after all, I've been a police officer for more than 20 years, and I still have this bit of observation."

"One thing I care about, you must have passed by the small bridge when you went back, did you find anyone under the bridge at that time?"

"I really didn't pay attention to this, do you think there was still someone following me at that time?"

"I'm also speculating, because I found a few small pebbles stained with mud and sand next to Xu Sanye's body, and now there is no wet land in the village, it still looks very arid, and there should be no other place to hide except under the bridge."

"Then we should go under the bridge and check it out, maybe we can find footprints."

"Check it out, by the way, what about the people from the county public security?"

"Yesterday, Xu Fugui's body was taken away overnight, and I went back to the town for an autopsy, and I told them that if there was a situation, I would call the store immediately."

"Very good, after we go down the mountain, we will divide into two ways, I will investigate the cause of Xu Sanye's death, and you go to call the forensic doctor who did the autopsy in the town and tell them to focus on examining Xu Fugui's shoes and feet."

"No problem!"

After walking for about an hour on the rugged mountain road, the funeral procession arrived at the village cemetery, which was a mass grave before liberation, and later the villagers used this as a cemetery, where all those who died were buried for decades.

The grave had already been dug up, and the villagers put the coffin directly into the grave, when the dark clouds in the sky blocked the sunlight, and the clear sky gradually darkened.

Xu Tian's attention was not on the funeral at all, and now Xu Tian was still thinking about Xu Sanye's corpse, in addition to those few suspicious pebbles, Xu Tian was also very interested in the rope on Xu Sanye's waist.

What exactly does that rope do? Why did the murderer deliberately tie the rope to Xu Sanye's waist? When Xu Fugui was killed, the murderer used a rope to put Xu Fugui into the well in order to let people quickly find the body, but Xu Sanye leaned on the small bridge like that, wasn't that rope completely superfluous?

Thinking of this extra move, Xu Tian thought of Xu Fugui again, there was also an extra move when Xu Fugui died, what was the murderer's intention?

Officer Zhang patted Xu Tian lightly behind him and motioned for Xu Tian to go farther.

"What's wrong? Did you think of something? ”

"Xu Tian, there is one thing I have always held in my heart, and that is ...... Even last night, after I returned to the village, I passed by your second master's house, and I also took a look in the courtyard, when you knelt in front of the coffin, but I thought that the kneeling person was not you at all. ”

"What did you say?" Xu Tian's back instantly cooled to the soles of his feet.

"I can't say, but I just don't think that person is like you, because the lights in the yard were dim at that time, and the lights in the house were not turned on, but there was a figure kneeling in front of the coffin, I have been a policeman for more than 20 years, although I have not handled any major cases, but my cognitive ability is still there."

"Impossible, I have been kneeling in front of the coffin of the second master yesterday and have never left for a moment."

"What about going to the bathroom? Didn't you go to the toilet? It was a whole night! How can you not kneel for a long time. ”

Hearing Officer Zhang's words, Xu Tian's mind became more and more confused, all the scenes last night, Xu Tian immediately filtered through his mind, but at this moment, there was a sudden sound of knocking inside the coffin, except for the old village chief and Grandma Xu, everyone was so frightened that they fled in all directions.

The lid of the coffin was suddenly pushed open, and Hua Gu sat up from inside the coffin in a bright red coat.