Chapter 599: The Last Four Hours

Mussen went around to the hatch of the bottom compartment and saw that the firefighters were removing the heavy objects on top and the scattered parts of the hull frame and gangway. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info

Suddenly, Mu Sen crouched down and looked at the deck and said, "Wait, what is this?" ”

Mo Zitong, Cheng Feng and Lao Xia all came around, looked at the deck that Mu Sen pointed to, and heard him say, "What kind of trace is this?" Shotgun bullets! Someone shot at the ship! ”

As soon as Lao Xia heard it, he knew that this matter was going to make a big fuss, so he whispered at the moment: "Mu Sen, it's better to say this in a small voice." We haven't figured out the situation yet, so don't let people get ...... misunderstood."

Mu Sen didn't care about diplomacy, he stood up and opened a piece of iron box and said, "What's wrong with this, it's definitely the traces of bullets!" Hurry up and open the bottom warehouse! ”

As soon as the words ended, the warriors worked together to pull the heavy hatch open.

Cheng Feng and Lao Xia couldn't wait to look down, and this look suddenly frightened the two veterans!

The iron ladder that should have been left at the exit was gone, and a pile of corpses was crowded under the black pressure, like a morgue refining chamber. Because the area of the bottom silo is too small, these corpses are almost crowded, and people are piled up in the bottom silo, full and tight. If nothing else, this should be the victim of the missing ship.

Mu Sen only glanced at it, and immediately beckoned to the trace examination and photography. It is very important to take pictures at the scene, so that you can record and preserve the information of the first time at the scene of the crime in detail.

When they were all busy, people began to come, and they went down one after another to put the corpses out.

The burned bodies had severe burns on the surface and were horrible. However, it has not yet reached the point of complete carbonization, and the outline can be faintly recognized.

Mu Sen pulled Mo Ziqi to the second floor, and then rummaged through the entire second and third floors, looking for many relics of the victims.

Mo Ziqi asked curiously, "How do you know that there are still relics of the victim on this ship?" Everything is almost burning, what do you think of? ”

"These people have been hijacked." Mu Sen said calmly.

"So sure?" Mo Zitong asked.

Because this case is extraordinary, Mo Zitong hopes that Mu Sen will carefully consider the results of his reasoning. In the previous cases, even if some details were wrong, the big deal was to take some detours when solving the case. But this case is different, and if one detail is wrong, it may lead to unimaginable serious consequences.

Lao Xia and Cheng Feng also followed, Mu Sen didn't care about them, but concentrated on spreading out some of the burned relics in his hand on the deck, and then looked at these black items and said, "Look, this is what I collected from the entire second and third floors." There are gold rings, gold earrings...... Look, this charred wallet should be a wallet, and the money in it must be unusable, but it can still be seen that there was a lot of money in it at that time. There is also this, the charred document bag, and the burnt plastic inside should be the victim's important documents. Eh, there's a bracelet here......"

Looking at Mu Sen's appearance as if he was a treasure, Lao Xia couldn't help but look at Cheng Feng in confusion and asked, "Cheng Lao...... Jiuwen This young man is a genius in handling cases, and his way of thinking and reasoning is different from ordinary people...... That's what makes him special? ”

Cheng Feng nodded and said, "He ran up when he saw the corpse below, he must have thought of something, don't worry." ”

At this time, Mu Sen raised his head and said, "Do you still need me to tell what I have in mind?" If you look at the charred things on the ground, they were all deliberately hidden by the victims. They're protecting their property, can't they see it? If nothing happens to the ship, the best way to protect your property is to carry it closely, right? If it really happened to be an accidental fire or something, it would be impossible to take off all the valuables and hide them on this fireboat, right? Is that logical? ”

"That'...... What is logical? Lao Xia asked.

"The logical situation is that they were sightseeing on the boat, and then suddenly something changed. Someone hijacked the ship, so they secretly hid all the valuable items. ”

"This ......" Lao Xia glanced at Cheng Feng, and didn't know how to understand Mu Sen's judgment for a while.

I only heard Mu Sen continue: "Not only that, but at this moment when they were hiding something, they must not have realized that their lives were in danger, nor did they realize that this ship would catch fire. So, this proves that although the hijackers had guns, they were not numerous. Or it can be said that there are very few people. At that time, the victims may have used delaying tactics and wanted to wait for rescue. It's also possible that you want to try to fight and see if you can subdue the wicked. Obviously, in the end, they didn't succeed either way. ”

Lao Xia listened to Mu Sen's words, thought for a while and said, "Then if this is the case, why did they run to the bottom warehouse when there were gangsters in front and a fire in the back?" You should all have this common sense, right? Running down can only be a dead end, and the hope of survival of jumping ship is greater than this. What's more, there are also lifebuoys, life jackets and other equipment on board. ”

Mu Sen smiled bitterly and said, "Why don't you understand that this ship didn't catch fire before they went down. The bullet marks in the hatch of the bottom compartment can prove that they were under duress. ”

"Didn't you just say that there are not many gangsters?"

"Not much, really. Just because there are not many, the way they take may be to lie that they only rob money and don't want to die. These victims felt that there was not much danger, so they obediently went down to the bottom warehouse. Moessen said.

Cheng Feng was also a little puzzled at this time and said, "Mu Sen, what do you think is the number of gangsters?" ”

Mu Sen thought for a moment and said: "The reason why the gangsters want to let these people go down to the bottom warehouse is because the space below is small, and if the iron ladder is removed, these people will not be able to come up at all, so that the gangsters can better control the situation." They must have been jealous of the thirty-odd people to lure them into the bottom warehouse. This lack of self-confidence combined with the calculation of the proportion of the number of people can show that the maximum number of gangsters is four. ”

Lao Xia said a little anxiously: "More than 30 people, but they were all killed by four people?!" The five of them can kill these four gangsters if they fight one! That's unconscionable, isn't it? "Lao Xia's concept is very conservative, but full of fighting spirit and backbone. As big as a nation, as small as a group, the saddest thing is that there is no sense of resistance at all.

I remember that during the war years, most of the countries in the world were caught in the smoke of gunpowder. There are those who dare to resist the invaders and atrocities in groups of three or five. And some, hundreds, if not thousands, were escorted and slaughtered by two or three enemies. That kind of servility and imminent but imminent countermeasures that do not resist have a natural nature, and there is also some cunning in them. It's like everyone is thinking, "If you don't go, I won't go either." Why should I go first? If you want to go, you go first......" for fear that the gun would shoot the first bird, so in this ignorant and shallow selfish concept, he was slaughtered unconsciously.

But what is happening on this ship today is definitely not what it was in those days. "It is clear from the passenger list that there are women and children among the more than 30 people, and no one will easily provoke the gangsters when they trick them into wanting their lives," Mussen explained. It's just that they don't have this kind of experience, and they don't know that the most vicious people don't believe in their words. ”

Saying that, Mu Sen took everyone back to the bottom compartment, and then squatted on the hatch and said: "The moment you opened the hatch just now, you should have seen that the form of the deceased is that the man is in front and the woman is in the back, and they are still protecting the weak behind them in a crowded state." These people were already very brave, but they didn't expect that in the end everything would be in vain. See the gasoline barrels floating over there? That must be the main prop of arson. There was also a packet of fish explosives piled up on the wall in the bottom compartment, and the fuse was lit, but it didn't explode. Finally, the water here, the cabin is on fire, but it doesn't burn out too much of the ship's structure. The boat is not leaking, where does this water come from? ”

"......" no one spoke.

As if asking himself, he said, "Someone opened the valve at the bottom of the boat and tried to release the water to submerge the boat." But it is estimated that those debris blocked the valve, and this trick was not successful. ”

Lao Xia nodded clearly, but still said to Mu Sen very seriously: "Mu Sen, you know, our police handle the case, but not by reasoning ability. We've got to talk about the evidence. What are you talking about...... Is there any conclusive evidence at the moment? ”

"When my friend reports the autopsy results, all the evidence will be clear." Mu Sen said confidently.

Cheng Feng looked at his watch at this time and said, "Mu Sen, Zi Di, I know that you are all geniuses in solving cases. But can you grasp the timing of the autopsy? There are only four hours left before the families of the victims arrive and the media reports are reported. After four hours, if we haven't yet explained, do you know what that means? Cheng Feng's face was grim.

Mu Sen nodded and said: "It will lose the trust of the people and lose the establishment of diplomacy, which will not only cause the public to question the police, but may even suspect that our entire police system has problems." Incompetent, immoral, dereliction of duty, corpse vegetarian...... All the infamy will be thrown at the heads of the police. Don't worry, I'm sure Zi Di is fine. In just four hours, there will be a result. ”

"Really?" Cheng Feng's eyes revealed surprise and joy.

Mu Sen looked at Mo Zidi, and Mo Ziqi replied, "I'll do my best, but I have one request." When I perform an autopsy, I don't need anyone else to be present, just me and Mussen. You also know that the fewer people you can trust, the less you like to be watched by important moments. ”

Cheng Feng nodded without saying a word: "No problem, I completely understand." As it happens, I don't want too many people to know the details of this case. It's up to the two of you! It's only four hours, young man, and I'm waiting for your news. ”

followed Mu Sen and Mo Zitong back to the county police station, only to know that the bodies had just been brought in one after another, and there was no place to put them. There are even some of them, which are parked in the back of the dew/day.

The humble morgue was crowded with corpses, and Mo Ziqi picked three of them as if they had been carefully selected and sent them to the forensic autopsy room.

Mussen asked, "Why these three?" ”

"There are external injuries."

"What injury?"

"Broken bones."

"Fractured ......" Mu Sen felt that the injury was a little strange, if there was no strong conflict between the gangsters and the victim, why did there be fractures? Will this fracture overturn all his previous speculations? Maybe...... There are no gangsters at all?

Seeing that Mu Sen was a little stunned, Mo Zitong smiled and put on a mask and gloves and said, "Don't be nervous, these fractures may just prove your point." These injuries are not resistance injuries, I think they are more like falls. The victims were all burned by the fire while they were alive, but the real cause of their death should have been carbon monoxide poisoning, which was ...... Death by suffocation. Mo Zitong fiddled with the corpse's eyeballs, tongue/head, and moved the knife in his hand.

"Carboxyhemoglobin is as high as 60 percent, and there is soot powder in the lungs and respiratory tract. Theories that suspect that the dead were destroyed after all of them have died can now be completely disproved. Mo Ziqi hurriedly grabbed the lungs of the third corpse.

Mu Sen went around to the other side of the dissecting table and asked, "Zi Di, why do these corpses have the most serious burns on the top of their heads?" Some have already been carbonized. And the legs and feet ......" Mu Sen pointed to the deceased's strange pairs/legs that were not burned, and asked Mo Zidi.

It is not that I have not been exposed to arson murder cases before, and the typical characteristics of burning to death are very obvious. The characteristics of being burned before and after death are also very obvious as long as they pass through the hands of forensic doctors. However, this kind of fire only burns half of the body, but I really have never heard of it. The only possibility is ...... Only the upper body of the deceased was on fire.

Mo Zitong looked at Mu Sen with a smile, as if he believed that this little problem was definitely not a problem for him.

Mu Sen continued to reason with some excitement: "If only half of the victim's body is on fire, that proves ...... Their lower body is in the water! Then, the order of the murderer's means of killing is clear. He first deceived and intimidated all the victims, and let all the victims enter the bottom warehouse. He then threatened them with all the money by letting them into the boat. Unexpectedly, the water stopped entering the water after a while. So, they ignited the explosives that fried the fish again. However, because the water that had just been put in was wet, the explosives did not explode. After two failed attempts to kill and coerce, these vicious gangsters became angry. They simply didn't do anything, poured gasoline along the hatch and poured it into the bottom compartment. At this time, the men realized the danger. They took the woman and the child behind them and tried to protect them. The space that was already crowded to suffocation, and suddenly as soon as it started to change positions, someone fell, or even stepped on, crushed, and that's the problem you found a fracture. And then ...... The fire burned, and the beasts covered the hatch and pressed the weight down, and left in a hurry. Even in a hurry, he forgot to take away the gasoline barrel that committed the crime. More than 30 lives were slowly suffocated to death in the smoke and carbon monoxide of the fire......" (To be continued. )