Wang Xin said this, and I carefully looked at Zhou Xiaoruo's corpse. Wang Xin didn't rush me, but asked the forensic doctor for two pairs of masks and a pair of medical gloves for me. Xu Yi saw the miserable appearance of the corpse, and turned his head sideways to stop looking. After putting on my gloves and mask, I endured my nausea and got closer to the corpse hanging from the bamboo pole to observe.

The forensic doctor must have already preliminarily examined the corpse, and in the study of forensic science, I am definitely not as good as the forensic doctor, but the inquest of the corpse is a process that I must go through every time I solve a case, because the corpse plays a very big role in solving the case. If Zhou Xiaoruo disappeared two days ago, then his death time must have been less than forty-eight hours, but judging from the extent to which the body dried and decomposed, the deceased looked like a person who had been dead for a long time.

I squatted down and carefully observed the part of the bamboo pole penetrating into Zhou Xiaoruo's body, Zhou Xiaoruo was a man, the skin and flesh on the edge of the wound fell inside, although it had dried and condensed, but I could still see the smoothness of the wound, and it could be preliminarily concluded that this bamboo pole was inserted into Zhou Xiaoruo's body at one time.

I stood up again, Zhou Xiaoruo's body, the only thing that remained intact was his head. However, under the beam of the powerful illuminating flashlight, Zhou Xiaoruo's defeated face made people feel more frightening than his skinned body. Zhou Xiaoruo's head was raised high, and the reason why he could still maintain this position after his death was because the bamboo pole that had been inserted from under his crotch had also passed through his throat.

The tip of the bamboo pole was about the length of a fist when it came out of Zhou Xiaoruo's mouth, and it was stained with dark red blood. Zhou Xiaoruo's eyes were wide, but his pupils were not facing the sky, but squinting to the right, and I followed Zhou Xiaoruo's gaze, where was a dark grass.

I asked for a flashlight and walked over, Xu Yi and Wang Xin followed, Wang Xin told me that he also found Zhou Xiaoruo's eyes, he had already investigated this piece of grass, but he didn't find anything. The weeds in the grass were so tall that they almost reached our waists.

Wang Xin followed me and looked through it again, and as he said, there was nothing suspicious about this place. Helpless, I had to return to Zhou Xiaoruo's body again, the muscles of Zhou Xiaoruo's face were twisted, obviously frightened before he died. Nothing could be found from the corpse, and I turned my attention back to the crime scene.

The first thing I saw was the bloodstained school uniform on the side of the bamboo pole, and I squatted down and lifted the school uniform through medical gloves. The school uniform was blue and white, with the words "Shihua Middle School" printed on the chest, and Wang Xin told me that the only valuable evidence found at the scene was this school uniform.

I nodded and asked Wang Xin to take the school uniform back to the police station for trace identification to see if anything could be found.

Wang Xin pointed to a few small square grooves on the ground and told me that he suspected that when the murderer came to the crime scene, he tied this square wooden block to the soles of his feet so as not to leave footprints. Wang Xin's analysis makes sense, but the final result must be further determined.

Soon, we followed everyone down the mountain. When transferring Zhou Xiaoruo's body, everyone was very careful, in order to prevent the bamboo pole from moving a single cent in Zhou Xiaoruo's body, it took three or four criminal police officers to cooperate before pulling the bamboo pole out of the ground. Zhou Xiaoruo was placed on a stretcher, and when he came down the mountain, his squinted eyes to the right were facing me and Xu Yi.

Wang Xin did not take me and Xu Yi back to the police station immediately, but held a dinner and invited me and Xu Yi to dinner, accompanied by the young criminal policeman named Jiang Jun. I wanted to refuse, but Wang Xin said that many appraisal results have not come out, even if we wait at the police station, it is useless, it is better to eat a good meal and raise our spirits to solve the case.

Wang Xin's words are not wrong, but in addition, there are many other things to deal with in the case, I asked Wang Xin why he was so relieved of his subordinates, Wang Xin smiled, he said that he had been in the police system for decades, if he was not at ease with his subordinates until now, he was afraid that he would not be able to retire.

Wang Xin is not a reckless person, he said that there is no problem, there must be no problem, so I no longer refuse.

At the dinner table, Jiang Jun has been very excited, and he kept muttering that he has admired me for a long time, and it seems that I am not a few years older than Wang Xin.

Wang Xin ordered several dishes, and during the meal, Wang Xin never mentioned the case. However, for Jiang Jun, Wang Xin mentioned it many times, all of them were praising him, I was a little puzzled, and when Jiang Jun went to the bathroom, I asked my doubts and let Wang Xin have something to say.

Wang Xin didn't beat around the bush, he directly told me the purpose of mentioning Jiang Jun many times. Only after saying this did I know that Jiang Jun was the child that Wang Xin had brought back from the robber's den before, and Wang Xin personally strangled the robber's den and shot Jiang Jun's father to death.

Wang Xin couldn't bear to send a child to a welfare home, so he withstood the pressure and adopted Jiang Jun. For so many years, Wang Xin did not tell Jiang Jun the truth, only said that Jiang Jun was picked up by him because he felt guilty. Jiang Jun's performance in the police force is very good, but he has never dared to give him a promotion, for fear is the gossip of others.

Listening to Wang Xin say so much, I still didn't understand what he meant, and just as Wang Xin was about to continue, Jiang Jun came back. Helplessly, Wang Xin gave me a look and motioned for me to tell me later. After eating, Wang Xin drove us back to his residence.

Wang Xin said that the hotel was dirty, so he did not arrange for us to stay in the hotel, but went to his home. Wang Xin's family has no one else but Jiang Jun, and as soon as I entered Wang Xin's residence, my eyes were attracted by a photo in the living room. The photo is black and white, and there are two young detectives, a man and a woman, standing on it, who are saluting the camera.

I can tell that the male criminal policeman in the photo is what Wang Xin looked like when he was young. Wang Xin saw me staring at the photo, and said with a smile: "That's my wife, not long after I took this photo with her, she died in the line of duty." The lights in the living room are very bright, and the whiteness of Wang Xin's temples can be seen clearly.

"Captain Wang, aren't you sad?" Xu Yi asked, Wang Xin is our elder and is also well-known in the police world, so Xu Yi spoke to him very politely.

Wang Xin shook his head, "I was sad before, but then I was relieved." It's all for the country, the glory of dying, and it doesn't take too many teenagers for me to go down to accompany her. Wang Xin's relieved attitude made me sincerely admire. Without further ado, he welcomed us into a room.

"The humble house is shabby, Professor Li, don't dislike it." Wang Xin smiled: "You can rest well tonight, and when you wake up tomorrow, I will pick you up and take you to the police station." ”

After I thanked him, Wang Xin went out, and Jiang Jun seemed to want to talk to me more, but he was dragged away by Wang Xin. Guangdong is a coastal city, and the standard of living is higher than that of many places, although Wang Xin's home is not good, but it is also comfortable.

The most important thing is that my home is safer, so that I can be more assured of Xu Yi's safety.

Xu Yi spread out her hands and lay on the bed, she asked me if this peeling case had anything to do with Zhu Li's paintings, I frowned and didn't answer for a long time. I'm not sure yet, but I don't think there will be so many coincidences in the world.

Seeing that I didn't answer, Xu Yi changed the topic, she said that she admired Wang Xin very much, I nodded undeniably, Xu Yi thought the same as me. Wang Xin is very confident in me and very calm, if it were someone else, I am afraid that I would have dragged me all night to investigate the case.

"And that Jiang Jun, it seems to be very interesting." At the mention of Jiang Jun, Xu Yi showed a rare smile: "Li Ke, what did you say Captain Wang didn't finish?" ”

I thought about it for a while: "If my guess is correct, he has a request for me, and it is about Jiang Jun." ”

"I think they're pretty good, if it's not very difficult, you can help them." Xu Yi sat up and said to me.

After I said yes, I went into the bathroom and took a shower. When I came out, Xu Yi was still waiting for me, she knew that I had been watching her all night yesterday and hadn't slept so much that I was going to rest early, and she went into the bathroom.

Originally, I wanted to wait for Xu Yi to come out and sleep together, but as soon as I lay down in bed, I fell asleep. Wang Xin's home was very clean, the bed was comfortable, the bedding was obviously newly bought, and after a while, I fell asleep.

When I woke up the next day, I suddenly found that Xu Yi was not by my side......