Yang Fan's words surprised Xu Yi and me slightly, especially the strange smile of satisfaction on the deceased's face. After death, the muscles are still relaxed for a short time, and then they will enter a state of stiffness, but the state of mortis will be lifted over time, and the muscles of the corpse will enter a state of relaxation again.

There is one exception, however, if the deceased dies instantly, the muscles of the corpse will initially be tense, unless the deceased is already unconscious. The brain reacts very quickly, and at the moment of instant death, the muscles of the body will be tense due to pain, and the muscle tissue will not have time to relax, and the brain that controls the whole body will already die, so the muscles of the corpse will be tense.

"Captain Yang, what do you mean by the deceased being relaxed?" I asked.

Yang Fan immediately answered my question. When Qiu Xinghua was murdering, the police received a report from an eyewitness to the case, and when the police arrived, Qiu Xinghua had just finished committing the crime, and then, Qiu Xinghua escaped from the back door of the Iron Tile Palace, and the police closed the mountain for pursuit.

The deceased's whole body was relaxed, which was found when Yang Fan and several other criminal policemen arrived and wanted to rescue the deceased, but unfortunately, the deceased's internal organs were all hollowed out, and those who were already dead could no longer die. When Qiu Xinghua committed the crime, it was night, and according to the accounts of eyewitnesses and forensic identification, when the police arrived at the scene, the deceased had died less than 10 minutes.

Ten minutes into death, the muscles relaxed, which led me to rule out the possibility that the deceased died instantly.

"Professor Li, I know what you're thinking, the results have already come out. The deceased was killed slowly, and the cause of death, which had already been determined, was a wound in the abdomen. Yang Fan said to me. Immediately, Yang Fan led me to a wall in the Iron Tile Palace, and before leaving, I also took a special look at the Dao statue staring at the location of Xiong Wancheng's body.

It was originally a white wall, but at the moment the wall was blackened, as if it had been smoked by fire. Yang Fan explained to me that when the police arrived, Qiu Xinghua was about to set fire to the temple, but fortunately, the fire was extinguished by the police before it had spread. I looked into the corner of the wall, and sure enough, there were some burnt straw there.

Yang Fan pointed to the wall and asked me to see. The place he pointed to was engraved with three crooked characters: Qiu Xinghua. These three words have been blackened by the fire, and they are very inconspicuous, but the blood stains on them are particularly eye-catching. Yang Fan said that Qiu Xinghua had the life skills of lettering, and the handwriting identification showed that the characters were engraved by Qiu Xinghua, and the bloodstain identification also showed that the bloodstains were a mixture of ten people's blood.

I carefully stared at the dark red blood remains, which happened to be sprinkled on the three words Qiu Xinghua.

"Professor Li, the crime scene is relatively simple, if the investigation is completed, it is better to follow me back to the police station for further analysis." I was thinking about it when Yang Fan politely interrupted my train of thought. I looked around again, and the iron tile hall was a dark architectural style, and even the Taoist statues were dark gray.

It was almost dark, and the entire Iron Tile Hall was shrouded in a secluded atmosphere. I nodded, and when I was about to follow Yang Fan out of the Iron Tile Palace, I found that Xu Yi was looking at Qiu Xinghua's three words in a daze, and I called Xu Yi's name twice in a row before she reacted.

There was a cordon outside the Iron Tile Palace, and after getting into Yang Fan's car, Xu Yi suddenly leaned into my ear and said that she thought the Iron Tile Hall was very strange, especially the name sprinkled with the blood of the deceased. Xu Yi didn't speak since he entered the Iron Tile Hall, but kept holding my arm tightly.

Xu Yi only thought it was strange, but when I asked carefully, she couldn't tell what was strange. To be honest, maybe it's just getting into the locked room murder scene of the woman in red murder case in G City, and I don't think this crime scene is so strange. At the murder scene of Qiu Xinghua's case, not only did not hide the traces of the murder, but even the murderer left evidence at the scene that would reveal his identity information, which was immediately engraved on the wall.

I also don't think that Qiu Xinghua set fire to the temple to destroy the evidence, because the walls are made of cement, and the amount of straw in the corners of the walls is obviously not enough to burn down the main hall. Leaving evidence and then burning it is completely unreasonable, so Qiu Xinghua set the fire to it for another purpose.

Just looking at the scene, I can only analyze so much for the time being. Xu Yi and I closed our eyes and took a nap, Yang Fan knew that we had been on the train for a long time, so he didn't talk to us again along the way. When the car stopped at the police station, it was already dark, and Yang Fan walked in with us.

The work of the criminal police is very tiring, and as long as a serious case occurs, the entire police force has to work overtime. We followed Yang Fan to the police officer's office, it was already past the meal, everyone had no time to go out to eat, and everyone was holding a nest head in their hands at this time.

Yang Fan clapped his hands, and everyone immediately put down the food in their hands and stood up. Yang Fan introduced me to everyone and took the lead in giving me a standard police salute. Several of them stared at me with some curiosity, but compared to those in the G City Police Force, they were clearly not too surprised by Professor Li's young age.

Immediately, I understood the reason, I saw Shen Nuo in the corner, she was smiling and holding the hand of another young female detective. If I guessed correctly, the nest head in everyone's hands was bought by Shen Nuo, and she also told everyone in advance about some of my information. Shen Nuo is easy to get along with people, and when she entered the G City Police Force on the first day, she bought food for everyone, but she was later scolded by Zhao Da.

After saying hello, Yang Fan asked everyone to eat well, eat well and work well, and encouraged everyone. Just this detail, I understand Yang Fan's attitude towards his subordinates, he is a relatively friendly leader.

Although he was in a hurry, Yang Fan did not forget to let me have dinner with Xu Yi. He took us to the restaurant next door to the police station, accompanied by Shen Nuo and another criminal policeman who followed Shen Nuo to S County. During the meal, Yang Fan kept silent about work, but just told us about some local customs and attractions. Shen Nuo kept silently picking up the rice in his bowl and didn't say a word, Xu Yi too, she seemed to be thinking about something, but there were many people, so I didn't ask much.

After eating, Yang Fan took Xu Yi and me to the appraisal department. I was more concerned about the smile on the face of the deceased, so I asked to see the body of the deceased first. After Yang Fan made us mentally prepared, he opened the door of the morgue, the temperature in the morgue was very low, and there was a faint white air conditioner.

The morgue was not very large, there were only a dozen or so morgues, but at this time, there was a corpse lying on each morgue. Although the corpses were still covered with a white cloth, I could think of the miserable appearance of these corpses through Yang Fan's description. We were accompanied by another forensic doctor, who walked straight to one of the corpses and lifted the cloth slightly.

Xu Yi took my hand and suddenly clenched it, her face was not very good-looking, and she turned her head to the side. I frowned slightly, Xu Yi was very bold when he saw the corpse before, but now, the corpse only showed a head. I patted Xu Yi on the shoulder and motioned for her not to look.

Xu Yi let go of my hand and stepped aside.

I set my eyes on the morgue, it was a child, he was supposed to be the youngest thirteen-year-old deceased in the case. The boy's hair was coiled up, clearly dressed as a Taoist priest. has been dead for two days, and the boy's Taoist face's face has collapsed slightly, but the corners of his mouth have strangely raised to the side.

It's a smile, a smile of contentment.

I gently lifted the cloth again and observed the boy's abdomen, his abdomen was cut open, all the internal organs were hollowed out, and the edge of the wound was full of rotten meat, and I could see at a glance that the big hole in the boy's abdomen was not cut, but cut out by an axe.

"Professor Li, there are a total of nine Taoist priests in the Iron Tile Palace, plus Xiong Wancheng from outside and a female pilgrim who stayed in the Iron Tile Jar, on the day of the incident, there were a total of eleven people in the Iron Tile Palace, ten of whom died, and the remaining person was an eyewitness." Yang Fan explained to me: "It's been a long time since they died, and the smile on the corner of their mouth is not too obvious, you look at these photos." ”

As he spoke, Zhao Da took out a few photos from the bag of materials he had brought from the appraisal department in advance. I took a look, these photos are close-ups of the deceased's face, I flipped through them one by one, these photos were taken shortly after the deceased died, and the smiles on their lips were really much more obvious than those on the corpses now.

When I flipped to Xiong Wancheng's photo, I stopped what I was doing. I don't know if it's because I've been in the morgue for a long time, or because the atmosphere is oppressive at the moment, I feel like the temperature around me has dropped a lot.

I've seen Xiong Wancheng's photo information staying in G City, so I recognized him at a moment. Xiong Wancheng in the photo, the muscles of his face are distorted, if it weren't for the smile on the corner of his mouth, I would definitely think that he was very painful. Xiong Wancheng's mouth was gushing with blood, and his cracked lips were even more conspicuous against the red blood.

"Where is Xiong Wancheng's body?" I asked.

The medical examiner re-covered the body of the boy and led me to another morgue. Xu Yi still turned his head sideways to us and didn't come to see.

I lifted the covering cloth on Xiong Wancheng's body, and slowly, Xiong Wancheng's face was revealed, and I continued to exert force, Xiong Wancheng's entire corpse was exposed to the cold air. The wound on Xiong Wancheng's abdomen was very large, occupying his entire stomach, and the blood had been coagulated and cleaned, but seeing his empty abdomen still made people feel dazed.

His internal organs were not completely cleaned, and many of his organs were torn apart, leaving only half of them. I can even imagine the scene when he was disemboweled: bloody internal organs mixed with thick yellow body fluids flowed all over the ground, and Qiu Xinghua's two hands reached into his stomach and tore his large intestine in two.