The detective told us that Pastor Luo was found dead in a hotel in a province adjacent to Chongqing. Pastor Lowe's body is being sent back, the cause of death is uncertain for the time being, but it is visually self-killed. Because according to the hotel's surveillance cameras, no one is in or out except for Pastor Lowe himself.

Once again, the gloom hung over the police station, and another person related to the case died, this time, the one who was targeted by the police as a suspect. Shen Cheng stood up, he walked back and forth a few steps, and everyone, even Jiang Jun, who didn't know the process of the case, felt that the suspect was dead.

So Shen Cheng inquired about the most detailed situation, and it turned out that Pastor Luo's mobile phone could be connected again. Shen Cheng sent a few people to wait in the church in case Pastor Luo returned to the church. During that time, the church staff made several more phone calls to Pastor Lowe, but at first, the phone still didn't go through, and when it was dark, the phone suddenly went through.

The staff immediately told Pastor Lo about the police coming to the door and suspecting him of being a murderer, but Pastor Lowe did not answer, and then a busy sound came from his mobile phone and he could no longer get through. Two hours later, Pastor Lowe's body was found in the hotel, and the police were alerted to expedite the return of Pastor Lowe's body.

Shen Cheng called the criminal police who were investigating at the scene, and after hanging up the phone, Shen Cheng told us about the scene in the hotel. There were no signs of a fight in the hotel, and Pastor Lowe was dressed in clean and tidy clothes, and his luggage was very well packed. When the police arrived at the scene, they found Pastor Lowe lying on his bed with a suitcase at his feet.

From the naked eye, Pastor Luo did not have any blood stains or wounds on his body, and the criminal police speculated that he died of poison or suffocation, and the specific cause of death needs to be further confirmed by the forensic doctor.

Hearing this, Jiang Jun interjected: "Did you commit suicide in fear of sin?" ”

Shen Cheng and I nodded at the same time and said, "It's possible." ”

The reason for Pastor Lowe's suicide was determined not only because he had a sensitive identity as a criminal suspect, but also because of the phone call Pastor Lowe received before his death. The timing of Pastor Lowe's death was too bizarre, early and late, and he died after receiving the news that the police were looking for him.

Moreover, Pastor Lowe's attitude in answering the phone is also worth speculating about his psychology, and he hung up the phone without saying a word, which is not like the reaction of an innocent person. If Pastor Lowe had not sinned, he would have tried his best to defend himself, but he did not, and instead chose to hang up the phone silently, and subsequently, he died.

We sat in the office and waited, and the body was not transported to the identification center until about 11 o'clock in the evening, and Shen Cheng greeted the identification center, and they left someone to make an autopsy report on the body. The moment I saw the corpse, a thought also flashed through my mind: Pastor Lowe committed suicide.

He died peacefully, with no signs of struggle.

Pastor Lowe's temples were slightly pale, and there were a few shallow wrinkles on his face, and like every pastor who preaches patiently, Pastor Lowe's face also exuded a kind temperament. Pastor Lowe has a high reputation, both in the neighborhood and in the church, and no one will ever say that he is bad.

In order not to waste time, we hurriedly glanced at the body and handed it over to the medical examiner. The body was pushed into the autopsy room, and the body had no external injuries, so it was useless for Shen Cheng and I to examine the body.

We sat outside and waited, and after more than an hour, the medical examiner came out. Corpses cannot be dissected at will, so forensic doctors can only examine the mouth and larynx. During this examination, the medical examiner found a residue of a drug in Pastor Lowe's mouth and throat, a deadly poison.

That poison is very powerful, and it is generally used to poison a large number of rats on the market. This poison is strong in white particles, and when it is used, it is generally ground first, and then mixed into food. The medical examiner concluded that the deceased had consumed the poison himself, as he did not have any signs of struggle on his body.

Coming out of the appraisal center, we said goodbye to Shen Cheng, who drove away directly with his head down.

The appraisal center was very close to the hotel, and the three of us walked back. The night was slightly cool, the street lights were dim, and the shadows of the three of us were obliquely reflected on the ground. We were all silent, and I could notice that Jiang Jun and Shen Nuo's eyes would fall on me from time to time, and after a few times, I took the initiative to stop.

"Do you think I'm going to lose to Shen Cheng, so you want to comfort me?" I saw through Jiang Jun and Shen Nuo's thoughts at a glance.

Jiang Jun sighed: "Professor Li, don't feel uncomfortable, that kid does have some ability." ”

Me: "I'm not uncomfortable. I don't care if I win or lose, as long as I can solve the case, I'm just a pity that I have one less chance to learn some clues from him. ”

I took a few steps forward and turned back: "And, I haven't lost yet. ”

Shen Nuo: "Do you have a new clue?" ”

I still shook my head: "Not yet, but there will be." The strange feeling in my heart grew stronger and stronger.

After returning to the hotel and washing up briefly, I fell asleep. Without too much thinking, I can't tell what that strange feeling in my heart is, too much thinking will only make my brain tired, what I need is rest.

The next day, I came to Shen Cheng's office early in the morning, and I wanted to make a final confirmation.

Shen Cheng was not in the office, there were several reports on his desk, which were the autopsy report and the identification report of Pastor Luo's death, and as before, Shen Cheng had prepared exactly two copies of each identification report. Even though he was about to win, he chose to be fair.

It can be seen that Shen Cheng has not read the content of the report yet.

I waited in the office for a while, but Shen Cheng still didn't come, during which I asked the criminal police in the police station, and the criminal police said that after Shen accepted a phone call, he changed into civilian clothes and hurried out, and he didn't know what Shen Cheng was doing. I wondered in my heart, Shen Nuo and Shen Cheng both looked like this, answering the phone and leaving in a hurry, and I didn't know what they were going to do.

When I was thinking like this, my mobile phone rang, and it was Shen Cheng who called me.

"Professor Li, the report on my desk, you can read it." Shen Cheng said directly.

Me: "Where are you?" ”

Shen Cheng: "If there is an urgent matter and the police are needed, call it directly." ”

After Shen Cheng finished speaking, he hung up the phone directly.

I picked up the report on my desk and flipped through it. The autopsy report was the same as the forensic inference, that Pastor Lowe had died of poisoning, that there were no signs of struggle on his body, and that no one had entered or left Pastor Lowe's room according to the statements of eyewitnesses at the hotel and the records of surveillance cameras, so Pastor Lowe had died of his own medicine.

This is not disputed.

I continued to scroll down to another identification report, which was the result of the identification of all the evidence and clues in the hotel. The hotel was relatively tidy, with Pastor Lowe's suitcase at the foot of the corpse, and Pastor Lowe's mobile phone dropped on the edge of the suitcase. The clothes in the suitcase were neatly folded, and at the bottom of the suitcase, investigators found a small white bottle.

The plastic bottle looked like it had been soaked in water, and the label on it had fallen off.

After identification, the bottle found the residue of poison that had poisoned Pastor Lowe to death, and the medical examiner concluded that Pastor Lowe had died from eating the poison contained in the bottle. After putting down the appraisal report, I asked the detective for the search report of Pastor Lowe's house, and a possibility came to my mind that I wanted to confirm.

The search report didn't contain anything I was looking for, so I took a detective and quickly headed for Pastor Lowe's house.

Pastor Lowe's home has been sealed off, and his home has been searched, but because the focus of the search is on physics books and other evidence directly related to the case, it is inevitable that other clues will be ignored. So, the detective boy and I carefully searched for Pastor Luo's house.

However, we turned Pastor Lowe's house upside down, and in the end we couldn't find what I was looking for. Leaving Pastor Lowe's house, we went to Pastor Lowe's office in the church and searched again, but there was nothing I was looking for.

The staff in the church stood quietly and did not dare to speak, and I pondered for a moment before opening my mouth to ask a question.