The surrounding forest is very large, and so many people have been active in the forest just now, so it is actually difficult to find clues. Xu Mingzhi didn't hold out much hope, he just wanted to try his luck.

However, he was obviously unlucky, and he went around in a circle and found nothing.

When I returned to the grave, the forensic department finally arrived. Xu Mingzhi stood aside and waited for them to dig up the grave after completing the preliminary sampling of the periphery, and when he was waiting, the phone rang, it was He Yu.

"Boss, there's a little spot about five hundred meters west of the path. Not entirely sure, though, I sent you a photo for you to see. ”

After Xu Mingzhi hung up the phone, he opened WeChat, the signal in the mountains was not very good, Xu Mingzhi waited for a while to receive two photos, one of which was two wheel prints, it should have been a few days, and there was already grass standing up again. The other one was a bit mushy, vaguely discernible as a strip of rag, very small, hanging from a tree branch.

Xu Mingzhi decided to go over and have a look, so he called a colleague from the forensic department to go over and take a sample by the way.

He Yu waited there, and after a while, he saw the two of them coming over, and hurriedly led him to check the two clues, which were still uncertain whether they were clues.

Xu Mingzhi looked at the wheel prints on the ground, and it seemed that it should be a motorcycle. The strips of rags on the branches are so thin that you can barely see what should have been checkered or striped clothing, and if you look at the height, it should be clothes.

"Have you seen it around here?" Xu Mingzhi asked He Yu.

He Yu nodded: "I've seen it, but I haven't found anything else." ”

Xu Mingzhi was not at ease, but decided to take a look for himself. He followed the direction of the grave and searched all the way, but he didn't find what He Yu said, and there was no trace of it. In other words, if this person is the murderer, then it is very likely that he carried the body back to the previous path, the forest that entered through that path, and the cemetery where he went. So why didn't he just stop on that path? Was it because the entrance to that path was close to the way they came in and easy to spot?

This is not necessarily a reason. However, Xu Mingzhi still felt that the distance of about 500 meters was too far. If it's just to avoid being easily discovered, you can't see it if you walk about fifty meters to the side, so there's no need to go so far.

As he pondered, he returned to square one. A colleague from the Forensic Identification Division has completed the sampling, and as he just deduced, the wheel prints are motorcycles, but the exact model of motorcycle is not completely certain, but from the size and texture of the tires, it is initially inferred that it should be the most common type of Misuzu motorcycle. As for the rags, they can only be determined to be cotton clothes, and there is no more information to tell. If you want to do a more in-depth test, you have to go back to the unit.

At this time, the phone rang again, it was the cemetery that was about to dig a grave, and asked if he wanted to wait for Xu Mingzhi to go over before opening it. Xu Mingzhi asked them to bring someone over here to make a mark to isolate it, and then he immediately rushed over with He Yu.

When they arrived, the members of the Forensic Bureau began to direct the police to dig the graves. Xu Mingyi looked at it and asked one of his colleagues in the forensic department: "Director Yuan, did you gain anything just now?" ”

Director Yuan nodded, then pointed to the soil on the grave, and said, "Looking at the color of the soil, coupled with the weather in the last few days, it can be preliminarily inferred that the time when this body was buried should be these two days." Also, I just took a brief look at the hand, and the body should have been kept in the freezer before being sent here, so if you want to determine the exact time of death, I'm afraid it's a little difficult, so I'll say hello to you in advance. ”

Xu Mingzhi nodded.

The body was not buried deeply, so the dog smelled the smell and dug up the grave. As soon as they finished speaking, the body was dug up.

The whole body was curled up and stuffed in a sack that was only seventy or eighty centimeters long. The sacks were stained with blood, and some were even a little damp.

Several police officers worked together, under the command of colleagues from the forensic section, to move the entire sack out and put it on a plastic sheet that had been laid out long ago.

A colleague from the forensic department went up to take a sample, and when he was done, he picked up scissors and began to cut open the sack. As soon as the sack was cut, the scene that was revealed made everyone present gasp. They finally understood why there was so much blood on the sack. I saw that the green and white curled up corpse was full of deep bone scars, especially the wound in the neck, which was deep into the spine.

After a long silence, Director Yuan took a deep breath and said, "This should be an attempt to divide the corpse." ”

Dismemberment requires skill, and the human body has hard bones, and it is difficult to successfully dissect the corpse without the tools and skills at hand.

Xu Mingzhi has been a criminal police officer for seven years, and he has experienced a lot of homicides, but it is the first time he has seen a scene like the one in front of him. After calming down his anger a little, he asked Director Yuan: "Looking at the wound, the murderer should have moved his hand before putting the body in the freezer, right?" ”

Director Yuan nodded, and then stepped forward to do the preliminary autopsy.

Xu Mingzhi watched from the side for a while, then retreated to the grave and turned over the dirt.

He Yu leaned over and asked, "Boss, what are you looking for?" ”

"Just look for it." Xu Mingzhi replied.

When He Yu heard this, he also got started, and the two of them turned over the dirt and didn't find anything useful, but He Yu threw himself into it for a while, and turned out the cement coffin on the lower floor, which scared He Yu a lot, and he hurriedly bowed and apologized.

Cement coffins are very rare these days, but some old people believe in these things, and they will have such requirements.

Xu Mingzhi asked He Yu to bury people quickly, and then called the police on the side and asked, "Where are those villagers?" ”

"It's right outside the woods at the fork in the road." The police replied.

When Xu Mingzhi heard this, after saying hello to Director Yuan, he took He Yu out of the forest. When they arrived at the fork in the road mentioned by the police, they found that only three of the dozen or so villagers had left, and two of them had never been seen before.

Xu Mingzhi frowned and asked the two policemen in charge of watching people: "What's the matter?" Didn't you say let those people stay? Have you finished picking your shoes? ”

The police looked bitter: "As soon as they heard that they were going to take samples, they all ran away, and we really couldn't stop them." ”

The eldest of the remaining villagers overheard the conversation between Xu Mingzhi and the police, and helped to justify: "They are just afraid of getting into trouble, but I remember who they are, and I will take you to find them when I go back." ”

Xu Mingzhi looked at him when he heard the sound, he was a thin man, a little old, estimated to be fifty or sixty years old, probably because of his perennial farm work, his skin was tanned, but his eyes were very bright, obviously although this person was also a little old, his body was good, and his spirit was very good.

"Zhang Weishun?" Xu Mingzhi asked.

The man nodded, and then pointed to the two people beside him: "Team Xu, these two are my sons, one is named Zhang Liangcheng and the other is Zhang Xueyi." The two of them had just arrived and had never been inside. ”

Xu Mingzhi followed his introduction and looked at the two people, Zhang Liangcheng was wearing a white short-sleeved shirt and suit pants, looking older, he should be his brother.

"Team Xu, hello, I have admired the name for a long time." Zhang Liangcheng stepped forward and stretched out his hand to shake hands with Xu Mingzhi, and at the same time said: "I am from the Xiacheng District Commission for Discipline Inspection, and we have met before, you may not remember." ”

Xu Mingzhi really didn't remember, but Zhang Liangcheng turned out to be from the District Commission for Discipline Inspection, which surprised him a little. This kind of thing involves people in government units, and it is always necessary to be more taboo.

Xu Mingzhi shook his hand at him and said, "I just dug the mud, it's dirty." ”

Seeing this, Zhang Liangcheng withdrew his hand and asked Xu Mingzhi: "What is the situation inside now?" ”

Xu Mingzhi pondered for a moment and said, "At present, the colleagues in the forensic department are still collecting evidence, and it is difficult to say what the specific situation is. ”

Zhang Liangcheng nodded when he heard this, and said: "If there is anything that needs our cooperation, Team Xu, even if you speak, we will definitely try our best to cooperate." There is one thing, it is my mother who is buried in the grave, if you finish collecting evidence, can you let us restore the grave as soon as possible? ”

"That's fine, I'll let you know when the forensic department is sure that the work is over, but it's best to wait a day or two, just in case." Xu Mingzhi said.

Zhang Liangcheng didn't understand what Xu Mingzhi meant just in case, but he didn't ask much.

Xu Mingzhi then asked Zhang Weishun: "You found the scene for the first time?" ”

Zhang Weishun shook his head: "No, it's a person from our village, he came here to cut bamboo in the morning, and his dog dug up the grave and barked all the time." He thought it was strange, and when he looked closely, he realized that there was a person inside, and then he called me. ”

"My mother died 10 years ago, and when he went up the mountain, he helped carry the coffin, so he knew very well what was in the grave." Zhang Liangcheng helped add a sentence next to him.

Xu Mingzhi glanced at He Yu, and after seeing that he was holding a pen and remembering, he looked at Zhang Weishun again and said, "Then after you arrived, did you move the scene?" ”

Zhang Weishun shook his head: "As soon as I saw that there was a person inside, I knew that this was wrong, where did I dare to move, so I immediately called Liangcheng first, and he asked me to call the police, so I called the police." ”

"When did the person you just talk about call you?" Xu Mingzhi asked again.

Zhang Weishun took out his mobile phone and flipped through it, then handed it to Xu Mingzhi: "It's more than eight o'clock in the morning." ”

After Xu Mingzhi glanced at it, he asked He Yu to write down the time. After he remembered it, he instructed He Yu: "You follow Uncle Zhang to find this person, and then by the way, go to find those people who have come to the scene before to record a confession." After speaking, he said to Zhang Weishun again: "Then Uncle Zhang, please lead the way for you." ”

Zhang Weishun was very cooperative, and nodded busily: "No trouble, no trouble, you are too polite." After that, beckoned He Yu to go with him.

Zhang Xueyi, who had never spoken on the side, suddenly spoke at this time and said, "Dad, I'll go with you." ”

When Zhang Weishun heard this, he turned his head to look at Xu Mingzhi: "Team Xu, can he go together?" ”

Xu Mingzhi glanced at Zhang Xueyi, the father and son are actually very similar to each other, but this Zhang Xueyi may be more like his mother, and there is a little softness between his eyebrows and eyes, unlike Zhang Liangcheng's old age, he has a bookish breath all over his body.

"My brother has been a bit introverted since he was a child, he doesn't like to talk much, and he doesn't like crowded places very much." Zhang Liangcheng didn't know if he was afraid that Xu Mingzhi would think too much or what, so he suddenly explained on the side.

Xu Mingzhi nodded and said yes.

Zhang Weishun smiled gratefully, and then led the two of them not far away. When he came, he drove a battery tricycle, Zhang Xueyi and He Yu got on his tricycle and soon disappeared into the mountains and forests.