Chapter 40
Could it be the deceased's missing internal organs that Guo Zhen is looking for?!
Luo Jingyao was completely frozen by this speculation until she heard the roar of a car engine at the end of the road, which brought her back to her senses.
Crunch, crunch, crunch.
The sound of the car wheels rolling over the loess road and stones unexpectedly startled the big black dog. In the blink of an eye, it stood up and started running all the way with the food in its mouth!
A long object resembling human intestines was dragged along the ground by a black dog, and from a distance it looked somewhat comically terrifying.
Of course, what’s even funnier is that right behind the dog, there’s a person desperately chasing it.
Lin Jiafan, who had not yet gotten out of the car, was sitting in the passenger seat of the police car and saw this scene.
"What the hell? Is that Coach Luo? What is she doing? Why did she run away when she saw us coming?" Pang Guang, who was driving, asked a series of soul-searching questions.
"It seems like he's chasing something?" Guo Zhen in the back row leaned forward and said uncertainly.
Lin Jiafan's dark eyes slowly narrowed. He picked up the intercom in his car and instructed his colleagues in the car behind him, "Go ahead and take someone to find the location in the location, in case Zhou Hong disappears again before she realizes what's going on. I'll be there shortly!"
After saying that, he put down the walkie-talkie and raised his chin towards the front: "Let's catch up and see."
After receiving the instructions, Pang Guang immediately used all his strength and excitedly stepped on the accelerator to the bottom. In a few seconds, the police car rushed in front of the man and the dog, and then did a beautiful tailspin and stopped in the middle of the village road, completely cutting off the big black dog's way.
The sight of a lion in front and a tiger behind made the big black dog a little panicked. After hesitating for two seconds, he ran into the bushes on the side of the road without hesitation.
The small bushes were littered with dead branches, and the thing in its mouth was hanging on them.
I wanted to go back and get the things, but when the big black dog turned around, it saw Luo Jingyao approaching, and it was so scared that it let out a "howl" and ran away with its tail between its legs.
Although the dog ran away, at least the thing was left behind. Luo Jingyao was finally able to stop, bent down, supported her hands on her thighs, and panted heavily.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Accompanied by the sounds of several doors closing, Lin Jiafan and others got out of the car and walked to her side.
She tremblingly pointed at something hanging on a low branch not far away: "Officer Guo...Officer Guo, is that..."
Guo Zhen looked in the direction of her finger, and after just one glance he quickly took out disposable sterile gloves from his pocket and put them on, then carefully removed the unusually long string from it.
"Yes, it's human intestines. This is a section of small intestine with a small part of large intestine attached to it."
"So this is why Coach Luo chased the dog!" Guo Zhen seemed to be in awe, then asked, "Where did the dog find the deceased's internal organs?"
After carefully recalling it, Luo Jingyao said uncertainly: "Probably in Zhou Hong's greenhouse."
After all, before she saw the dog enter the greenhouse, there was no trace of this thing. When she saw the big black dog again, it was already in its mouth.
After hearing what she said, Lin Jiafan and the others did not delay any longer and headed straight towards Zhou Hong's greenhouse.
Only Guo Zhen was left there for the time being. He had to put the victim's intestines safely into the bag first.
The sudden visit of so many police cars naturally could not be hidden from the eyes of the villagers. Soon many people heard the news and began to rush here. When the villagers arrived, they saw many policemen surrounding Zhou Hong and Wu Guiqiu's red brick house.
At first, Zhou Hong was a little panicked, but when she found Luo Jingyao who had returned among a group of policemen, she breathed a sigh of relief as if she was inexplicably relieved.
"We're from the Jinshi Public Security Bureau." Lin Jiafan stepped forward and flashed his work ID, identifying himself. "We now have evidence suggesting that Miss Zhou Hong may be involved in a recent homicide in the village. I wonder if Miss Zhou would be willing to allow us to collect evidence nearby?"
"Of course, you have the right to refuse. We can wait until the search procedures are approved before going in."
A few minutes ago, the police did not have the confidence to say this. It was only because of Luo Jingyao's relentless pursuit of Zhou Hong's black dog that they had the opportunity to conduct a search through legal procedures.
"It's okay..." Zhou Hong stood in front of the red brick house, her eyes were red, but she was smiling.
But before she could finish her next words, she was interrupted by a roar from outside the crowd. Zhou Wenwu hurriedly passed through the wall of police and rushed over to protect his daughter behind him.
"Officer Lin, I told you last time that my daughter doesn't know anything. Just come and ask me!" The man's tone was extremely unhappy: "What's going on now?"
Seeing this, Lin Jiafan was not annoyed, but patiently repeated what he had just said.
"I don't agree!" Zhou Wenwu waved his hand and refused bluntly: "Want to run wild on my territory? Then wait until you bring those damn documents over!"
Lin Jiafan was not surprised at all by this and was about to turn around and tell everyone to wait there.
In their line of work, the thing they have the most is patience.
Unexpectedly, Zhou Hong, who had been firmly protected by Zhou Wenwu throughout the whole process, suddenly spoke at this moment.
"Dad, let them come in and check." She raised her head and smiled brightly at her father: "Dad..."
Zhou Wenwu stared at Zhou Hong for a long time with red eyes. Finally, he turned around without saying a word, sat on the threshold of the red brick house and lit a cigarette.
With Zhou Hong's approval and Lin Jiafan's signal, the police inspection department quickly started to work. As for Guo Zhen, who arrived late, he and his men rushed into the Zhou family's greenhouse.
Leaving a few people to guard the three members of the Zhou family, Lin Jiafan raised his eyebrows at Luo Jingyao, and the two of them came out of the greenhouse together tacitly.
The people in the laboratory were busy working in the adobe house on the westernmost side of the greenhouse, and soon they made new discoveries one after another.
"Captain Lin, the top layer of yellow soil is new soil. We found bloodstains underneath the new soil."
"Captain Lin, the machete on the chopping board is also reacting with human blood!"
"Captain Lin, we found a chainsaw under the debris piled up in the corner, and there's blood on it!"
"Captain Lin..."
Luo Jingyao couldn't help but click her tongue. It seemed that this was the first scene where the victim Cui Da was dismembered.
Lin Jiafan stood outside the door, watching the scenes unfold in silence. After a long pause, he nodded gently and gave a warning: "Make sure the relevant evidence is brought back to the bureau safely and there can be no mistakes in the subsequent inspection."
"We'll collect DNA, fingerprints, and footprints from the three members of the Zhou family later, and cross-check their fingerprints with the red basin found in the ancestral hall's small kitchen and the six sets of footprints extracted from the ground."
His busy colleagues responded to his series of arrangements and deployments.
At this moment, Guo Zhen's extremely excited voice could be heard from the greenhouse: "Found it! Found it!"
Before Luo Jingyao could react, she felt something being stuffed into her arms. When she looked up, she only saw Lin Jiafan's back as he bent over and rushed into the greenhouse.
She lowered her eyelids and looked at the disposable shoe covers and gloves in her arms, took a deep breath and decided to give it a try.
She had seen intestines being carried around the village by a big black dog and flying in the wind, so what was there to be afraid of?
Thinking of this, Luo Jingyao put on shoe covers and gloves with a determined look on her face, and stepped into the Zhou family's greenhouse without hesitation.
However, as soon as she entered, she knew she was wrong. Of the thousands of possibilities she had imagined in her mind, none could compare to the impact this scene had on her.
At this time, there was a small piece of plastic cloth at Guo Zhen's feet. In addition to some tissues that looked like human internal organs, there was also a head on the plastic cloth.
To be precise, it was a broken head. After all, the brain inside had long been fried and placed on the altar of the Kitchen God. Its incompleteness was within Luo Jingyao's expectations.
What she didn't expect was that there was still hair and broken flesh left on the head.
After just one glance, Luo Jingyao looked away and observed the cucumber vines beside her as if nothing had happened.
Lin Jiafan probably noticed her little movement. He first turned his head and glanced at her sideways, then retracted his gaze and asked, "Can you confirm the time of death of the deceased?"
Guo Zhen pondered for a moment. "Based on the degree of decay of the victim's head and the digestion of the food in his stomach, I can infer that the time of death was approximately five days ago, between 1:00 and 5:00 PM on September 30th. I can only tell you more details after a detailed autopsy."
"Thank you." After leaving these words, Lin Jiafan strode away.
Luo Jingyao naturally would not stay here any longer. She followed the man at a distance that was neither too far nor too close, watching him walk around the greenhouse and go straight to Zhou Hong who was standing in front of the red brick house.
Lin Jiafan stood in front of Zhou Hong and asked seriously, "Could you please recall carefully, Miss Zhou, where you were and what you did five days ago, between 1:00 and 5:00 p.m. on September 30th?"
Hearing the question, Zhou Hong pursed her lips unconsciously and opened her mouth to answer.
"The afternoon of September 30th? She's with me." Suddenly, a male voice sounded from behind the crowd.
Then, a head popped out from the gap between the people, and the person strode forward and shouted again: "Xiao Hong was in my supermarket that afternoon!"
It’s Fatty Wang from Haixia Supermarket.
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