Chapter 20 The Disappearing Partner (VII)
The forensic doctor's preliminary assessment of the remains showed that the deceased was a male and the cause of death was falling from a high altitude. His abdominal cavity was pierced by a tree branch, causing severe tissue damage, which directly led to death.
Han Jianye quickly contacted Qi Xiaolei, who was far away in Zhunan City, and asked her to find Huang Ziyuan's family to extract samples for DNA identification.
The reason is that the clothes worn by the deceased were almost the same as the clothes they saw Zhong Menhuai and Huang Ziyuan wearing on the day they left the hotel in the surveillance video.
Su Wan used a branch to move the dead branches and leaves on the ground, carefully searching for items such as mobile phones that the deceased might have dropped.
The forensic doctor has already transported the remains back, and some police officers stayed at the foot of the mountain to continue searching for physical evidence.
Liao Wei was most afraid of snakes. He held a long branch in his hand and carefully moved the grass until there was no movement around him before he dared to take a step.
He asked Su Wan: "If this body is really Huang Ziyuan, then is this karma?"
Su Wan wiped the sweat from his forehead, his face slightly red, and sighed: "Ah, who knows? It's really outrageous that they killed each other together, but ended up being killed by their companions."
Liao Wei shook his head and said seriously: "People die for money, birds die for food, what's so outrageous about this? Human nature is often the most vulnerable to temptation in the face of interests."
"You are right. Human nature cannot stand the test of money."
Han Jianye's search strategy was quite direct. He focused his attention on the messy crevices between the rocks under the tree where the deceased was hanging.
His reason was simple: the deceased was hanging from a tree, and the items in his trouser pockets might have fallen out.
After a hard search, his clothes were soaked with sweat. At this moment, a flashing light caught his attention.
He followed the light and found a golden object stuck in a crevice. The object gleamed in the sunlight and looked new, with no signs of damage.
He carefully took out the object and was surprised to find several irregular fingerprints left on it.
At first, Han Jianye thought it was a memory card, but after careful observation, he found that it was actually an exquisite USB rechargeable lighter.
Even more surprising is that there are a few letters engraved on the edge of the lighter: "Z love G".
Han Jianye read out the letters in confusion, then looked up at the place where the deceased was pierced by the branch.
He was almost certain that the lighter had fallen from the deceased's pocket.
If the deceased was Huang Ziyuan, the lighter should have been engraved with his last name "H" or the last letter of his name "Y".
He could never have imagined that it would be the capital letter "自", not to mention there was a capital letter "G", which was obviously the initials of a couple's surnames.
Han Jianye's eyes became deep, and he suddenly had a bold guess: "Could this be Zhong Menhuai or Zhang Zhenzhou's?"
He put the lighter into a sealed bag, took a photo and sent it to Qi Xiaolei.
He believes that only close people would carve such a thoughtful thought on a lighter.
Then, wouldn’t it be clear if we let Gan Minmin identify it?
The search operation in the mountains finally came to an end before dark, and the only clue at the scene was a lighter found by Han Jianye.
On the way back, Han Jianye sat in the car and listened to Qi Xiaolei's report on the latest progress.
"Captain Han, I've shown the photo to Gan Minmin," Qi Xiaolei's voice came from the other end of the phone, "She is very sure that this lighter was a birthday gift she gave to Zhang Zhenzhou during their marriage, and the letters on it were also specially customized by her. She also provided screenshots of the purchase as evidence, so this lighter does belong to Zhang Zhenzhou."
"I understand." Han Jianye nodded and was about to end the call.
"Wait, Captain Han." Qi Xiaolei hurriedly called him.
Han Jianye asked: "What else is going on?"
Qi Xiaolei continued to report: "When we went to Huang Ziyuan's home, we found a black electric bike in his garden. At first I didn't think there was anything wrong, until I noticed a set of fishing gear in a blue bucket next to the electric bike. After asking Huang Ziyuan's family, I learned that Huang Ziyuan brought it back from outside. He said that this set of fishing gear was a gift from a friend and was very expensive. After observation, I felt that these fishing gear were very similar to the description of the witness, so I decided to take them back to the police station."
Han Jianye quickly asked, "So, is it confirmed? Do those fishing gear belong to Zhang Zhenzhou?"
"We have extracted fingerprints from the fishing gear. The next plan is to go to Zhang Zhenzhou's home to extract his fingerprints and then compare them."
Qi Xiaolei answered.
"Very good, thank you for your hard work." Han Jianye expressed his approval.
Su Wan added, "Xiao Lei is really capable. She is worthy of being the elite seconded from the police station by the Korean team."
Liao Wei half-jokingly said: "Once she comes, she can't go back."
"That's true." Su Wan agreed.
Han Jianye remained silent, his eyes always fixed on the lighter, as if he was thinking about something.
Liao Wei couldn't help but admire: "Captain Han is really amazing. You can even find such a small lighter."
Han Jianye stared at the lighter. "This lighter was undoubtedly taken away by Huang Ziyuan and Zhong Menhuai after they teamed up to kill Zhang Zhenzhou. The black backpack was taken away by Zhong Menhuai. It seems that they divided up Zhang Zhenzhou's personal belongings."
"So we can be sure that 20,000 yuan of the money in the backpack was withdrawn from Huang Ziyuan's bank card. We have to find Zhong Menhuai and interrogate him to find out the rest."
At this tense moment, Ye Bai was interrogating Xiao Lu.
He found a key scene in the surveillance video: at 3:45 pm on May 21, Zhong Menhuai and Xiao Lu walked out of the back door of Baitao Community side by side.
The surveillance footage showed that Zhong Menhuai was carrying a black backpack on his chest, which was inconsistent with Xiao Lu's statement that Zhong Menhuai left alone.
In fact, the two left together on a motorcycle. As for their whereabouts, they are still being tracked.
But what Ye Bai could be sure of was that at 7:35 that evening, Xiao Lu returned from the front door carrying a black backpack.
Ye Bai looked into Xiao Lu's eyes with a sharp gaze and asked, "Zhong Menhuai didn't leave alone, why did you lie?"
Faced with this question, Xiao Lu remained silent.
"Do you think we can't find out the truth by keeping silent? We are tracking where you and Zhong Menhuai went on the motorcycle. It's only a matter of time before we find out where you ended up."
These words made Xiao Lu's eyelashes tremble slightly. He swallowed unconsciously and intertwined the fingers of his hands tightly.
These subtle movements did not escape Ye Bai's eyes; they silently revealed Xiao Lu's inner tension and uneasiness.