Chapter 310 Xiaoqiushan Park
Zhou Yi asked the old policeman for help and took Zhang Xianglan to the train station. To avoid any further problems, it would be best to watch her go through the ticket gate.
The old policeman agreed readily.
Zhou Yi followed Pan Hongjie and others and took the vendors to Xiaoqiushan Park.
Although it is called a park, it is actually more like a nature reserve. Pan Hongjie said that in addition to the watermelons that are particularly famous in Anyuan, there is another thing that is also very famous, that is, monkeys.
The monkeys in Anyuan are national second-class protected animals, and this park was built because there are many monkeys on Xiaoqiu Mountain.
Because it had rained heavily for two days and it was morning, the park was deserted.
The park ranger told them that the place they were going to was not accessible by car and they had to climb up by themselves.
However, due to heavy rain in the past two days, a lot of soil from the mountains has been washed down, making the road surface extremely slippery, so they must be careful.
There was no choice but for the five people to climb up on foot with great difficulty.
As they were climbing, Pan Hongjie, who was walking in front, suddenly turned around and asked the vendor, "Why are you running out to this desolate mountain?"
"Ah." The vendor was stunned, obviously not expecting the other party to ask this question.
"I...I...I..." The vendor hesitated for a long time but couldn't make out what he was saying.
"Are you coming up the mountain to steal monkeys?" Pan Hongjie stared at him sharply.
The peddler's legs went weak, his feet slipped, and he almost fell. Fortunately, Zhou Yi behind him caught him.
Pan Hongjie pointed at the vendor and sneered, "You kid, there's no going back this time. Old Chen, cuff him."
When we came before, we didn’t handcuff the vendor because we had confirmed that he had nothing to do with the Li Youqiang case. But now it’s different. He is a criminal suspect for trafficking in national second-class protected animals, and the crime is not light, with a minimum sentence of five years.
Several people continued to move forward, but the hawker with his hands handcuffed felt weak in the legs and had to be supported by Chen Dejiang and Xia Yu to move forward.
"Captain Pan, is there anyone else stealing monkeys?" Zhou Yi asked.
"Well, just two years ago, we busted a gang of more than a dozen people who specialized in stealing monkeys."
"What is the purpose of stealing the monkey?" Zhou Yi asked curiously.
"Damn, you don't know how perverted some rich people are. Have you ever heard of eating monkey brains?"
Of course Zhou Yi had heard of it, but he had never seen it.
Pan Hongjie told him that this has become an industrial chain, and many wealthy people regard eating monkey brains as a symbol of status, as well as bear paws and the like.
As he was speaking, Zhou Yi suddenly noticed some movement above his head. He looked up and saw some dark shadows rushing past from the tall bushes.
"It's a monkey," Pan Hongjie said. "Don't worry, monkeys generally don't attack people."
Zhou Yi nodded.
"There are no mountains in Hongcheng, right?"
"It's barely half a mountain, but it's still a barren mountain."
After walking a little further, the vendor pointed to a certain place and said, "Right...right there."
"Are you sure? If you're going to talk nonsense to me and interfere with our normal investigation, don't blame me for being rude."
"How dare I?" The peddler was regretting it so much that his intestines turned green. If he had known earlier, he would never have gotten involved with that crazy woman even if he was beaten to death.
Several people came to the place pointed by the vendor and began to investigate.
But the situation is really not optimistic. It is nothing but mud. It would be difficult to find some remaining traces.
After searching for a while, Zhou Yi suddenly discovered that a little monkey had appeared nearby.
The little monkey looked at Zhou Yi with its bright black eyes. Zhou Yi helplessly spread his hands and said, "I don't have anything to give you to eat."
The little monkey seemed to understand what he said. It scratched its head with its paw and then ran away in one direction.
Zhou Yi smiled and was about to look away when he saw something in the mud in the distance in the direction where the little monkey disappeared.
Pan Hongjie and the others were still looking for clues, and Zhou Yi walked in that direction.
The sky was already gloomy, and the light was dim due to the dense trees in the mountains.
Zhou Yi walked forward for more than ten meters, and the outline of the thing in the soil became clearer and clearer.
Zhou Yi muttered to himself, I hope I didn’t really guess it right.
When I got closer, I saw that Zhou Yi was like a good student who already knew the answer and turned to the answer page, his heart as calm as water.
He turned around and shouted, "Captain Pan, there's something going on here. I found a body!"
A pale human foot appeared in the mud in front of him.
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Xiaoqiushan Park is closed today.
When some citizens wanted to go in, they saw the door was closed and there was a sign at the door saying that the store was temporarily closed.
The administrator was waiting anxiously at the door for the park's leaders to come, because several police cars had just arrived and the police had ordered the park to be closed and no one was allowed to come in.
There was a hill, crowded with people and police officers everywhere.
There are many monkeys watching in the trees.
In the eyes of the monkeys, several humans were digging the soil with tools and dug out another human from the soil.
Then, this group of humans were stunned for a long time, picked up tools and continued digging. After a while, they dug out another human.
The monkeys looked at each other, wondering why a human could grow out of the soil.
Pan Hongjie felt overwhelmed when he saw the two bodies dug out of the ground.
We just found one two days ago, and today we found two more.
At first, Zhou Yi found a foot sticking out of the soil and called them over.
Pan Hongjie immediately called for support and protected the scene.
After the on-site investigation and forensic doctors arrived, they began to dig up the body.
Judging from the situation at the scene, it must have rained heavily in the past two days, causing the soil to be washed away. The soil that buried the body was not as compact as the original soil structure, so a foot was exposed from the soil.
Even if Zhou Yi didn't discover it today, someone else would find it in a few days.
Several policemen carefully dug up the surrounding soil and found a female corpse in the soil.
After the body was lifted from the soil and placed aside, a police officer in charge of digging stared at the pit for a moment and shouted, "Captain Pan... Captain Pan, there's another one down there."
So they continued digging, and finally dug out another male corpse.
Pan Hongjie's head was buzzing. Three bodies appeared in a few days. Anyuan hadn't seen such a big case in many years. He was going crazy.
Who did An Yuan offend?
Medical examiner Tang Wenli was conducting a preliminary examination of the two bodies. Seeing that she was alone, Zhou Yi asked Xia Yu in a low voice, "Officer Xia, is Teacher Tang the only medical examiner in Anyuan?"
Xia Yu nodded and asked, "How many forensic pathologists do you have in Hongcheng?"
Zhou Yi gestured the word "two". Forensic scientists were really rare treasures in the 1990s.
Pan Hongjie took a deep breath and instructed everyone to carefully investigate the scene, not leaving even a blade of grass behind.
Having said that, given the current situation at the scene, it is basically difficult to find any useful clues.
The vendor was so frightened that he collapsed on the ground, not caring about the mud all over his butt. He kept saying, "Comrade police, this has nothing to do with me. I know nothing about it."
Chen Dejiang asked, "Captain Pan, why don't you take this person back first? He's crying and it's affecting the investigation."
Pan Hongjie didn't want to bother with this little guy at all, so he waved his hand and let Chen Dejiang take him away.
Wearing a mask and rubber gloves, Tang Wenli performed preliminary autopsies on the two bodies.
Although these two bodies were not completely naked like Li Youqiang's, they were almost naked.
The male corpse was wearing a gray double-breasted pajamas on the upper body and only shorts on the lower body. He was about 1.7 meters tall, slightly fat, and about 40 to 50 years old.
The female corpse was wearing a sexy suspender nightgown, but her lower body was naked. She was about 1.6 meters tall, with a well-proportioned body, and was probably between 20 and 30 years old.
Neither of them had shoes on, at least no shoes have been found nearby or in the soil where the bodies were buried.
The two bodies were already severely decomposed, but Zhou Yi could not tell the exact time of death.
Zhou Yi squatted down to take a closer look. Tang Wenli, who was examining the male corpse, looked up at him and asked, "What's wrong? Did you see anything?"
"Teacher Tang, can you give me a pair of gloves?"
Tang Wenli pointed to the toolbox next to her and said, "It's inside, take it yourself."
Zhou Yi pulled out a pair of rubber gloves and put them on, then walked over to the corpse and squatted down. He wasn't wearing a mask, and immediately a pungent smell of decay mixed with the smell of earth filled his nose.
He began to examine the body and said, "There are obvious bruises on the deceased's neck, but they are relatively regular, not messy, and very deep. Judging from their shape, they must have been caused by a rope. This indicates that the deceased was strangled from behind with a rope. If strangled by hand, the bruises would not be so regular, and the center of gravity would not be in the right position."
Xia Yu had been next to Zhou Yi, holding the evidence bag containing the hidden knife. When he saw Zhou Yi start to examine the body, he also came over.
Zhou Yi looked at the female corpse's feet again. He only discovered them when the deceased's feet were exposed from the soil.
He checked it and immediately looked at the man's feet.
Tang Wenli asked, "What's wrong?"
"Teacher Tang, this is a bit strange. The dirt in the man's toenails is only very shallow, but if you look at the woman's toenails, the dirt is clearly much deeper."
Tang Wenli looked at the two bodies and nodded.
Xia Yu asked doubtfully, "Is there something wrong with this?"
Zhou Yi said: "Judging from the clothes on the two deceased and the lack of shoes found nearby, the two bodies must have been brought here for burial. In other words, this is not the original crime scene. The lack of dirt under the male deceased's toenails supports this point. Although they were buried in the soil, there is a difference between passive and active forces."
"But what's strange is that the mud in the female deceased's toenails is very deep. However, from the actual excavation, the female deceased was actually on the upper side. In theory, the mud in the female deceased's toenails should not be more than that of the male deceased."
"Could it be a coincidence?"
Zhou Yi pointed to the feet of the two corpses and said, "If it were just one or two toenails, it might be a coincidence. But you see, the ten toenails of the deceased woman are in the same condition, with only some differences in depth. So this means that the deceased woman was still alive when she was brought here."
"But if one of them comes dead and the other alive, I always feel like something is not right." Zhou Yi muttered to himself.
He suddenly remembered that he seemed to smell a faint smell of blood in the stench of decay, so he reached out and forcefully turned the female corpse over.
After checking the back of the female corpse, Zhou Yi suddenly realized where the problem lay.
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