Chapter 16 Chapter 16 The real culprit who caused the accident
Chapter 16
Qin Ye picked up the white shirt button on the ground and showed it to Li Quan and his colleagues in the Criminal Investigation Department. Both of them were stunned. They didn't expect that there was a button missing in a corner that they hadn't seen.
"This button should be from Lu Peng's shirt."
She noticed that there was a missing button on Lu Peng's shirt, so she tried her luck to see if she could find it at the scene. Unexpectedly, her luck was pretty good.
A small door connects the kitchen and the room where Lu Peng and others are currently staying.
Ever since Qin Ye and the others entered the kitchen again, Lu Peng has been keeping his ears perked up, paying close attention to what's going on in the kitchen.
Now when he heard Qin Ye mention his name, he stood up and ran into the kitchen: "Hey, Comrade Gong'an, I heard you calling me?"
Qin Ye glanced at Lu Peng calmly, put the button into the evidence bag, and held it in front of him: "Why did your button fall next to the water jar?"
Lu Peng's face twitched, he looked down at his shirt, and said "Ah" as if he had suddenly realized something: "Oh, thank you, Public Security Comrade, thank you. If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have noticed that the button on my shirt had fallen off. It was probably because Lele got into trouble and I was in a hurry, and I don't know when the button fell off."
The colleague from the Criminal Investigation Division immediately caught the loophole in Lu Peng's words: "Lu Peng, didn't you just say that you didn't go into the kitchen after Comrade Xie Le got into trouble?!"
According to Lu Peng, Xie Qiuping collapsed with fright after discovering Xie Le's body. He didn't even bother to go into the kitchen to check on Xie Le's condition. He borrowed the production team's ox cart and took Xie Qiuping to the county public security bureau to report the case.
Lu Peng's heart skipped a beat, realizing that there was a contradiction in his words, and he quickly tried to make up for it: "That, that could also be that before Lele got into trouble, I went into the kitchen to get some water to drink, and my button accidentally fell off. I, I can't remember clearly."
A button cannot prove anything, but Lu Peng's performance is enough to arouse suspicion.
Qin Ye ignored Lu Peng and said to his colleague from the Criminal Investigation Division, "Can you let me see Comrade Xie Le's body?"
My colleague from the Criminal Investigation Division made a gesture of invitation, and he also felt a strange feeling in his heart.
When recording his statement earlier, Lu Peng had clear logic and was able to answer any question very clearly. Now his words are incoherent and he just says whatever he wants, as if he has suddenly become a different person.
If this is the real Lu Peng.
Lu Peng's previous performance must have been guided by others.
When the colleagues in the Criminal Investigation Division realized this, they felt that the case, which had been clear and simple, had become shrouded in mystery. Their expressions became serious. “Public Security Officer Qin, I’ll go call Hu Xuan in, and we’ll check it again.”
Qin Ye nodded, and several people passed through the small door one after another and returned to the room where Xie Le's body was placed.
At this time, Xie Qiuping was the only one left in the room, and the county leaders went to the door to see Xie Le's fiancée. She still maintained her original posture, holding Xie Le's hand tightly and refusing to let go.
When Qin Ye walked to a distance of two meters from the kang, he could clearly smell a strong smell of alcohol.
To show respect to the deceased, she bowed three times from a distance before formally stepping forward and saying to Xie Qiuping, "Sister Qiuping, could you please step aside for a moment? We want to check Comrade Xie Le's body again."
Xie Qiuping was like a stone statue and did not respond for a long time.
Qin Ye was just about to speak again when Xie Qiuping suddenly moved.
She raised her arms, fiercely pushed Qin Ye away, and cursed hoarsely: "Get out! All of you police officers, get out! My brother is already dead, can't you let him rest in peace? ! ! Why do you have to lift the white curtain to see him several times? Do you want to see how miserable his death is, do you want to see him laugh? ! ! "
At various crime scenes, it is common to encounter family members who take their anger out on the police.
In his previous life, Qin Ye was used to seeing grief-stricken family members behaving unreasonabley, so he didn't blame Xie Qiuping.
But Li Quan couldn't stand the other party's anger, so he hurriedly supported Qin Ye and rushed forward to argue with Xie Qiuping.
"Comrade Xie, how can you say that? Comrade Xie Le is gone, and we are no less distressed than you! Have you ever thought about what if Comrade Xie Le didn't fall and drown? ! ! If he was killed by someone, your current behavior is hindering us from finding the truth! You are the one who made Comrade Xie Le die with regrets!"
Xie Qiuping was stunned at first, then she ran out of the house, staggering and crying, and went to complain to the county leaders: "Leaders, please look at your public security comrades. My brother hasn't even been buried yet, and they have teamed up to bully me!"
Li Quan looked at Xie Qiuping's running back, bit his lip, and finally realized that he had made trouble: "Qin Ye, the leader won't scold me, right?"
Qin Ye patted Li Quan on the shoulder: "Thank you."
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Soon, the county leader came back with a gloomy face, accompanied by Xie Qiuping.
She pointed at Qin Ye and Li Quan and complained to the county leaders: "Leader, if they were so capable, why wouldn't you let them investigate the case in the first round? In my opinion, they just wanted to take advantage of your absence to come and see my brother's joke..."
When the county leaders saw that Qin Ye and Li Quan were not police officers from the Criminal Investigation Division but were from the police station, their faces turned even more grim.
Just as he was about to scold, Xie Le's fiancée Wang Yu came from outside the door and scolded him: "Xie Qiuping, can you stop being so unreasonable! The police comrades want to see Xie Le, why don't you let them see? Are you hiding something?!!"
Behind her were Hu Xuan and the police officers from the Criminal Investigation Department.
Wang Yu rushed into the room, pushed Xie Qiuping aside, and said to the county leaders: "Investigate! Leaders, I am Xie Le's wife, I am the boss. As long as the public security comrades feel there are doubts, then investigate! I heard that the provincial capital has now asked the forensic doctor to open the autopsy to solve the case. As long as you can give Xie Le the truth, you can also ask the forensic doctor to investigate."
She didn't believe that Xie Le would really fall into the jar and drown after getting drunk.
Xie Le is a heavy drinker. He can drink at least one and a half kilograms of liquor by himself and still be sober after drinking. This time, the four of them only drank a total of one and a half kilograms of white wine. How could Xie Le get drunk to the point of passing out? Someone must have harmed him!
Forensic scientists are still very rare in this era, and many people have never heard of them. Coupled with the influence of old ideas, few family members are willing to have their loved ones' bodies dissected and examined.
Wang Yu's bold remarks caused everyone present to fall silent at the same time.
When Qin Ye heard Wang Yu agree to call the forensic doctor, she was surprised at his open-mindedness. It was hard for her to associate the girl in front of her with the crazy woman in the T live broadcast room.
"You are Public Security Qin, right? I know you. You solved the two recent cases in the county."
Wang Yu glanced around and finally saw the "female police officer who is very good at handling cases" as many people said.
She walked forward and took Qin Ye's hand, pleading with her eyes: "You also think there are doubts in the case, right? I believe you, please, no matter what method you use, you must give Xie Le the truth."
Before Qin Ye could respond, Xie Qiuping squeezed forward, raised her arm, grabbed Wang Yu's hair, and cursed: "Damn it, you bitch! How can you be so vicious? ! ! My brother is gone, and you actually want to ask the police to cut him open! You are worse than the devils!"
Wang Yu looks quiet and gentle, but he is as strong as Xie Qiuping, who has been doing farm work all year round.
She also grabbed Xie Qiuping's hair and tried to slam her head against the wall: "Xie Qiuping! Do you think you are a good person?! Now that Xie Le is gone, you come out here to pretend to be a good sister! If it weren't for you and your man, how could Xie Le have joined the army, and how could she have lost an arm?!!"
The two women started fighting in front of each other. The male police officers in the room wanted to stop them, but they didn't dare to do anything. They could only stand by and worry.
Qin Ye rushed forward and hugged Wang Yu around the waist, and at the same time shouted to Lu Peng who was staring at him: "Lu Peng, what are you looking at? Why don't you take Xie Qiuping away?!"
Lu Peng quickly gathered his thoughts and ran over to hug his wife: "Qiuping, don't bother with the madman, Lele is still lying on the kang."
Xie Qiuping finally let go of her hand, and sat on the ground, limp as if she had no bones, crying loudly: "Le Le, how come you are gone? Open your eyes and take a good look. The lunatic you wanted to marry is rushing in and bullying your sister!"
Wang Yu didn't do anything for Qin Ye's sake, but he pointed at Xie Qiuping's nose and yelled, "What are you crying about! I think you've been hindering the police from handling the case. I'm also going to say that you killed Xie Le. You're guilty if you don't allow another autopsy!"
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The county leader stood there, looking at Xie Qiuping who was crying bitterly, and then at Wang Yu who seemed to wish he could bite a piece of flesh off Xie Qiuping, and for a moment he didn't know what to do.
He didn't understand how the police handled cases. The only reason he came tonight was because the deceased, Xie Le, was a veteran and a combat hero who had won second-class merit.
Now, of Xie Le’s two closest relatives, one said it was an accident and refused to let the police examine Xie Le’s body again; the other said it was a murder and wanted to call the forensic doctor from the provincial capital to perform an autopsy.
This is a tricky matter!
If he fails to handle the situation properly, and Wang Yu or Xie Qiuping sends a letter of complaint to his superiors, he might even lose his current position!
Thinking of this, he decisively handed this mess over to the County Public Security Bureau: "Look at you, the police, how do you do things? After spending an entire night, you still can't even figure out whether Comrade Xie Le was killed by accident or murder? ! ! I don't care, you guys deal with it yourselves! Report to me when you have the results!"
After saying that, he walked out of the yard with his hands behind his back and returned to the jeep on the side of the road to catch up on his sleep.
The county leaders thought they had gotten rid of a mess.
Little did he know that when he was present, the police were restricted in what they did and had to ask for permission before doing anything. As soon as he left, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
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Only Xie Qiuping knew that without her backer, she would not be able to stop these police officers from "destroying" her brother's body.
She didn't even bother to wipe her tears, she rolled and crawled onto the kang, and laid on Xie Le's body covered with a white cloth, crying and shouting, "I won't allow you to do that! I won't allow you to cut Le Le open, if you insist, then cut me open too!"
Qin Ye and Hu Xuan, who was in charge of the inspection, looked at each other and saw deep helplessness in each other's eyes.
Hu Xuan finally stepped forward and said in a gentle voice, "Sister Qiuping, don't worry, we are just taking a look. We are not going to dissect Comrade Xie Le."
He wanted to handle cases like the provincial forensic doctors, but the county didn't have the conditions and he didn't have the skills!
Xie Qiuping stopped crying, raised her head with tears in her eyes, and repeatedly confirmed: "Are you serious? Just taking a look, not dissecting it?"
Hu Xuan nodded: "Really, no autopsy."
After getting his assurance, Xie Qiuping looked around at the other police officers in the room with tears in her eyes.
After getting everyone's assurances, she climbed down from the kang and compromised: "Then I'll let you take another look. When the day breaks, the leader of our village's production team will come back with the coffin, and my brother will be put into the coffin."
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The white cloth covering Xie Le's body was removed.
Hu Xuan put on disposable gloves and gave a pair to the police officers from the Criminal Investigation Department and Qin Ye and Li Quan.
Qin Ye restrained his expression, put on gloves, walked forward and checked Xie Le's body with Hu Xuan. Li Quan stood aside, looking at Xie Le, whose face was pale and swollen on the kang. He pursed his lips and did not dare to step forward for a moment.
A colleague from the Criminal Investigation Division noticed Li Quan's hesitation, patted him on the back, and expressed his understanding: "It's okay, just watch from the side and pay attention to the family's emotions."
It is normal for most police officers to feel scared when they see a dead body for the first time.
Li Quan looked at the people sitting around the kang. Qin Ye remained calm and even discussed something with Hu Xuan from time to time. He felt a sense of frustration.
He mustered up his courage and was about to step forward when Wang Yu and Xie Qiuping behind him started arguing again.
"Tell me the truth, was it you and your man who harmed Xie Le? You coveted his retirement pay! Before Xie Le came back, he called me and told me that you asked him to borrow his retirement pay to pay off your man's debts, but Xie Le refused, and you called him an ungrateful person!"
Xie Qiuping was so angry that she yelled, "Okay, okay! You psychopath! Aren't you just holding a grudge against me for not letting your brother marry you? Now you're trying to accuse me of something in front of the police!"
After she finished cursing, she waved her hand again, trying to grab Wang Yu's hair.
Seeing this, Li Quan quickly inserted himself between the two of them. Xie Qiuping didn't stop her action for a moment and left a deep mark on his face.
He squatted down in pain and covered his face, but unexpectedly saw that the wardrobe at his feet was wet.
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At the same time, Qin Ye's voice came from the kang: "Comrade Xie Qiuping, I want to ask, did you change Comrade Xie Le's clothes?"
Xie Qiuping had just accidentally scratched Li Quan and was bending down to apologize to Li Quan.
Hearing Qin Ye's question, she no longer cared about Li Quan. She walked quickly to the kang with small steps, raised her face, stared at Qin Ye, and gritted her teeth and said, "You, a police officer, are asking interesting questions. Otherwise, what else can I do? Am I going to bury my brother in a set of wet clothes?"
Qin Ye ignored the sarcastic remarks in Xie Qiuping's words and asked Hu Xuan: "Do you think Comrade Xie Le smells too much of alcohol?"
It was so big that it didn't look like he had drunk alcohol, but rather like he had taken a bath in alcohol.
"Qin Ye, Hu Xuan, look at this!"
While everyone's attention was on Qin Ye, Li Quan secretly opened the wardrobe. At the bottom layer of the closet, a wet military uniform was found, which still exuded a pungent smell of alcohol. It was obviously the one Xie Le was wearing when the accident happened.
When Xie Qiuping saw her brother's clothes being turned out, she pointed at Li Quan's nose and cursed: "Are you a police officer or a thief? ! ! Why are you rummaging through my closet? ! ! "
As she spoke, she stepped forward to grab the clothes, but Li Quan easily dodged her: "Qin Ye, there is something wrong with this dress!"
He broke free from Xie Qiuping's obstruction and handed the clothes to the people on the kang.
The moment Qin Ye took the clothes, everyone on the kang smelled a strong smell of alcohol. It is impossible for drinking while wearing this dress to have such a strong smell. This dress looks more like it has been soaked in wine.
She realized something, handed the wet military uniform to Hu Xuan, and began to unbutton the new clothes on Xie Le's upper body. After his clothes were undressed, everyone could smell the smell of alcohol lingering on Xie Le's skin.
"Maybe Xie Le wasn't drunk at all. Someone deliberately poured wine on him, causing him to reek of alcohol, in order to create the illusion that he was drunk."
After Qin Ye expressed her thoughts, Xie Qiuping turned pale on the spot, and her first reaction was to rush forward and grab the clothes.
Seeing this, Wang Yu grabbed Xie Qiuping and stopped her from moving: "Why did you snatch Xie Le's clothes? Do you have a shameful secret?"
Xie Qiuping was pinned down by Wang Yu and couldn't move. She had no choice but to yell at Lu Peng: "Lu Peng! Lu Peng! Hurry up and get the clothes back!"
After calling several times, there was no sign of Lu Peng.
Instead, the police who were cordoning off the courtyard heard someone calling Lu Peng and came into the house and said, "Lu Peng has gone to the village entrance to pick up the coffin."
Qin Ye's expression turned cold, he jumped off the kang, and ran out with Li Quan in his arms: "Let's go! Let's go after him! Don't let Lu Peng get away, there's definitely something wrong between him and Xie Qiuping!!!"
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When Qin Ye and Li Quan left Miaoping Village, it was already bright.
As expected, they did not see Lu Peng at the entrance of the village, but they did meet the production team leader Lu Quan who was pulling a coffin back.
In terms of kinship, Lu Quan is also Qin Ye's cousin-in-law.
No matter what kind of person Lu Quan was, he did a good job of preserving his reputation. When he saw Qin Ye, he greeted her warmly, "Ye Ye, I heard from my mother-in-law that you are a police officer now, which is awesome!"
Qin Ye didn't bother to exchange pleasantries and went straight to the point: "Brother-in-law, have you seen Lu Peng? He said he came to the village entrance to pick up your coffin."
Lu Quan's grin froze at the corners of his lips: "What? That's what he said? Then why did he tell us to go to the county early to buy clothes for Xie Le's funeral?"
"Do you remember which way he went?"
As soon as Qin Ye asked the question, several villagers who came to pull the coffin pointed to the path leading to the county town.
She thanked him and followed Li Quan in the direction pointed by the villager. It was not until they were less than half a kilometer away from the county town that the two men finally caught Lu Peng.
Lu Peng was still wearing the white shirt and had a faded military backpack on his back.
Li Quan held Lu Peng, took off the bag and handed it to Qin Ye.
She took the bag and opened it. She was stunned. The bag contained 20,000 yuan and several stacks of various commodity tickets. "Tell me, where did you get these things?"
Lu Peng knew that his secret was exposed, so he said honestly: "My family got the food coupons and other things. The 20,000 yuan is Xie Le's retirement pay."
He took advantage of the chaos to take away all the valuables and tried to run away, but he never expected that the police would react so quickly. Before he could even enter the county town and catch a bus, he was caught.
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Li Quan took Lu Peng back to the county public security bureau first, while Qin Ye went back to Miaoping Village to report the news to the village police.
She worked non-stop for nearly three days, taking only short breaks in her spare time. She was less than halfway through the journey back when she felt she could no longer hold on.
Qin Ye had no choice but to find a stone by the roadside to sit down, intending to slow down for a while before continuing on his journey.
At this time, the sound of bicycle bells came from the country road. She looked up and saw Xu Libai riding a bicycle and stopping in front of her.
"Public Security Qin, what a coincidence."
Xu Libai supported the bicycle with one leg, looking far in the direction of Miaoping Village, "Are you going to Miaoping Village? Do you need me to give you a ride?"
Qin Ye raised her eyebrows in surprise. She didn't expect that Xu Libai knew her destination.
Xu Libai seemed to see what she was thinking. He pursed his lips, and a faint dimple appeared on his cheek: "Our destination is the same. I have been asked to conduct another round of inspection on Comrade Xie Le's body."
He was woken up by a phone call from the military district this morning.
Before Xie Le retired, his company commander said that he did not trust the level of the County Public Security Bureau's inspection department and wanted him to check it personally to make sure the cause of Xie Le's death was correct.
In the past, given Xu Libai's personality, he would definitely not have interfered in such matters.
But this time, he thought he might not have woken up yet, and for some unknown reason, he actually agreed.
Now, after meeting Qin Ye by chance on the roadside, Xu Libai finally realized why he had agreed to take on this extra "job".
Qin Ye knew that the case could not be delayed, and when he heard Xu Libai say that he also wanted to go to the crime scene, he stopped being polite with him and said, "Sorry to bother you, Doctor Xu."
"You are welcome."
Xu Libai tilted his head slightly and motioned Qin Ye to get in the car.
After she sat down in the back seat, he took out a bright yellow candy from his chest pocket and handed it to her: "Would you like one? I see you look very tired, maybe you need a little energy."
Qin Ye took a glance and found that the candy in Xu Libai's hand was not the fruit candy sold in the supply and marketing cooperatives. The candy wrapper was written in French and seemed to be imported.
"Thanks."
She took the candy, peeled it and put it in her mouth. It tasted like pineapple.
Xu Libai smiled politely: "You're welcome, Qin Gongan, we are ready to get up, please sit tight and hold on."
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With Qin Ye's guidance, Xu Libai successfully rode his bicycle to the intersection of Xie Qiuping's house.
At this time, a large group of people gathered at the gate of Xie Qiuping's house. When the bicycles rode up to them, Qin Ye could clearly hear that Xie Qiuping was scolding her.
"Fellow villagers, you have to help me! That female police officer had a seductive look on her face, and the other police officers were all bewitched by her! She insisted that I was the one who killed Lele, and the police officers rushed up to beat me up!"
Xie Qiuping sat on the threshold of the gate, holding on to the door frame tightly, and from time to time she uttered some dirty words to curse Qin Ye.
The other police officers were all furious, but since the county leaders had not given any order, no one dared to forcibly detain Xie Qiuping.
Who makes her the sister of a war hero? ! ! With such an identity and without solid evidence, if they arrest the wrong person, no one can bear the consequences.
Qin Ye's face turned cold as he listened to Xie Qiuping's unreasonable shouting and cursing.
She jumped off her bicycle, pushed through the crowd, walked up to Xie Qiuping, and sneered, "Xie Qiuping, my colleagues and I have caught Lu Peng. Guess what? He is trying to run away with your family's commodity coupons and Comrade Xie Le's retirement pay. Do you still think that I am wronging him?"
Xie Qiuping's curse was stuck in her throat. Her mouth was half open. After an unknown amount of time, she finally uttered a sound: "No, it's impossible. How could Lu Peng leave me alone and run away? It's absolutely impossible!"
She suddenly stood up from the threshold and ran home.
Qin Ye hurriedly followed, and seeing this, the other police officers also followed Xie Qiuping into the house.
Xie Qiuping opened all the money boxes like crazy, and every box was empty. Even the jewelry box containing her silver bracelet was emptied.
"Ah! Ah! Ah! Lu Peng! You damn bastard! How could you leave me alone and run away!!!"
Xie Qiuping swept all the boxes to the ground with her arms and burst into tears.
Qin Ye looked at Xie Qiuping going crazy with cold eyes, knowing that Xie Qiuping must know what Lu Peng had done. Otherwise, she would not have cried and asked why Lu Peng didn't take her away after learning that he had run away.
She took out the handcuffs from her clothes and handcuffed Xie Qiuping without paying attention to the look Hu Xuan gave her. "Xie Qiuping, I suspect you are involved in the murder of Comrade Xie Le. I want to take you back to the county public security bureau for investigation."
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Qin Ye escorted Xie Qiuping, who was in handcuffs, out of the door, stared at the county leader with a knife-like gaze, and said, "Leader, I suspect Xie Qiuping, like Lu Peng, is suspected of murdering Comrade Xie Le. I want to take her to the county for investigation."
The county leader was furious, but in the end he waved his hand and said, "Go, ask the police from the Criminal Investigation Division to take Xie Qiuping back in my jeep. You and Hu Xuan stay and go check Comrade Xie Le's body again with Doctor Xu."
Anyway, he didn't catch the person, so even if something went wrong, Qin Ye should bear the blame himself.
He didn't believe that his own sister would kill his brother!
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In the room where Xie Le's body was placed, Wang Yu was holding Xie Le's body and crying.
Seeing Qin Ye and the others coming in, Wang Yu quickly wiped away her tears, walked to Qin Ye, and asked, "Qin Public Security, have you caught Lu Peng? Did Xie Le have him killed?"
As soon as Wang Yu asked this question, tears started to flow out of her eyes uncontrollably again.
She didn't want to show her vulnerable side in front of others, so she immediately turned her head away and wiped her tears again.
Qin Ye looked at Wang Yu and felt that any words of comfort were too pale. He could only say: "Don't cry, we have caught Lu Peng. Colleagues from the Criminal Investigation Department will interrogate them soon, and I believe there will be results soon."
Wang Yu turned his back to the others and stared blankly at Xie Le on the kang: "Public Security Officer Qin, we are obviously going to get married next month. He also has to work at the Public Security Bureau, and you are his colleague. He is so enthusiastic that it's annoying, and he will definitely invite you to our wedding..."
As she was speaking, she became silent, squatted down, covered her face and cried out in despair and grief.
Qin Ye's eyes couldn't help but turn red.
Xu Libai noticed her mood change, but he just glanced at her and quickly looked away, then coldly ordered Wang Yu to leave: "Comrade Wang Yu, we need to work. If possible, please leave first, okay?"
Wang Yu cried so hard that she couldn't speak. She nodded and left the house with heavy steps.
"Doctor Xu, Wang Yu is here, he won't be a hindrance to us, right?"
Hu Xuan was secretly surprised by Xu Libai's indifference.
Seeing Wang Yu crying, he, a grown man, felt very uncomfortable; not to mention Qin Gongan, whose eyes were as red as a rabbit. Why was Xu Libai able to remain unmoved and coldly drive Wang Yu away?
Hearing his question, Xu Libai glanced at him coldly: "If you want, you can go out with her."
Hu Xuan shut his mouth and dared not say another word.
When he went to the hospital, he heard that Xu Libai was an outstanding student at Capital Medical University. I heard that he initially applied to the Forensic Medicine Department of the People's Public Security University, and at the end of his freshman year, he ranked first in the department.
In my sophomore year, I was suddenly transferred to Capital Medical University and became a student in the School of Medicine, and my grades were the best in the department.
He also wanted to learn more from Xu Libai, maybe he could use it when he was investigating the scene in the future.
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Xu Libai took out a high-power magnifying glass from the toolbox he brought and handed two of them to Qin Ye and Hu Xuan.
He put on disposable gloves and began to observe Xie Le's body on his own. He did not hold much hope for Qin Ye and Hu Xuan: "Record, the deceased——"
When these words came out of his mouth, Xu Libai was stunned for a moment, then he realized that he was not a forensic doctor now.
He laughed at himself and said nothing more. He raised the magnifying glass and observed the body in silence.
Qin Ye saw everything Xu Libai did, but she said nothing and also observed with a magnifying glass.
When the lens landed on Xie Le's left hand, she stopped and said, "Look here, there is a small wound on the tip of Comrade Xie Le's index finger."
Xu Libai raised his head when he heard the voice, and indeed saw a wound where she pointed.
Xie's parents died early, and Xie Qiuping and Xie Le, brother and sister, suffered a lot. While in the army, Xie Le developed layer upon layer of calluses on his hands, and his hands were covered with countless wounds.
This small wound, less than 1 cm in size, is not noticeable on this scarred hand.
Xu Libai admired Qin Ye's meticulousness, and the haze in his heart dissipated a little. He analyzed: "The wound is very new, shallow and thin, and no important blood vessels were injured. It looks like it was caused by something like a thin thread."
Everyone's previous focus had been on how Xie Le drowned and whether there was a murderer at the scene, and no one noticed this small wound.
"At the same time, the root tissue of Comrade Xie Le's hair was loose. I suspect that someone grabbed his hair and pushed him into the water. As for the scratches on his hands, it is very likely that he grabbed the thin thread on the murderer during his struggle, causing an injury to his index finger."
Xu Libai looked at Hu Xuan and pointed out his problems mercilessly, "You didn't find these two points in the two autopsies. But - your analysis of other things is correct. Judging from the extent of the wound on Comrade Xie Le's index finger, his struggle did not exceed ten seconds. After ten seconds, he did not struggle anymore."
As for Xie Le at that time, he may have lost consciousness and was unable to continue struggling, or he may have given up struggling and drowned. This is not what Xu Libai is concerned about.
The public security officials need to conduct their own analysis and investigation.
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After listening to Xu Libai's analysis, Qin Ye thought of Lu Peng's missing button and a chill appeared in his eyes.
She took off her disposable gloves, patted Hu Xuan, and said, "Hu Xuan, please come to the kitchen and simulate the crime scene with me."
Hu Xuan agreed without hesitation, took off his gloves and wiped the magnifying glass clean before respectfully returning it to Xu Libai: "Thank you, Doctor Xu, you taught me a lot in just a short time."
Xu Libai took the magnifying glass, hummed lightly, and stopped looking at the two of them.
He covered Xie Le's head with the white cloth again, took two steps back, and bowed deeply. Then pull the middle finger of the disposable glove, and follow the same order to free the little finger, thumb, ring finger and index finger from the glove.
After finishing all the work, Xu Libai packed up his tools and prepared to leave. He walked to the small door connected to the kitchen and heard Qin Ye's voice coming out.
"It's okay, Hu Xuan, just grab my hair and push me into the jar."
Hu Xuan seemed to have some difficulty in doing so, but at Qin Ye's repeated request, he still loosely grabbed Qin Ye's ponytail and pressed her head into the jar.
At the same time, Qin Ye stretched out his left arm and reached back desperately, successfully grabbing the button on Hu Xuan's collar. The thin thread that attached the button to the fabric was just right around the tip of her index finger.
She loosened her hand holding the button and waved, signaling Hu Xuan to pull her up.
The moment she got out of the jar, she took a deep breath and said, "Let's go back to the bureau. Now we know how Lu Peng drowned Xie Le."
When Lu Peng was arrested, he was still wearing the white shirt. The bloodstains on Xie Le's fingertips could definitely be detected at the places where the buttons of the shirt were missing.
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When Qin Ye was leaving, he ran into the county leader talking to Xu Libai.
Unlike their condescending commanding attitude towards them, the county leaders were very polite to Xu Libai. On the contrary, Xu Libai was different from when he first arrived. He was full of energy. His lips were pale and he forced a smile to deal with the other party.
She was hesitating whether to say hello to the two of them, but the moment Xu Libai made eye contact with her, he immediately looked away.
Qin Ye was a little confused by Xu Libai's reaction, but he didn't bother to ask any more questions. He simply took Hu Xuan and rode away.
When Xu Libai heard the rumble of his son leaving, he could no longer bear to listen to the county leaders' nonsense.
He made an excuse and quickly rode away on his bike. Turning a corner into the deserted woods, his patience finally reached its breaking point. He dropped his bike and squatted in the woods, retching.
The scene of Hu Xuan pushing Qin Ye into the jar kept flashing before his eyes.
When Qin Ye raised her head, her beautiful facial features suddenly distorted and she turned into the pet cat he raised in his childhood.
The man he hated, like Hu Xuan, pushed his cat into the pool until the cat was completely silent.
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County Public Security Bureau.
Qin Ye had just arrived at the door of the interrogation room when a colleague from the Criminal Investigation Department came out and shook his head at her: "Neither of them said anything. Lu Peng only admitted that he stole the money during the chaos, but he did not admit to murder."
"There's no need for Lu Peng to speak. We have evidence."
She pushed the door open, walked quickly to Lu Peng, and pulled open his collar.
Sure enough, there was a slight, unnoticeable dark red mark on the place where the button was missing from the white shirt.
Lu Peng was shocked and quickly broke away from Qin Ye, frantically straightening his clothes: "Comrade Public Security, why are you stripping my clothes?!"
"I now have reason to suspect that you were the one who killed Comrade Xie Le. The buttons on your white shirt were pulled off your clothes by Xie Le when he was struggling. His fingers got caught in the thread that sewed the buttons, injuring them and leaving blood on your body."
When Qin Ye said this, everyone was shocked.
Lu Peng never noticed the blood on his clothes. Hearing Qin Ye's words, he hurriedly turned up the corner of his clothes and found a bloodstain only the size of a red bean.
His expression changed, but he was still making a final excuse: "No, this is my own blood!"
"Whether this is your own blood or not, our colleagues in the laboratory can do a blood type test and we will know immediately."
Qin Ye curled his lips sarcastically and looked at the male police officers in the interrogation room, "I'm sorry to bother you again. Take off his clothes and I'll send him to the inspection department."
After she finished speaking, she was about to leave when she heard Lu Peng shouting behind her, "It's not just me, my wife is also the one doing it! As soon as she reached out and held Xie Le, Xie Le immediately stopped struggling!"
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