Chapter 140 Tooth Marks
Zhang Hongtu, who was taken back to the Criminal Investigation Brigade by the police for investigation, constantly strengthened himself mentally along the way.
——It doesn't matter. It's just that the little starling let the cat out of the bag. It can't be used as real evidence in court. As long as he doesn't tell the truth, no one can force him to speak.
——Let’s take a hunch. Even if the police believed what Xiao Ba Ge said and suspected that Yang was buried under the Bafang Hotel, so what? Without any evidence, would the police dare to tear down an eight-story building and dig out corpses?
After encouraging himself, Zhang Hongtu looked at Fan Yangping and said, "Officer Fan, if you take me to the police station, you must notify my family, right?"
Fan Yangping didn't bother to look at him, and said in a cold tone: "Oh, your family members should also be under investigation in the police station at this moment, and they don't have the energy to take care of you."
Zhang Hongtu got a little anxious when he heard this. He was a henpecked husband and his wife was his backbone. He started to yell, "Why did you take my wife away as well? Why did you arrest people? Don't police have to follow procedures when arresting people? My wife went out to eat and shop with her friends. Is this against the law?"
Fan Yangping snorted and glanced at him sideways: "Oh, gathering together to gamble, this is not a small crime."
Zhang Hongtu was so angry that his face changed. "Gathering to gamble? Are you kidding? A few women with nothing to do just played mahjong together to cultivate their sentiments. How did it escalate to the level of gathering to gamble?"
Fan Yangping shrugged: "I don't know about that. Maybe someone reported it."
Is it such a coincidence? At the same time, he and his wife were taken to the police station on different charges. Even though he realized it later, Zhang Hongtu knew that something was wrong and began to wonder: Is Yang Wenjing's revenge beginning? It's simply an abuse of power! How abominable.
On the other side, Meng Sha and three of her friends were playing mahjong in a teahouse. Suddenly, the police rushed in and took them away together. All the money on the mahjong table and in the drawers was taken away.
Those who played cards with Meng Sha were all people who had been relocated. Some of them were landlady, and some ran small businesses nearby. There is a lot of spare money at home, and the children are grown up, so they usually have plenty of time. A few people often get together to drink tea, play cards, chat and go shopping, and their days are very enjoyable. Suddenly the police took them away, catching everyone off guard and making everyone a little panicked.
"What's going on? Didn't the owner of this teahouse say he has connections with the police? Wouldn't someone come and do a surprise inspection?"
"We usually just do small things, and the winnings and losses are only a few hundred yuan. How can we be accused of gang gambling?"
"Hey, hurry up and call to rescue them. We can't stay in the detention center overnight. I heard there's not even a bed there, and you have to report to go to the bathroom. If you're unlucky, you'll be locked up with those murderous and arsonist women, and you might even get beaten up by them. It's scary."
The women were arguing with each other, and it gave Meng Sha a headache.
Compared with Zhang Hongtu, Meng Sha is more alert. She quickly remembered that her husband had mentioned to her that Yang Wenjing had threatened to teach them a lesson before she left. Now that they were in such a disaster, it was possible that Yang Wenjing had sent someone to do it. Thinking of this, Meng Sha's heart settled down instead.
The worst that could happen is that she would be detained by the police for a few days and fined. Anyway, the amount of money involved in their case was not large. As long as she did not tell the truth about the Yang Jiawei case, the police would not be able to do anything to her.
Thinking of this, Meng Sha comforted her friends and said, "It's okay. We were just playing mahjong among friends. It won't be a big deal. Wait for the punishment result to come out and call the family to ask them to pay the fine."
Zhang Hongtu and Meng Sha, who were taken to the Criminal Investigation Brigade at the same time, had a high degree of tacit understanding at this moment. They both planned not to speak nonsense no matter what the police said, so as not to be caught by the police.
Fourteen years have passed since Yang Jiawei disappeared. During these fourteen years, Zhang Hongtu and Meng Sha have dealt with the police countless times. They have become very familiar with what to say and what not to say.
However, the two of them did not know at the moment that a boiler worker named Xiong Feiliang was also arrested at the same time as them.
The interrogation began with Xiong Feiliang.
The people in charge of the interrogation were Gu Shaoqi, Sun Xianbing and Yu Jing.
Interrogation Room No. 1 on the first floor of the Criminal Investigation Brigade has a blue-gray cement floor, metal interrogation tables and chairs, and eight large black Song-style characters written on the snow-white wall: "Leniency to those who confess, severity to those who resist."
It was the first time that Xiong Feiliang faced such an environment. He felt nervous, with his head lowered, and his small eyes looked at everything in front of him furtively and cautiously.
Gu Shaoqi's gaze rested on Xiong Feiliang's left cheek, where there was a deep scar.
As time passed, the scar has healed, and the new flesh and skin have blended with the original skin, making that piece of muscle look a little distorted.
Gu Shaoqi narrowed his eyes and said nothing.
Unfortunately, if DNA testing technology had been available back then, the murderer could have been caught just by the DNA from the remaining human tissue and semen.
Gu Shaoqi examined the wounds on Xiong Feiliang's face and keenly found several obvious teeth marks in the interlaced skin on his face.
In order to see more clearly, Gu Shaoqi took a few steps closer, bent down, and his eyes were only one foot away from Xiong Feiliang's face.
Gu Shaoqi was wearing a police uniform and a forensic white coat, and his face was serious. His sudden approach startled Xiong Feiliang. The fear in his heart made him subconsciously lean back, wanting to stay away from Gu Shaoqi.
Xiong Feiliang is short and ugly. He hates good-looking men the most. Gu Shaoqi is the type of man he hates and envies the most. He frowned and grimaced, his whole ugly face shrank into a ball, and his voice was also full of panic: "You, what are you going to do?"
Seeing that he was not behaving himself, Yu Jing and Sun Xianbing immediately stood up, held Xiong Feiliang's shoulders from left and right, and shouted, "Don't move!"
The cold and solemn atmosphere in the interrogation room and the majestic attitude of the uniformed police officers made Xiong Feiliang's inner fear continue to escalate.
Especially the policeman in a white coat in front of him was staring at the scar on his face, which made Xiong Feiliang, who was already feeling guilty, even more nervous.
He shouted hoarsely, "I am just a boiler operator. Don't bully an honest man."
Gu Shaoqi's voice was very cold: "An honest man? I don't think so. How did you get the wound on your face? With such obvious teeth marks, who bit you?"
Xiong Feiliang's eyes rolled around: "Who told you that I got a bite wound on my face? I accidentally fell when I was going back to my hometown. I bled a lot and had to put gauze on for a few days."
Gu Shaoqi examined his wound carefully, frowning.
He turned around and picked up the mold on the table. This is a tooth mold made based on Huang Yanying's tooth photo. The red part is the gums and the white part is the teeth. It doesn't look pretty.
Without any explanation, Gu Shaoqi picked up the tooth mold and placed it next to Xiong Feiliang's left cheek and began to compare it carefully.
Xiong Feiliang felt confused and had no idea what Gu Shaoqi wanted to do, but his action made his scalp tingle. Why would a good policeman take out a tooth model and point it at his face?
After spending a long time with Xia Mufan, Gu Shaoqi also learned some interrogation techniques.
Isn’t it just about your mentality? It's as easy as drinking water for doctors.
Isn’t there a saying? I am not afraid of anything in the world except doctors who keep silent.
Xiong Feiliang wanted to escape and tried desperately to turn his face away, but Gu Shaoqi did not stop his actions because of Xiong Feiliang's escape. He still held the tooth mark next to Xiong Feiliang's face.
Gu Shaoqi took out a vernier caliper to measure. The silver-gray metal caliper looked like a hidden weapon. The cold touch scared Xiong Feiliang to death: "Hey, hey, hey, what are you doing?!"
Gu Shaoqi turned to look at Sun Xianbing and said in a firm tone: "The bite marks of subcutaneous blood congestion are exactly the same as the tooth model."
Sun Xianbing thought that the scar was so crooked that how could it be seen from its original appearance? But after hearing what Gu Shaoqi said, he understood and did not show any abnormality. Instead, he nodded slightly: "Yes, I see it is the same."
Gu Shaoqi put down the vernier caliper, straightened up, and his expression became serious.
His face was as white as jade, and his white doctor's coat made him look like a cold and professional. His stern face and his aura made Xiong Feiliang's heart begin to beat fast.
Gu Shaoqi looked at Xiong Feiliang and said, "I'm a forensic doctor."
Forensic? Xiong Feiliang trembled with fear, but he was stared at by Gu Shaoqi and dared not move. He felt like a fish on a chopping board.
And Gu Shaoqi's eyes are like a knife for killing fish.
Xiong Feiliang trembled and said, "Law, law, isn't the forensic doctor supposed to examine the body?"
Gu Shaoqi continued to speak coldly, with almost no changes in tone, as if he was a machine without emotions. But it was precisely this tone that made Xiong Feiliang's inner fear continue to grow.
"Yes, I was in charge of examining the bodies. I was the one who examined the body of the man who bit you fifteen years ago."
Xiong Feiliang's voice began to tremble unconsciously: "You, you, how old are you? You were a forensic doctor 15 years ago?"
Gu Shaoqi said: "There is a large piece of flesh in her mouth, which must have been torn from your face."
Xiong Feiliang was shocked and his whole body suddenly jumped up, but was quickly pressed down by Gu Shaoqi.
Xiong Feiliang yelled, "You are talking nonsense. I didn't kill anyone at all. I didn't kill Huang Yanying."
Gu Shaoqi curled his lips and stared at Xiong Feiliang: "Did I mention the name Huang Yanying just now?"
Xiong Feiliang was suddenly speechless and sweat began to break out on his forehead.
Didn’t the police mention the name Huang Yanying? Really not? It seemed like he had really been saying "she" all along, so wasn't that just incriminating himself?
Thinking that it was this man in front of him who raped and killed the 19-year-old girl, Gu Shaoqi's heart was filled with anger. He exerted a little strength in his hand, pushed the tooth mold forward, and hit it heavily on Xiong Feiliang's cheekbone.
The cold touch brought a sharp pain, and the past events suddenly rushed into his mind. Xiong Feiliang screamed "Ah" and tried to shrink his head back.
Even though he was angry, Gu Shaoqi's voice remained steady: "Tell me! Why did you kill Huang Yanying?"
Xiong Feiliang began to scream: "It hurts! It hurts! It hurts..."
Gu Shaoqi's eyes were like lightning: "Fifteen years have passed, and the police's technical means of investigating cases have been constantly improving, far beyond your imagination. The person who raped and killed Huang Yanying left semen in her body, and a large piece of flesh was bitten off from Huang Yanying's mouth. These are all evidence. We only need to do a DNA test to find the person who killed her."
"It's even simpler. We just need to compare the teeth marks on your face. If they match the teeth marks of Huang Yanying, then you can't escape guilt."
"And I am the forensic doctor who does the identification."
Xiong Feiliang had little education and couldn't tell whether Gu Shaoqi's words were true or false. However, seeing Gu Shaoqi's serious expression and the tooth mold he was fiddling with in his hand, he was frightened and immediately believed what Gu Shaoqi said.
Although Xiong Feiliang didn't know what DNA testing was, the tooth mold that Gu Shaoqi mentioned was extremely real and was being fiddled with right next to his face.
This is the human psychology: the more frightening something is, the more he will unconsciously look at and think about it.
The tooth model in Gu Shaoqi's hand, the white teeth swayed in front of Xiong Feiliang's eyes, and the scene fifteen years ago flashed before his eyes like a movie.
The girl resisted very ferociously. Although she was petite, her teeth and fingers were very strong. She left scars on his face, arms and shoulders.
Xiong Feiliang raised his shoulders subconsciously.
Gu Shaoqi keenly sensed his action and stepped forward to pull open his collar.
The weather was hot, and Xiong Feiliang was only wearing a round-neck T-shirt. As Gu Shaoqi moved, the bite mark on his shoulder became clearly visible to everyone.
Gu Shaoqi sneered and pushed the tooth mold against his shoulder: "There is a scar here, and the tooth marks are completely consistent. Xiong Feiliang, if you tell the truth now, you may be able to get mercy, but if you resist, you will be severely punished. I think you understand the principle of life for life, right?"
The cold tooth mold touched Xiong Feiliang's body again, as if Huang Yanying's teeth were biting his flesh desperately. Xiong Feiliang screamed in fear, and his psychological defenses completely collapsed.
"Don't bite me, don't bite me! Huang Yanying, please let me go. I have been burning paper money for you for so many years. Please let me go. I don't want to kill you!"
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