Chapter 227 What the Villagers Hidden
The Hu family's house was still in a no-entry state. There was no other way around it. The bodies had been chopped up beyond recognition, with flesh and skin torn apart. Each one looked like someone had chopped them up in revenge. So when the forensic doctor arrived, he thought they couldn't be moved for the time being, and the autopsy could only be performed on the spot.
After all, it was obvious that these wounds were fatal due to external trauma, and the police quickly obtained the murder weapon, a machete, so the forensic doctor quickly examined the conditions of all the bodies of the Hu family.
"They were all killed with machetes. If you insist on saying which blow, I can't be sure. The heads of the victims were chopped off multiple times, not to mention their bodies, which were basically cut like vegetables. The old man in particular was almost chopped to pieces except for the bones. This machete must have been the murderer. I didn't expect such a sharp weapon to still exist in the village these days."
That’s right, in the early years, some villages even hunted and every family had hunting rifles. Later, the country did not allow individuals to own guns, so only some cold weapons were left.
The machete wrapped in a plastic bag is not an ordinary machete. Judging from its width, it is as wide as an adult's palm and as long as an adult's arm. It also seems to have traces of long-term polishing, and the blade is extremely sharp. This is why the murderer was able to kill so many people so efficiently.
This situation happened because the weapon was too handy.
"...This machete is very heavy. If a young girl wielded it, could it possibly cause this much damage?"
In fact, Pan Wenzhuo still didn't want to doubt the little girl. The little girl was silly and looked very pitiful. But the forensic doctor said directly.
"If the user is a mentally ill patient, then the machete will be even more effective. That's why hospitals generally don't allow any tools with lethal capabilities to be placed in wards. They're afraid that a mentally ill patient might go on a rampage and kill people, because they're not normal people after all."
The forensic doctor already knew the origin of the knife and clearly told the person in front of him that the force used by a mentally ill person with a knife is several times that of an ordinary person.
At the same time, Qin Xiao and Jiao Han were talking to the villagers, of course, collecting clues. After all, they could not determine that the murderer was Hu Lili based on the situation at the scene, so they still had to do more investigation.
"Do you know anything about the Hu family? Does the Hu family have any enemies?"
The villagers who were questioned were not afraid and immediately spoke enthusiastically.
"Hu Yan is good. Although he is arrogant, he will help anyone in the village if they have problems. He is a good man. The Hu family has no enemies."
"Yes, we are all farmers. What enemies could we have? Police officer, all the Hu family members are dead. Who killed them?"
"Yes, comrade police officer, could this thief still be in our village?"
Everyone was talking at once, so Qin Xiao immediately asked everyone to be quiet and continued asking.
"Did you know that Hu Yan has a mentally retarded daughter? How did she become so mentally retarded?"
When this question came out, everyone became even more excited, and a middle-aged man immediately said.
"I know! Officer, that was when Hu Lili was seven years old. Someone seemed to have pushed her, and her head hit a rock. That's why she went crazy. That's what you call mentally retarded, officer. She didn't go to school after that. The Hu family has been raising Hu Lili and never letting her go out, for fear that she would be bullied."
It turns out that he was not born with mental retardation, but it was acquired.
Just as Qin Xiao was recording all this, an old man quickly spoke.
"Comrade police officer, if I provide evidence, will you give me money?"
The old man seemed to know something. Qin Xiao was about to say that it was impossible to give money, but Jiao Han on the side immediately said it.
"If anyone can provide information about the Hu family, we'll give each of you five eggs!"
Don’t underestimate the charm of these five eggs. For older people in rural areas, these five eggs are really enough for them to do a lot of things.
When the old man heard that there were eggs to be collected, he immediately spoke out loudly.
"Then I know what happened to Hu Lili. It's all Hu Yan's father's fault. Hu Yan's mother died after giving birth to Hu Yan. Later, Hu Yan grew up, got married, and gave birth to such a beautiful daughter. Hu Yan's father is a beast. I was the one who went to call for help the day Hu Lili fell down. It was because Hu Yan's father was hugging Hu Lili and touching her. The child was so young that she didn't dare to move when being held. So I quickly called for help, and Hu Yan's father pushed Hu Lili to the ground and ran away with his pants up..."
After the old man finished speaking, the middle-aged woman next to him suddenly showed an expression of surprise and distress, and asked directly.
"Then why didn't you call the police? You didn't tell Hu Yan either. All these years, Hu Yan thought Hu Lili fell on her own. Everyone in the village said so."
Others also looked at the old man with condemning voices, but the old man was helpless and spoke with a timid tone.
"That's his biological father. I was able to call him back then, which was already the most righteous thing I could do. If I had told Hu Yan directly that his daughter, Hu Lili, was pushed to the ground by her father and became stupid, and that he was even planning to do something worse than an animal to his daughter, how would the father and son get along? Wouldn't I be in a terrible situation then?"
That’s right, the old man who saw the truth remained silent because of the blood relationship between Hu Yan and Hu Dawei, and the others also felt that there was nothing they could do after hearing it, because they were related by blood after all.
Then another elderly lady spoke up.
"Comrade police officer, I have a message here too. Give me five eggs and I'll tell you."
Jiao Han agreed immediately, and then heard the old lady say something even more shocking.
"Hu Yan and his father, Hu Dawei, have absolutely no feelings for each other. Hu Dawei is a beast. His wife died giving birth to him, and Hu Yan was raised by his parents. But because his family was poor and he couldn't marry, this beast attacked Hu Yan, who was only five years old at the time. Hu Yan was raised clean and pure by his grandmother, but in the end, he was covered in blood. Hu Yan's grandmother had to ask my man to ride a motorcycle to take him to the hospital."
This news immediately shocked all the villagers who stayed in the village!
"Such a serious incident, but the village didn't call the police?"
A five-year-old child was molested by her father. It was so horrific! And no one called the police.
"At that time, no one knew they could call the police. They just thought it was a family disgrace that shouldn't be made public. Later, Hu Dawei was beaten by his father and sent away. He wasn't allowed to return for many years, probably because he felt guilty. The old couple worked hard to build a house for Hu Yan and get him married. Later, they were exhausted. As a result, not long after Hu Yan got married and had Hu Lili, who was about two years old, his father came back from outside and wanted Hu Yan to take care of him in his old age. Hu Yan refused. Some of the older generation of villagers knew about this and wouldn't help him."
So... this beast Hu Dawei didn't get the punishment he deserved after attacking his son, and now he's going to attack his son's daughter?
Qin Xiao and Jiao Han were really shocked, but they also understood that in the eyes of some beasts, boys and girls who were underage were weak. To them, they were all weaklings and were easy to be bullied. Such things were more likely to happen in some left-behind villages.
"No wonder Hu Yan and his father were so upset... So there's this thing..."
"Hu Yan is a good person. He probably forgot about the past. He just hates his father for not coming home when his grandparents passed away. He didn't give any money to the family for so many years. So he has no contact with Hu Dawei. One lives in the east of the village, and the other in the west, which is quite far away."
"After Hu Lili became stupid, Hu Yan watched her very closely. When he was working in the yard, he would let Hu Lili sit in the yard and play. When he was picking grass for pigs, he would tie Hu Lili with a rope and lead her along, for fear that Hu Lili would be bullied by the villagers."
"Right! Even though Hu Yan despised Hu Lili for being stupid, he still raised her until she was nineteen. Hu Lili is pretty, and countless matchmakers have been knocking on her door since she was sixteen. But Hu Yan refused to agree and insisted on two hundred thousand. Who doesn't know that no matter how beautiful his daughter is, she's still stupid?"
"Oh, by the way, although Hu Lili is silly, she listens to Hu Yan very much. Hu Yan even taught her how to use a machete. When she's happy, she'll even help her father cut some pig grass..."
Everyone was talking at once, and although the information was fragmentary, they had collected a lot of information. And at the Hu family, after a series of scene surveys and case reconstructions, one thing had been proven.
That is, the murderer is the foolish Hu Lili.
First of all, we learned from the villagers that the people who came to visit today were there to propose marriage to Hu Lili. One of them was the matchmaker Zhang Dechun, and the other Zhu Weifeng was probably Hu Lili's blind date. It seemed like the two of them had encountered an unexpected disaster.
Next came the reasoning of the case. The police checked Hu Lili's room and actually found used toilet paper in the trash can in Hu Lili's room. There were things belonging to men in the toilet paper, so they took it away for inspection. According to speculation, it should belong to Hu Lili's younger brother Hu Shurong.
The police also found the clothes that Hu Lili had changed out of in the basket. When the smell of blood dissipated a little, everyone discovered that there was not only the smell of blood in Hu Lili's room, but also a special smell of men, which was very obvious on her clothes.
The floral dress she was wearing before was most likely for a blind date. The police speculated that she might have returned to the house obediently after meeting her blind date. Because the dress was too beautiful, she was violated by her younger brother Hu Shurong. Finally, according to her father's request, she picked up a machete and hacked people, then lost her mind and caused the tragedy of wiping out the whole family.
Four hours later, Hu's body was transported to the police station, and Lu Yan also called to confirm one thing.
"Hu Lili was indeed assaulted. I've taken her to the doctor for a checkup, but it was only a superficial invasion. Her uterus is relatively intact, and her hymen is still there. She told me that her father taught her not to hurt her in that area, so she took a machete and attacked her brother."
It is true that Hu Lili is a fool, but her ability to express herself is normal. It's just that sometimes she speaks incoherently like a child. After all, her memory remains at the time when she was a child.
"Also, I've had her clothes sent to the examination department. There's a lot of blood on them, which should be hers. It must have been splashed there when she was killing people. Although she's mentally retarded, she told me when I asked her that she had used the machete to hack up so many people because she did it at her father's behest."
Lu Yan spoke a little tiredly. God knew how sad she was when she heard a silly girl with pure eyes say these things. Why was God so cruel to let a little girl go through this?
"Okay, I understand. Let Lu Yan recuperate in the hospital first. We'll make arrangements once the case becomes clearer. Remember to bring two colleagues with you to watch over her. After all, she's a patient."
Pan Wenzhuo confessed that the case was actually already clear at a glance. Just from the crime scene, the entire autopsy, and the murder weapon, all put together, a complete case process was formed.
I just thought about the two apprentices investigating those people in the village outside. I wonder if Hu Yan thought about everything that happened now when he told his daughter to take up the butcher knife and deal with those who violated her. But the tragedy of the Hu family's annihilation has already happened, and the matter cannot be undone. According to domestic laws, Hu Lili will be sent to a mental hospital for treatment and detention...
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