Chapter 50

The criminal police soon obtained the basic information of the deceased: Luo Hongmin, male, 55 years old, a native of Xiangcheng, is the legal person and general manager of Huayu Group. Huayu Group was founded by Luo Hongmin, mainly engaged in children's online education, and also engaged in some real estate investment, with an annual turnover of more than 4 million.

This piece of rural land was owned by Luo Hongmin's mother when she was alive. After his mother died, for some unknown reason, the land was not reclaimed. Eight or nine years ago, he built a villa here. According to the cleaning staff, Luo Hongmin would come here once or twice a week to fish, plant trees, enjoy the fun of farming, and stay overnight. Sometimes Mrs. Luo and their daughter would also come here.

According to the preliminary judgment of the forensic doctor, Luo Hongmin had been dead for about a week. The murderer stabbed him six times in total. The murder weapon has been found, lying on the floor beside the bed. It was a Japanese kitchen knife. There was a complete set of the same knives in the kitchen, but this one was missing. It can be judged that the murderer took the murder weapon on the spot.

In addition to the fatal chest wound, there was a circle of sharp cuts on the victim's neck, but they were not deep. After comparison, it was found that they were caused by the same Japanese kitchen knife. There were also multiple bruises on the victim's face, and it is very likely that he was beaten before his death.

After hearing what the forensic doctor said, Chen Pu's two dark eyebrows frowned again and said, "This doesn't make sense."

Fang Kai: “What do you mean?”

As the two veterans discussed, the other detectives pricked up their ears to listen. Li Qingyao, who was squatting in front of the safe to inspect, also turned his head to look -

Chen Pu was wearing a black T-shirt and dark blue jeans. Jeans would only make a man of average build look tight and solid, but he had long legs and the jeans were a little loose, making his waist look even thinner. Despite his great build, he looked serious like an old cadre. He said, "It's OK for ordinary people. But the boss of a group was missing for a week and no one noticed. In the end, it was the cleaning staff who came to clean the house regularly who called the police. Is this reasonable? There must be something wrong."

It's no wonder that Chen Pu is more sensitive to this than others. What he didn't say is that if it were his second brother, who holds the power of the group, even if he can't find the person for a day, at least the top management of the group will be in chaos.

Everyone nodded.

The on-site exploration soon produced the following results:

The latch of a window on the east side of the living room on the first floor was damaged and could not be locked.

There were many bloody footprints on the floor of the master bedroom bed and the cloakroom. There was also some blood on the safe. Three people's fingerprints were extracted from the safe.

There was also a trail of bloody footprints that led out of the master bedroom on the second floor, down the stairs, and all the way to the window on the first floor. There were two small pools of blood on the floor near the wall, and a few drops were found on the windowsill. But there was no blood outside the house. It was initially determined that the owner of the bloody footprints wore size 41, while the deceased wore size 43.

The ground around the house had been hardened, and one or two days before and after the death of the deceased, the weather was clear and the ground was dry, so no footprints were left.

There were several surveillance cameras installed in the yard, but because the villa was far away from other houses in the village, the network cable was pulled alone and had been cut. As for the surveillance cameras on the roads around the villa, it would take time to investigate.

Li Qingyao squatted by the pried-open window on the first floor, observing the bloodstains on the ground. When she stood up, she saw Chen Pu walking alone to the small hillside beside the house and entering the woods.

Li Qingyao pulled Yan Yong, who was taking notes, over and asked, "Where is Chen Pu?" Yan Yong, who was smart, immediately said, "The boss must have a new idea. The exploration here is almost complete. Shall we go and take a look?"

Li Qingyao: "Okay, if you want to go, I'll accompany you."

The two followed Chen Pu's route and entered the forest.

Chen Pu was squatting among a clump of low fruit trees, checking the ground. Yan Yong's voice came from behind him: "Boss, what are you looking for?"

Chen Pu said without even looking up: "The injuries on the deceased's body are rather strange, tell me what you think."

Yan Yong never expected that he would be asked to answer a question just because he came to join in the fun. His face turned dark on the spot.

He tried hard to recall the deceased's condition. The cause of death was clear, the facts were clear, and there was nothing strange about it...

Hearing his hesitation, Chen Pu squatted and slowly moved forward, observing the ground inch by inch, and said, "I have said it many times, when looking at a body, don't just look at the superficial cause of death, and don't just be satisfied with the overall logical coherence. The truth is hidden in the details. You have to put yourself in the shoes of the person and think about it carefully, just like the fine noodles of Lanzhou ramen, and put yourself in the shoes of the time, place, people, and situation at that time bit by bit, and sort out the whole process, so that you can find the illogical points."

Li Qingyao had worked in the police department before, so she had very little practical experience. She had learned detective theory in the police academy, but when Chen Pu said it in plain words, combined with the case they were in, she felt suddenly enlightened. She couldn't help but look at him again. The loose black T-shirt made his shoulders look even broader. There was a thin layer of sweat on his neck, and the lines of his shoulder blades and spine were faintly visible. I have to admit that Chen Pu, who was in working mode, looked much more likable than Chen Pu in his life when he was trying to be a big brother.

Chen Pu probably gave up on treating Yan Yong and began to answer his own questions: "The deceased was 1.75 meters tall and relatively strong. Although there were marks of beating on his face, there were no signs of struggle on his body or in the room, and even the bed sheets were not messed up. In other words, the deceased was lying on the bed, and the murderer tied his hands and feet without any resistance.

There are two possibilities for this to happen: first, the deceased was asleep, sleeping soundly; second, the deceased was willing to be tied up by the murderer. Judging from the murderer's crime process reflected by the traces at the scene, the second possibility is very small.

In the first case, even if the crime happened late at night, there is no guarantee that the deceased was asleep. Therefore, the murderer must have needed an angle to observe and confirm. "

Yan Yong was still thinking about what "from the murderer's crime process reflected by the traces at the scene, the second possibility is small", when Li Qingyao's mind had already moved -

Yes, from where they were standing, they could see the window of the master bedroom. When she entered the master bedroom just now, she noticed that the curtains were only half drawn. The deceased was old, and many old people, unlike young people, like to draw the curtains tightly when they sleep. They wake up early and like ventilation, so they rarely close the windows or draw the curtains when they sleep - her father was like that.

Chen Pu was still searching, and continued, "The murderer must have waited for quite some time. If we can find half a cigarette butt or something, we'll make a killing." His eyes suddenly lit up, and he leaned forward with both hands on the ground, lowered his head and observed closely, saying, "We found half a footprint, go get someone to take a picture."

Yan Yong let out an "ah" and turned and ran away without paying any attention to Li Qingyao.

Chen Pu stared at the soft soil next to the tree roots.