Three people and one ghost solved 43 mysterious cases.

05:30, the sky is slightly bright.

A police car drove to Yinshi Village, and three people got out of the car. One policeman, named Zhang Tianmu, led two auxiliary police officers.

Zhang Tianmu is a policeman from a small police station in Linxian County.

After receiving the report, the case was first assigned to the police station. Although the deceased was found, the nature of the case was not clear.

Possibly, it was a fire accident.

Zhang Tianmu arrived at the crime scene, Chen Daqing's home, went up to the second floor, and saw the charred body lying on the bed.

The body was lying stretched out in the middle of the bed, with some cigarette butts on the ground.

Zhang Tianmu thought for a while and then said to the police officer, "Go and notify the forensic doctor. It's a murder case."

It was most likely foul play because of the manner in which the deceased died.

If the deceased died in a sudden fire, such as lying in bed and smoking, the smoke caused the fire.

If the deceased was trapped in the house, he would definitely try every means to save him. He would not be able to just lie upright on the bed without any resistance.

Therefore, the deceased died before the fire.

Zhang Tianmu has certain criminal investigation capabilities and is 32 years old.

A top student at the police force university joined the city's criminal investigation team at the age of 25, but his fate in life is always hard to predict.

When he was 28 years old, one of his police assistants committed a crime, and Zhang Tianmu, as the leader, was jointly and severally responsible.

At that time, the old leader of the city's criminal investigation team told Zhang Tianmu, "Hey, otherwise I will transfer you to the county police station and be a counselor. You will have to work hard for a few years and try to get promoted back."

So he had no choice but to go to the county police station hundreds of kilometers away, where there were only seven people.

Every day there were small cases of cattle stealing and quarrels. Living in a dormitory, the environment was not good, and there were mosquito bites all over my body.

He never wants to return to the city's criminal investigation team, and never wants to return to the confusing "battlefield of major cases."

However, we must also accept the baptism of time.

Zhang Tianmu ordered the police to cordon off the crime scene and let the villagers who were watching the excitement disperse.

He walked around the crime scene, looking carefully and thinking.

In fact, there is no strong evidence at this crime scene. The fire destroyed everything and the ground is wet.

The villagers who had just put out the fire were coming in and out, but no shoe prints or fingerprints could be extracted.

The windows on the second floor were tightly closed. Tian Mu went to the window to observe and found that the window was locked from the inside.

An hour later, people from the county criminal investigation team arrived. When they saw the deceased, they felt something strange.

Since the owner of this house is Chen Daqing, a villager called Chen Daqing's cell phone and it showed that it was turned off. No one in the village found Chen Daqing either.

The forensic doctor examined the body and soon confirmed that——

The deceased was a male. No thick smoke was found in the deceased's chest and he died of suffocation.

There was no doubt that it was a murder. The man was already dead before the fire broke out.

Based on the body shape, age, and location of the deceased, it is speculated that the deceased is probably Chen Daqing.

Specifically, DNA comparison is also required.

The police speculated that the case might go like this:

The murderer first strangled Chen Daqing to death, then set fire to the house, destroyed evidence, and took away Chen Daqing's mobile phone.

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About a dozen police officers stayed in the village for most of the day.

Discoveries were made one after another.

In the village, only the entrance to the village has surveillance. According to the surveillance, the fire occurred at about four o'clock in the morning. During that time, no suspicious people came in or out of the village entrance.

But in fact, this monitoring is useless. The village is like a maze. When it was built 1000 years ago, the entire village was surrounded by a round wall for easy defense.

Nowadays, it is really inconvenient, so it was demolished and there are exits from all sides of the village.

If the murderer knew the structure of the village, he would not enter or escape from the village entrance. He would have many ways to go. In fact, the murderer did not escape, but just stayed in the village as if nothing happened.

If it was murder, then the murderer was most likely someone from the village.

The first person to discover the fire was a woman named Liu Yun, who was in her 40s.

Liu Yun was Chen Daqing's opposite door. When she got up to go to the toilet at four o'clock, she saw the fire and screamed, and then the villagers began to put out the fire.

Liu Yun said that she did not see any suspicious persons walking out of Chen Daqing's house when the crime occurred.

Some villagers also reported that the flames they saw looked a bit blue.

Alcohol, alcohol can emit blue flames, which further confirms that the deceased was sprinkled with alcohol or other objects and then set on fire.

The bed itself was flammable and the windows were closed, so it was as if the deceased was lying in a furnace and was burned completely.

But why are the windows closed?

Let’s talk about the door of Chen Daqing’s house. The door is damaged.

Because after putting out the fire, the villagers kicked the door open with their feet. The villagers recalled that the door should not have been broken before breaking it.

So, this is a locked room murder?

It was so weird. After the police discussed it, they felt that this murder might have been committed by someone in this village.

Then, the motive for the murder is presumed to be hatred and dispute.

The police approached the village chief and asked Chen Daqing if he had any grudges with anyone in the village.

The village chief wanted to say something tactfully, but the policeman said, "It's better to tell the truth about the situation."

The village chief sighed and said: Hey, this Chen Daqing is not very good.

I am 50 years old and live alone, but I often bring home young women from "outside".

Chen Daqing has a little money, a bad temper, and is considered a tyrant in the village.

Recently, he often asks some villagers, "How about selling me your house?"

The reason is that this village may be planned as a tourist area, and Chen Daqing wants to enclose the land and build his own B&B. When the villagers refused to sell, he scolded the man.

In this way, Chen Daqing is indeed a person that everyone hates in this village, but can only tolerate it.

By the way, the village chief said, Chen Daqing also has a younger brother.

"Brother?"

"Yes, my name is Chen Xiaosong. Chen Xiaosong does not live in the village, but near the village."

"Oh, then ask him to come."

The village chief called Chen Xiaosong, and the phone showed that it was turned off.

The police went to a private house near the village, Chen Xiaosong's home.

Chen Xiaosong was in the frozen seafood business. The police knocked on the door for a long time, but no one opened the door.

However, this is not easy to break into.

There was a low wall in front of the house. The police borrowed a ladder and climbed up to take a look. The yard was in a mess, with foam boxes scattered around and dozens of dead fish that had long since thawed on the ground.

The police asked several villagers.

A problem was discovered and Chen Xiaosong and Chen Daqing were at odds.

The two of them have been quarreling a lot recently because of the house. The house Chen Xiaosong lives in is rented. The only thing left at home was the house where Chen Daqing lived.

Chen Daqing is the eldest son of the family. He wants to take all the property rights of the house to himself and give Chen Xiaosong some money.

But it is obvious that because this house is to be turned into a tourist attraction, the value of the house that no one wants is now increasing.

The price couldn't be negotiated, so the two fought in the village over the money, and everyone in the village saw it.

But now, Chen Daqing may be dead, and Chen Xiaosong is missing again. This is suspicious.

Unfortunately, there is no surveillance where Chen Xiaosong lives. Indeed, this mountain village is too remote.

After the investigation is over, the police take away the body and go back.

The village has returned to its former appearance, with those who need to work working and those who need to cook cooking. Several women are sitting at the entrance of the village discussing this matter.

Someone's death is a big deal, but it's not painful, it's just something to talk about after dinner.

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A few days later, DNA identification and comparison was carried out.

It was confirmed that the deceased was Chen Daqing.

The case was taken over by the county criminal investigation team. At the first investigation meeting, more than a dozen criminal police officers sat.

Zhang Tianmu was also present. Because his county police station came into contact with the case, Zhang Tianmu assisted in the investigation.

The police report the clues they got——

Chen Xiaosong was still missing. The police entered Chen Xiaosong's home and discovered something very strange.

Although Chen Xiaosong's home was messy, it seemed as if it had been wiped clean. Not a single fingerprint could be found in the entire house. All his belongings had been taken away, and Chen Xiaosong's DNA could not be extracted.

In other words, Chen Xiaosong deliberately erased his DNA and fingerprints to prevent the police from finding him.

He became a major suspect in the case.

Zhang Tianmu listened carefully, his heart pounding. It had been a long time, really a long time. This was the first time he had been exposed to a criminal investigation case after working as a sinecure at the police station for several years.

If so, if he is the first to find the murderer, his reputation in this place will be established, and maybe he can return to the city's criminal investigation team as soon as possible.

At the end of the discussion, the participants were divided into two groups.

A group of people, a large number of people, went around to track down Chen Xiaosong.

The second team went to the village to search for villagers to see if there were any more suspicious clues or whether Chen Xiaosong had an accomplice.

Zhang Tianmu was assigned to the second group.