when you stare into the abyss

Chapter8

Nie Zhiyan and Lu Dongdong were busy in the laboratory last night until the early hours of the morning. The tissue taken from the toes of the deceased was diluted and compared many times, and the material was completely consistent with a high-end brand socks made of combed cotton.Such a pair of thin socks sells for 50 yuan a pair in the market, and ordinary people can't use them at all.In the middle of the night, when Nie Zhiyan was cleaning the deceased's heart and preparing for an autopsy, he suddenly discovered the suture thread hidden at the lower end of the aorta.According to the condition around the nylon thread and the performance of the internal mammary artery graft, the deceased should have undergone bypass surgery three months ago.The surgical knot method uses a triple knot.

Before Nie Zhiyan chose to apply for forensic medicine across majors, she was a top student in the medical school of Binnan University. During her studies, one of her advisors was a top professor of cardiothoracic surgery in Binnan.Her teacher is still working on the front line, and has been in contact with her often over the years, and the usual knotting method is the triple knot.Not wanting to disturb the old man in the middle of the night, Nie Zhiyan got in touch with him early the next morning. As expected, Lin Shengfu was his former patient.

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"It's all burnt like this, how can I recognize it?" In the morgue on the third floor of the Forensic Medicine Laboratory and Appraisal Center, where the room temperature was cold, Zheng Hailian folded her arms and shouted in disgust.

"This is a procedure. The family members want to see the deceased for the last time, and so does the deceased." Wearing a mask, Nie Zhiyan cast a contemptuous glance at the woman and pulled up the body bag.

"When the case is over, you can take the body back." Nie Zhilan looked carefully at Zheng Hailian. On the way back, Wan Tong sent a text message. According to the neighbor's testimony, she and her younger brother were both suspected. There is no trace of flaws, or is it true that someone can kill the person next to the pillow so that his face is not red and his heart is not jumping?

"Are you sure it's our old Lin? He sent me a WeChat message last night." The woman shouted, still in disbelief.

"As for why we still contact you, we will leave it to the police to follow up. Ms. Zheng, we would like to ask you and your brother Zheng Haipeng to assist in the investigation."

"What do you mean? Do you doubt me? Xiaopeng will not kill his brother-in-law." Zheng Hailian became obviously emotional.

"Reasonable reasoning, please cooperate." Nie Zhilan invited her to the first inquiry room, where Wan Tong was already sitting.

"Can I ask for a replacement? I feel uncomfortable seeing her." Zheng Hailian had a bad impression of her, and she didn't even want to see her face to face.

Before Nie Zhilan could speak, Wan Tong walked out consciously and replaced Chu Tao as the recorder.

"Ms. Zheng, where are you from 8:11 to [-]:[-] p.m. on the [-]nd?" Nie Zhilan saw Chu Tao pull out his pen, spread out his notebook, and asked straight to the point.

"Party, eat, dance, and..."

Two 10-minute questioning basically ruled out Zheng Hailian's suspicion. On the day of the crime, she attended a party with a few friends, and then stayed to play cards. She didn't leave until 12 o'clock in the evening. There were many witnesses, so there was no time to commit the crime.

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Zheng Haipeng was picked up from the bed by two other police officers 10 minutes ago. When Wan Tong walked into the second interrogation room, he saw him leaning on the back of the chair, with his head tilted and his legs resting on the table. Up, raise Erlang's legs.

"Sit upright, this is not your home."

Wan Tong gave him a cold look, and the police next to him were ready to record.

"Hi, it's a beautiful policeman. I'm obedient and put my legs down." Zheng Haipeng raised his hand and laughed twice, looking like a hooligan.

Wan Tong rolled his eyes, suddenly wondering if Aunt Yan also expressed helplessness for her behavior?After sympathizing with him, he came back to his senses, coughed lightly, and asked, "Where were you after 8 p.m. on the [-]nd?"

"Night on the [-]nd? I can't remember. I'm notorious for having a bad memory." The man spread his hands indifferently, not in the mood to answer her.

"At the end of January, you embezzled the company's public funds distributed to employees. Do you want me to hand over the information directly to the economic investigation department?" She took out a folder, which contained unknown contents.

"You! How do you know?" The brother-in-law promised to help him keep it a secret, and had already destroyed all the evidence.

"So are you afraid that Lin Shengfu will get hold of your criminal evidence and kill him? Where exactly was it on the night of the 2nd? If you don't tell me, we can find out." Wan Tong threw the folder in the middle with a threatening manner.

"I was at home alone that night and didn't go out." The man's eyes began to evade, obviously lacking confidence.

"Which one? You'd better be honest, the third unit of Dingsheng International, we can call up the relevant monitoring immediately."

"I..." Zheng Haipeng was fidgeting, as time passed, he buried his head and kept silent.

On the second floor, she asked about the monitoring room outside the room. Nie Zhiyan passed by the door with a coffee cup in one hand. Hearing Wan Tong's loud voice on the surveillance TV, she couldn't help but stop and lean against the door for 10 minutes.

Sure enough, it was suitable for questioning the suspect. The woman bent her lips inadvertently, drank the coffee in the cup, took the evidence bag from the evidence room on the third floor, turned around and disappeared at the corner of the stairs.

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The situation in the second inquiry room was very good, Wan Tong calmed down, and Zheng Haipeng was left to think and be dazed.She took some 100 yuan per catty black tea that Zhao Yingying bought at the market two days ago, brewed a cup, and sipped it leisurely.

"Can you remember? This is a murder, no more than others, or is it you who killed it?"

"I, I, I didn't do it! I went to a friend's house for a drink and left last night." Zheng Haipeng knew very well that murder is a felony.

"Address, what have you done, can you stay for two days?"

"Building 5, Wanshengyuan, 3-2, we take drugs." He told the whole story, because he couldn't get in touch with his friends at this time, and as long as the police found out, the lies would be self-defeating.He explained clearly, and slumped on the armchair without saying a word.

From Zheng Haipeng's statement, the police quickly found two men who were with him. The three were suspected of gathering a crowd to take drugs and were detained administratively.As he stated, there really was no crime time.Lin Shengfu's case was like a loopy net, with all the evidence hidden deep inside, which made them fall into a predicament again, and the murderer still escaped.

Everything returned to the original point, Nie Zhilan sat weakly in the office, leaning forward slightly with her elbows on the armrest of the seat. Five minutes later, Ma Zhao called to tell her that there were eyewitnesses who had seen the murderer in the dark that night, but the questioning process was a bit tricky.She hung up the phone, her thoughts were racing, and she arranged for Chu Tao and Wan Tong in the office next door to investigate suspicious vehicles and burning fuel on Provincial Highway 5, and drove to Leilong County alone.

Wan Tong went to the traffic police department to get all the images of the national and provincial roads that day, and it was already sunset when he came back.Carrying two USB flash drives, she passed the police dog team and saw Nie Zhiyan holding a pony dog, with a small half bucket of white powder on the right.

"Baby, be good, don't move around." She gently stroked the pony dog, picked up the white powder in her gloved right hand, and wiped it on Bubu's body, and the little guy squatted obediently as if he could understand human words The long, flexible tail swayed briskly.

"Okay, turn over." Nie Zhiyan pressed his naughty shaking right foot with his left hand, took another hand of white powder, and scrubbed his stomach meticulously.

"Forensic Doctor Nie, is this here?" Wan Tong approached lightly and asked curiously.

"Wow, woof!" The pony dog ​​became vigilant when he noticed a stranger approaching.

Nie Zhiyan patted the little guy's head to calm his emotions: "Boubo came to our police station by himself last month. It should be because the owner abandoned it because it had a serious skin disease. Just now I used cornmeal to dry clean it. "

The woman's eyes were very gentle when she mentioned Bubu, and Wan Tong suddenly felt that she couldn't even... Forget it, after drinking this cup of bitter wine, I believe that Aunt Yan will gradually agree with her after a long time of seeing people's hearts.

"How's the case?" Nie Zhiyan put down Bubu, let it lie beside her, and asked suddenly.

"It's difficult. Two suspects have been caught, and both have alibi."

The pony dog ​​wagged its tail and rubbed against her feet. Nie Zhiyan hugged it fondly, and said casually, "Why don't you try to start with the deceased's assets, and you mentioned that his brother-in-law embezzled public funds, and what happened after that? Did you solve it? How did you solve it?"

"Huh? How do you know?"

"I heard it by accident." The woman turned around, with her back to Wan Tong, "Let's go, boo boo, let's go back to eat." She raised her eyes, as if there was a red cloud on her cheeks inadvertently.

Hot and cold...Wan Tong looked at her leaving back and pouted.

Wanyuan Township Police Station, Leilong County

As soon as Nie Zhilan stepped into the reception room, she saw Ma Zhao frowning tightly, staring at the dancing people in front of him.

"how?"

"Yang Fan, an 18-year-old deaf-mute child, there is still a problem here. When the police went door-to-door inquiring about the crime with the preliminary verdict, he held on to Zhu Fang."

"Ah, ah, ah." Nie Zhilan watched the boy pinch her neck with both hands, her tongue stretched out, and her head drooped. She nodded, found a piece of paper and a pen from the side, and planned to communicate with him in words.

"Great, I'm the police sister, can you see clearly the two people under the marriage tree that night?"

He shook his head, nodded again after two seconds, and grabbed the pen: "It's dark, I can't see clearly, but both of them wear glasses." Nie Zhilan looked at the words in front of her, and gradually relaxed her brows, as if there was hope in front of her.The boy's handwriting is clear and neat. In fact, he loved reading and writing since he was a child. He was very courageous. People in the village called him "Yang Bold". Unfortunately, one day when he was 17 years old, he had a high fever at night. There were no regular hospitals in remote areas, which delayed his treatment. , became a deaf-mute.

"When there is thunder, there is light, and one of them can clearly see a mole on the left cheek."

"Is it him?" After finishing writing, the woman found Lin Shengfu's photo from the file bag.

"Yes, the light is very bright, and the mole is very clear."

"Um, any more?"

"No, ah, the other person has his back to me, but he has trouble walking on his left leg and is a little lame."

Nie Zhilan solemnly patted the boy on the shoulder, and thanked him for the deceased: "Thank you, good boy, you are very brave." At the end, draw a smiling face after the last word.