The Book of Death by Heart Poison

The autopsy report issued by Pei Qing provided strong support for Hua Chong's judgment.

"It was indeed strangulation that caused Kuang Ming's death, but he was already unconscious before the murderer strangled him." Pei Qing said while showing the detailed picture, "I found bruises on Kuang Ming's arms and legs, but The bruises were from the past and he barely resisted as he was being strangled."

Hua Chong quickly turned to the back page and saw the reason for the coma, "Electric shock?"

Zhao Ying was also there, "But during the last autopsy, we didn't find any electric spots on the corpse."

Pei Qing nodded, "The current spot is an important basis for judging whether the victim has suffered an electric shock. As long as it is related to the electric shock, you can almost find the current spot on the victim's body. When a person is shocked, the current passes through the skin, forming a crater-shaped injury. "

As she said that, Pei Qing brought a piece of paper and drew a brief schematic diagram, "Some of these circles are perfect circles, and some are more oval. They feel hard to the touch, and are different in color from the surrounding skin. The current spot, and it is in a very obvious place, but the current spot has been artificially destroyed."

Zhao Ying immediately thought of the pair of chopsticks stuck in Kuang Ming's neck.Because chopsticks appeared in the previous two cases, they preconceived that the chopsticks were the "signature" of the murderer, and inserting the chopsticks on the victim's body was an exaggerated and weird sense of ritual.

Thus ignoring the injuries caused by chopsticks, it is possible that the murderer was covering up something.

"Electricity spots are more common on the hands, arms, soles of the feet, chest, and neck." Hua Chong said: "Since the electric shock caused coma, there should be other electric shock-related features on Kuang Ming's body?"

Pei Qing covered her pen, "Yes. I wasn't sure at first that he had received an electric shock, but he struggled too little before he was strangled to death. It is almost impossible for this to happen in a waking state. Taking medicine and being hit on the head After everything is ruled out, the only thing left is the electric shock. In the two places where the chopsticks were inserted into Kuangming’s neck, some cell nuclei were elongated vertically and arranged in a grid pattern. After histopathological examination, it was confirmed that it was caused by electric shock. In addition , Affected by the electric shock, Kuang Ming's heart developed ventricular fibrillation."

Zhao Ying said: "The last victim, Wang Jie, also had chopsticks stuck in his neck. Mr. Pei, is it convenient for you to do another autopsy?"

Pei Qing said, "Even if you don't mention it, I plan to redo the autopsy on Wang Jie and Huang Xia."

The bodies of the two victims have been kept in the forensic identification center. After thawing, Pei Qing went to work immediately.

Wang Jie's situation was the same as Kuang Ming's. The electric spot was the one damaged by the chopsticks, while Huang Xia's anatomy and histopathological examination ruled out the possibility of being shocked by the electric shock. The only one of the three victims who was strangled to death while conscious.

As soon as the special operations team arrived, they discovered a problem that the local police hadn't noticed for several months. Hai Zi specially ordered a Starbucks super large latte and put it on Pei Qing's table, "Mr. Pei, you have worked hard."

Pei Qing didn't even say a word of thanks, she picked it up and drank it.

Hua Chong already had some ideas, but this is the case of Anjiang City after all, he intentionally asked Zhao Ying to say first, "Captain Zhao, what do you think?"

"Of the 3 victims, 1 was directly strangled to death, and 2 were strangled to death after being stunned. The current spot was also damaged, because of the 'signature', so this kind of damage looks normal. The murderer didn't want us to know, later Electric shocks occurred in 2 cases."

The conference room is not a round table, it looks like a small classroom, Zhao Ying walks around the first row of tables twice, "Compared with poisoning and beating the head, electric shock is more difficult to detect... If Is it because Wang Jie and Kuang Ming cannot be dealt with, the murderer will not take the method of making them unconscious first?"

"Huang Xia is a woman in her 50s. Her strength and physical strength may not be a match for the murderer. The murderer is sure to subdue her directly." Hua Chong said: "But Wang Jie and Kuang Ming are both grown men. An easy job."

Zhao Ying frowned, "And the murderer doesn't want us to know the difference between him and the three of them. What he wants to hide is not the current spot, but himself?"

"Well, Huang Xia, Wang Jie, and Kuang Ming constitute a substantial reference." Hua Chong asked, "Captain Zhao, have you done any profiling before?"

Zhao Ying said: "We think the murderer may be a strong male."

Hua Chong said, "What about now?"

Zhao Ying was silent for a while, "Men are still more likely, but it is not impossible that the murderer is a woman, or a relatively thin man. Huang Xia's struggling injuries are very obvious. Although the murderer finally strangled her, but This process is obviously not easy. If it is a very strong man, Huang Xia may not be able to struggle to this point."

"The murderer was a relatively strong woman, or a relatively thin man—this may be something he didn't want us to know." Hua Chong stood up from his seat and put his hands into his trouser pockets.

It was freezing cold at this time, but the air conditioner was turned on in the room. He took off his coat before the meeting, and now he was wearing a light gray cloth shirt on his upper body.

"I have a question. If the murderer in these three cases is the same person, what does it mean that he put his chopsticks next to Huang Xia's body?" Hua Chong said: "In the timeline, Huang Xia is the No. 3 victim. Before killing her, did the murderer have already targeted Wang Jie and Kuang Ming? And knew that he had to use electric shocks to kill Wang and Kuang? He had long thought that he needed to use chopsticks to cover up the electric spots. Chopsticks are his "signature" , is also an indispensable tool for him to commit crimes? Then why didn't he stick his chopsticks on Huang Xia?"

Zhao Ying thought for a while, "If it is inserted on Huang Xia's body, then this set of 'signatures' will be more smooth, and today we will not find current spots and compare the size of the victim and the murderer just because the chopsticks are inserted or not... ...So when the murderer killed Huang Xia, maybe he didn't target Wang Jie and Kuang Ming? He didn't even realize that it was very difficult for him to strangle them, and he had to resort to electric shocks?"

Hua Chong said: "From a logical point of view, it should indeed be understood in this way. Then the chopsticks that appeared next to Huang Xia may be a simple 'signature'. When committing the crime for the second time, the murderer discovered that this 'signature' could just be used. Sometimes we When investigating a serial murder case, it is easy to fall into a misunderstanding-seeing things that are incompatible with the scene and appearing continuously, you think it must be a "signature", and a "signature" is the provocation of the serial murderer. , the murderer may have taken advantage of this."

Zhao Ying nodded, blaming herself a little, "I did fall into this misunderstanding."

Hua Chong added: "But the inferences I made just now are all based on one premise - the murderer of the three murders is the same person."

Zhao Ying was stunned for a moment, "He Ruo told me that you don't seem to think that these three cases should be merged."

Hua Chong smiled, easing the tense atmosphere here, "When we first came here, when we communicated with Xiao He, the results of Pei Qing's autopsy hadn't come out yet, and my understanding of the three cases was relatively superficial. It's not convenient for me to draw conclusions. It's just that I've always been more cautious when it comes to merging cases."

Zhao Ying said: "I understand that we must be cautious in merging cases. I have also come into contact with some cases that look like serial murders, but after investigation, the murderer is not the same person at all. But this case..."

Hua Chongban raised his eyebrows, "Huh?"

Zhao Ying sighed, "It may be intuition. Although the connection between the three victims has not been found yet, and the chopsticks that appeared at the scene were different, I still think that the case should be merged."

On many occasions, when a person mentions intuition, it tends to make people around him feel unreliable.

Compared with real skills and achievements, intuition is simply too unreliable.But when Zhao Ying mentioned intuition, Hua Chong didn't show any disdain, on the contrary, he knew it.

The intuition of a criminal policeman is a fictitious thing to say, and the layman does not understand it, but experienced criminal policemen more or less have their own "intuitive judgment system", which is obtained from years of experience in investigating important cases. It can't be described, and such intuition is not always useful, and there are often deviations.

But when the detection of a case is difficult, the clues are fragmented and complicated, and their intuition and sense of smell can sometimes play an important role.

So Hua Chong will never deny a criminal policeman's intuition, especially Zhao Ying is the captain of the serious crime team in this big city. Just like when he was the captain of the serious crime team in Los Angeles, she knows the city extremely well. profound.

It was already late at night after the meeting for the autopsy. Anjiang City arranged a hotel near the Municipal Bureau for the special operations team. The accommodation environment can be said to be the best since Hua Chong was transferred.

This day was extremely busy. First, I went to the scene of the Kuang Ming case. After returning to the Municipal Bureau, I got a general understanding of the two previous cases. Pei Qing did three autopsies. When everyone came to the hotel, they were very tired.

Haizi crashed into the room in a daze, but Hua Chong shouted at the door of his and Pei Qing's standard room, "I ordered noodles, how many taels do you want?"

Hai Zi didn't want to eat, he just wanted to turn off the lights and go to sleep, today was just the beginning, tomorrow he wanted to go to investigate the place where Huang Xia and Wang Jie were killed.

"What time is this and you still eat noodles?" He said under the quilt, "I won't eat it, even if I lose money, you can eat it yourself."

When Pei Qing went to the bathroom, she heard that Haizi was helping him refuse noodles, so she rushed out, "Who says I won't eat?"

Hua Chong laughed, "Hurry up, how many taels?"

Pei Qing said: "3 taels, add beef and eggs."

Haizi stared, "Yo, you can really eat!"

"I'm planning for a rainy day." Pei Qing took off her coat, "Some people will watch me eat for a while, and they will definitely come to beg for food."

Haizi: "..."

Who is begging for food?

After Hua Chong asked about Haizi Peiqing's house, he went to ask Yue Yue and Xu Xiaozhou, who also wanted extra meals. He ordered on his mobile phone while returning to his room, and threw the mobile phone on the bed after paying.

His and Liu Zhiqin's suitcases were placed between the two beds, and they were all opened. Liu Zhiqin sat by the bed and looked at him, but he didn't understand the look in his eyes for a moment.

"What's the matter?" He walked over and squatted in front of Qin, "Do I have a face?"

Liu Zhiqin scratched the bridge of his nose, "Are you ready to order now?"

Hua Chong was puzzled, "Isn't that so?"

Liu Zhiqin nodded his chin in the direction of the door, "You didn't ask me even after asking around, but you forgot about such an adult sitting here."

Hua Chong was a little surprised at first, but then laughed.

Can you not understand this?Such a big man came to joke with him.

Liu Zhiqin didn't stop, and continued: "Captain Hua Chong of our family has a way of caring about the team members. He wants to add food when he is hungry. He never leaves the team members behind, only his family members."

"Hey, is this family finished?" Hua Chong stood up, and took advantage of the opportunity to shave Liu Zhiqin's bridge of nose --- just now Liu Zhiqin slapped him, and he said in a strange way that he would have to shave it back no matter what.

Liu Zhiqin smiled and said, "Why don't you say something if you've been forgotten?"

Hua Chong hurriedly brought over his phone, and the takeaway order smacked his face, "Look, have you been left behind? Do you have your favorite ginger duck noodles?"

It really does.

The two were too close, Hua Chong was standing, Liu Zhiqin was sitting, and hugged him, "It turns out that the family members are also involved, I didn't expect it."

"Pretend to me again." Hua Chong was hugged, and leaned forward, with both hands resting on Liu Zhiqin's shoulders, "You still can't think of it?"

It would be too easy for Liu Zhiqin to pretend to be innocent with Hua Chong. If he softened his voice, hid a smile in his eyes, and revealed a grievance that did not exist at all, Hua Chong would lose.

Not only did he lose, but he also especially liked his set.

Hua Chong shortened his body, hooked his chin, and kissed him on the lips.

Not long after, the noodles arrived, the portions were generous and very fragrant, the door opposite Haizi really couldn't stand it, and took half of Pei Qing away, Hua Chong was carrying the bag to throw it in the aisle, and he heard them arguing.

It was early morning after packing up, Hua Chong was eating by the window, and stopped by to share his thoughts with Liu Zhiqin.

"There are two most common cases of electric shock. One is self-defense. For example, when a weaker person faces a stronger person, he uses an electric shock tool to deal with the opponent and wait for an opportunity to escape. The other is a sneak attack. Before the attack occurs, the victim He was not aware of his presence, or when he was first aware of it, the attack took place."

As he said that, Hua Chong gestured in front of Liu Zhiqin with his mobile phone, "If I am in front of you and you notice me, the attack will most likely not succeed."

Liu Zhiqin said: "Pei Qing's autopsy results today, coupled with your judgment, the murderer is becoming 'weaker' step by step."

Hua Chong said: "He is very cautious, which can be seen from his cleaning up the scene and destroying the current spots."

Liu Zhiqin propped his forehead, "But starting from these details, I still can't make a relatively specific profile."

Hua Chong agreed, "The key lies in the motivation. Team Zhao and Xiao He mean that for Wang Jie and Huang Xia, the investigation of their interpersonal relationship is detailed enough, but I think we still have to check again tomorrow. .They may have missed something, or the murderer's motive was hidden too deep, and they haven't dug that far."

"On Kuang Ming's side, the reaction of his son Kuang Shan is worth noting. Kuang Shan was brought up by Kuang Ming alone. Many boys of this age want to leave their families and be no longer controlled by their parents. But under normal circumstances, he It’s not enough to be indifferent to Kuang Ming’s death.” Liu Zhiqin said: “He may know something, and these things made him disappointed in Kuang Ming, gradually to the point of hatred and no emotion.”

Hua Chong said, "I'll go to the Experimental Middle School."

"There is also the expired meat you care about." Liu Zhiqin said: "If the case is merged, I can only see that the three victims may overlap in terms of expired meat."

"That's the category of food safety?" Hua Chong thought for a while and said, "Huang Xia's daughter's Internet celebrity homestay may also have similar problems. As for the museum where Wang Jie works..."

"The museum has a special dining area, but as far as I know, there are few problems related to food safety in the museum." Liu Zhiqin said: "First, the total number of people who go to the museum to eat is small, and the food that the museum can provide Second, if an institution like a museum wants to make a fortune, the least likely thing to make a fuss about is food."

Hua Chong said, "Then the problem might be in Wang Jie's family?"

Liu Zhiqin nodded, "The Wang family has a big business. Three years ago, they started a bakery business, and also sold milk tea and desserts along the way. But the catering business is not the core business."

Hua Chong frowned at the mention of milk tea.

After they solved the case in Fenglan City, they rushed to Anjiang City with almost no rest.Fenglan's unique style of salty milk tea has left a deep influence on him, but the deeper influence comes from Gu Bin, the owner of "Haishan Tea".

That is Gu Yunzui.

Gu Yunzui used several human lives to lure Liu Zhiqin into the game, turning all those innocent and criminals into props in his hands.

Test Liu Zhiqin, seduce Liu Zhiqin, and reward Liu Zhiqin.

Enraged Liu Zhiqin.

When this person surfaced, he was even angrier than Liu Zhiqin.

Gu Yanfeng, who was captured in a transnational joint operation, is not the real "Galaxy", or Gu Yanfeng is just a shadow, a clone of "Galaxy", and Gu Yunzui is the real "Galaxy". Well, besides committing crimes, he still has the leisure to go back to his hometown, open a high-profile milk tea shop, and live the life of ordinary people like playing tickets.

This kind of ease gave Hua Chong goosebumps at the time.

Liu Zhiqin knew what Hua Chong was thinking when he saw Hua Chong's eyes.

He approached, then stretched out his right hand, and brushed Hua Chong's forehead hair.

Hua Chong's hair has always been a bit longer than his, but recently he was too busy to take care of it, and his temple hair grew a bit longer, casting a shadow when he lowered his head, covering his eyes.

He thought, nothing can cover Hua Chong's eyes.

The rough fingertips rubbed gently at the end of the eyes, he likes to touch the slightly drooping width like this, they have a different temperature and softness from fingers, sometimes there is even a wisp of wetness.

When he touches like this, Hua Chong's eyelashes will tremble slightly, and his lips will be pressed together unconsciously, as if he is enduring, and as if he hopes that this contact can last longer.

Hua Chong never seemed to know the extremely subtle reactions on the corners of his lips and eyes when he did this.

Only he knows.

He also didn't tell Hua Chong that Hua Chong's reaction on the bed was very similar to when the end of his eye was touched.