Criminal Investigation: Forbidden Rose

GL8 drove on the expressway, half an hour's drive from the destination.

Xicheng Huajin Villa Area is located in Luhuawan, the suburb of Yan'an City, surrounded by mountains on three sides and facing the lake on one side, with beautiful scenery and excellent environment.As the second phase of the property is still under construction, the occupancy rate of the first phase is temporarily low.Most of the villas are vacant, and many owners only come back when they are on vacation.

The Xu family is one of the few permanent residents. The main reason is that there is an old man over [-] years old in the family. He was paralyzed after a stroke and suffered from a series of geriatric diseases such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, cerebral edema, and diabetes.Usually, the nurse and his daughter-in-law live in the villa together to take care of the old man, but every weekend, Xu Huahao, Xu's eldest son, will come over.Xu Huahao doesn't like having outsiders in his family, so he usually sends his nurses home on weekends.

The old man woke up this morning, no one was waiting for him, he was hungry, and even pooped on the bed.He has Parkinson's disease, and many times his body behavior is uncontrollable, and his limbs "dance and dance" around, and finally hit the "emergency" button on the head of the bed.

The emergency signal is bound to the mobile phone of the nurse.

After receiving the call for help, Aunt Zhao called the owner's home immediately, but found that no one answered, so she felt that something was wrong.When she hurried over, she found a family of three collapsed in the kitchen. She was so scared that she immediately called the police.

Jiang Mo's car stepped into the house, and Xia Yi and his party also arrived.Xu's house was already full of people - some from the local police station, some from the West District City Branch, and property security guards who were crying out of anxiety...

Luhuawan Police Station was the first group of police officers to arrive at the scene.

Their squadron leader is a irascible old man. When he saw people from the criminal investigation detachment in the city, he cursed emotionally: "This is so fucking evil. Tell me, this mansion of more than 170 square meters, three Personally, do you have to squeeze into this kitchen and eat barbecue with the door and windows closed? It’s justifiable in the winter, it’s spring and the flowers are blooming, don’t go to the front and back courtyards, let’s put it in this corner for charcoal grilling!”

"As long as the windows are opened, this kind of thing will not happen! The kid in their family has a bachelor's degree from a prestigious school. He has worked for several years and went abroad to study for an MBA. How could he make such a low-level mistake?! Comrades from the city, Let me tell you, if this is a natural accident, I will quit my job!"

"It's not necessary to resign," Jiang Mo made a soothing gesture, "Is there any evidence pointing to homicide?"

The man opened his mouth, but it got stuck again.

"Isn't this the first time you invited experts from your city to come over? The Xu family is a big taxpayer, and the treatment will be different after this person dies." The squadron leader said in a sour tone, and handed over the carbon monoxide detector, "Here, When the door was just opened, the carbon monoxide concentration was 1233ppm, enough to kill a person three times.”

"Before the police came, no one went in at the scene?"

At the scene of carbon monoxide poisoning, if the door is opened and the air circulates, it will affect the concentration measured at the first time.

"Zhao Chunhua, it's the nurse at their house, the first witness at the scene." The squadron leader pointed to a woman standing not far away, "She said that she saw the glass door was closed, and three people fell inside, throwing her I was too scared to go in, didn’t open the door, and called the police.”

The Xu residence has two floors in total. There is only a huge master bedroom on the second floor. There is a transparent glass sliding door between the kitchen and the living room on the first floor.

The forensic doctor arrived earlier than them, and had almost completed the preliminary identification work. The staff was drawing fixed lines around the three corpses, preparing to pack them up and take them away.

At this time, a tall and thin man pulled off the yellow security belt and came out.He wears a pair of rose gold framed glasses, his eyes are cold and expressionless.The man took off the first glove and wiped the second gloved hand with sanitizer.

Jiang Mo shouted: "Director Yu!"

Yu Min nodded, and straight to the point of the case: "The charcoal in the oven has basically been burnt out, and the temperature in the whole room is too high, so it is impossible to determine the time of death by the temperature of the corpse, but the cornea of ​​the corpse is cloudy, and the jaw, neck, and limbs are all burnt. Rigidity has already appeared, and the cadaveric plaques do not fade when pressed, so it is estimated that the time of death was 10-12 hours ago, that is, from early morning to two o'clock in the morning today."

The man spoke clearly and at a moderate speed, but his tone was cold without any fluctuation, which made Xia Yi's back feel chilly.

"There was a small amount of edema in the trunk and limbs of the corpse, and the mucous membranes and plaques were cherry red, which is in line with the typical characteristics of carbon monoxide poisoning. The deceased was most likely to have been in a coma for a period of time and died without receiving help. - Around 8 o'clock. As for whether there are other causes of death, poisons, blood HbCO concentration, etc., we have to wait for laboratory analysis."

Jiang Mo smiled: "Three corpses, you have worked hard this weekend."

Yu Min pushed his glasses, his eyes quickly passed Jiang Mo, and he went back to the scene to direct the finishing work of the corpse.

"Deputy team, deputy team, is this coffin face a living person?" Xia Yi leaned into Jiang Mo's ear and whispered, "His tone of voice gave me goosebumps. Could it be that the dissecting table became so refined?" ?”

Jiang Mo narrowed his upturned eyes slightly, glanced at Xia Yi coldly, and said through his teeth in the same unwavering tone: "Yeah, it must be very sexy when you sleep."

Xia Yi: "..."

There shouldn't be too many people entering and leaving the scene at one time. After the forensic doctors came out, Xia Yi and the others went in wearing shoe covers and gloves.Shao Lin stood aside very non-existently, his eyes scanning the crime scene inch by inch.

It was a rectangular kitchen, bright and spacious, the marble surface was wiped clean, no oil stains could be seen at all.There is a bar between the mahogany square table and the stove, and there is a grill and three sets of tableware on the table.There are some milk drink residues in the glass, shrimp shells and scallop shells piled up in hills on the dish, bamboo skewers dyed with dipping sauce are everywhere...the skewers are all eaten, and some unbaked ones are left in the lettuce plate Vegetables and seafood, as for the things on the grill, have already turned into pieces of black charcoal.

Li Fu is carefully sorting and sampling the food residues one by one.

Shao Lin's eyes fell on the fixed line of corpse traces on the ground again.

On a square table with four corners, father and son sit opposite each other, with mother in the middle.

Xu Huahao and his wife were lying unconscious by the table, one fell face down on the dinner plate, the other fell off the chair and lay on the ground on its side, while their son Xu Heguang died in a posture crawling towards the glass door of the living room.The man half-curled up, as if he was struggling, but one hand was stretched forward, and the fingertips were only one meter away from the glass sliding door.

A trace of strangeness flashed in Shao Lin's heart.

He also looked at the corpse just now. The middle fingertip of Xu Huahao's right index finger was obviously yellower than his left hand. He carried a lighter in his pocket, obviously an old smoker.Men who are almost 60 years old smoke for a long time, have abdominal obesity, and have insufficient cardiopulmonary function. Therefore, their tolerance to carbon monoxide will be much lower than that of healthy people.Even if he doesn't compare with Xu Huahao's wife, Xu Huahao will definitely pass out before his son - moreover, they didn't drink too much alcohol, there are only two empty beer bottles on the ground, and there is no such thing as drunkenness - so, when the father faints After that, Xu Heguang should have enough time to be alert and open the doors and windows...

"This family is out of their minds," Yan Jingjing muttered as she walked, "Isn't there an exhaust fan here? As long as you turn on an exhaust fan, nothing will happen!"

The trace inspector wearing gloves stood on tiptoe and carefully extracted the oil accumulated in the small grille of the exhaust fan, as well as the fingerprints on the switch buttons and switch: "Who knows if this was an accident or someone did it on purpose?"

Xia Yi squatted by the cabinet, staring at the outer packaging box used to store the grill, and wondered: "Huh? Isn't this grill dual-purpose with electric charcoal? Doesn't it smell good when you use an electric stove indoors? Why do you need to burn charcoal?" ?”

Shao Lin silently handed over a "Bamboo Charcoal Barbecue" packaging box, which was marked with a net content of "five catties", but it was completely empty.The store's suggestion is posted on the back of the box: 2-3 people, the recommended dosage is 3 catties; 4-7 people, the recommended dosage is 5 catties.

There were only three people at the scene, so why use five catties of charcoal?

After the team touched the scene, they went to the living room for a small meeting.

Jiang Mo directly called Xia Yi: "Xiao Xia, this time it's your command, I'll watch."

All eyes were on Xia Yi.

Shao Lin was keenly aware that there seemed to be a few people in the technical squadron who were not convinced.

Xia Yi is young, with a background in the military, and has won international awards with the SWAT team before, so he is a promising candidate from the city bureau.Some people can come to the Western District Bureau, which means that they have come to the end of their official careers, but this one came to the Branch Bureau, which is called "decentralization of grassroots experience".The management has various inclinations in natural resources, and the team focuses on training.

Xia Yi didn't hesitate at all: "The deaths of these three people have many doubts, and it is very likely that it was not an accident. Jiang Fu, take Li Fu to check the surveillance in the park. Who entered Xu's house around yesterday? The door. Especially during meal times, besides this family of four, find out who else is present."

"Brother Cheng, I'll take notes with you. The only survivor at the scene is Xu Huahao's father, Xu Jianguo. There is also the nurse, who was the first to discover the scene, Zhao Chunhua. There will probably be family members coming later. I can't ask today. Yes, make a list of Tianquan and invite him to the bureau."

"Comrades from the Technical Squadron, apart from the kitchen, the entire building—living room, bathroom, and guest room, please search again to see if there are any clues that other people have been here."

"Yan Jingjing, let's put the iPhone away first, and refresh the Android phones. Let's restore what happened last night from the chat history and address book."

A group of people dispersed in place, each busy in his own way.

When we were in Xiaohui just now, Shao Lin felt that someone was watching him.

Looking back at this moment, I found that the nurse Zhao Chunhua was standing far away at the door of the living room, with folded arms, staring at the policemen with cold and probing eyes.But the moment Shao Lin met her gaze, the woman turned her head and left, going to the eaves of the outer courtyard.

Shao Lin followed.

"I didn't touch anything." Before Shao Lin could ask a question, Zhao Chunhua spoke forcefully, with a slight southern accent, "They fell inside when I arrived. I dare not open the door. I I'm afraid that if something happens, you will be the first to suspect me."

Shao Lin smiled slightly, and said softly, "Thanks to you, the site is well preserved."

Zhao Chunhua's originally tense facial expression relaxed a little.Her gaze turned to the outside of the courtyard and landed on Xu Jianguo who was sitting in a wheelchair, and a sarcastic smile slowly appeared on his face: "This old man was hospitalized in the ICU three times last year, who would have thought that he would survive this year? "

Shao Lin followed the woman's gaze and looked towards the inner courtyard of the Xu family.It was obviously a well-tended yard, with expensive potted plants arranged in a patchwork order. By the small pond, Mr. Xu was crumpled in a wheelchair and basking in the sun.The rickety old man remained motionless, as if blending into the rockery beside him. With a sound of "crash", there was a gentle ripple on the surface of the lake. It was the big flower koi in the pond that slapped its tail, unaware of the great changes in the house.

As the only survivor at the scene, Mr. Xu's testimony is often the most direct and valuable.However, Xia Yi used both hands and mouth, and after chasing and asking people for a long time, the old man opened his mouth and babbled, but he didn't give anyone a look.

Shao Lin asked softly, "Is he completely out of his mind?"

"Before I entered the ICU last time, my mind was still clear, but I just couldn't speak." Zhao Chunhua snorted again, "He wrote the suicide note with his own hand, please don't save it, but those two 'filial' sons are going to commit crimes, alas After being rescued that time, I was completely unconscious."

Don't look at Xu Jianguo's appearance now that he is half dead and only breathing. He was also the founder of Furun Group back then.

In wealthy families, it is not uncommon for children to save lives regardless of their parents' wishes.Shao Lin asked: "...for inheritance?"

Zhao Chunhua said lightly "Hey", saying that who knows.