heart poison

"The deceased's name is He Yitao, 24 years old, and he is the owner of this 'Taozhiyaoyao' flower shop." Ge Meng, the captain of the criminal investigation team of the Changlu District Bureau, handed the gloves and shoe covers to Hua Chong, raised his hand and pointed into the security belt. , "I'm busy collecting indoor traces, soon."

"What's the matter?" Hua Chong asked.

"Hey! There's another murder case!" Ge Meng had just returned from a business trip, and before he could even rest, he was called to the scene by the serial calls of deputy captain Qian Zhifeng. Team, I know you guys have been working on the Luo University case recently, and Zhifeng told me all about it. Fortunately, you came to guide me that day, otherwise he would definitely not be able to handle anything. You have also worked hard these days, and I originally wanted to handle it by myself , but after getting to know the people around here, I realized that the deceased was a small internet celebrity, and last year, several municipal media rated her as 'the most beautiful proprietress in Los Angeles'."

Hua Chong knew about the selection.

In the past few years, the "most beautiful" trend has blown across the country, and all walks of life love to comment on "the most beautiful".No matter what contributions you have made or what kindness you have done, all of them will be labeled as "the most beautiful".These two words are very touching when I first heard them, "the most beautiful teacher", "the most beautiful doctor", "the most beautiful policewoman"... But after a long time, I got tired of listening to them, and my ears became callused. Is it "the most beautiful"?Is it really "beautiful", or is it that the publicity is uneducated, the vocabulary is too low, and they can't think of new words except "the most beautiful"?

"He Yitao has a certain social reputation, is also a beautiful woman, and the topic is relatively high, so I called Team Chen and asked for his opinion." Ge Meng shook the cardboard fan in his hand, but his face was still sweating, " Team Chen said he sent you to take a look. I didn’t know that just after I hung up, I heard from my brothers that He Yitao’s heart was missing.”

Hua Chong's face changed slightly, "The heart is gone? What is the state of the deceased?"

"Only the heart is missing, and the body has been opened, but it is relatively complete." Ge Meng said, "This is different from the big Luo case. But after thinking about it, I still think that these two cases may be related. It has a strong sense of ritual and is more directional than corpses.”

At this time, forensic doctor Xu Kan arrived, and the indoor investigation was basically over.The trace inspector came out with the toolbox, and Ge Meng hurriedly asked, "Did you find anything?"

When the trace inspector saw Hua Chong was there, he immediately became serious, "Judging from the splattered blood on the wall, this must be the first scene. There is blood around the corpse, and the floor has reacted to the luminol test, but the whole In the area on the first floor, we did not extract a single footprint, not even the footprint of the deceased himself."

"This..." Ge Meng shouted loudly, "How could there be no footprints? Can the murderer fly!"

"The murderer cleaned the floor." Hua Chong said: "The blood and footprints have been washed away, and the blood around the corpse is from the body after cleaning."

The trace inspector nodded quickly, "However, we extracted a lot of fingerprints on the first floor, and He Yitao's footprint and a male footprint on the second floor. The height and weight need to be modeled. In addition, there are two more people in the trash can on the second floor. A used condom, I'm going to take it for a DNA test right away."

Hua Chong asked: "The second floor is the living area? Isn't there only shops in this market?"

Ge Meng explained: "The regulations are like this, but the control is relatively loose. Some vendors live in the shop at night. I have inquired about it. He Yitao rented a small apartment nearby, but the time spent living in the flower shop is relatively short." many."

"The ground has been cleaned again." Xu Kan whispered.

"Well, let's go in and have a look first." Hua Chong nodded and entered the flower shop with Xu Kan.

"Taozhiyaoyao" is the most high-end flower shop in the flower, bird and fish pet market.Other flower shops take the cheap route, but this one takes the boutique route. It looks like a western-style log cabin, and there is a small garden around the window.Hua Chong passed by occasionally, but never went in to see it.All he bought were cheap potted plants, such as roses, jasmine, and cloud bamboo, which were suitable for planting at home, and he was not interested in giving flowers to others.

But He Yitao, he has seen it before.

As long as you have been to the market, you will definitely see He Yitao.Because "Taozhiyaoyao" is located at the gate of the market, it is already a symbol of the market.He Yitao often sits on the swing chair in the small garden in a light-colored long sarong that she sewed by herself. She is so pure and beautiful that it's hard not to notice it.

However, the more amazingly beautiful she was during her lifetime, the more embarrassing the tragedy afterward.

He Yitao lay on his back on the floor, completely naked, his open chest was bloody and bloody.

Xu Kan squatted down and carefully checked the condition of the corpse.

"The rigor has been relieved, and the time of death is more than 3 days." Xu Kan raised He Yitao's arm, and gently turned it to the side, "There is a large area of ​​flaky corpse spots on the back, which are stable and have not been moved after death. The color of the corpse spots Lighter, due to excessive blood loss."

Hua Chong also squatted down.As the trace inspector said, the ground was relatively clean, with only a small amount of dried blood around the corpse, but there was a large amount of splattered blood on the wall on the right, which was similar to the environment where Zheng Qi was killed.He looked at the neck of the corpse and asked, "Like Zheng Qi, He Yitao also had his throat cut?"

"Yes." Xu Kan supported the corpse's head, "The trachea and artery were severed, a large amount of blood was lost instantly, the wound was smooth, and the murder weapon was a sharp weapon such as a knife."

After finishing speaking, he turned to the chest of the deceased, inspected it and said: "The tool that caused the scar here is different from the fatal wound on the neck. Judging from the wound, it looks like..."

"what?"

"Let me think about it." Xu Kan frowned, and after a few seconds he said, "Like scissors."

"Scissors?" Hua Chong was puzzled: "Can scissors open the chest?"

"It's not the small scissors we usually use." Xu Kan looked at a room of withered flowers, "It's the scissors used by gardeners."

"The murderer is 'local material'?" Hua Chong hurriedly called the trace inspector of the sub-bureau, but the other party said that in the preliminary investigation just now, no gardener's scissors stained with blood were found.

"The murderer's method of dissection was brutal." Xu Kan said while gesturing on the corpse's chest, "Using scissors to forcibly tear the skin, and then smashed the sternum. Because the murder weapon was not sharp, it left many jagged scars. Fortunately, the wound There is no life response, which means that the murderer only performed a heart-excision on He Yitao after her death."

Hua Chong took a few steps around and raised the dead man's hand, "The ten fingers are intact, and the nails are also there."

"Zheng Qi's ten fingers were burned with gasoline." Xu Kan understood, "Judging from the heart loss alone, the murderer is very likely to be the same person, but other details do not match. Zheng Qi was beaten and abused before his death, and He Yitao There were only three struggling injuries, and the murderer may have been 'Xixiang Lianyu' who gave her a 'joy'."

Hua Chong shook his head, "It's not 'happy', and it's not 'cherishing the fragrance'. Cutting one's throat is one of the cruelest methods of killing."

Xu Kan shrugged, "I mean comparing with Zheng Qi."

Hua Chong walked aside, picked up a bright red rose, looked at it, and put it back where it was.The rose has withered, and the fragrance of the peach is dying.

"Okay." He said, "You go back and do a detailed autopsy first, and I'll take a look around here."

It is easier to investigate the circumstances of the deceased when the identity of the deceased is clear.

After some members of the serious crime team arrived, Ge Meng led the police officers from the sub-bureau to close the team.Hua Chong didn't think there was anything wrong with it. Firstly, it was the duty of the serious crime team to take over murder cases of a bad nature, and secondly, judging from the behavior of digging out his heart, He Yitao's death was indeed related to Zheng Qi's death.

Qu Zhi is still busy with Zheng Qi's case, and Liu Zhiqin came to the flower, bird and fish pet market with Hua Chong.As soon as Hua Chong came out of the flower shop, he saw Liu Zhiqin coming from the alley diagonally opposite, followed by a short man in his fifties.

The short man had a sad face, both startled and frightened, he refused to go any further than ten meters away from the flower shop.

"This is Bo Xiao, Xiao Guozhong, who works in the Market Management Office. He was the one who discovered He Yitao's body," Liu Zhiqin said.

At this moment, a truck drove in slowly from the gate, Hua Chong gave way to Xiao Guozhong, and Liu Zhiqin took a step forward to block between him and the truck.

"Sit down and talk." Hua Chong was familiar with the hawkers in the market. Seeing that Xiao Guozhong didn't want to approach the flower shop, he went to the opposite shop to borrow a few plastic benches.

"He Yitao hasn't opened for business for four days." Xiao Guozhong sat on the bench nervously, glancing at the door of the flower shop from time to time, "This kid is hardworking and willing to endure hardships. Since he started doing business here, he has never been out of business for a long time." The situation of opening the door. If there is anything, such as needing to go to other places to see goods, I will also say hello to the shop next door in advance. Moreover, she and her flower shop are the facades of our market, how many customers pass by the gate in a day It’s not a problem if the flower shop is always closed.”

"So you went to the flower shop to find her?"

Xiao Guozhong quickly waved his hands, and the intention to pull himself away was very obvious, "It's not that I want to find her, I can't help it. I work in the management office, and I saw Tian'er patrolling around here. The boss asked me the day before yesterday or yesterday, He Yitao Why don't you do business? I don't know!"

"Your management office should have her contact information, right? Didn't you call to ask?" Hua Chong asked.

"I can't get through!" Xiao Guozhong said: "The mobile phone is turned off, and the landline in the flower shop is always busy. Today is the fourth day, and the leader asked me to take the key to check. As soon as I opened the door, hey!"

He Yitao's body was lying near the gate, ordinary people would definitely be terrified when they saw it.

"It's such a pity, such a good girl." Xiao Guozhong said, "I don't know who I messed with, hey!"

"Why don't you know?" The proprietress who sells ornamental rockery next door shouted in a rough voice, "Taozi has offended too many people, tsk, it's not easy to make a living, girl!"

Hua Chong knew her surname was Huang, so he raised his chin at her, "Sister Huang, come here for a chat?"

"Let's talk!" Sister Huang is over forty years old and looks old, because her belly is too big, she wobbles when walking, "Tao Zi is a celebrity in our market, you all know that, right?"

Hua Chong nodded, "I've been on TV, and there's a sign of 'The Most Beautiful Boss in Los Angeles' at the door."

Hearing this, Sister Huang snorted, and said in a low voice, "Women, you just can't be too beautiful. Peach is beautiful, she seems to be some kind of Internet celebrity? But won't it easily arouse the jealousy of others?"

"You know who's jealous of her?"

"'The most beautiful proprietress'?" Sister Huang sneered, "It doesn't matter that I am older, but my sister who is about the same age as Tao Zi, wouldn't it hurt to hear this? So I said, women, especially young women, are It can't be too beautiful, because it makes narrow-minded women jealous, and attracts men's attention. But I heard that Taozi has both of them, and she seduced Liang Xiaomei's boyfriend."

This little sister Liang Hua Chong knows, she is the owner of a cute pet shop, her name is Liang Yanzi.A while ago, he came to the market with Liu Zhiqin, and he even gave Liang Yanzi a pot of jasmine.

But he didn't know that Liang Yanzi had a boyfriend.

"Do you know why Taozi doesn't like to go home and live in a store even though she has a place to live?" Sister Huang squeezed out the gossip that is unique to people of this age, "She, in there, is with Xiaomei Liang's boyfriend. It's hot!"