misplaced survival

"Several informants found the body of the deceased here." Tao Yiran said, parked the car on the coast, and pointed to the tidal flat below.

Song Zhou climbed over the guardrail nimbly, jumped down the steps, and reminded behind him, "It's slippery here, be careful where you step."

Jiang Xiyan responded, holding onto the railing with one hand, he flipped in very simply, landed firmly, and looked in the direction Tao Yiran pointed just now.

Bai Ya, who was following behind them, glanced at the two of them, and silently chose to take the long way around and take the stairs.

"It's probably here." Tao Yiran drew a range. There is no reference on the tidal flat, but the approximate location is around here.

Jiang Xiyan stood there and looked around. They went through the evidence that the police had so far in the morning. Zhang Wei was a major suspect in Yi Xin's case. However, Zhang Wei died and could no longer be directly interrogated. Therefore, Yi Xin's case still needs to be investigated. , to collect more clues.

And Zhang Wei's accident seemed to be inextricably linked to Yi Xin's death, so after the meeting, he and Bai Ke followed Song Zhou and the others to the scene to see if they could make any new discoveries.

Jiang Xiyan paced slowly on the beach, recalling forensic doctor Lu's autopsy description of the dead on the beach.

"Because it was a dead body floating in the sea, the forensic doctor chose to examine it nearby. One is for convenience, and the other is to speculate based on the real situation at the scene. Then there is the issue of the corpse. At that time, the unnamed male corpse was in the view of a giant, and it was very possible to transfer it forcibly." Causes an explosion of putrid gases in the belly of the corpse."

Lu Nanhuai pasted the autopsy photos on the writing board, "The deceased's face was cyanotic, eyeballs protruding, lips everted, skin was dirty green, and there were obvious rotten veins under the skin. The corpse swelled due to the accumulation of rotten gas, and the chest and abdomen bulged. The subcutaneous tissue and muscles were inflated, the neck and limbs became thicker, and the epidermis of the hands and feet were peeled off, showing slight drowning glove-like changes."

The so-called "drowning glove-like change" is that the hands and feet have more stratum corneum, thin subcutaneous fat and less muscle fascia adhesion. Gloves", "Foot Gloves".

Normally, the formation of "gloves" and "foot covers" takes about a week in southern summer, and more than double the time in winter.

The temperature in Jianglong City is generally above zero even in winter, so when the police found the body, there was already a slight "drowning glove-like change".

Wu Yi followed Master's words and continued, "In addition to the view of giants, the corpse has other signs. There are obvious strangle marks on the neck and subcutaneous hemorrhages, but CT imaging shows that the bones of the deceased are intact, and the trachea, bronchi, and alveoli have lesions. Drowning, so the real cause of death of the deceased was drowning."

Lu Nanhuai nodded to confirm that Wu Yi's words were correct, and then put another report on the table, "The forensic doctor compared the DNA and confirmed that the deceased is Zhang Wei, whom the police have been looking for."

"What are you thinking about?" Song Zhou asked softly seeing Jiang Xiyan was in a daze.

Jiang Xiyan raised his head and replied, "According to Forensic Doctor Lu and Forensic Doctor Wu, the deceased should have been strangled by someone's neck before being thrown into the sea. Besides, there is another problem."

Song Zhou knew what he was thinking, and this is the direction of their investigation all the time, "You want to say, if Zhang Wei really killed Yi Xin, then turn back the time, Zhang Wei was silenced not long after he succeeded gone."

"Well, it's possible." Jiang Xiyan nodded in response.

He looked into Song Zhou's eyes, feeling at ease, because he knew that Song Zhou could always understand what he was thinking, but he felt that something was missing, because all his understanding of Song Zhou was limited to his own imagination.

Under Jiang Xiyan's closely following gaze, Song Zhou leaned forward slightly, and said in a low voice, "Is there something on my face?"

Seeing Song Zhou approaching suddenly, Jiang Xiyan took a breath and looked away, "It's nothing, I'm just thinking."

"What did Xiao Jiang think of?" Bai Ya heard the sound and looked over.

Jiang Xiyan cleared his throat and looked upstream of the water, "Let's go and see where the dead fell into the water."

The police have done experiments and calculated the approximate location through the speed of the water flow. The corpse floated from the coast near the junction of Jiangxin District and Binhai District.

It's not far from here, and it takes 10 minutes to drive.

Song Zhou had a panoramic view of Jiang Xiyan's flash of panic just now, stood beside him, and signaled to the front, "Let's go."

Fishing is prohibited in winter, and the sea wind is strong, so not many people come here. If it weren't for the children who happened to be playing nearby, the police would not have discovered it so quickly.

Now that May is about to enter, the sea breeze is not so violent, and it brings a bit of salty fragrance into the car window, which makes people feel comfortable physically and mentally.

Jiang Xiyan leaned against the car window, watching the seagulls circling on the sea, and seemed to see someone feeding with toast slices, scrambling to land.

He smiled knowingly, looked back at Song Zhou, and saw that he was staring at him.

Song Zhou glanced out the car window, "I'll accompany you around later."

Jiang Xiyan, whom he knew well, was bored at the desk doing questions every day during his studies, and after he became a police officer, he kept chasing cases, leaving little time for himself.

Although it was not as long as Jiang Xiyan's waiting time, he had been looking forward to and waiting for Jiang Xiyan's arrival, and he wanted to help him make up for the lost happiness.

"We have arrived."

Although this atmosphere is not suitable for being disturbed, Tao Yiran timidly reminded him.

Song Zhou took the documents and was about to get off the car when he heard the person beside him say, "Okay."

Bai Ya led Jiang Xiyan to the place where the police found the wheel prints and footprints before, "We calculated the approximate location where the deceased fell into the water, and carried out a carpet search nearby. As a result, we found two rows of wheel prints at this place, and two more. Group of footprints."

Hearing this, Jiang Xiyan opened the previous survey records for comparison. This kind of wheel prints are very common and hard to find, but the other two sets of footprints are much more interesting.

Because judging from the location, it seems that they got off from the co-pilot and the back seat of the car, so there should be another person in the car.

"The two sets of shoe prints are size 43 and size 44 respectively. The size 44 shoe prints are strange and have traces of dragging. It is very likely that they belonged to the deceased." Bai Ya said in a timely manner.

It was also because of this obvious drag that they discovered something was wrong with these marks.

Later, based on the degree of depression of the footprints, they roughly calculated the approximate weight of the two.

Among them, those who wear size 43 shoes weigh about 65 to 67 kg and are slightly thinner, while those who wear size 44 weigh 75 to 78 kg.

"Hey, police officer!" A man waved hello.

Bai Ya heard the sound and looked over, and introduced to Jiang Xiyan: "He is the owner of a nearby bar, and I asked him a little bit during the investigation before."

The boss ran over stepping on the sand, "I saw someone here from a distance, so I'll come over and have a look, some police officers."

His bar is nearby, and he usually helps out with beach parties, parties and so on.

Isn't it almost summer? Recently, the business has improved a lot, and people are in good spirits on happy occasions.

"Hi boss, this is our Song team, this is police officer Jiang, Xiao Tao, you have met before." Bai Ya introduced the bar owner familiarly.

"Oh, Team Song! Hello, hello!" The bar owner hurriedly shook hands and greeted, "You guys are here to investigate the case again?"

Bai Ya was the first to respond, "Let's come over and take a look. By the way, has the boss seen any strange people appearing around in the past few months?"

Some murderers have the habit of revisiting their old places, returning to the scene of the crime to relive everything that happened at that time.

"Hiss." The boss thought about it, "Speaking of this, I really have something to tell you. That's right, a guest I drank too much a while ago and said he slipped. He said that in winter, it was said in the news. A few days before someone drowned nearby, when he was walking on the beach, he happened to see someone standing on the shore, because it was night, and he didn't pay attention to whether there was anyone in the water."

Song Zhou: "Apart from these, what else did he say?"

The boss thought for a while, "He said that person is very tall, as tall as a telephone pole. I think he drank too much and talked nonsense, so he didn't report it to you."

Tao Yiran immediately took out the notebook he was carrying and handed it to the boss, "Can you give us the contact information of that customer, we can check with him again."

Boss: "No problem, I'll write to you!"

Jiang Xiyan squinted his eyes while looking at the shore, and slowly backed away, as if he was looking for an angle.

Song Zhou followed him, preventing him from tripping when he stepped back, "Do you think this person is right?"

"Although it is exaggerated, I think it makes sense." Jiang Xiyan pointed to the electric pole in the distance, "From here, the electric pole is almost as tall as a person."

Song Zhou followed Jiang Xiyan's pointing, looked at a telephone pole by the coast, and thought for a moment.

Getting the angle right, they might be able to figure out the height of the man on the shore.

Tao Yiran got the number and dialed the customer's number, wanting to ask for identification.

The guest was helpless, he didn't want to get involved, but when the police asked, he had to say it, so he could only tell the truth, "Officer, I was too drunk when I said this, but I saw that person on the shore. At that time, I didn't drink, I really saw it."

That location was the highest place on the coast, and if he fell, it would be too late to save him, so he was very impressed.

Tao Yiran understood Team Song's hint and asked, "Do you remember where you saw it?"

The guest thought for a while, "I remember there was a palm tree obliquely in front of me, so I hid under the tree for a while in case that person would find out."

When Tao Yiran heard this, he pointed to the palm tree on the beach.

Bai Ya understood immediately, trotted towards the tree, and took a few photos of the shore, "I'll send it back to the team and let them calculate it."

Song Zhou nodded in response, and walked side by side with Jiang Xiyan to the car parked on the bank.

Walking side by side, the two gradually slowed down, intending to extend this time.

Song Zhou tilted his head slightly towards Jiang Xiyan, "Xi Yan, what would you want to do if the accident hadn't happened?"

Jiang Xiyan shook his head and said with a wry smile: "There are always people chasing me and using me as a role model, but I don't really have a precise goal. I used to win the attention of my parents, but later..."

He looked sideways at Song Zhou slightly, "But I'm fine now, and I haven't regretted being a policeman."

"Song Zhou." Jiang Xiyan paused, "What about you? Why do you want to be a policeman?"

He also wanted to know more about Song Zhou.

Song Zhou said without hesitation: "Because of the policeman who saved us. And also because one day, I will be able to resist, instead of just holding you and watching the tragedy happen."

He remembered that day he promised Jiang Xiyan that he would always protect him, maybe the fate started from that time.