Chapter 062 Daxing County Corpse Dismemberment Case (Part 2)
Erased the marks on the limbs? !
Wang Gaosheng was puzzled by what he heard. According to common sense, the self-healing ability would disappear after a person died, so all the scars on the corpse would be frozen. If he wanted to erase them, he would have to wait until the body was completely decayed.
Apart from this, he really couldn't think of any other solution.
Fortunately, Sun Shaozong didn't intend to let him keep guessing. He raised his chin slightly and said, "Try to put her arm together again."
Wang Gaosheng immediately took out the left arm that was cut into two pieces from the body parts, and then carefully pieced them together to form an arm with almost no visible gaps.
After the fight, Wang Gaosheng could not help but say, "Sir, the cut ends are so tight, which shows how ruthless the murderer's knife skills were. That's why I suspected that it was Hu the Butcher who killed him."
"The murderer is not just cruel."
Sun Shaozong shook his head and said, "What really shows his exquisite knife skills is actually the tricks done on the broken edge."
Tampering with the incision?
Wang Gaosheng separated the broken arm again in confusion and looked at it carefully for a long time, but could not see anything strange at all.
"If you really can't tell, why not touch the bones of the upper half of the broken arm first!"
Wang Gaosheng gritted his teeth, took off his gloves, and carefully felt around on the cross section of the bone.
At first, his eyes were filled with confusion and doubt, but gradually, the confusion turned into horror, and finally he couldn't help but blurt out, "This... the groove on the bone was carved by someone!"
It turns out that the bone spurs and grooves at the fracture do not seem to be anything unusual at first glance, but if you rub them carefully, you will find that they are a little too round, especially the inside of the grooves, which do not look like naturally formed fractures!
“ That’s right !”
Sun Shaozong said in a deep voice: "Not only that, some muscles have been secretly removed from the severed limb, making the fracture thinner than before and fitting in perfectly with the fracture below - so if you don't look very carefully, it's hard to notice that a section more than a finger wide has been removed from this arm!"
When Shen Dan, Zhou Da and others heard this, they couldn't help but gasp. They were impressed by the murderer's evil mind and marveled at Sun Shaozong's sharp eyes.
However, after Wang Gaosheng's excitement, he couldn't help but feel a little confused, wondering: "Going to such great lengths just to conceal the fact that this woman had been kidnapped - isn't that a bit too cautious?"
"The murderer must want to hide more than just this!" Sun Shaozong shook his head and said, "But based on the evidence we have found so far, we have no way of inferring what he really wants to hide."
As he said that, he turned to Shen Dan and said, "County Magistrate Shen, I have also carefully checked the cellar in the backyard of Hu the Butcher's house. It's okay to hide a person in there for a short time, but if it exceeds half a day, I'm afraid he will suffocate to death!"
"Not only does he employ two butchers in his butcher shop, but neighbors often come in and out of the backyard, so there's no place for this woman to hide."
"If he had held the woman somewhere else, he could have at least disposed of the body on the spot. There was no need to go through the trouble of bringing the body back home and burying it."
"As for Zhou Liang, he and his wife lived in a large compound without even a fence around them. Their comings and goings would definitely be seen by others, let alone the possibility of detaining the deceased for a long time."
"According to my deduction, Zhou Liang was very likely on his way home when he ran into the murderer who was trying to bury the head. Perhaps the murderer deliberately framed him, or perhaps an accident caused Zhou Liang to mistake the head for pork and take it home."
"Afterwards, the murderer decided to go all out and buried all the remaining body parts in the wasteland outside the back wall of Hu the butcher's house, intending to put the blame on the father-in-law and son-in-law."
Shen Dan listened timidly, but he looked confused. Zhou Da on the side reacted faster and blurted out, "So, the murderer should know Hu the butcher's father-in-law and son-in-law, and he is very likely living between the two families!"
“That’s right!”
Sun Shaozong confirmed his guess, but then he couldn't help but smile bitterly and said, "It's a pity that Hu the butcher is separated from his son-in-law's home by half of East City. This area is still too large - if we want to find the murderer, I'm afraid we need more clues."
At this point, Sun Shaozong couldn't help but glare at Shen Dan again. If it weren't for this foolish county magistrate who delayed the best time for investigation, it wouldn't have been like this...
"My lord, my lord! Look what this is?!"
At this moment, Wang Gaosheng happily placed something in front of Sun Shaozong.
Sun Shaozong took a closer look and found that it was a small wooden splinter stained with blood, about the length of a fingernail and the thickness of a matchstick.
Because the door panel used to carry the body was a little deteriorated, Sun Shaozong also found several similar wood splinters and sawdust when he examined the body just now. However, since Wang Gaosheng presented the treasure so solemnly, it must not be as simple as sawdust that fell from the door panel.
So Sun Shaozong carefully picked up the wooden thorn, placed it under his eyelids and observed it carefully for a while, then twisted it with his thumb and index finger, and his eyes suddenly blossomed with a dazzling look!
Then he grabbed Wang Gaosheng and asked, "Where did you find this thing?!"
Wang Gaosheng said hurriedly: "I wanted to check how much flesh the murderer had cut off from the body's thigh, but I accidentally touched this wooden splinter!"
"Then I can't be wrong - it really is true that the law of nature is vast and nothing can escape it!"
Sun Shaozong sighed and immediately ordered: "Mr. Shen, send someone to find out which of the famous carpenters in the east of the city have lived alone for a long time."
"I will do it right away!"
After Shen Dan took the order and left, Zhou Da was still a little confused. He came forward and looked at the wooden splinter curiously, asking, "Sir, based on this small wooden splinter, how can you conclude that the murderer is a famous carpenter?"
"The color, density, and pattern of this wood show that it is top-quality wood. Wood of this quality, let alone ordinary people, even ordinary carpenters would not dare to mess with it. But look at this wooden thorn. The whole thing is triangular, with two cuts in the front and one in the back. The lines are extremely smooth. The person who cut it is obviously used to working with precious wood!"
"That's why I concluded that the murderer must be a famous carpenter!"
After these few words, Shen Dan led a young yamen runner back to the inner hall and introduced him to Sun Shaozong: "Sir, Li Sanbiao's father is the most famous old carpenter in East City. All the big and small things in the carpentry business can be hidden from his family."
Li Sanbiao had obviously been told what to do. Without waiting for Sun Shaozong to ask, he bowed and said, "My Lord, it is not difficult for any famous craftsman to find a wife. The only famous carpenter in Dongcheng who has not married is probably Zhang the Woodman!"
"Wooden Man Zhang?"
"Yes, because he is good at carving various human and Buddha statues, so he got this nickname - this wooden man Zhang had his face burned when he was a child, and he can scare people even in the daytime, so no girl is willing to be with him."
Since he looks so scary, no one would dare to disturb him normally - this would give him more opportunities to commit crimes!
Sun Shaozong asked hurriedly, "Do you know where the wooden man Zhang's family lives?"
"this……"
Li Sanbiao scratched his head and said, "He should not be at home now."
"What?!"
Shen Dan was shocked and shouted: "That guy has already fled for fear of crime?!"
“No, no, no!”
Li Sanbiao explained hurriedly: "In fact, recently the wealthy families in the city have been competing to build villas, and all the craftsmen with some skills have been recruited! It seems that he went..."
As he said this, he frowned and thought for a while, then suddenly clapped his hands and said, "Oh, right, I went to Rongguo Mansion and Jia's house to do some work!"
