Chapter 199: The New Year is difficult
"According to the descriptions of the people at the Ministry of Health, the murderer was most likely to have used a horse-drawn carriage to dump the body. However, since it just snowed heavily, I'm afraid it will be difficult to find any clues at the scene of the dumping."
"The wine poured on the body was the most common Fenjiu sold in restaurants. It's the New Year, and I don't know how much of this wine is sold every day. Naturally, there is no way to investigate."
"But I still found something strange on the body."
As the coroner, Old Xu, spoke, he tore open the ice-stained clothes, exposing the dead man's arms, then stepped aside and said, "Please have a look, sir."
Sun Shaozong stepped forward to take a closer look, and Qiu Yunfei also leaned closer, but he saw that both arms were almost equally swollen, and could not tell any difference.
At this moment, Sun Shaozong muttered: "The subcutaneous bleeding in the right arm is obviously more than that in the left arm..."
Subcutaneous bleeding?
What is that?
While Qiu Yunfei was wondering, he saw Sun Shaozong reaching out to the two arms and kneading them respectively. He also rolled up the dead man's trouser legs and rubbed the swollen areas for a while.
That’s not all. After touching the first corpse, Sun Shaozong quietly went to the second corpse, stripped off its clothes and did the same thing to it. Then he frowned and pondered.
Qiu Yunfei was puzzled, so he leaned forward and poked Lao Xu's waist, and asked in a low voice: "What is subcutaneous hemorrhage? And what do you want him to see?"
"Look carefully."
Old Xu pointed at the two unicorn arms and explained, "The right arms of these two corpses are obviously more swollen than the left arms and legs, and there are more blood-red spots oozing out from under the skin than the latter..."
Qiu Yunfei became more and more confused as he listened, and stamped his feet anxiously, "Just tell me what's going on!"
Old Xu then concluded: "I suspect that the deceased's right arm must have been hit many times by a blunt object, and it was not like other parts of the body where the bones were simply broken."
Qiu Yunfei finally understood some of what was said, but he was now in a greater confusion. He scratched his head for a long time and subconsciously asked, "But what's the point of the murderer doing this?"
Suddenly, Sun Shaozong said, "You should ask what the murderer's purpose is. "
Sun Shaozong had just been slapped, so Qiu Yunfei naturally wouldn't give him a good look. He stiffened his neck and said proudly, "Isn't it all the same?"
"Of course it's different."
Sun Shaozong pointed to the right arm of another corpse and said, "The other parts are just fractured, but the right arm has multiple comminuted fractures. In terms of actual effects, there is not much difference between the two in a short period of time."
"So the murderer did this not for the effect, but to satisfy a certain purpose."
“Tsk~!”
Qiu Yunfei glared and challenged, "From what you said, you must have guessed the murderer's purpose?"
Sun Shaozong shook his head: "I'm not sure yet."
"ha……"
Qiu Yunfei smiled smugly, and was just thinking of taking the opportunity to belittle Sun Shaozong, but he saw Sun Shaozong raised two fingers and said seriously: "Right now I can only make two general inferences."
"First, the murderer was motivated by revenge. For example, the two men had attacked the murderer with their right hands, causing physical harm or psychological trauma to the murderer, so the murderer specifically targeted the right arms of the two men."
"Secondly, the murderer had a problem with his right arm, and he was very likely disabled, so he hated people with intact right arms. Therefore, when he committed the violence, he deliberately targeted the right arms of the two victims."
"If it is the second case, the murderer must have at least one accomplice, because it is difficult for a person with a disabled right arm to complete the process of disposing of the body alone."
Qiu Yunfei listened to his clear and logical talk and did not dare to act rashly for a moment.
When Zhao Wuwei heard this, his face was full of joy, and he couldn't help but say: "Sir, in this case, as long as we find out the identities of the two dead, and then follow the clues to find their enemies, or people with disabilities, wouldn't this case be solved?!"
As he said this, he became eager to try.
At the end of this year, two murders happened out of the blue, and naturally they needed to be solved quickly.
Qiu Yunfei on the side said bitterly: "It's so easy for you to say that! This person is dead. If someone reports it missing, it's fine. But if no one comes to claim it, how can you check their identity?"
"Reporting to Lord Qiu."
Zhao Wuwei bowed and said in a rather servile manner, "I am not a talented official, but I have figured out something. Judging from the attire and physique of these two people, as well as the calluses on their hands and shoulders, they should be two strong men working in the Human Market. We only need to take their portraits to the Human Market and we should be able to find out almost everything."
Damn it, this little constable actually has better eyesight than me!
but……
The name 'Lord Qiu' is quite good, and is much more pleasant to the ear than 'Little Ya Nei'.
Considering the fact that he was addressed as 'Lord Qiu', Qiu Yunfei decided to temporarily ignore the fact that he was being clever in front of him - but he still had to show off his authority.
So he puffed out his chest and shouted, "Since you've figured out what's going on, why are you still standing here? Go investigate the case!"
"I obey your command!"
Zhao Wuwei bowed and shouted "Yes, sir," but his eyes were always watching Sun Shaozong's expression. If the magistrate showed any displeasure, he would not care about trying to please the young yamen official.
However, Sun Shaozong just said three words calmly: "You go too."
Although he did not mention any names, there was a patrol inspector and a coroner in the room, so it seemed that the former was more suitable to investigate the case.
Qiu Yunfei was quite reluctant - it was not that he didn't want to investigate the case, in fact he had been itching to do so for a long time.
This so-called reluctance was mainly because he did not want to be ordered around by Sun Shaozong.
Sun Shaozong saw what he was thinking, so he added, "If you don't want to go, stay and help the coroner Xu. Cut open the right arms of the two bodies and see if you can identify the murder weapon from the wounds."
"Go, go, go! Who said I won't go!"
Qiu Yunfei rushed out of the door in one step, turned around and cursed, "Zhao Wuwei, what the hell are you dawdling about for? Come with me to investigate the case!"
Zhao Wuwei hurriedly came forward and carefully corrected him, "Sir, my humble name is Wuwei."
"What are you talking about? Hurry up and leave!"
Seeing the two of them rushing out of the yard, Sun Shaozong turned around to look at the corpse on the bed, his brows still revealing a solemn expression.
"grown ups."
Old Xu asked doubtfully, "Do you think there is something strange about this case?"
"I hope I'm just being overly suspicious."
Sun Shaozong sighed, as if answering Old Xu's question, but also as if talking to himself: "If the murderer has no grudges against these two people, I'm afraid we won't have a good New Year."
