Chapter 29 New Clues
The task force found more suspicious points, but they also made the case more difficult. The beehive case was one, and the dismemberment case that was committed long before the local police discovered the beehive was another.
Early in the morning, the members of the task force came to the meeting room and ate breakfast mechanically without anyone speaking.
"The murderer smeared a lot of honey and pollen on the victim, in order to allow wasps to successfully build a nest." Bai Ling stirred the tofu pudding in the bowl and said absentmindedly: "But how did he make the wasps obey his orders? Does he have super powers?"
Everyone was speechless. This question was indeed difficult to explain.
"Maybe he was stung by a bee. There is a Bee Man in foreign movies!" Gao Feng said carelessly.
"This is the problem we need to figure out. If we can figure it out based on our imagination, what is the point of our task force?" Gu Xia put down his chopsticks with a serious expression.
"Okay, let's get back to the topic." Wang Zheng smiled and tried to smooth things over. "Bai Ling, look at the strangled wound on the victim's abdomen. Do you have any idea about the weapon used to commit the crime?"
When Wang Zheng was empathizing in the woods, he knew that the murderer might have used some kind of tool, but professional matters did not allow him to make random guesses. Sometimes, if the conception of the appearance was slightly deviated, the case would most likely be led astray.
"Ah?" Bai Ling quickly came back to her senses, carefully recalled the wounds on the deceased, and slowly said: "The deceased's abdomen was crushed by a sharp weapon, but the murderer was very... careful, and it was destroyed by the wasps when they were building a hive, so it is difficult to infer. But if I have to say, I think it is like this..."
Bai Ling took out a marker pen and started drawing on the table. After she put down her pen, everyone saw that what she had drawn was actually a fork similar to a Western kitchen utensil.
"Did that guy eat steak, listen to opera, and then stab the dead person with a fork without saying a word?" Gao Feng said disdainfully: "If you can use this to stab into a person's stomach and mince the internal organs, then Western restaurants should give customers chopsticks in the future."
When Bai Ling heard this, an angry expression appeared on her face. She was about to argue but was stopped by Wang Zheng who was standing beside her.
"I don't think so." Wang Zheng shook his head and thought for a while before continuing, "The man died of bee venom. We all agree on this, but the most important thing now is that the victim's abdomen was crushed by a sharp weapon. This weapon may be the key to solving the case. We don't necessarily have to look for a fork from a western restaurant, but something similar."
"Hmph! That's right, Brother Wang Zheng is still the more educated one." Bai Ling frowned at Gao Feng.
"But then again, there are similar problems with the dismemberment case." Huamei frowned and said, "The rest of the deceased's body tissue has not been found yet, but Xiao Bailing, what does your autopsy report mean when it says the time of death is unknown? Is there an error in the computer?"
"No." Bai Ling shook her head, "The head you sent was very wrong."
Snap!
Gao Feng picked up a steamed dumpling, and when he heard Bai Ling's words, his hand shook and it fell on the table. He turned around to meet the puzzled looks of the four people around him, covered his mouth with his hands, and rushed out again.
"Who is this!" Bai Ling rolled her eyes in dissatisfaction as she listened to the vomiting sounds coming from the corridor. She continued, "Simply put, we judge a person's time of death based on the corrosion of their bones, and the corrosion of their bones is also related to the environment and temperature."
"The longer the time, the more serious the bone corrosion?" Wang Zheng became interested. "Then why write it as unknown?"
"Based on the maggots on the bones, the person must have been dead for at least three months, or even longer." Bai Ling said this with an incredible expression on her face. "But, based on the temperature and soil, a person must have been buried for at least a year and a half for this to happen. More importantly, the earliest person who died in the honeycomb case died only two years ago."
"The time doesn't make sense." Wang Zheng thought for a moment, "The murderer is not the same person, but the same crime scene was found. Moreover, the body of the deceased was severely damaged. I'm afraid that was intentional by the murderer."
"Could it be someone from the same profession?" Bai Ling made a bold conclusion. "I can't think of anyone else who could destroy a corpse to this extent and dismember it, except for those of us who study forensics."
"Ao Jiang is also okay." Wang Zheng replied with a smile.
When Bai Ling heard this, she opened her mouth wide and wanted to refute, but she couldn't find any reason for a long time. It was true that in terms of live dissection, the Chinese professor who was poisoned was definitely more professional than many forensic doctors in live dismemberment and corpse handling.
"There are great people among the common people." The ancient hero sighed.
The task force has not received many cases since its establishment, but in fact, every murderer is definitely not an ordinary person. In other words, "There is no special case, so why set up a special task force?" This was the instruction issued personally by the Minister of Public Security, and it remained unchanged.
Although the Ministry of Public Security is there to support them if the sky falls, the task force is not a general but more like pawns crossing a river. Once they encounter a case, they can only move forward. How can they retreat?
"Huamei, I want to go to the scene again to take a look. Maybe we will find something." When everyone was silent, Wang Zheng suddenly stood up.
"I'm afraid not." Huamei didn't look up at Wang Zheng, still staring at her breakfast, "Your eight minutes have been used up. If you want to do empathy again, it will be next week at the earliest."
"Eight minutes?" Gu Xia was a little confused.
"This is the plan I made for him." Huamei said meticulously, "Combining his previous situations and the recent empathy sessions, he can have empathy once a week, and eight minutes is the best time. It is enough for him to recognize the scene clearly and not get lost."
Huamei emphasized the word "lost", and Gu Xia suddenly realized and nodded without further questioning. Instead, Wang Zheng was a little dejected at this moment, but there was no anger on his face. As for the real reason, perhaps only he and Huamei knew it best.
"What are you talking about?" Gao Feng finally solved the problem of vomiting, wiped the water stains on his face, and spoke.
"What else could it be besides the case?" Bai Ling rolled her eyes.
"It's no fun to chat like this." Gao Feng sat down and said with a smile, "I was thinking about a question while vomiting just now."
"Don't tell me you still want to eat more." Wang Zheng rarely made a joke.
"Go away. I don't have time to argue with you." Gao Feng's tone became serious for once. Gu Xia and the others also focused their attention on him. Seeing the atmosphere at the scene, he naturally did not hide anything and sorted out his thoughts a little, "I don't think wasps are necessarily murderous."
"If bee venom doesn't kill people..." Gu Xia pondered for a while, and suddenly said: "Yes, bee venom doesn't necessarily kill people, it can also be used to save people!"
When everyone heard the news, they couldn't help but show a puzzled expression on their faces.
"That's right. In fact, bee venom has a certain market in China, and it is not cheaper than so-called wild honey." Gu Xia's eyes were a little excited. "Especially for some older men, it is a rare thing. However, although its medicinal value is high, not everyone can bring out the medicinal effect. At least one needs to study Chinese medicine for a few years."
"I've studied Chinese medicine..." Wang Zheng suddenly shuddered, "Bai Ling, the honey on the corpse is not the same as the honey I brought back, right?"
"Yes, I sent the honey to a professional honey industry inspection institute in the village yesterday, and they concluded that they are not the same kind." Bai Ling said.
"Okay! I understand!" Wang Zheng looked at Gao Feng with a smile, "You are finally smart for once!"
Gao Feng gave him the middle finger, looking speechless.
"Professor Gu, I need your assistance." Wang Zheng said, "You can directly inform Director Xun that the police can go out and drive the suspect back now."
"You found the suspect so quickly?" Gu Xia showed a surprised expression on his face, "Who do you think it is?"
"A beekeeper named Lao Wu." Wang Zheng smiled and took out his phone from his pocket, then opened a phone number in the address book. "Besides him, there is no other person with the same motive as him in this case."
