Chapter 88 Mysterious Cufflinks
Gu Nankai squatted down and put on the leg covers. After finishing quickly, he waved his hand at the person who spoke: "I'm not saying that your work is not up to standard."
After he said this, the man quickly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, but he was still a little confused about Gu Nankai's words. At this time, he saw Gu Nankai had crouched down from the cordon into the green belt. He couldn't get in, so he could only tiptoe and lean forward to see what Gu Nankai and the others were doing.
Wu Qingluan and the others also got ready and followed Gu Nankai in.
"How's it going, Captain? Have you found anything?" Li Meng walked over to Gu Nankai and asked.
The green belt of Zhongtian Community was replaced with new plants not long ago. Gu Nankai pursed his lips slightly at this moment. The plant in the green belt of the community was a plant called Onion Lotus, which is also known as Jade Curtain, Onion Orchid, etc. It is a perennial herb with an ovate bulb, about 2.5 cm in diameter, with a distinct neck, a stem length of 2.5-5 cm, and narrow linear leaves, thick, bright green, 20-30 cm long, and 2-4 mm wide.
This low-growing plant is evergreen all year round and has many flowers. When Gu Nankai realized this, he roughly understood why the murderer chose this place as the murder site.
This is why the second corpse did not have any obvious external injuries on its surface, and in Gu Nankai's mind, the strange state of the corpse in the plant also appeared.
Pure white flowers, emerald green rhizomes, when the body is carefully assembled and lying here, what does the murderer want to express? Or is he simply making every work that he thinks is perfect?
No, I won’t…
Gu Nankai subconsciously dismissed this idea from his mind. He stood next to the place where the body was found and pointed at the green belt that was still pressed down by the body . He said, "Look, this is where the body was originally. This plant prevented the body from being harmed here. But the question now is, did the murderer destroy the evidence in the same way as the last body?"
Obviously, in his opinion, it would be difficult . He waved his arm and asked everyone to squat down and check: "Let's take a look and see if we can find anything unusual."
Everyone quickly divided up their own areas and checked carefully .
"One question is, did these victims voluntarily appear at the location chosen by the murderer? We couldn't find any signs of the murderer struggling at the crime scene."
Gao Yuan observed for a long time and suddenly asked this question.
Gu Nankai stared at the fallen plants with sharp eyes and answered Gao Yuan's question: "It is very likely that , judging from the situation at the scene, all of them fell in the same direction, that is, towards the victim's head. However, we can see that the victim's footsteps are somewhat messy. It is very likely that the victim voluntarily lay down as you said."
"Is it impossible to find the murderer's footprints?" Gao Yuan asked immediately after hearing Gu Nankai's words.
Gu Nankai shook his head in distress at this time. Cao Cang was an expert in the serious crime team in this area. Everyone turned their eyes to Cao Cang at this moment. Feeling everyone's attention, Cao Cang raised his head and smiled embarrassedly.
"Cao Cang, have you found anything over there?" Gu Nankai had actually discovered some clues, but at this moment he still looked at Cao Cang with encouragement and expectation.
“I still have a little discovery here.”
Cao Cang exhaled lightly, his forehead was covered with sweat. He wiped it casually with his elbow and said: "It's not that we can't find the murderer's traces, but the murderer's method of dealing with the traces is very clever, or it can be said that from the moment the murderer decided to kill this person, all his actions have already found a way out for himself."
Gu Nankai showed a hint of admiration on his face and asked, "What do you mean?"
Cao Cang had a serious look on his face. He used gestures to guide everyone to look at a part of the tree next to him: "Look, the collapsed area here is from the shoulders to the hips of the corpse. At first, we would assume that the collapse was caused by the victim, but that is not the case. If we compare it with the corpse itself, we should be able to find that the deceased's body is slightly smaller than this range. I observed the collapse here, which is about one and a half fingers long. The degree of collapse is different from other parts of the corpse."
"Oh my God, Cao Cang, you can see this." Li Meng listened to Cao Cang's analysis in a daze, and immediately lowered his head to look. After being reminded by Cao Cang, he discovered this clue that was not easy to find.
Cao Cang looked at Gu Nankai and said, "But Captain, how did the murderer deal with the clothes of the deceased?"
Gu Nankai was still thinking about something with his lips slightly pursed. He raised his eyebrows when he heard Cao Cang's question, and after a moment of hesitation, he said, "From your analysis just now, the murderer should have committed the crime here. If this body really died of excessive blood loss, then there is no blood at the scene. There is no condition like the crime scene of the previous body here for him to burn those things. So we have to think about whether there are other ways for the deceased to lose too much blood."
"Other ways...it depends on whether Shanglu's practical report can provide us with more information." Wu Qingluan also stood up and said to Gu Nankai.
Gu Nankai nodded silently: "If Shang Lu's autopsy report can give us more information, I think we can find the answers to many puzzles."
"So can we withdraw here now?" Some people on the plateau wiped the sweat from their foreheads.
Gu Nankai looked at the situation in the green belt again. Although he didn't find much at the moment, he still said: "Don't do it yet. Check it carefully again. If the murderer left something behind, it will definitely be a big discovery for us." He hesitated for a moment and said: "I don't believe there is a murderer in this world who can do a case so perfectly and leave nothing behind."
Because of Gu Nankai's words, everyone returned to the battle, squatting under the scorching sun to search for clues in the green belt and its surroundings.
This time, I actually discovered something.
Wu Qingluan suddenly uttered a sigh, and everyone's attention was immediately drawn to her. She stood up with something glittering in her hand. Gu Nankai immediately asked, "What is that?"
Wu Qingluan looked at the thing back and forth for a few times, then looked at Gu Nankai: "It's a cufflink."
"Cufflinks?" Gu Nankai immediately walked over, took the cufflinks from Wu Qingluan's hand, looked at them several times, and then looked up at her: "It looks like the quality and workmanship are good."
Gao Yuan also came over at this time. His eyes lit up when he saw the cufflinks. He quickly said excitedly, "Oh, these cufflinks are limited edition. The people who can buy them must be rich or noble. I have a friend whose father has a pair. I heard they are very valuable."
Gu Nankai looked at the small cheetah-shaped cufflink in his hand and fell into deep thought.
"Let's go back and investigate the origin of this cufflink. If it doesn't belong to the murderer, then it is very likely to be the victim's. Perhaps we can identify the victim through the cufflink."
"Okay, I'll check it out when I get back." Gao Yuan took the cufflinks from Gu Nankai and put them into the evidence bag, smiling: "I'll ask my friend right away to see how many people bought these cufflinks at that time."
Gu Nankai nodded solemnly.
