Chapter 118 What a beast!

Xu Dayuan's words were very influential, and almost everyone in the Forensic Medicine Teaching and Research Office nodded along.

Zhou Ning stared into Xu Dayuan's eyes and knew from the first day he met him that he was impatient, but never arbitrary.

But today, he was impatient.

However, it would be more difficult to detect a case like this that was exposed by the media, especially since there was a military order to solve the case within one month. He was under great pressure.

However, this case is indeed special. Now is not the time for anyone to convince anyone. A second on-site inspection is necessary. As for the skeletons, it seems that they need to be carefully observed again.

"Later, I will carefully study the skeleton of the deceased, but judging from the current evidence, I have not found any definite evidence that Russell Qin killed Zhang Minan."

Xu Dayuan seemed to want to say something more. After all, it was almost a certain case, but Zhou Ning actually judged it like this. This simply subverted his cognition. Director Pang reached out to stop him.

"I said Captain Xu, there is no point in arguing now. The first priority of the technical department is to ensure that the evidence brought back today is tested as soon as possible. As for the second inspection, let Da Zhao and the others go now to investigate the cause of death.

, we will have a meeting overnight to discuss, what do you think?"

Xu Dayuan nodded and glanced at Zhou Ning. He spoke a little hastily just now. It was a bit excessive to yell at Zhou Ning like this. After all, he had just reported for work. This was not conducive to his work in the technical department. Think about it and said in a gentle tone.

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"The case has been stuck since the beginning. I finally found some clues, but they actually deviated from the original judgment. So I'm a little anxious. Zhou Xiaozhou, don't take it to heart.

I will take Da Zhao and the others away first, and I will also visit the surrounding area. As for the scene where the body was dumped, I will have people search it carefully again. Let me know the results here, and we will summarize them. In addition, I also have to inform his son Zhang Guoqing.

, we also need to do a DNA comparison."

After saying that Xu Dayuan led the people away, Zhao Lin went out and raised two fingers in salute to Zhou Ning. Zhou Ning smiled and rolled his eyes, this guy is quite good at making fun out of hardships.

Director Pang combed his hair and looked at the remaining people in the teaching and research room. The people from the physical and chemical department and the trace examination department were all gone, leaving only Zhou Ning and four groups and five groups of forensic doctors.

"Captain Xu is under a lot of pressure, and taking office is a big job. We also understand that as for the search for the cause of death, it cannot be found in a moment. Forensic doctor Zhou will take a rest first, and four groups and five groups will compile it first."

Zhu Zuozhang and Feng Zhijian didn't say much, and Zhou Ning also finished the bulk of the work. After all, they were cooperative, and there was no choice even if they followed them to the scene.

However, Zhou Ning still quickly said:

"Thank you, Director Pang, but I don't need to rest. I will continue to find the cause of death in a while. It would be better if I could find photos of the scene where the bones were found."

Zhu Zuozhang was quick. He walked to the computer with a hard drive and found the photos of the body dumping scene. After all, he could see it more clearly on the big screen.

Zhou Ning observed each picture one by one. Each picture had a number written on it. He then walked to the table. The bones of the deceased had been rearranged. He picked up the 3 and 4 ribs on the right side of the deceased and pulled them over with a magnifying glass with an LED light.

observe.

Sure enough, he saw erosion marks on the inside of both ribs. It looked more like they had been bitten and part of them was missing. The cartilage had completely disappeared. When he observed it before, he thought it was the result of animal bites. After all, these bones had been exposed to the outside for a long time.

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"Chi's mark inspection found on-site photos of ribs 3 and 4 on the right side. Let's compare them."

Following Director Pang's shout, a thin trace inspector came over and threw a notebook to Zhou Ning.

It seemed that I had fiddled with it too much before, so I found two pictures in a short time, and the pictures were enlarged on the big screen.

Zhou Ning walked over and pointed at a location next to his ribs with a laser pointer.

"Enlarge this place."

Seeing that Zhou Ning seemed to have seen something, several other forensic doctors also came over. They had seen these pictures countless times and found no problems.

The picture is very clear. As you zoom in, there seem to be a few black particles the size of millet grains next to the grass blades and snow on the edge of the ribs. These irregular particles do not reflect light.

Zhu Zuozhang was the first to react.

"We have analyzed the defects on these ribs before. After all, the cartilage is gone, and it looks more like an animal's gnawing."

Zhou Ning nodded towards Zhu Zuozhang. After all, the old forensic doctor had experience. Once he found the problem and compared it, he would naturally see the problem without saying much. However, it was obvious that they had not thought much about it before, let alone such a comparison.

"I thought so before I saw the deceased's medical records, but now it seems that this is caused by cancer erosion, and those black particles are the missing parts. Okay, let's continue."

With that said, Zhou Ning moved two steps sideways and began to look at the skull of the deceased again.

Time passed minute by minute, and it was more than three hours in a blink of an eye. When Zhou Ning saw all the skeletons and pictures of the scene, the judgment in his mind became clearer.

Zhu Zuozhang came over, took off his gloves and mask, and said:

"Forensic Doctor Zhou has checked all the other skeletons. Apart from these cutting marks, no fatal injuries were found. I think it can be concluded that the deceased died of natural causes, right?"

Zhou Ning shook his head and sighed, this was what he was scratching his head about the most.

"Currently, it appears that the deceased's thyroid cartilage and hyoid bone are intact. He was not strangled, choked, or violently injured. Although the bones of the body were cut, none of them were post-mortem injuries. No poisoning reaction was found in the poison test.

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However, we do not rule out homicide methods such as wrist slitting, drowning, suffocation, air embolism, etc. However, these cannot be proven, and it seems that we still have to wait for the results of the second on-site investigation."

"Hey, this is back to square one."

The fat forensic doctor Feng Zhijian also came over at this moment, pushed up his glasses and said.

"Not even returning to the starting point. The more we exclude, the closer we get to the truth."

Zhou Ning nodded. He agreed with this statement. The work was not in vain. Xu Dayuan and the others were under pressure. Naturally, they were eager to find the murderer. After all, it was a case of dismemberment and it was reported by foreign media. From Zhou Ning's perspective,

The most important thing is to restore the truth from a different perspective.

Director Pang glanced at the time and waved to everyone.

"Okay, let's go eat and rest. Even if there are clues from the second inspection, we have to wait until they come back."

No one insisted anymore, after all, they were all tired. Zhou Ning took the translation manuscripts and notebooks brought back from Zhang Min'an's home and returned to his office.

Xiao Sun went to the canteen to get food and did not dare to disturb Zhou Ning.

After brewing two bags of instant coffee and putting on gloves, Zhou Ning began to look through these things.

The manuscript is a work on the analysis and comparison of Chinese Tang Dynasty architecture and existing Japanese ancient architecture. Judging from some of the handwritten records and annotations above, it was the publisher who asked Zhang Minan to translate it. Turning to the last page of the last book, this is

The translation should have been completed, I guess the only work left is to sort it out.

Zhou Ning put down these manuscripts, then looked at the notebooks, and put aside the ones about professional vocabulary. Two diaries caught his attention, because when he opened the first page, there was a date.

【May 13, 2009】

Xiaoqing called me in the morning. He needed to clear up the relationship when selecting doctors, and he asked for money.

Suqin said she would give it to him, but this was the third time this year. Either her wife had to change her job or her children had to enroll in a class. It would cost at least 20,000 to 30,000 yuan. She also said that she knew I was taking a translation job. If she didn't give it to him, I'm afraid the book would be lost.

The translation costs were wasted again.

Oh, what a sin!

again?

That is to say, this is not the first time such a threat has been made, and it has actually been done.

Zhou Ning frowned slightly. Xu Dayuan asked someone to ask Zhang Guoqing before. The person said that he only called his father during the New Year and holidays to report that he was safe. It seemed that this was not the case.

Zhou Ning continued to read, and there was such a record almost every one or two months. It seemed that Zhang Guoqing knew that his father was very profitable in translating manuscripts, but he still nibbled on his father at such a young age, threatening and intimidating. It was really disturbing.

Shameless.

【March 7, 2010】

When I returned home from the publishing house in the afternoon, I found Suqin lying motionless on the ground, with blood on her head and on the ground.

I was so frightened that I quickly called an ambulance. After some first-aid treatment, my life was finally no longer in danger. After my questioning, Suqin told the truth.

Xiaoqing came to see her in the morning and told her when she walked in that she heard that we bought a house and it was still in Suqin's name. This was absolutely not okay. He scolded Suqin and said that she would have to atone for her sins in her life because Xiaoqing's mother

If he hadn't known about the two of us, he wouldn't have committed suicide.

Suqin didn't know what to do and couldn't argue with Xiaoqing. She wanted to call me. This beast pushed Suqin down and hit her head on the bookcase. He also ransacked the house and took away more than 20,000 yuan in cash.

Search everything clean.

I wanted to call Xiaoqing to scold Xiaoqing, but Suqin stopped me. She said that what happened back then could not be explained clearly from a child's point of view. Although we were not wrong, we should not break off the relationship. I still keep Suqin's autographed letter, otherwise

Xiaoqing’s mother won’t be confused.

But after so many years, we have felt guilty and acted like cows and horses, supporting him to study, start a family, buy a house, and even all their expenses, how can we still say such things?

The purchase money for the new house came from the demolition money of Suqin's hometown. The total compensation for the demolition was more than 800,000 yuan, of which 100,000 yuan was paid to Xiaoqing, what a beast!
Chapter completed!