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Liaohe River is a backbone river that originates in TJ City, flows through Haizhou City and runs through the entire province.

Since ancient times, the Liaohe River has been a relatively important waterway.

Even decades ago, there were still many ships traveling on the Liaohe River, but in recent years the requirements for ecological environmental protection have become higher, and water transportation here is indeed a bit backward.

In the past, water transportation saved time and effort, but in recent years, due to the rapid development of land transportation and the extensive highways, watermarks have gradually been eliminated.

At this time, warning lights were flashing under the Liaohe Bridge near the north bank.

Lu Chuan and Wang Zhaokai drove over in their own cars and arrived relatively quickly. When they arrived, Sun Biao and his team had not yet arrived at the local police station and had just cordoned off the scene.

This area belongs to Jiefang North Road and the police station under its jurisdiction is called Xishan Police Station.

When Director Wang Daming saw Lu Chuan coming, he hurried over to report.

"Director Lu!"

Wang Daming saluted: "I am Wang Daming, the director of Xishan Police Station. I just received a call from the police center saying that a body was found under the bridge on the north bank of Liaohe River. The person who reported it was a citizen who was fishing nearby."

Wang Daming pointed to a man in black who was being questioned over there.

Lu Chuan and Wang Zhaokai walked over and reached the shore.

"That's it. I don't know what it is, but I used a branch to get it here. It smelled bad, and I felt something was wrong. I thought for a long time whether to call the police or not, but in the end I still made this call."

The man in black who reported the case was describing how he found an object that looked like a corpse in the river.

"I was fishing at the time, and then that thing slowly floated over from above. I saw it from a distance and thought it was a plastic bag or something. I didn't pay much attention to it at first, but then it floated over."

This man, like Lu Chuan and Wang Zhaokai, also came here to fish for wild fish, but compared with Lu Chuan and the others, this guy should be a more experienced fisherman with quite complete equipment.

"go on."

The police officer who was questioning took notes while asking questions.

"When it floated over, I went to the side and got a branch to bring it to the shore. But I didn't dare to move it. I brought it to the shore and used the branch to stop it from floating away. I thought it was probably a corpse, so I called you and you came over. It's that simple."

The other party didn't see it, or they are not sure yet. In fact, it was a physical entity. Lu Chuan and Wang Zhaokai smelled a very familiar stench of corpse as soon as they arrived at the scene.

But now the body was lying headfirst, with its legs and head soaked in water, and the large clothes floating outside feeling like a plastic bag.

After learning the relevant events from the reporter, Lu Chuan, Wang Zhaokai and others arrived at the shore. At this moment, the body was still there and had not been moved to the shore.

"We have to call a boat over."

Wang Zhaokai frowned and looked at the body on the shore. The canal was quite deep and it would be dangerous to go down there rashly. And if the body was fished out by hooks, it would undoubtedly cause damage to the body, so Wang Zhaokai suggested that the body recovery boat come over.

"Okay, call and let them know."

Haizhou City has a relatively developed water system, and there are many water systems connected to the Liaohe River. For example, the Shuangyang River where Wang Zhaokai and Lu Chuan just went fishing is actually a tributary of the Liaohe River.

While Wang Zhaokai was practicing the corpse-retrieving boat, Sun Biao from the Criminal Police Brigade had already brought all his men over. "Director Lu!"

Sun Biao saw that Lu Chuan and Wang Zhaokai were already here and immediately stepped forward to report. Then he saw them starting to enter the scene, preparing to do some survey work around them.

Such a crime scene is actually what the on-site investigators are most reluctant to see, because the body floated over from the water, and the surrounding area is most likely not the first crime scene and is most likely not the scene where the body was abandoned.

According to normal logic, when a person just dies and is soaked in water, he will sink to the bottom of the water immediately. Then as the body continues to decay, gas will be produced in the body, and the body will slowly float up.

However, this process does not happen overnight. It takes time for the corpse to slowly float up to the surface of the water, which takes at least two or three days.

And this time is mainly determined by the degree of decay of the corpse, which in turn is related to the surrounding weather and water temperature.

Generally speaking, the hotter the weather, the faster the floating process will be, and the faster the floating process will be. It is even possible that the fish will sink to the bottom of the river and never float up.

As the corpse floats up, it will flow along with the river water, and the speed of the flow is basically the same as that of the river water.

It was not until the body became severely decomposed and filled with gas that it floated to the surface of the water.

So, considering the current weather conditions, the place where the body was found is definitely not where the murderer dumped the body.

Of course, it is too early to determine whether it is a homicide. First, we need to determine the circumstances of the death of the deceased, whether it was drowning or other causes of death.

For example, in the case of Li Xiaoyan's disappearance investigated by the Criminal Police Brigade some time ago, a man named Wang Ying jumped off the cross-sea bridge and drowned.

Therefore, it cannot be ruled out that this case is a suicide.

At the scene, Lu Chuan decided not to move the body for the time being. After all, the body should have been floating in the river for more than one day. It has been two days, so half a day is not a big deal. Let's wait until the body recovery boat comes.

The Haizhou Municipal Public Security Bureau has a special cooperation vessel for this matter.

Although there are not many cases on the water, sometimes professional personnel are needed to organize the search. This is why we have this kind of boat that we have been cooperating with.

Moreover, the relevant crew members are all relatively professional personnel, and sometimes they are needed to do some underwater search work.

In less than an hour, the corpse-recovery boat arrived.

"Captain Wang, shall we begin?"

The captain is an old acquaintance of everyone. Everyone here knows Lu Chuan and they actually know each other. He has known Wang Zhaokai for a long time. After saying hello, he asked if he wanted to start the work.

"Let's get started. Be careful to protect the body."

"Okay! Don't worry, we are professionals!"

The structure of the corpse-recovery boat is quite special and different from ordinary ships. The middle of the corpse-recovery boat is an open space.

The crew can use special soft hooks to salvage the body directly into this open space. Because this space is flush with the water surface, it is not laborious and will not cause damage to the body. (End of this chapter)