Detective: Open your eyes, I am handcuffed in the interrogation room.

Chapter 573 Confirm identity?

time flies.

Half a month has passed since the bones were found on the island in the middle of the lake.

During this half month, the Criminal Investigation Team has never given up trying various methods to determine the identity of the bones, but in the end there was no result.

It was as if a girl who was abandoned by everyone was attacked for no apparent reason and ended her life, only to reappear in the world artificially five years later.

This shows that there are still people who care about girls.

However, those who care about her are unwilling to reveal their identity to the police, and no one knows what they are planning.

Chen Yi had a feeling that something special would happen in the future, but he couldn't just sit there and wait, so after he began to suspect that Zuoqiu Anqing and Luo Bao had problems, he took Qin Fei, Lin Chen and He Shixin, and the four of them rushed to Ningcheng, preparing for a long-term investigation.

The affairs of Yangcheng are temporarily handed over to Zhuoyun. If any new clues appear or any emergencies occur, he will call to notify you immediately.

Ningcheng is He Shixin's hometown, and it is very familiar to him. This is also the reason why Chen Yi brought He Shixin with him.

The owner of the bones has been dead for five years, so the conflict would have taken even longer. Since we want to conduct an in-depth investigation into Zuoqiu Anqing and Luo Bao, we must of course check their hometowns first.

Ningcheng is their hometown.

Specific location: Linqie Village.

Chen Yi had already looked at the map and found that there was a small river near Linqi Village in Ningcheng.

After a series of clues and speculations, it is entirely possible to doubt whether the skeleton girl died in the river.

At this moment, Chen Yi and Xie Yunzhi were sitting by the river fishing.

No luxurious equipment, just a rod and a chair, returning to the most primitive state for fishing beginners.

When He Xin led people to visit the village to confirm whether there were any missing girls around 25 years old in the village, and they also had portraits in hand.

If Zuoqiu Anqing and Luo Bao both knew the girl in the portrait, then the villagers of Linqi Village might also know her.

In addition, Xie Yunzhi also brought technical reconnaissance.

"Your case is troublesome."

Xie Yunzhi placed the fishing rod on the ground and pressed it with a stone, then stood up and stretched his stiff joints.

Been sitting for a while.

He had heard about the case of Lake Heart Island a long time ago, so when Chen Yi came to Ningcheng to explain his purpose, he was not surprised, but he was just wondering why the case in Yangcheng was traced to Ningcheng.

Now we know that the two suspicious people are from Ningcheng.

The deceased had been dead for five years, and the forensic autopsy concluded that he had most likely been soaked in water. There is a river near Linqi Village, so it is only natural that we need to come and investigate. We cannot miss any possibility.

Chen Yi watched the float dancing on the water and the small fish making noises. He had no intention of lifting the rod and said, "Old Xie, if someone dies in Ningcheng, will it be considered your case or ours?"

Xie Yunzhi was startled, and stopped stretching halfway, turning his head and said, "Chen Yi, please don't throw it to me. I don't want to touch this kind of case at all."

Even Chen Yi was stuck on the issue of the deceased's identity, and he didn't think he could do it.

Some veteran detectives pursue a case until they retire or until they die, and they cannot get a satisfactory result despite their best efforts. This is the reality of criminal investigation.

Not all cases can be resolved.

Chen Yi was speechless: "You don't have to react so strongly, right? Look at this river."

Xie Yunzhi turned around: "What's wrong with the river?"

Chen Yi: "The water is unusually clear, having avoided the pollution of modern development. There are only small fish but no big fish. There are many rocks on the riverside, and it is easy to fall into the water.

If the skeleton girl is really an acquaintance of Zuoqiu Anqing and Luo Bao, then the probability that she died here is very high, right?"

Xie Yunzhi attached more importance to the facts and said, "The technical detective has already gone downstream to investigate. We might as well wait for the results. The two people's reactions to the portrait are so vague. You are desperate and are trying all kinds of methods."

One is the eye pause of half a second, the other is the slight movement of the fingers, both of which can arouse suspicion.

If there were not a serious lack of clues, no police officer would pay attention to this detail and the error rate would be very high.

Chen Yi: "I can only suspect these two people. If I'm wrong... I can just start over again."

In fact, there was nothing wrong with Zuoqiu Anqing using a backdoor to help Luo Bao. They knew each other and it was just a matter of a few words. It was normal for friends to help each other.

But considering the preconditions and various coincidences, it is necessary to doubt whether Luo Bao went to the island in the middle of the lake on purpose, or whether Zuoqiu Anqing deliberately asked Luo Bao to go to the island in the middle of the lake.

The purpose is to make the bones reappear in the world in public, and it may also be intended to alert the enemy or make a warning to the enemy.

After saying this, Chen Yi raised his fishing rod. On the hook hung a small translucent fish, which kept tumbling in the air due to pain.

He released the small fish and put away his fishing rod, with no intention of casting down the next line.

"I suddenly remembered the child trafficking case last time." Xie Yunzhi looked at Chen Yi's actions and said, "Do you think the white bones case on Lake Heart Island is more or less related to the child trafficking case?"

Chen Yi turned around and asked, "Why do you say that? Is there any basis for that?"

Xie Yunzhi: "That's not the case. Haven't you always stressed that there are too many coincidences in the White Bone Case? Linqi Village is one of the locations involved in the child trafficking case, and it is also the hometown of the person you suspect. This is another new coincidence."

Chen Yi thought for a moment and shook his head, "I can't think of a possible connection. Those traffickers have confessed everything they should confess, and the leader has been sentenced to death. If there are other problems in Linqi Village, they can just say them as a condition for commutation of sentence. There's no need to bring them into the coffin, right?"

Xie Yunzhi: "I just mentioned it casually, just to give you another direction. In the future, when there is really nothing left to investigate, I think we can ask the traffickers in the prison, especially the one who sold Luo Bao to Linqi Village."

Chen Yi agreed: "It's a good idea."

As they were chatting, the technical investigators who went downstream returned with preliminary investigation results.

They all came to Linqi Village with instruments and could conduct on-site testing and analysis.

For example, water quality.

"Xie Zhi, there are results. We think there is a problem." The captain of the Technical Reconnaissance Brigade handed the handwritten data to Xie Yunzhi, who did not take it and asked him to give it to Chen Yi.

"Captain Chen." He took two quick steps and handed it to Chen Yi.

Chen Yi took it and glanced at it. The characters and numbers on it were quite professional, including pH, dissolved oxygen, content of various ions, and the community structure of microorganisms.

The technical investigation team leader didn't care whether Chen Yi could understand or not, and reported as usual: "Through analysis, we found that the nitrogen content in a backwater bay downstream is significantly higher than that in other water flows.

In addition, the microbial community is relatively richer, including aquatic organisms such as algae, snails, water fleas, etc.

Whether there was a body soaked in it, the samples need to be taken back to the laboratory for further testing.”

Chen Yi: "Is that place narrow? Can the body go down?"

Technical Reconnaissance Captain: "We can't go down. If there are bodies, they will be stuck at the backwater bay for a long time."

Chen Yi: “Photos.”

The technical investigation team leader found a large number of photos taken at the scene and showed them to Chen Yi. The backwater bay is very remote, surrounded by overgrown vegetation and no roads. Normally, no one passes by there.

Xie Yunzhi also came over.

Since the water quality analysis is similar to the speculation, it is reasonable to suspect that the skeleton girl died in this river.

Linqi Village is right next to it. Zuoqiu Anqing and Luo Bao are probably involved, or at least know about it. It is impossible for such a coincidence to happen.

"Could the dead be villagers from Linqi Village?" Xie Yunzhi said, "But no one reported the case, and no one reported him missing."

Chen Yi: "Let's talk about it after Lao He comes back."

There have been no reports of missing persons in Linqi Village in recent years. He Shixin is currently going door to door to implement further measures to prevent the special situation where someone goes missing but no one reports the crime to the police.

Half an hour later, He Xin brought his men back. He walked quickly and had a serious look on his face. It seemed that he had made some new discoveries.

"Captain Chen, Old Xie." Before he even got close, He Xin picked up the portrait in his hand and said, "Everyone in the village says that this portrait looks a lot like a girl, but because of the error, we can't be sure. I think... it should be this."

Chen Yi immediately stood up: "What's your name?"

He Shixin: "Luo Ting."

"Luo Ting?" Chen Yi thought of Luo Bao, "Are you related to Luo Bao?"

He Shixin said: "I asked, no, there are many people with the surname Luo in Linqi Village. If you trace back several generations, they may all be related. Now, quite a number of people with the surname Luo are already five generations away."

Being out of the fifth degree of mourning means that one can get married.

Chen Yi saw hope of identifying the deceased: "Tell me about Luo Ting's situation."

He Shixin: "Luo Ting is the only daughter in the family. Her parents are still alive, but they are a little inconvenient to walk due to their age. Otherwise, I would have called the old couple over. When I met them, well..."

Having said this, He Shixin seemed to be hesitant to talk.

Chen Yi: "What's wrong?"

He Shixin sighed, "Two old people are accompanying each other in the dilapidated tile house, wearing very new... shrouds. Alas, they are quite pitiful."

This made Chen Yi silent, and Xie Yunzhi beside him didn't know what to say.

Wearing funeral clothes means waiting for death alone because there are no children to make them look decent after death.

"How old are you?" Chen Yi asked.

If Luo Ting was their daughter, she would only be 30 if she was still alive. How old could her parents be? Why was she wearing a shroud?

He Shixin said: "Over seventy."

Chen Yi: "You're old enough to have a daughter? You don't have to wait for death in your 70s, do you?"

He Shixin explained: "The old couple have chronic underlying diseases and have been lacking medication for a long time. They may die at any time."

Chen Yi: "What does the portrait say?" He Shixin: "Like other villagers, they just say it looks like her. I asked them how long Luo Ting had been away from the village, but they couldn't remember, about four or five years. We need a DNA paternity test now.

Thank you. "

After saying that, he handed a transparent bag to Xie Yunzhi, which contained a hair with a hair follicle on it.

There is no DNA in cut hair because DNA is stored in the hair follicles.

After Xie Yunzhi took it, he handed it to the technical detective and asked him to return to the Municipal Bureau immediately for a DNA paternity test.

When Chen Yi came to Ningcheng, he also brought the DNA sample of the bones as a backup. The sample is now in the Ningcheng City Bureau.

With expedited processing, the results can be obtained within three hours, including the travel time.

During this period, Chen Yi wanted to talk to Luo Ting's parents.

Is the skeleton girl Luo Ting? Most likely, we are just waiting for authoritative evidence.

Several people entered the village.

Chen Yi and Xie Yunzhi have come to Linqi Village several times because of child trafficking cases.

From the cement road into the dirt road, it is an uphill slope. There are very few village houses around, and most of them are abandoned tiled houses.

When children buy property in the city, their hometown becomes a memory and no one will choose to renovate it unless it is necessary, so it just remains empty.

Under the guidance of He Shixin, Chen Yi walked into one of the houses. The door was half-open. There was a small yard between the main door and the main house. Two old people were sitting in the yard basking in the sun.

The weather in July was already a bit hot, but the two old people were wearing thick clothes, like it was autumn or winter, and they also wore felt hats that are common in rural areas.

Chen Yi was not surprised, as it was a normal physiological phenomenon.

As we age, various body functions gradually decline, which can lead to a low basal metabolic rate and insufficient heat production, resulting in fear of cold.

This is the main reason why the elderly pay great attention to keeping warm.

"Have you entered the room?" Chen Yi asked in a low voice.

He Xin replied quietly: "No."

Chen Yi: "Let's go in and take a look later."

When is new: "Okay."

He understood what Chen Yi meant and went to check for traces of Luo Ting's life, at least there must be photos.

The two old men watched Chen Yi and the others approach, their wrinkled faces full of vicissitudes of life. For them, nothing could cause any emotional fluctuations.

Chen Yi reminded himself that he must be careful when chatting.

If you are sure that Luo Ting is the skeleton girl, don't say it directly. It will be a big blow to you.

But...the daughter hasn't come home for more than five years. Haven't the old couple thought about looking for her?
Could it be that Luo Ting and Zuoqiu Anqing are both unfilial daughters who have accepted their fate?

It is indeed easy to spoil a daughter when you are old.

"Young man, why are you back again?"

The old man looked at He Shixin and spoke in dialect. In fact, all Dongzhou dialects are similar and can be understood completely.

He Shixin stepped forward and explained with a smile that the leader wanted to come over to chat more.

"Leader? Please sit down quickly. It's a little dirty and I don't have time to clean it. Don't mind if it's casual. Just sit anywhere." The old man wanted to stand up, but gave up when he found it a bit difficult. The old lady went into the house and brought out a lot of stools.

Chen Yi took out the portrait again and asked the old couple, who both said that it did look a bit like their daughter, but they didn't say anything else, nor did they ask the name of the girl in the painting, nor did they ask why the police brought the portrait to the village.

This is not the normal mentality that parents should have.

There has been no news from my daughter for many years, and suddenly one day I saw a portrait that looked like her, and the person holding the portrait was a policeman. In this situation, even if one has a low level of education and a slow reaction time, one would realize that something is wrong, right?
You really don't care at all?
"Uncle, can we go to Luo Ting's room and take a look?"

Chen Yi asked.

If he refused, He Xin would find an opportunity to sneak in.

"Okay, go ahead." The old man agreed.

When He Xin brought someone into the room, Chen Yi stayed and continued chatting with the old couple, and the topic mainly revolved around Luo Ting.

Luo Ting's life trajectory is completely different from Luo Bao and Zuo Qiu Anqing. She dropped out of junior high school and then stayed in a factory working around the village.

A very ordinary country girl image, nothing special.

About five years ago, Luo Ting left the village.

When asked why they left the village, the old couple seemed unwilling to explain in detail and just made up a reason as an answer.

Whether it was Chen Yi or Xie Yunzhi, it was obvious that both of them were lying.

This shows that there is something wrong with Luo Ting's sudden departure from the village.

After weighing the pros and cons, Chen Yi did not expose the truth for the time being and asked about Luo Ting's personal situation.

The answer is single.

"You've never been in a relationship?" Chen Yi said.

Old man: "We did talk about it, but her parents didn't agree. They said it's impossible for a college student to marry a woman who didn't even graduate from junior high school. It's embarrassing.

What's wrong with a college student? We still look down on him!"

When this matter was mentioned, the old man's mood finally fluctuated, and it seemed that he is still brooding over it to this day.

Seeing the old man's angry expression, Chen Yi realized that he was not indifferent to his daughter, there must be something going on.

"What's the name of the person Luo Ting is dating?"

"Baozi!"

"Bao..." Chen Yi's eyes narrowed slightly, "Luo Bao?"

The old man: "His last name is Luo. We have always called him Baozi since we were young. We don't know his full name."

Chen Yi felt that he was heading in the right direction.

The word "coincidence" can no longer explain the current situation.

Although there is still a mystery ahead, at least the identity of the skeleton girl is about to be revealed. As long as the results of the DNA paternity test come out, the direction of the investigation can be immediately locked.

As the chat continued, Chen Yi got to know Baozi in depth and Luo Ting's past in depth, including whether Luo Ting had any enemies, any love rivals, etc.

Also, about Zuo Cuili.

The old couple were very objective and fair towards Zuo Cuili, with both positive and negative comments. She was just a junior in the village, and had a good relationship with Luo Ting, as they grew up together.

Until Zuo Cuili entered high school, the two had less and less contact, but they would still meet occasionally when she came back from vacation, and their friendship was not affected by dropping out of school.

In the end, Chen Yi also cared about the health of the old couple to see if there was any way he could help.

Chronic diseases still need to be treated. They are not advanced cancer. If you take good care of yourself, you can live many more years.

He is only seventy years old, and it is really scary to see him wearing funeral clothes all day long.

Two hours passed unknowingly and He Shixin had already walked out of the room. It was not convenient to communicate with Chen Yi for the time being as to whether he had made any discoveries or not, so he would talk about it after he left.

The speed of technical investigation was faster than expected, and the call was made to Xie Yunzhi.

After Xie Yunzhi answered the call, he didn't know what he heard. He was stunned for a moment, then shook his head at Chen Yi.

Shaking the head means that the DNA paternity test results are wrong.

The white bones that appeared on the island in the middle of the lake were not the daughter of the old couple.

Chen Yi looked at He Shixin, who made a gesture to ensure that there would be no mistake about the hair.

Xie Yunzhi, who put down his phone, felt a little depressed. Did he spend two hours doing useless work?
"It's impossible. Everyone says she looks like her, and she's Luo Bao's girlfriend and Zuoqiu Anqing's best friend. All the details match up, so how could she not be Luo Ting?

A corner of the case is about to be revealed, and we can even speculate on the identity of the murderer and why the bones appeared on the island in the middle of the lake. Now it is forcibly covered up? "

Chen Yi frowned deeply, feeling that something was not right.

There must be something wrong.

"How about we go first?" Xie Yunzhi whispered.

Chen Yi sat there thinking for a while, without saying anything, then stood up and said goodbye.

Just as everyone was about to walk out the door, Chen Yi suddenly thought of something and turned back abruptly.

The police officers behind him didn't understand what was going on, so they all stopped and then consciously moved aside to make way for the other party's sight to pass through the empty yard and fall accurately on the old couple who continued to bask in the sun.

"Uncle, is Luo Ting your biological child?"

The bones are not their daughter, this is the result of scientific identification.

However, it is not certain whether the bones are Luo Ting.

The sudden words froze the old couple's expressions and they were unable to react for several seconds.

They have very good hearing and can hear clearly across the yard.

"What are you talking about!" the old man was angry.

(End of this chapter)