Death sentence turned into acquittal? Who told him to be a detective!

Chapter 129 The corpse was already dead before it fell! [A long chapter of 5,000 words!]

Midnight midnight.

Hongfu Residential Area.

In room 301 of building C, Xu Liang, who was fast asleep, suddenly had a thought and quickly got up and sat on the bed.

After a moment of stunned silence, Xu Liang picked up the leather-bound book from the bedside table and placed it in his hand.

As he moved, the previously blank fourth page...
At this moment, some words slowly appeared.

[Case No. '20041206', 'Born a Demon Case!']

Please compose a poem about 'grassroots'!

【(blank)】

[(Uncomposed)]

[Note: (The reward for this transaction shall not be less than 60,000 Dongguo currency!)]

Xu Liang stared blankly at the words on the leather-bound book.

a long time.

He suddenly realized something and exclaimed in surprise.

"broken."

"Junior sister is in danger!!!"

12 month 6 number.

At 7 p.m., a woman from out of town checked into the Jinjiang Hotel in Hongfu District, Hanhai.

It was 10:30 that day.

The woman leaned against the window and made a phone call. A few drops of water dripped from her head during the call. Strangely, it wasn't raining.

When the woman looked up...
A person fell heavily to the ground in front of her!
The deceased was expressionless, his white eyes fixed on the woman on the windowsill, his open mouth seemingly telling her something in silence.

The woman nearly fainted on the spot.

And at 11 o'clock.

Police arrived at the scene as quickly as possible and immediately contacted others.

Before long, a yellow and black cordon tape was set up at the Jinjiang Hotel.

12 month 7 day.

Half past two in the morning.

"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"

"I want to go home. I want to go home."

"Mother."

In the lobby of the Jinjiang Hotel, a woman's wailing voice echoed in everyone's ears.

Upon hearing the commotion, the staff members all turned to look at the rest area with emotion.

There was a woman with delicate features, who was crying her eyes out, her slender hands constantly wiping away her tears.

"Ms. Su, don't be afraid, the police are here, you don't need to be nervous."

Liu Jin sat on the sofa, his face full of worry as he tried to comfort the girl in front of him.

If you ask him to solve a case, Liu Jin is good at it; if you ask him to fight criminals, Liu Jin is always the first to rush in.

But he couldn't comfort a girl who was crying from fright.

"woooooo"

Su Yu was still crying. She didn't hear Liu Jin's words at all, and she didn't even realize that he was beside her.

She was trembling uncontrollably and crying uncontrollably.

until
"Da da da"

Suddenly, hurried footsteps sounded outside.

Two figures crossed the cordon and quickly walked into the lobby. Their anxious faces scanned the surroundings before finally fixing their gaze on Su Yu in the rest area.

"How is it?!" The two walked up to Su Yu.

Upon seeing this, Liu Jin breathed a sigh of relief and immediately stood up to greet him.

"Attorney Xu, you've finally arrived."

The newcomers were none other than Xu Liang and Yang Ruoxi!

In the early hours of the morning, after arriving at the scene, the police, as usual, notified Su Yu's family.

But Su Yu was visiting Hanhai City for the first time and had no family members. When the police asked her a few more questions, Su Yu could only say her senior brother's name.

Upon hearing that, Chen Changchun raised an eyebrow.

An acquaintance!
So the police quickly called Xu Liang, who then woke up Yang Ruoxi, who was fast asleep, and drove to pick him up. Finally, the two arrived at the scene of the crime.

"I guess he was scared."

Liu Jin looked at Su Yu, who was still crying, and said softly.

"According to the scene description, when she fell, Ms. Su was facing out of the window, while the body was facing inward, so they were looking directly at each other."

"And from where Miss Su fell, she could feel the gaze of the corpse watching her."

Xu Liang and Yang Ruoxi gasped.

hiss.
No wonder she cried.
"You go and talk to the police first, I'll calm my junior sister down."

Xu Liang whispered an instruction to Yang Ruoxi.

Yang Ruoxi nodded, then, despite her drowsiness, walked towards Chen Changchun at the gate.

Xu Liang then turned to look at Su Yu, picked up a blanket and covered her with it, then sat down beside her and whispered words of comfort:

"Junior sister, don't be afraid, your senior brother is here."

Hearing the familiar voice, Su Yu finally looked up.

Upon seeing Xu Liang's face, her already uncontrollable emotions instantly burst forth!

"Waaaah! Senior brother, senior brother!"

Su Yu couldn't hold back anymore and leaned against Xu Liang, sobbing uncontrollably.

"Don't be afraid, the police are all here."

Xu Liang patted her shoulder and offered words of comfort.

Crying is a great way to release emotions.

Having a good cry and getting psychological counseling won't leave you with any psychological trauma.

a long time.

Su Yu's crying gradually subsided.

She was exhausted from crying, and coupled with her mental fatigue, the double effect was devastating.
By the time Xu Liang noticed, the other person was already asleep.

Just at this time.

Yang Ruoxi had finished investigating the intelligence and walked from outside into the hall. Just as she was about to say something, she saw Xu Liang put his index finger to his lips as if to 'shush'.

"Shh~"

He asked the front desk for two noise-canceling earplugs and gently inserted them into Su Yu's ears.

After doing all this, he finally looked at Yang Ruoxi.

"Hmph, you're quite gentle."

Yang Ruoxi hummed in response, and then couldn't wait to get down to business.

"The case involves Su Meimei, and she works at a law firm, so the police will definitely be contacting you frequently. Since they're going to be contacting you anyway, then..."

"The police are interested in cooperating with you on this case. Have you considered giving it a try?"

Xu Liang naturally knew what the police's intention to cooperate meant.

It's nothing more than investigation and solving cases.

If it were a regular case, Xu Liang wouldn't really want to get involved, since the consultation fee for solving the case wasn't high compared to his current net worth.

But in this case...
Xu Liang paused, then turned to look at Su Yu, who was curled up on the sofa, fast asleep with a tired expression.

"what price?"

"Calculate the total amount; regardless of whether you played a significant role in the case, you'll receive 15,000."

Yang Ruoxi spoke up.

Chen Changchun was in a tight financial situation, and he had to scrape together 15,000 yuan from various sources.

Xu Liang was making plans in his mind.

Fifteen thousand. His previous two cases each brought in fifty or sixty thousand, which will keep him busy for two or three months.

If you count it this way.
"I'll take the call and check the details of the incident first."

Xu Liang nodded.

After saying that, he and Yang Ruoxi walked quickly towards the hotel entrance.

Su Yu had just arrived in Hanhai City when she encountered the "warm and hospitable" people of Hanhai. Xu Liang felt bad about it and knew he had to resolve the matter as soon as possible.

Outside.

The December night was as black as ink. Standing at the magnificent entrance, Xu Liang could only see a few figures, some crouching and some walking.

These are Chen Changchun and Liu Jin, who are conducting an investigation in the dark with a group of police officers.

"Who the hell turned off the lights?!"

Chen Changchun roared, and those who had accidentally turned off the lights in the hall quickly turned them back on.

"Snapped!"

The lights suddenly turned on.

Xu Liang and Yang Ruoxi's faces suddenly appeared in front of Chen Changchun.

The abrupt scene startled him.

"Why are you looking like a ghost?!"

Chen Changchun gave a perfunctory rebuke, but Xu Liang didn't bother to argue and turned to look aside.

Inside the cordoned-off area
A foul, bloody smell emanated from inside!
"The body hasn't been disposed of and taken away yet?"

Xu Liang frowned.

The body was enclosed within the cordon!
However, unlike the corpses I had seen before, this corpse was more like a human than a corpse.
A pile of minced meat!
A pool of minced meat made up of broken bones and chunks of flesh!
His head slammed heavily onto the ground and exploded.

The corpse was contorted in a way that no human could naturally achieve!
Yang Ruoxi's lips moved as a wave of nausea washed over her.

Noticing her pale face, Xu Liang spoke softly:

"Go and take care of Su Yu, don't try to push yourself."

Yang Ruoxi nodded and quickly walked back into the hotel.

At this moment, Chen Changchun's words also came through.

"There's something wrong with the body. First, it's very difficult to clean. It's like a chef slapping minced meat onto a cutting board."

“But a cement floor isn’t a cutting board; it’s not that smooth. Some of the body’s pieces of flesh got stuck in the gaps and couldn’t be pried out.”

Chen Changchun took a deep breath, stood up, and stood shoulder to shoulder with Xu Liang.

He then turned his head to look at the pool of flesh and said in a deep voice.

This is not critical.

If it were just a matter of difficulty in recovering the body, that wouldn't be a problem for the police. The real issue lies in the problem with the body itself!

"Do you see anything?"

Chen Changchun suddenly looked at Xu Liang and asked a question.

Xu Liang did not reply.

He frowned as he looked at the crime scene.

Normally.

After a person falls from a building, their body will bleed profusely within a short period, especially in a case like this. Therefore, there should be a large bloodstain at the point of impact! But at this scene...
Not so!
"Why is my health so low!?"

Xu Liang's gaze sharpened.

That's right, the amount of blood loss from the corpse was extremely small!
Although some limbs were broken into pieces and thrown to the side, the bleeding was only minimal.
"Go and take a look," Chen Changchun suggested.

Hear the words.

Xu Liang crossed the cordon, put on gloves, a mask, and a headband, and approached the body.

He crouched down beside the corpse, observing it closely.

The body was male, with a severely distorted face, and was about 1.6 meters tall and underdeveloped.

Judging from the calculations, the other party is not even as old as Chen Dong.

He was emaciated and emitted a foul odor that was not blood, yet he was dressed in clean, ill-fitting clothes.

He reached out and lifted a corner of his clothes, revealing a very slovenly and dirty body, as if he hadn't showered for several weeks.

Besides that, there's the issue of blood.

Xu Liang frowned more and more as he looked at Chen Changchun. He suddenly looked up at Chen Changchun.

When did the victim fall from the building?

“It was 10:30 last night,” Chen Changchun said.

Xu Liang shook his head. "Impossible."

Hear the words.

Chen Changchun said with a sigh, "Yes, the police also thought it was impossible."

Why do you say that?

because
When blood vessels are damaged, clotting factors in blood plasma trigger a series of chain reactions that ultimately convert fibrinogen into fibrin.

At this point, the blood gradually changes from a "flowing liquid" to a "semi-solid gel".

The viscosity increases dramatically, eventually solidifying completely and losing its ability to drip!

and so.

This is why, after a body dies, not all the blood flows out; only some flows out, and even if the wound is still there, it stops bleeding.

"In the early stages of death, the blood is still liquid and can flow out normally."

Xu Liang spoke with certainty.

He looked at the thick, brown blood surrounding the corpse.

"This footage can't possibly be from a death from a fall at 10:30 yesterday!!!"

Let's say that.

Even if you have a huge stomach and extremely high blood sugar levels, you can't possibly only lose this little bit of viscous blood after you die!
unless
"He was already dead before he fell. He had been dead for at least two hours!"

Xu Liang looked up and glanced at the rooftop of the Jinjiang Hotel.

The footage from the scene is already very clear.

His body was already dead before he fell and was no longer capable of bleeding. At that point, even if you cut his leg, no blood would come out.

The reason there was still blood at the scene, and in this way, is at least because it wasn't leaked.

It was created by being 'smashed'!

It's like the scene after a watermelon is smashed on the ground from upstairs and explodes!

But if that's the case, then it becomes...
"Did someone push a body off the roof?"

"He's faking a suicide by jumping off a building?!"

Xu Liang frowned and turned to look at Chen Changchun beside him.

Chen Changchun nodded.

"Yes."

"As it stands, this is a murder case disguised as a suicide."

"What about the rooftop? Has the police checked information on the rooftop?"

Xu Liang asked again.

Upon hearing the question, Chen Changchun did not rush to answer; instead, he raised the flashlight in his hand.

"Crack! Click!"

The light flashed twice.

Immediately afterwards, two flashing lights appeared on the rooftop.

Seeing this, Xu Liang could easily understand.

The police had already deployed personnel on the rooftop!
"I have instructed the police force to divide the target into two parts."

"First, search the rooftop for any traces related to the deceased or any individual."

"Secondly, it means opening up the rooftop."

As he spoke, Chen Changchun's eyes flashed, and he said in a deep voice:
"key!"

The Hung Fuk District Police Department is not just sitting around doing nothing.

They used to be the best police force in Hanhai City, and the city bureau would come to them to recruit any promising talents they wanted.

Having undergone special training at a conscientious law firm, including three cases...
Their investigative abilities are particularly outstanding!

Although we've only been on-site for two and a half hours conducting the formal investigation, we've already gathered quite a bit of information.

“There are signs that the rooftop has been cleaned, but the method is very rudimentary. It appears to be a case of collective crime,” Chen Changchun said.

Xu Liang nodded.

This is not the scene of the primary murder. The fact that the police did not find any clues nearby only proves that the scene was quite far away.

It would be extremely difficult for one person to drag a body to the top floor of a hotel two or three hours after it has been dead!
The same weight feels completely different before and after death!
"Furthermore, the murder gang should be relatively young."

Xu Liang added, "He's not meticulous enough."

The perpetrators disguised the corpse as a suicide, completely unaware that the corpse's facial expressions, blood, and other details would reveal information after death.

In addition, the childish cleaning marks suggest that the murderers are generally quite young.

Simultaneously.

"There's something wrong with the door on the rooftop."

Chen Changchun suddenly spoke.

That is to say, why would the murderer and the victim be on the rooftop!

Generally speaking, non-hotel staff are not allowed to enter this area. Even if you wanted to, you couldn't, because most hotels lock the doors.

In this situation.

There are only three ways to get in.

"Forcefully break the lock! Pry open the lock! Pick the lock!"

"There were no signs of forced entry on the door, so the only remaining possibilities are prying and unlocking."

"The hotel staff have been taken in for questioning. According to the conversation, the key is usually only held by the hotel manager, the housekeeper, and the security guard."

Chen Changchun spoke again to exchange intelligence.

Police have already summoned the three individuals, but based on their assessment...
All three have alibis.

"The hotel manager was resting at home at the time of the incident and only drove to the scene after being summoned by the police."

"The security guard was always at the guard booth; he was the first person to call the police."

“The cleaning staff had all left work and did not have cell phones. The police came to the door on their own initiative. The person was fast asleep at the time and did not have the time to commit the crime.”

"At the same time, none of the three keys disappeared, nor were they lent to others."

Three suspects were identified.

Chen Changchun then crossed out the names of these three suspects.

"Therefore, there is a possibility that the criminal gang broke in by prying open the door."

"Of course, we cannot rule out the possibility that the key was stolen in advance and then copied."

Chen Changchun added another sentence.

"Where's the surveillance?"

Have you investigated the hotel's CCTV footage?

Xu Liang asked.

This made Chen Changchun even more puzzled.

"The surveillance footage showed no trace of the suspect."

"It shouldn't be said that the murderer taking the body upstairs wasn't captured by any security cameras!"

"At the same time, the police investigated all registered guests in the hotel, and no one disappeared, so the deceased was not a hotel customer."

Upon hearing this, Xu Liang frowned deeply.

Based on what the other party said, he could think of two suspicious points.

One.

The hotel has surveillance cameras in both the elevators and the main entrance. If the other party takes the elevator up through the main entrance, they will definitely be detected.

But in reality, it doesn't.

Did the other party bypass all the surveillance points?

If that's the case, it indirectly proves that the other party is very familiar with the hotel's layout!
Is there a road with absolutely no surveillance cameras?

Xu Liang asked.

“Go through the underground parking garage, enter the elevator from the garage, open the door on the top floor, and then go up to the rooftop.”

"There are only two monitoring points in the underground parking garage, mainly used to monitor vehicles, and there is no view from the elevator."

Chen Changchun replied.

"That's the police's current speculation."

Most of the elevators built in 04 don't have surveillance cameras. Although the Jinjiang Hotel is nice, it's been around for decades, and the elevators were installed a long time ago, so it's even less likely that they have surveillance cameras.

Xu Liang was surprised.

"Judging from this, the killer was very familiar with the hotel's layout!"

talking.

He muttered, "I know there are few surveillance cameras underground, and no cameras inside the elevator."

It's no wonder that Chen Changchun spent a lot of police resources investigating the three people who had the keys.

No matter how you look at it, the internal employees are highly suspicious!

But ironically, they all had alibis.
My thoughts are confused.

Xu Liang pondered for a moment, and finally focused his attention on the second point of doubt.

That is it.
"What was the deceased's identity?"

Xu Liang suddenly turned his gaze to the pile of corpses on the ground.

His eyes gradually turned serious.

The victim is only 1.6 meters tall and quite young; judging from his appearance, he should be in school.

His body was so thin that his ribs were clearly visible.
Who is this?

"do not know."

Chen Changchun replied in a deep voice.

This is also a difficult problem that the police are currently trying to overcome.

Yesterday, at 10 p.m. on the 6th, the victim had been dead for at least two hours.

It's already three o'clock.
“The police haven’t received any emergency calls!” Liu Jin replied from the side.

Late at night, a child disappeared for nearly 12 hours, and...
No one called the police!!!

(End of this chapter)