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

Chapter 169: The Autopsy Report is Out!!! [A long chapter of 4,000 words!]

"dig!!!"

Dig it out! The body must be dug out!!!
A corpse is not a seed; burying it in the ground will not sprout a new child, much less bring the child back to life.

On the contrary, digging it out can lead to the investigation of the truth!

Although he didn't have the courage to face the corpse, Zhao Shan understood the reasoning behind what the other person was saying.

Upon receiving the answer, Xu Liang nodded instantly.

"it is good!"

He looked up at the sky.

It's getting late; it's already midnight on March 8th.

"Grab the shovels, let's get started now!!!"

Xu Liang turned to Wang Chao and gave him some instructions.

Upon hearing this, Sun Zhongmin quickly led the other person to a corner of the house.

He had already bought the coffin and would be burying it soon, so the family had already prepared many borrowed shovels.

Wang Chao was in the corner, holding both a shovel and a hoe.

Finally, he took a few more very thick hemp ropes and hurriedly followed Xu Liang.

Yang Ruoxi's car is not suitable for driving on mountain roads, let alone for moving corpses.

Ultimately, they chose to ride in Sun Zhongmin's farm tricycle.

After starting the tricycle, the engine made a 'thump-thump-thump~' sound and bumped its way into the deep mountains.

The car's silhouette grew smaller and smaller.

Until they disappeared into the night
In rural areas, burying a body is not done by simply choosing a random place.

The burial mounds of corpses usually have a unified area, and within this area, there are more detailed divisions based on surnames and bloodlines.

The grave of Zhao Shan's child is located at the foot of a barren mountain.

This is where the villagers plant trees, but now the saplings aren't growing much, and the leaves are turning yellow.

"Snapped!"

12:30 a.m.

In the darkness, four men jumped out of the truck bed and plunged into the woods.

Finally, they stopped in front of a very small grave.

"Are you really going to dig?"

Looking at the grave mound, Zhao Shan felt his heart bleeding and a sharp pain shooting through him.

"dig!"

Xu Liang looked at the grave mound, hardened his heart, put on gloves, picked up a shovel and began to dig on the grave mound.

He suddenly lifted the shovel, and then...
"Chi!!!"

The shovel plunged into the grave mound in an instant.

Then a handful of dark material was tossed aside; it was soil from the grave mound.

"I'm coming too!"

Wang Chao was full of energy; he picked up a shovel and began digging.

He had always watched others bury graves before; this was his first time digging one!
Sun Zhongmin patted Zhao Shan on the shoulder and then joined in.

Zhao Shan didn't dig up the grave; he just stood to the side, like a statue, silently watching the child's grave mound.

The burial mound wasn't large.

The three adults were digging very quickly, not to mention that one of them was Wang Chao.

The burial mound disappeared at a visible rate.

Handful after hand of soil was shoveled aside.

In the end, Zhao Shan also gritted his teeth and joined in.

The four of them took turns digging and resting.

Finally, after two and a half hours, at three in the morning...
"Crack!"

When Wang Chao shoveled down, he felt the tip of the shovel hit some kind of rock.

He paused for a moment, then immediately began to speak:

"We've found a coffin!"

Upon hearing this, the other three quickly enlarged the pit.

Not long after.

Xu Liang then used his flashlight to illuminate the hollowed-out burial mound.

"Snapped!"

A small coffin, covered in damp mud and gradually decaying, appeared before the four people.

"Get the crowbar and open the coffin lid!"

Xu Liang spoke first.

Wang Chao, who was standing nearby, quickly went to the side of the tricycle and grabbed a crowbar.

He then jumped directly into the coffin and removed the nails from the edge of the coffin one by one.

Finally, the coffin lid was put on with a rope.

The three of them pulled hard.
"Om~!"

A harsh voice sounded.

The soil in the cracks of the coffin trembled.

Xu Liang gritted his teeth and forced out a single sentence, "Push harder!!!"

Wang Chao's hands were bulging with veins and his muscles were taut. He gritted his teeth, and in an instant, the entire rope was stretched taut.

"Crack!"

A very crisp sound rang out.

The coffin lid was lifted.

Xu Liang immediately stopped what he was doing and used his flashlight to illuminate the body.

Inside the coffin.
The corpse was so rotten that it no longer resembled a human!
Sun Zhongmin only glanced at it before feeling a wave of nausea rising in his abdomen.

Xu Liang jumped into the pit, endured the stench of the corpse, and pulled the body out of the coffin. He then covered it with a white cloth that he had prepared in advance, and rolled it up with a straw mat!

Finally, the body was placed in the truck bed.

Xu Liang then prepared to drive towards his destination.

Wang Chao wanted to get on the bus, but was stopped.

Seeing the puzzled look on the other person's face, Xu Liang said:

"Take Uncle Zhao home and bring him everything you can, including the paternity certificate and death certificate!"

Upon hearing this, Wang Chao nodded.

The two walked along the mountain path and turned back towards Huangyan Village.

To be honest, Xu Liang can perform autopsies, but only the most basic ones, which is to analyze what the body went through before death and how it appeared to have died.

For something deeper, specialized instruments are required.

It's 9:30 in the morning.

A farm tricycle, belching black smoke, slowly came to a stop in the center of Sunzhou.

And this is
"Forensic identification and authentication institutions!"

Looking at the name of the organization above his head, Xu Liang subconsciously read it aloud.

Forensic institutions are places where autopsies are performed.

In addition to conducting an autopsy, the other party also performed forensic examination, which means verifying whether a piece of evidence is correct.

Generally, when evidence appears in court, an institution will be commissioned to conduct an appraisal.

'Punk Forensic Science and Authentication Agency' is one of the few institutions in Sunzhou.

In the past, we have always cooperated with the courts.

And now.
This organization has really opened its eyes.

"Um!?"

When Xu Liang called the person in charge of the organization out, he was stunned when he saw the rolled-up straw mat on the tricycle.

And when he rolled up the bamboo mat
When I saw that rotting, unrecognizable corpse...

The person in charge immediately looked horrified!
"No, who are you!?"

His heart tightened instantly, his legs went weak and he staggered backward, his face showing terror.

Xu Liang said, "Let's do an autopsy on the body!"

Autopsy?

Is the origin of this corpse really correct?
The person in charge was extremely shocked. He looked at the dirt on the four men and then at the shovel on the tricycle bed, and he couldn't make up his mind.

to be frank.

He suspected that the four people in front of him might be tomb raiders.
But do tomb raiders even steal corpses?
Moreover, although the corpse was rotting, it was not a mummified corpse. Based on his experience, it had been dead for at most five months!

but no matter.

At least they dug up the grave!

The person in charge has been in this industry for over ten years; what hasn't he seen?

He has personally handled disgusting, horrifying, and even skin-chilling things.

But this involves digging up graves, exhuming bodies, and then performing autopsies.
This was the first time he had ever heard of it!
The person in charge had already figured out how to call the police, but fortunately, Zhao Shan quickly handed over a series of documents and reports. "This is my son."

"Could you please prepare an autopsy report on his poisoning?"

son?

The person in charge paused for a moment, then took the documents and began to examine them carefully.

Final confirmation.
They really are close relatives!

only.
"A criminal case?" The person in charge frowned.

Just as Zhao Shan was about to speak, Xu Liang quickly interrupted him.

“It’s not a criminal case. It’s just that the family felt their child was dead, but they didn’t have any detailed data, so they dug it up and asked you to come and test it.”

Xu Liang smiled.

Whether it's a criminal case or not, and whether there's a dispute, will lead to different findings in the autopsy.

Criminal cases inevitably involve the police!

And Zhao Shan's son's case is indeed not a criminal case; the police have not opened a case for investigation.

"There are no disputes."

Xu Liang emphasized one point.

Really not?
The person in charge was a little suspicious.

He frowned, but the other party didn't seem to be lying, so in the end, he focused his gaze on the corpse.

The body is still in the truck bed.

The person in charge also clicked their tongue in amazement.

They dug him up, even though he had been dead for at least several months, and then drove him into the city in a tricycle without any regard for his safety.
Put your mind aside.

He got into the car, glanced at the state of the corpse's decomposition, and then got out of the car, shaking his head at Xu Liang as he spoke.

"The body is too badly decomposed. Our institution wouldn't be able to perform a full autopsy."

He didn't finish his sentence.

Xu Liang immediately spoke up:

"We are willing to pay 20,000 yuan for the autopsy, with a focus on heart and kidney examinations for single organ testing."

"But it needs to be urgent!"

"Ideally, the report should be delivered to me within two days!"

Two...twenty thousand?

The person in charge paused, then suddenly realized he had judged people by their appearance, and instantly became serious.

"Your trust is our greatest comfort!"

After he finished speaking, the person in charge warmly invited people to sit in the lobby.

They then began searching for people to carry the body to the morgue for sampling.

How much does a complete autopsy report typically cost?
These days, it's probably between five hundred and eight thousand.

Xu Liang offered 20,000 right off the bat; how could the other party not be tempted?!

Watching the body being pushed into the sampling room.

Zhao Shan, who was sitting in the hall, couldn't help but worry. He clenched his fists tightly, his heart pounding in his throat.

Xu Liang breathed a sigh of relief.

As long as an autopsy can be performed
Everything is negotiable!

In an instant, he felt completely relaxed, and the fatigue from the previous night resurfaced in his body.

He looked at Wang Chao wearily.

"I'm going to sleep for a while. Wake me up when you're ready to sleep."

Wang Chao nodded.

Xu Liang then felt at ease and fell asleep in the hall.

The person in charge even thoughtfully found a blanket to cover the other person, showing great enthusiasm!
Autopsy reports generally take a long time to prepare.

However, Xu Liang did not need a complete autopsy report in a short time; he only needed single-organ test reports for the kidneys, heart, and a few other organs.

If there aren't many instruments, it takes about three hours to test an organ.

The punk forensic identification agency has excellent equipment and does not require samples to be sent for testing.

so.
3 month 8 day.

in the afternoon.

Half past four.

Several brand-new documents appeared in Xu Liang's hands. He looked at the test data on them and gradually fell silent.

The autopsy report is out.

Based on the information above, and combined with information from the hospital,
"Tsk, heart failure, kidney failure, and severe failure of other organs!"

The person in charge, fearing that Xu Liang might not understand, spoke up from the side.

A look of horror crossed his face.

"The cause is metal poisoning."

"Tsk, you might not believe it, but this kid's entire body is practically a human-shaped filter!"

"Heavy metal levels are seriously excessive!!!"

"He's practically an iron man!!!"

The person in charge said with lingering fear.

Xu Liang didn't reply, but just silently looked at the report in his hand.

The test report starkly revealed that the body contained excessive levels of heavy metals; preliminary tests showed lead, mercury, arsenic, and cadmium.
The metal content was severely excessive, leading to multiple organ failure, particularly of the heart.
"So, have you found the reason?"

Wang Chao peeked over and looked over.

"Heavy Metal"

Xu Liang murmured, uttering three words.

Heavy metal.
There are countless examples of deaths caused by excessive heavy metals.

Generally, this will lead to two situations.

One is poisoned, the other is infected.

The latter is like cancer, while the former is like the heavy metal pills that ancient emperors took; taking two or three pills would cause bleeding from all seven orifices—it's practically poison!
"According to information provided by the hospital, the circumstances of death of Zhao En, the son of the deceased Zhao Shan, are exactly the same as those of Sun Jin."

"In other words, there is a very high probability that Sun Jin also has excessive levels of heavy metals!"

All of a sudden.

Xu Liang then felt a headache coming on.

He instantly understood why the municipal bureau had suppressed the case.

problem
too big!
Excessive levels of heavy metals are definitely related to the environment!

If it were just one person, it would be easier to say, as it could be an accident. But three people have already died, according to known cases alone!
Even looking at it from a cross-temporal perspective, the number of deaths is increasing and becoming more frequent!
This situation can occur
Xu Liang could guess who it was even with his eyes closed!
"Environmental pollution is a huge problem; no wonder they're trying to hide it."

he murmured.

Sunzhou is a heavy industrial city, and the edge of the city is a heavy industrial zone where steel mills, chemical plants, pharmaceutical factories, and all kinds of factories are built.

If we were to say that these people were to make a small mistake...
The entire environment of Sunzhou is practically a breeding ground for venomous insects!

If it only lasts for a short time, that's fine.

but.
"The pollution level is high enough to be fatal, and the overall situation is not optimistic."

Xu Liang closed his eyes, and at that moment he seemed to see the crazy people in Sunzhou City who were helping him.

"Preliminary assessment."

"The entire groundwater resource has been polluted!"

The pollution was widespread, with multiple deaths, and the extent of the pollution could not have come from just one lake or river.

The most likely candidate is the entire groundwater system!
Coincidentally, Huangyan Village was drinking groundwater, which led to the deaths of Sun Jin and others.
"Chaozi, have your sister check the elderly mortality rate in recent years."

After a long while, Xu Liang suddenly opened his eyes and looked at Wang Chao.

Wang Chao looked up from the document, and upon hearing this, he looked at the other person and was slightly taken aback.

Xu Liang explained in silence:

"If the groundwater pollution is really that serious, then besides children, there is another person who will suffer first."

That is it.
elder!

In other words, the death of another person caused by this case must be at least doubled!

As for why the focus is on children while the elderly are ignored...
First of all, the child is quite noticeable.

Second
It's normal for an elderly person to die under any circumstances.

Organ failure, unexplained death, choking, illness—all these forms of death are perfectly in line with the laws of nature.

Because of their advanced age, even if all their organs fail, their family members will not suspect anything!

But children are different.

There's no way that organ failure could just happen out of nowhere!

Just as he was about to say something...

In a trance.

A harsh voice sounded.

"dududu~"

(End of this chapter)