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

Chapter 199 A Mutilated Corpse, Empty Eyes! [A Long Chapter of 4,000 Words!]

What did Qi Yu's body look like?
Very strange.

The face was covered in a paste-like substance, as if the original skin had been peeled off and discarded.

If the fall is high enough and the body lands face down, then this scene is possible.

But the problem is.
"The kimchi factory is about ten meters high. Unless it's 15 meters high, the body shouldn't have fallen like that."

Xu Liang murmured.

Then he lifted the white cloth covering Qi Yu.

"Shh!"

All of a sudden.

Qi Yu's lower body and legs were slightly lifted up.

Xu Liang stared intently, his brows furrowing again.

"There's also a problem with my legs."

What's wrong with the other person's leg?
Actually, there's no problem.

It means that, just like a normal person, you have two healthy legs!

On the surface, it's impossible to tell that this is a body that fell to its death!

As he spoke, he actually reached out and pinched it.

The texture upon handling is extremely cold and stiff.

He closed his eyes, pinched his bones, and didn't feel any breakage in his fingertips until...
He touched his waist.

"A fracture on this side of the hip?"

Xu Liang murmured to himself as he squatted down to examine the object closely.

Qi Yu has some fractures in her hip and waist, which does indeed match the injuries sustained after falling from the building.

But
"Something doesn't seem right. How could someone fall from 10 meters high and get hurt like this?"

"And it broke so cleanly!"

Xu Liang looked surprised. He felt that Qi Yu's injuries were too well-preserved and could not be explained by a sudden accident like falling from a building.

Just like...
"It was done by someone!?" Yang Ruoxi whispered from the side.

Su Yu did not express her own opinion.

Her face was pale, and a wave of nausea was rising from her abdomen, which she was trying her best to suppress.

no way.

Four months ago, she was just an ordinary college student. Although she had experienced the shock of the corpse falling from the Jinjiang Hotel, she had never seen such a bloody corpse up close.

It is normal to have a physiological reaction at this time.

Xu Liang nodded upon hearing Yang Ruoxi's words.

"It looks a bit like it was done by someone."

Upon hearing this, a series of thoughts flashed through Yang Ruoxi's mind.

Kimchi factory. Traces of human abuse against people with disabilities.
In an instant, a word popped into her mind.

"Illegal kilns!?"

Yang Ruoxi spoke in surprise.

What are illegal kilns/kilns?
These are illegal factories; there are many of them these days, such as coal yards and mines.

These people will bring in large numbers of disabled people to the factory, treat them like livestock, make them work hard all the time, and not even satisfy their most basic needs for food.

Inside, beatings are the least of the problems; people die every week!
but.
"It's possible, but unlikely."

Xu Liang neither denied nor agreed with the statement.

He focused his gaze primarily on the dead man's face, which was covered in a mass of flesh.

If it's from an illegal kiln, what's there to say about the face?

Why would someone want to disfigure someone's face?

Is it a cover-up?
If it's to cover up, then it's to cover up the fact that it's an illegal kiln.

But this isn't right.

The fundamental purpose of illegal kilns is 'profit'. At most, they might whip the deceased to work, leaving some marks on their faces. So, to cover up the abuse, disfiguring the face is somewhat possible, but...
"The hips and waist are not right."

"This is suspected to be man-made. If it is man-made, then Qi Yu will definitely become a paralyzed cripple, only able to move his upper body!"

Xu Liang pointed to the part of the other person that was covered by a white cloth.

"Illegal kilns are things created for profit. Doing such things brings no benefit and only damages their own interests!"

for example.

In ancient times, slaves were considered as one's own property.

The same applies to illegal kilns!
Even if they treat the workers badly, they would never intentionally cause irreparable damage.

These workers are money; they've been lured here to make money. Making them crippled brings them no benefit whatsoever. Their sole purpose is to reduce the number of workers they can earn money from.

Moreover, the most crucial thing is
Xu Liang looked at the shriveled eyes, narrowed his eyes, and took out the gloves he always carried with him from his backside and put them on.

He then reached out and touched the mangled face.

"Hey!"

The fingertips touched the face, sending a soft, velvety sensation through them.

He ignored it and then pried open his right eye.

In an instant.
"Where are the eyeballs?!" Yang Ruoxi felt a chill run down her spine, and was instantly shocked.

The eyeball disappeared.
Qi Yu's right eye has disappeared!!!

The entire eye socket was completely empty. Or rather, it contained some bone fragments and bits of flesh.

And what about the left eye?

Xu Liang then peeled it open again.

A hollow, shriveled eyeball appeared before me.

The left eye has an eye, but the right eye does not.

Qi Yu is a person with intellectual disabilities caused by a high fever, not a person with visual impairment!
When the other person disappeared on March 2nd, their eyes were perfectly fine!
But now, or rather, after he was found dead on March 3rd, he was missing an eyeball.
"What's going on?"

Yang Ruoxi was somewhat puzzled.

Xu Liang was about to say something.

Unexpectedly
"Well!"

Su Yu's face was pale as she looked at Xu Liang's actions and the shock of the corpse.
She couldn't hold it in any longer; a burning sensation came from her throat.

Then she quickly covered her lips and ran towards the trash can outside.

"vomit!"

She bent over, looked down at the trash can, and dry heaved, but could only vomit a little bit of stomach acid.

Upon seeing this, Xu Liang quickly approached and patted him on the back.

"How's it going? Are you okay?"

Xu Liang leaned down, comforting her as he spoke softly.

Su Yu didn't speak, she just waved her hand at him. She felt a little better after vomiting, but when she opened her mouth to speak, she vomited again.

"Ugh~!"

Yang Ruoxi blinked, showing concern while also feeling a little secretly pleased.

She had developed an immunity to disgusting corpses, while the other person was so weak!

This is the first step in turning defeat into victory!
Even though that's what I was thinking, I still took a bottle of mineral water out of my bag and handed it to the other person.

"Rinse your mouth."

Su Yu took it, rinsed her mouth, and took a few breaths of fresh air, feeling much better. Finally, she looked at Xu Liang gratefully and said weakly:
"Thank you, senior brother."

"I'm still getting used to it."

"It's alright, I understand," Xu Liang reassured him.

Yang Ruoxi felt something was off, but couldn't quite put her finger on it. She was just about to steer the conversation back to the case when she caught a glimpse of the staff member who had returned.

Xu Liang saw it too.

The other person walked up to her, about to say something, but upon seeing Su Yu's state, they were immediately surprised and quickly asked with concern:

"How is this going!?"

"Is it serious? Should I rinse my mouth? Do I need to take any medication? Our facility has a stock of commonly used medications."

Xu Liang paused.

He silently got up and backed away, taking advantage of the other person's observation of Su Yu, and quickly walked back to the morgue.

"Crack!"

"Crack!"

He raised the camera he always carried and took pictures of several suspicious spots. Then, without hesitation, he got up and left without leaving a trace.

I walked out of the morgue.

Su Yu had recovered by this time, and the staff breathed a sigh of relief when they saw that she did not have any serious reaction.

She then looked at Xu Liang and said:

"Here you are, the autopsy report you requested."

Xu Liang took it and quickly glanced at it.

This autopsy report is exactly the same as the one provided by Zhao Hailong, except...
There was no eye socket, and no autopsy data for the waist!

'This organization definitely has problems.'

Xu Liang pondered this in his mind. He then didn't linger at the forensic institution any longer, stood up, and said:
"Thank you for your cooperation. We'll be leaving now. We'll contact you if we need anything in the future."

Upon hearing this, the staff member nodded.

She watched the three of them disappear from sight.

After Xu Liangquan left the facility, the staff glanced back at the parked body, then covered it again with the white sheet that had been lifted.

Then, he closed the door to the morgue.

However, just as she was about to leave, she suddenly felt a sense of disorientation.
Why are you opening the morgue door?

A voice suddenly rang out from behind the staff member.

The other person paused, turned around, and then spoke:

"Manager Si, a representative of the deceased's family just wanted to see the body, so..."

The person behind him was a middle-aged man with a large belly.

The other person was overweight, about 1.75 meters tall, and weighed approximately 180 kilograms.

His face had rough, uneven skin and he wasn't good-looking.

The other party was just about to leave work when they saw the staff member after walking out of the stairwell.

Hear the words.

The head of the organization, Si Wanhao, frowned.

A representative for the deceased's family?

According to the regulations, it is indeed permissible to watch, but...
"Who is in charge of which body?"

Qian Wanhao's heart sank, and he quickly asked.

"Morgue bed number 1, transferred from the police on March 3rd, I think that's what it was called."

The staff member began to explain, then, after a moment's thought, concluded:

"Qi Yu!"

Qi Yu
Qi Yu?

Si Wanhao frowned, his heart suddenly skipped a beat, as if a needle had pierced his skin.

What is he doing here to see the corpse?

Si Wanhao pressed for more information, a hint of impatience creeping into his voice.

The staff were baffled, wondering why the other person was asking this question out of boredom.

But he still said:

"It seems like they're getting the autopsy report."

She answered honestly:

"I remember that the family hasn't received the autopsy report yet; only one person claiming to be the defendant received the latest copy today."

Upon hearing this, Si Wanhao pondered for a moment before nodding.

"Okay, go ahead and get busy."

The staff member rolled their eyes inwardly, quickly moved out of the other person's sight, and then promptly clocked out.

Si Wanhao ignored the other party's little tricks.

Instead, he paced back and forth for a moment, then finally walked towards the monitoring room.

Soon.
Si Wanhao then walked into the monitoring room.

There was no one on duty here, so he decisively turned back the surveillance footage of the morgue to half an hour ago.

And in that black and white image
Suddenly, the figures of Xu Liang and his two companions appeared!

He watched silently.

When he saw Xu Liang looking at his face, he frowned slightly.

Seeing the other person pinching his bones, his brows furrowed into a knot.

Especially when Xu Liang pried open the eye socket, his pupils contracted slightly.

Immediately, his face turned very gloomy.

Seeing this, Si Wanhao no longer hesitated. He decisively took out his phone and entered a few phone numbers.

"dududu~"

Si Wanhao waited impatiently.

Until the dial tone sounded and the call connected, he immediately spoke:

"Forty minutes ago, a lawyer came to the judicial office to see Qi Yu's body."

"I need an explanation!"

"What exactly did you do?!"

An explanation is needed.
But it's not just one explanation!
The person on the other end of the phone remained silent for a long time before finally speaking:

"Don't worry, this case isn't complicated, and the agency hasn't erased too much information!"

This sound.
It was Zhao Hailong's!
Si Wanhao's expression turned somewhat grim as he continued, "Are you sure?"

The autopsy report on Qi Yu was done by him.

During the presentation, some tactics were employed.

but.
He initially thought it was just like any other job, taking money and doing a service, but after it was done, the more he thought about it, the more suspicious he became about the corpse!

"I'm sure!" Zhao Hailong said seriously.

Si Wanhao pondered for a long time, but still couldn't figure out what the case involved.

In the end, he could only snort coldly and hang up the phone with trepidation.

And on the other end of the phone.
Jiangcheng.

Shelter for the disabled.

"dududu~"

Zhao Hailong looked at the phone that had been hung up, a helpless expression on his face.

"What's wrong?" Cheng Jia, who was standing next to her, also put down her phone, which was used to assign tasks.

She looked up at him with a puzzled expression.

"Qi Tao's lawyer has gone to find an agency."

Zhao Hailong took a deep breath and said in a deep voice.

He paused for a moment, then blurted out:

"I suspect that Si Wanhao may have noticed something amiss with the lawyer's behavior, which led him to question the body!"

Si Wanhao provided them with false testimony.

Fortunately, the other party was unaware of the true nature of the case and was simply doing their job for money.

Furthermore, since the deed has already been done and everything is now tied together, there's no need to worry about the other party slipping up.

"That's a bit fast."

Cheng Jia frowned; she naturally understood what the other person meant.

Si Wanhao became suspicious because he saw Xu Liang's strange behavior.

So, what will Xu Liang do?

Why would the other person do such a thing to a corpse?!
What kind of information are you looking for on the corpse?
This is not the job of a lawyer!

"I followed his advice and kept the autopsy report, intending to mislead people by leveraging the authority of the law, but now it seems..."

Zhao Hailong spoke in a deep voice:
"He must have had doubts about the autopsy report."

He became suspicious of the autopsy report, which is why he went to see the body and did some things that aroused Si Wanhao's suspicion.

He had some expectation of this, but he really hadn't anticipated it.
This all happened in one afternoon!
"It's a bit too fast," Cheng Jia said.

Then, Zhao Hailong added:

"How's your work going over there?"

"Pretty much, his law firm has indeed expanded its recruitment."

Cheng Jia responded, then scoffed and chuckled.

"Hehe, they're all newcomers."

"I had no experience at all, I was guided the whole time, and I've already fallen into their trap."

Cheng Jia suggested, "We can stop tomorrow. You should find a lawyer to handle the negotiations on your end."

“We’ve already found the right person,” Zhao Hailong said.

The biggest weakness right now is
"Zhang Yong, how about you over there?"

Zhao Hailong suddenly turned his head to look at Zhang Yong beside him.

The other person noticed the gaze and subconsciously looked away, their eyes hesitant and timid, as if trying to avoid something.

Zhao Hailong frowned.

If the other party hadn't been related to the boss, he would have really wanted to kill them!

"Zhang Yong, how's that batch of goods coming along?"

Upon hearing this, Zhang Yong quickly gave a perfunctory reply:

"It's all taken care of!"

It's been handled.
It would be best if this were really resolved!

Upon hearing this, Zhao Hailong gave him a gloomy look before finally looking away.

"Humph!"

(End of this chapter)