I am a super cop

Chapter 1499 The mystery of homicide
Although she felt that the dead body was hanging on the branch structure, it was a bit accidental, but Yuan Shasha clearly remembered that when she and several school police scooped up the dead body into the kayak, they couldn't get the dead body out of the branch no matter what.

In the end, everyone unified their thinking and broke off the branches one by one, which successfully solved the problem.

But Lu Weiwei's reminder just now made Yuan Shasha re-examine it.

"Xiao Yuan." Seeing Yuan Shasha staring at Dashu dully, Gu Chen reminded, "Is there any problem?"

"Senior Brother Gu." With doubts, Yuan Shasha thought for a few seconds before saying, "I don't think what Senior Sister Lu said is unreasonable."

"I remember that when I rushed here with a few juniors, we really used all our might to separate the corpses."

"In the end, I had to break off the branch, but it took a lot of effort, so I just heard what Senior Sister Lu said, as if someone really hung the corpse here on purpose."

Listening to Yuan Shasha's explanation, Gu Chen didn't say much, just stepped into the water and carefully checked the roots and branches of the big tree.

"Where's the broken branch?" Gu Chen turned to Yuan Shasha and asked, "Where did you throw those branches?"

"At the shore, Senior Brother Gu, wait." Yuan Shasha knew where the branch was discarded, so she quickly turned around and searched on the shore.

In the end, Yuan Shasha came to Gu Chen with three thick branches, threw them at Gu Chen's feet and said, "This corpse is also lucky to be caught by so many branches, otherwise it might really drift downstream."

"En." Gu Chen responded, and quickly took out one of the broken branches, placed it on the broken branch of the big tree, and compared it repeatedly.

In the end, Gu Chen found a place where the crease was more consistent with the branch in his hand, and directly inserted the branch back.

"This branch is facing the wrong direction." Gu Chen seemed to have discovered something tricky.

Lu Weiwei hurried forward, carefully compared Gu Chen's closing position, and instantly understood what Gu Chen meant.

"Junior Brother Gu, what you mean is that this branch should face up, right?"

"Yes." Gu Chen held the broken part and demonstrated it to everyone: "Obviously, this crease should be combined like this."

"All the concave and convex parts are also consistent, which shows that the branch in my hand was obviously broken from this position, but the orientation is obviously a bit strange."

"That's right, the branch connected to the stump obviously grows upwards, but how could this branch go down into the water?"

Officer Wang, who was sitting in the kayak, also clearly saw the clues.

After thinking for a few seconds, Police Officer Wang said again: "And even if the water rises, it is impossible to rise so high. It seems that it was deliberately bent and put into the water. You can see the position of the head of the branch."

Seeing Officer Wang pointing to the branch in his hand, Gu Chen directly extended his head towards Officer Wang.

Police Officer Wang pointed to the positions of several hooks, and said with a clear attitude: "This kind of hook structure is very suitable for making hooks."

"But if the hook is artificially hooked to the corpse, the branch will inevitably be immersed in water."

"So..." Gu Chen glanced at Yuan Shasha's direction, and continued to ask: "So when you found the corpse, this branch has been hanging on the corpse and soaked in water, right?"

"Yes, that's it." Yuan Shasha seemed to be awakened, and said involuntarily: "When we were in the trunk of the tree, we found that the trunk was very curved."

"And it's not just this branch, I remember there's another one as well."

"Is it this one?" Lu Weiwei directly matched another broken tree trunk to another crease.

The creases exactly match the bumps of the trunk.

Yuan Shasha nodded fiercely: "That's right, it's this one."

"The orientation is also wrong." Gu Chen took the trunk from Lu Weiwei's hand, and corrected the normal growth direction of the trunk again.

Like the one just now, the two trunks grow upwards.

All these things seem to confirm Gu Chen's same thought as Lu Weiwei's just now, that is, if the corpse needs to be hung in this position in the current of yesterday, it must be guaranteed not to be washed away.

That will inevitably require the use of artificial power, with the help of two thick branches on the big tree.

Thinking of this, Gu Chen continued to ask: "Xiao Yuan, besides these two branches, are there any other fixed points?"

"There are also... tree roots that extend into the water." Yuan Shasha pointed to one of the locations and said, "But this tree root can only hook the corpse's clothes at most."

"In addition to the two bent branches at the top, it can form a stable triangle and fix the corpse."

"That is to say, the corpse was obviously hung here on purpose." Gu Chen heard Yuan Shasha's story, and combined with the situation at the scene, he suddenly felt that the old man's sudden disappearance yesterday and the time of death were somewhat different.

All these things seem to make Gu Chen have to continue to investigate deeply.

Standing up, Gu Chen climbed up to the bank after filming, and began to patrol along the road along the bank.

Because the flood has soaked most of the shore, the current shore is already muddy.

Many aquatic plants that originally grew on the shore have already become rickety after the flood receded.

Carefully, Gu Chen followed the direction of the village and kept searching.

Officer Wang also drove the kayak, following Gu Chen's pace, and drove up together.

After 2 minutes, Gu Chen stopped at a spot, and immediately squatted down, as if he was looking for something.

Lu Weiwei followed in small steps.

Due to the slippery road, Lu Weiwei staggered and nearly slipped and fell to the ground.

Fortunately, Lu Weiwei has a strong sense of balance, and after a few small steps, she immediately stabilized her position again.

"Senior Sister Lu, be careful." Gu Chen grabbed Lu Weiwei's waist belt and held her firmly.

While Lu Weiwei was supporting Gu Chen's shoulders, her feet gradually stabilized.

"This place is too slippery, I almost fell into the water." Taking a deep breath, Lu Weiwei also asked Gu Chen: "By the way, Junior Brother Gu, what did you find?"

"Footprints." Gu Chen said.

"Footprints?" Hearing this, Lu Weiwei quickly squatted down and came to Gu Chen's side.

And Yuan Shasha also came from the other side.

The three squatted on the ground, like a group of bored people watching ants fight.

Gu Chen gently pushed aside the weeds, pointed to one of the footprints and said, "This place has obvious signs of being trampled on."

"And judging from the newness and oldness of the footprints, it should have been left recently."

Standing up, looking around, Gu Chen said again: "And this place, usually no one would come here."

"Could it be that the old man was brought here after his death, and then deliberately hung on the shore? But I can't figure it out, what is the significance of doing this?" Lu Weiwei asked.

"It's a falsification of the time of death." Gu Chen looked forward with his eyes like a torch, then turned around and said to everyone:
"The old man's death is strange. According to my reasoning at Xi Ze Central Primary School, the old man's death should have happened before we found him sitting on the roof."

"But if that's the case, then the old man on the roof we saw at the beginning may have been a corpse long ago."

"How could this be?" Listening to Gu Chen's explanation, Yuan Shasha felt a moment of thought and fear, and said involuntarily:
"But, judging from what you saw yesterday, didn't Senior Brother Gu go to the old house to check the situation?"

"And you team members have searched the area for a long time, but you haven't found the old man's body."

"Yes." Gu Chen nodded silently, and said involuntarily, "This is where my doubts lie."

"Although I can only deduce that the time of the old man's death is a bit wrong, how did the old man gradually disappear from our sight?"

"How could it appear at this place and be firmly hung on the shore? It's very strange."

"There's still this footprint." Lu Weiwei pointed to the ground as a reminder.

Gu Chen crossed his arms and looked at Police Officer Wang on the kayak.

At this moment, Police Officer Wang also said thoughtfully: "If this is the case, it means that the death of the old man is indeed very strange."

"The key point is that if the old man's body is really hung firmly on a tree branch as Xiao Yuan said, it is very likely that it was man-made."

"And the footprints on the shore may have been left by the person who moved the corpse here."

"Why did you do this? Is it to take advantage of the flood situation to complete a murder?" Gu Chen looked towards the village with burning eyes.

From Gu Chen's point of view, this fully meets the conditions for killing.

Turning around, Gu Chen said without hesitation: "The current situation at least shows a few doubts."

"First of all, when we were going to search the village yesterday, the old man who was sitting on the roof of the old house suddenly disappeared."

"And now, after the old man's body mysteriously disappeared yesterday, it appears strangely at this place, and it seems to be hung here artificially."

"And judging from the death time of the old man, it is completely beyond the time we found yesterday, which is not in line with common sense."

"So adding these suspicious points together, this seems to be a suspicious incident."

"But……"

Lu Weiwei hesitated for a few seconds, and said involuntarily: "But Junior Brother Gu, based on these alone, it is difficult for us to make a final conclusion, including the specific identity of the deceased, and if it was a homicide, the murderer must have had something to do with the old man. We all need to master it."

"You're right, this is exactly what I'm thinking about right now." Gu Chen took out his mobile phone, took a picture of the footprint just now, deliberately avoided the easy route, and walked all the way to the village .

Seeing this, everyone followed.

Gu Chen searched for footprints and took pictures all the way.

Because the weeds were washed up and down by the flood, it also brought a lot of silt to the shore.

So it seems to be very difficult to find footprints.

Just beside the big tree just now, the footprints can still be seen clearly.

But after staying away from the big tree, the depth and shape of the footprints can no longer be used as a basis for judgment.

But even so, Gu Chen had no choice but to take pictures of the blurred marks, and was going to ask He Junchao to use some technical means to repair them a little as a reference.

"Come up." Seeing Gu Chen running along the muddy bank with Lu Weiwei and Yuan Shasha, Officer Wang also said distressedly.

But Gu Chen directly refused: "I want to go all the way from here to that village to see if I can find some valuable clues."

Glancing at the two people behind him, Gu Chen also reminded: "Senior Sister Lu, Xiao Yuan, you can kayak and go back, leave the shore to me, I can handle the problems here alone, you follow behind , can only suffer.”

"That's right, you two come up and leave the shore to Gu Chen." Police Officer Wang also reminded on the kayak.

Lu Weiwei and Yuan Shasha looked at each other, feeling that what Gu Chen said made sense.

At this time, following behind Gu Chen, not to mention finding out clues, it's luck not to cause trouble.

After thinking about it, Lu Weiwei also heaved a sigh of relief: "Okay, then I will leave this place to Junior Brother Gu."

After the words fell, Lu Weiwei and Yuan Shasha, with the help of Police Officer Wang, climbed directly into the kayak.

Then the three of them took a kayak and started to maintain a parallel position with Gu Chen.

Gu Chen searched all the way, and could vaguely find some footprints, so he photographed them casually.

It wasn't until Gu Chen walked all the way to the entrance of the village with difficulty that he realized that there were almost no obstacles along the way.

"Senior Brother Wang." Gu Chen walked into the water, jumped into the kayak, and said, "Let's go back, and notify the Technical Section of the Municipal Bureau to ask Gao Chuanfeng and the others to take the old man's body back."

"Understood, I've asked Xiao Yuan to notify me just now, and I'm probably on my way at this moment." Police Officer Wang said.

"Very good." Gu Chen nodded silently, and said again: "Now let's go back to Caesar Central Primary School and investigate the situation of the elderly."

"Okay, then sit down, let's go." Officer Wang got the order, quickly drove the kayak, and started to drive towards the central primary school of Xize Town.

It wasn't long before the kayak joined other rescue teams.

Gu Chen didn't care too much, jumped out of the kayak, and rushed towards the place where the masses were resettled.

At this moment, the old man's body was still covered with a plastic sheet and guarded by a student policeman.

And there are many people who eat melons around.

Everyone stood in groups of three or four, thinking about it, discussing all the bad things these days.

Gu Chen didn't think too much, and asked directly: "Which one of you is familiar with this old man?"

The voice fell, and there was little response at the scene.

Everyone seems to feel that when Gu Chen asks this question, it seems like he wants everyone to help dispose of the corpse.

So several women withdrew their gazes and ignored them.

It was a seven or eight-year-old girl who directly raised her hand and said, "I am familiar with this grandpa."

"You?" Seeing that the little girl was willing to answer, Gu Chen had no choice but to squat in front of her and asked, "Then tell me, does this old man live alone at home?"

"Well, he lives at home alone." The little girl said.

"Then his family members are all working out of town, right?" Gu Chen asked again.

The little girl still nodded: "Yes."

"Very good." Gu Chen patted the little girl's head, and continued to ask: "Then has he had a fight with anyone recently? Or had a conflict?"

"Uh……"

This question seemed to stump the little girl.

The little girl scratched the back of her head and thought about it over and over again, but it seemed that it was difficult to understand these situations clearly.

After a pause, the little girl shook her head helplessly: "I don't know about that."

"Okay, I still want to thank you." Gu Chen patted the little girl on the shoulder, stood up, and continued to ask everyone: "Who else is familiar with this old man? I want to know more about this old man. Happening."

"Comrade policeman, I know him better." A middle-aged woman came out from the crowd.

Gu Chen recognized her, this is the middle-aged woman who chatted with him last night.

Gu Chen also learned about the old man's good water skills from this woman.

Gu Chen shook hands with her and said, "Thank you for your cooperation, I remember you are from the village on the other side."

"Yes, we met and chatted last night." The woman also said with a smile.

Gu Chen nodded silently: "That's right, the old man's family members are not around, but we still want to know more about this old man."

"After all, since we went to rescue your village yesterday, we actually found this old man sitting on the roof."

"But later, when we got close to the old house and were about to launch a rescue, the old man disappeared."

"In the end, it was the rescue force of our police force who found the body on the downstream bank. Therefore, we need to know more about the situation of the old man."

"Then what do you want to know?" Seeing that Gu Chen was basically straight to the point, the woman also asked back.

Gu Chen smiled faintly, turned on the law enforcement recorder, and said, "The old man's specific information, such as what his name is, how old he is this year, and his specific identity."

"Well, okay." The woman hesitated for a few seconds before replying: "His name is Zhao Shuisheng. I don't remember his exact age. He might be 75 or six years old. He was the former head of our village."

"Then how is he?" Gu Chen took out his notebook and quickly wrote notes.

"A person?" The woman hesitated for two seconds, and said, "A person is not bad, but his temper is a bit rough."

"Before his son and daughter-in-law were at home, they often quarreled with him. Anyway, the relationship with the younger generation is not very good."

"That's why, his children all want to stay outside, so they come back to visit during the Chinese New Year."

"What about his lover?" Lu Weiwei asked beside him.

The woman shook her head and sighed: "A few years ago, I died in a car accident."

"Okay." Hearing the woman's words, Gu Chen also regretted, and continued to ask: "Then has he had any conflicts with others recently, very violent ones?"

"This...let me think about it." Feeling that the question was difficult to answer, the woman also pondered for a few seconds, trying to remember.

But after more than ten seconds passed, the woman still shook her head and sighed: "I really don't know about this. Although our old village chief usually has a bad temper, he doesn't have too many conflicts with others."

"And didn't you ask me about him yesterday? Didn't I tell you about it? He is very good at swimming. Many people in the village have just learned to swim, and they all learned from him."

"You know that he is actually quite willing to help others."

"That means there is no conflict with the people in your village?" Hearing the middle-aged woman's praise for the dead old man, Police Officer Wang couldn't help but say.

But at this moment, the middle-aged woman seemed to think of something again, and said: "It seems to be a little bit."

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