Enchanter

No.30 Chapter [-] Mysterious Death

Ouyang Xue frowned, and after responding a few words, she quickly walked out of the room. Strangely, as soon as she left there, the uneasy feeling just now disappeared immediately.

Although the lighting in the corridor is not very good, it is really much better to stand here than in that bathroom.

At this moment, the police guarding the scene brought a thin man. From his dexterous and slender fingers, it could be seen that this was a pair of hands that often dissect corpses.He introduced himself: "My name is Song Dian. I heard that this case is a bit strange, so I recommended myself here."

"Hi, my name is Ouyang Xue, inspector of Xiangjiang City Public Security Department."

"Heroine, I've heard the name for a long time, ha ha." Song Dian smiled and shook hands with Ouyang Xue, then took out his notebook and asked while taking notes: "Then, I want to get a preliminary understanding of the situation. How did the reporter describe it? About When did you report the case?"

Ouyang Xue pondered for a moment, then said: "About five o'clock in the morning, 110 transferred this strange call for help, saying that someone was trapped in the bathroom and it was on fire. People outside the room could only see smoke coming from the door. Exit. The policeman arrived at the scene 5 minutes later. At this time, someone had forcibly opened the door of the bathroom, and the scene had become like that. Afterwards, the policeman described the situation on the scene. Transferred to me."

"Is the reporter the wife of the deceased?" It seemed that Song Dian had already learned something about the situation before he came in.

"It wasn't her, it was a colleague of the deceased's unit." After finishing speaking, Ouyang Xue adjusted her police cap and appearance, "At that time, the deceased's wife had passed out, and no one heard the cry for help. At first, they didn't know that there was someone in the bathroom. It wasn't until his wife called the dead man's name and passed out that no one knew the dead man was still in the bathroom."

"Then what did you see when you arrived at the scene?"

"It's almost like it is now, only the unburned palm is left on the side of the toilet, about four centimeters away from the ashes. The section is formed after burning, and there are symptoms of burns on the surface. The body of the deceased has been completely ashes. "

"Check out the yellow oil on the side?"

"Well, that's melted fat tissue."

"Is there any useful information left at the scene?" Song Dian asked very carefully.

"Not anymore. The comrades in charge of the accident department who were in charge of the fire surveyed the scene and told me that except for the dead body, nothing had been burnt. However, the sink and the walls had heated up, and the doorknob was also very hot. And there were no traces left by combustion aids, such as gasoline, at the scene." Ouyang Xue replied while recalling.

"Have you investigated what clothes the deceased was wearing?"

"The jacket is a cotton shirt, and the trousers are unclear. The lover of the deceased does not remember."

"Did the deceased drink alcohol last night or early morning?"

"No."

"Does the deceased have a habit of smoking?"

"Yes." Ouyang Xue answered very simply.

After Song Dian recorded some key points in his notebook, he stopped asking: "I almost have so many questions, and I will go to the forensic room to study the ashes and residues later. At present, the conclusion of spontaneous combustion is not very accurate. He certainly didn't set himself on fire."

"You mean, someone set fire?" Ouyang Xue raised her eyebrows, and a stern look flashed in her eyes.

"It should be. It's just that it's rare to burn so thoroughly in such a short period of time."

"Well, that's exactly what I'm wondering about. The human body is 80% water, so it's unbelievable that it can burn so thoroughly in such a short period of time without any combustion aids. But it seems unlikely that someone set the fire. "Ouyang Xue shook her head slowly and said.

"Yes, if someone set the fire, Comrade Criminal Police should find some clues. But the person who set the fire here should be himself." Song Dian said with certainty.

Ouyang Xue opened her mouth wide: "He burned himself to death? Suicide?"

"My preliminary inference is so."

"What evidence is there?"

"There is no direct evidence at present. But since the human body cannot burn by itself, and no one went in to set the fire, and the deceased had a habit of smoking, I deduce that the deceased died of an accident."

"There is some truth to it. But isn't such an accident too strange? The cigarette butt burned a big living person to only one palm?" Ouyang Xue shook his head again.

"Have you heard of the 'wick effect'?" Song Dian asked.

"No. Does that have anything to do with it?"

"It has a lot to do with it. Regarding the spontaneous combustion of the human body, one of the more accepted explanations in the academic circles is the 'wick effect', also known as the 'candle effect'. The human body does not burn itself, and the human body is surrounded by fire similar to candlelight. Generally, the clothes worn by drunk or drowsy people are ignited by the fire, the skin is burnt off, the subcutaneous fat melts and flows out, and the clothes become 'wicks' after being soaked in liquefied fat, while the fat in the body is like a The 'wax' provides a steady stream of fuel for burning, and the body burns slowly like a candle until all the fatty tissue is burned."

Ouyang Xue raised her head in surprise, and asked, "What about the remaining palm?"

Song Dian continued: "The parts of the body that are not covered by clothes will not be burned, because the melted fat needs clothes as a 'wick' to fully burn, but when the liquefied fat flows to this part of the body, it will burn the skin there. , and the remaining skin of the palm of the deceased did have symptoms of burns. In addition, when the fat is burned, thick smoke will be produced, which can explain why the ceiling of the bathroom is blackened. Some of the melted fat will flow out of the body and flow to the floor, because there is no Clothes make wicks, they don't burn, but stay."

Ouyang Xue nodded slowly: "It makes sense."

But Song Dian over there said thoughtfully: "We can explain why he burned so thoroughly, but we can't explain why he didn't call for help when he caught fire—there is a sink and Shower, it is easy to extinguish the fire. At present, the dead who have "spontaneous combustion" of the human body are all drunk or comatose people, and the dead should not be in that state of mind at the time. The accident happened, but he was so silent died..."

Ouyang Xue had heard of such incidents, so it was understandable to make wild inferences about Song Dian. After talking for a few words, Song Dian was left behind, who was still thinking hard, looking for fingerprint clues, and Ouyang Xue leaned on the window sill alone. Side, with a silent expression, as if waiting, but also as if thinking about something silently.

"What did you do just now, kid? Why didn't you come out when everyone else came out?" Outside the corridor, Tang Yan was asking Yin Hui.

The autumn is crisp and clear, and there are no clouds in the sky.A group of wild geese flew south, and it seemed that a gust of autumn wind was blowing up, blowing the leaves on the ground around, and as if someone was directing these leaves, all of them blew the toilet next to it.

It looks a little creepy.

But Yin Hui only thinks these are his own thoughts.

He smiled wryly: "No reason, that policeman is just asking some questions."

"Don't fool me!" Tang Yan gave Yin Hui a dissatisfied look, then walked to the front with her hands in her pockets.The foreign woman in the video a few days ago, plus the beautiful police officer now, all of them have human boobs, and they all look very intimate with Yin Hui, which makes her somewhat unhappy.