Chapter 432 – The corpse hidden in the tea garden (2)
When the man heard that Chen Bai was going to help them investigate the case, he was so happy that he grinned. He held Chen Bai's hand and said excitedly.
"Of course I will be happy if you are willing to help, so we can inspect the scene together first. By the way, I was so happy just now that I forgot to introduce myself. My name is Zhang Zhiyuan, welcome to everyone."
Chen Bai took the gloves from Zhang Zhiyang. Bai Hongwei and others had no choice but to take the gloves and start investigating the scene.
"Captain, all the body parts have been found."
When everyone came to the tea field, Song Anchun just took one look and shook his head.
"No, there are definitely not all the body parts here. You can see that although the body was buried in the soil and has decomposed, you can still see that there is only a trunk without limbs and head."
"Hurry up and keep looking nearby."
When they opened the bag containing the body, a stench hit their faces, and everyone couldn't help but cover their noses.
"Judging from the degree of decomposition of the body, the deceased was probably dead for more than three days. This can also be seen from the boarding pass. The deceased should have been killed as soon as he got off the plane. He has not been found yet.
Head, but... turn it over for me!"
Chen Bai pulled the bag and immediately felt the weight on the bag.
"There are knife marks on the deceased's back. It looks like someone stabbed the deceased's back from behind with a dagger or something like that. Judging from the angle, it should be somewhere like the liver. I can only see so much for the time being. The rest are
We have to wait until we find the head and limbs, and of course I can only draw specific conclusions after completing an in-depth autopsy."
Zhang Zhiyuan nodded. He could draw so many conclusions just by looking at it. He was worthy of being a task force from Binhai.
"One more thing, I hope you can pay attention to it, that is, the weight of this person is only the trunk, which means that this person is a very heavy fat man. It is hard to say whether this is the first scene, but it can kill such a person
, it must be a man."
Zhang Zhiyuan nodded, this was indeed an important clue. Chen Bai cooperated with the local police to search carefully in the tea garden, but three hours later, the deceased's limbs and head were not found.
"What's going on? Is it difficult to say that the murderer didn't bury the head and limbs of the deceased here?"
Zhang Zhiyuan is a little confused. He has been searching for three hours, why hasn't he found it yet?
"No, since the murderer buried the body here, it means that the murderer must be very familiar with this place. Since the deceased's torso is here, the limbs must also be here."
"Consultant Chen, actually I still have a question. Why do you think the murderer looked at the deceased's right hand and torso alone?"
Chen Bai couldn't understand either. He knelt down and carefully observed the rotten hand.
"Perhaps the murderer wanted to cut the deceased into smaller pieces, but it might be due to some other reasons, so he didn't succeed!"
Of course, these are just speculations by Chen Bai and there is no actual evidence.
"By the way, one more question: Did it rain here a few days ago?"
Chen Bai took out his mobile phone and checked the weather forecast and found that it had rained in Songxi three days before they came.
"Yes, the weather has not been very good these days, but maybe it's because of the rain that we were able to see the bodies buried in the tea garden."
Just like that, it was around five o'clock in the afternoon, and the police finally found the head and limbs of the deceased in the ditch of the tea garden.
"Finally found it, can we close the team?"
"Cure the team! There is nothing to see here!"
After talking, everyone returned to the police station together. Zhang Zhiyuan originally wanted to find a restaurant nearby to entertain Chen Bai and the others, but Chen Bai refused.
"Okay, no need to entertain. If this case can be found out early, we can continue our vacation."
Chen Bai was actually a little embarrassed when he said this, after all, he ruined everyone's holiday because of his impulsiveness.
"Okay, if that's the case, let's buy a few lunch boxes and discuss the case while eating."
"Can!"
After everyone sat in the conference room, a young police officer stood up and posted the case information on the whiteboard one by one.
"The deceased, Chen Mingyu, male, 35 years old, used to make a living by planting tea gardens. We found out that Chen Mingyu flew to Fuzhou five days ago. We have contacted the local airport in Fuzhou and the airport is obtaining surveillance video for us.
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"It's over?"
Chen Bai was a little surprised. Is this all that was investigated in this case?
"Consultant Chen, you don't know that there is actually a big problem with this case."
"what is the problem?"
Seeing Zhang Zhiyuan's embarrassed look, Chen Bai was a little confused. It must be much easier for the police to investigate than ordinary people. Why did Zhang Zhiyuan look so embarrassed?
"That's it. In less than a year, the Chen family has lost all three of its sons. Now there are only two women left in the Chen family. When Chen Mingguang drowned, they were indeed cooperative when we went to investigate, but it didn't take long.
After their eldest brother was killed in a car accident, the whole family's temperament changed drastically. They even tried to stop us during the investigation. They said that their eldest brother had been beyond recognition due to the car accident, and now he would be disemboweled after he died.
, we must not let their eldest brother suffer or anything."
"How did their eldest brother die?"
Chen Bai was a little curious. All three men of the Chen family died within a year. This in itself was an easy thing to doubt.
"That's right. Chen Mingyu, the eldest brother of the Chen family, also grew tea here in his early years. But you also know that although good tea is expensive now, it has nothing to do with tea growers like us. Chen Mingyu just saw that he couldn't make much money.
I went abroad. It seems that it didn’t take a few years, right? Chen Mingyu came back. I heard that he made a lot of money abroad. He also brought his wife back with him. However, when Chen Mingyu went home this year, he had a car accident on the road and overturned his car. At that time, Chen Mingyu’s wife
Because he was sitting in the back seat, he got out quickly, but Chen Mingyu was stuck in the car by the airbag and couldn't get out at all. When Chen Mingyu's wife called the police, the car spontaneously ignited, and Chen Mingyu was killed alive.
Burned to death."
Chen Bai nodded and asked again.
"Then you didn't have an autopsy at that time?"
"Of course we wanted to do an autopsy at the time, but because it was a traffic accident, and with the testimony of Chen Mingyu's wife, we couldn't determine that the matter must be a criminal case, so there was no autopsy. But..."
When Chen Bai saw the way Zhang Zhiyuan hesitated to speak, he knew that Zhang Zhiyuan must be suspicious of something.
"But what?"
"However, after Chen Mingyu's death, the Chen family immediately became rich, and Chen Mingyu's wife also opened a beauty salon in Fuzhou. All of their lives immediately improved. I only found out later that Chen Mingyu was getting married.
After that, I bought a lot of accident insurance for myself. When Chen Mingyu died in a car accident, it happened to be when his insurance was in effect. Because it involved compensation issues, the insurance company and the hospital did a DNA test, but they found that the burnt body in the car was Chen Mingyu.
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Chen Bai nodded. There seemed to be nothing unusual about this matter, but Chen Bai knew that even if it was a coincidence, there was no such coincidence in the world.
"So, the Chen family will not cooperate with your investigation this time."
"Yes, but you said that we are all neighbors in the same village, so we shouldn't go too far. But Consultant Chen, if you have any doubts, we will definitely cooperate with you fully."
Chen Bai scratched his head. In fact, he didn't know where to investigate now, but the Chen family definitely wanted to take a look.
"In this case, let's go to Chen's house first. Then please show our people the case of Chen Mingguang's drowning and Chen Mingyu's car accident."
Zhang Zhiyuan nodded, and before Chen Bai could turn around and say anything, Bai Hongwei nodded to express his understanding.
On the country road, Zhang Zhiyuan took Chen Bai with him on his back.
"I said you, a criminal police captain, don't even have a car? If that's not possible, you can drive a police car!"
"Consultant Chen, you don't understand this. Sometimes the road conditions on country roads are complicated, and you may not be able to drive as fast as me."
Chen Bai didn't say anything. About ten minutes later, Zhang Zhiyuan brought Chen Bai to the Chen family's yard.
"Is this the Chen family?"
Chen Bai couldn't believe his eyes when he saw the large townhouse in front of him. Most of the houses here were low-rise bungalows. In some yards, three large tile-roofed houses were already very luxurious. In some places, they were even more luxurious.
There is only one small bungalow, but the Chen family's yard is not only several times larger than others, but also has a large townhouse inside, which can be said to stand out from the crowd in this village.
"Yes, but what you can't imagine is what the Chen family was like a year ago. At that time, seven or eight people in their family lived in a bungalow. It was very dirty and messy. The family was crowded in like this.
It’s a small room, but it’s...”
Before Zhang Zhiyuan finished speaking, Chen Bai saw a bloated and obese woman walking out of the villa. As soon as he saw Zhang Zhiyuan, he directly picked up the clothes drying rack in his hand and walked out aggressively.
"Far away! You said we are also neighbors. Why do you always come to us when you have nothing to do? We have lost our younger brother and older brother one after another this year. We are already very sad. Please stop bothering us, okay?"
Before Zhang Zhiyuan could say anything, Chen Bai stood up and kicked the clothes rack out of the woman's hand.
"Sad? I don't think you look sad!"
The woman was wearing brand-name clothes, with six gold rings on both hands, and gold bracelets on her hands. The bracelets were stuck on her fat wrists, but they were gold in color, otherwise she would have thought they were handcuffs!
"what do you mean?"
The woman was stunned when she saw that the clothes drying rack in her hand was kicked away. Zhang Zhiyuan also took the opportunity to tell the news of Chen Mingyang's death.
"What?"
The woman quickly invited Chen and Bai into the room. After sitting down, the woman couldn't wait to ask.
"Yuan! What on earth is going on?"
Zhang Zhiyuan told the story about the discovery of Chen Mingyang's body in the tea garden today. After hearing this, the woman couldn't stop her tears from flowing down.
"What kind of evil has our family done? My second brother was fine in the morning, but why is there a gap between yin and yang at night?"
"Just wait a moment!"
When Zhang Zhiyuan heard this, he quickly interrupted the woman. Chen Mingyang has been dead for three days, but this woman still said she had seen Chen Mingyang in the morning?
"Yes! My second brother said he was going to work in the morning. I missed having breakfast with my second brother because I didn't get up. If I had known this, I would definitely have to get up."
"Wait a minute, which man in the photo is Chen Mingyang?"
Chen Bai picked up a family photo on the table. Chen Bai felt something was wrong at first glance. The person in the photo weighed about 120 pounds at most, but the body they found weighed 167 pounds, not counting the limbs.
Ten pounds.
"You said this person is Chen Mingyang?"
"yes!"
Chen Bai and Zhang Zhiyuan looked at each other. If this was the case, the person who died was probably not Chen Mingyang.
"Who is this person?"
Chen Bai pointed to a slightly fatter person in the photo, and the woman wiped her tears and spoke.
"This is our eldest brother Chen Mingyu, who died in a car accident a long time ago."
After coming out of Chen's house, the more Chen Bai thought about it, the more wrong he became. If this was the case, it would prove that the person who died was not Chen Mingyang, but if the person who died was not Chen Mingyang, then why would this person put Chen Mingyang's boarding pass on him, and
The pockets on the deceased's underwear must have been sewn by himself. Such pockets were placed on the body for fear of losing important things. Could it be that this person knew that he was going to be killed, so he deliberately left clues to the police?
"Hello? Okay, I understand."
Zhang Zhiyuan put down the phone and handed Chen Bai a cigarette.
"Chen Mingyang was found in the tea garden where he works."
When Chen Bai and Zhang Zhiyuan arrived at the tea garden, they saw the person in the photo compared with Chen Mingyang. Chen Bai asked directly.
"What did you go to Fuzhou for five days ago?"
Chen Mingyang looked at Chen Bai and asked after hesitation.
"Brother Yuan, what do you want from me?"
"Just say what you say, why is there so much nonsense!"
Chen Mingyang nodded and then said.
"That's right, we go to deliver some souvenirs to my sister-in-law at this time every year. I went to deliver souvenirs five days ago."
"Then why is your boarding pass in someone else's hands?"
Zhang Zhiyuan said and handed the evidence bag in his hand to Chen Mingyang. Chen Mingyang looked at the boarding pass and scratched his head.
"After I got off the plane, I threw away my boarding pass."
Zhang Zhiyuan nodded, but when Chen Bai saw that Chen Mingyang looked a little nervous when he said this, and his body was shaking unconsciously, he knew that this person must not be telling the truth.
"Okay, let's go now so we won't disturb your work."
On the way back, Zhang Zhiyuan was a little confused because he also saw that Chen Mingyang was lying.
"Chen Bai, what Chen Mingyang said is obviously not the truth. Why don't we take him to the police station and question him."
"What are you asking? We don't have any evidence now. Even if this person really has a problem, after he gets to the police station, he just needs to calm down and say that he doesn't know anything. Then what should we do? The most important thing for us now is to make sure now
Who is the dead person?"
After returning to the police station, good news came from Li Huan.
"Chen Bai, I have called up the airport surveillance. I found that although Chen Mingyang went to Fuzhou alone, he was not alone when he came back."
Li Huan said and played the video on the computer. Chen Bai saw a fat man following Chen Mingyang in the airport surveillance. Although the two deliberately pretended not to know each other when they left the airport, Chen Bai discovered
This person paid for Chen Mingyang's air ticket. Moreover, at the gate, the airport surveillance camera clearly captured this person's appearance.
"Chen Bai, I checked the ticket purchase information. This person's name is Yan Wen. He has lived abroad all year round, but I don't know why he suddenly returned to China a month ago. But since returning, Yan Wen has no consumption records.
The rental record is as if the person suddenly disappeared after returning."
Chen Bai looked at the information on the computer and nodded. Of course, a person would not disappear for no reason, so after Yan Wen came back, someone must have prepared everything for Yan Wen, so Yan Wen didn't have to worry about anything.
"But what puzzles me is that there is no relationship between Yan Wen and Chen Mingyang, and there is no intersection between the two people's social relationships. So why did Yan Wen come back with Chen Mingyang? And he even bought it for Chen Mingyang.
Got a plane ticket?”
Chen Bai smiled, there must be a problem with this matter, but it's hard to say what the specific problem is yet.
"By the way, has this Yan Wen been living abroad?"
"Yes what's the matter?"
Zhang Zhiyuan was a little confused, so Chen Bai decided to get to know Yan Wen first to see if he could find any clues.
"What? You said Yan Wen is still alive and well?"
Chen Bai and Zhang Zhiwen flew overnight to Yan Wen's country. After communicating with the local police, Chen Bai unexpectedly learned that Yan Wen was still alive.
"Are you Yan Wen?"
Chen Bai was a little confused because the gap between this Yan Wen and the person on the passport was too big.
"Yes, I am Yan Wen."
"Then you are Yan Wen. How do you explain this?"
Yan Wen smiled and said a little embarrassedly.
"Comrade police, you don't know this. I needed money for a while, so I sold my passport."
"Did you sell your passport?"
Chen Bai was a little surprised, Yan Wen nodded and said sheepishly.
"It's like this. It's not like in China. Sometimes there are more places to spend money on certain things. I sold my passport because I didn't have any money."
"Who sold it to!"
Zhang Zhiyuan was a little excited, but Yan Wen said he couldn't remember it.
"Okay, thank you then."
Chen Bai said and took Zhang Zhiyuan away. The two of them found a place to sit down. Zhang Zhiyuan asked with some confusion.
"Chen Bai, what should we do now? Yan Wen sold his passport, which means that the deceased is definitely not Yan Wen. Who is the person who followed Chen Mingyang back? Why did this person disappear as soon as he came back?
Follow Chen Mingyang back to Songxi again? These are all problems!"