"I understand, alright, the body is over there!"
Monkey and I were chatting as everyone noticed the center of the pool. Xie Chuchu and Ling Xiaotao were preparing to retrieve the body.
A nanny and several bodyguards stood nearby. A cordon had been set up around the pool, and some detectives were questioning people. The eyewitness was the nanny herself.
I didn't pay attention to the questioning for now, because we were facing a problem. The pool was quite deep, and for some reason, the water was incredibly murky, like a mud pit. Had the killer tampered with it?
Given the current water depth, the anchor hook and drag net wouldn't work well. I was speechless; the depth was like a reservoir.
We would need to dive to retrieve the body.
There are many methods for retrieving bodies, each suited to different environments. 1. Anchor hook retrieval. Many grassroots fire stations have made their own anchor hooks specifically for retrieving victims' bodies, making it the most common method used by them.
2. Drag net. Depending on the water conditions, the location of the drowning, and other factors, a temporary drag net made of thorns might be used at the scene.
3. Diving search. When the water is calm, deep, and clean, some squads may even send divers to search.
However, seeing Lu Yangjia's body, I was puzzled. I had initially thought Lu Yangjia was handsome, but he turned out to be fat. Considering the environment, a skinny person would be difficult enough to retrieve, let alone a fat one.
The moment I put on my diving suit, Xie Chuchu and Ling Xiaotao were ready, followed by Xiahou and Xiao Yuande. After entering the water, we all pulled the body together. The body was indeed incredibly heavy. You cannot imagine how we felt retrieving a body in such murky water, and such a fat body that lifting it was a problem.
We couldn't use any tools in this environment; we had to lift him and hand him over to the officers waiting on the shore. As we pulled, we endured the intense stench and expended considerable effort to move the body. But these were not the most difficult parts. The moment we lifted the body, the sewage that poured off it directly hit my protective mask. At that moment, my stomach churned violently, and I almost vomited. Of course, if I had vomited then, the feeling of nausea would have intensified a hundredfold.
I suppressed it, my eyes felt like they were watering, and my mouth felt sour and astringent. We had to be extremely careful. If we touched anything while moving the body and damaged it, how would the family feel when they saw him in a damaged state during the identification?
However, at least we found the body now, and the case has progressed. We are no longer being led around by that sense of mystery.
This woman...
Once the body was brought up, it was placed on the ground nearby. The nanny and bodyguards who had witnessed the male corpse were terrified and retreated several steps. Xie Chuchu and Ling Xiaotao began the autopsy on the body.
I also squatted nearby, helping out.
After Xie Chuchu conducted a series of preliminary surface examinations and observed the victim's pupils with a white light, she moved the body's joints and said, "There are bullet hole marks on the occipital bone. A bullet passed through the victim's skull from this position. The exit wound should be at the bridge of the nose. Greenish discoloration is evident. Rigor mortis has begun in the major joints, and the eyelids are cloudy. The time of death is over 14 hours. Considering the ambient temperature and humidity, the margin of error is less than 20 minutes. It is now 2 PM, so the time of death was around midnight yesterday. It shouldn't be difficult to transport a body here and dump it, right? Have the nearby surveillance cameras been checked?"
Gao Mingqiang replied, "We are checking. You see footprints all around the pool, but I've already checked with a side-light, and there are only five sets of footprints."
"Five sets? That's quite a lot. Do people usually come here?" I asked the nanny, who was not far away.
"Usually, only Madam and Mr. Lu come near, but our Madam..."
"What is it? Do you know something?"
"It's hard to say."
"Speak up. Everything you know could be key to solving the case. Do you understand?"
"Uh, Officer He, the situation is like this. Our Madam has a bad habit of bringing men home, and then in the pool, you know, it's disgusting. I feel very uncomfortable every time I see it. I also found Mr. Lu hiding in the room. What's going on with their marriage? Even though Mr. Lu is married into the family, he shouldn't treat his husband like this. If I were him, I would have filed for divorce long ago."
The nanny, for some reason, became indignant as she spoke, as if these things had happened to her.
I thought that if Chi Tianyun was like this, wouldn't Lu Yangjia be the one who was angry? If you consider it from his perspective, not to mention him, any normal man would be furious and feel completely humiliated if his wife spent the night with another man in front of him. He would have a motive for murder, but now he has become the victim.
I asked Xiahou to continue talking to the nanny, while I turned my attention back to the body.
Ling Xiaotao then said very keenly, "We can only determine some preliminary findings now. I think it's best to return to the forensic laboratory for a more detailed examination. But Mr. Coroner, do you have any other methods?"
"Well, I still have one trick up my sleeve. Can you all help me buy some onions and garlic? I'll also need a piece of wood, some adhesive, and silver needles. That's all."
"Understood!" Gao Mingqiang immediately set off, his anticipation soaring knowing I was about to show off again.
I nodded with satisfaction and stood by the body. At this moment, all the bodyguards and the nanny from Lu Yangjia's residence were being questioned by our people. The forensics team was conducting another investigation in the rooms around the pool, or the kitchen, bathroom, etc., bending over and crawling on the ground with various precision instruments.
Because some unknown liquid was found on the ground, Xie Chuchu immediately used test strips to detect it. The result was positive. At that moment, Liu Yuning was puzzled, "How can that be? Isn't the person dead?"
"People can still ejaculate after death, but it certainly can't be automatic. Could it be that someone..." Xie Chuchu stopped mid-sentence. I, however, directly said, "Are you suggesting someone gave the corpse a handjob?"
"Uh, senior."