"Who are you? The Investigation Division is handling a case. Idle people are not allowed to enter!"
Just as Song Yan was looking down at the corpse, a commotion came from outside. The inspector's voice was loud, which made him look up.
When he looked up, he saw Ye Zhiqiu standing in front of the crowd. He was still wearing that moon - colored robe. Even when his feet stepped on the blood flowing from the corpse, his expression didn't change a bit.
He turned his head and met Song Yan's gaze, and he immediately understood what Song Yan meant.
So he stood up, walked to the inspector's side, gently placed his hand on the inspector's hand holding the long sword, and said in a calm tone, "He is an acquaintance of mine and also the key to solving this case. Let him in."
The inspector glanced at Song Yan and then at Ye Zhiqiu. Hearing this, he had no choice but to let Song Yan in.
"What have you noticed about this corpse?" Ye Zhiqiu turned around and walked to Song Yan's side, standing shoulder to shoulder with him. He asked about this case.
He really seemed to care a lot about the murder cases. Every time there was something related to the murderer, he would surely arrive at the scene immediately and would also become more talkative.
"Although it seems no different from the previous corpses, I feel something is a bit strange." Song Yan walked to the corpse, and through the clothes, he checked the corpse's neck and the corner of the clothes.
"Before the victim's death, there were marks of being strangled on the neck. It seems..." Song Yan manipulated the victim's neck, looking left and right. "He should have been strangled with a rope."
Ye Zhiqiu looked at the corpse on the ground, gently frowning. "The murderer should be good at killing with a knife. It's impossible for him to strangle the victim with a rope..."
His voice gradually trailed off. Song Yan also knew that this matter was not that simple. The murderer had suddenly disappeared for so long. It was impossible for him to make such a flawed move.
He also knew what Ye Zhiqiu was going to say next, but Song Yan only cared about his own Investigation Division now. He wanted to protect it.
After such a long time, the suddenly appeared corpse was the key.
Find the corpse first, and deal with the rest later.
"Take him back to the coroner for an autopsy." Song Yan waved his hand. After instructing the inspectors on all the matters, he wiped his hands with a handkerchief and stood up.
"Director Song..." Ye Zhiqiu looked at the other person's figure and called out his name.
Song Yan paused when he heard the voice. He knew what the other person wanted to say, so he slowly said, "I will find out the murderer. Please rest assured, Teacher Ye."
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Ye Zhiqiu wanted to say something else, but in the end, he couldn't say a single word.
Song Yan looked at the other person's departing back. His mood was a bit complicated, but now was not the time to think about these things. He lowered his head to cast aside the complicated thoughts in his heart and stepped towards the morgue.
When the corpse was brought there, the coroner had already arrived and was waiting. Except for some of the corpses found a few days ago that were claimed by their families according to the personal belongings and buried, the rest had been concentrated and buried by the Investigation Division.
The morgue, which had finally been emptied, now had one more corpse.
After a period of autopsy, the coroner walked out of the morgue and reported the clues he had just found, word by word.
"This corpse seems to be that of a 27 - or 28 - year - old man. The real cause of death was suffocation by being strangled with a rope. The knife wounds on the chest and face were inflicted later, and the victim's eyeballs were scratched by a sharp blade."
The coroner paused. He looked up in Song Yan's direction, with a look of embarrassment on his face. "I'm not sure if I should say something."
Song Yan looked at the inspectors around and pointed to a small pavilion beside him. "It's sunny here. Let's go to the pavilion to talk."
The coroner nodded and followed Song Yan's steps towards the pavilion. The inspectors on the spot also knew that the director didn't want them to hear this matter, so they just stood there waiting.
"Master, is there something strange about this corpse?" Mo Xu looked at the corpse in the room with a white cloth covering its face and frowned.
Old Yang didn't say a word when he heard this. He had been in the Investigation Division for the longest time, and he was in charge of this case. This suddenly appeared corpse was too coincidental.
Moreover, there were many flaws in it, and the killing method was also very different from that of the previous corpses.
But now the Investigation Division was on the verge of a crisis. Old Yang had also heard about the agreement between the director and the emperor. The murderer's whereabouts were unpredictable, and it seemed that there were powerful court officials backing him up.
Catching a flawed murderer was always easier than catching one with powerful backers.
Facing Mo Xu's question, Old Yang just reached out and knocked on his head, pretending to be angry. "Spend more time looking at the case files. There are many things you think are strange."
Mo Xu covered his head. He never doubted his master's words. So he was also reflecting on whether he had really thought too much.
In the pavilion on the other side, Song Yan had his hands behind his back and calmly said in the direction of the coroner, "There's something wrong with this corpse."
"Yes. The previous corpses were all killed with a single knife and there was no need for external force. Moreover, the murderer never cared about being seen. All the corpses had their eyes open when they died, but this one is different."
The coroner lowered his eyes. "There's a legend among the people that the eyes of a person who died a violent death will see the last thing they saw in their life, remember that person's appearance, and then turn into a ghost to seek revenge."
"This is a rumor that ordinary people are afraid of. The eyes of the corpses in the previous reports were all scratched, but the murderer never did this before. It's very strange this time."
The coroner's voice gradually became lower. Song Yan knew what he didn't say. He glanced at the inspectors standing not far away and also lowered his voice.
"This corpse was not killed by the same person as the previous ones. This murderer imitated the previous cases and wanted to classify this case as one of the previous ones."
"Exactly." The coroner nodded, agreeing with his conclusion and also giving a bit of a reminder. "I just hope that the director won't be too eager to find the murderer and arrest this one as the mastermind of all the previous crimes."
Song Yan understood what the coroner said, but he had a heavy responsibility on his shoulders. This murderer had left a lot of clues. He believed that the murderer would be caught soon, and this murderer could temporarily relieve the threat to the Investigation Division.
It seemed that everyone knew his thoughts. Everyone was reminding him not to act on impulse, which made Song Yan extremely anxious.
He straightened his sleeves and nodded. "I understand what the coroner said. I will surely keep it in mind."
After the short conversation, Song Yan returned to the inspectors and sorted out the murderer's motive for the crime according to the clues he had investigated.