Chapter 083 Great Harvest

  Qin Lang knew that now he had to come up with a convincing reason.

  The careless executive, Captain Ko, needs to be put under pressure. As a high school student, he doesn't carry enough weight. Dr. Yim's prestige and status make him the best person for the job.

  After some thought, Qin Lang decided to start with the strict law of medicine.

  "Strictly speaking, Doctor, I'd like to ask, have you done any special treatment on the corpse?" Qin Lang asked with a knowing tone.

  When he examined the body with Wu Qi Guan Ti Fa, he noticed that the body had not been treated with chemicals.

  Yan Fa's expression changed, and she looked at Qin Lang with a puzzled expression. Without needing to say anything, she also knew what Qin Lang was going to question next.

  But she can't avoid this problem, and it's precisely the problem she must face. Maybe by chatting with Qin Lang, she can find inspiration and resolve the doubts that have been weighing on her mind.

  She shook her head and looked at Qin Lang expectantly.

  Qin Lang saw the uncertain gaze in Yan Fa's eyes and knew that he had found the right entry point, and couldn't help but smile slightly. "As far as I know, in forensic medicine, you infer the time of death based on the characteristics presented on the surface of the deceased. You've discovered this body for more than twelve hours now, haven't you?"

  "Strict forensic doctor, a corpse that has been dead for twelve hours should have some changes, I suppose you are the most clear about it. However, now the corpse seems to have no changes at all without any special treatment, shouldn't you explain the reason behind it?"

  This kid is really a sight for sore eyes!

  Yan Fa's eyes widened in surprise as she was expecting Qin Lang to give her inspiration, but instead he asked her a question.

  "To be honest, I also can't explain it. In forensic medicine, within 24 hours after death, the blood that has congealed due to rigor mortis will cause the skin to turn black, and there will also be signs of putrefaction and bloating. But this corpse is so well-preserved... I've never seen anything like it before..."

  "If so, why are you so sure her time of death is twenty hours ago?"

  "I actually suspected that the deceased might have come into contact with or used some special chemical substance before death, which allowed for the preservation. And I judged this based on the fact that the deceased's pupils had a patchy turbidity and were semi-transparent, which I can be absolutely certain of and will not be wrong!" Dr. Yan was about to continue speaking when he was interrupted by an incoming call.

  When she saw the caller's name on her phone, a hint of joy flashed across her face and she hastily went to answer it.

  "Qin Lang, is it because of this reason that you determined the corpse has been dead for a week?" Bai Wuxiao asked tentatively. Even though Qin Lang's reasoning for judging the time of death was vague, she still felt very curious about it.

  Everyone was curious about Yan Fa's reaction when answering the phone, but soon they were attracted by Bai Wuchu's question again. They also wanted to know what Qin Lang said that couldn't be explained.

  But Qin Lang had a look of selling Guan Gongzi, which made many people feel very unhappy.

  Just then, a police officer rushed over to report, "Captain Gao, colleagues from the intelligence unit have found out that the deceased had been to a restaurant in Wen Chang County, which is under the jurisdiction of Changle City, ten days ago. The restaurant also has surveillance footage of her!"

  "Changle City?" Captain Gao was taken aback, how did it run to Wenxi County in Changle City again? After investigation, the deceased was not a local person, and the time span was very long, this may not be a useful clue.

  Qin Lang couldn't help but sneer: "Dongkou Town is just a town under Wenxiang County!"

  Bai Wu Xia listened to Qin Lang's words and immediately flipped out her phone, using the internet to look up all the counties, towns, and villages under Chang Le City. When she got to Dong Kou Town, she was suddenly shocked and looked at Qin Lang in disbelief, then enlarged the phone screen and handed it to Captain Gao: "This is real!"

  The team leader immediately fell into deep thought, as if making up his mind about something.

  At this time, Yan Fa rushed over with a smile on his face and said: "My good friend Professor Yang told me that the Dongkou Town mentioned by Xiao Qin indeed has file records. It is the only place in our province with such strongly alkaline soil!"

  She was just about to persuade Gao Feng to go with Qin Lang to this Dongkou Town, but unexpectedly Gao Feng immediately clapped his hands and said: "Everyone, let's set off right away!"

  After dealing with the body, a group of police officers got into their respective patrol cars and headed to their destination. Captain Gao still had an attitude of treating dead horses as if they were alive, but Qin Lang's god-like deduction made him look at Qin Lang in a different light, and he arranged for Qin Lang to ride in the same car as himself, balancing out his strictness with Qin Lang's presence.

  On the bus, after a discussion among several people, they decided not to go through Changle City, but instead headed straight for Wenchang County, where the deceased was last seen.

  Arrived at the local place, it was already 9 o'clock in the evening. Although Ping'an City, where the peak is located, is not a higher-level city of Wenchang County, after all, it is a provincial-level municipal public security bureau, belonging to a higher-level agency in the same system, with a higher official rank.

  So when the big and small leaders of the Public Security Bureau around Wen Chang County heard that Gao Feng had arrived, they didn't care how late it was, immediately put down their work and rushed to the Public Security Bureau to greet him.

  No one is a fuel-efficient lamp, so late and still rushing over, must be something urgent, so no one dares to fall behind.

  After the peak explanation, the director of Wenxiang County Public Security Bureau, who was still carrying a strong smell of wine, patted his chest and promised: "Comrade Gao, we will definitely work together to help you crack the case! What do you need? Just ask! But it's so late, don't you want to wait until tomorrow morning to take action? I'll arrange for your accommodation and food right away!"

  "Shaking his head, Gao Feng refused: 'This case is extremely important and can't have the slightest slackness, so we must start work immediately!'"

  The people of Xian Public Security Bureau had never seen big winds and waves, so they couldn't understand Gao Feng's behavior. But they didn't dare to refute him either. Immediately, the whole county, as well as some remote towns, all the police officers who could be dispatched were called over.

  Under the insistence of Yan Fa and Qin Lang, Gao Feng finally put his work focus on Dongkou Town. After initially formulating a screening plan, under Gao Feng's command, everyone immediately headed in the direction of Dongkou Town.

  Even though it's already very late and most people have fallen asleep, the usually quiet Dongkou Town was suddenly swarmed with over 200 police officers, which is absolutely explosive news.

  The public opinion was powerful, and soon the whole town was lit up with lights, and people gathered at their doorsteps to watch the excitement.

  The town has 31 village committees and nearly 500 villagers' groups, most of which are located in the mountainous areas with thousands of valleys and streams. The mountainous area accounts for two-thirds of the entire town. The farthest village group is a two to three hour drive away. Finding the grass on the corpse and identifying the first crime scene in such a town is like looking for a needle in the ocean.

  Despite this, no one dared to raise any objections. With the town center as the base, more than 200 police officers began a blanket search and inquiry of local residents in accordance with Gao's requirements.

  The sky is too late, bringing many inconveniences to the investigation, but it's not all bad. Except for those far away, people are generally at home in the evening, and the information obtained will be more comprehensive.

  Qin Lang and Bai Wuchan, along with several other police officers, were divided into a group to start the investigation. After searching for a while, Qin Lang found a ninety-year-old old lady in one of the resident's homes and asked: "Excuse me, are there any legends or historical stories that have been passed down in this town?"

  The old lady was too old and her ears were not good. The two of them gestured for half a day, and Qin Lang barely got some answers from the other person's mouth.

  He then found several other elderly people and asked questions that all revolved around the background of Dongkou Town.

  Bai Wuchan and other police officers saw Qin Lang's actions and felt inexplicable.

  Leaving normal men and women alone, they specifically target old people who are even deaf and blind, asking questions that seem to have nothing to do with the case. What is this for?

  But everyone was busy with their own affairs and didn't bother Qin Lang.

  Qin Lang originally only knew some simple humanistic background about Dongkou Town, but after persistent inquiry, he unexpectedly gained some little-known historical legacy issues from the mouths of these elderly people. This is exactly why he wanted to ask the old man, because young people rarely know these things.

  He is trying to analyze whether there are ancient tombs or tomb raiding phenomena through these historical issues, and then determine his own inference. If there are tombs here, or if there are tomb robbers coming and going, it may be possible to find the murderer by following the clues.

  As for the old man who could say valuable answers, Qin Lang also deliberately filled in the information about the grave and continued to ask questions. Unfortunately, the practical information he gained was not much, making him start to suspect that he had inferred wrongly.

  After persistent efforts, Qin Lang finally made a slight gain. The other party was an old man in his sixties or seventies who was leaning on a crutch.

  The old man had a bandage wrapped around his left leg and walked with a crutch, his posture was very awkward, not like someone who was used to using a crutch for a long time, but rather like he was using it because of an injury.

  Because of the crutch, Qin Lang put this old man on the list of key interrogations.

  The old man's cane was not an ordinary one, with a rounded head, a snake-shaped middle section, and exquisite carvings. From the shape of the carvings and the degree of aging, Qin Lang could tell at a glance that this was a bronze cane with some age to it. More importantly, he detected a faint aura of yin energy emanating from the old man's body, but this aura was different from the thick, heavy yin energy on the deceased. Therefore, Qin Lang could only conclude that the old man was an underground worker, not the murderer.

  In addition, in the old man's humble home, Qin Lang also noticed that on the wall hung a Luoyang shovel, a canvas-sewn rat coat, and an iron scoop, all of which were tools related to tomb robbery.

  If it were an outsider, at first glance, they would generally think that this was just an ordinary farm tool, but Qin Lang's sharp eyes did not miss a beat. Adding the bronze crutch and the aura of evil, he felt even more that this lame old man was very likely to be a grave robber.

  "Old sir, your cane is very distinctive, I wonder where you bought it? I was just thinking of buying one for my grandfather." Qin Lang asked, staring at the cane.

  "Buy a crutch on the street, run over to ask me what I'm doing, you little scoundrel!" The old man didn't look very kind, and after teasing Qin Lang for a while, he slowly walked into the inner room.

  "Excuse me, sir, have you heard any strange noises or explosions recently?"

  Facing Qin Lang's incessant questioning, the old man appeared somewhat impatient and gave an order to drive him away, "Go go go, I don't know anything!"

  Qin Lang narrowed his eyes, walked to the wall, took down that Luoyang shovel and asked: "Could it be that Old Master has a habit of surveying land? If so, I wonder if you have any understanding of this burial site?"

  "Damn it, you little brat! Which pot doesn't open and which one is it? Get out of here quickly! Otherwise, don't blame me for bullying the tender shoots!" As Qin Lang asked more in-depth questions, the old man's temper suddenly became violent, as if he was intentionally hiding his guilty conscience on his face.

  Bai Wuxia, who was standing at the door, noticed that something was off and immediately walked in.

  Qin Lang's conversation with the old man was heard very clearly by her, and it was obvious that Qin Lang's questions about the tomb, strange noises, and explosions had angered the old man.

  At the same time, she felt a surge of annoyance in her heart, thinking to herself: What is Qin Lang doing asking these questions? Does he want to go grave robbing or something?

  She thought for a moment, then leaned in close to him and asked, "Aren't we supposed to be looking for the first crime scene now? What does this have to do with the case?"

  Qin Lang smiled and shook his head, saying quietly: "Take him away, interrogate him thoroughly, and you'll know the answer!"