Seeing the crime scene flashbacks made me the darling of the police station.

Chapter 108 Avoiding the New Case, Encountering an Acquaintance

After digging out the two bodies, on the way back to the municipal bureau.

Zhuang Yanzheng recounted the buying and selling of this villa in recent years.

"The person who first bought this land was named Cui Xuan, a woman, who is 41 years old this year. She started construction on this place in the same year she bought it."

"Four years ago, after the renovation was completed, they suddenly wanted to sell this place," Zhuang Yanzheng said. "Ji Sheng bought it."

Su Miaoyi and Yan Cheng listened quietly.

“Ji Sheng’s company isn’t doing well, so he sold this place a while ago. The current buyer is Wang Ningyu. I just met him,” Zhuang Yanzheng said. “He said he doesn’t like the style here, and he consulted a feng shui master who said the villa’s location has bad feng shui. So he simply wants to tear it down and rebuild it.”

"Could it be that the master has foreseen that there are corpses buried below?" Chu Xingrou asked.

Su Miaoyi raised her hand and placed it on Chu Xingrou's head: "I think you're right. The murderer has gotten his comeuppance."

Chu Xingrou nodded: "Also, this villa covers such a large area, and its construction must have been a huge project. Could there have been instances of driving live piles?"

Su Miaoyi and the others fell silent for a moment.

"Driving a living stake" is an ancient feudal superstitious practice, which is essentially a human sacrifice.

Breaking ground in a place is believed to disrupt the local feng shui and anger vengeful spirits. To ensure the project proceeds smoothly and to minimize accidents, people are buried alive.

Generally, young boys and girls are used for sacrifice.

These are the two skeletons we found today.

One of them was not very old.

However, both were female.

Whether or not the person was buried alive requires further autopsy examination.

But regardless of whether it's a live stake or not.

Cui Xuan and the construction team from back then are both suspects.

Yan Cheng looked at the two of them and said, "The time of death is four or five years ago. If the cement floor in the backyard was laid by Ji Sheng after he bought it, or if he has some connection with the construction team, he cannot clear his name."

"I've already sent people to the Cui and Ji families to inquire," Zhuang Yanzheng said. "There should be photos of the villa from when the transaction took place."

Yan Cheng nodded.

“So.” Zhuang Yanzheng looked at Su Miaoyi in the rearview mirror.

"Do I need to leave?" Su Miaoyi asked.

"It would be best to avoid this," Zhuang Yanzheng said.

Su Miaoyi nodded: "I know."

It's better to avoid it for now.

She wasn't afraid of what others might say about her helping to clear Ji Sheng's name.

I'm afraid this matter might actually be related to Ji Sheng.

She worried that people would say she was trying to harm Ji Sheng and deliberately pinned the crime on him.

Cai Qinglian keeps claiming that Cai Ke and Cai Xi were behind their case.

Avoid these kinds of things if you can.

Although she was upright and had nothing to fear, she was afraid of being criticized.

"Leave after the autopsy is complete," Zhuang Yanzheng said.

Su Miaoyi glanced at him in the rearview mirror and said, "Okay."

She needs to see if she can see anything through the corpse.

I returned to the Municipal Bureau.

Su Miaoyi and Yan Cheng went to the dissection room.

The first thing to do was to separate the two skeletons and arrange them properly.

When the bodies are dug out and put into body bags, those that can be identified are the ones that were packed separately.

After all the items were identified and arranged properly.

Yan Cheng began to conduct a thorough examination.

His assistant was taking notes.

"Female, around 36 years old at the time of death. About 1.68 meters tall, and the time of death was between four and five years ago."

Su Miaoyi said, "Judging from the clothes, it must be summer."

Then he went to check another body.

"Female, around 14 years old at the time of death, about 1.6 meters tall, died between four and five years ago, with a fractured hyoid bone and signs of neck stress. The cause of death was strangulation."

After the basic examination, Yan Cheng took a bone from the area close to the stomach to prepare for a routine poison screening.

DNA samples must also be extracted to identify the deceased.

Afterwards, Yan Cheng placed the skulls and teeth of the two skeletons into anhydrous ethanol.

"This is what you need?" Yan Cheng's assistant asked. Yan Cheng looked at Su Miaoyi.

Su Miaoyi blinked and said, "Observe the changes in the teeth and skull to confirm the cause of death."

The assistant still didn't quite understand.

Yan Cheng explained it to him in detail.

Half an hour later, the skull of the younger corpse remained unchanged, but the roots of its teeth turned orange-red, exhibiting a "rose teeth" phenomenon.

This indicates that the person suffocated before death.

This is consistent with strangulation.

The older body, however, showed no changes in its teeth, but the skull exhibited bony indentations, indicating that it had suffered a violent blow and suffered traumatic brain injury.

The fact that the teeth remained unchanged also indicates that there was no suffocation before death.

The cause of death was a severe blow to the head.

Of course, we also need to look at the toxicology test results.

For now.

Judging from the posture of the two skeletons and the cause of death, they were buried after death.

"Did you see anything?" Yan Cheng asked in a low voice.

Su Miaoyi shook her head: "No."

“Let Lu Zhishen draw a portrait based on the skull,” Yan Cheng said.

Su Miaoyi nodded. After so many years, someone should have reported her missing.

We can't end up like Qian Fan again.

After the autopsy was completed, Su Miaoyi prepared to return to her residence.

After leaving the Municipal Bureau, I walked down the steps.

Just as I finished descending the last step, a car pulled up in front of the Municipal Bureau.

The car window rolled down, revealing Shen Yanzhou's face.

Su Miaoyi raised an eyebrow: "Parking is not allowed in front of the Municipal Bureau."

"Come on up quickly," Shen Yanzhou said with a smile.

Su Miaoyi got into the car, fastened her seatbelt, and Shen Yanzhou drove away.

"What are you doing here?" Su Miaoyi asked.

"My passport expired, and I just came out of the immigration hall. I saw you as I drove by," Shen Yanzhou said. "You're off work so early today?"

In the past two months, Shen Yanzhou has visited Weiyang Palace many times.

They've already figured out Su Miaoyi's get off work hours.

"I want to rest today," Su Miaoyi said, her stomach growling a few times.

Su Miaoyi: "."

Shen Yanzhou glanced at her: "Haven't you eaten yet at this hour?"

"There's a case." Su Miaoyi looked out the window, looking for a place to eat.

"What would you like to eat?" Shen Yanzhou asked.

Su Miaoyi thought for a moment: "I remember there was a new beef noodle restaurant that opened on the way back."

Shen Yanzhou hadn't paid much attention to it.

We had traveled halfway when we finally saw the noodle shop.

"Go ahead and do what you need to do. I can go back by myself," Su Miaoyi said.

"Are you going to starve me?" Shen Yanzhou asked.

"Haven't you eaten either?" Su Miaoyi asked.

"I've eaten, but I'm hungry again." Shen Yanzhou unbuckled his seatbelt. "Please treat me."

"Then Young Master Shen, you'll have to make do with me today." Su Miaoyi pushed open the car door and got out.

Shen Yanzhou locked the car and followed her into the store.

It's newly opened, and the store is both new and clean.

Su Miaoyi stood in front of the order counter. The waiter, who had been tidying up with his back to them, immediately turned around and smiled when he heard the voice, saying, "Hello."

Su Miaoyi looked at her, her eyes momentarily stunned.

The person in front of me overlaps with the person in my memory.

It is Xiang Lianlian.

(End of this chapter)