I make a living solving crimes.

The next morning, Chang Wei heard the news that the case had been solved.

The criminal police who went out to investigate have already caught the suspect.

The person who committed murder and arson was the deceased's brother-in-law...or rather, his former brother-in-law.

The daughter-in-law ran away, and the deceased and Yue's family became enemies.

He asked the Yue family for people, and the Yue family asked him for people. There had been several conflicts in the past two years. The most serious one was a big fight, and the victim broke his brother-in-law's head.

After that, my brother-in-law kept saying outside that he wanted to kill him.

The case was solved, and the originally depressing atmosphere in the county bureau became visibly relaxed.

The county bureau didn’t know whether the three days given by the province started from the time the order was issued or from the time the murder occurred, but no matter how it was calculated, they would be able to complete the task.

If the case cannot be solved, all the police officers in the bureau can forget about their daily routine. Even eating on time and getting off work on time are luxuries. They even have to calculate the time by using a watch when going to the toilet.

This is not the most serious consequence. If the case is not solved, no one knows what level of punishment the superiors will impose in the end. Once the matter is escalated, the entire organization will be in trouble for several years.

In short, solving a case within a deadline is a political test for all police officers in the city.

When Chang Wei walked into the county bureau, everyone's face was filled with smiles and they greeted him warmly.

This enthusiasm also carries a sense of showing off and provocation.

Zhang Long and Zhao Hu wanted to curse several times, but were stopped by Fan Tuaner.

Chang Wei didn't care. He responded with a smile and asked for the location of the criminal police captain's office.

The captain of the criminal police team was a little depressed, probably because he had been staying up all night. However, he was still in high spirits after solving the case. He smiled happily and said, "This guy is a tough guy. He looks skinny, but it took two of us to hold him down."

Chang Wei frowned and asked, "Is the murderer very thin?"

"Well, you're so skinny, you don't look like a man at all."

"How tall is he?"

"Probably a little over 1.6 meters, definitely less than 1.7 meters."

Being thin is the norm in this era. A height of over 1.6 meters is considered a shorty in the north, but it is not too uncommon.

After all, there was no milk when they were born, and eggs were probably used to exchange for money to support the family, so they were reluctant to eat them.

Chang Wei thought about it and raised his doubts carefully, "Is there any injury on the murderer?"

"I don't think so. We haven't had time to check yet. But he's pretty strong."

Chang Wei then asked: "Do you know the height and weight of the deceased?"

He had seen the dead in the morgue, but they had been burned dry and their entire bodies were curled up like Bohai shrimps.

There is no constant value for how much weight a human being will lose when burned to carbonization. In this era, the only ones who can accurately know how much water a person's body has are the Japanese, and only they would conduct such an inhumane experiment.

Chang Wei only knew that when he turned into ashes, his body would only be about 5% of his body weight.

So he was really asking seriously.

The smile on the criminal police captain's face faded.

He already understood what Chang Wei meant.

The deceased had once had a fight with his brother-in-law and had won completely.

If it was a sneak attack...

The deceased was stabbed in his own home. Given the relationship between the two, it is impossible that the deceased was not on guard against his brother-in-law. Even if the other party had a weapon, he could just pick up a stick or a bench at home as a weapon of resistance.

In a head-on fight, it seems not easy for the murderer to win and escape unscathed.

But this kid had a motive for committing the crime, and he resisted fiercely when he was arrested!

As he was talking, Director Su walked in, greeted Chang Wei briefly and said, "Let's go take a look together."

What to watch? Of course, the interrogation.

Just as the criminal police captain said, the murderer was small and thin, with a wretched appearance. He was pressed on the interrogation chair and desperately cried out his innocence.

But when asked by the interrogator about his whereabouts at the time of the crime, he was vague.

With a motive and time to commit the crime, no matter who investigates the case, he will be listed as the primary suspect.

Seeing that he was stubborn, the detectives explained the policy three times and then started to take action.

Under the great memory recovery technique, the murderer soon couldn't bear it and began to confess.

How to plan revenge, how to sneak into the deceased's home, how to launch a surprise attack, and finally destroy the body and how to throw the murder weapon into the river.

Whenever he couldn't remember, the interrogator would use his fists to help him recall, or even give him several options to choose from.

Chang Wei watched silently, then stepped out of the interrogation room. He ignored the jubilant criminal police captain and looked at Director Su and asked, "Is the autopsy report out?"

I don't know why the criminal police captain is asking about the autopsy report at this time.

As long as the criminal is willing to confess, he can be convicted.

He hesitated and refused to move, and Chief Su slapped him in the face, almost knocking his hat off. "Team Leader Chang, where is the autopsy report?"

After being beaten, he ran to find the forensic doctor angrily.

Old Wang had probably been busy for most of the night. As he was old, it was difficult for him to stay up late. When he walked into the director's office, his steps were a little unsteady.

"Director, Leader Chang." He still smiled flatteringly, handed over a piece of paper in his hand, and explained: "I opened the skull and chest. There is a wound on the skull, but the bone is not broken, so it should not be a fatal injury. There was a knife in the chest, and the wound is about three or four centimeters deep."

Hearing this, Chief Su and the Criminal Police Captain's faces looked bad.

The confession said that the knife was stabbed into the body and the handle was gone.

"Could it be that the murderer remembered it wrongly?" The criminal police captain muttered to himself. He looked up and saw the director's gloomy face, so he didn't dare to say anything more.

Unless one has killed countless people, it is impossible to remember such details incorrectly.

He even admitted to murder and arson, so there was no need for him to make a false confession in this matter.

Chang Wei didn't rush to make a judgment, and continued to ask: "Master Wang, how is the chest opening?"

"His lungs feel soft to the touch." Lao Wang rubbed his thumb and index finger in front of him, as if recalling the feeling at that time. Seeing Director Su's puzzled face, he quickly explained: "Director, in this case, the person is usually choked to death by the smoke."

To be exact, it was death from suffocation.

As for the feeling that Lao Wang mentioned, it is called the feeling of holding snow or twisting hair in the jargon. Friends who often dissect corpses know that this feeling is very common in patients with lung diseases.

The same is true for death by suffocation.

This is a different order from the previous inference. It is not murder or arson, but arson and murder.

Of course, no matter which one it is, it is ultimately a death sentence.

However, the murderer's confession and the forensic autopsy results were completely opposite.

The detective captain muttered, "But he has confessed."

Chang Wei didn't say anything. Director Su slammed the table and shouted, "That's because he's afraid of being beaten to death by you."

"Chief, we have a deadline to solve the case..."

"That doesn't mean we can take human life lightly."

The criminal police captain stopped arguing. He also knew that there were many loopholes in this case. He was just wondering, "Why can't he explain clearly where he went on the night of the crime?"

Chang Wei knew that.

He reminded softly, "It's just after the Chinese New Year, and it's the off-season. Maybe he went to play cards."