Based on the positioning information sent by Zhou Quan on WeChat, Xu Zhenguo took Lin Wei and He Li and immediately rushed back to Longshou Mountain on the outskirts of Xincheng District, Youjiang City.

When Lin Wei was driving from the winding road at the bottom of the mountain to halfway up Longshou Mountain, he met Zhou Quan who was waiting anxiously by the roadside.

Zhou Quan was wearing a light blue short-sleeved duty uniform and standing on the inside of the winding road holding a black umbrella. She waved her hand and shouted to Lin Wei in the car: "Brother Xiao Lin! Stop the car on the side of the road.

The crime scene is in the woods! You have to get out of the car and walk to enter the scene!"

Xu Zhenguo and the other three nodded and walked out of the car in the rain.

Unlike Zhushi County where the sun is shining brightly, the weather in Youjiang City is still gloomy and rainy.

The rain fell on the trees, making a "pitter patter" sound, and the four of them moved forward quickly with a rustling sound under their feet.

Zhou Quan walked at the front of the four. She cleared the grass around her and led the way carefully.

"You three are so slow. I've been waiting for you since I arrived at the scene. It's been almost two hours! The other police have already withdrawn, and the forensic doctor has also taken away the body after examining it! Really!" Zhou

Tsuen complained.

Lin Wei put the hood of his hoodie on his head and followed closely behind Zhou Quan: "I have already driven back as fast as possible. We took the national highway when we went to Zhushi County and we still took it when we came back.

Expressway. It’s raining heavily in Youjiang City. If I hadn’t shown my police officer ID, I might not have been able to get on the expressway. I didn’t even have time to eat lunch now. Why would Zhou Quan and Zhang Lei go to such a place where birds don’t poop?

Come?"

"It's not clear yet. Our Xincheng District Criminal Investigation Team is investigating. I can contact you later."

He Li was next to Lin Wei. He placed his hands flat on his head to symbolically block the falling rain. He did not forget to interject during the journey: "Are there many tombs in this mountain? Immediately.

It’s the Ghost Festival, is Zhang Lei here to burn paper?”

Zhou Quan turned around and rolled his eyes at He Li: "Do you think everyone is like you, who comes out to burn paper on rainy days?"

He Li was choked by Zhou Quan and couldn't speak, so he had to lower his head to distract himself. He was at a disadvantage every time he was with Zhou Quan, which troubled him very much.

Xu Zhenguo walked at the end of the team with his hands in his trouser pockets, his brows furrowed, as if he was thinking about something important.

"After the forensic examination, has the time of death been determined?" Xu Zhenguo asked.

"During the forensic examination, the body spots had not yet formed. From the analysis of the blood condition, it was initially determined that the time of death was around 10:30 this morning."

"When was the body discovered?"

"About an hour after the death, it was already close to 12 noon when we arrived at the scene. That is, when I called you, there were already many police officers at the scene."

"Has Zhang Lei's cause of death been confirmed? Where were the fatal injuries?"

"I asked Sister Ye at the scene, and she said that Zhang Lei had multiple contusions all over his body, but the fatal injury was on the back of Zhang Lei's head, which was caused by a blunt object similar to a stone."

"Sister Ye? Which Sister Ye?" Xu Zhenguo asked thoughtfully.

"That's Ye Ruqi, the forensic doctor from the Criminal Investigation Detachment."

"I know." Xu Zhenguo's eyes suddenly flickered, "Do you know how Zhang Lei arrived at the murder scene?"

Zhou Quan replied: "It's not clear yet."

"There are actually only two roads in Longshou Mountain."

Lin Wei usually likes running and mountain climbing. He said that he has climbed Longshou Mountain twice with others, so he is familiar with the terrain of Longshou Mountain.

"The name of Longshou Mountain sounds loud, but it is actually just a small dirt bag. One of the roads is the winding mountain road we drove on, and the other road is in the forest, with stone steps made of gravel and cement.

It runs from the bottom of the mountain to the top of the mountain, and people nearby call it the Dragon Climbing Ladder."

"Climbing the dragon and attaching the phoenix? This is not a good word." Xu Zhenguo asked Zhou Quan again, "How far is the place where Zhang Lei was killed from the stone steps?"

"Very close, almost right next to each other." Zhou Quan replied without hesitation.

"Then do you think Zhang Lei was killed on the way up the mountain, or on the way down?"

Zhou Quan stood on the spot for a moment. She brushed aside the bangs on her forehead and replied: "Brother Xu, let's hurry on. We'll be there in two or three minutes. I'll explain the situation to you in detail when we get to the scene."

Xu Zhenguo nodded and followed the three of them silently, not asking any more questions.

Four minutes later, the four arrived at the murder scene.

The so-called murder scene is located on the hillside on the south side of Longshou Mountain. Now only the warning tape and several signboards with numbers are left. The body and important evidence have been taken away by the police for further identification and processing.

On the east side of the site is what Lin Wei calls the dragon climbing ladder.

The stone steps of the dragon climbing ladder are made of gravel and cement, and are only about three meters away from the warning zone.

Zhou Quan stood on the stone steps and introduced to the three people: "The area surrounded by the warning tape in front is the murder scene. Among the numbers on the sign, the figure from one to ten is the location of the body when the murder occurred."

He Li frowned and was very confused: "The bodies are all gone. Why did you ask us to come here? Come to climb the mountain?"

"You can leave if you don't want to come." Zhou Quan had no time to pay attention to He Li and continued, "When we arrived at the scene with the forensic doctor, we found that the clothes Zhang Lei was wearing were damaged and were stained with wet mud and

Fallen leaves. In addition, we also discovered that Zhang Lei’s fatal injury was clearly on the back of his head, but his body was lying on his back.”

Xu Zhenguo did not go to the warning tape. Instead, he became interested in the stone steps. He looked up and down for a while and asked: "Who was the first person to find the body?"

"I'm not very sure either." Zhou Quan shook his head, "But I heard from the police station guarding the scene that the first person who found the body, the reporter, was a young woman, and she seemed to know Zhang Lei."

"Young women still know Zhang Lei? This is a very interesting clue."

Xu Zhenguo said as he slowly walked towards Zhou Quan: "When you arrived at the scene, were there any other unrelated people around?"

"No, only the police are at the scene. Longshou Mountain is a relatively remote place. Usually only people who do morning exercises come here to exercise. Plus, it's raining a lot today, so I don't think anyone will hang out in the mountain."

Zhou Quan gradually frowned as he spoke: "But I discovered some strange things during the on-site inspection."

"Something strange? Tell me about it."

"First, what I just said is that Zhang Lei was obviously hit hard on the back of the head by a stone and died, but he was lying on his back..."

"No, you said it was a blunt weapon before, why did you change it to a stone now?" Lin Wei interrupted and asked.

"The forensic doctor said it was a blunt instrument similar to a stone, but when I investigated the scene, I found that the murder weapon was a stone!"

Xu Zhenguo asked: "Have you found the murder weapon used by the murderer to kill Zhang Lei?"

"No." Zhou Quan pointed to a tuft of grass in the warning zone and said proudly, "When I was investigating, I found a round stone stained with blood and hair in the grass about one meter to the west of the body.

The diameter of the stone is about 25 centimeters, and the weight is not weighed, but it is enough to kill someone."

"Are there any bloody fingerprints on the stone?"

"No."
Chapter completed!