Chapter 10: Lin Mei's death
"We can't let Aunt Lin hang like this."
Although Zhou Zifeng was frightened by what Zhao Yuan said, he still took a step forward when he saw Lin Mei's body, which made Wang Zixi couldn't help but hold his hand.
Zhou Zifeng looked at her worried eyes and shook his head.
"Someone come and help me."
Standing on a chair, Zhou Zifeng tried to lift the body up and put it down, but found that it was difficult to do it alone.
"Let me do it."
Suddenly speaking, Chen Ziyan walked over.
Originally, it was not his turn to do this, but some doubts always emerged in his mind, so he wanted to see the condition of the body.
After the body was put down, the two of them laid it flat on the ground, while Chen Ziyan squatted next to the body, frowning.
Lin Mei died peacefully, her clothes were neatly dressed, and there seemed to be no signs of struggle. This seemed to be suicide, but it was not consistent with the phenomenon of suicide, because it was a normal death by suicide, even if she really wanted to die, during the period of suffocation
, people will also struggle with pain, instead of being so calm.
Moreover, self-hanging people usually have obvious reactions to the life of the cord groove, usually in the anterior, posterior, or lateral position. The cord groove compresses the carotid artery, which will cause the corpse's face to be pale, and the cord groove will compress the jugular vein, which will cause the corpse's face to be bruising.
Looking at Lin Mei again, her face was pale, which was obviously caused by suffocation that cut off the blood supply to her head. However, there was a faint blue-black color on her lips, so this did not meet the normal conditions for suicide.
"Aunt Du, you have always taken care of Aunt Lin's daily life. Was there anything unusual after Madam returned to the room last night?"
Just when Chen Ziyan was thinking about the cause of his death, Zhou Zifeng suddenly asked Du Lin, who was obviously extremely frightened.
"No, Madam asked me to prepare a cup of hot tea for her as usual. This is Madam's habit and has been for more than ten years. Young Master, I really can't kill people!"
With a hint of crying in his voice, Du Lin looked at Lin Mei's body and waved his hands hurriedly.
"Aunt Du, don't get me wrong. I didn't mean that. I just wanted to ask you about your situation so that I can have an explanation when Ziliang comes back with the police."
Without talking any more, Zhou Zifeng gently held Wang Zixi and the child with one hand and hugged them hard.
"Did anything weird happen while making tea? I saw that Madam's lips were black and blue, with signs of congestion, as if she had been poisoned."
Putting on the pair of rubber gloves, Chen Ziyan pinched Lin Mei's lips, looked at her tongue, and strengthened his opinion.
"Yes, yesterday when I was making tea for my wife in the kitchen, I heard a cat meowing outside, and then I seemed to knock over something, so I went out to take a look."
"Cat meows? How long have you been out for? And if I remember correctly, no one has a cat in the whole house, right?"
Squatting on the ground and watching Du Lin's expression, Chen Ziyan judged the authenticity of her words.
"There is indeed no one keeping a cat in the house, because the master doesn't like it, and there is no other house in the area. So I went out to take a look out of curiosity. It only lasted about ten minutes, but I searched around and couldn't find it."
"Um."
Nodding, Chen Ziyan silently looked at the corpse on the ground and didn't speak for a long time. After checking again, he suddenly looked at Zhao Yuan with a serious expression.
"After we left last night, you were cooking for Mr. Zhou alone in the main hall. I wonder if you heard the cat meow? The kitchen is only a hundred meters away from the main hall. If there is any movement, you shouldn't be able to hear it anyway, right?"
"Why do you, a student, always doubt me? Do I look like a murderer? Yes, I did hear the cat meow, and I can tell you clearly that the cat jumped on the coffin board.
, I almost jumped into Mr. Zhou’s arms.”
With a slightly angry look on his face, Zhao Yuan looked at Chen Ziyan's suspicious face and raised his voice slightly.
"Mr. Zhao, there is no need for you to be angry. This is the basic quality of a criminal investigation officer. It is the same for those who study our profession."
Standing up, Chen Ziyan looked at Zhao Yuan, who was a little angry, and then at Lin Mei's body, thoughtfully.
"Is this all the case? Why didn't those little girls and young men ask me anything? As a student, you don't even have a full head of hair, but you still want to learn how to solve crimes. Do you really think you are a fool? Anyway, Zhou Ziliang has already gone to find him.
When the police arrive, I will naturally say, as for you, I really don’t need to explain anything to you.”
With a flick of his sleeves, Zhao Yuan walked out of the room angrily.
This made the whole room angry and awkward.
"Brother, let's keep the scene safe and wait until the police arrive."
Seeing what Chen Ziyan wanted to say, Lin Xibei suddenly spoke and took his arm.
Cheng Lei saw this and nodded: "Indeed, we are just outsiders and do not have criminal investigation qualification certificates. There is indeed no reason to always be implicated in murder cases, Yang Li, don't you think so?"
After hearing this, Yang Li and Wu Yue nodded subconsciously, and after thinking for a while, Jia Shasha also said: "It is indeed against the normal process to investigate a death case without relevant documents."
"Hey, that's it, then you're still investigating vigorously." Glancing at Chen Ziyan, Zhou Anqi said sarcastically.
Chen Ziyan didn't speak, he just looked at Lin Mei's body and frowned slightly.
"Let's go back."
Turning around and walking out the door, Chen Ziyan glanced at Zhou Anqi from the corner of his eye and passed her by.
Zhou Anqi, on the other hand, seemed to pat her clothes in disgust and curled her lips.
After they left, Zhou Zifeng signaled his wife and children to leave, then suddenly grabbed Zhou Anqi's arm and narrowed his eyes.
"Did you do it?"
"Zhou Zifeng, let me tell you, even though you are my brother, I can still sue you for slander!" He broke away from his wrist, and Zhou An was like a crazy cat, his eyes flashing.
Seeing that the two of them were becoming more and more tense, Butler Ding Fei hurriedly came between them.
"Young Master, the young lady is just speaking more frankly. She definitely can't do such a thing."
"Humph, we'll know when the police arrive whether we can do it or not." Staring at Zhou Anqi, Zhou Zifeng strode out of the room.
"I'm so angry! It's all you!" Crouching down and looking at Lin Mei's body, Zhou Anqi suddenly raised her hand and wanted to slap her.
This made Du Lin, who was a little at a loss before, startled: "Miss, you can't do that!"
With this shout, Zhou Anqi suddenly regained some sense, lowered her raised hand, lowered her head, looked at Lin Mei's body, and suddenly remembered something.
"Actually, you are very good to my dad, but it's a pity that he is nothing."
Whispering to himself, Zhou Anqi suddenly sighed, turned around and left. This made Du Lin hurriedly crawl to Lin Mei's body, tears falling down.
"We had such a good family, why did it end like this? You said that if I knew what I had laid out, how could I sleep peacefully like this?"
Chapter completed!