Mystery

Chapter 288 A Single Scarlet Footprint

The smell of blood in the bedroom was stronger than that in the living room.

Zhu Chenghu is about 50 years old, and his belly is round, as if he was pregnant in October.Because the weather wasn't too cool at the moment, he only wore a pair of big underpants and lay shirtless on the bed.

He was also smeared on the neck, and the entire bed sheet was stained blood red, and no other obvious injuries were seen on his body.

The place next to Zhu Chenghu was vacant, and Zhu Chenghu's wife, Liu Xiang, fell between the bed and the glass window. On the glass of the window, there was a bright red palm print that slid all the way down, leaving a long bloodstain.

Liu Xiang looked much younger than Zhu Chenghu, wearing a flamboyant cotton pajamas, her face was bloody.

Her injuries were concentrated on her lower back, and she was the only one among the three whose throat was not cut.

Shen Ke looked at the bloody handprints on the glass, Liu Xiang should have thought about opening the window for help, but she couldn't.

"The murderer killed Su Guixiang in the living room, and then entered the bedroom. Zhu Cheng probably didn't wake up, so there were no traces of fighting in this room, and there were no defensive scars on Zhu Chenghu's body."

"Isn't it strange? Someone opened the door and killed Su Guixiang, but Zhu Chenghu didn't notice it, and his throat was cut in his sleep. And he had no other injuries, as if the murderer knew he would not wake up ,Go straight."

Shen Ke said, pointing to Zhu Chenghu's face.

"This face is very fair, and there are no handprints covering your mouth. Generally speaking, if you worry about people shouting for help in the middle of the night, you will cover your mouth. But the murderer didn't have this consideration, or he didn't think this action was needed at all... ..."

"Zhu Chenghu was killed on the bed, and blood was sprayed everywhere, some of which was sprayed on the face of Liu Xiang who was sleeping next to him."

"Liu Xiang was awakened and wiped her face. At this time, her hands were stained with a lot of blood."

After she got out of bed, she wanted to open the window to call for help..." Shen Ke looked out the window, this is the third floor, and there is no anti-theft net installed, "It is also possible that she wanted to escape by jumping out of the window. "

"The murderer pushed her against the wall and stabbed her from the back. She was pressing her hand on the window. After being stabbed, she slipped down and left this bloody handprint."

"After killing the three people, the murderer went to the kitchen to get a bone-chopping knife and cut off the hands of the three people. He put the left hand on the altar and took away the three right hands."

When Shen Ke said this, he paused, and frowned tightly.

Seeing Sister Wang who was busy collecting evidence in the house, she suddenly said, "There is one more thing that is strange, isn't it? The bloody footprint on the floor mat at the door. There is only one foot, and it is still very clear. It is so clear that you can tell how many yards it is. shoe."

"But why are there no bloody footprints in the house? The murderer couldn't walk in the house without walking, and only stepped on it when he went out, right?"

When she entered the door, she clearly saw blood dripping on the ground, but she didn't see bloody footprints.

"Could it be that the murderer walked very carefully and avoided the blood on purpose?" Li Yuan asked.

Shen Ke shook his head, "That's even more strange. If the murderer didn't step on blood carefully, then the soles of his shoes are clean. If the soles of the shoes are clean, then how could there be a bloody footprint at the door out of thin air?"

"Also, everyone has experienced rainy days. If you walk outside on a rainy day and wet your shoes, you will leave a series of footprints. When you first entered the office hall on the first floor of the Municipal Bureau, the footprints were particularly obvious."

"When I got to the stairs and was about to go upstairs, the footprints were so shallow that I could barely see them. There were bloody footprints on the floor mat at the door. Why weren't there any on the stairs?"

"Could it be that the floor mat sucks blood by itself, and it absorbs the blood when you step on it? Not to mention that he rubbed his feet at the door, the footprints are clear but there are no traces of rubbing up and down."

Li Yuan's face darkened, "You mean that the footprints are likely to be printed on purpose by the murderer."

Why did he do this?

Is it to let people find out that something happened to this family in the morning, or is it to create suspicion?Or it could be said that it was some kind of hateful sense of ritual of the murderer, just like Zhu Xi would leave behind "Zhu Xi" after killing someone.

Shen Ke didn't answer. There are too few clues now, and she has no way to answer this question.

Thinking about it, she retreated from the bedroom and walked to the wooden sculpture again.

The person who took pictures here to collect clues was one of the apprentices led by Sister Wang, named Yi Zhi. At first glance, he looked like a member of a boy group, with a kind of handsome delicacy.

The wooden sculpture with big eyeballs had been carefully packed into a transparent evidence bag by him, ready to be boxed and taken away.

Sensing Shen Ke looking at him, Yi Zhi's hand trembled slightly, almost spilling the ashes from the incense burner.

"Wait a minute," Shen Ke said, stopping Yi Zhi who was about to put away the incense burner.

She sniffed and sniffed, and found that the incense ash in the incense burner was very well-proportioned, and it also smelled a faint fragrance.It's not the usual rose-red fragrance, but yellow.

The color of the remaining incense sticks also shows this.

Shen Ke frowned, picked up her mobile phone, and took a photo of the incense burner.

Thinking about it, she looked around the enshrining place, went around Su Guifang's house, and asked Yi Zhidao when she came out, "Have you found where to put this kind of incense? If you use an incense burner at home, you need to offer it Big eyeballs, the incense should be bought by the dozen."

"I looked around, but I couldn't find where the incense is stored."

Yi Zhi nodded obediently, "Sister Shen, I'll find it for you when I've installed it, and I'll tell you when I find it."

Li Yuan, who was following Shen Ke, was startled and couldn't believe his ears, "What did he call you?"

Shen Ke looked at his fussy look, a little puzzled, "If you have a bad ear, go get it fixed."

Shen Ke said, and nodded at Yi Zhi, "Okay."

She said, went outside and took off her shoe covers, and then walked downstairs.

The room was not big, there were too many people in it before, Chen Mo and Qi Huan didn't go in to check the situation and went down to find someone to understand the situation.

As soon as she got downstairs, she saw Chen Mo and Qi Huan surrounded by people.

"Xiao Qi, do you have a girlfriend? Let me tell you about my cousin's daughter, but she is really good. She graduated from Nanjiang University of Science and Technology with a Ph.D. and is now working in a research institute..."

Hearing Shen Ke's footsteps, Qi Huan nodded at her, and pulled Chen Mo out of the crowd.

Chen Mo put the phone in his pocket, and Shen Ke's previous discovery had been synchronized to the group.

"Let me tell you what we have learned here. The Zhu family's situation is quite complicated, and the three brothers and sisters are not very harmonious. This Zhu Chenghu used to be a taxi driver, but later he hit someone to death and lost a lot of money. Big money."

"Since then, he has stopped working and lived with his family in Mrs. Su's house. He has a bad temper, and many people in the community are afraid of him."

(End of this chapter)