gentry

Chapter 40 The Elegant Forensic Doctor

Luo Fei and Xiaoman walked on the alley.

"Can't you be more tactful when you speak?" Xiaoman complained.

Luo Fei put his hands in his pockets, with an indifferent expression on his face: "What's the difference, let me put it mildly, can his wife survive?"

"You really have no human feelings at all." Qin Xiaoman looked at Luo Fei with disgust and sympathy, "But this Wang Jiade... Do you think he is the murderer?"

"From his reaction just now, it doesn't look like a lie, and what murderer would swing the murder weapon around in front of the police detective who came to investigate?"

"Who are we going to find now?" Xiaoman asked.

"Mrs. Li, if the deceased played mahjong at her house, she might know why Mrs. Wang went to Fourth Avenue." Luo Fei said.

"Can't you invite me to lunch?" Xiaoman suddenly stood still, and touched her belly that had been protesting for a long time.

Luo Fei looked back at Xiaoman, hesitated for a moment, then pointed at Xiaoman and said, "As a police detective, you openly asked an innocent and capable consultant for lunch during working hours. I never figured it out. But if it’s my assistant, it’s reasonable.”

"Last time I had a good blind date, and you disturbed me because of you. This time I will make up for it. Do you want to invite me or not?" Xiaoman put her hands behind her back and looked expectant.

"If you keep rambling on for a while, the lobster cream soup at the restaurant on Notre Dame Road will no longer be available." Luo Fei said as he stopped a rickshaw.

Seeing that Luo Fei was preoccupied, Xiaoman shook her head and sighed, "I just want you to have a good meal, rest and investigate the case later."

"I need to decompress, not pretend to have no pressure to eat." Luo Fei said while pinching the bridge of his nose.

"I know a good way!" Xiaoman punched Luo Fei with his fist, and almost pushed the unsuspecting Luo Fei off the car. Xiaoman hurriedly pulled Luo Fei back.

"You're playing with me like this, isn't it stressful?" Luo Fei looked helpless.

"I mean boxing! I'll be your sparring partner for free." Xiaoman said excitedly.

"Is it free to be a sandbag?" Luo Fei asked seriously.

Xiaoman stared: "It depends on whether you have that ability."

Fifteen minutes later, the two stood at the door of a western restaurant called Tilliser
"This name is really embarrassing." Xiaoman murmured looking at the signboard.

"Nah, as long as the food is delicious." Luo Fei said as he opened the door and walked in.

"What do you two want to order?" A waiter walked to the table with a smile and a menu.

"First dish of smoked salmon, lobster cream soup, and then we are short on time, so let's fry two thin steaks, add whiteness sauce, then two dry island sauces to cook spinach and fruit cheese, and finally two cups of coffee." Luo Fei also Without looking at the menu, I ordered and finished the dishes in one go.

"Okay, sir, wait a moment." The waiter nodded quickly and said.

"I'm in a hurry, what kind of Western food should I eat?" Xiaoman murmured looking at the prices on the menu.

"I invite you to eat Western food, and you're even picky and hypocritical." Luo Fei rolled his eyes.

"Okay! Eat poor you!" Xiaoman raised his knife and fork and said viciously.

After the steak was served, Xiaoman was "cutting" the steak drastically when a plate of cut steak suddenly appeared in front of him.

"This is a bit of a gentleman." Xiaoman looked at Luo Fei, nodded with a smile.

"First, this is the character of a gentleman. Second, the way you saw wood and eat it will delay the investigation." Luo Fei said bluntly.

Xiaoman suddenly felt that it was better not to have illusions, the person in front of him was still the unforgiving Luo Fei, that's all.

In the afternoon, in the living room of Li's family, a fat middle-aged woman wiped her tears at Xiaoman: "It's really unpredictable, it's a good person, if you don't have it, you'll be gone!"

"Are you familiar with her?" Xiaoman asked.

"A partner who used to play mahjong together."

"Has she offended anyone?" Xiaoman asked.

"How come, Ah Meng has the best temper, she is beautiful, and she speaks sweetly, and the man will go cold when he hears her voice..." Mrs. Li gestured with a handkerchief, and continued, "She has a good heart, what's wrong with her neighbors?" She will help everything, who would have any grudge against her."

"You said you used to play mahjong together, but now you don't?" Luo Fei asked.

Mrs. Li nodded: "Yes, the business of the tailor shop has not been good in recent years, so she doesn't come to fight anymore."

"Then why Wang Jiade said she was playing mahjong at your house yesterday." Xiaoman asked.

Mrs. Li stood up vigorously: "Nonsense, the little boy in my family is sick these few days, so why would I want to play mahjong?"

Xiao Man tapped his forehead: "Strange, why did Wang Jiade lie?"

Mrs. Li suddenly stood up in shock: "Ah, could it be that his man killed her?"

Xiaoman looked at Mrs. Li who reacted so strongly: "Why do you say that?"

Mrs. Li lowered her voice: "Let me tell you quietly, this Wang Jiade is not a good material. I blame the woman for the poor business of my tailor shop. I drink every day, beat my wife, and even waved the scissors to kill her."

Xiaoman stared at Mrs. Li, "Did you hear it yourself?"

Mrs. Li nodded again and again: "Of course, his loud voice can be heard halfway across the road. Oh, let's not talk about it, in case he knows that I said it, with his hot temper, ouch, I'm afraid to think about it..."

Xiaoman and Luo Fei looked at each other.After the two walked out of Mrs. Li's house.

Luo Fei hugged his shoulders and said, "I'm curious about Wang Jiade's reaction when he sees his wife?"

"Go to Benjamin to read the autopsy report now?" Xiaoman asked.

Luo Fei nodded: "Our big forensic medical association still has more!"

In the morgue, the body on the stretcher was covered with a white cloth, and the policeman slowly pulled the white cloth away, revealing Zhao Qimeng's scratched face.

Wang Jiade walked over slowly and went to identify the corpse, accompanied by a police detective and a policeman.

"Mr. Wang, are you sure this is your wife Zhao Qimeng?" the detective asked.

Wang Jiade nodded, his voice was low as if he wanted to eat someone: "Who killed her? Who is it?"

The detective paused: "The murderer hasn't been found yet. Please come with me, we have a few questions for you."

Wang Jiade turned around abruptly: "What's the problem? You don't go to catch the murderer when the person is dead, what's your question?"

The police detective was used to this kind of scene, and said slowly: "It's just a routine business, come on."

"You suspect that I am the murderer? Your brains are eaten by dogs. How could I kill my wife? Hurry up and catch the real murderer!" Wang Jiade grabbed the police detective's clothes excitedly.

The police detective shook off Wang Jiade: "Let go, please be more polite! Be careful, I will arrest you for assaulting the police right now!"

Wang Jiade stared at his red eyes, gritted his teeth and said, "Idiot, bastard, trash!"

Immediately, Wang Jiade was thrown into the detention room, and the iron fence was slammed shut.

"I'll ask you again when you calm down." The detective stood outside the iron gate and glanced at Wang Jiade.

Wang Jiade kicked the iron fence vigorously: "Bastard, let me out! If you don't catch the murderer, I will go myself!"

Luo Fei watched from the side the whole time, silent.

"Is he really not the murderer?" Xiaoman asked.

Luo Fei shook his head.

At this time, Xiaoman saw Benjamin, who was wearing a white coat, come in, and pushed the stretcher skillfully and gracefully.

"New here, welcome to my little world, don't be nervous, I will be gentle with you." Benjamin said, looking back at Xiaoman and Luo Fei, "You two who come here often can do whatever you want."

"To be honest, if I can meet a doctor like you one day, I will die a happy death." Luo Fei joked.

"Dead people can't feel happiness. As a doctor, I first hope that all of you who are alive can live well." Benjamin said while looking down at the stretcher, "Then I hope that all of you who have died can die without regret."

The corpse was then pushed to the dissecting table, and Benjamin walked to a record player in the corner, put the needle on the record, and the record rotated, emitting an elegant sound of music.

"Mozart, do you like it?" Benjamin said to the corpse.

"I really haven't seen him perform an autopsy before? So there is such a sense of ritual." Xiaoman said in surprise.

"This is the most stylish place in the patrol room, the autopsy room, you should come here often." Luo Fei said with a smile.

"Benjamin, the only forensic doctor in the International Settlement, has always regarded his work as an awesome art."

"His real surname is Ben?" Xiaoman was curious, she had never seen Luo Fei with a sharp tongue would be so full of praise for a person.

Luo Fei shook his head: "No, his father is Mr. Benjamin, the director of St. Mary's Hospital, so when the two of them are together, they should be called BenjaminJr."

"Then does he have foreign blood?" Xiaoman asked again.

"No, he is the adopted son of Dean Benjamin. Old Benjamin let him receive the best education since he was a child, and wanted to train him to be his successor, but he just doesn't like the living and is fascinated by the dead." Luo Fei at this moment Like telling a joke.

"The patrol room really has all kinds of weirdos." Xiao Man said, staring at Luo Fei.

"In my opinion, he and I are the only two normal human beings here...here we are." Luo Fei said as he pushed open the door, and the sound of music rushed towards him.In the autopsy room, the white figure turned away from Luo Fei and Xiao Man, fiddling with something.

With his pockets in his pockets, Luo Fei walked over at the pace of the music, as if he had entered the Paramount dance floor: "Ben, how is it going?"

Benjamin nodded: "It will be fine soon."

Xiaoman couldn't help blurting out in a low voice: "So handsome, I feel even more handsome than the last time we met."

Luo Fei frowned looking at Xiaoman engrossed.

Benjamin was slightly taken aback when he saw Xiaoman.He leaned closer to Xiaoman and took a closer look, Xiaoman only felt an indescribable breath pressing over him, making him feel uncomfortable.

Benjamin looked at it for a long time, and said, "Did I tell you that you look like a person, like, but not like, it should be considered a "spiritual similarity"."

Xiaoman couldn't help being curious: "Inspector Javert also said that I look like a person, who do I look like?"

Luo Fei immediately stopped Benjamin from speaking with his eyes.

Benjamin glanced at Luo Fei, put on a helpless expression, and then said to Xiaoman: "You look like...a female corpse that was sent for autopsy the day before yesterday."

Luo Fei glanced at Xiaoman: "He was joking, he is allergic to women. He probably knows more female corpses than women." Then he turned and asked Benjamin, "How is the autopsy going?"

Benjamin walked back to the stretcher: "It hasn't started yet. How can I dissect a corpse of such good quality by myself? I'm just waiting for you."

Xiaoman leaned forward to look, and saw that what Benjamin was playing with just now was a small electric stove, on which two pieces of bloody meat were steaming.

Xiaoman pointed to the stove with a look of horror: "This is... a corpse?"

Benjie smiled and shook his head: "No, this is the best Angus steak. Luo Fei said that the two of you haven't eaten yet, so you must be hungry. You're welcome, I'm treating you."

Luo Fei sat at a small table and cut the bloody steak very comfortably, while Xiao Man sat on the side, holding a knife and fork, not knowing what to do.Xiaoman seriously suspects that it was a conspiracy that Luo Fei just invited him to eat steak.In the middle of the room, facing the corpse, Benjamin murmured to himself while dissecting: "Now, the chest wall of the deceased is cut open. There are contusions on the soft tissues of the chest wall, no rib fractures, internal organs are normal, and there are no lesions..."

Xiaoman stared blankly.

"Why don't you eat?" Luo Fei pointed at Xiao Man with a fork.

"This steak...has blood."

"Mid-rare is the best way to cook Angus steak, and only fresh steak can achieve this effect." Luo Fei said as he put a piece of steak into his mouth with a satisfied expression on his face.

Xiaoman also learned to cut off a small piece, barely put it in his mouth and tasted it: "Your forensic friend, do you often eat in the autopsy room?"

Luo Fei nodded: "This is his home, where he eats, sleeps and works."

At this time, Benjamin said: "There is no adhesion in the peritoneum, no injury or bleeding in the abdominal wall, no accumulation of blood or fluid in the abdominal cavity..."

Xiaoman secretly pointed at Benjamin: "You said just now that he is allergic to women?"

"Oh, she's only allergic to living women."

"why?"

Luo Fei leaned over and whispered: "He is the illegitimate son of a prostitute on Fourth Street. He was surrounded by women in a brothel since he was a child. When he was three years old, he fell ill and was thrown at the entrance of St. Mary's Hospital. It was Dean Benjamin who rescued him. He is the adopted son, but he has a psychological shadow of being afraid of women, even the female nurses in the hospital. An important reason why he works in the police station is that there are no women here, and who knew that a female police detective came."

"Consultant Luo, instead of talking about other people's private lives behind their backs, it's better to appreciate my proficient dissection skills." Benjamin said.Luo Fei put down the knife and fork, got up and walked up to Benjamin.

It happened that Benjamin picked up the large pliers and greeted Luo Fei: "Open the chest now, you can help me, one... two... three..." The two of them cooperated tacitly.

Xiaoman watched Benjamin and Luo Fei search the corpse in disbelief, it was a perfect match.

Benjamin pointed to an organ and said, "Look, this is fish meat."

"Scallions, ginger, it should be steamed sea bass." Luo Fei said.

"I think it's sweet and sour salmon." Benjamin shook his head and said.

Luo Fei argued: "No, the sweet and sour one is not fish, it's pork. Look, it's pork cartilage."

Xiaoman curiously put down the knife and fork and walked forward: "What are you looking at?" Luo Fei gave up his position with a smirk and said, "The contents of the deceased's stomach."

Benjamin: "This is the lunch she didn't digest yesterday. Look, it's rice and eggs..."

Benjamin took out a handful and handed it to Xiaoman. Xiaoman gagged, covered her mouth and rushed out.

Luo Fei pointed at Benjamin: "You did it on purpose."

Benjamin shook his head: "I'm not."

"You are." Luo Fei pointed at Benjamin.

"I've been trying to find time to ask you, Detective Qin looks a lot like someone, are you sure it doesn't affect you?" Benjamin asked in a concerned tone.

Luo Fei's expression was sad: "No, it's not the same person anymore."

At night, in the patrol room, Ye Changqing came hurriedly with his assistant: "Where is the person, where is the person?"

A policeman pointed to Wang Jiade behind the iron fence: "Here."

Ye Changqing stared at Wang Jiade: "Mr. Wang, hello."

Wang Jiade firmly grasped the railing in front of Ye Changqing: "Detective, let me out quickly, I was wrong, I shouldn't curse, but I really didn't kill my wife!"

Ye Changqing nodded: "Let him out."

The police immediately opened the iron gate.

Wang Jiade bowed to Ye Changqing again and again: "Thank you, Mr. Detective!"

Just as Wang Jiade was about to go out, Ye Changqing held Wang Jiade down: "Stop, I only said to let you out, but I didn't say that you can leave the patrol room. Let's go, let's talk in another place."

In the interrogation room, a dazzling lamp blinded Wang's eyes, and Ye and his assistant sat across from each other.

"Where were you from four to six yesterday afternoon?" Ye Changqing asked seriously.

"As I said, make clothes at home." Wang Jiade leaned on his head with both hands.

"Who can prove it?"

"I make clothes by myself, what proof do I need?"

Ye Changqing showed a pair of scissors at this time: "Is this the scissors you use?"

Wang Jiade nodded: "Yes."

Ye took off the pin and split the scissors into two halves: "About three inches in length and half an inch in width, with a triangular cut that perfectly matches the wound. You used this half of the scissors to kill your wife, right?"

"No, you are talking nonsense, why should I kill her?"

Ye threw down the scissors: "Good question, let me tell you the answer. Yesterday afternoon your wife pretended to play mahjong and went to Tianxiang Hotel on Sima Road to have a tryst with her lover. You followed him to the small hotel and had an argument with her. Killed her with scissors."

Wang Jiade was shocked: "What? Lover? A tryst on Fourth Avenue? This stinky bitch will kill a thousand knives!"

Ye said to the recorder beside him: "The suspect confessed on his own initiative, and he will kill the victim for a thousand dollars."

Wang Jiade waved his hands desperately, and the handcuffs on his hands rattled: "No, no, I didn't kill her. I didn't know she had a lover outside!"

"Hey, you don't have to drink a toast." Ye Changqing sighed, and said to his assistant, "I'll go and rest for a while, and you can continue the interrogation."

The assistant asked Ye Changqing: "What should I ask him?""

Ye leaned closer and whispered: "Ask me whatever you want, as long as you tell him not to close his eyes, he will confess."

(End of this chapter)