Chapter 239

"Oh?" Gu Changzheng looked at Old Zheng unexpectedly. A cause of death that could give him a headache? It really rarely appeared!

"However, it can be certain that it was not a natural death, but the cause of death is indeed a bit strange." Old Zheng said: "There is an obvious star-shaped contusion on the forehead of the skull..."

"Oh my, speak human language!" Gu Changzheng felt that the professional terms Old Zheng used were a bit difficult to understand, so he interrupted him directly. Old Zheng glared at him: "Look at this skull, there is a trace of being hit by a heavy object like an axe on the forehead, but I always feel that this scar is a bit strange!"

"Where is it strange?" Gu Changzheng hurriedly asked.

"This..." Old Zheng pointed to the skull in front of him and said: "I can't say it for now, wait! Later, I will figure it out!"

Gu Changzheng nodded. For this old partner, he had enough confidence.

It was ten o'clock in the evening, and the lights in the Municipal Bureau building were gradually decreasing. In the forensic room on the first floor, Old Zheng dialed Gu Changzheng's phone excitedly: "Old Gu! I have some new discoveries, you'd better come over now!"

Gu Changzheng, who hadn't rested yet, answered the phone and drove downstairs quickly. The road at night was very smooth. In less than ten minutes, Gu Changzheng appeared in the forensic room.

"Old Zheng, what new discovery?" Gu Changzheng asked directly after pushing the door in.

"This skeleton has suffered secondary damage." Old Zheng pointed to the cold skeleton on the experimental table and said: "Combined with the degree of bone destruction, the specific environment such as soil, temperature, and humidity at the burial site, the time of death of this skeleton should be about 5 or 6 years. However, the crack on his forehead seems to be newly formed."

"What?!" Gu Changzheng exclaimed! This is incredible!

Old Zheng said: "And, in the crack of the skull, this was also found." He pointed to a stainless steel tray.

Gu Changzheng narrowed his eyes and looked carefully. It turned out that there were a few small red fragments in the tray. "What is this?"

"Paint fragments." Old Zheng said, "A brand new axe brushed with red paint!"

"Do you mean that this skeleton was dug out of the soil and then its skull was smashed with an axe before being buried back?" Gu Changzheng said something he thought was outrageous.

"Yes, only this is possible, otherwise how to explain the fresh wounds on this skull?"

"Heh!" Gu Changzheng touched the short stubble on his chin: "When can the identity be determined?"

"There are no items at the burial site that can show the identity of the skeleton. If you check from the missing population, I'm afraid the difficulty is extremely great..."

"Do you have any good methods?" Gu Changzheng heard what he meant, and it seemed that there were other better methods.

Sure enough, Old Zheng said: "You can try skull restoration! It's just..." Old Zheng suddenly showed an embarrassed expression: "This technology, I am only just beginning to learn. If you want to get accurate results, you have to borrow strength from higher-level units."

Gu Changzheng said: "Skull restoration! I know this. The Provincial Department has experts in this area. I will apply to the Provincial Department now and ask experts to assist!"

Old Zheng nodded, looked at Gu Changzheng and said: "That, Old Gu, can you tell the higher-ups, let me participate in the restoration process!"

Gu Changzheng smiled: "I understand, I'm leaving first! Wait for my news!"

Looking at the hurriedly leaving Gu Changzheng, a smile appeared on the corner of Old Zheng's mouth, and his eyes were full of longing.

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One week later, the skull restoration results of the unidentified skeleton came out! The results surprised Gu Changzheng and the detectives! The deceased was actually extremely similar to Xia Mingde, whom they were struggling to find! In order to avoid mistakes, Gu Changzheng sent Xia Mingde's photo to the Provincial Department again. After facial bone comparison, it was concluded that this skull belonged to Xia Mingde!

Facing this result, Gu Changzheng was even more suspicious of the missing Zhou Hui. Under his speculation, Xia Mingde was very likely killed by Zhou Hui to silence him after cooperating with Zhou Hui to do certain things!

And what is worth Zhou Hui risking to kill?

The answer seems to be ready to come out!

It's just that this cunning woman, since she disappeared from the orphanage, Gu Changzheng had searched the entire Zizhen City, but still had no clues!

At this time, it was during the National Day holiday. As a major tourism city, Zizhen City's floating population increased a lot at once. The Municipal Bureau and various branches and grassroots police stations also spent a lot of energy on maintaining public security. Gu Changzheng was under even greater pressure! For the survivors Lin Xiaoxue and Yu Jiajia among the six girls, he dared not relax his safety protection. For the search for Zhou Hui, he also had to reduce the intensity.

But at least Xia Mingde's whereabouts were found, although what was found was only a skeleton!

But things in the world sometimes always go against people! When Gu Changzheng determined the truth that Zhou Hui killed, or instructed others to kill Xia Fei and other girls and framed Zhang Xiaodong to achieve her goal of defrauding high insurance money, accidents came again!