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Someone's dead in the well!
- Someone's dead! - The body was dumped in the well.
The victim is Xie Li Jun, 61 years old.
He was single and lived alone.
He has an older brother, Xie Li Guo.
His nose and mouth were covered and he died from mechanical asphyxiation.
Covering up the victim's face is just one purpose.
On the other end of the rope was a heavy object to weigh down the body.
Inform Lin Tao to keep fishing for the heavy object.
Judging from the width, these drag marks were made by the body.
The arms made the marks on the sides.
That means there's only one unsub.
Who played chess with Xie Li Jun that night?
The DNA results of the cigarette butts showed
that it was the informant, Zhao.
I curse him to have no offspring!
Zhao is still suspicious.
I suspect that he's lying.
[Medical Examiner Dr. Qin] [Episode 11]
Chief Qin, look.
There's nothing else in the well.
There are many small holes in it.
These are hand-pricked.
It's filled with little pebbles.
These pebbles are often used in construction.
They are often seen in house renovations or road works.
They don't just show up in fields.
Normally, murderers will use whatever is handy sink a body.
Are any roads under construction or houses being renovated near Zhao's place?
There aren't any near Zhao's.
But there's a new house being built 300 meters north of the victim's home.
We went past it when we went to the victim's place.
Which direction did you say the house is?
North of the victim's home.
300 meters.
North?
That's weird.
Are you police officers or not?
The real murderer is out there smirking
but you're keeping me in here! For what?
I'm just really down on my luck! Terrible luck!
A dead body was dumped in my well!
You arrested me?
We found your fingerprints and DNA in Xie Li Jun's home.
Please cooperate with our investigation.
How am I to cooperate with you?
There's a dead body in my well and that makes me a murderer?
Is this how you solve a case?
Are you a police officer?
Please calm down.
We won't wrongly accuse anyone.
Please calm down and cooperate with us.
Have some water.
I won't!
I feel so wronged!
Drink water?
Judging from Zhao's reaction
he's probably not the murderer.
But we still don't have any evidence to rule him out yet.
We can't release him.
He also admitted that on the night of murder
he did play chess with the victim.
But around 10 p.m., he headed back home to sleep.
According to our investigation
he hasn't behaved out of the norm recently.
We've overlooked something.
If it were a crime of passion that resulted from a game of chess
the murderer would have attacked in the spur of the moment.
But the autopsy showed that the victim was asleep when killed.
The murderer snuck in and attacked all of a sudden.
That doesn't fit with a crime of passion.
What's more...
We measured that from Zhao's well to the victim's home
it took us about 10 minutes to get there.
An adult can walk about 80 meters per minute.
It means that this distance is about 800 meters.
The pile of pebbles is 300 meters north of the victim's home.
If Zhao did kill Xie
he would have had to walk 800 meters from the south to the north first
to kill the victim and then walk 300 meters north to get the pebbles
before heading back to the well to dump Xie's body.
This route seems a bit off.
This behavioral logic does seem weird.
Which room do I sleep in?
Over there.
It's not that ideal to have men and women sleep in the same room.
What's not ideal about it?
It's good enough that we get a place to sleep.
I'm just concerned that you're at a disadvantage, okay?
You don't use pillows.
The last time we were investigating in a village
I used a pillow that hadn't been used for years
and I caught lice. I had to shave off all my hair.
- Didn't Qin go with you? - He did.
He spent all night studying the spawning of lice but he didn't warn me.
You weren't observant enough.
Baby. No, I'm investigating a case in a village.
The signal is weak. It isn't that I didn't want to answer your messages.
I'll talk to you over WeChat, okay?
Da Bao, we're at the tofu stall.
You're here to get some tofu, sir?
Da Bao, which one should we get?
This one.
It was for tofu?
Wake up quickly.
I have an idea that needs to be verified.
It's only 6 a.m.
Why do you wake up earlier than my mom?
Where's Qin Ming?
How would I know?
Let's get going. Hurry up.
Let's go! Quickly!
We're running late.
Quickly! Wake up! Get your clothes.
I thought that the holes in the plastic bag
weren't deliberately made by the murderer.
Think about this.
He dumped the body in the well and covered it up with twigs.
He must have been very nervous.
When someone is so nervous how could they remember
to poke holes in a plastic bag?
Isn't that Qin?
Qin, we found out where that plastic bag came from.
It's a bag that was used to pack tofu.
The murderer must have bought tofu recently.
Xie Li Jun didn't cook.
He wouldn't have bags like that.
The murderer must have prepared all the tools at home.
The bag, rope, and a vehicle.
He then packed pebbles on the way.
The pile of pebbles is 300 meters north of the victim's home.
That means that the murderer's home is also in the north.
Exactly. The murderer's home is north of the victim's.
He carried out the murder alone.
He recently bought tofu.
He has some sort of vehicle.
That's all the information we have now.
Look.
These twigs are in such small pieces.
If the vehicle was a motorcycle or an electric car
it would have been hard to tie these small twigs to a car.
Only a tricycle could transport the twigs easily from here to the well.
After this idea came to my mind
I came to check scene this morning.
Tracks left behind by a tricycle are unique.
Between the front wheel and the two rear wheels
they leave behind three tracks that are equally spaced.
It's even more obvious when it turns.
And that is a typical track left by a tricycle when it turns around.
We can make a match with the wheel pattern.
We now have the tracks of the vehicle
and the origin of the plastic bag.
Can we narrow down the investigation?
You're right. I'll get started on it.
We investigated based on the clues we currently have.
There are 27 households north of the victim's home.
There are 32 suspects that fit our profile.
We've also checked with the town's tofu stalls.
There are two stalls with the same kind of plastic bag.
The holes were all poked by the vendors.
They know their customers
since they are all regulars from the town.
Among these 32 suspects
11 of them bought tofu recently.
Of these 11 suspects, 7 of them own a tricycle.
However, we compared their tricycles to the tracks we found
and none match the pattern.
Which are the four suspects without tricycles?
The four are Xie Si Miao, Xie Feng Xie Li Guo, and Li Chu Qi.
We've been to their courtyards.
We didn't find any tricycles.
Did any of those four suspects throw away tricycles
or lend them to someone else?
We can't ask them that.
If we do, they will know what we're investigating.
But we're already comparing wheel tracks so they should know by now.
Do you have photos of these four suspects' courtyards?
We do.
Next.
Stop.
Whose house is this?
It's Xie Li Guo's house.
If he doesn't own a tricycle
why would he have a new tricycle handle?
Officers, what is the matter?
Sir.
Where is your vehicle?
What vehicle?
Your tricycle.
We don't have a tricycle.
I got that from elsewhere.
Madam!
May I borrow your tricycle?
Sure!
Didn't you take it out with you?
Why didn't you bring it home?
Sir.
Come with us.
- Is this the spot? - Yes.
This is the spot he told us.
Give me the shovel.
Tell me about it.
About 20 years ago
both my younger brother and I were of the age to be married.
We were both bachelors at 30 years of age.
Neither of us dared to marry first.
We only had a bit of money.
My parents decided to let me get married first.
They told my brother to wait.
But...
But after I got married...
I found something really fishy.
My wife and my brother interacted too often.
It's fine that she brought him meals.
But he was even more anxious than I was when my wife had a difficult labor!
Tell me. What does my wife's difficult labor have to do with him?
I can't help but think that Mao Mao isn't my child.
I would know my child better than anyone else!
That day, I saw her bringing dinner over to my brother again.
I couldn't trust her so I followed her.
Our Mao Mao has grown taller again?
You can go to a university in a few years.
Mao Mao, would you like to go to a university?
Yes!
Then can you call me Dad from now on?
I wouldn't dare.
Why not?
I'm worried that my dad would hit me.
My dad hit Mommy yesterday!
Mao Mao!
Don't say such nonsense!
He hit you?
Mao Mao, go on.
Take this dish over to that table.
Cui Hua, he hit you?
Let me take a look.
He did this to you?
Bastard... I'll go to him now.
Don't, Li Jun.
He's getting more and more suspicious of us now.
I'm scared that he will discover our affair soon.
I really can't stand this much longer.
Take me and our child away with you.
All right.
We'll leave.
When I heard that they were going to elope with their child
it proved my suspicion right!
They have always been together!
They were having an affair!
If I had known...
Why would I have married her?
That night...
I couldn't fall asleep.
I went for a walk.
When I got to Li Jun's door...
I saw his door wide open.
So I went in.
He was already asleep.
I snuck in and straddled him.
He woke up suddenly.
Out of panic, I covered his mouth.
After a while, when I calmed down and took my hands off...
I realized...
I realized that he was dead.
I went out and found a rope.
When I went back in, I saw that he...
He was staring at me.
I was really terrified.
I found a shirt and wrapped his head in it.
I went home and rode my tricycle there.
I dragged him onto the tricycle and dumped him in the well.
Why did you dissemble the tricycle?
The villagers were saying that
the police were after someone with a tricycle.
I was very scared.
I dissembled the tricycle and buried the parts in my land.
Honestly...
If my wife and child had really left...
What would there be for me to live for?
He's such a pitiful man.
He has been a cuckold for over 10 years.
No man could have tolerated it.
His wife is also very pitiful.
She married a man she didn't love and put up with it all her life.
And that child.
He lost two fathers at once.
[Case closed.]
All unfortunate lives have their misfortunes.
Be it the denominator of an unfortunate fraction
or the numerator...
their ending is just as distraught.
That is life.
Here, try this.
- Thanks. We do share the same hobby. - You're welcome.
It's important to share the same interests.
- At least, we have topics in common. - Thanks.
Try it.
Are you so fond of wearing suits?
I only wore it to meet you today.
I'm usually dressed very casually.
I also prefer comfortable clothes.
I think that it's better to keep things simple.
I don't usually do makeup.
That's good. It's healthy.
What's more, you're naturally beautiful.
You're so good at chatting.
I have quite a few weaknesses.
For example, I'm a glutton.
I love to cook and I cook very well.
- Really? - You must try my cooking some day.
Don't get scalded.
Thanks.
It's just that my job doesn't have regular working hours.
Can you accept that?
I'm a writer.
My working hours are flexible.
I can work with your hours.
I'm a big fan of writers. Guess what?
They work at home and they are so knowledgeable.
How great!
I write to make a living.
What is your opinion about my occupation?
A doctor is great.
Angel in white.
You can rescue the injured.
What did my mom tell you?
Auntie said that you're a doctor.
What's wrong?
I'm sorry.
I don't think that my mom explained it very clearly to you.
I...
I'm a forensic investigator.
A forensic investigator?
Do you have to handle...
Corpses?
Before you ate... You washed your hands?
Before I had this meal...
I really forgot to wash my hands.
You know, since I've been at this job for quite some time
I don't have any appetite until I smell some stench.
Our job is actually very simple.
We just handle some parts of remains and corpses.
Some heads are crushed.
And some rotten flesh.
What's the most adorable part?
It's the maggots and microorganisms.
There are so many of them. All wriggly.
They are white and soft.
It makes me happy just looking at them.
What's wrong?
You can't accept it?
It's not that...
I do find you really lovely.
It's just your job...
Can you get another job?
I'm not actually such a nice person.
As for my job...
I don't want another job.
You... You're a young lady.
Why would you insist on being a forensic investigator
and have to deal with corpses every day?
Normal people wouldn't want to handle corpses.
But this job...
Someone has to do this job.
Who will do it if I don't?
Well...
That's it.
Thanks for inviting me to lunch.
Goodbye.
Server, check, please.
No, let me get the check.
That's fine.
Goodbye.
Let's go.
How many have there been?
This was the ninth.
It didn't seem to work out again.
Let's go. Head back to the bureau.
This photo is so blurry.
The handwriting seems quite random.
I can't tell much from it.
When we verify handwriting it's usually handwriting on paper.
The strength used when writing is one element.
You can't tell that from this writing. [A life for a life.]
But the handwriting is quite graceful.
This means that whoever wrote this is quite well educated.
Judging from the style of handwriting
it indicates that the murderer was very calm after committing the crime.
A fairly good psychological quality.
It also indicates that the murderer didn't write it
squatting down or bending over.
This is a good conjecture.
Can we estimate the murderer's height?
Yes, because when a person writes standing upright
the center of the written characters
would be at the height of one's nose and lips.
According to our information
the words were written 1.5 meters above ground.
So if you add on 20 cm, that makes 1.7 meters.
It means that woman isn't short.
Woman?
No... I think that for a man, 1.7 meters is a bit short
but it's a bit too tall for a woman.
How did you determine that it's a woman?
Look at this.
If you look closely, there are some marks left by nail polish.
It's of the same shade so it's easily overlooked.
This is a very important point.
Bao, your knowledge in trace evidence came in handy.
I'll leave the rest to you.
[Xiao Hei calling...]
Hello?
Homicide?
[Longfan Story Film Studios]
This is my first visit to the film studios.
Don't they use blank shells in films?
How could anyone be dead?
You can use a real gun but not real bullets.
It seems that we won't need to cover our shoes.
It's a mess at the crime scene so none of the shoe prints matter much.
A whiff of alcohol.
Are you sure?
Yes.
I'll run a blood alcohol test later.
The victim was shot here.
Then he walked over there, fell, and died.
This trail of bloody shoe prints should belong to the victim.
Are there any other bloody shoe prints?
Judging from the sole pattern the prints all came from the same shoes.
It's the pair on the victim's feet.
Come and take a look at this gun.
This is a homemade shotgun. Single shot.
The barrel is about 40 cm long.
Counting the stock and the muzzle, the gun is about 60 cm.
Judging from wear and tear
this gun was made recently.
This is an enclosed environment.
It's not the best place to commit murder.
Once someone is here in this studio
it's too easy to witness the entire crime.
Most shootings are premeditated and
rarely committed on the spur of the moment.
To kill someone in an enclosed environment
could the murder have planned it for a long time?
It's possible but the evidence at hand isn't enough to prove our theory.
We have to do an autopsy first.
Captain Lin.
- Nice to meet you. - Nice to meet you.
Chief Qin, nice to meet you.
We're in gloves so...
Here, I'll give you a briefing.
Here's what we found out from our preliminary investigation.
The victim is Hu Qi.
He was 37 years old and came from a farming village.
He worked in the props division here as a props maker.
Was he a heavy drinker?
He did like to drink and play mahjong.
He wasn't a good loser so he often acted up.
However, overall he was quite an honest man.
He was quite timid.
Have you examined the gun?
We did. It was his gun.
About a month ago, he got a seamless steel pipe from somewhere
and started making his own gun.
That was about two weeks ago.
- Is that confirmed? - Yes.
Hu Qi's wife, Zhang Yue, and his mother, Zhao Xiu Lian, can prove it.
Preliminarily, we determined that the victim left home with his gun at night.
The gun accidentally went off and he shot himself.
He died from excessive loss of blood.
Of course, this can only be confirmed after the autopsy results are out.
Are there any materials left from making this gun?
We'd like to make comparisons between the gun and the gun parts.
There are still some materials for the gun in his storage.
There are also some homemade guns and bullets.
We've sent our men to collect them.
Who reported the case?
The witness arrived at the crime scene.
I'll ask the witness some questions about the case.
Sure, let's go.
You're here to report a case?
Yes.
- Tell me about it. - It's...
It was yesterday...
Nice to meet you.
I'd like to know what happened on the night of the accident.
Tell her.
Here's what happened last night.
The four of us had a bit of wine so we were playing mahjong here.
Yes.
Around 10 p.m.
Seven pairs.
- Six Characters. - Seven pairs.
Why are you so good at it?
- Quickly. - I have seven pairs now.
- Hurry up. - Quickly.
Hurry up!
Don't move! I win!
- You... - Hand me the money!
Great!
- No shots should be fired! - Which division was that?
Shots aren't allowed to be fired in the studio.
Let's take a look!
Last night, we saw him here.
- We saw him here. - Right here.
Where was Hu Qi then?
- Right there. - Over there.
- Why was a shot fired? - Which division?
Don't they know that isn't allowed?
Wasn't that a gunshot?
It sounded like it was fired here.
Who is that?
Isn't that that asshole Hu Qi?
- You're right! - Didn't he just play mahjong with us?
He must have drunk too much again!
Are you sure that you saw Hu Qi?
It was definitely him.
- Definitely. - We know him too well.
Was there anyone else around?
No, we didn't see anyone.
Did you hear anyone crying out for help?
We... We didn't hear any sounds.
His gun went off accidentally.
He had also had too much to drink.
He might not have asked for help.
Look, only the right leg of his pants was soaked in blood.
Look, there's an obvious contact mark on his leg.
The contact mark can indicate how close the gun was to the victim.
That's your expertise.
Tell me your opinion.
This is a shotgun.
It's also what we usually call a scattergun.
If you fire at close range
it will inflict a small wound on the knee.
If you hold it at a distance
it will inflict a small wound area.
There's a limitation to how far this sort of gun can shoot.
Therefore, the closer it is the more powerful the shot is.
The wound on the victim could only have been caused by a close range shooting.
Hence, the contact mark.
Captain Lin.
The results of the gun test are back.
- Please take a look. - Sure.
Let's go.
Captain Lin, these are the materials we found at Hu Qi's place.
They were used to make guns and bullets.
It's the same material.
The gun at the scene should be the one he made.
Have we confirmed the murder weapon?
If we run the gun test on the gun parts
we need to do it in the lab.
However, judging from the marks on the gun muzzle
we can confirm that it is the same gun that the victim made.
The dark marks around the wound are burns from the gun muzzle.
If we move the body blood will keep seeping out.
This is a temporary effect caused by the gunshot.
There's only one wound from a rifle but this isn't it.
This wound was made by a scattergun.
There are many wounds in a shot fired from a scattergun.
It's also difficult to identify them all.
The impact of this shot wasn't powerful.
The victim's leg isn't deformed so you can tell that his thigh isn't broken.
Why is there so much blood?
This shot went through his femoral artery.
It's easy to go into shock from excessive bleeding.
If pressure isn't applied to the wound, it could cause death.
Excessive alcohol causes vascular dilation.
That sped up blood circulation and the death of the victim.
Have you found the fatal wound?
Since this shot could have severed his femoral artery
we'll have to use the double-end probe to figure out the trajectory.
I found it.
So quickly?
The tract is deep so it wasn't that hard to find.
Take a photo.
Then we can easily tell the direction of the bullet.
Can we do an autopsy now?
- Right away. - Right away?
What if the family doesn't consent?
Do it by force. This wasn't an accident. This was a homicide.
How do you prove it?
Let me demonstrate.
This is the angle of the probe in the wound tract.
Let me apply that to my leg.
Now, I'll stand up.
You said that the gun is 60 cm long.
It means that the trigger would have had to be in this position.
It would have been impossible for the victim to reach the trigger.
Only another person could have fired the shot at his knee from below.
Sure.
Get ready for an autopsy.
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