Chapter 2
The person who died was male.
He was also a young, refined person with a kind and harmless smile.
Of course, Fang Qing had only gleaned this from the identity card found on the dead body. As matter of fact, this poor man had been thoroughly mashed up into pieces, as he lay next to Fang Qing’s feet.
“Fu Wei, 25 years old, native of Gansu. He’s a tourist visiting from Beijing and these past few days he has been staying at the Yao’s courtyard inn.*” The investigator reported with a cold and solemn voice.
*TLN: A courtyard inn is like an antiquated inn, where they convert ancient Chinese buildings or replicate ancient Chinese buildings and make them into inns.
Fang Qing used his hand to block his face from the sun. He picked up the white cloth covering the body and looked at the body once more. However, he only felt like cursing in his head, Damn it! He wanted to be transferred to another post, but such a big case had occurred now. Was God trying to mess with him? But silent curses were still silent curses. Fang Qing stared into the corpse’s eyes, which looked crueler than that of an eagle.
“What did the forensic investigator say?” he asked.
“From my initial deductions, I can conclude that the time of death was today in the early morning between one to three a.m. The murder weapon stabbed his chest. The majority of the stabs occurred in his abdomen and caused him to bleed to death. Additionally there are wounds from his wrists being slit, so he probably grappled with other people. The weapon is a wide and thin blade, ranging from 15-20 centimeters in length. It is about 8-10 centimeters wide, and the knife will have a certain weight. Specifically, the material and model number of the weapon will need to be further investigated…”
“How many cuts were there altogether?” Fang Qing asked.