Underworld Detective

Red Umbrella, Injury Examination

After a while, Wang Dali ran over panting with a red umbrella in his hand, and handed it to me: “Yangzi, is this it?”

“That is right!” I said to Qin Fayi, “Excuse me, could you lend me two pairs of rubber gloves.”

Sitting on a small stool, Qin Fayi held a cigarette in his hand, raised his chin and said, “It is in the toolbox, take whatever you want.”

I took two pairs of rubber gloves, threw one to Wang Dali, and put on the other by myself. Wang Dali was shocked and said, “Yangzi, what are you doing?”

“Prevent fingerprints on the corpse,” I replied.

“No …… you asked me to carry the corpse!”

“If you don't help me, who will help me? Don't talk nonsense, hurry up.” I urged.

Wang Dali cried and said, “Do not drag me into your water”

“I will treat you to dinner at noon, is that okay?” I said.

A group of policemen were watching, Wang Dali did not want to say anything more. I asked him to help the upper body of the corpse, and took out a pair of scissors from the toolbox to cut open the sweater of the corpse. Dr Qin glared at me and did not say anything. The dead man had his tongue sticking out of his mouth. If the sweater was taken off his head, the tongue would definitely be damaged.

After cutting off the sweater, I unbuttoned the shirt inside the corpse. The face of the hanged man was horrifying. Wang Dali closed his eyes and dared not look at it. Then, he sneaked a glance over, and closed his eyes again in fright: “What the hell, Yangzi, aren't you scared?”

“What is there to be afraid of the dead, are you afraid of the table?” I smiled lightly.

“But he …… is dead after all.” Wang Dali looked at me like he was looking at a monster.

In my eyes, there is really no big difference between a dead person and a table. Back then, in order to practice my skill in bone testing, my grandfather often took me to the cemetery, often staying all night.

Because there were many people watching, the deceased did not need to take off his pants, so I said to Wang Dali: “Lift up the corpse!”

Wang Dali breathed a sigh of relief and lifted the dead body up.

I slowly opened the red umbrella, and a smell of medicinal herbs pervaded immediately, the female police officer covered her nose and shouted: “Where did you buy this umbrella, that it smells like this!”

“Sorry!” I smiled slightly.

I saw and bought this umbrella when I was shopping. The method of using umbrellas was mentioned in ‘The True Version of a Collection of Wrongdoing’. The ancients had long realized that ultraviolet rays have the function of making scars visible. It has been continously improved by Song Ci, the prison officer of the Great Song Dynasty. Apply different potions on the umbrella surface, and this ‘post-mortem umbrella’ can be used to check different traces, I created this ‘post-mortem umbrella’ for myself according to follow the method in the book.

I open the umbrella and slowly rotate it in the sun, the red shadow cast on the chest of the corpse is red to ordinary people, but it looks like a rainbow to me, made of many fan-shaped areas of red in different shades.

As I were observing the pale skin of the deceased, Wang Dali could not bear it anymore, and said: “Yangzi, hurry up and start the test, the sun is not hot today, so you do not need to hold an umbrella for me.”

“I am testing it right now!” I said.

“What? What are you testing with a broken umbrella?” Wang Dali was stunned.

“How can this be a broken umbrella? Do you know how much living expenses I spent on medicinal materials to concoct this umbrella? I would not change it for a girlfriend.” I said.

“That is gonna have to be talented!” After Wang Dali finished speaking, his eyes drifted to the glamorous beautiful policewoman.

Dr Qin sneered and said: “Boy, from which book did you read this weird home method, you want to do an autopsy with a broken umbrella, why don't you burn a stick of incense to hook the soul of the dead, and tell him to speak by himself?”

I ignored it and thought to myself: Since you love to talk sarcasticly, you should say it as soon as possible, or you won’t be able to say it later!

When the red umbrella rotated three times, a faint palm print suddenly appeared on the shoulder of the deceased. Everyone at the scene was stunned. Unconsciously, Dr Qin opened his mouth, the cigarette fell from his mouth and he is unaware.

“This …… this is impossible!” Dr Qin stood up abruptly.

“Strongly, turn the body over again!” I said.

“All right!”

Wang Dali cheered up, turned the corpse over, and carried it on his shoulders.

I continued to turn the red umbrella, and where the red light passed, it was like an infrared scan, then three palm prints appeared one after another on the back of the deceased, which was a little clearer than the one on the shoulder. These palm prints were very small, like those left by a woman.

“Stop!“ The policewoman snapped her fingers: “Xiao Wang, go get a camera over here!”

A policeman hurriedly brought over a digital camera, the policewoman told me to keep holding the umbrella, and then took pictures of the palm prints one by one.

After all the palm prints were taken, I asked Wang Dali to put the body down.

The female police officer looked down at the photos on the digital camera and said, “Strange, why do the lines of these prints look a little different from palm prints?”

“It is not palm prints, it is the texture of clothes. These handprints are left through the clothes. When a person dies, the yang energy in the whole body will escape from the pores in an instant. If there are foreign objects blocking the skin at that time, it will leave a ‘Yin Yang mark’! Unless a special method is used, it will not appear.” I explained.

“Yang Qi?” The female police officer looked surprised.

“This sounds a bit mysterious, but it is not difficult to think about it carefully.” I said with a smile.

The female police officer seemed to have realized something and nodded: “Okay, you are really smart, where did you learn these weird theories, then this case is murder!”

“Murder for sure!” I replied.

“No!” Dr Qin stood up suddenly, his face turned pale for a while: “This kid is juggling, I have been a forensic doctor for so many years, and I have never heard of red umbrellas or sun test marks. You …… you, where did you learn this trick?”

“A trick? Show me this trick then.” I sneered and put the umbrella away.

“You, you, you, you, you dare to talk to me like that, you know who I am!” Dr Qin was so angry that his lips trembled, I felt a burst of disdain in my heart, and if he had lost your reason, he would use his qualifications to suppress me. I will not accept this kind of trick.

“I do not know who you are, I just know that you are wrong, murder is called suicide by you, your fault could have let a college student die in vain and let a murderer go unpunished!”

“Boy, you ……” Dr Qin stretched out his hand to grab my umbrella, I turned around so he snatched nothing, he shouted angrily, “Show me this strange umbrella, you must have used it sorcery, you are an alarmist here.”

“By the way, didn't you just say that if I find out, you will not only hand over the case to me for investigation, but also resign? Do you always have a bad memory, so you forget everything you say.” I laughed.

“That is right, I heard it too, it does not count if a dignified forensic doctor cannot keep his word.” Wang Dali said.

Dr Qin widened his eyes and looked around, his face suddenly turned purple, he faltered and said: “That …… that is all a joke, it cannot be taken seriously, I did not know you can check it out, if I knew, I would not have said so!”

“A joke?” I raised my eyebrows, “Old man, if I did not find out, I am afraid you would have arrested me long ago.”

Dr Qin was speechless, and said to the policewoman : “Xiao Tao, you see, this kid is making fun of me, hurry up and get rid of this unreasonable kid!”

But the female police officer shook her head: “Dr Qin, you cannot go back on your word like this, everyone present has heard the agreement between you two just now, since you promised to let him investigate this case, you should fulfill your promise.”

In fact, the female police officer was also trying to smooth things over, and automatically ignored the resignation. I understood clearly, but pretended to be confused. Forget it, I do not even bother to beat up the dog in the water, let's save some face for this old man!

Dr Qin was silent for a few seconds, then suddenly said: “Huang Xiaotao, even you won't help me, okay, I won't investigate this case, let him investigate it! If this kid can solve this case, I will leave the criminal police Team.”

After speaking, he took off his white coat, threw it to the ground, and left angrily.

I looked at his back and sneered, old man, your face is still not hurt?

At this time, a white and slender hand was stretched out in front of me, I looked up. It is the policewoman.

“My name is Huang Xiaotao, your name is ……”

“Song Yang!”

I held her hand, Huang Xiaotao's hand is very soft and thin, and she exudes a faint body fragrance. I have guarded myself like a jade for 22 years, and have never touched a woman's body, especially such a mature and charming woman, made me a little shy, and my cheeks suddenly burned.

“Then I will ask you to give me some advice in this case.” Huang Xiaotao smiled.

“Well then!” I replied.

At this moment, a girl's cry suddenly came from outside the cordon: “It is a ghost, my boyfriend was killed by a ghost!”

As soon as these words came out, the three of us were taken aback at the same time.