Siheyuan: I am Banggeng's uncle

Chapter 960 Yan Bugui Picks Up a Treasure, But Gets a Shock!
Around nine o'clock in the morning, Yan Bugui, as usual, came to the Yongding River with his fishing rod, ready to fish and earn some extra money. At that moment, an oil drum floating on the water was drifting downstream with the flow of the river.

Yan Bugui, who was about to cast his line, saw the oil drum floating on the water and his eyes lit up. He muttered to himself, "Who is so wasteful as to throw such a big oil drum into the river? Judging by its size, it's worth at least a dollar or two."

As Yan Bugui finished speaking, just as the oil drum was about to drift to the middle of the river where he was, he immediately threw his fishing rod toward the oil drum, trying to hook it with a fishhook and then pull it to the bank.

Yan Bugui cast his fishing rod several times, but failed to snag the oil drum. As the oil drum drifted away right in front of him, Yan Bugui became anxious. He quickly grabbed his fishing rod and followed the direction in which the oil drum was floating, moving quickly while continuously casting his fishing rod towards the oil drum.

Yan Bugui cast his line more than ten times before finally hooking the oil drum. Feeling the pulling force from the fishing rod, Yan Bugui, who was in a state of high tension, breathed a sigh of relief and unconsciously showed a joyful expression on his face. Then he carefully pulled the oil drum toward the shore.

"Teacher Yan! Are you fishing or fishing for oil drums?" Just as Yan Bugui was carefully pulling the oil drum towards the shore, a fisherman with a stool and fishing rod came to the riverbank. When he saw the oil drum that Yan Bugui had hooked with his fishing hook, he greeted Yan Bugui with a smile.

Yan Bugui, who was pulling the oil drum, heard a familiar voice behind him and turned to look in the direction of the voice. When he saw the person, he replied with a smug look, "It's Lao Liu! I saw this oil drum floating down from upstream while I was fishing. I didn't know what was in the oil drum, so I was going to pull it to the shore to take a look."

When Lao Liu heard Yan Bugui's answer and saw the smug look on his face, he immediately remembered Yan Bugui's personality and teased him with a smile: "Lao Yan! This oil drum can be sold for at least one or two yuan. Even if you didn't catch any fish today, you won't lose money based on the recycling price of this oil drum."

When Yan Bugui heard Lao Liu's words and thought about the value of the oil drum, he was extremely proud. He replied with a smile, "Lao Liu! It's just good luck. But based on the feel of pulling the fishing rod, I feel that there should be something in this oil drum. I just don't know what it is."

After a few minutes of pulling, Yan Bugui finally managed to pull the oil drum to the shore. Thinking of the force he felt from the fishing rod during the struggle, Yan Bugui instinctively looked into the oil drum.

"Ah! Someone's dead! There's a headless corpse in this oil drum!" When Yan Bugui saw what was in the oil drum, he was startled and involuntarily took a few steps back, shouting in terror.

Old Liu, who was standing next to Yan Bugui, heard Yan Bugui's terrified shout and immediately looked into the oil drum. When he saw the headless corpse in the oil drum, he was also startled and hurriedly shouted, "Teacher Yan! This is murder! We have to go to the police station to report it right away."

Upon receiving the report, the Criminal Investigation Division of the FT District Branch, led by Division Chief Li Xianjin, personally led a team to the Yongding River. Seeing several police officers maintaining order at the scene, Li Xianjin asked the lead officer, "Old Zhao! Who discovered this body?" Officer Zhao, upon hearing Li Xianjin's question, immediately reported, "Chief Li! The person who discovered the female corpse is named Yan Bugui, a teacher at Hongxing Elementary School, residing at No. 95 Tongluoguxiang, Dongcheng District. When he found the oil drum floating on the river, he thought he had struck gold, so he didn't even fish and used a fishing hook to pull the oil drum. It was only when he pulled the drum to the shore that he discovered the body inside."

When Li Xianjin heard Lao Zhao's explanation, his first thought was that the address seemed familiar. However, he didn't have time to think about it at the moment. With a serious expression, he asked Lao Zhao, "Lao Zhao! Tongluoguxiang is in Dongcheng District, which is quite a distance from here. Why would this person who reported the case go all the way here to fish on the Yongding River instead of fishing at Luochahai?"

Upon hearing Li Xianjin's question, Lao Zhao immediately explained to him, "Captain Li! I've inquired about this situation. According to Yan Bugui and his fishing buddies, because people have been fishing there for years, it's almost impossible to catch any fish now. So they've gone to the Yongding River to fish instead."

When Li Xianjin heard Lao Zhao's explanation, he subconsciously nodded. Then he suddenly remembered why he had a sense of déjà vu when he heard the address of the person who reported the case. He couldn't help but mutter to himself, "Isn't No. 95 Tongluogu Lane the compound where Deputy Chief Jia lives?"

Upon learning that the person who reported the case was a neighbor of Jia Dongming living in the same compound, Li Xianjin immediately asked Lao Zhao, "Lao Zhao! Have the identity of the deceased and the cause of death been confirmed?"

When Lao Zhao heard Li Xianjin's question, he subconsciously shook his head and replied with a serious expression, "Captain Li! Since the deceased's head has been cut off, we can only confirm that the deceased's age is between twenty-five and thirty years old. His identity is not yet clear, but our police station has already arranged for people to conduct interviews and investigations in the jurisdiction. As for the cause of death, we are not very clear at the moment, but based on the deceased's clothing, he should have been sexually assaulted before his death."

Upon hearing Lao Zhao's report, Li Xianjin immediately instructed his subordinates, "Xiao Chen! Xiao Zheng! You two, each lead a team to search upstream along both banks of the Yongding River to determine the exact location where the murderer dumped the body. Then, using the dumping point as the center, investigate the true identity of the deceased."

Upon hearing Li Xianjin's instructions, Xiao Chen and Xiao Zheng immediately led their men to search upstream along both banks of the Yongding River for the exact location where the murderer had disposed of the body.

After Li Xianjin and Xiao Chen and Xiao Zheng left with their men, they headed towards the oil drums. He saw the forensic doctor conducting a preliminary autopsy and immediately asked, "Old Guo! Can you determine the time of death and the cause of death?"

Upon hearing Li Xianjin's question, forensic doctor Lao Guo reported with a serious expression: "Captain Li! Based on the livor mortis on the deceased's body, I have preliminarily determined that the deceased should have died between 8 pm and 10 pm last night. The exact time can only be determined after an autopsy."

(End of this chapter)