"What's going on?" Gu Chen also helped Lu Weiwei up and quickly looked forward.

"That thing looks like a face." Lu Weiwei swallowed her saliva and pointed forward with a slight frown: "It's right there."

Gu Chen shined the flashlight and found that in a corner of the woods, an object resembling a human face was stuck in the soil.

If you take a closer look, it really looks like a human face staring ahead.

Coupled with the approaching heavy rain, lightning appears in the sky from time to time, making the originally weird grove look even weirder.

"Are you okay?" Hearing some movement down the rocky slope, Officer Wang quickly picked up the flashlight and scanned the area below: "What did you find?"

"Wait a minute." Gu Chen responded, then slowly walked forward, squatted down and took a closer look.

The human face in front of me is not a rare thing, but a mask-like object.

Judging from the appearance, the workmanship is quite fine, like a prop in a movie.

"So this is it? It scared me just now." She was suddenly startled by such a strange object just now, so Lu Weiwei quickly patted her chest to calm down.

Gu Chen put on white gloves and gently pulled the mask out of the soil.

But upon touching it, I realized that the weight of the mask was far beyond what I imagined. It didn't seem to be made of any ordinary material. It felt heavy in my hand.

"Is it heavy?" Seeing that Gu Chen was struggling, Lu Weiwei asked him hurriedly.

"A bit." Gu Chen said.

"What is this?" After Lu Weiwei swept the light, she seemed to have discovered something new, so she moved closer: "Isn't this hair? And... blood stains?"

Gu Chen opened his eyes wide and looked around according to Lu Weiwei's prompts, and found that it was indeed what Lu Weiwei said.

There are obvious traces of blood on the corners of the mask, and some long hair remains.

"Is this the murder weapon?" Gu Chen glanced at Lu Weiwei and said, "The long hair belongs to a woman. Could it be the hair of the gentleman and wife just now?"

"It's possible." Lu Weiwei also said: "Didn't he say that? The man named Zhang Chao stumbled out of his house, and then ran up the rocky slope about 50 meters away, maybe intentionally or unintentionally.

The mask was thrown down at the foot of the rocky slope. It seems that it is probably the murder weapon used to hit the deceased."

"Put it up first." It was all in the dark, and it was hard for Gu Chen to judge here. After all, it was about to rain heavily, so he had to look for any other clues quickly.

So Gu Chen took out an evidence collection bag and temporarily put the mask in it. Then he found the area around the mask under the rocky slope and conducted several rounds of searches again.

It wasn't until the raindrops as big as beans began to fall drop by drop that Gu Chen patted Lu Weiwei on the shoulder, and the two climbed up the trail from another slower place.

"How's it going?" Officer Wang hurriedly came over to lend a hand and pulled the two of them onto the trail.

"I found a mask with blood stains on it and a woman's long hair." Gu Chen calmed down and said.

"Show me." The fat man quickly walked out from behind Officer Wang.

When he saw the mask in Gu Chen's evidence bag, he was shocked and said hurriedly: "This... I got this mask from the antique market a few days ago. Why... why is it here?"

"Are you sure?" Officer Wang was doubtful. He took the transparent evidence bag directly, placed it in front of the fat man and said, "Look carefully."

"It can't be wrong." The fat man was very sure, pointing to one of the lines and said: "This line is actually asymmetrical. There are a few millimeters of breaks on the other side, and there are also defects at the bottom corner, and there are nostrils on the inner side of the other side.

There is damage everywhere.”

According to the fat man's statement, Officer Wang immediately checked it and found that it was indeed as the fat man said, and all the characteristics were consistent with his statement.

"So, this mask really came from your house?" Officer Wang asked him calmly.

The fat man took the mask, looked it over several times and said, "Yes, there are still blood stains. My wife must have been killed by this weapon. Zhang Chao, I'm not done with you."

In the lightning, the fat man's expression was particularly ferocious, as if revenge was inevitable.

Gu Chen looked at the weather and said quickly: "It's already raining. Let's go back to the scene first."

"Okay." Officer Wang agreed immediately.

After a lot of twists and turns, everyone ran back to the crime scene in embarrassment despite the heavy rain.

Lu Weiwei held the transparent evidence collection bag and breathed a long sigh of relief and said: "Fortunately, fortunately we found the murder weapon. If it had been later, the traces on the murder weapon would have been washed away by the rain."

Gu Chen wiped the raindrops on the transparent evidence collection bag with his sleeve, and then gently took out the mask with his hands wearing white gloves.

At the same time, comparison and verification were conducted based on the head wounds of the deceased.

After some investigation, Lu Weiwei asked Gu Chen: "How is it?"

"It's a perfect match," Gu Chen said.

"That means that the murder weapon that killed this lady was really this mask?" Officer Wang felt a chill.

The murderer's method of committing the crime was so brutal that the head of the deceased was bleeding profusely, and the floor tiles were dyed red with blood.

Since they were running back to the crime scene from the heavy rain, Gu Chen, Lu Weiwei and Officer Wang specially put on footwear.

The fat man was asked to stand at the door and wait for news.

"It's almost confirmed, but the traces on it still need to be considered. It is recommended to send it to the Municipal Bureau's Technical Department to extract the fingerprint residue on the mask." Gu Chen put the mask back into the evidence collection bag and said thoughtfully.

Lu Weiwei asked Gu Chen: "Forensic Doctor Liu is probably off work. He may still be in the technical department at ten o'clock in the evening, but it is already after midnight now. Maybe Forensic Doctor Liu has gone home to rest."

"Let's give it a try. I will be the villain." The incident happened suddenly, and Gu Chen didn't care too much. He took out his cell phone and started dialing the number of Forensic Doctor Liu.

You know, forensic work is always hard.

Forensic Doctor Liu has a tradition of getting off work at ten o'clock in the evening, but he will not overdraw his rest time too much.

In Liu's own words, this is called the combination of work and rest.

After all, Forensic Doctor Liu is not a young man in his early twenties. He does not need to rely on physical strength to achieve results.

Mastering core technologies and experience is Liu Forensic Doctor’s way of survival.

That's why Forensic Doctor Liu is willing to take care of his assistants and cultivate their hard-working spirit, while he himself provides technical and experience guidance.

Gu Chen knew that Forensic Doctor Liu was hiring several new assistants recently, and he didn't know whether they were qualified for the job, so after thinking about it, he still wanted to confirm with Forensic Doctor Liu.

The call was quickly connected, and forensic doctor Liu yawned and asked, "It's Gu Chen, what? Are you still on duty?"

"A murder occurred here in the eastern suburbs. We found a crime tool, so we would like to ask the technical department to help detect fingerprints." Gu Chen also heard that forensic doctor Liu was resting, so he spoke especially quietly.

Forensic Doctor Liu smiled and said: "So that's it, you can go directly to the technical department. My new assistant Xiao Gao is on night shift, so you can just go to him."

"Then thank you forensic doctor Liu."

"You're welcome, you should also combine work and rest and pay attention to rest."

After the two chatted with each other for a few words, Forensic Doctor Liu hung up the phone.

Officer Wang immediately stepped forward and asked, "What do you mean? Someone is on night shift, right?"

"We have Forensic Doctor Liu's new assistant, Xiao Gao, in the technical department." Gu Chen said.

"Then... can Xiao Gao's technology work?" Lu Weiwei expressed doubts.

After all, technologies such as fingerprint extraction are not as simple as imagined, and not everyone can do it.

Gu Chen said: "Since Forensic Doctor Liu asked us to go there, it means that Xiao Gao is competent. This is Forensic Doctor Liu's habit, otherwise he would have gone there himself."

It was also because he had been cooperating with Forensic Doctor Liu for a long time that Gu Chen was able to fully understand what Forensic Doctor Liu said.

Since Forensic Doctor Liu didn't say anything, there's no need to doubt Xiao Gao's skills.

Officer Wang said: "In this case, I will take people to arrest Zhang Chao, you will take the murder weapon to the technical department, and the remaining people will continue to protect the scene. Let's gather in the technical department of the city bureau."

"Okay." Gu Chen also had this intention. After all, arresting the suspect Zhang Chao was also a top priority, so he readily agreed.

He drove with Lu Weiwei and the two of them headed to the Technical Section of the Municipal Bureau.

At this moment, the police officers on night shift were coming in and out, and Gu Chen and Lu Weiwei came to the technical section familiarly.

The two of them have been to this place countless times, and they can even find the technical laboratory with their eyes closed.

"Tuk tuk tuk!" Gu Chen came to the door of the office and knocked politely three times.

"Please come in, the door is unlocked." A weak response came from inside, the voice was a bit unfamiliar.

After Gu Chen and Lu Weiwei looked at each other, they opened the door directly with masks on. They saw a young man with a baby face, lying on a folding chair to rest.

I also saw two unfamiliar faces. The baby-faced man was a little curious and asked: "Who are you? What are you doing here?"

Gu Chen made a "pop" sound and stood in front of him like a nail, saying: "I am Gu Chen from the Criminal Investigation Group Three of the Furong Branch. I have already said hello to Forensic Doctor Liu and came here with the murder weapon for fingerprint identification and extraction."

"I am Lu Weiwei from the Criminal Investigation Group Three of the Furong Branch. I came here for the same purpose." Seeing that the baby-faced man was a little unfamiliar, Lu Weiwei introduced herself to the family for the time being.

After hearing Gu Chen's name, the baby-faced man was suddenly stunned. He quickly got down from the folding chair, straightened his white coat and said:

"I am Dr. Liu's new assistant. My name is Gao Chuanfeng. I have heard of you, Gu Chen, for a long time. It seems that we met by chance today."

"Have you also heard of my Junior Brother Gu?" Lu Weiwei expressed curiosity.

Gao Chuanfeng smiled and said: "The main reason is that Dr. Liu often mentions Gu Chen, so we hear it more often, but I didn't expect to meet him late at night today. It can be regarded as fate."

Looking at the mask in Gu Chen's hand, Gao Chuanfeng asked: "Are you trying to test the thing in your hand?"

"That's right." Gu Chen quickly handed it to him with both hands.

"You guys take a rest here and I'll test it for you." After Gao Chuanfeng took the mask, he walked directly towards the laboratory.

At the door, he turned back and smiled: "There is tea here, you can make it and drink it yourself."
To be continued...