bookcurios Chapter 1928 Shocking! Was the Mu Family Bombing perpetrated by Yuan Da?
Chapter 1928 Shocking! Was the Mu Family Bombing perpetrated by Yuan Da?
boom!
Li Xiangnan's words were like a nuclear bomb dropped into a quiet room!
Everyone was stunned into silence, frozen in place!
The bombing of the Mu family has shocked Beijing since that night. The entire Criminal Investigation Brigade of the Public Security Bureau is racking its brains over it, and even now, it has not been able to completely solve the case!
Although the old man Mu Zelin, who died under the water tower, has already been identified by Li Dequan.
However, a large part of the case remains shrouded in mystery!
Who is the murderer?
What's the purpose?
Where exactly is the crime scene? Is it near the secret passage that Li Xiangnan mentioned?
All of this remains to be verified!
however……
Just today, just now!
Li Xiangnan said that the sleeves of the monk Yuanda's robe were the gunpowder used in the Mu family bombing!
Doesn't that mean Monk Yuanda is involved in the Mu family bombing?
No, could he be the culprit behind the Mu family bombing?
Did he kill Mu Zelin?
Everyone was stunned, their emotions remaining unsettled for a long time!
Guo Qian dropped his pen on the ground with a thud, spilling ink everywhere.
Wang Defa's bulky body jolted violently, knocking over his and Wei Jingfei's chairs.
Song Ziming's eyes widened, and he could hardly breathe.
Even Zhang Long and Zhao Hu, who were leaning against the wall with their eyes closed, instantly opened their eyes and their sharp gazes shot towards the photo on the table!
Even Li Dequan, who was least "concerned" about the discussion, moved his back away from the wall, sat up slightly, and stared intently at his grandson.
“Advisor Li…” Wei Jingfei gasped, his Adam’s apple bobbing, his voice trembling. “You can’t just say things like that! You mean… Monk Yuanda is involved in the bombing? The explosives were homemade, and the marks on his cuffs… um, you mean…”
Guo Qian asked excitedly, "Advisor Li, are you saying that this gunpowder was made by Monk Yuanda himself?"
"hiss!"
Everyone looked at me, and I looked at you, looking at each other.
Because, compared to the shock of hearing Li Xiangnan's judgment, an even greater question instantly filled their minds.
That is……
"Xiao Li, how did you determine that the mark on Monk Yuanda's cuff was from the gunpowder used in the Mu family bombing?" Wang Defa's chest heaved as he said, "Such a tiny mark, it looks more like some mud smeared on it..."
Everyone nodded in agreement. Although Li Xiangnan's conclusion was too shocking, they were either police officers or colleagues who had been in contact with the police for a long time. They all knew that everything required evidence. You can't just make things up without proof, can you?
The mark on Yuanda's cuff was indeed as Defa had said, like a little bit of yellow mud or vegetable soup that had accidentally gotten on it. It didn't seem to have anything to do with gunpowder!
"It's precisely because it really looks like a trace that none of you, not even Xiao Gan and Xiao Liu who were there, noticed it immediately!" Li Xiangnan picked up the photo again. "Xiao Gan even wondered what this thing looked like, like sealing wax..."
His voice was calm, a stark contrast to the near-boiling shock inside the room.
He held up the photo, his finger tracing the fine texture of the dark brown stain.
"Look here!"
His voice was as calm as if he were holding a scalpel, "The overall dark brown to black color of this stain does indeed look like mud splattered on you when you walked through a stinky ditch, but..."
He looked at everyone and said, word by word, "This is the typical color of gunpowder that oxidizes in the air after incomplete combustion, mixing with fabric fibers, and possibly sweat and dust!"
"hiss!"
Everyone's eyes widened in disbelief, feeling that Li Xiangnan was an all-around genius who even knew this.
But that's not the key point!
But Li Xiangnan wasn't finished speaking. He looked up and swept his gaze across everyone: "The key is the shape and location of this stain!"
Guo Qian asked excitedly, "What do you mean by Consultant Li?"
Li Xiangnan calmly explained, "Ordinary dirt stains, due to their physical properties, will spread and smear when they get on frequently moving areas like cuffs, because of the frequent arm movements, and the edges will gradually become blurred!"
"Look at this mark!"
Pointing to the outline of a stain about the size of two finger joints in the photo, he continued, "The outline of the mark here is relatively clear, especially the central area, which has an extremely subtle sense of embedding!"
Wang Defa nervously swallowed: "What does this mean?"
"This shows that it wasn't accidentally brushed against during normal activity! Rather, at some instant, extremely small, minute, and high-speed particles collided with and embedded themselves into the surface of the fabric fibers!"
"hiss!"
As soon as these words were spoken, the room, which was so quiet that one could hear everyone swallowing their saliva, immediately erupted into a cacophony of sounds.
Everyone stared intently at the photo. As Li Xiangnan explained, the originally inconspicuous stain was magnified in everyone's eyes, radiating a chilling aura.
"What kind of particles collide at high speeds?"
Song Ziming said that her high school grades were not ideal.
"That's a very good question, Song!"
Li Xiangnan winked at him, his gaze calm, and said, "The simplest thing is the unburned gunpowder particles that fly up at the moment of the explosion, the dust from the shattered building materials, or... tiny fragments of the explosive device itself! These things, propelled by the high temperature and blast wave at that instant after the explosion, travel at extremely high speeds, like high-speed bullets, and can penetrate fabric!"
"call!"
"call!"
"call!"
Everyone began to breathe heavily.
Guo Qian's breathing was also extremely heavy. He suddenly grabbed the photo, brought it close to his eyes to examine it closely, and his face grew paler and paler.
"I see, I see! Consultant Li, you are truly amazing! You can even grasp such physics knowledge to this extent!"
Wei Jingfei was utterly impressed: "Advisor Li, I'm speechless! Your analysis, logical reasoning, and the direction of your judgments are simply those of a master detective. I have no choice but to admire you!"
"Indeed impressive! Who could deduce such a conclusion from such a small clue! Moreover, they could even reverse the process and calculate how it happened. They're practically devils!" Wang Defa's praise for his brother was overflowing.
"Brother Nan! I feel like you're standing right there at the explosion site! You witnessed exactly how this stain was formed! No wonder the stain on Yuanda's monk's robe can't be washed off; it's embedded in the fabric. Did the molecular structure change too?" Song Ziming exclaimed, expressing his admiration.
However, Guo Qian then let out a long sigh of relief, forced himself to calm down, and after processing the shock he had just felt, he carefully examined the photo again and again.
"But Consultant Li... you just said this was the gunpowder from the Mu family bombing? How did you determine that? Pudu Temple is very close to the Mu family, but it's still dozens of meters away, with walls and alleyways in between! How could the blast debris fly that far and hit his cuff? Even if it hit his cuff, what does that prove?"