Chapter 14: Discovery
"You to the right, I'm to the left. www.biquge.info"Seeing that He Ning's attitude was so refreshing, Tonic was happy not to waste his tongue, and after a simple explanation, he turned around and walked to the left, and started digging next to the bushes.
According to Tonic Li's division of labor, He Ning also began to shovel the soil with a shovel on the right side of the pit where the man's body was dug up, while trying to find the deceased's belongings, while wondering why Tonic chose to dig here. Because the depth of the pit where the body was buried was only less than one meter deep, I think that the murderer who abandoned the body may have not dug the pit very deep because of physical problems or other reasons, so assuming that Tonic is correct, then there is no reason for the murderer to dig a shallow pit less than one meter deep when burying the body, and when burying the clothes of the deceased, he took great pains to dig a deep pit.
Based on this consideration, He Ning did not waste too much physical strength on digging pits, and dug each pit more than half a meter deep, and continued to move forward without discovering it. The two people in the middle are busy with their own heads, after all, such a large range, only the two of them dig a pit by pit, this can still be regarded as a chore, after digging more than ten pits and still finding nothing, He Ning's hands are a little sore, so he simply put the shovel on the ground, rested with his arm on the wooden handle, and turned his head to look at Tonic Li, after all, Tonic is a strong man, and his physical strength is better than He Ning, so he is still digging, but it seems that he has only dug four or five pits, each of which is relatively deep, so he wasted a lot of effort。
"Why do you have to waste your physical strength?" He Ning shouted to Tang Li and said to him, facing Tang Li's puzzled gaze, he explained his reasons to him without hurry.
After hearing this, Tang Li was stunned, looked at the dozen or so shallow pits on He Ning's side, and then looked at his own side, nodded, didn't say anything, but directly gave up the last deep pit where he had found nothing, and continued to dig up next to it, it seems that he should have listened to He Ning's suggestion, and felt that it made more sense.
He Ning rested for a while, and continued to dig, why look for it in this vicinity, He Ning has also thought about it, put aside the murderer and disposed of the clothes separately, did not choose to bury it, but used other methods to discard or even burn the possibility, the murderer will also discard the deceased's clothes in this vicinity, although there is a large area of wasteland, but there are no tall trees to cover nearby, and there are no buildings, everything on the wasteland is so clear at a glance, if you dig a pit elsewhere, the traces of the soil being turned over will be quite obvious, if you really meet any curious people, then it will be a big trouble。
The location where the murderer buried the body, close to the bushes, is just enough to allow the soil that has been dug up and refilled back to be blocked by the bushes, unless you look at it from the side of the wasteland, otherwise just pass by the road, whether it is driving or traveling, it will not be easy to see whether the soil behind the bushes has been turned over, and when the pot is on for a while, whether it is covered by ice and snow in winter, or weeds crawling all over that place again in spring, autumn and summer, in short, the original traces will be covered, and it is difficult for people to see it again.
This neighborhood is very desolate, if it is not for this plan to re-widen the road, I am afraid that in another two or three years or even longer, no one will want to come over and turn over the ground, and after many years, even if someone accidentally turns it out, if the body has rotted into a handful of white bones, it will be regarded as an ownerless grave that has been bulldozed, and the only thing to take seriously is what kind of criminal case.
Although it is still only the end of spring and the beginning of summer, there is still a little bit of coolness in the morning and evening, but around noon, the temperature is no longer significantly different from that in summer. He Ning and Tang Li came here close to lunch time, busy for a long time, it happened to be one or two o'clock in the afternoon, the highest temperature in the whole day, the two of them dug the soil pit for half a day "facing the loess with their backs to the sky", this time it was also hot and tired, the T-shirt He Ning was wearing had been soaked in sweat, stuck to the back, very uncomfortable, and the consequence of sweating a lot was that she was a little dehydrated, and her mouth was dry.
"You go in the car and take a break. Tonic didn't know when he came over, and as he spoke, he took her shovel from Hening's hand, and gestured in the direction of the park, "I'll do the rest." ”
After accepting He Ning's suggestion, the progress of the half of the Tang Li can be said to have improved a lot, so he has already turned it over, and no matter how far away he is, he doesn't plan to go to check it today, and now the rest is that there is still a part of the half of He Ning that has not been dug up.
He Ning nodded, he didn't say politely to Tonic Li, originally Tonic was not the kind of person who played tricks, he said to let himself rest, then he must be sincerely expressing this meaning, not just symbolic politeness like some people. On the other hand, He Ning does feel a little weak in her body, she is a relatively competitive girl, but she also firmly believes that competitiveness does not mean recklessness, facing a wall that is about to collapse, the person who meets it is not brave, but reckless, and the person who avoids is not cowardly, but wise, so in a situation like now, when her state is clearly not good, she would rather recover and then devote 100% energy to work, rather than be stubborn and strong, and in the end lose a big loss.
She went to the car to find a bottle of mineral water, drank most of the bottle in one go, turned on the air conditioner in the car, lowered the back of the chair, half lay on it and closed her eyes, her snort was still hot than the body temperature on weekdays, the temperature outside was not as hot as the real Futian, but her recent state was not at the best level, plus she had been busy digging a pit, this digging was almost two hours, and the physical exertion was not small, so accumulated together, the body had a little sign of overload.
To really say that compared to the truth, the original life in the back office in City C is naturally much more comfortable than now, even if it is a small overtime, even if you need to work night shifts together, but the physical strength is indeed much easier than now, when he was just dizzy by the sun, He Ning had a thought flashing in his mind for a moment - he chose to leave his hometown to come here because of avoidance, and even changed the nature of his work, is it really worth it?
This thought only existed for a few short seconds, and soon He Ning had the answer, she did not regret it, adapting to a new environment and a new job of course requires a transition period, she would rather miss her parents in C City from time to time, and would rather be a little bitter and tired, than give up her pride and make herself disgraced.
When people are tired, they often become extremely fragile and sensitive emotionally, He Ning's mood was a little up and down, but soon the ups and downs and restlessness calmed down in the cold air of the car air conditioner, she quickly adjusted her emotions, sat up, and felt that the original physical discomfort and weakness had faded, so she took another bottle of water, turned off the car and got out of the car to find Tonic.
At the moment when she went back to the car to rest, Tang Li pushed forward a distance, when He Ning walked over, he was squatting on the ground, heard the voice behind him, looked back and saw that it was He Ning, so he quickly looked her up and down, and saw that He Ning's face had returned to normal, so he didn't say anything again. He Ning handed over the water, and Tang Li took it and put it aside, although his lips were already very dry, he didn't mean to drink some water and rest immediately.
He Ning also quickly noticed the situation inside the pit in front of Tonic Li, the pit was very shallow, about half a meter deep, and there were several dirty clothes in the pit, which were covered with mud, which was obviously just dug by Tonic Li. After putting aside the water handed by Hening, Tonic immediately put on his gloves and carefully picked out the clothes in the pit one by one, there were a total of four clothes, namely a pair of men's underwear, a pair of men's pants, a dirty T-shirt, and an army green canvas vest.
"Is there anything that can prove your identity?" He Ning saw that he had made a discovery, and he instantly came to his senses, and hurriedly came to the front and carefully looked at the clothes on the ground, "Why don't you have shoes?"
"Maybe the shoes are more ordinary, and they won't be noticed when they are thrown away. Tonic made his guess, and pinched the pockets of his trousers and the pockets on the army green canvas vest with his hands, "No belongings." ”
"Wearing a multi-pocket vest with so many pockets, what will you have with you without any personal belongings?" He Ning was deeply suspicious of this, although these clothes were not very close to the big pit where the male corpse was dug out, but the location was very similar, they were all close to the root of the bushes, and they could be covered by the bushes and not easily discovered.
To be on the safe side, Tonic flipped through it again, but still found nothing.
"Hey, look at this thing!" He Ning also put on his gloves, rummaged around a few times, and was soon attracted by the canvas vest, she carefully picked up the vest, and pointed to a black rectangle on the chest of the vest, and it was still fixed on the chest of the clothes with pins, "Do you think this thing looks particularly familiar?"