Chapter 20: Insects
In the face of these things, he was confused, and judging from his speculation alone, there should be an inevitable connection between these things.
First of all, the 'ghost' came to the clan hall to look for something, but apparently it didn't find it. Secondly, if a fake official enters the clan hall, it is very likely that he will take away the holy decree and the jade turtle belt.
Obviously, both have the same purpose, which is to find something, but it is not known if they are the same group.
And among all the incidents, the most bizarre and inexplicable thing is undoubtedly the corpse that appeared out of thin air.
In the clan hall, Li Canghai and Qi Zuo carefully examined the corpse.
He was an older man who seemed to have some experience.
"There are no red spots on the eyelids of the corpse, indicating that it is not suffocation, the corpse is cold and abnormal, and the time of death cannot be estimated.
He touched his dry beard and shook his head.
Li Canghai nodded and said: "The time of the deceased's death has only been an hour now, but the corpse is showing cold signs, which is really incredible. ”
He looked at him in surprise and asked with some curiosity, "How could a corpse become so cold in an hour?" What's more, it's the height of summer, how is this possible? ”
Li Canghai frowned, he stomped back and forth beside the corpse for a few steps, and suddenly said, "Since there is no abnormality on the surface of the corpse, could it be an internal injury?" As an adult, I beg you to dissect the corpse. ”
He nodded in response, and with the help of several officials, he carried the body to a firewood room to prepare for autopsy.
In the middle of the night, there were several oil lamps lit in the firewood room, and the dim flames swayed with the wind, making the whole firewood room look strange and inexplicable.
Li Canghai and his apprentice stood in front of the corpse, ready to test the knife.
Although Li Canghai learned anatomy in his previous life, he only learned a little bit about criminal investigation and did so. At this time, he came to help as an assistant.
The corpse's posture was odd, and combined with the degree of stiffness, it was difficult to undress.
When pulling down the corpse's shirt, Li Canghai found that there was a knife mark on the corpse's right shoulder.
The scar slashed diagonally from the right shoulder to the chest, about two fingers long.
"The stab marks on the deceased's chest should have been wounded by a dagger or something, and judging by the degree of scarring of the scars, they should have been several months old." He pointed to the scar and let the apprentice record it.
"Master, I found this from the clothes of the deceased." The apprentice sorted out the corpse's clothes and found a chain from inside.
The chain is made of cow tendon and has a claw on it that doesn't know what it is.
Li Canghai hurriedly stepped forward and held the chain in his hand to observe.
In the way to solve a crime, any small detail can play a crucial role. But he looked at the chain again and again, and never found anything, as if it was a talisman.
"Let's get started." Li Canghai decided to perform an autopsy first.
He picked up the knife and was just about to ask him to help break open the corpse's curled limbs, but he didn't expect the limbs to suddenly soften, and it happened that another gust of wind was blowing.
The sudden change suddenly frightened the three of them, and they thought that the soul of the deceased was coming.
Fortunately, several of them were bold people, and the two of them often dealt with corpses, and the three of them quickly calmed down.
"Strange, how could the stiffness of this corpse suddenly disappear?" Li Canghai frowned, and hurriedly asked him to hurry up the autopsy.
He nodded, and a half-finger-long autopsy knife danced rapidly over the corpse, and soon the deceased's chest was cut open.
Seeing the internal organs of the deceased, the three of them took a breath of cold air at the same time.
The internal organs of the deceased were hollow, as if they had been gnawed by something. What's even more bizarre is that there is a layer of ice on the outside of those gnawed internal organs.
Li Canghai and Lao Qizuo looked at each other, no wonder the corpse was so cold, it turned out that the body was frozen.
After the corpse was dissected, a cold air came out of the corpse, and the old man took advantage of the ice to quickly take out a piece of internal organs.
The internal organs were no longer distinguishable from the spleen and liver, and were frozen to the size of a fist, like amber. But unlike amber, it's full of head-tingling weirdness.
At this moment, there was a slight cracking sound of the ice cube in the old man's hand.
An ominous premonition suddenly appeared in Li Canghai's mind, and he shouted: "Throw it away!" ”
The old man didn't react for a while, and then he saw the ice crack open, and a white insect larger than a fingernail crawled out of the internal organs.
The insect instantly burrowed into the palm of the old man's hand, and in an instant, a burst of ice rose from the old man's left hand.
The old man screamed in horror, and he only felt a cold breath spread from the palm of his hand all over his body.
This old man is also a strong-hearted person, he knew that it would be difficult for him to survive by the worm in his body, so he picked up the knife and stuck it in the palm of his hand.
With a cry of pain, the palm of the old man's hand was suddenly pierced by a sharp blade.
Li Canghai secretly admired that in the face of life and death, the old man was able to stay in danger, and his knife was fast and ruthless, like a miracle skill.
The old man gritted his teeth and endured the pain, he pulled out his sharp blade, and the white worm was stuck in the tip of the knife.
The apprentice hurriedly tore off a piece of cloth and bandaged his wound, the pain in his heart made his right hand tremble, and with a loud bang, the knife fell to the ground.
Whew~
It was as if a cold snowball had hit the stove, making a melting sound, and the insect writhed a few times, instantly turning into a puddle of liquid.
"I've been doing it all my life, and I've seen a lot of strange things, what the hell is this?" The old man covered his bandaged left hand, and said with palpitations.
Li Canghai's face was solemn, he took out a piece of internal organs about the same size from the corpse, and carefully placed it in front of the candle.
The cold ice outside the guts quickly faded, and soon an identical insect crawled out of it.
The insect was snow-white and transparent, like ice, and its body exuded a cold air, as long as it was close to the fire candle, the insect quickly melted.
"It seems that the body of the deceased is stiff and cold, and it is all the ghost of this bug. What is this thing that can produce cold? Li Canghai melted the insects, and then looked at the corpse, I am afraid that there are many such insects among the corpses.
Thinking of this, Li Canghai couldn't help but shudder, it seems that these insects treat the corpse as a parasitic host.
After finding the cause of death, Li Canghai asked the old man to go back to rest as a master and apprentice, and he returned to the clan hall and came to the scene of the crime again.
At this time, the sky is getting brighter.
Li Canghai looked at the blood words on the ground, although the blood words had solidified, they were still hideous.
Before he knew it, the sky was already bright, and the sun shone in obliquely through the window lattice, stabbing his eyes with a faint pain.
Di Qing walked over, and saw Li Canghai staring at the blood characters from afar, so he quietly walked behind him and pushed him mischievously.
Li Canghai fell to the ground with a puff, fell a few feet, and rolled directly behind the open door of the clan hall.