The first reaction of the Fang Institute to the police call was to call the criminal police team of the city bureau, because their police station has always done this in the past when they received homicides.

It was Zhang Tao who answered the phone, and instead of immediately preparing to lead the team to set off as before, he hung up the phone, then sat down in a chair, and began to think about whether to go to 'this troubled water'.

Because with his experience in handling cases for so many years, it is very likely that this kind of case, which has been buried underground for many years and is very difficult to confirm the identity of the deceased, will become an unsolved case. If the case can be solved, it will indirectly help the soon-to-be-established Qingshui Branch, if the case can't be solved, wouldn't it be 'I didn't eat the mutton, but caused a commotion'.

In the end, Team Zhang thought about it again and again, and called Fang back on the grounds that the case at hand was too busy. There was no way, Fang Suo could only bite the bullet and take Gu Qing and several policemen to the scene of the crime. There were a lot of citizen workers around the scene, and the instructor with Dashu and Pei Feng were maintaining the order of the scene. In the midst of the crowd, a woman in a white coat squatting with only a perfect body in sight, but no physiognomy in sight, was making preparations, apparently preparing to clean up the shallow pit where human bones were found.

"Don't move yet! Who called the police? Also, have you carefully checked the clues provided by the informant? How can it be said that seeing a few bones of a wild dog pulled out of the ground must assume that it is a human bone and not a sheep's bone? Zhang Tao didn't come, and Fang Suo's stomach was holding back nowhere to spill, so as soon as he squeezed into the crowd, he immediately stopped the investigation of the scene.

Fang Suo's words really stopped the instructor a few times, and they looked at each other for a while, not knowing how to answer.

"You are Director Fang, in fact, most of the bones of the human body can be identified from the bones of animals through the naked eye."

"You are?" The woman in the white coat walked over, and it was clear what she looked like from below. With a beautiful face that was slightly pale, with gold-rimmed glasses, and no smile in her big eyes, she stretched out her white-gloved right hand towards Fang Suo.

"I'm forensic doctor Xia Mingyue." Fang Suo stretched out his right hand very reluctantly, symbolically shook Xia Mingyue's hand quickly, and then quickly retracted it.

"The spine that the instructor found was already a part of the human skeleton with the naked eye. In fact, this is a very simple question that can be distinguished. The human foramina is large, and the articular surface and articular process are underdeveloped because of their small range of motion. The spine of the sheep is small, the vertebral foramen is small, and the articular surface and articular protrusion reach. Moreover, the vertebrae of the sheep have a protrusion like a "grappling hook", which makes it more convenient for it to walk on all fours, and the spine will not be easily dislocated. Xia Mingyue said as she gestured with her hand.

"According to the regulations: forensic appraisal must be carried out in accordance with legal procedures by the professional and technical personnel of medical units at or above the county level recognized by the public security and judicial departments, and the township police station does not have any qualifications for forensic appraisal, may I ask you..." Fang Suo glanced at the woman in front of him, he was a person who followed the rules, and he was very familiar with the relevant regulations.

"I'm sorry, although I am engaged in forensic work here, all my personnel relations are in the archives of the city bureau, so I think I am qualified to do this appraisal." Xia Mingyue smiled disdainfully at the corner of her mouth, and then replied calmly.

"You're from the city bureau, so it's going to be fine. When we do police work, we must follow the rules, so that we will not be suspended for making principled mistakes like a former police station chief. Fang Suo had a smirk on his face, and his words were obviously about Lin Jinghao, who had been suspended for a month.

"Fang Suo, you..." Gu Qing, who was standing behind, listened awkwardly, and was about to make a move, but Xia Mingyue glared at her with her eyes before she stopped her impulsiveness.

"Doctor Xia, you continue to work, Gu Qing, you go and help her." Fang knew that he had won the bargain, and now he should learn to behave well, and his heart was much more comfortable than just now.

After several hours of careful cleaning, a complete human skeleton was finally excavated, Xia Mingyue told everyone to collect it carefully, and after sending it back to her studio, she walked to the square house hiding in the shade of the tree again.

"Judging from the preliminary examination results that can be seen so far, the bones are male, and the height should be between 1.7 and 1.8 meters, as for the rest, I need to go back for a detailed examination before I can give the results."

"Doctor Xia, can I ask you a question?" Fang Suo looked at the pile of human bones, he was already a little dizzy, where did he dare to underestimate the woman in front of him.

"You ask?"

"How can you tell from this pile of bones that he is a man and not a woman?" Fang Suo asked this question from the heart, he really had no experience in investigating this kind of case.

"In fact, as long as the most important and largest bones in the human body exist, gender inference is the simplest one. The pelvis, skull, bones of the limbs, ribs, and sternum can be inferred about the sex of the deceased. The pelvis, in particular, is the easiest bone to infer gender. Under the pelvis, the left and right pubic bones are combined, so the two subpubic branches form an angle. The angle of men is relatively small, usually only 75°, while the angle of women is relatively large, generally more than 100°. This feature is easily visible to the naked eye. It is also easy to judge the gender of the skull, and generally men have a slope on the forehead, and the carina behind the occipital is more prominent; In women, the forehead is steeper, and the carina behind the occipital is not obvious. ”

"Oh, no wonder people say, 'A woman with a big ass is good at having children', isn't that the truth?" Fang Suo didn't seem to understand, but he couldn't help but ask. Everyone

"That's probably what it means," Fang Suo's words made Xia Mingyue a little embarrassed, and she could only reluctantly prevaricate.

"Why, what about that height? I don't think you put them all together, do you? ”

"The factors that determine the height of the human body are mainly the length of the long bones. Because most people are relatively well-proportioned, tall people have long arms and big hands, and short people are just the opposite. Based on these characteristics, we can use long bones, trunk bones, and even hand bones to infer the height of the deceased. I just calculated the height of the deceased based on the measured bone length and substituting it into the equation. However, this inference is only based on a statistical inference, and it cannot be ruled out that there are some human beings with special body proportions and strange bones, so this inference cannot be 100% correct. ”

"Awesome, awesome, what an eye-opener. Then I will wait for Dr. Xia's further test report. ”

Xia Mingyue left, Director Fang glanced up at the sky, and then looked down at the watch in his hand. Before I knew it, it was past noon time: "Everyone has worked hard today, everyone hurry up and go to lunch and continue to work in the afternoon." Gu Qing, I'll invite you to dinner. Fang Suo glanced at the three instructors, and then turned his head to look at Gu Qing.

"Fang Suo, you go back to eat alone, I want to eat with the instructor and them, Pei Feng still owes me a meal." Gu Qing said and winked at Pei Feng.

"Yes, I still owe Gu Qing a meal, Fang Suo, you can go back first." How could Pei Feng not understand what Gu Qing meant.

"Then I—" Fang Suo paused, waiting for someone to answer.

"Let's go back first." No one spoke for a long time, and Fang Suo secretly cursed in his heart.

"Damn, all of them are unfamiliar goods, and no one takes the initiative to invite the leader to dinner."

As soon as Fang Suo left, the stagnant air immediately became active: "Instructor, go, I invite you to dinner." Gu Qing watched Fang Suo's car go away, turned his head and shouted at the instructor and Pei Feng.

After eating, Gu Qing returned to the office and found that Fang was still taking a nap in the office. She knocked directly on the door and walked in: "Fang Suo, what do you think of today's human bone case?" ”

Fang Suozheng was sleeping comfortably, napping had become a habit of his life, and he was suddenly woken up, and he was still a little uncomfortable.

"Is it time to go to work in the afternoon?" He looked at his watch, and then saw that the person who came in was Gu Qing, there was no way, he could only endure the unhappiness in his heart.

"For the police, once a case happens, there is no time to rest, what do you think, Fang Suo?"

Being stunned by Gu Qing, Fang Suo could only laugh awkwardly.

"Aren't we still waiting for Dr. Xia's test report? Now we only know that the pile of bones is a man between 1.7 and 1.8 meters tall, and nothing else is clear, how can we check? Fang Suo lit a cigarette and said with squinted eyes.

"I propose to transfer Pei Feng and Dashu back, now we are obviously short of manpower to investigate the case, and more people can have great strength." Gu Qing straightened his waist and suggested.

"Then go and get them back... I'm afraid it won't help to transfer them back. Look at that pile of bones, what has dried up, it's not seven or eight years, it's three or five years, and even the dogs don't want to eat it, where can I find any useful clues? ”

Thinking of that pile of bones, Fang Suo was a little discouraged, he was really fucking unlucky, he just came over to work temporarily, and he could encounter such a difficult case, even Zhang Tao of the criminal police team didn't want to 'wade into this troubled water', isn't it obvious to make himself ugly...

"Fang Suo, if there are no clues, we will go to find clues, we can't say that the case happened, let's admit defeat before we do it." Regarding Fang Suo's negative attitude, Gu Qing was really a little unbearable, this was really different from Lin Jinghao's attitude of not being afraid of anything.

"How can you talk like that? Gu Qing, then you go and transfer Pei Feng and Dashu back, and check that place casually, whose land it turned out to be. Summons the owner of the house back for a question. Gu Qing's words made Fang Suo's face unbearable, he could only fight his spirits, straighten his waist and command.