Chapter 2 The Anaconda
Except for the corpse, Zhao Zimeng saw nothing else.
Cheng Qiushui opened the forensic box and took out a mask and gloves.
Xiao Changsong, Cheng Qiushui and Feng Yiming put on masks and gloves.
Zhao Zimeng, Ling Hu Yunfei and Hu Jialiang stepped aside.
Cheng Qiushui and Feng Yiming walked onto the high platform.
Feng Yiming squatted at the entrance of the square hole, trying to slowly move the corpse out of the square hole along with the rope wrapped around the corpse.
Unfortunately, as soon as Feng Yiming's hand touched the rope, the corpse fell apart, and the skull rolled into it all at once.
The arms of the skeleton are parted from the elbows, and the vertebrae and sternum are tilted to the side.
The rope that had been wrapped around the bones had broken into several knots, and the rope had completely rotted!
It seems that it is impossible to get this corpse out of the square hole completely.
After Feng Yiming consulted Xiao Changsong and Zhao Zimeng, he divided the bones into several parts, and took out the square hole one by one, while Cheng Qiushui stood behind Feng Yiming as a setter.
Xiao Changsong placed the broken bones on the high platform on the left side of Shakyamuni Buddha and began to splice them piece by piece.
The humidity inside the square cave is high, and the bones contain a certain amount of water, and most of the bones are joined together.
Zhao Zimeng and the others stood on the side of the high platform and watched nervously as Xiao Changsong spliced little by little.
It's not a jigsaw puzzle, individual bones have been broken, and it takes skill and patience to put the broken pieces together into a complete humanoid.
Zhao Zimeng could see that Xiao Changsong was engrossed, all his attention was on these scattered debris, and his sideburns were sweating.
Half an hour later, except for the head, the part below the head of the corpse was spliced together.
Because the deceased's head rolled out of reach, Feng Yiming had to go into the square hole to find it.
Feng Yiming took the lamp from Zhao Zimeng's hand and slowly burrowed into the dark and damp hole.
According to Zhao Zimeng's request, in addition to inviting the deceased's head out of the hole, he also had to see if there were any other leftovers.
Underneath the square hole is plastic clay, with a lot of grass stalks, wheat straw, straw and cotton.
In addition to using the lighting to look carefully with his eyes, Feng Yiming also had to touch it with his hands, and he also hoped to find some remnants of the scene.
Zhao Zimeng and several people analyzed: There was not a trace of the corpse on the body, which shows that the deceased was stripped of all his clothes - including shoes - by the murderer before he was hidden in the belly of the Buddha.
Moreover, according to various aspects of the scene, the murderer had a strong sense of anti-investigation.
He was probably worried that one day someone would find the body in the belly of Shakyamuni Buddha, so he added a little insurance before hiding the body.
Therefore, it is probably impossible to find the remnants.
But Zhao Zimeng just doesn't give up, being serious and careful is not a bad thing, and he is afraid of the word "serious" in everything!
The big guy only has this one chance!
Feng Yiming groped at the bottom of the square cave for a long time, getting wet all over, but unfortunately found nothing.
"Yiming, hard work, you can come out." As the pillar of light moved, Zhao Zimeng's eyes and Feng Yiming's eyes moved in sync.
"Team Zhao, you take a look at it again." Feng Yiming didn't give up, and handed the lamp to Zhao Zimeng outside the cave.
Zhao Zimeng slowly swept the pillar of light of the lamp above the square hole several times, and above the square hole, in addition to the standing bones, there was a plastic clay of grass stalks, wheat straw, straw and cotton.
On the skull, there are also some plastic clay that looks like it is about to fall, and the plastic clay is connected by grass stalks, wheat straw, straw and gossamer-like cotton.
At this time, Zhao Zimeng also saw one thing!
Those were two snake moults, wrapped around the standing bones!
Zhao Zimeng couldn't help but feel a chill down his spine.
As the light moved, he saw a gray-and-black snake coiled on a standing bone and slowly moving downward!
Zhao Zimeng's heart chuckled, and suddenly there was a cold air rushing up from behind.
Although he is a tough guy, seeing this cold-blooded animal in nature, Zhao Zimeng's heart still skipped a trace of panic.
The serpent was tilting its head and spitting out long letters.
Its triangular head was only about one and a half meters away from Feng Yiming's head, and it was getting closer and closer.
Zhao Zimeng hurriedly aimed the pillar of light at the snake's head.
The snake was disturbed by the sudden light and suddenly stopped swimming.
Zhao Zimeng lowered his voice and said, "Yiming, come out quickly!" ”
"Team Zhao, I'll take a look." Feng Yiming was completely unaware of the existence of the snake above his head.
"I've taken a closer look, come out! The air inside is filthy and you can't stay long. Before saying this, the pillar of light of the lamp in Zhao Zimeng's hand was always facing the snake's head.
He thought that the snake stopped swimming because of the light. If the pillar of light is removed, the snake will attack Feng Yiming at any time.
"Wait a minute, I haven't taken the dead man's skull yet." Feng Yiming said as he moved towards the front right - the deceased's skull rolled down to the lower right corner of the skull.
Zhao Zimeng looked anxious: "Yiming, you must stay calm, don't make a move, there is a snake above your head!" Yunfei, pull Yiming out quickly! ”
Ling Hu Yunfei saw the seriousness of the matter from Zhao Zimeng's face, and quickly half-squatted outside the cave and stretched out his hands.
Feng Yiming was so frightened that he stopped talking, he finally realized the danger, turned around slowly, and stretched out his right hand to Linghu Yunfei outside the cave.
Linghu Yunfei tightly grasped Feng Yiming's right hand and quickly dragged Feng Yiming out of the square hole.
Feng Yiming rolled and climbed, and was dragged out of the square hole by Ling Hu Yunfei, although the posture of the hole was extremely embarrassing, but he finally escaped from the danger.
Before Ling Hu Yunfei grabbed Feng Yiming's right hand, Zhao Zimeng had quickly flashed to the side.
Just a few seconds after Feng Yiming came out of the hole, the three of them saw a big python that fell from the sky and quickly coiled at the bottom of the square cave!
Feng Yiming and Ling Hu Yunfei turned pale for a moment when they saw this, and a large amount of sweat beads appeared on Feng Yiming's forehead.
This hole is supposed to be the territory of the python!
The snake has a strong sense of territory, and now, someone has invaded its territory.
In order to defend its dignity and territory, it is highly likely to attack intruders.
Zhao Zimeng guessed that just now, the snake suddenly stopped moving, probably because he was afraid of the pillar of light projected by the lamp!
The python's head was raised high, facing the entrance of the cave, and the letter kept trembling, and the mouth made a warning sound.
The underside of the body is tightly coiled together, and the scales on the body with a black and gray tone emit an aggressive cold light.
The snake's eyes radiated a creepy murderous aura, and its tail was adorned with a large snake moult.
It's a python that has just finished shedding!
Zhao Zimeng and they all saw clearly, the skull of the deceased was next to the snake's molt!
Terror is terror, and fright is also responsible!
I don't know, but now that I saw it, this snake must have to find a way to get rid of it.
This snake is in the belly of Shakyamuni Buddha, which is also a great disrespect to Shakyamuni Buddha.
If the monks knew that Shakyamuni Buddha had a big python hidden in his body, would they still be able to stay in the main hall and chant sutras with peace of mind?
If the pilgrims knew about its existence, it would probably be difficult for them to kowtow to the Bodhisattva and pray.
However, it is not easy to get this bowl of thick-mouthed python out!
The abbot of Xiuneng on the side also saw this snake, and his face turned green with fright: "This-how should this be?" ”
Master Jueshui walked up to Master Zhou: "Master Zhou, can you find a way to invite this snake out?" ”
"Abbot Xiuneng, Supervisor Jueshui, you don't have to worry, I'll find a way to get it away." Master Zhou is very calm.
The abbot of Xiuneng clasped his hands tremblingly: "Amitabha." ”
Zhou Jialiang sent a craftsman back to his residence to bring a bottle of wine, a bowl and a bag of things.
Although Zhou Jialiang has not been doing this kind of business for a long time, it is estimated that he has accumulated a lot of experience.
Working in the temple, you will inevitably encounter snakes, rats, insects, ants and other poisons.
The monastery has a lot of hidden places, and these hideaways are the ideal hiding places for snakes and insects.
The packet of things brought by the craftsman is realgar powder, snakes are afraid of realgar, and wine is also a good thing to deal with snakes.
Zhou Jialiang opened the lid of the paper bag and the wine bottle, and slowly poured the realgar powder inside the paper bag into the wine bottle.
Zhou Jialiang closed the lid of the wine bottle and shook it vigorously more than a dozen times.
Everyone saw his skillful and indifferent appearance, and knew that this person was still very experienced in dealing with this kind of thing.
Zhou Jialiang opened the cap of the bottle, poured the wine into the bowl, then picked up the bowl and splashed it on the snake.
Suddenly, the air was filled with the smell of wine and realgar, and the high head of the python slowly lowered, and finally fell weakly across its body.
The snake body, which had been tightly coiled together, slowly loosened.
But soon, the snake body pushed the deceased's skull deeper, and after a while, the snake molt completely covered the skull.
The snake body that used to be constantly swimming stopped moving.
Zhou Jialiang took a pair of canvas gloves from a craftsman's hand, grabbed the python's neck with both hands, and slowly pulled the python out of the square hole.
The snake, who was very arrogant just now, turned out to be paralyzed and powerless.
Its bones seemed to be completely scattered, and if Zhou Jialiang dragged it, it wouldn't struggle.
Under Zhou Jialiang's drag, the snake body became a straight line.
Everyone was stunned, good guys, this big python is about five meters long!
Two craftsmen took a bamboo more than one zhang long from outside the main hall and put it on the ground under the high platform.
Under the command of Zhou Jialiang, several craftsmen lifted the snake body and put the python horizontally on the bamboo, and the two craftsmen lifted the bamboo and Zhou Jialiang wrapped the snake body around the bamboo.
Under the effect of realgar wine, the python became very obedient, except that the patterns on its body were a little scary, but I couldn't see how terrible it was.
Two craftsmen carried the python and walked out of the main hall.
Behind the Cold Moon Temple is a dense wooded area, which should be the ideal place for this large python.
After Abbot Xiuneng explained a few words to Zhou Jialiang, Zhou Jialiang took the lamp from Zhao Zimeng's hand and drilled into the square hole, he wanted to check it to see if there were any other snakes.
In addition to finding a hole slightly larger than the mouth of the bowl under Shakyamuni Buddha, Zhou Jialiang also saw a white snake moult wrapped around the standing bone.
The hole is located directly opposite the offering table placed in front of the high platform.
The offering table is used to place the incense burner and offerings, and it is not Shakyamuni Buddha who dares to accept the offerings on the table, but the python hidden in the Buddha's belly.
This is supposed to be a very intelligent snake.