Twenty kilometers south of Tianhai is a dilapidated old town that has been abandoned at the end of the last century.

It is surrounded by mountains and rivers, and there is a river not far from the entrance of the Lotus Community, which connects to the reservoir upstream.

Although it was not yet dawn, there were already three middle-aged women squatting by the river to wash their clothes. They sang mountain songs and rubbed their clothes, but soon, their singing came to an abrupt end.

Upstream, a female corpse floated down the river.

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In the early morning, the sun shone obliquely into the room through the rotten wooden windows, and Hu Qianqiu was getting up from the bed lazily, rubbing his eyes with his hands, yawning, and he hadn't slept well for another day.

The room was small, and on the opposite side of the bed was a mirror hanging on the wall, Hu Qianqiu looked at himself in the mirror, his face was dark yellow, his beard was scum, and the dark circles under his eyes were as thick as ink, and the word decadent was almost written on his face.

It's been two years since he graduated from college, Hu Qianqiu doesn't remember how many jobs he has changed, although he didn't always encounter a good job during this period, he either didn't like the content of the work, or he couldn't stand the leader's arrogance, and his colleagues hid a knife in their smiles, so he left after a few months.

Today is the fourth company that Hu Qianqiu interviewed this month, whether it is good or not, Hu Qianqiu can only agree to join the company first, otherwise next month, he will really have to drink the northwest wind.

"Nourish...... ....." The worn-out electric brake blade slid on Hu Qianqiu's face, but at this time, Hu Qianqiu's mobile phone rang.

"Hey, son, I heard your dad say that you have another interview today, come on."

"Hmm"

"Alas, you have been arrogant since you were a child, you can't get used to this, you don't want to do it, but what you really want to do is ...... Don't talk about it, don't talk about it, Mom knows you want to go outside, but the big city is stressful, so if you can't do it, go home. ”

"Got it, Mom." Hu Qianqiu smiled bitterly and hung up the phone.

Changing into an old Baba suit and some leather shoes with paint off the bed, Hu Qianqiu went out like this.

Although it was not yet eight o'clock at this time, many people gathered in front of the community very abnormally, and Hu Qianqiu faintly heard the siren.

"Uncle Fang, what's going on?"

An old man selling vegetables at the gate of the community heard Hu Qianqiu's question, turned his head and said to him: "Xiaolin, you don't know yet, in the morning, when a few mothers-in-law were washing clothes in the river, they found a female corpse floating down on it, but it was scary, now that the police are here, I advise you not to join in the fun, I just went up to take a look, good guy, the corpse is ......"

Hu Qianqiu frowned and didn't listen anymore.

He looked at his watch, it was still early, and it would be too late to catch the car later, although it was unlikely, but he still wanted to make sure.

Don't be someone you know.

The riverside has been covered by the police with a yellow cordon, and several uniformed officers stand within the cordon, maintaining order and not letting ordinary people enter and hit.

The corpse of the woman who floated down from the upstream had been temporarily placed on the shore by the police at this time.

There were six people in the cordon, and two forensic doctors in white coats were taking pictures of the body while checking the condition of the body; Two police officers gathered evidence around the area; A man and a woman in civilian clothes were standing together, looking at the corpses.

"Officer Ye, this case looks tricky."

The female police officer surnamed Ye frowned, she had just been promoted and encountered this incident, and she really had a headache.

Although Hu Qianqiu was standing outside the cordon, he was tall and had excellent eyesight, so he could still see the corpse through the crowd.

The corpse was placed on a white cloth, naked, with many wounds on its body, but these injuries were a strange dark black, and the corpse's face was corroded by strong acids and alkalis, and some bones were exposed.

Hu Qianqiu's expression was solemn, how could he recognize it when he became like this.

Just when Hu Qianqiu was in trouble, a seventeen or eighteen-year-old girl next to him vomited because she saw the corpse with the help ......of her mobile phone camera.

The people around scattered one after another, and Officer Ye, who was in the cordon, also noticed the movement here, and when he turned his head, his originally frowning brows instantly relaxed.

"Hu Qianqiu!" Officer Ye smiled and waved at him.

Hu Qianqiu also noticed her and waved at her in response.

Officer Ye walked quickly towards Hu Qianqiu, and the police officer beside her followed closely behind her, "Officer Ye, this ......"

Officer Ye waved his hand, "An old friend who hasn't seen him for many years, it's just to go up and say hello to the eldest brother, and it's not in the way." ”

The officer nodded, still following indefatigably.

"Hu Qianqiu, why are you here?" Officer Ye smiled like a flower, and he couldn't see that Fang Cai was still distressed by the case.

"I live here, people can't help it, who makes this cheap. It's you, just a few years after graduating from college, you became an important figure in our city's criminal investigation team. ”

When Officer Ye heard Hu Qianqiu talk about his experience, his heart suddenly blossomed, it seems that he cares about me a little, otherwise how could he understand it so clearly.

Officer Ye said with a smile: "Where are important people, don't listen to their nonsense, I'm just lucky to solve a few cases." ”

"No matter how much luck there is, it's all due to strength, you are so capable and so beautiful, there should be a lot of people chasing you in the bureau."

Officer Ye laughed dryly and didn't speak again.

The police officer looked at Officer Ye, who was as bright as the morning glow, and then at Hu Qianqiu, who looked decadent, and really didn't understand why the two were talking and laughing.

The police officer interjected suddenly, "You don't look at that corpse and you're not scared at all, and it's not disgusting?" ”

Hu Qianqiu smiled, "After death, people are just a lump of meat, what is there to be afraid of." ”

The police officer was stunned on the spot, and he vomited several times when he first became a police officer and encountered a corpse.

Hu Qianqiu put away his smile and asked, "Can't find out your identity?" ”

Officer Ye didn't hide it, nodded and said: "You also saw it, the body was naked, there was no object to prove identity, the face was also damaged, and the fingerprints were also corroded, if she had never been to the dentist, then I really don't know where to start." ”

Hu Qianqiu said without hesitation: "It's better to go to the upstream reservoir to have a look, there may be clues." ”

Officer Ye didn't reply, but the officer next to him spoke first, "What's the basis?" ”

Hu Qianqiu shrugged his shoulders, "Intuition." ”

Officer Ye "poofed" and laughed, others may not know, but she couldn't be clearer, Hu Qianqiu's so-called intuition is just to say the results of quick reasoning in her brain directly.

"Don't tease him, tell him what the hell you think."

Looking at Officer Ye's beautiful face, Hu Qianqiu took the trouble to say a few more words, "It's very simple, the corpse floated down from the upstream, so the murderer must have dumped the corpse in a certain section of the river, although it is a suburb here, but there are people living all around the river, since the murderer has made so many arrangements to prevent the identity of the deceased from being discovered, then he must be a thoughtful and cautious person, and it is impossible to take this risk." ”

"And the reservoir usually doesn't have any people except for opening the sluice gates to release water. And then there is an important point, I have just looked at the wounds on the body, which must have been caused by the impact after death, the river is relatively gentle, and there are no reefs, except for the mouth of the reservoir when it is a little exposed, and the reservoir above happened to be let go of water last night. ”

At this point, Hu Qianqiu didn't need to say any more, he looked at his watch, "It's bad, I have to go to catch the car, and we'll talk when I'm free." With that, he walked away quickly.

Hu Qianqiu gradually walked away, the police officer was still a little incredulous, although his reasoning was simple, but it was logical, interlocking, and he couldn't find a loophole, "Who is he?" ”

Officer Ye looked at Hu Qianqiu's back and sighed, "He was my high school classmate, and he helped our local police solve many cases when he was still in school, but then something happened, and he was ...... the whole thing."

Officer Ye shook his head, "Don't say it, Fu Xin, you take a few people to the upstream reservoir to have a look, maybe there are really clues." ”