Chapter 9: The Stolen Bones
"The deceased, female, was about twenty-five years old, judging by the size of her skull, chest ribs and lumbar vertebrae. The deceased's chest was open and closed, and although the edges were infested by maggots, it could be judged that it was caused by a relatively sharp knife. For example, a forensic scalpel. His heart, liver, and kidneys were completely absent in his chest, and he was obviously cut off. At the back of the erection neck, there is a semi-annular crack in the flesh, which should have been caused by being strangled by filaments after death. According to the degree of soft tissue decay of the corpse, the deceased should have been dead for more than half a month. In the early stage of the corpse, there is usually muscle relaxation, corpse cold (i.e., corpse temperature), corpse stiffness, corpse spots, local dryness, autolysis, etc., and now in the late stage, there is corpse decomposition. However, seeing the number and color of the flies and insects in this corrupted corpse, and thinking of the low temperature in late autumn in the north, coupled with the relatively cold in this half of the mountainside, the deviation of the death time is relatively large, maybe about a month. ”
Su Qing sometimes pointed to the corpse, sometimes looked at Lang Zhijiao, and said seriously and seriously.
"Not bad, little girl." Lang Zhijiao nodded in praise, then raised his head and pointed to the tree on the side, and continued: "However, have you seen this? ”
Su Qing looked along Lang Zhijiao's arm, and several wasps flew back and forth. It turned out that there was a wasp nest hanging from a small tree next to it. However, she didn't understand Lang Zhijiao's intentions, she looked puzzled, and then asked, "A honeycomb...... What does it matter? ”
"This is a wasp, and wasps nest in drier places, so you have to add one more, which is a dry environment. In this way, the degree of decomposition of the corpse will be somewhat skewed. So, I don't think the time of death is about a month, but definitely more than a month. Lang Zhijiao explained.
Hearing this, looking at the honeycomb, and then at the surrounding environment, Su Qing nodded at Lang Zhijiao and said, "Indeed, it is very dry here, my lips are very dry, and my nose is about to burst into flames." ”
"Still too young! Girl, hehe, but don't send me the fire in your nose. ”
Lang Zhijiao was a little proud, and followed Su Qing's words and teased again.
"You're old, it's okay! Hmph~" Su Qing pretended to be angry and gave him a white look.
"Alright, no kidding you. Su Qing, you're still pretty good. Saying that, Lang Zhijiao's eyes were slightly solemn, and he questioned: "Then again, you didn't have the slightest abnormal reaction to this corpse." Have you been exposed to any of these before? ”
"That...... That's not true, anyway, I've been in contact with a lot of corpses in the hospital before. Kindness...... Just be bold! ”
Su Qing explained, then turned around and walked outside the blockade line.
After hearing this, Lang Zhijiao's expression was a little solemn. After all, there is a world of difference between the corpse of this murder and the corpse of the normal death in the hospital, and an old forensic doctor will even frown, and her performance is too natural. Besides, she was just a young trainee forensic doctor. Su Qing's explanation, although it is barely reasonable. But in Lang Zhijiao's view, it is still a bit far-fetched.
Lang Zhijiao didn't think too much, didn't ask too much, and walked outside the blockade line.
At this time, a few people from the border pass came back, collected the footprint molds, and recorded their size and depth.
"How? Are you all done? Lang Zhijiao asked.
"OK. That, Team Lang, we found this on our way to collect a mold of footprints. ”
Bian Guan said, handing over something that looked like a badge.
Lang Zhijiao took it and saw that it was a work permit:
Panyun Yili Pharmaceutical Group
Department: Technology R&D Department
Job Title: Senior Technician
Name: Han Qian
"Anything else? Did you look around again? Lang Zhijiao asked.
"Director Lu brought people, and they all investigated, but only found this work permit, and nothing else was found. Oh, and I found a pile of dust, and I divided a few samples. ”
Bian Guan said, carrying the bag in his hand and showing it to Lang Zhijiao.
"Okay, so be it." Lang Zhijiao turned his head as he said and shouted, "Director Lu, let's go down." Under the protection of the scene, wait for the Municipal Public Security Bureau to deal with it. ”
Seeing this, Bian Guan and Su Qing were about to take things down the mountain the same way, and Lang Zhijiao's voice came: "Where are you going?" This way! ”
It turned out that Lang Zhijiao had just chatted with Tian Gang, and learned from Tian Gang that the path went down the mountain quickly, and not many people knew about it, and it was familiar to some people in the village who picked wild walnuts.
In order to save the time to go down the mountain, and in order to personally survey the path, Lang Zhijiao decided to take the path.
"Oda, how are these wild walnuts?"
"Officer, don't look at this wild walnut, no one cares, the wild stuff just has to be eaten! No, my sister is in high school, and she will be admitted to college next year, and she will be a brother who is not productive, so she will get some of this thing to make up for her brain, which is not a part of my brother's mind. ”
"Your sister has such a good brother as you, and she is designated to be admitted to a good university, don't worry!"
"Good brother, I really deserve it. Although I'm not promising, mixed with society, and I'm not a good person, but I'm also more police...... Oh, not you, officer. That's the people from our local police station. ”
"It's okay, Oda. Those people at the police station do have a bit of that style, if you tell me something, maybe they can solve it for you. What did you say before that the grave was dug up? What kind of grave? ”
"I'll just say, you're much better than those people, and the police station doesn't even ask. Oh...... It is the cemetery at the east end of our Gucang Village, the old Zhang family, which was dug up. The old man vomited blood, and he was still lying down. ”
"Oh? Tomb robbers? There are still grave robbers in these years...... It's kind of interesting. ”
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After chatting for a while, several people approached the foot of the mountain and could see the road down the mountain. During the period, although he was chatting, Lang Zhijiao also saw the pile of ashes, and he was also surveying along the way, and from time to time he was playing with the branches around him.
Suddenly, Lang Zhijiao's sleeve was stuck with a plant. The plant was coiled around the branches, and it was still burrgy.
"What strange grass? ...... also pricked his hands," Lang Zhijiao chose with his hand and said in a low voice.
"Oh, officer, this is pulling the seedlings. Thorny, be careful. Tian Gang said, and also helped to choose.
"It's ......"
A few people were just about to continue walking, but Lang Zhijiao found that there was a layer of crimson attached to the pulling seedlings on the side. He lowered his head, looked carefully, sniffed, and then said:
"Su Qing, cut off this section with a knife and bring it back. It's bloodstains. ”
Hearing this, Su Qing took down the red vine and put it in the bag.
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"Oda, let's go! Get in the car, stop by the way, and let's go to see the stolen grave in your village. ”
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September 21, 2009, 11:15 a.m., east of Gucang Village, Tomb Group.
"Officer Lang, that's it."
Lang Zhijiao heard the sound and looked at it, and in the cemetery now, there was a stele erected, and the stele was engraved: The tomb of the loving mother Jin. Behind the tombstone is a mound of earth, and if you look closely, you can see that a hole in the earth has been opened from one side, and only a coffin with the lid lifted is left.
The soil on one side of the grave is loose, and there are many footprints, which are obviously seen by the people of the village. Lang Zhijiao guessed that there would be such on-site destruction, so he was not too surprised, and just looked towards the hole.
Along the noon sunshine, shining on the coffin, and the luster was also diffused next to it, Lang Zhijiao squatted down, and actually saw that there were some traces of footprints inside.
"Has anyone been down there?" Lang Zhijiao asked.
"Nope. How could anyone go below, just some people watching the excitement, and walked around the side. Go down, it's too unlucky! Tian Gang shook his head and said.
When Lang Zhijiao heard this, he had an idea in his heart, and he nodded slightly.
He stood up and looked around at the graves. Unexpectedly, I saw that bricks were piled up around some graves, and some were even coated with a layer of cement. As for the graves, Lang Zhijiao had heard of them a little, but it was the first time he had seen these strange graves. So, he asked Tsuyoshi Shimoda. It turned out that similar tomb robbers appeared in the village and even in the town more than ten years ago, but they only stole the bones. However, the villagers are superstitious and even regard this as a taboo in feng shui. In order to avoid their graves being dug up, some wealthy families naturally gave the graves an extra layer of protection, which is what Lang Zhijiao sees now.
"Let's go, let's visit the village and see if there is any gain. Oda, let's come along. ”
Lang Zhijiao had already made a decision in his heart, and turned around to leave.
"That...... Officer, I'm not going. I'm a little bastard, I don't look good behind your ass......"
Tian Gang was timid, obviously had been told by the villagers before, and even had a bad impression of him.
With that, Tian Gang left on his own. Lang Zhijiao and the three drove to the Gucang Village Neighborhood Committee.